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Ana Ivanovic Profile |
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Birth Date: November 6, 1987
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Birth Place: Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
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Birth Name: Ana Ivanovic
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Height: 6'1"
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Biography |
Ana Ivanovic (born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, Serbia,
then Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional tennis player.
Ivanovic has played in two Grand Slam singles finals, at the
2007 French Open, losing to Justine Henin, and at the 2008
Australian Open, losing to Maria Sharapova. Ivanovic also
reached the semifinals of Wimbledon and the Women's Tennis
Association Tour Championships in 2007. On the 9th of June
2008 she will be ranked World No. 1.
Ivanović was born in an ethnic Serb family. Her mother,
Dragana, a lawyer, attends her daughter's matches all season
along, while Ana's father, Miroslav, who is a self-employed
businessman attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana
has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loves to play
basketball.[1] Other hobbies include shopping, watching
movies and playing Sudoku. Ivanovic's uncle is a former
football player. She chooses not to have a permanent coach.
Aside from her tennis career, Ivanovic also studies finance
at a university in Belgrade, and Spanish in her spare time.
One of her uncles lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her
inspiration to begin playing was Monica Seles, and she also
admires Roger Federer.
On September 8, 2007, Ivanović has become a UNICEF National
Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Đorđević and
Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields
of education and child protection. Ivanović visited a
primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said:
"I'm also looking forward to going into the classroom and
meeting many kids."
Ivanovic is a fan of all sport clubs competing under the
name of Partizan Belgrade.
Ivanovic is friends with former doubles partner Maria
Kirilenko, as well as other professional tennis players
Daniela Hantuchova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Sanja Ancic, Rafael
Nadal, Tatiana Golovin and fellow Serbians Novak Djokovic
(whom she has known since the age of 5) and Janko
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Other
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Began working with Zoltan Kuharsky in October; formerly
coached by Eric Van Harpen...
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. |
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