Ana Ivanović
Princes of white sport - Tenis
Residence Basel, Switzerland
Date of Birth November 6, 1987
Birthplace Belgrade, Serbia
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (8): 2008 - Indian Wells, Roland Garros, Linz; 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 (4): 2009 - Indian Wells; 2008 - Australian Open; 2007 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Roland Garros 2007
Semifinalist: (8): 2008 - Sydney, Berlin; 2007 - Amelia Island, Wimbledon, Year-End Championships; 2005 - Warsaw, Zurich, Linz.
Quarterfinalist (16): 2009 - Dubai; 2008 - Dubai; 2007 - Gold Coast, Sydney, Antwerp, s‘Hertogenbosch
2006 - Sydney, Indian Wells, Warsaw, s'Hertogenbosch; Los Angeles; Linz, Hasselt
2005 - Miami, Roland Garros; 2004 - Luxembourg.
DOUBLES
Finalist (1): 2006 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Kirilenko).
Semifinalist (2): 2006 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Warsaw (both w/Kirilenko).
Awards, etc
• 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
• German Tennis Magazine Michael Westphal Award 2008
• Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Diamond ACES Award 2008
• Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Humanitarian Award 2009
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 was winning 16 matches in 15 days as she captured back-to-back titles on the ITF Women's Circuit when she was 16
• Has won the tennisreporters.net Sexiest Female Player award for the last four straight years (2005-2008)
• Finished 11th on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2009 list
• Named the best-looking tennis player of all-time by The Age newspaper
• In October 2008 won Die Bild newspaper's reader poll for "most beautiful body" in sport
• In December 2008 was named "best looking" female tennis player by The Globe & Mail newspaper
