Jelena Dokic

Jelena Dokić is an Australian female professional tennis player of Serbian and Croatian descent. During the height of her career, she played for Serbia and Montenegro (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prior to February 2003) and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002.

Jelena was born in Osijek, Croatia, Yugoslavia, 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.