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Aleksandra Wozniak

Can
Residence: Blainville, Canada
DOB: September 7, 1987
Birthplace: Montréal, Canada
Height: 5' 9" (1.75m)
Weight: 132 lbs. (60 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (November 2005)
JANUARY - Fell in Auckland and Hobart qualifying.
2001 - Made first appearance in Québec City qualifying (as WC).

2002 - Won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Fell in WTA qualifying twice.

2004 - Played first WTA main draw at Montréal, falling 1r (as WC); fell in qualifying once.

2005 - Fell 1r three times and in qualifying once; won three singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - First Top 100 season; QF at Québec City; reached 2r once; fell 1r three times and in qualifying 10 times (incl. all four majors); won three singles titles on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on November 13 (rose from No.115 to No.91).

2007 - Reached first WTA final at Fès (l. to Sequera); was first Canadian to reach a WTA final in over nine years (Jeyaseelan at 1998 Bogotá); reached 2r four times; fell 1r 11 times (incl. all four majors) and in qualifying five times.

2008 - First Top 40 season; won first WTA title at Stanford (d. Bartoli in final); first Canadian in over 20 years to win a WTA title and fifth ever to win one (after Hy-Boulais, Bassett-Seguso, Kelesi and Hetherington, who all did it between 1986 and 1988); made Top 50 debut afterwards on July 21 (rose from No.85 to No.45); SF twice, at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to Kanepi) and Québec City (l. to Mattek-Sands); QF at Cincinnati; reached 3r once (Roland Garros) and 2r four times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying three times.

2009 - Second Top 40 season; runner-up once, at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to Wozniacki in final); SF twice, at Eastbourne (l. to Wozniacki) and Québec City (l. to Czink); QF at Osaka; reached 4r once (Roland Garros - first Grand Slam 4r), 3r five times (incl. US Open and Birmingham - l. to Czink 67(7) 75 75; held mp at 5-3 second set) and 2r eight times; fell 1r seven times (incl. other two majors and Hobart - l. to U.Radwanska 36 76(3) 75; held 7mp - 5mp at 63 54, 2mp at 63 65); set career-high No.21 on June 22; missed Latin American swing w/right shoulder injury (withdrew from Bogotá, Acapulco, Monterrey).

2010 - QF at Ponte Vedra Beach; reached 3r twice (incl. Roland Garros) and 2r seven times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. other two majors and Stanford - l. to Oudin 67(6) 75 63; held mp at 5-1 second set); withdrew from Québec City and Osaka w/right wrist injury.

2011 - Reached 2r four times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r three times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open) and in qualifying three times; won one singles titles on ITF Circuit.
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2011 - ITF/Vancouver-CAN; 2008 - Stanford; 2006 - ITF/Hamilton-CAN, ITF/Ashland-USA, ITF/Pittsburgh-USA; 2005 - ITF/Hamilton-CAN, ITF/CD Victoria-MEX, ITF/Toronto-CAN; 2002 - ITF/Lachine-CAN.
Finalist (2): 2009 - Ponte Vedra Beach; 2007 - Fès.

ADDITIONAL
Canadian Fed Cup Team, 2004-09, 2011.
Coached by father, Antoni, who would work night shift as a Mechanical Engineer and in daytime would train her at Stade Uniprix in Montréal) ... Sometimes travels with assistant coach, mother Jadwiga ... Father was a professional soccer player for Poland; family immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1983 ... Has one older sister, Dorota, who twice won NJCAA Rolex Singles Championships and ranked No.1 in NJCAA for Tyler Junior College in Texas (also played at San Diego State University and graduated in year 2000) ... Inspired to start playing tennis at the age of 3 by sister; grew up watching tapes of her idol Monica Seles ... Speaks Polish, French and English ... Has represented Canada in Fed Cup since 2004 ... Enjoys movies and concerts, shopping with friends, going to NHL games ... Favorite food is Thaï and favorite city is Melbourne ... Most scary and most fun thing ever done was skydiving.
- In August 2008, was presented with key to the city in Blainville, Québec by the mayor; in 40 years of the city's existence, they renamed it "Wozniakville" for 24 hours because for the first time a woman from Québec won a WTA title (she won Stanford in July).
- Received award from the National Assembly of Québec in October 2008 for her career-high ranking of No.37 and first WTA title.
- Has won Tennis Canada's Best Female Athlete of the Year multiple times.