Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Brisbane (l. to qualifier Karatantcheva in 3s); runner-up at Hobart (d. No.8 seed Tanasugarn en route to final; l. to Kvitova); reached 2r at Australian Open (l. to No.4 seed Dementieva).

FEBRUARY - Went 1-1 in Czech Republic's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group 1r win over Spain; fell 1r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to top seed S.Williams); reached SF at Acapulco (as No.4 seed, l. to No.2 seed Pennetta).

MARCH - Reached SF at Monterrey (as No.6 seed, l. to Li); made Top 30 debut afterwards on March 9 (rose from No.31 to No.28); dropped opener at Indian Wells (as No.26 seed w/1r bye, l. to Kvitova in 2r); reached QF at Miami (as No.26 seed, d. No.19 seed Medina Garrigues en route, falling to No.5 seed V.Williams).

APRIL - Withdrew from Marbella and Barcelona w/low back injury; went 0-2 in Czech Republic's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group SF loss to USA; fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. to No.7 seed Wozniacki).

MAY - Reached 2r at Estoril (as top seed, l. to Groth); fell 1r at Madrid (ret. vs. No.8 seed Petrova w/viral illness); reached 3r at Roland Garros (as No.32 seed, l. to No.8 seed Ivanovic).

JUNE - Reached 2r at 's-Hertogenbosch (as No.7 seed, l. to eventual champion Tanasugarn); reached 2r at Wimbledon (l. to No.6 seed Jankovic).

JULY - Reached 2r at Bastad (as No.8 seed, l. to Kudryavtseva); reached SF at Prague (as No.3 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Bammer); reached 2r at Bad Gastein (as No.4 seed, ret. vs. eventual champion Petkovic w/left thigh injury).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to Safarova); fell 1r at Toronto (l. to Sugiyama); reached 2r at New Haven (l. to No.3 seed Pennetta); fell 1r at US Open (l. to Mattek-Sands).

SEPTEMBER - Reached QF at Tokyo (d. No.16 seed Razzano en route; l. to eventual champion Sharapova); fell 1r at Beijing (l. to WC Zhang).

OCTOBER - Reached 2r at Linz (as No.5 seed, l. to Kvitova); fell 1r at Luxembourg (l. to No.6 seed Lisicki).

1998 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit; played first Tour qualifying at Prague.

1999 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2000 - Won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2002 - First Top 100 season; runner-up at Bratislava (l. to Matevzic in final); made Grand Slam main draw debuts at Roland Garros (l. 2r), Wimbledon and US Open (l. 1r at both); fell in Australian Open qualifying; made Top 100 debut on October 7 (rose from No.101 to No.95).

2003 - SF at Hobart (l. to Molik); QF at Budapest; played all four Grand Slams in a season for first time (l. 1r at all four); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - First Top 50 season; won first Tour singles title at Acapulco (d. Pennetta in final); runner-up twice, at Estoril (l. to Loit in final) and Forest Hills (l. to Likhovtseva in final); SF at Budapest (l. to Sucha); QF at Sopot; best Grand Slam was 2r at US Open; had first Top 20 win at San Diego (No.19 Farina Elia); made Top 50 debut on May 17 (rose from No.52 to No.50); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - SF twice, at Hobart (l. to Dulko) and Forest Hills (l. to Safarova); QF three times, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Prague and Stanford; best Grand Slam was 2r at Roland Garros; had first Top 10 win at Charleston (No.10 Zvonareva); won one Tour doubles title.

2006 - Runner-up at Hobart (l. to Krajicek in final); best Grand Slam was 3r at Australian Open (d. No.5 Pierce en route for second Top 10 win).

2007 - Best Grand Slams were 2r at Australian Open and Wimbledon; won one Tour doubles title.

2008 - Second Top 50 season; runner-up at Estoril (d. top seed Pennetta en route to final; l. to No.2 seed Kirilenko); SF at Forest Hills (as No.3 seed, l. to eventual champion Safarova); QF five times, at Acapulco (l. to Craybas), Prague (l. to No.4 seed Srebotnik in 3s), Bad Gastein (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed Szavay), Stockholm (d. No.6 seed Mirza en route; l. to Dushevina) and Luxembourg (d. No.2 seed Chakvetadze en route; l. to No.6 seed Li in 3s); reached 3r once, at Roland Garros (as qualifier, d. No.15 seed Vaidisova en route; l. to Cetkovska); fell 1r or 2r 10 times, incl. Wimbledon (l. to No.14 seed A.Radwanska in 1r), Olympics (l. to No.7 seed V.Williams in 2r) and US Open (l. to No.14 seed Azarenka in 2r); fell in Tour qualifying five times (incl. Australian Open); had fourth through sixth Top 20 wins of career in Fed Cup (No.18 Peer), Roland Garros (No.16 Vaidisova) and Luxembourg (No.12 Chakvetadze); won third and fourth Tour doubles titles at Bogotá (w/Mattek) and Stockholm (w/Zahlavova Strycova); won one singles title on ITF Circuit; member of Czech Fed Cup team that d. Israel 3-2 in World Group Play-off (went 2-0).

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2008 - ITF/Latina-ITA; 2004 - Acapulco, ITF/Ortisei-ITA; 2001 - ITF/Presov-SVK, ITF/Opole-POL.
Finalist (6): 2009 - Hobart; 2008 - Estoril; 2006 - Hobart; 2004 - Estoril, Forest Hills; 2002 - Bratislava.
Semifinalist (8): 2009 - Acapulco, Monterrey, Prague; 2008 - Forest Hills; 2005 - Hobart, Forest Hills; 2004 - Budapest; 2003 - Hobart.

DOUBLES
Winner (5): 2009 - Luxembourg (w/Zahlavova Strycova); 2008 - Bogotá (w/Mattek), Stockholm (w/Zahlavova Strycova); 2007 - Luxembourg (w/Husarova); 2005 - Paris [Indoors] (w/Peschke); 2003 - ITF/Valasske Mezirici-CZE (w/Pastikova); 2001 - ITF/Rome-ITA (w/Kucova), ITF/Szczecin-POL (w/Babakova); 2000 - ITF/Torun-POL (w/Novotna).
Finalist (10): 2009 - Monterrey, Prague (both w/Zahlavova Strycova), New Haven (w/Hradecka); 2008 - Acapulco (w/Cetkovska), Rome (w/Husarova); 2007 - Gold Coast (w/Voskoboeva); 2006 - Moscow (w/Voskoboeva); 2005 - Charleston (w/Peschke), 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Llagostera Vives); 2004 - Stanford (w/Schaul).

ADDITIONAL
Czech Fed Cup Team, 2002-03, 2005-09; Czech Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.

Coached by Petr Luxa ... Began playing at age 7 when father introduced her to the game ... Favorite surfaces are clay, hard; favorite shot is backhand ... Father's name is Vlastimil Benes; mother is Irena Benesova; sister is also Irena; no one in family other than Iveta plays tennis ... Favorites include the movie Forrest Gump, actors Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett and Italian cuisine ... To relax, enjoys shopping and watching movies.