Dragana Zarić

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
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
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
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

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

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 13 (4–9)

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

Doubles: 40 (24–16)

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