Masa Jovanovic ( sr, Maša Jovanović, Маша Јовановић; born 23 November 1994) is an Australian

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player born in

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. Jovanovic has a WTA singles career-high ranking of 583 achieved on 29 January 2018. She also has a WTA doubles career high-ranking of 650 achieved 26 February 2018. Jovanovic has won two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Alongside Samuel Thompson, she won the mixed-doubles Wildcard Playoff into the

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where they faced off against

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and

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in the main draw, losing 2–6, 6–7^(2–7). In 2017, Jovanovic achieved a career-best singles result when she reached the quarterfinals of a $25k tournament in Goyang, South Korea. In late 2017, she reached the top 600 in singles for the first time. In 2018, Jovanovic played her first

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tournament receiving a qualifying wild card to the

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. There, she won the opening set against former top-15 player

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before losing in three sets. In March, she achieved a new career-best singles result in the $25k tournament in Mildura, reaching the semifinals. In June, she won her first ITF final (her first title win was by walkover), partnering Jelena Stojanovic in Niš, Serbia.

ITF finals

Doubles (2–1)

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* * 1994 births Living people Australian female tennis players Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Australian people of Serbian descent Serbian emigrants to Australia Tennis players from Melbourne People from Werribee, Victoria {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub