Dragana Zarić

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Dragana Zarić Martinov
Драгана Зарић Мартинов
Country (sports) Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
ResidenceVršac, Serbia
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Born (1977-08-01) 1 August 1977 (age 46)
Vršac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2006
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$165,828
Singles
Career record233–164 (58.7%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 157 (2 April 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2001, 2002)
French OpenQ3 (2001)
WimbledonQ1 (2001)
US OpenQ2 (2001)
Doubles
Career record218–122 (64.1%)
Career titles24 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 82 (10 June 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2003)
French Open3R (2002)
WimbledonQF (2001)
US Open1R (2001)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup33–19 (63.5%)

Dragana Zarić-Martinov(Serbian Cyrillic: Драгана Зарић-Мартинов, born 1 August 1977) is a Serbian former professional tennis player.

Her career-high rankings are No. 157 in singles, achieved in the spring of 2001, and No. 82 in doubles, reached summer 2002. She won four titles in singles and 24 in doubles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. She also played for the Yugoslavia Fed Cup team, from 1995 until 2005.

Zarić started her professional career in 1994, and in 1995, she won her first ITF title in Nicosia, Cyprus. In 1998, she played her first WTA Tour qualifying draws in Maria Lankowitz and Istanbul, but lost. She kicked off the 2001 season with attempts to qualify on a couple of WTA and all Grand Slam tournaments, but failed to pass the qualifying rounds. In doubles, the same year, she got to the finals of the Budapest Grand Prix and the quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Championships.

Zarić retired from pro tennis 2006.

WTA Tour finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]

Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Apr 2001 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Tier V Clay Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi Slovakia Janette Husárová
Italy Tathiana Garbin
1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 13 (4–9)[edit]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 20 March 1995 ITF Castellón de la Plana, Spain Clay Japan Miho Saeki 1–6, 6–1, 6–7(2)
Loss 2. 16 October 1995 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard France Emmanuelle Curutchet 6–7(6), 6–7(5)
Win 3. 30 October 1995 ITF Nicosia, Cyprus Clay Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova 6–2, 6–3
Loss 4. 12 May 1997 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia Clay Italy Tathiana Garbin 4–6, 1–6
Loss 5. 1 March 1998 ITF Bushey, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Ukraine Elena Tatarkova 2–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss 6. 30 April 2000 ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar 5–7, 2–6
Win 7. 7 May 2000 ITF Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay France Camille Pin 7–6(4), 6–4
Loss 8. 8 May 2000 ITF Swansea, United Kingdom Clay Australia Christina Wheeler 4–6, 6–7(4)
Win 9. 22 October 2000 ITF Cardiff, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Belgium Laurence Courtois 7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 10. 18 February 2001 ITF Sutton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina 3–6, 1–6
Loss 11. 17 February 2002 ITF Sutton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 6–7(5), 4–6
Loss 12. 10 October 2004 Royal Cup, Montenegro Clay Hungary Miljana Adanko 3–6, 3–6
Win 13. 16 October 2004 ITF Herceg Novi, Montenegro Clay Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič 6–7(4), 6–4, 7–6(5)

Doubles: 40 (24–16)[edit]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 24 April 1995 ITF Bari, Italy Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marina Gojković Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Giulia Casoni
0–6, 0–6
Loss 2. 20 November 1995 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i) North Macedonia Marina Lazarovska Czech Republic Markéta Štusková
Austria Patricia Wartusch
4–6, 5–7
Win 3. 4 March 1996 ITF Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) North Macedonia Marina Lazarovska Germany Lisa Fritz
Russia Katerina Tikhankina
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 4. 7 April 1996 ITF Athens, Greece Clay Germany Marlene Weingärtner Sweden Annica Lindstedt
Sweden Anna-Karin Svensson
0–6, 2–6
Win 5. 5 May 1996 ITF Balaguer, Spain Clay Greece Ariadne Katsoulis Spain Patricia Aznar
Spain Yolanda Clemot-Lerendegui
7–5, 6–4
Win 6. 26 January 1997 ITF Bastad, Sweden Hard (i) Sweden Annica Lindstedt Sweden Anna-Karin Svensson
Belgium Patty Van Acker
6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Loss 7. 2 February 1997 ITF Rungsted, Denmark Carpet (i) Croatia Kristina Pojatina Finland Linda Jansson
Sweden Annica Lindstedt
6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 8. 16 February 1997 ITF Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia Carpet (i) Israel Hila Rosen Austria Barbara Schwartz
Austria Patricia Wartusch
1–6, 4–6
Win 9. 20 April 1997 ITF Bari, Italy Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk Israel Tzipora Obziler
Israel Anna Smashnova
6–4, 6–2
Loss 10. 12 May 1997 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia Clay Bulgaria Teodora Nedeva Italy Tathiana Garbin
San Marino Francesca Guardigli
4–6, 4–6
Win 11. 25 May 1997 ITF Skopje, Macedonia Clay Bulgaria Teodora Nedeva Italy Laura Fodorean
Italy Katia Altilia
6–3, 6–2
Loss 12. 21 September 1997 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk Germany Sandra Klösel
Austria Karin Kschwendt
4–6, 4–6
Win 13. 17 May 1998 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tatjana Ječmenica Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova
Bulgaria Desislava Topalova
6–2, 7–5
Loss 14. 14 September 1998 ITF Otočec, Slovenia Clay Hungary Nóra Köves Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
2–6, 3–6
Win 15. 15 February 1999 ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Hungary Nóra Köves Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
Austria Patricia Wartusch
6–1, 6–4
Win 16. 1 March 1999 ITF Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Hungary Nóra Köves Switzerland Laura Bao
Switzerland Marylene Losey
6–2, 6–2
Win 17. 17 October 1999 ITF Welwyn, United Kingdom Hard (i) Slovenia Maja Matevžič Romania Magda Mihalache
Slovakia Zuzana Váleková
7–6(1), 5–7, 6–2
Win 18. 8 May 2000 ITF Swansea, United Kingdom Clay Hungary Nóra Köves Russia Natalia Egorova
Russia Ekaterina Sysoeva
2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 19. 25 June 2000 ITF Gorizia, Italy Clay Slovenia Maja Matevžič Brazil Vanessa Menga
Spain Alicia Ortuño
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win 20. 9 October 2000 ITF Welwyn, United Kingdom Hard (i) New Zealand Shelley Stephens Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti
Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti
4–0, 5–3, 4–1
Win 21. 16 September 2001 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti
6–2, 7–6(6)
Loss 22. 4 November 2001 ITF Bolton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk Russia Maria Goloviznina
Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine
4–6, 3–6
Win 23. 12 February 2002 ITF Sutton, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Austria Sylvia Plischke Estonia Maret Ani
Russia Galina Fokina
7–5, 6–3
Win 24. 13 May 2002 ITF Bromma, Sweden Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Katarina Mišić Brazil Joana Cortez
United States Tiffany Dabek
6–4, 6–4
Win 25. 21 May 2002 ITF Turin, Italy Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Katarina Mišić Argentina Erica Krauth
Hungary Katalin Marosi
7–6(5), 6–3
Win 26. 12 August 2002 ITF Aosta, Italy Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Katarina Mišić Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
7–5, 7–6(6)
Win 27. 15 October 2002 ITF Southampton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Netherlands Amanda Hopmans Latvia Līga Dekmeijere
Republic of Ireland Yvonne Doyle
6–2, 6–1
Loss 28. 27 October 2002 ITF Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Katarina Mišić Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova
Bulgaria Desislava Topalova
6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 29. 18 February 2003 ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Katarina Mišić Belarus Olga Barabanschikova
Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya
4–6, 6–1, 5–7
Win 30. 2 March 2003 ITF Ostrava, Czech Republic Hard (i) Italy Roberta Vinci Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
Czech Republic Magdalena Zděnovcová
6–2, 6–4
Loss 31. 23 June 2003 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Bulgaria Maria Geznenge China Li Ting
China Sun Tiantian
4–6, 3–6
Loss 32. 30 June 2003 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Bulgaria Maria Geznenge Germany Antonia Matic
Germany Angelika Rösch
1–6, 6–7(2)
Win 33. 21 September 2003 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Desislava Topalova Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–3, 7–5
Win 34. 10 May 2004 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Clay Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Sweden Hanna Nooni
7–6(3), 6–3
Loss 35. 5 July 2004 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić Germany Vanessa Henke
Germany Martina Müller
1–6, 5–7
Win 36. 10 October 2004 ITF Podgorica, Montenegro Clay Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić Czech Republic Janette Bejlková
Bulgaria Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova
6–1, 6–2
Win 37. 16 October 2004 ITF Herceg Novi, Montenegro Clay Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić Slovenia Alja Zec Peškirič
Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič
6–1, 6–2
Win 38. 29 November 2004 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić Russia Galina Fokina
Russia Raissa Gourevitch
7–5, 6–4
Win 39. 6 December 2004 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić Russia Galina Fokina
Russia Raissa Gourevitch
6–2, 6–2
Loss 40. 30 January 2005 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Germany Martina Müller
2–6, 3–6

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