Iva Jovic
WTA No. 13 · 2,841 ptsWTA official 28 Sep 2026Right-handed68 charted matches · 26 Aug 2024 to 7 Sep 2026
Ranking
No. 13
2025 year-end 35 · best 35 in 2025
Serve points won
58.6%
−1.1 pts vs US peers
Return points won
46.0%
+0.5 pts vs US peers
Charted record
47–21
DR 1.11 · 9,631 points charted
Ranking trajectory
year-end ranking, log scale · grey lines are the other fourServe profile
4,787 service points charted| Measure | Jovic | US women top 5 | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st serve in | 60.4% | 61.7% | |
| 1st serve points won | 64.1% | 66.4% | |
| 2nd serve points won | 50.3% | 48.1% | |
| Ace rate | 3.2% | 4.3% | 153 aces |
| Double fault rate | 3.2% | 5.2% | 152 double faults |
| Break points saved | 57.4% | 57.6% | 303 of 528 |
First serves in, by target
2,891 servesSecond serves in, by target
1,744 servesSeen from behind the server. Shading and the big figure are the share of serves into each third of the box; pills are points won and serve count. Green and red mark the best and worst zone with 25 or more serves.
Return and rally
4,838 return points · 74.6% of returns put in playPoints won by rally length
serve counts as shot one; double faults left outReturn depth
returns in play with a recorded depth18%
46%
36%
Shallow
616 returns · 52.3% won
Deep
1542 returns · 56.2% won
Very deep
1217 returns · 60.6% won
Shallow lands inside the service line, deep in the front half of the backcourt, very deep in the back half. Won is the share of those return points the player went on to win.
Rally-shot direction
every charted forehand and backhand after the returnForehand
Backhand
Seen from behind Iva. Arrow width and the white pill are that direction's share of the wing; the coloured pill is the share of points won when the shot was hit (green best, red worst, grey under 60 shots).
Surface splits
charted matches since Jan 2024| Surface | Matches | W–L | Serve won | Return won | DR | Service pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard | 45 | 31–14 | 58.4% | 46.2% | 1.11 | 3,182 |
| Clay | 14 | 9–5 | 59.6% | 45.7% | 1.13 | 989 |
| Grass | 9 | 7–2 | 58.6% | 45.2% | 1.09 | 616 |
Recent charted matches · 12 of 68
newest first · each links to its Tennis Abstract chart| Date | Event | Rd | Opponent | Result | Serve won | Return won | Aces | DF | W / UE | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | US Open · Hard | R16 | Coco Gauff | L 1-6 4-6 | 44.1% | 36.0% | 0 | 1 | 9 / 32 | chart |
| 5 Sep 2026 | US Open · Hard | R32 | Alexandra Eala | W 7-5 3-6 7-5 | 53.3% | 51.4% | 4 | 4 | 41 / 36 | chart |
| 3 Sep 2026 | US Open · Hard | R64 | Francesca Jones | W 6-4 6-4 | 66.7% | 46.2% | 5 | 2 | 20 / 29 | chart |
| 1 Sep 2026 | US Open · Hard | R128 | Magdalena Frech | W 7-5 6-3 | 57.7% | 53.3% | 5 | 4 | 26 / 41 | chart |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Cincinnati · Hard | R32 | Marie Bouzkova | L 6-7 6-7 | 54.5% | 39.5% | 1 | 1 | 29 / 41 | chart |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Cincinnati · Hard | R64 | Tamara Korpatsch | W 6-4 6-3 | 74.1% | 43.4% | 5 | 0 | 20 / 18 | chart |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Toronto · Hard | R32 | Alina Korneeva | L 3-6 4-6 | 40.0% | 43.8% | 2 | 4 | 7 / 31 | chart |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Toronto · Hard | R64 | Magda Linette | W 6-3 7-5 | 67.2% | 45.6% | 4 | 2 | 17 / 27 | chart |
| 3 Jul 2026 | Wimbledon · Grass | R32 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | W 6-3 3-6 6-4 | 57.0% | 45.0% | 2 | 2 | 30 / 37 | chart |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Wimbledon · Grass | R64 | Tatjana Maria | W 6-1 6-2 | 67.3% | 53.3% | 5 | 2 | 28 / 16 | chart |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Wimbledon · Grass | R128 | Jaqueline Cristian | W 7-6 6-0 | 72.9% | 43.9% | 1 | 2 | 19 / 29 | chart |
| 13 Jun 2026 | Queens Club · Grass | SF | Emma Raducanu | L 2-6 2-6 | 45.8% | 38.9% | 0 | 1 | 13 / 20 | chart |
Glossary
- Charted matches
- · matches of this player coded point by point for the Match Charting Project since 1 Jan 2024; a volunteer-chosen sample, heavier on big events
- vs US peers
- · difference from the other four top US women, pooled over their charted points (serve 59.7%, return 45.5%)
- US top 5
- · the five players in this tour group including this one, pooled
- 2nd serve points won
- · points won after a missed first serve, double faults counted as lost
- Serve target
- · the chart's serve direction code (wide, body, T) on the deuce or ad side, taken from the score before the point
- Rally length
- · serve plus every shot that landed in; the error that ends a point is not counted
- Rally-shot direction
- · the project's own crosscourt / middle / down-the-line / inside-out / inside-in classification of rally forehands and backhands
- Result, unfinished
- · set scores rebuilt from the point log; a chart that stops early (retirement or partial chart) shows no result and is left out of W–L
- DR
- · dominance ratio: return points won divided by serve points lost