Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Hobart (as No.3 seed, l. to Suarez Navarro 75 third set); reached 2r at Australian Open (as No.17 seed, l. to WC Dokic in 3s).

FEBRUARY - Went 1-0 in Russia's 5-0 Fed Cup World Group 1r win over China; fell 1r at Dubai (as No.15 seed, l. to LL Morita).

MARCH - Reached 3r at Indian Wells (as No.19 seed, l. to Peer); reached 3r at Miami (as No.22 seed, l. to No.11 seed and eventual champion Azarenka).

APRIL - Went 0-1 in Russia's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group SF loss to Italy; fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. to Pennetta).

MAY - Reached 3r at Rome (d. No.15 seed Medina Garrigues en route; l. to No.4 seed V.Williams in 3s); reached 3r at Madrid (l. to A.Bondarenko in 3s); fell 1r at Roland Garros (as No.26 seed, l. to lucky loser Duque Marino in 3s).

JUNE - Reached 2r at Eastbourne (d. No.3 seed Jankovic in 1r; l. to Bartoli); fell 1r at Wimbledon (as No.32 seed, l. to Lisicki in 3s).

JULY - Fell 1r at Stanford (l. to Kirilenko 76 third set).

AUGUST - Reached 3r at Los Angeles (d. No.11 seed Razzano en route; l. to No.8 seed A.Radwanska); reached 2r at Cincinnati (l. to No.9 seed Azarenka); fell 1r at Toronto (l. to Bammer); reached QF at New Haven (d. No.4 seed Petrova en route; l. to Vesnina); reached 2r at US Open (l. to No.7 seed Zvonareva in 3s).

SEPTEMBER - Withdrew from Seoul w/right foot injury.

OCTOBER - Fell 1r at Moscow (l. to A.Bondarenko).

2001 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit.

2002 - Played first Tour qualifying at Budapest; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Fell in Moscow qualifying; continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2004 - After falling in Tour qualifying twice more, made Tour main draw debut at Stockholm, falling 1r (as qualifier); then, in second Tour main draw (and Grand Slam debut) reached 3r at US Open (as No.175 qualifier, d. Schett and No.4 seed Myskina in 1r and 2r, falling to No.29 seed Daniilidou); having beaten world No.3 Myskina in third Tour main draw match, was second-fastest to beat a Top 10 player alongside S.Williams (who beat Pierce in Chicago 2r; Leand is fastest, achieving the feat in second Tour match); also fell 1r at Moscow (as qualifier); won one singles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on September 13 (after US Open; rose from No.175 to No.91).

2005 - First Top 50 finish in first full season on Tour, highlighted by SF at New Haven (l. to Davenport) and QF three times, at Istanbul, Birmingham and San Diego; played all four Grand Slams in a season for first time, best results being 3r at Roland Garros (l. to Sharapova) and US Open (l. to Dementieva); made Top 50 debut on June 6 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.56 to No.44).

2006 - First Top 20 season, highlighted by back-to-back Tour singles titles at Guangzhou (d. Medina Garrigues in final) and Moscow (d. Petrova in final); SF twice, at Warsaw (l. to Kuznetsova) and Montréal (ret. vs. Hingis w/right arm strain) and QF once, at San Diego; had five Top 10 wins, at San Diego (No.5 Petrova), Montréal (No.6 Petrova) and Moscow (No.10 Safina, No.7 Dementieva and No.5 Petrova); reached first Grand Slam 4r at US Open (l. to Golovin); made Top 20 debut on October 16 (after Moscow; rose from No.24 to No.16).

2007 - First Top 10 season, highlighted by winning third through sixth career Tour singles titles at Hobart (d. Bardina in final), 's-Hertogenbosch (d. Jankovic in final), Cincinnati (d. Morigami in final) and Stanford (d. Mirza in final); SF five times, at Antwerp (l. to Mauresmo), Miami (l. to Henin), San Diego (l. to Sharapova), US Open (l. to Kuznetsova; was first Grand Slam SF) and in first Tour Championships (went 2-1 in RR; l. to Sharapova in SF); QF six times, at Australian Open (l. to Sharapova), Paris [Indoors], Warsaw, Roland Garros (l. to Sharapova), Luxembourg and Linz; notched five Top 10 wins, at Australian Open (No.9 Schnyder), Antwerp (No.7 Petrova), 's-Hertogenbosch (No.10 Hantuchova, No.3 Jankovic) and Tour Championships (No.3 Jankovic); having started season at No.13, made Top 10 debut on February 19 (after Antwerp; rose from No.12 to No.10) and Top 5 debut on September 10 (after US Open; rose from No.6 to No.5); played three of Russia's Fed Cup ties, incl. going 1-0 in 4-0 final victory over Italy (d. Schiavone 64 46 64, having trailed 3-0 third set).

2008 - Third straight Top 20 season, highlighted by winning seventh career Tour singles title at Paris [Indoors] (as top seed, d. No.7 seed Szavay in final) and runner-up finish at New Haven (as top seed, l. to Wozniacki in 3s in final; was 7-0 lifetime in Tour singles finals before that); SF once, at Rome (as No.6 seed, l. to qualifier Cornet 36 64 63; led 63 30); QF three times, at Dubai (as No.6 seed, ret. vs. No.4 seed Jankovic w/thigh injury), 's-Hertogenbosch (as No.2 seed, l. to No.8 seed A.Bondarenko in 3s) and Stanford (as No.2 seed, l. to No.6 seed Bartoli); reached 4r once, at Wimbledon (as No.8 seed, l. to No.18 seed Vaidisova in 3s); reached 3r four times, incl. Australian Open (as No.6 seed, l. to No.27 seed Kirilenko in 3s); reached 2r seven times, incl. four times after 1r byes and Roland Garros (as No.6 seed, l. to Kanepi 64 76(2); held sp at 5-4 second set); fell 1r five times, incl. US Open (as No.10 seed, l. to Makarova in 3s); went 2-0 in Fed Cup play for Russia - 1-0 in 1r win over Israel (d. Obziler) and 1-0 in SF win over USA (d. King).

SINGLES
Winner (7): 2008 - Paris [Indoors]; 2007 - Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati, Stanford; 2006 - Guangzhou, Moscow; 2004 - ITF/Redbridge-GBR.
Finalist (1): 2008 - New Haven.
Semifinalist (9): 2008 - Rome; 2007 - Antwerp, Miami, San Diego, US Open, Tour Championships; 2006 - Warsaw, Montréal; 2005 - New Haven.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2002 - ITF/Istanbul 2-TUR (w/Kotkina).
Finalist (3): 2007 - Stanford, San Diego (both w/Azarenka); 2006 - Beijing (w/Vesnina).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2006-09.

Coached by Jose Clavet ... Parents' names are Djambuli and Natalia; has one younger brother, Roman ... Introduced to tennis at age 8 by mother ... Attends Moscow University; speaks Russian, English ... Favorites include detective novels, all types of music, the movie Troy, soccer ... Relaxes by spending time with friends ... Before tennis, hobbies included played piano.

Official Website: www.annachakvetadze.us

- Junior highlights include runner-up finish at 2003 Wimbledon (l. to Flipkens).