Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Hobart (as No.2 seed, l. to Pironkova); reached 2r at Australian Open (as No.14 seed, l. to Razzano).

FEBRUARY - Went 2-1 in Switzerland's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group II loss to Germany; reached 2r at Paris [Indoors] (as No.6 seed, l. to WC Dechy in 3s).

MARCH - Dropped opener at Indian Wells (as No.13 seed w/1r bye, l. to Li in 2r); reached 3r at Miami (as No.18 seed, l. to No.13 seed Wozniacki).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Ponte Vedra Beach (as No.4 seed, l. to LL Lepchenko); dropped opener at Charleston (as No.8 seed w/1r bye, l. to Vesnina 75 third set in 2r); fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. to WC Lisicki).

MAY - Reached 3r at Rome (d. No.2 seed S.Williams en route, falling to No.16 seed Kanepi; win over world No.2 S.Williams was third Top 2 win, following wins over then-No.1 Capriati at 2002 Charleston and then-No.2 Sharapova at 2005 Rome; now also 3-0 lifetime vs. S.Williams on clay); reached SF at Madrid (d. No.8 seed Petrova and No.4 seed Jankovic en route; l. to top seed and eventual champion Safina); fell 1r at Roland Garros (as No.17 seed, l. to K.Bondarenko).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Wimbledon (as No.21 seed, l. to Sugiyama).

JULY - Runner-up at Budapest (as top seed, l. to No.4 seed Szavay in 3s in final); reached QF at Palermo (as No.2 seed, ret. vs. Groenefeld w/left hip flexor strain); fell 1r at Istanbul (as No.2 seed, l. to de los Rios in 3s).

AUGUST - Reached 2r at Cincinnati (l. to WC Clijsters); reached 2r at Toronto (l. to No.5 seed Jankovic); fell 1r at New Haven (l. to Razzano in 3s); reached 2r at US Open (as No.19 seed, l. to Errani).

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Tokyo (l. to Lisicki); reached 2r at Beijing (l. to No.12 seed A.Radwanska).

OCTOBER - Reached QF at Luxembourg (d. No.2 seed Clijsters en route; l. to No.6 seed Lisicki).

1993 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

1994 - Played first Tour qualifying at Lucerne and Zürich; continued to play on ITF Circuit.

1995 - Made career Tour main draw debut at Zürich, reaching 2r (as WC, l. to Pierce); won three singles titles on ITF Circuit.

1996 - Reached first Tour singles final at Karlovy Vary (l. to Dragomir Ilie); made Grand Slam main draw debuts at Roland Garros and Wimbledon (l. 1r at both); fell 1r at Olympics (l. to Martínez); fell in Australian Open qualifying; made Top 100 debut on April 29 (rose from No.144 to No.100).

1997 - Season highlighted by SF at Rome (l. to Martínez) and QF twice, at Maria Lankowitz and Filderstadt; reached 4r in Australian Open debut (l. to Fernandez); notched four Top 10 wins during season; made Top 50 debut on January 27 (after Australian Open; rose from No.63 to No.48).

1998 - Breakthrough season highlighted by first five Tour singles titles and Top 10 debut; won titles at Hobart (d. Van Roost in final), Hannover (d. Novotna in final), Madrid (d. Van Roost in final), Maria Lankowitz (d. Leon García in final) and Palermo (d. Schett in final); runner-up once, at Grand Slam Cup (l. to V.Williams); SF at Hamburg (l. to Novotna) and QF three times, incl. first Grand Slam QF runs at Roland Garros (l. to Sánchez-Vicario) and US Open (l. to Novotna); notched six Top 10 wins during season; made Top 20 debut on February 23 (rose from No.25 to No.18) and Top 10 debut on August 10 (rose from No.11 to No.10); qualified for Tour Championships (l. 1r to Hingis).

1999 - Won sixth Tour singles title at Gold Coast (d. Pierce in final for lone Top 10 win of season; afterwards on January 11, rose from No.11 to No.8, which would be her career-high until 2005); SF at Hilton Head (l. to Kournikova) and QF four times, at Sydney, Amelia Island, Cairo and Berlin; fell out of Top 20 by season's end.

2000 - Season highlighted by runner-up finish at Klagenfurt (l. to Schett); QF six times, at Gold Coast, Hannover, 's-Hertogenbosch, Sopot, New Haven and Luxembourg; had two Top 10 wins during season.

2001 - Season highlighted by winning seventh Tour singles title at Pattaya City (d. Nagyova in final); runner-up at Vienna (l. to Tulyaganova); SF at Gold Coast (l. to Farina Elia) and QF at Hamburg (d. Martínez en route for lone Top 10 win of season); nearly fell out of Top 50 in October.

2002 - Season of resurgence, reaching final at Charleston (l. to Majoli) and winning Zürich (d. Davenport 67(5) 76(8) 63 in final; saved mp down 7-6 in second set tie-break); notched all five Top 10 wins of season in those two weeks (win over Capriati at Charleston was first over a world No.1); SF at Antwerp (l. to Henin) and QF six times, at Canberra, Sarasota, Vienna, Helsinki, New Haven and Bahia; qualified for second career Tour Championships (l. 1r to V.Williams); returned to Top 20 by year's end.

2003 - Season highlighted by three SF, at Gold Coast (l. to Mikaelian), Sopot (l. to Smashnova) and Linz (l. to Petrova); QF four times, at Antwerp, Amelia Island, Leipzig and Zürich; notched two Top 10 wins during season.

2004 - Season highlighted by four SF, at Australian Open (first Grand Slam SF; l. to Clijsters), Charleston (notched only two Top 10 wins of year en route; l. to Martínez), Birmingham (l. to Sharapova) and Zürich (l. to Molik); QF twice, at Antwerp and Stanford.

2005 - First of two back-to-back Top 10 seasons; won ninth and 10th Tour singles titles at Gold Coast (d. Stosur in final) and Cincinnati (d. Morigami in final); runner-up three times, at Rome (l. to Mauresmo), Zürich (l. to Davenport) and Linz (l. to Petrova); SF five times, at Dubai (l. to Davenport), Charleston (l. to Dementieva), Berlin (l. to Henin), Stanford (l. to V.Williams 26 76(4) 62; held 5mp in second set) and Bali (ret. vs. Schiavone w/heat illness); QF five times, at Sydney, Antwerp, Warsaw, San Diego and Australian Open (l. to Dechy); qualified for third career Tour Championships, falling in RR stage (1-2 in RR stage); notched five Top 10 wins during season; cut ranking in half between beginning and end of season - began at No.14 then returned to Top 10 (at No.10) on May 16 (after Rome), moving back to prior career-high No.8 on October 31 (after Linz) and surpassing that over six years later by moving to No.7 on November 14 (after Tour Championships).

2006 - Second straight Top 10 season; runner-up twice, at Charleston (l. to Petrova) and Stanford (l. to Clijsters); SF six times, at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Pierce), Cincinnati (l. to Srebotnik 46 63 76(6); held mp in tie-break), San Diego (l. to Sharapova), Bali (l. to Bartoli), Stuttgart (l. to Golovin) and Linz (l. to Sharapova); QF seven times, at Gold Coast, Australian Open (l. to Mauresmo), Antwerp, Amelia Island, Berlin (l. to Li 26 76(3) 76(1); held 4-1 lead and 3mp in second set and 5-2 lead in third), Luxembourg and Moscow; first time to remain in Top 10 entire season, beginning year at No.7, dipping to No.8 in January and spending rest of year between No.8 and No.10.

2007 - First non-Top 10 finish since 2004; runner-up twice, at San Diego (l. to Sharapova) and Linz (l. to Hantuchova); SF at Rome (l. to Jankovic); QF seven times, at Dubai, Doha (l. to Henin 36 64 75; held 5-3 third set lead w/mp at 5-4), Berlin, Istanbul (withdrew prior to match w/right thigh strain), Cincinnati, Stanford and Luxembourg; notched four Top 10 wins during season; best Grand Slam results were 4r finishes at Australian Open (l. to Chakvetadze), Roland Garros (l. to Sharapova 36 64 97 in 4r; held 2mp third set) and Wimbledon (l. to Henin in 4r; was first time in 12 appearances there to reach 4r); fell out of Top 10 on January 29 (dipping from No.9 to No.11 after Australian Open, first time outside of Top 10 since September 25, 2005) and remained outside for remainder of 2007.

2008 - Eighth Top 20 season of career, highlighted by winning 11th career Tour singles title (first in over three years) at Bali (as No.2 seed, d. Paszek in final) and runner-up finish at Bangalore (as No.4 seed, l. to No.3 seed S.Williams in final); SF once, at Gold Coast (as No.4 seed, l. to eventual champion Li 75 third set); QF six times, at Antwerp (as No.4 seed, l. to Knapp 76 third set), Charleston (as No.7 seed, l. to No.4 seed Dementieva), Rome (as No.9 seed, l. to No.2 seed Sharapova in 3s), Roland Garros (as No.10 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Ivanovic), Stanford (as No.5 seed, l. to top seed S.Williams) and US Open (as No.15 seed, l. to No.5 seed Dementieva); Roland Garros and US Open were sixth and seventh career Grand Slam QF; reached 3r twice and 2r eight times, incl. Australian Open (as No.15 seed, l. to Dellacqua 46 75 86; led 64 30) and Olympics (as No.13 seed, l. to Bammer); fell 1r four times, incl. Wimbledon (as No.12 seed, l. to Dellacqua in 3s); strong fall season in doubles, winning fifth career Tour doubles title at Stuttgart (w/Groenefeld) and finishing runner-up at Zürich (w/Groenefeld; l. to Black/Huber in final); withdrew from Guangzhou w/back and Achilles injuries (the week after Bali).

SINGLES
Winner (11): 2008 - Bali; 2005 - Gold Coast, Cincinnati; 2002 - Zürich; 2001 - Pattaya City; 1999 - Gold Coast; 1998 - Hobart, Hannover, Madrid, Maria Lankowitz, Palermo; 1995 - ITF/Nitra-SVK, ITF/Presov-SVK, ITF/Cureglia-SUI.
Finalist (14): 2009 - Budapest; 2008 - Bangalore; 2007 - San Diego, Linz; 2006 - Charleston, Stanford; 2005 - Rome, Zürich, Linz; 2002 - Charleston; 2001 - Vienna; 2000 - Klagenfurt; 1998 - Grand Slam Cup; 1996 - Karlovy Vary.

DOUBLES
Winner (5): 2008 - Stuttgart (w/Groenefeld); 2004 - Paris [Indoors] (w/Schett); 2003 - Paris [Indoors] (w/Schett); 2002 - Antwerp (w/Maleeva); 1998 - Hamburg (w/Schett).
Finalist (11): 2009 - Charleston (w/Dekmeijere), Istanbul (w/Goerges); 2008 - Zürich (w/Groenefeld); 2005 - Amelia Island (w/Peschke); 2004 - Linz (w/Dechy); 2003 - Bol (w/Gagliardi); 2001 - Luxembourg (w/Lamade); 2000 - Klagenfurt (w/Schett); 1999 - Hilton Head (w/Schett); 1998 - Amelia Island, Palermo (both w/Schett).

ADDITIONAL
Swiss Fed Cup Team, 1996-98, 2000, 2002-04, 2007-09; Swiss Olympic Team, 1996, 2004, 2008.

Coached by Rainer Hofmann, an information technolgy specialist whom she married on December 5, 2003 at health resort Baden-Baden in Germany; formerly coached by Hubert Choudury ... Has two cats, Mister and Gizmo ... Loves Australia; would like to live there after tennis career ... Lives at the Zürichsee and likes to have fun on the lake with their speedboat, because it's the best way to relax ... Also likes to read and watch DVDs ... Other interests include skiing, billiards, golf, football and Photo Play computer games ... Favorite book is the biography of Nelson Mandela ... Admires the work of Jean Ziegler (Swiss UN human rights ambassador) and Michael Moore ... With husband, is writing an autobiographical book called "The White Mile".

Official Website: www.patty-schnyder.ch

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- World-ranked No.15, d. No.1 Austrian regional champion Patrick Mayr before a sold-out crowd of 1,500 during Battle of the Sexes match held in Austria; Mayr's ATP ranking was No.1162.
- Awards received include 1998 Tour Most Improved Player.
- Tour mentor was Judith Wiesner in the Partners for Success Alumni program.