188 Facts About Jelena Jankovic

Jelena Jankovic is a Serbian former tennis player.

Jelena Jankovic won 15 WTA Tour singles titles and two doubles titles, with career highlights that include winning the 2007 Wimbledon mixed-doubles title partnering Jamie Murray.

Jelena Jankovic was born in Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as the third child of Veselin and Snezana, both economists.

Jelena Jankovic is a student at the Megatrend University in Belgrade, studying economics.

Jelena Jankovic learned her first tennis skills at the Tennis Club 'Red Star'.

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Jelena Jankovic later trained at the Tennis Academy of Nick Bollettieri.

Jelena Jankovic was ranked world No 1 for 17 consecutive weeks until she was overtaken by Serena Williams on 2 February 2009.

Jelena Jankovic was the year-end world No 1 in 2008, the first player in the history of the WTA Tour to do this without winning a Grand Slam title.

Jelena Jankovic has reached the singles final of the US Open and the singles semifinals of the Australian Open and the French Open.

In October 2003, Jelena Jankovic entered the top 100 at No 90 for the first time, after winning her first ITF title in Dubai.

Three months later, Jelena Jankovic garnered her first top-10 win against Elena Dementieva in the first round of the 2004 Australian Open.

Jelena Jankovic then lost in the final to Lindsay Davenport in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic made her first Tier I semifinal in Berlin, losing to Nadia Petrova.

Jelena Jankovic's ranking at the end of the season eclipsed her 2004 record at No 22.

Jelena Jankovic lost in the second round of the Australian Open to world No 188 Olga Savchuk.

Jelena Jankovic ended her losing streak by beating world No 17, Elena Likhovtseva in the first round of the Italian Open in Rome, before eventually losing to Venus Williams in three sets in the quarterfinals.

At the French Open, Jelena Jankovic reached the third round for the first time, where she lost to world No 1, Amelie Mauresmo.

At Wimbledon, Jelena Jankovic defeated sixth-seeded and defending champion Venus Williams in the third round in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic argued with the chair umpire, when the umpire refused to offer an opinion as to whether a service call had been correct, suggesting that Jelena Jankovic use one of her electronic challenges.

Jelena Jankovic continued her strong form in the aftermath of the US Open.

Jelena Jankovic finished the year at a career-high ranking of world No 12.

The following week, at the Medibank International in Sydney, Jelena Jankovic defeated world No 7 and former No 1, Martina Hingis and top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo on the way to the final, where she lost to Kim Clijsters after serving for the match.

Jelena Jankovic's strong start to the year meant that some considered her a title threat at the Australian Open; however, she was eliminated in the fourth round by the eventual champion Serena Williams, who was ranked 81st in the world at the time.

Jelena Jankovic reached two semifinals in the Middle East in the spring, retiring against Mauresmo due to an ankle injury at the Dubai Tennis Championships, and losing in three sets to Justine Henin at the Qatar Total Open in Doha.

Jelena Jankovic rebounded in the clay-court season, defeating Venus Williams on a third set tiebreak in the semifinals of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Jelena Jankovic went on to defeat Dinara Safina in the final to win the first Tier I title of her career.

Jelena Jankovic was the fourth seed at the French Open and one of the favorites for the title.

The next week, Jelena Jankovic reached the final of the Ordina Open in the Netherlands and became the first player since Chris Evert in 1974 to win 50 matches in the first half of a year.

Jelena Jankovic, suffering from a hamstring injury, lost the final to Anna Chakvetadze.

At Wimbledon, Jelena Jankovic was the third seed, but lost in the fourth round to the surprise eventual finalist Marion Bartoli.

The following week, Jelena Jankovic reached the final of the Tier I Canadian Open in Toronto, where she lost to Henin on Henin's sixth match point.

Jelena Jankovic had leads in the first and second sets, but was unable to maintain her lead.

At the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Jelena Jankovic was upset in the quarterfinals by former world No 1, Lindsay Davenport, in Davenport's first singles tournament since giving birth.

The following week at the China Open in Beijing, Jelena Jankovic defeated Davenport, but lost in the final to Hungarian teenager Agnes Szavay, after Jelena Jankovic had a match point in the second set.

Jelena Jankovic finished the year on a six-match losing streak, losing all three of her round-robin matches on her debut at the year-end WTA Tour Championships in Madrid.

Jelena Jankovic had successful nose surgery immediately after Madrid to correct a breathing problem.

Jelena Jankovic lost in the semifinals of the Australian Open to eventual champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets, having defeated defending champion Serena Williams en route.

The following fortnight, Jelena Jankovic reached her first final of the year at the Miami Open, losing to Serena Williams in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic went into the French Open among the favorites, following the sudden retirement of four-time champion Justine Henin.

Jelena Jankovic was the only player to win a set against Ivanovic during the entire tournament.

Jelena Jankovic would have become the world No 1 had she reached the final.

At Wimbledon, Jelena Jankovic injured her knee during her third-round match against Caroline Wozniacki.

Jelena Jankovic did eventually replace Ivanovic as the world No 1 on 11 August 2008.

Jelena Jankovic was the 18th woman to have been ranked world No 1 by the Women's Tennis Association, but the first woman to have done so without ever having reached a Grand Slam final and only the third woman to have become world No 1 without first winning a Grand Slam title.

Jelena Jankovic was the second seed at the US Open, where she defeated Olympic gold-medalist Elena Dementieva in the semifinals to reach her first Grand Slam final.

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Jelena Jankovic would have reclaimed the world No 1 position if she had won the event.

At the China Open, Jelena Jankovic defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in two sets to win the title.

The following week, Jelena Jankovic played in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, where she defeated Venus Williams in the semifinals and Nadia Petrova in the final.

Jelena Jankovic was later named the ITF World Champion for her performance in 2008.

Jelena Jankovic won four titles during the season, the most of anyone on the tour along with Serena Williams and Safina.

Jelena Jankovic was seeded first at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Jelena Jankovic lost to 16th-seeded Marion Bartoli in the fourth round.

Jelena Jankovic lost her world No 1 ranking to Serena Williams as a result.

Jelena Jankovic beat Francesca Schiavone, Li Na and fifth-seeded Alize Cornet but then lost to Amelie Mauresmo in the semifinals.

Jelena Jankovic beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in the Fed Cup play-offs against Spain to bring the Serbian team into the World Group for the first time.

Jelena Jankovic was the defending champion at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart and Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, but lost in the quarterfinals.

Jelena Jankovic lost to qualifier Melanie Oudin in the third round.

At the Pan Pacific Open seeded seventh, Jelena Jankovic defeated Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals and Li Na in the semifinals.

Jelena Jankovic lost her opening match to home favorite Peng Shuai.

At the WTA Tour Championships Jelena Jankovic lost her first match to Azarenka but bounced back defeating Safina and Wozniacki to clinch the first berth in her group.

At the Australian Open, Jelena Jankovic, seeded eighth, lost to 31st seed Alona Bondarenko in the third round.

Jelena Jankovic's next scheduled tournament was the Dubai Tennis Championships where she lost to Vera Zvonareva in the third round.

At the Fed Cup qualifying, Jelena Jankovic defeated Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova in her first singles match, but fell to Hantuchova in her second.

Jelena Jankovic was the fourth seed at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.

Jelena Jankovic lost against Justine Henin in the quarterfinals for the tenth time in a row.

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Jelena Jankovic then beat reigning world No 1, Serena Williams in the semifinals, after saving a match point.

Jelena Jankovic became one of the few women to defeat both Williams sisters in the same tournament and the first player who beat both sisters in less than 24 hours in one tournament.

Jelena Jankovic lost in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open to eventual champion Aravane Rezai.

Jelena Jankovic, struggling with injuries, played in the Wimbledon Championships and eventually retired against eventual finalist Vera Zvonareva in the fourth round.

Jelena Jankovic then traveled to New York to play in the US Open, where she was seeded fourth.

Jelena Jankovic lost her third and final group match to Azerenka, bringing an end to her 2010 season.

At the start of the year, Jelena Jankovic announced her decision to work with Andrei Pavel on a trial basis.

Jelena Jankovic began 2011 by falling in the first round to France's Aravane Rezai in three sets at the Medibank International Sydney.

Jelena Jankovic reached the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships, beating fourth seed Samantha Stosur but losing to Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinal, Wozniacki's first win in five attempts against Jelena Jankovic.

Jelena Jankovic reached the semifinals again, losing to Vera Zvonareva in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic then reached the final of the Monterrey Open, where she was defeated by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova despite being up a set.

Jelena Jankovic then played in the Fed Cup against Slovakia, beating Daniela Hantuchova and winning an epic doubles match with Aleksandra Krunic against Hantuchova and Magdalena Rybarikova, saving three match points.

At Italian Open, Jelena Jankovic lost to world No 1, Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals for the third time in a row.

Jelena Jankovic's ranking dropped to No 10, the lowest it had been since the beginning of 2007.

Jelena Jankovic was the 15th seed at the Wimbledon Championships, but lost to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the first round, her first opening-round exit in a Grand Slam since the 2005 French Open.

Jelena Jankovic reached the third round at the US Open, losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Jelena Jankovic reached the semifinals of the Generali Ladies Linz tournament, falling to Petra Kvitova.

Jelena Jankovic began 2012 at the Brisbane International, losing to Francesca Schiavone in the quarterfinals.

Jelena Jankovic then lost in the second round of the Apia International to third seed Victoria Azarenka.

At the Australian Open, Jelena Jankovic was defeated by Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round.

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Jelena Jankovic played the Dubai Duty Free Open and advanced to the semifinals without dropping a set, where she was beaten by the in form Agnieszka Radwanska.

Jelena Jankovic reached the semis in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, before losing to fifth seed Petra Martic in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic lost her next three matches in Indian Wells, Miami, and in Charleston to Venus Williams.

Jelena Jankovic reached the E-boks Sony Ericsson Open in Copenhagen semifinals before losing to second seed Angelique Kerber.

Jelena Jankovic then lost four of her next five matches, being defeated in the opening rounds of the Mutua Madrid Open, the Italian Open and in Brussels before a second-round loss at the French Open to young American Varvara Lepchenko.

Jelena Jankovic turned her fortunes around by reaching the finals of Aegon Classic 2012, losing to Melanie Oudin.

Jelena Jankovic lost in the opening round of the Olympic tennis tournament to eventual gold medallist Serena Williams.

Jelena Jankovic reached the final of Dallas and the third round of the US Open, but was defeated by second seed Agnieszka Radwanska.

At the Australian Open, Jelena Jankovic lost in the third round to compatriot and former world No 1 Ana Ivanovic.

Jelena Jankovic made an early exit from Indian Wells the following week, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round.

Jelena Jankovic then reached the final of the Family Circle Cup, losing there to defending champion and world No 1 Serena Williams.

Jelena Jankovic lost in the first round of Madrid Open to Chanelle Scheepers.

Jelena Jankovic made it to the quarterfinal at Internazionali BNL d'Italia where she was defeated by Simona Halep after she missed two matchpoints.

At the French Open Jelena Jankovic made it to the quarterfinals but lost to Sharapova in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic played at Nurnberger Versicherungscup where she was defeated by Andrea Petkovic in the semifinals.

Jelena Jankovic kicked off her US hard-court season in Carlsbad, where she was upset in the second round by Urszula Radwanska in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic competed in the doubles tournament with Katarina Srebotnik and lost in the semifinals.

Jelena Jankovic then competed at Toronto, and lost to eventual finalist Sorana Cirstea in the third round.

Jelena Jankovic then lost to world No 2, Victoria Azarenka in three tough sets.

Jelena Jankovic was defeated in the fourth round by a peak form Li Na.

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Jelena Jankovic made the semifinals at the WTA Championships, defeating world No 2, Victoria Azarenka, in straight sets along the way, finishing 2013 with a three-set loss to eventual champion and year-end number one, Serena Williams.

Jelena Jankovic finished the season in the top 10 for the first time since 2010 at No 8.

Jelena Jankovic kicked off 2014 at the premier-level event Brisbane International as the number four seed.

Jelena Jankovic beat former Roland Garros champion Francesca Schiavone, Elina Svitolina, and world No 9, Angelique Kerber, to reach the semifinals where she lost to world No 2, Victoria Azarenka, in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic defeated three Japanese players consecutively, Misaki Doi, Ayumi Morita, and Kurumi Nara, to reach the fourth round that set up a rematch against up and Simona Halep, where Jankovic lost in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic's next set of tournaments were during the Middle-Eastern hard court swing at Doha and Dubai.

Jelena Jankovic made it to the semifinals in Doha, beating Karin Knapp, Alisa Kleybanova, and Petra Kvitova, dropping less than four games in each match.

In Dubai, Jelena Jankovic defeated Maryna Zanevska and Lucie Safarova, both in straight sets, before falling to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals.

Jelena Jankovic played the two Premier Mandatory events during the North American hard-court swing at Indian Wells and Miami.

Jelena Jankovic made it to the quarterfinals, defeating Lauren Davis and Ajla Tomljanovic.

Jelena Jankovic lost to Eugenie Bouchard in three sets, continuing her three-set misery for 2014.

Jelena Jankovic lost in the second round at Madrid to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Jelena Jankovic did well at the Italian Open in Rome where she reached the semifinals, losing to Errani.

Jelena Jankovic defeated Pennetta and third seed Agnieszka Radwanska en route.

At Roland Garros, Jelena Jankovic was seeded sixth and she reached the fourth round where she lost to Errani again.

Jelena Jankovic lost her opening matches at Eastbourne and Wimbledon to Madison Keys and Kaia Kanepi respectively.

Jelena Jankovic had a first-round bye and faced Sloane Stephens in her opener.

Jelena Jankovic defeated Annika Beck in the second round and then defeated Sloane Stephens for a spot in the quarterfinals.

Jelena Jankovic reached the 4th round at the US Open where she lost to Belinda Bencic in straight sets.

Jelena Jankovic fell out of the top 10 after the US Open concluded.

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Jelena Jankovic was the fourth seed and received a first round bye.

In Beijing, Jelena Jankovic was the defending finalist but fell in three sets to Alize Cornet in the opening round.

Jelena Jankovic then admitted that she had recently thought to end her career because of a back injury.

Jelena Jankovic had never lost her opener in Melbourne prior to this.

Jelena Jankovic won her first match of 2015 in Dubai, defeating Timea Babos in three sets.

The following week in Doha, Jelena Jankovic reached the second round after beating Zheng Saisai.

Jelena Jankovic faced top seed Petra Kvitova for a place in the quarterfinals but retired midway due to right hip injury.

In Miami, Jelena Jankovic fell in her opening match for the second straight year when she was defeated by Victoria Azarenka.

The following month at the Italian Open, Jelena Jankovic overcame Camila Giorgi and Magdalena Rybarikova to set up a third round clash with Kvitova for a place in the last eight but was defeated by the fourth seeded Czech in straight sets.

Jelena Jankovic then played in Strasbourg where she reached the quarterfinals but was forced to retire against Sloane Stephens.

Jelena Jankovic then suffered her second consecutive opening round at a Grand Slam when she fell to qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva in straight sets at the French Open.

At the Aegon Classic, Jelena Jankovic defeated Tereza Smitkova and Casey Dellacqua to advance to the third round.

Jelena Jankovic won first two matches in three-setters at the Wimbledon Championships and then made the biggest upset during the tournament by taking out the defending champion and world No 2 Kvitova in the third round, having lost their two previous matches this year.

Jelena Jankovic fought back from a set and a break down to prevail.

Jelena Jankovic's win granted her a place in the fourth round, where she lost to Agnieszka Radwanska.

Jelena Jankovic then suffered a shocking loss to wildcard Oceane Dodin in the first round of the US Open.

Jelena Jankovic completed a great Asian swing and confirmed her excellent results in China by winning her 14th career title in Guangzhou, her first since 2013.

At the Wuhan Open, Jelena Jankovic defeated Heather Watson in the first round in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic faced sixth seed Angelique Kerber in the second round but lost in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic won her third title of the season at Hong Kong by battling past Venus Williams in the semifinals in a tight two sets win.

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Jelena Jankovic then hung tough against world No 9 and top-seeded Angelique Kerber, coming back from a set down to capture the title with a three-set victory.

Jelena Jankovic started her 2016 season in Brisbane, but lost in the first round against recent US Open finalist and eighth seed Roberta Vinci in three sets despite being up a set.

Jelena Jankovic then traveled to Sydney and won her first-round match against CoCo Vandeweghe in straight sets.

Jelena Jankovic suffered a second-round upset at the hands of Laura Siegemund.

Jelena Jankovic exited the tournament after losing to Monica Niculescu in the second round.

Jelena Jankovic then went to the BNP Paribas Open having to defend finalist points from the previous year.

Jelena Jankovic then dominated CoCo Vandeweghe in her third-round match; she only conceded one game.

Jelena Jankovic then lost to third seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the fourth round.

At the Italian Open, Jelena Jankovic was defeated in the first round by Eugenie Bouchard.

Jelena Jankovic was then defeated in the third round by Barbora Strycova.

Jelena Jankovic played her final tournament of the season at the Kremlin Cup.

Jelena Jankovic lost in the second round to seventh seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Jelena Jankovic started her season at the Shenzhen Open where she lost in the first round to second seed Simona Halep.

Conveniently, Jelena Jankovic gave, arguably, her best performance of the year at the Australian Open.

Jelena Jankovic beat twenty-sixth seed Laura Siegemund and Julia Gorges in her first two rounds.

Jelena Jankovic found herself needing to qualify for the main draw at the Qatar Total Open, and she did so successfully.

Jelena Jankovic lost in the first round to German wildcard Mona Barthel.

Jelena Jankovic defeated American wildcard Irina Falconi in the first round.

Jelena Jankovic raced to a one-set lead and appeared on course to the third round when Williams began finding her range.

Jelena Jankovic squandered match points before losing a second set tiebreak and, eventually, the match.

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Jelena Jankovic started the second leg of the Sunshine Swing in Miami with a first-round loss in a third set tiebreak to Yaroslava Shvedova.

Jelena Jankovic began her clay-court season in Charleston at the Volvo Car Open.

Jelena Jankovic was defeated in the second round by sixth seed Sam Stosur.

At the Mutua Madrid Open, Jelena Jankovic was defeated in the first round by fourth seed and last year finalist Dominika Cibulkova.

Jelena Jankovic suffered a first-round loss at the Ricoh Open to qualifier Petra Krejsova.

At the Mallorca Open, Jelena Jankovic was defeated in the first round by third seed and defending champion Caroline Garcia.

In Washington, DC at the Citi Open, Jelena Jankovic retired in the third set of her first-round encounter with fifth seed Oceane Dodin due to back pain.

At the US Open, Jelena Jankovic lost in the first round to thirteenth seed Petra Kvitova.

Jelena Jankovic ended the year ranked 153, her worst ranking since January 2003.

Jelena Jankovic underwent eye surgery in May 2018, further delaying any comeback plans.

Jelena Jankovic did not participate in any WTA tournaments prior to the suspension of the tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jelena Jankovic announced on Instagram that she would participate in an exhibition tournament in Belgrade, partnering with Novak Djokovic in a mixed doubles match.

Since the end of 2008, both have struggled at the Grand Slams, with Jelena Jankovic only being able to reach the semi-finals of the 2010 French Open and the quarter-finals of the 2013 French Open and Ivanovic the quarter-finals of the 2012 US Open and 2014 Australian Open, and the semi-finals of the 2015 French Open.

At Indian Wells in 2011, Jelena Jankovic was the defending champion, but Ivanovic defeated her in the fourth round, ending her title defence.

Jelena Jankovic had defeated Zvonareva on her way to the two titles which preceded the Kremlin Cup.

Jelena Jankovic caused an upset at Wimbledon in 2006 where she defeated the defending champion in the third round, winning in three sets.

Jelena Jankovic won at the LA Women's Tennis Championships in 2006 in straight sets, and Serena won at the Australian Open in 2007.

Jelena Jankovic wasn't seeded and Serena won in two sets before going on to win the gold medal.

Jelena Jankovic is a defensive baseliner, and is often regarded as a counterpuncher.

Jelena Jankovic is known for being able to slide effectively on all surfaces.

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Jelena Jankovic has very consistent groundstrokes and prefers to go down the line more often than crosscourt.

On 5 December 2007, Jelena Jankovic became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, for Children's Fund.

Previously, Jelena Jankovic had endorsed Anta and Reebok sportswear, and had her own line with them for her tournament wear.