https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celeb-news/jelena-dokic-father-57719 "I was 17 and had nowhere to go and tried to stay onsite somewhere and tried to hide and sleep the night out.

I've had weeks where I just go around the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne for 4-5 days in a row. "And following a first-round loss at the du Maurier Open in Canada in 2000, she received the worst beating of her life.“It was a really nasty memory that will stay with me forever … I ended up fainting, he beat me really badly.”She added: “The better I played the worse he got. I never got on court again and that was hard," she revealed.

Damir is notable for his fierce anger in the tennis circle. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. He would pull her hair, spit in her face and belittle her with vile insults. Her father is a Serbian whereas her mother was from Croatian nationality. "It continued on from there. Although she has already retired from her professional playing career, she is still making a handsome figure of income from her role as coach, commentator and a writer. I used to love running," she said. "I couldn't run for a very long time because of the shape I was in. In particular, she's enjoyed getting back into running after being forced to stop due to her weight. "As well as sticking to a healthy diet, Jelena makes sure she moves her body everyday. Jelena Dokić was born in 1983 and her place of birth is in Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. Retired tennis player Jelena Dokic alleged that her father beat her so badly after a 2000 tournament loss that she lost consciousness. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. It is what it is. and find out more about his family Jelena Dokic in happier times with her father DamirScottish sitcom actors interrupt doubles match at Andy Murray Live 2017 Former tennis star Jelena Dokic has revealed that from a young age her father regularly beat and kicked her. The Jenny Craig ambassador frequently shows off her incredible weight loss results on Instagram - Jelena won't reveal exactly how much she's lost, but she started at 99kg and her goal weight is 66kg. "I'm lucky I still get to be on court [Jelena is a tennis commentator] and I really like commentating, especially the Australian Open. Which is the one thing I couldn’t understand.”In an extract froim her book she continued:"The blow to the head fells me and as I lie on the floor he starts kicking me, he kicks me near my ear and my vision blurs. "I don't really focus just arms or legs or abs. "And following a first-round loss at the du Maurier Open in Canada in 2000, she received the worst beating of her life.“It was a really nasty memory that will stay with me forever … I ended up fainting, he beat me really badly.”She added: “The better I played the worse he got. Jelena Dokic was a Wimbledon semifinalist at the age of 17, but she paid a very high price for success, she recounts in her autobiography, "Unbreakable". "Mr Dokic, who lives in Serbia, was jailed in 2009 for threatening the Australian ambassador in Serbia with a hand grenade.Tennis Australia released a statement last weekend addressing concerns they had about Dokic's welfare during her tennis reign, but a “lack of cooperation” resulted in investigations never getting off the ground.They said: “All of us at Tennis Australia applaud Jelena's courage in telling her story and will continue to support her in any way we can.“There were many in tennis at the time who were concerned for Jelena's welfare, and many who tried to assist with what was a difficult family situation.“Some officials even went as far as lodging police complaints, which without cooperation from those directly involved, unfortunately could not be fully investigated.“Over the past ten years tennis has been constantly improving and updating policies to increase protection for children.” Sports fans can return to stadiums next month as lockdown measures ease further Hamilton claims F1 chiefs are trying to STOP him winning by slowing him down City line up £40m bid for Spurs star Harry Winks with Jose willing to sell Tyson Fury sparks outrage by singing N-word while rapping at his birthday party Valencia 'put ENTIRE squad up for sale except Gaya' in desperate bid for cash©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. In 2009, he was sent into the bars for 15 months for threatening the Australian ambassador to Serbia and possessing illegal weapons. Her last professional event was in 2013.The Sunday Telegraph said repeated requests for comment from Damir Dokic went unreturned.This is not the first time Dokic's father has been in the headlines.The two had been estranged for an eight-year period ending in 2011 after a series of his embarrassing public indiscretions, including accusing Australian Open organizers of fixing the 2001 tournament draw and an ejection from Wimbledon in 2000 for being drunk and disorderly on the press balcony.She went on to accuse him of years of humiliation and abuse as her coach.Damir Dokic was released after serving almost a year in jail in 2010 for threatening to blow up the Australian embassy in their native Serbia and having an illegal cache of weapons at his house.

679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. "As I've gotten older and I'm getting closer to having my own family, I realise that you have to let go of the bad things in your life. Jelena Dokić was born in Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to a Serb father Damir Dokić and a Croat mother, Ljiljana (née Podnar).