Jovana Jović (née Jakšić; 30 September 1993) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Jović won 17 singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102, after getting into the WTA tournament final in Monterrey. On 31 July 2017, she peaked at No. 204 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Serbia Fed Cup team, Jović has a win–loss record of 2–3. She made her Fed Cup debut in February 2014, losing to Canada's Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets in their World Group II tie, but winning the dead doubles rubber the following day.

On 17 November 2019, she married her long-time boyfriend Vujadin Jović.

Jović stepped away from professional tennis in March 2021 and announced her retirement on 5 March 2022.

Career 2013

Jović made her debut on the WTA Tour, qualifying for the main draw of the Monterrey Open and defeating Vera Dushevina in the first round. She lost in the second round to the third seed Maria Kirilenko in three sets.

2014 Jović reached her first career WTA final at the Monterrey Open, losing to fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic in straight sets. In May, she made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the French Open, losing in the first round to 31st seed Daniela Hantuchová, in three sets. At Wimbledon, she lost to Petra Cetkovská in the first round, in three sets as well.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic Games and Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021Win%Grand Slam Australian OpenAQ2Q1Q1AAAQ1Q10 / 00–0 French OpenA1RQ1Q1AAAQ1A0 / 10–1 WimbledonQ11RAQ2AAANHA0 / 10–1 US OpenQ1Q2AQ2AAQ2AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–20–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 20–2National representationBillie Jean King CupAWG2APOAbsent0 / 20–2WTA 1000Indian Wells OpenAAQ1AAAANHA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAQ1AAAANHA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments281100000Career total: 12Titles 000000000Career total: 0Finals010000000Career total: 1Overall win–loss1–24–90–10–20–00–00–00–00–00 / 125–14Win%33%31%0%0%–––––Career total: Year-end ranking167115179263312291227240399

WTA career finals Singles: 1 (runner–up) Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Ana Ivanovic 2–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 28 (17 titles, 11 runner–ups) Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (7–6)Clay (9–5)Carpet (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2011ITF Prokuplje, Serbia10,000 Clay Zsófia Susányi 6–2, 6–3Loss 1–1 Aug 2011ITF Vinkovci, Croatia10,000 Clay Indire Akiki 6–3, 0–6, 2–6Loss 1–2 Oct 2011ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Dinah Pfizenmaier 4–6, 4–6Loss 1–3 Oct 2011ITF Pirot, Serbia10,000 Clay Natalija Kostić 3–6, 3–6Win 2–3 Nov 2011ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Ganna Poznikhirenko 6–4, 6–2Win 3–3 Mar 2012ITF Mumbai, India10,000 Hard Keren Shlomo 6–3, 7–6(5)Win 4–3 Sep 2012ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Zuzana Zálabská 7–5, 7–5Win 5–3 Oct 2012ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Lena-Marie Hofmann 6–2, 6–3Win 6–3 Nov 2012ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ganna Poznikhirenko 6–2, 7–6(3)Win 7–3 Nov 2012ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ana Konjuh 6–3, 6–1Win 8–3 Nov 2012ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Laura-Ioana Paar 6–2, 6–0Win 9–3 Feb 2013ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Jasmina Tinjić 5–2 ret.Win 10–3 Feb 2013ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ioana Ducu 6–2, 7–5Loss 10–4 Mar 2013ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Raluca Olaru 3–6, 5–7Win 11–4 Apr 2013ITF Poza Rica, Mexico25,000 Hard Julia Cohen 2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 12–4 May 2013ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia25,000 Hard Yang Zi 6–3, 6–2Win 13–4 May 2013ITF Tarakan, Indonesia25,000 Hard (i) Li Ting 6–3, 6–2Loss 13–5 Jul 2013ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom25,000 Hard Diāna Marcinkēviča 7–5, 5–7, 2–6Win 14–5 Feb 2014ITF Surprise, United States25,000 Hard Tamira Paszek 4–6, 7–6(13), 7–5Loss 14–6 May 2014Anning Open, China50,000 Clay Zheng Saisai 2–6, 3–6Loss 14–7 Oct 2014Challenger de Saguenay, Canada50,000 Hard (i) Julie Coin 5–7, 3–6Win 15–7 Oct 2015Challenger de Saguenay, Canada50,000 Hard (i) Amra Sadiković 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–1Loss 15–8 Nov 2015Toronto Challenger, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Tatjana Maria 3–6, 2–6Win 16–8 Jun 2017ITF Wuhan, China25,000 Hard Liu Fangzhou 6–0, 3–6, 6–2Loss 16–9 Jun 2018ITF Singapore25,000 Hard Hiroko Kuwata 6–7(4), 0–6Loss 16–10 Aug 2018ITF Guiyang, China25,000 Hard Anastasia Gasanova 3–6, 4–6Win 17–10 May 2019ITF Karuizawa, Japan25,000 Carpet Momoko Kobori 6–1, 4–6, 7–5Loss 17–11 Jul 2019ITF Tianjin, China25,000 Hard Wang Xinyu 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups) Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (1–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2010ITF Monastir, Tunisia10,000 Hard Sasha Khabibulina Irina Glimakova Polina Monova 2–6, 6–1, [7–10]Win 1–1 Aug 2015ITF Winnipeg, Canada25,000 Hard Sharon Fichman Kristie Ahn Lorraine Guillermo 6–2, 6–1Win 2–1 Apr 2017ITF Charlottesville, United States60,000 Clay Catalina Pella Madison Brengle Danielle Collins 6–4, 7–6(5)Loss 2–2 Jul 2017Gold River Challenger, U.S.60,000 Hard Vera Lapko Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos 1–6, 2–6Win 3–2 Sep 2017ITF Stillwater, United States25,000 Hard Caitlin Whoriskey Harriet Dart An-Sophie Mestach 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]Win 4–2 Jul 2018Ashland Classic, United States60,000 Clay Renata Zarazúa Sanaz Marand Whitney Osuigwe 6–3, 5–7, [10–4]Loss 4–3 Mar 2020Las Vegas Open, United States25,000 Hard Conny Perrin Lorraine Guillermo Maegan Manasse 6–0, 2–6, [4–10]Loss 4–4 Jan 2021Georgia's Rome Open, U.S.60,000 Hard Olga Govortsova Emina Bektas Tara Moore 7–5, 2–6, [8–10]

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