Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached QF at Auckland (as No.5 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Dementieva); fell 1r at Hobart (l. to top seed Pennetta); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to No.11 seed Wozniacki).

FEBRUARY - Went 2-1 in Israel's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group II loss to Ukraine; reached SF at Pattaya City (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Zvonareva); could not participate in Dubai due to denial of visa.

MARCH - Fell 1r at Monterrey (l. to No.6 seed Benesova); reached 4r at Indian Wells (d. No.10 seed Bartoli and No.19 seed Chakvetadze en route; l. to No.8 seed Azarenka); reached 2r at Miami (l. to No.5 seed V.Williams).

APRIL - Reached 2r at Fès (as No.8 seed, l. to Hradecka).

MAY - Reached SF at Estoril (as No.7 seed, ret. vs. eventual champion Wickmayer w/right foot injury); fell 1r at Madrid (ret. vs. No.9 seed Wozniacki w/right foot injury); withdrew from Warsaw and Roland Garros w/right foot injury.

JUNE - Withdrew from 's-Hertogenbosch w/right foot injury; reached 2r at Wimbledon (l. to No.10 seed Petrova).

JULY - Reached QF at Budapest (d. No.2 seed Cornet en route; l. to No.6 seed A.Bondarenko); fell 1r at Prague (l. to top seed Schiavone); reached 2r at Bad Gastein (as No.9 seed, l. to Shvedova).

AUGUST - Reached 2r at Los Angeles (l. to No.5 seed Petrova in 3s); fell in Cincinnati qualifying; reached 3r at Toronto (l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Dementieva in 3s); fell in New Haven qualifying; reached 3r at US Open (d. No.32 seed Szavay en route; l. to No.6 seed Kuznetsova).

SEPTEMBER - Won fourth Tour singles title at Guangzhou (as No.5 seed, d. No.8 seed Brianti in final); won fifth Tour singles title at Tashkent (as No.2 seed, d. Amanmuradova in final); fell 1r at Beijing (as qualifier, l. to Makarova).

OCTOBER - Fell 1r at Osaka (as No.5 seed, l. to Mirza); reached SF at Luxembourg (d. No.8 seed Suarez Navarro and No.4 seed Hantuchova en route; l. to No.6 seed Lisicki 76 third set).

NOVEMBER - Fell in RR stage at Bali (went 1-1 in RR stage).

2001 - Played first event of career at ITF/Ashkelon-ISR.

2002 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first three Tour main draws, best result being QF at Seoul; fell in Tour qualifying four times (incl. US Open); won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - First Top 50 finish in first full season on Tour; QF five times, at Auckland, Pattaya City, Istanbul, Cincinnati and Bangkok; best Grand Slams were 3r at Roland Garros and US Open; made Top 100 debut on April 18 (rose from No.105 to No.98) and Top 50 debut on September 12 (rose from No.60 to No.47); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - First Top 20 season; won first three Tour singles titles at Pattaya City (d. Kostanic Tosic in final), Prague (d. Stosur in final) and Istanbul (d. Myskina in final); SF once, at Canberra (l. to Medina Garrigues); QF once, at Montréal (l. to Chakvetadze); best Grand Slam results were 4r at Roland Garros (d. No.8 Dementieva en route for first Top 10 win; l. to Hingis) and US Open (l. to Henin); made Top 20 debut on November 13 year-end rankings (rose from No.21 to No.20); won two Tour doubles titles.

2007 - Second straight Top 20 season; runner-up at Memphis (l. to V.Williams in final); SF twice, at Gold Coast (l. to Safina) and Miami (l. to S.Williams); QF six times, most notably first two Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to S.Williams 86 third set) and US Open (l. to Chakvetadze), but also Sydney, Indian Wells, Eastbourne and Bangkok; also reached 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Kuznetsova) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. to Bartoli); had second through fourth Top 10 wins, at Sydney (No.9 Schnyder), Australian Open (No.4 Kuznetsova) and Miami (No.3 Kuznetsova); after Australian Open on January 29, rose to career-high No.15 (equaling Smashnova's Israeli record); won one Tour doubles title.

2008 - Third straight Top 40 finish after up-and-down season; SF twice, at Gold Coast (as No.5 seed, d. No.3 seed Safina en route; l. to Azarenka) and Memphis (as No.3 seed, l. to No.5 seed Govortsova in 3s); QF twice, at Prague (as No.2 seed, l. to No.7 seed Zakopalova) and Seoul (as No.2 seed, l. to Craybas); 4r twice, at Miami (as No.16 seed, l. to No.3 seed Kuznetsova) and Wimbledon (as No.24 seed, d. No.9 seed Safina en route, falling to No.5 seed Dementieva; win over world No.9 Safina was fifth Top 10 win, and has now reached 4r or better at all Grand Slams); 3r three times, incl. Australian Open (as No.17 seed, l. to No.11 seed Dementieva); fell 1r or 2r 11 times, incl. Roland Garros (as No.17 seed, l. to WC Stosur in 3s in 1r), Olympics (l. to No.9 seed Zvonareva in 2r) and US Open (as No.24 seed, l. to Li in 3s in 1r); fell from No.18 to No.25 on June 9 (after Roland Garros) and would stay outside right until November 10 year-end rankings (until then, had been in Top 20 every week between first cracking it on November 13, 2006); win over Rolle in Memphis 1r was 200th career singles match win; surpassed $2 million in career prize money earnings; reached first Grand Slam final in doubles at Australian Open (w/Azarenka; l. to Bondarenko/Bondarenko in 3s); member of Israeli Fed Cup team that l. to Russia 4-1 in World Group 1r (went 1-2) and l. to Czechs 3-2 in World Group Play-off (went 0-3); withdrew from Rome and Strasbourg w/right shoulder injury and Zürich and Luxembourg w/right foot injury.

SINGLES
Winner (5): 2009 - Guangzhou, Tashkent; 2006 - Pattaya City, Prague, Istanbul; 2004 - ITF/Bendigo-AUS, ITF/Raanana-ISR; 2003 - ITF/Ramat Hasharon-ISR, ITF/Haifa-ISR.
Finalist (1): 2007 - Memphis.
Semifinalist (8): 2009 - Pattaya City, Estoril, Luxembourg; 2008 - Gold Coast, Memphis; 2007 - Gold Coast, Miami; 2006 - Canberra.

DOUBLES
Winner (3): 2007 - Stanford (w/Mirza); 2006 - Prague (w/Bartoli), Stanford (w/Groenefeld); 2005 - ITF/Raanana 1-ISR (w/Obziler): 2004 - ITF/Marseille-FRA (w/Vesnina), ITF/Raanana-ISR (w/Obziler).
Finalist (3): 2009 - Indian Wells (w/Dulko); 2008 - Australian Open (w/Azarenka); 2007 - Luxembourg (w/Azarenka).

ADDITIONAL
Israeli Fed Cup Team, 2002-05, 2007-09; Israeli Olympic Team, 2008.

Coached by Pablo Giacopelli ... Began playing at age 6 by joining older siblings, brother Shlomi and sister Shani, in tennis lessons ... Father, Dovik, is computer software specialist; mother, Aliza, is a housewife ... Loves visiting United States ... Likes reading, romance movies ... Loves being at home with family and friends ... Commenced mandatory Israeli Army military training in November 2005.

Official Website: www.shaharpeer.co.il

- Junior highlights include winning 2004 Australian Open girls' singles title (d. Vaidisova in final).
- Has three-year endorsement from Apex, an Israeli investment company (started in February 2006).
- Awards received include Athlete of the Year in Israel (2006, 2007) and Kids' Favorite Athlete of the Year in Israel (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).