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Biography

Career Highlights

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.

Career in review

2004 - First Top 100 finish in first full season on Tour, making the biggest ranking jump of any player on the WTA Tour in 2004 (608 spots) and compiling 37-5 record; as world No.156 qualifier at Zurich (in third career main draw after Vienna and Birmingham earlier in season), upset world No.29 Golovin 75 67(2) 76(3) in 1r (overcame 5-1 third-set deficit and 2 mp), l. to former No.1 V.Williams 76(11) 76(6) in 2r (held five set points in first set and three in second at 6-3 in tie-break); the next week, made Tour QF debut at Luxembourg (l. to Medina Garrigues), afterwards on November 1 made Top 100 debut at No.96, having finished 2003 No.705; started season winning first 21 matches and three titles, $10,000 ITF/Mallorca 2-ESP, $50,000 ITF/Gifu-JPN (as qualifier) and $50,000 ITF/Fukuoka-JPN (as qualifier); won two more $50,000 ITF Circuit titles (ITF/Fano-ITA, ITF/Batumi-GEO) just prior to qualifying for Zurich

2005 in detail

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.

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.

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