Dokic, who experienced extreme and emotional and physical abuse at the hands of her father, Damir Dokic, has increasingly been willing to speak about her mental health.

Dokic, a tennis prodigy who reached the No.4 world ranking, released a book in 2017 which detailed the relationship with her father.

In her book, Unbreakable, Dokic wrote about her extraordinary life experiences, in which she says she emerged as a survivor from years of abuse, including once being beaten so badly she was left unconscious, regular beatings with a leather belt, emotional manipulation, and vile verbal harassment.

In the book, Dokic said the decision to turn her back on Australia and play for Yugoslavia was the biggest regret of her life and her tennis career.

Dokic had numerous career highlights and returned to Australia the country and famously received enormous overwhelming public support when she reached the 2009 Australian Open quarter-finals.

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