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Timea Bacsinszky

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Residence: Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland
DOB: June 8, 1989
Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Weight: 137 lbs. (62 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (October 2004)
JANUARY - Withdrew from Australian Open w/left knee injury.

FEBRUARY - Went 0-2 in Switzerland's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group II loss to Germany; fell 1r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Niculescu); withdrew from Acapulco w/left knee injury; withdrew from Monterrey w/shoulder injury.

MARCH - Reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. to No.9 seed Wozniacki); fell 1r at Miami (l. to WC Glatch).

APRIL - Fell in Barcelona qualifying.

MAY - Withdrew from Strasbourg w/left leg injury; reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. to No.25 seed Li).

JUNE - Reached 2r at Wimbledon (l. to No.12 seed Bartoli).

JULY - Reached QF at Budapest (as qualifier, d. No.7 seed Errani en route; l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Szavay); reached SF at Prague (as qualifier, d. No.6 seed Rybarikova and No.4 seed Suarez Navarro en route; l. to top seed Schiavone 75 third set); reached SF at Istanbul (l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Dushevina).

AUGUST - Reached 2r at US Open (l. to No.22 seed Hantuchova in 3s).

SEPTEMBER - Won ITF/Sofia-BUL doubles title (w/Garbin); won ITF/Saint Malo-FRA doubles title (w/Garbin).

OCTOBER - Fell 1r at Linz (l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion Wickmayer); won first Tour singles title at Luxembourg (d. No.5 seed Wickmayer and No.6 seed Lisicki in SF and final); won ITF/Ortisei-ITA doubles title (w/Garbin).
2003 - Played first Tour qualifying at Zürich; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first two Tour main draws, falling 1r at Strasbourg and Zürich (as WC); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Fell in Tour qualifying twice (incl. Australian Open); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Breakthrough week at Zürich, reaching QF (d. No.15 Myskina en route for first Top 20 win; l. to Sharapova); in other two Tour main draws, reached 2r at Strasbourg but fell 1r at Palermo; fell in Tour qualifying once; won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Best results were 2r at Fès and Roland Garros (as qualifier in Grand Slam main draw debut); made Top 100 debut on June 11 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.125 to No.89); fell 1r four times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); fell in Tour qualifying seven times (incl. Australian Open); won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - First Top 100 season, highlighted by reaching first two Tour SF at Antwerp (as qualifier, l. to top seed and eventual champion Henin in 3s) and Strasbourg (d. No.8 seed Yan and No.2 seed A.Bondarenko en route; l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion Medina Garrigues) and first Grand Slam 3r at US Open (d. No.31 seed Razzano en route; l. to No.6 seed Safina 36 75 62, having been two points away from win w/Safina serving 36 45, 15-30); 2r five times, incl. other three majors at Australian Open (as qualifier, l. to No.31 seed Mirza 75 third set), Roland Garros (l. to No.10 seed Schnyder in 3s) and Wimbledon (l. to No.5 seed Dementieva in 3s); fell 1r eight times, incl. Olympics (l. to No.7 seed V.Williams); fell in Tour qualifying five times; made Top 50 debut on October 6 (rose from No.51 to No.49); withdrew from Portoroz w/wrist injury.
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2009 - Luxembourg; 2007 - ITF/Cagnes-Sur-Mer-FRA; 2006 - ITF/Dinan-FRA, ITF/Saint Gaudens-FRA; 2004 - ITF/Dinan-FRA, ITF/Martin Franca-ITA; 2003 - ITF/Wrexham-GBR.
Semifinalist (4): 2009 - Prague, Istanbul; 2008 - Antwerp, Strasbourg.
Quarterfinalist (2): 2009 - Budapest; 2006 - Zürich.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2009 - ITF/Sofia-BUL, ITF/Saint Malo-FRA, ITF/Ortisei-ITA (all w/Garbin); 2007 - ITF/Cagnes-Sur-Mer-FRA (w/Vedy), ITF/Bordeaux-FRA (w/Kloesel); 2006 - ITF/Stockholm 1-SWE (w/Vedy); 2005 - ITF/Opole-POL (w/Ostrovskaya).

ADDITIONAL
Swiss Fed Cup Team, 2004-07, 2009; Swiss Olympic Team, 2008.
Coached by Erfan Djahangiri ... Mother, Suzanne, is a dentist; father, Igor, is a tennis coach; both parents are Hungarian (dad is from Transylvania); parents divorced ... Brother, Daniel, is a music teacher; has two sisters, Sophie (musician and student) and Melinda (mother of two girls) ... Entire family plays tennis ... Has one dog and one cat ... Baseliner whose favorite shot is serve and whose favorite surface is Rebound Ace ... Began playing at age 3 when mother introduced her to the sport ... Speaks French, Hungarian, English, German, Italian ... Favorite movies are Ocean's 11 and Ocean's 12; favorite actors are Julia Roberts and George Clooney ... Favorite artists are P!nk, Keane, The Killers ... Other interests include soccer, handball, listening to music ... Favorite cities are Budapest, Catania ... Idolized Monica Seles; person most admired is Roger Federer ... Most memorable tournament was 2006 Zürich.

Official Website: www.timea-b.com