Sabine Lisicki
Strong Is Beautiful
Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Lucie Safarova

Cze
Residence: Brno, Czech Republic
DOB: February 4, 1987
Birthplace: Brno, Czech Republic
Height: 5' 9" (1.77 m)
Weight: 137 lbs. (62 kg)
Plays: Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2002)
JANUARY - Fell 1r at Brisbane (l. to Benesova); reached QF at Sydney (l. to Li); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to McHale).

FEBRUARY - Fell 1r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Kerber); reached QF at Doha (l. to Bartoli); reached 2r at Dubai (l. to Stosur).

MARCH - Reached 4r at Indian Wells (l. to Bartoli); dropped opener at Miami (after 1r bye, l. to Watson in 2r).

APRIL - Runner-up at Charleston (l. to S.Williams in final); won first WTA doubles title at Charleston (w/Pavlyuchenkova); fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. to Li); withdrew from Budapest w/left elbow injury.

MAY - Reached 3r at Madrid (withdrew prior to match w/illness).
2001 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2002 - Did not play.

2003 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first WTA qualifying at US Open and Philadelphia; won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - First Top 50 season; won first two WTA titles at Estoril (d. Li in final) and Forest Hills (d. Mirza in final); runner-up at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Zakopalova in final); reached 2r twice; fell 1r six times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open) and in qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open); won three singles titles on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on June 6 (rose from No.106 to No.77) and Top 50 debut on November 7 (rose from No.52 to No.50).

2006 - Second Top 50 season; won third WTA title at Gold Coast (d. Pennetta in final); SF twice, at Amelia Island (l. to Petrova) and Palermo (l. to Medina Garrigues); reached 3r twice and 2r eight times (incl. US Open); fell 1r 10 times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros); withdrew from Wimbledon w/rib injury.

2007 - First Top 30 season (finishing No.24); runner-up at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Petrova in final); SF at Estoril (l. to Azarenka); QF at Australian Open (first Grand Slam QF - l. to Vaidisova); reached 4r once (Roland Garros), 3r six times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open) and 2r four times; fell 1r twice; set career-high No.22 on August 20.

2008 - Another Top 100 season; won fourth WTA title at Forest Hills (d. Peng in final); QF at Barcelona (ret. w/hamstring injury); reached 3r twice (incl. Olympics) and 2r eight times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r nine times (incl. other three majors); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2009 - Another Top 50 season; runner-up at Québec City (l. to Czink in final); QF six times, at Brisbane, Memphis, Monterrey, Barcelona, Toronto and Linz; reached 3r three times (incl. Australian Open) and 2r nine times (incl. Roland Garros - l. to V.Williams 67(5) 62 75; held mp at 5-4 third set); fell 1r four times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open) and in qualifying once.

2010 - Another Top 50 season; runner-up at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Dementieva in final); SF three times, at Madrid (ret. w/thigh injury), Bastad (l. to Rezai) and Québec City (l. to Mattek-Sands); QF three times, at Brisbane, Stuttgart and Rome; reached 3r once and 2r four times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r 12 times (incl. other three majors and Moscow - l. to Kleybanova 62 67(4) 76(1); held 3mp at 5-4 third set).

2011 - Second Top 30 season (finishing No.25); runner-up twice, at Kuala Lumpur (l. to Dokic 26 76(9) 64 in final; held 2mp at 6-5 and 8-7 in second set tie-break) and Copenhagen (l. to Wozniacki in final); SF twice, at Linz (l. to Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. to Kanepi); QF three times, at Brisbane, Madrid and Toronto; reached 3r three times (incl. Australian Open, US Open) and 2r seven times (incl. other two majors); fell 1r six times (incl. Eastbourne - l. to Bartoli 63 36 76(7); held mp at 7-6 in third set tie-break); member of Fed Cup-winning Czech team (first personal Fed Cup title); withdrew from Barcelona w/leg injury.
SINGLES
Winner (4): 2012 - ITF/Prague-CZE; 2008 - Forest Hills; 2006 - Gold Coast; 2005 - Estoril, Forest Hills; ITF/Capriolo-ITA, ITF/Redding,-USA, ITF/Prostejov-CZE; 2004 - ITF/Bergamo-ITA, ITF/Bastad-SWE.
Finalist (7): 2012 - Charleston; 2011 - Kuala Lumpur, Copenhagen; 2010 - Paris [Indoors]; 2009 - Québec City; 2007 - Paris [Indoors]; 2005 - 's-Hertogenbosch.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2012 - Charleston (w/Pavlyuchenkova); 2008 - ITF/Poitiers-FRA (w/Cetkovska).
Finalist (1): 2008 - Stockholm (w/Cetkovska).

ADDITIONAL
Czech Fed Cup Team, 2004, 2006-12; Czech Olympic Team, 2008.
Coached by Biljana Veselinovic ... Began playing at age 3 ... Favorite surface is clay ... Father, Milan, used to be her coach; mother is Jana; has one sister, Veronika; also has one dog, Kuba ... Admires Steffi Graf, Lindsay Davenport ... Speaks Czech, German, English ... Enjoys comedy movies; favorite actress is Angelina Jolie ... Also enjoys basketball, table tennis, swimming.