Ana Ivanović
Biography of Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanović is one of the strongest Serbian tennis players ever. She was born on November 6, 1987, she became passionate about tennis by watching matches on television, and began playing at the age of only five. As a child, her idol was Monica Seles, a Yugoslav tennis player who dominated the world scene at the beginning of the 90s. From an early age, Ivanović stood out for her great desire to emerge receiving the attention of the great Martina Navrátilová.
Ana Ivanović's career was fulminating, so much so that in 2003, at the age of 16, she made her professional debut. Her first acute came the following year, when she reached the junior final of the prestigious Wimbledon tournament at the age of 17 in which she was defeated by Bondarenko.
The Serbian tennis player stands out in October 2004, at the Zurich tournament, when she plays on par with Venus Williams in the second round, losing after two tie-breaks. Ivanović closes 2004 with a crescendo, and at just 17 she enters the top 100 in the world (97th). In 2005 and 2006 she continued her growth path by winning the Montreal tournament, beating Martina Hingis in the final and ending the year in 14th place in the WTA rankings.
2007 and 2008 are the golden years of Ana Ivanović's career. The Serbian tennis player finds continuity of results and she hits the first final in a Grand Slam, at Roland Garros 2007, where she loses against Justine Henin. In the second half of the year she wins 3 tournaments reaching position No. 4 in the WTA rankings. 2008 begins with the semi-final at the Sydney tournament followed by the Australian Open final in which Ivanović is defeated by Šarapova in two sets. In the spring Ana touches the pinnacle of her career by winning her first Grand Slam title, Roland Garros, beating Dinara Safina in two sets (6-4, 6-3) in the final and reaching position number 1 in the WTA ranking.
In the next 5 years her performances are alternate and Ivanović wins only 3 minor tournaments coming out of the world top 10. In 2014 we begin to see the first signs of recovery with 4 won tournaments and 5th place in the WTA ranking. In 2015 her results are not convincing and her only acute is the semifinal of Roland Garros, and at the end of the year she has to settle for 16th place in the world ranking.