Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Auckland (as No.7 seed, l. to Rezai); reached QF at Hobart (l. to eventual champion Kvitova 16 75 63; led 61 52); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Garbin 64 26 75; held 2mp at 5-4 third set).

FEBRUARY - Reached 2r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to No.3 seed Dementieva); fell 1r at Dubai (l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion V.Williams).

MARCH - Breakthrough run to first SF at Indian Wells (d. No.2 seed Jankovic and No.7 seed A.Radwanska en route, falling to No.5 seed Ivanovic; wins over world No.3 Jankovic and world No.10 A.Radwanska were first two Top 10 wins); made Top 40 and Top 30 debuts afterwards on March 23 (rose from No.42 to No.27); reached 2r at Miami (l. to No.11 seed and eventual champion Azarenka).

APRIL - Went 0-2 in Russia's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group SF loss to Italy; reached 2r at Fès (as No.3 seed, l. to Czink in 3s).

MAY - Fell 1r at Madrid (l. to Peng); reached 3r at Roland Garros (as No.27 seed, l. to top seed Safina).

JUNE - Reached 3r at Birmingham (as No.5 seed, l. to Mirza in 3s); reached 2r at Wimbledon (as No.31 seed, l. to Vinci).

JULY - Reached 2r at Bastad (as No.6 seed, l. to Kirilenko); fell 1r at Palermo (as No.4 seed, ret. vs. Brianti w/right shoulder injury).

AUGUST - Fell in Cincinnati and Toronto qualifying; reached 2r at New Haven (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki); fell 1r at US Open (l. to Oudin).

SEPTEMBER - Reached 2r at Seoul (as No.6 seed, l. to Chan in 3s); reached 3r at Tokyo (d. No.2 seed V.Williams en route, falling to No.14 seed Bartoli 75 third set; win over world No.3 V.Williams was third Top 10 win); reached QF at Beijing (d. No.3 seed V.Williams en route, falling to No.6 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova; win over world No.3 V.Williams was fourth Top 10 win).

OCTOBER - Fell 1r at Moscow (l. to qualifier Pironkova in 3s).

2005 - Played first two events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic.

2006 - Played first Tour main draw at Moscow, falling 1r (as WC, l. to No.8 seed Vaidisova); won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Played second Tour main draw at Wimbledon, falling 1r (as WC, l. to No.10 seed Hantuchova); fell in Tour qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open, US Open); won three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Breakthrough season, highlighted by first two QF finishes at Palermo (as LL, l. to No.7 seed Koryttseva) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. No.3 seed Zheng en route; l. to No.5 seed Kanepi) and strong performances in Grand Slam main draw debuts at Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. to No.26 seed Pennetta in 3s in 2r), Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. No.17 seed Cornet and Li in 1r and 2r, falling to No.14 seed A.Radwanska in 3r; win over world No.17 Cornet was first Top 20 win) and US Open (l. to No.15 seed Schnyder in 2r); in other three Tour main draws, reached 2r at Fès (as qualifier, l. to No.7 seed Cirstea) and Stockholm (as qualifier, l. to No.3 seed Srebotnik) but finally fell 1r at Guangzhou (l. to Kudryavtseva in 3s); fell in Tour qualifying four times (incl. Australian Open); also won four singles titles on ITF Circuit; having begun season ranked No.286, made Top 100 debut on July 7 (after Wimbledon; rose from No.137 to No.92) and Top 50 debut on November 3 (after winning fourth ITF Circuit singles title of season; rose from No.56 to No.45); strong results in doubles, winning first Tour doubles title Fès (w/Cirstea), finishing runner-up at Palermo (w/Kudryavtseva) and winning three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

SINGLES
Winner: 2008 - ITF/Minsk-BLR, ITF/Moscow-RUS, ITF/Poitiers-FRA, ITF/Bratislava-SVK; 2006 - ITF/Casale-ITA.
Semifinalist (1): 2009 - Indian Wells.
Quarterfinalist (4): 2009 - Hobart, Beijing; 2008 - Palermo, Tokyo [Japan Open].

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2008 - Fès (w/Cirstea), ITF/St. Petersburg-Vsevolozhsk-RUS, ITF/Moscow-RUS (both w/Frankova), ITF/Torhout-BEL (w/Wickmayer); 2007 - ITF/Les Contamines-FRA (w/Wickmayer), ITF/Minsk 2-BLR, ITF/Poitiers-FRA (both w/Kudryavtseva); 2006 - ITF/St. Petersburg-RUS (w/Solonitskaya), ITF/Podolsk-RUS (w/Rodina).
Finalist (1): 2008 - Palermo (w/Kudryavtseva).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2009.

Coached by brother Aleksandr Pavlyuchenkov; formerly coached and trained by Patrick Mouratoglou at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France (from July 2007 to September 2009) ... Parents are Sergey, Marina ... Baseliner whose favorite surface is clay; favorite shot is forehand down the line ... Introduced to tennis at age 6 by family ... Speaks Russian, English, French... Likes comedy movies; favorite actors are Johnny Depp, Ben Stiller ... Favorite music is R&B, hip-hop ... Favorite book is Atlantida's Code ... Favorite foods include Japanese, pizza ... Enjoys figure skating, shopping, dancing, seeing friends, listening to music, sleeping ... Favorite place to visit is Melbourne ... Most memorable experiences include playing at Wimbledon, competing in Kremlin Cup and WorldTeamTennis ... Self-described as funny, unusual, interesting.

- Junior highlights include world No.1 ranking (was ITF World Junior Champion in 2006); won three Grand Slam singles titles at 2006 Australian Open (d. Wozniacki in final), 2006 US Open (d. Paszek in final) and 2007 Australian Open (d. Brengle in final); also won four Grand Slam doubles titles, at 2006 Australian Open, 2006 Roland Garros (both w/Fichman), 2006 US Open (w/Kleybanova) and 2007 US Open (w/U.Radwanska).