Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Withdrew from Auckland, Sydney and Australian Open w/left Achilles injury.

FEBRUARY - Withdrew from Paris [Indoors] and Dubai w/left Achilles injury.

MARCH - Withdrew from Indian Wells and Miami w/left Achilles injury.

APRIL - Withdrew from Fès w/right shoulder injury.

MAY - Withdrew from Rome, Madrid, Strasbourg and Roland Garros w/right shoulder injury.

JUNE - Withdrew from Eastbourne and Wimbledon w/right shoulder injury.

JULY - Withdrew from Portoroz w/right shoulder and left ankle injury; withdrew from Istanbul w/right shoulder injury.

AUGUST - Withdrew from Cincinnati w/right shoulder injury; played first event of season at US Open, falling 1r (l. to No.13 seed Petrova).

1995 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

1996 - Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

1997 - Won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

1998 - Won first Tour doubles title; won one singles title and 11 doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

1999 - First Top 100 season; breakthrough week at Estoril, becoming fourth player in history to win title in first Tour main draw (d. Kuti Kis in final); made Top 100 debut afterwards on April 12 (rose from No.139 to No.88); also SF at Palermo (l. to Montolio); played first three Grand Slam main draws, reaching 2r at Roland Garros but falling 1r at Wimbledon and US Open; won two Tour doubles titles and first Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Roland Garros (w/Norval); won one singles title and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2000 - Last non-Top 100 season to date; reached SF at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Testud); made Top 50 debut afterwards on February 7 (rose from No.65 to No.49); played all four Grand Slams in a year for first time, reaching 2r at Roland Garros but falling 1r at other three; won one Tour doubles title.

2001 - Won one Tour doubles title; qualified for Tour Championships in doubles (w/Krizan; l. first match); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2002 - First Top 50 season; won second Tour singles title at Acapulco (d. Suárez in final); runner-up at Bogotá (l. to Zuluaga in final); SF at Luxembourg (l. to Maleeva); notched first Top 10 win at Los Angeles (No.6 Clijsters); best Grand Slam was 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Dokic); qualified for Tour Championships in doubles (as first alternate team w/Krizan; l. first match).

2003 - Second straight Top 50 season; runner-up at Palermo (l. to Safina in final); SF at Bogotá (l. to Medina Garrigues); QF at Toronto; best Grand Slam was 3r at Australian Open (l. to Henin); won one Tour doubles title and second Grand Slam mixed doubles title at US Open (w/B.Bryan).

2004 - Reached SF at Palermo (l. to Pennetta); QF twice, at Strasbourg and Forest Hills; best Grand Slam was 3r at Roland Garros (l. to Zuluaga); reached 2r at Olympics (l. to Molik); won one Tour doubles title; withdrew from Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Bogotá, Acapulco and Indian Wells w/right elbow injury.

2005 - First Top 30 season, highlighted by two Tour singles titles and four Tour doubles titles; swept at Auckland, winning singles title (d. Asagoe in final) and doubles title (w/Asagoe); swept again at Stockholm, winning singles title (d. Myskina in final) and doubles title (w/Loit); other two Tour doubles titles came at Budapest and Hasselt (both w/Loit); runner-up at Portoroz (l. to Zakopalova in final); QF five times, at Antwerp, Charleston, Budapest, Zürich (d. No.4 Mauresmo en route for second Top 10 win) and Hasselt; best Grand Slam was 3r at Wimbledon (l. to Sharapova).

2006 - Second Top 30 season, highlighted by cracking singles Top 20, doubles Top 10 and winning third Grand Slam mixed doubles title; singles highlights were runner-up finish at Cincinnati (d. No.8 Schnyder in SF for third Top 10 win; l. to Zvonareva in final), SF at Zürich (d. No.7 Dementieva en route for fourth Top 10 win; l. to Sharapova) and QF at Montréal; best Grand Slams were 3r at Roland Garros (l. to Safina), Wimbledon (l. to Hantuchova) and US Open (l. to Davenport 36 63 76(5); held 2mp at 6-5 third set); made Top 20 singles debut on August 7 (after San Diego); won two Tour doubles titles; made Top 10 doubles debut on September 11 (after US Open); won third Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic).

2007 - Third straight Top 30 season; runner-up at Portoroz (l. to Golovin in final); QF three times, at Sydney, Charleston and Stanford; best Grand Slams were 3r finishes at Australian Open (l. to Kuznetsova), Roland Garros (l. to Peer) and Wimbledon (l. to Hantuchova); won three Tour doubles titles, incl. Toronto (w/Sugiyama); formed strong pair w/Sugiyama at Miami, also finishing runners-up at Roland Garros (l. to Molik/Santangelo in final) and Wimbledon (l. to Black/Huber in final) and Tour Championships (l. to Black/Huber in final); made doubles Top 5 debut on July 9 (after Wimbledon; rose from No.7 to No.5) and reached season-high No.4 on November 12 year-end rankings (after Tour Championships; rose from No.6 to No.4).

2008 - Best season to date in both singles and doubles; first Top 20 season in singles, highlighted by runner-up finish at Strasbourg (as No.5 seed, l. to No.6 seed Medina Garrigues in 3s in final), three SF finishes at Prague (as No.4 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Zvonareva), Stockholm (as No.3 seed, l. to Dushevina) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (as qualifier, d. No.3 seed Dementieva en route; l. to No.5 seed Kuznetsova) and four QF finishes, at Auckland (as No.3 seed, l. to Rezai), Sydney (d. No.5 seed Chakvetadze en route; l. to No.4 seed Ivanovic in 3s), 's-Hertogenbosch (as No.7 seed, withdrew vs. No.3 seed Safina w/left ankle injury) and Zürich (d. No.5 seed A.Radwanska en route; l. to Pennetta); 4r twice, at Roland Garros (as No.27 seed, d. No.5 seed S.Williams en route; l. to No.10 seed Schnyder) and US Open (as No.28 seed, d. No.3 seed Kuznetsova en route; l. to No.15 seed Schnyder in 3s); were second and third Grand Slam 4r runs of career (also 2002 Roland Garros); best results in 15 other events were four 3r finishes, at Australian Open (as No.28 seed, l. to No.4 seed Ivanovic), Miami (as No.22 seed, l. to Wozniacki in 3s), Amelia Island (as No.12 seed, l. to No.8 seed Szavay) and Charleston (as No.12 seed, l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion S.Williams in 3s); fell 1r or 2r 11 times, incl. at Wimbledon (as No.23 seed, l. to Goerges 46 76(6) 1614 in 1r; held 2mp in second set tie-break and 2mp in third set; at 3hrs 41mins, sixth-longest Tour singles match in Open Era); recorded fifth through ninth Top 10 wins, at Sydney (No.6 Chakvetadze), Roland Garros (No.5 S.Williams), US Open (No.4 Kuznetsova), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (No.4 Dementieva) and Zürich (No.10 A.Radwanska); returned to singles career-high No.20 on November 10 year-end rankings (was sixth total week there, after one week from August 7-13, 2006 and four more from May 14-June 10, 2007); best doubles season to date also, reaching new career-high No.3 on January 28 (after Australian Open) and winning 17th through 20th Tour doubles titles, at Miami (w/Sugiyama; d. Black/Huber in final), Charleston (w/Sugiyama), Moscow (w/Petrova; d. Black/Huber in final) and Linz (w/Sugiyama; d. Black/Huber in final); qualified for Tour Championships for second straight year w/Sugiyama (l. first match to Peschke/Stubbs); Grand Slam mixed doubles runner-up twice, at Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic) and Wimbledon (w/M.Bryan); withdrew from Rome w/GI illness.

SINGLES
Winner (4): 2005 - Auckland, Stockholm; 2002 - Acapulco; 2001 - ITF/Lexington, KY-USA; 1999 - Estoril, ITF/Dubai-UAE, ITF/Bratislava-SVK; 1998 - ITF/Sibenik-CRO; 1997 - ITF/Zadar-CRO; 1996 - ITF/Ismailia-EGY.
Finalist (6): 2008 - Strasbourg; 2007 - Portoroz; 2006 - Cincinnati; 2005 - Portoroz; 2003 - Palermo; 2002 - Bogotá.
Semifinalist (9): 2008 - Prague, Stockholm, Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; 2006 - Zürich; 2004 - Palermo; 2003 - Bogotá; 2002 - Luxembourg; 2000 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; 1999 - Palermo.

DOUBLES
Winner (20): 2008 - Miami, Charleston, Linz (all w/Sugiyama), Moscow (w/Petrova); 2007 - Gold Coast (w/Safina), Amelia Island (w/Santangelo), Toronto (w/Sugiyama); 2006 - Antwerp (w/Safina), Amelia Island (w/Asagoe); 2005 - Auckland (w/Asagoe), Stockholm, Budapest, Hasselt (all w/Loit); 2004 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Asagoe); 2003 - Bogotá (w/Svensson); 2001 - Hawaii (w/Krizan); 2000 - Estoril (w/Krizan); 1999 - Antwerp (w/Golarsa), Palermo, ITF/Rogaska Slatina-SLO, ITF/Bratislava-SVK (all w/Krizan), ITF/Miami, FL-USA, ITF/Boca Raton, FL-USA, ITF/Clearwater, FL-USA (all w/Valekova); 1998 - Makarska, ITF/Rogaska Slatina-SLO (both w/Krizan), ITF/Makarska-CRO, ITF/Hvar-CRO (both w/Kostanic Tosic), ITF/Cardiff-GBR (w/Huber), ITF/Porto-POR (w/Feber), ITF/Otocec-SLO (w/Woehr), ITF/Sibenik-CRO (w/Kovacevic), ITF/Buenos Aires-ARG (w/Noorlander), ITF/Lima 2-PER, ITF/Bogotá-COL, ITF/Cali-COL (all w/Valekova); 1997 - ITF/Beograd-CRO, ITF/Zadar-CRO (both w/Kostanic Tosic); 1996 - ITF/Ismailia-EGY (w/Nedeva).
Finalist (20): 2007 - Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Linz, Tour Championships (all w/Sugiyama); 2006 - Warsaw (w/Medina Garrigues), US Open (w/Safina), Zürich (w/Huber), Linz (w/Morariu); 2005 - Portoroz (w/Kostanic Tosic); 2004 - Casablanca (w/Callens), Strasbourg (w/Krizan); 2002 - Bogotá, Acapulco (both w/Krizan); 2001 - Estoril, Toronto (both w/Krizan); 2000 - Bol, Tokyo [Japan Open], Pattaya City (all w/Krizan); 1999 - Luxembourg (w/Krizan); 1998 - Maria Lankowitz (w/Krizan).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (3): 2006 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2003 - US Open (w/B.Bryan); 1999 - Roland Garros (w/Norval).
Finalist (5): 2008 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic), Wimbledon (w/M.Bryan); 2007 - Roland Garros (w/Zimonjic); 2005 - US Open (w/Zimonjic); 2002 - US Open (w/B.Bryan).

ADDITIONAL
Slovenian Fed Cup Team, 1997, 1999-2001, 2003-05; Slovenian Olympic Team, 2000, 2004.

Father is Joze and mother is Zlatka; has older sister, Urska (married June 2005) ... Nickname is Kata ... Relaxes by listening to music, reading books, watching movies, hanging out with friends ... Favorites include movies Primal Fear and The Green Mile and sushi; also likes chocolate ... Other sports interests include skiing, swimming, table tennis ... Admires Monica Seles.

- Junior highlights include winning 1998 Wimbledon singles title (d. Clijsters in final) and finishing runner-up at 1998 US Open (l. to Dokic in final).
- Tour mentor was Gabriela Sabatini in Partners for Success Alumni program.