Jetstar signs Jelena Dokic in $1m sponsorship deal

[Phillippe M]

Jetstar signs Jelena Dokic in $1m sponsorship deal
Herald Sun - January 30, 2009 12:01am

JELENA Dokic has capped the spectacular comeback that won her a top-100 ranking in women's tennis and a wad of prizemoney with a $1 million sponsorship. Dokic, 25. has signed a three-year-contract - her first in seven years - to become the new face of budget airline Jetstar.

As part of the deal she will receive free flights to all venues in Australasia, the Herald Sun reports.

Details of the contract are being negotiated, but Dokic is not expected to appear in television ads.

Dokic was considering offers from several companies wishing to cash in on her Australian Open comeback, IMG manager David Malina said.

This week Dokic posed for Jetstar publicity photos in front of Melbourne's skyline.

She won huge public support as she played her way into the quarter-finals, finally bowing out this week to world No. 3 Dinara Safina.

The match was a TV ratings winner with 3.2 million viewers tuning in.

Dokic won the hearts of fans with her fighting spirit and openness about her past troubles: depression, weight gain and a short-lived retirement that all stemmed from family estrangement brought on by her volatile and overbearing father Damir.

In a frank interview after her heartwarming run to the quarter-finals, Dokic on Wednesday recalled the other life-changing week when her competitive instincts stopped her from putting away the racquet for good two years ago.

Her comments have drawn offers from women's magazines, but it is believed Dokic has rejected them.

Next week Dokic joins fellow Aussie Samantha Stosur at the Federation Cup in Perth.


http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,24983120-5014090,00.html

[Russell D]

Good on her. She's been through a lot, so I think she deserves a bright future. :)

[NickN]

Well Lleyton Hewitt is useless Australia needs a national tennis hero and Jelena fits the bill.

[Montague S]

anyone winning fits the bill....

but good on her, I hope the narrow-minded out there don't try and cut her down.

[Dan Hammond]

Good on her, good to see her back on her feet after all the crap shes been through.

[NickN]

Did you see the story in the paper about the massive house her dad lives in that he bought with her winnings? The guy looks like a true weirdo.

[Russell D]

Did you see the story in the paper about the massive house her dad lives in that he bought with her winnings? The guy looks like a true weirdo.

Yes I saw that, and I totally agree with you.

Also, another reason why I feel happy the Jelena is now well supported and now has this new contract is the fact that almost all (or all) of her former prize money and sponsorship revenue was taken by her father, leaving her practically broke.

She deserves every cent of this new contract. Hopefully she can continue her great form for many years to come.

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Well Lleyton Hewitt is useless Australia needs a national tennis hero and Jelena fits the bill.

Yeah, after all, Lleyton has only won two Grand Slam singles titles and has been runner up twice, won one Grand Slam doubles event, has more than 70 ATP careers wins, two Davis Cup titles and two runners up, two Masters Cup titles, ranked world number one for 18 months in 2001-2003, two time ATP Player of the Year, about US$18 million in career prize money...:eek:

Yeah, I'd call that pretty useless! :rolleyes:

[Montague S]

Yeah, after all, Lleyton has only won two Grand Slam singles titles and has been runner up twice, won one Grand Slam doubles event, has more than 70 ATP careers wins, two Davis Cup titles and two runners up, two Masters Cup titles, ranked world number one for 18 months in 2001-2003, two time ATP Player of the Year, about US$18 million in career prize money...:eek:

Yeah, I'd call that pretty useless! :rolleyes:


and a big mouth to boot... ;)

Hewitt didn't have the same obstructions when he was in the prime of his career, he only had substandard opposition like Nalbandian and an ageing Sampras to deal with.

[Andrew McLaughlin]

and a big mouth to boot... ;)

Hewitt didn't have the same obstructions when he was in the prime of his career, he only had substandard opposition like Nalbandian and an ageing Sampras to deal with.


...and Andre Agassi, and Andy Roddick, and Carlos Moya, and Federer...geez!

Substandard??? :confused:

[NickN]

Yeah, after all, Lleyton has only won two Grand Slam singles titles and has been runner up twice, won one Grand Slam doubles event, has more than 70 ATP careers wins, two Davis Cup titles and two runners up, two Masters Cup titles, ranked world number one for 18 months in 2001-2003, two time ATP Player of the Year, about US$18 million in career prize money...

Yeah, I'd call that pretty useless!


Your living in the past mate. He is not a contender anymore. Bowed out 1st round of the Oz Open.

[Dan Hammond]

Your living in the past mate. He is not a contender anymore. Bowed out 1st round of the Oz Open.

I have lost alot of respect for him, he needs to fucs more on hes tennis and less time selling hes stories to the magazines!

[Robert Zweck]

If only young Aussies had 5% of the G and D that Lleyton has...

If only... wouldn't Australia be a more go-ahead country!




The Tall Poppy syndrome is alive and well in our country.


Nick, you obviously know nothing about the last 20 years of Lleyton's life and the iconic achievements of Lleyton's parent's and his grandparent's. The Hewitt Family is all about achievement and excellence.

[Andrew P]

If only young Aussies had 5% of the G and D that Lleyton has...



had not has

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Your living in the past mate. He is not a contender anymore. Bowed out 1st round of the Oz Open.

...ain a 5-setter gainst the world's 14th ranked player Fernando Gonzalez MATE after having six months off with injury MATE! :mad:

[Montague S]

If only young Aussies had 5% of the G and D that Lleyton has...

If only... wouldn't Australia be a more go-ahead country!




The Tall Poppy syndrome is alive and well in our country.


Nick, you obviously know nothing about the last 20 years of Lleyton's life and the iconic achievements of Lleyton's parent's and his grandparent's. The Hewitt Family is all about achievement and excellence.

all well and good, but their son is about as tactful as a sledgehammer, perhaps he missed their tutelage when growing up, has he grown up yet? c'mon!

and saying that young aussies don't have his G and D is nonsense, I am a young Aussie and I can tell you from now, I've been thru the ringer more times in my 34 years than Hewitt's pumped Bec...and I am still here.

[NickN]

...ain a 5-setter gainst the world's 14th ranked player Fernando Gonzalez MATE after having six months off with injury MATE!


Stop making excuses for him. He hasn't done anything remarkable in recent times. He is in the twilight of his career. He is a has been. I appreciate he is trying to keep up with the worlds best but he is simply not one of them anymore.

Nick, you obviously know nothing about the last 20 years of Lleyton's life and the iconic achievements of Lleyton's parent's and his grandparent's. The Hewitt Family is all about achievement and excellence

First of all, who cares. And second of all if the discussion was about the Hewitt family as a whole I'd read about them and care, however as it happens we are talking about Lleyton.

I agree with Montague (quick it's a Kodak moment) that plenty of young aussies have plenty of G&D, more so than Lleyton Hewitt.




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