2001 - Played first event of career at ITF/Ashkelon-ISR.
2002 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.
2003 - Won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.
2004 - Played first three WTA main draws, reaching QF once (Seoul) and 2r once; fell 1r once and in qualifying four times (incl.
US Open); won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
2005 - First Top 50 season; QF five times, at Auckland, Pattaya City, Istanbul, Cincinnati and Bangkok; reached 3r three times (incl.
Roland Garros,
US Open) and 2r six times (incl.
Wimbledon); fell 1r six times and in qualifying once (
Australian Open); made Top 100 debut on April 18 (rose from No.105 to No.98) and Top 50 debut on September 12 (rose from No.60 to No.47); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.
2006 - First Top 20 season; won first three WTA titles at Pattaya City (d. Kostanic Tosic in final), Prague (d. Stosur in final) and Istanbul (d. Myskina in final); SF at Canberra (l. to Medina Garrigues); QF at Montreal; reached 4r three times (incl.
Roland Garros,
US Open), 3r once and 2r eight times (incl.
Wimbledon); fell 1r six times (incl.
Australian Open); made Top 20 debut on November 13 year-end rankings (No.21 to No.20); won two WTA doubles titles.
2007 - Second Top 20 season; runner-up at Memphis (l. to V.Williams in final); SF twice, at Gold Coast (l. to Safina) and Miami (l. to S.Williams); QF six times, most notably first two Grand Slam QFs at
Australian Open (l. to S.Williams) and
US Open (l. to Chakvetadze) but also Sydney, Indian Wells, Eastbourne and Bangkok; reached 4r once (
Roland Garros), 3r three times (incl.
Wimbledon) and 2r six times; fell 1r three times; equalled Smashnova's Israeli ranking record of No.15 on January 29 (after
Australian Open); won one WTA doubles title.
2008 - Another Top 40 season; SF twice, at Gold Coast (l. to Azarenka) and Memphis (l. to Govortsova); QF twice, at Prague and Seoul; reached 4r twice (incl.
Wimbledon), 3r three times (incl.
Australian Open) and 2r five times (incl. Olympics); fell 1r six times (incl.
Roland Garros,
US Open).
2009 - Another Top 40 season; won fourth and fifth WTA titles at Guangzhou (d. Brianti in final) and Tashkent (d. Amanmuradova in final); SF three times, at Pattaya City (l. to Zvonareva), Estoril (ret. vs. Wickmayer w/right foot injury) and Luxembourg (l. to Lisicki); QF twice, at Auckland and Budapest; reached 4r once, 3r twice (incl.
US Open) and 2r five times (incl.
Wimbledon); fell 1r seven times (incl.
Australian Open) and in qualifying twice; fell in RR stage at Bali (went 1-1 in RR); started year at No.39 and to No.68 in August, but halved that by end of year, biggest jumps on September 21 (after Guangzhou; rose from No.57 to No.46) and September 28 (after Tashkent; rose from No.46 to No.34); withdrew from
Roland Garros w/foot injury; also could not participate in Dubai due to denial of visa.
2010 - Third Top 20 season; runner-up at Hobart (l. to A.Bondarenko in final); SF six times, at Auckland (l. to Wickmayer), Dubai (l. to V.Williams), Stuttgart (l. to Henin), Madrid (l. to V.Williams), Beijing (l. to Wozniacki) and Osaka (l. to Date-Krumm); QF twice, at Paris [Indoors] and San Diego; reached 4r three times (incl.
Roland Garros,
US Open), 3r four times (incl.
Australian Open) and 2r three times (incl.
Wimbledon); fell 1r twice; raised the bar on Israeli ranking record on June 7 (rose to No.14) and again on October 11 (rose to No.13).
2011 - Sixth straight Top 40 season (finishing No.37); runner-up at College Park (l. to Petrova in final); QF twice, at Dubai and Indian Wells; reached 3r four times (incl.
Australian Open) and 2r seven times (incl.
US Open and Brisbane - l. to Safarova 36 61 75; held mp at 5-4 third set); fell 1r seven times (incl. other two majors); raised the bar on Israeli ranking record on January 10 (rose to No.12 after Brisbane) and again on January 31 (rose to No.11 after
Australian Open); was one win from cracking Top 10 at Charleston in April (would have risen to No.10 if won 3r match vs. Goerges); withdrew from Linz and Luxembourg w/low back injury.
