Iva Jovic

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Iva Jovic
Iva Jovic (2024 US Open) 01.jpg
Jovic at the 2024 US Open
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Born (2007-12-06) December 6, 2007 (age 18)
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachThomas Guttheridge
Prize moneyUS$ 1,125,748
Singles
Career record80–31
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 27 (January 19, 2026)
Current rankingNo. 27 (January 19, 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open QF (2026)
French Open 2R (2025)
Wimbledon 1R (2025)
US Open 2R (2024, 2025)
Doubles
Career record12–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 159 (January 12, 2026)
Current rankingNo. 161 (January 19, 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2026)
US Open 2R (2025)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open 2R (2024)
Last updated on: 23 January 2026.

Iva Jovic (born December 6, 2007) is an American professional tennis player. [1] She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 27 achieved on 19 January 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 159 reached on January 12, 2026. She has won one WTA Tour title, at the 2025 Guadalajara Open.

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Jovic reached a best combined junior ranking of No. 2 on September 9, 2024. She won two junior major titles in girls' doubles, at the 2024 Australian Open and at Wimbledon.

Early life

Iva Jovic was born in Torrance, California to Serbian [2] parents Bojan from Leskovac, Serbia, and Jelena from Split, Croatia. [3] [4] [5] She has an older sister, Mia, who plays tennis at UCLA. [4] [6] [7] She resides in Los Angeles. [8] [9] Jovic began playing tennis at the age of five. [10] [11]

Career

Junior years

Jovic won the U14 singles event at the Orange Bowl in December 2021. [12]

She was runner-up at the inaugural International Junior Championships held at the site of the Indian Wells Open in March 2023, being defeated by Clervie Ngounoue in the final. [13]

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 top-seeded Czech paring of Alena Kovackova and Laura Samsonova. [14] 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. [15]

With Grant she won the final of the girls' doubles draw at the 2024 Australian Open. The pair did not drop a set in the tournament. [16] The pair also reached the final of the girls' doubles at the 2024 French Open. [17] Jovic and Grant won the girls' doubles title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. [18] She reached the semi finals of the girls' singles at the 2024 US Open. [19]

2022–2023: Professional debut, first ITF title

In June 2022, Jovic made her professional debut as a wildcard at the 15k SoCal Pro Circuit Jack Kramer Club event in Los Angeles, [20] where she reached the final. [21] In October 2023, she won her first title at the 25k Ascension Project Women's Open in Redding. [22]

2024: Major debut and first win

She made her debut at the US Open, after receiving a wildcard for the main-draw in singles and doubles, after a victory in the USTA's U18 National Championships, making her the youngest participant at the tournament. [23] [24] [25] Jovic recorded her first major and WTA Tour win over Magda Linette, [26] becoming the youngest American to win a women’s main-draw match at the US Open since 2000. [27] [28] [29] She lost in the second round to 29th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets. [30]

2025: WTA Tour title, WTA 1000 debut and win, top 50

Jovic at the 2025 Guadalajara Open where she won her maiden WTA title Iva Jovic 20250914 (cropped).png
Jovic at the 2025 Guadalajara Open where she won her maiden WTA title

Jovic entered the main draw at the Australian Open for the first time after winning the USTA’s Wild Card Challenge, and defeated Nuria Parrizas Diaz in the first round. [31] [32] She lost her next match to sixth seed Elena Rybakina. [33]

At Indian Wells, Jovic reached the second round on her WTA 1000 debut as a wildcard entrant, defeating Julia Grabher in three sets, recording her first WTA 1000-level win. [34] [35] In the second round, she lost to sixth seed Jasmine Paolini, in three sets. [36]

Jovic gained a wildcard entry into the French Open by winning the USTA's Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge. [37] She defeated Renata Zarazúa in the first round, [38] before losing to 12th seed Elena Rybakina for the second successive major. [39]

In June, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Ilkley Open, defeating Rebecca Marino in the final. [40] [41] Following this success, Jovic achieved another milestone by making her top 100 debut on June 16, 2025. [42] Later that month she qualified to make her main-draw debut at Wimbledon, [43] where she lost to Suzan Lamens in the first round. [44]

In August, Jovic entered the main-draw at the Cincinnati Open and defeated fellow lucky loser Solana Sierra and 20th seed Linda Nosková to reach the third round at a WTA Tour event for the first time in her career. [45] Her run was ended by Barbora Krejčíková. [46] Later that month at Tennis in the Land, she overcame fourth seed Anastasia Potapova, [47] before losing to Ann Li in the second round. [48] At the US Open, Jovic defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round, [49] but lost her next match to Jasmine Paolini. [50]

The following month at the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open, Jovic won her first WTA Tour title, saving a match point in the quarterfinal match against Andorran player Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, and defeating Colombian player Emiliana Arango in the final. [51] As a result, she entered the top 40 at world No. 36 on September 15, 2025. [52]

2026: Major quarterfinal, top 10 win, top 20

Jovic reached the final in Hobart, where she lost to the Italian qualifier Elisabetta Cocciaretto. [53]

At the age of 18 years and a month old, Jovic reached a major third round for the first time at the 2026 Australian Open defeating Katie Volynets and Priscilla Hon. [54] [55] Next Jovic defeated world No. 8 Jasmine Paolini, to earn her first top-10 win. [56] In the fourth round she defeated Yulia Putintseva in 53 minutes in straight sets, losing only one game, to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. She became the youngest American to reach the Australian Open women’s singles quarterfinals since Venus Williams in 1998. [57] Despite her loss to world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals, Jovic reached the top 20 on February 2, 2026. [58]

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records. [59]

Singles

Tournament 2024 2025 2026 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R QF 0 / 25–271%
French Open A 2R 0 / 11–150%
Wimbledon A 1R 0 / 10–10%
US Open 2R 2R 0 / 22–250%
Win–loss1–13–44–10 / 68–657%
Career statistics
Tournaments1113Total: 15
Titles010Total: 1
Overall win-loss1–114–1011–30 / 1526–1465%

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Sep 2025 Guadalajara Open, MexicoWTA 500Hard Flag of Colombia.svg Emiliana Arango 6–4, 6–1
Loss1–1 Jan 2026 Hobart International, AustraliaWTA 250Hard Flag of Italy.svg Elisabetta Cocciaretto 4–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jun 2025 Ilkley Open, UKGrass Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rebecca Marino 6–1, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–1)
W75 tournaments (1–1)
W25/35 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (1–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2022ITF Los Angeles, USW15Hard Flag of the United States.svg Eryn Cayetano 7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win1–1Oct 2023ITF Redding, USW25Hard Flag of Japan.svg Sayaka Ishii 6–4, 6–2
Loss1–2Feb 2024ITF Spring, USW35Hard Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara 2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss1–3 May 2024 Florida's Sports Coast Open, USW75Clay Flag of the United States.svg Akasha Urhobo 3–6, 1–6
Win2–3Sep 2024ITF Berkeley, USW35Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Victoria Mboko 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win3–3 Sep 2024 Rancho Santa Fe Open, USW75Hard Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara 6–3, 6–3
Loss3–4 Oct 2024 Tyler Pro Challenge, USW100Hard Flag of Mexico.svg Renata Zarazúa 4–6, 2–6
Loss3–5Feb 2025 Arcadia Women's Pro Open, USW35Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kayla Cross 2–6, 6–7(6)
Win4–5Apr 2025 Charlottesville Open, USW100Clay Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara 6–0, 6–1

Junior finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
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
6–3, 6–1
Loss 2024 French Open Clay Flag of the United States.svg Tyra Caterina Grant Flag of Slovakia.svg Renáta Jamrichová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tereza Valentová
4–6, 4–6
Win 2024 Wimbledon Grass Flag of the United States.svg Tyra Caterina Grant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mika Stojsavljevic
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mingge Xu
7–5, 4–6, [10–8]

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

Australian Open
2026 Australian Open (29th seed)
RoundOpponentRankScoreIJR
1R Flag of the United States.svg Katie Volynets No. 966–2, 6–3No. 27
2R Flag of Australia (converted).svg Priscilla Hon (WC)No. 1216–1, 6–2
3R Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini (7)No. 86–2, 7–6(7–3)
4R Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yulia Putintseva No. 946–0, 6–1
QFFlag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka (1)No. 13–6, 0–6
French Open
2025 French Open (Wild card)
RoundOpponentRankScoreIJR
1R Flag of Mexico.svg Renata Zarazúa No. 746–3, 5–7, 6–4No. 129
2R Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina (12)No. 113–6, 3–6
Wimbledon Championships
2025 Wimbledon (Qualifier)
RoundOpponentRankScoreIJR
Q1 Flag of Poland.svg Linda Klimovičová No. 1866–4, 4–6, 6–4No. 89
Q2 Flag of Argentina.svg Julia Riera No. 1926–1, 4–6, 6–1
Q3 Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Kawa (32)No. 1346–3, 7–6(7–2)
1R Flag of the Netherlands.svg Suzan Lamens No. 691–6, 1–6
US Open
2024 US Open (Wild card)
RoundOpponentRankScoreIJR
1R Flag of Poland.svg Magda Linette No. 426–4, 6–3No. 389
2RFlag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova (29)No. 316–4, 4–6, 5–7
2025 US Open
RoundOpponentRankScoreIJR
1RFlag placeholder.svg Aliaksandra Sasnovich No. 1197–6(8–6), 6–3No. 73
2R Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini (7)No. 83–6, 3–6

Wins against top 10 players

Season2026Total
Wins11
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreIJR
2026
1. Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini No. 8 Australian Open Hard3R6–2, 7–6(7–3)No. 27

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