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Iva Jovic
American tennis player (born 2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iva Jovic (Serbian: Ива Јовић, romanized: Iva Jović; born December 6, 2007) is an American professional tennis player.[1] She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 33 achieved on October 20, 2025 and a best doubles ranking of No. 183 reached on October 13, 2025. She has won one WTA Tour title, at the 2025 Guadalajara Open.
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Jovic reached a best combined junior ranking of No. 2 on September 9, 2024. She won two junior major titles in girls' doubles, at the 2024 Australian Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.
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Early life
Iva Jovic was born in Torrance, California to father Bojan and mother Jelena, both Serb immigrants from Leskovac (Serbia) and Split (Croatia), respectively.[2][3] She has an older sister, Mia.[4] She resides in Los Angeles.[5][6]
Jovic began playing tennis at the age of five.[7]
Career
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Junior years
Jovic won the U14 singles event at the Orange Bowl in December 2021.[8]
She was runner-up at the inaugural International Junior Championships held at the site of the Indian Wells Open in March 2023, being defeated by Clervie Ngounoue in the final.[9]
Alongside compatriot Tyra Caterina Grant she won the doubles at the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Florida in 2022 and again in 2023 when they defeated top-seeded Czech paring of Alena Kovackova and Laura Samsonova.[10] Grant, Jovic and Alanis Hamilton played as part of the victorious American team at the 2023 Junior Billie Jean Cup, winning the tournament without dropping a set. In her singles matches, Jovic only lost 26 games in total during her 12 sets played.[11]
With Grant she won the final of the girls' doubles draw at the 2024 Australian Open. The pair did not drop a set in the tournament.[12] The pair also reached the final of the girls' doubles at the 2024 French Open.[13] Jovic and Grant won the girls' doubles title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[14] She reached the semi finals of the girls' singles at the 2024 US Open.[15]
2022–2023: Professional debut, first title
In June 2022, Jovic made her professional debut as a wildcard at the 15k SoCal Pro Circuit Jack Kramer Club event in Los Angeles,[16] where she reached the final.[17] In October 2023, she won her first title at the 25k Ascension Project Women's Open in Redding.[18]
2024: Major debut and first win
She made her debut at the US Open, after receiving a wildcard for the main-draw in singles and doubles, after a victory in the USTA's U18 National Championships, making her the youngest participant at the tournament.[19][20][21] Jovic recorded her first major and WTA Tour win over Magda Linette,[22] becoming the youngest American to win a women’s main-draw match at the US Open since 2000.[23][24][25] She lost in the second round to 29th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets.[26]
2025: First WTA Tour title, top 40
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Jovic entered the main draw at the Australian Open for the first time after winning the USTA’s Wild Card Challenge, and defeated Nuria Parrizas Diaz in the first round.[27][28] She lost her next match to sixth seed Elena Rybakina.[29]
At Indian Wells, Jovic reached the second round on her WTA 1000 debut as a wildcard entrant, defeating Julia Grabher in three sets.[30][31] In the second round, she lost to sixth seed Jasmine Paolini, in three sets.[32]
Jovic gained a wildcard entry into the French Open by winning the USTA's Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge.[33] She defeated Renata Zarazúa in the first round,[34] before losing to 12th seed Elena Rybakina for the second successive major.[35]
In June, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Ilkley Open, defeating Rebecca Marino in the final.[36][37] Following this success, Jovic achieved another milestone by making her top 100 debut on June 16, 2025.[38] Later that month she qualified to make her main-draw debut at Wimbledon,[39] where she lost to Suzan Lamens in the first round.[40]
In August, Jovic entered the main-draw at the Cincinnati Open and defeated fellow lucky loser Solana Sierra and 20th seed Linda Nosková to reach the third round at a WTA Tour event for the first time in her career.[41] Her run was ended by Barbora Krejčíková.[42] Later that month at Tennis in the Land, she overcame fourth seed Anastasia Potapova,[43] before losing to Ann Li in the second round.[44] At the US Open, Jovic defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round,[45] but lost her next match to Jasmine Paolini.[46]
The following month at the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open, Jovic won her first WTA Tour title, saving a match point in the quarterfinal match against Andorran player Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, and defeating Colombian player Emiliana Arango in the final.[47] As a result, she entered the top 40 at world No. 36 on 15 September 2025.[48]
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WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (title)
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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Junior finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Best Grand Slam results details
Singles
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