Serbia Ladies Open 2021 May 16-22 2021 Novak Centre

Serbia Ladies Open 2021 16-22. maj 2021. Tereni Teniskog centra “Novak”

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I am proud that , for erbia Ladies Open will have a completely different Ponosan sam što je Beograd prvi erbia Ladies Open imaće kompletno drugačiji brending u the first time in the history of S branding compared to the previously organised put u istoriji srpskog ženskog S odnosu na prethodno organizovani . Tereni women’s tennis, is hosting a Serbia Open. During the WTA tournament, courts will be tenisa domaćin WTA turnira serije će tokom WTA turnira biti u ljubičastim bojama, dodatno su WTA 250 series tournament, purple, further improved and flattened for the best possible 250, čime je srpska prestonica unapređeni i poravnati za što bolji učinak igračica. Na Serbia making the Serbian capital a performance of the players. Some of the best-ranked tennis postala novi dom tenisa, ne Ladies Openu biće teniserke iz samog vrha – top 30 i 40 na new home of tennis, not just players – among top 30 and 40 in the world – will play at samo najboljim teniserima već i svetu. Kao organizatori, nastojali smo i da što većem broju naših for the best men tennis players, Serbia Ladies Open. As organisers, we strived to ensure damama u belom sportu. Serbia teniserki obezbedimo specijalne pozivnice kako bi se pokazale but also the ladies in the sport. special invitations for as many of local tennis players as Ladies Open biće organizovan u u najboljem mogućem svetlu. Ono što je dobra stvar jeste da je Serbia Ladies Open will be possible, so that they can show themselves in the best skladu sa svim epidemiološkim Serbia Ladies Open možda malo lakši turnir za naše teniserke, da organized in accordance with possible light. Another good thing is that Serbia Ladies Open pravilima i merama koje je mogu da doguraju što dalje, a to i jeste cilj nas kao organizatora. all the epidemiological rules and is perhaps a somewhat easier tournament for our tennis propisala Vlada Republike Srbije Serbia Ladies Open igraće se bez prisustva publike. Ipak, za measures prescribed by the players, so that they can achieve the best results possible, i koje je WTA definisala. Sigurni sve ljubitelje belog sporta pripremili smo jedinstveno iskustvo. Serbian Government, and defined which is our goal as organisers. smo da će ovaj turnir, nakon Mečevi će biti prenošeni na RTS-u i kanalima Arena sporta, a by WTA. We are certain that this Serbia Ladies Open matches will not be played in front of an sjajno organizovanog Serbia verujemo da će čitave porodice, baš kao što je to bio slučaj i tournament, after the excellently audience. Still, we prepared a unique experience for all tennis Opena 2021 i pohvala koje je sa Serbia Open turnirom, od najmlađih do najstarijih članova, organized 2021 Serbia Open and fans. Matches will be broadcasted on the RTS and Arena Sport dobio, još jednom pokazati uživati u sjajnim partijama omiljenih igračica. U organizacionom the praise it received, will once channels, and we believe that entire families, like it was the case da su Srbija, Beograd i mi kao smislu, i dalje je sve podređeno tome da svaki detalj bude na again show that Serbia, Belgrade, with Serbia Open, from the youngest to the oldest members, organizatori dobri domaćini i najvišem nivou, da maksimalno pružimo sigurnost, bezbednost and we as organizers, are good will enjoy great matches including their favourite players. In the pouzdan partner u promociji i podršku igračicama koje učestvuju, a time im omogućimo i da hosts and a reliable partner in organisational sense, everything is still focused on making sure sporta i tenisa. pružaju svoje najbolje partije na terenima. promoting sports and tennis. everything is at the highest level, to provide maximum security, Organizacija prvog WTA turnira serije 250 u Beogradu je safety and support to players participating, and thus enable ogroman uspeh za srpsku prestonicu i domaći tenis. Nadamo them to give their best on the courts. se da ćemo i ovog puta pokazati vrhunski profesionalizam i Organising the first WTA 250 series tournament in Belgrade gostoprimstvo, da teniserkama omogućimo da se probijaju na is a major success for the Serbian capital and the local tennis teniskoj mapi kroz turnire u njihovoj zemlji, a time pokažemo scene. We hope that we will show the utmost professionalism da smo sjajni ambasadori tenisa i sporta generalno. and hospitality this time as well, and enable women tennis players to fight to the top of the tennis world through Đorđe Đoković tournaments in their country, showing that we are good DIREKTOR SERBIA LADIES OPEN ambassadors of tennis and sports in general.

Djordje Djokovic DIRECTOR, SERBIA LADIES OPEN

4. Serbia Ladies Open 2021 serbialadiesopen.org 5. Dear Dragi Tennis Fans, ljubitelji tenisa,

It gives me great pleasure ast season presented significant challenges - to Veliko mi je zadovoljstvo da rošla sezona je donela značajne izazove – za tenis, za to welcome you to the city L tennis, the sports industry and the world as a whole - vam poželim dobrodošlicu u P sport i za svet u celini – a WTA zajedno sa svima još uvek of Belgrade for the exciting and the WTA with everyone is still navigating safely through grad Beograd na uzbudljivo bezbedno putuje kroz ova neviđena vremena. inaugural edition of the Serbia these unprecedented times. inauguracijsko izdanje Otvorenog Bilo da ste sa nama u predivnom Teniskom centru “Novak”, Open which will showcase the Whether you are with us at the beautiful Novak Tennis prvenstva Srbije, gde će se ili da pratite događaj iz daljine putem prenosa ili digitalnih world’s best tennis players. Centre or following the event remotely via broadcast or prikazati najbolji teniseri sveta. platformi Tura, nadamo se da uživate u akciji, zabavi i the Tour’s digital platforms, we hope you enjoy the action, inspiraciji koju WTA sportisti pružaju. Zahvaljujući našim entertainment and inspiration the athletes of the WTA lojalnim fanovima, tenis je vodeći globalni sport za žene. provide. It’s because of our loyal fanbase that tennis is the Organizovanje Otvorenog prvenstva Srbije u tenisu je leading global sport for women. zahtevalo mnogo napornog rada i saradnje, sa sponzorima, It has required tremendous hard work and collaboration lokalnim dobavljačima, od posvećenog osoblja i volontera to be able to stage the Serbia Open this year, across turnira, i ja bih želeo da izrazim svoju iskrenu zahvalnost sponsors, local suppliers, dedicated tournament staff i priznanje timu u Beogradu i Vladi Srbije za njihovu and volunteers, and I would like to express my sincere kontinuiranu posvećenost profesionalnom ženskom tenisu. thanks and appreciation to the team in Belgrade and the Sa sezonom 2021. u toku, ostajemo optimistični da je povratak government of Serbia for their ongoing commitment to u normalnost za tenis i za svet na vidiku, i radujem se women’s professional tennis. nastavljanju WTA priče zajedno sa vama. With the 2021 season underway, we remain optimistic that a Budite bezbedni. return to normality in tennis and for the world is on the horizon, and I look forward to continuing the WTA story with you. Srdačno, Stay safe. Stiv Sajmon PREDSEDNIK ODBORA I GLAVNI IZVRŠNI DIREKTOR Sincerely, WTA – ŽENSKA TENISKA ASOCIJACIJA Steve Simon CHAIRMAN & CEO WTA – WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION

6. Serbia Ladies Open 2021 serbialadiesopen.org 7. Serbia Ladies Open is the first WTA 250 tournament that will Serbia Ladies Open je prvi WTA turnir serije 250 koji je About be held in Belgrade. Best female tennis players from Serbia O Serbia organizovan u Beogradu. Najbolje teniserke iz Srbije and the world will compete at the courts of Novak Tennis i sveta takmičiće se na terenima Teniskog centra Serbia Ladies Centre from May 16-22. The tournament will host 32 players Ladies Open „Novak“ od 16. do 22. maja. Na turniru će učestvovati in the singles and 16 teams in the doubles competition, and 32 teniserke u singlu i 16 teniserki u dubl konkurenciji, Open the prize fund is USD 235,238. It will be an opportunity for turniru a igra se za nagradni fond od 235,238 dolara. Biće our national women tennis players to present themselves to prilika da se domaće igračice pokažu u najboljem in the best light and get a chance to accomplish the best svetlu i dobiju šansu da ostvare što bolji rezultat u possible results in the Serbian capital. srpskoj prestonici.

8. Serbia Ladies Open 2021 serbialadiesopen.org 9. Serbia Ladies Open in numbers Serbia Ladies Open u brojkama 56 56 The total number of contestants Ukupan broj učesnica koje će st who will play through qualifications igrati, što kroz kvalifikacije što The 2021 Serbia Ladies Open and the main tournament is 56 Serbia Ladies Open 2021 je kroz glavni turnir je 56, dok is the first WTA tournament and the number of registered prvi WTA turnir ikada koji će je broj prijavljenih teniserki 1ever played in Serbia. players is much higher. 1biti odigran u Srbiji. daleko veći. 235,238$ 235,238$ The prize fund for the Serbia Ladies Open is USD 235,238. Nagradni fond Serbia Ladies Opena iznosi 235.238 dolara. 5,000 80-250 5,000 80-250 There will be about 60 ball boys and girls Dnevno će biti angažovano oko 60 There is about 5,000 a day, and the number of volunteers will Broj sedećih mesta na sakupljača loptica, a broj volontera će seats in the stands. rangde from 80 to 250. tribinama iznosi 5000. varirati od 80 do 250.

800About 250 people are constantly involved in the organisation of the 800U organizaciju turnira uključeno je oko 250 ljudi, a ako se uračunaju tournament, and when counting all those who are at least partially i svi ostali koji nisu u okviru najuže organizacije, ta brojka iznosi oko involved, then there is about 800 people who will make sure that 800 osoba koje će se pobrinuti da sve protekne u najboljem redu. everything goes well.

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RANKING #44 Nadia Podoroska RANKING #53 Kristina Mladenović NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #44 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #53 SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 1 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 1 / DOUBLES 24 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 0 / Doubles 1 BORN ON Singles 1 / Doubles 24 FEBRUARY 10, 1997 Rođena 10. februar 1997. MAY 14, 1993 Rođena 14. maj 1993. 24 YEARS OLD 24 godine 28 YEARS OLD 28 godina HEIGHT 1.70 Visina 1.70 HEIGHT 1.84 Visina 1.84 COUNTRY ARG Država ARG COUNTRY FRA Država FRA

Nadia started playing tennis at the age of five, and Nadia je počela da trenira tenis sa pet godina, a Kristina played her first WTA qualifier in Paris Kristina je 2008. godine odigrala prvi WTA from 2011 until 2019, she played in ITF tournaments od 2011, pa sve do 2019, svake godine je igrala na in 2008, and the following year, in 2009, she kvalifikacioni meč u Parizu, a sledeće, 2009. every year, where she won titles in both singles and ITF turnirima na kojima je osvajala titule i u singlu played the first four main draws of the WTA. A godine je igrala i prva četiri glavna žreba WTA. doubles. In 2019, she dropped out four times in i u dublu. Godine 2019. je četiri puta ispadala very successful year for her was 2012, when she Veoma uspešna godina za nju je bila 2012. godina qualifications, including the Australian Open. She is u kvalifikacijama, uključujući Australian Open. entered the list of 100 best tennis players for the kada je prvi put ušla u 100 najboljih teniserki. of Ukrainian origin, but does not speak Ukrainian. Ukrajinskog je porekla, ali ne govori ukrajinski first time. In 2017, she also had a lot of success, and Godine 2017. je takođe donela mnogo uspeha, She was born in , but moved to in jezik. Rođena je u Argentini, ali se 2017. godine approached the top of the list and found herself on tako da se približila vrhu liste i našla se na 11. 2017 because of tennis. preselila u Španiju zbog tenisa. the 11th position, and in the same year, she won the poziciji, a iste godine je osvojila i prvu WTA titulu first WTA title in St. Petersburg. Her favorite type of u Sankt Petersburgu. Omiljena podloga joj je court is grass. She speaks French, English, Serbian, trava. Od jezika govori francuski, engleski, srpski, Italian, Spanish and a little Russian. italijanski, španski i pomalo ruski.

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RANKING #61 Rebeka Peterson NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #61 SINGLES 2 / DOUBLES 1 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 2 / Doubles 1 AUGUST 6, 1995 Rođena 6. avgust 1995. 25 YEARS OLD 25 godina HEIGHT 1.73 Visina 1.73 COUNTRY SWE Država SWE

She played her first WTA qualifiers in Båstad in Prve WTA kvalifikacije igrala je u Bostadu 2010, 2010, and the main draw in 2012. She injured her a glavni žreb 2012. godine. Povredila je rame shoulder in 2017 and thus missed the first half of 2017. godine i tako propustila prvu polovinu the season, however, already in 2018 she entered sezone, međutim, već 2018. godine ulazi u the top 100 and finished the season in 55th place prvih sto najboljih i sezonu završava na 55. on the WTA list. The following year, in 2019, she mestu WTA liste. Naredne, 2019. godine osvaja won the first two WTA titles in Nanchang and prve dve WTA titule u Nanchangu i Tjencinu. Tianjin. She has an aggressive style of play and Ima agresivni stil igre i forhendom voli da likes to control the game with her forehand. She upravlja igrom. Slobodno vreme voli da provodi likes to spend her free time with family and friends. sa porodicom i prijateljima.

serbialadiesopen.org 15. Danka Kovinic

RANKING #42 Paula Badosa RANKING #62 Danka Kovinic NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #42 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #62 SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 1 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 0 / Doubles 0 BORN ON Singles 0 / Doubles 1 NOVEMBER 15, 1997 Rođena 15. novembar 1997. NOVEMBER 18, 1994 Rođena 18. novembar 1994. 23 YEARS OLD 23 godine 26 YEARS OLD 26 godina HEIGHT 1.80 Visina 1.80 HEIGHT 1.69 Visina 1.69 COUNTRY ESP Država ESP COUNTRY MNE Država MNE

Paula was born in New York, but she lives and Paula je rođena u Njujorku, ali živi i trenira u She started her professional career at ITF Circuit Profesionalnu karijeru je započela na ITF trains in Barcelona. She entered the top 100 in Barseloni. U prvih top 100 je ušla 2019. godine, tournaments where she won single titles for a Circuit turnirima na kojima je par godina za 2019, when she was ranked 97th on the WTA kada se našla na 97. mestu WTA liste. Omiljeni couple of years in a row. She played the two main redom osvajala singl titule. Prva dva glavna list. Her favorite hit is serve, and her favorite udarac joj je servis, a omiljeni turir US Open. draws in WTA tournaments in 2013. Since she was žreba na WTA turnirima je igrala 2013. godine. tour is the US Open. As a child, her idol was U detinjstvu joj je idol bila Marija Šarapova, already the first tennis player in to Pošto je već bila prvi teniser Crne Gore koji Maria Sharapova, who inspired her to become koja ju je inspirisala da postane profesionalac. reach the WTA quarterfinals in 2013, in 2015 she je došao do WTA četvrtfinala 2013, 2015. a professional. She also enjoys reading and Uživa i čitanju i zbog toga uvek putuje sa became the first tennis player in Montenegro to godine postaje i prvi teniser Crne Gore koji je that is why she always travels with books. Her knjigama. Profesionalni cilj joj je da postigne reach the WTA finals. She was a member of the dostigao WTA finale. Bila je član crnogorskog professional goal is to reach her full potential. svoj pun potencijal. Montenegrin Olympic team in 2016. Her favorite olimpijskog tima 2016. godine. Omiljeni udarci shots are serve, forehand and drop shot, and her su joj servis, forhend i drop šot, a omiljeni favorite tournament is the Australian Open. turnir Australian Open.

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RANKING #64 Patricia Maria Tig NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #64 SINGLES 1 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 1 / Doubles 0 JULY 27, 1994 Rođena 27. jul 1994. 26 YEARS OLD 26 godina HEIGHT 1.80 Visina 1.80 COUNTRY ROU Država ROU

She started playing tennis at the age of eight. She Tenis je počela da igra sa osam godina. Prve played her first WTA qualifiers in 2014 in Bucharest, WTA kvalifikacije igrala je 2014. godine u and in 2016 she entered the ranks of Top 100 tennis Bukureštu, a 2016. godine je prvi put ušla u Top players of the world for the first time, when she was 100 teniserki sveta, kada se našla na 99. poziciji on the 99th position of the WTA list. Her favorite WTA liste. Omiljena podloga joj je tvrda. Ima surface is the hard court. She has a daughter, Sofia, ćerku Sofiju, koju je rodila 2018. godine. whom she gave birth to in 2018.

18. Serbia Ladies Open 2021 Olga Danilovic Leylah Fernandez

RANKING #164 Olga Danilović RANKING #70 Leylah Fernandez NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #164 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #70 SINGLES 1 / DOUBLES 1 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 1 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 1 / Doubles 1 BORN ON Singles 1 / Doubles 0 JANUARY 23, 2001 Rođena 23. januar 2001. SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 Rođena 6. septembar 2002. 20 YEARS OLD 20 godina 18 YEARS OLD 18 godina HEIGHT 1.82 Visina 1.82 HEIGHT 1.63 Visina 1.63 COUNTRY SRB Država SRB COUNTRY CAN Država ROU

Olga started playing tennis at six years of age. Olga je počela da igra tenis sa šest godina. Prvo Her first tournaments in her career were the ITF Prvi turniri u karijeri su joj bili ITF Circuit u SAD-u Her first professional debut was at an ITF Circuit profesionalno debitovanje ostvarila je na ITF Circuit in the US and Canada. She played her i Kanadi. Prvi WTA meč, na kom je ujedno i tournament in Serbia in 2015, after which she won Circuit turniru u Srbiji 2015. godine, nakon čega je first WTA match, which she also won, in 2018 in pobedila, igrala je 2018. godine u Kvebeku. Već two singles titles in the same tournament over the i naredne dve godine na istom turniru osvojila po Quebec. Already in 2019, she became the first 2019. godine je postala prva Kanađanka koja je next two years, as well as a doubles title in 2016. jednu singl titulu, ali 2016. godine i jednu titulu u Canadian to win the junior at Roland- osvojila juniorski Grand Slam na Roland Garros-u, She won her first WTA singles title in Moscow dublu. Prvu pojedinačnu WTA titulu osvojila je u Garros, since 2012. She won her first single title još od 2012. godine. Svoju prvu singl titulu osvojila in 2018. She won her first WTA doubles title the Moskvi 2018. godine. Iste godine je osvojila i prvu this year in Monterey. She speaks Spanish, French je ove godine u Montereju. Govori španski, same year. Hard surface is her favourite. When WTA titulu u dubl kategoriji. Tvrda podloga joj je and English. Her hobby is attending dance classes. francuski i engleski jezik. Hobi joj je pohađanje she is not on the court, she likes to run. omiljena. Kada nije na terenu, voli da trči. In her free time at the hotel, or when the match is časova plesa. U slobodno vreme u hotelu, ili kada late due to rain, she likes to solve puzzles. meč kasni zbog kiše, voli da rešava zagonetke.

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RANKING #34 Yulia Putintseva NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #34 SINGLES 1 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 1 / Doubles 0 JANUARY 7, 1995 Rođena 7. januar 1995. 26 YEARS OLD 26 godina HEIGHT 1.63 Visina 1.63 COUNTRY KAZ Država KAZ

Yulia first appeared in the main draw of the WTA Yulia se u glavnom žrebu WTA turnira prvi put tournament in 2010. For her, 2019 was very pojavila 2010. godine. Za nju je 2019. godina bila successful, considering that she won her first title veoma uspešna s obzirom na to da je u Ninbergu in Nuremberg. In the same year, she defeated osvojila prvu titulu. Iste godine je pobedila i the then first-ranked Naomi Osaka, which is tadašnju prvorangiranu Naomi Osaku, što takođe also one of her greatest successes. Her favorite predstavlja jedan od njenih najvećih uspeha. tournaments are the Australian Open and the US Omiljeni turniri su joj Australian Open i US Open. Open. In 2012, she moved from the Russian to the Godine 2012. je prešla iz ruske u kazahstansku Kazakh national team. She enjoys dancing, music, reprezetaciju. Uživa u plesu, muzici, pevanju, singing, Sudoku, chess and card games. Sudokuu, šahu i igranju karata.

serbialadiesopen.org 23. Shuai Zhang

RANKING #30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RANKING #41 Shuai Zhang NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #30 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #41 SINGLES 12 / DOUBLES 5 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 2 / DOUBLES 8 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 12 / Doubles 5 BORN ON Singles 2 / Doubles 8 JULY 3, 1991 Rođena 3. jul 1991. JANUARY 21, 1989 Rođena 21. januar 1989. 29 YEARS OLD 29 godina 32 YEARS OLD 32 godine HEIGHT 1.76 Visina 1.76 HEIGHT 1.77 Visina 1.77 COUNTRY RUS Država RUS COUNTRY CHN Država CHN

She started playing tennis because of her family, Tenisom je počela da se bavi zbog svoje She comes from a family of athletes, so she Potiče iz sportske porodice, tako da je već sa 5 which has for several generations back been in porodice koja je više generacija unazad u svetu started playing tennis at the age of 5, and the godina krenula da se bavi tenisom, a prvi turnir the world of sports. The first two tournaments she sporta. Prva dva turnira na kojima se pojavila bili first tournament in which she participated na kom je učestovala je ITF Circuit 2003. godine. appeared in were part of the 2005 ITF Circuit, and su u okviru ITF Circuit turnira 2005, a naredne, was the ITF Circuit in 2003. She continued Sa tom praksom nastavila i narednih godina, pa on the next one, in 2006, she was in the main draw 2006. godine je bila u glavnom žrebu na WTA with that practice in the following years, so je već 2006. osvojila četiri titule u singlu i dva u at the WTA tournament in Moscow. 2008 was also turniru u Moskvi. I 2008. godina je bila jako in 2006 she won four titles in singles and two dublu, takođe na ITF turnirima. Dve singl titule very successful for this tennis player because she uspešna za ovu teniserku jer je osvojila četiri in doubles, also at ITF tournaments. She won je zabeležila 2007. i 2017. godine, a veliki uspeh won four individual and three doubles titles at the pojedinačne i tri titule u dublu na ITF Circuit-u. two single titles in 2007 and 2017, and she je ostvarila i 2019. godine, kada je sa svojom ITF Circuit. Also, in 2017, she held as many as three Takođe, 2017. je u rukama držala čak tri pehara achieved great success in 2019, when she najboljom drugaricom Sam Stosur, osvojila titulu u cups in her hands, which she won at the WTA koje je osvojila na WTA turnirima u Montereju, won the doubles title, with her best friend Sam dublu na Australian Open-u. tournaments in Monterey, Rabat and Hong Kong. Rabatu i Hong Kongu. Stosur, at the Australian Open.

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RANKING #107 Andrea Petković NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #107 SINGLES 6 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 6 / Doubles 0 SEPTEMBER 9, 1987 Rođena 9. septembar 1987. 33 YEARS OLD 33 godine HEIGHT 1.80 Visina 1.80 COUNTRY GER Država GER

Her first WTA tournaments were in 2002, in Prvi susret sa WTA turnirima imala je 2002. Hamburg and Leipzig, and she broke into the top godine u Hamburgu I Lajpcigu, a 2007. godine 100 in 2007. Then, in 2010, she ranked among the je ušla u prvih 100 teniserki sveta. Međutim, već top 40, and then top 10 in 2010, when she ranked 2010. ulazi u prvih 40, a sledeće 2010. i u Top 10th on the WTA list. Due to injuries, she dropped 10 kada se našla na 10. mestu WTA liste. Zbog to 143rd place, but returned to top 40 in 2013. povreda, 2012. godine pada na 143. mesto, ali She achieved great success in 2014, when she se 2013. vraća u Top 40. Odličan uspeh postiže reached 14th place, and won three WTA titles the 2014. kada dostiže 14. mesto i iste godine osvaja same year. Since then, she has been sliding down tri WTA titule. Od tada, narednih godina se spušta the rankings, and is currently 107th. She speaks na listi i trenutno se nalazi na 107. mestu. Od French, English, German and Serbian. jezika govori francuski, engleski, nemački i srpski.

serbialadiesopen.org 27. Nina Stojanovic Ajla Tomljanovic

RANKING #85 Nina Stojanović RANKING #80 Ajla Tomljanović NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #85 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #80 SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 1 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 0 / Doubles 1 BORN ON Singles 0 / Doubles 0 JULY 30, 1996 Rođena 30. jul 1996. MAY 7, 1993 Rođena 7. maj 1993. 24 YEARS OLD 24 godine 28 YEARS OLD 28 godina HEIGHT 1.76 Visina 1.76 HEIGHT 1.80 Visina 1.80 COUNTRY SRB Država SRB COUNTRY AUS Država AUS

She played the first tournament of her career in Prvi turnir u karijeri igrala je u Egiptu 2013. u Ajla started playing tennis at 7 years of age, her Ajla je tenis počela da igra sa sedam godina, a Egypt in 2013, on the ITF Circuit, and she won three okviru ITF Circuit-a, a već naredne godine je first qualifying draw at a WTA tournament was u prvom WTA žrebu igrala je na Indian Wells-u, singles and nine doubles titles within the same u okviru istog turnira osvojila tri titule u singlu Indian Wells in 2009. She broke into the Top 100 2009. godine. Već 2013. godine je ušla u Top 100. tournament next year. She broke into the top 100 i devet u dublu. U prvih 100 najboljih je ušla in 2013. Her best career ranking was in 2018, Najbolja godina u karijeri bila joj je 2018. kada in 2019, when she reached 86th place on the WTA 2019. godine, kada je dostigla 86. mesto na when she ended the season as 43rd on the WTA je sezonu završila na 43. mestu WTA liste. Voli list and won her first WTA doubles title. She plays WTA listi i osvojila prvu WTA dubl titulu. Igra list. She likes hard surface, and her favourite shot tvrdu podlogu, a omiljeni udarac joj je bekhend. aggressively, and hard surface is her favourite. In agresivno, a tvrda podloga joj je omiljena. Pored is backhand. Her favourite actor is Brad Pitt, and Omiljeni glumac joj je Bred Pitt, a omiljena addition to tennis, she enjoys volleyball, rhythmic tenisa, uživa u odbojci, ritmičkoj gimnastici, favourite singer is Rihanna. She likes to watch pevačica Rihanna. Voli da gleda košarku. Najlepša gymnastics, reading, music and shopping. čitanju, muzici i šopingu. basketball. Her fondest memory from a tennis uspomena sa teniskog terena je kada se na njemu court was when she met Chris Evert. prvi put našla sa Chris Evert.

28. Serbia Ladies Open 2021 serbialadiesopen.org 29. Ivana Jorovic Kristyna Pliskova

RANKING #248 Ivana Jorović RANKING #89 Kristyna Pliskova NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #248 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #89 SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 1 / DOUBLES 5 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 0 / Doubles 0 BORN ON Singles 1 / Doubles 5 MAY 3, 1997 Rođena 3. maj 1997. MARCH 21, 1992 Rođena 21. mart 1992. 24 YEARS OLD 24 godine 29 YEARS OLD 29 godina HEIGHT 1.74 Visina 1.74 HEIGHT 1.84 Visina 1.84 COUNTRY SRB Država SRB COUNTRY CZE Država CZE

Ivana played her first ITF Circuit tournament in Ivana se na prvom ITF Circuit turniru She started playing tennis when she was 4, and her Počela je da se bavi tenisom sa četiri godine, a u 2012, which was also the first tournament of her pojavila 2012. godine, koji je bio i njen prvi first qualifying draw at a WTA tournament was in prvom WTA glavnom žrebu našla se 2007. godine career, where she won her first singles title. The turnir u karijeri, gde je osvojila jednu titulu 2007 in Prague. Best season of her career was in u Pragu. Najbolja sezona u karijeri bila joj je 2016. following year, 2013, she won three more singles u singlu. Sledeće, 2013. godine, na istom 2016, when she won her sole WTA title in Tashkent, godine kada je osvojila svoju jedinu WTA titulu u titles in the same tournament. She played her first turniru je osvojila još tri singl titule. Prve and ranked 60th on the WTA list. She enjoys music, Taškentu i kada se našla na 60. mestu WTA liste. WTA qualifier draw match in 2014 in Luxembourg. WTA kvalifikacije je igrala 2014. godine u films and nature. Her favourite food is strawberry Uživa u muzici, filmovima i prirodi. Omiljena hrana She enjoys reading books, listening to music, and Luksemburgu. Uživa u čitanju knjiga, slušanju and quince, and she likes Italian cuisine. su joj jagode i dinje, a voli i italijansku kuhinju. she also likes to watch other sports. If she did not muzike, a voli i da prati druge sportove. Da ne play tennis, she would be a humanitarian worker. igra tenis, bavila bi se dobrotvornim radom. Her favourite tournament is Australian Open. Omiljeni turnir joj je Australian Open.

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RANKING #74 Polona Hercog RANKING #105 Anna Kalinskaya NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #74 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #105 SINGLES 3 / DOUBLES 2 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 1 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 3 / Doubles 2 BORN ON Singles 0 / Doubles 1 JANUARY 20, 1991 Rođena 20. januar 1991. DECEMBER 2, 1998 Rođena 2. decembar 1998. 30 YEARS OLD 30 godina 22 YEARS OLD 22 godine HEIGHT 1.85 Visina 1.85 HEIGHT 1.75 Visina 1.75 COUNTRY SLO Država SLO COUNTRY RUS Država RUS

Her first qualifying draw at a WTA tournament was Prve WTA kvalifikacija igrala je u Portorožu 2006, Anna started playing tennis at 5, and her first Anna je počela da igra tenis sa pet godina, a in Portorose in 2006, and her first main draw at a naredne, 2007. godine i prvi u prvom WTA qualifying draw at a WTA tournament was in 2014. godine se pojavila na WTA kvalifikacijama. a WTA tournament was in 2007. She broke into glavnom žrebu. Već 2009. godine je ušla u prvih 2014. She broke into the top 100 in 2019, when U Top 100 je ušla 2019. godine kada se našla the top 100 in 2009, and in the top 50 the next Top 100 teniserki sveta, a sledeće godine u Top 50. she ranked 100th. She won her first and only tačno na stotom mestu. Svoju prvu i jedinu year. She won two WTA titles in Bastad, in 2011 Godine 2011. i 2012. je osvojila po jednu WTA titulu WTA title in doubles in 2019. Hard surface is her WTA titulu u dublu osvojila je, takođe 2019. and 2012, and after seven years of waiting, she u Bastadu, a nakon sedmogodišnjeg čekanja na favourite, and her favourite tournament is St godine. Omiljena joj je tvrda podloga, a omiljeni won another in Lugano in 2019. Her favourite shot istu, 2019. godine ju je osvojila i u Luganu. Omiljeni Petersburg Ladies Trophy. She likes watching turnir St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. Voli da is forehand. She speaks Slovenian, English and udarac joj je forhend. Od jezika govori slovenački, basketball, cooking and shopping. She enjoys gleda košarku, kuva i ide u kupovinu. Uživa u Italian. She enjoys pop and rock music, and loves engleski i italijanski. Uživa u pop i rok muzici i romantic films, but also documentaries. Her romantičnim filmovima, ali i dokumentarnim. sushi. Her goal is to break into the top 10. obožava suši. Cilj joj je da uđe u Top 10. favourite singers are Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Omiljeni muzičari su joj Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Rihanna, Justin Bieber and DJ Khaled. Rihanna, Justin Bieber i DJ Khaled.

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RANKING #101 Kaja Juvan NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #101 SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 0 / Doubles 0 NOVEMBER 25, 2000 Rođena 25. novembar 2000. 20 YEARS OLD 20 godina HEIGHT 1.70 Visina 1.70 COUNTRY SLO Država SLO

Kaja started playing tennis at the age of 5, and Kaja je počela da igra tenis sa pet godina, a svoju began her career in Slovenia in 2015 at an ITF karijeru je započela u Sloveniji 2015. godine Circuit tournament, in which she continued to na ITF Circuit turniru, na kojima je nastavila da participate in the following years. Her WTA draw učestvuje i narednih godina. Debitovala je na WTA debut was in Budapest in 2018, and WTA main kvalifikacijama u Budimpešti 2018. godine, kao i draw at Roland Garros in 2019. She likes to paint u glavnom žrebu WTA i na Roland Garrosu, 2019. and read books about psychology. godine. Voli da slika i čita psihologiju.

serbialadiesopen.org 35. Mihaela Buzarnescu Oceane Dodin

RANKING #157 Mihaela Buzarnescu RANKING #115 Oceane Dodin NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #157 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #115 SINGLES 1 / DOUBLES 1 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 1 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 1 / Doubles 1 BORN ON Singles 1 / Doubles 0 MAY 4, 1988 Rođena 4. maj 1988. OCTOBER 24, 1996 Rođena 24. oktobar 1996. 33 YEARS OLD 33 godine 24 YEARS OLD 24 godine HEIGHT 1.75 Visina 1.75 HEIGHT 1.83 Visina 1.83 COUNTRY ROU Država ROU COUNTRY FRA Država FRA

She played in ITF Circuit tournaments in the Na početku profesionalne karije igrala je The first tournament of her career was on the Prvi turnir u karijeri bio je ITF Circuit 2011. godine, beginning of her career, and her first qualifying na ITF Circuit turnirima, a na prvim WTA ITF Circuit in 2011, in which she continued to na kojima je učestvovala i u narednom periodu. draw at a WTA tournament was in 2007 in Fes and kvalifikacijama pojavila se 2007. godine u Fesu participate in the following years. She broke into U prvih sto najboljih teniserki sveta ušla je 2016. Istanbul. She broke into the top 100 in 2017, when i Istanbulu. U prvih sto najboljih teniserki ušla the top 100 in 2016, when she reached 69th godine, kada je dostigla 69. mesto WTA listi. she ended the season on 72nd place on the WTA je 2017. godine, kada je godinu završila na 72. place on the WTA list. She won her sole WTA title Prvu i jedinu WTA titulu osvojila je 2016. godine. list. The same year, she played her first main draw mestu WTA liste. Iste godine je prvi put igrala in 2016. Her favourite shot is the serve. Her tennis Omiljeni udarac joj je servis. Teniski idoli su joj match in a WTA tournament at US Open. The u WTA glavnom žrebu na US Openu. Najbolju idols are Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer. She Maria Sharapova i Roger Federer. Uživa u modi i best season of her career was in 2018, when she sezonu u karijeri igrala je 2018. godine kada enjoys fashion and reading fashion magazines. čitanju modnih magazina. won her first WTA title, and ended the season on je osvojila prvu WTA titulu, a godinu završila 24th place. Hard surface is her favourite, and her na 24. mestu. Tvrda podloga joj je omiljena, a favourite shot is forehand. omiljeni udarac forhend.

36. Serbia Ladies Open 2021 serbialadiesopen.org 37. Tereza Martincova Timea Babos

RANKING #92 Tereza Martincova RANKING #108 Timea Babos NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #92 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #108 SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 3 / DOUBLES 24 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles 0 / Doubles 0 BORN ON Singles 3 / Doubles 24 OCTOBER 24, 1994 Rođena 24. oktobar 1994. MAY 10, 1993 Rođena 10. maj 1993. 26 YEARS OLD 26 godina 28 YEARS OLD 28 godina HEIGHT 1.79 Visina 1.79 HEIGHT 1.79 Visina 1.79 COUNTRY CZE Država CZE COUNTRY HUN Država HUN

Tereza was born in Prague, where she grew up. Tereza je rođena u Pragu, gde je i odrasla. U She started playing tennis at 8, and her first WTA Tenis je počela da igra sa osam godina, a prvi She played her first ITF Circuit tournaments in Centralnoj Evropi i Severnoj Africi je 2010. godine main draw match was in Budapest in 2010. She WTA glavni žreb igrala je u Budimpešti 2010. 2010 in Central Europe and North Africa, and igrala svoje prve ITF Circuit turnire, a već 2013. broke into the top 100 in 2012. The same year, godine, a 2012. ušla u Top 100 teniserki sveta. played her first WTA main draws in 2013. She won je igrala u prva dva WTA glavna žreba. Po jednu she won her first WTA singles title in Monterrey, Iste godine je osvojila prvu WTA sing titulu u one ITF Circuit tournament singles titles in 2014, singl titulu na ITF Circuit turnirima je osvojila 2014, as well as a WTA doubles title. She achieved Montereju, ali i WTA dubl titulu. Veliki uspeh 2015, 2018 and 2019 each. 2015, 2018. i 2019. godine. major success in 2016, when she ranked 26th on je postigla 2016. godine kada se našla na 26. the WTA list. She won a large number of doubles mestu WTA liste. Sa Kristinom Mladenović titles together with Kristina Mladenović. Her osvojila je veliki broj titula u dublu. Najlepša fondest memory is the Wimbledon doubles final. uspomena joj je finale dubla na Vimbldonu. Tenis Tennis gives her the opportunity to visit many joj pruža priliku da posećuje veliki broj gradova i cities and learn about different cultures. upoznaje različite kulture.

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RANKING #67 Alison Van Uytvanck RANKING #103 Aliaksandra Sasnovich NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #67 NUMBER OF TITLES WON Rang #103 SINGLES 4 / DOUBLES 1 Broj osvojenih titula SINGLES 0 / DOUBLES 0 Broj osvojenih titula Singles 0 BORN ON Singles 4 / Doubles 1 BORN ON Doubles 0 MARCH 26, 1994 Rođena 26. mart 1994. MARCH 22, 1994 Rođena 22. mart 1994. 27 YEARS OLD 27 godina 27 YEARS OLD 27 godina HEIGHT 1.73 Visina 1.73 HEIGHT 1.74 Visina 1.74 COUNTRY BEL Država BEL COUNTRY BLR Država BLR

She played the two WTA main draws in 2011, and Prva dva WTA glavna žreba igrala je 2011. She played her first tournament in 2009, and she Prvi turnir u karijeri igrala je 2009, a narednih she was on the 100th place in the WTA list in godine, a na 100. mestu WTA liste našla se was also dedicated to ITF Circuit tournaments in godina se takođe posvetila ITF Circuit turnirima. Na 2013, however, she entered the Top 50 in 2015, 2013. godine. Međutim, već 2015. ulazi u the following years. She ranked 103rd in 2015, 103. mestu se našla 2015. godine, a već 2017. i na when she reached the 42nd place. She won the Top 50. kada je dospela na 42. mesto. Prvu and 87th in 2017. Her most successful season 87. mestu. Najuspešniju sezonu ostvarila je 2018. first WTA title in her career in 2017 in Quebec, the WTA titulu u karijeri osvojila je 2017. godine u was in 2018, when she reached 30th place on godine, kada je dostigla 30. mesto na WTA listi. second the following year in Budapest, and two Kvebeku, drugu sledeće godine u Budimpešti, the WTA list. Her favourite shot is backhand. She Omiljeni udarac joj je bekhend. Od jezika govori more WTA titles in 2019, also in Budapest and a još dve WTA titule 2019. godine, takođe u speaks English, Byelorussian, Russian, and a little engleski, beloruski, ruski i pomalo francuski. San Tashkent. Her favorite hit is serve, and her favorite Budimpešti i Taškentu. Omiljen udarac joj je French. Her dream is to win Wimbledon one day. joj je da jednog dana osvoji Wimbledon. court type is grass. Because of her superstition, servis, a omiljena podloga trava. Zbog svog she starts every tournament in the same clothes. sujeverja, svaki turnir započinje u istoj odeći.

40. Serbia Ladies Open 2021 serbialadiesopen.org 41. Lola Radivojevic

RANKING #57 ITF JUNIORS Lola Radivojević NUMBER OF TITLES WON SINGLES Rang #57 ITF JUNIORS ITF 3 / DOUBLES ITF 3 Broj osvojenih titula BORN ON Singles ITF 3 / Doubles ITF 3 JANUARY 2, 2005 Rođena 2. januar 2005. 16 YEARS OLD 16 godina HEIGHT 1.82 Visina 1.82 COUNTRY SRB Država SRB

Lola started playing tennis when she was five years Lola je tenis počela da igra sa 5 godina. old. She won three ITF singles titles, of which two in Osvojila je tri ITF titule u singlu, od kojih dve 2019, and one in 2020, as well as three ITF doubles 2019. i jednu 2020. godine, kao i tri ITF titule u titles in 2018, 2019 and 2020. She is right-handed, dublu 2018, 2019. i 2020. godine. Igra desnom and hard surface is her favourite. She is a member rukom, a tvrda podloga joj je omiljena. Član je of the Serbia Fed Cup team. Lola is Serbia’s best Fed Cup tima Srbije. Lola je najbolja juniorka junior player, and the country’s only contestant Srbije i jedina predstavnica naše zemlje među among the world’s top 100 junior players. Top 100 juniorki sveta.

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