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She went on to defeat Dinara Safina in straight sets in the final, winning her first and only singles title. Pavlyuchenkova in final ; runner-up six times at Doha l. At the , she beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round, but lost to Christina McHale in the second round.
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She was in 2008, after she had defeated to win the. She was also the runner-up at the and the. She qualified for the annual three times, in , and and won the year-end twice, in and. Ana Ivanovic Ivanovic at the Native name Ана Ивановић Ana Ivanović Country sports 2004—2006 2006—2016 Residence , Born 1987-11-06 6 November 1987 age 30 , , Height 1. Her first breakthrough came at the 2004 Zurich Open, where she qualified and was narrowly beaten by in the second round in two tiebreak sets. By the age of 18 Ivanovic had already defeated established players such as , , and. She also defeated many other past and present top players including , Venus and , Dinara Safina, , , , , , , and. After that victory, she was overwhelmed by attention and endured an ongoing period of reduced success, failing to make a Grand Slam quarterfinal in her subsequent 17 Grand Slam tournaments, and dropping as low as No. In 2014, Ivanovic enjoyed a resurgence, beginning with her victory in the , her first singles title in over two years, before going on to win the , and the. Ivanovic qualified for competition in the 2014 in Singapore and secured a year-end ranking of No. In 2015, Ivanovic made it to the semifinals of a major for the first time in seven years at the. In late December 2016, a few days out from the beginning of the 2017 tour, she announced her retirement, citing being no longer able to perform to a high standard as a major factor. Ivanovic was born in ,. Ivanovic's mother Dragana, a lawyer, has been court-side during most of her matches. Her father Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attended as many events as he possibly could. Ivanovic has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loved to play basketball. Ivanovic first picked up a racket at the age of five after watching , a fellow , on television. She started her career after memorizing the telephone number of a local tennis clinic from an advertisement. During the , she was forced to train during the morning to avoid bombardments. Later, she admitted that she trained in an abandoned swimming pool in the winter, as no tennis facilities were available. At 13 she moved to train in , Switzerland, because of the better training facilities and coaching. Manager Dan Holzmann was living in Basel, and Ana and her mother stayed with him until they could afford an apartment. When she was 15, Ivanovic spent four hours in a locker room crying after a defeat — the first that her new manager had witnessed. She thought that Dan Holzmann would abandon her, thinking she wouldn't be good enough to become a professional tennis player. However, he remained her manager throughout her career. In 2004, she went 26—0 on the , and won all five events that she entered, two of them as a qualifier. As a qualifier in Zurich, she overcame a 5—1 third-set deficit along with two match points to defeat world No. She then debuted in the qualifying draw of a Major at the , where she was defeated by Lioudmila Skavronskaia after winning the first set 6—1 and having two match points in the third set. Her first notable breakthrough occurred in the next tournament, when she took to two tiebreaks, before losing in straight sets in the second round of the. She had held several set points in both sets. She followed up her run in Zurich with a quarterfinal showing at the next week. Her ranking continued to rise after wins over in Miami, also in Miami, and in Warsaw, all of whom were top-10 players. Ivanovic lost to at the in the third round, at in the third round after holding a 6—2, 2—0 lead, and at the in the quarterfinals. However, Ivanovic's biggest win to date then came over Mauresmo in the third round of the. She advanced to the quarterfinals of only her second Grand Slam tournament by defeating in the fourth round. Later in the year, Ivanovic reached the semifinals of the Zurich Open and , losing to in both tournaments. She finished the year ranked No. To start off her year, she played at the in Sydney where she once again defeated Amélie Mauresmo, this time in straight sets, before falling to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals. A week later, she lost to in the second round of the. Ivanovic made it to the third round of the , before losing to. She progressed to the fourth round at , but lost to eventual champion and world No. Ivanovic made her breakthrough in August 2006 by defeating a formerly ranked No. This ultimately led to her winning the , ahead of and. At the , she lost to. Ivanovic also played nine tournaments in doubles in 2006, teaming up with and. Ivanovic and Kirilenko made two semifinals and a final; they ended the year at No. Ivanovic finished the year ranked world No. Seeded 13th at the , Ivanovic defeated in the second round, but lost in the third round to Vera Zvonareva. Immediately after this tournament, she announced that she had split with her coach David Taylor. She then played in the. In the quarterfinals she beat No. During the American hard-court season, Ivanovic lost in early rounds. But on clay, Ivanovic first went on to semifinal of Amelia Island and then managed to win her first Tier-I clay-court title in , defeating No. Ivanovic needed a tiebreak to finally finish the match. The win in Berlin propelled her into the top ten of the for the first time, at world No. Ivanovic had a six-match winning streak heading into the and increased this streak to twelve by reaching the final. She won her first three matches with the loss of only nine games. In her second career quarterfinal at Roland Garros, Ivanovic defeated world No. In the final, Ivanovic attempted to win her first singles title and complete a sweep of the top three players in the world. At , Ivanovic defeated world No. In the semifinals, three-time former Wimbledon champion Venus Williams defeated Ivanovic in two sets after Ivanovic had a break in the second set. A persistent knee injury sustained at Wimbledon caused Ivanovic to withdraw from competition against and two lead-up events to the. She returned to the tour at the in , saving two match points in the semifinals with huge winner before defeating No. In the final, Ivanovic defeated top-10 player Petrova to win the fourth singles title of her career, which raised her ranking to a career-high of world No. In Ivanovic's first three matches at the , she lost only ten games. Venus Williams then eliminated her for the second consecutive time at a Major. Ivanovic returned to Europe for three tournaments. At the Tier II , Ivanovic qualified for the by virtue of reaching the semifinals. In the final, Ivanovic rallied from 3—6, 0—3 down to defeat in two hours and 25 minutes. This was her fifth career title. In the quarterfinals and semifinals she beat and Vera Zvonareva. To end the year, Ivanovic played in the Sony Ericsson Championships in. Seeded 4th and assigned to the Red Group during the round-robin phase, she defeated world No. She qualified for the semifinals but Sharapova defeated Ivanovic in the final match of the round-robin stage. Because she finished second in her group, Ivanovic played world No. Ivanovic finished the year with a career-high ranking of world No. As the fourth seed at the , Ivanovic made it all the way to the finals, beating top-10 players Venus Williams for the first time in her career, and coming back from a 0—6, 0—2 deficit against Daniela Hantuchová. Ivanovic fell against Sharapova in a tight match in the final where Ivanovic had 0—30 at 5—4 in first set. Her ranking rose to world No. And soon Serbia qualified for World Group II, after beating neighboring country. In March, Ivanovic defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the in before wins over top-15 players Francesca Schiavone, Vera Zvonareva, and world No. She lost to in the third round of the in Miami the following week in straight sets. Ivanovic started her clay-court season as defending champion at the in Berlin where she lost to for the fourth time in four meetings in the semifinals. In Rome she lost to qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova, but it couldn't demoralize Ivanovic, as she defeated 6—0, 6—0 in the fourth round, No. She went on to defeat Dinara Safina in straight sets in the final, winning her first and only singles title. Ivanovic at the At , Ivanovic saved match points against , but fell against unseeded wildcard of China in straight sets in the third round. Ivanovic started the summer hard-court season with a third-round loss at the in to. Ivanovic, bothered by a sore thumb sustained during practice two weeks before Montreal, withdrew from the in Los Angeles. Her withdrawal saw her lose the world No. The loss was the earliest defeat of the top-seeded player at the US Open since the. In her first match after the US Open, at the Tier I in Tokyo, Ivanovic was defeated by Nadia Petrova in three sets, bringing her win-loss record since the French Open to 4—4. Then she came back to Europe to play three more tournaments, first in Moscow where she lost to after having two match points. In the Zurich Open, she lost in the semifinals to Venus Williams after leading 3—1 in the third set. Ivanovic played in and won the tournament as a top-seed by crushing top-10 players Agnieszka Radwańska and Vera Zvonareva in the final. At the year-end in , Ivanovic was seeded 4th. In her first round-robin match, she was defeated by world No. She withdrew from her final match against Kuznetsova because of a virus. Ivanovic took part in 's win in the tie against. She defeated and to help Serbia to a 4—1 win. At the , a event, she lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. Around this time, Ivanovic began working with her new coach Craig Kardon, after parting with former coach Sven Groeneveld. At the in Indian Wells, where she was defending champion, Ivanovic advanced to the finals, before losing to Vera Zvonareva. In , Ivanovic lost in the third round to. In April, she took part in Serbia's against. She defeated to help Serbia gain promotion to the World Group with a 4—0 win. At the , Ivanovic won her first three matches in straight sets, before losing to in the fourth round. This early loss caused Ivanovic to fall out of the top ten for the first time since May 2007. After the loss, Ivanovic announced that she would cease working with Craig Kardon, and would be participating in the adidas Player Development Program, where she would be coached by Sven Groeneveld, , Mats Merkel and. At , Ivanovic was seeded 13th. She faced two match points against , before prevailing. She then took down and 18th seed Samantha Stosur in the second and third rounds in straight sets, before retiring against eventual finalist Venus Williams. At the , Ivanovic defeated in the first round and went on to face in the second round where she was eliminated. At the , Ivanovic lost in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career by succumbing to Kateryna Bondarenko. Citing an infection, Ivanovic pulled out of the and announced on her website that she was taking the rest of the year off. She finished the year with a 24—14 match record, her worst since she turned pro, and did not win any titles. Ivanovic only reached three quarterfinals, one semifinal, and one final, and only won back-to-back matches six times. Ivanovic ended the year ranked 22, the first time she had been ranked outside the top 20 since July 2005. Seeded 3rd, Ivanovic reached her first semifinal since in 2009. She eventually bowed out to wildcard Justine Henin in Henin's first tournament since her return from retirement. Ivanovic was seeded 20th at the , but lost to Gisela Dulko in the second round in three sets. She then participated in the opening round of the in Serbia's tie against Russia, and she went 0—2 in her singles matches and also lost doubles match. Ivanovic announced that she would be working with 's former coach on a trial basis during the spring North American hard-court season, suspending her relationship with the Adidas Player Development Program indefinitely. In her first match as Gunthardt's pupil, a one-set semifinal against reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters in the 2010 at , Ivanovic lost in a tiebreak, despite having held match point. After the match, Ivanovic stated that she had noted improvements in her game. Despite her improvements, Ivanovic lost her opening match in , suffering four consecutive losses for the first time. By also losing a huge number of ranking points, Ivanovic dropped out of the top 50 for the first time since March 2005. Seeded 25th in , Ivanovic won her first match since the Australian Open, but then lost to Radwańska in the third round. Ivanovic lost again to Radwańska at the. But unseeded in , Ivanovic had her best week of tennis in nearly two years. She stunned top-10 players Victoria Azarenka and Elena Dementieva, and top-20 player Nadia Petrova, all in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion in the semifinals. She was granted a wildcard into the , and received a bye in the first round due to her semifinal appearance at the Italian Open. She was the first unseeded wildcard to receive a first-round bye in the history of the WTA Tour. She lost in the second round to Jelena Janković, despite leading by a set and a break. Ivanovic entered the unseeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2005. She fell to Alisa Kleybanova in the second round. In the , Ivanovic fell to 7th-seeded German in the second round. Ivanovic was defeated in the first round of Wimbledon by 13th seed , and as a consequence saw her ranking drop to world No. In the opening round of the , Ivanovic avenged her 2009 Australian Open and 2010 French Open defeats by beating Alisa Kleybanova, before losing in the next round to in straight sets. In , she rallied from a set and a break down to beat Victoria Azarenka in three sets. Ivanovic retired against Kim Clijsters in the semifinals due to a foot injury. Her ranking dramatically improved to world No. The injury caused her to withdraw from New Haven. Unseeded at the , Ivanovic breezed into the fourth round with straight-set victories, before losing to defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters. Ivanovic lost her opener to in as the 7th seed. Ivanovic then defeated Kleybanova, the Korea Open champion, in the first round of , before again losing to Bartoli in straight sets. Ivanovic avenged her losses to Bartoli at the , beating the Frenchwoman in straight sets. On her way to the quarterfinals, Ivanovic scored top-10 victory by defeating Elena Dementieva for the second time in 2010. Ivanovic fell to world No. Entering the as a wildcard, Ivanovic defeated Patty Schnyder in the finals in straight sets, in just 47 minutes of play. Ivanovic headed to the as the 4th seed, where she reached the quarterfinals, before falling to 8th seed Julia Görges. Ivanovic revealed that she had ended her coaching relationship with Swiss star Heinz Günthardt, because Gunthardt did not want to travel full-time and mixed his interest in tennis with being a Swiss television commentator. By virtue of her title in Linz, Ivanovic qualified for the last tournament of the season, the. She made it to the finals, where she defeated Kleybanova for her tenth career title and her second of the year. She won ten of her last thirteen matches. With her title in Bali, Ivanovic achieved a year-end ranking of No. She competed along with Novak Djokovic and they qualified for the final, but due to an injury sustained during Ivanovic's match against Justine Henin, Serbia was forced to withdraw. Along with the Hopman Cup, Ivanovic also withdrew from Sydney. Seeded 19th at the she lost to in the first round in 2 hours and 47 minutes. Ivanovic then played in the , where she fell in the quarterfinals to 5th seed in straight sets. In she lost against Patty Schnyder in their last professional match for many years. She stated the loss was in part because of the abdominal injury sustained in the beginning of the season, and she subsequently withdrew from. In fourth round of Ivanovic beat Jelena Janković, but lost to Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals. She then played in and lost against defending champion Kim Clijsters in fourth round, despite having a 5—1, 40—0 lead in the third set and having five match points. Ivanovic joined in the event. Ivanovic scored a point for Serbia by beating Daniela Hantuchová in straight sets but had to retire in her next match against Dominika Cibulková, as she renewed an injury from the beginning of the season. Despite that, Serbia beat Slovakia in the deciding doubles rubber, 3—2. Ivanovic headed to and was up nine games to love after Nadia Petrova retired. Ivanovic lost in next round to Yanina Wickmayer in three sets. Ivanovic again lost after first set at love, to in first round at the. Ivanovic had a slight resurgence in , reaching the semifinals, but lost to Hantuchová in three sets. Ivanovic lost to Venus Williams in the second round at. Ivanovic at the 2011 Mercury Insurance Open Seeded 18th at , Ivanovic brushed aside and before falling to Petra Cetkovská. After Wimbledon, Ivanovic hired , the head of women's tennis at the , as her coach. In , Ivanovic fell against Japan's in her opening match. Seeded 5th in , she avenged the previous week's loss by beating Ayumi Morita in straight sets despite trailing 0—5 in the second set. Ivanovic then cruised into semifinals. She eventually fell against top seed Vera Zvonareva in three sets. In Toronto and Cincinnati she won a total of three matches but against qualifiers. Seeded 16th at the , she defeated , received a walkover from Petra Cetkovská and beat in straight sets before falling to eventual finalist Serena Williams. She also played alongside fellow countryman in the mixed-doubles competition for the first time, but fell against and in two sets. During Ivanovic recorded victories in straight sets over and wildcard , before losing to Maria Kirilenko. At the Ivanovic beat , Svetlana Kuznetsova and world No. But she then retired in second set against Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals due to a back injury. Ivanovic received a wild card to play the , which she defended, beating Roberta Vinci, Nadia Petrova and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the final, capturing her 11th WTA title. It was the first time she had ever defended her title in a tournament. Ivanovic's next event was in and she was sent out in the first round by Lucie Šafářová in straight sets. Ivanovic then headed over to the where she reached fourth round as a 21st seed. She beat three players outside the top 50, dropping no sets, but then met world No. She entered the top 20 of the world rankings after her run to the round of 16. Ivanovic at the 2012 French Open Ivanovic next played in. She fell to Petra Cetkovská in straight sets in the second round. Ivanovic then went to unseeded, where she upset Francesca Schiavone and beat Maria Kirilenko, before being defeated by 3rd seed Caroline Wozniacki. Ivanovic went over to as the 15th seed. She was able to make a run all the way to the semifinals, posting victories over Caroline Wozniacki and Marion Bartoli, who were both in the top 8. She retired against Maria Sharapova after losing the first set. In she beat Daniela Hantuchová before losing to Venus Williams in fourth round, despite holding a one set lead. Despite this defeat she still moved into the top 15 for the first time since 2009 and became Serbian No. Ivanovic then headed to Moscow for the semifinals, where after losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in three tight sets, recovered, and beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to put Serbia ahead, 2—1. Fellow countrywoman Jelena Janković then closed out the tie for Serbia 3—2 , sending the country into the Fed Cup finals for the first time in history. Ivanovic resumed action in , where she was beaten by in two tight sets. She then headed over to the newly blue-clayed where she breezed past and Nadia Petrova, before falling in straight sets to world No. In she avenged her Fed Cup loss against Kuznetsova, but fell to No. Seeded 13th at , Ivanovic beat and Shahar Pe'er, losing only six games over the course of the two matches. Despite continuing in style and winning the first of the match, she lost to eventual finalist Sara Errani in the third round. Seeded 14th at , she worked for victories over , Kateryna Bondarenko and 22nd seed Julia Görges to reach fourth round, her best result there since 2009. She then suffered a bad loss to 2nd seed Azarenka in the fourth round; winning only one game. Despite the loss, her run caused her ranking to rise to No. She made her Olympic debut at the in London, participating in both the and with. Seeded 11th in singles, she defeated and local in straight sets, before losing for the sixth time to Kim Clijsters in third round. She teamed up with Zimonjić for the mixed doubles competition, where they lost against India's and in the opening round. At the 2012 Roger's Cup, Ivanovic was double bageled by Roberta Vinci in the second round. It didn't seem to affect Ivanovic as she was still able to reach her first Major quarterfinal since 2008 at , and also her first ever at that event. Ivanovic defeated qualifier , , young American Sloane Stephens and in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals Ivanovic was soundly defeated by Serena Williams. Ivanovic then played in , losing to in round two; she then competed at the China Open reaching the third round, losing to in straight sets. She came with a winning streak to , having won there previously in 2008 and 2010, but her streak was finished in quarterfinals against qualifier. Ivanovic headed over to and made it all the way to the semifinal, having had a bye in the first round then defeating two qualifiers in straight sets. She lost to Samantha Stosur in three sets, despite winning the first. Ivanovic did not qualify to defend her title in Bali, and did not receive a wildcard-entry due to her participation at the. Serbia took on the defending champions, Czech Republic. Ivanovic lost her first rubber against Lucie Šafářová, but won her second against Petra Kvitová. Which meant Jelena Janković had to win her rubber to take it to a tie, and go to a decider. Janković eventually lost her rubber against Lucie Šafářová. However, Ivanovic finished 2012 as the world No. In her first round-robin match, she beat Italy's Francesca Schiavone. She beat Ashleigh Barty and in her final round-robin match defeated Tatjana Malek to put Serbia into the final, having defeated Italy, Australia and Germany. While playing Spain, Djokovic gave Serbia a 1—0 tie lead but Anabel Medina Garrigues tied up the final at 1—1 after defeating Ivanovic in a closely fought singles match. Serbia then lost the deciding tie in mixed doubles. At the , she successfully reached the 4th round of the tournament, progressing past Melinda Czink, Yung-Jan Chen and Jelena Janković. She eventually lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in two sets. Ivanovic played in Pattaya City as the No. Ivanovic was then scheduled to play at the but withdrew due to shoulder injuries. Ivanovic competed at the as the 12th seed. She made a run to the third round, but lost to Agnieszka Radwańska, despite breaking her in the 12th game and having the chance to serve out for the second set. She then reached the second round of the , before losing narrowly to Petra Kvitová. Ivanovic received a first round bye at the. In her second round match, she defeated American teenager losing just three games. In the third round, she lost in three sets to big-serving Mona Barthel from Germany. At the subsequent WTA Premier Mandatory event , Ivanovic exacted revenge on Urszula Radwańska by dishing out a two set drubbing and cruised past two-time grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. However, Ivanovic lost to 8th seeded Errani in three sets in the fourth round. Ivanovic then took part in the and was defeated in the second round by defending champion from Hungary. This marked the first time since the 2008 US Open that Ivanovic had lost to an opponent ranked outside the top 100. Despite a slow start to the 2013 season, Ivanovic made good progress in the clay season. Notably, she defeated upcoming players Mona Barthel who she lost to at Indian Wells and Laura Robson, as well as higher-seeded players Nadia Petrova at Stuttgart and twice at the Fed Cup Week two playoffs and at the Mutua Madrid Open. As a result of Ivanovic's more consistent tennis in the clay season, she reached the quarterfinals in Stuttgart despite not being seeded, and managed to reach the semifinals of the WTA Premier Mandatory Mutua Madrid Open for the first time in her career. In both Stuttgart and Madrid, her runs were routed by 2012 French Open champion Maria Sharapova. Unfortunately, after good runs at two clay court tournaments, she dropped her opener in Rome against Urszula Radwańska. At the French Open she stormed past three opponents to the fourth round, only to fall in straight sets to Agnieszka Radwańska for the third time in the year. At , she won her first round match-up against , but in the second round Ivanovic would be knocked out of the tournament by. In July 2013, Sears and Ivanovic part ways and she hired Nemanja Kontic as her coach. Ivanovic had a sub-par summer hard court season, only managing to defeat one other seeded player. At Carlsbad, she defeated before getting edged out by world No. In Toronto, she made quick work of and in straight sets, before losing to in three sets. Ivanovic was up 5—2 in the third set, but was unable to serve out the match and eventually lost when she sent a backhand long in the tiebreak. Ivanovic dropped her opener in Cincinnati to. At the , Ivanovic made it to the fourth round, narrowly scraping past American player Christina McHale in the third round by erasing two of her opponent's match points. Ivanovic made a whopping 51 unforced errors in her match against Christina McHale. In the fourth round, Ivanovic lost to Victoria Azarenka again in 3 sets. By winning the first set in her fourth round loss to Victoria Azarenka, Ivanovic won her first set against a top ten opponent at a Major since she won the 2008 French Open, ending a streak of 15 consecutive sets lost against a top-ten seed. Ivanovic then headed to Asia for the Premier events in Tokyo and Beijing after a two-week break. In the former, she routed young German Annika Beck before cruising past Elina Svitolina. In the third round, she lost to Anqelique Kerber for the first time. In the latter, she moved past Flavia Pennetta in two sets despite trailing 5—1 in the first set. She was then defeated surprisingly by Polona Hercog of Slovenia in straight sets. Ivanovic then headed to Linz and progressed to the final without dropping a set, beating Yanina Wickmayer, Francesca Schiavone, Dominika Cibulková and Stefanie Vögele before being edged out in the final by Kerber once more, despite having saved three match points and had four set points of her own to take the match into a decider. She then took part in the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as the 4th seed, receiving a bye in the first round before breezing past Klára Zakopalová for the loss of just four games. In the last eight, she was edged out by Samantha Stosur, who had also beaten her in the semifinals the year before. At the Tournament of Champions, Ivanovic was allocated into the Sredets Group alongside Samantha Stosur, Elena Vesnina and. In her first round-robin match, Ivanovic captured a two-set victory over Pironkova. She then went on to defeat Stosur. She needed one more victory to come first in her group. However, Ivanovic lost to Vesnina for the second time this year despite leading 5—2 in third set and serving two times for the match. But despite losing, she still qualified for the semifinals by winning a set, therefore coming second in her group after Stosur. In her semifinal match, she lost to eventual champion despite leading 3—0 in third set with two breaks in her own. Ivanovic ended the 2013 season with a rank of 16. At the , she defeated No. She lost to 30th seed Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in the quarterfinals in three sets. On set point for Bouchard, Ivanovic double-faulted. At the next four tournaments of the Asian and American series, Ivanovic failed to make the quarterfinals at all of them. She beat top players such as Angelique Kerber saving match point in Dubai and Flavia Pennetta in Miami. But there were some big outages like a double bagel against after Ivanovic won the first set. In , Ivanovic was the second seed and went on to win her second title of the year, by defeating 3rd seed Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals and in the WTA's first-ever all-Serbian final. Representing in against , Ivanovic lost against Sorana Cîrstea, but beat world No. Serbia would go on to lose the tie 1—4. Ivanovic then participated in where she made it all the way to the final, achieving back-to-back finals for the first time in her career. It was also the first time in five years, since the 2009 BNP Paribas Open, that Ivanovic had reached a Premier level final. En route she achieved other career milestones, defeating Julia Görges for her 400th career win and world No. She eventually lost to two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova in the final in three sets. In , Ivanovic won her first three matches in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, losing to Simona Halep in just one hour. Ivanovic gained revenge for her Stuttgart defeat against Sharapova at the , whom she defeated in the third round in straight sets, thus becoming the only person to defeat Sharapova on clay that year. The win was significant most of all because she became the first player other than Serena Williams to defeat Sharapova on clay since 2011, ended her winning streak in Rome Sharapova was 47—3 on the surface and was undefeated in Rome since 2011 and was the only player to beat the Russian on clay in 2014. It was also the first time since the semifinals at the 2007 French Open that Ivanovic had defeated Sharapova. Against Serena Williams, in her second appearance in the Rome semifinals, she lost in three sets; she was the only player to take a set off Williams in the whole tournament. At Ivanovic was the 11th seed. This was her best Grand Slam seeding since the where she was the same seed. In the first two rounds, she defeated rising stars, Caroline Garcia and Elina Svitolina, before falling to 23rd seed Lucie Šafářová in straight sets. This marked the fifth straight time that Šafarova had beaten Ivanovic. Ivanovic made a quick transition from clay to grass as she won her first grass-court title in , as the first seed. Ivanovic beat , a later Wimbledon quarterfinalist, in the final. In all matches, she lost five or less games. At Ivanovic came in again as the 11th seed. She started well, with wins over Zheng Jie and Francesca Schiavone, all in straight sets. In third round she faced grass court specialist and 2013 Wimbledon runner-up,. She won their match played earlier in the season. However, she would go on to lose in three sets. The match was particularly strange due to it being played over three days over the Middle Sunday. The first part was played on Saturday and with Lisicki leading 6—4, 1—1, the match was suspended due to bad light. On Monday match was played in two parts, being paused due to rain. In the first period of play, Ivanovic had momentum on her side. Upon resumption, Lisicki would go on to win seven of the next nine games. After Wimbledon, Ivanovic did not renew her contract with coach Nemanja Kontic. She hired as her coach. Ivanovic started the in , avenging her Wimbledon loss by defeating Sabine Lisicki in straight sets. Ivanovic eventually lost in the quarterfinals in three sets to Serena Williams in their third three-set match of the year. As a result of her quarterfinals run, Ivanovic returned to the top ten in the WTA rankings for the first time since 2009. Then at the , Ivanovic lost to eventual quarterfinalist in the second round; but in , she reached the Premier-5 final, beating Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and 5th seed Sharapova in the process. Against Sharapova, Ivanovic served for the match in the second set, but lost the next four games. Sharapova then served for the match, but Ivanovic saved two match points and went on to victory to set up the final match against Serena Williams. Ivanovic opened the match well, with a break and break points, but did not convert them and Williams broke back. Ivanovic won just two games after that start. At the , Ivanovic was seeded 8th, her highest Grand Slam seeding since the 2009 French Open. In the first round she beat American in straight sets only allowing her opponent to win three games, but was upset by unseeded Czech in the second round in two close sets. The following month, Ivanovic played in , defeating former world No. She then beat reigning US Open finalist Wozniacki in straight sets for her 15th title. She marked some personal achievements: this was her 52nd win and fourth title of the season, both personal bests. In Wuhan, she had to play the day after winning Tokyo and decided to retire in the second set of the match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Ivanovic came into refreshed and beat , Romina Oprandi and Lisicki, all in straight sets. She set a quarterfinal clash with Simona Halep, but the world No. Ivanovic lost to Sharapova, but with those points she secured her spot in the. Having qualified for the WTA Tour Championships, Ivanovic was drawn into the Red Group alongside Serena Williams, Halep and Bouchard. In Ivanovic's first match of the tournament, against top-seed Serena Williams, she lost in straight sets. However, Ivanovic clinched victory in her second match, against Bouchard. Despite defeating Halep in her final round robin match, Ivanovic was unable to progress since she dropped a set in the process. In doing so, she became the first player since Lindsay Davenport in 2004 to not progress to the semifinals with a 2—1 record in RR play. However, Ivanovic did finish the year ranked No. Following the end of the WTA season, Ivanovic played and defeated world No. She also went on to participate in the inaugural held in cities across Asia. As part of the , Ivanovic played alongside many big names, including and. Due to the new, fast-paced format unique to the IPTL, Ivanovic only played one set per match, representing her team in the women's singles category. The Aces went on to clinch the title, with Ivanovic amassing a total of nine wins and three losses. She lost one set against en route. By beating , Ivanovic set up a final clash against Maria Sharapova, which she lost despite taking the first set in a tiebreak. Ivanovic entered the as the 5th seed, but lost in the opening round in three sets to qualifier Lucie Hradecká, losing for the third time to a Czech player in her last four Major appearances. She later revealed that she was struggling with a toe injury during the match. At her next tournament in , she lost just three games against Sabine Lisicki in the second round, but struggles continued as she lost to Karolína Plíšková in three sets. Ivanovic was the defending champion in , but she lost Caroline Garcia in the semifinals. In , things didn't go better, as she lost two more times to Garcia in both doubles and singles. In Ivanovic beat in the second round in three sets before losing in the third round to Sabine Lisicki in straight sets. Ivanovic started her clay season with a third straight loss to Garcia in , where she was defending finalist points. Prior to the , Ivanovic parted ways with coach Dejan Petrovic. After two months, Ivanovic managed to win back-to-back matches, reaching the third round where she lost to an in-form Carla Suárez Navarro in three sets. She then played in the and lost in the second round to qualifier and eventual semifinalist, , in three sets after failing to serve out the match in the third set. Ivanovic entered the as the 7th seed. In the first and second rounds she came back from a set down to beat and. In the third round she beat in straight sets. With her third round victory over , Ivanovic reached 100 wins at Grand Slam events. In the fourth round she beat Ekaterina Makarova in three sets and in the quarterfinals she beat in straight sets to advance to the semifinals of a Major for the first time since she won the title in Paris back in. She lost to Lucie Šafářová in two tight sets despite being up 5—2 in the first set. Ivanovic started her grass season at the where she was the defending champion. She failed to defend her title, losing in the second round to in three sets despite serving for the match in the third set. Ivanovic entered as the 7th seed. She easily beat in the first round in straight sets but then lost in the second round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in straight sets. In late July, Ivanovic went back to working with former coach,. Ivanovic began her summer hard-court season at the where she was seeded fifth. She beat qualifiers and to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2006. She lost to eventual champion, Belinda Bencic in straight sets. Ivanovic then played at the where she was defending finalist points. After receiving a walkover in the second round from Venus Williams, she beat Sloane Stephens in three sets to set up a rematch of last year's final against Serena Williams in the quarterfinals which she lost in three sets despite being up a set and a break in both the second and third sets. Ivanovic next played at the as the seventh seed. She lost in the first round to Dominika Cibulková in three sets. Ivanovic began her Asian hard court swing at the. As the defending champion, Ivanovic beat in the second round in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals where she lost to Cibulková in straight sets. Ivanovic's next tournament was the. She easily beat both and to advance to the third round where she lost to in three sets. Ivanovic's next tournament was the. She beat to advance to the second round, where she defeated an in-form Venus Williams in straight sets, winning the last six games of the second set in a row after going down an early break. She followed up the win by beating Kuznetsova and Pavlyuchenkova to advance to the semifinals where she lost to in three sets. The loss ended Ivanovic's chances to qualify for the. She then played at the. After beating , she lost to in three tight sets. Despite not qualifying for the , she did qualify for the , but she withdrew. Ivanovic ended the year at No. Ivanovic took a wildcard into the and lost in the first round to Karolína Plíšková in straight sets. During the , she beat and , both in straight sets to advance to the third round. Ivanovic lost to in three sets despite being up a set and a break in both the second and third sets. During the match Ivanovic's coach, collapsed and was taken to a hospital where it was later confirmed that he was conscious. Ivanovic's next tournament was the where she made it through to the semifinals. At the , after defeating Daria Gavrilova and world No. At she beat Camila Giorgi but then lost to Karolína Plíšková in round 3. In Miami she lost to Timea Bacsinszky. In Stuttgart she won her first-round match but then lost in the second round to Karolína Plíšková. In the first round of the , Ivanovic beat qualifier in three sets, however, she lost to another qualifier in the second round. At the , she beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round, but lost to Christina McHale in the second round. Ivanovic had a tough first-round match win at the after she beat in three sets. She defeated in the second round, but lost to Elina Svitolina in the third round. Ivanovic only won 15 matches in 2016 with the last coming in June. She played her career's last professional match in the first round of the against and lost in straight sets. On 28 December, having been absent with injury since August, Ivanovic announced her retirement stating that she was no longer able to play to her high standards and win big tournaments, meaning it was time to move on from professional tennis and start a new chapter in her life. At the , a ceremony was held on to honour Ana Ivanovic. Ivanovic endorsed apparel and shoes at the beginning of her professional career, but at the beginning of 2006 switched to rival. Ivanovic then signed a lifetime contract with the company. Ivanovic became an Ambassador for Adidas once she retired from competitive tennis. She is believed to be the youngest athlete, male or female, to sign a contract of such longevity. She started with the racquets, eventually using the nCode nBlade painted H22. From the beginning of 2008 to the end of her career, Ivanovic used racquets. She previously used the RQiS 1 Tour XL 95, but at the beginning of the 2010 in Cincinnati switched to a prototype version of a new Yonex racket. Ivanovic played with the Yonex EZONE AI 98 model tennis racquet. In 2008, Ivanovic signed an endorsement deal with. Ivanovic was an offensive baseliner with an aggressive style of play. In 2007 and 2008, Ivanovic was regarded as one of the best competitors on the women's tour. Many critics attributed this to lack of confidence. As a result, she started to play with more confidence and won matches more consistently. Serve Ivanovic serving at Indian Wells, 2008 She hit a 124. However, from 2009 to 2012, her service game has largely been viewed as a liability instead of a weapon. This is because of her inconsistent ball tosses which are directly associated with her diminishing confidence. Nonetheless, in 2013, under the tutelage of Nigel Sears, her ball tosses become more consistent, allowing her to build her game on her powerful first serves. Groundstrokes Ivanovic's forehand was her bread-and-butter shot that took the world by storm in 2007—08, propelling her to the top of the rankings. A flat stroke, hit with not a lot of topspin which gives it its power, Simon Reed believed it to be one of the best forehands in the game. Conversely, her backhand was much weaker than her forehand and was often targeted by players acquainted with Ivanovic's playing style. Her cross-court backhand generally lacked the depth required to throw her opponents off course. While Ivanovic's movement and net play were once considered to be her weaknesses, they both improved over the years. Towards the end she was considered to be considerably faster than when she started playing professional tennis. Nonetheless, she was capable of performing well on hard and grass courts as well. When she launched her re-branded site during 2010, she stated in her bio that she likes all surfaces. Main article: Ivanovic and her fellow Serbian have played each other 12 times with Ivanovic having the advantage 9 to 3 in match wins. The pair played their first match against each other in an abandoned swimming pool used as a tennis court in. A 9-year old Janković won the match, thrashing the 7-year old Ivanovic 7—1. Ivanovic has dominated the majority of the rivalry. When asked why Ivanovic has posed such a problem for herself, Janković remarked that she struggles to read Ivanovic's game mostly due to the fact Ivanovic likes to play short points. Ivanovic leads 2—1 on clay, 6—2 on hard courts and 1—0 on carpet courts. The longest match contested between the two in the semi-finals at the in. In a match lasting two and a half hours, Ivanovic recovered from a 4—1 third set deficit, saving two match points en route, to defeat Janković on her way to the title. The most significant match between the pair took place in the semi-finals of the , with the winner having assured of becoming world No. Ivanovic won the match, recovering from a 3—1 final set deficit to defeat Jankovic for the fifth consecutive time. Jankovic's win at the in later that year snapped a 5 match losing streak against her compatriot. The relationship between pair has been strained. Both have openly admitted in the past to not liking each other. Ivanovic was criticized both by Janković and her mother after Ivanovic decided to withdraw from Serbia's tie against Slovakia, citing her poor form in 2010 which left Janković the only high-profile player to play the tie which Serbia lost 3—2. During the same weekend, Ivanovic was photographed having coffee with her boyfriend at the island resort of. Snezana Janković denounced Ivanovic in the Serbian press whilst herself Janković later admitted she had been disappointed by Ivanovic's no show and said that Ivanovic should have at least supported the team for the bench even if she decided not to play. Another high-profile controversy was after the pair's first meeting in two years in the second round of the in where the match was marred however by an incident in which off court cameras appeared to catch Janković mocking Ivanovic's trademark fistpumps towards her mother and camp after the match. After their match in Indian Wells in 2011 however, Ivanovic stated she felt there were no real issues with Janković and both agreed that they have both put the past behind them, an opinion echoed again by Janković after their Australian Open encounter in 2013. List of all matches No. Year Tournament Surface Round Winner Score Length Ivanovic Janković 1. Hard i R16 Ivanovic 6—2, 6—1 0:51 1 0 2. Los Angeles Hard QF Janković 6—4, 7—6 8—6 1:37 1 1 3. Carpet i QF Ivanovic 3—6, 6—4, 6—2 1:42 2 1 5. Clay Final Ivanovic 7—5, 6—3 1:28 3 1 6. Los Angeles Hard SF Ivanovic 4—6, 6—3, 7—5 2:30 4 1 7. Hard SF Ivanovic 7—6 7—3 , 6—3 1:25 5 1 8. Clay SF Ivanovic 6—4, 3—6, 6—4 2:15 6 1 9. Hard Round robin Janković 6—3, 6—4 1:29 6 2 10. Clay R32 Janković 4—6, 6—4, 6—1 1:50 6 3 11. Indian Wells Hard R16 Ivanovic 6—4, 6—2 1:24 7 3 12. Melbourne Hard R32 Ivanovic 7—5, 6—3 1:23 8 3 13. Stuttgart Clay SF Ivanovic 6—3, 7—5 1:28 9 3 Ivanovic vs. Kuznetsova Ivanovic and have met 14 times since 2005, Ivanovic leading the head-to-head 11—3 overall. Ivanovic leads 7—2 on hard courts and 4—1 on clay. The pair first met in the fourth round of the , Ivanovic coming back from a 5—3 final set defeat to win and notch her first ever career Top 10 victory. Ivanovic has won all of their significant meetings including their only Grand Slam encounter at the en route to her first Grand Slam final and both their final meetings, at the in Berlin and the in. Kuznetsova's first victory over Ivanovic came at the in Sydney, which remains her only win against Ivanovic in a WTA event, her other two coming both in encounters in 2008 and 2012. List of all matches No. Year Tournament Surface Round Winner Score 1. Sharapova Ivanovic and have met 14 times, Sharapova leading the head-to-head 10—4. Sharapova leads 6—1 on hard courts and 4—2 on clay. Ivanovic leads 1—0 on carpet. The pair first met at the which Sharapova won in straight sets. Ivanovic beat Sharapova at the 2007 French Open in straight sets easily to advance to her first Grand Slam final. After that match the pair did not meet for more than four years until the where Sharapova won after Ivanovic retired after winning the first game in the second set. Ivanovic would then lose the next four meetings that followed. In 2014, Ivanovic defeated Sharapova for the first time since 2007 at the in straight sets. Their match at the was a dramatic and controversial one. Ivanovic was up a set and a double break before a bad call was made that affected Ivanovic and allowed Sharapova back into the match to steal the second set. Then, in the third set, Ivanovic was up 1—0, 15—15 before she took a medical timeout, after which Sharapova took control of the set. Sharapova broke right back to serve for the match. Sharapova had two match points but failed to convert both. Ivanovic would eventually prevail, recording her first win over Sharapova on the hard courts. The pair did not need to wait long to meet in 2015, with both drawn as the top 2 seeds in the. Both players qualified for the final, but it was Sharapova who once again clinched victory on the hard courts, despite dropping the first set to Ivanovic in a tiebreak. List of all matches No. Year Tournament Surface Round Winner Score 1. Petrova Ivanovic and have met 14 times since 2005, Ivanovic leading the head-to-head 9—5 overall. Ivanovic leads 4—2 on hard courts and 5—1 on clay. Petrova leads 1—0 on both grass and carpet. The pair first met in the second round of the with Ivanovic winning in straight sets. Later in the year, Petrova reached the semifinals of the by defeating Ivanovic in straight sets in the quarterfinals. In the next two matches both players won one, and both were in a round of 16. Ivanovic won two significant matches in 2007. First, she beat Petrova in the 4th round of after a rollercoaster three set match. Later in the summer Ivanovic won in straight sets in their only meeting in a final, in. At that time, it was 4—2 for Ivanovic in their head-to-head, but Petrova won the next two meetings in two close matches to level the result. However, Ivanovic won five of the next six meetings, including the quarterfinals of the when Petrova retired but after Ivanovic had won the first nine games, and the semifinals of the in Bali, which Ivanovic won in straight sets. List of all matches No. Year Tournament Surface Round Winner Score 1. In 2010 Ivanovic adopted , as her home away-from-home. On 8 September 2007, Ivanovic became a for , alongside , and. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. They married on 12 July 2016, in. On 23 November 2017, Ivanovic announced she was expecting the couple's first child. In March she announced the birth of a baby boy in. 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