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 (l. to Sánchez-Vicario in 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; runner-up at Barcelona (l. to Kirilenko); reached 3r once (
Wimbledon) and 2r once (Olympics); fell 1r six times (incl.
Roland Garros,
US Open) and in Tour qualifying six times (incl.
Australian Open); won one Tour doubles title at Acapulco (w/Llagostera Vives); won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit).
2009 - Breakthrough season in both singles and doubles; first Top 30 season in singles, highlighted by first two Tour singles titles at Bogotá (as No.7 seed, d. No.3 seed Dulko in final) and Bastad (d. No.4 seed Kanepi and No.7 seed Suárez Navarro en route to final, then d. top seed Wozniacki for title); reached SF once, at Bali (qualified for SF w/2-0 RR record; l. to eventual champion Rezai); reached QF twice, at Barcelona (l. to No.6 seed Kirilenko in 3s) and Rome (d. No.11 seed Bartoli and No.8 seed Petrova en route; l. to to top seed and eventual champion Safina in 3s); reached 3r four times, at
Australian Open (d. No.32 seed Tanasugarn en route; l. to Suárez Navarro),
Roland Garros (d. No.31 seed Peng en route; l. to No.2 seed S.Williams in 3s),
US Open (d. No.28 seed Bammer en route; l. to No.2 seed S.Williams) and Beijing (d. No.5 seed Wozniacki en route; l. to No.12 seed A.Radwanska in 3s); fell 1r or 2r 10 times, incl. Miami (l. to No.21 seed Kanepi 46 64 75 in 2r; held 3mp at 5-4 third set) and
Wimbledon (l. to No.11 seed A.Radwanska in 1r); fell in Tour qualifying twice; having begun the season ranked No.90, made Top 50 debut on April 20 (after Barcelona; rose from No.51 to No.46) and peaked at No.27 on November 9 year-end rankings (after Bali; rose from No.30 to No.27); first Top 10 season in doubles w/Llagostera Vives, highlighted by Tour-leading seven titles, first six in regular season (Bogotá, Acapulco, Barcelona, Palermo, Toronto and New Haven) then winning Tour Championships (d. No.2 seeds Williams/Williams in SF and top seeds Black/Huber in final); made doubles Top 10 debut on October 19 (rose from No.11 to No.10) and peaked at No.6 on November 2; member of Spanish Fed Cup team that l. to Czech Republic 4-1 in World Group 1r (went 0-1) and to Serbia 4-0 in World Group Play-off (went 0-2); withdrew from Warsaw w/left shoulder injury.
