Ivana Jorović[2] (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивана Јоровић; born 3 May 1997) is a former tennis player from Serbia.

Ivana Jorović
Jorović at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports) Serbia
Born (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 27)
Čačak, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired2022
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachNemanja Plavšić (2018–present)[1]
Nemanja Lalić (2018–)[1]
Prize money$808,067
Singles
Career record238–138
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 86 (15 July 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2018)
French Open1R (2019, 2021)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US Open1R (2019, 2021)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record36–32
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 299 (17 July 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup13–10
Jorović during 2015 Fed Cup

In her career, she won thirteen singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 July 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 86. On 17 July 2017, she peaked at No. 299 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Serbia Billie Jean King Cup team, Jorović has a win–loss record of 13–10.[3] She was nominated for the Fed Cup Heart Award in 2015[4] and 2017.[5]

National representation

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2015: Fed Cup debut

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On 4 February, Jorović played her first Fed Cup match, in Europe/Africa Zone Group I, where Serbia played against Austria. She defeated Barbara Haas in straight sets. After that, she made her debut in doubles in Fed Cup, partnering Aleksandra Krunić; they won against Austrian combination Julia Grabher / Sandra Klemenschits, in straight sets.[6]

A day later, Serbia played against Hungary, and Ivana was chosen for the first match against Dalma Gálfi. She won that match, letting her opponent win only one game. Later, together with Aleksandra Krunić, she lost to Hungarian pair Tímea Babos/Réka Luca Jani, in three sets.[7]

In the Group I Play-offs, Serbia played against Croatia. Again, Jorović was chosen for the opening match and she defeated Ana Konjuh in three sets. She also should have competed in doubles, but Serbia already had won 2–0, so the match was cancelled.[8]

In April, Serbia played against Paraguay for a place in the World Group II in the Play–offs. Jorović lost her match against Verónica Cepede Royg, in three sets,[9] but with Krunić she won in doubles against Cepede Royg and Montserrat González, in straight sets.[10]

Career

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Junior years

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Čačak-born[11] Jorović was ranked the No. 1 junior tennis player in the world in June 2014,[12] and was a finalist in girls' doubles at the Australian Open and girls' singles at the French Open in 2014.[13]

2014–2017: WTA Tour debut

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Jorović won the Delhi Open in India in 2014.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at 2016 Jiangxi International Open in Nanchang, losing in the first round to fifth seed Zhang Kailin, in three sets.

In June 2017, she reached the quarterfinals of the WTA 125 Bol Open, where she lost to eventual champion Aleksandra Krunić.

2018: Grand Slam debut & biggest title

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Jorović at the 2018 Wimbledon

Jorović started her year in the Australian Open qualifying, where she made her Grand Slam main-draw debut, beating Arantxa Rus, Ysaline Bonaventure and Bibiane Schoofs, to advance to the main draw, where she was beaten by fourth seed Elina Svitolina. Then, she entered the $25k in Altenkirchen, where she lost to Chloé Paquet in the second round. At the $60k Zhuhai Open, she lost in the final round of qualifying to Xun Fangying, while at the $60k Pingshan Open, she made it through the qualifying but lost to Marta Kostyuk in the first round of the main draw. She played at another $60k in Croissy-Beaubourg, where she lost in the second round of qualifying to Jesika Malečková.

In April, Jorović entered two $25k events in Óbidos, winning the first one by beating Miriam Kolodziejová in the final, while in another she lost to Katie Swan in the quarterfinal. In the $100k Khimki Ladies Cup, she reached the quarterfinals, after beating Anastasia Gasanova and Dejana Radanović, but bowed out to Monica Niculescu. In May, she played in two $60k events in Japan, reaching the quarterfinals in Fukuoka where she lost to Momoko Kobori, and the second round of the Kurume Cup, retiring after only two games against Haruka Kaji.

In August, Jorović reached her second final of the season at the $25k Woking event, losing to Tereza Smitková. In her next tournament, the $25k event in Chiswick, she reached the semifinals losing to Vitalia Diatchenko. In late August, she made it to the quarterfinals of a $60k event in Budapest, where she lost to Barbara Haas.

In the Asian swing, Jorović reached the main draw of two WTA Tour events through qualifying in Guangzhou and Tashkent, respectively. She lost in the first round in Guangzhou, but beat Ekaterina Alexandrova in Tashkent for her first WTA Tour main-draw match win, before losing to Vera Lapko in the second round. She lost in the final qualifying round in Moscow to Vera Zvonareva and lost in the first round of main draw of the WTA 125 Mumbai Open, but won the $100k Shenzhen Longhua Open beating Zheng Saisai in the final for her biggest career title. Her final tournament of the season was the WTA 125 Taipei Open where she beat Sabina Sharipova in the first round, before losing to Tereza Martincová in the second.

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[14]

Singles

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Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q3 Q1 1R Q3 A A 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A Q3 Q1 A 1R Q3 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon A Q1 Q1 Q1 2R NH A 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A Q2 Q1 A 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 0 / 6 1–6
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] PO PO PO A PO PO[b] 0 / 0 9–5
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1
Madrid Open A A A A Q1 NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 1 3 9 0 6 Career total: 20
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 6–10 0–0 1–6 0 / 20 8–22
Year-end ranking[d] 219 146 183 185 106 193 486

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 16 (13 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (4–1)
$25,000 tournaments (4–2)
$10,000 tournaments (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–2)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2012 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard   Jasmin Steinherr 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jun 2013 ITF Niš, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Doroteja Erić 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Nov 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard   Janina Toljan 6–0, 6–2
Win 4–0 Nov 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard   Arabela Fernández Rabener 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–0 Nov 2014 Delhi Open, India 50,000 Hard   Barbara Haas 6–2, 6–2
Win 6–0 Oct 2015 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i)   Jana Fett 6–3, 7–5
Win 7–0 Nov 2015 ITF Zawada, Poland 25,000 Carpet (i)   Mihaela Buzărnescu 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–0 Dec 2015 Ankara Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard (i)   Çağla Büyükakçay 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–2
Win 9–0 Apr 2016 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France 50,000 Hard (i)   Pauline Parmentier 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win 10–0 Dec 2016 Ankara Cup, Turkey (2) 50,000 Hard (i)   Vitalia Diatchenko 6–4, 7–5
Loss 10–1 Jan 2017 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i)   Anett Kontaveit 4–6, 6–7(5)
Win 11–1 Apr 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet   Miriam Kolodziejová 6–1, 6–2
Loss 11–2 Aug 2018 GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK 25,000 Hard   Tereza Smitková 7–6(5), 5–7, 4–6
Win 12–2 Nov 2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard   Zheng Saisai 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 13–2 Mar 2019 ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard   Lu Jiajing 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 13–3 Jun 2022 ITF Pörtschach, Austria 25,000 Clay   Sinja Kraus 1–6, 6–1, 2–6

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2015 ITF Landisville, United States 25,000 Hard   Jessica Moore   Brynn Boren
  Nadja Gilchrist
6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2016 Royal Cup, Montenegro 25,000 Clay   Xenia Knoll   Anita Husarić
  Quirine Lemoine
6–3, 4–6, [4–10]
Win 2–1 Oct 2016 Open de Touraine, France 50,000 Hard (i)   Lesley Kerkhove   Alexandra Cadanțu
  Ekaterina Yashina
6–3, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jul 2022 Liepāja Open, Latvia 60,000 Clay   Dalila Jakupović   Emily Appleton
  Prarthana Thombare
6–4, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2014 French Open Clay   Daria Kasatkina 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner–up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2014 Australian Open Hard   Katie Boulter   Anhelina Kalinina
  Elizaveta Kulichkova
4–6, 2–6

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split over two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ 2012: WTA ranking–761, 2013: WTA ranking–850, 2014: WTA ranking–452.

References

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  1. ^ a b Mečanin, Đurđe (14 January 2018). "Tipsino čedo: Jorovićeva se za AO spremala na akademiji našeg poznatog asa". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Ivana Jorović won "Osaka Mayor's Cup" – World Super Junior Tennis Championship". Embassy of Serbia, Tokyo. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  3. ^ Ivana Jorović at the Billie Jean King Cup
  4. ^ "Heart Award nominee: Ivana Jorovic (SRB)". Fed Cup. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Watson and Jorovic nominated for Heart Award". Fed Cup. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Serbia vs Austria Fed Cup 2015".[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Serbia vs Hungary Fed Cup 2015".[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Serbia vs Croatia Fed Cup 2015".[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "fed-kup-ivana-jorovic-vodila-pa-izgubila-sad-je-na-potezu-aleksandra-krunic".
  10. ^ "Serbia vs Paraguay Fed Cup 2015".[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Renton, Jamie (4 May 2016). "Sky's the limit for in-form Jorović". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Ivana Jorović". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Roland-Garros: Darya Kasatkina sacrée au tournoi féminin juniors". Eurosport (in French). 7 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Ivana Jorović [SRB] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
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Preceded by Serbian Tennis number one
17 June 2019 – 29 September 2019
Succeeded by