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Biography                                  

Career Highlights

Career in Review

2003
Debuted on ITF Circuit; won $10K ITF/Plzen-CZE, her only event in 2003.

2004
First Top 100 finish; in only third career Tour main draw at Vancouver (as qualifier, no less), captured career-first Tour singles title (d. Granville in final) to become sixth-youngest Tour singles titlist in history (15 years, three months, 23 days); won second title of year at Tashkent (d. Razzano in final); afterwards on October 18, made Top 100 debut (at No.74); debuted on Tour Rankings on March 1, the same week she reached QF at Acapulco in Tour debut and only fourth pro event; later in year, also reached QF at Tokyo [Japan Open]; made Grand Slam debut at US Open (l. to No.1 Henin 61 64 in 1r, having led 4-1 second set); won ITF/Columbus, OH-USA at start of season.

2005
Another breakthrough year, highlighted by three-tournament win streak and career-high No.15 ranking at season's end; won 18 consecutive matches in last four events of year, winning Seoul (d. Jankovic in final), Tokyo [Japan Open] (Golovin ret. down 76(4) 32 in final w/left Achilles tendonitis; final between 16-year-old Vaidisova and 17-year-old Golovin was eighth-youngest final in Open Era) and Bangkok (d. Petrova in final); became first player since Davenport (2004 Stanford, Los Angeles, San Diego) to win three titles in three weeks, also sixth woman to win five titles before 17th birthday (Austin, Jaeger, Seles, Capriati, Hingis); after that, reached first Tier II SF at Philadelphia (l. to Mauresmo); earlier in season, reached first clay court final at Istanbul (l. to V.Williams), SF at Memphis and QF at Hobart, Charleston (d. world No.6 Myskina for career-first Top 10 victory; l. to Schnyder in first Tier I QF) and Toronto (second Tier I QF; l. to Henin); debuted at first three majors, reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. to Davenport), 2r at Roland Garros (l. to Schiavone) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. to Kuznetsova in 3s), also 4r in second US Open (l. to Petrova 76(4) 75, having led 5-2 first set); 3r at Indian Wells and Miami; reduced ranking to one-fifth between beginning and end of season - No.75 in first event at Hobart, Top 50 debut (at No.47) after Miami, Top 20 debut (at No.18) after Tokyo [Japan Open], rising to No.15 at year's end on November 14; in Fed Cup play, 1-1 in Czech Republic's 3-2 win vs. Japan in World Group II 1r, then 2-1 in 3-2 loss vs. Italy in World Group I Play-offs.

2006
Another breakthrough year highlighted by first Grand Slam SF, cracking Top 10 and winning sixth career Tour singles title; having never passed 4r at a major, made it all the way to SF at Roland Garros (as No.16 seed, upset top seed Mauresmo in 4r and No.11 seed V.Williams in QF, falling 57 76(5) 62 to No.8 seed and eventual runner-up Kuznetsova after leading 5-3 second set; win over Mauresmo was third career Top 10 win and first over a reigning No.1); on August 7 after career-first Tier I SF at San Diego (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed Clijsters), rose from No.12 to No.9, a career Top 10 debut (at 17 years, 3 months, 2 weeks, was 12th-youngest in Tour history to achieve that after Capriati, Jaeger, Austin, Sabatini, Seles, Hingis, Graf, Kournikova, Zvereva, Sharapova and Bassett-Seguso); won Strasbourg (first career clay court title; d. Peng in final, now 6-1 lifetime in Tour singles finals); in addition to Roland Garros and San Diego, made four SF, at Sydney, Stanford (as No.3 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Clijsters 75 62, having held set point at 5-4 first set), Moscow (as No.8 seed, d. top seed Mauresmo 16 75 76(3) in QF, having overcome 5-2 deficit and 3mp in second set, falling 60 46 76(3) to No.5 seed Petrova after saving 6mp trailing 5-4 third set; win over Mauresmo was fourth career Top 10 victory and second over a reigning No.1) and Linz; one-time quarterfinalist, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to eventual champion Dementieva in 3s); 4r twice, at Australian Open (as No.16 seed, l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion Mauresmo) and Wimbledon (as No.10 seed, upset by No.27 seed N.Li); 3r three times, incl. US Open (as No.9 seed, l. to No.19 seed Jankovic in 3s); 2r four times, 1r twice; notched 100th career singles match win in Roland Garros 1r (vs. Domachowska), also surpassed $1 million in career prize money earnings, the fifth youngest to do so; was sixth-youngest in Open Era to reach Roland Garros SF; was 4-0 in Fed Cup play: 2-0 in Czech Republic’s 4-1 World Group II win over Thailand, 2-0 in their 3-2 World Group I Play-off loss to France; withdrew from Indian Wells and Miami w/right shoulder injury, from Eastbourne w/fatigue, prior to 3r at Montreal w/right shoulder tendonitis and from Hasselt w/illness.

2007
Third straight Top 20 finish after consistent season, marred somewhat by illness and injury; QF or better at 10 of 14 events, incl. SF finishes at Sydney (as No.8 seed, l. to Jankovic in 3s), Australian Open (as No.10 seed, d. No.7 seed Dementieva en route to second career Grand Slam SF; l. to eventual champion S.Williams 76(5) 64, having held sp at 5-4 first set), Zürich (unseeded, d. No.3 seed Jankovic en route; l. to top seed and eventual champion Henin in 3s) and Linz (as No.5 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Hantuchova 26 62 76(3), having led 4-1 third set and holding mp at 6-5); QF six times, at Indian Wells (as No.6 seed, l. to No.2 seed Kuznetsova), Miami (as No.8 seed, l. to No.13 seed and eventual champion S.Williams), Roland Garros (as No.6 seed, l. to No.4 seed Jankovic), Eastbourne (as No.5 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Henin), Wimbledon (as No.14 seed, upset No.4 seed and defending champion Mauresmo en route; l. to No.6 seed Ivanovic 46 62 75, having led 5-3 third set w/3mp at 5-4) and Moscow (as No.8 seed, l. to No.4 seed S.Williams 64 76(7), having held sp at 6-5 second set); wins over world No.8 Dementieva (Australian Open), No.4 Mauresmo (Wimbledon) and No.3 Jankovic (Zürich) were her fifth, sixth and seventh career Top 10 wins; also achieved new career-high on May 28 (before Roland Garros) rising from No.8 to No.7; suffered only four pre-QF losses, at Paris [Indoors] (as No.5 seed, l. 2r to Safarova), Charleston (as top seed, l. 2r to WC Krajicek in 3s after 1r bye), US Open (as No.13 seed, l. 3r to No.18 seed Peer 76 third set) and Québec City in final week of year (as top seed, ret. during 1r match vs. Voracova w/right wrist injury); missed most of European clay court season w/right wrist injury (withdrew from Berlin, Rome, Strasbourg) and summer hardcourt season w/viral illness (withdrew from San Diego, Los Angeles, Toronto); also withdrew from Stuttgart w/left hamstring injury; went 2-0 in Czech Republic's 5-0 World Group II 1r win vs. Slovak Republic (d. Hantuchova, Cibulkova); surpassed $2 million in career prize money during season.