Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Brisbane (l. to No.7 seed Czink in 3s); fell in Sydney qualifying; reached 2r at Australian Open (l. to No.2 seed Safina).

2000 - Made first appearance in ITF/Prostejov-CZE qualifying (as WC).

2001 - Did not play.

2002 - Won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Played first Tour main draw at Wimbledon, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. to Perebiynis 119 third set); fell in Tour qualifying twice (Australian Open, US Open); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - First Top 100 season; SF at Guangzhou (l. to Sucha); QF at Strasbourg; reached 4r once, 3r once and 2r four times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros); fell 1r eight times (incl. other two majors, Olympics) and in Tour qualifying once; made Top 100 debut on March 22 (after Indian Wells; rose from No.116 to No.97); played all four majors in a season for first time; won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - QF at Bogotá; reached 2r six times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. other three majors) and in Tour qualifying twice; won two Tour doubles titles; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying nine times (incl. all four majors); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - QF at Bogotá; fell 1r four times (incl. Wimbledon) and in Tour qualifying five times (incl. other three majors); won three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Second Top 100 season; reached 3r once (Wimbledon); afterwards on July 7, rose from No.109 to No.83 (first time in Top 100 since June 2005); reached 2r three times; fell 1r five times (incl. US Open) and in Tour qualifying six times (incl. other two majors); won one Tour doubles title; won three singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2009 - Third Top 100 season; SF once, at Acapulco (d. No.3 seed Suárez Navarro en route; l. to top seed and eventual champion V.Williams); QF twice, at Monterrey (d. No.3 seed Pennetta en route; l. to No.6 seed Benesova) and Bad Gastein (l. to top seed Cornet in 3s); reached 2r six times, incl. US Open (as qualifier, l. to No.8 seed Azarenka); fell 1r 11 times, incl. Australian Open (l. to Cohen-Aloro), Roland Garros (l. to Domínguez Lino 97 third set) and Wimbledon (l. to Makarova in 3s); fell in Tour qualifying four times; won fourth and fifth Tour doubles titles at Québec City (w/King) and Luxembourg (w/Benesova); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit; withdrew from Pattaya City w/left leg injury and from Warsaw w/right hip injury.

SINGLES
Winner: 2009 - ITF/Ortisei-ITA, ITF/Ismaning-GER; 2008 - ITF/Fort Walton Beach, FL-USA, ITF/Redding, CA-USA, ITF/Szczecin-POL; 2004 - ITF/Saint Raphael-FRA; 2002 - ITF/Edinburgh-GBR, ITF/Cairo-EGY.
Semifinalist (2): 2009 - Acapulco; 2004 - Guangzhou.
Quarterfinalist (5): 2009 - Monterrey, Bad Gastein; 2007 - Bogotá; 2005 - Bogotá; 2004 - Strasbourg.

DOUBLES
Winner (5): 2009 - Québec City (w/King), Luxembourg (w/Benesova); 2008 - Stockholm (w/Benesova), ITF/Biella-ITA (w/Voracova); 2007 - ITF/Contrexeville-FRA, ITF/Bratislava 2-SVK, ITF/Deauville-FRA (all w/Voracova); 2006 - ITF/Biella-ITA (w/Voracova); 2005 - Warsaw (w/Perebiynis), Rabat (w/Loit); ITF/Ortisei-ITA (w/Pisnik); 2004 - ITF/Prostejov-CZE (w/Prusova); 2003 - ITF/Ostrava 2-CZE (w/Prusova).
Finalist (6): 2009 - Monterrey, Prague (both w/Benesova); 2008 - Auckland (w/Müller); 2006 - Auckland (w/Loit); 2005 - Bogotá (w/Kurhajcova), Prague (w/Kostanic Tosic).

ADDITIONAL
Czech Fed Cup Team, 2002-04, 2006-07; Czech Olympic Team, 2004.

Husband and coach is Jacob Zahlava (cousin of fellow player Sandra Zahlavova) ... Father's name is Jindrich Stryc; mother's name is Icona Strycova; sister, Ivona, studied law and lives in US ... Started playing tennis at age 5 (also did figure skating) ... Baseliner who prefers grass, clay ... Favorites include movie Grease, book Love Is Just a Word, actor John Cusack, pasta ... Other sport interests include swimming, skiing, snowboarding ... Self-desribed as energetic and funny ... Admires Steffi Graf.

- Played second-longest women's singles match in Open Era in 2010 Australian Open 1r (d. Kulikova 76(5) 67(10) 63 - 4h19min).
- Junior highlights include Australian Open singles titles in 2002 and 2003 and doubles titles at Australian Open in 2001 (w/Cetkovska), Roland Garros in 2002 (w/Groenefeld) and Wimbledon in 2002 (w/E.Clijsters); also held No.1 doubles ranking during 2002 and was ITF Girls World Singles Champion in 2002.