Tatjana Ječmenica

Juniors

In 1993, as a 2nd seed Ječmenica reached the final of Orange Bowl 16s, where she was defeated by 5th seed Stephanie Halsell, who avenged previous years loss to Ječmenica in the quarterfinals of Junior Orange Bowl 14s^[3] (Ječmenica was eventually stopped in the semifinals of that tournament).^[1] She won Port Washington 14s.^[1] In 1994, she lost in the first round of Junior French Open, but won German Junior Open, a Grade 1 event, without losing a set in the tournament.^[4]

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

Australian Open: –
French Open: 1R (1994)
Wimbledon: –
US Open: –

Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:

Australian Open: –
French Open: 2R (1994)
Wimbledon: –
US Open: –

Professional

As a very perspective youth she enrolled at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy.^[5] Her career high in WTA rankings was No. 72 in singles on 24 June 1996 and No. 88 in doubles on 29 July 1996. She won six tournaments in singles and three in doubles on the ITF Circuit. At Grand Slams her best result was reaching the second round at the US Open in 1995 and at the French Open in 1996.

After her longtime coach, Dragan Ćirić Šeki, who coached her since she was 9,^[6] died in a car accident on 10 October 1997,^[7] Ječmenica didn't play for five months after being unable to find a new coach.^[8] She also briefly trained at the Nikola Pilić Tennis Academy before retiring in 1998 at the age of 20.^[8]

In 2001, she played her first doubles tournament in over three years and over the next several years would play two more doubles tournaments, reaching one final in 2004, before retiring for good in 2005.^[9]

Coaching

Following her playing career, Ječmenica became a tennis coach and in 2004^[10] founded a tennis school "Ječmenica" in her hometown of Novi Sad for children aged 5 to 20, with some being ranked in the top 10 in the country.^[6]

She served as the captain of Serbia Fed Cup team from 2005 until her resignation on 20 February 2007.^[11]

On 5 November 2014, Ječmenica was named the captain of Serbia's Fed Cup team for the second time.^[12]

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	4 April 1993	$10,000	Marsa, Malta	Clay	Stefania Indemini	2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner–up	2.	13 June 1993	$10,000	Murska, Slovenia	Clay	Rita Kuti-Kis	2–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	12 September 1993	$10,000	Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	30 January 1994	$10,000	Austin, United States	Hard	Tatiana Panova	6–4, 6–7(9–11), 7–6(8–6)
Winner	3.	19 June 1994	$10,000	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Zdeňka Málková	6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
Winner	4.	3 July 1994	$25,000	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Svetlana Komleva	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner–up	3.	20 November 1994	$25,000	Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Silke Meier	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	11 June 1995	$25,000	Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia	Clay	Andrea Glass	7–6(6–4), 6–1
Winner	6.	6 August 1995	$25,000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Barbara Mulej	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	30 October 1994	$25,000	Poitiers, France	Hard	Svetlana Krivencheva	Ludmila Richterová Helena Vildová	6–7, 1–6
Winners	1.	20 November 1994	$25,000	Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Cătălina Cristea	Kateřina Kroupová Jana Pospíšilová	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	2.	10 June 1995	$25,000	Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia	Clay	Antoaneta Pandjerova	Laura Montalvo Larissa Schaerer	7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Runner–up	3.	9 July 1995	$25,000	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	Henrieta Nagyová Radka Zrubáková	3–6, 6–7
Winners	2.	6 August 1995	$25,000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Magdalena Feistel Helena Vildová	6–4, 6–3
Winners	3.	17 May 1998	$10,000	Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Antoaneta Pandjerova Desislava Topalova	6–2, 7–5
Runner–up	4.	24 July 2004	$10,000	Palić, Serbia and Montenegro	Clay	Ana-Maria Zubori	Karolina Jovanović Nataša Zorić	1–6, 4–6