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Aleksandra Wozniak

Can
Residence: Blainville, Canada
DOB: September 7, 1987
Birthplace: Montréal, Canada
Height: 5' 9" (1.75m)
Weight: 140 lbs. (63 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (November 2005)
JANUARY - Reached 2r at Brisbane (as No.6 seed, l. to Safarova); reached 2r at Hobart (as No.6 seed, l. to qualifier Flipkens); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to No.4 seed Wozniacki).
2001 - Made first appearance in Québec City qualifying (as WC).

2002 - Won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Fell in Tour qualifying twice; continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first Tour main draw at Montréal, falling 1r (as WC, l. to Asagoe); fell in Tour qualifying once; continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Fell 1r three times, incl. Québec City (as WC, l. to eventual champion Frazier 64 36 76(6); led 5-1 in third set tie-break); fell in Tour qualifying once; won three singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - First Top 100 season; played five more Tour main draws, reaching QF at Québec City (l. to Osterloh) and 2r at Pattaya City but falling 1r three times and in Tour qualifying 10 times (incl. all four majors); won three singles titles on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on November 13 (rose from No.115 to No.91).

2007 - Reached first Tour final at Fès (l. to Sequera); was first Canadian to reach a Tour singles final in over nine years (Jeyaseelan at 1998 Bogotá); reached 2r four times; fell 1r 11 times (incl. on debut at all four majors) and in Tour qualifying five times.

2008 - First Top 40 season; won first Tour singles title at Stanford (as qualifier, reached final when S.Williams ret. w/left knee injury trailing 62 31 in SF; d. Bartoli in final); was first Canadian in over 20 years to win a Tour singles title and fifth Canadian ever to win one (after Hy-Boulais, Bassett-Seguso, Kelesi and Hetherington, who all did it between 1986 and 1988); made Top 50 debut afterwards on July 21 (rose from No.85 to No.45); SF twice, at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to Kanepi) and Québec City (l. to Mattek-Sands); QF once, at Cincinnati (l. to Dechy); reached 3r once (Roland Garros) and 2r four times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. US Open); fell in Tour qualifying three times.

2009 - Second straight Top 40 season; runner-up once, at Ponte Vedra Beach (as No.5 seed, d. top seed Petrova in SF; l. to No.2 seed Wozniacki in final); SF twice, at Eastbourne (d. No.2 seed Kuznetsova en route; l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki in 3s) and Québec City (as No.3 seed, l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Czink); QF once, at Osaka (as No.6 seed, l. to top seed Wozniacki in 3s); reached 4r once, at Roland Garros (as No.24 seed, l. to No.2 seed S.Williams; was first Grand Slam 4r); reached 3r five times, at Indian Wells (as No.25 seed, l. to No.7 seed A.Radwanska), Birmingham (as No.3 seed, l. to No.16 seed Czink 67(7) 75 75; held mp at 5-3 second set), US Open (d. No.17 seed Mauresmo en route; l. to No.10 seed Pennetta), Tokyo (l. to Rybarikova in 3s) and Beijing (l. to Pavlyuchenkova); reached 2r eight times; fell 1r seven times, incl. Hobart (as No.6 seed, l. to qualifier U.Radwanska 36 76(3) 75; held 7mp - 5mp at 63 54, 2mp at 63 65), Australian Open (as No.30 seed, l. to Lisicki) and Wimbledon (as No.23 seed, l. to Schiavone in 3s); started year at No.33 and made Top 30 debut on February 23 (rose from No.31 to No.30), reaching career-high No.21 on June 22 (going into Wimbledon); withdrew from Bogotá, Acapulco and Monterrey w/right shoulder injury.
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2008 - Stanford; 2006 - ITF/Hamilton-CAN, ITF/Ashland, KY-USA, ITF/Pittsburgh, PA-USA; 2005 - ITF/Hamilton-CAN, ITF/CD Victoria-MEX, ITF/Toronto-CAN; 2002 - ITF/Lachine-CAN.
Finalist (2): 2009 - Ponte Vedra Beach; 2007 - Fès.
Semifinalist (4): 2009 - Eastbourne, Québec City; 2008 - Tokyo [Japan Open], Québec City.
Quarterfinalist (3): 2009 - Osaka; 2008 - Cincinnati; 2006 - Québec City.

ADDITIONAL
Canadian Fed Cup Team, 2004-09.
Coached by father Antoni since age 3; father was pro soccer player for Poland, now works as mechanic at night and coaches Aleksandra in daytime ... Mother's name is Jadwiga Wozniak; has one sister, Dorota Miller ... Has all-court type of game ... Grew up on indoor hardcourts during winter but prefers clay; sister inspired her to play tennis (Aleksandra travelled with her when she was little and watched her win all Canadian titles, then asked father to start coaching her) ... Enjoys movies, skiing, skating, reading, spending time with friends and family; also likes to design future clothing collection ... Speaks Polish, French and English ... Likes all types of music.

Official Website: www.aleksandrawozniak.com
- In August 2008, was presented with key to the city in Blainville, Québec by the mayor; in 40 years of the city's existence, they renamed it "Wozniakville" for 24 hours because for the first time a woman from Québec won a Tour singles title (she won Stanford in July).
- Received award from the National Assembly of Québec in October 2008 for her career-high ranking of No.37 and first Tour singles title.
- Has won Tennis Canada's Best Female Athlete of the Year multiple times.