Jelena Kostanić Tošić (née Kostanić; born 6 July 1981) is a retired
tennis
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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 the
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tou ...
and four singles and ten doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmental ...
. As a junior, she won the
1998 Australian Open
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Seniors
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Kostanić Tošić married Croatian table tennis player
Roko Tošić on 8 July 2006 (until 6 January 2007 she competed as Jelena Kostanić).
At the
2008 Australian Open
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, Tošić was defeated in the first round by the eventual champion
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2 ...
in straight sets.
Playing for
Croatia Fed Cup team
The Croatia women's national tennis team represents Croatia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
History
''Prior to 1992 see Yugoslavia Fed ...
, Kostanić Tošić has a win–loss record of 19–20.
Her last professional tournament was the
2010 US Open.
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Personal
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.
WTA career finals
Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)
ITF finals
Singles: 10 (4–6)
Doubles: 12 (10–2)
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Croatian female tennis players
Olympic tennis players of Croatia
Tennis players from Split, Croatia
Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wimbledon junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles