Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Brisbane (as qualifier, l. to No.6 seed Wozniak); fell in Sydney qualifying.

2001 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit, winning one doubles title.

2002 - Fell in Tour qualifying three times; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Fell in Tour qualifying four times (incl. Wimbledon); won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Reached 2r three times; fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying 12 times (incl. all four majors); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Reached 2r four times; fell 1r five times and in Tour qualifying 13 times (incl. all four majors); won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Reached 2r twice (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r nine times (incl. Roland Garros, US Open) and in Tour qualifying 11 times (incl. Wimbledon); made Top 100 debut on July 10 (rose from No.123 to No.94); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Reached 2r twice; fell 1r four times (incl. Australian Open) and in Tour qualifying 11 times (incl. other three majors).

2008 - First Top 100 season; QF at Québec City; reached 3r once and 2r four times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r six times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open) and in Tour qualifying 11 times (incl. Australian Open); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2009 - QF at Warsaw; reached 3r once (Australian Open; ret. w/back pain) and 2r four times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r 11 times (incl. other two majors) and in Tour qualifying nine times; withdrew from Istanbul w/right shoulder and back injury.

SINGLES
Winner: 2006 - ITF/Cuneo-ITA; 2003 - ITF/Mont-de-Marsan-FRA.
Quarterfinalist (2): 2009 - Warsaw; 2008 - Québec City.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2008 - ITF/Athens 2-GRE (w/Cirstea); 2006 - ITF/Saint Raphael-FRA (w/Koryttseva); 2005 - ITF/Dothan, AL-USA (w/Gullickson), ITF/Cuneo-ITA (w/Koryttseva); 2004 - ITF/Dinan-FRA (w/Jurak); 2003 - ITF/Hull-GBR (w/Boulykina), ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA (w/Dushevina); 2002 - ITF/Sofia-BUL (w/Dushevina); 2001 - ITF/Bucharest 2-ROU (w/Fedak).
Finalist (3): 2007 - Gold Coast (w/Benesova); 2006 - Moscow (w/Benesova); 2005 - Tashkent (w/Rodionova).

Currently without a coach ... Began playing tennis at age 6; introduced to the sport by mother, Elena, a swimming coach; favorite surface is hard ... Graduated from University RUPF in Moscow in 2005 ... Has one cat, Gabriela ... Speaks Russian, English ... Other interests include basketball, reading, dancing and listening to music, especially Russian music ... Favorite movie is "Meet Joe Black"; favorite actresses are Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones ... Favorite city is Paris, because of its history, architecture ... Favorite tournament is Moscow ... Changed nationality from Russia to Kazakhstan in 2008 ... Goal is to be Top 20.