Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Hobart (as No.5 seed, l. to Keothavong); fell 1r at Australian Open (as No.25 seed, l. to Voskoboeva in 3s).

FEBRUARY - Fell 1r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Li); fell 1r at Dubai (l. to LL Pin in 3s); reached QF at Acapulco (as LL, l. to top seed and eventual champion V.Williams in 3s).

MARCH - Reached 2r at Monterrey (as No.5 seed, l. to qualifier King in 3s); reached 4r at Indian Wells (as No.22 seed, l. to No.7 seed A.Radwanska in 3s); reached 4r at Miami (as No.25 seed, d. No.7 seed Ivanovic en route, falling to No.11 seed and eventual champion Azarenka; win over world No.7 Ivanovic was fifth Top 10 win).

APRIL - Reached 2r at Stuttgart (l. to No.2 seed Dementieva).

MAY - Fell 1r at Rome (l. to No.9 seed Wozniacki); reached QF at Madrid (d. No.12 seed Pennetta and No.7 seed Azarenka en route, falling to Mauresmo in 3s; win over world No.9 Azarenka was sixth Top 10 win); reached 4r at Roland Garros (as No.29 seed, d. No.3 seed V.Williams en route, falling to No.20 seed Cibulkova; win over world No.3 V.Williams was seventh Top 10 win).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Wimbledon (as No.30 seed, l. to Flipkens).

JULY - Won third Tour singles title at Budapest (as No.4 seed, d. top seed Schnyder in final).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Los Angeles (l. to Vesnina); reached 2r at Cincinnati (l. to No.14 seed Pennetta); reached 2r at Toronto (l. to No.14 seed A.Radwanska); fell 1r at US Open (as No.32 seed, l. to Peer).

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Tokyo (l. to Dulko); fell 1r at Beijing (l. to A.Bondarenko).

OCTOBER - Reached 2r at Moscow (l. to Dushevina in 3s).

NOVEMBER - Fell in RR stage at Bali (went 0-2 in RR stage).

2003 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first Tour qualifying at Budapest; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Played five Tour main draws, best result being SF at Modena (l. to Garbin; was only third Tour main draw); reached 2r once, fell 1r three times and in qualifying six times (incl. US Open); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Played two Tour main draws, best result being 2r at Bogotá; fell 1r at Budapest and in qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Breakthrough season; rose from No.185 to No.53 in first half, best results being SF at Budapest (l. to Dulko), QF at Barcelona (l. to Shaughnessy), qualifying for Grand Slam main draw debuts at Roland Garros and Wimbledon (reached 2r at both) and winning one singles title on ITF Circuit (also won doubles title there); six events contested in remarkable second half of season moved her from No.53 to No.20; won first Tour singles title at Palermo (d. Müller in final), QF at Bad Gastein (l. to Schiavone), runner-up at New Haven (ret. vs. Kuznetsova in final w/low back injury), first Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Kuznetsova), second Tour singles title at Beijing (d. Jankovic 67(7) 75 62 in final; trailed 5-1 w/mp in second set) and another QF at Seoul (ret. vs. Daniilidou w/thigh injury); withdrew from Linz w/thigh injury; wins over No.10 Hantuchova (New Haven), No.8 Petrova (US Open) and No.3 Jankovic (Beijing) were first Top 10 wins; made Top 100 debut on June 11 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.102 to No.82), Top 50 debut on July 23 (after Palermo; rose from No.53 to No.37) and Top 20 debut on September 24 (after Beijing; rose from No.23 to No.20); stayed No.20 through November 12 year-end rankings; also won first Tour doubles title at Budapest (w/Uhlirova).

2008 - Second straight Top 30 finish after somewhat up-and-down season; runner-up at Paris [Indoors] (as No.7 seed, d. No.2 seed Hantuchova en route to final, falling to top seed Chakvetadze in 3s; win over world No.8 Hantuchova was fourth Top 10 win); SF at Bad Gastein (as top seed, l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Parmentier); QF four times, in consecutive clay events at Amelia Island (as No.8 seed, l. to No.16 seed Davenport 64 76(3); held sp at 5-4 second set), Charleston (as No.10 seed, d. No.8 seed Safina en route; l. to Cornet) and Berlin (as No.10 seed, d. No.8 seed Bartoli en route; l. to No.2 seed Ivaovic 36 64 63, having led 63 31) and on hardcourts at New Haven (as No.4 seed, l. to Mauresmo); reached 4r once, at Wimbledon (as No.15 seed, l. to WC Zheng) and 3r once, at Roland Garros (as No.12 seed, l. to Kvitova in 3s); fell 1r or 2r 17 times, incl. Australian Open (as No.20 seed, l. to Makarova 75 third set in 1r), Olympics (as No.11 seed, l. to Zheng 75 third set in 1r) and US Open (as No.13 seed, l. to Garbin in 3s in 2r); having cracked Top 20 in 2007, reached career-high No.13 on April 14 (after Amelia Island) but dipped to No.28 by November 10 year-end rankings; won second Tour doubles title at Gold Coast (w/Safina); withdrew from Moscow w/left hip injury.

SINGLES
Winner (3): 2009 - Budapest; 2007 - Palermo, Beijing, ITF/Zagreb-CRO; 2006 - ITF/Houston, TX-USA; 2004 - ITF/Ciampino-ITA.
Finalist (2): 2008 - Paris [Indoors]; 2007 - New Haven.
Semifinalist (3): 2008 - Bad Gastein; 2007 - Budapest; 2005 - Modena.
Quarterfinalist (10): 2009 - Acapulco, Madrid; 2008 - Amelia Island, Charleston, Berlin, New Haven; 2007 - Barcelona, Bad Gastein, US Open, Seoul.

DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2008 - Gold Coast (w/Safina); 2007 - Budapest (w/Uhlirova), ITF/Zagreb-CRO (w/Laine); 2006 - ITF/Vittel-FRA (w/Beygelzimer); 2005 - ITF/Dinan-FRA (w/Krajicek).
Finalist (5): 2007 - Doha, Bad Gastein (both w/Uhlirova); 2006 - Bogota (w/Woehr); 2005 - Hasselt (w/Krajicek); 2004 - Budapest (w/Nemeth).

ADDITIONAL
Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2005, 2007-09; Hungarian Olympic Team, 2008.

Coached by Karlheinz Wetter ... Introduced to tennis at age 6 by parents at local tennis club ... Mother, Terezia Dasko, is a teacher and coach; father is Zsolt; sister, Blanka and brother, Levente, are both students ... Favorite surfaces are clay, hardcourts; best shot is serve; does swimming and athletics as off-court training ... Likes listening to pop music and playing any ball sports ... Most admires Lance Armstrong for his successful battle with cancer (his autobiography is her favorite book) ... Tennis player most admired is Roger Federer ("a real sportsman") ... Favorite city to visit is Melbourne ... Speaks Hungarian and English.

Official Website: www.szavayagnes.hu

- Awards received include Tour Newcomer of the Year (2007); also named Hungary's Best Athlete for 2007 by Hungarian National Sports Federation.
- In July 2007, signed on as Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity in Hungary.
- Is fourth Hungarian ever to win a Tour singles title (2007 Palermo), following Temesvari (who won four) and Kuti Kis and Gubacsi (who won one each).
- Junior highlights came at 2005 Australian Open (singles and doubles runner-up w/Frankova) 2005 Roland Garros (singles and doubles champion w/Azarenka) and 2005 Wimbledon (doubles champion w/Azarenka).