Jelena DokicCountry Australia (1998–2000, 2006- present)
Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia (2001-2005) (as Serbia and Montenegro 2003–2005)
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco & Zagreb, Croatia
Date of birth 12 April 1983 (1983-04-12) (age 26)
Place of birth Osijek, Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro 1998
Plays Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money US$3,917,501
Jelena was born in Osijek, Croatia, to a Serbian father, Damir, and a Croatian mother, Ljiljana. She has a younger brother, Savo, who is 8 years her junior. Her family lived in Osijek till June, 1991, when they decided to leave due to the impending war. They settled in Sombor, Serbia, for a short time and later, in 1994, emigrated to Australia. From 1994, they lived in Fairfield, a suburb of Sydney, where she attended Fairfield High School.
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