1996 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Greece.
1997 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.
1998 - Played first Tour qualifying at Luxembourg; won four singles titles and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
1999 - Fell in Tour qualifying once; won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit; missed three months w/recovery from appendectomy.
2000 - Played first Tour main draw at Olympics, falling 1r (as WC, l. to Myskina); fell in Tour qualifying twice; won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit; missed five months w/left knee injury.
2001 - First Top 100 season; reached 3r once (US Open) and 2r three times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r four times and in Tour qualifying three times (incl. Roland Garros); made Top 100 debut on September 10 (after US Open; rose from No.112 to No.88); won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
2002 - First Top 30 season (finishing No.22); won first Tour singles title at 's-Hertogenbosch (d. Dementieva in final); made Top 50 debut afterwards on June 24 (rose from No.51 to No.38); runner-up at Bahia (l. to Myskina in final); SF at Budapest (l. to Casanova); QF three times, at Porto, Birmingham and Los Angeles; reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r once (Australian Open) and 2r seven times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r eight times (incl. US Open) and in Tour qualifying three times; played all four majors in a season for first time; had first two Top 10 wins, at 's-Hertogenbosch (No.7 Henin) and Bahia (No.5 Seles).
2003 - Second Top 30 season (finishing No.26); won second Tour singles title at Auckland (d. Cho in final); made Top 20 debut afterwards on January 13 (rose from No.21 to No.20); SF twice, at Paris [Indoors] (d. No.10 Dokic en route for third Top 10 win; l. to S.Williams) and Birmingham (l. to Maleeva); QF three times, at Scottsdale, Moscow and Luxembourg; reached 4r once (Australian Open), 3r four times (incl. Roland Garros) and 2r seven times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r seven times (incl. US Open) and in Tour qualifying once; reached career-high No.14 on May 12 (after Berlin).
2004 - Won third Tour singles title at Auckland (d. Harkleroad in final); SF at Miami (l. to S.Williams); QF at Dubai; reached 4r once (US Open), 3r twice (Australian Open, Olympics) and 2r seven times; fell 1r seven times (incl. other two majors) and in Tour qualifying twice; had fourth and fifth Top 10 wins at Dubai (No.5 Capriati) and Miami (No.7 Capriati); won one Tour doubles title.
2005 - SF at Portoroz (l. to Srebotnik); QF at Birmingham; reached 3r twice (incl. Wimbledon) and 2r four times; fell 1r 12 times (incl. other three majors) and in Tour qualifying twice; had sixth and seventh Top 10 wins at Wimbledon (No.7 Henin) and Los Angeles (No.4 Kuznetsova).
2006 - Won fourth Tour singles title at Seoul (d. Sugiyama in final); SF at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Safina); QF three times, at Antwerp, Estoril and Bangkok; reached 4r once, 3r once and 2r nine times (incl. US Open); fell 1r nine times (incl. other three majors) and in Tour qualifying once.
2007 - SF twice, at New Haven (l. to Szavay) and Seoul (l. to Kirilenko); QF three times, at Auckland, Dubai and Budapest; reached 3r twice and 2r 11 times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); fell 1r 11 times (incl. other two majors).
2008 - Won fifth Tour singles title at Hobart (received w/o from Zvonareva w/left ankle injury); reached 3r once and 2r twice; fell 1r six times (incl. Australian Open, Olympics, US Open) and in Tour qualifying once; missed four months between April and August w/right knee injury (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon).









