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February 14, 2026
Ana Ivanovic commented on the death of Tatjana Jecmenica: She left only one message...
Serbia was hit by very tragic news on Friday, February 13. In a serious traffic accident that occurred on the bypass near the Orlovaca interchange in the direction of Ostruznica, Tatjana Jecmenica, a famous tennis player and captain of the FED team of Serbia, died.
TL;DR
- Tatjana Jecmenica, a former professional tennis player and captain of the Serbian Fed Cup team, died in a car accident.
- The accident occurred on February 13th near Orlovaca on the bypass.
- Jecmenica's husband, Darko Jevtic, was seriously injured and is in a medically induced coma.
- Former Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic posted a tribute to Jecmenica.
- Jecmenica won six ITF singles titles and three doubles titles.
- Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the second round of Roland Garros in 1996.
- She was ranked as high as 72nd in singles and 84th in doubles on the WTA list in 1996.
- Jecmenica served as captain of the national Fed Cup team from 2005 to 2006.
- She is survived by her husband and son, Aleksa.
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