Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Brisbane (l. to top seed Ivanovic); won first Tour singles title at Hobart (d. No.7 seed A.Bondarenko en route to final, then d. Benesova); made Top 40 debut afterwards on January 19 (rose from No.49 to No.40); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to No.13 seed Azarenka).

FEBRUARY - Went 2-0 in Czech Republic's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group 1r win over Spain; fell 1r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to qualifier Sprem); fell 1r at Dubai (l. to qualifier Schruff in 3s).

MARCH - Reached 3r at Indian Wells (d. No.26 seed Benesova en route; l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Zvonareva); fell 1r at Miami (l. to Lisicki).

APRIL - Withdrew from Marbella w/elbow injury; fell 1r at Barcelona (l. to No.2 seed Pennetta); went 1-1 in Czech Republic's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group SF loss to USA.

MAY - Fell 1r at Estoril (as No.5 seed, l. to eventual champion Wickmayer); reached 2r at Madrid (l. to Schiavone); withdrew from Roland Garros w/right ankle injury.

JUNE - Withdrew from 's-Hertogenbosch w/right ankle injury; fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. to Kirilenko).

JULY - Reached 2r at Bastad (l. to top seed Wozniacki); reached 2r at Prague (as No.8 seed, l. to WC Diyas); reached 2r at Portoroz (as No.8 seed, l. to Pin).

AUGUST - Fell in Cincinnati and Toronto qualifying; reached 4r at US Open (d. No.27 seed Kleybanova and top seed Safina en route, falling to Wickmayer 75 third set; win over world No.1 Safina was second Top 10 win and first over a reigning world No.1).

SEPTEMBER - Played on ITF Circuit.

OCTOBER - Runner-up at Linz (d. No.5 seed Benesova, No.4 seed Suarez Navarro and No.2 seed A.Radwanska en route to final, falling to No.3 seed Wickmayer; win over world No.10 A.Radwanska was third Top 10 win); fell 1r at Luxembourg (l. to Schnyder).

2006 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit, winning two singles titles.

2007 - Played first Tour main draw at Stockholm, falling 1r (l. to qualifier Domachowska); fell in Tour qualifying twice (incl. US Open); won four singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Breakthrough season, highlighted by first two QF, win over V.Williams and first Grand Slam 4r; QF twice, at Budapest (d. No.8 seed Cirstea en route; l. to Klepac 76(2) 60, having held sp at 5-4 first set) and Zürich (as qualifier, d. No.6 seed Schnyder en route; l. to No.2 seed Ivanovic); in Grand Slam main draw debut, reached 4r at Roland Garros (d. No.12 seed Szavay en route; l. to Kanepi); reached 2r six times, at Paris [Indoors] (as qualifier, l. to No.4 seed Dementieva), Memphis (as No.143 qualifier, d. top seed V.Williams in 1r; l. to Kudryavtseva in 3s); Strasbourg (l. to No.7 seed Sugiyama), Los Angeles (l. to LL South), Montréal (l. to top seed Ivanovic in 3s) and Linz (as qualifier, l. to No.6 seed Bartoli in 3s); fell 1r five times, at Miami (as qualifier, l. to Kanepi 36 75 75; led 63 42), Prague (l. to No.3 seed Azarenka), Birmingham (l. to qualifier Rao 76(8) 64; led 5-3 first set w/2sp in tie-break), Wimbledon (l. to Perebiynis in 3s) and US Open (l. to Ruano Pascual 67(3) 64 62; led 76(3) 30); made main draw debuts at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; fell in Tour qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open); notched first four Top 20 wins, at Memphis (No.8 V.Williams; was first Top 10 win, and was lowest-ranked player ever to beat V.Williams), Fed Cup (No.18 Peer), Roland Garros (No.13 Szavay) and Zürich (No.11 Schnyder); made Top 100 debut on April 14 (after winning singles title on ITF Circuit; rose from No.123 to No.98) and Top 50 debut on October 20 (after Zürich; rose from No.57 to No.44); member of Czech Fed Cup team that d. Israel in World Group Play-off (went 1-1).

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2009 - Hobart; 2008 - ITF/Monzon-ESP; 2007 - ITF/Stuttgart 1-GER, ITF/Prague Pruhonice-CZE, ITF/Prerov 2-CZE, ITF/Valasske Mezirici-CZE; 2006 - ITF/Szeged-HUN, ITF/Valasske Mezirici-CZE.
Finalist (1): 2009 - Linz.
Quarterfinalist (2): 2008 - Budapest, Zürich.

ADDITIONAL
Czech Fed Cup Team, 2007-09.

Coached by David Kotyza; trains at the same club as Berdych and Safarova ... Baseliner whose favorite shots are serve, forehand ... Intoduced to tennis by father, Jiri (a teacher); mother's name is Pavla; brothers are Jiri (engineer) and Libor (teacher); father and brothers all play tennis ... Speaks Czech, Russian, English ... Favorite type of movie is comedy; favorite actress is Julia Roberts ... Favorite type of music is pop; favorite band is U2 ... Favorite foods are pizza, pasta; favorite drink is apple juice ... Other sports interests include basketball, volleyball ... Also enjoys seeing friends, going to the cinema ... Favorite city to visit is Melbourne; favorite tournament is Paris [Indoors] ... Self-described as friendly, happy ... People most admired are Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova; tennis idol growing up was Martina Navratilova (because she's left-handed like her) ... Short-term goal is to reach Top 30.