Jelena Dokic
FORMER #4 PROFESSIONAL TENNIS PLAYER | TV TENNIS COMMENTATOR | AUTHOR | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
CATEGORY
- International Women's Day
- Leadership
- Inspirational Speaker
- Mindset Performance and Mindfulness
TOPICS
- Ingredients for Success
- Resilience and Perseverance
- Overcoming the Odds
- The Life of a Refugee
- Bullying
- Empowerment
INFO
- Location: Melbourne
- Social media followers: 181k
Biography
A former World Number 4, popular tennis commentator and best-selling author of her autobiography ‘Unbreakable’, Jelena Dokic’s story of survival is nothing short of remarkable, both on and off the court.
Her rise in the ranks of tennis was meteoric, reaching the quarter finals at Wimbledon at the age of just 16. With a steely nerve, she fought off opponents with the same gutsy zeal Jelena Dokic used to fight off poverty and racism, bullying, discrimination, injury, depression – and the greatest fight of her life – the physical and emotional abuse she suffered for over 20 years at the hands of her tyrannical father and coach.
Jelena courageous story has captured a massive worldwide following. Her raw honesty will leave you in awe. Her ability to free herself from the grips of darkness will astonish you. Most of all, Jelena Dokic’s will to survive will inspire you. She embodies hope and strength and perseverance and will leave any audience mesmerised.
Testimonials
Jelena was amazing! She was so generous with her time, incredibly professional and the perfect choice to end an uplifting two days with her powerful keynote presentation on resilience, wellbeing and kindness. A great inspiring speaker – we highly recommend!!
Jelena was amazing, she was so generous with her time and in sharing her very difficult life, the importance of self-belief, kindness and resilience. Everyone in the room was engaged the whole time. We received overwhelming comments that Jelena was one of the best part of the conference! A great inspiring speaker - highly recommend!!
Jelena Dokic was phenomenal and such a pleasure to have at our event. She was kind and professional and so well spoken, her Q&A moved the room and left a lasting impression. We are so honoured to have had her at our event.
Jelena Dokic was articulate and engaging. Because lots of people know the public side of her story, it was great to hear the things that were going on behind the scenes.
Jelena Dokic is incredibly professional and wonderful to work with. Not only did Jelena generously and courageously share her story with our audience, but she also stayed around after to sign copies and take photos with those who bought her book. She was so kind with her time! We are in awe of how she can keep telling such a painful story, but we're thankful to her for sharing it with us all, and sharing advice on how we can care for others going through something similar.
Jelena Dokic was more than excellent. She has exceeded all our expectations; her speech was so emotional, and inspirational at the same time, that we had guests crying by the end of it. Having Jelena as a keynote speaker was a huge success for the club as we had over 300 guests attend the event. Jelena is a great speaker, great professional, amazing and inspirational person to meet.
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