Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a Bosnian former top 100
tennis
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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.
On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached world No. 59 in doubles,
after winning the
Auckland Open in 2004 with
Jelena Kostanić, and
Internazionali di Modena in 2005 with
Yuliya Beygelzimer. She also won 15 singles and 43 doubles events on the
ITF Circuit. In her career, she defeated players such as
Yan Zi,
Victoria Azarenka,
Bethanie Mattek,
Sania Mirza,
Anabel Medina Garrigues,
Nuria Llagostera Vives and
Sybille Bammer.
Personal life
Jugić-Salkić was born to Hidajet and Hašiha Jugić.
She began playing tennis rather late, aged 13, citing
Gabriela Sabatini as her idol.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
ITF finals
Singles: 31 (15 titles, 16 runner-ups)
Doubles: 69 (43 titles, 26 runner-ups)
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Top 10 wins
She has a 1–2 () record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
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1980 births
Living people
Bosnia and Herzegovina female tennis players
Olympic tennis players for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tennis players from Zagreb
Sportspeople from Zenica
Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Bosniaks of Croatia
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportswomen