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Jelena Kostanić Tošić

b. 1981

Croatian tennis player

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Born 1981. Jelena Kostanić Tošić is a Croatian tennis player.

Jelena Kostanić Tošić (née Kostanić; born 6 July 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia.

On 26 July 2004, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 4 October 2004, she reached her highest doubles ranking of No. 30. Kostanić Tošić won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour and four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a junior, she won the 1998 Australian Open.

She married Croatian table tennis player Roko Tošić on 8 July 2006 (until 6 January 2007 she competed as Jelena Kostanić).

At the 2008 Australian Open, Tošić was defeated in the first round by the eventual champion, Maria Sharapova, in straight sets.

Playing for Croatia Fed Cup team, Kostanić Tošić has a win–loss record of 19–20.

Her last tournament on the professional tour was the 2010 US Open.

Personal Jelena started playing tennis at age seven. She was eventually coached by Alan Maric; off-court trainer was Slaven Hrvoj. Father Slobodan is an external bank auditor; mother Smiljana is a dental nurse; sister Marina is a student of economics. Entire family plays recreational tennis on private court.

WTA Tour finals Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendTier ITier IITier III (0–1)Tier IV & V (0–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Aug 2003 Nordic Light Open, Finland Clay Anna Smashnova 6–4, 4–6, 0–6Loss 2. Feb 2006 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Shahar Pe'er 3–6, 1–6Loss 3. Feb 2006 Bangalore Open, India Hard Mara Santangelo 6–3, 6–7(5), 3–6

Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendTier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III (5–4)Tier IV & V (3–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Apr 1999 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Michaela Paštiková Meghann Shaughnessy Andreea Vanc 7–5, 6–7(1), 6–2Win 2. Nov 1999 Kuala Lumpur International, Malaysia Hard Tina Pisnik Rika Hiraki Yuka Yoshida 3–6, 6–2, 6–4Loss 1. Apr 2000 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Sandra Načuk Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero 0–6, 2–6Win 3. May 2002 J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland Clay Henrieta Nagyová Evgenia Kulikovskaya Silvija Talaja 6–1, 6–1Win 4. May 2002 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Jennifer Hopkins Caroline Dhenin Maja Matevžič 0–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 2. May 2003 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Laura Granville Sonya Jeyaseelan Maja Matevžič 4–6, 4–6Win 5. Jan 2004 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Mervana Jugić-Salkić Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 7–6(6), 3–6, 6–1Win 6. Jan 2004 Canberra International, Australia Hard Claudine Schaul Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea 6–4, 7–6(3)Loss 3. Jun 2004 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands Grass Claudine Schaul Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera 6–7(3), 3–6Loss 4. May 2005 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Nicole Pratt Émilie Loit 7–6(6), 4–6, 4–6Loss 5. Sep 2005 Slovenia Open Hard Katarina Srebotnik Anabel Medina Garrigues Roberta Vinci 4–6, 7–5, 2–6Loss 6. Jan 2006 Hobart International, Australia Hard Jill Craybas Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt 2–6, 1–6Loss 7. Oct 2006 Guangzhou International, China Hard Vania King Li Ting Sun Tiantian 4–6, 6–2, 5–7Win 7. Oct 2006 Japan Open Hard Vania King Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 7–6(2), 5–7, 6–2Win 8. Oct 2006 Bangkok Open, Thailand Hard Vania King Mariana Díaz Oliva Natalie Grandin 7–5, 2–6, 7–5Loss 8. Feb 2008 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Martina Müller Iveta Benešová Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3–6, 3–6

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

Singles: 10 (4–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent ScoreLoss 1. 29 September 1997 ITF Zadar, Croatia Clay Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Loss 2. 5 April 1998 ITF Hvar, Croatia Clay Nadia Petrova 2–6, 2–6Win 1. 20 September 1998 ITF Otočec, Slovenia Clay Anca Barna 6–4, 7–6Win 2. 28 February 1999 ITF Bushey, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Lorna Woodroffe 7–6, 6–3Win 3. 24 May 1999 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Libuše Průšová 4–6, 6–3, 6–2Win 4. 1 July 2001 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Bahia Mouhtassine 6–4, 6–3Loss 3. 16 October 2005 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Émilie Loit 2–6, 1–6Loss 4. 20 April 2008 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro 2–6, 5–7Loss 5. 15 June 2008 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic Clay Anna-Lena Grönefeld 3–6, 6–4, 1–6Loss 6. 20 July 2008 ITF Biella, Italy Clay Mara Santangelo 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 12 (10–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreWin 1. 21 April 1997 ITF Biograd, Croatia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Katia Altilia Charlotte Aagaard 6–4, 6–2Win 2. 29 April 1997 ITF Zadar, Croatia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Yvette Basting Susanne Trik 7–5, 7–5Win 3. 23 March 1998 ITF Makarska, Croatia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Ľudmila Cervanová Zuzana Váleková 6–3, 6–1Win 4. 5 April 1998 ITF Hvar, Croatia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Helena Vildová Antoaneta Pandjerova 7–5, 6–3Win 5. 6 September 1998 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay Michaela Paštiková Hiroko Mochizuki Ryoko Takemura 6–3, 6–4Win 6. 24 May 1999 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Magda Mihalache Cho Yoon-jeong Park Sung-hee 6–1, 6–3Win 7. 11 June 2001 ITF Grado, Italy Clay Magda Mihalache Renata Kučerová Eva Martincová 5–7, 6–3, 7–5Loss 1. 24 November 2002 ITF Zagreb, Croatia Hard (i) Matea Mezak Mervana Jugić-Salkić Karolina Šprem 2–6, 4–6Win 8. 16 October 2005 Open de Touraine, France Hard Matea Mezak Zsófia Gubacsi Darya Kustova 6–4, 6–4Win 9. 11 December 2006 Dubai Tennis Challenge, United Arab Emirates Hard Mervana Jugić-Salkić Kateryna Bondarenko Valeria Bondarenko 6–3, 6–0Loss 2. 11 May 2008 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Stéphanie Foretz Melinda Czink Sunitha Rao 4–6, 2–6Win 10. 13 July 2008 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Maret Ani Yuliya Beygelzimer Stefanie Vögele 6–4, 6–2

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