wonders of the world: Ana Ivanovic Tennis

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Ana Ivanovic Tennis

Ana was born in Serbia and started playing tennis at the age of five after watching Monica Seles play on TV. Her training was interrupted in 1999 by the NATO bombings in Belgrade which forced her to train in the morning to avoid any issue. Her mother Dragana, a lawyer, and her father Miroslav, a self employed businessman, encouraged and active family and are at most of Ivanovic’s matches. They have also supported her correspondence studies in finance through the Belgrade’s university.
Ivanovic’s rise to the top of women’s tennis was facilitated by her joining the Adidas Development Program in 2008.
Ana’s best results have come on clay where she famously won her first and only Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 2008. Subsequently she gained the number one ranking, fell early in Wimbledon after celebrating her win in Paris in Serbia and has slowly descended down the world rankings since then. Prior to winning Roland Garros, Ivanovic made the final at the Australian Open in the same year.