1997 - Played first event of career at ITF/Koksijde-BEL.
1998 - Won two singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
1999 - First Top 50 season; won first WTA title at Luxembourg (d. Van Roost in final); runner-up at Bratislava (l. to Mauresmo in final); QF once, 4r once (
Wimbledon - as qualifier in WTA main draw debut, l. to Graf), 3r once (
US Open - l. to S.Williams 46 62 75; led 5-3 third set) and 1r three times; made Top 100 debut on July 5 (after
Wimbledon; rose from No.195 to No.98) and Top 50 debut on September 27 (after Luxembourg; rose from No.83 to No.50); won first WTA doubles title at Bratislava (w/Courtois); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.
2000 - First Top 20 season; won second and third WTA titles at Hobart (d. Rubin in final) and Leipzig (d. Likhovtseva in final); runner-up at Filderstadt (l. to Hingis in final); QF three times (incl. WTA Championships); 4r twice, 2r five times (incl.
Wimbledon,
US Open) and 1r four times (incl. other two majors); played all four Grand Slams in a season for first time; made Top 20 debut on November 6 (after Leipzig; rose from No.31 to No.20); won one WTA doubles title.
2001 - First Top 5 season (ending No.5); won fourth through sixth WTA titles at Stanford (d. Davenport in final), Leipzig (d. Maleeva in final) and Luxembourg (d. Raymond in final); runner-up three times, at Indian Wells (l. to S.Williams in final),
Roland Garros (l. to Capriati 16 64 1210 in first Grand Slam final) and 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Henin in final); SF five times (incl. WTA Championships); QF four times (incl.
Wimbledon,
US Open); 4r twice (incl.
Australian Open); 2r four times; fell 1r once; made Top 10 debut on June 11 (after
Roland Garros; rose from No.14 to No.7) and Top 5 debut on July 30 (after Stanford; rose from No.6 to No.5).
2002 - Second Top 5 season (ending No.4); won seventh through 10th WTA titles at Hamburg (d. V.Williams in final), Filderstadt (d. Hantuchova in final), Luxembourg (d. Maleeva in final) and WTA Championships (d. S.Williams in final); runner-up twice, at Stanford (l. to V.Williams in final) and Tokyo [Princess Cup] (l. to S.Williams in final); SF four times (incl.
Australian Open); QF four times; 4r once (
US Open); 3r twice (incl.
Roland Garros); 2r four times (
Wimbledon); made Top 3 debut on March 4 (rose from No.4 to No.3); won two WTA doubles titles.
2003 - Third Top 5 season (ending No.2); won 11th through 19th WTA titles at Sydney (d. Davenport in final), Indian Wells (d. Davenport in final), Rome (d. Mauresmo in final), 's-Hertogenbosch (d. Henin in final), Stanford (d. Capriati in final), Los Angeles (d. Davenport in final), Filderstadt (d. Henin in final), Luxembourg (d. Rubin in final) and WTA Championships (d. Mauresmo in final); runner-up six times, at Antwerp (l. to V.Williams in final), Scottsdale (l. to Sugiyama in final), Berlin,
Roland Garros, San Diego and
US Open (l. to Henin in all four finals); SF five times, at
Australian Open, Miami,
Wimbledon, Leipzig and Zürich; only pre-SF loss in 21 events came at Toronto (l. to Krasnoroutskaya in 3r); rose to No.1 on August 11 (spent 12 weeks there, all within 13 weeks of initial rise); 15 finals was most since 1991 (Seles); played 154 matches in singles and doubles (90-12, 47-5), 90 singles wins was most since 1982 (Navratilova) and first player to play over 100 singles matches in season since 1974 (Evert); won seven WTA doubles titles (all w/Sugiyama and incl.
Roland Garros and
Wimbledon); rose to No.1 in doubles on August 4 (would spend four weeks there, all within five weeks of initial rise); first female ever to surpass $4 million in prize money for a single season.
2004 - Excellent start to season marred by injury (finishing No.22); went 14-1 to start, finishing runner-up at
Australian Open (l. to Henin in final) and winning 20th and 21st WTA titles at Paris [Indoors] (d. Pierce in final) and Antwerp (d. Farina Elia in final); withdrew from 3r matches at Indian Wells and Berlin w/left wrist injury, then withdrew from Rome and
Roland Garros w/same injury; underwent surgery on June 12 to repair torn tendon and remove cyst in left wrist, then withdrew from Eastbourne,
Wimbledon, Stanford, New Haven and
US Open w/same injury; played one event in fall at Hasselt, reaching SF (ret. vs. Bovina w/reaggravation of left wrist injury); withdrew from Filderstadt, Moscow and Zürich w/same injury.
2005 - Fourth Top 5 season in stellar return to competition following injury-marred 2004 (ending No.2); won 22nd through 30th WTA titles at Indian Wells (d. Davenport in final), Miami (d. Sharapova in final), Eastbourne (d. Dushevina in final), Stanford (d. V.Williams in final), Los Angeles (d. Hantuchova in final), Toronto (d. Henin in final),
US Open (d. Pierce in final for first Grand Slam title), Luxembourg (d. Groenefeld in final) and Hasselt (d. Schiavone in final); first Indian Wells-Miami sweep since 1989 (Graf); as
US Open Series champion, received double prize money of $2.2 million at
US Open (biggest winner's cheque in women's sports history); SF at Warsaw; QF three times; four pre-QF losses came at Berlin (ret. in 3r w/right knee injury),
Roland Garros (4r),
Wimbledon (4r) and WTA Championships (went 1-2 in RR; did not qualify for SF); withdrew from Rome w/right knee injury; having fallen as low as No.134 on February 28, returned to Top 100 on March 21 (after Indian Wells; rose from No.133 to No.38), Top 20 on April 4 (after Miami; rose from No.38 to No.17), Top 10 on August 1 (after Stanford; rose from No.14 to No.10), Top 5 on August 22 (after Toronto; rose from No.8 to No.4), Top 3 on September 12 (after
US Open; No.4 to No.3) and Top 2 on October 17 (No.3 to No.2).
2006 - Fifth Top 5 season (ending No.5); won 31st through 33rd WTA titles at Warsaw (d. Kuznetsova in final), Stanford (d. Schnyder in final) and Hasselt (d. Kanepi in final); runner-up twice, at Antwerp (l. to Mauresmo in final) and San Diego (l. to Sharapova in final); SF five times, at
Australian Open (ret. vs. Mauresmo w/right ankle sprain),
Roland Garros, Eastbourne,
Wimbledon and WTA Championships; QF at Sydney (withdrew w/left hip strain); only three pre-QF losses came at Miami (2r), Rome (3r) and Montréal (ret. during 2r vs. Dubois w/left wrist strain); withdrew from
US Open, Stuttgart and Moscow (returned for last two weeks of season for Hasselt and WTA Championships); reclaimed No.1 on January 30, staying there seven more weeks (career tally to 19); first ever to rise from outside Top 100 to No.1 within 12 months.
2007 - Went 14-3 in winning 34th WTA title at Sydney (d. Jankovic in final), reaching SF at
Australian Open (l. to Sharapova), final at Antwerp (l. to Mauresmo) and 4r at Miami (l. to Li); but on May 6, after dropping opener at Warsaw (l. to Vakulenko), announced retirement (ranked No.4; only two players have ever retired w/higher ranking: Graf-No.3 and Henin-No.1).
2008 - Did not play.
2009 - Sensational comeback season, highlighted by
US Open title; announced comeback in spring then played three summer hardcourt events to start, reaching QF at Cincinnati (l. to Safina) and 3r at Toronto (l. to Jankovic 16 63 75; led 5-3 third set) then winning second Grand Slam title at
US Open (in third event back and as unranked WC, d. both Williams sisters en route to final, then d. Wozniacki for title; was first WC ever to win a Grand Slam title; also first mother since Goolagong at 1980
Wimbledon to win a Grand Slam title); returned to rankings on September 14 at No.19 (equal-highest ranking debut ever, alongside Jaeger-1980; ended year at No.18); in fourth and last event of season, reached 2r at Luxembourg (l. to Schnyder).
2010 - Sixth Top 5 season (finishing No.3); won 36th through 40th WTA titles at Brisbane (d. Henin 63 46 76(6) in final; saved 2mp down 5-4 third set), Miami (d. V.Williams in final), Cincinnati (d. Sharapova 26 76(4) 62 in final; saved 3mp down 62 53),
US Open (d. Zvonareva in final) and WTA Championships (went 2-1 in RR, falling to Zvonareva; d. Stosur in SF and Wozniacki in final); QF three times, incl.
Wimbledon (l. to Zvonareva); three pre-QF exits in 11 events came at
Australian Open (l. to Petrova in 3r), Indian Wells (3r) and Marbella (2r); returned to Top 10 for first time since comeback on April 5 (after Miami; rose from No.16 to No.10); withdrew from Madrid and
Roland Garros w/left foot injury and from Beijing w/right foot injury.
2011 - Strong start to season marred by injury (finished No.13); 21-4 start brought runner-up finish at Sydney (l. to Li in final), fourth Grand Slam title at
Australian Open (d. Li in final; other three Grand Slams all came at
US Open in 2005, 2009 and 2010), 2-0 in Fed Cup, another runner-up finish at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Kvitova in final), 4r finish at Indian Wells (ret. vs. Bartoli w/right shoulder injury) and QF at Miami (l. to Azarenka); returned to No.1 for one week on February 14 (after Paris [Indoors], first mother ever to rank No.1; only week all year Wozniacki wasn't No.1); played only three events in last seven months of season, reaching 2r at
Roland Garros (l. to Rus 36 75 61; held 2mp - 1mp at 63 52, 1mp at 63 54), 2r at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Oprandi) and 2r at Toronto (after 1r bye, ret. vs. Zheng w/abdominal injury); withdrew from Madrid and Rome w/right shoulder and wrist injury, from
Wimbledon and Carlsbad w/right ankle injury and from Cincinnati,
US Open, Tokyo and Beijing w/abdominal injury.
