Jovana Jakšić

Jovana Jakšić

Jakšić at the 2014 US Open
Full name	Jovana Jakšić
Country (sports)	Serbia
Born	30 September 1993 Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m
Prize money	$296,695
Singles
Career record	207–118
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	102 (12 May 2014)
Current ranking	188 (18 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2014)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	Q2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	16–22
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	377 (12 October 2015)
Current ranking	405 (18 April 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–3
Last updated on: 18 April 2016.

Jakšić in 2013

Jovana Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јована Јакшић; born 30 September 1993 in Belgrade) is a Serbian tennis player.

Jakšić has won 15 singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 102. On 12 October 2015, she peaked at world number 377 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Serbia at the Fed Cup, Jakšić has a win–loss record of 2–3. She made her 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]

Career

2013

In 2013, Jakšić 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

Jakšić reached her first career WTA final at the 2014 Monterrey Open, losing to compatriot Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.^[2] 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.^[3] At the French Open, she gained direct acceptance into her first Grand Slam main draw, losing again in three sets to the 30th seed Hantuchová in round one. At Wimbledon, she lost to Petra Cetkovská in the first round in three sets as well.

WTA finals

Singles (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 April 2014	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Ana Ivanovic	2–6, 1–6

ITF finals (16–9)

Singles (15–8)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (6–3) Clay (9–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	4 July 2011	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Zsófia Susányi	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	22 August 2011	Vinkovci, Croatia	Clay	Indire Akiki	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	26 September 2011	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Clay	Dinah Pfizenmaier	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	3 October 2011	Pirot, Serbia	Clay	Natalija Kostić	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	31 October 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ganna Poznikhirenko	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	12 March 2012	Mumbai, India	Hard	Keren Shlomo	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	4.	24 September 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Zuzana Zálabská	7–5, 7–5
Winner	5.	8 October 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Lena-Marie Hofmann	6–2, 6–3
Winner	6.	29 October 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ganna Poznikhirenko	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	7.	5 November 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ana Konjuh	6–3, 6–1
Winner	8.	19 November 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	6–2, 6–0
Winner	9.	11 February 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	5–2, ret.
Winner	10.	18 February 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ioana Ducu	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	25 February 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Raluca Olaru	3–6, 5–7
Winner	11.	8 April 2013	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Julia Cohen	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	13 May 2013	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Yang Zi	6–3, 6–2
Winner	13.	20 May 2013	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Li Ting	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	22 July 2013	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Diāna Marcinkēviča	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	14.	17 February 2014	Surprise, United States	Hard	Tamira Paszek	4–6, 7–6^(15–13), 7–5
Runner-up	6.	28 April 2014	Anning, China	Clay	Zheng Saisai	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	20 October 2014	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Julie Coin	5–7, 3–6
Winner	15.	19 October 2015	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Amra Sadiković	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1
Runner-up	8.	26 October 2015	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Tatjana Maria	3–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–1)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 October 2010	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Sasha Khabibulina	Irina Glimakova Polina Monova	2–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Winner	1.	24 August 2015	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Kristie Ahn Lorraine Guillermo	6–2, 6–1

References

1. Farrell, Sean (9 February 2014). "Canada wrap up victory in Montreal". Fed Cup. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
2. "Ivanovic Wins 2nd Title of Year at Monterrey Open". ABC News. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
3. Laure, Tobias (25 May 2014). "Harter Kampf für Hantuchová". Eurosport (in German). Retrieved 10 June 2014.

External links

• Jovana Jakšić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jovana Jakšić at the International Tennis Federation
• Jovana Jakšić at the Fed Cup