- Tennis star Ana Ivanovic won the 2008 French Open, reach the finals of the 2008 Australian and 2007 French Opens, and the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2007.
- Growing up in Yugosalvia, Ana’s training was blighted by NATO bombings, and she was forced to train in an abandoned swimming pool as there were no tennis facilities.
- The FHM cover star studies finance in her hometown of Belgrade, and also enjoys basketball, shopping and sudoku.
Had five-year-old Ana Ivanovic not witnessed Monica Seles grunting her way through the French Open on television, the cover of the August 2008 edition of FHM wouldn’t have been graced by one of the sexiest and successful tennis stars ever to pick up a racket.
Having raked in nearly $6m in tournament earnings, a number one ATP ranking and a legion of male followers, one wouldn’t think there is much left to achieve for the thinking man’s Anna Kournikova, yet Ana may actually help deliver world peace in her new role as Serbia’s UNICEF National Ambassador.
All those Grand Slam titles and humanitarian exploits sound time consuming, but the sexy Serbian told us how she prefers to wile the way the hours: “Most of the time, I just dance the salsa and do the tango in my bedroom by myself.”
Ana Ivanovic
