Jovana Jović (née Jakšić; 30 September 1993) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Jović won 17 singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102, after getting into the WTA tournament final in Monterrey. On 31 July 2017, she peaked at No. 204 in the doubles rankings.

Jovana Jović
Jović at the 2016 Wimbledon
Full nameJovana Jović
Country (sports) Serbia
Born (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31)
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
(now Serbia)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2009
RetiredMarch 2022 (last match played in March 2021)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 512,978
Singles
Career record311–233
Career titles17 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 102 (12 May 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2014)
French Open1R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
US OpenQ2 (2014, 2016, 2019)
Doubles
Career record79–101
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 204 (31 July 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–3

Playing for Serbia Fed Cup team, Jović has a win–loss record of 2–3. She made her Fed Cup debut in February 2014, losing to Canada's Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets in their World Group II tie, but winning the dead doubles rubber the following day.[1]

On 17 November 2019, she married her long-time boyfriend Vujadin Jović.[2]

Jović stepped away from professional tennis in March 2021 and announced her retirement on 5 March 2022.[3]

Career

edit

2013

edit
 
Jović in 2013

Jović made her debut on the WTA Tour, qualifying for the main draw of the Monterrey Open and defeating Vera Dushevina in the first round. She lost in the second round to the third seed Maria Kirilenko in three sets.

2014

edit

Jović reached her first career WTA final at the Monterrey Open, losing to fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.[4] In May, she made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the French Open, losing in the first round to 31st seed Daniela Hantuchová, in three sets.[5] At Wimbledon, she lost to Petra Cetkovská in the first round, in three sets as well.

Performance timelines

edit
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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, Olympic Games and Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup are included in win–loss records.

Singles

edit
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam
Australian Open A Q2 Q1 Q1 A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 1R Q1 Q1 A A A Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 1R A Q2 A A A NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q1 Q2 A Q2 A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A WG2 A PO Absent 0 / 2 0–2 0%
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open A A Q1 A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A Q1 A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 12
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Overall win–loss 1–2 4–9 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 12 5–14 26%
Win% 33% 31% 0% 0% Career total: 26%
Year-end ranking[a] 167 115 179 263 312 291 227 240 399 $512,978

WTA career finals

edit

Singles: 1 (runner–up)

edit
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss Apr 2014 Monterrey Open, Mexico International[b] Hard   Ana Ivanovic 2–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

edit

Singles: 28 (17 titles, 11 runner–ups)

edit
Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–6)
Clay (9–5)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2011 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Zsófia Susányi 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Aug 2011 ITF Vinkovci, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Indire Akiki 6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 2011 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10,000 Clay   Dinah Pfizenmaier 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2011 ITF Pirot, Serbia 10,000 Clay   Natalija Kostić 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Nov 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Ganna Poznikhirenko 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–3 Mar 2012 ITF Mumbai, India 10,000 Hard   Keren Shlomo 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 4–3 Sep 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Zuzana Zálabská 7–5, 7–5
Win 5–3 Oct 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Lena-Marie Hofmann 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–3 Nov 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Ganna Poznikhirenko 6–2, 7–6(3)
Win 7–3 Nov 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Ana Konjuh 6–3, 6–1
Win 8–3 Nov 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Laura-Ioana Paar 6–2, 6–0
Win 9–3 Feb 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Jasmina Tinjić 5–2 ret.
Win 10–3 Feb 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Ioana Ducu 6–2, 7–5
Loss 10–4 Mar 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Raluca Olaru 3–6, 5–7
Win 11–4 Apr 2013 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico 25,000 Hard   Julia Cohen 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 12–4 May 2013 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia 25,000 Hard   Yang Zi 6–3, 6–2
Win 13–4 May 2013 ITF Tarakan, Indonesia 25,000 Hard (i)   Li Ting 6–3, 6–2
Loss 13–5 Jul 2013 ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard   Diāna Marcinkēviča 7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win 14–5 Feb 2014 ITF Surprise, United States 25,000 Hard   Tamira Paszek 4–6, 7–6(13), 7–5
Loss 14–6 May 2014 Anning Open, China 50,000[c] Clay   Zheng Saisai 2–6, 3–6
Loss 14–7 Oct 2014 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i)   Julie Coin 5–7, 3–6
Win 15–7 Oct 2015 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i)   Amra Sadiković 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–1
Loss 15–8 Nov 2015 Toronto Challenger, Canada 50,000 Hard (i)   Tatjana Maria 3–6, 2–6
Win 16–8 Jun 2017 ITF Wuhan, China 25,000 Hard   Liu Fangzhou 6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 16–9 Jun 2018 ITF Singapore 25,000 Hard   Hiroko Kuwata 6–7(4), 0–6
Loss 16–10 Aug 2018 ITF Guiyang, China 25,000 Hard   Anastasia Gasanova 3–6, 4–6
Win 17–10 May 2019 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Carpet   Momoko Kobori 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 17–11 Jul 2019 ITF Tianjin, China 25,000 Hard   Wang Xinyu 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

edit
Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 10,000 Hard   Sasha Khabibulina   Irina Glimakova
  Polina Monova
2–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Aug 2015 ITF Winnipeg, Canada 25,000 Hard   Sharon Fichman   Kristie Ahn
  Lorraine Guillermo
6–2, 6–1
Win 2–1 Apr 2017 ITF Charlottesville, United States 60,000 Clay   Catalina Pella   Madison Brengle
  Danielle Collins
6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss 2–2 Jul 2017 Gold River Challenger, U.S. 60,000 Hard   Vera Lapko   Desirae Krawczyk
  Giuliana Olmos
1–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2017 ITF Stillwater, United States 25,000 Hard   Caitlin Whoriskey   Harriet Dart
  An-Sophie Mestach
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 4–2 Jul 2018 Ashland Classic, United States 60,000 Clay   Renata Zarazúa   Sanaz Marand
  Whitney Osuigwe
6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss 4–3 Mar 2020 Las Vegas Open, United States 25,000 Hard   Conny Perrin   Lorraine Guillermo
  Maegan Manasse
6–0, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss 4–4 Jan 2021 Georgia's Rome Open, U.S. 60,000 Hard   Olga Govortsova   Emina Bektas
  Tara Moore
7–5, 2–6, [8–10]

Notes

edit
  1. ^ 2009: WTA ranking–1023, tournaments–0, 2010: WTA ranking–1073, tournaments–0, 2011: WTA ranking–600, tournaments–0 and 2012: WTA ranking–420, tournaments–0.
  2. ^ In 2021, the WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments and WTA International tournaments as WTA 250 tournaments.
  3. ^ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

References

edit
  1. ^ Farrell, Sean (9 February 2014). "Canada wrap up victory in Montreal". Fed Cup. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ^ "11.17.2019". Jovana Jović twitter. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Jovana Jović on Instagram". Instagram. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Ivanovic Wins 2nd Title of Year at Monterrey Open". ABC News. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  5. ^ Laure, Tobias (25 May 2014). "Harter Kampf für Hantuchová". Eurosport (in German). Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
edit