2000 - Played first Tour qualifying at Philadelphia; also played on ITF Circuit.
2001 - Played first Tour main draw at Indian Wells, reaching 2r (as unranked WC, d. Rippner in 1r; l. to Farina Elia); fell in qualifying at Miami.
2002 - Reached first QF at Stanford (l. to Clijsters); fell 1r three times and in Tour qualifying three times (incl.
US Open).
2003 - First Top 100 season; QF at Budapest (l. to Sánchez Lorenzo); made Grand Slam main draw debut at
Australian Open, reaching 2r (l. to Coetzer); fell in qualifying at other three Grand Slams; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on October 20 (rose from No.109 to No.90).
2004 - First Top 30 season; won first Tour singles title at Budapest (d. Sucha in final); SF at Linz (l. to Mauresmo); QF four times, at 's-Hertogenbosch, New Haven, Beijing and Filderstadt; played all four Grand Slams in a year for first time, best results being 2r at
Australian Open and
US Open; made Top 50 debut on June 21 (rose from No.52 to No.46).
2005 - Second straight Top 30 season; runner-up three times, at Dubai (l. to Davenport), Birmingham (l. to Sharapova) and Seoul (l. to Vaidisova); SF at Berlin (l. to Petrova); QF three times, at Auckland, Cincinnati and Stanford; best Grand Slams were 3r at
Wimbledon and
US Open; made Top 20 debut on March 7 (after Dubai; rose from No.28 to No.20).
2006 - First Top 20 season after spring turnaround; was 1-10 in first 10 events but 44-17 from Rome; runner-up at Los Angeles (l. to Dementieva); SF four times, most notably at
US Open, reaching first Grand Slam SF (l. to Henin 46 64 60, having led 64 42) but also at Strasbourg (ret. vs. Vaidisova w/dizziness), Beijing (l. to Mauresmo) and Guangzhou (ret. vs. Chakvetadze w/heat illness); QF six times, at Rome (season turning point, having lost 10 straight matches going into the event; l. to V.Williams), 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati, Stuttgart, Linz and Québec City; reached 4r at
Wimbledon (l. to Myskina), 3r four times (incl.
Roland Garros) and 2r three times (incl.
Australian Open); fell 1r nine times (all in 10-match losing streak in first half of year); won first (and so far only) Tour doubles title, at Birmingham (w/Li).
2007 - Finished at No.3 (behind Henin, Kuznetsova); won four Tour singles titles, at Auckland (d. Zvonareva in final), Charleston (d. Safina in final), Rome (d. Kuznetsova in final) and Birmingham (d. Sharapova in final); runner-up four times, at Sydney (l. to Clijsters 46 76(1) 64; held mp at 64 54), 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Chakvetadze), Toronto (l. to Henin) and Beijing (l. to Szavay 67(7) 75 62; led 76(7) 51 w/mp); SF seven times, at Dubai (ret. vs. Mauresmo w/left ankle sprain), Doha (l. to Henin), Warsaw (l. to Henin), Strasbourg (withdrew vs. Medina Garrigues w/GI illness),
Roland Garros (l. to Henin), Los Angeles (l. to Ivanovic 46 63 75; led 4-1 third set w/2mp at 5-4) and Stuttgart (l. to Henin); QF five times, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Amelia Island, Berlin,
US Open (l. to V.Williams) and Bali; made Top 10 debut on January 29 (after
Australian Open; rose from No.11 to No.10), Top 5 debut on May 14 (after Berlin; rose from No.6 to No.5) and peaked at No.3 on June 11 (after
Roland Garros); remained at No.3 through end of season; seven pre-QF losses in 27 regular season events, incl.
Australian Open (l. to S.Williams in 4r) and
Wimbledon (l. to Bartoli in 4r); qualified for first Tour Championships but fell in RR stage (went 0-3); was Tour leader in match wins (72); 's-Hertogenbosch QF win was 50th win of year (fastest since Evert in 1974 to reach that many singles match wins in a season); won first Grand Slam title of any kind in mixed doubles at
Wimbledon (w/J.Murray).
2008 - First No.1 season, highlighted by four Tour singles titles and first Grand Slam final; won sixth through ninth Tour singles titles at Rome (d. Cornet in final) and in 12-match fall win streak at Beijing (d. Kuznetsova in final), Stuttgart (d. Petrova in final) and Moscow (d. Zvonareva in final); runner-up twice, at Miami (l. to S.Williams) and
US Open (l. to S.Williams 64 75; led 5-3 second set w/4sp at 5-4); SF six times, at
Australian Open (l. to Sharapova), Dubai (l. to Kuznetsova), Indian Wells (l. to Ivanovic),
Roland Garros (l. to Ivanovic), Los Angeles (l. to Safina) and in second straight Tour Championships (qualified for SF w/2-1 RR record; l. to V.Williams in SF); QF eight times, at Sydney (l. to Vaidisova), Doha (l. to Li), Bangalore (l. to Yan), Charleston (l. to Zvonareva), Berlin (l. to Dementieva), Montréal (l. to Cibulkova), Olympics (l. to Safina) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Kuznetsova); only two pre-QF exits in 22 events came at
Wimbledon (l. to Tanasugarn in 4r) and Zürich (l. to Pennetta in 2r); rose to No.2 for first time on June 16 (shortly after
Roland Garros) and became 18th player in Tour history to rise to No.1 on August 11 (was displaced one week later but returned on October 6, and spent rest of season there); by winning Beijing, Stuttgart and Moscow in three weeks, was first player to win three Tour singles titles in three weeks since Vaidisova in 2005; had equal-most match wins on season (65; tied with Zvonareva); withdrew from Birmingham w/right forearm injury.
2009 - Third straight Top 10 season (finishing at No.8); won 10th and 11th Tour singles titles at Marbella (as No.2 seed, d. No.5 seed Suárez Navarro in final) and Cincinnati (as No.5 seed, d. No.4 seed Dementieva 76(2) 06 76(6) in SF, saving 4mp down 6-2 in third set tie-break, then d. top seed Safina in final; win over Safina was first win over a reigning world No.1); runner-up once, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (as No.7 seed, ret. vs. Sharapova in final w/right wrist injury); SF once during regular season, at Paris [Indoors] (as No.2 seed, l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion Mauresmo in 3s); QF six times, at Stuttgart (as No.3 seed, l. to Pennetta in 3s), Rome (as No.3 seed, l. to No.7 seed Kuznetsova), Madrid (as No.4 seed, l. to Schnyder), Stanford (as No.4 seed, l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion Bartoli 36 76(3) 63; held 2mp at 63 65), Toronto (as No.5 seed, l. to Kleybanova 67(6) 76(7) 62; held mp at 7-6 in second set tie-break) and Moscow (as No.2 seed, l. to Kleybanova); had nine pre-QF exits, incl. at all four Grand Slams, at
Australian Open (as top seed, l. to No.16 seed Bartoli in 4r),
Roland Garros (as No.5 seed, l. to Cirstea 97 third set in 4r),
Wimbledon (as No.6 seed, l. to qualifier Oudin in 3s in 3r) and
US Open (as No.5 seed, l. to Shvedova 63 67(4) 76(6) in 2r; held 2mp at 6-4 in third set tie-break), also at Dubai (as No.3 seed, l. to No.16 seed Kanepi in 3r), Indian Wells (as No.2 seed w/1r bye, l. to Pavlyuchenkova in 2r), Miami (as No.3 seed w/1r bye, l. to Dulko in 2r), Eastbourne (as No.3 seed, l. to Chakvetadze in 3s in 1r) and Beijing (as No.8 seed w/1r bye, l. to Peng in 3s in 2r); qualified for Tour Championships and reached SF (as No.8 seed, went 2-1 in RR to qualify for SF; l. to No.7 seed V.Williams in 3s in SF); was one of three players to hold No.1 ranking during 2009 (held it for first four weeks of season before S.Williams took over after
Australian Open; Safina would also be No.1 in 2009); member of Serbian Fed Cup team that d. Japan 4-1 in World Group II (went 2-1) and d. Spain 4-0 in World Group Play-off (went 2-0; 2010 will be Serbia's first time in World Group).
