Jelena Kostanić Tošić

Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	6 July 1981; 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
Singles
Career record	328–261
Career titles	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)

Jelena Kostanić Tošić (née Kostanić; born 6 July 1981) is a retired tennis player from Croatia.

On 26 July 2004 she reached her 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[1] 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.[2]

Playing for Croatia at the Fed Cup, Kostanić Tošić has a win–loss 19–20.

Her last professional tournament was the 2010 US Open.[3]

Personal

Jelena started playing tennis at age 7. 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

Singles : 3 (0-3)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0/1)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0/2)	International (0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 August 2003	Nordea Nordic Light Open, Helsinki, Finland	Clay	Anna Smashnova	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	12 February 2006	Pattaya Women's Open, Thailand	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	19 February 2006	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Mara Santangelo	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 3–6

Doubles: 16 (8-8)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (5/4)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (3/4)	International (0)

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

ITF finals

Singles (4-6)

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

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

Doubles (10–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	21 April 1997	Biograd, Croatia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Katia Altilia Charlotte Aagaard	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	29 April 1997	Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Yvette Basting Susanne Trik	7–5, 7–5
Winner	3.	23 March 1998	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Ľudmila Cervanová Zuzana Váleková	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	5 April 1998	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Helena Vildová Antoaneta Pandjerova	7–5, 6–3
Winner	5.	6 September 1998	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	Hiroko Mochizuki Ryoko Takemura	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	24 May 1999	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Magda Mihalache	Cho Yoon-jeong Park Sung-hee	6–1, 6–3
Winner	7.	11 June 2001	Grado, Italy	Clay	Magda Mihalache	Renata Kučerová Eva Martincová	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	24 November 2002	Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Matea Mezak	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Karolina Šprem	2–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	16 October 2005	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard	Matea Mezak	Zsófia Gubacsi Darya Kustova	6–4, 6–4
Winner	9.	11 December 2006	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Kateryna Bondarenko Valeria Bondarenko	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	11 May 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz	Melinda Czink Sunitha Rao	4–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	13 July 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Maret Ani	Yuliya Beygelzimer Stefanie Vögele	6–4, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Australian Open	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	3R	3R	1R
French Open	A	1R	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A
US Open	2R	2R	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R

Doubles

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R
French Open	A	1R	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A
US Open	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	A

References

"2007 Hobart". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
BBC SPORT | Tennis | Sharapova books Davenport meeting
http://www.jutarnji.hr/kostanic-tosic--nikada-se-nisam-isticala--mozda-je-u-tome-problem/884016/ (in Croatian)

External links

Jelena Kostanić Tošić at the Women's Tennis Association
Jelena Kostanić Tošić at the International Tennis Federation
Jelena Kostanić Tošić at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "2007 Hobart". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[2] BBC SPORT | Tennis | Sharapova books Davenport meeting

[3] ttp://www.jutarnji.hr/kostanic-tosic--nikada-se-nisam-isticala--mozda-je-u-tome-problem/884016/ (in Croatian)