Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Withdrew from Brisbane w/illness; fell 1r at Sydney (l. to Kleybanova); fell 1r at Australian Open (as No.27 seed, l. to Errani).

FEBRUARY - Fell 1r at Dubai (l. to Pavlyuchenkova).

MARCH - Reached 2r at Monterrey (as No.8 seed, ret. vs. Safarova w/left knee inflammation); fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. to Gallovits 75 third set); reached 2r at Miami (l. to No.15 seed Pennetta).

APRIL - Withdrew from Ponte Vedra Beach w/left knee injury; runner-up at Barcelona (as No.6 seed, d. No.5 seed Suarez Navarro en route to final; l. to Vinci); fell 1r at Fès (as No.4 seed, l. to Domachowska).

MAY - Reached QF at Estoril (as No.2 seed, l. to No.6 seed Makarova in 3s); fell 1r at Madrid (l. to No.15 seed Zheng); fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. to WC Rogowska).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Birmingham (as No.10 seed, l. to U.Radwanska); fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. to top seed Dementieva); reached 2r at Wimbledon (l. to No.9 seed Wozniacki).

JULY - Reached QF at Bastad (d. No.6 seed Pavlyuchenkova en route; l. to top seed Wozniacki); reached 2r at Stanford (l. to No.3 seed Dementieva).

AUGUST - Reached 2r at Los Angeles (l. to No.13 seed Stosur); reached 2r at Cincinnati (as WC, l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Jankovic); fell 1r at Toronto (as qualifier, l. to No.12 seed Pennetta); fell in New Haven qualifying; reached 3r at US Open (d. No.12 seed A.Radwanska en route; l. to No.18 seed Li).

SEPTEMBER - Reached SF at Seoul (d. No.7 seed Dushevina en route; l. to Date Krumm in 3s); fell 1r at Beijing (as WC, l. to qualifier K.Bondarenko 76 third set).

OCTOBER - Fell 1r at Osaka (ret. vs. Kutuzova w/knee injury); reached QF at Moscow (d. No.3 seed A.Radwanska en route, falling to No.8 seed and eventual champion Schiavone; win over world No.10 A.Radwanska was fourth Top 10 win).

2001 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2002 - Played first three Tour main draws at Bali, Tokyo [Japan Open] and Pattaya City (l. 1r at all three); fell in Tour qualifying once; continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Reached first Tour QF at Hyderabad (l. to Tanasugarn); made Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open, reaching 3r (l. to Mauresmo); fell in Wimbledon qualifying; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Reached first Tour final at Hyderabad (l. to Pratt); made Grand Slam main draw debuts at Roland Garros (l. to S.Williams 46 62 64 in 2r; led 4-2 third set) and Wimbledon (l. 1r), also reaching 2r at US Open; fell in Australian Open qualifying; made Top 100 debut on May 24 (rose from No.102 to No.100); won one Tour doubles title; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - First Top 100 season; won first Tour singles title at Beijing (d. Groenefeld in final); SF twice, at Hyderabad (l. to Mirza) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to Vaidisova); QF twice, at Doha and Guangzhou; played all four majors in a season for first time, best results being 2r at Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open; made Top 50 debut on March 21 (after Indian Wells; rose from No.66 to No.48) and cracked Top 40 and Top 30 on September 26 (after Beijing; rose from No.45 to No.28); won one Tour doubles title.

2006 - Second Top 30 season; QF four times, at Auckland, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Dubai (d. No.8 Petrova en route for first Top 10 win) and Zürich; best Grand Slams were 3r at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open; made Top 20 debut on June 12 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.22 to No.20); spent four weeks in Top 20 between June 12 and July 9; also played Fed Cup for Russia.

2007 - Near-Top 30 season; nine-match fall win streak brought second Tour singles title at Kolkata (d. Koryttseva in final) and runner-up finish at Seoul (l. to V.Williams in final); QF twice, at San Diego and Los Angeles; best Grand Slams were 3r at Australian Open and US Open; had four Top 20 wins, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (No.15 Peer), San Diego (No.3 Jankovic; was second Top 10 win), Los Angeles (No.11 Bartoli) and Kolkata (No.11 Hantuchova; won one Tour doubles title; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Third Top 30 season in last four years; won third through fifth Tour singles titles at Estoril (as No.2 seed, d. Benesova in final), Barcelona (as No.2 seed, d. WC Martínez Sánchez in final) and Seoul (as top seed, d. Stosur in final); before Estoril and Barcelona, had never reached even a QF at a Tour clay event; SF at Cincinnati (as No.3 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Petrova in 3s); QF twice, at Auckland (as No.2 seed, l. to No.6 seed Paszek) and Portoroz (as top seed, l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion Errani); reached first Grand Slam 4r at Australian Open (as No.27 seed, d. No.6 seed Chakvetadze en route; l. to No.9 seed Hantuchova 16 64 64, having led 61 31); reached 3r twice, at Berlin (d. No.16 seed Petrova en route; l. to No.4 seed Jankovic) and Rome (d. No.18 seed Petrova en route; l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Jankovic); fell 1r or 2r 16 times, incl. Roland Garros (as No.21 seed, l. to qualifier Zheng in 3s in 2r), Wimbledon (as No.19 seed, l. to Dushevina in 1r) and US Open (as No.22 seed, l. to Paszek 63 36 64 in 1r; led 4-2 third set); had two Top 20 wins, at Australian Open (No.6 Chakvetadze; was third Top 10 win) and Zürich (No.14 Hantuchova); win over Hantuchova in Zürich 1r was 200th career singles match win; made Top 20 return on June 16 (after Estoril; rose from No.23 to No.19), spending seven weeks inside before dipping out for rest of season (has now spent 11 career weeks inside Top 20, having spent four there in 2006; won fourth and fifth Tour doubles titles at Estoril (w/Pennetta) and Cincinnati (w/Petrova).

SINGLES
Winner (5): 2008 - Estoril, Barcelona, Seoul; 2007 - Kolkata, ITF/Dubai 2-UAE; 2005 - Beijing; 2004 - ITF/Saint Gaudens-FRA; 2003 - ITF/Boca Raton, FL-USA.
Finalist (3): 2009 - Barcelona; 2007 - Seoul; 2004 - Hyderabad.
Semifinalist (4): 2009 - Seoul; 2008 - Cincinnati; 2005 - Hyderabad, Tokyo [Japan Open].
Quarterfinalist (13): 2009 - Estoril, Bastad; 2008 - Auckland, Portoroz; 2007 - San Diego, Los Angeles; 2006 - Auckland, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Dubai, Zürich; 2005 - Doha, Guangzhou; 2003 - Hyderabad.

DOUBLES
Winner (6): 2009 - Moscow (w/Petrova); 2008 - Estoril (w/Pennetta), Cincinnati (w/Petrova); 2007 - Doha (w/Hingis); 2005 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Dulko); 2004 - Birmingham (w/Sharapova).
Finalist (8): 2009 - Dubai, Los Angeles (both w/A.Radwanska), Fès (w/Cirstea); 2008 - Montréal (w/Pennetta), Seoul (w/Dushevina); 2006 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Ivanovic); 2005 - Rome (w/Medina Garrigues), New Haven (w/Dulko).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2006.

Coached by father, Yuri Kirilenko ... Started playing at age 7 when father introduced her to game at Dinamo Moscow Central Stadium ... Parents are Olga, Yuri ... Favorites include movies Barber of Siberia and Story of a Knight, classical music (especially by Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach or Beethoven), books The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, Notre-Dame de Paris, White Fang and short stories by O'Henry ... Speaks Russian, English ... Enjoys other sports, especially soccer ... Relaxes by reading books, watching movies, fishing, cooking ... Admires Roger Federer and Jennifer Capriati for on-court style, attitude.

Official Website: www.mariakirilenko.com

- Prior to 2006 Australian Open, launched line of Stella McCartney-designed tennis attire, created especially for her.
- Junior highlights include winning 2002 US Open singles title (d. Zahlavova Strycova in final).