Barbara Bonic

http://www.tennisbarbara.co.yu/

She is obviously very young but do you have some info on her. She trains at the same place as Ana :)

Never heard of her :confused:
Looks primising, tonns of trophys, trains hard, not bad in the looks department :)
go Barbara
I miss Serbia the background of those photos :sad: is so nice

i saw this girl at tv once, thet talked about her as next Monica, but then i forgot her name, i thought it's Renata or something but Barbara is equaly :mad: for a girl. Anyway good luck to her!

Not even 13 yet! :eek:

the photo with the trophies made me laugh, half a million trophies and she's only 12. brilliant.

She hits with great topspin and boy she pumps her first a lot. :eek: Cute. :p

Barbara got her first ranking #1047 in the last month :yeah:

http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/player.asp?player=100106089

:yeah: and she qualified for 25k event in US :eek: :yeah:

That website link doesn't work for me, this does:

http://www.tennisbarbara.co.rs/

:yeah: and she qualified for 25k event in US :eek: :yeah:

1st Round: (Q)Barbara Bonic (SRB) d. (Q)Macall Harkins (USA) 36 76(6) 64 :yeah:

who is she :eek:
good luck

Nice win by Bonic and some good points coming her way :)

wow thats amazing for a 12 year old :O next Jelena :)

wow thats amazing for a 12 year old :O next Jelena :)
http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/player.asp?player=100106089
She's 17.:)

what will her new rank be?

Barbara Bonic will play a qualification match in the $75000 tournament in Zagreb Croatia tomorrow. She will be playing Dijana Banovec, a young Croatian girl.

too bad ... she lost ... Šteta

I don't think she is that talented :sad:

http://www.tennisbarbara.co.rs/Barbara%20Bonic.swf

She got through the qualification of the $10,000 in Horb, Germany. Those are good wins, I know these Dutch girls. And today she won in the first round. Tomorrow she will play a Czech girl, Simona Dobra‏, who is seeded 6th. A tough opponent. We'll see ... And already well done to Barbara. :bigclap:

c'mon girl!!

R2 : (Q)Barbara Bonic SRB d. (6)Simona Dobra CZE 60 63 :woohoo:

Dobra is actually a decent player.

hahhahah...go girl!

Barbara :eek:

Barbara odlicno :D

she lost quarter 76 26 26 :( maybe she will play again in Germany next week at 25k tournament

She just won her first qualifying round in 100k in Lebanon :yeah:
More points for her.

:cool:

http://i36.tinypic.com/2ugfi15.png

^ Do you know Barbara ?

^ Do you know Barbara ?

Yes, I used to work with her a couple of weeks per year when she was 12, 13, 14. Last time I saw her in person was when she played in Horb earlier this year. I talk with Barbara and/or her father regularly on Skype or MSN.

Oh, so you are a tennis coach ?

She lost in QR2 in 3 sets :( She is always playing those strong tournaments. I am wondering why isnt she trying to play 25k's ?

Hey JustDoIt, :)

Actually, of the last three tournaments she played before this one, one was a $10,000 and one a $25,000. The girl she lost to in Sofia (a $100,000) was the same she lost to in Horb ($25,000).

Barbara and her parents have a certain philosophy about chosing tournaments and I guess there are different ways to get points for the rankings.

As for her loss in Lebanon, she's had the flu for a week now, which has taken a lot of her strength. She was actually 5-2 up in the first set, but then she lost her strength. She managed to pull out the first set in a tiebreaker, but then it was all gone.

Her opponent (Laura Thorpe) lost one game in the first round and four in the third round against Anastasiya Vasylyeva, from the Ukraine, who is currently ranked WTA #276.

I think - under normal circumstances - Barbara had a good opportunity to get into the main draw.

Ah well ...

I'm sure things will be on the up and up again for her shortly! :D

Anyway, it's nice that you take an interest!

Hey Mark, tell us more! What is her game like? What is she good at? Where does she train? You know, stuff... :)

Well Cosmic, she can hit great winners with accurate placement off both forehand and backhand. I'd say that - along with her mental strength - is her biggest weapon.

As far as where she trains, she has been struggling to create a good training situation. Tonight she told me she is looking at an offer she's had from an academy in Germany.

If the arrangments are finalized I'll let you know. (Hope to remember ... ) ;-)

Thanks for taking an interest!

Hey, thx for the answer! :) I hope she'll make a good deal with Germans. :)

me too :wavey:

Is she really going to play 75K Dubai qualies?

She will probably.. ;) She's on the list :)
good luck Barbie! :bounce:

Unfortunately , she lost her 1st round qualifying match...

Bonic is going to play the Dubai qualies as a WC!

DUBAI QR1: B.Bonić - V.Manasieva (RUS)
Manasieva played in Paris this week. Lost to Fran Schiavone in R1 6-0 6-0.
Nice chance for Barbara to play against serious player, and since Manasieva is coming from indoors tournament Barbara will have a chance to win few games. Good luck.

DUBAI QR1: B.Bonić - V.Manasieva (RUS)

Oh my God, how did she deserve a WC for Dubai q... So ridiculous :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

^ She bought it :cheer:

She is on court now 1-6 3-1

come on Barbara :dance:

she lost 6/1 6/3 :lol:

She's extremely unexperienced for a tournament like this...

Barbara was played last weekend in France on ITF 100.000$.

Part of the match here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdVsVx83FfQ&feature=related

She has a big problem with service :(

A ja mislila da je ona neki talenat....ovo je smesno....jbg iskreno...

Boy, that serve is a big issue...

She just does not know the service. That girl does not know to play tennis. I think it's very funny to give a Wild Card for Dubai to girl like her.

Here you have a video from Barbara`s USA Challenger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_2IeghKE_A&feature=related

Barbara Bonic and Nataša Zoric finished first at the $10.000 doubles tournament in Wiesbaden, Germany! :)

Any news?

She is destined to win Roland Garros and that is not a jinx thread :lol:

ITF $10,000 Bol, Croatia

Her part of the Q draw

(2)Barbara Bonic (SRB) - Bye
Charlotte Klasen (GER) vs. Karolina Vlachova (CZE)
Barbora Trestikova (CZE) vs. Louisa Alex Codreanu (ROU)
(15)Gabriela Pantuckova (CZE) vs. Gabriela Horackova (CZE)

QR1
(2)Barbara Bonić (SRB) - Bye

QR2
(2)Barbara Bonić (SRB) def. Charlotte Klasen (GER) 4-6 6-4 6-0

FQR
(2)Barbara Bonić (SRB) def. (15)Gabriela Pantuckova (CZE) 6-1 6-2

R1
(Q)Barbara Bonić (SRB) vs. (Q)Sina Haas (GER)

Ajde Barbi

She lost 6-4 3-6 6-2 :sad:

ITF $10,000 Chennai, India

R1
(7)Barbara Bonić (SRB) def. Bhuvana Kalva (IND) 6-4 5-7 6-3

R2
(7)Barbara Bonić (SRB) def. Smriti Joon (IND) 7-5 6-2

QF
(7)Barbara Bonić (SRB) def. (4)Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) 3-6 6-4 6-1 :cheer:

http://oi46.tinypic.com/2liha9l.jpg

SF
(1)Ankita Raina (IND) def. (7)Barbara Bonić (SRB) 6-2 7-6(3) :hug:

ITF $10,000 Marathon - Athens, Greece

QR1
(2)Barbara Bonić (SRB) - Bye

FQR
(2)Barbara Bonić (SRB) def. (wc)Anastasia Rentouli (GRE) 6-4 6-1

R1
(Q)Barbara Bonić (SRB) def. (wc)Adel Musina (RUS) 6-1 6-1

R2
(Q)Barbara Bonić (SRB) def. (2)Eduarda Piai (BRA) 6-2 6-2

QF
Lucy Brown (GBR) def. (Q)Barbara Bonić (SRB) 6-1 3-6 6-3