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Janko Tipsarevic Bio
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- Began playing at age six and at age eight in April 1993, began playing at “AS” New Belgrade Tennis Club with Russian coach Roman Savochkin, who still works with him
- Father, Pavel, is a professor; mother, Vesna, is a housewife
- His grandmother keeps a journal on her grandson
- Has one younger brother (by two years), Veljko, who is a college student
- Speaks Serbian, English and Russian
- Finished high school and in 2006 completed university work in Belgrade, studying Sports Management
- Enjoys snowboarding, house music and reading psychiatry books of Nietzsche, Dostojevski and Goethe
- Has a tattoo on his left arm with enscription “Beauty will save the world” from Dostojevski
- Idols growing up were Agassi and Kafelnikov
- Prefers playing on slow hard courts and clay
- Compiled an outstanding junior career by finishing No. 2 in world junior rankings in 2001
- Captured Australian Open juniors (d. Wang) and reached QF at Roland Garros juniors
- Compiled an 8-3 career mark in ITF junior finals between 1999-2001
- Has a 25-9 career Davis Cup record (20-8 in singles) in 21 ties
- Coached by Alberto Castellani and fitness trainer is Tomovic Dragan (since 2000).
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2007.
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