Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell in Sydney qualifying; reached 2r at Australian Open (l. to No.29 seed Peer).

FEBRUARY - Fell in Paris [Indoors] and Dubai qualifying.

MARCH - Reached 2r at Indian Wells (as qualifier, l. to No.23 seed Kleybanova in 3s); reached 2r at Miami (as qualifier, l. to No.2 seed Wozniacki in 3s).

APRIL - Fell in Barcelona qualifying; reached 2r at Stuttgart (as qualifier, l. to No.4 seed Jankovic).

MAY - Fell in Rome and Madrid qualifying; reached QF at Warsaw (as qualifier, d. No.2 seed Dementieva en route; l. to Dulgheru); fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. to No.22 seed Henin).

JUNE - Fell in Eastbourne qualifying; reached first Grand Slam SF at Wimbledon (had never been past 2r of any Grand Slam before; d. No.11 seed Bartoli and No.2 seed V.Williams en route, falling to No.21 seed Zvonareva in 3s; was first Bulgarian player, male or female, ever to reach a Grand Slam SF).

JULY - Withdrew from Budapest w/right wrist injury; reached 2r at Palermo (as No.4 seed, l. to Craybas in 3s); reached 2r at Istanbul (as No.5 seed, l. to Rodionova in 3s).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Copenhagen (as No.4 seed, l. to Lapushchenkova); fell 1r at New Haven (l. to qualifier Rodionova).

2002 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit, winning one singles title.

2003 - Won three singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2005 - First Top 100 season; in first and third Tour main draws, reached SF at both Istanbul (having never even played Tour qualifying before, qualified and made SF; l. to V.Williams) and Palermo (as direct entrant, l. to Medina Garrigues); having entered Istanbul No.220, made Top 100 debut on July 25 (after Palermo; rose from No.128 to No.99); fell in Tour qualifying five times (incl. US Open); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Second Top 100 season; SF at Stockholm (l. to Zheng); reached 3r once and 2r 10 times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon); fell 1r four times (incl. US Open) and in Tour qualifying four times; made main draw debuts at all four Grand Slams.

2007 - Third Top 100 season; SF at Stockholm (l. to A.Radwanska); reached 2r four times (incl. US Open); fell 1r six times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon) and in Tour qualifying nine times; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2008 - First Top 50 season; SF at Istanbul (l. to A.Radwanska); QF at Rome; reached 2r 10 times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, Olympics); fell 1r six times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open) and in Tour qualifying four times; made Top 50 debut on May 19 (after Rome; rose from No.64 to No.47) and reached career-high No.40 on June 9 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.43 to No.40).

2009 - Fifth straight Top 100 season; QF twice, at Hobart (d. No.2 seed Schnyder en route; l. to Razzano) and Moscow (as qualifier, d. top seed Zvonareva en route; l. to A.Bondarenko); reached 2r five times, incl. Australian Open (l. to No.16 seed Bartoli); fell 1r 13 times, incl. Roland Garros (l. to Craybas), Wimbledon (l. to Craybas), Prague (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Bammer 26 76(2) 75; led 62 52) and US Open (l. to No.29 seed Sharapova).

SINGLES
Winner: 2007 - ITF/Bordeaux-FRA; 2005 - ITF/Rome Eur-ITA; 2003 - ITF/Orestiada-GRE, ITF/Istanbul 2-TUR, ITF/Istanbul 3-TUR; 2002 - ITF/Volos-GRE.

ADDITIONAL
Bulgarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-09; Bulgarian Olympic Team, 2008.

Coached by father, Kiril Enchev (a former canoe champion), who introduced her to tennis at age 4 ... Mother, Radosveta Nikolova, is a former swimming champion ... Has one brother, Encho, and one sister, Elisaveta ... Also enjoys listening to Bulgarian music and watching television ... Also likes swimming, canoeing ... Favorite movie is "Gladiator".

Official Website: www.tsvetanapironkova.com