Theodora Marcic and Nedeljko Mirosavljevic of Belgrade, Serbia, have joined the professional staff of Milford Tennis.
Marcic has been on the Women's International Tour and the International Tennis Federation Tour since 2004. At the age of 16 she received her first Women's International Tour ranking of 776. In 2014 she achieved her highest tour ranking as 121 in doubles. Her highest singles ranking was 249. During the past 10 years she has won 33 doubles and 3 singles tour titles. Most recently she was the #1 Women's Doubles Alternate for the 2014 U.S. Open.
She is the only female Serbian player to have won 33 international tour doubles titles on a professional tour.
She started playing in Belgrade at the age of 8 in 1996. As a child protégé, in 1998 at the age of 10 she became the 10 & Under Yugoslavian Champion by winning every 10 & under girls tournament. She won the Winkler Cup in Germany for the Girls 10 & Under and 12 & Under. In 1999, at the age of 11, she won the Yugoslavian Indoor 14 & Under Championship.
In 2000 she came to the United States with a full scholarship to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. She competed on the ITF Junior circuit from 2001 to 2004. Her highest junior world ranking was 50 at the age of 18. She also played in the U.S. Open and Wimbledon Junior tournaments.
Nedeljko Mirosavljevic
Nedeljko Mirosavljevic has been coaching for seven years. His coaching includes: Novak Djokovic's Academy; the Captain of the Serbian Davis Cup Team; the American Tennis Players Touring Pro Pedja Krstin, highest ranking 255, and he coached Marcic. He has also been the sparring partner for WTA player Jelena Jankovic, ranked in the Top 10 in 2004.
Mirosavljevic started playing tennis at the age of 6 and played national tournaments from 1997 - 2003 and ranked 21 in Serbia. In 2003 he played ITF tournaments until 2005 when he had to end his professional career due to a motorcycle accident.
He returned and started coaching in 2007.
In 2009 he traveled with and coached Marcic; the Serbian Davis Cup Team in 2010, and was at Novak's Tennis Academy. At the end of 2011. He opened his own tennis club and continued working with professional players and juniors.
Milford Tennis
Milford Indoor Tennis is a full service tennis facility that is operated by the Tennis Connecticut management group. It offers programming for players of all levels and abilities.
For more information visit milfordindoortennis.com or call 203-876-1776.