Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Auckland (l. to No.4 seed Wozniak 75 third set); reached SF at Hobart (d. top seed Pennetta en route; l. to Benesova); made Top 50 debut afterwards on January 19 (rose from No.57 to No.50); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to No.7 seed Zvonareva).

FEBRUARY - Went 1-0 in Slovakia's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group II win over Belgium; reached SF at Pattaya City (as No.8 seed, d. No.2 seed Wozniacki en route; l. to Mirza); fell 1r at Dubai (l. to Stosur).

MARCH - Reached 2r at Monterrey (as WC, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Bartoli); fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. to Wickmayer); reached 2r at Miami (l. to No.20 seed Mauresmo in 3s).

APRIL - Reached 2r at Barcelona (l. to qualifier Yakimova in 3s); fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. to Dulko).

MAY - Fell 1r at Rome (l. to Razzano in 3s); fell 1r at Madrid (l. to qualifier Lepchenko in 3s); reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. to No.5 seed Jankovic).

JUNE - Won first Tour title at Birmingham (as No.13 seed, d. top seed Zheng in 3r and No.4 seed Li in final for first Tour title of any kind); withdrew from 's-Hertogenbosch w/right thigh strain; fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. to Vinci).

JULY - Withdrew from Budapest w/right shoulder injury; fell 1r at Prague (as No.6 seed, l. to qualifier Bacsinszky); reached QF at Bad Gastein (as No.6 seed, l. to Olaru).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to qualifier K.Bondarenko); fell 1r at Toronto (as qualifier, l. to No.11 seed Ivanovic in 3s); reached QF at New Haven (as qualifier, l. to No.3 seed Pennetta); reached 3r at US Open (l. to No.3 seed V.Williams).

SEPTEMBER - Reached QF at Seoul (d. No.8 seed Bammer en route; l. to No.2 seed Medina Garrigues); reached QF at Tokyo (d. No.13 seed Petrova en route; l. to No.11 seed A.Radwanska); fell 1r at Beijing (l. to No.14 seed Bartoli in 3s).

OCTOBER - Fell 1r at Moscow (l. to Kleybanova).

NOVEMBER - Fell in RR stage at Bali (went 0-2 in RR stage).

2004 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Played first Tour qualifying at Portoroz and Hasselt; won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Reached QF in first Tour main draw at Prague (as WC, d. No.2 seed Safarova en route; l. to No.7 seed Peng); fell 1r at Istanbul (as qualifier); fell in Tour qualifying once; continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Played two Tour main draws, falling 1r at Portoroz and Bangkok (as qualifier at both); fell in Tour qualifying three times (incl. Wimbledon); continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2008 - First Top 100 season, highlighted by first Tour singles SF at Tashkent (as No.5 seed, ret. vs. No.3 seed and eventual champion Cirstea w/illness) and main draw debuts at three Grand Slams, reaching 2r at Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. to No.13 seed Safina) and 3r at US Open (l. to No.15 seed Schnyder 76(4) 64; held 3sp at 5-4 first set) but falling 1r at Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. to Niculescu 16 63 64; led 4-1 third set); 2r three other times, at Prague (as WC, ret. vs. top seed and eventual champion Zvonareva w/back injury), Barcelona (l. to Cohen-Aloro) and Budapest (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Cornet); fell 1r two other times and in Tour qualifying three times; made Top 100 debut on August 4 (rose from No.102 to No.100) and reached career-high No.56 on October 13; won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit; on Czech Fed Cup team that d. Slovakia 3-2 in World Group II (went 1-1).

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2009 - Birmingham; 2008 - ITF/St. Petersburg-Vsevolozhsk-RUS, ITF/Patras-GRE; 2005 - ITF/Cairo 2-EGY, ITF/Mestre-ITA.
Semifinalist (3): 2009 - Hobart, Pattaya City; 2008 - Tashkent.
Quarterfinalist (5): 2009 - Bad Gastein, New Haven, Seoul, Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; 2006 - Prague.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2008 - ITF/Monterrey-MEX (w/Pandzic).

ADDITIONAL
Slovak Fed Cup Team, 2005-09.

Coached by Mojmir Mihal; fitness coaches are Kristian Cupak, Michal Dubovec ... Father is Anton (business manager); mother is Maria; has two older siblings, Filip and Nada; has a dog named Sindy ... Began playing tennis at age 8; was born in Piestany but moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at national tennis center ... Favorite surfaces are grass, hard; favorite shots are serve, forehand ... Favorite foods are pizza, chicken; favorite drinks are cola, iced tea ... Favorite movie is Pretty Woman; favorite actors are Richard Gere, Tom Cruise ... Favorite group is Coldplay ... Favorite cities are New York (great shopping) and Paris (nice city and people); favorite tournaments are Wimbledon, US Open ... Most admires Roger Federer for being a great player and person; also admires Novak Djokovic, Martina Hingis ... If she wasn't a tennis player, would like to study archaeology (likes Indiana Jones movies) ... Lucky charm is a toy bear that she keeps in her tennis bag ... Goal is to be Top 10 and eventually No.1.

- Junior highlights include runner-up at 2006 Wimbledon (l. to Wozniacki).