Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached QF at Sydney (as No.6 seed, l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion Dementieva in 3s); fell 1r at Australian Open (as No.9 seed, l. to K.Bondarenko in 3s).

FEBRUARY - Reached QF at Paris [Indoors] (as No.4 seed, l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion Mauresmo); fell 1r at Dubai (as No.9 seed, l. to qualifier U.Radwanska).

MARCH - Fell 1r at Monterrey (as top seed, l. to Li in 3s); reached QF at Indian Wells (as No.7 seed, l. to Pavlyuchenkova); reached 4r at Miami (as No.10 seed, l. to No.5 seed V.Williams in 3s).

APRIL - Reached QF at Stuttgart (as No.8 seed, l. to top seed Safina).

MAY - Reached QF at Rome (as No.10 seed, d. No.5 seed Ivanovic en route; l. to No.4 seed V.Williams) fell 1r at Madrid (as No.10 seed, l. to Stosur); withdrew from Warsaw w/low back sprain; reached 4r at Roland Garros (as No.12 seed, l. to No.7 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova in 3s).

JUNE - Reached QF at Eastbourne (as No.8 seed, l. to Razzano); reached QF at Wimbledon (as No.11 seed, l. to No.3 seed V.Williams).

JULY - Reached 2r at Stanford (as No.7 seed, l. to Hantuchova in 3s).

AUGUST - Reached QF at Los Angeles (as No.8 seed, l. to Cirstea 75 third set); reached 2r at Cincinnati (as No.13 seed, l. to Bammer); reached QF at Toronto (as No.14 seed, l. to Sharapova); reached 2r at New Haven (as No.5 seed, ret. vs. Razzano w/right hand injury); reached 2r at US Open (as No.12 seed, l. to Kirilenko in 3s).

SEPTEMBER - Reached SF at Tokyo (as No.11 seed, l. to eventual champion Sharapova in 3s); runner-up at Beijing (as No.12 seed, d. No.4 seed Dementieva en route; l. to No.6 seed Kuznetsova).

OCTOBER - Reached SF at Linz (as No.2 seed, l. to Kvitova); fell 1r at Moscow (as No.3 seed, l. to Kirilenko); served as second alternate at Tour Championships (d. No.6 seed Azarenka in only match played and did not qualify for SF).

2004 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Played first Tour qualifying at Warsaw; won one singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Near-Top 50 finish in first season on Tour, reaching QF in main draw debut at Warsaw (as WC in first match against a Top 100 player, d. No.12 Myskina for first Top 20 win; l. to Dementieva); second breakthrough of year came at Wimbledon, reaching 4r in Grand Slam main draw debut (first Polish player to go that far; l. to Clijsters); third breakthrough of year came at Luxembourg, reaching first SF (as qualifier, saved 4mp during 57 76(8) 63 1r win over Santangelo, then d. V.Williams in 2r and Dementieva in QF before losing to Schiavone; win over No.6 Dementieva was first Top 10 win); began year ranked outside Top 300, making Top 100 debut on September 11 (after US Open; rose from No.129 to No.99) and finishing season at No.57.

2007 - Another breakthrough season, highlighted by first Tour singles title at Stockholm (d. Dushevina in final; first Tour singles title for Poland); QF three times, at Istanbul, Palermo and Zürich; best Grand Slam was 4r at US Open (l. to Peer); notched three Top 10 wins, at Miami (No.6 Hingis), US Open (No.2 Sharapova) and Zürich (No.9 Hantuchova); won first Tour doubles title at Istanbul (w/U.Radwanska); won one singles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 50 debut on January 29 (after Australian Open; rose from No.59 to No.46), Top 40 debut on May 28 (after Istanbul; rose from No.43 to No.38) and Top 30 debut on September 10 (after US Open; rose from No.32 to No.30), finishing No.26.

2008 - First Top 10 season, highlighted by three Tour singles titles and first two Grand Slam QF appearances; won second through fourth Tour singles titles at Pattaya City (as top seed, d. No.7 seed Craybas 62 16 76(4) in final; saved mp down 6-5 third set), Istanbul (as No.2 seed, d. top seed Dementieva in final) and Eastbourne (as No.4 seed, d. No.8 seed Petrova in final); now 4-0 in Tour singles finals; SF three times, at Doha (as No.16 seed, l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Sharapova), Stockholm (as top seed, l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki) and Linz (as No.3 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Ivanovic 75 third set); QF four times, most notably at Australian Open (as No.29 seed, d. No.2 seed Kuznetsova and No.14 seed Petrova en route; l. to No.9 seed Hantuchova) and Wimbledon (as No.14 seed, d. No.4 seed Kuznetsova en route; l. to No.6 seed S.Williams) but also Indian Wells (as No.10 seed, l. to No.2 seed Kuznetsova) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (as No.6 seed, l. to Petrova); reached 4r at other two Grand Slams, at Roland Garros (as No.14 seed, l. to No.3 seed Jankovic) and US Open (as No.9 seed, l. to No.7 seed V.Williams); reached 3r four times in four straight clay court events, at Amelia Island (as No.7 seed, l. to No.11 seed Mauresmo 36 75 76(6); held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-break), Charleston (as No.11 seed, l. to No.7 seed Schnyder), Berlin (as No.11 seed, l. to No.5 seed S.Williams) and Rome (as No.12 seed, l. to No.6 seed Chakvetadze in 3s); fell 1r or 2r seven times, incl. Olympics (as No.8 seed, l. to Schiavone 63 76(6) in 2r; led 4-1 second set w/sp at 6-5 in tie-break); made Top 20 debut on February 18 (shortly after Pattaya City; rose from No.21 to No.20); notched fifth through seventh Top 10 wins at Australian Open (No.2 Kuznetsova), Istanbul (No.7 Dementieva) and Wimbledon (No.4 Kuznetsova), then became first Polish player ever to crack Top 10 on July 7 (after Wimbledon; rose from No.11 to No.10); was first alternate at Tour Championships, playing one match after Ivanovic withdrew from tournament w/viral illness (d. No.7 Kuznetsova for eighth Top 10 win); also became first Polish woman ever to surpass $1 million in career prize money earnings (on May 26 after Istanbul); withdrew from Antwerp w/personal reasons, Birmingham w/right forearm injury and Budapest w/left quad strain.

SINGLES
Winner (4): 2008 - Pattaya City, Istanbul, Eastbourne; 2007 - Stockholm, ITF/Biella-ITA; 2005 - ITF/Warsaw 2-POL.
Finalist (1): 2009 - Beijing.
Semifinalist (6): 2009 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Linz; 2008 - Doha, Stockholm, Linz; 2006 - Luxembourg.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2007 - Istanbul (w/U.Radwanska); 2005 - ITF/Gdynia-POL, ITF/Kedzierzyn Kozle-POL (both w/U.Radwanska).
Finalist (2): 2009 - Dubai, Los Angeles (both w/Kirilenko).

ADDITIONAL
Polish Fed Cup Team, 2006-08; Polish Olympic Team, 2008.

Coached by father, Robert, who travels with her ... Mother, Marta, is an accountant; sister, Urszula, also plays on Tour ... Began playing at age 4 when father introduced her to the sport; grew up playing at a club in Gronau, Germany, where father was club pro ... Baseliner whose favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is clay ... Has two pet rats named Flippy and Floppy ... Speaks Polish, English ... Favorite actress is Nicole Kidman; favorite artists are Green Day, Black Eyed Peas and Eminem; favorite author is Dorota Tarakowska (Polish fiction writer) ... Favorite city is Paris ... Self-described as quiet with sense of humor ... Admires Pete Sampras because he won everything ... Favorite tournament is Warsaw ... Goal is to be No.1.

- Named third Tour Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity in February 2009 (after Petrova, Szavay).
- Received Tour Newcomer of the Year Award in 2007 (for 2006 achievements).
- Junior highlights include winning 2005 Wimbledon (d. Paszek in final) and 2006 Roland Garros (d. Pavlyuchenkova in final).