Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Brisbane (l. to No.3 seed Ivanovic in 3s); fell 1r at Sydney (as LL, l. to Cibulkova); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to qualifier Meusburger in 3s).

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 - QF at Zürich; reached 2r once; fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying once; won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Reached 2r twice (incl. Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros); 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) and in Tour qualifying seven times (incl. Australian Open); won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - First Top 100 season (near-Top 50 season); SF twice, at Antwerp (l. to Henin) and Strasbourg (l. to Medina Garrigues); reached 3r once (US Open) and 2r five times (incl. other three majors); fell 1r eight times (incl. Olympics) and 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.

2009 - Second straight near-Top 50 season; won first Tour singles title at Luxembourg (d. No.5 seed Wickmayer and No.6 seed Lisicki in SF and final); QF or better three more times, all within four weeks, reaching QF at Budapest (as qualifier, d. No.7 seed Errani en route; l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Szavay) and back-to-back SF at Prague (as qualifier, d. No.6 seed Rybarikova and No.4 seed Suárez Navarro en route; l. to top seed Schiavone 75 third set) and Istanbul (l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Dushevina); reached 2r four times, incl. all three Grand Slams played, at Roland Garros (l. to No.25 seed Li), Wimbledon (l. to No.12 seed Bartoli) and US Open (l. to No.22 seed Hantuchova in 3s); fell 1r three times and in Tour qualifying once; member of Swiss Fed Cup team that l. to Germany 3-2 in World Group II (went 0-2); won three doubles titles on ITF Circuit (all w/Garbin); withdrew from Australian Open and Acapulco w/left knee injury, from Monterrey w/shoulder injury and from Strasbourg w/left leg 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; 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.

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