Dijana Stojić (born 16 July 1988) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former professional
tennis
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player.
Stojić is originally from
Tuzla
Tuzla (, , ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inha ...
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also grew up in the Croatian city of
Makarska
Makarska () is a town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about southeast of Split (city), Split and northwest of Dubrovnik, in the Split-Dalmatia County.
Makarska is a prominent regional tourist center, located on a horseshoe-shaped bay bet ...
, having relocated there due to the
war
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. She received her tertiary education at the
University of South Carolina
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, where she competed on the varsity tennis team and retired ranked eighth for career
SEC singles wins.
Between 2003 and 2009, Stojić represented the
Bosnia and Herzegovina Fed Cup team in a total of 15 ties, winning ten of her 14 singles rubbers and one of her two doubles rubbers. During this time, she also appeared on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
and won two singles titles, at Mostar in 2004 and Podgorica in 2005.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (2–3)
Doubles (1–1)
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1988 births
Living people
Croatian female tennis players
Bosnia and Herzegovina female tennis players
South Carolina Gamecocks women's tennis players
Expatriate tennis players in the United States
Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Croatia
Sportspeople from Tuzla
Sportspeople from Makarska