Jelena Dokic

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Jelena Dokic : biography

1983-4-12 –

Jelena Dokic ( born Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia on 12 April 1983) is an Australian female professional tennis player.

During the height of her career, she played for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002. After several family-related difficulties (mostly involving her father), 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, but declined later in 2010. Her 2011 season has seen a resurgence in Dokic’s form and abilities.Glyn C. Roberts, Glyn Roberts, Darren C. Treasure, Ph.D. – Advances in Motivation in Sport and Exercise 2012 p123

The highlights of Dokic’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, Venus Williams at the 2000 Italian Open and Kim Clijsters at the 2003 Zürich Open. Other high-calibre players whom Dokic has defeated include Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Monica Seles, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce, Elena Dementieva, Francesca Schiavone, Anna Chakvetadze and Jennifer Capriati.

Dokic is also one of the few women on the WTA tour who has won WTA-Tier Tournaments on all surfaces: hard, clay, grass and carpet.

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through 2012 Sony Ericsson Open.

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 3R 1R 1R A A A A 1R A LQ QF 1R 2R 2R 0 / 8 8–8
French Open A A 1R 2R 3R QF 2R 1R A A A A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 9 9–9
Wimbledon A A QF SF 4R 4R 3R 1R A LQ A A 1R LQ 1R 0 / 8 19–8
US Open A A 1R 4R 4R 2R 2R 1R A A A A 1R LQ 2R 0 / 8 9–8
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 9–4 9–4 8–4 8–3 4–3 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 5–3 0–2 2–4 0 / 32 42–32
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 4th Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 1 4–2
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A QF QF A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Tournament of Champions Not Held A A A 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A A 3R A 3R 2R 2R LQ A A A 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 8 3–8
Miami A A A 2R QF 3R QF 4R A A A A 2R A 1R 1R 0 / 8 10–8
Madrid Not Held A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Beijing Not Held Not Tier I A A A 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Held Not Tier I A A 1R NP5 0 / 1 0–1
Rome A A A QF W 3R 1R 1R A A A A A A A 1 / 5 10–4
Cincinnati Not Held Not Tier I A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Toronto / Montreal A A 2R 1R 3R SF 3R A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 6 7–6
Tokyo A A A A A 2R QF SF A A A A A A A 0 / 3 4–3
Career statistics
Tournaments played 3 2 16 21 26 29 30 16 10 8 1 13 15 18 19 221
Runner-up 0 (1) 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 8(2)
Tournaments Won 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 (3) (2) (3) 1 6(8)
Hardcourt Win–Loss 8–3 3–1 4–6 15–13 26–11 19–10 15–14 2–6 2–3 0–2 0–0 5–2 15–6 10–9 16–13 140–99
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 7–6 9–4 16–8 20–7 8–9 1–5 10–7 7–4 0–1 29–7 0–0 15–5 1–3 123–66
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 7–1 9–2 6–2 6–3 8–2 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 43–19
Carpet Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 5–2 5–1 6–7 3–5 3–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 27–21
Overall Win–Loss 8–3 10–2 21–16 35–21 53–23 53–26 28–30 6–16 12–10 10–8 0–1 35–10 27–13 26–15 21–18 345–212
Year End Ranking None 341 43 26 8 9 15 125 349 617 None 179 56 137 66