“I used to always want to play the perfect match, and this meant not losing a point. The realisation came around the time I was 19 years old, in the French Open final in 2007. This was a key period in my career. I was told I was going for too many winners, which was affecting my game.”

Serbian former professional tennis player

Ana Ivanovic is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She reached world No. 1 in women’s singles and spent 12 weeks at the top. She is listed on the site with 112 quotes. Ivanovic won 15 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2008 French Open, her only major title. She was also runner-up at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open. She qualified for the year-end WTA Finals three times and won the year-end WTA Tournament of Champions in 2010 and 2011.