Iva Jovic

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Iva Jovic
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born (2007-12-06) 6 December 2007 (age 16)
Prize money$6,678
Singles
Career record11–4 (73.3%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 646 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 659 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior1R (2024)
US Open  Junior3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record2–2 (50.0%)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  JuniorW (2024)
US Open  Junior1R (2022, 2023)
Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Iva Jovic (born 6 December 2007) is an American tennis player. [1] She won the girls' doubles event at the 2024 Australian Open.

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Career

From Torrance, California, [2] she won the U14 singles event at the Orange Bowl in December 2021. [3]

She was runner-up at the inaugural International Junior Championships held at the site of the famed BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells in March 2023, being defeated by Clervie Ngounoue in the final. [4]

Alongside compatriot Tyra Caterina Grant she won the doubles at the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Florida in 2022 and again in 2023 when they defeated No. 1-seeded Czech paring of Alena Kovackova and Laura Samsonova. [5] Grant, Jovic and Alanis Hamilton played as part of the victorious American team at the 2023 Junior Billie Jean Cup, winning the tournament without dropping a set. In her singles matches, Jovic only lost 26 games in total during her 12 sets played. [6]

With Grant she won the final of the 2024 Australian Open – Girls' doubles in January 2024. The pair did not drop a set in the tournament. [7]


ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Feb 2024 ITF Spring, United StatesW35Hard Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara 2–6, 6–4, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2024 Australian Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Tyra Caterina Grant Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Julie Paštiková
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Stusek
6–4, 6–1

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