JANUARY - Reached SF at Brisbane (d. No.8 seed Benesova and No.4 seed Hantuchova en route; l. to top seed and eventual champion Clijsters); made Top 50 debut afterwards on January 11 (rose from No.55 to No.49); reached 2r at Australian Open (l. to No.32 seed Suarez Navarro).
FEBRUARY - Went 0-2 in Germany's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group 1r loss to Czech Republic; reached QF at Paris [Indoors] (d. No.5 seed Rezai en route; l. to top seed and eventual champion Dementieva in 3s); reached 2r at Dubai (l. to No.10 seed Pennetta).
MARCH - Fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. to Zahlavova Strycova); reached 3r at Miami (d. No.10 seed Pennetta en route; l. to Shvedova 75 third set).
APRIL - Withdrew from Marbella w/illness; fell 1r at Barcelona (l. to No.3 seed Martinez Sanchez); went 2-1 in Germany's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group Play-off loss to France; fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. to Szavay 75 third set).
MAY - Reached 3r at Rome (l. to top seed S.Williams in 3s); reached 3r at Madrid (d. No.14 seed Pennetta en route; l. to eventual champion Rezai); made Top 40 debut afterwards on May 17 (rose from No.51 to No.40); reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. to No.6 seed Kuznetsova 46 75 64; held 4mp at 64 54).
JUNE - Dropped opener at Birmingham (as No.8 seed w/1r bye, l. to Chakvetadze in 2r); runner-up at 's-Hertogenbosch (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed Henin in 3s in final); fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. to Chakvetadze in 3s).
JULY - Withdrew from Budapest w/shoulder injury.









