Jelena Dokic
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"Jelena Dokic" (, ; born Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia on 12 April 1983) is an Australian female professional tennis player.

During the height of her career, she played for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002. After several family-related difficulties (mostly involving her Damir Doki?/father), she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006. She made a serious return to tennis in 2008, and after winning three International Tennis Federation/ITF tournaments that year, rose to World No. 187 going into the 2009 Australian Open – Women's Singles/2009 Australian Open. She finished 2009 in the top 100, but declined in 2010. After a short resurgence in 2011, she has struggled with her form and injuries.

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I would have to say that was one of the most disappointing losses in my career so far.

This has proven to be yet another unfortunate distraction around my return to Australia and competitive tennis. I have spent my life recovering from events such as this.

I was very scared of playing again because I haven't been in this position for a long time.

I couldn't have asked for anything more from the Australian crowd. I have a long way to go to get back to where I was. I have to get into the top 100 and after that I need to make the top 50 by the end of the year.