Jelena Kostanić Tošić

Jelena Kostanić Tošić

Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	(1981-07-06) 6 July 1981 Split, Croatia, (then SFRY)
Height
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)

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

On July 26, 2004 she reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 32. On October 4, 2004 she reached her career-high Doubles ranking of World No. 30. Kostanić Tošić won eight doubles titles on the WTA tour and four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF tour during her career. As a junior she won the 1998 Australian Open.

Kostanić Tošić married Croatian table tennis player Roko Tošić on July 8, 2006 (until January 6, 2007 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.

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

Her last professional tournament was the 2010 US Open.

Biography

Coached by Alan Maric; off-court trainer is Slaven Hrvoj. Started playing tennis at age 7. Father, Slobodan, is an external bank auditor; mother, Smiljana, is a dental nurse; sister, Marina, is a student of economics; loves her nieces, Mia and Lana. Entire family plays recreational tennis on private court. Enjoys comedies; favorite actor is Tom Hanks. Likes reading and listening to music (especially Croatian music). Likes to play and watch sports, soccer and basketball the most. Admires Michael Jordan and Goran Ivanisevic (who comes from the same tennis club in Split).

WTA Tour finals

Singles : 3 (0-3)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
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.	August 10, 2003	Helsinki, Finland	Clay	Anna Smashnova	6–4 4–6 0–6
Runner-up	2.	February 12, 2006	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	3–6 1–6
Runner-up	3.	February 19 2006	Bangalore, India	Hard	Mara Santangelo	3–6 7–6(5) 6–3

Doubles: 16 (8-8)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
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, Croatia	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	Meghann Shaughnessy Andreea Vanc	7–5, 61–7, 6–2
Winner	2.	8 November 1999	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Tina Pisnik	Rika Hiraki Yuka Yoshida	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	23 April 2000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Sandra Načuk	Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero	0–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	6 May 2002	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Silvija Talaja	6–1, 6–1
Winner	4.	20 May 2002	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Jennifer Hopkins	Caroline Dhenin Maja Matevžič	0–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	19 May 2003	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Laura Granville	Sonya Jeyaseelan Maja Matevžič	4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	5 January 2004	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	7–66, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	6.	12 January 2004	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Claudine Schaul	Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea	6–4, 7–63
Runner-up	3.	19 June 2004	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Claudine Schaul	Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera	6–7 (3–7), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	15 May 2005	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Nicole Pratt Émilie Loit	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	25 September 2005	Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Anabel Medina Garrigues Roberta Vinci	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	9 January 2006	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Jill Craybas	Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	1 October 2006	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Vania King	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Winner	7.	8 October 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Vania King	Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang	7–62, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	8.	15 October 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Vania King	Mariana Díaz-Oliva Natalie Grandin	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	23 February 2008	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Martina Müller	Iveta Benešová Bethanie Mattek-Sands	3–6, 3–6

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

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

External links

• Jelena Kostanić Tošić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jelena Kostanić Tošić at the Fed Cup