Ana Ivanovic born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade) is a Serbian professional tennis player.At the 2007 French Open, Ivanović reached her first Grand Slam singles final, losing to Justine Henin. She also reached the semifinals of Wimbledon and the Women's Tennis Association Tour Championships in 2007.Ana Ivanovic's mother, Dragana, a lawyer, attends her daughter's matches all season along, while Ana's father, Miroslav, who is a self-employed businessman attends as many events as he can. Ana has a younger brother Miloš, with whom she loves to play basketball.Ana Ivanovic came to limelight when she reached the final of the Junior Wimbledon tournament in 2004, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.Her first professional breakthrough occurred in October of 2004 when she took Venus Williams to two tie breaks before losing 7-6(11) 7-6(6) in the second round of the Zurich Open.In the beginning of 2005, she won her first career single title as a qualifier at Canberra, Australia. She defeated top 10 ranked players like Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova, and Vera Zvonareva, and saw significant improvement in her ranking.In March 2008, she was seen on court of Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California and defeated Jankovic in the semifinals 7–6(3), 6–3 and then beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final.On court, she throws array of shots and is known as an offensive baseliner who gathers point by hitting balls from the back of the court.
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