Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached SF at Auckland (d. No.7 seed Pavlyuchenkova en route; l. to top seed and eventual champion Dementieva); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Makarova in 3s).

FEBRUARY - Fell 1r at Paris [Indoors] (as LL, l. to No.3 seed Dementieva).

MARCH - Fell in Indian Wells qualifying; fell 1r at Miami (as qualifier, l. to Pavlyuchenkova 46 75 63; held 3mp at 64 53).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Fes (l. to No.8 seed Peer in 3s).

MAY - Reached 2r at Rome (as qualifier, l. to No.10 seed A.Radwanska 46 62 76(7); held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-break); reached 2r at Madrid (as qualifier, l. to Szavay in 3s); won first Tour singles title at Strasbourg (d. No.2 seed Bammer en route to final then d. Hradecka for title); reached 4r at Roland Garros (l. to top seed Safina).

JUNE - Reached QF at Birmingham (as No.15 seed, l. to No.4 seed Li); reached 2r at Wimbledon (l. to No.4 seed Dementieva).

JULY - Reached QF at Palermo (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Pennetta); reached 2r at Istanbul (as No.4 seed, l. to Domachowska).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to Kleybanova); reached 3r at Toronto (d. top seed Safina en route, falling to Kleybanova; win over Safina was second Top 10 win and first win over a reigning world No.1); fell 1r at US Open (l. to No.23 seed Lisicki in 3s).

SEPTEMBER - Reached 2r at Tokyo (l. to No.14 seed Bartoli); fell 1r at Beijing (l. to Wozniak 76 third set).

OCTOBER - Fell 1r at Linz (as qualifier, l. to Malek); fell 1r at Luxembourg (as LL, l. to Cornet).

NOVEMBER - Won second Tour singles title at Bali (qualified for SF w/2-0 RR record; d. Martinez Sanchez in SF and top seed Bartoli in final).

2003 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in France.

2004 - Played first Tour qualifying at Roland Garros (as WC); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Played first Tour main draw at Roland Garros, reaching 2r (as WC, l. to Sharapova); played second Tour main draw at 's-Hertogenbosch, falling 1r; fell in Tour qualifying twice; won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Breakthrough season; QF three times, at Palermo, Hasselt and Kolkata; strong showings in both Grand Slam main draws played, reaching 3r at Roland Garros (l. to Vaidisova) and 4r at US Open (l. to Dementieva); in only other Tour main draw, reached 2r at Budapest; fell in Tour qualifying nine times (incl. Australian Open, Wimbledon); notched first three Top 20 wins, all against Groenefeld (No.19 at ITF Circuit event; No.16 at US Open; No.20 at Hasselt); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on July 24 (after Palermo; rose from No.102 to No.91) and Top 50 debut on November 13 year-end rankings (rose from No.51 to No.49).

2007 - Second straight Top 100 season; runner-up at Istanbul (d. V.Williams and Sharapova en route; ret. vs. Dementieva w/left patella tendonitis in final); win over world No.2 Sharapova was first Top 10 win; reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. to Ivanovic) reached 2r twice, incl. US Open (l. to Ivanovic); fell 1r 18 times in 22 Tour main draws, incl. Australian Open (l. to Loit) and Roland Garros (l. to Bartoli); played all four Grand Slams in a season for first time; fell in Tour qualifying three times; reached career-high No.40 on January 15; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Third straight Top 100 season, highlighted by reaching second Tour singles final at Auckland (d. No.7 seed Daniilidou and No.3 seed Srebotnik en route; l. to Davenport) and SF at Fès (as No.4 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Dulko 76(6) 63; held sp at 6-5 in tie-break); best Grand Slam result was 3r at Australian Open (d. No.13 seed Golovin en route, falling to qualifier Hsieh in 3s; win over world No.13 Golovin was fifth Top 20 win); reached 2r five times, incl. US Open (l. to No.29 seed Bammer); fell 1r nine times, incl. Roland Garros (l. to No.25 seed Petrova) and Wimbledon (l. to Dulko in 3s); fell in Tour qualifying three times.

SINGLES
Winner (2): 2009 - Strasbourg, Bali; 2007 - ITF/Deauville-FRA; 2006 - ITF/Telde-Gran Canaria 2-ESP, ITF/Poitiers-FRA; 2005 - ITF/Roma Borghesiana-ITA, ITF/Saint Gaudens-FRA; 2004 - ITF/Castel Gandolfo-ITA, ITF/Settimo San Pietro-ITA.
Finalist (2): 2008 - Auckland; 2007 - Istanbul.
Semifinalist (2): 2009 - Auckland; 2008 - Fès.
Quarterfinalist (5): 2009 - Birmingham, Palermo; 2006 - Palermo, Kolkata, Hasselt.

Coached by father, Arsalan (was a car mechanic) ... Began playing tennis at age 8; baseliner whose favorite surface is hardcourt ... Mother, Nouchine, is a physiotherapist who travels with her; sister Caminde is a student; and brother, Anauch, is a tennis coach ... Speaks French, Persian, English ... Enjoys Indian films, Persian poetry and music ... Favorite food is kebabs ... Won two tennis gold medals at Muslim Women Olympic Games in Iran ... Would have pursued astrophysics had she not been a tennis player; intends to pursue it after tennis ... Favorite players are Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi ... Goal is to be No.1.