Awards, etc

Singles

Winner (1 WTA Tour): 2005 - Canberra;

2004 - ITF/Mallorca 2-ESP

ITF/Gifu-JPN

ITF/Fukuoka-JPN

ITF/Fano-ITA

ITF/Batumi-GEO

Semifinalist: (3): 2005 - Warsaw, Zurich, Linz.

Quarterfinalist (3): 2005 - Miami, Roland Garros; 2004 - Luxembourg.

Junior Wimbledon runner-up 2004 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Most Improved Player 2005 US Open Series champion 2006 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Most Improved Player 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Karen Krantzcke Sportmanship Award 2007 UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia Nominated for U.S. Secretary of State's 2007 International Women of Courage Award AIPS Women's Tennis Player of the Year 2008

Career of Ana Ivanovic in 2005

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.

Career Highlights

DOUBLES

• Finalist (1): 2006 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Kirilenko).
• Semifinalist (2): 2006 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Warsaw (both w/Kirilenko).

SINGLES

• Winner 2008 - Paris, France - French Open title
• Winner (5): 2007 - Berlin, Los Angeles, Luxembourg; 2006 - *Montreal; 2005 - Canberra; 2004 - ITF/Mallorca 2-ESP, ITF/Gifu-JPN, ITF/Fukuoka-JPN, ITF/Fano-ITA, ITF/Batumi-GEO.
• Finalist (2): 2007 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Roland Garros 2007
• Semifinalist: (6): 2007 - Amelia Island, Wimbledon, Year-End *Championships; 2005 - Warsaw, Zurich, Linz.
• Quarter finalist (14): 2007 - Gold Coast, Sydney, Antwerp, s‘Hertogenbosch
• 2006 - Sydney, Indian Wells, Warsaw, s'Hertogenbosch; Los Angeles; Linz, Hasselt
• 2005 - Miami, Roland Garros; 2004 - Luxembourg.

After her defeat in the second round of the US Open, Ana has fallen to No.3 in the new Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Singles Rankings, which are published today.New York champion and nine-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams has replaced Ana at the summit of the rankings. Finalist Jelena Jankovic also overtakes the 20-year-old, who is the second-youngest player in the top 10.Ana's next tournament is the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

Ana is the new face of Got Milk?, the iconic advertising campaign in the United States. The 20-year-old joins a long list of celebrities, including Britney Spears, David Beckham and Muhammad Ali, who have taken part in the campaign for the National Milk Processor Board.The campaign is all about promoting the consumption of milk, especially to the young, who may not intake enough calcium

Personal

Began working with Zoltan Kuharsky in October; formerly coached by Eric Van Harpen...Started playing tennis at 5 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.

Trivia

Most embarrassing moment in tennis is when she took another player's racket bag onto court after mistaking it for her own The President of Serbia, Boris Tadic, attended her 20th birthday party Was featured on a Serbian postage stamp during the run-up to the 2008 Olympics One of her proudest achievements is winning 16 matches in 15 days as she captured back-to-back titles on the ITF Women's Cicuit when she was 16 Has won the tennisreporters.net Sexiest Female Player award for the last three years Finished 23rd on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2008 list Named the best-looking tennis player of all-time by The Age newspaper Has the most-visited website of any sportswoman (according to www.alexa.com, on 14 June 2008)

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