Jelena Pandžić

Jelena Pandžić
Jelena Pandžić in Albuquerque in 2008
Nickname:	Jele
Nation:	Croatia
Birthday:	March 17, 1983
Size:	170 cm
Weight:	56 kg
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 134,550
singles
Career record:	234: 116
Career title:	0 WTA , 11 ITF
Highest ranking:	136 (September 22, 2008)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	50:30
Career title:	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking:	226 (October 13, 2008)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jelena Pandžić (born March 17, 1983 in Split ) is a former Croatian tennis player .

Career

Jelena Pandžić went to school in Leverkusen and is eligible to play for RTHC Bayer Leverkusen (Regionalliga West). She had to interrupt her career twice for long periods of time, due to a serious car accident from April 2003 to May 2007 and due to a calf injury from January 2009 to May 2010.

On the WTA Tour she was able to qualify for the main draw in the individual . At the clay court tournament in Prague (category: Tier IV) she failed in the first round in 2008 against the Hungarian Melinda Czink . Her best result in a Grand Slam tournament she achieved in the same year at the French Open , when she was eliminated as a qualifier after beating French Séverine Beltrame in the second round against number 14 seeded Agnieszka Radwańska . However, Pandžić has already won eleven titles on the ITF Women's Circuit .

In the double they won with changing partners so far five ITF tournaments.

In 2011, she also played two individual games for the Croatian Fed Cup team , which she lost both.

Pandžić played her last professional tournament in October 2013 and has not been in the world rankings since 2014.

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 21, 2001	Makarska	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Petra Dizdar	1: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
2.	March 17, 2002	Makarska	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Libuše Průšová	6: 1, 2: 6, 7: 6 5
3.	September 1, 2002	Spoleto	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Shelley Stephens	7: 5, 6: 1
4th	June 25, 2007	Fort Worth	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Lauren Embree	6: 4, 6: 1
5.	July 2, 2007	Edmond	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Gabriela Paz-Franco	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
6th	July 22, 2007	Wichita	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Gabriela Paz-Franco	6: 4, 6: 4
7th	August 5, 2007	St. Joseph	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Stacia Fonseca	6: 3, 6: 1
8th.	May 30, 2010	Sumter	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Alexis King	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 2
9.	19th August 2012	Brčko	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Tamara Čurović	6: 3, 4: 1 problem
10.	March 24, 2013	Ipswich	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Storm Sanders	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 2
11.	August 25, 2013	San Luis Potosí	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Ana Sofia Sanchez	6: 4, 6: 4

Web links

Commons : Jelena Pandžić  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Jelena Pandžić (English)
• ITF profile Jelena Pandžić (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Jelena Pandžić (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From college to professional sport: Maivon interview with Jelena Pandžić (August 24, 2008)