Jelena Jankovic was given birth on February 28, 1985 in Belgrade, Serbia. She is definitely among the Top Ten Best Female Tennis Players in the World and former World's Top One. She was acquainted into tennis by her brother and fitness coach Marko at the age of 9. Her mother, Snezana, travels internationally with her and was a big influence on her tennis career.
Jelena Jankovic got her first Junior National Title when she was eleven years old. Right after such success, she was sent to Florida where she joined in 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 but was overtaken by Serena Williams on February 2, 2009. She was the year-end's World Number One in 2008, the first player in the entire history of the WTA Tour to have such accomplishments without winning just one Grandslam Title.
Jelena has downplayed her inability to win a Single Grand Slam Tournament stating that there are a lot of tennis players who've won Grand Slam Competitions but most women have ended the season as World's Number One. However, she can't be regarded as the best player if she is not able to got some Grand Slam Competitions in her tennis career.
Although she 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's easily distracted on court. Also, she doesn't take defeat too seriously which is a good characteristic when it comes to sportsmanship but may reduce her need to go all out to win matches. We will need to wait and find out if Jankovic is able to win some Grand Slam Tournaments during her career. Visit www.whole-wide-world.com for more great tennis articles.
Jelena Jankovic got her first Junior National Title when she was eleven years old. Right after such success, she was sent to Florida where she joined in 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 but was overtaken by Serena Williams on February 2, 2009. She was the year-end's World Number One in 2008, the first player in the entire history of the WTA Tour to have such accomplishments without winning just one Grandslam Title.
Jelena has downplayed her inability to win a Single Grand Slam Tournament stating that there are a lot of tennis players who've won Grand Slam Competitions but most women have ended the season as World's Number One. However, she can't be regarded as the best player if she is not able to got some Grand Slam Competitions in her tennis career.
Although she 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's easily distracted on court. Also, she doesn't take defeat too seriously which is a good characteristic when it comes to sportsmanship but may reduce her need to go all out to win matches. We will need to wait and find out if Jankovic is able to win some Grand Slam Tournaments during her career. Visit www.whole-wide-world.com for more great tennis articles.
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