Bojana Bobusic
Bobusic at the 2012 Australian Open wildcard playoff
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| Full name | Bojana Bobusic |
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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| Residence | Perth, Australia |
| Born |
2 October 1987 Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Turned pro | 2009 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $127,959 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 100–74 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 222 (17 September 2012) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2012, 2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 64–63 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 187 (14 January 2013) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2012) |
| Last updated on: 16 January 2014. | |
Bojana Bobusic (Serbian: Бојана Бобушић, Bojana Bobušić; born 2 October 1987 in Belgrade) is a former professional Australian tennis player playing on the ITF women's circuit. On 20 February 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 227. She is coached by Rohan Fisher.
Bobusic made her senior debut at the 2004 Australian Open losing to American Jennifer Hopkins 6–1 6–3 in the first round of qualifying. She played on the ITF Junior Circuit for the rest of the year, with her highlight coming at Junior Wimbledon where she defeated former world number one Caroline Wozniacki 1–6 6–2 10–8.
In 2005 Bobusic played in ITF events in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand before she attended the University of California, Berkeley (USA), majoring in Sociology. She graduated in 2009.
Bobusic returned to Australia and competed in ITF events, losing to Sacha Jones in her first four events. She reached the final in Darwin and lost in the semi-finals in Port Pirie. She ended the year ranked 441.
Started the year playing in ITF events in Australia and Korea. Bobusic played ITF events in America in June and July, but only won one of the six matches she competed in. Bobusic returned to Australia and entered seven ITF events, only winning two main draw matches, both in Alice Springs. She finished 2010 with a win-loss record of 10–17, and dropped to 596 in the WTA rankings.
Started the year by qualifying for five consecutive 25k ITF events in Australia, winning a main draw match in Mildura and reaching the quarter-finals in Bundaberg. Bobusic travelled to America again, and reached her second and third ITF finals at 10k Landisville and 10k Hilton Head Island. She then played in three events in Great Britain and lost in her fourth career ITF final at 10k Chiswick to Croatian Donna Vekić, 3–6 6–3 6–3. She returned to Australia and had a successful end to the year, reaching two 25k semi-finals, losing her fifth ITF final to Australian Olivia Rogowska 6–3 6–2, and winning her first ITF title in her sixth final at 25k Mount Gambier against Korean Han Sung-hee 6–3 6–2. She received direct entry into Tennis Australia's annual Australian Open Wildcard Play-off, where she defeated Viktorija Rajicic and Sally Peers and was beaten by Storm Sanders in the round robin stage. In her semi-final, Bobusic lost to defending champion Rogowska 6–4 7–5. Bobusic finished 2011 ranked 294, the highest year-end ranking of her career.
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