Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a retired Bosnian

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player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked world No. 99.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour , Players , Stats , Mervana Jugić-Salkić
/ref> On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached world No. 59 in doubles, after winning the Auckland Open in 2004 with

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, and Internazionali di Modena in 2005 with

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Personal life

Jugić-Salkić was born to Hidajet and Hašiha Jugić.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour , Players , Info (Biography) , Mervana Jugić-Salkić
/ref> She began playing tennis rather late, aged 13, citing

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as her idol.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles: 31 (15 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Doubles: 68 (43 titles, 25 runner-ups)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

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