By KYLIE STEVENS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 09:40 BST, 21 May 2025 | Updated: 09:46 BST, 21 May 2025

Aussie tennis legend turned commentator Jelena Dokic has revealed that her estranged dad has died.

She took to social media on Wednesday to reveal that Damir Dokic, 67, died last Friday night in a lengthy and emotional post.

‘As you know my relationship with my father has been difficult and painful with a lot of history,’ she said.

‘Despite everything and no matter how hard, difficult and in the last 10 years even non existent our relationship and communication was, it is never easy losing a parent and a father even one you are estranged from.

‘The loss of an estranged parent comes with a difficult and complicated grief.’

She ended the post with ‘RIP.’

Damir gained notoriety for being involved in various violent incidents in which he was verbally and physically abusive

More to come. 

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Jelena Dokic’s abusive father dies with the tennis legend posting a surprising message to social media

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