Jelena Genčić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jelena Genčić

Serbian tennis player

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1936

Place of Birth: Belgrade, Belgrade District

Date of Death: 01-Jun-2013

Profession: tennis player, tennis coach, handball player

Nationality: Serbia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jelena Gencic (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ??????, pronounced [jelena gent?it?]; 9 October 1936 – 1 June 2013) was a Serbian tennis and handball player and coach.
In the 1970s she became a junior tennis coach and was later credited for playing a major role in the early development of numerous top class professional players and future grand slam champions.
Among the players she discovered and coached are Monica Seles, Novak Djokovic, Goran Ivaniševic, Mima Jaušovec, Iva Majoli, and Tatjana Jecmenica.
Gencic-coached players went on to collect 28 Grand Slam single titles: Djokovic 16, Seles 9, Ivaniševic 1, Jaušovec 1, and Majoli 1.