Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Brisbane (d. No.6 seed Kanepi en route; l. to Garbin in 3s); reached 2r at Sydney (l. to Cornet); reached 4r at Australian Open (as No.29 seed, d. No.5 seed Ivanovic en route, falling to WC Dokic 86 third set; win over world No.5 Ivanovic was first Top 10 win).

FEBRUARY - Went 1-0 in Russia's 5-0 Fed Cup World Group 1r win over China; reached 2r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to No.4 seed A.Radwanska in 3s); reached 2r at Dubai (l. to No.8 seed Ivanovic).

MARCH - Reached 3r at Indian Wells (as No.21 seed, l. to Llagostera Vives); reached 4r at Miami (as No.24 seed, l. to No.8 seed Kuznetsova).

APRIL - Reached SF at Fès (as No.2 seed, l. to No.6 seed Makarova); also won first Tour title of any kind in doubles at Fès (w/Makarova).

MAY - Fell 1r at Rome (l. to qualifier Rezai); reached 3r at Madrid (d. No.5 seed V.Williams en route, falling to No.9 seed Wozniacki; win over world No.3 V.Williams was second Top 10 win); fell 1r at Roland Garros (as No.23 seed, l. to qualifier Hercog in 3s).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki); reached 2r at Wimbledon (as No.27 seed, l. to qualifier Kulikova in 3s).

JULY - Reached QF at Budapest (as No.5 seed, l. to top seed Schnyder); also won second Tour doubles title at Budapest (w/Niculescu); fell 1r at Stanford (l. to Czink).

AUGUST - Reached 2r at Los Angeles (l. to Chakvetadze in 3s); reached 2r at Cincinnati (l. to No.7 seed Zvonareva 75 third set); reached SF at Toronto (d. No.16 seed Cibulkova and No.5 seed Jankovic en route, falling to Sharapova in 3s; win over world No.4 Jankovic was third Top 10 win); fell 1r at New Haven (l. to qualifier Wickmayer in 3s); fell 1r at US Open (as No.27 seed, l. to Kvitova in 3s).

SEPTEMBER - Withdrew from Guangzhou w/bilateral plantar fascia injury; reached 2r at Seoul (as No.5 seed, l. to eventual champion Date Krumm 46 76(4) 63; led 64 52 w/mp at 64 53); reached 3r at Tokyo (d. No.6 seed Zvonareva en route, falling to eventual champion Sharapova in 3s; win over world No.7 Zvonareva was fourth Top 10 win); won third Tour doubles title at Tokyo (w/Schiavone); reached 2r at Beijing (l. to No.14 seed Bartoli).

OCTOBER - Reached SF at Moscow (d. No.2 seed Jankovic en route, falling to Govortsova; win over world No.9 Jankovic was fifth Top 10 win).

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, d. Kostanic Tosic in 1r; l. to No.10 seed Smashnova); fell in Tour qualifying once; won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Played second Tour main draw at Indian Wells, falling 1r (as WC, l. to Kremer); fell in Tour qualifying twice; won three singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Played two Tour main draws, falling 1r at Miami (as WC, l. to Razzano) and Budapest (as qualifier, l. to Pous Tio); fell 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, highlighted by first three Tour QF finishes at Antwerp (as qualifier, d. No.6 seed Szavay en route; l. to top seed and eventual champion Henin), Fès (as No.6 seed, l. to No.4 seed Rezai 75 third set) and Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. to No.2 seed Bartoli) and first Grand Slam 4r at Wimbledon (d. No.10 seed Hantuchova en route; l. to No.7 seed and eventual champion V.Williams); best result in 12 other Tour main draws was 3r at Miami (as qualifier, d. No.12 seed Vaidisova en route; l. to No.19 seed Zvonareva); reached 2r six times, incl. Australian Open (as qualifier, l. to No.6 seed Chakvetadze), Roland Garros (l. to No.25 seed Petrova) and US Open (l. to No.23 seed Davenport); made main draw debuts at all four Grand Slams; fell 1r five times and in Tour qualifying three times; had first three Top 20 wins at Antwerp (No.18 Szavay), Miami (No.15 Vaidisova) and Wimbledon (No.12 Hantuchova); won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit; 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) and reached career-high No.32 on November 17; ret. from Montréal 2r w/low back injury; withdrew from Stuttgart and Linz w/back injury.

SINGLES
Winner: 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.
Semifinalist (3): 2009 - Fès, Toronto, Moscow.
Quarterfinalist (4): 2009 - Budapest; 2008 - Antwerp, Fès, Eastbourne.

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.

Coached by Iulian 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.