Tatjana Ječmenica

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

Juniors In 1993, as a second seed Ječmenica reached the final of the Orange Bowl 16s, where she was defeated by fifth seed Stephanie Halsell, who avenged the previous year's loss to Ječmenica in the quarterfinals of the Junior Orange Bowl 14s She won the Port Washington 14s.

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 touted youth prospect she enrolled at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy.

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

Coaching Following her playing career, Ječmenica became a tennis coach and in 2004 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.

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

Death Ječmenica died in a traffic collision on 13 February 2026, at the age of 47. She is survived by her husband, Darko Jevtić – who was in the same vehicle and remains in critical condition – and her son, Aleksa. Novak Djokovic shared his condolences on her death via Instagram story.

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 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (5–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1) ResultNo.DateTierTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 4 April 1993 10,000 ITF Marsa, Malta Clay Stefania Indemini 2–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss 2. 13 June 1993 10,000 ITF Murska, Slovenia Clay Rita Kuti-Kis 2–6, 3–6Win 1. 12 September 1993 10,000 ITF Varna, Bulgaria Clay Antoaneta Pandjerova 6–2, 3–6, 6–2Win 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), 6–3Win 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, 3–6Win 5. 11 June 1995 25,000 ITF Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia Clay Andrea Glass 7–6(6–4), 6–1Win 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 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0) ResultNo.DateTierTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 30 October 1994 25,000 ITF Poitiers, France Hard Svetlana Krivencheva Ludmila Richterová Helena Vildová 6–7, 1–6Win 1. 20 November 1994 25,000 ITF Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) Cătălina Cristea Kateřina Kroupová Jana Pospíšilová 3–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss 2. 10 June 1995 25,000 ITF Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia Clay Antoaneta Pandjerova Laura Montalvo Larissa Schaerer 7–5, 1–6, 1–6Loss 3. 9 July 1995 25,000 ITF Vaihingen, Germany Clay Elena Tatarkova Henrieta Nagyová Radka Zrubáková 3–6, 6–7Win 2. 6 August 1995 25,000 ITF Budapest, Hungary Clay Svetlana Krivencheva Magdalena Feistel Helena Vildová 6–4, 6–3Win 3. 17 May 1998 10,000 ITF Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia Clay Dragana Zarić Antoaneta Pandjerova Desislava Topalova 6–2, 7–5Loss 4. 24 July 2004 10,000 ITF Palić, Serbia and Montenegro Clay Ana-Maria Zubori Karolina Jovanović Nataša Zorić 1–6, 4–6