Ljiljana Nanušević (born 2 August 1981) is a Serbian former professional tennis player who played in the Fed Cup for Yugoslavia.[1]

Ljiljana Nanušević
Country (sports) Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
Born (1981-08-02) 2 August 1981 (age 43)
Prize money$20,205
Singles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 520 (22 February 1999)
Doubles
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 358 (12 June 2000)

Nanušević made all of her Fed Cup appearances in the 1997 Fed Cup, while aged only 15. Playing in a total of five ties, she played doubles in each of them, as well as singles once, managing to win every rubber.[2]

She won an ITF singles tournament in Istanbul in 2001 and won a further two ITF titles in doubles.

ITF finals

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Singles: 2 (1–1)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1 June 1998 Burgas, Bulgaria Hard   Cindy Schuurmans 2–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 30 July 2001 Istanbul, Turkey Hard   Gulnara Fattakhetdinova 6–4, 1–6, 6–2

Doubles: 11 (2–9)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 31 August 1998 Xanthi, Greece Hard   Dragana Ilić   Eleni Daniilidou
  Evagelia Roussi
0–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 7 December 1998 Ismailia, Egypt Clay   Gabriela Voleková   Nino Louarsabishvili
  Bahia Mouhtassine
3–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 27 September 1999 Skopje, Macedonia Clay   Marina Lazarovska   Ramona But
  Ioana Gaspar
6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 4 October 1999 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay   Ramona But   Filipa Gabrovska
  Radoslava Topalova
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 4. 4 June 2000 Skopje, Macedonia Clay   Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova   Katarina Mišić
  Marina Lazarovska
6–7(6–8), 3–6
Runner-up 5. 11 September 2000 Biograd, Croatia Clay   Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Bianca Kamper
  Stefanie Haidner
3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up 6. 30 September 2001 Belgrade, Serbia Clay   Dragana Ilić   Myriam Casanova
  Daniela Casanova
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 7. 7 October 2001 Novi Sad, Serbia Clay   Ana Četnik   Myriam Casanova
  Daniela Casanova
1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 8. 5 April 2004 Cavtat, Croatia Clay   Lenka Tvarošková   Nadja Pavić
  Ivana Višić
6–7(1–7), 6–7(6–8)
Winner 2. 6 June 2004 Palić, Serbia and Montenegro Clay   Ana Četnik   Karolina Jovanović
  Nataša Zorić
w/o
Runner-up 9. 14 June 2004 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro Clay   Marta Simić   Andrea Petkovic
  Sofia Avakova
3–6 ret.

References

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  1. ^ "Yugoslavia break Irish". The Irish Times. 9 May 1997.
  2. ^ "Key Statistics". fedcup.com.
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