Tamira Paszek

Country	Austria
Residence	Dornbirn, Austria
Born	(1990-12-06) December 6, 1990 (age 21) Dornbirn, Austria
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro	October 26, 2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$810,721
Singles
Career record	123–80
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (July 9, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 48 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	2R (2007)
Wimbledon	QF (2011)
US Open	4R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	11–21
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 292 (August 17, 2009)
Last updated on: January 30, 2012.

Tamira Shelah Paszek (born December 6, 1990 in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria) is a professional tennis player from Austria. As of July 4, 2011, she is the no.1 ranked tennis player from Austria in the WTA ranking, at No. 41.

She is currently being coached by Andrei Pavel^[1] (former coach of Jelena Janković) having previously been coached by Angel Giminez and Larri Passos (former coach of former ATP No.1 Gustavo Kuerten).^{[citation needed]}

Biography[link]

Paszek was introduced to tennis by her mother, Françoise Paszek, at age four-and-a-half.^[2] Her mother is Chilean born, and her father is Ariff Mohamed, who is Tanzanian-born, Kenya-raised and lived in Canada.^[2] Both her paternal grandparents are from India.^{[citation needed]}

She attended Gymnasium Dornbirn-Schoren^[3] and Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium Schoren.^[4]

Tennis career[link]

As a junior, Paszek was a finalist in the 2005 Girls' Singles Championship at Wimbledon and at the US Open – Girls' Singles in 2006.

In September 2005 she won her first title at an ITF tournament in Sofia. In October of the same year she received a wild card to appear at her first WTA tournament in Linz; she defeated Elena Vesnina in the first round and lost to Ana Ivanović after a tough first set.

In 2006 she passed qualifications in Istanbul, where she lost in the second round to Catalina Castaño; and in Portorož in the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, where she won her first WTA title by defeating number 6 seed Maria Elena Camerin from Italy 7–5 6–1. This was a career-first Tour singles title in only her third Tour main draw. That title made her the youngest Tour singles titlist in 2006 and the seventh-youngest all-time, the youngest winner being Tracy Austin. A month later, at the Zürich Open, she lost to Camerin in the second round of qualifying. She finished 2006 as No. 181 in the WTA rankings.

2007[link]

She started the 2007 WTA Tour at the Australian Open, where she passed qualifications and defeated Top 40 player Séverine Brémond in straight sets in the first round, before losing to No.22 seed Vera Zvonareva.

After her loss to Na Li in the second round of the Miami Masters, she broke the top 100 of the WTA rankings. At the 2007 French Open she was defeated by Justine Henin in the second round 7–5 6–1 after being 5–0 down in the first set.

At Paszek's first grass tournament of her career, she reached the third round in Birmingham, losing to Maria Sharapova in a tight match 6–3 4–6 6–2. At the 2007 Wimbledon Championships she reached the fourth round after beating two seeded players, No.17 seed Tatiana Golovin and No.12 seed Elena Dementieva; she then eventually lost to No.5 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets. The win pushed her up 19 spots from #54 to #35, a career high and only a few spots from a guaranteed seeding spot at the US Open.

She also participated at the Fed Cup for Austria in 2007. She won her first two matches in the group stage against Australia but lost both her matches in the World Group play-offs against Israel; a singles match against Shahar Pe'er and a doubles match, partnering Melanie Klaffner.

She debuted on the 2007 US Open, reaching the fourth round, beating on the way #24 and #11 seed, Francesca Schiavone and Patty Schnyder. She lost to #6 seed, Anna Chakvetadze.

Paszek decided against defending her title in the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portorož, Slovenia, in favour of the larger China Open tournament in Beijing. However, she was bundled out in the second round by fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva (whom she beat in Wimbledon) 6–2, 6–0 in less than an hour.

2008[link]

At the 2008 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, Paszek made it to the semifinals, losing to veteran Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–3. In the first round of the 2008 Australian Open, Paszek played third-seeded Jelena Janković of Serbia in the first round. Paszek easily won the first set 6–2, and Janković went on to win the second set 6–2. In the deciding set, Paszek led 5–3 and had three match points before Janković came back to win the three-hour match 2–6 6–2 12–10.

Following this she lost in the first round of Doha to Patty Schnyder 6–4 6–0. Then she competed for the first time as a seed in a tier 1 tournament in Indian Wells retiring in the third round to Casey Dellacqua being down 6–1 4–0. Then in Miami she was defeated by Anna Chakvetadze in the second round 6–3 6–2.

This started a losing streak of 6 straight matches running through the French Open and Wimbledon. At Wimbledon she lost her second marathon match of the year to Francesca Schiavone 6–3 5–7 10–8. It came to an end in Los Angeles where she defeated Aiko Nakamura only to lose to Flavia Pennetta in the second round.

On July 31, Paszek beat World no.1 Ana Ivanović of Serbia in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal in three sets: 6–2, 1–6, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, she played Victoria Azarenka who defeated her 6–4 7–5. Then she lost in the first round of Cincinnati to Petra Cetkovská. At the US Open she defeated the 23-seed Maria Kirilenko 6–3 3–6 6–4, only then to lose to a lower ranked opponent Magdaléna Rybáriková.

Paszek was runner up in Bali. She reached the final after taking out the 7-seed Flavia Pennetta and the top seed Daniela Hantuchová. She lost the final against Patty Schnyder 3–6 0–6. She then withdrew from the Linz tournament due to injury.

2009[link]

Paszek ended her professional relationship with coach Lari Passos and is now coached by Angel Giminez.^[5]

Paszek lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Australian wild card Jelena Dokić in three sets.

Paszek passed the first round at Indian Wells, winning in straight sets against Mara Santangelo 6–3, 6–2, and lost in the second round against 21 seed Alisa Kleybanova by the same score.

2010[link]

In January, Tamira lost in second round of qualifying at tournament in Auckland. After defeating Carly Gullickson 6–3 7–5 she retired in her match against Rebecca Marino after trailing 6–0 1–0. Her next tournament was 2010 Moorilla Hobart International. She scored a big win after defeating Roberta Vinci 6–4 6–3, but she then lost to Gisela Dulko in very long and difficult match with 6–1 0–6 7–6 score.

Her next tournament was 2010 Australian Open where she lost to Julia Görges in first round 6–0 3–6 6–3. At tournament in Paris Tamira lost to eventual runner-up Lucie Šafářová 6–0 6–3.To reach the main draw at 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, Tamira entered qualifying. She defeated Tsvetana Pironkova in first round, but she lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3 7–5. After Dubai she entered in Indian Wells, but she lost to Julie Coin with 6–4 6–3 score. At 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Tamira beat Anne Keothavong 6–4 6–2, but she lost to 22-th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7–6 4–6 6–3.

She lost in early rounds of Marbella, Barcelona and Fes. She didn't enter to 2010 French Open.

Instead,Tamira entered 25,000 $ ITF tournament in Izmir, Turkey. She won that tournament beating Çağla Büyükakçay 6–2 6–3. Her next tournament was ITF Budapest. She qualified, defeating Lukacs Vanda and Cepelova Jana, and she reached the second round losing to Lenka Wienerová.

She then entered 2010 Wimbledon, qualified but lost to Kurumi Nara in second round 7–5 6–4.

She tried to qualify in Budapest defeating Eleni Danilidou and Jessica Moore but lost to Andreja Klepač 5–7 6–2 6–1. Her next tournament will be 2010 ECM Prague Open. She entered qualifing. Tamira defeated Tadeja Majerič 6–4 6–0 and then crushed first seed Anastasia Rodionova. She than lost to Liana Ungur 2–6 3–2. After losing the first set 6–2, Tamira went to play better breaking Ungur serve and lead 2–0.On the other side Ungur came back broke twice to lead 3–2. Tamira then retired because of heat and stomach inyuri.But,because Gisela Dulko withdrew Tamira gained her chance to enter to the main draw. She faced French star Alizé Cornet and lost 7–6 6–7 6–4 in match that last 3 hours and 40-minutes.

Her next tournament was the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open where she defeated Jelena Kostanić Tošić 7–5 6–2 for her first main draw win since Ponte Vedra Beach in 2009. She faced Stefanie Voegele and lost 7–5 6–4.

After some bad losses in qualifying of the Premier tournaments, Tamira found her form in the 2010 US Open where she entered qualifying. She defeated Michaëlla Krajicek, Koreas Kim So- Jing and Russias Evgeniya Rodina to reach the main draw. In the final qualifying round, Paszek trailed Rodina 2–6 after the first set before coming back to win the second and blank the Russian in the third. In the 1st round of the main draw, she defeated 26th seed Lucie Šafářová despite being down 2–6 1–4 in the second set. She lost to Chan Yung-jan in the second round.

Her next tournament was at the 2010 Bell Challenge. She defeated Marina Erakovic 6–0 6–4 and Jill Craybas in the second round 6–2 6–3.In her first quarter-final of the 2010 she defeated No.8 seed Sofia Arvidsson 6–3 6–4.She than crushed Christina McHale in the semifinal to book her place in the final where she won the title by beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7–6(6) 2–6 7–5.

She will be in the 100 rankings again.

2011[link]

Tamira started 2011 ranked No.89 and lost in the first round of Auckland to Sofia Arvidsson. She qualified for Hobart and reached the second round of the main draw before falling to Jarmila Gajdosova. Prior to Wimbledon 2011 Tamira had a standard year before she went on to reach the Quarter Finals of Wimbledon for the first time in her career, defeating world No.7 and 6th seed Francesca Schiavone (her first top 10 win of 2011) in an epic third round match that lasted 3 hours and 42 minutes. Tamira finally prevailed 3–6, 6–4, 11–9 hitting a total of 40 winners to 36 unforced errors. Tamira played Russian Ksenia Pervak in the fourth round. She went on winning, beating Pervak in three sets: 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, reaching the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time. Tamira played number 4 seed Victoria Azarenka in the Quarter Finals of Wimbledon. The match started on Court 1 but was moved to Centre Court after the first game due to rain. Paszek lost in straight sets 6–3, 6–1.

WTA Tour Singles 3 (2–1)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	September 24, 2006	Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	September 8, 2008	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–0
Winner	2.	September 19, 2010	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	7–6(8–6), 2–6, 7–5

Singles performance timeline[link]

References[link]

1. ↑ http://treizecizero.ro/interviu-exclusiv-andrei-pavel-de-la-indian-wells-lucrez-cu-tamira-paszek/ – Interviu exclusiv | Andrei Pavel: “De la Indian Wells lucrez cu Tamira Paszek”
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Tamira Paszek's website, section Mimi's Bio
3. ↑ Metzger, Josef (2007-09-02). "Tamira Paszek: Starker Kopf und kluges Köpfchen". Die Presse. http://diepresse.com/home/sport/mehrsport/327360/index.do. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
4. ↑ "Unsere Schule besuchen". Schoren's Famous. BORG Schoren. http://www.brg-schoren.ac.at/de/wissenschorensfamous.html. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
5. ↑ Changes at the Top Tennis.com, February 11, 2009

External links[link]

• Tamira Paszek at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tamira Paszek at the International Tennis Federation
• Tamira Paszek Management Group

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Justine Henin

Country	Belgium
Residence	Brussels, Belgium
Born	(1982-06-01) 1 June 1982 (age 30) Liège, Belgium
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (130 lb; 9.0 st)
Turned pro	1 January 1999
Retired	14 May 2008 Return: 4 January 2010[1] Retirement: 26 January 2011[2]
Plays	Right–handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$20,863,335 (7th in all-time rankings)
Singles
Career record	525–115 (82.03%)
Career titles	43 WTA (6th in overall rankings) 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (20 October 2003)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (2004)
French Open	W (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon	F (2001, 2006)
US Open	W (2003, 2007)
Other tournaments
Championships	W (2006, 2007)
Olympic Games	Gold medal (2004)
Doubles
Career record	47–35
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 23 (14 January 2002)
Last updated on: 29 August 2011.

Justine Henin (French pronunciation: [ʒys.tin enɛ̃]; born 1 June 1982), known as Justine Henin-Hardenne between 2002 and 2007, is a retired professional Belgian tennis player and former World No. 1.

Henin won 43 WTA singles titles and seven Grand Slam singles titles, including four French Open titles, one Australian Open title, and two US Open titles. She has also won the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships twice and the singles gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Tennis experts cite her mental toughness, the completeness and variety of her game, her footspeed and footwork, and her one-handed backhand (which John McEnroe has described as the best single-handed backhand in the women's or men's game^[4]) as the principal reasons for her success.^[5][6]

Critics and all-time-great players have made testament to Henin's talent. Upon Henin's first retirement from the WTA in the early part of the 2008 season, Billie Jean King said that "pound for pound, Henin is the best tennis player of her generation",^[7] as well as that "Justine is the best women's athlete I've ever seen."^[8] Andre Agassi said of Henin, "Justine Henin is one of the most talented women ever to have played the game of tennis."^[8] In 2007, 18 time Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova said that "She is head and shoulders above everyone else right now."^[8] John McEnroe concurred, saying that Henin is "The player I most like to watch."^[8] Henin made a return to the WTA in early 2010, losing the final of the Australian Open in only her 2nd tournament back.^[9]

On 26 January 2011, she announced that she had been forced to retire from professional tennis once again because of an elbow injury.^[10]

In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time.^[11]

Playing style[link]

At the 2007 French Open, Martina Navratilova said that "Henin's offense is just phenomenal ... it's sort of like we've got 'the female Federer', or maybe the guys have 'the male Justine Henin', because she is just head and shoulders above everyone else right now."^[12] Henin's footwork, balance, and court coverage—and she is adept at changing from a defensive style to an aggressive one.^[13]

Despite her relatively small size, Henin has a powerful serve, which has been measured at a top speed of 196 km/h (122 mph) at the 2005 Family Circle Cup.^[14] Henin's single-handed backhand is the most powerful and accurate in the game. She can hit her backhand 'flat', with heavy topspin, or slice [underspin]. Her backhand can also be used to surprise her opponents with dropshots, breaking up the pattern of a groundstroke rally. Her slice backhand is regarded as one of the best of all time.^{[citation needed]} However, Henin's forehand is generally regarded as her most dangerous weapon,^{[citation needed]} and the stroke that she normally uses to dictate the play of a match.

Personal life[link]

Justine Henin was born in Liège. Her father is José Henin; her mother, Françoise Rosière, was a French and history teacher who died when Justine was 12 years old. She has two brothers (David and Thomas) and a sister (Sarah).

When Justine was two, her family moved to a house in Rochefort, situated next to the local tennis club, where she played tennis for the first time.

Henin's mother routinely took the young Henin across the border to France to watch the French Open.^[15] Henin saw the 1992 final involving her idol Steffi Graf and Monica Seles. Although Graf lost, the experience impressed Henin.

In 1995, shortly after her mother's death, Henin met her coach Carlos Rodriguez who guided her career both before her retirement in 2008 and during her 2010 comeback. Following a conflict between Justine and her father^{[clarification needed]} over her tennis career and her relationship with Pierre-Yves Hardenne, Rodriguez soon became not only her trainer but in some ways a second father figure.^[16]

On 16 November 2002, Henin married Pierre-Yves in the Château de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne.^[17][18] On 4 January 2007, Henin withdrew from the upcoming tournaments in Australia, including the Australian Open, due to personal problems. and she also resumed her maiden name, Justine Henin, instead of Justine Henin-Hardenne.

Tennis career[link]

Early career[link]

Henin, known as "Juju" to many of her fans,^[3] was coached by Carlos Rodriguez of Argentina. In 1997, she won the junior girl's singles title at the French Open. Early in her senior career, she regularly reached the late rounds of international competitions and won five International Tennis Federation tournaments by the end of 1998.

She began her professional career on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour in May 1999 as a wild card entry in the Belgian Open clay tournament at Antwerp and became only the fifth player to win her debut WTA Tour event. She defeated three top 50 players on the road to the title.^{[citation needed]} She also won her hometown event, the Liege Challenger, in July 2000.

Henin established herself as a major competitor in 2001 when she reached the women's singles semifinals of the French Open and then upset the reigning Australian Open and French Open champion Jennifer Capriati in the semifinals of Wimbledon, losing to defending champion Venus Williams in three sets in the final. By the end of the year, Henin was ranked seventh in singles, with three titles to her name. Also that year, she reached the French Open women's doubles semifinals with Elena Tatarkova and helped Belgium win the 2001 Fed Cup.

In 2002, she reached four WTA finals, winning two of them, and finished the year ranked World No. 5. Her German Open victory, her first win at a Tier I tournament, was noteworthy as she beat Jennifer Capriati in a semifinal and Serena Williams in the final, the then number two and number five ranked players, respectively.

2003: Ascent to No. 1[link]

Justine Henin prepares to hit a backhand

Henin started the year as the fifth ranked player in the world but lost to Kim Clijsters in the semifinals of the Medibank International in Sydney. In the fourth round of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Henin defeated Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 5–7, 9–7. In a match lasting more than three hours, Henin overcame a 4–1 final set deficit, high temperatures, and muscle cramps to defeat Davenport for the first time in her career.^[19][20] Henin then lost to Venus Williams in the semifinals in straight sets.

Henin then lost to Clijsters in the semifinals of the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp. At the Dubai Tennis Championships one week later, Henin defeated former World No. 1 Monica Seles in the final 4–6, 7–6, 7–5 after Seles had a match point at 5–4 in the second set. It was Henin's first victory over Seles.

Henin's next tournament was the Tier I Miami Masters. She lost in the quarterfinals to World No. 10 Chanda Rubin 6–3, 6–2.

At the clay court Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, Henin defeated World No. 1 Serena Williams in the final. This was Williams' first loss of the year after 22 wins.

The following week, Henin reached the semifinals of the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida, losing to eventual winner Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–4, 7–5. Henin then helped Belgium defeat Austria 5–0 in a first round tie of the Fed Cup.

In May, Henin successfully defended her Tier I title at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin. In the final, Henin saved three match points in the third set before defeating Clijsters.

At the French Open, Henin was the fourth seeded player. She defeated the defending champion, Serena Williams, in a semifinal 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 after Henin trailed 4–2 in the third set. In the final, Henin defeated Clijsters in straight sets. This was Henin's first Grand Slam title, and she was the first Belgian ever to win a Grand Slam singles title.

Henin then began her preparations for Wimbledon. At the grass court Ordina Open in Rosmalen, Henin lost in the final to Clijsters when Henin was forced to retire from the match after injuring her finger.

At Wimbledon, Henin was the third seeded player. She defeated Mary Pierce in the fourth round and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals before losing to Serena Williams in a straight sets semifinal.

Henin's first competition after Wimbledon was the Fed Cup tie against Slovakia. Henin won both her singles matches to help Belgium win the tie 5–0.

Henin then played two tournaments during the North American summer hard court season before the US Open. At the Tier I Acura Classic in San Diego, the third-seeded Henin defeated the top-seeded Clijsters in the final. Two weeks later at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Toronto, Henin defeated Russia's Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the final.

Henin was the second-seeded player at the US Open. She won her first four matches against unseeded players before defeating seventh-seeded Anastasia Myskina in the quarterfinals. Henin then defeated sixth-seeded Jennifer Capriati in the semifinals 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(4) in a match that lasted more than three hours and stretched to midnight. Henin recovered from a 5–3 deficit in the second set and a 5–2 deficit in the final set and was just two points from defeat eleven times. She was treated for muscle cramps and dehydration overnight but returned to play in the final the next day.^[21] In the final, Henin defeated Clijsters in straight sets.^[22] The win raised Henin's ranking to World No. 2, just behind Clijsters.

Henin next played the indoor Sparkassen Cup in Leipzig, Germany where she lost to Myskina in the final. This ended Henin's 22-match winning streak. Two weeks later at the indoor Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Filderstadt, Germany, Henin lost in the final to Clijsters. Had Henin won this match, she would have immediately replaced Clijsters as the World No. 1.

At the Tier I Zurich Open the following week, Henin reached her sixth consecutive final where she defeated Serbia's Jelena Dokić. This win caused Henin to become the thirteenth World No. 1 on the Women's Tennis Association computer on 20 October 2003. Henin, however, held this ranking for only one week as she declined to defend her title at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament in Linz, Austria.

At the WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles, Henin defeated Myskina and Capriati but lost to Japan's Ai Sugiyama in her round robin matches. In the semifinals, Henin lost to Amélie Mauresmo 7–6(2), 3–6, 6–3.

Henin was named the International Tennis Federation's women's singles World Champion for 2003. She ended the year as the World No. 1.

2004[link]

Henin started 2004 by winning a warm-up tournament in Sydney. She then won the Australian Open in Melbourne, defeating Kim Clijsters in three sets.

By the end of the 2004 spring hard court season, Henin had built a 25-match Tier I winning streak and a 22–1 win-loss record (winning her first 16 matches).

At the start of the 2004 spring clay court season, Henin's health was adversely affected by infection with a strain of cytomegalovirus and an immune system problem. She often slept up to 18 hours a day and barely had the strength to brush her teeth, let alone play competitive tennis.

Although she decided to defend her French Open title and was seeded first in the tournament, she lost her second round match to a much lower-ranked player, Tathiana Garbin of Italy. At the time, the loss marked only the second time in 15 Grand Slam events that she'd lost before the fourth round.

After months of layoff because of a virus, Henin returned to competition in August and won the women's singles gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, defeating Amélie Mauresmo of France in the final 6–3, 6–3. Henin reached the gold medal match by defeating reigning French Open champion Anastasia Myskina in a semifinal 7–5, 5–7, 8–6 after having trailed 1–5 in the final set.^[23][24] Her medal ceremony was attended by fellow countryman and IOC president Jacques Rogge.

In September, she was unsuccessful in her defence of her US Open title, losing to Nadia Petrova in the fourth round. This defeat caused her to lose the World No. 1 ranking, which she had held for 45 non-consecutive weeks. She then withdrew from the 10 remaining tournaments of the year in an effort to recover her health and improve her fitness.

2005[link]

Her plan to rejoin the tour at the beginning of 2005 was delayed when she fractured her kneecap in a December 2004 training session.

On 25 March, after more than six months away from competition, Henin returned to the Women's Tennis Association tour at the Miami Masters. She lost to second ranked Maria Sharapova in a quarterfinal. She rebounded at her next tournament, winning the clay court Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina. She won two more clay court titles before the start of the 2005 French Open. Her victories over top ranked Lindsay Davenport, Sharapova, Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Petrova made her a top contender for the title there.

Henin was seeded tenth at the French Open and defeated the French player Mary Pierce in the final in straight sets to take her second title at Roland Garros. The win marked Henin's 24th consecutive clay court win and her tenth consecutive final win, a streak dating back to Zurich in October 2003. In capturing the title, she defeated Kuznetsova in the fourth round, Sharapova in a quarterfinal, and Petrova in a semifinal. Henin saved two match points to defeat Kuznetsova in the fourth round 7–6(6), 4–6, 7–5 and thus became only the second woman to win the French Open after saving a match point.^[25]

With her French Open victory, Henin moved from World No. 12 to World No. 7 in the women's singles rankings. Henin was a perfect 24–0 on clay this year and joined Monica Seles as the only two currently active (in 2005) players on the WTA Tour to have won the French Open at least twice.

At Wimbledon 2005, Henin's win streak of 24 matches was snapped in the first round by Greek Eleni Daniilidou 7–6, 2–6, 7–5. It was the first time that a reigning French Open champion failed to win a match at Wimbledon.^[26][27] A hamstring injury sustained earlier in the year eventually limited her to playing only 11 more matches for 2005.

Henin next played the Rogers Cup in Toronto, where she reached the final after beating Mauresmo in a semifinal before losing to Clijsters in straight sets.

She lost in the fourth round of the US Open to eventual finalist Mary Pierce 6–3, 6–2.

Following this, she played in Filderstadt, but after losing her first round match to Flavia Pennetta, she decided not to play for the rest of 2005.

In 2005, TENNIS Magazine placed her in 31st place on its list of the 40 Greatest Players for the period 1965 through 2005.

In November, at the 2005 WTA Tour Championships, she was named the inaugural winner of the Whirlpool 6TH SENSE Player of the Year, which honors the player who has demonstrated the most sixth sense intuition, that is to say "heightened intelligence, unbeatable performance and pinpoint precision".

2006[link]

Justine Henin at the 2006 Medibank International in Sydney, Australia.

In January, Henin returned to competitive tennis at the tournament in Sydney, a tune-up for the Australian Open. She was seeded fifth and played former World No. 1 (and newly returned to competitive tennis) Martina Hingis in a much hyped first round match. Henin won 6–3, 6–3. She then defeated former US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in a semifinal before defeating Francesca Schiavone in the final.

At the Australian Open, Henin defeated top ranked Lindsay Davenport and fourth ranked Maria Sharapova in three-set matches to set up a final against third ranked Amélie Mauresmo. While trailing 6–1, 2–0, Henin retired from the match, citing intense stomach pain caused by over-use of anti-inflammatories for a persistent shoulder injury. Henin stated afterwards that she feared possible injury had she continued to play. Henin was criticized by the press^[28][29] because she had stated after her semifinal win against Sharapova that she was at the "peak of her fitness" and was playing the "best tennis of her life". This was only the fourth Grand Slam women's singles final to end by retirement since 1900 and the first in the open era.

Henin captured her second title of the year at a Tier II event in Dubai, defeating Sharapova 7–5, 6–2. This was her third Dubai title, having won previously in 2003 and 2004. At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Henin lost in the semifinals to fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva 2–6, 7–5, 7–5 after leading 6–2, 5–2 and serving for the match twice. Henin also lost in the second round of the Tier I Miami Masters to Meghann Shaughnessy 7–5, 6–4.

On clay, Henin failed to retain her title at the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, losing in the semifinals to third-seeded Patty Schnyder 2–6, 6–3, 6–2. It was her first career defeat at this tournament and the end of her 27-match winning streak on clay. Henin then helped Belgium defeat defending champion Russia in a Fed Cup quarterfinal. She beat fifth ranked Nadia Petrova 6–7, 6–4, 6–3, and ninth ranked Elena Dementieva 6–2, 6–0. Petrova had come into the tie with two consecutive clay court tournament victories and a 10-match clay court winning streak, while Dementieva had defeated Henin in their last meeting in Indian Wells and defeated second ranked Belgian compatriot Kim Clijsters on the first day of the tie. Three weeks later, Henin played the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open, defeating Mauresmo in a semifinal 6–1, 6–2 before losing to Petrova in a three-set final.

At the French Open, Henin defeated second seeded Clijsters in the semifinals 6–3, 6–2. She then defeated Kuznetsova in the final to win her third French Open singles title in four years. Henin captured the title without losing a set and became the first French Open champion to defend her title successfully since Steffi Graf in 1996.

At the Eastbourne grass court tournament just before Wimbledon, Henin defeated Anastasia Myskina in the final in three sets.

Henin was the third seed going into Wimbledon and advanced to her third consecutive Grand Slam final without losing a set. She defeated Clijsters (who was seeded second) in a semifinal 6–4, 7–6(4) but lost the final to Mauresmo. The final featured two finesse players who used their all-court games, a break from recent years that featured a succession of power baseliners claiming the title. At almost every point throughout the match, both players approached the net to volley. Tipped as the tournament favorite, Henin won the first set. But Mauresmo recovered to win the next two sets and her second Grand Slam singles title and deny the Belgian a career Grand Slam.^[30][31] This was the only Wimbledon final of the decade that did not involve Venus Williams and/or Serena Williams.

Henin withdrew from Tier I events in San Diego and Montreal because of injury but played the tournament in New Haven, Connecticut. There, she defeated Kuznetsova and Davenport en route to the title. It was her 28th WTA tour title. She returned to the World No. 2 ranking and crossed over US$12 million in career prize money.

At the US Open, Sharapova defeated Henin in the final after Henin had defeated Davenport in the quarterfinals and Jelena Janković in the semifinals 4–6, 6–4, 6–0. Henin became the first woman since Hingis in 1997 to reach the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments in a calendar year.

Henin won both of her singles matches during the Fed Cup final against Italy in Charleroi, Belgium. However, Henin retired from the deciding doubles match because of a knee injury while she and her partner Kirsten Flipkens were trailing 3–6, 6–2, 2–0, giving Italy the championship.

Henin guaranteed her year-end World No. 1 ranking by reaching the final of the Sony Ericsson Championships, defeating Sharapova in the semifinals 6–2, 7–6(5). Henin then defeated Mauresmo and won the tournament for the first time in her career.

Henin was the first player since Hingis in 2000 to win the WTA Tour Championships and end the year as the top ranked player. Henin was the first woman to win at least one Grand Slam singles title in four consecutive years since Graf from 1993 through 1996. Her prize money earnings for the year totaled $4,204,810.^[32]

2007: Dominance[link]

Justine Henin during the 2007 Miami Masters.

On 4 January 2007, Henin withdrew from the Australian Open and the warm-up tournament in Sydney to deal with the break-up of her marriage. Not playing those tournaments caused Henin to lose the World No. 1 ranking to Maria Sharapova.

In Henin's first tournament of the year, she lost in the semifinals of the Open Gaz de France in Paris to Czech Lucie Šafářová 7–6(5), 6–4. She then won two hardcourt tournaments in the Middle East, the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open (for the fourth time in five years) over Amélie Mauresmo and her first Qatar Total Open title in Doha, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final. She also reached US$14 million in career prize money and on 19 March, regained the World No. 1 ranking.

At the Miami Masters, Henin reached the final for the first time in her career, where she lost to Serena Williams 0–6, 7–5, 6–3 after holding two match points at 6–0, 5–4. Her next tournament was the J&S Cup in Warsaw, Poland, which she won, beating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the final, 6–1, 6–3. Later, at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, Henin won her quarterfinal against Jelena Janković 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 after being behind 4–0 in the third set, only to lose her semifinal against Kuznetsova 6–4, 5–7, 6–4. The loss was only her second to Kuznetsova in 16 career meetings.

At the French Open, Henin was the two-time defending champion and top seed. In a highly-anticipated quarterfinal match against Serena Williams, Henin won 6–4, 6–3. She then defeated Janković in the semifinals 6–2, 6–2. In the final, Henin defeated Ana Ivanović in straight sets, 6–1, 6–2 to claim her third consecutive French Open title, equalling Seles's open era record. She also surpassed US$15 million in career prize money earnings. Henin won the tournament without dropping a set and had not lost a set at this tournament since the 2005 French Open quarterfinals. She had not lost a match at the French Open since 2004.

The International Women's Open in Eastbourne was Henin's first grass court tournament of the year. She and Mauresmo reached the final, which was the first time in nearly 30 years that the Eastbourne final included both finalists from Wimbledon the previous year. Henin recovered from a breakdown in the final set to win in a third-set tiebreak for the second consecutive year.

At Wimbledon, Henin lost to Marion Bartoli in the semifinals 1–6, 7–5, 6–1, one day after Henin defeated Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. It was Henin's first win over the American on a surface other than clay. In the semifinal, Henin was up a break at 1–0 and 4–3 in the second set, but could not hold the lead.^[33]

In August, Henin won the Tier I Rogers Cup in Toronto, defeating Janković in the final. The tournament championship was Henin's 35th on the WTA tour, moving her past Clijsters who retired with 34 tournament championships.

At the US Open, Henin defeated her first four opponents in straight sets, with a 6–0 set in each match. Henin then faced Serena Williams in the quarterfinals for the third consecutive time in a Grand Slam tournament, and for the third time, Henin won, 7–6(3), 6–1. In the semifinals against Venus Williams, Henin was up a break in the first set but could not hold it. She finally won the set in a tiebreak. In the second set, Henin was ahead 3–0 before Williams leveled the set at 3–3. Williams then had three break points on Henin's service but could not convert and lost the game. Henin then broke Williams's serve and held her own serve to go up 5–3. Williams then broke Henin to pull within 5–4 but Henin broke Williams again in the last game to win the match 7–6(2), 6–4. Henin became only the second player to defeat both Williams sisters in the same Grand Slam tournament (after Martina Hingis at the 2001 Australian Open).^[34] In the final, Henin won her second US Open singles title, defeating Kuznetsova in straight sets, 6–1, 6–3. Henin won the tournament without dropping a set.

Henin won her next tournament, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, defeating Tatiana Golovin in the final. Two weeks later, Henin won the Zurich Open, her ninth title of the year, by again defeating Golovin in the final.

At the WTA Tour Championships, Henin won all three of her round robin matches, defeating Anna Chakvetadze, Janković, and Bartoli. Going into the match against Bartoli, Henin had won 22 consecutive matches since Bartoli defeated her in the 2007 Wimbledon semifinals. Although Henin had already clinched a spot in the semifinals, both Henin and Bartoli did not know Bartoli had to replace Serena Williams until several hours before the match and lost 6–0, 6–0.^[35] In the semifinals, Henin defeated Ivanović 6–4, 6–4. In the final, Henin overcame Sharapova in three sets^[36] in a match that lasted 3 hours, 24 minutes. Sharapova won the first set on her eighth set point in the 12-minute last game. Henin won the match on her fifth match point in the final game of the match. This was Henin's longest ever match, the longest final in tournament history, and the twelfth longest women's match ever.^[37]

This victory extended Henin's winning streak to 25 matches. She only lost three sets after Wimbledon. This victory made her the sixth player to successfully defend her title at the WTA's season-ending championship and the first player to claim at least 10 tour titles in a year since Hingis won 12 in 1997. She also became the first woman to break the US$5 million barrier in prize money in a year, and by crossing US$19 million, Henin is now ranked fifth on the all time prize money list.

Henin ended the year ranked World No. 1 for the third time in her career, having done so previously in 2003 and 2006. She was the first player since Martina Hingis to end the year ranked World No. 1 consecutively for two years (Hingis was ranked year-end World No. 1 in 1999–2000). She also ended the year with a 63–4 record, having lost to only four players: Lucie Šafářová, Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Marion Bartoli. She had the best win percentage record in 15 years, since Steffi Graf in 1995.

2008: Retirement[link]

Henin started the year as the World No. 1. 14 January marked Henin's 100th career week as World No. 1, and on 10 March, Henin became only the seventh female player to be ranked World No. 1 for 12 consecutive months.

The Medibank International in Sydney was Henin's first tournament of the year. She defeated Ana Ivanović in the semifinals 6–2, 2–6, 6–4. She then defeated World No. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, overcoming an 0–3 deficit in the final set.

At the Australian Open in Melbourne, Henin won her 32nd consecutive match in the fourth round, defeating Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan 6–2, 6–2. The winning streak ended in the quarterfinals when Sharapova, the eventual winner, defeated Henin 6–4, 6–0. This was Henin's first 6–0 loss since the 2002 French Open and the first time since the 2005 US Open that Henin had been defeated in a Grand Slam singles tournament before the semifinals.

At the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Henin defeated Karin Knapp in the final. This was Henin's second singles title in her native Belgium. Two weeks later at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Henin was the defending champion but lost for the first time in eight meetings to Francesca Schiavone in the quarterfinals 7–6(3), 7–6(4). Henin had struggled for three hours in her first match against Katarina Srebotnik, eventually winning 7–5, 6–7, 6–3.

After taking a four week break, Henin's next tournament was the Tier I Miami Masters. She lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams 6–2, 6–0. Henin then withdrew from the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina because of an injury to her right knee.

At the Tier I, clay court Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, Henin lost in the third round to Dinara Safina 5–7, 6–3, 6–1, in what turned out to be her last match before retirement. In their five previous career matches, Henin had never lost a set to Safina. The day after her defeat, Henin withdrew from the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, citing fatigue.

Henin announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis on 14 May 2008, and requested the Women's Tennis Association to remove her name from the rankings immediately. Her announcement was a surprise because Henin was still ranked World No. 1 and was considered the favorite for the 2008 French Open, where she would have been the 3-time defending champion.^[38] She said she felt no sadness about her retirement because she believed it was a release from a game she had focused on for twenty years. She also said that in the future, she will be concentrating on charity and her tennis school.

2010: Comeback[link]

Belgian newspaper, Vers l'Avenir, reported on Tuesday 22 September 2009 that Henin would formally announce her return to competitive tennis after 16 months of retirement. Later that day, Justine Henin confirmed her return to competition.^[39] Henin mentioned seeing Roger Federer finally complete the grand slam of titles by winning the French Open in 2009 had been an inspiration,^[40] as had Kim Clijsters return to the tour and her victory at the US Open.^[41]

Henin made her return to tennis at the 2010 Brisbane International where she was given a wildcard. She defeated No. 2 seed Nadia Petrova, Sesil Karatantcheva, No. 7 seed Melinda Czink and No. 3 seed Ana Ivanović to make it to the final. She then lost to her Belgian compatriot Kim Clijsters in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(6) in a 2 hour, 23 minute match.

At the 2010 Australian Open, Henin was given a wildcard as an unranked player.^[1][42] Henin started off with a straight sets victory over Belgian Kirsten Flipkens. She set up the most highly anticipated second round match of the tournament with No. 5 seed Elena Dementieva, whom she defeated 7–5, 7–6(5). Lasting two hours and fifty minutes, commentators felt this match was worthy of a final. Henin approached the net forty-three times, winning thirty-five of those points. In the third round, she defeated No. 28 seed Alisa Kleybanova from Russia; where she made a comeback to win 3–6, 6–4, 6–2.^[43] In the fourth round she faced World No. 16 and fellow Belgian, Yanina Wickmayer, defeating her in 3 sets 7–6, 1–6, 6–3. She then defeated No. 19 seed Nadia Petrova from Russia in the quarter-finals. Henin won 7–6, 7–5 after having been down 0–3 in the second set. She then went on to defeat Zheng Jie from China in the semi-finals in convincing fashion 6–1, 6–0, setting up a clash with World No. 1 Serena Williams in the 2010 Australian Open ladies final. This was the first time in their long rivalry that Henin and Serena Williams met in a Grand Slam Final. Henin would eventually fall to Serena Williams in 3 sets 6–4, 3–6, 6–2.

Justine Henin winning the 2010 Stuttgart Porsche Cup

A wildcard was granted for Henin to compete at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, a Premier Mandatory tournament. In the first round, Henin defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–2, 6–2 in a little over an hour. Henin then lost to Gisela Dulko, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6, in a 2 hour match. The result gave her a new rank of World No. 33 as of 22 March 2010. She defeated Jill Craybas of USA 6–2,6–2 in the first round of Sony Ericsson Open. In the second round, Henin defeated World No. 6 Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–2 in 90 minutes. In the third round, Henin defeated Dominika Cibulková in 93 minutes, 6–4, 6–4 advancing to the quarterfinals where Henin thrashed Vera Zvonareva 6–1, 6–4 to set up a meeting in the quarterfinals with World No.2 Caroline Wozniacki. After defeating World No. 2 Wozniacki in a three-set match, she fell to compatriot Kim Clijsters in a semifinal battle, 2–6, 7–6 (3), 6–7 (6). Following her Sony Ericsson Open performance, Henin moved into the top 25 for the first time since her comeback.

Henin's next tournament was the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. Henin played through this tournament injured, having previously broken her left pinkie during Fed Cup practice. In the first round, Henin saw off German qualifier Julia Görges 7–6 (3), 6–1. In her second round, she defeated World No. 12 and fellow Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, defeating her for the 2nd consecutive time, 6–3, 7–5. In the quarterfinals, she defeated fourth seed and World No. 7 Jelena Janković 3–6, 7–6 (4), 6–3 for the tenth time in her career. She defeated World No. 20 Shahar Pe'er in the semifinals, 6–3, 6–2, and reached her third final in five tournaments this year. She faced World No. 10 Samantha Stosur. Henin won the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 in 100 minutes, to procure her first title in 2010 (in her 3rd final). Winning this tournament also sent Henin into the Top 20 for the first time since her comeback.

At the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open she was defeated in the first round by eventual champion Aravane Rezaï 4–6, 7–5, 6–0. As a result of this shock loss, Henin dropped out of the Top 20 to No.23. Henin then participated at the 2010 French Open, seeded 22nd, the second grand slam of the year where she has won four previous titles. In the 1st round, she defeated Tsvetana Pironkova in 89 minutes, 6–4, 6–3. In the 2nd round, Henin faced Klára Zakopalová and defeated her 6–3, 6–3. In the third round, facing former World No. 1 Maria Sharapova, Henin ended her streak of consecutive sets at 40, losing the 2nd set to Sharapova but going on to win 6–2, 3–6, 6–3. She had then tied the number of consecutive sets won at the French Open with Helen Wills Moody. She lost to World No. 7 Samantha Stosur 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the fourth round, her first defeat at Roland Garros since 2004.

Henin began the grass court season at the 2010 UNICEF Open, where she was the top seed for the first time since her return. In the first three rounds she defeated Angelique Kerber, Roberta Vinci, and Kristina Barrois in straight sets. She then demolished No. 5 seed Alexandra Dulgheru in the semifinals, 6–2, 6–2. In the final, she defeated No. 7 seed Andrea Petkovic to win her 43rd career title and second of the year.

At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Henin was the No. 17 seed. In the third round, she had a convincing victory over Nadia Petrova, winning 6–1, 6–4. Justine was eventually defeated in the fourth round by Kim Clijsters 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, after claiming a convincing first set win. Midway through the first set, Henin slipped on the court, injuring her right elbow. Further examinations revealed a partial ligament fracture in her elbow, causing her to end her 2010 season prematurely.

2011: Second retirement[link]

Henin started her season at the 2011 Hopman Cup. She did not lose any sets in the competition earning comfortable victories over Alicia Molik from Australia, Sesil Karatantcheva from Kazakhstan, Ana Ivanović of Serbia and Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the USA in the final.

Henin was the 11th seed and a defending finalist at the 2011 Australian Open. Henin defeated Sania Mirza from India in the first round 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 and Elena Baltacha in the second round, 6–1, 6–3. She then fell to 23rd seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round 4–6, 6–7(8).

On 25 January 2011, Henin announced her definitive retirement from professional tennis, due to an exacerbation of the elbow injury she sustained the previous year at Wimbledon.^[10]

Public life and endorsements[link]

In May 2007, Henin and her coach Carlos Rodriguez started the Academy 6th Sense.^[44] At the 2009 US Open – Girls' Doubles the Ukrainian tennis player Maryna Zanevska became the first "6th Sense player" to win a Grand Slam title.^[45]

On 30 November 2007, Henin opened her own tennis academy Club Justine N1^[46] (in French, "N1" is pronounced almost exactly the same as "Henin").

On 14 May 2008, Henin announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis. She was 25 years old and ranked World No. 1 at the time.^[38][47] She announced her return to competitive tennis on 22 September 2009.^[39]

After retiring, Henin became involved in two Belgian reality shows in 2009. In May, she starred in De Twaalf Werken van Justine Henin – Les 12 travaux de Justine Henin (The 12 Labors of Justine Henin). The show followed Henin as she completed 12 personal challenges. In June 2009, she hosted a musical TV show that revolved around Belgian-Italian singer Lara Fabian.^[48]

Career statistics[link]

Records[link]

• These records were attained in the open era of tennis.

• Open era record for most consecutive sets won at the French Open: 40 (2005–2010)^{[citation needed]}. Also tied with Helen Wills Moody for the all-time record for the number of consecutive sets won at the French Open.
• Only female player in decade of 2000 to 2009 to reach title match of all four grand slams at least twice.

Awards and honors[link]

See also[link]

Tennis portal

• List of female tennis players
• List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions
• Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Henin – S. Williams rivalry
• Clijsters–Henin rivalry

References[link]

Notes

External links[link]

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(2009) Kim Clijsters (2010) Kim Clijsters (2011) Samantha Stosur   Justine Henin Achievements v t e Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No. 1 singles players   Chris Evert (1975/1985 – 260 w)   Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1976 – 2 w)   Martina Navratilova (1978/1987 – 331 w)   Tracy Austin (1980 – 22 w)   Steffi Graf (1987/1997 – 377 w)  // Monica Seles (1991/1996 – 178 w)   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995 – 12 w)   Martina Hingis (1997/2001 – 209 w)   Lindsay Davenport (1998/2006 – 98 w)   Jennifer Capriati (2001/2002 – 17 w)   Venus Williams (2002 – 11 w)   Serena Williams (2002/2010 – 123 w)   Kim Clijsters (2003/2011 – 20 w)   Justine Henin (2003/2008 – 117 w)   Amélie Mauresmo (2004/2006 – 39 w)   Maria Sharapova (2005/2008 – 17 w)   Ana Ivanovic (2008 – 12 w)   Jelena Janković (2008/2009 – 18 w)   Dinara Safina (2009 – 26 w)   Caroline Wozniacki (2010/2012 – 67 w)   Victoria Azarenka (2012 – 18 w) WTA rankings began on November 3, 1975 (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) current No. 1 in bold, as of week of May 28, 2012 v t e Tennis at the Summer Olympics • Olympic Champions in women's singles 1900: Charlotte Cooper 1908: Dorothea Chambers, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (indoors) 1912: Marguerite Broquedis, Edith Hannam (indoors) 1920: Suzanne Lenglen 1924: Helen Wills 1988: Steffi Graf 1992: Jennifer Capriati 1996: Lindsay Davenport 2000: Venus Williams 2004: Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008: Elena Dementieva v t e WTA Year-end championships winners singles (1971) Billie Jean King (1972) Chris Evert (1973) Chris Evert (1974) Evonne Goolagong (1975) Chris Evert (1976) Evonne Goolagong (1977) Chris Evert (1978) Martina Navrátilová (1979) Martina Navrátilová (1980) Tracy Austin (1981) Martina Navrátilová (1982) Sylvia Hanika (1983) Martina Navrátilová (1984) Martina Navrátilová (1985) Martina Navrátilová (1986-1) Martina Navrátilová (1986-2) Martina Navrátilová (1987) Steffi Graf (1988) Gabriela Sabatini (1989) Steffi Graf (1990) Monica Seles (1991) 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Her award is in doubt.

Jelena Dokić
Јелена Докић

Country	Australia (1998–2000, 2006–present) FR Yugoslavia (2001–2003) and then Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2005)
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1983-04-12) 12 April 1983 (age 29) Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$4,408,916
Singles
Career record	346–214
Career titles	6 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 4 (19 August 2002)
Current ranking	No. 67 (30 January 2012)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (2009)
French Open	QF (2002)
Wimbledon	SF (2000)
US Open	4R (2000, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	116–95
Career titles	4 WTA
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)
Last updated on: 19 June 2011.

Jelena Dokić (Serbian: Јелена Докић; born Osijek, 12 April 1983) is an Australian female professional tennis player.

During the height of her career, she played for Serbia and Montenegro (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prior to February 2003) and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002. After several family-related difficulties (mostly involving her father^[2][3][4]), she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006. She made a serious return to tennis in 2008, and after winning three ITF tournaments that year, rose to World No. 187 going into the 2009 Australian Open. She finished 2009 in the top 100, but declined in 2010. Her 2011 season has seen a resurgence in Dokić's form and abilities."^[5]

The highlights of Dokić's career include reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon and the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and reaching the quarterfinals at the French Open in 2002 and the Australian Open in 2009. Other highlights include beating several former World No. 1 players: Martina Hingis in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999, Venus Williams at the 2000 Italian Open and Kim Clijsters at the 2003 Zürich Open. Other high-calibre players whom Dokić has defeated include Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Monica Seles, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce, Elena Dementieva, Francesca Schiavone, Anna Chakvetadze and Jennifer Capriati. 

Dokić is also one of the few women^{[citation needed]} on the WTA tour who has won WTA-Tier Tournaments on all surfaces: hard, clay, grass and carpet.

Early life[link]

Jelena was born in Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to a Serbian father Damir Dokić and a Croatian mother, Ljiljana. She has a younger brother, Savo, who is eight years her junior. Her family lived in Osijek till June 1991, when they decided to leave due to the civil war. 

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 she attended Fairfield High School.^[6]

Tennis career[link]

Junior career[link]

Dokić was an accomplished junior player. In 1998, she won the US Open girls singles title and the French Open doubles with Kim Clijsters, ending the season ranked World No. 1 in the International Tennis Federation junior singles rankings and World No. 7 in doubles. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[7]

1999[link]

Dokić started the year by teaming up with Mark Philippoussis to win the Hopman Cup title. To date, it is Australia's lone victory at the event. She then received a wildcard into the Australian Open, winning two rounds before losing 6–1, 6–2 to world No. 1 Martina Hingis. At Wimbledon, Dokić made her professional breakthrough. As a qualifier, she caused one of the biggest upsets in tennis history, defeating World No. 1 Hingis 6–2, 6–0, in the first round. Ranked World No. 129 at the time, she was the lowest-ranked player to have defeated the top seed in a Grand Slam tournament during the open era. She also defeated ninth-seeded Mary Pierce in straight sets before losing 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 to Alexandra Stevenson in the quarterfinals. Dokić also reached her first WTA doubles final with Amanda Coetzer in Tokyo. During 1999, Dokić jumped 298 spots, finishing the year at World No. 43.

2000[link]

Dokić was defeated in the first round of the Australian Open by Rita Kuti-Kis of Hungary, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3. After the match, Dokić said, "I lost to a player who has never been a player and, I guess, probably never will be." This assessment of her opponent resulted in many critical remarks about Dokić from the media and the tennis world.

During the spring clay court season, Dokić reached the quarterfinals of the Tier I events in Hilton Head, South Carolina and Rome (upsetting Venus Williams en route), as well as earning Fed Cup victories over Kim Clijsters, Anna Kournikova, and Sandrine Testud respectively. However, Dokić lost in the second round at the French Open.

Her successes at Wimbledon continued. She lost in the semifinals to Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–2. Jelena reached the fourth round of the US Open, where she lost to Serena Williams 7–6, 6–0 after holding two set points in the first set tiebreaker. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, representing Australia, she lost to Monica Seles in the bronze medal match 6–1, 6–4. In doubles, she teamed with Rennae Stubbs, but they lost in the second round. Dokić finished the year at World No. 26.

2001[link]

Beginning with the Australian Open, she began playing for Yugoslavia. Her father, Damir, claimed irregularities in the draw after her first-round loss to Lindsay Davenport and he was banned from the tournament due to abusive behaviour. Damir later said "I think the draw is fixed just for her"^[8] After the Australian Open, her family moved to the United States.

In May, she won her first singles title in the Rome Masters, defeating Amélie Mauresmo in the final 7–6, 6–1. Later that year in doubles, she teamed with Conchita Martínez to reach the final of the French Open, where they were defeated by Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in straights sets.

Later in the year, she reached five finals, winning two titles, in Tokyo (defeating former World No. 1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario), and the Kremlin Cup (defeating Elena Dementieva). She also won her second title in doubles in Linz, with Nadia Petrova. She also qualified for the WTA Tour Championships in singles, reaching the quarterfinals. She finished the year at World No. 8.

Yugoslav Olympic Committee declared her their athlete of the year for 2001.^[9]

2002[link]

Dokić reached the final of the Open Gaz de France, where she was forced to hand a walkover to Venus Williams, after her first victory over Monica Seles a day earlier, due to a right thigh strain suffered in her win. In April, she won her fourth singles title in Sarasota, Florida defeating Tatiana Panova 6–2, 6–2 in the final. At the Hamburg event, Dokić collected a 7–6, 7–6 win over Justine Henin, before having to retire in the semifinals. Dokić was unable to defend her Rome Masters title, losing to eleventh-seeded Anastasia Myskina in the third round. In Strasbourg, she reached her fifth final, losing to Silvia Farina Elia, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. At the French Open, she was defeated by top-seeded Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1. Dokić then won her fifth career singles title in Birmingham, defeating Myskina in the final 6–2, 6–3. She then lost in the fourth round at Wimbledon to Daniela Hantuchová 6–4, 7–5.

After Wimbledon, Dokić reached the final of the Acura Classic in San Diego, scoring her first win over Capriati in a three set match. In the final, however, she was defeated by Venus Williams 6–2, 6–2. She also reached the semifinals of Los Angeles, losing to Chanda Rubin, and Montreal, grasping a 6–4, 6–3 victory over Martina Hingis before retiring hurt against Capriati. Despite a 6–4, 6–2 loss to Elena Bovina in the second round of the US Open, Dokić reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 4.

Dokić then reached the semifinals in Bahia and Tokyo. Dokić again qualified for the WTA Tour Championships, losing in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams 7–6, 6–0. She finished the year ranked World No. 9 in singles.

In doubles, Dokić won titles in Sarasota (with Elena Likhovtseva), Los Angeles (with Kim Clijsters), and Linz (with Nadia Petrova), as well as reaching the finals of Moscow and Zürich (both with Petrova). This success resulted in Jelena reaching her career high doubles ranking of World No. 10.

2003[link]

In 2003, she parted ways with her coach/father and hired Borna Bikić from Croatia to be her trainer. Her tennis suffered and her slide down the standings began.

A string of first or second round losses commenced as she clearly^{[citation needed]} suffered from a severe loss of confidence. No longer a part of her life physically, her father continued to be a presence as he publicly criticised her choices. At one stage, he termed her boyfriend Enrique Bernoldi, a former Formula One driver with whom she lived at the time, quoted: "an idiot".

She played matches at 30 events, reaching one final, one semifinal, and seven quarterfinals. At Wimbledon she narrowly lost in the third round 6–4, 6–4 to a 16 year old Maria Sharapova. However at Zürich, she beat the then World No. 1 player, Kim Clijsters, later to lose to Justine Henin in the final. She also reached a final in doubles, in Rome with Nadia Petrova.

2004–2005[link]

She played in 2004 Fed Cup for Serbia and Montenegro Fed Cup team and achieved two wins.

In mid-2004, Dokić returned to her family in Serbia, trying to put her life back in order and regain confidence. However, the attempt was unsuccessful, and in November 2005, after a turbulent period of 4–5 months during which she cancelled all her tennis commitments and not even her family knew her whereabouts^{[citation needed]}, she returned to Australia proclaiming, "I am an Australian, I feel like an Australian and I want to play for Australia again."^[10]

2006[link]

Representing Australia for the first time in 5 years, Dokić received a wild card into the ASB Classic in Auckland. However, she lost her first round match to Julia Schruff, 5–7, 7–6, 6–1, hitting 51 unforced errors and 28 double faults. Dokić then earned a wildcard berth at the Australian Open after winning the wildcard playoff. She held a match point on her opponent Virginie Razzano's serve and hit a forehand winner which did catch the line, only to have the umpire overrule the ball out. She went on to lose the match, 3–6, 7–6, 6–1, hitting over 70 unforced errors. Later in the year, Dokić played in the qualifying tournament for Wimbledon, where she received a wildcard. However, she suffered a 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 loss to Alexandra Stevenson. Under the guidance of new coach Nikola Pilić, after over three months away from the tour due to injury, Dokić qualified for a $10,000 tournament and reached the semifinals of the main draw before losing to Astrid Besser 3–6, 6–3, 7–6. In late November 2006, Dokić denied reports from her father, Damir, that she had been kidnapped by her boyfriend, Tin Bikić.^[11] In her interview, she said she would not play in the 2007 Australian Open because she was not ready and her aim was to get back into the top 30. Shortly after, Dokić left the Nikola Pilić tennis academy. She was due to sign a contract to be in the academy for a year, but she instead returned to Borna Bikić, her coach. Dokić said she was not satisfied with the contract Pilić's Academy offered her.

2007[link]

After withdrawing from several ITF events in the early months of 2007, Dokić lost in the early rounds of two $10,000 events in Rome. Dokić then continued to withdraw from events. Back in Australia on 17 October, Dokić released a statement through Tennis Australia saying that she would be using their facilities in an attempt to make a successful comeback.^[12] She said that she had not felt "within herself" to play during 2007 season but was now ready to put in the hard work necessary to get back to the top. She cited Mary Pierce, Jennifer Capriati, and Andre Agassi as inspirational figures for her to follow towards her goal of reaching the highest echelons of tennis once more. Dokić's long awaited return to tennis came during the Australian Open wildcard playoff, where she was hoping to earn a wildcard into the first Grand Slam tournament of 2008. Dokić emerged from the round robin stage with a 3–0 record before retiring in her quarterfinal match while trailing 6–3, 3–1 due to a thigh strain.

2008[link]

Dokić received a wildcard for the qualifications of the Moorilla Hobart International, where she won four matches to reach the second round of the main draw, where she retired in her match against Flavia Pennetta due to an ankle injury. Dokić received a qualifying wildcard into the Australian Open, where she lost in the second round.

After a three month layoff, Dokić finally returned to action at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem tournament in Fes where she qualified but lost in the first round against Gréta Arn.

She then entered the following week in a $25,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Florence, Italy, where she successfully qualified and proceeded to win the tournament, saving two match points against Mirjana Lučić in the quarterfinals and defeating seventh-seeded Lucie Hradecká in the final 6–1, 6–3. A week later, Dokić continued her winning streak by capturing the $25,000 ITF tournament in Caserta, Italy.

She was then offered a wildcard to the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she lost in the first round to Swiss Timea Bacsinszky.

In July, she won her third $25,000 ITF in Darmstadt after winning the final 6–0, 6–0.

After a period with less successful results, Dokić took a temporary break and withdrew from all ITF tournaments during September and early October. She returned mid-October after being awarded a wildcard for qualifying into the Tier II Generali Ladies Linz tournament. There, she won her first round match against Petra Martić before losing to World No. 63 Jill Craybas in the second round.

In December, Dokić again played the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff event, where she emerged from the round-robin stage with a 2–1 record, subsequently winning through to the final playoff. In this playoff, Jelena played a tough match against Monika Wejnert, coming out a victor 6–7, 7–5, 6–3 and earning a wildcard into the 2009 Australian Open.^[13]  After the match, Dokić said:

"Some players just don't have it mentally to go through all that hard work, which I find is not a problem with me."

—Jelena Dokić, .^[14]

During the Playoffs, Dokić stated in a press-conference that she has ambitions to play Fed Cup for Australia in 2009. Subsequent to the Playoffs, Dokić was awarded a main draw wildcard entry into the inaugural, 2009 Brisbane International event.

2009[link]

At 2009 Australian Open

Dokić was knocked out of the Brisbane International by Amélie Mauresmo in straight sets in the first round. Dokić was up 5–3 in the first set before Mauresmo came back to win the tiebreak 11–9. In the second set, Dokić was down 3–5 but rallied to lead 6–5 before Mauresmo won the set in a tiebreak, 7–5. Dokić then received a qualification wildcard into the Moorilla Hobart International tournament but withdrew before her first match because of an Achilles tendon injury.

Dokić won her first round match at the 2009 Australian Open against Tamira Paszek of Austria, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4. It was her first Grand Slam match win since 2003. She then defeated World No. 17 Anna Chakvetadze in the second round, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 and 11th-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the third round 3–6, 6–1, 6–2. This was the first time she had reached the fourth round of the Australian Open. Dokić then advanced to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2002 after defeating 29th-seeded Alisa Kleybanova 7–5, 5–7, 8–6. Dokić's run ended when she was defeated by Dinara Safina in the quarter-finals 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. Because of this tournament, her ranking improved to World No. 91.

In an interview after her first-round win at the Australian Open, Dokić said that she still has no contact with her father, but is building relationships again with her mother and younger brother, and that she has been dating her boyfriend, Tin Bikić, for five years.^[15]

In Fed Cup, Australia was in the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. Dokić defeated all three of her opponents in straight sets, Lee Jin-A of Korea, Suchanun Viratprasert of Thailand, and Diane Hollands of New Zealand. Australia advanced into the World Group II Playoffs in April. At the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee, Dokić won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw, where she lost in the first round to top-seeded Wozniacki 6–1, 6–2 in 48 minutes.

Her next tournament was the BNP Paribas Open, a Premier Mandatory event in Indian Wells, California, where she lost to American Jill Craybas in the first round. Dokić received a wildcard for the main draw of another Premier Mandatory event, the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida.^[16] She defeated Romanian Edina Gallovits in the first round before losing to 13th-seeded Wozniacki in the second round 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 on Wozniacki's fourth match point. Dokić withdrew from the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida^[17] and the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, citing fatigue. Dokić then won the second singles rubber of Australia's World Group II Fed Cup quarterfinal tie against Switzerland in Mildura, Australia.

Dokić at the 2009 French Open.

Originally scheduled to play in the 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in early May, she instead appeared as the number 1 seed in the $100,000 ITF event at Bucharest^[18] but lost in the semifinals to Andrea Petkovic 6–1, 3–6, 6–1. She then participated on the 2009 Warsaw Open,^[19] which was the last WTA Premier event before the French Open but lost in the first round to qualifier Ioana Raluca Olaru. She then played the 2009 French Open. In the first round, she beat Karolina Šprem by 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, her first win in the French Open since 2003. In the second round she played world no.4 Elena Dementieva. She led by 6–2 4–3 before retiring due to a lower back injury. She also played doubles, partnering with Alisa Kleybanova, they defeated Petra Cetkovská and Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round. They were scheduled to play world no.1s in doubles, Cara Black and Liezel Huber, in the second round but withdrew because of the injury.

Her injury forced her to miss Wimbledon warming up tournaments, but Dokić still appeared at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She lost against qualifier Tatjana Malek in the first round 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 after serving 16 double faults. Dokić was then diagnosed as suffering from glandular fever and had to withdraw from Swedish Open in Båstad. She was ordered to rest for another fortnight and planned to get back on court on hard-court tournaments leading up to 2009 US Open.^[20] However, she did not make any appearance at the 2009 US Open Series. 

She competed at the 2009 US Open^[21] but lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the first round. The week later, she played at the $100,000 ITF event at Biella where she is seeded fourth, but lost to Petra Martić in the second round. She then played at another $100,000 ITF tournament at Sofia but again lost in the second round to Andrea Hlaváčková 6–1 6–4. Two weeks later she played at another $100,000+H ITF tournament at Athens, Greece. She won the tournament by beating Eleni Daniilidou 6–2, 6–1 in the final. This was her first title in 2009 and her most significant title since 2002. 

Dokić then travelled to France to play ITF level tournaments, started with Joué-lès-Tours, a $50,000 event where she was the top seed. She advanced to her second final of the year but lost to Sofia Arvidsson by 2–6, 6–7. She then played at Poitiers, a $100,000 ITF event, as the fourth seed. She made it to her third consecutive final and faced Sofia Arvidsson again. This time, she won the title 6–4, 6–4, clinching her second title in 2009. 

Dokić finished 2009 ranked World No.56, her best since 2004.

2010[link]

Prior to the first Grandslam Event, Dokić participated in two Australian Open warm-up tournaments. She opened the season at the 2010 Brisbane International, where she lost to former world no.1 Ana Ivanović by three sets, 5–7, 6–1, 3–6, in the first round. She then travelled to Hobart to play the Hobart International where she defeated Elena Baltacha 6–4, 6–2 in the first round but lost to second seed, Shahar Pe'er, in a disappointing second round match 2–6, 2–6 with Dokić making over 40 unforced errors. She was seen breaking down on court as well as crying after this match. As well as the singles, Dokić also participated in the doubles event at this tournament, trying to start a new combination with compatriot Alicia Molik. However, the pair lost in the first round to Chan Yung-Jan and Monica Niculescu by 6–7, 7–6, [10–2]. 

She then travelled to Melbourne to compete at the Australian Open. Dokić was defeated in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open by 27th seed Alisa Kleybanova 6–1, 7–5. The loss caused Dokić's rank to drop to world no. 96. She also played doubles, partnering with Petra Kvitová, but the pair lost in the first round. In a recent article, Dokić decided to withdraw from Australia Fed Cup after dealing with emotions on and off court; however in the aftermath she said, "I have had a lot to deal with in my career but I am not done yet" and "I will be back."

Dokić withdrew from the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open in Thailand and 2010 Malaysian Open due to a mysterious illness.^{[citation needed]} She lost in the qualifying rounds of 2010 Monterrey Open and the first round of 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. She was then offered a WC into 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami but declined it due to another injury. Jelena then continued to withdraw from WTA events in Marbella and Barcelona, Spain, and Fes, Morocco, still troubled by injuries.

Her clay season started in May, where she played at an ITF 50,000 tournament at Prague where she was seeded third. She lost in the quarterfinals to Corinna Dentoni. Her next tournament was the French Open, but she lost in the first round to 24th seed Lucie Šafářová. She then travelled to Rome to participate at an ITF 50,000 tournament but lost to Anna Tatishvili in the first round. The following week, she participated at an ITF 100,000 tournament at Marseille, France. She reached the quarterfinals but lost to eventual champion Klára Zakopalová by 6–1, 7–6.

She then played the qualification for Wimbledon but lost in the second round to Julie Ditty in three sets, after committing 24 double faults, including five in the fifth game of the final set. Dokić then withdrew from an ITF 100,000 tournament in Cuneo, Italy, with a wrist injury. The following week she withdrew from another one in Biarritz, France. She then competed at an ITF 50,000 tournament in Contrexéville, France winning the singles 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 over Olivia Sanchez, thus claiming her first title in 2010. Partnering with Sharon Fichman, she lost in the doubles finals. She then won her second straight title, in Bucharest, Romania, at the ITF 75,000 Ruxandra Dragomir Open defeating Zuzana Ondrášková 3–6, 6–1, 7–6 in the final. With this win, Dokić was back in the top 100, ranked 96. The next week, she participated at an ITF 75,000 tournament in Vancouver, where she won her third straight title after defeating Virginie Razzano 6–1, 6–4 in the final, capping a 15-match winning streak. Dokić has the most $50,000 or more ITF titles in the ITF Women's Circuit.

Though she returned to the top 100 after winning three tournaments and 15 matches in a row, Dokić lost in the first round qualifying draw of the 2010 US Open to Laura Robson 6–1, 6–4. Jelena then travelled to Asia to participate at two ITF tournaments but had disappointing result as she both lost in the first round of the 100K+H tournament in Ningbo, China and 100K+H tournament in Tokyo, Japan. She then travelled back to Europe and participated at an ITF 50K tournament in Joue-Les-Tours. She double-bageled Eirini Georgatou in the first round and she beat Karolína Plíšková in the second round 4–6 6–3 6–3. In the Quarterfinal, Jelena beat Elitsa Kostova 6–3 6–4. Jelena was beaten in the semi-final by Vesna Manasieva 7–6 4–6 6–1

Jelena won her 1st round match in the 50K tournament in Saint-Raphael, France by beating Eva Birnerova 2–6 6–1 6–2. Jelena retired in her 2nd round match against Urszula Radwańska leading 7–5 0–2, with a suspected thigh injury.

Jelena revealed that she had an elbow injury in the beginning of the year (possibly the reason she withdrew in tournaments such as Miami). Also, she explained that she did not take part in a lot of tournaments in the second half of the year to recover from injury and to deal with her coaching situations.

In December, Dokić participated in the Australian Open Wild Card playoff tournament. In her round robin, Dokić won all three of her matches and a spot in the semi final round where she defeated Alicia Molik. However, Dokić lost to Olivia Rogowska in the final 6–1, 6–7, 3–6. Despite missing out on a wild card spot, the organisers awarded her a wild card for the Australian Open main draw.

Dokić finished 2010 ranked World No.138.

2011[link]

Dokić started her 2011 campaign by receiving three main draw wildcards during the Australian summer, in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne. She comfortably won her first match in Brisbane 6–4, 6–3 against qualifier Anastasia Pivovarova but then lost to in-form, eventual finalist, Andrea Petkovic 0–6, 1–6. After the match Dokić cited a stomach virus as the reason to the loss. In Sydney, she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova by 2–6, 2–6 in the first round.

In the Australian Open, Dokić easily dispatched Czech Zuzana Ondrášková 6–3, 6–2 in the first round, but fell to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–7, 1–6 in the second round. She also received wildcard to participate in doubles, partnering with Sally Peers where they faced sixteenth seed, Timea Bacsinszky and Tathiana Garbin, in the first round. The pair lost 1–6, 4–6. 

At the 2011 Open GDF Suez in Paris, Dokić won all three qualifying matches for a spot in the main draw. Dokić then upset the 30th ranked Lucie Šafářová, a 2010 finalist, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 for a spot in the second round. This victory was Dokić's first victory over a top 30 player since the 2009 Australian Open. She backed up her strong performance by defeating fifth seed, and former doubles partner, Nadia Petrova in straight sets, 6–4, 7–6 in the second round to advance to her first WTA quarterfinals appearance since the 2009 Australian Open. However, her run ended after Kim Clijsters beat her 3–6, 0–6, despite leading 3–0 in the first set, in a victory that brought Clijsters back to world no.1. Nevertheless, Dokić's strong performance in the Premier event brought Dokić back to the top 100, at no. 91, and a main draw wildcard of the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships. 

In the first round of Dubai, Dokić, hindered by illness, committed 41 unforced errors and 11 double faults to give victory to an in-form Flavia Pennetta losing 2–6, 2–6. Following the loss, Dokić travelled to Doha to participate at the qualifying draw of 2011 Qatar Ladies Open. She comfortably won her first match but lost in the second match to fellow Australian, Jarmila Groth.

Dokić then travelled to Kuala Lumpur where she scored her biggest win of the year by upsetting World No. 5, 2010 French Open Champion, and top seed Francesca Schiavone 2–6, 7–6, 6–4 in the first round, despite serving 15 double faults. This is her first win against a top 5 player since 2003, where she defeated then world number one player Kim Clijsters in Zurich. She then defeated Japan's Kurumi Nara in the second round, 3–6, 7–6, 6–2, to advance to her second WTA quarterfinal this year. She reinforced this win by upsetting an in-form Bojana Jovanovski, the eighth seed, in straight sets 7–6,6–2. This victory saw Dokić advance to her first WTA semi-finals since Toray Pan Pacific Open in Japan in February 2004. Dokić faced a resurgent Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands, who had defeated defending champion Alisa Kleybanova in the second round and prevailed 6–2, 6–3 to advance to her first WTA singles final since the Zürich Open in October 2003. She concluded the tournament by beating Lucie Šafářová 2–6, 7–6, 6–4 in the final after saving two championships points in the second set tiebreak and being down 1–3 in the final set. This was Dokić's first WTA title under Australian flag and first since June 2002 where she won the DFS Classic, in Birmingham. Her strong performance rose her ranking to world no. 61.^[22]

Originally electing to strategically skip the qualifying stage of Indian Wells to compete in an ITF $100,000 tournament in the Bahamas,^[23] Dokić then withdrew from the ITF $100,000 tournament. Dokić's next tournament was Miami where she had to play the qualifying round. Dokić won both of her matches against Tatjana Malek and Christina McHale to advance to the main draw. In the main draw, Dokić fell to a resurgent former World No. 1, Dinara Safina in two close sets 4–6,4–6. 

Dokić then started her clay season campaign by participating at Charleston, where she was upset in the first round by qualifier Anna Tatishvili, in three close sets, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6. She then participated at Fes as the sixth seed but was forced to withdraw due to a viral illness. This also subsequently forced Dokić to withdraw from Estoril and missed both Madrid and Rome. She finalised her preparation for the French Open by playing at Strasbourg. She defeated Fes finalist Simona Halep in the first round 6–2, 6–1 in just 48 minutes, dropping only one point on serve in the second set. Dokić then fell to resurgent former child prodigy Mirjana Lučić 2–6, 2–6. Despite this, Dokić's victory over Halep will ensure that she will reach the Top 60 for the first time since 2009, with a year high ranking of #59. In Roland Garros, Dokić lost to Vera Dushevina in the first round 6–4, 3–6, 2–6. She also participated in doubles partnering with Melanie Oudin but the pair lost in the first round to Alexandra Dulgheru and Magdalena Rybáriková. In spite of an early exit from the clay Grand Slam, Dokic's ranking rose to #57.

After Roland Garros, Dokić participated at Copenhagen as the seventh seed but lost to a qualifier, Galina Voskoboeva, in the first round 3–6, 1–6. Dokic then rebounded with a victory over Alla Kudryavtseva at 's-Hertogenbosch in two sets 6–0, 6–4. She then upset fourth seed Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 6–4 in the second round to avenge her loss in Dubai, ensuring her third quarterfinal appearance of the year. In the quarterfinals, Dokic faced Swede Johanna Larsson whom she dispatched 7–6, 6–4, setting up a semi-final berth against Romina Oprandi, who had upset World No. 2 Kim Clijsters in the second round. She won the match 6–4, 2–0 (retire) to ensure her second final appearance of the year against Roberta Vinci. Dokic was edged out in three close sets, 7–6, 3–6, 5–7. Despite the loss, Dokic's run to the final ensured that for the first time since October 2004, she will be ranked in the Top 50 – at world no. 45.^[24]

Dokić's next tournament was Wimbledon where she lost to sixth seed Francesca Schiavone in the first round 4–6, 6–1, 3–6^[25] despite being a favourite to upset.^[26] She also participated in doubles, partnering with Bojana Jovanovski but fell to third seed Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in the first round. 

Dokić's next scheduled tournament was Budapest, but she decided to withdraw to recover from a hamstring injury. The same injury forced her to withdraw from the tournament in Bad Gastein and Baku as well. Dokic then participated in Washington as the fourth seed, but her lack of match play saw her fall in the first round to China's Zhang Shuai. She played in San Diego, but was defeated in three tight sets to Ayumi Morita with her 15 double faults being highlighted as the main concern for the match. Since then, Dokić did not play any further matches due to a shoulder injury. Despite this setback, Dokić took part in the main draw of the US Open. She reached the second round but lost to Jelena Janković in straight sets.

On 27 September, Dokić went back to Belgrade, Serbia, and reconciled with her father.^[27] Dokić then participated in the qualifying round of Linz in October but retired after losing the first set 3–6 in the first qualifying match to Evgeniya Rodina due to the shoulder injury that had been bothering her since July. This turned out to be Dokić last match in 2011.

She will end the year ranked within the top 100.

2012[link]

Dokić began her 2012 season in Auckland where she lost in the first round 7–6 6–1 to Mona Barthel. Then, she received a wildcard to compete in Sydney. In the first round, she defeated fellow Australian Isabella Holland 6–0, 6–0 to set up a clash against eight seeded Marion Bartoli in the second round where she lost 6–0 6–3. She also played doubles with Sofia Arvidsson where she reached the quarterfinals before losing to Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears. One week later, Dokic took part in the Australian Open. She began her campaign by defeating Anna Chakvetadze in the first round 6–2, 6–1. In the second round, she met Bartoli for the second time in two weeks. Unfortunately, Dokic's nine double faults (some at crucial points) cost her and lost 6–3 6–2. Despite that loss, Dokic stated she played much better compared to Sydney. She also participated both in doubles and mixed doubles, partnering with Kateryna Bondarenko and Paul Hanley respectively, but lost in the first rounds of both disciplines.

Dokic travelled to Bogota where she was the 4th seed, but lost to Paula Ormaechea 4–6 6–3 6–4. In Monterrey, she lost to eventual runner up Alexandra Cadantu 3–6 6–1 7–5. As the defending champion and 7th seed at the BMW Malaysian open in Kuala Lumpur, Dokic started her campaign successfully, defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6–3 6–1 and started good against fellow Australian Olivia Rogowska, leading 6–3 4–2, but eventually losing 3–6 6–4 7–6(2). Since she failed to defend her points, she dropped out of the top 100.

She then suffered 3 consecutive first round losses at Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston, losing to Gisela Dulko 1–0(ret.), Ekaterina Makarova 6–1 7–5 and Galina Voskoboeva 4–3(ret.)

It was later revealed Dokic had suffered from a continuing wrist injury since the beginning of the year, explaining her poor results and retirements. Due to the injury Dokic is expected to be out of the tour for three months.

Career statistics[link]

Grand Slams[link]

Doubles: 1 (0–1)[link]

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2001	French Open	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–1

WTA Career Finals[link]

Singles: 14 (6–8)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	20 May 2001	Rome, Italy	Clay	Amélie Mauresmo	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up	1.	16 September 2001	Salvador, Brazil	Hard	Monica Seles	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	23 September 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	7 October 2001	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	15 October 2001	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	22 October 2001	Linz, Austria	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	4 February 2002	Paris, France	Carpet	Venus Williams	walkover
Winner	4.	7 April 2002	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Tatiana Panova	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	25 May 2002	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	16 June 2002	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Anastasia Myskina	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	29 July 2002	San Diego, United States	Hard	Venus Williams	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	13 October 2003	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Justine Henin	6–0, 6–4
Winner	6.	6 March 2011	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	2–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4
Runner-up	8.	18 June 2011	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Roberta Vinci	6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 10 (4–6)[link]

Outcome	o.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Amanda Coetzer	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	28 May 2001	Paris, France	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	20 August 2001	New Haven, United States	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	1.	28 October 2001	Linz, Austria	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Els Callens Chanda Rubin	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	7 April 2002	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Els Callens Conchita Martínez	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	11 August 2002	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Kim Clijsters	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	30 September 2002	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Nadia Petrova	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up	5.	14 October 2002	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Nadia Petrova	Elena Bovina Justine Henin	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	4.	27 October 2002	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Nadia Petrova	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	12 May 2003	Rome, Italy	Clay	Nadia Petrova	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–4, 5–7, 6–2

ITF Circuit[link]

Singles: 10 (8–2)[link]

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 October 1998	Saga, Japan	Grass	Alicia Molik	6–4, 6–3
Winner	1.	5 May 2008	Florence, Italy	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	12 May 2008	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Patricia Mayr	6–3, 6–1
Winner	3.	14 July 2008	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Michelle Gerards	6–0, 6–0
Winner	4.	4 October 2009	Athens, Greece	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	18 October 2009	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard	Sofia Arvidsson	6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Winner	5.	1 November 2009	Poitiers, France	Hard	Sofia Arvidsson	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	18 July 2010	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Olivia Sanchez	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	1 August 2010	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	3–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	8.	8 August 2010	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Virginie Razzano	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)[link]

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 July 2010	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Nina Bratchikova Ekaterina Ivanova	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]

Team competition[link]

Finals: 1 (1–0)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	2 January 1999	Perth, Australia	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	Åsa Carlsson Jonas Björkman	2–1

Exhibitions[link]

Singles: 1 (1–0)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 January 2001	Hong Kong, China	Hard	Anna Kournikova	7–6(7–3), 6–3

Singles performance timeline[link]

This table is current through 2012 Sony Ericsson Open.