“My parents themselves both went to university, and they very much expected me to be an intellectual and go through further education, and it's to kind of their surprise that I became an athlete.”

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.