Dragana Zarić

Dragana Zarić
Драгана Зарић
Country (sports)	FR Yugoslavia; Serbia and Montenegro; Serbia
Residence	Vršac, Serbia
Born	1 August 1977; Vršac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$165,828
Singles
Career record	233–164
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 157 (2 April 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2001, 2002)
French Open	Q3 (2001)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2001)
US Open	Q2 (2001)
Doubles
Career record	218–122
Career titles	24 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 82 (10 June 2002)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2003)
French Open	3R (2002)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	1R (2001)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	33–19

Dragana Zarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгана Зарић, born 1 August 1977) is a Serbian former professional tennis player.

Her career high was No. 157 in singles, in spring of 2001, and No. 82 in doubles, in summer of 2002. She won four ITF titles and 24 in ITF doubles tournaments. She also played for the Yugoslavian Fed Cup team from 1995 until 2005.

Zarić started her professional career in 1994, and in 1995 she won her first ITF title, in Nicosia, Cyprus. In 1998, she played her first WTA Tour qualifying draws in Maria Lankowitz and Istanbul, but lost. She kicked off the 2001 season with attempts to qualify on a couple of WTA and all Grand Slam tournaments, but failed to pass the qualifying rounds. In doubles, the same year, she got to the finals of the Budapest Grand Prix and the quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Championships.

Zarić retired from pro tennis 2006.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	22 April 2001	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier V	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	Janette Husárová Tathiana Garbin	1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (4–9)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 March 1995	ITF Castellón de la Plana, Spain	Clay	Miho Saeki	1–6, 6–1, 6–7^(2–7)
Runner-up	2.	16 October 1995	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard	Emmanuelle Curutchet	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	3.	30 October 1995	ITF Nicosia, Cyprus	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	12 May 1997	ITF Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	1 March 1998	ITF Bushey, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Elena Tatarkova	2–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up	6.	30 April 2000	ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Selima Sfar	5–7, 2–6
Winner	7.	7 May 2000	ITF Hatfield, United Kingdom	Clay	Camille Pin	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Runner-up	8.	8 May 2000	ITF Swansea, United Kingdom	Clay	Christina Wheeler	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	9.	22 October 2000	ITF Cardiff, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Laurence Courtois	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	18 February 2001	ITF Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Irina Selyutina	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	17 February 2002	ITF Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Zuzana Ondrášková	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	12.	10 October 2004	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Miljana Adanko	3–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	16 October 2004	ITF Herceg Novi, Montenegro	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)

Doubles: 40 (24–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 April 1995	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Marina Gojković	Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni	0–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	20 November 1995	ITF Le Havre, France	Clay (i)	Marina Lazarovska	Markéta Štusková Patricia Wartusch	4–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	4 March 1996	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Marina Lazarovska	Lisa Fritz Katerina Tikhankina	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	7 April 1996	Athens, Greece	Clay	Marlene Weingärtner	Annica Lindstedt Anna-Karin Svensson	0–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	5 May 1996	Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Ariadne Katsoulis	Patricia Aznar Yolanda Clemot-Lerendegui	7–5, 6–4
Winner	6.	26 January 1997	Bastad, Sweden	Hard (i)	Annica Lindstedt	Anna-Karin Svensson Patty Van Acker	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	2 February 1997	Rungsted, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Kristina Pojatina	Linda Jansson Annica Lindstedt	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	16 February 1997	Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia	Carpet (i)	Hila Rosen	Barbara Schwartz Patricia Wartusch	1–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	20 April 1997	Bari, Italy	Clay	Sandra Načuk	Tzipora Obziler Anna Smashnova	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	12 May 1997	Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Teodora Nedeva	Tathiana Garbin Francesca Guardigli	4–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	25 May 1997	Skopje, Macedonia	Clay	Teodora Nedeva	Laura Fodorean Katia Altilia	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	21 September 1997	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Sandra Načuk	Sandra Klösel Karin Kschwendt	4–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	17 May 1998	Novi Sad, Serbia	Clay	Tatjana Ječmenica	Antoaneta Pandjerova Desislava Topalova	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	14.	14 September 1998	Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Nóra Köves	Katarina Srebotnik Jasmin Wöhr	2–6, 3–6
Winner	15.	15 February 1999	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Nóra Köves	Lenka Němečková Patricia Wartusch	6–1, 6–4
Winner	16.	1 March 1999	Biel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Nóra Köves	Laura Bao Marylene Losey	6–2, 6–2
Winner	17.	17 October 1999	Welwyn, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Maja Matevžič	Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková	7–6^(7–1), 5–7, 6–2
Winner	18.	8 May 2000	Swansea, United Kingdom	Clay	Nóra Köves	Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	19.	25 June 2000	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Maja Matevžič	Vanessa Menga Alicia Ortuño	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	20.	9 October 2000	Welwyn, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Shelley Stephens	Antonella Serra Zanetti Adriana Serra Zanetti	4–0, 5–3, 4–1
Winner	21.	16 September 2001	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Sandra Načuk	Conchita Martínez Granados Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Runner-up	22.	4 November 2001	Bolton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sandra Načuk	Maria Goloviznina Bahia Mouhtassine	4–6, 3–6
Winner	23.	12 February 2002	Sutton, United Kingdom	Carpet	Sylvia Plischke	Maret Ani Galina Fokina	7–5, 6–3
Winner	24.	13 May 2002	Bromma, Sweden	Clay	Katarina Mišić	Joana Cortez Tiffany Dabek	6–4, 6–4
Winner	25.	21 May 2002	Turin, Italy	Clay	Katarina Mišić	Erica Krauth Katalin Marosi	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Winner	26.	12 August 2002	Aosta, Italy	Clay	Katarina Mišić	Maria Fernanda Alves Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	7–5, 7–6^(8–6)
Winner	27.	15 October 2002	Southampton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Amanda Hopmans	Līga Dekmeijere Yvonne Doyle	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	28.	27 October 2002	Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Katarina Mišić	Antoaneta Pandjerova Desislava Topalova	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	29.	18 February 2003	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katarina Mišić	Olga Barabanschikova Nadejda Ostrovskaya	4–6, 6–1, 5–7
Winner	30.	2 March 2003	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Roberta Vinci	Galina Voskoboeva Magdalena Zděnovcová	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	31.	23 June 2003	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Maria Geznenge	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	32.	30 June 2003	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Maria Geznenge	Antonia Matic Angelika Rösch	1–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Winner	33.	21 September 2003	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 7–5
Winner	34.	10 May 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Sofia Arvidsson Hanna Nooni	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up	35.	5 July 2004	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Katarina Mišić	Vanessa Henke Martina Müller	1–6, 5–7
Winner	36.	10 October 2004	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Katarina Mišić	Janette Bejlková Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	6–1, 6–2
Winner	37.	16 October 2004	Herceg Novi, Montenegro	Clay	Katarina Mišić	Alja Zec Peškirič Maša Zec Peškirič	6–1, 6–2
Winner	38.	29 November 2004	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Katarina Mišić	Galina Fokina Raissa Gourevitch	7–5, 6–4
Winner	39.	6 December 2004	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Katarina Mišić	Galina Fokina Raissa Gourevitch	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	40.	30 January 2005	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katarina Mišić	Sofia Arvidsson Martina Müller	2–6, 3–6

External links

Dragana Zarić at the Women's Tennis Association
Dragana Zarić at the International Tennis Federation
Dragana Zarić at the Billie Jean King Cup

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