aldago Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 (edited) Residence Belgrade, Serbia Date of Birth November 6, 1987 Birthplace Belgrade, Serbia Height 6' (1.83 m) Weight 160 lbs. (73 kg) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Status Pro (August 2003) BIO 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. 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: (1): 2005 - Warsaw. Quarterfinalist (3): 2005 - Miami, Roland Garros; 2004 - Luxembourg. source: wtatour.com Edited June 27, 2005 by Qball Quote
safin83 Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 holy crap, how long has this thread been here? ana ivanovic is great, one of the young rising stars of womens tennis, i dont think shes even 18 yet, anyhow, she has a good game that seems to get better with every tournament she plays, when shes out playing on the tennis court she doesnt really look that great, but when she dresses up for photo shoots, she looks like a total fox!!!!!! just if anyones cares, shes in the second round of wimbledon now, and she should beat her next opponent to advance to the 3rd round her official web site is www.anaivanovic.com Quote
Balisani Posted June 30, 2005 Posted June 30, 2005 She's gorgeous, in my opinion. Does need a little cardio to lose the baby fat though I hope she doesn't implode, tennistically, like Anna Kournikova. I saw her beat Mauresmo (who, in all fairness, was somewhat sluggish that day) at the French Open, and I couldn't take my eyes off her gorgeous face. If I've ever seen anything exemplify "Beauty and the Beast", that match certainly did Quote
safin83 Posted July 1, 2005 Posted July 1, 2005 na, she wont implode like kournikova, this girls got alot of talent, and anna didnt really implode, it was more like she was never really all that good Quote
safin83 Posted July 5, 2005 Posted July 5, 2005 good news on ana, she is now ranked in the top 20 for the first time in her career, i believe the started the year ranked 97. and she had the fastest serve at wimbledon on the womens side at 124mph Quote
safin83 Posted September 11, 2005 Posted September 11, 2005 ana should have had a much better result at the us open, but of course she had to injure her stupid shoulder, anyhow i hope she can get better soon, she will play alot more once us open is over Quote
safin83 Posted November 24, 2005 Posted November 24, 2005 damn she looks good, also looks like shes lost some weight, which is good Quote
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