During the height of her career, she played for Serbia and Montenegro (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prior to February 2003) and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002. After several family-related difficulties (mostly involving her father[2][3][4]), she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006. She made a serious return to tennis in 2008, and after winning three ITF tournaments that year, rose to World No. 187 going into the 2009 Australian Open. She finished 2009 in the top 100, where she remains today.
The highlights of Dokić's career include reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon and the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and reaching the quarterfinals at the French Open in 2002 and the Australian Open in 2009. Other highlights include beating several former World No. 1 players: Martina Hingis in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999, Kim Clijsters at the 2003 Zürich Open, and Venus Williams at the 2000 Italian Open. Other high-calibre players whom Dokić has defeated include Jelena Janković, Monica Seles, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce, and Jennifer Capriati.
Contents
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* 1 Early life
* 2 Tennis career
o 2.1 Junior career
o 2.2 1999
o 2.3 2000
o 2.4 2001
o 2.5 2002
o 2.6 2003
o 2.7 2004–2005
o 2.8 2006
o 2.9 2007
o 2.10 2008
o 2.11 2009
o 2.12 2010
* 3 Career statistics
o 3.1 Grand Slam women's doubles final (1)
o 3.2 WTA singles finals (12)
o 3.3 WTA doubles finals (10)
o 3.4 ITF singles finals (10)
o 3.5 ITF Doubles Finals (1)
* 4 Singles performance timeline
* 5 References
* 6 External links
[edit] Early life
Jelena was born in Osijek, Croatia, Yugoslavia, to a Serb father Damir and Croat mother Ljiljana. She has a younger brother, Savo, who is 8 years her junior. Her family lived in Osijek till June, 1991, when they decided to leave due to the impending war. They settled in Sombor, Serbia, for a short time and later, in 1994, emigrated to Australia. From 1994, they lived in Fairfield, a suburb of Sydney, where she attended Fairfield High School.[5]
[edit] Tennis career
[edit] Junior career
Dokić was an accomplished junior player. In 1998, she won the US Open girls singles title and the French Open doubles with Kim Clijsters, ending the season ranked World No. 1 in the International Tennis Federation junior singles rankings and World No. 7 in doubles.
[edit] 1999
Dokić started the year by teaming up with Mark Philippoussis to win the Hopman Cup title. To date, it is Australia's lone victory at the event. She then received a wildcard into the Australian Open, winning two rounds before losing 6–1, 6–2 to world No. 1 Martina Hingis. At Wimbledon, Dokić made her professional breakthrough. As a qualifier, she caused one of the biggest upsets in tennis history, defeating World No. 1 Hingis 6–2, 6–0, in the first round. Ranked World No. 129 at the time, she was the lowest-ranked player to have defeated the top seed in a Grand Slam tournament during the open era. She also defeated ninth-seeded Mary Pierce in straight sets before losing 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 to Alexandra Stevenson in the quarterfinals. Dokić also reached her first WTA doubles final with Amanda Coetzer in Tokyo. During 1999, Dokić jumped 298 spots, finishing the year at World No. 43.
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