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Ana Ivanovic started to play tennis when she was only 5, after being inspired by Monica Seles (by watching TV), also a Serbian player. Her height 6' 1¼" (1.86 m).

She was born on 6 November 1987 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). She was first noticed by the tennis world when she reached the final of the 2004 Junior Wimbledon tournament, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko. is a former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of July 6, 2009, she is ranked World No. 11 by the Women's Tennis Association. She won the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open.

At the Brisbane International, she defeated Roberta Vinci. Ivanović then took part in Serbia's Fed Cup win in the World Group II tie against Japan. She defeated Ai Sugiyama in straight sets in the first singles rubber and Ayumi Morita in straight sets in the fourth singles rubber. On June 9, 2009 Ana announced her active participation in the Adidas Player Development Programme.