Dragana Zarić-Martinov(Serbian Cyrillic: Драгана Зарић-Мартинов, born 1 August 1977) is a Serbian former professional tennis player.

Dragana Zarić Martinov
Драгана Зарић Мартинов
Country (sports) Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
ResidenceVršac, Serbia
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Born (1977-08-01) 1 August 1977 (age 47)
Vršac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2006
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$165,828
Singles
Career record233–164
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 157 (2 April 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2001, 2002)
French OpenQ3 (2001)
WimbledonQ1 (2001)
US OpenQ2 (2001)
Doubles
Career record218–122
Career titles24 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 82 (10 June 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2003)
French Open3R (2002)
WimbledonQF (2001)
US Open1R (2001)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup33–19

Her career-high rankings are No. 157 in singles, achieved in the spring of 2001, and No. 82 in doubles, reached summer 2002. She won four titles in singles and 24 in doubles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. She also played for the Yugoslavia Fed Cup team, from 1995 until 2005.

Zarić started her professional career in 1994, and in 1995, she won her first ITF title in Nicosia, Cyprus. In 1998, she played her first WTA Tour qualifying draws in Maria Lankowitz and Istanbul, but lost. She kicked off the 2001 season with attempts to qualify on a couple of WTA and all Grand Slam tournaments, but failed to pass the qualifying rounds. In doubles, the same year, she got to the finals of the Budapest Grand Prix and the quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Championships.

Zarić retired from pro tennis 2006.

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Apr 2001 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Tier V Clay   Zsófia Gubacsi   Janette Husárová
  Tathiana Garbin
1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 13 (4–9)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 20 March 1995 ITF Castellón de la Plana, Spain Clay   Miho Saeki 1–6, 6–1, 6–7(2)
Loss 2. 16 October 1995 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard   Emmanuelle Curutchet 6–7(6), 6–7(5)
Win 3. 30 October 1995 ITF Nicosia, Cyprus Clay   Antoaneta Pandjerova 6–2, 6–3
Loss 4. 12 May 1997 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia Clay   Tathiana Garbin 4–6, 1–6
Loss 5. 1 March 1998 ITF Bushey, United Kingdom Carpet (i)   Elena Tatarkova 2–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss 6. 30 April 2000 ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay   Selima Sfar 5–7, 2–6
Win 7. 7 May 2000 ITF Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay   Camille Pin 7–6(4), 6–4
Loss 8. 8 May 2000 ITF Swansea, United Kingdom Clay   Christina Wheeler 4–6, 6–7(4)
Win 9. 22 October 2000 ITF Cardiff, United Kingdom Carpet (i)   Laurence Courtois 7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 10. 18 February 2001 ITF Sutton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Irina Selyutina 3–6, 1–6
Loss 11. 17 February 2002 ITF Sutton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Zuzana Ondrášková 6–7(5), 4–6
Loss 12. 10 October 2004 Royal Cup, Montenegro Clay   Miljana Adanko 3–6, 3–6
Win 13. 16 October 2004 ITF Herceg Novi, Montenegro Clay   Maša Zec Peškirič 6–7(4), 6–4, 7–6(5)

Doubles: 40 (24–16)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 24 April 1995 ITF Bari, Italy Clay   Marina Gojković   Alice Canepa
  Giulia Casoni
0–6, 0–6
Loss 2. 20 November 1995 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i)   Marina Lazarovska   Markéta Štusková
  Patricia Wartusch
4–6, 5–7
Win 3. 4 March 1996 ITF Buchen, Germany Carpet (i)   Marina Lazarovska   Lisa Fritz
  Katerina Tikhankina
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 4. 7 April 1996 ITF Athens, Greece Clay   Marlene Weingärtner   Annica Lindstedt
  Anna-Karin Svensson
0–6, 2–6
Win 5. 5 May 1996 ITF Balaguer, Spain Clay   Ariadne Katsoulis   Patricia Aznar
  Yolanda Clemot-Lerendegui
7–5, 6–4
Win 6. 26 January 1997 ITF Bastad, Sweden Hard (i)   Annica Lindstedt   Anna-Karin Svensson
  Patty Van Acker
6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Loss 7. 2 February 1997 ITF Rungsted, Denmark Carpet (i)   Kristina Pojatina   Linda Jansson
  Annica Lindstedt
6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 8. 16 February 1997 ITF Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia Carpet (i)   Hila Rosen   Barbara Schwartz
  Patricia Wartusch
1–6, 4–6
Win 9. 20 April 1997 ITF Bari, Italy Clay   Sandra Načuk   Tzipora Obziler
  Anna Smashnova
6–4, 6–2
Loss 10. 12 May 1997 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia Clay   Teodora Nedeva   Tathiana Garbin
  Francesca Guardigli
4–6, 4–6
Win 11. 25 May 1997 ITF Skopje, Macedonia Clay   Teodora Nedeva   Laura Fodorean
  Katia Altilia
6–3, 6–2
Loss 12. 21 September 1997 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay   Sandra Načuk   Sandra Klösel
  Karin Kschwendt
4–6, 4–6
Win 13. 17 May 1998 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia Clay   Tatjana Ječmenica   Antoaneta Pandjerova
  Desislava Topalova
6–2, 7–5
Loss 14. 14 September 1998 ITF Otočec, Slovenia Clay   Nóra Köves   Katarina Srebotnik
  Jasmin Wöhr
2–6, 3–6
Win 15. 15 February 1999 ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Nóra Köves   Lenka Němečková
  Patricia Wartusch
6–1, 6–4
Win 16. 1 March 1999 ITF Biel, Switzerland Hard (i)   Nóra Köves   Laura Bao
  Marylene Losey
6–2, 6–2
Win 17. 17 October 1999 ITF Welwyn, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Maja Matevžič   Magda Mihalache
  Zuzana Váleková
7–6(1), 5–7, 6–2
Win 18. 8 May 2000 ITF Swansea, United Kingdom Clay   Nóra Köves   Natalia Egorova
  Ekaterina Sysoeva
2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 19. 25 June 2000 ITF Gorizia, Italy Clay   Maja Matevžič   Vanessa Menga
  Alicia Ortuño
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win 20. 9 October 2000 ITF Welwyn, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Shelley Stephens   Antonella Serra Zanetti
  Adriana Serra Zanetti
4–0, 5–3, 4–1
Win 21. 16 September 2001 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay   Sandra Načuk   Conchita Martínez Granados
  Antonella Serra Zanetti
6–2, 7–6(6)
Loss 22. 4 November 2001 ITF Bolton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Sandra Načuk   Maria Goloviznina
  Bahia Mouhtassine
4–6, 3–6
Win 23. 12 February 2002 ITF Sutton, United Kingdom Carpet (i)   Sylvia Plischke   Maret Ani
  Galina Fokina
7–5, 6–3
Win 24. 13 May 2002 ITF Bromma, Sweden Clay   Katarina Mišić   Joana Cortez
  Tiffany Dabek
6–4, 6–4
Win 25. 21 May 2002 ITF Turin, Italy Clay   Katarina Mišić   Erica Krauth
  Katalin Marosi
7–6(5), 6–3
Win 26. 12 August 2002 ITF Aosta, Italy Clay   Katarina Mišić   Maria Fernanda Alves
  Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
7–5, 7–6(6)
Win 27. 15 October 2002 ITF Southampton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Amanda Hopmans   Līga Dekmeijere
  Yvonne Doyle
6–2, 6–1
Loss 28. 27 October 2002 ITF Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i)   Katarina Mišić   Antoaneta Pandjerova
  Desislava Topalova
6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 29. 18 February 2003 ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Katarina Mišić   Olga Barabanschikova
  Nadejda Ostrovskaya
4–6, 6–1, 5–7
Win 30. 2 March 2003 ITF Ostrava, Czech Republic Hard (i)   Roberta Vinci   Galina Voskoboeva
  Magdalena Zděnovcová
6–2, 6–4
Loss 31. 23 June 2003 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy Clay   Maria Geznenge   Li Ting
  Sun Tiantian
4–6, 3–6
Loss 32. 30 June 2003 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay   Maria Geznenge   Antonia Matic
  Angelika Rösch
1–6, 6–7(2)
Win 33. 21 September 2003 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay   Desislava Topalova   Daniela Klemenschits
  Sandra Klemenschits
6–3, 7–5
Win 34. 10 May 2004 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Clay   Nadejda Ostrovskaya   Sofia Arvidsson
  Hanna Nooni
7–6(3), 6–3
Loss 35. 5 July 2004 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay   Katarina Mišić   Vanessa Henke
  Martina Müller
1–6, 5–7
Win 36. 10 October 2004 ITF Podgorica, Montenegro Clay   Katarina Mišić   Janette Bejlková
  Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova
6–1, 6–2
Win 37. 16 October 2004 ITF Herceg Novi, Montenegro Clay   Katarina Mišić   Alja Zec Peškirič
  Maša Zec Peškirič
6–1, 6–2
Win 38. 29 November 2004 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay   Katarina Mišić   Galina Fokina
  Raissa Gourevitch
7–5, 6–4
Win 39. 6 December 2004 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay   Katarina Mišić   Galina Fokina
  Raissa Gourevitch
6–2, 6–2
Loss 40. 30 January 2005 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Katarina Mišić   Sofia Arvidsson
  Martina Müller
2–6, 3–6
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