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      • Jelena Jankovic considered retiring due to a bad back toward the end of last fall and early winter, she told TENNIS.com. The former No. 1 said she sat in her bed for two months, barely standing up, and said the pain was so bad that she thought her tennis career was over.
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  2. Jul 7, 2022 · 18625 posts · Joined 2012. #1 · Jul 7, 2022. Former World No.1 and a 2008 US Open finalist Jelena Janković confirms she has retired from professional tennis. Her whole interview for Serbian media given on 7/7/2022 follows: "IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AT WIMBLEDON".

  3. Although Jankovic didn't return to the WTA Tour after the Belgrade exhibition, the official confirmation of her retirement only came in 2022 July. Continue reading. Three months before...

  4. Mar 23, 2024 · Tennis fans were treated to a nostalgic experience as Jankovic competed against other retired WTA stars at the legends event at Wimbledon 2022. She also participated at the 2022 Luxembourg Ladies Tennis Masters, but she got badly injured at that exhibition and was urgently flown back home to Serbia to undergo a surgery.

  5. Apr 10, 2022 · 1. After more than a year completely away from the public eye, former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic made a rare appearance at a tennis tournament. The retired WTA player from Serbia endured a long travel to Charleston to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Credit One Charleston Open, the event she won in 2007 by beating Dinara Safina in the ...

  6. In March, at Dubai, she advanced to the final following Serena Williams's retirement in the semifinal. Janković then lost in the final to Lindsay Davenport in three sets. She made her first Tier I semifinal in Berlin, losing to Nadia Petrova.

  7. Mar 26, 2024 · After an extended time away from the sport following her last match in 2017, the Serbian officially announced her retirement in 2022. Jankovic enjoying peaceful life post-retirement. Before confirming her retirement, Jankovic gave birth to her first child.

  8. Sep 10, 2023 · CoCo Vandeweghe. Vandeweghe was the second American former US Open doubles champion to announce reitrement at the US Open. A 2017 singles semifinalist and the 2018 doubles champion alongside Ashleigh Barty, Vandeweghe's career came full circle in New York: In 2008, as a 16-year-old wild card, she made her Grand Slam main-draw debut with a loss to No. seed and eventual runner-up Jelena Jankovic ...

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