PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	6 July 1981 (age 43); 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	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

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

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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	Anna Smashnova	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	2.	12 February 2006	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	3–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	19 February 2006	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Mara Santangelo	6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6

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

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	Michaela Paštiková	Meghann Shaughnessy Andreea Vanc	7–5, 6–7⁽¹⁾, 6–2
Win	2.	8 November 1999	Kuala Lumpur International, Malaysia	Hard	Tina Pisnik	Rika Hiraki Yuka Yoshida	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	1.	23 April 2000	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Sandra Načuk	Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero	0–6, 2–6
Win	3.	6 May 2002	J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Silvija Talaja	6–1, 6–1
Win	4.	20 May 2002	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Jennifer Hopkins	Caroline Dhenin Maja Matevžič	0–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	2.	19 May 2003	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Laura Granville	Sonya Jeyaseelan Maja Matevžič	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	5 January 2004	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 3–6, 6–1
Win	6.	12 January 2004	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Claudine Schaul	Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea	6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	3.	19 June 2004	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	Grass	Claudine Schaul	Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera	6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6
Loss	4.	15 May 2005	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Nicole Pratt Émilie Loit	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	25 September 2005	Slovenia Open	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Anabel Medina Garrigues Roberta Vinci	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	6.	9 January 2006	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Jill Craybas	Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt	2–6, 1–6
Loss	7.	1 October 2006	Guangzhou International, China	Hard	Vania King	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win	7.	8 October 2006	Japan Open	Hard	Vania King	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	7–6⁽²⁾, 5–7, 6–2
Win	8.	15 October 2006	Bangkok Open, Thailand	Hard	Vania King	Mariana Díaz Oliva Natalie Grandin	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	8.	23 February 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Martina Müller	Iveta Benešová Bethanie Mattek-Sands	3–6, 3–6

ITF finals

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

Singles: 10 (4–6)

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

Doubles: 12 (10–2)

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

Grand Slam performance timelines

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.