The story of Jelena Dokic, in her words
Jelena Dokic (Author)
Jelena Dokic was a prodigious tennis player who made the
quarter-finals of Wimbledon at the age of just 16.
She was heralded as Australia's greatest tennis hope since Evonne
Goolagong. She had exceptional skills, a steely nerve and an
unrivalled fight on the court.
At 17 she reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon. By September 2000
she became an Olympian and finished fourth at the Sydney Games.
By 18, she was in the world's top 10.
By 19, she was world No.4, holding her own against Monica Seles,
Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport. She was the world No.9 in
doubles.
She went on to win her first WTA singles title at the Rome Masters
in May 2001. She was also a French Open doubles finalist the same
year.
A shoulder and wrist injury prematurely finished her tennis career
in 2013. One of the only female players to have won a WTA title on
all four surfaces Jelena now spends her time mentoring young
players. She has a vast amount of knowledge to share - her other
career highlights include making her Fed Cup debut as a as a 15
year old - the youngest player ever - and winning both matches. She
also won the Hopman Cup with Mark Philippoussis at 15.
As well as mentoring she also enjoys doing media work.
She has worked as a commentator on both Fox Sports News and Channel
Seven's tennis coverage.
She currently lives in Melbourne.
Jess Halloran (Author)
Jessica Halloran is an award-winning senior sports writer with News
Corp.
Her love of sport was piqued as a little girl while watching her
dad playing country footy every weekend in Shepparton and
surrounding town ovals.
She started her journalism career as a cadet at the Sydney Morning
Herald and now covers sport for the Sunday Telegraph.
For over sixteen years she has reported from some of the largest
sporting events including Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Australian
Opens, world athletics and swimming championships, NRL and AFL
finals series and interviewed some of Australia and the world's
biggest sports stars.
Jessica has forged a reputation for in-depth interviews and emotive
profile stories.
She covered Jelena Dokic's incredible comeback at the 2009
Australian Open. Her first profile of Jelena saw Jessica win an
Australian Sports Commission award for best sports feature
writing.
Jessica has also been a Walkley Award and a Kennedy Award
finalist.
She lives in Sydney with her husband and their two children.
"A chilling account of the relentless physical, verbal and emotional abuse Dokic says she suffered from her father as she ascended the ranks of junior and professional tennis." --New York Times
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