Mervana Jugić-Salkić

Mervana Jugić-Salkić

Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	14 May 1980 (1980-05-14) (age 31) Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then SFRY)
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$398,007
Singles
Career record	319–187
Career titles	0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 99 (21 June 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	Q2 (2006)
French Open	1r (2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	1r (2004)
US Open	Q3 (2006)
Doubles
Career record	261–135
Career titles	2 WTA, 35 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (10 July 2006)
Last updated on: 24 December 2009.

Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a Bosnian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked Word No. 99.^[1] On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached No. 59 in doubles,^[1] after winning ASB Classic in 2004 with Jelena Kostanić and Internazionali di Modena in 2005 with Yulia Beygelzimer. She also won 14 singles and 31 doubles events organized by International Tennis Federation. Jugić-Salkić represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but fell to Maria Elena Camerin in the first round. During her long career, she defeated players such as Yan Zi, Victoria Azarenka, Bethanie Mattek, Sania Mirza, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sybille Bammer.

Personal life

Jugić-Salkić was born to Hidajet and Hašiha Jugić.^[2] She began playing tennis relatively late, aged 13, citing Gabriela Sabatini as her idol.^[2] She fluent in Bosnian and English.

Career statistics

WTA Tour doubles finals (3; 2–1)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)	Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)	Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)	Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (2/1)	International (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Result
Winner	1.	2004-01-10	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jelena Kostanić	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	7–6(6), 3–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	2005-07–07	Modena, Italy	Clay	Yulia Beygelzimer	Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková	6–2, 6–0
RU	1.	2008-04-19	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	İpek Şenoğlu	Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta	4–6, 4–6

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Stats | Mervana Jugić-Salkić
2. ^ ^{a b} Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Info (Biography) | Mervana Jugić-Salkić

External links

• Mervana Jugić-Salkić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mervana Jugić-Salkić at the Fed Cup
• Mervana Jugić-Salkić at the International Tennis Federation

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Name	Jugic-Salkic, Mervana
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Date of birth	14 May 1980
Place of birth	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then SFRY)
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