Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell in Sydney qualifying; reached 3r at Australian Open (d. No.32 seed Tanasugarn en route; l. to Suarez Navarro).

FEBRUARY - Went 0-1 in Spain's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group 1r loss to Czech Republic; won first Tour singles title at Bogota (as No.7 seed, d. No.3 seed Dulko in final); won sixth Tour doubles title at Bogota (w/Llagostera Vives); reached 2r at Acapulco (as No.8 seed, l. to Cetkovska in 3s); won seventh Tour doubles title at Acapulco (w/Llagostera Vives).

MARCH - Fell in Indian Wells qualifying; reached 2r at Miami (l. to No.21 seed Kanepi 46 64 75; held 3mp at 5-4 third set).

APRIL - Reached QF at Barcelona (l. to No.6 seed Kirilenko in 3s); made Top 50 debut afterwards on April 20 (rose from No.51 to No.46); won eighth Tour doubles title at Barcelona (w/Llagostera Vives); went 0-2 in Spain's 4-0 Fed Cup World Group Play-off loss to Serbia.

MAY - Reached QF at Rome (d. No.11 seed Bartoli and No.8 seed Petrova en route, falling to top seed and eventual champion Safina in 3s; win over world No.10 Petrova was first Top 10 win); fell 1r at Madrid (as WC, l. to qualifier Vinci in 3s); withdrew from Warsaw w/left shoulder injury; reached 3r at Roland Garros (d. No.31 seed Peng en route; l. to No.2 seed S.Williams in 3s).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (as LL, l. to Medina Garrigues in 3s); fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. to No.11 seed A.Radwanska).

JULY - Won second Tour singles title at Bastad (d. No.4 seed Kanepi and No.7 seed Suarez Navarro en route to final, then d. top seed Wozniacki; win over world No.9 Wozniacki was second Top 10 win); reached 2r at Palermo (d. No.3 seed Cornet in 1r; l. to Garbin); won ninth Tour doubles title at Palermo (w/Llagostera Vives).

AUGUST - Reached 2r at Cincinnati (l. to Peng in 3s); won 10th Tour doubles title at Toronto (w/Llagostera Vives); fell 1r at New Haven (l. to No.6 seed Bartoli in 3s); won 11th Tour doubles title at New Haven (w/Llagostera Vives); reached 3r at US Open (d. No.28 seed Bammer en route; l. to No.2 seed S.Williams).

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Tokyo (l. to Vesnina); reached 3r at Beijing (d. No.5 seed Wozniacki en route, falling to No.12 seed A.Radwanska in 3s; win over world No.5 Wozniacki was third Top 10 win).

OCTOBER - Made doubles Top 10 debut on October 19 (rose from No.11 to No.10); reached 2r at Moscow (d. No.7 seed Cibulkova in 1r; l. to Govortsova); won 12th Tour doubles title at Tour Championships (w/Llagostera Vives, d. No.2 seeds Williams/Williams in SF and top seeds Black/Huber in final); made career singles Top 30 debut on November 2 (rose from No.31 to No.30).

NOVEMBER - Reached SF at Bali (qualified for SF w/2-0 RR record; l. to eventual champion Rezai in SF).

1997 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Spain.

1998 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit in Spain.

1999 - Won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2000 - Played first Tour qualifying at Miami and US Open; won three singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2001 - First Top 100 season; SF at Madrid (d. No.20 Testud en route for first Top 20 win; l. to Sánchez-Vicario in historic first all-Spanish Tour singles SF line-up); QF twice, at Bogotá and Antwerp; reached 2r three times; fell 1r 11 times (incl. all four majors) and in Tour qualifying four times; made Top 100 debut on May 7 (rose from No.106 to No.95); won four Tour doubles titles (all w/Medina Garrigues).

2002 - Fell 1r four times (incl. Australian Open) and in Tour qualifying 11 times (incl. Roland Garros).

2003 - Fell in Tour qualifying three times; won three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Fell in Tour qualifying once; did not play February until end of season.

2005 - Won one singles title and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Near-Top 100 season; QF twice, at Acapulco and Palermo; reached 2r once; fell 1r three times (incl. US Open) and in Tour qualifying three times (incl. Wimbledon); won four singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - QF at Bad Gastein; fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying once (at US Open); won three singles titles and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Second Top 100 season, highlighted by reaching first Tour singles final at Barcelona (as WC, d. No.5 seed Parmentier and No.4 seed Safarova en route; l. to No.2 seed Kirilenko); reached 3r at Wimbeldon (d. No.32 seed Mirza en route; l. to No.7 seed and eventual champion V.Williams); reached 2r at Olympics (l. to No.6 seed Safina); fell 1r six times, incl. Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. to No.29 seed Medina Garrigues) and US Open (l. to Lisicki); fell in Tour qualifying six times (incl. Australian Open); won fifth Tour doubles title at Acapulco (w/Llagostera Vives); won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit; member of Spanish Fed Cup team that d. China 4-1 in World Group SF (went 1-0).

SINGLES
Winner (2): 2009 - Bogotá, Bastad; 2007 - ITF/Calvia-ESP, ITF/Madrid 2-ESP, ITF/Granada-ESP; 2006 - ITF/San Luis Potosi 1-MEX, ITF/Catania-ITA, ITF/Madrid 1-ESP, ITF/Sant Cugat del Valles-ESP; 2005 - ITF/Vigo-ESP; 2000 - ITF/Edinburgh-GBR, ITF/Gexto-ESP, ITF/Valladolid-ESP; 1999 - ITF/Valladolid-ESP.
Finalist (1): 2008 - Barcelona.
Semifinalist (2): 2009 - Bali; 2001 - Madrid.
Quarterfinalist (7): 2009 - Barcelona, Rome; 2007 - Bad Gastein; 2006 - Acapulco, Palermo; 2001 - Bogotá, Antwerp.

DOUBLES
Winner (12): 2009 - Bogotá, Acapulco, Barcelona, Palermo, Toronto, New Haven, Tour Championships (all w/Llagostera Vives); 2008 - Acapulco (w/Llagostera Vives), ITF/Las Palmas de Gran Canaria-ESP (w/Marrero), ITF/Saint-Malo-FRA (w/Parra Santonja); 2007 - ITF/Madrid 2-ESP (w/Parra Santonja), ITF/Granada-ESP, ITF/Reggio Calabria-ITA (both w/Marrero), ITF/St. Cugat-ESP (w/Llagostera Vives); 2006 - ITF/Madrid 1-ESP (w/Cortez), ITF/Marseille-FRA (w/Martinez Granados), ITF/Joue-les-Tours-FRA (w/Cohen-Aloro); 2005 - ITF/Melilla-ESP, ITF/Sevilla-ESP (both w/Errani), ITF/Vigo-ESP (w/Font), ITF/Coimbra-POR (w/Nogueira), ITF/Bordeaux-FRA (w/Martinez Granados); 2003 - ITF/Perigueux-FRA (w/Medina Garrigues), ITF/Girona-ITA (w/Martinez Granados), ITF/Mont-de-Marsan-FRA (w/Garcia); 2001 - Acapulco, Porto, Bol, Basel (all w/Medina Garrigues); 2000 - ITF/Modena-ITA, ITF/Denain-FRA (both w/Dominguez Lino), ITF/Valladolid-ESP (w/Ortuno); 1999 - ITF/Ceuta-ESP (w/Gonzalez), ITF/Porto-POR (w/Dominguez Lino).
Finalist (8): 2009 - Bastad, Cincinnati (both w/Llagostera Vives); 2008 - Berlin, Barcelona (both w/Llagostera Vives); 2003 - Palermo (w/Parra Santonja); 2002 - Helsinki (w/Bes); 2001 - Palermo (w/Medina Garrigues), Casablanca (w/Salerni).

ADDITIONAL
Spanish Fed Cup Team, 2008-09; Spanish Olympic Team, 2008.

Coached by Alejo Mancisidor, Mikel González and Victor López ... Prefers hardcourts ... Father, Ricardo, is a woodworker; mother, Fini, is a businesswoman; two younger brothers are Ricardo, Alejandro ... Trained at Juan Carlos Ferrero's academy as a junior ... Favorite movie is Armageddon; favorite city is New York ... Other sports interests include volleyball, basketball, baseball ... Also enjoys going to the cinema and shopping ... Most memorable experience was winning Orange Bowl in 1999 ... Admires Steffi Graf, Juan Carlos Ferrero.