Date of Birth November 6, 1987 Birthplace Belgrade Height 182 sm Weight 70 kg Residence Belgrade Father  Miroslav, economist Mother  Dragana,  lawyer Coach Zoltan Kuharsky Racket Wilson Clothes Nike WTA Tour  titles 1 Favorite Tennis player Roger Federer Country Switzerland Town Melbourne Actor Bred Pitt Sports basketball Music pop and R&B, Sara Connor	Ana Ivanovic started playing tennis at five years of age after watching it on television (in particular Monica Seles) and asking her parents to take her to a local tennis school...Mother, Dragana, is a lawyer; Father, Miroslav, is an economist; Brother, Miros, is three years Ana's junior, and likes playing basketball...

    Likes all surfaces, but prefers hardcourts...Likes watching movies, either at the cinema or on DVD at home; also likes to read and to listen to music (pop and R&B)...Enjoys playing basketball...
     Most admires tennis player Roger Federer for his professionalism on and off the court...Superstitions are to bounce the ball before serving the same number of times and to not walk on lines of the court...
     Favorite places to visit are Melbourne, where she has some family, and Switzerland, where she trains sometimes...Self-described as sensitive, detemined and a fighter...Most admires her family for all the support they give her...
     Speaks English and Serbian...Most memorable experience was playing an exhibition in Basel in 2003 with Yannick Noah and Mansour Bahrami...Pet peeves are mean, envious and two-faced people.

2002 Eddie Herr  International

    AWARDS

In juniors, reached 2004 Wimbledon final. Singles Winner, Eddie Herr Int'l USA, 2002.

2004 IN DETAIL

February - As a qualifier, won ITF/Mallorca 2-ESP, the first title of her career, by d. No. 1 seed Timotic 61 61 in final

April - As a qualifier, knocked out No. 2 seed Cho, No. 7 seed Hisamatsu, No. 6 seed Gajdosova and No. 8 seed Jeon for singles title at $50K ITF/Gifu-JPN

Gifu,  May 2004

    May - On May 3, world ranking jumped from No. 485 to No. 299 for first Top 300 appearance; as world No. 209 at Vienna, l. 1r to No. 38 Frazier (No. 5 seed)

June - As world No. 207 at Birmingham, l. 1r to No. 48 Barna

September - Won two $50K ITF Circuit events: unseeded, won ITF/Fano-ITA by eliminating four seeds en route and as No. 1 seed, won ITF/Batumi-GEO, dropping only one set en route; jumped 20 spots to career-high world No. 152 on Sept. 27

October - As a world No. 156 Zurich qualifier, d. No. 29 fellow qualifier Golovin after trailing 1-5 third set and saving 2 mp down 4-5 set to win 75 67(2) 76(3), l. 2r 76(11) 76(6) to former No. 1 V. Williams (current No. 11 and No. 7 seed) after holding five set points in first set and three in second; jumped 44 places to a career-high world No. 112 at Luxembourg, earning a spot in first WTA Tour QF by upsetting No. 39 Asagoe (No. 8 seed), l. to No. 46 Medina Garrigues

November - Broke into Top 100 at No. 96 on November 1.     

     2005 IN DETAIL

 JANUARY - Began season by winning first Tour singles title at Canberra as a qualifier, defeating lucky loser Czink in championship match; defeated qualifier Nemeckova, qualifier Dominikovic, No.4 seed Bartoli and Fedak en route to final; also met Czink in final round of qualifying in Canberra, winning 63 61; first time in Tour history a qualifier and a lucky loser have met in a singles final; jumps into Top 100 for first time on January 17, 2005 at No.82; made Grand Slam debut at Australian Open, defeating No.32 seed Benesova in 1r and Kirilenko in 2r before falling to No.2 seed Mauresmo in next round.
FEBRUARY - As qualifier in Antwerp, fell to wild card Razzano in 1r; as wild card at Doha, defeated Vento-Kabchi in 1r before three set loss to top seed Mauresmo in next round.

MARCH - Makes debut in Top 50 for first time on March 7 rankings; reached first Tier I QF in debut at Miami, defeating Granville in 1r, followed by upset of No.10 seed Petrova in 2r, fellow teenager Vaidisova in 3r before grabbing first career Top 10 win in three-set victory against No.6 seed Kuznetsova before falling to top seed Mauresmo in QF.

APRIL - Makes Top 40 debut at No.38 on April 4 rankings (following Miami); reached first career Tier II SF at Warsaw, defeating Sucha, No.3 seed Zvonareva and No.6 Dechy before loss to Henin-Hardenne; reaches new career-high of No.34 on May 2 rankings.

MAY - Fell to Safina in 1r at Berlin; reached 3r at Rome, defeating No.12 seed Golovin and Chakvetadze before straight sets loss to No.8 seed Schnyder; continues climb in rankings, moving to new career-best of No.32 on May 16; reached QF in debut appearance at Roland Garros, defeating Foretz and Benesova in first two rounds before recording career-best win versus world No.3 Mauresmo in 3r; win vs. Mauresmo was first in four meetings in 2005; also defeated No.22 seed Schiavone in 4r before loss to No.7 seed Petrova in QF; edges closer to Top 20 on June 6, reaching new career-high ranking of No.21.

 JUNE - Reached 3r in debut at Wimbledon as No.19 seed, defeating Douchevina and Foretz before loss to No.12 seed Pierce.

JULY - Makes Top 20 debut on July 4 rankings at No.20.

AUGUST - Returned to action in Toronto as No.12 seed, posting wins vs. qualifier Garbin and Bartoli before withdrawing from tournament due to right pectoral muscle strain.

SEPTEMBER - Made US Open debut as No.18 seed, defeating Lee-Waters in 1r before loss to Vento-Kabchi in next round; was highest ranked player (No.16) to make her debut at the US Open since No. 14 Jennifer Capriati in 1990, bettered only by Monica Seles (No. 12) in 1989 since inception of computer rankings in 1975; withdrew from Luxembourg due to right shoulder injury.