Jelena Kostanić Tošić

Croatian tennis player (born 1981)

Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Singles

Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	(1981年07月06日) 6 July 1981 (age 43)^[1] Split, SFRY
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	July 1999
Retired	September 2010
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	1,577,765ドル
Career record	328–261
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 32 (26 July 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2000, 2006, 2007)
French Open	2R (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
US Open	3R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	198–179
Career titles	8 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 30 (4 October 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008)
French Open	2R (2003, 2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2002, 2004)
US Open	QF (2008)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	19-20

Jelena Kostanić Tošić (née Kostanić; born 6 July 1981) is a former professional tennis 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 and four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a junior, she won the 1998 Australian Open.

Kostanić Tošić married Croatian table tennis player Roko Tošić on 8 July 2006 (until 6 January 2007^[2] she competed as Jelena Kostanić).

At the 2008 Australian Open, Tošić was defeated in the first round by the eventual champion, Maria Sharapova, in straight sets.^[3]

Playing for Croatia Fed Cup team, Kostanić Tošić has a win–loss record of 19–20.

Her last professional tournament was the 2010 US Open.^[4]^[5]

Personal

[edit ]

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 Tour finals

[edit ]

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

[edit ]

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (0–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	10 August 2003	Nordic Light Open, Finland	Clay	Israel Anna Smashnova	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	2.	12 February 2006	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Israel Shahar Pe'er	3–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	19 February 2006	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Italy Mara Santangelo	6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6

Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)

[edit ]

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (5–4)
Tier IV & V (3–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	26 April 1999	Bol Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková	United States Meghann Shaughnessy Romania Andreea Vanc	7–5, 6–7⁽¹⁾, 6–2
Win	2.	8 November 1999	Kuala Lumpur International, Malaysia	Hard	Slovenia Tina Pisnik	Japan Rika Hiraki Japan Yuka Yoshida	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	1.	23 April 2000	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk	Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva Spain Cristina Torrens Valero	0–6, 2–6
Win	3.	6 May 2002	J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová	Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya Croatia Silvija Talaja	6–1, 6–1
Win	4.	20 May 2002	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	United States Jennifer Hopkins	France Caroline Dhenin Slovenia Maja Matevžič	0–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	2.	19 May 2003	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	United States Laura Granville	Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan Croatia Maja Matevžič	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	5 January 2004	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Argentina Paola Suárez	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 3–6, 6–1
Win	6.	12 January 2004	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Luxembourg Claudine Schaul	France Caroline Dhenin Australia Lisa McShea	6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	3.	19 June 2004	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	Grass	Luxembourg Claudine Schaul	Australia Lisa McShea Venezuela Milagros Sequera	6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6
Loss	4.	15 May 2005	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Australia Nicole Pratt France Émilie Loit	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	25 September 2005	Slovenia Open	Hard	Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik	Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Italy Roberta Vinci	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	6.	9 January 2006	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	United States Jill Craybas	France Émilie Loit Australia Nicole Pratt	2–6, 1–6
Loss	7.	1 October 2006	Guangzhou International, China	Hard	United States Vania King	China Li Ting China Sun Tiantian	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win	7.	8 October 2006	Japan Open	Hard	United States Vania King	Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung	7–6⁽²⁾, 5–7, 6–2
Win	8.	15 October 2006	Bangkok Open, Thailand	Hard	United States Vania King	Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva South Africa Natalie Grandin	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	8.	23 February 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Germany Martina Müller	Czech Republic Iveta Benešová United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands	3–6, 3–6

ITF finals

[edit ]

Legend
100,000ドル tournaments
75,000ドル tournaments
50,000ドル tournaments
25,000ドル tournaments
10,000ドル tournaments

Singles: 10 (4–6)

[edit ]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	29 September 1997	ITF Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	5 April 1998	ITF Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Russia Nadia Petrova	2–6, 2–6
Win	1.	20 September 1998	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Germany Anca Barna	6–4, 7–6
Win	2.	28 February 1999	ITF Bushey, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe	7–6, 6–3
Win	3.	24 May 1999	ITF Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Czech Republic Libuše Průšová	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	4.	1 July 2001	ITF Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3.	16 October 2005	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	France Émilie Loit	2–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	20 April 2008	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	France Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	2–6, 5–7
Loss	5.	15 June 2008	ITF Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	6.	20 July 2008	ITF Biella, Italy	Clay	Italy Mara Santangelo	3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 12 (10–2)

[edit ]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	21 April 1997	ITF Biograd, Croatia	Clay	Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik	Italy Katia Altilia Denmark Charlotte Aagaard	6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	29 April 1997	ITF Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik	Netherlands Yvette Basting Netherlands Susanne Trik	7–5, 7–5
Win	3.	23 March 1998	ITF Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik	Slovakia Ľudmila Cervanová Slovakia Zuzana Váleková	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	5 April 1998	ITF Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik	Czech Republic Helena Vildová Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova	7–5, 6–3
Win	5.	6 September 1998	ITF Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková	Japan Hiroko Mochizuki Japan Ryoko Takemura	6–3, 6–4
Win	6.	24 May 1999	ITF Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Romania Magda Mihalache	South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong South Korea Park Sung-hee	6–1, 6–3
Win	7.	11 June 2001	ITF Grado, Italy	Clay	Romania Magda Mihalache	Czech Republic Renata Kučerová Czech Republic Eva Martincová	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	1.	24 November 2002	ITF Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Croatia Matea Mezak	Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Croatia Karolina Šprem	2–6, 4–6
Win	8.	16 October 2005	Open de Touraine, France	Hard	Croatia Matea Mezak	Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi Belarus Darya Kustova	6–4, 6–4
Win	9.	11 December 2006	Dubai Tennis Challenge, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko Ukraine Valeria Bondarenko	6–3, 6–0
Loss	2.	11 May 2008	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	France Stéphanie Foretz	Hungary Melinda Czink United States Sunitha Rao	4–6, 2–6
Win	10.	13 July 2008	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Estonia Maret Ani	Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer Switzerland Stefanie Vögele	6–4, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timelines

[edit ]

Key

W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.