Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 4r at Australian Open (as top seed, l. to No.16 seed Bartoli).

FEBRUARY - Went 2-1 in Serbia's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group II win over Japan; reached SF at Paris [Indoors] (as No.2 seed, l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion Mauresmo in 3s); reached 3r at Dubai (as No.3 seed, l. to No.16 seed Kanepi).

MARCH - Dropped opener at Indian Wells (as No.2 seed w/1r bye, l. to Pavlyuchenkova in 2r); dropped opener at Miami (as No.3 seed w/1r bye, l. to Dulko in 2r).

APRIL - Won 10th Tour singles title at Marbella (as No.2 seed, d. No.5 seed Suarez Navarro in final); went 2-0 in Serbia's 4-0 Fed Cup World Group Play-off win over Spain.

MAY - Reached QF at Stuttgart (as No.3 seed, l. to Pennetta in 3s); reached QF at Rome (as No.3 seed, l. to No.7 seed Kuznetsova); reached QF at Madrid (as No.4 seed, l. to Schnyder); reached 4r at Roland Garros (as No.5 seed, l. to Cirstea 97 third set).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (as No.3 seed, l. to Chakvetadze in 3s); reached 3r at Wimbledon (as No.6 seed, l. to qualifier Oudin in 3s).

JULY - Reached QF at Stanford (as No.4 seed, l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion Bartoli 36 76(3) 63; held 2mp at 63 65).

AUGUST - Won 11th Tour singles title at Cincinnati (as No.5 seed, d. No.4 seed Dementieva in SF and top seed Safina in final; win over Safina was first win over a reigning world No.1); reached QF at Toronto (as No.5 seed, l. to Kleybanova 67(6) 76(7) 62; held mp at 7-6 in second set tie-break); reached 2r at US Open (as No.5 seed, l. to Shvedova 63 67(4) 76(6); held 2mp at 6-4 in third set tie-break).

SEPTEMBER - Runner-up at Tokyo (as No.7 seed, ret. vs. Sharapova in final w/right wrist injury); dropped opener at Beijing (as No.8 seed w/1r bye, l. to Peng in 3s in 2r).

OCTOBER - Reached QF at Moscow (as No.2 seed, l. to Kleybanova); reached SF at Tour Championships (as No.8 seed, went 2-1 in RR stage; l. to No.7 seed V.Williams in 3s in SF).

2000 - Played first Tour qualifying at Philadelphia; also played on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Played first Tour main draw at Indian Wells, reaching 2r (as unranked WC, d. Rippner in 1r; l. to Farina Elia); fell in qualifying at Miami.

2002 - Reached first QF at Stanford (l. to Clijsters); fell 1r three times and in Tour qualifying three times (incl. US Open).

2003 - First Top 100 season; QF at Budapest (l. to Sánchez Lorenzo); made Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian Open, reaching 2r (l. to Coetzer); fell in qualifying at other three Grand Slams; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on October 20 (rose from No.109 to No.90).

2004 - First Top 30 season; won first Tour singles title at Budapest (d. Sucha in final); SF at Linz (l. to Mauresmo); QF four times, at 's-Hertogenbosch, New Haven, Beijing and Filderstadt; played all four Grand Slams in a year for first time, best results being 2r at Australian Open (d. No.8 Dementieva in 1r for first Top 10 win), US Open; Top 50 debut on June 21 (rose from No.52 to No.46).

2005 - Second straight Top 30 season; runner-up three times, at Dubai (l. to Davenport), Birmingham (l. to Sharapova) and Seoul (l. to Vaidisova); SF at Berlin (l. to Petrova); QF three times, at Auckland, Cincinnati and Stanford; best Grand Slams were 3r at Wimbledon and US Open; made Top 20 debut on March 7 (after Dubai; rose from No.28 to No.20).

2006 - First Top 20 season after spring turnaround; was 1-10 in first 10 events but 44-17 from Rome; runner-up at Los Angeles (l. to Dementieva); SF four times, most notably at US Open, reaching first Grand Slam SF (d. No.10 Vaidisova, No.7 Kuznetsova and No.5 Dementieva en route for second, third and fourth Top 10 wins; l. to Henin 46 64 60, having led 64 42) but also at Strasbourg (ret. vs. Vaidisova w/dizziness), Beijing (d. No.7 Petrova en route for fifth Top 10 win; l. to Mauresmo) and Guangzhou (ret. vs. Chakvetadze w/heat illness); QF six times, at Rome (season turning point, having lost 10 straight matches going into the event; l. to V.Williams), 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati, Stuttgart, Linz and Québec City; reached 4r at Wimbledon (l. to Myskina), 3r four times (incl. Roland Garros) and 2r three times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r nine times (all in 10-match losing streak in first half of year); won first (and so far only) Tour doubles title, at Birmingham (w/Li).

2007 - Finished at No.3 (behind Henin, Kuznetsova); won four Tour singles titles, at Auckland (d. Zvonareva in final), Charleston (d. Safina in final), Rome (d. Kuznetsova in final) and Birmingham (d. Sharapova in final); runner-up four times, at Sydney (l. to Clijsters 46 76(1) 64; held mp at 64 54), 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Chakvetadze), Toronto (l. to Henin) and Beijing (l. to Szavay 67(7) 75 62; led 76(7) 51 w/mp); SF seven times, at Dubai (ret. vs. Mauresmo w/left ankle sprain), Doha (l. to Henin), Warsaw (l. to Henin), Strasbourg (withdrew vs. Medina Garrigues w/GI illness), Roland Garros (l. to Henin), Los Angeles (l. to Ivanovic 46 63 75; led 4-1 third set w/2mp at 5-4) and Stuttgart (l. to Henin); QF five times, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Amelia Island, Berlin, US Open (l. to V.Williams) and Bali; had five Top 10 wins, at Sydney (No.7 Hingis, No.3 Mauresmo), Dubai (No.6 Hingis), Rome (No.3 Kuznetsova), Roland Garros (No.10 Vaidisova) and Birmingham (No.2 Sharapova); made her own Top 10 debut on January 29 (after Australian Open; rose from No.11 to No.10), Top 5 debut on May 14 (after Berlin; rose from No.6 to No.5) and peaked at No.3 on June 11 (after Roland Garros); remained at No.3 through end of season; seven pre-QF losses in 27 regular season events, incl. Australian Open (l. to S.Williams in 4r) and Wimbledon (l. to Bartoli); qualified for first Tour Championships but fell in RR stage (went 0-3); was Tour leader in match wins (72); 's-Hertogenbosch QF win was 50th win of year (fastest since Evert in 1974 to reach that many singles match wins in a season); won first Grand Slam title of any kind in mixed doubles at Wimbledon (w/J.Murray).

2008 - First year-end No.1 finish, highlighted by four Tour singles titles and first Grand Slam singles final at US Open; won sixth through ninth Tour singles titles at Rome (as No.4 seed, d. qualifier Cornet in final) and in 12-match fall win streak at Beijing (as top seed, d. No.4 seed Kuznetsova in final), Stuttgart (as No.2 seed, d. Petrova in final) and Moscow (as top seed, d. No.7 seed Zvonareva in final); runner-up twice, at Miami (as No.4 seed, l. to No.8 seed S.Williams in 3s) and US Open (as No.2 seed, l. to No.4 seed S.Williams 64 75; led 5-3 second set w/4sp at 5-4); SF six times, at Australian Open (as No.3 seed, l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Sharapova), Dubai (as No.4 seed, l. to No.2 seed Kuznetsova in 3s), Indian Wells (as No.3 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Ivanovic), Roland Garros (as No.3 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Ivanovic 64 36 64; led 3-1 third set), Los Angeles (as top seed, l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Safina) and in second straight Tour Championships (as top seed, qualified for SF w/2-1 RR record, beating No.4 seed Ivanovic and No.6 seed Kuznetsova but falling to No.8 seed Zvonareva; l. to No.7 seed and eventual champion V.Williams in 3s in SF); QF eight times, at Sydney (as No.3 seed, l. to Vaidisova in 3s), Doha (as No.3 seed, l. to Li), Bangalore (as top seed, l. to Yan in 3s), Charleston (as top seed, l. to No.9 seed Zvonareva in 3s), Berlin (as No.4 seed, l. to No.7 seed Dementieva in 3s), Montréal (as No.2 seed, l. to Cibulkova 75 62; led 5-1 first set), Olympics (as No.2 seed, l. to No.6 seed Safina in 3s) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (as top seed, l. to No.5 seed Kuznetsova 75 third set); only two pre-QF exits in 22 events came at Wimbledon (as No.2 seed, l. to Tanasugarn in 4r) and Zürich (as top seed w/1r bye, l. to Pennetta in 3s in 2r); rose to No.2 for first time on June 16 (shortly after Roland Garros) and became 18th player in Tour history to rise to No.1 on August 11 (was displaced one week later but returned on October 6, and spent rest of season there); by winning Beijing, Stuttgart and Moscow in three weeks, was first player to win three Tour singles titles in three weeks since Vaidisova in 2005; had equal-most match wins on season (65; tied with Zvonareva); withdrew from Birmingham w/right forearm injury.

SINGLES
Winner (11): 2009 - Marbella, Cincinnati; 2008 - Rome, Beijing, Stuttgart, Moscow; 2007 - Auckland, Charleston, Rome, Birmingham; 2004 - Budapest; 2003 - ITF/Dubai-UAE.
Finalist (11): 2009 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; 2008 - Miami, US Open; 2007 - Sydney, 's-Hertogenbosch, Toronto, Beijing; 2006 - Los Angeles; 2005 - Dubai, Birmingham, Seoul.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2006 - Birmingham (w/Li).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2007 - Wimbledon (w/J.Murray).

ADDITIONAL
Serbian Fed Cup Team, 2001-05, 2007-09; Serbian Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.

Coached by Ricardo Sanchez ... Introduced to tennis at age 9 by older brother Marko (a graduate of business administration) ... Currently member of Gemaks tennis club; student of Megatrend University in Belgrade ... Father, Veselin, and mother, Snezana, are economists; brothers, Marko and Stefan, are students ... Favorite city is Rome because of its history ... Considers herself competitive, friendly, well-organized ... Learned French at a diplomatic school in Serbia ... Admires Monica Seles ... Biggest appeal of being a pro is seeing the world, learning about different cultures.

Official Website: www.jj-jelenajankovic.com

- Awards received include ITF Singles World Champion in 2008, Tour Most Improved Player in 2007 (for 2006 results), Tour ACES Award in 2007 (for off-court), Female Tennis Player of the Year in Serbia in 2007, Tennis Player of the Year in Serbia in 2004 and Junior Sports Girl of the Year in Yugoslavia.
- Signed landmark endorsement deal with Chinese sportswear enterprise ANTA in January 2009 (for apparel, shoes and accessories).
- In September 2007 was named a UNICEF National Ambassador to Serbia.
- Junior highlights include reaching No.1 and winning 2001 Australian Open singles title (d. Arvidsson in final).