Jelena Jankovic was born February 28, 1985, in Belgrade, Serbia. She is one of the Top Female Tennis Players worldwide and former World's Top One. She was introduced to tennis by her elder brother and fitness coach Marko at the age of 9. Her mom, Snezana, travels internationally with her and was really a big influence on her tennis career.
Jankovic won her first Junior National Title at the age of 11. Right after such success, she was sent to Florida where she entered Nick Bollettieri's Training Academy.
Being a Junior, she won the 2001 Australian Open thus becoming the Junior World's Number One Junior Tennis Player. In 2001, she started to play in the WTA Tour. She then became a professional tennis Player in 2002. Jankovic has reached the Singles Final from the US Open (2008), the Singles Semi-finals of the Australian Open (2008) and the French Open (2007, 2008). In 2007, she conquered the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Title with British partner Jamie Murray.
She was ranked the World's Number One tennis player for 17 consecutive weeks until she was overtaken by Serena Williams on February 2, 2009. Before the season ends, she was recognized World Number One in 2008, the very first tennis player in the entire history of the WTA Tour to have such accomplishments without winning just one Grand Slam Title.
Jankovic has downplayed her inability to conquer a Single Grand Slam Tournament stating that there are lot of players who have won Grand Slam Competitions but only six women have ended the season as World's Number One. However, she cannot be recognized to be the best player if she is not able to win several Grand Slam Tournaments in her tennis career.
Although Jelena possesses extraordinary ground strokes, she doesn't have a serve which could bail her out of tight spots. Her emotional outburst causes the lady to lose points. She is easily distracted on court. Also, she doesn't take defeat too seriously which is a good characteristic in terms of sportsmanship but may reduce her need to go full-scale to win matches. We will have to wait and see if Jelena Jankovic is able to win some Grand Slam Competitions during tennis career.
Jankovic won her first Junior National Title at the age of 11. Right after such success, she was sent to Florida where she entered Nick Bollettieri's Training Academy.
Being a Junior, she won the 2001 Australian Open thus becoming the Junior World's Number One Junior Tennis Player. In 2001, she started to play in the WTA Tour. She then became a professional tennis Player in 2002. Jankovic has reached the Singles Final from the US Open (2008), the Singles Semi-finals of the Australian Open (2008) and the French Open (2007, 2008). In 2007, she conquered the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Title with British partner Jamie Murray.
She was ranked the World's Number One tennis player for 17 consecutive weeks until she was overtaken by Serena Williams on February 2, 2009. Before the season ends, she was recognized World Number One in 2008, the very first tennis player in the entire history of the WTA Tour to have such accomplishments without winning just one Grand Slam Title.
Jankovic has downplayed her inability to conquer a Single Grand Slam Tournament stating that there are lot of players who have won Grand Slam Competitions but only six women have ended the season as World's Number One. However, she cannot be recognized to be the best player if she is not able to win several Grand Slam Tournaments in her tennis career.
Although Jelena possesses extraordinary ground strokes, she doesn't have a serve which could bail her out of tight spots. Her emotional outburst causes the lady to lose points. She is easily distracted on court. Also, she doesn't take defeat too seriously which is a good characteristic in terms of sportsmanship but may reduce her need to go full-scale to win matches. We will have to wait and see if Jelena Jankovic is able to win some Grand Slam Competitions during tennis career.
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