Jelena Djokovic
Jelena Djokovic is the lovely and proud wife of tennis star player, Novak Djokovic.
Jelena’s husband is considered among many as one of the greatest players of all time. The Serbian has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon three times.
He began playing at age 4 and made his professional debut at 16. Novak comes from a pro athlete family, his father, uncle and aunt were pro skiers. Father Srdjan, was also an excellent football player and wanted him to be a football player or skier, but Novak excelled in tennis at an early age.
He attended Niki Pilic Academy in Munich and practiced there for almost 2 years before returning to Belgrade. In 2011, he won three Grand Slam titles, becoming the sixth male tennis player to win 3 major tennis tournaments in one year.
He achieved his first #1 world ranking in 2011 and won his first major tournament at the 2008 Australian Open. He earned his 12th career Grand Slam singles title with his victory at the 2016 French Open.
On a personal note, he’s been happily married to Jelena Ristic for a few years. The couple first met while in high school.
Novak and wife, Jelena tied the knot in 2014. Since then the couple has welcomed two children. Jelena who now goes by Jelena Djokovic gave birth to son, Stefan in 2014. They welcomed daughter, Tara in 2017.
The tennis wag and mother of two is the national director at the Novak Djokovic Foundation. She previously served as Executive Director,
According to her LinkedIn, she attended Universita Bocconi –where she studied a Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration and Management. She also holds a Masters in Luxury Goods and Services, Fashion from IUM.
In addition Jelena finds time to be pretty active on social media where she has over 400k followers on Instagram.
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