202 Facts About Ana Ivanovic

Ana Ivanovic became the world No 1 in 2008 after she won the 2008 French Open, and held the top ranking for a total of 12 weeks.

Ana Ivanovic was the runner-up at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open, losing to Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova respectively.

Ana Ivanovic's breakthrough came at the 2004 Zurich Open, where she qualified and was narrowly beaten by Venus Williams in the second round in two tiebreak sets.

In 2012, Ana Ivanovic reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal since her French Open victory at the 2012 US Open, thereby achieving the feat of reaching the quarterfinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments, and finished with a year-end top 15 ranking for the first time since 2008.

In 2014, Ana Ivanovic enjoyed a resurgence, beginning with her victory in the Auckland Open, her first singles title in over two years, before going on to win the Monterrey Open, Aegon Classic and the Pan Pacific Open.

In 2015, Ana Ivanovic made it to the semifinals of a major for the first time in seven years at the French Open.

Ana Ivanovic has a younger brother, Milos, with whom she loved to play basketball.

Ana Ivanovic first picked up a racket at the age of five after watching Monica Seles, a fellow Yugoslav, on television.

Ana Ivanovic started her career after memorizing the telephone number of a local tennis clinic from an advertisement.

Ana Ivanovic thought that Dan Holzmann would abandon her, thinking she wouldn't be good enough to become a professional tennis player.

Ana Ivanovic reached the final of the Junior Wimbledon tournament, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.

Ana Ivanovic had held several set points in both sets.

Ana Ivanovic followed up her run in Zurich with a quarterfinal showing at Luxembourg the next week.

Ana Ivanovic won her first career singles title early in the year at the Canberra International, after defeating Melinda Czink in the final.

Ana Ivanovic's ranking continued to rise after wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova in Miami, Nadia Petrova in Miami, and Vera Zvonareva in Warsaw, all of whom were top-10 players.

Later in the year, Ana Ivanovic reached the semifinals of the Zurich Open and Generali Ladies Linz, losing to Patty Schnyder in both tournaments.

Ana Ivanovic started the season at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Western Australia with fellow Serbian Novak Djokovic, where the pair narrowly missed the final.

Ana Ivanovic progressed to the fourth round at Wimbledon, but lost to eventual champion and world No 1, Amelie Mauresmo, in straight sets after beating No 14 seed, Dinara Safina.

Ana Ivanovic played nine tournaments in doubles in 2006, teaming up with Maria Kirilenko and Sania Mirza.

Ana Ivanovic finished the year ranked world No 14 in singles and No 51 in doubles.

Ana Ivanovic started the season in Gold Coast and Sydney where she reached quarterfinals.

Ana Ivanovic then played in the Toray Pan Pacific Open.

Ana Ivanovic had a six-match winning streak heading into the French Open and increased this streak to twelve by reaching the final.

Ana Ivanovic won her first three matches with the loss of only nine games.

At Wimbledon, Ana Ivanovic defeated world No 9 Nadia Petrova in the fourth round, and saved three match points to defeat Nicole Vaidisova in the quarterfinals.

Ana Ivanovic returned to the tour at the East West Bank Classic in Carson, California, saving two match points in the semifinals with huge winner before defeating No 3 Jankovic in three sets.

Ana Ivanovic finished the year with a career-high ranking of world No 4.

Ana Ivanovic started the year at the Medibank International, where she made the quarterfinals, eventually losing to world No 1, Justine Henin, despite having had break points in the third set.

Ana Ivanovic was given the nickname "Aussie Ana" during the on-court interview with Todd Woodbridge following the victory over Williams.

Ana Ivanovic's ranking rose to world No 3, the highest of her career at the time.

Ana Ivanovic lost to Lindsay Davenport in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami the following week in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic started her clay-court season as defending champion at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin where she lost to Elena Dementieva for the fourth time in four meetings in the semifinals.

Ana Ivanovic went on to defeat Dinara Safina in straight sets in the final, winning her first and only major singles title.

At Wimbledon, Ana Ivanovic saved match points against Nathalie Dechy, but fell against unseeded wildcard Zheng Jie of China in straight sets in the third round.

Ana Ivanovic started the summer hard-court season with a third-round loss at the Rogers Cup in Montreal to Tamira Paszek.

Ana Ivanovic's withdrawal saw her lose the world No 1 ranking to Jankovic.

Ana Ivanovic played in Linz and won the tournament as a top-seed by crushing top-10 players Agnieszka Radwanska and Vera Zvonareva in the final.

At the year-end Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, Ana Ivanovic was seeded 4th.

Ana Ivanovic withdrew from her final match against Kuznetsova because of a virus.

At the Australian Open, Ana Ivanovic was seeded fifth and won her first two matches in straight sets before losing to 29th seed Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the third round.

Ana Ivanovic took part in Serbia's Fed Cup win in the World Group II tie against Japan.

Around this time, Ana Ivanovic began working with her new coach Craig Kardon, after parting with former coach Sven Groeneveld.

In Miami, Ana Ivanovic lost in the third round to Agnes Szavay.

At the French Open, Ana Ivanovic won her first three matches in straight sets, before losing to Victoria Azarenka in the fourth round.

Ana Ivanovic faced two match points against Lucie Hradecka, before prevailing.

Ana Ivanovic then took down Sara Errani and 18th seed Samantha Stosur in the second and third rounds in straight sets, before retiring against eventual finalist Venus Williams.

At the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Ana Ivanovic defeated Magdalena Rybarikova in the first round and went on to face Lucie Safarova in the second round where she was eliminated.

At the US Open, Ana Ivanovic lost in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career by succumbing to Kateryna Bondarenko.

At the Premier 5 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ana Ivanovic suffered her third successive defeat by losing to Lucie Safarova in the first round.

Ana Ivanovic only reached three quarterfinals, one semifinal, and one final, and only won back-to-back matches six times.

Ana Ivanovic ended the year ranked 22, the first time she had been ranked outside the top 20 since July 2005.

Ana Ivanovic eventually bowed out to wildcard Justine Henin in Henin's first tournament since her return from retirement.

Ana Ivanovic was seeded 20th at the Australian Open, but lost to Gisela Dulko in the second round in three sets.

Ana Ivanovic announced that she would be working with Steffi Graf's former coach Heinz Gunthardt on a trial basis during the spring North American hard-court season, suspending her relationship with the Adidas Player Development Program indefinitely.

Ana Ivanovic lost again to Radwanska at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.

Ana Ivanovic stunned top-10 players Victoria Azarenka and Elena Dementieva, and top-20 player Nadia Petrova, all in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the semifinals.

Ana Ivanovic was granted a wildcard into the Madrid Open, and received a bye in the first round due to her semifinal appearance at the Italian Open.

Ana Ivanovic was the first unseeded wildcard to receive a first-round bye in the history of the WTA Tour.

Ana Ivanovic lost in the second round to Jelena Jankovic, despite leading by a set and a break.

Ana Ivanovic entered the French Open unseeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2005.

Ana Ivanovic fell to Alisa Kleybanova in the second round.

Ana Ivanovic was defeated in the first round of Wimbledon by 13th seed Shahar Pe'er, and as a consequence saw her ranking drop to world No 64.

Ana Ivanovic retired against Kim Clijsters in the semifinals due to a foot injury.

Unseeded at the US Open, Ana Ivanovic breezed into the fourth round with straight-set victories, before losing to defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters.

Ana Ivanovic lost her opener to Vera Dushevina in Seoul as the 7th seed.

Ana Ivanovic then defeated Kleybanova, the Korea Open champion, in the first round of Tokyo, before again losing to Bartoli in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic avenged her losses to Bartoli at the China Open, beating the Frenchwoman in straight sets.

On her way to the quarterfinals, Ana Ivanovic scored top-10 victory by defeating Elena Dementieva for the second time in 2010.

Ana Ivanovic headed to the BGL Luxembourg Open as the 4th seed, where she reached the quarterfinals, before falling to 8th seed Julia Gorges.

Ana Ivanovic revealed that she had ended her coaching relationship with Swiss star Heinz Gunthardt, because Gunthardt did not want to travel full-time and mixed his interest in tennis with being a Swiss television commentator.

Ana Ivanovic made it to the finals, where she defeated Kleybanova for her tenth career title and her second of the year.

Ana Ivanovic started the year with the Hopman Cup in Perth, Western Australia.

Ana Ivanovic 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.

Ana Ivanovic then played in the PTT Pattaya Open, where she fell in the quarterfinals to 5th seed Roberta Vinci in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic stated the loss was in part because of the abdominal injury sustained in the beginning of the season, and she subsequently withdrew from Doha.

In fourth round of Indian Wells Ana Ivanovic beat Jelena Jankovic, but lost to Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals.

Ana Ivanovic scored a point for Serbia by beating Daniela Hantuchova in straight sets but had to retire in her next match against Dominika Cibulkova, as she renewed an injury from the beginning of the season.

Ana Ivanovic lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in first round of Madrid, after winning first set with bagel.

Ana Ivanovic headed to Rome and was up nine games to love after Nadia Petrova retired.

Ana Ivanovic again lost after first set at love, to Johanna Larsson in first round at the French Open.

Ana Ivanovic had a slight resurgence in Birmingham, reaching the semifinals, but lost to Hantuchova in three sets.

Ana Ivanovic lost to Venus Williams in the second round at Eastbourne.

In Stanford, Ana Ivanovic fell against Japan's Ayumi Morita in her opening match.

Ana Ivanovic eventually fell against top seed Vera Zvonareva in three sets.

At the China Open Ivanovic beat Kimiko Date-Krumm, Svetlana Kuznetsova and world No 3 Vera Zvonareva, losing total of ten games.

Ana Ivanovic then headed over to the Australian Open where she reached the fourth round as a 21st seed.

Ana Ivanovic beat three players outside the top 50, dropping no sets, but then met world No 2, Petra Kvitova, and lost in two sets.

Ana Ivanovic entered the top 20 of the world rankings after her run to the round of 16.

Ana Ivanovic fell to Petra Cetkovska in straight sets in the second round.

Ana Ivanovic then went to Dubai unseeded, where she upset Francesca Schiavone and beat Maria Kirilenko, before being defeated by 3rd seed Caroline Wozniacki.

Ana Ivanovic went over to Indian Wells as the 15th seed.

Ana Ivanovic was able to make a run all the way to the semifinals, posting victories over former World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki and Marion Bartoli, who were both in the top 8.

Ana Ivanovic retired against Maria Sharapova after losing the first set.

Ana Ivanovic resumed tour action in Stuttgart, where she was beaten by Mona Barthel in two tight sets.

Ana Ivanovic then suffered a bad loss to 2nd seed Azarenka in the fourth round; winning only one game.

Ana Ivanovic made her Olympic debut at the Summer Olympics in London, participating in both the Women's singles and Mixed Doubles with Nenad Zimonjic.

Ana Ivanovic teamed up with Zimonjic for the mixed doubles competition, where they lost against India's Mirza and Paes in the opening round.

At the 2012 Roger's Cup, Ana Ivanovic was double bageled by Roberta Vinci in the second round.

Ana Ivanovic then played in Tokyo, losing to Urszula Radwanska in round two; she then competed at the China Open reaching the third round, losing to Romina Oprandi in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic came with a winning streak to Linz, having won there previously in 2008 and 2010, but her streak was finished in quarterfinals against qualifier Kirsten Flipkens.

Ana Ivanovic headed over to Moscow and made it all the way to the semifinal, having had a bye in the first round then defeating two qualifiers in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic lost to Samantha Stosur in three sets, despite winning the first.

Ana Ivanovic did not qualify to defend her title in Bali, and did not receive a wildcard-entry due to her participation at the 2012 Fed Cup.

Ana Ivanovic lost her first rubber against Lucie Safarova, but won her second against Petra Kvitova.

However, Ana Ivanovic finished 2012 as the world No 13, her best finish since 2008.

Ana Ivanovic kicked off the year by playing at the Hopman Cup with Djokovic.

Ana Ivanovic 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.

Ana Ivanovic eventually lost to Agnieszka Radwanska in two sets.

Ana Ivanovic played in Pattaya City as the No 1 seed but lost in the first round to Ayumi Morita.

Ana Ivanovic was then scheduled to play at the Fed Cup but withdrew due to shoulder injuries.

Ana Ivanovic competed at the Qatar Total Open as the 12th seed.

Ana Ivanovic made a run to the third round, but lost to Agnieszka Radwanska, despite breaking her in the 12th game and having the chance to serve out for the second set.

Ana Ivanovic reached the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, before losing narrowly to Petra Kvitova.

Ana Ivanovic received a first round bye at the BNP Paribas Open.

At the subsequent Premier Mandatory event Sony Open Tennis, Ivanovic exacted revenge on Urszula Radwanska by dishing out a two set drubbing and cruised past two-time grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.

However, Ana Ivanovic lost to eighth seeded Errani in three sets in the fourth round.

Ana Ivanovic then took part in the Monterrey Open and was defeated in the second round by defending champion Timea Babos from Hungary.

At Wimbledon, she won her first round match-up against Virginie Razzano, but in the second round Ana Ivanovic would be knocked out of the tournament by Eugenie Bouchard.

At the US Open, Ana 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.

Ana Ivanovic made a whopping 51 unforced errors in her match against Christina McHale.

Ana Ivanovic then headed to Asia for the Premier events in Tokyo and Beijing after a two-week break.

Ana Ivanovic was then defeated surprisingly by Polona Hercog of Slovenia in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic then took part in the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as the fourth seed, receiving a bye in the first round before breezing past Klara Koukalova for the loss of just four games.

At the Tournament of Champions, Ivanovic was allocated into the Sredets Group alongside Samantha Stosur, Elena Vesnina and Tsvetana Pironkova.

Ana Ivanovic needed one more victory to come first in her group.

Ana Ivanovic started the 2014 season by winning the title in Auckland, defeating Venus Williams in the final in three sets, for her 12th title and her first since November 2011.

Ana Ivanovic lost to 30th seed Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in the quarterfinals in three sets.

At the next four tournaments of the Asian and American series, Ana Ivanovic failed to make the quarterfinals at all of them.

Ana Ivanovic beat top players such as Angelique Kerber in Dubai and Flavia Pennetta in Miami.

In Monterrey, Ivanovic was the second seed and went on to win her second title of the year, by defeating third seed Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals and Jovana Jaksic in the WTA's first-ever all-Serbian final.

Ana Ivanovic then participated in Stuttgart where she made it all the way to the final, achieving back-to-back finals for the first time in her career.

Ana Ivanovic eventually lost to two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova in the final in three sets.

In Madrid, Ana Ivanovic won her first three matches in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, losing to Simona Halep in just one hour.

Ana Ivanovic gained revenge for her Stuttgart defeat against Sharapova at the Italian Open, whom she defeated in the third round in straight sets, thus becoming the only person to defeat Sharapova on clay that year.

Ana Ivanovic made a quick transition from clay to grass as she won her first grass-court title in Birmingham, as the first seed.

Ana Ivanovic beat Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, a later Wimbledon quarterfinalist, in the final.

At Wimbledon Ana Ivanovic came in again as the 11th seed.

Ana Ivanovic started well, with wins over Zheng Jie and Francesca Schiavone, all in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic won their match played earlier in the season.

Ana Ivanovic started the US Open Series in Stanford, avenging her Wimbledon loss by defeating Sabine Lisicki in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic eventually lost in the quarterfinals in three sets to Serena Williams in their third three-set match of the year.

Against Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic served for the match in the second set, but lost the next four games.

Sharapova then served for the match, but Ana Ivanovic saved two match points and went on to victory to set up the final match against Serena Williams.

Ana Ivanovic opened the match well, with a break and break points, but did not convert them and Williams broke back.

At the US Open, Ana Ivanovic was seeded 8th, her highest Grand Slam seeding since the 2009 French Open.

Ana Ivanovic then beat reigning US Open finalist Wozniacki in straight sets for her 15th title.

Ana Ivanovic marked some personal achievements: this was her 52nd win and fourth title of the season, both personal bests.

Ana Ivanovic came into Beijing refreshed and beat Belinda Bencic, Romina Oprandi and Lisicki, all in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic set a quarterfinal clash with Simona Halep, but the world No 2 had to withdraw allowing Ivanovic to advance to the semifinals.

Ana Ivanovic lost to Sharapova, but with those points she secured her spot in the WTA Finals.

However, Ana Ivanovic did finish the year ranked No 5, her second best year-end ranking since turning pro.

Ana Ivanovic went on to participate in the inaugural International Premier Tennis League held in cities across Asia.

The Aces went on to clinch the title, with Ana Ivanovic amassing a total of nine wins and three losses.

Ana Ivanovic began her 2015 season reaching final of the Brisbane International.

Ana Ivanovic lost one set against Kaia Kanepi en route.

Ana Ivanovic entered the Australian Open as the fifth seed, but lost in the opening round in three sets to qualifier Lucie Hradecka, losing for the third time to a Czech player in her last four major appearances.

Ana Ivanovic later revealed that she was struggling with a toe injury during the match.

Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion in Monterrey, but she lost Caroline Garcia in the semifinals.

In Miami Ana Ivanovic beat Irina Falconi in the second round in three sets before losing in the third round to Sabine Lisicki in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic started her clay-court season with a third straight loss to Garcia in Stuttgart, where she was defending finalist points.

Ana Ivanovic then played in the Italian Open and lost in the second round to qualifier and eventual semifinalist, Daria Gavrilova, in three sets after failing to serve out the match in the third set.

Ana Ivanovic started her grass-court season at the Birmingham Classic as the defending champion.

Ana Ivanovic failed to defend her title, losing in the second round to Michelle Larcher de Brito in three sets despite serving for the match in the third set.

Ana Ivanovic easily beat Xu Yifan in the first round in straight sets but then lost in the second round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic began her summer hard-court season at the Rogers Cup where she was seeded fifth.

Ana Ivanovic beat qualifiers Olga Govortsova and Polona Hercog to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2006.

Ana Ivanovic lost to eventual champion, Belinda Bencic in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic next played at the US Open as the seventh seed.

Ana Ivanovic lost in the first round to Dominika Cibulkova in three sets.

Ana Ivanovic began her Asian hard court swing at the Toray Pan Pacific Open.

Ana Ivanovic easily beat both Alexandra Dulgheru and Madison Brengle to advance to the third round where she lost to Garbine Muguruza in three sets.

Ana Ivanovic beat Casey Dellacqua 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.

Ana Ivanovic followed up the win by beating Kuznetsova and Pavlyuchenkova to advance to the semifinals where she lost to Timea Bacsinszky in three sets.

At the Auckland Open Ana Ivanovic was seeded second but lost in the first round to British qualifier Naomi Broady in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic took a wildcard into the Apia International Sydney and lost in the first round to Karolina Pliskova in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic lost to Madison Keys in three sets despite being up a set and a break in both the second and third sets.

At the Dubai Tennis Championships, after defeating Daria Gavrilova and world No 3, Simona Halep, Ana Ivanovic lost to Barbora Strycova.

Ana Ivanovic had a tough first-round match win at the French Open after she beat Oceane Dodin in three sets.

Ana Ivanovic defeated Kurumi Nara in the second round, but lost to Elina Svitolina in the third round.

Ana Ivanovic only won 15 matches in 2016 with the last coming in June.

Ana Ivanovic played her career's last professional match in the first round of the US Open against Denisa Allertova and lost in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic endorsed Nike apparel and shoes at the beginning of her professional career, but at the beginning of 2006 switched to rival Adidas.

Ana Ivanovic became an Ambassador for Adidas once she retired from competitive tennis.

Ana Ivanovic is believed to be the youngest athlete, male or female, to sign a contract of such longevity.

Ana Ivanovic started with the Wilson racquets, eventually using the nCode nBlade painted H22.

Ana Ivanovic previously used the RQiS 1 Tour XL 95, but at the beginning of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open 2010 in Cincinnati switched to a prototype version of a new Yonex racket.

Ana Ivanovic played with the Yonex EZONE AI 98 model tennis racquet.

Ana Ivanovic was an offensive baseliner with an aggressive style of play.

Ana Ivanovic has won all of their significant meetings including their only Grand Slam encounter at the 2007 French Open en route to her first Grand Slam final and both their final meetings, at the 2007 Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin and the 2008 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells.

Kuznetsova's first victory over Ana Ivanovic came at the 2006 Medibank International in Sydney, which remains her only win against Ana Ivanovic in a WTA event, her other two coming both in Fed Cup encounters in 2008 and 2012.

Ana Ivanovic beat Sharapova at the 2007 French Open in straight sets easily to advance to her first Grand Slam final.

In 2014, Ana Ivanovic defeated Sharapova for the first time since 2007 at the Rome Masters in straight sets.

Ana Ivanovic was up a set and a double break before a bad call was made that affected Ana Ivanovic and allowed Sharapova back into the match to steal the second set.

Later in the summer Ana Ivanovic won in straight sets in their only meeting in a final, in Los Angeles.

Ana Ivanovic takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection.

Ana Ivanovic visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said that she is " looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids".

In September 2014, Ivanovic began a relationship with German professional footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger They married on 12 July 2016, in Venice.

On February 10,2023, Ana Ivanovic announced on her Instagram she was expecting her 3rd child.

Ana Ivanovic has appeared as a character in Smash Court Tennis 3, released in 2007, Virtua Tennis 2009, released in 2009, Grand Slam Tennis for Wii, released in 2009, Top Spin 4 and Virtua Tennis 4 both released in 2011.

Ana Ivanovic is featured in Grand Slam Tennis 2, released in 2012.

Ana Ivanovic appeared in a number of international magazines like FHM, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Vanidades, Grazia, The Best Shop, Sports Illustrated and Harper's Bazaar.

In early 2017, Ana Ivanovic announced she was joining tennis technology company PlaySight Interactive as a brand ambassador.