Ivana Jorović

Ivana Jorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивана Јоровић; born 3 May 1997) is a Serbian tennis player.

Jorović has won 13 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 July 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 86. On 17 July 2017, she peaked at No. 299 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Serbia in the Fed Cup, Jorović has a win–loss record of 13–9. She was nominated for Fed Cup Heart Award in 2015 and 2017.

2015: Fed Cup debut

On 4th February, Jorović played her first Fed Cup match, in Europe/Africa Zone Group I, where Serbia played against Austria. She defeated Barbara Haas in straight-sets. After that, she made her debut in doubles at the Fed Cup, partnering Aleksandra Krunić where they won against austrian combination Julia Grabher / Sandra Klemenschits, 6–1, 6–3.

Day later, on 5th February, Serbia played against Hungary, where Ivana was choosed for first match against Dalma Gálfi. Ivana won in that match, letting opponent won only one game. Later, together with Aleksandra Krunić, they lost against hungarian combination Tímea Babos / Réka-Luca Jani, in three sets.

In Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs, Serbia played against Croatia. Again, Jorović was choosed for opening match. She defeated Ana Konjuh, in three-sets. She was planned later to compete in doubles, but it was already known that Serbia won, cuz of lead of 2–0, so match was cancelled.

In April, Serbia played against Paraguay for their place in World Group II in play–offs. Ivana lost match against Verónica Cepede Royg, in three sets, but later, together with Aleksandra Krunić, won in doubles against paraguayan combination Verónica Cepede Royg / Montserrat González, in straight sets.

Čačak-born Jorović was ranked the No. 1 junior tennis player in the world in June 2014, and was a finalist in girls' doubles at the Australian Open and girls' singles at the French Open in 2014.

2014–2017: Debut on the WTA Tour

Jorović won the QNet Open in 2014.

Jorović made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at 2016 Jiangxi International in Nanchang, losing in the first round to fifth seed Zhang Kailin in three sets.

In June 2017, she reached the quarterfinals of WTA 125K series Bol Open, where she lost to eventual champion Aleksandra Krunić.

2018: Grand Slam main draw debut; biggest title to date

Jorović started her year in the Australian Open qualies, where she made her grand slam main-draw debut, beating Arantxa Rus, Ysaline Bonaventure and Bibiane Schoofs, to advance to the main draw, where she was beaten by fourth seed Elina Svitolina. Then she entered a 25K in Altenkirchen, where she lost to Chloe Paquet in the second round. In 60K Zhuhai, she lost in the final round of qualies to Xun Fangying, while in the 60K Shenzhen, she successfully made it through the qualies, but lost to Marta Kostyuk in the first round of the main draw. She played in another 60K in Croissy-Beaubourg, where she lost in the second round of qualies to Jesika Malečková.

In April, Jorović entered two 25K events in Óbidos, winning the first one by beating Miriam Kolodziejová in the final, while in another she lost to Katie Swan in the quarterfinal. In 100K Khimki, she reached the quarterfinals, after beating Anastasia Gasanova and Dejana Radanović, but bowed out to Monica Niculescu. In May, she played in two 60K events in Japan, reaching the quarterfinals in Fukuoka, where she lost to Momoko Kobori, and the second round in Kurume, where she retired after only two games against Haruka Kaji (0–2 ret.).

In August, Jorović reached her second final of the season in 25K Woking, losing to Tereza Smitková. In her next tournament, she reached the semifinals in 25K Chiswick, losing to Vitalia Diatchenko. In late August, she made it to the quarterfinals of 60K in Budapest, where she lost to Barbara Haas.

In the Asian swing, Jorović reached the main draw of two WTA events through qualification in Guangzhou and Tashkent, respectively. She lost in the first round in Guangzhou, but beat Ekaterina Alexandrova in Tashkent for her first WTA main draw win, before losing to Vera Lapko in the second round. She lost in the final qualifying round in WTA Moscow to Vera Zvonareva and lost in the first round of main draw in WTA 125K Mumbai, but won a 100K ITF in Shenzhen, where she beat Zheng Saisai in the final, for her biggest career title to date. Her final tournament of the season was WTA 125K in Taipei, where she beat Sabina Sharipova in the first round, before losing to Tereza Martincová in the second round.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

This table is current through the 2020 Qatar Total Open.

Notes

• 2012: WTA Ranking–761, Tournaments–0, Win–Loss 0–0.
  2013: WTA Ranking–850, Tournaments–0, Win–Loss 0–0.
  2014: WTA Ranking–452, Tournaments–0, Win–Loss 0–0.
• *2020 Wimbledon Championships was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• *2020 Summer Olympics are postponed to 2021.
• *2020 Indian Wells Open, Miami Open, Madrid Open, Italian Open and Canadian Open are postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Singles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Girls' Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Girls' Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)