Croatian tennis player (born 1981)
Jelena Kostanić Tošić Country (sports) Croatia Residence Zagreb , CroatiaBorn (1981-07-06 ) 6 July 1981 (age 44) [ 1] Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Turned pro July 1999 Retired September 2010 Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $1,577,765 Singles Career record 328–261 Career titles 0 WTA, 4 ITF Highest ranking No. 32 (26 July 2004) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open 3R (2000 ,2006 ,2007 ) French Open 2R (2002 ,2003 ,2004 ,2005 ) Wimbledon 1R (2000 ,2002 ,2003 ,2004 ,2005 ,2006 ,2007 ) US Open 3R (2004 ) Doubles Career record 198–179 Career titles 8 WTA, 10 ITF Highest ranking No. 30 (4 October 2004) Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open 2R (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008) French Open 2R (2003, 2004) Wimbledon 2R (2002, 2004) US Open QF (2008) Team competitions Fed Cup 19-20
Jelena Kostanić Tošić (néeKostanić ; born 6 July 1981) is a former professionaltennis player from Croatia.
On 26 July 2004, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 4 October 2004, she reached her highest doubles ranking of No. 30. Kostanić Tošić won eight doubles titles on theWTA Tour and four singles and ten doubles titles on theITF Women's Circuit . As a junior, she won the1998 Australian Open .
Kostanić Tošić married Croatian table tennis playerRoko Tošić on 8 July 2006 (until 6 January 2007[ 2]
At the2008 Australian Open , Tošić was defeated in the first round by the eventual champion,Maria Sharapova , in straight sets.[ 3]
Playing forCroatia Fed Cup team , Kostanić Tošić has a win–loss record of 19–20.
Her last professional tournament was the2010 US Open .[ 4] [ 5]
Jelena started playing tennis at age seven. She was eventually coached by Alan Maric; off-court trainer was Slaven Hrvoj. Father Slobodan is an external bank auditor; mother Smiljana is a dental nurse; sister Marina is a student of economics. Entire family plays recreational tennis on private court.
[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (0–1) Tier IV & V (0–2)
[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (5–4) Tier IV & V (3–4)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1. Apr 1999 Bol Ladies Open , CroatiaClay Michaela Paštiková Meghann Shaughnessy Andreea Vanc 7–5, 6–7(1) , 6–2 Win 2. Nov 1999 Kuala Lumpur International , MalaysiaHard Tina Pisnik Rika Hiraki Yuka Yoshida 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 Loss 1. Apr 2000 Budapest Grand Prix , HungaryClay Sandra Načuk Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero 0–6, 2–6 Win 3. May 2002 J&S Cup Warsaw , PolandClay Henrieta Nagyová Evgenia Kulikovskaya Silvija Talaja 6–1, 6–1 Win 4. May 2002 Internationaux de Strasbourg , FranceClay Jennifer Hopkins Caroline Dhenin Maja Matevžič 0–6, 6–4, 6–4 Loss 2. May 2003 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Laura Granville Sonya Jeyaseelan Maja Matevžič 4–6, 4–6 Win 5. Jan 2004 Auckland Open , New ZealandHard Mervana Jugić-Salkić Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 7–6(6) , 3–6, 6–1 Win 6. Jan 2004 Canberra International , AustraliaHard Claudine Schaul Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea 6–4, 7–6(3) Loss 3. Jun 2004 Rosmalen Championships , NetherlandsGrass Milagros Sequera 6–7(3) , 3–6 Loss 4. May 2005 Prague Open , Czech RepublicClay Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Nicole Pratt Émilie Loit 7–6(6) , 4–6, 4–6 Loss 5. Sep 2005 Slovenia Open Hard Katarina Srebotnik Anabel Medina Garrigues Roberta Vinci 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 Loss 6. Jan 2006 Hobart International , AustraliaHard Jill Craybas Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt 2–6, 1–6 Loss 7. Oct 2006 Guangzhou International , ChinaHard Vania King Li Ting Sun Tiantian 4–6, 6–2, 5–7 Win 7. Oct 2006 Japan Open Hard Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 7–6(2) , 5–7, 6–2 Win 8. Oct 2006 Bangkok Open , ThailandHard Mariana Díaz Oliva Natalie Grandin 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 Loss 8. Feb 2008 Copa Colsanitas , ColombiaClay Martina Müller Iveta Benešová Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3–6, 3–6
Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Loss 1. 29 September 1997 ITF Zadar, Croatia Clay Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 Loss 2. 5 April 1998 ITF Hvar, Croatia Clay Nadia Petrova 2–6, 2–6 Win 1. 20 September 1998 ITF Otočec, Slovenia Clay Anca Barna 6–4, 7–6 Win 2. 28 February 1999 ITF Bushey, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Lorna Woodroffe 7–6, 6–3 Win 3. 24 May 1999 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Libuše Průšová 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 Win 4. 1 July 2001 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Bahia Mouhtassine 6–4, 6–3 Loss 3. 16 October 2005 Open de Touraine , FranceHard (i) Émilie Loit 2–6, 1–6 Loss 4. 20 April 2008 Open de Saint-Malo , FranceClay Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro 2–6, 5–7 Loss 5. 15 June 2008 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic Clay Anna-Lena Grönefeld 3–6, 6–4, 1–6 Loss 6. 20 July 2008 ITF Biella, Italy Clay Mara Santangelo 3–6, 1–6
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1. 21 April 1997 ITF Biograd, Croatia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Katia Altilia Charlotte Aagaard 6–4, 6–2 Win 2. 29 April 1997 ITF Zadar, Croatia Clay Yvette Basting Susanne Trik 7–5, 7–5 Win 3. 23 March 1998 ITF Makarska, Croatia Clay Ľudmila Cervanová Zuzana Váleková 6–3, 6–1 Win 4. 5 April 1998 ITF Hvar, Croatia Clay Helena Vildová Antoaneta Pandjerova 7–5, 6–3 Win 5. 6 September 1998 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay Michaela Paštiková Hiroko Mochizuki Ryoko Takemura 6–3, 6–4 Win 6. 24 May 1999 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Magda Mihalache Cho Yoon-jeong Park Sung-hee 6–1, 6–3 Win 7. 11 June 2001 ITF Grado, Italy Clay Renata Kučerová Eva Martincová 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 Loss 1. 24 November 2002 ITF Zagreb, Croatia Hard (i) Matea Mezak Mervana Jugić-Salkić Karolina Šprem 2–6, 4–6 Win 8. 16 October 2005 Open de Touraine , FranceHard Zsófia Gubacsi Darya Kustova 6–4, 6–4 Win 9. 11 December 2006 Dubai Tennis Challenge ,Hard Kateryna Bondarenko Valeria Bondarenko 6–3, 6–0 Loss 2. 11 May 2008 Zagreb Ladies Open , CroatiaClay Stéphanie Foretz Melinda Czink Sunitha Rao 4–6, 2–6 Win 10. 13 July 2008 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Maret Ani Yuliya Beygelzimer Stefanie Vögele 6–4, 6–2
Grand Slam performance timelines [ edit ] (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Croatia
Anna Smashnova
Mara Santangelo
Katarina Srebotnik
Nadia Petrova
Anca Barna
Lorna Woodroffe
Libuše Průšová
Bahia Mouhtassine
Émilie Loit
Charlotte Aagaard
Yvette Basting
Ľudmila Cervanová
Antoaneta Pandjerova
Hiroko Mochizuki
Magda Mihalache
Cho Yoon-jeong
Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Zsófia Gubacsi
Darya Kustova
Kateryna Bondarenko
Sunitha Rao
Maret Ani
Stefanie Vögele
