Serbian tennis player
Jovana Jović Full name Jovana Jović Country (sports) Serbia Born (1993-09-30 ) 30 September 1993 (age 30) Belgrade , Serbia , FR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Turned pro 2009 Retired March 2022 (last match played in March 2021) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 512,978 Career record 311–233 (57.2%) Career titles 17 ITF Highest ranking No. 102 (12 May 2014) Australian Open Q2 (2014 ) French Open 1R (2014 ) Wimbledon 1R (2014 ) US Open Q2 (2014 , 2016 , 2019 ) Career record 79–101 (43.9%) Career titles 4 ITF Highest ranking No. 204 (31 July 2017) Fed Cup 2–3 (40.0%)
Jovana Jović (née Jakšić ; 30 September 1993) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Jović won 17 singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit . On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102, after getting into the WTA tournament final in Monterrey. On 31 July 2017, she peaked at No. 204 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Serbia Fed Cup team , Jović has a win–loss record of 2–3. She made her Fed Cup debut in February 2014, losing to Canada's Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets in their World Group II tie, but winning the dead doubles rubber the following day.[1]
On 17 November 2019, she married her long-time boyfriend Vujadin Jović.[2]
Jović stepped away from professional tennis in March 2021 and announced her retirement on 5 March 2022.[3]
Jović in 2013 Jović made her debut on the WTA Tour , qualifying for the main draw of the Monterrey Open and defeating Vera Dushevina in the first round. She lost in the second round to the third seed Maria Kirilenko in three sets.
Jović reached her first career WTA final at the Monterrey Open , losing to fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.[4] In May, she made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the French Open , losing in the first round to 31st seed Daniela Hantuchová , in three sets.[5] At Wimbledon , she lost to Petra Cetkovská in the first round, in three sets as well.
Performance timelines [ edit ] Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic Games and Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup are included in win–loss records.
Singles [ edit ] WTA career finals [ edit ] Singles: 1 (runner–up) [ edit ] Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ITF Circuit finals [ edit ] Singles: 28 (17 titles, 11 runner–ups) [ edit ] Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface Hard (7–6) Clay (9–5) Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Jul 2011 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 10,000 Clay Zsófia Susányi 6–2, 6–3 Loss 1–1 Aug 2011 ITF Vinkovci, Croatia 10,000 Clay Indire Akiki 6–3, 0–6, 2–6 Loss 1–2 Oct 2011 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay Dinah Pfizenmaier 4–6, 4–6 Loss 1–3 Oct 2011 ITF Pirot, Serbia 10,000 Clay Natalija Kostić 3–6, 3–6 Win 2–3 Nov 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ganna Poznikhirenko 6–4, 6–2 Win 3–3 Mar 2012 ITF Mumbai, India 10,000 Hard Keren Shlomo 6–3, 7–6(5) Win 4–3 Sep 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Zuzana Zálabská 7–5, 7–5 Win 5–3 Oct 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Lena-Marie Hofmann 6–2, 6–3 Win 6–3 Nov 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ganna Poznikhirenko 6–2, 7–6(3) Win 7–3 Nov 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ana Konjuh 6–3, 6–1 Win 8–3 Nov 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Laura-Ioana Paar 6–2, 6–0 Win 9–3 Feb 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Jasmina Tinjić 5–2 ret. Win 10–3 Feb 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ioana Ducu 6–2, 7–5 Loss 10–4 Mar 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Raluca Olaru 3–6, 5–7 Win 11–4 Apr 2013 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico 25,000 Hard Julia Cohen 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 12–4 May 2013 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia 25,000 Hard Yang Zi 6–3, 6–2 Win 13–4 May 2013 ITF Tarakan, Indonesia 25,000 Hard (i) Li Ting 6–3, 6–2 Loss 13–5 Jul 2013 ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard Diāna Marcinkēviča 7–5, 5–7, 2–6 Win 14–5 Feb 2014 ITF Surprise, United States 25,000 Hard Tamira Paszek 4–6, 7–6(13) , 7–5 Loss 14–6 May 2014 Anning Open , China 50,000[c] Clay Zheng Saisai 2–6, 3–6 Loss 14–7 Oct 2014 Challenger de Saguenay , Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Julie Coin 5–7, 3–6 Win 15–7 Oct 2015 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Amra Sadiković 6–3, 6–7(5) , 6–1 Loss 15–8 Nov 2015 Toronto Challenger , Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Tatjana Maria 3–6, 2–6 Win 16–8 Jun 2017 ITF Wuhan, China 25,000 Hard Liu Fangzhou 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 Loss 16–9 Jun 2018 ITF Singapore 25,000 Hard Hiroko Kuwata 6–7(4) , 0–6 Loss 16–10 Aug 2018 ITF Guiyang, China 25,000 Hard Anastasia Gasanova 3–6, 4–6 Win 17–10 May 2019 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Carpet Momoko Kobori 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 Loss 17–11 Jul 2019 ITF Tianjin, China 25,000 Hard Wang Xinyu 4–6, 2–6
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups) [ edit ] Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (1–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Sasha Khabibulina Irina Glimakova Polina Monova 2–6, 6–1, [7–10] Win 1–1 Aug 2015 ITF Winnipeg, Canada 25,000 Hard Sharon Fichman Kristie Ahn Lorraine Guillermo 6–2, 6–1 Win 2–1 Apr 2017 ITF Charlottesville , United States 60,000 Clay Catalina Pella Madison Brengle Danielle Collins 6–4, 7–6(5) Loss 2–2 Jul 2017 Gold River Challenger , U.S. 60,000 Hard Vera Lapko Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos 1–6, 2–6 Win 3–2 Sep 2017 ITF Stillwater, United States 25,000 Hard Caitlin Whoriskey Harriet Dart An-Sophie Mestach 4–6, 6–4, [10–3] Win 4–2 Jul 2018 Ashland Classic , United States 60,000 Clay Renata Zarazúa Sanaz Marand Whitney Osuigwe 6–3, 5–7, [10–4] Loss 4–3 Mar 2020 Las Vegas Open , United States 25,000 Hard Conny Perrin Lorraine Guillermo Maegan Manasse 6–0, 2–6, [4–10] Loss 4–4 Jan 2021 Georgia's Rome Open , U.S. 60,000 Hard Olga Govortsova Emina Bektas Tara Moore 7–5, 2–6, [8–10]
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