page_title: Ivana Jorović
section_title: 2018: Grand Slam main draw debut; biggest title to date
hierarchical_section_title: Ivana Jorović / Professional career / 2018: Grand Slam main draw debut; biggest title to date
caption_attribution_description: Jorovic WMQ18 (46)
context_page_description: Ivana Jorović is a Serbian tennis player.
  She has won 13 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 15 July 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 86. On 17 July 2017, she peaked at No. 299 in the doubles rankings.
  Playing for Serbia in the Fed Cup, Jorović has a win-loss record of 13–9. She was nominated for Fed Cup Heart Award in 2015 and 2017.
context_section_description: Jorović started her year in the Australian Open qualifying, where she made her Grand Slam main-draw debut, beating Arantxa Rus, Ysaline Bonaventure and Bibiane Schoofs, to advance to the main draw, where she was beaten by fourth seed Elina Svitolina. Then she entered a $25K in Altenkirchen, where she lost to Chloe Paquet in the second round. In $60K Zhuhai Open, she lost in the final round of qualies to Xun Fangying, while in the $60K Shenzhen, she successfully made it through the qualies, but lost to Marta Kostyuk in the first round of the main draw. She played in another $60K in Croissy-Beaubourg, where she lost in the second round of qualies to Jesika Malečková.
  In April, Jorović entered two $25K events in Óbidos, winning the first one by beating Miriam Kolodziejová in the final, while in another she lost to Katie Swan in the quarterfinal. In $100K Khimki Ladies Cup, she reached the quarterfinals, after beating Anastasia Gasanova and Dejana Radanović, but bowed out to Monica Niculescu. In May, she played in two 60K events in Japan, reaching the quarterfinals in Fukuoka Ladies Cup, where she lost to Momoko Kobori, and the second round in Kurume, where she retired after only two games against Haruka Kaji (0–2 ret.).
  In August, Jorović reached her second final of the season in $25K Woking, losing to Tereza Smitková. In her next tournament, the $25K Chiswick, she reached the semifinals losing to Vitalia Diatchenko. In late August, she made it to the quarterfinals of a $60K in Budapest, where she lost to Barbara Haas.
  In the Asian swing, Jorović reached the main draw of two WTA Tour events through qualification in Guangzhou and Tashkent, respectively. She lost in the first round in Guangzhou, but beat Ekaterina Alexandrova in Tashkent for her first WTA main draw win, before losing to Vera Lapko in the second round. She lost in the final qualifying round in WTA Moscow to Vera Zvonareva and lost in the first round of main draw in WTA 125K Mumbai, but won a $100K in Shenzhen, where she beat Zheng Saisai in the final, for her biggest career title to date. Her final tournament of the season was WTA 125K in Taipei, where she beat Sabina Sharipova in the first round, before losing to Tereza Martincová in the second round.
caption: Jorović at the 2018 Wimbledon
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