Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Withdrew from Auckland w/viral meningitis; fell 1r at Sydney (as No.7 seed, l. to Cornet); reached 4r at Australian Open (as No.10 seed, l. to No.7 seed Zvonareva).

FEBRUARY - Withdrew from Pattaya City and Dubai w/right foot injury.

MARCH - Withdrew from Indian Wells w/right foot injury; reached 3r at Miami (as No.9 seed, l. to Makarova).

APRIL - Reached SF at Ponte Vedra Beach (as top seed, l. to No.5 seed Wozniak in 3s); reached 3r at Charleston (as No.4 seed, l. to Czink 75 third set); also won 16th Tour doubles title at Charleston (w/Mattek-Sands); went 0-1 in Russia's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group SF loss to Italy; reached 2r at Stuttgart (as No.6 seed, l. to Pennetta); also won 17th Tour doubles title at Stuttgart (w/Mattek-Sands).

MAY - Reached 3r at Rome (as No.8 seed, l. to Martinez Sanchez in 3s); reached 3r at Madrid (as No.8 seed, l. to Schnyder 76 third set); reached 2r at Roland Garros (as No.11 seed, l. to Sharapova 86 third set).

JUNE - Reached 2r at Eastbourne (as No.7 seed, ret. vs. qualifier Dushevina w/right low back injury); reached 4r at Wimbledon (as No.10 seed, l. to No.8 seed Azarenka in 3s).

JULY - Reached 2r at Stanford (as No.5 seed, l. to Sharapova).

AUGUST - Reached 3r at Los Angeles (as No.5 seed, l. to No.10 seed and eventual champion Pennetta); fell 1r at Cincinnati (as No.10 seed, l. to A.Bondarenko); fell 1r at Toronto (as No.10 seed, l. to Sharapova); fell 1r at New Haven (as No.4 seed, l. to Chakvetadze in 3s); reached 4r at US Open (as No.13 seed, l. to Oudin in 3s).

SEPTEMBER - Reached QF at Quebec City (as top seed, ret. vs. No.5 seed Czink w/viral illness); reached 2r at Tokyo (as No.13 seed, l. to Rybarikova); reached SF at Beijing (as No.13 seed, d. No.2 seed S.Williams en route; l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova).

OCTOBER - Reached 2r at Moscow (as No.5 seed, l. to A.Bondarenko); won 18th Tour doubles title at Moscow (w/Kirilenko).

1996 - Played first two events of career on ITF Circuit.

1997 - Won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

1998 - Played first two Tour main draws, falling 1r at Warsaw (as WC) but reaching 2r at Moscow (as WC); fell in Tour qualifying twice (incl. US Open); won three singles titles on ITF Circuit.

1999 - Played five more Tour main draws (all as qualifier), reaching 2r at Wimbledon, Moscow and Leipzig (made Top 100 debut afterwards on November 8; rose from No.113 to No.95) but falling 1r twice (incl. Australian Open).

2000 - Reached QF at Miami (d. world No.9 Halard-Decugis en route for first Top 10 win; l. to Davenport); best Grand Slam was 3r at Australian Open (l. to Schnyder); made Top 50 debut on September 25 (rose from No.52 to No.50).

2001 - Reached SF at Amelia Island (l. to Coetzer); best Grand Slams were 4r at Roland Garros (l. to S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. to V.Williams); won two Tour doubles titles.

2002 - Injury-plagued season; promising start, reaching SF at Gold Coast (ret. vs. V.Williams w/right pectoral strain); subsequently withdrew from Hobart, then missed all events until August w/left foot injury; went from inside Top 30 to outside Top 100, as low as No.169 for one week in September, but rebounded to No.111 by year's end after another QF at Moscow (d. No.10 Hingis en route for second Top 10 win); won one Tour doubles title.

2003 - Impressive recovery from injury-marred 2002; runner-up at Linz (l. to Sugiyama); SF four times, most notably first Grand Slam SF at Roland Garros (d. Seles and Capriati en route, falling to Clijsters; at No.76, third-lowest-ranked semifinalist there in event's history after No.99 Simon in 1978, No.87 Fernández in 2002) but also at 's-Hertogenbosch, Zürich (l. to Henin at both) and Philadelphia (l. to Myskina); QF twice; four Top 10 wins; made Top 20 debut on August 18 (rose from No.22 to No.20); won one Tour doubles title.

2004 - Season highlighted by runner-up finish at Gold Coast (l. to Sugiyama 16 61 64; held 4-1 lead in third set); SF five times, at Miami (l. to Dementieva), Amelia Island (l. to Davenport), Bali (l. to Kuznetsova), Linz (l. to Bovina) and Philadelphia (l. to Zvonareva); QF five times, incl. US Open (d. Henin en route for first win over a reigning No.1; l. to Kuznetsova); had three Top 10 wins; broke into Top 10 on April 5 (rose from No.11 to No.9); won seven Tour doubles titles, incl. Tour Championships (all w/Shaughnessy).

2005 - First Top 10 season; won first Tour singles title at Linz (d. Schnyder in final); runner-up twice, at Berlin (l. to Henin) and Bangkok (l. to Vaidisova); SF four times, most notably Roland Garros (l. to Henin; was second Grand Slam SF, after 2003 Roland Garros) but also Paris [Indoors] (l. to Mauresmo), Amelia Island (l. to Davenport) and Philadelphia (withdrew vs. Dementieva w/right heel bruise); QF 10 times, incl. Wimbledon and US Open (l. to Sharapova at both); qualified for first Tour Championships, falling in RR stage (went 1-2 in RR); three Top 10 wins during season; reached career-high doubles ranking of No.3.

2006 - Second straight Top 10 season; won five Tour singles titles, at Doha (d. Mauresmo in final), Amelia Island (d. Schiavone in final), Charleston (d. Schnyder in final), Berlin (d. Henin in final) and Stuttgart (d. Golovin in final); runner-up twice, at Moscow (l. to Chakvetadze in final) and Linz (l. to Sharapova in final); SF twice, at Auckland (ret. vs. Bartoli w/left groin strain) and Antwerp (l. to Mauresmo); QF five times, incl. Australian Open (l. to Sharapova); mid-season marred by hip injury suffered in practice before Roland Garros, falling 1r there then withdrawing from grass court season; qualified for second straight Tour Championships, but fell in RR stage (went 1-2 in RR; d. Mauresmo in first RR match for second win over a reigning No.1); notched five Top 10 wins during season; made Top 5 debut on April 17 (after Charleston; rose from No.7 to No.5) and reached career-high No.3 on May 15 (after Berlin); won one Tour doubles title, at Montréal (w/Navratilova).

2007 - Season highlighted by winning seventh Tour singles title at Paris [Indoors] (d. Safarova in final); runner-up twice, at Amelia Island (l. to Golovin in final) and Los Angeles (l. to Ivanovic in final); SF at Eastbourne (ret. vs. Mauresmo w/right pectoral muscle strain); QF six times, incl. Stuttgart (ret. vs. Jankovic w/left hip strain, causing subsequent withdrawal from Zürich and Linz to finish season); only Top 10 win of season came over world No.3 Mauresmo (Paris [Indoors]); fell out of Top 10 herself for first time in just over two years on May 14, and although would bounce back inside on June 11 (after four weeks), would dip outside again on October 15 and for remainder of season.

2008 - Near-Top 10 season, struggling early but finishing strong; went 4-9 in first nine events, winning matches only at Australian Open (as No.14 seed, won three matches before falling to No.29 seed A.Radwanska 16 75 60 in 4r; led 61 30) and Berlin (as No.16 seed, d. Srebotnik in 1r; l. to Kirilenko in 2r); dropped opening match seven other times, incl. retirements at Doha (w/upset stomach) and Miami (w/right quad strain); withdrew from Amelia Island w/right quad strain and Charleston w/hip injury; went 43-14 in last 16 regular season events, a stretch highlighted by winning eighth and ninth career Tour singles titles at Cincinnati (as No.2 seed, d. Dechy in final) and Québec City (as top seed, d. No.6 seed Mattek in final), runner-up finishes at Eastbourne (as No.8 seed, l. to No.4 seed A.Radwanska in 3s in final) and Stuttgart (l. to No.2 seed Jankovic in final), SF finishes at Bali (as No.4 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Schnyder) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (d. No.2 seed Ivanovic and No.6 seed A.Radwanska en route; l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Safina) and five QF finishes, at Istanbul (as No.3 seed, l. to No.6 seed Amanmuradova in 3s), Wimbledon (as No.21 seed, l. to No.5 seed Dementieva in 3s), Los Angeles (as No.9 seed, l. to top seed Jankovic), Moscow (l. to No.3 seed Dementieva 76 third set) and Linz (as No.5 seed, l. to No.3 seed A.Radwanska); only five pre-QF exits during that stretch, at Roland Garros (as No.25 seed, l. to No.4 seed Kuznetsova in 3r), Stanford (as No.7 seed, l. to Cibulkova in 1r), Montréal (as No.12 seed, l. to Cibulkova in 3r), US Open (as No.19 seed, l. to No.16 seed Pennetta in 3s in 3r) and Zürich (l. to Pennetta in 1r); qualified as first alternate at Tour Championships and played one match (after No.3 seed S.Williams withdrew w/abdominal injury; l. to No.5 seed Dementieva in 3s); strong year in doubles as well, winning 13th through 15th Tour doubles titles at Cincinnati (w/Kirilenko), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/King) and Moscow (w/Srebotnik) and finishing runner-up at Bali (w/Domachowska; l. to Hsieh/Peng in final).

SINGLES
Winner (9): 2008 - Cincinnati, Québec City; 2007 - Paris [Indoors]; 2006 - Doha, Amelia Island, Charleston, Berlin, Stuttgart; 2005 - Linz; 1998 - ITF/Makarska-CRO, ITF/Hvar-CRO, ITF/Dubrovnik-CRO; 1997 - ITF/Tbilisi-GEO.
Finalist (10): 2008 - Eastbourne, Stuttgart; 2007 - Amelia Island, Los Angeles; 2006 - Moscow, Linz; 2005 - Berlin, Bangkok; 2004 - Gold Coast; 2003 - Linz.

DOUBLES
Winner (18): 2009 - Charleston, Stuttgart (both w/Mattek-Sands), Moscow (w/Kirilenko); 2008 - Cincinnati (w/Kirilenko), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/King), Moscow (w/Srebotnik); 2006 - Montréal (w/Navratilova); 2004 - Miami, Amelia Island, Berlin, Rome, Los Angeles, New Haven, Tour Championships (all w/Shaughnessy); 2003 - Moscow (w/Shaughnessy); 2002 - Linz (w/Dokic); 2001 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Dragomir Ilie), Linz (w/Dokic).
Finalist (10): 2008 - Bali (w/Domachowska); 2006 - Dubai (w/Kuznetsova); 2005 - Indian Wells (w/Shaughnessy); 2003 - Rome (w/Dokic), 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Pierce), Leipzig (w/Likhovtseva); 2002 - Moscow, Zürich (both w/Dokic); 2001 - Bol (w/Pisnik), New Haven (w/Dokic).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2001, 2003, 2006-07, 2009; Russian Olympic Team, 2004.

Coached by Christian Zahalka ... Likes hardcourts because she is an aggressive player (easier to finish the point early) ... Spent part of her youth training in Egypt, where parents were athletics coaches ... Father, Victor Petrov, was a top hammer thrower; mother, Nadejda Ilina, won the bronze medal at the Montréal Olympics in the 400m relay; parents are still athletics coaches ... Likes to visit Croatia because it is beautiful and peaceful ... Enjoys fishing and reading (favorite book is Gone With the Wind) ... Would like to try every sport there is.

Official Website: en.nadia-petrova.ru

- Official Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity through Tour partnership w/Whirlpool and Aces for Homes initiative.
- Junior highlights include winning 1998 Roland Garros singles title (d. Dokic in final) and finishing runner-up at 1999 US Open (l. to Krasnoroutskaya in final).