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2007 - Third straight Top 100 finish after season highlighted by fourth Tour SF at Stockholm (d. No.5 seed Dechy en route; l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion A.Radwanska); won main draw matches at four other Tour events, reaching 2r at Indian Wells (l. to No.17 seed Bartoli), Istanbul (l. to top seed Sharapova), Birmingham (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Jankovic) and US Open (as qualifier; l. to top seed and eventual champion Henin); fell 1r six times, incl. Australian Open (l. to Morigami), Roland Garros (l. to No.8 seed S.Williams in 3s) and Wimbledon (l. to A.Radwanska); fell in Tour qualifying nine times; won sixth and biggest career ITF Circuit singles title at $100K ITF/Bordeaux-FRA (d. Cornet in final); withdrew from Québec City w/shoulder injury.

2006 - Best season to date, highlighted by third Tour singles SF and win over V.Williams; SF at Stockholm (d. Li en route; l. to Zheng); only other time to win back-to-back matches came at Birmingham, reaching 3r (l. to Schiavone); reached 2r 10 times, incl. Australian Open (d. No.10 seed V.Williams in 1r; l. to Granville), Roland Garros (l. to No.31 seed Peer) and Wimbledon (d. No.13 seed Groenefeld in 1r; l. to WC A.Radwanska); wins over world No.10 V.Williams and world No.16 Groenefeld were first Top 20 wins (win over V.Williams was first Top 10 win and the American's earliest Grand Slam exit since 2001 Roland Garros); fell 1r four times, incl. US Open (l. to Jackson); fell in Tour qualifying four times; reached career-high No.62 on November 13 year-end rankings; withdrew from Bali w/right shoulder injury.

2005 - Made scintillating Tour debut at Istanbul, reaching SF (as qualifier; l. to V.Williams); had never even contested Tour qualifying before; after losing in Wimbledon qualifying repeated the feat in second Tour event at Palermo, reaching another SF (as direct entrant; l. to Medina Garrigues); having entered Istanbul No.220, made Top 100 debut after Palermo (on July 25; rose from No.128 to No.99); after falling in US Open qualifying, fell 1r in third Tour main draw at Portoroz (as direct entrant; l. to Medina Garrigues); fell in qualifying at last three Tour events of year (Filderstadt, Moscow, Linz); won fifth ITF Circuit singles title.

2004 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Won three more ITF Circuit singles titles.

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

WTA Singles   (Position: 76, Points: 413)

WTA Race Singles   (Position: 63, Points: 75)