Name: Ana IvanovićDate of birth: November 6, 1987
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia
Ana Ivanović was born on November 6, 1987. She is a former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of February 23, 2009, she is ranked World No. 7 by the Women's Tennis Association and is the reigning French Open singles champion. She was also the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open. Ivanović picked up a racket at the age of 5 after watching Monica Seles, a fellow Yugoslavian, at Roland Garros on television. She started her promising career at the age of 5, after memorizing the number of a local tennis clinic from an ad on TV. During her training she encountered the NATO bombings in 1999, where she would have to train in the morning to avoid them.
