Dokic, 22, will return to Australia on Saturday, intent on rebuilding a shattered career away from her dominating father Damir.
The former world No.4, now languishing at No.349, wants to contest the Australian Open in January as an Australian.
Dokic will leave Zagreb in Croatia on Friday to forge a fresh start to a broken career - and life - after turning her back on Australia four years ago.
Despite playing Fed Cup last year for Serbia and Montenegro, Belgrade-born Dokic insists her loyalties are with her adopted country.
Under International Tennis Federation regulations, Dokic is free to play under the Australian flag at grand slams and other tournaments.
"I am an Australian, I feel like an Australian and I want to play for Australia again,'' she said yesterday.
"Australia is such a great country. The people are amazing.
"I had tremendous support from a lot of people, I loved playing Fed Cup, it was a great experience for me. I got along with everyone.
"I never got rid of my Australian nationality. I'm ready to be Australian again - there would be no point going back if I didn't feel Australian.
"I made a really good connection with so many people when I was at Tennis Australia and I'd like to have that feeling again.
"This is not any easy step to take for either side and I don't know what to expect."
Dokic is no longer on speaking terms with her father and former coach Damir and maintains only irregular contact with her mother Liliana.
Damir is one of the most reviled figures in international tennis because of a series of ugly, drunken confrontations.
He ordered his daughter to abandon Australia in 2001 after repeatedly accusing Australian Open officials of rigging the draw and the family moved to Serbia.
Dokic, who has been living in Croatia with her boyfriend, blames her father for many of the problems which have blighted her career.
"What happened before, I had no control over," Dokic said.
"I wanted to go back before but I was a little afraid of what reception I'd receive.
"Everyone will have their opinion and I cannot know how much will be positive or negative, but I owe a lot to so many people in Australia. It is where I belong."
Dokic and her family fled war-ravaged Yugoslavia in 1994 to settle in Sydney.
The nimble baseliner was quickly spotted as a future star and guided through the Australian system by coaches Craig Miller, Lesley Bowrey and Tony Roche.
Glories soon flowed with an appearance in the Wimbledon semi-finals after beating No.1 seed Martina Hingis in the opening round, WTA titles and the seemingly inevitable rise to grand slam honours.
But Damir Dokic's antics - behaviour which led to a six-month ban from tournaments after his fight over the price of a plate of fish at the US Open - created a suffocating millstone.
As rumours of physical and mental abuse shadowed Dokic's results, she finally succumbed.
"I was upset with what happened before," she said.
"There just comes a point when you have had enough. If you train for 10 hours and a day and you aren't happy, you cannot perform.
"My father and I have completely different ideas. We aren't on the same wavelength. I am not able to live with him or to work with him.
"When you are in that situation you can survive for a certain period of time but then it has to end.
"It is like that with a coach, but it is so much tougher when it is family."
Dokic again wallowed this season, dropping to the secondary Challenger circuit. She was a no-show at Wimbledon qualifying, where she had been promised a wildcard.
She has identified the Australian Open training camp at Melbourne Park next month as a launch pad for regrouping.
She plans to contest the play-off for the Australian Open singles wild card before tournaments in Auckland and Canberra.
"When you have gone through so much . . . I've no regrets at what happened. If I win a grand slam or reach the top 10 it's because it was destined to happen.
"I carried an enormous amount of pressure on my shoulders before, but I'm free of that now.
"I finally feel happy and good about my life."