2008
Ivanović started the year by participating in an exhibition tournament in Hong Kong, where she was seeded first. She lost to Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals 6–4, 1–6, 6–3. Ivanović then entered the Silver Group, a competition among all first match losers. Based on her world ranking, she was favored to win that competition; however, she lost to World No. 45 Shuai Peng 6–1, 6–3.
Ivanović's next tournament was the Tier II Medibank International in Sydney, which attracted 12 of the top 15 ranked women. After trailing 5–2 in the third set of her second round match, Ivanović defeated Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano 6–1, 2–6, 7–5. In the quartefinals, Ivanović defeated Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik but then lost to Justine Henin in the semifinals 6–2, 2–6, 6–4. This was the first time in four meetings that Ivanović took a set off Henin.
Ivanović entered the Australian Open as the fourth seed and reached the quarterfinals for the first time. Ther
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Ivanović Picked Up A Racket At The Age Of 5 After Watching Monica Seles, A Fellow Yugoslavian, At Roland Garros On Television. She Started Her Promising Career At The Age Of 5, After Memorizing The Number Of A Local Tennis Clinic From An Ad On TV. Du
Ivanović picked up a racket at the age of 5 after watching Monica Seles, a fellow Yugoslavian, at Roland Garros on television. She started her promising career at the age of read more...
2008
Ivanović started the year by participating in an exhibition tournament in Hong Kong, where she was seeded first. She lost to Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals 6–4, read more...
Ana Ivanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ðна Ивановић, pronounced [ˈana iˈvaËnÉ”viʨ], listen (help·info) born November 6, 1987, read more...
Ivanović's mother, Dragana, a lawyer, attends all of her daughter's matches. Her father, Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana read more...
