2000 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.
2001 - Played first two Tour main draws, reaching 2r at Madrid (as qualifier; saved 11mp to d. Ruano Pascual in 1r; l. to Raymond) and Hawaii (as WC, l. to Tu); fell in Moscow qualifying; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.
2002 - First Top 50 season; won first two Tour singles titles at Helsinki (d. Chladkova in final) and Bali (d. Martínez in final); made Top 100 debut on August 12 (after Helsinki; rose from No.123 to No.87) and Top 50 debut on September 30 (after Bali; rose from No.59 to No.45); SF at Casablanca; QF at Warsaw; played first Grand Slams at
Australian Open (l. to Tulyaganova in 2r) and
US Open (l. to Farina Elia in 3r); fell in qualifying at
Roland Garros and
Wimbledon; won three Tour doubles titles (all w/Sánchez-Vicario).
2003 - Another Top 50 season; SF at San Diego (l. to Henin); QF twice, at
Wimbledon (l. to Henin in first Grand Slam QF) and Los Angeles (l. to Clijsters); won five Tour doubles titles (all w/Navratilova); qualified for first Tour Championships (l. to Ruano Pascual/Suárez in first match); made doubles Top 10 debut on September 8 (after
US Open; rose from No.11 to No.7).
2004 - Breakthrough season highlighted by first Grand Slam singles title at
US Open (d. Davenport in SF, ending her 22-match win streak, then d. Dementieva in final); also won titles at Eastbourne (d. Hantuchova in final) and Bali (d. Weingärtner in final); runner-up four times, at Dubai (l. to Henin), Doha (d. Henin in SF for first win over a reigning No.1; l. to Myskina), Warsaw (l. to V.Williams) and Beijing (l. to S.Williams 46 75 64 in final; held 2mp at 64 54); SF at Filderstadt (l. to Mauresmo); QF seven times, at Gold Coast, Indian Wells, Berlin, Rome, Los Angeles, Olympics and Moscow; at other majors, reached 4r at
Roland Garros (l. to Myskina 16 64 86; held mp at 6-5 third set) and 3r at
Australian Open (l. to Henin) but falling 1r at
Wimbledon (l. to Razzano); qualified for first singles Tour Championships but fell in RR stage (went 1-2 in RR); made Top 20 debut on March 1 (after Dubai; rose from No.29 to No.20), Top 10 debut on June 7 (after
Roland Garros; rose from No.11 to No.10) and Top 5 debut on September 20 (after Beijing; rose from No.6 to No.5), peaking at No.4 on October 18; won two Tour doubles titles (both w/Likhovtseva), also finishing runners-up seven times (incl.
Australian Open,
Roland Garros and
US Open); qualified for doubles Tour Championships (l. to Petrova/Shaughnessy in first match); made doubles Top 5 debut on February 2 (after
Australian Open; rose from No.7 to No.5) and career-high No.3 on June 7 (after
Roland Garros; rose from No.4 to No.3); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. Australia in 1r, Argentina in QF, Austria in SF and France in final (first personal Fed Cup title).
2005 - Disappointing follow-up to 2004, compiling strong early results but slumping in second half and finishing season at No.18; QF or better at seven of first 11 events, making lone final at Warsaw (l. to Henin); reached SF at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Davenport) and Eastbourne (l. to Clijsters) and QF four times, at
Australian Open (l. to Sharapova), Indian Wells, Berlin and
Wimbledon (l. to Davenport); also 4r twice, incl.
Roland Garros (l. to Henin 76(6) 46 75, having led 5-3 third set w/2mp; second straight year there she had mp vs. eventual champion); dismal showing in six events after
Wimbledon, reaching one QF at Moscow and dropping first match three times, incl.
US Open (first defending champion there in Open Era to lose 1r, to Bychkova; fell out of Top 10 afterwards); reached all four doubles finals in first half of year, winning at
Australian Open (first Grand Slam doubles title) and Miami (both w/Molik), also runner-up at Dubai (w/Molik) and
Wimbledon (w/Mauresmo).
2006 - Second Top 5 season; season highlighted by runner-up finish at
Roland Garros (l. to Henin in final) and winning three Tour singles titles, at Miami (d. Sharapova in final), Bali (d. Bartoli in final) and Beijing (d. Mauresmo in final); runner-up once more at Warsaw (l. to Clijsters); SF eight times, at Sydney, Dubai, Amelia Island, Rome, Eastbourne, New Haven, Stuttgart and Zürich; QF four times, at Doha, Charleston, Berlin and Montréal; three of four pre-QF losses (in regular season) came at Grand Slams, at
Australian Open (l. 4r to Davenport),
Wimbledon (l. 3r to Li), and
US Open (l. 4r to Jankovic), only other one coming at Moscow (l. 2r to Zvonareva); qualified for Tour Championships, falling in RR stage (went 1-2 in RR); returned to Top 10 on April 3 (after Miami), Top 5 on September 11 (after
US Open) and back to No.4 on September 25 (after Beijing); won one Tour doubles title.
2007 - Third and best Top 5 season, highlighted by winning ninth Tour singles title at New Haven (won when Szavay ret. in final w/back injury) and five runner-up finishes, most notably
US Open (l. to Henin in final); other runner-up finishes came at Doha (l. to Henin in final), Indian Wells (l. to Hantuchova in final), Berlin (l. to Ivanovic in final) and Rome (l. to Jankovic in final); SF four times, at Dubai (l. to Henin), Warsaw (l. to A.Bondarenko), Stuttgart (l. to Golovin) and Moscow (l. to S.Williams); QF five times, at Paris [Indoors],
Roland Garros (l. to Ivanovic),
Wimbledon (l. to V.Williams), Toronto and Zürich; only three pre-QF losses in 18 regular season events came at Sydney (ret. during 2r vs. Srebotnik w/upper respiratory infection),
Australian Open (l. to Peer in 4r) and Miami (l. to Peer in 4r); qualified for Tour Championships but fell in RR stage (went 0-3 in RR); rose to No.3 on March 19 (after Indian Wells) and career-high No.2 on September 10 (after
US Open); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. Spain in 1r and Italy in final (second personal Fed Cup title).
2008 - Another Top 10 season; runner-up five times, at Sydney (l. to Henin 46 62 64 in final; led 3-0 third set), Dubai (l. to Dementieva in final), Indian Wells (l. to Ivanovic in final), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Safina in final) and Beijing (l. to Jankovic in final); SF twice, at Miami (l. to S.Williams) and
Roland Garros (l. to Safina); QF twice, at Montréal and Moscow (l. to Safina both times); nine pre-QF losses, incl.
Australian Open (l. to A.Radwanska in 3r),
Wimbledon (l. to A.Radwanska 64 16 75 in 4r; led 4-1 third set), Olympics (l. to Li in 1r) and
US Open (l. to Srebotnik in 3r); qualified for Tour Championships but fell in RR stage (went 0-3 in RR); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. USA in SF and Spain in final (was third personal Fed Cup title - also 2004, 2007); withdrew from Los Angeles w/right knee injury.
2009 - Second-best season to date, finishing at No.3 (after S.Williams, Safina); won three Tour singles titles, most notably second Grand Slam singles title at
Roland Garros (as No.7 seed, d. No.2 seed S.Williams in QF and top seed Safina in final; now 2-2 in Grand Slam singles finals); also won Stuttgart (as No.5 seed, d. No.2 seed Dementieva in SF and top seed Safina in final) and Beijing (as No.6 seed, d. No.12 seed A.Radwanska in final); runner-up once, at Rome (as No.7 seed, d. No.3 seed Jankovic and No.6 seed Azarenka en route to final; l. to top seed Safina); SF once, at Miami (as No.8 seed, l. to No.11 seed and eventual champion Azarenka 75 third set); QF three times, at Sydney (as No.5 seed, withdrew prior to match vs. Sugiyama w/abdominal strain),
Australian Open (as No.8 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion S.Williams 57 75 61; led 75 53) and New Haven (as top seed, l. to No.8 seed Mauresmo in 3s); had nine pre-QF exits during regular season: 4r once, at
US Open (as No.6 seed, l. to No.9 seed Wozniacki 76 third set); 3r twice, at
Wimbledon (as No.5 seed, l. to Lisicki) and Cincinnati (as No.6 seed, l. to WC Clijsters in 3s); 2r five times, all after 1r bye, at Dubai (as No.7 seed, l. to qualifier Vesnina in 3s), Indian Wells (as No.6 seed, l. to WC U.Radwanska in 3s), Madrid (as No.6 seed, l. to A.Bondarenko), Toronto (as No.6 seed, l. to Stosur) and Tokyo (as No.5 seed, l. to qualifier Petkovic in 3s); 1r once, at Eastbourne (as No.2 seed, l. to Wozniak); qualified for Tour Championships but fell in RR stage (as No.3 seed, went 1-2 in RR and did not qualify for SF); also won 14th Tour doubles title at Miami (w/Mauresmo); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. China 5-0 in 1r (went 2-0) and l. to Italy 4-1 in SF (went 1-1); withdrew from Los Angeles w/left foot injury.
