Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached QF at Hobart (d. No.4 seed Zheng en route; l. to Benesova); won seventh Tour doubles title at Hobart (w/Pennetta); reached 3r at Australian Open (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion S.Williams).

FEBRUARY - Went 2-1 in Argentina's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group 1r loss to USA; runner-up at Bogota (as No.3 seed, l. to No.7 seed Martinez Sanchez in final); reached 2r at Acapulco (as No.5 seed, l. to Ani).

MARCH - Reached QF at Monterrey (as No.7 seed, l. to No.4 seed Zheng); reached 3r at Indian Wells (as No.31 seed, l. to No.5 seed Ivanovic); reached 3r at Miami (d. No.3 seed Jankovic en route, falling to No.26 seed Benesova; win over world No.3 Jankovic was seventh Top 10 win).

APRIL - Reached QF at Stuttgart (d. No.4 seed Azarenka en route, falling to No.5 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova; win over world No.8 Azarenka was eighth Top 10 win).

MAY - Reached 2r at Rome (l. to No.3 seed Jankovic); fell 1r at Madrid (l. to Hantuchova); reached 2r at Strasbourg (as No.4 seed, l. to Cohen-Aloro 46 76(5) 64; held 3mp at 64 54); reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. to No.20 seed Cibulkova).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. to Bartoli); reached 3r at Wimbledon (d. No.24 seed Sharapova en route; l. to No.10 seed Petrova in 3s).

JULY - Reached SF at Bastad (d. No.5 seed Cirstea and No.2 seed Cibulkova en route; l. to eventual champion Martinez Sanchez); also won eighth Tour doubles title at Bastad (w/Pennetta); fell 1r at Palermo (as No.8 seed, l. to Groenefeld); withdrew from Bad Gastein w/shoulder injury.

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to Schnyder); fell in Toronto qualifying; fell 1r at New Haven (l. to Vesnina); reached 4r at US Open (d. No.30 seed A.Bondarenko en route; l. to K.Bondarenko).

SEPTEMBER - Reached 2r at Tokyo (l. to Benesova in 3s); withdrew from Beijing w/left adductor strain.

OCTOBER - Withdrew from Linz and Moscow w/left adductor injury.

1999 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Buenos Aires.

2000 - Won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Played first Tour main draw at Miami, falling 1r (as WC); fell in Tour qualifying once; won four ITF Circuit singles titles.

2002 - Played three Tour main draws, reaching SF at Casablanca (l. to Zakopalova); fell in qualifying at all four majors; won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - QF at Estoril; made Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros, falling 1r; fell in qualifying at other three majors; won one Tour doubles title.

2004 - First Top 50 season; QF four times, at Memphis, Indian Wells, Bali and Beijing; played all four Grand Slams in a year for first time, best results being 3r at Roland Garros and Wimbledon (d. Navratilova en route at both); had first three Top 10 wins, at Fed Cup (No.10 Sugiyama, No.9 Kuznetsova) and Montréal (No.6 Dementieva); made Top 100 debut on February 16 (rose from No.112 to No.98) and Top 50 debut on August 2 (rose from No.52 to No.43); won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Second Top 50 season; runner-up at Hobart (l. to Zheng in final); SF three times, at Estoril, 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Safarova both times) and Bangkok (l. to Vaidisova); QF at Toronto; had three more Top 10 wins, at Rome (No.5 Dementieva), 's-Hertogenbosch (No.8 Petrova) and Toronto (No.4 Kuznetsova); reached 2r at all four Grand Slams; won three Tour doubles titles.

2006 - QF three times, at Bogotá, Indian Wells and Estoril; reached first Grand Slam 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Groenefeld); won two Tour doubles titles.

2007 - Third Top 50 season; won first two Tour singles titles at Budapest (d. Cirstea in final) and Forest Hills (d. Razzano in final); runner-up at Pattaya City (l. to Bammer 75 36 75; led 5-3 third set w/3mp); SF at Portoroz (l. to Srebotnik); QF twice, at Acapulco and Estoril.

2008 - Near-Top 50 finish after season highlighted by third Tour singles title at Fès (as No.2 seed, d. top seed Medina Garrigues in final), QF at Eastbourne (l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion A.Radwanska) and 3r finishes at Berlin (d. No.12 seed Vaidisova en route; l. to Azarenka) and Wimbledon (l. to No.5 seed Dementieva 76(2) 75; led 4-0 first set); reached 2r seven times, incl. Roland Garros (l. to No.19 seed Cornet in 3s); fell 1r 11 times, incl. Australian Open (l. to Wozniacki), Olympics (l. to Dellacqua) and US Open (l. to Rybarikova); struggled with injury early on in season, retiring in Hobart 1r w/left hip injury, withdrawing prior to Viña del Mar 2r w/left hamstring injury (causing subsequent withdrawals from Bogotá and Acapulco) and retiring in Indian Wells 2r w/right quad strain; member of Argentine Fed Cup team that d. Germany 3-2 in World Group Play-off (went 2-0).

SINGLES
Winner (3): 2008 - Fès; 2007 - Budapest, Forest Hills; 2002 - ITF/Jackson, MS-USA; 2001 - ITF/Boca Raton, FL-USA, ITF/Miami-USA, ITF/Civitanova-ITA, ITF/Rimini-ITA; 2000 - ITF/Montevideo-URU.
Finalist (3): 2009 - Bogotá; 2007 - Pattaya City; 2005 - Hobart.
Semifinalist (5): 2007 - Portoroz; 2005 - Estoril, 's-Hertogenbosch, Bangkok; 2002 - Casablanca.
DOUBLES
Winner (8): 2009 - Hobart, Bastad (both w/Pennetta); 2006 - Bogotá (w/Pennetta), Cincinnati (w/Camerin); 2005 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Kirilenko), Bangkok (w/Asagoe), Linz (w/Peschke); 2004 - ITF/Waikoloa, HI-USA (w/Tarabini), ITF/Rockford, IL-USA (w/Diaz-Oliva); 2003 - Casablanca, ITF/Bromma-SWE (both w/Salerni); 2002 - ITF/Hallandale Beach, FL-USA (w/Sequera); 2000 - ITF/Asunción-PAR, ITF/Montevideo-URU (both w/Cravero).
Finalist (9): 2009 - Bogotá, Stuttgart (both w/Pennetta), Indian Wells (w/Peer); 2006 - Estoril (w/Sánchez Lorenzo), Stanford (w/Camerin); 2005 - New Haven (w/Kirilenko); 2004 - Warsaw (w/Tarabini), Beijing (w/Vento-Kabchi); 2002 - Casablanca (w/Martínez Granados).

ADDITIONAL
Argentine Fed Cup Team, 2000, 2004-09; Argentine Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.

Coached by brother Alejandro; started playing tennis at age 7 after watching him ... Mother is Ana; father Estanislao is deceased; brother travels with her ... Favorite surface is clay ... Has three dogs named Goran, Nicole and Guga ... Favorites include pizza, movies Pearl Harbor and Good Will Hunting, actors Josh Hartnett and Keanu Reeves, musician Alejandro Sanz and cities Buenos Aires, Paris and Hawaii ... Enjoys shopping (especially for clothes by Armani) ... Relaxes by going to the beach ... Admires her mother's strength and tennis players Pete Sampras and Marat Safin.

- Junior highlights include winning doubles titles at 2000 US Open (w/Salerni), 2001 Wimbledon (w/Harkleroad) and 2002 Australian Open (w/Widjaja).