Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Brisbane (d. No.9 seed Sugiyama en route; l. to Safarova); fell 1r at Sydney (l. to top seed S.Williams 63 67(4) 75; held 4mp at 5-4 third set); reached 3r at Australian Open (l. to No.4 seed Dementieva).

FEBRUARY - Reached 2r at Dubai (l. to No.13 seed Zheng 75 third set).

MARCH - Reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. to No.7 seed A.Radwanska 75 third set); reached QF at Miami (d. No.27 seed Bammer, No.2 seed Safina and No.20 seed Mauresmo en route, falling to No.11 seed and eventual champion Azarenka; win over world No.2 Safina was third Top 10 win).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki in 3s).

MAY - Fell 1r at Rome (l. to qualifier Shvedova); reached 2r at Madrid (d. No.10 seed A.Radwanska in 1r; l. to Chakvetadze 76 third set); reached first Grand Slam SF at Roland Garros (as No.30 seed, d. No.4 seed Dementieva en route, falling to No.7 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova in 3s; win over world No.4 Dementieva was fourth Top 10 win); made Top 20 debut afterwards on June 8 (rose from No.32 to No.18).

JUNE - Withdrew from Birmingham w/back injury; reached 2r at Eastbourne (l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki in 3s); reached 3r at Wimbledon (as No.18 seed, l. to No.13 seed Ivanovic).

JULY - Reached SF at Stanford (d. No.6 seed Cibulkova and top seed S.Williams en route, falling to No.8 seed and eventual champion Bartoli in 3s; win over world No.2 S.Williams was fifth Top 10 win).

AUGUST - Runner-up at Los Angeles (as No.13 seed, d. No.6 seed Ivanovic en route; l. to No.10 seed Pennetta); reached QF at Toronto (d. No.6 seed Kuznetsova en route, falling to No.4 seed and eventual champion Dementieva in 3s; win over world No.6 Kuznetsova was sixth Top 10 win); made Top 15 debut afterwards on August 24 (rose from No.17 to No.15); reached 2r at New Haven (as No.9 seed, l. to Vesnina in 3s); reached 2r at US Open (as No.15 seed, l. to WC King).

SEPTEMBER - Withdrew from Seoul w/left abdominal strain; reached 2r at Tokyo (as No.12 seed, l. to eventual champion Sharapova); fell 1r at Beijing (as No.15 seed, l. to Cornet in 3s).

OCTOBER - Won first Tour singles title at Osaka (as No.3 seed, d. top seed Wozniacki in SF and No.4 seed Schiavone in final; win over world No.6 Wozniacki was seventh Top 10 win); qualified for Tour Championships in doubles (w/Stubbs, l. to top seeds Black/Huber in SF).

NOVEMBER - Fell in RR stage at Bali (as No.2 seed, went 1-1 in RR stage).

1998 - Played first two events of career on ITF Circuit in Australia.

1999 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2000 - Played first Tour qualifying at Australian Open (as WC); continued to play on ITF Circuit in Australia.

2001 - Fell in Tour qualifying twice (incl. Australian Open); won four singles titles and six doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2002 - Played first two Tour main draws at Gold Coast and Australian Open, falling 1r at both (as WC at both); fell in Tour qualifying once; won five doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Played four Tour main draws, best result being 3r in Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian Open (as WC, l. to Hantuchova); fell 1r three times, incl. Wimbledon (as WC, l. to Davenport); continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2004 - First Top 100 season; SF at Gold Coast (l. to Sugiyama); QF twice, at Acapulco and Seoul; played all four Grand Slams in a season for first time, best results being 2r at Australian Open and US Open; made Top 100 debut on April 12 (rose from No.104 to No.97).

2005 - First Top 50 season; runner-up twice, at Gold Coast (l. to Schnyder in final) and Sydney (l. to Molik in final); QF at Hasselt; best Grand Slam was 2r at Roland Garros; made Top 50 debut on January 17 (after Sydney; rose from No.59 to No.45); strong first half of season in doubles w/Stewart (won two Tour doubles titles) and phenomenal second half of season w/Raymond (won five Tour doubles titles, incl. US Open and Tour Championships); won one Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Australian Open (w/Draper).

2006 - Best season to date; runner-up at Prague (l. to Peer in final); SF at New Haven (l. to Davenport); QF three times, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Stanford and Linz; first Grand Slam 4r at Australian Open (l. to Hingis); had first Top 10 win at Los Angeles (No.10 Davenport); won 10 Tour doubles titles w/Raymond (incl. Roland Garros and Tour Championships); rose to No.1 in doubles on February 6 and remained there through end of season; joined by Raymond on July 10th (after Wimbledon), third time in Tour history two players have shared No.1 in doubles (now one of four pairs to do so).

2007 - Third straight Top 50 season; QF three times, at Gold Coast, Tokyo [Pan Pacific] and Memphis (ret. w/viral illness); best Grand Slam was 3r at Roland Garros; had second Top 10 win at Rome (No.4 Mauresmo; won 75 67(4) 76(5) after being down 4-1 third set and 2mp, at 5-4 and 6-5); won five Tour doubles titles (all w/Raymond); apart from brief return (New Haven, US Open), withdrew from all post-Wimbledon events w/viral illness; lost No.1 doubles ranking on April 9 (having spent 61 straight weeks there).

2008 - Near-Top 50 finish in comeback from illness-marred 2007; missed most of second half of 2007 and first three months of 2008 w/illness, falling out of Top 150 in time since; made return at two ITF Circuit events in April (one SF, one QF); went 22-14 on Tour from May through end of season, finishing No.52; best result was runner-up finish at Seoul (d. No.7 seed Erakovic en route to final; l. to top seed Kirilenko in 3s); SF at Eastbourne (l. to No.8 seed Petrova); QF twice, at Stanford (as LL, d. No.3 seed Zvonareva en route; l. to qualifier and eventual champion Wozniak, having also fallen to her in final round of qualifying) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. No.2 seed Medina Garrigues en route; l. to No.8 seed Wozniak 75 63, having held 3sp in first set - 1sp at 5-2, 2sp at 5-4); 3r at Los Angeles (d. No.12 seed Peer en route; l. to No.8 seed Azarenka 64 76(4), having led 5-1 second set w/4sp at 6-5); 2r five times, incl. Roland Garros (as WC, d. No.17 seed Peer in 1r; l. to Kvitova), Wimbledon (as WC, l. to No.18 seed Vaidisova in 3s) and Olympics (l. to No.4 seed S.Williams); fell 1r twice, incl. US Open (l. to No.7 seed V.Williams); fell in Tour qualifying once; had two Top 20 wins, at Roland Garros (No.18 Peer) and Stanford (No.11 Zvonareva); strong doubles results w/Raymond, with runner-up finishes at Wimbledon (d. Black/Huber en route to final; l. to Williams/Williams), US Open (l. to Black/Huber in final) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to King/Petrova in final); won second Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Wimbledon (w/B.Bryan; d. M.Bryan/Srebotnik in final); completed personal Grand Slam, having already won mixed at Australian Open and doubles at Roland Garros and US Open.

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2009 - Osaka; 2001 - ITF/Ibaraki-JPN, ITF/Osaka-JPN, ITF/Kyoto-JPN, ITF/Cairns-AUS.
Finalist (5): 2009 - Cincinnati; 2008 - Seoul; 2006 - Prague; 2005 - Gold Coast, Sydney.
Semifinalist (5): 2009 - Roland Garros, Stanford; 2008 - Eastbourne; 2006 - New Haven; 2004 - Gold Coast.

DOUBLES
Winner (22): 2007 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Indian Wells, Miami, Berlin, Eastbourne (all w/Raymond); 2006 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Memphis, Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Roland Garros, Stuttgart, Linz, Hasselt, Tour Championships (all w/Raymond); 2005 - Sydney, Amelia Island (both w/Stewart), New Haven, US Open, Luxembourg, Moscow, Tour Championships (all w/Raymond); 2002 - ITF/Bendigo-AUS, ITF/Warrnambool-AUS, ITF/Bath-GBR, ITF/Dalby-AUS (all w/Stone), ITF/Lenzerheide-SUI (w/Sewell); 2001 - ITF/Benalla-AUS (w/Adamczak), ITF/Ibaraki-JPN, ITF/Osaka-JPN, ITF/Kyoto-JPN (all w/Dowse), ITF/Nuriootpa-AUS, ITF/Mount Gambier-AUS (both w/Dominikovic).
Finalist (10): 2009 - Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Toronto (all w/Stubbs); 2008 - Wimbledon, US Open, Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (all w/Raymond); 2006 - Australian Open, New Haven (both w/Raymond); 2005 - Philadelphia (w/Raymond); 2004 - Québec City (w/Callens).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2008 - Wimbledon (w/B.Bryan); 2005 - Australian Open (w/Draper).

ADDITIONAL
Australian Fed Cup Team, 2003-07; Australian Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.

Coached by David Taylor ... Friend introduced her to tennis at age 8 ... Nicknames are Sammy, Samoid ... Father's name is Tony; mother's name is Dianne; brothers are Daniel and Dominic ... Has a dog named Billy ... Enjoys shopping, being with friends and going to the beach ... Admires Steffi Graf ... Considers herself happy and easy going.

Official Website: www.samstosur.com

- Awards include Tour Doubles Team of the Year and ITF World Women's Doubles Champions in 2006 (w/Raymond; for 2005 achievements) and Doubles Team of the Year in 2007 (w/Raymond; for 2006 achievements).