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Beautiful Ana Ivanovic : Bio

Posted by wbw Friday, May 21, 2010









Nickname(s): Anči, Aussie Ana
Country: Serbia
Residence: Basel, Switzerland
Date of birth: November 6, 1987
Place of birth: Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight: 69 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro: August 17, 2003
Plays: Right-handed; two-handed backhand





Ana Ivanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Ивановић) Serbian pronunciation: [ˈana iˈvaːnɔvitɕ] (born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a former World No.1 Serbian tennis player. As of May 17, 2010, she is ranked World No. 41 by the Women's Tennis Association. She won the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open[3] and the 2008 Australian Open.

Personal Life

Ivanović's mother Dragana, who is a lawyer, attends all of her daughter's matches. Her father, Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loves to play basketball.[5] She chooses not to have a permanent coach.[6] Aside from her tennis career, Ivanović also studies finance at a university in Belgrade and Spanish in her spare time.[6] Her inspiration to begin playing was Monica Seles.[7]

On September 8, 2007, Ivanović became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Đorđević and Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. Ivanović visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said: "I'm also looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids."[8]

Ivanović confirmed in November 2008 that she was romantically involved with Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco;[9] however, it was reported that the relationship ended in January 2009. Some of her best friends include close childhood family friend Novak Djokovic, whom she has known since she was 5 years old, and former world number 1 Rafael Nadal.

She is currently dating Australian golfer, Adam Scott.

Playing Style

Ivanovic is an offensive baseliner who is notable for her aggressive play. From 2007-2008, Ivanovic was regarded as one of the best competitors on the women's tour. After winning the 2008 French Open and becoming #1, Ivanovic has endured a significant slump in form. Many tennis analysts attribute her downword spiral to her lack of confidence and self belief. At the 2010 Australian Open, Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova commented that, "while she has absolutely no confidence in herself, she still fights till the last point."

Serve

Ivanović's serve is a powerful weapon. She hit a 124.9 mph serve (201.0 kph) in 2007 at the French Open, the fifth fastest serve of all time on the WTA Tour.[14] As of late, however, her serve has become unreliable - mostly due to technical issues with her ball toss. The success of her ball toss is directly associated with her nerves. During the French Open final in 2007, Ivanovic was overcome with nerves and her toss went astray. During Ivanovic's slump in play in 2009, her serve became gradually less effective as her confidence diminished.

Groundstrokes

Ivanović's strength is her powerful forehand which has long been considered to be one of the best forehands in the game. It has a fluid motion and made great and memorable winners with her devastating forehand. Her backhand, although not as big of a weapon as her forehand, has improved over the years. Ivanović's serve is a powerful weapon. Ivanović's movement and net play were once considered to be her weaknesses, however both her movement and net play has improved tremendously over the years.

Surface

Ivanović's best surface are clay courts where her height allows her to strike clean winners off of high bouncing balls, but she is capable of performing well on hard and grass courts as well.

Career

Ivanović picked up a racket at the age of five after watching Monica Seles, a fellow Yugoslavian, on television during the 1992 French Open. She started her career after memorizing the number of a local tennis clinic from an advertisement . During her training she encountered the NATO bombings in 1999, forcing her to train in the morning to avoid them. Later, she admitted that she trained in an abandoned swimming pool in the winter, as there were no other facilities. When she was 15, Ivanović spent four hours in the locker room crying after a defeat—the first that her new manager had watched—she thought that Dan Holzmann was going to drop her because she felt that she was not good enough to become a professional tennis player. He has stayed as her manager to this day.

2004

Ivanović reached the final of the Junior Wimbledon tournament in 2004, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.[15] In 2004, she went 26–0 on the ITF circuit, and won all five events that she entered, two of them as a qualifier. Her first professional breakthrough occurred in October 2004 when she took Venus Williams to two tie breaks before losing 7–6(11), 7–6(6) in the second round of the Zürich Open in Zürich, Switzerland, in which she held several set points in both sets. She followed that up with a quarterfinal showing in Luxembourg the next week.

2005

Ivanović won her first career singles title, as a qualifier, in Canberra, Australia after defeating Melinda Czink, 7–5, 6–1, in the final. Her ranking continued to rise after wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova, and Vera Zvonareva, all of whom were top 10 players. Ivanović lost to Amélie Mauresmo at the Australian Open, Doha, and Miami Masters. However, Ivanović defeated Mauresmo in the third round of the French Open which was arguably her biggest win at that point in her career.[16] Ivanović eventually reached the quarterfinals of that tournament, where she lost to Petrova.[17] Later in the year, Ivanović reached the semifinals of the Zurich Open and Generali Ladies Linz, losing in both tournaments to Patty Schnyder.

2006

Ivanović started the year at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia with fellow Serbian Novak Djoković, where the pair narrowly missed the final.[18] To start off her WTA year she played at the Medibank International in Sydney where she once again defeated Amélie Mauresmo, this time in straight sets, before falling to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals.

At the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Ivanović defeated Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 6–3 before falling to Elena Dementieva in three sets. In the clay court season, she defeated Patty Schnyder in straight sets at the J & S Cup in Warsaw before losing to Anna Chakvetadze after a three-set battle. Retiring against Na Li at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin while leading a set, she was unable to reproduce her record from the previous year, falling to Anastasia Myskina in straight sets in the third round of the French Open. She progressed to the fourth round at Wimbledon but lost to eventual champion Mauresmo in straight sets.

Ivanović made her breakthrough in August when she defeated former World No. 1 Martina Hingis in the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.[19] This ultimately led to her winning the United States Open Series ahead of Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova. At the US Open she lost to Serena Williams. After some early round losses to Olga Poutchkova at the Wismilak International in Bali and Venus Williams at the FORTIS Championships in Luxembourg, Ivanović took a few weeks off to tend to a recurring injury in her right shoulder. She made her return in Linz and made it to the quarterfinals of Generali Ladies, before losing to Maria Sharapova in two sets. Finishing her year at the Gaz de France Stars in Hasselt, Belgium, she lost to Dutch player Michaëlla Krajicek.

Ivanović also played nine tournaments in doubles in 2006, teaming with Maria Kirilenko and Sania Mirza. Ivanović and Kirilenko made two semifinals and a final; they ended the year at number 17 in the annual Race to the Championships. Ivanović herself finished the year ranked World No. 14 and in the doubles, she finished at World No. 51.

2007

Ivanović's first three tournaments of the year were in Australia. Starting with the Mondial Hardcourts in Gold Coast, she fell to Shahar Pe'er in the quarterfinals. At the Medibank International in Sydney, she again lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Nicole Vaidišová. Seeded 13th at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Ivanović defeated Polish player Agnieszka Radwańska in the second round but lost in the third round to Vera Zvonareva, 6–1, 6–2. Immediately after this tournament, she announced via her official website that she had terminated the services of her coach, David Taylor.

In Tokyo for the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open, Ivanović defeated Jelena Janković and Maria Sharapova who retired from the match due to injury to reach her third career final, but then lost to Martina Hingis.

Ivanović lost to Kim Clijsters in the quarterfinals of the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp. She then played one Tier II and three Tier I events in the United States. At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, she was defeated in the fourth round by Sybille Bammer. Yaroslava Shvedova then defeated Ivanović in the second round of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Miami Masters. Beginning her clay court season, Ivanović played the Tier II Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida, where she defeated Janković in the quarterfinals before falling to Tatiana Golovin in the semifinals. The following week, she made her first appearance at the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, losing to Zvonareva in the third round.

Ivanović then returned to Europe to play two clay court tournaments in preparation for the French Open. In Berlin at the Qatar Telecom German Open, she won her first Tier I clay court title, defeating World No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final. However, Ivanović injured her ankle during the final, which forced her to withdraw from the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. The win in Berlin propelled her into the top ten of the WTA Rankings for the first time, at World No. 8.

Ivanović had a six-match winning streak heading into the French Open and increased this streak to twelve by reaching the final. She won her first three matches with the loss of only nine games. In her second career quarterfinal at Roland Garros, Ivanović defeated World No. 3 Kuznetsova 6–0, 3–6, 6–1. She then beat World No. 2 Sharapova in the semifinals 6–2, 6–1. In the final, Ivanović attempted to win her first Grand Slam singles title and complete a sweep of the top three players in the world. However, World No. 1 and two-time defending champion Justine Henin won the match, 6-1, 6-2. Later on, Ivanović admitted that the idea of being in the final of a Grand Slam tournament overwhelmed her.[citation needed]

With her clay court season over, Ivanović played the Ordina Open on grass in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, losing in the quarterfinals to Daniela Hantuchová. At Wimbledon, Ivanović defeated World No. 9 Nadia Petrova in the fourth round and saved three match points to defeat Vaidišová in the quarterfinals 4–6, 6–2, 7–5. In the semifinals, three-time former Wimbledon champion Venus Williams defeated Ivanović in straight sets.

A persistent knee injury sustained at Wimbledon caused Ivanović to withdraw from Serbian Fed Cup competition with Slovakia and two lead up events to the US Open.[20] She returned to the tour at the East West Bank Classic in Carson, California, saving two match points in the semifinals before defeating Janković 4–6, 6–3, 7–5. In the final, Ivanović defeated Petrova to win the fourth singles title of her career, which increased her ranking to a career high of World No. 4.

Ivanović next attempted to defend her title at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada. However, her title defence lasted only 65 minutes as she lost to Chinese qualifier Yan Zi 6–3, 6–1.

In Ivanović's first three matches at the US Open, she lost only 10 games. Venus Williams then eliminated her for the second consecutive time at a Grand Slam tournament, 6–4, 6–2.

Ivanović then returned to Europe for three tournaments. At the Tier II Luxembourg Championships, Ivanović qualified for the Sony Ericsson Championships as she reached the semifinals. In the final, Ivanović rallied from 6–3, 3–0 down to defeat Hantuchová in two hours and 25 minutes. This was her fifth career title. At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Ivanović lost to Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round 6–2, 1–6, 6–3. Playing at what Ivanović considers her home event,[citation needed] the Tier I Zurich Open, she lost to Golovin in the second round 6–3, 6–1.

To end the year, Ivanović played the Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid, Spain. Seeded fourth and assigned to the Red Group during the round robin phase, she defeated World No. 2 Kuznetsova in a three-set match and Hantuchová in straight sets. Sharapova then defeated Ivanović in the final match of the round robin 6–1, 6–2. Because she finished second in her group, Ivanović played World No. 1 Henin in the semifinals, which the Belgian won 6–4, 6–4.

Ivanović finished the year with a career-high ranking of World No. 4, 14 points behind Janković.

2008

Ivanović began the year at the Medibank International in Sydney, losing to Justine Henin in the semifinals in three sets. As the fourth seed at the Australian Open, Ivanović defeated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, 7–6(3), 6–4 for the first time in her career before losing to Maria Sharapova in straight sets in the final. Her ranking rose to World No. 2 as a result of her performance at the tournament, the highest of her career at the time.

In Serbia's Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I D round robin tie against Poland in Budapest, Ivanović defeated Urszula Radwańska in straight sets. In Serbia's second round robin tie against Romania, Ivanović defeated Monica Niculescu and then teamed with Jelena Janković to win the deciding doubles rubber against the Romanian team 2–6, 7–6(3), 7–6(2). In the promotion playoff, Ivanović beat Renee Reinhard of the Netherlands, as Serbia advanced to the World Group II playoffs in April.

Ivanović was the top-seeded player at the Qatar Total Open in Doha but withdrew from the tournament after her second round match because of an ankle injury. The following week at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Ivanović lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Dementieva. In March, Ivanović defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California but lost to Lindsay Davenport in the third round of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open iin Miami Masters the following week.

Ivanović started her clay court season as defending champion at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin. She lost to Dementieva for the fourth time in four career matches in the semifinals. At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, top seeded Ivanović lost in the second round to a qualifier. Ivanović was the second-seeded player at the French Open.She won her first five matches in straight sets, including a double bagel win over Petra Cetkovska in the fourth round. She defeated World No. 3 Janković in the semifinals in three sets, guaranteeing that Ivanović would become the World No. 1, regardless of whether she won the final. Ivanović still went on to defeat Dinara Safina,6–4,6–3 in the final, winning her first Grand Slam singles title.

At Wimbledon, Ivanović was the top-seeded player and defeated French veteran player Nathalie Dechy in the second round 6–7(2), 7–6(3), 10–8. The match took 3 hours, 24 minutes to play, with Ivanović saving two match points while trailing 5–4 in the second set and Dechy saving three match points in the third set before succumbing. Ivanović then lost in the third round to unseeded wildcard Zheng Jie of China, who was ranked World No. 133, 6–1, 6–4.

The summer hardcourt season started with a third round loss at the Rogers Cup in Montreal to Tamira Paszek. Ivanović, bothered by a sore thumb sustained during practice two weeks before Montreal,[21] withdrew from the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles. This caused her to lose her World No. 1 ranking to Janković. The injury also caused her to withdraw from the Summer Olympics in Beijing, with Ivanović describing the withdrawal as "one of the worst moments of her career".[22] Ivanović, having reclaimed her World No. 1 ranking on August 18, was the top-seeded player at the US Open.[23] Ivanovic lost in the second round to French Julie Coin, which was the earliest loss by a top seeded player at the US Open since the 1973 tournament.[24]

In her first match after the US Open, which was the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ivanović was defeated by Nadia Petrova of Russia in three sets, bringing her win-loss record since the French Open to 4–4. Ivanović later told the press that she was "just happy to be back injury-free" and that she needed to "play more matches get back into rhythm".[25]

Ivanović beat World No. 18 Alizé Cornet in the second round of the China Open in Beijing before losing to Zheng Jie in the quarterfinals in three sets. At the Tier I Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Ivanović was upset by Slovak teenager Dominika Cibulková in the second round. In the last edition of the Zurich Open in Switzerland, Ivanović won back-to-back matches for the first time since Wimbledon. However, in her sixth semifinal of the year, Ivanović lost to Venus Williams. At the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria, Ivanović reached her first WTA Tour final since the French Open and went on to defeat second-seeded Vera Zvonareva in straight sets.

At the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, Ivanović was the fourth seed. In her first round robin match, she was defeated by World No. 1 Janković 6–3, 6–4. Her next match was against Zvonareva, to whom she lost 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4. She withdrew from her final match against Kuznetsova because of a virus.

2009

Ivanović started the year by playing two tournaments in Australia. At the Brisbane International, Ivanović lost to Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 6–2 in the third round. At the Australian Open, Ivanović was seeded fifth and won her first two matches in straight sets before losing to 29th seed Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the third round 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2.

Ivanović took part in Serbia's Fed Cup win in the World Group II tie against Japan. She defeated Ai Sugiyama and Ayumi Morita to help Serbia to a 4–1 win. At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, a Premier 5 event on the tour, she lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals 6–4, 6–4. Around this time, Ivanović began working with coach Craig Kardon in February after parting with former coach Sven Groeneveld.[27]

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, where she was defending champion, Ivanović defeated 12th-seeded Flavia Pennetta in the fourth round 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. Having advanced to the final she lost to Vera Zvonareva in a match plagued by windy conditions, 7–6(5), 6–2. In Miami, Ivanović lost in the third round to Ágnes Szávay. In April, Ivanović took part in the Serbia's Fed Cup World Group Play-offs against Spain. She defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues to help Serbia gain promotion to the World Group with a 4–0 win.

In Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, fifth seeded Ivanović defeated Italian Francesca Schiavone before being defeated by the 10th seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, throwing away a 4–0 lead in the third set. She withdrew from the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open because of a knee injury . At the 2009 French Open, Ivanović won her first three matches in straight sets, before crashing out to Victoria Azarenka in the 4th round 6–2, 6–3. This early loss caused Ivanović to fall out of the top ten for the first time since first cracking it in May 2007, sitting at World No. 13. After this, Ivanović announced that she had ceased working with Craig Kardon and will be participating in the adidas Player Development Program where she will be coached by Sven Groeneveld, Darren Cahill, Mats Merkel and Gil Reyes.[28]

Starting the grass court season, Ivanović was unseeded and lost in the first round of the AEGON International to the seventh seed Nadia Petrova in three sets 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 despite being 4–1 and a double break up in the final set. Ivanović partnered Sabine Lisicki in doubles but the pairing was defeated in the first round by Cara Black and Liezel Huber, 6–1, 6–2.

At Wimbledon, Ivanović was seeded 13th. She opened the tournament against Lucie Hradecká and had to save two match before eventually winning 5–7, 6–2, 8–6. This became the third year in a row where Ivanović had to save match points at Wimbledon. She followed up this match with wins over Sara Errani and 18th seeded Samantha Stosur, only her second win over a top 15 opponent this season. She retired from her fourth round match with Venus Williams while trailing 6–1, 0–1, due to a micro-tear in her thigh.

In preparation for the U.S. Open, Ivanović took part in three tournaments. In the LA Women's Tennis Championships in Los Angeles, Ivanović reached the third round, where she fell to Samantha Stosur, 6–3, 6–2. Her next tournament was the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati where she was upset in the second round by Melinda Czink, 7–6(6), 7–5, despite serving for the first set at 5–4 and holding a 3–0 advantage in the second. Ivanović then lost to Lucie Safarova 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, at the Rogers Cup in Toronto despite serving for the match in the second set at 5–4. Ivanović routinely produced high number of double faults during this period due to a temporary change in her service motion due to a shoulder injury sustained prior to the U.S. Open Series.

At the U.S. Open, Ivanović lost in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7), despite holding a 3–1 lead in the second set and having match point on her serve in the third set tiebreak. After the match, former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash criticized Ivanovic's new service motion, calling watching it a "painful experience" and that it "weakens her threat". He also felt that Ivanovic was "over-analysing" her game and that her main problem is "her lack of confidence".[29]

At the Premier 5 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ivanović suffered her third successive defeat losing in the first round to Lucie Safarova, 6–4, 7–6(1), having held a 3–0 lead in the second set. This was only the second time in her career that Ivanovic had suffered three back-to-back defeats. Citing an upper respiratory tract infection, Ivanovic pulled out of the China Open, and announced via her official website that she was taking the rest of the year off.

She finished the year with a 24–14 match record, her worst since she turned pro, and with no titles. Ivanović has only reached three quarter-finals, one semi-final and final and has only won back-to-back matches six times, only two coming in non grand slam events. Ivanović ended the year ranked 21, the first time she has been ranked outside the Top 20 since July 2005. Her boyfriend professional golfer Adam Scott also suffered a form slump during 2009.

2010

Ivanović has started the year playing her first competitive tournament (since September), at the 2010 Brisbane International. Seeded 3rd, Ivanovic reached her first semifinal since Indian Wells, defeating Jelena Dokić, Timea Bacsinszky and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova en route, but lost to wild card Justine Henin, 6–3, 6–2, in Henin's first tournament since her return from retirement.

Ivanović was seeded 20th at the 2010 Australian Open. She reached the second round after defeating qualifier Shenay Perry in straight sets in the opening round. There, she lost to Gisela Dulko 6–7(6), 7–5, 6–4, having led 3–1 in the second set.

Ivanović then participated in the opening round of the 2010 Fed Cup in Serbia's tie against Russia. She went 0-2 in her singles matches, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alisa Kleybanova, both in straight sets. She partnered with Jelena Janković in the deciding doubles match, but they fell to Kuznetsova and Kleybanova. Ivanovic then withdrew from Dubai with shoulder tendenitis.

Ivanović then announced that she was working with Steffi Graf's former coach Heinz Gunthardt on a trial basis during the spring North American hard court season, suspending her relationship with the Adidas Player Development Program indefinitely. In her first match under Gundhardt, a one-set semi-final against reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters in the 2010 Billie Jean King Cup at Madison Square Garden, Ivanovic lost in a tie-break having had match point.

At the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, Ivanović lost her opening match to world no. 63 Anastasija Sevastova 6–2, 6–4, losing her serve five times. This was Ivanović's fourth consecutive loss, the first time she had suffered four consecutive losses in her career. She also lost a huge number of points, having made the final in 2009. Due to this defeat, she dropped 30 places in the WTA Rankings from No.28 to No.58. This is the first time she has been out of the top 50 since she cracked it in March 2005. Seeded 25th at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Ivanović won her first match since the Australian Open, beating qualifier Pauline Parmentier 6–4, 6–3 in the second round. She then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 7–5 in the third round.

In her first clay court event of the year at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Ivanovic suffered yet another opening round exit at the hands of the 5th seed Radwańska, losing 7–6(4), 6–4. In the doubles partnering Andrea Petkovic, she lost to the pair of Borwell and Kops-Jones in her first doubles match since June 2009.

Going into the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome with a 5-7 win-loss record for the year, she defeated World No. 32 Elena Vesnina in the first round 6–1, 6–3 in 64 minutes. In the second round, she upset World No. 10 Victoria Azarenka, 6–4, 6–4, her first win over a top 10 player since October 2008. She then defeated World No. 7 Elena Dementieva for the first time in her career, 6–1, 7–6(5), to advance to the quarterfinals where she defeated 14th seeded Nadia Petrova 6–2, 7–5. She lost to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the semifinals, 6–4, 6–2. Her run to the semifinals in Rome caused her singles rankings to rise by 16 places and her race to the Sony Ericsson championships ranking by 40 places.

She was granted a wildcard into the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open in Madrid, and received a bye in the first round due to her semifinal appearance at Rome. This also makes her the first unseeded wildcard to receive a bye in the history of the WTA Tour. She lost in the second round to Jelena Jankovic 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, after leading 2–0 in the second set.

Ivanovic will next compete at the 2010 French Open. She will be unseeded for the first time at a major since 2005. Her win loss record for the year stands at 9–9.

2010 Tournament Calendar

1. Brisbane International - January 3–9, 2010 (SEMI FINALS)
2. Australian Open - January 18–30, 2010 (2ND ROUND)
3. BNP Paribas Open - March 10–21, 2010 (2ND ROUND)
4. Sony Ericsson Open - March 23- April 4, 2010 (3RD ROUND)
5. Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - April 24- May 2, 2010 (1ST ROUND)
6. Internazionali BNL d'Italia - May 2–8, 2010 (SEMI FINALS)
7. Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open - May 8–16, 2010 (2ND ROUND)
8. French Open - May 23- June 5, 2010
9. UNICEF Open - June 13–19, 2010
10. Wimbledon Championships - June 21- July 3, 2010
11. Southern California Open - July 31- August 8, 2010
12. Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open - August 9–15, 2010
13. Rogers Cup - August 13–22, 2010
14. US Open - August 30- September 12, 2010
15. Toray Pan Pacific Open - September 6-October 2, 2010
16. China Open - October 2–10, 2010

* Her latest best performance is her clay court tournament in Rome reaching the semifinals, although she also reached the semifinals of the hard court tournament, Brisbane 2010.

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