2005 - Made pro debut as unranked WC at Cincinnati eight days after 15th birthday (l. to Schnyder in 1r); second event came at Stockholm three weeks later (l. to Sucha in 1r).
2006 - Season highlighted by first two QF, at Memphis (l. to Arvidsson) and Stockholm (l. to Zheng); fell 1r in other two Tour main draws, at Seoul and Tokyo [Japan Open]; fell in Tour qualifying once; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.
2007 - First Top 100 finish after first full season on the Tour; reached first SF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to V.Williams); QF twice, at Fès (l. to Olaru) and Stockholm (l. to A.Radwanska); made debuts at three Grand Slams, falling 1r at
Roland Garros (l. to Dechy) but reaching 2r at
Wimbledon (l. to Santangelo) and
US Open (l. to Cornet); reached 2r three more times and fell 1r six times; made Top 100 debut on July 9 (after
Wimbledon; rose from No.103 to No.88); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.
2008 - Breakthrough season, highlighted by first three Tour singles titles at Stockholm (d. Dushevina in final), New Haven (d. Chakvetadze in final) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. Kanepi in final); was first Danish woman ever to win a Tour singles title (Scheuer-Larsen is the only other Danish woman ever to win a Tour title of any kind, winning seven Tour doubles titles in the 1980s and 1990s); runner-up once, at Luxembourg (l. to Dementieva in final); SF once, at Portoroz (l. to Errani); QF three times, at Doha (l. to Sharapova), Memphis (l. to Davenport) and Eastbourne (l. to Stosur); reached 4r four times, at
Australian Open (l. to Ivanovic), Indian Wells (l. to Kuznetsova), Miami (l. to V.Williams) and
US Open (l. to Jankovic); apart from four 4r finishes had 11 pre-QF exits, incl. 3r finishes at
Roland Garros (l. to Ivanovic) and
Wimbledon (l. to Jankovic); went from outside Top 50 to inside Top 20 during season, making Top 50 debut on January 28 (after
Australian Open; rose from No.64 to No.45), Top 40 debut on April 7 (after Miami; rose from No.43 to No.39), Top 30 debut on June 23 (after Eastbourne; rose from No.32 to No.30) and Top 20 debut on August 25 (after New Haven; rose from No.22 to No.18) and peaked at No.12 on November 10 year-end rankings; won first Tour doubles title at Beijing (w/Medina Garrigues); withdrew from Charleston, Prague w/left ankle injury; after regular Tour season won one singles title on ITF Circuit (in Denmark).
2009 - Breakthrough season culminating in first Top 10 finish (at No.4), and highlighted by three Tour singles titles and first Grand Slam final at
US Open; won fourth through sixth Tour singles titles at Ponte Vedra Beach (as No.2 seed, d. Vesnina 26 63 76(4) in SF, saving 4mp in third set - 2mp at 5-3 down, 2mp at 6-5 down; d. No.5 seed Wozniak in final), Eastbourne (as No.6 seed, d. Razzano in final) and New Haven (as No.2 seed, d. Vesnina in final); reached first Grand Slam final at
US Open (as No.9 seed, d. No.6 seed Kuznetsova en route to first Grand Slam final, falling to WC Clijsters; was first Dane, male or female, to reach a Grand Slam singles final in Open Era); runner-up another four times, at Memphis (as top seed, l. to No.2 seed Azarenka in final), Charleston (as No.5 seed, d. top seed Dementieva in SF; l. to No.16 seed Lisicki in final), Madrid (as No.9 seed, l. to top seed Safina in final) and Bastad (as top seed, l. to Martínez Sánchez in final); SF once during regular season, at Osaka (as top seed, l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion Stosur in 3s); QF six times, at Auckland (as No.2 seed, l. to Vesnina in 3s), Sydney (as No.8 seed, l. to top seed S.Williams 67(5) 63 76(3); held 3mp at 6-5 third set), Pattaya City (as No.2 seed, l. to No.8 seed Rybarikova), Indian Wells (as No.9 seed, l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Zvonareva), Miami (as No.13 seed, d. No.4 seed Dementieva en route; l. to No.8 seed Kuznetsova in 3s) and Cincinnati (as No.8 seed, l. to No.4 seed Dementieva); had 10 pre-QF exits: 4r once, at
Wimbledon (as No.9 seed, l. to Lisicki); 3r three times, at
Australian Open (as No.11 seed, l. to WC Dokic in 3s), Rome (as No.9 seed, l. to No.6 seed Azarenka) and
Roland Garros (as No.10 seed, l. to Cirstea); 2r four times, at Stuttgart (as No.7 seed, l. to Bartoli), Los Angeles (as No.4 seed w/1r bye, l. to Cirstea 76 third set), Toronto (as No.8 seed w/1r bye, l. to Zheng) and Tokyo (as No.4 seed w/1r bye, ret. vs. Wozniak w/viral illness); 1r twice, at Beijing (as No.5 seed, l. to Martínez Sánchez in 3s) and Luxembourg (as top seed, ret. vs. LL Kremer w/left hamstring strain); qualified for first Tour Championships and reached SF (as No.4 seed, went 2-1 in RR stage; ret. vs. No.2 seed and eventual champion S.Williams in SF w/left abdominal strain); started season at No.12 but finished at No.4, making Top 10 debut on May 18 (after Madrid; rose from No.11 to No.10), Top 5 debut on September 21 (shortly after
US Open; rose from No.6 to No.5) and reaching career-high No.4 on November 2 (after Luxembourg); had the most main draw match wins on Tour for season with 67 (next-highest was 57); also won second Tour doubles title at Memphis (w/Azarenka); withdrew from Warsaw w/low back strain.
