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Jelena Rajic
Jelena Rajic

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Subotica, Serbia

High School:
High School of Economics

Height:
5-9

Birthdate:
09/14/1987

Experience:
1L

Plays:
Right

2007-08 (FRESHMAN): A late addition to the Gamecocks' roster, joining the team in mid-January ... Began her career in the Garnet & Black winning five of her first six singles matches ... The first win of her career came against Stephanie Vieria from Troy at No. 4 singles 6-3, 6-4 ... Helped South Carolina avenge a loss to N.C. State the previous year with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Neils Barringer on court five ... Hit a rough patch after the win against Barringer, dropping four in a row ... Bounced back with a critical win versus Karine Bourdages of Utah by scores of 6-1, 6-2 playing the No. 6 position ... Carolina lost the doubles point to the Utes in Salt Lake City but were able to put together four wins in singles to escape with a 4-3 win that snapped a three-match skid ... Snagged her first SEC win downing Valeriya Makarycheva from Mississippi State 6-3, 6-2 at six singles ... Blanked LSU's Kylie Adamek 6-0, 6-0 to help the Gamecocks beat a team ranked seven spots higher, as the Tigers were 27th at the time ... Recorded one of South Carolina's two points against Arkansas by defeating Audrey Bordeleau from Arkansas 5-7, 6-4, (10-1) ... Bordeleau was 28-8 overall and 15-3 in duals entering the match ... Rajic earned SEC Freshman of the Week for her efforts against LSU and Arkansas ... Won her most crucial match of the season in the Gamecocks' first-round NCAA Tournament match with VCU in Athens, Ga. ... After the team fell behind 3-0, Rajic tied the score after upending Kateryna Malakhova on court six in three sets 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to set up Gira Schofield's win at the top position that advanced South Carolina to the second round ... Rajic improved steadily in her doubles play throughout the season ... Played most of her matches with fellow Serbian Natasa Vuckovic ... Rajic and Vuckovic started SEC play with a 3-0 record after wins against Mississippi State, Ole Miss and LSU at No. 3 doubles ... The two finished 5-6 playing together and were 4-2 versus conference opponents.

HIGH SCHOOL: Compiled a record of 14-7 in singles and 9-6 in doubles playing International Tennis Federation junior tournaments ... Had a career-high singles ranking of No. 351 and No. 355 in the world for doubles among the ITA juniors in September 2003 ... Member of the Serbian National Team ... Played in her first ITF junior tournament in September 2002 at the HIP Internacional Pancevo ... Won her first two matches in doubles with partner Ana Veselinovic in three sets to reach the semifinals ... Won four matches in singles in the qualifying rounds of the tournament to reach the main draw ... Made the quarterfinals before losing to Madalina Gojnea ... To begin the 2003 season, Rajic made the semifinals of the Montenegro Open in June by winning three consecutive matches in straight sets ... Playing doubles with Jovana Rasovic, the two won the open title by scores of 6-0, 7-6 in the final ... Her next tournament in August, Talentum Cup, gave her a singles title ... She opened with a 6-0, 6-0 triumph against Edina Horvath from Hungary and then picked up three more victories in straight sets ... In the final, she upended Evgeniya Rodina from Russia 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 ... Qualified for the fifth Yugoslavia Junior Open in September with a pair of wins before falling in the first round of the main draw.

PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in hotel, restaurant and tourism management ... Born Sept. 14, 1987, in Subotica, Serbia ... Her father is Dragutin and mother's name is Mirjana ... Has one brother, Davor.

CAREER STATISTICS

SINGLES
Year
Overall
Tourn.
Dual (SEC)
#1 (SEC)
#2 (SEC)
#3 (SEC)
#4 (SEC)
#5 (SEC)
#6 (SEC)
2007-08
10-8
--
10-8 (3-5)
--
--
1-0 (0-0)
2-1 (0-0)
2-4 (0-3)
5-3 (3-2)
Total
10-8
--
10-8 (3-5)
--
--
1-0 (0-0)
2-1 (0-0)
2-4 (0-3)
5-3 (3-2)
DOUBLES
Year
Overall
Tourn.
Dual (SEC)
#1 (SEC)
#2 (SEC)
#3 (SEC)
2007-08
5-7
--
5-7 (4-2)
--
0-1 (0-0)
5-6 (4-2)
Total
5-7
--
5-7 (4-2)
--
0-1 (0-0)
5-6 (4-2)
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