Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Auckland (as No.3 seed, l. to Gallovits); reached 2r at Sydney (l. to Sugiyama in 3s); reached 4r at Australian Open (as No.21 seed, d. No.12 seed Pennetta en route; l. to Suarez Navarro).

FEBRUARY - Made Top 20 debut on February 9 (rose from No.21 to No.20); fell 1r at Paris [Indoors] (as No.7 seed, l. to Kanepi 75 third set); reached 3r at Dubai (as No.14 seed, l. to No.4 seed Dementieva).

MARCH - Dropped opener at Indian Wells (as No.16 seed w/1r bye, l. to Craybas in 3s in 2r); reached 4r at Miami (as No.19 seed, l. to No.26 seed Benesova).

APRIL - Reached SF at Marbella (as No.4 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Jankovic); withdrew from Barcelona w/abdominal strain; went 0-2 in Spain's 4-0 Fed Cup World Group Play-off loss to Serbia; won ninth Tour singles title at Fès (as top seed, d. No.6 seed Makarova in final).

MAY - Fell 1r at Rome (as No.15 seed, l. to Chakvetadze); fell 1r at Madrid (as No.14 seed, l. to qualifier Dushevina); reached 2r at Strasbourg (as top seed, ret. vs. Barrois w/low back injury); reached 2r at Roland Garros (as No.18 seed, l. to Razzano); also won second Grand Slam doubles title (and 13th Tour doubles title) at Roland Garros (w/Ruano Pascual).

JUNE - Reached QF at Eastbourne (l. to Bartoli); reached 3r at Wimbledon (as No.20 seed, l. to No.9 seed Wozniacki).

JULY - Withdrew from Bastad w/left knee injury; fell 1r at Portoroz (as No.2 seed, l. to qualifier Manasieva 63 16 75; held 2mp at 5-3 third set); reached QF at Istanbul (as No.3 seed, l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Dushevina).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Toronto (l. to Schnyder); fell 1r at New Haven (l. to Bammer); reached 2r at US Open (as No.20 seed, l. to Flipkens).

SEPTEMBER - Reached 2r at Guangzhou (as top seed, l. to Sevastova in 3s); runner-up at Seoul (as No.2 seed, l. to Date Krumm in final); fell 1r at Tokyo (l. to Peng); reached 2r at Beijing (l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova).

OCTOBER - Reached 2r at Luxembourg (as No.3 seed, l. to qualifier Flipkens).

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

1997 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Spain.

1998 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

1999 - Played first Tour qualifying at Madrid; won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2000 - Played first five Tour main draws, reaching 2r twice and falling 1r three times; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2001 - First Top 100 season; won first Tour singles title at Palermo (d. Torrens Valero in final); SF twice, at Antwerp (l. to Rittner) and Madrid (l. to Montolio); made main draw debuts at all four majors, best result being 2r at Australian Open; made Top 100 debut afterwards on January 29 (rose from No.104 to No.94); won four Tour doubles titles; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2002 - Strong start to year, reaching QF at Auckland and finishing runner-up at Hobart (l. to Sucha in final); made Top 50 debut afterwards on January 14 (rose from No.64 to No.49); but ret. vs. Seles in first Grand Slam 4r at Australian Open (w/torn anterior cruciate ligament in right knee); underwent surgery and missed several months, returning at ITF Circuit events in fall.

2003 - Second Top 100 season; fell as low as No.530 on February 3 but worked her way back into Top 100 by year's end; runner-up at Bogotá (l. to Zuluaga in final); SF at Palermo (l. to Srebotnik); won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - First Top 50 season; won second Tour singles title at Palermo (d. Pennetta in final); SF three times, at 's-Hertogenbosch (ret. vs. Zakopalova), Forest Hills (l. to Likhovtseva) and Luxembourg (l. to Safina); QF at Beijing; best Grand Slam was 3r at Australian Open; won one Tour doubles title; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Second Top 50 season; won third and fourth Tour singles titles at Strasbourg (d. Domachowska in final) and Palermo (d. Zakopalova in final); SF at New Haven (d. No.6 Dementieva en route for first Top 10 win); QF at Portoroz; best Grand Slams were 3r at Roland Garros and US Open; won two Tour doubles titles.

2006 - Third Top 50 season; won fifth and sixth Tour singles titles at Canberra (d. Cho in final) and Palermo (d. Garbin in final); runner-up at Guangzhou (l. to Chakvetadze in final); SF at Strasbourg (l. to Peng); QF at Gold Coast; best Grand Slams were 3r at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

2007 - Fourth Top 50 season; won seventh Tour singles title at Strasbourg (d. No.5 Mauresmo in final for second Top 10 win); QF three times, at Charleston (l. to V.Williams), Rome (l. to Hantuchova) and Guangzhou (l. to Rodionova); reached second Grand Slam 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Ivanovic); won one Tour doubles title.

2008 - Best season to date in both singles and doubles; singles highlights were eighth Tour singles title at Strasbourg (as No.6 seed, d. No.5 seed Srebotnik in final; was third title in five appearances there), two runner-up finishes at Fès (as top seed, l. to No.2 seed Dulko in final) and Portoroz (as No.4 seed, l. to No.8 seed Errani in final), two SF at Palermo (as No.2 seed, l. to No.7 seed Koryttseva) and Zürich (l. to Pennetta 63 76(6); held sp at 6-5 in second set tie-break) and three QF at Stockholm (as No.5 seed, l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki), Beijing (d. No.9 seed Wozniacki en route; l. to No.5 seed Zvonareva) and Luxembourg (as No.7 seed, l. to No.4 seed Wozniacki); reached 4r at Indian Wells (as No.20 seed, l. to No.3 seed Jankovic) and 3r four times, at Doha (d. Kirilenko in 2r for 300th career singles match win; l. to Wozniacki in 3s), Amelia Island (as No.15 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Sharapova 76(3) 57 76(1); led 3-0 third set), Roland Garros (as No.29 seed, l. to Kanepi 61 67(5) 75; led 5-3 third set) and Wimbledon (d. No.20 seed Schiavone en route; l. to No.15 seed Szavay in 3s); fell 1r or 2r 13 times, incl. Australian Open (l. to No.11 seed Dementieva in 3s in 2r), Olympics (l. to Bammer in 3s in 1r) and US Open (as No.26 seed, l. to Zheng in 2r); ret. in Hobart 1r (w/lower back injury); reached new singles career-high of No.22 on October 20, finishing year there (previous career-high was No.23, set on August 7, 2006); breakthrough doubles season included ninth through 12th Tour doubles titles at Hobart, Roland Garros and Portoroz (all w/Ruano Pascual) and Beijing (w/Wozniacki); Roland Garros title was first Grand Slam title of any kind (as No.10 seeds, d. No.8 seeds Yan/Zheng, No.4 seeds Chan/Chuang and top seeds Black/Huber en route to final, then d. Dellacqua/Schiavone for title); also won Olympic silver medal in doubles (w/Ruano Pascual; l. to Williams/Williams in gold medal match); qualified for first Tour Championships in doubles (w/Ruano Pascual; l. to top seeds and eventual champions Black/Huber in first match); made doubles Top 10 debut on September 8 (after US Open; rose from No.11 to No.7) and reached doubles career-high No.3 on November 10 year-end rankings; member of Spanish Fed Cup team that d. Italy 3-2 in 1r (went 2-0) but l. to Russia 4-0 in final (went 0-2).

SINGLES
Winner (9): 2009 - Fès; 2008 - Strasbourg; 2007 - Strasbourg; 2006 - Canberra, Palermo; 2005 - Strasbourg, Palermo; 2004 - Palermo, ITF/Marseille-FRA; 2003 - ITF/Perigueux-FRA, ITF/Denain-FRA; 2001 - Palermo, ITF/Girona-ESP; 2000 - ITF/Denain-FRA; 1999 - ITF/Pontevedra-ESP.
Finalist (6): 2009 - Seoul; 2008 - Fès, Portoroz; 2006 - Guangzhou; 2003 - Bogotá; 2002 - Hobart.

DOUBLES
Winner (13): 2009 - Roland Garros (w/Ruano Pascual); 2008 - Hobart, Roland Garros, Portoroz (all w/Ruano Pascual), Beijing (w/Wozniacki); 2007 - Stockholm (w/Ruano Pascual); 2005 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Safina), Portoroz (w/Vinci); 2004 - Palermo (w/Sánchez-Vicario); 2003 - ITF/Perigueux-FRA (w/Martínez Sánchez); 2001 - Acapulco, Porto, Bol, Basel (all w/Martínez Sánchez); 1999 - ITF/Vigo-ESP, ITF/Bucharest 4-ROU (both w/Domínguez Lino).
Finalist (12): 2009 - Marbella (w/Ruano Pascual); 2008 - Olympics (w/Ruano Pascual); 2007 - Hobart, Amelia Island, 's-Hertogenbosch (all w/Ruano Pascual); 2006 - Warsaw (w/Srebotnik); 2005 - Hobart, Paris [Indoors], Antwerp (all w/Safina), Rome (w/Kirilenko); 2004 - Bogotá (w/Parra Santonja); 2001 - Palermo (w/Martínez Sánchez).

ADDITIONAL
Spanish Fed Cup Team, 2003-09; Spanish Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.

Coached by Gonzalo López ... Started playing tennis at age 7 with family ... Prefers hardcourts; favorite shot is backhand down the line ... Father's name is Manuel; mother's name is María José; has an older brother, David, and a younger brother, José Manuel ... Favorite actors are Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise ... Other sports interest is handball ... Favorite tournament is Acapulco.

Official Website: www.anabelmedinagarrigues.es

- Junior highlights include winning 2000 Roland Garros doubles title (w/Martínez Sánchez).