Jelena Dokic

Jelena Dokic is a retired professional tennis player from Yugoslavia. She also represented Australia, and Serbia and Montenegro. She has a career-high singles ranking of World Number 4, which she reached in August 2002, and a career-high doubles ranking of number 10, reached in February 2002.

Player Profile

Jelena Dokic (Serbian: Јелена Докић) was born on April 12, 1983, in Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia). She initially represented Australia from 1998–2000. Then she played under the FR Yugoslavia from 2001–2003 and for Serbia and Montenegro from 2003–2005. She returned to playing for Australia from 2006 to her retirement in 2014.

She was born in Yugoslavia but her family migrated to Australia when she was 11. Dokic stands 175 cm tall. She is right-handed with a two-handed backhand.

She turned pro in 1998 and retired in 2014. In that time, she earned US$4,481,044 in prize money.

Career

During her junior career, she won the US Open girls title and the doubles title in the French Open with Kim Clijsters and ranked number 1 for that season according to the International Tennis Federation junior singles rankings.

It was in 1999 when Dokic made one of the best upsets in her career, beating then-number 1 Martina Hingis with a score of 6-2, 6-0 in the first round of the qualifiers. She played in the WTA doubles finals during that year, paired up with Amanda Coetzer.

Ranked at 129 when she played in the Wimbledon qualifiers, Dokic ended the year a few ranks higher at no. 43.

Dokic’s career started sliding down in 2003 after she parted ways with her father who was also her coach. She lost to the then-16-year-old Maria Sharapova. After reaching the third round in Wimbledon and then losing to Justine Lenin in the finals in Zurich, she experienced two minor victories in the 2004 Fed Cup for Serbia and the Montenegro Cup. Before she went back to Serbia. She later proclaimed that she wanted to play for Australia again in 2005.

It was only in 2011 that she would defeat another top-level player like Clijsters when she defeated Francesca Shciavone in the first round before winning the title by beating Lucie Safarova in the finals. This would be her first WTA title playing for Australia and placed her at 61 in the world rankings.

Dokic has a career singles record of 348-221 and has won 6 career titles. She also made it to the semifinals of Wimbledon. She has also made it to the quarters of the Australian Open and the French Open. In 2000, she also made it to the quarters of the Olympic Games.

As a doubles player, she made it to the finals of the 2000 French Open. She closed off her career with a career record of 118-100. She also won a total of 4 doubles career titles.

Career Record

Singles

• Career Record: 348–221 (61.2%)
• Career Titles: 6

• Highest Singles Ranking: 4 (August 19, 2002)

Best Grand Slam Singles Performances

• Australian Open - QF (2009)
• French Open - QF (2002)
• Wimbledon - SF (2000)
• US Open - 4R (2000, 2001)

Other Tournaments

• Tour Finals - QF (2001, 2002)
• Olympic Games - SF – 4th (2000)

Doubles

• Career Record: 118–100 (54.1%)
• Career Titles: 4

• Highest Doubles Ranking: 10 (February 4, 2002)

Best Grand Slam Doubles Performances

• Australian Open - 3R (1999, 2000)
• French Open - F (2001)
• Wimbledon - 3R (1999, 2000, 2001)
• US Open - 2R (2000, 2001)

Other Doubles Tournaments

• Olympic Games - 2R (2000)

Mixed Doubles

• Career Record: 4–9

Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Performances

• Australian Open - QF (2001)
• French Open - 2R (2000)
• Wimbledon - 3R (2001)
• US Open - 1R (2001, 2003)

People Ask

When did Jelena Dokic start playing professionally?

>She turned pro in 1998.

When did Jelena Dokic retire?

>She retired from playing tennis professionally in 2014.

What was Jelena Dokic's highest singles ranking?

>World No. 4. She reached this ranking on August 19, 2002.