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    Ana Ivanovic

    Date of Birth
    November 6, 1987, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]

    Height
    6' 0?" (1.84 m)

    Mini Biography
    Ana Ivanovic started to play tennis when she was only 5, after being inspired by Monica Seles (by watching TV), also a Serbian player. It was a hard task for Ana who had to practice in the early morning in 1999 in order to avoid the NATO bombing and, during the winter time, she used to use a abandoned swimming pool, due to the lack of tennis facilities.

    She was first noticed by the tennis world when she reached the final of the 2004 Junior Wimbledon tournament, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.

    The next tear, Ivanovic won her first career singles title, as a qualifier, in Canberra, Australia, (by defeating Melinda Czink in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1). That was a beginning of a string of successes; she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova, Vera Zvonareva the same year,all of them being WTA top 10 players by that time.

    She finished off 2006 as the 14th best ranked woman in the world. In 2007, her career continued to climb. She entered in the selected group of the top 5 world tennis players (she finished 4th just 14 points shy of Jeleba Jankovic). And as the winter of 2008, after losing the Australian Open final to Maria Sharapova, she claimed the second WTA spot. To note that she eliminated in the "quarters" Venus Williams. She was only 21 years old.

    In 2008, she became the first Serbian and third Yugoslav woman ever to win a Grand Slam singles title (the others being 'Mima Jausovec' and Monica Seles) when she won the French Open, defeating Dinara Safina in the final.
     

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      Thanks! I just got the Tennis Channel on cable yesterday, so I'm doubly happy.




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      Quote Originally Posted by Dean View Post
      Thanks! I just got the Tennis Channel on cable yesterday, so I'm doubly happy.
      Really? Thats awesome.

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      Moscow Photoshoot October 2008 - LQ x7



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      Practice in Wimbledon, 17/06/07.



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      Candid pose in front of the Great Wall of China (probably taken earlier this year while she was there for the Olympics).



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      On the beach in Australia.



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      [01/05/09] Brisbane International - Day 2 - x29



      [01/03/09] Practice session at Brisbane International - x3



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      Ana Ivanovic of Serbia plays against Roberta Vinci of Italy during day four of the Brisbane International 2009 at the State Tennis Centre on January 7, 2009 in Brisbane, Australia.



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      anyone know where to catch a match online?

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      Quote Originally Posted by -84 View Post
      anyone know where to catch a match online?
      I thought you were already stalking her in person!!!!
      Life is good....So are Asian beauties!

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      Quote Originally Posted by bigwhisker View Post
      I thought you were already stalking her in person!!!!
      Ninja please!


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      Amelie Mauresmo just knocked her out of the tournament. BOO!


      Quote Originally Posted by -84 View Post
      anyone know where to catch a match online?
      Nope. I have been looking for this everywhere and can't find it. Even the Tennis Channel on TV isn't carrying the main tournament, just the final on Sunday.

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      Ana Ivanovic of Serbia loses to Amelie Mauresmo of France in the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International being played in Brisbane, on January 8, 2009.



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