Personal

Currently without a coach ... Mother, Sissi, is housewife; father, Vasileios, is dentist; older brother, Nicolas, is also a dentist, and older sister, Christina, is an aerobic trainer ... Favorite shot is backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard ... Enjoys Paris because of the people and atmosphere at Roland Garros, her favorite tournament ... Person most admired is the late Princess Diana; tennis idol is Pete Sampras.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (5): 2008 - Hobart; 2006 - Seoul; 2004 - Auckland; 2003 - Auckland; 2002 - 's-Hertogenbosch.
Finalist (1): 2002 - Bahia.

DOUBLES
Winner (3): 2011 - Tashkent (w/Diatchenko); 2010 - Istanbul (w/Woehr); 2004 - Stanford (w/Pratt).
Finalist (9): 2013 - Bad Gastein (w/Barrois), Baku (w/Krunic); 2011 - Estoril (w/Krajicek); 2008 - Hobart (w/Woehr); 2007 - Seoul (w/Woehr); 2006 - Hasselt (w/Woehr); 2005 - Birmingham (w/Russell); 2004 - Antwerp (w/Casanova); 2003 - Warsaw (w/Schiavone).

MIXED DOUBLES
Finalist (1): 2003 - Australian Open (w/Woodbridge).

ADDITIONAL
Greek Fed Cup Team, 1998, 2000-02, 2004, 2009-11; Greek Olympic Team, 2000, 2004, 2008.

Career in Review

2013 - Reached 2r three times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r seven times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying eight times (incl. other two majors); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit; withdrew from Budapest w/ankle injury.

2012 - Ninth Top 100 season; SF at Kuala Lumpur (l. to Hsieh); reached 2r five times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r 15 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying eight times; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit; retired in Australian Open 2r w/neck injury, withdrew from Copenhagen w/illness and retired in Wimbledon 1r w/hip injury.

2011 - Another Top 100 season; QF at Tashkent; reached 2r four times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r seven times (incl. Roland Garros, US Open) and in qualifying eight times (incl. Australian Open); won one WTA doubles title; won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2010 - QF at Linz; fell 1r twice (incl. Wimbledon) and in qualifying 14 times (incl. other three majors); won one WTA doubles title; won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2009 - Fell 1r once and in qualifying nine times (incl. Australian Open); won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Won one WTA title at Hobart (received w/o in final from Zvonareva w/left ankle injury); reached 3r once and 2r twice; fell 1r six times (incl. Australian Open, Olympics, US Open) and in qualifying once; missed four months between April and August w/right knee injury (finished year at No.149).

2007 - Another Top 50 season; SF twice at New Haven (l. to Szavay) and Seoul (l. to Kirilenko); QF three times at Auckland, Dubai and Budapest; reached 3r twice and 2r 11 times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); fell 1r 11 times (incl. other two majors).

2006 - Another Top 40 season; won one WTA title at Seoul (d. Sugiyama in final); SF at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Safina); QF three times at Antwerp, Estoril and Bangkok; reached 4r once, 3r once and 2r nine times (incl. US Open); fell 1r nine times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying once.

2005 - Another Top 100 season; SF at Portoroz (l. to Srebotnik); QF at Birmingham; reached 3r twice (incl. Wimbledon) and 2r four times; fell 1r 12 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying twice.

2004 - Another Top 40 season; won one WTA title at Auckland (d. Harkleroad in final); SF at Miami (l. to S.Williams); QF at Dubai; reached 4r once (US Open), 3r twice (Australian Open, Olympics) and 2r seven times; fell 1r seven times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying twice; won one WTA doubles title.

2003 - Another Top 30 season (finishing No.26); won one WTA title at Auckland (d. Cho in final); made Top 20 debut afterwards on January 13 (rose from No.21 to No.20); SF twice at Paris [Indoors] (l. to S.Williams) and Birmingham (l. to Maleeva); QF three times at Scottsdale, Moscow and Luxembourg; reached 4r once (Australian Open), 3r four times (incl. Roland Garros) and 2r seven times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r seven times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying once; reached career-high No.14 on May 12 (after Berlin).

2002 - First Top 30 season (finishing No.22); won one WTA title at 's-Hertogenbosch (d. Dementieva in final); made Top 50 debut afterwards on June 24 (rose from No.51 to No.38); runner-up at Bahia (l. to Myskina in final); SF at Budapest (l. to Casanova); QF three times at Porto, Birmingham and Los Angeles; reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r once (Australian Open) and 2r seven times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r eight times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying three times.

2001 - First Top 100 season; reached 3r once (US Open) and 2r three times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r four times and in qualifying three times (incl. Roland Garros); made Top 100 debut on September 10 (after US Open; rose from No.112 to No.88); won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2000 - Played first WTA main draw at Olympics, falling 1r (as WC); fell in qualifying twice; won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit; missed five months w/left knee injury.

1999 - Fell in WTA qualifying once; won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit; missed three months w/recovery from appendectomy.

1998 - Played first WTA qualifying at Luxembourg; won four singles titles and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

1997 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

1996 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Greece.