Jelena Dokić
Dokic at the 2011 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia (1998–2000, 2006–2014) Yugoslavia (2001–2003) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2005) |
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| Born |
12 April 1983 Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 1998 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 4,481,044 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 348–221 |
| Career titles | 6 WTA, 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (19 August 2002) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| 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 |
| Career titles | 4 WTA, 0 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (4 February 2002) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1999, 2000) |
| French Open | F (2001) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1999, 2000, 2001) |
| US Open | 2R (2000, 2001) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career record | 4–9 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2001) |
| French Open | 2R (2000) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2001) |
| US Open | 1R (2001, 2003) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup |
Australia (Total 14 – 3) Serbia and Montenegro (Total 2 – 0) |
| Hopman Cup |
Australia W (1999) |
| Last updated on: 16 June 2016. | |
Jelena Dokic (Serbian: Jelena Dokić, Јелена Докић, pronounced [jɛ̌lɛna dokit͡ɕ]; born 12 April 1983) is a Serbian-Australian tennis coach, columnist and former professional player. Her highest ranking was World No. 4 in August 2002. She is one of the few women to have won WTA tour events on all surfaces: hard, clay, grass and carpet.
In the 1999 Wimbledon Championships the 16-year-old Dokic achieved one of the biggest upsets in tennis history, thrashing Martina Hingis 6-2 6-0. This remains the only time the Women's World No. 1 has ever lost to a qualifier at Wimbledon. Dokic would go on to reach the quarter-finals of that competition, only her second Grand Slam.
Dokic rapidly ascended through the world rankings after her Wimbledon breakthrough, but her time in the world elite was beset by off-court problems. She had a famously turbulent relationship with her father and coach Damir, on whose advice she switched allegiance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro) in 2000, and back to Australia in 2005.
She made a serious return to tennis in 2008 and finished 2009 back in the world top 100, but thereafter struggled badly with form and injuries, and ceased playing professionally in 2014.
Jelena Dokić was born in Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to a Serbian father Damir Dokić and a Croatian mother, Ljiljana (née Podnar). She has a younger brother, Savo, eight years her junior. Her family lived in Osijek until June 1991, when they decided to leave due to the political instability and wars. They settled in Sombor, Serbia, for a short time and later, in 1994, emigrated to Australia. From 1994, they lived in Fairfield, a suburb of Sydney, where Dokić (later Dokic) attended Fairfield High School.
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