JANUARY - Won 22nd career Tour doubles title at Auckland (w/Suarez).
FEBRUARY - Doubles SF at Antwerp (w/Peschke); fell in Doha singles qualifying.
MARCH - Played doubles exclusively.
APRIL - Doubles SF at Amelia Island (w/Shaughnessy); went 0-1 in Slovakia's 5-0 Fed Cup World Group II loss to Czech Republic (w/Cibulkova, l. to Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova).
MAY - Played doubles exclusively.
JUNE - Played doubles exclusively.
JULY - Fell in Stanford and San Diego singles qualifying.
1991 - Played first ITF Circuit events, reaching final of ITF/Rome-ITA; in fourth professional event, made Tour debut at Karlovy Vary as a LL
1992 - Reached three consecutive ITF Circuit finals, winning ITF/Leiria-POR
1993 - Broke into Top 100 on September 27 at No. 96; reached final at ITF/Karlovy Vary-CZE and four other SF, including first Tour SF at Montpellier
1994 - Reached one ITF Circuit singles SF and two QF; won two ITF Circuit doubles titles
1995 - Reached three ITF Circuit singles finals, winning ITF/Maribor-SLO
1996 - Third Top 100 finish; reached second career Tour SF at Warsaw, d. world No. 38 Studenikova; played all four Grand Slams in one year for first time and won first two Tour doubles titles, Palermo (w/Schett) and Styria (w/Medvedeva)
1997 - During Australian Open 1r match vs. Graf, suffered tear of anterior cruciate ligament in right knee and retired from match and underwent subsequent surgery; was off Tour for seven months; was at a career-high ranking of No. 73 just after the injury occurred; won Auckland doubles (w/Van Roost)
1998 - Reached Bogota QF and won doubles title (w/ Sußrez); won first singles title in three years and third overall at ITF/Mogi Das Cruzes-BRA
1999 - Won ITF/Budapest-HUN; reached two Tour doubles finals, Warsaw (w/Cocheteux) and Sao Paulo (w/Labat)
2000 - Reached Palermo QF; in doubles, won Warsaw title (w/Garbin) and represented Slovakia at Sydney Olympics (w/Habsudova, reaching 2r)
2001 - Played all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year for first time in five years and captured four doubles titles to cap comeback from knee injury in 1997; in doubles, won Gold Coast (w/Casoni), Bogota, Budapest and Palermo (all w/Garbin); reached Roland Garros 3r for career-best Grand Slam result and reached mixed doubles SF w/Pala; missed qualifying for the season-ending Championships in doubles due to GarbinÆs herniated disc
2002 - Best season to date, reaching career-high ranking in singles on November 4 (No. 33) and claiming six doubles titles; in singles, reached SF at Doha and five other QF, scoring six Top 20 wins during season, incl. No. 11 Testud in Doha for career-best win; four of six doubles titles were won w/Dementieva, incl. Tier I at Berlin and Moscow and season-ending Championships (winning all three matches in 3s); in Fed Cup, scored winning points in SlovakiaÆs wins over Italy in SF and Spain in final for her countryÆs first-ever Fed Cup title; d. Farina Elia and Schiavone in SF and d. Sanchez-Vicario 60 62 in final, ending Sanchez-VicarioÆs career; fifth Top 100 finish in singles and first in Top 50
2003 - Reached career-high doubles ranking of No. 3 on April 21; best results were reaching singles QF at Paris [Indoors] and doubles final at Charleston (w/C. Martinez); reached two other doubles SF and eight QF, incl. Roland Garros (w/Schett), Wimbledon and US Open (both w/C. Martinez); reached US Open mixed doubles SF (w/Friedl); suffered right knee injury in first half of season which forced her withdrawal from Indian Wells doubles 2r and events at Sarasota, Amelia Island and Berlin; retired during Leipzig doubles QF (w/Callens) due to back strain; member of Slovakian Fed Cup team that fell 5-0 to Belgium in World Group QF
2004 - Season highlighted by strong doubles play; won titles at Dubai (w/C.Martinez), Estoril (w/Gagliardi) and Linz (w/Likhovtseva), bringing career doubles title tally to 18; finalist at Doha and Berlin (w/C.Martinez), SF at Rome (w/C.Martinez), Filderstadt (w/Likhovtseva) and Zurich (w/Molik), and QF at Australian Open (w/Safina), Roland Garros and US Open (both w/C.Martinez, and both times l. to top seeds Ruano Pascual/Suarez); at Olympics, l. in 1r of doubles (w/Hantuchova); best singles result was 2r at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (d. No.46 Tanasugarn in 1r, l. to No.17 Dokic in 3s); was 2-1 in 3-2 Fed Cup 1r loss to Austria (d. Bammer, l. to Schett, d. Schwartz/Wartusch w/Cervanova).
2005 - Contested five Tour qualifying events, reaching main draw at Auckland and reaching QF (ret. down 5-2 first set vs. Asagoe w/abdominal injury); captured 19th career Tour doubles title at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Likhovtseva), also SF at Auckland (w/Krasnoroutskaya) and Portoroz (w/Beygelzimer).
2006 - Season highlighted by winning 20th and 21st career Tour doubles titles at Palermo and Budapest (w/Krajicek; first times playing together); also doubles SF at Istanbul (w/Peer) and Los Angeles (w/Peschke); fell in singles qualifying at Stuttgart, Moscow and Linz.
SINGLES
Winner: 1999 - ITF/Budapest-HUN; 1998 - ITF/Mogi Das Cruzes-BRA; 1995 - ITF/Maribor-SLO; 1992 - ITF/Leiria-POR.
DOUBLES
Winner (22): 2007 - Auckland (w/Suarez); 2006 - Palermo, Budapest (both w/Krajicek); 2005 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Likhovtseva); 2004 - Dubai (w/Martinez), Estoril (w/Gagliardi), Linz (w/Likhovtseva); 2002 - Tour Championships (w/Dementieva), Doha (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Berlin (w/Dementieva), San Diego (w/Dementieva), Moscow (w/Dementieva), Luxembourg (w/Clijsters); 2001 - Gold Coast (w/Casoni), Bogota (w/Garbin), Budapest (w/Garbin), Palermo (w/Garbin); 2000 - Warsaw (w/Garbin); 1998 - Bogota (w/Suarez); 1997 - Auckland (w/Van Roost); 1996 - Palermo (w/Schett), Styria (w/Medvedeva).
MIXED DOUBLES
Semifinalist (2): 2003 - US Open (w/Friedl); 2001 - Roland Garros (w/Pala).
ADDITIONAL
Slovak Fed Cup Team 1994, 1998, 2002-04, 2007. Slovak Olympic Team 2000, 2004.
Currently without a coach; physical trainer is Raffaele Tendi...Favorite surface is clay; considers forehand her best weapon...Father, Jozef, is a businessman; mother's name is Anna; has a younger brother named Miroslav...Other sports interests include soccer and ice hockey...Favorite place to visit is Slovakia and the mountains to relax, and Brazil to enjoy life and have a party...Enjoys pop, classical and rock music, going to the theater and spending time with friends...Has a German shepherd named Kimi.
ò In juniors, was SF at 1992 Roland Garros (w/Nemsakova)
