2003 - Made first appearances in Luxembourg qualifying and on ITF Circuit.
2004 - First Top 100 season; played first four WTA main draws, reaching QF at Luxembourg and 2r at Zürich but falling 1r twice; won five singles titles on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on November 1 (after Luxembourg; rose from No.112 to No.96); made biggest ranking jump of anyone in 2004 (608 spots).
2005 - First Top 20 season; won first WTA title at Canberra (d. Czink in final round of qualifying and in main draw final, a WTA first); SF three times at Warsaw (l. to Henin), Zürich and Linz (l. to Schnyder at both); QF twice at Miami and
Roland Garros (first Grand Slam QF; l. to Petrova); reached 3r four times (incl.
Australian Open,
Wimbledon) and 2r twice (incl.
US Open); fell 1r three times and in qualifying once; made Top 50 debut on March 7 (rose from No.58 to No.50) and Top 20 debut on July 4 (after
Wimbledon; rose from No.21 to No.20).
2006 - Another Top 20 season; won second WTA title at Montréal (d. Hingis in final); QF seven times at Sydney, Indian Wells, Warsaw, 's-Hertogenbosch, Los Angeles, Linz and Hasselt; reached 4r twice (incl.
Wimbledon), 3r three times (incl.
Roland Garros,
US Open) and 2r three times (incl.
Australian Open); fell 1r three times; also won
US Open Series.
2007 - First Top 5 season; won third through fifth WTA titles at Berlin (d. Kuznetsova in final), Los Angeles (d. Petrova in final) and Luxembourg (d. Hantuchova in final); runner-up twice at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Hingis in final) and
Roland Garros (first Grand Slam final; l. to Henin); SF three times at Amelia Island (l. to Golovin),
Wimbledon (l. to V.Williams) and first WTA Championships (l. to Henin); made Top 10 debut on May 14 (after Berlin; rose from No.16 to No.8), Top 5 debut on July 9 (after
Wimbledon; rose from No.6 to No.5); QF four times at Gold Coast, Sydney, Antwerp and 's-Hertogenbosch; had eight pre-QF losses in 20 events, incl.
Australian Open (l. to Zvonareva in 3r) and
US Open (l. to V.Williams in 4r).
2008 - Second Top 5 season; started season 27-6, highlighted by sixth and seventh WTA titles at Indian Wells (d. Kuznetsova in final) and
Roland Garros (d. Safina in final) and runner-up finish at
Australian Open (l. to Sharapova in final); also SF twice at Sydney (l. to Henin) and Berlin (l. to Dementieva) and QF once at Dubai; only three pre-QF exits in first half of season came in Doha 3r (withdrew before match w/left ankle injury), Miami 3r (l. to Davenport) and Rome 2r (l. to Pironkova); having gone into 2008 at No.4, rose to No.3 on January 14 (after Sydney), No.2 on January 28 (after
Australian Open) and No.1 on June 9 (after
Roland Garros); struggled mid-season, a right thumb injury hampering her as she went 5-6 in next six events, falling early at
Wimbledon (l. to Zheng in 3r) and not winning back-to-back matches in next five events (Montréal,
US Open, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Beijing and Moscow - after 1r bye in Moscow, l. to Cibulkova 36 62 76(4) in 2r; held 2mp at 5-4 third set); also withdrew from Olympics w/right thumb injury; rebounded in last two events of regular season, reaching SF at Zürich (l. to V.Williams) and winning eighth WTA title at Linz (d. Zvonareva in final); fell in RR stage in second WTA Championships (went 0-2 in RR, then withdrew w/illness).
2009 - Near-Top 20 season; runner-up at Indian Wells (l. to Zvonareva in final); QF twice at Brisbane and Dubai; reached 4r twice (incl.
Roland Garros,
Wimbledon - ret. vs. V.Williams w/left thigh injury), 3r four times (incl.
Australian Open) and 2r twice; fell 1r three times (incl.
US Open - l. to K.Bondarenko 26 63 76(7) in 1r; held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-break).
2010 - Another Top 20 season after strong end to season; went 20-18 in first nine months of season, starting at No.21 and falling outside Top 60 in summer before climbing back to No.36 by October; best results during that stretch were three SF finishes at Brisbane (l. to Henin), Rome (l. to Martínez Sánchez) and Cincinnati (ret. vs Clijsters w/left foot injury); also reached 4r once (
US Open), 3r once and 2r seven times (incl.
Australian Open,
Roland Garros); fell 1r four times (incl.
Wimbledon); strong 13-2 end to season, reaching QF at Beijing (l. to Wozniacki), winning ninth WTA title at Linz (d. Schnyder in final), making QF at Luxembourg (l. to Goerges) and winning 10th WTA title at Bali (d. Kleybanova in final); went from No.38 to No.17 in that stretch.
2011 - Near-Top 20 season; won 11th WTA title in last week of season at Bali (d. Medina Garrigues in final); SF twice at Birmingham (l. to Hantuchova) and Carlsbad (l. to Zvonareva); QF three times at Pattaya City, Indian Wells and Beijing (ret. vs. A.Radwanska w/low back injury); reached 4r twice (
US Open and Miami - l. to Clijsters 76(4) 36 76(5); held 5mp in third set - 4mp at 5-1 and 1mp at 5-3); reached 3r three times (incl.
Wimbledon) and 2r four times; fell 1r five times (incl. other two majors).
2012 - Sixth Top 20 season (finishing No.13); SF twice at Indian Wells (ret. vs. Sharapova w/left hip injury) and Moscow (l. to Stosur); QF three times at Dubai,
US Open (l. to S.Williams) and Linz; reached 4r three times (incl.
Australian Open and
Wimbledon), 3r five times (incl.
Roland Garros and Olympics) and 2r four times; fell 1r twice; withdrew from Eastbourne w/right hip injury and from Cincinnati w/right foot injury.
