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Ana Ivanović (Cyrillic Ана Ивановић; * November 6, 1987 in Belgrade) is a Serbian professional tennis player. It was 2008 for three months, the number 1 world ranking in tennis. On 8 September 2007, she was next to Jelena Janković, Aleksandar Djordjević Emir Kusturica and UNICEF ambassador for Serbia. It is specifically for education and protection of children [1].
By playing tennis, she began as a 5-year-old, after it on television saw Monica Seles play. Her mother, Dragana, a lawyer, and her father, Miroslav, a business man who reported it to a tennis school. During the NATO bombing of Serbia they trained in a converted swimming pool in Belgrade Sports Center. At the age of 14 she moved with her mother to Switzerland, where she saw an opportunity, to improve their game. The Basel businessman Dan Holzmann was their manager. Ivanović has no permanent coach but is working with several, including Sven Groeneveld, together [2]. Her first professional season began in August 2003 with the participation of four ITF tournaments.
Ivanović first big success was reaching the finals in the juniors at Wimbledon, she lost against Kateryna Bondarenko. On the ITF Tour, she won 26 games in a row and five of the tournaments. Her first big appearance on the WTA Tour was the match against Venus Williams in October in Zurich. They lost 7:6 (11) and 7:6 (6), although they had several balls sentence. A week later, she reached the quarterfinals in Luxembourg. She finished the year as number 97 in the world rankings after the beginning of the year was ranked 708.
2005 Ana Ivanović surprised with the victory in the finals of Canberra, Australia against Melinda Czink. They convinced with further wins against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova, Vera Swonarjowa, all players of the Top 10 At the French Open she won against Amélie Mauresmo, before they lost against Nadia Petrova. During the year, she reached the semi games in Zurich and Linz, despite minor injuries. She finished the year at the 16th Place of WTA ranking.
At the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, failed Ivanović in the second round of the Australian Samantha Stosur double specialist with 3:6 5:7. In May, she came at the French Open until the third round, where they Anastassija Russian Myskina, the French Open champion in 2004, with 2:6 3:6 subject. At Wimbledon she met in the round of sixteen at the number 1 in the world and the eventual champion Amélie Mauresmo against whom they lost with 3:6 4:6. In preparation for the tournament in Montreal at the U.S. Open Ivanović secured the second tournament victory of her career with 6:2 6:3 against Martina Hingis, the former number 9 in the world. This victory made for Geheimfavoritin Ivanović at the U.S. Open but lost in the third round against Serena Williams Lokalmatadorin with 2:6 and 4:6. According to the U.S. Open, she could not hold their shape and failed at the tournaments in Bali and Luxembourg each in the first round. After a nearly four-week break they failed in Linz after a very good performance in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open and eventual tournament champion, Maria Sharapova, with 7:6 7:5. Ivanović finished the year as number 14 of the world rankings with 1053 points.
In 2007 succeeded Ivanović a tournament success by winning in Berlin against Svetlana Kuznetsova. At the French Open, she reached the semifinals after beating Maria Sharapova (6:2 6:1) for the first time a Grand Slam final. They lost, however, clearly marked with 1:6 and 2:6 against Justine Henin. In the semifinals at Wimbledon, she met on the U.S. American Venus Williams and lost with 2:6 and 4:6. In August, the Serb won the WTA tournament in Los Angeles and moved to the world in order to rank 4. At the U.S. Open failed Ivanović in the fourth round, Venus Williams again with 4:6 and 2:6.
Beginning of the year, Ivanović reached for the first time the finals of the Australian Open, but then lost to Maria Sharapova in two sets. By reaching the final round put them in the world rankings to second place before. The Dubai Tennis Championships in March, she managed it until the quarterfinals, but was subject Dementjewa Jelena. In Indian Wells, she won her biggest title to date in the finals against third-world Svetlana Kuznetsova. Somewhat surprisingly resigned a week later in Miami in the third round against former world-first with Lindsay Davenport of 4:6 2:6.
With their victory against Jelena Jankovic (6:4 3:6 6:4) on 5 June in the semifinals of the French Open and the move took them to the finals on 9 June 2008 the leadership in the world. This is Monica Seles, after the second Serb who took first place in the women's tennis reached. On 7 June, she won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open. Shortly afterwards, however, they failed at Wimbledon in the third round with 1:6 4:6 in the Chinese Zheng Jie. Even when the WTA tournament in Montreal they failed with a handicap on the right thumb in the third round. The thumb injury has also eventually led to them on 10 August 2008 - one day before their first scheduled match - their participation at the Olympic Summer Games 2008 had to cancel before then, finally, on 11 August 2008, the world leader in their country woman Jelena Jankovic had to submit. But a week later, on 18 August 2008, they again climbed the top of the world.
At the U.S. Open they have failed in the second round at the Frenchwoman Julie Coin with 3:6, 6:4 and 3:6. In the first round Ivanović already had great difficulty in the match against Russian Vera Duschewina, but in the three sentences could decide for themselves. By the early retirement they lost their top position in the world rankings at the U.S. Open champion Serena Williams. On 26 October, after a long dry spell in Linz again and won a tournament so that its third title of the year. Ivanović was for the last tournament of the year, the WTA Tour Championships, where the 8 best players of the year ending, qualify. However, she had to illness after the second game here.
After their participation in last year's finals at the Australian Open was the fifth of the world rankings this year, only the third round of the tournament, where they are against Alisa Kleybanova from Russia with 1:2 sets lost. In February, Craig Kardon Ivanović undertook a trial basis as a coach. [3] With him at her side, she is a strong tournament in Dubai up to the quarterfinals, where they failed, but the world number 1 Serena Williams. Their first finals this year, denied it as a title at the WTA tournament in Indian Wells, California. This, however, she lost to Vera Swonarewa with 6:7 and 2:6. In Miami they have already resigned in the third round against Ágnes Szavay out. Both the French Open and Wimbledon in the round failed.
