Ana Ivanovic

Beautiful Ana Ivanovic from Serbia. Ana is the current World No.5 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour and the reigning French Open champion. This photo shoot took place in an empty swimming pool, which is apt because Ivanovic learned to play tennis in such an abandoned pool. "It was impossible to play," says Ana. "But that's where I grew up practicing and it's where people still practice."

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Elena Dementieva of Russia play a historic match on a Desert Island in the bay of Doha to mark the start of the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha on November 2, 2008 in Doha, Qatar

21-year old Ana Ivanovic has already won five titles in five years on the circuit and has amassed $US3.1million in prizemoney. Despite her gorgeous looks Ivanovic doesn't like comparisons with Anna Kournikova, the Russian beauty who never won a title in 9 years of playing tennis, but made loads of money because of her good looks and endorsements.

"There is not much of a glamour thing going on," she said. "I spend most of my days practicing hard on the tennis court. Photo shootings and these things are something fun to do in the off time, if I have a day off. Obviously, every time I get a chance to work with the professionals, the makeup artists, people I can learn from and find my own style, so that's definitely fun for every girl."


"I really like cosmetics; what girl doesn't?" she said in a recent interview with CNBC. "Then there's watches and jewelery. It's every girl's dream to have lots of makeup and jewelery."

Ivanovic has three multi-million-dollar contracts with sponsors: clothing company Adidas, nutritional supplement company Juice Plus and a Belgrade-based car dealership, Verona Motors. Ana, who now lives in Switzerland, signed a deal with the Swiss watchmaker Rolex. She also hopes to find cosmetics and jewelery sponsors.

"It's a nice way to get away from tennis and I enjoy getting my make-up and hair done," says Ana. "I spend a lot of time in a tracksuit or tennis clothes. The sponsorships are coming from my results and how you look doesn't help you win points."

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia wearing traditional Chinese clothes attends the official reception of the 2008 China Open at Shangri-La Hotel on September 23, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Andrew Wong/Getty Images)

Ana Ivanovic diet and exercise

"I really enjoy Japanese food and I love other Nobu restaurants around the world," Ivanovic said recently. She also eats Mexican food at Los Consuelos, and in La Quinta, and enjoys seafood when in Melbourne, where many of her relatives live. Ana's favorite Serbian dish is called sarma, which is cabbage stuffed with rice and meat.

Ana Ivanovic does deep breathing exercises before every match. And for winding down afterward Ana mounts a bike, or runs on a treadmill, and finishes by stretching.

The Serbian beauty is 6'1" and she does long runs, intense sprints, and weight training in the off-season. Ana's training while in season includes working with cable weights and resistance bands, frequent ice baths to rehabilitate muscles and keep her core strong. Ana Ivanovic's fitness coach Scott Byrnes says she has an unusually flexible rotator cuff. "She tends to get unnatural movements in that area, resulting in irritating tears in the small muscles. We’ve had to do a lot of work on stability there."



"I agree that there are no rules and deadlines," Ivanovic said recently about falling in love. "It is something that happens spontaneously. One cannot plan it." She began dating Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in mid-2008 but reportedly broke up with him this year at the Australian Open. Ana Ivanovic received a marriage proposal during her first practice session for the Brisbane International, early this month. A teenage ball boy, overcome with passion, sang a song he wrote for Ana as she signed autographs and then proposed marriage. Ivanovic smiled and replied: "Maybe when you're older."