2006 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit, winning two singles titles.
2007 - Played first WTA main draw at Istanbul, reaching 2r (as qualifier); fell in qualifying once.
2008 - Fell in WTA qualifying four times (incl.
Wimbledon); won three singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.
2009 - First Top 100 season; QF at Guangzhou; reached 2r three times (incl.
US Open); fell 1r five times (incl.
Roland Garros,
Wimbledon and Ponte Vedra Beach - l. to Hantuchova 26 64 76(5); held 3mp at 6-5 third set); fell in qualifying four times (incl.
Australian Open); made Top 100 debut on July 13 (rose from No.105 to No.99); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.
2010 - First Top 50 season; won first WTA title at Estoril (d. Parra Santonja in final); was first Latvian to win a WTA title in 17 years (1993 Schenectady - Savchenko); SF at Monterrey (l. to Pavlyuchenkova); QF four times, at Strasbourg, Budapest, Bad Gastein and Beijing; reached 3r once and 2r three times (incl.
US Open); fell 1r six times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying four times; made Top 50 debut on October 11 (after Beijing; rose from No.55 to No.44).
2011 - Third straight Top 100 season; QF three times, at Monterrey, Dallas and Luxembourg; reached 4r once (
Australian Open - first Grand Slam 4r) and 2r three times; fell 1r 11 times (incl. other three majors and Linz - l. to Goerges 64 36 76(7); held 2mp at 6-5 and 7-6 in third set tie-break) and in qualifying twice; struggled with various ailments throughout season, namely illness (withdrew from Auckland, Hobart, Madrid and Rome), right foot injury (withdrew from Miami), left ankle injury (withdrew from Budapest, Bad Gastein, Stanford and Carlsbad) and hip injury (ret. in Luxembourg QF).
