Vojislava Lukić

Vojislava Lukić (, ; born 31 March 1987) is a Serbian former tennis player.

Born and raised in Subotica, she achieved her highest WTA rankings as world No. 203 in singles on 20 August 2007, and No. 223 in doubles on 8 October 2007. Lukić won eight ITF titles in singles and five in doubles. She also played for Serbia Fed Cup team in 2007, alongside Jelena Janković, Ana Jovanović and Ana Timotić.

In 2008, after an ITF tournament in Alphen aan den Rijn, Lukić temporarily withdrew from professional tennis. Although she played doubles at the ITF tournament in Dubai in 2009 partnering with Bojana Jovanovski, she did not make a full comeback until 2012. In the meantime, Lukić founded her own tennis school for girls and worked as a television presenter and model.

Family and early life Lukić was born to Momčilo and Sonja Lukić in Subotica. She has one sister, Milka. Lukić trained gymnastics as a child, and was very successful in pioneer age group, but dropped her gymnastic pursuit for tennis.

Other than her native Serbian language, she speaks English, German, French and Romanian.

Tennis career Lukić started playing tennis aged eight and was coached by Eduard Pană. She is former European U–14 champion and world No. 8 in junior concurrence. One of her greatest junior achievements were the quarterfinals of the 2004 Wimbledon Championships, several Orange Bowl appearances, and wins over players such as Lucie Šafářová, Alla Kudryavtseva, Kateryna Bondarenko, Olga Govortsova and Monica Niculescu.

Lukić turned professional in 2004, and reached her first ITF doubles final in 2005. She won three ITF singles titles in 2006, all in Romania – in Pitești, Mediaș and Bucharest, and made two final appearances in doubles. The following year, Lukić collected her fourth ITF title in Attaleia, Turkey, beating Anastasija Sevastova 6–3, 7–6, and three doubles titles. She also made her only appearances at both WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments at, respectively, the 2007 İstanbul Cup and the 2007 US Open. In Istanbul, she lost in the first qualification round 6–2, 6–3, 5–7 to Urszula Radwańska, while at the US Open she was defeated by Galina Voskoboeva 6–4, 6–1, also in the first qualification round.

Lukić was also member of Serbia Fed Cup team in 2007, alongside Jelena Janković, Ana Jovanović and Ana Timotić, in a 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I C match against Estonia. She won her singles match against Anett Schutting 6–1, 6–2, and her doubles match against Schutting and Margit Rüütel, partnering Timotić. She then lost her singles match versus Johanna Larsson in the round robin versus Sweden. In the quarterfinals of World Group II Playoffs, Lukić lost to former world No. 5 player Daniela Hantuchová 0–6, 2–6.

In 2008, Lukić stated she had lost the faith in her game, and announced retirement. She began working as a host of Total Tennis, the RTS television program about tennis, and opened her own tennis school for girls. In August, she won her first ITF doubles title (partnering Haine Ogata) in almost seven years and reached her first singles final in more than two years, losing 4–6, 1–6 to Valeriya Strakhova. Following another final in early September, which she lost 7–6, 4–6, 3–6 to Anna Morgina, Lukić again faced Morgina in a finals rematch in the next tournament. This time she won 6–4, 6–3 for her first singles title since making a comeback.

In 2016, after her retirement from tennis, Lukić has been named National Coach of the British Virgin Islands.

Other work and endeavours In early 2009, Lukić did a cover spread for the February 2009 issue of the FHM magazine in Serbia. During her temporary retirement, it was speculated that Lukić had her eyes on acting career and that she was aided by former Hollywood star Don Johnson.

During her retirement, from 2008 to 2012, Lukić worked as a presenter of Total Tennis, a tennis-related television programme airing on the Radio Television of Serbia, and founded her own tennis school for girls.

ITF finals Singles (8–8) Legend$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–6)Clay (5–2) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 21 May 2006 Pitești, Romania Clay Amina Rakhim 7–6(3), 5–7, 6–4Winner 2. 18 June 2006 Mediaș, Romania Clay Diana-Andreea Gae 6–3, 6–1Runner-up 1. 2 July 2006 Galați, Romania Clay Anamaria-Alexandra Sere 2–6, 6–7(5)Winner 3. 23 July 2006 Bucharest, Romania Clay Elisa Peth 6–1, 6–0Winner 4. 13 May 2007 Antalya, Turkey Hard Anastasija Sevastova 6–3, 7–6(3)Winner 5. 17 June 2012 Bethany Beach, United States Clay Sanaz Marand 6–2, 7–5Winner 6. 24 June 2012 Williamsburg, United States Clay Caroline Doyle 6–1, 6–3Runner-up 2. 22 July 2012 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 1–6, 2–6Runner-up 3. 10 August 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Valeriya Strakhova 4–6, 1–6Runner-up 4. 7 September 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Anna Morgina 7–6(2), 4–6, 3–6Winner 7. 14 September 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Anna Morgina 6–4, 6–3Runner-up 5. 12 October 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Nuria Párrizas Díaz 4–6, 3–6Winner 8. 23 November 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Nina Stojanović 7–6(5), 6–7(3), 6–3Runner-up 6. 14 December 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Klaartje Liebens 7–6(3), 2–6, 4–6Runner-up 7. 9 May 2015 Obregón, Mexico Hard Marcela Zacarías 4–6, 7–5, 1–2 ret. Runner-up 8. 7 June 2015 Ariake, Japan Hard Risa Ushijima 3–6, 4–6

Doubles (5–5) Legend$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (4–0)Clay (1–5) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 22 May 2005 Pitești, Romania Clay Andrea Popović Mădălina Gojnea Monica Niculescu 4–6, 3–6Runner-up 2. 26 March 2006 Mansourah, Egypt Clay Laura Ioana Andrei Kateryna Avdiyenko Iryna Kuryanovich 2–6, 1–6Runner-up 3. 2 April 2006 Cairo, Egypt Clay Laura-Ioana Andrei Galina Fokina Raissa Gourevitch 6–7(2), 7–5, 4–6Runner-up 4. 23 March 2007 Rome, Italy Clay Alexandra Dulgheru 7–5, 1–6, 2–6Winner 1. 6 May 2007 Antalya, Turkey Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia Kvatsabaia 2–6, 6–2, 6–3Winner 2. 1 July 2007 Bucharest, Romania Clay Julia Görges Laura Ioana Andrei Mădălina Gojnea 6–2, 6–4Winner 3. Batumi, Georgia Hard Mihaela Buzărnescu Vasilisa Davydova Marina Shamayko 6–2, 6–4Runner-up 5. 7 September 2008 Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Clay Darija Jurak Florencia Molinero Lesia Tsurenko 6–4, 5–7, [7–10]Winner 4. 9 August 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Haine Ogata Harriet Dart Claudia Williams 6–4, 6–2Winner 5. 27 March 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Jang Su-jeong Chanel Simmonds Emily Webley-Smith 6–4, 6–4

Fed Cup participation Singles

Doubles EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone 18 April 2007 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Estonia Clay Ana Timotić Anett Schutting Margit RüütelW 6–2, 5–7, 6–3