One of the most unpredictable and sensational Wimbledons in history is in full swing. last years. This is especially true for the fair half of the British tournament. In addition, this week the WTA, the women's tennis association, celebrated its 40th anniversary. The gala event took place, of course, in London - the homeland of the snow-white Grand Slam tournament - to which all the star heroines of world tennis were invited. For this event, I offer the top sexiest participants of this association. And it is opened by the most disturber of the peace of the current Wimbledon.
Sabine Lisicki
This charming German woman of Polish origin conquers only grass - she is the only tennis player who consistently knocks out top players from the tournament at every Wimbledon - be it in the first round or third. And this time Sabine managed to hit not just anyone, but Serena Williams herself and for the first time in her career reached the Grand Slam final, which she has every chance of winning.
Gabriela Sabatini
A tennis legend of the late 80s - early 90s, who has 27 titles, third place in the rankings and many advertising contracts, thanks to the beautiful Latin American appearance of a sizzling brunette.
Daniela Hantuchova
A well-known fashionista, owner of endless legs and a Career Slam in mixed doubles.
Anna Ivanovich
By the age of 25, this beautiful Serbian managed to be the first racket of the world, win 11 tournaments and one Grand Slam. He is a favorite of tennis fans around the world.
Maria Kirilenko
Our Masha entered the top 10 of the world rankings just this year. Which does not at all detract from her visible merits, otherwise the Russian beauty would not have had six victories in singles, or 12 in doubles, as well as a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was also she who managed to melt the heart of the famous macho Alexander Ovechkin, who just recently made an official marriage proposal to his beloved.
Maria Sharapova
Our other Maria Yuryevna will have more titles, and is already one of the best tennis players of all time. Four Grand Slams are no big deal. And Masha’s advertising contracts are already legendary. How much she earns from her unique combination of sex appeal and professionalism, probably no one else has earned.
“After 13 years of playing tennis on professional level, I made the incredibly difficult decision to end my career. I started dreaming about tennis when I was five and saw Monica Seles on TV. My parents always believed in me throughout my career, and when I became the world number one and won Roland Garros 2008, I reached heights that I had never even dreamed of. I won 15 WTA tournaments, played in the Grand Slam finals three times, and in the Fed Cup finals. Not bad for a skinny little girl from Serbia!
But achieving such heights in any professional sport requires excellent physical shape. It's no secret that I had a lot of injuries. For myself, for my fans, and for all those young boys and girls who look up to me the way I once looked up to Monica, I can only play when the game lives up to my own high standards. I can't play at this level anymore, so it's time to move on.
Where? Tennis has always been my love, but I'm very intrigued by what's next for me. I will become an ambassador for sports and healthy image life, and will also try myself in business and fashion.
Of course, I will continue to devote time to charity and my work with UNICEF.
I want to thank all my wonderful fans who have supported me throughout this incredible adventure. We shared victories, defeats, smiles and tears together. Thank you for staying by my side despite the results and for believing in me all these years.
Even though the competitive part of my career has come to an end, tennis and my love for it will still remain very close to my heart - I won't completely disappear! I'm also very excited about the new challenges and paths that lie ahead. Thanks to my family, managers, sponsors, fans and friends for everything. With love, Ana,” - this is the letter she said goodbye to professional tennis on December 28th.
But the tennis player will definitely not be bored - she has new achievements ahead in the business environment, and the interest of fashion magazines in Ivanovich will not be taken away even by the end of her career. We remember the brightest moments from the life of one of the most popular tennis players on the WTA tour.
Childhood and family
Typically, future champions do not choose tennis - this choice is made for them by their parents or relatives, who either start training their children themselves or take them to clubs. Ana is an exception. She grew up in turbulent times - in the midst of the collapse of Yugoslavia. However, there was tennis on television, and a five-year-old girl saw Monica Seles match. During the breaks, a tennis academy was advertised, the phone number of which Ana remembered. Because of the bombing, she could only train in the morning. And in winter she had to play... in an abandoned swimming pool, since there were simply no other places to play tennis.
Despite all the difficulties, Ana’s parents managed to provide for both her and her younger brother Milos happy childhood.
Brother and sister continue to communicate very warmly even after years and try to spend time together more often.
Success on the court
The main success in the Serbian’s career came to her at Roland Garros 2008. In the semi-finals, she beat her compatriot in a tough match Elena Yankovic and secured the title of first racket of the tournament. A day later, Ana did not stop there and left no chance Dinara Safina in the decisive match.
Ana won the last title in her career in 2014 at a major tournament in Tokyo. It was in that season that she managed to return to high level and finished the year in the top 10. In total, Ivanovich won 15 WTA tournaments during her career, and played in the TBS finals three times.
Hobbies and interests
The Serbian tennis player is a versatile personality. In addition to her success on the court, Ana can play the guitar.
And cook delicious dishes.
After finishing her career, Ana will not disappear, if only because she is capable of any profession.
Fashion & Style
Ivanovich has always attracted the attention of sponsors and glossy magazines, which have repeatedly placed photos of the Serbian on their covers.
Ana also takes part in more candid photo shoots.
Life after tennis
“To be honest, I have often looked back on my career and it touches me every time because I know how hard I worked to achieve everything that I have. But it's not just about achieving goals. It is important to remain as you are. I think all the good and bad moments make you a person, a stronger person. I feel fortunate to have had all these experiences. Bad moments allowed me to get to know myself better. You learn, like your true friends, you know what to do to cope with difficulties. Tennis taught me these things from a very young age.
I will miss my friends on tour who have come a long way together, but I believe we will meet again one day. Quite funny, but I will also miss flying. Now I'll be at home more often and I'm very happy about it, but I'll miss traveling because I really love visiting different places, and Australia, for example, is in first place on this list,” in the first interview after announcing her retirement, Ana admitted that the decision did not come overnight, she had been coming to it for a long time.
The tennis world will greatly miss Ana's dazzling smile and her cries of "Let's go!" after winning points. But the most important thing in the life of a Serbian beauty who married a German football player Bastian Schweinsteiger, a new, bright chapter begins, in which the main character is sure to succeed. It simply cannot be otherwise.
Rumors that the Serbian woman and her husband, a German football player for the MLS club Chicago Fire, had become parents, circulated on social networks all weekend. Serbian and German sports fans competed with each other to come up with everything new information. Someone reported that Ana and Bastian named their son Marco, others wrote that his name was Stefan, and still others Luka. However, there was no official confirmation of all these rumors until on the night from Sunday to Monday Moscow time she published a message on her Instagram: “Welcome to the world, our little boy. Words cannot describe the happiness we feel in our hearts.” The young mother accompanied her message with a cute photo with a bunch of children's toys.
Well, an hour after this message, the husband of the former first racket of the world posted in his in social networks a photograph in which caring parental hands stroke the small legs of their newborn son, whose name, by the way, they have not yet announced.
Immediately after these messages, Instagram and Twitter literally burst with all kinds of congratulations and wishes to the new parents. Ana and Bastian were congratulated by a Russian woman Elena Vesnina, British Naomi Broedy, former first racket of the world, winner of Roland Garros and Wimbledon Garbiñe Muguruza and, of course, the tennis players themselves who recently became mothers Victoria Azarenko And Jarmila Wolf.
In general, Ana’s life path with all its ups and downs could be an excellent basis for a good Hollywood drama. Ana, one of the two children of Miroslav and Dragana Ivanovic, was born in Belgrade and began playing tennis at the age of five after seeing a performance on television Monica Seles. And then the war came... and her family lived under American bombing for three months. An 11-year-old girl, despite the incessant shell explosions in her native Belgrade, found time to play tennis. But one day, when she came to practice, instead of her court, Ana found several potholes from rocket fragments. After this, Ana’s family from dilapidated Belgrade managed to move to Switzerland, from where she began to climb the tennis peak step by step.
At the end of 2002, Ana won her first youth tournament - Eddi Herr International, which took place in the USA. In 2003, at the junior US Open, she reached the quarterfinals. A year later, she made it to the final of junior Wimbledon, in which she lost to a Ukrainian Katerina Bondarenko.
Already at the beginning of 2005, Ana won her first WTA tournament in her career - in Canberra. In total, the Serbian tennis player became the winner of 15 WTA tournaments in singles and one in doubles (and together with another tennis mother - Maria Kirilenko: 's-Hertogenbosch-2006).
There were also successes at the Grand Slams. At Roland Garros 2007, the Serbian reached the final, where she lost to the Belgian Justine Henin. This was followed by the decisive match of the Australian Open 2008, in which the Russian was stronger than Ana Maria Sharapova. Well, at the next Roland Garros, the long-awaited title already came to Ivanovich - another representative of Russia was defeated in the final - Dinara Safina.
Thanks to that success, along with winning the “slam,” she simultaneously managed to rise to the top of the WTA rating list, where she stayed for a total of 12 weeks.
Ivanovich did not become a winner in the team competition, but she was a finalist twice. First, she made a significant contribution to the success of the Serbian national team in the 2012 Fed Cup. Together with Jelena Jankovic, they eliminated the strong Russian team from the road in the away semi-final in Moscow. Only in the decisive match they could not do anything against the Czechs. Well, in the Hopman Cup - 2013, together with Novak Djokovic As a member of the Serbian national team, Ana again reached the final, where the Serbian duo lost to a pair from Spain (Medina-Garriguez/Verdasco).
Immediately after Ana Ivanovic appeared on the women's tennis tour, she formed a whole army of fans. Fans were attracted not only by the Serbian’s sporting successes, but also by her charm, friendliness, openness, and goodwill. Today she has 1.4 million followers on Instagram and 2.78 million on Twitter.
In 2010, according to a survey on the website Tennis Reporters.net, Ivanovich was recognized as the sexiest tennis player on the planet.
It is not surprising that such a beauty attracted the attention of the most famous men in the world. IN different time Ivanovich was credited with having affairs with tennis players Novak Djokovic, Fernando Verdasco, water polo player Vanya Udovichic. The longest relationship, lasting almost two and a half years, was Ana’s affair with a golfer Adam Scott.
But everything changed with the appearance of German football player Bastian Schweinsteiger in Ana’s life. They were first spotted together in September 2014 in New York.
2016 was the last year professional career Ivanovich. In December, she announced that she had decided to permanently sheath her racket. “I'm sure I'll really miss my friends on tour. But we will definitely meet again. As ironic as it may be, I will miss traveling, although now I want to spend more time at home.”
But as they say, “never say never.” Who knows - if Serena Williams And Victoria Azarenko managed to return to the court after having children, will Ana follow their example? Today's women's tennis tour clearly lacks it.
Ana Ivanovic
Tennis player Date of birth November 6 (Libra) 1987 (32) Place of birth Belgrade Instagram @anaivanovic
Ana Ivanovic is a well-known personality in the world of big-time sports. An early passion for tennis allowed the young star to win many titles and awards. Interest in this sport arose by chance when a five-year-old child saw a racket game on TV. Soon she began to try herself in this area, and very successfully. The legendary tennis player Monica Seles became a role model. Watching the games of the experienced athlete, the girl dreamed of how she would one day play on the big court.
Biography of Ana Ivanovic
Ana is a famous Serbian tennis player. The girl was born in Belgrade in 1987. Her birthday is October 6. From a young age future star I fell in love with tennis and was actively involved in it. Already in 2008, she received the title of world number one in singles, and also won the French Open of the same year at Roland Garros. In addition, Ana twice became a finalist of the Grand Slam tournaments.
In 2004, an unknown girl reached the final of the Wimbledore youth tournament, losing to Katerina Bondarenko. During this year, Ana’s number of victories reached 26.
Since 2005, the young athlete’s career has been rapid, one after another she received titles, beating her opponents thanks to her individual style of play.
Ana Ivanovic cheered for the German national team during the match against Ukraine on June 12. The support of her beloved bore fruit - Schweinsteiger hit Andrei Pyatov's goal in the 92nd minute of the match. The game ended with a victory for the Germans with a score of 2:0. Feature: The famous German football player Bastian Schweinsteiger promised his long-time lover, Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic, that they would get married immediately after the Euro 2016 final. Unfortunately, the German national team, of which Bastian is the captain,…
Personal life of Ana Ivanovic
Little is known about the personal life of tennis player Ana Ivanovic. She carefully hid everything connected with her, and in every possible way avoided answering uncomfortable questions.
Journalists managed to find out that the girl was in close contact with Novak Djokovic and Serbian water polo player Udovicic. But this relationship from the outside looked more like friendship. As Ana herself admits, she is looking for a special person and does not want to waste her life on a man whom she does not see as a permanent partner.
Ana tried several times to build a relationship with Adam Scott, but an ideal union did not work out. The couple separated and reconciled several times. In 2012, the young people finally broke up, after which the athlete especially carefully hid all the details of her personal life.
Serbian professional tennis player Ana Ivanovic has won numerous awards throughout her career. Since childhood, Ana fell in love with tennis and decided to become the best in this sport. The athlete’s achievements are still talked about today, despite the end of her career.
Childhood and youth
Ana Ivanovic was born on November 6, 1987 in Belgrade (SFRY). Usually, future athletes are pushed to take up training at a young age, but Ana is not the case. Ivanovic became interested in tennis relatively early, at the age of 5, after seeing the game on television. The sports idol of the young Serbian was her compatriot Monica Seles.
The girl’s parents have nothing to do with tennis: her mother is a lawyer by profession, and her father is a businessman. Ivanovich has a brother, Milos, who is 4 years younger than her.
Ana learned to play during the Yugoslav conflict, honing her skills in spartan conditions. According to the girl, she studied early in the morning to avoid being bombed. It is not surprising that in such conditions Ana developed traits that would have a positive impact on her career in the future: iron character, determination and the desire to go to the end. Despite this, Ivanovich is extremely superstitious; the girl does not step on the lines outlining the court.
Tennis
At the age of 13, Ana Ivanovic competed in youth tournaments, but then did not achieve significant success. The tennis player won her first victory in 2002 in the USA.
Having reached the final of the Wimbledon junior tournament, Ana played with Ukrainian Katerina Bondarenko. In this match, Ivanovich lost to her opponent. However, the girl performed well in professional game and took the hundredth position in the ranking.
The following year, Ana received the official status of a professional tennis player and began to take part in adult tournaments. She managed to achieve good results. In 2005, Ana made a big leap in her career: she won in Canberra and received the status of a qualified WTA tennis player. Ivanovich was able to reach the quarterfinals in the Grand Slam tournaments. At the end of the year, the Serbian was already in 16th place in the world rankings.
Further, Ana consolidates her success and approaches her cherished dream - to become the leading racket of the world. She managed to defeat Russian tennis players - and Nadezhda Petrova. After this, Ivanovich took a well-deserved 4th place in the world.
The next year was marked for Ana with the fulfillment of her cherished desire - she won the 1st Grand Slam singles tournament on the courts of Roland Garros. This victory allowed him to take the coveted first place in the world rankings, forever remaining a grandiose moment in his biography. At that time, Ana was popular and was constantly in the spotlight. Journalists noted her excellent performance right hand, with a great serve and forehand.
Blows by Ana IvanovicAfter a rapid takeoff, a calm stage began. The tennis player’s first serious defeat occurred in August 2008: in the second round of the US Open, Ana lost to Frenchwoman Julie Quan, who was then in 188th position in the world ranking.
The next year was marked for the girl by a decrease in results and new injuries: the Serbian took 20th place. Despite her health problems, the tennis player tried to improve her performance. Only in 2014 did Anya begin to regain her former glory. In Melbourne, the girl won a match with the first racket of the world for the first time.
In Stuttgart, Ana reached the final, but lost in the match with, which received a Porsche. During the season of the same year, Ivanovic terminated her agreement with coach Nemanja Kontic. The girl admitted that she felt the need to change her mentor in order to rise to the next level.
Personal life
At the beginning of her tennis career, Ana was extremely shy and had a negative attitude towards being harassed by curious journalists. She did not like to be the center of attention and interference in her personal life. Over time, the girl revised her principles, began to openly communicate with fans, give interviews and pose for popular glossy magazines.
At the age of 20, Ana became interested in a tennis player from Spain, Fernando Verdasco, who was reputed to be a famous womanizer. The couple officially announced their romance in the fall of 2008, after which the tennis player introduced Verdasco to her parents.
The young man often attended the girl’s matches and tried to constantly be nearby. Journalists assumed that Fernando had serious intentions. But this relationship had a negative impact on the girl’s career, so during one of the tournaments the young people announced their separation and remained friends.
However, Ana was never left behind. A friend of the tennis player once introduced her to Mark Stillitano. Ana dated this young man for a short time, the relationship quickly ended.
This was followed by a long affair with Australian golfer Adam Scott, whom he met while filming a Rolex commercial. The lovers were together almost everywhere, spending a lot of time with each other. But the relationship interfered with the careers of both, so in the spring of 2012 the couple broke up.
Ana did not remain alone for long; her next crush was the Serbian water polo player Vanya Udovicic: the broad-shouldered handsome man won the girl over with compliments and expensive gifts. But Ivanovich did not build a strong family with him either, the young people separated.
When journalists noticed Ana Ivanovic in the company of a football player from the German Bayern Munich, there was a rumor about an affair. In addition, at that time the young man quarreled with Sarah Brandner, the relationship with whom lasted about 7 years.
Wedding of Ana Ivanovic and Schweinsteiger The young people began dating, and in 2014 Ana agreed to marry Bastian. The solemn event took place in the romantic atmosphere of Venice, and photographs from the wedding were discussed by fans of the couple for a long time.
Ana Ivanovic now
The tennis player retired in December 2016, reporting this information on a social network
