1998 - Played first two events of career on ITF Circuit in Australia.
1999 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.
2000 - Played first WTA qualifying at
Australian Open (as WC).
2001 - Fell in WTA qualifying twice (incl.
Australian Open); won four singles titles and six doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
2002 - Played first two WTA main draws at Gold Coast and
Australian Open, falling 1r at both (as WC); fell in qualifying once; won five doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
2003 - Reached 3r once (
Australian Open); fell 1r three times (incl.
Wimbledon).
2004 - First Top 100 season; SF at Gold Coast (l. to Sugiyama); QF twice; reached 3r twice and 2r six times (incl.
Australian Open,
US Open); fell 1r six times (incl. Olympics, other two majors) and in qualifying six times; made Top 100 debut on April 12 (rose from No.104 to No.97).
2005 - First Top 50 season; runner-up twice, at Gold Coast (l. to Schnyder in final) and Sydney (l. to Molik in final); made Top 50 debut on January 17 (after Sydney; rose from No.59 to No.45); QF at Hasselt; reached 3r twice and 2r five times (incl.
Roland Garros); fell 1r 12 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying twice; won first two WTA doubles titles in first half of year (w/Stewart) then five in second half of year (all w/Raymond, incl.
US Open and WTA Championships); won first Grand Slam mixed doubles title at
Australian Open (w/Draper).
2006 - First Top 30 season; runner-up at Prague (l. to Peer in final); SF at New Haven (l. to Davenport); QF three times; reached 4r once (
Australian Open), 3r once and 2r 11 times (incl.
Wimbledon); fell 1r six times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying once; won 10 WTA doubles titles w/Raymond (incl.
Roland Garros, WTA Championships); rose to No.1 in doubles on February 6 and stayed to year-end; joined by Raymond on July 10 (after
Wimbledon).
2007 - Another Top 50 season; QF three times; reached 3r five times (incl.
Roland Garros) and 2r three times (incl.
Australian Open,
Wimbledon); fell 1r five times (incl.
US Open); won five WTA doubles titles (all w/Raymond); withdrew from all post-Wimbledon events w/Lyme disease; lost No.1 doubles ranking on April 9 (spent 61 weeks there).
2008 - Near-Top 50 finish in comeback from illness-marred 2007; after seven months off w/Lyme disease and falling out of Top 150, returned at two ITF Circuit events in April (one SF, one QF); went 22-14 on WTA from May until end of year; best results were runner-up finish at Seoul (l. to Kirilenko in final), SF at Eastbourne (l. to Petrova) and two QFs; reached 3r once and 2r five times (incl.
Roland Garros,
Wimbledon, Olympics); fell 1r twice (incl.
US Open) and in qualifying once; won second Grand Slam mixed doubles title at
Wimbledon (w/B.Bryan).
2009 - First Top 20 season (finishing No.13); reached first Grand Slam SF at
Roland Garros (had never been past a Grand Slam 4r previously; l. to Kuznetsova); made Top 20 debut afterwards on June 8 (rose from No.32 to No.18, blowing past previous career-high No.27); won first WTA title at Osaka (d. Schiavone in final); QF or better four more times, reaching QF at Miami (l. to Azarenka), SF at Stanford (l. to Bartoli), final at Los Angeles (l. to Pennetta) and QF at Toronto (l. to Dementieva); reached 3r twice (
Australian Open,
Wimbledon) and 2r eight times (incl.
US Open); fell 1r four times (incl. Sydney - l. to S.Williams 63 67(4) 75 after holding 4mp at 5-4 third set); qualified for Bali but fell in RR stage (went 1-1 in RR); qualified for WTA Championships in doubles (w/Stubbs; l. to Black/Huber in SF).
2010 - First Top 10 season (finishing No.6); stellar clay court results, winning second WTA title at Charleston (d. Zvonareva in final), reaching final at Stuttgart (l. to Henin), QF at Madrid (l. to V.Williams) and first Grand Slam final at
Roland Garros (l. to Schiavone; was first Australian woman to reach a Grand Slam final in 30 years); SF four times, at Indian Wells (l. to Jankovic), Eastbourne (l. to Makarova) and Stanford (l. to Azarenka) and WTA Championships (went 2-1 in RR to qualify for SF; l. to Clijsters); QF five more times, at Miami, San Diego, New Haven,
US Open (l. to Clijsters) and Osaka; reached 4r once (
Australian Open); made Top 10 debut on March 22 (after Indian Wells; rose from No.11 to No.10) and Top 5 debut on July 5 (rose from No.6 to No.5); first Australian-born woman in Top 5 since 1985; had two wins over No.1s, at
Roland Garros (S.Williams) and WTA Championships (Wozniacki); in other five events lost opening matches, incl.
Wimbledon (l. to Kanepi in 1r) and Beijing (l. to Sevastova 26 76(5) 75; held mp at 5-4 third set); withdrew from Rome, Cincinnati and Montréal w/right arm injury.
2011 - Second straight Top 10 season (finishing No.6), highlighed by first Grand Slam title at
US Open (d. S.Williams in final; first Australian to win a Grand Slam title since 1980); runner-up three times, at Rome (l. to Sharapova), Toronto (l. to S.Williams) and Osaka (l. to Bartoli); SF three times, at Stuttgart (l. to Goerges), Eastbourne (l. to Bartoli) and WTA Championships (went 2-1 in RR; l. to Kvitova in SF); QF twice, at Dubai and Cincinnati (set career-high No.4 after Dubai on February 21; rose from No.5 to No.4); reached 4r once, 3r five times (incl.
Australian Open,
Roland Garros) and 2r five times; fell 1r once (
Wimbledon); won one WTA doubles title.
