Ivana Lisjak

Ivana Lisjak

Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Čakovec, Croatia
Born	March 17, 1987 Čakovec, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	pro
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$285,185
Singles
Career record	216–146
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (June 5, 2006)
Current ranking	No. -
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2007)
French Open	3R (2006)
Wimbledon	1R (2006)
US Open	3R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	49 – 39
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 209 (March 3, 2008)
Current ranking	No. 1082 (October 07, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2006)
Last updated on: September 23, 2013.

Ivana Lisjak (born March 17, 1987) is a female tennis player from Croatia. Her WTA ranking was No. 388 (as of October 7, 2013). She began playing tennis at the age of three when her sister introduced her to the sport at their tennis club.

She has won a total of seven ITF tournaments in singles and one in doubles. Her highest singles ranking is No.95 which she achieved on June 12, 2006; after she reached the third round of the 2006 French Open, where she lost to former World No. 1 Martina Hingis of Switzerland.

Highlights in her tennis career also include reaching the third round of the 2005 U.S. Open where she lost to Nicole Vaidišová of the Czech Republic.

Early and personal life

Ivana Lisjak was born on 17 March 1987 in Čakovec, to parents Dragutin and Slavica. She has one sister, Slađana. Lisjak began playing tennis at the age of 3 when sister introduced her at their tennis club. She is a baseliner who prefers hardcourts.

ITF Circuit titles

Singles: 15 (7-8)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	October 7, 2002	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Tina Hergold	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	October 13, 2002	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Tina Hergold	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	April 28, 2003	Maglie, Italy	Clay	Lenka Němečková	7–5, 1–6, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	March 27, 2005	Redding, United States	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	April 19, 2005	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Sanja Ančić	5–7, 4–6
Winner	6.	May 22, 2005	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Olga Blahotová	6–3, 7–5
Winner	7.	June 19, 2005	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	November 20, 2006	Poitiers, France	Hard	Aravane Rezaï	6–7, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	June 5, 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Kyra Nagy	6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	December 15, 2007	Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Petra Kvitová	4–6, 0–6
Winner	11.	June 7, 2009	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Ana Jovanović	6–0, 7–6^(10)
Winner	12.	August 9, 2009	Monteroni, Italy	Clay	Claudia Giovine	6–4, 6–2
Winner	13.	October 3, 2010	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Hard (i)	Iryna Brémond	6–4, 6–1
Winner	14.	October 10, 2010	Limoges, France	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	July 8, 2013	Yakima, United States	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (1-6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	April 19, 2005	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Sanja Ančić	Mari Andersson Kristina Andlovic	3–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	May 1, 2005	Cavtat, Croatia	Clay	Korina Perkovic	Meta Sevšek Ana Skafar	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Runner-up	3.	May 22, 2005	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Nadja Pavić	Olga Vymetálková Soledad Esperón	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	December 14, 2007	Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Darija Jurak	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	February 11, 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Neda Kozić	Johanna Larsson Anna Smith	0–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	February 22, 2008	Capriolo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Darija Jurak	Kelly Anderson Sarah Borwell	6–7^(7–9), 4–6
Runner-up	7.	March 28, 2011	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Margalita Chakhnashvili	Elena Bovina Valeria Savinykh	1–6, 6–2, 4–6

External links

• Ivana Lisjak at the Women's Tennis Association