Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Brisbane (as No.5 seed, l. to Pavlyuchenkova in 3s); fell 1r at Sydney (l. to No.3 seed Kuznetsova 75 third set); reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.27 seed, l. to WC Henin in 3s); made career doubles Top 10 debut on February 1 (rose from No.13 to No.10).

FEBRUARY - Went 2-1 in Russia's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group 1r win over Serbia; reached 2r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to No.2 seed Pennetta); fell 1r at Dubai (l. to qualifier Groenefeld in 3s); won first Tour singles title at Kuala Lumpur (as No.4 seed, d. top seed Dementieva in final).

MARCH - Reached QF at Indian Wells (as No.23 seed, d. No.14 seed Clijsters en route; l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion Jankovic); dropped opener at Miami (as No.24 seed w/1r bye, l. to Errani in 2r).

APRIL - Withdrew from Ponte Vedra Beach and Charleston w/plantar fasciitis.

MAY - Fell 1r at Rome (l. to Vinci); reached 2r at Madrid (l. to Peer); reached 3r at Roland Garros (as No.28 seed, l. to Shvedova in 3s).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. to WC Kuznetsova in 3s); reached 3r at Wimbledon (as No.26 seed, l. to No.2 seed V.Williams).

JULY - Reached 2r at Budapest (as top seed, l. to Schnyder).

2003 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit, winning one singles title.

2004 - Played first Tour main draw at Indian Wells, reaching 2r (as WC); fell in Tour qualifying once; won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying twice; won three singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Fell 1r twice and in Tour qualifying three times (incl. US Open); won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Fell in Tour qualifying once; won three singles titles and seven doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Breakthrough season; QF three times, at Antwerp, Fès and Eastbourne; reached first Grand Slam 4r at Wimbledon (l. to V.Williams); reached 3r once and 2r six times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, US Open); fell 1r five times and in Tour qualifying three times; made main draw debuts at all four majors; made Top 100 debut on February 18 (after Antwerp; rose from No.106 to No.82) and Top 50 debut on June 9 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.54 to No.46); won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2009 - First Top 30 season; SF three times, at Fès (as No.2 seed, l. to No.6 seed Makarova), Toronto (d. No.16 seed Cibulkova and No.5 seed Jankovic en route; l. to Sharapova in 3s) and Moscow (d. No.2 seed Jankovic en route; l. to Govortsova); QF once, at Budapest (as No.5 seed, l. to top seed Schnyder); reached 4r twice, at Australian Open (as No.29 seed, d. No.5 seed Ivanovic en route; l. to WC Dokic 86 third set) and Miami (as No.24 seed, l. to No.8 seed Kuznetsova); reached 3r three times, at Indian Wells (as No.21 seed, l. to Llagostera Vives), Madrid (d. No.5 seed V.Williams en route; l. to No.9 seed Wozniacki) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (d. No.6 seed Zvonareva en route; l. to eventual champion Sharapova in 3s); reached 2r nine times, incl. Wimbledon (as No.27 seed, l. to qualifier Kulikova in 3s) and Seoul (as No.5 seed, l. to eventual champion Date Krumm 46 76(4) 63; led 64 52 w/mp at 64 53); fell 1r six times, incl. Roland Garros (as No.23 seed, l. to qualifier Hercog in 3s) and US Open (as No.27 seed, l. to Kvitova in 3s); won first three Tour titles of any kind in doubles at Fès (w/Makarova), Budapest (w/Niculescu), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Schiavone); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. China 5-0 in World Group 1r (went 1-0); withdrew from Guangzhou w/bilateral plantar fascia injury.

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2010 - Kuala Lumpur; 2008 - ITF/Podolsk-RUS, ITF/Minsk 2-BLR; 2007 - ITF/Monteroni d'Arbia-ITA, ITF/Lecce-ITA, ITF/Augusta, GA-USA; 2006 - ITF/Campobasso-ITA; 2005 - ITF/Moscow 2-RUS, ITF/Makinohara-JPN, ITF/Sutama-JPN; 2003 - ITF/Mollerussa-ESP.

DOUBLES
Winner (3): 2009 - Fès (w/Makarova), Budapest (w/Niculescu), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Schiavone); 2008 - ITF/Minsk 2-BLR (w/Poutchek); 2007 - ITF/Moscow 1-RUS (w/Rodina), ITF/Moscow 2-RUS (w/Makarova), ITF/Monteroni d'Arbia-ITA (w/Sassi), ITF/Moscow 5-RUS (w/Pivovarova), ITF/Mestre-ITA (w/Ruutel), ITF/Lawrenceville, GA-USA, ITF/Pittsburgh, PA-USA (both w/Dubois), ; 2006 - ITF/Campobasso-ITA (w/Frankova), ITF/Pittsburgh, PA-USA (w/Dubois); 2004 - ITF/Tampa, FL-USA (w/Yamamoto), ITF/Jackson, MS-USA (w/Dubois).
Finalist (1): 2008 - Fès (w/Makarova).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2009-10.

Coached by Julian Vespan ... Began playing tennis at age 4; was coached by mother for first nine years ... Mother, Natalia Levina, is a biologist (isn't working now); father, Mikhail Kleybanov, used to work for Institute of Steel and Alloys and now works for a chemical company; grandmother, Zhanna Kleybanova, stays at home and takes care of everyone ... Likes all surfaces but favorite is grass; favorite shots are serve, backhand ... Favorite city is Moscow; favorite tournament is Australian Open ... Enjoys reading, going on her laptop and watching TV and movies with her family when she's home ... Doesn't really have any tennis idols, but when young she was told she played aggressively like Monica Seles, and was proud of the comparison ... Goal is to improve her game and mental strength and become one of the top players in the world.

Official Website: www.alisakleybanova.ru