Player Profiles

Bojana Bobusic

  • Age 25
  • Born 2 October 1987
  • Birth Place Belgrade, Serbia
  • Lives Perth, Western Australia
  • Height 170 cm
  • Plays Right-handed
  • Coach Mark Leuba

Profile

On court

  • Started playing tennis at age six when she followed her older brother, Strahinja into the sport.
  • Attended College in California from 2005-2009, where she was an NCAA team finalist in 2008 and 2009.
  • Reached her first ITF Futures Pro Circuit final in Darwin, NT in 2009.
  • Secured her maiden ITF Futures Pro Circuit title in Mount Gambier in 2011, reaching three finals in the same year.
  • Broke into the World’s top 300 in 2011 following consistent results at ITF level.
  • Made her main draw Grand Slam debut at the 2012 Australian Open.
  • Goal is to compete in all four Grand Slams and reach the world’s top 100.
  • Enjoys tennis for the competition it provides.
  • Favourite shot is backhand down the line.
  • Favourite surface is hardcourt.
  • She lists her parents and her coach, Mark Leuba, as the most influential people in her career because they have been there from the start.

Off court

  • Speaks English and Serbian.
  • Favourite city is Paris.
  • Loves watching AFL.
  • Enjoys going to the beach, movies, shopping, catching up with friends and her mum’s home cooking.
  • Her parents Magdalena and Aleksandar are both computer engineers and reside in Perth.

Year-end singles ranking history

2011 294
2010 596
2009 441