Tatjana Ječmenica

Not to be confused with Tatjana Ječmenica (table tennis).

Tatjana Ječmenica-Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic: Татјана Јечменица-Јевтић; born July 4, 1978) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Since 2014, she has been captain of Serbia Fed Cup team. This is her second stint at the helm; she previously led the team between 2005 and 2007.

Tatjana Ječmenica
Татјана Јечменица

Country (sports)	Yugoslavia (1993–2003)  Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2005)
Residence	Novi Sad, Serbia
Born	(1978-07-04) July 4, 1978 (age 47) Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1]
Turned pro	24 March 1993[1]
Retired	2005 (last singles match played in July 1998)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
Prize money	$163,876
Singles
Career record	106–62
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 72 (24 June 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1996, 1997)
French Open	2R (1996)
Wimbledon	1R (1996)
US Open	2R (1995)
Doubles
Career record	36–33
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 88 (29 July 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1997)
French Open	1R (1996)
Wimbledon	1R (1996)
US Open	2R (1996)

Ječmenica won six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 24 June 1996, she reached her best singles ranking at world No. 72. On 29 July 1996, she peaked at No. 88 in doubles rankings. Her sister, Aleksandra also played professional tennis.^[2]

In Grand Slams her best result was reaching the second round at the US Open in 1995 and at the French Open in 1996.

Career

Ječmenica started playing tennis in her hometown of Novi Sad at the age of seven^[3] and attended the same school and played in the same tennis club as Monica Seles.^[4]

Juniors

In 1993, as a second seed Ječmenica reached the final of Orange Bowl 16s, where she was defeated by fifth seed Stephanie Halsell, who avenged previous years loss to Ječmenica in the quarterfinals of Junior Orange Bowl 14s^[4] (Ječmenica was eventually stopped in the semifinals of that tournament).^[1] She won Port Washington 14s.^[1] In 1994, she lost in the first round of Junior French Open, but won German Junior Open, a Grade 1 event, without losing a set in the tournament.^[5]

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

Australian Open: –
French Open: 1R (1994)
Wimbledon: –
US Open: –

Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:

Australian Open: –
French Open: 2R (1994)
Wimbledon: –
US Open: –

Professional

As a very perspective youth she enrolled at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy.^[6]

After her longtime coach, Dragan Ćirić Šeki, who coached her since she was nine,^[7] died in a car accident on 10 October 1997,^[8] Ječmenica didn't play for five months after being unable to find a new coach.^[9] She also briefly trained at the Nikola Pilić Tennis Academy before retiring in 1998 at the age of 20.^[9]

In 2001, she played her first doubles tournament in over three years and over the next several years would play two more doubles tournaments, reaching one final in 2004, before retiring for good in 2005.^[10]

Coaching

Following her playing career, Ječmenica became a tennis coach and in 2004^[11] founded tennis school "Ječmenica" in her hometown of Novi Sad for children aged 5 to 20, with some being ranked in the top 10 in the country.^[7]

She served as the captain of Serbia Fed Cup team from 2005 until her resignation on 20 February 2007.^[12]

On 5 November 2014, Ječmenica was named the captain of Serbia's Fed Cup team for the second time.^[13]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (5–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	4 April 1993	10,000	ITF Marsa, Malta	Clay	Stefania Indemini	2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	2.	13 June 1993	10,000	ITF Murska, Slovenia	Clay	Rita Kuti-Kis	2–6, 3–6
Win	1.	12 September 1993	10,000	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2.	30 January 1994	10,000	ITF Austin, United States	Hard	Tatiana Panova	6–4, 6–7(9–11), 7–6(8–6)
Win	3.	19 June 1994	10,000	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Zdeňka Málková	6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
Win	4.	3 July 1994	25,000	ITF Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Svetlana Komleva	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	3.	20 November 1994	25,000	ITF Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Silke Meier	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	5.	11 June 1995	25,000	ITF Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia	Clay	Andrea Glass	7–6(6–4), 6–1
Win	6.	6 August 1995	25,000	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Barbara Mulej	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (2–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	30 October 1994	25,000	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard	Svetlana Krivencheva	Ludmila Richterová Helena Vildová	6–7, 1–6
Win	1.	20 November 1994	25,000	ITF Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Cătălina Cristea	Kateřina Kroupová Jana Pospíšilová	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2.	10 June 1995	25,000	ITF Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Laura Montalvo Larissa Schaerer	7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	9 July 1995	25,000	ITF Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	Henrieta Nagyová Radka Zrubáková	3–6, 6–7
Win	2.	6 August 1995	25,000	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Magdalena Feistel Helena Vildová	6–4, 6–3
Win	3.	17 May 1998	10,000	ITF Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Antoaneta Pandjerova Desislava Topalova	6–2, 7–5
Loss	4.	24 July 2004	10,000	ITF Palić, Serbia and Montenegro	Clay	Ana-Maria Zubori	Karolina Jovanović Nataša Zorić	1–6, 4–6