Name	Zurich Open
Logo	Zurich Open logo.jpg
Logo size	150px
City	Zurich
Country
Venue	Hallenstadion
Tier	Tier II (From 2008)
Surface	Hard / Indoors
Draw	28M/32Q/16D
Prize money	$1,340,000$600,000 (from 2008)
Web site	zurichopen.net

The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.

The Open was held at the Hallenstadion, a multifunctional sports arena. It takes 150 specialist workers and 300 tonnes of material to prepare the Hallenstadion into the Zurich Open tennis venue. The event has two tennis courts available for tournament play.

Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova. Swiss champions included Hingis, Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (formerly of Bulgaria), and Patty Schnyder.

Name history:

European Indoors: 1984-1989

BMW European Indoors: 1990-1992

Barilla Indoors: 1993-1996

European Indoor Championships: 1997

European Swisscom Challenge: 1998

Swisscom Challenge: 1999-2004

Zurich Open: 2005-2007

TENNIS.com Zurich Open: 2008

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

Zurich Open

Category:Indoor tennis tournaments Category:Tennis tournaments in Switzerland Category:Hard court tennis tournaments Category:WTA Tour Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1984 Category:Recurring events disestablished in 2008

Playername	Ana Ivanović
Nickname	Anči, Aussie Ana
Country	(2003-2006) (2006-present)
Residence	Basel, Switzerland
Nationality
Datebirth	November 06, 1987
Placebirth	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	August 17, 2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$ 7,973,547
Singlesrecord	270–109
Singlestitles	10 WTA, 5 ITF
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (June 9, 2008)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 21 (January 10, 2011)
Australianopenresult	F (2008)
Frenchopenresult	W (2008)
Wimbledonresult	SF (2007)
Usopenresult	4R (2007, 2010)
Othertournaments	yes
Wtachampionshipsresult	SF (2007)
Doublesrecord	20–26
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 50 (September 25, 2006)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Frenchopendoublesresult	1R (2005, 2007)
Wimbledondoublesresult	3R (2005)
Usopendoublesresult	3R (2006)
Updated	January 10, 2011

Ana Ivanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Ивановић) (born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of January 10, 2011, she is ranked World No. 21 on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open.

Personal life

Ivanović's mother Dragana, a lawyer, supports her daughter during most of her matches. Her father Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loves to play basketball. Aside from her tennis career, Ivanović also studies finance at a university in Belgrade and Spanish in her spare time. Her inspiration to begin playing was that time Serbian player, Monika Seleš.

On September 8, 2007, Ivanović became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Đorđević, Jelena Janković and Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. Ivanović visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said that she is "also looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids."

Ivanović confirmed in November 2008 that she was romantically involved with Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco, but it was reported that the relationship ended in January 2009. Ivanović was then in a relationship with Australian golf player Adam Scott but their relationship apparently ended in August 2010. Some of her best friends include close childhood family friend Novak Djokovic, whom she has known since the age of 5, and current ATP World No. 1 Rafael Nadal.

She admires former No. 1 Roger Federer, for his professionalism on and off the court. They've met during the Wilson Player Party, Ivanovic interviewing Federer for the Tennis Channel, and after Federer won the French Open 2009. She admitted this during her press conference after defeating Samantha Stosur in her third round match in Wimbledon 2009.

Equipment

Ivanović endorsed Nike apparel and shoes at the beginning of her professional career, but at the beginning of 2006 switched to rival Adidas. Ivanovic then signed a lifetime contract with the company, meaning that she will wear three-stripe products for the rest of her career. Ivanovic will become an Ambassador for Adidas once she retires from competitive tennis. She is believed to be the youngest athlete, male or female, to sign a contract of such longevity. She started with the Wilson racquets, eventually using the nCode nBlade. Since the beginning of 2008, Ivanović has used Yonex racquets. She previously used the RQiS 1 Tour XL 95, but at the beginning of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open 2010 in Cincinnati switched to a prototype version of a new Yonex racket. The model, an EZONE racket, is to be released within the coming months.

Music

Ana has appeared in a song called "Hurricane Ana", produced by Serbian rapper Filip Filipi and Collie Buddz.

She likes R&B; and pop songs. Her favorite songs of 2008 are Rihanna's Disturbia and Coldplay's Viva La Vida.

Video games

Ivanović has appeared as a character in Smash Court Tennis 3, released in 2007, Virtua Tennis 2009, released in 2009, and Grand Slam Tennis for Wii, also released in 2009. She stars, among others, alongside Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Lindsay Davenport, Daniela Hantuchova, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova.

Playing style

Ivanović is an offensive baseliner who is notable for her aggressive play. In 2007 and 2008, Ivanović was regarded as one of the best competitors on the women's tour. After winning the 2008 French Open and becoming #1, Ivanović has endured a significant slump in form. Many critics attribute her loss in form to her lack of confidence and self-belief. At the 2010 Australian Open, Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova commented that, "while she has absolutely no confidence in herself, she still fights till the last point." Currently, she has made some improvements to her playing style since appointing a new coach in 2010. As a result, she has started to play with more confidence and is winning matches more consistently.

Serve

Ivanović's serve is a powerful weapon. She hit a serve at the French Open in 2007, the fifth fastest serve of all time on the WTA Tour. As of late, however, her serve has become unreliable – mostly due to technical issues with her ball toss. The success of her ball toss is directly associated with her nerves. During the French Open final in 2007, Ivanović was overcome with nerves and her toss went astray. During Ivanović's slump in play in 2009, her serve became gradually less effective as her confidence diminished. She has stated that her serve is no longer an issue and that it starts to help parts of her game. She is able to make more aces and fewer double faults.Her serve style looks like a strong serve.

Groundstokes

Another one of Ivanović's strengths is her powerful forehand. It has been considered to be one of the best forehands in the game. Its fluid motion enables Ivanović to score many winners. Her backhand, although not as big as her forehand, has improved over the years. Ivanović's movement and net play were once considered to be her weaknesses, but they have both improved over the years. She is considered now to be considerably faster than when she started playing professional tennis.

Surfaces

Ivanović's best surface is the clay court, where her height allows her to strike clean winners off of high bouncing balls. Nonetheless, she is capable of performing well on hard and grass courts as well. When she launched her re branded site during 2010, it was included in her bio that she likes all surfaces.

Career

Ivanović picked up a racket at the age of five after watching Monica Seles, a fellow Yugoslavian, on television during the 1992 French Open. She started her career after memorizing the number of a local tennis clinic from an advertisement. During her training she survived the NATO bombings in 1999. At the time, she was forced to train during the morning to avoid bombardments. Later, she admitted that she trained in an abandoned swimming pool in the winter, as there were no other facilities. When she was 15, Ivanović spent four hours in the locker room crying after a defeat —the first that her new manager had watched. She thought that Dan Holzmann, the manager in question, was going to drop her because she felt that she was not good enough to become a professional tennis player. He has stayed her manager to this day.

2004

Ivanović reached the final of the Junior Wimbledon tournament in 2004, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko. In 2004, she went 26–0 on the ITF circuit, and won all five events that she entered, two of them as a qualifier. As a qualifier in Zürich, she overcame a 5-1 third set deficit along with two match points to defeat World no. 29 Tatiana Golovin. She then debuted in the qualifying draw of a Grand Slam at the 2004 US Open, where she was defeated by Lioudmila Skavronskaia after winning the first set 6-1. She eventually fell to a close loss, 6-1, 4-6, 5-7. Her first professional breakthrough occurred in the next match, when she took Venus Williams to two tiebreaks before losing in straight sets in the second round of the Zürich Open. She had held several set points in both sets. She followed up her run in Zürich with a quarterfinal showing at Luxembourg the next week.

2005

Ivanović won her first career singles title, as a qualifier, in Canberra, Australia, after defeating Melinda Czink in the final. Her ranking continued to rise after wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova, and Vera Zvonareva, all of whom were top 10 players. Ivanović lost to Amélie Mauresmo at the Australian Open, Doha, and Miami Masters, before defeating her in the third round of the French Open. At that stage in her career it was which was arguably her biggest win. Ivanović eventually reached the quarterfinals of that tournament, where she lost to Petrova. Later in the year, Ivanović reached the semifinals of the Zurich Open and Generali Ladies Linz, losing to Patty Schnyder in both tournaments.

2006

Ivanović started the year at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia with fellow Serbian Novak Djoković, where the pair narrowly missed the final. To start off her WTA year she played at the Medibank International in Sydney where she once again defeated Amélie Mauresmo, this time in straight sets, before falling to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals. A week later, she lost to Samantha Stosur in the second round of the Australian Open.

.]] Ivanovic made it to the third round of the French Open before losing to Anastasia Myskina. She progressed to the fourth round at Wimbledon but lost to eventual champion Amélie Mauresmo in straight sets.

Ivanović made her breakthrough in August when she defeated former World No. 1 Martina Hingis in the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal. This ultimately led to her winning the United States Open Series ahead of Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova. At the US Open she lost to Serena Williams.

Ivanović also played nine tournaments in doubles in 2006, teaming up with Maria Kirilenko and Sania Mirza. Ivanović and Kirilenko made two semifinals and a final; they ended the year at number 17 in the annual Race to the Championships. Ivanović finished the year ranked World No. 14 in singles and World No. 51 in doubles.

2007

Seeded 13th at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Ivanović defeated Polish player Agnieszka Radwańska in the second round but lost in the third round to Vera Zvonareva. Immediately after this tournament, she announced that she had split with her coach David Taylor.

At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, she was defeated in the fourth round by Sybille Bammer. Yaroslava Shvedova then defeated Ivanović in the second round of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Miami Masters.

Ivanović then returned to Europe to play two clay court tournaments in preparation for the French Open. In Berlin at the Qatar Telecom German Open, she won her first Tier I clay court title, defeating World No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final. However, Ivanović injured her ankle during the final, which forced her to withdraw from the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. The win in Berlin propelled her into the top ten of the WTA Rankings for the first time, at World No. 8.

Ivanović had a six-match winning streak heading into the French Open and increased this streak to twelve by reaching the final. She won her first three matches with the loss of only nine games. In her second career quarterfinal at Roland Garros, Ivanović defeated World No. 3 Kuznetsova, and she then beat World No. 2 Sharapova in the semifinals. In the final, Ivanović attempted to win her first Grand Slam singles title and complete a sweep of the top three players in the world. However, World No. 1 and two-time defending champion Justine Henin won the match. Later on, Ivanović admitted that the idea of being in the final of a Grand Slam tournament had overwhelmed her.

At Wimbledon, Ivanović defeated World No. 9 Nadia Petrova in the fourth round and saved three match points to defeat Nicole Vaidišová in the quarterfinals . In the semifinals, three-time former Wimbledon champion Venus Williams defeated Ivanović in straight sets.

A persistent knee injury sustained at Wimbledon caused Ivanović to withdraw from Serbian Fed Cup competition with Slovakia and two lead up events to the US Open. She returned to the tour at the East West Bank Classic in Carson, California, saving two match points in the semifinals before defeating Janković. In the final, Ivanović defeated Petrova to win the fourth singles title of her career, which increased her ranking to a career high of World No. 4.

In Ivanović's first three matches at the US Open, she lost only 10 games. Venus Williams then eliminated her for the second consecutive time at a Grand Slam tournament.

Ivanović returned to Europe for three tournaments. At the Tier II Luxembourg Championships, Ivanović qualified for the Sony Ericsson Championships by virtue of reaching the semifinals. In the final, Ivanović rallied from 6–3, 3–0 down to defeat Hantuchová in two hours and 25 minutes. This was her fifth career title.

To end the year, Ivanović played the Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid, Spain. Seeded fourth and assigned to the Red Group during the Round Robin phase, she defeated World No. 2 Kuznetsova in a three-set match and Hantuchová in straight sets. Sharapova then defeated Ivanović in the final match of the round robin. Because she finished second in her group, Ivanović played World No. 1 Henin in the semifinals, in which the Belgian won.

Ivanović finished the year with a career-high ranking of World No. 4.

2008

As the fourth seed at the Australian Open, Ivanović defeated 8th seed Venus Williams for the first time in her career by beating her in straight sets. Later in the semifinals, she was down 0-6, 0-2 before she defeated Daniela Hantuchova. She lost to 5th seed Maria Sharapova in straight sets in the final. Her ranking rose to World No. 2 as a result of her performance at the tournament, the highest of her career at the time.

In Serbia's Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I D Round Robin tie against Poland in Budapest, Ivanović defeated Urszula Radwańska in straight sets. In Serbia's second round robin tie against Romania, Ivanović defeated Monica Niculescu and then teamed with Jelena Janković to win the deciding doubles rubber against the Romanian team. In the promotion playoff, Ivanović beat Renée Reinhard of the Netherlands, as Serbia advanced to the World Group II playoffs in April.

In March, Ivanović defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California but lost to Lindsay Davenport in the third round of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open iin Miami Masters the following week.

Ivanović started her clay court season as defending champion at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin. She lost to Elena Dementieva for the fourth time in four meetings in the semifinals. Ivanović was seeded #2 at the French Open. She defeated World No. 3 Jelena Janković in a thrilling encounter in the semifinals, where Ivanovic sealed a shaky 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 win. The win guaranteed Ivanović's ascent to World No. 1 the following week, regardless of her performance the final. Nonetheless, she went on to defeat Dinara Safina in straight sets in the final, winning her first (and to date, only) Grand Slam singles title.

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At Wimbledon, Ivanović had quick work of her first round match, only to encounter an inspired Nathalie Dechy in the second round. Ivanovic looked headed for a straight sets win, before Dechy eventually launched a comeback that saw her produce 2 match points, before Ivanovic finally advanced to the third round. Here, she lost to unseeded wildcard Zheng Jie of China in straight sets. At the time, Zheng was ranked World No. 133.

Ivanović started the summer hardcourt season with a third round loss at the Rogers Cup in Montreal to Tamira Paszek. Ivanović, bothered by a sore thumb sustained during practice two weeks before Montreal, withdrew from the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles. Her withdrawal saw her lose the World No. 1 ranking to Janković. The thumb injury also caused her to withdraw from the Summer Olympics in Beijing, which Ivanović described as "one of the worst moments of her career". Ivanović, having reclaimed her World No. 1 ranking on August 18, was the top-seeded player at the US Open, but lost Julie Coin in the second round. The loss was the earliest defeat of the top seeded player at the US Open since the 1973 tournament.

In her first match after the US Open, at the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ivanović was defeated by Nadia Petrova of Russia in three sets, bringing her win-loss record since the French Open to 4–4. Ivanović later told the press that she was "just happy to be back injury-free" and that she needed to "play more matches get back into rhythm".

Ivanović played the Generali Ladies Linz in Linz torunament and was the top seed. She won the tournament by crushing Vera Zvonareva in the final.

At the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, Ivanović was seeded #4. In her first Round Robin match, she was defeated by World No. 1 Janković. Her next match was against Zvonareva, to whom she also lost. She withdrew from her final match against Kuznetsova because of a virus.

2009

At the Australian Open, Ivanović was seeded fifth and won her first two matches in straight sets before losing to 29th seed Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the third round.

Ivanović took part in Serbia's Fed Cup win in the World Group II tie against Japan. She defeated Ai Sugiyama and Ayumi Morita to help Serbia to a 4–1 win. At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, a Premier 5 event on the tour, she lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. Around this time, Ivanović began working with her new coach Craig Kardon in February after parting with former coach Sven Groeneveld.

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California where she was defending champion, Ivanović advanced to the finals before losing to Vera Zvonareva. In Miami, Ivanović lost in the third round to Ágnes Szávay. In April, Ivanović took part in Serbia's Fed Cup World Group Play-offs against Spain. She defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues to help Serbia gain promotion to the World Group with a 4–0 win. .]]

At the 2009 French Open, Ivanović won her first three matches in straight sets, before losing to Victoria Azarenka in the 4th round. This early loss caused Ivanović to fall out of the top ten for the first time since May, 2007. After the loss, Ivanović announced that she would cease working with Craig Kardon, and would be participating in the adidas Player Development Program where she would be coached by Sven Groeneveld, Darren Cahill, Mats Merkel and Gil Reyes.

At Wimbledon, Ivanović was seeded 13th. She faced two match points against Lucie Hradecka before prevailing. She then took down Sara Errani and 18th seed Samantha Stosur in the 2nd and 3rd rounds in straight sets, before retiring against 3rd seed and eventual finalist Venus Williams.

At the U.S. Open, Ivanović lost in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career by succumbing to Kateryna Bondarenko. After the match, former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash criticized Ivanović's new service motion, stating that watching it was a "painful experience" and that it "[weakened] her threat". He also felt that Ivanović was "over-analysing" her game and that her main problem was "her lack of confidence".

At the Premier 5 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Ivanović suffered her third successive defeat by losing to Lucie Šafářová in the first round. Citing an upper respiratory tract infection, Ivanović pulled out of the China Open, and announced via her official website that she was taking the rest of the year off.

She finished the year with a 24–14 match record, her worst since she turned pro, and did not win any titles. Ivanović only reached three quarter-finals, one semi-final and a final, and only won back-to-back matches six times. Ivanović ended the year ranked 21, the first time she had been ranked outside the Top 20 since July 2005.

2010

Ivanović started the year at the 2010 Brisbane International. Seeded 3rd, Ivanović reached her first semifinal since Indian Wells in 2009. She eventually bowed out to wild card Justine Henin in Henin's first tournament since her return from retirement. Ivanović was seeded 20th at the 2010 Australian Open, but lost to Gisela Dulko in the second round in three sets.

Ivanović then participated in the opening round of the 2010 Fed Cup in Serbia's tie against Russia. She went 0–2 in her singles matches, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alisa Kleybanova, both in straight sets. She partnered with Jelena Janković in the deciding doubles match, but they fell to Kuznetsova and Kleybanova. Ivanović then withdrew from Dubai with shoulder tendonitis.

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Ivanović announced that she would be working with Steffi Graf's former coach Heinz Gunthardt on a trial basis during the spring North American hard court season, suspending her relationship with the Adidas Player Development Program indefinitely. In her first match as Gunthardt's pupil, a one-set semi-final against reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters in the 2010 Billie Jean King Cup at Madison Square Garden, Ivanović lost in a tie-break despite having held match point. After the match Ivanović stated that she had noted improvements in her game.

Despite her improvements reflected in the BNP Paribas Showdown, Ivanović lost her opening match to world no. 63 Anastasija Sevastova at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open. Never before had she suffered four consecutive losses. By also losing a huge number of ranking points, Ivanović dropped out of the top 50 for the first time since March 2005. Seeded 25th at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Ivanović won her first match since the Australian Open, but then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round.

In her first clay court event of the year at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Ivanović suffered a second consecutive loss to Radwańska. In her first doubles match since June 2009, partnering Andrea Petkovic, she lost to the pair of Borwell and Kops-Jones.

Unseeded at the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Ivanović had her best week of tennis in nearly two years. She stunned top 10 players Victoria Azarenka and Elena Dementieva, and top 20 player Nadia Petrova, all in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion María José Martínez Sánchez in the semifinals. She was granted a wild card into the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open in Madrid, and received a bye in the first round due to her semifinal appearance at the Italian Open. She was the first unseeded wildcard to receive a first round bye in the history of the WTA Tour. She lost in the second round to Jelena Janković despite leading by a set and a break. Ivanović entered the 2010 French Open unseeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2005. She fell to Alisa Kleybanova in the second round.

In the UNICEF Open, Ivanović fell to seventh seeded German Andrea Petkovic in the second round. Ivanović was defeated in the first round of Wimbledon by 13th seed Shahar Pe'er, and as a consequence saw her ranking drop to World No. 64.

In the opening round of the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University, Ivanovic avenged her Aussie Open 2009 and French Open 2010 defeat to Alisa Kleybanova,before losing in the next round to Marion Bartoli in straight sets. At the Mercury Insurance Open, Ivanovic once again suffered a first round loss to Shahar Peer. At the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open she rallied from a set and a break down to beat Victoria Azarenka in three sets. Ivanović would eventually retire against Kim Clijsters in the semifinals due to a foot injury. Her ranking dramatically improved to World No. 39. The injury caused her to withdraw from the Pilot Pen tournament held in New Haven.

Unseeded at the 2010 US Open, Ivanović breezed into the fourth round with straight set victories, before losing to defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters.

Ivanović went into the Hansol Korea Open as the seventh seed, but lost her opener to Vera Dushevina. Ivanović then defeated Kleybanova, the Korea Open champion, in the first round of the 2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open before again losing to Bartoli in straight sets. Ivanović avenged her losses to Bartoli at the 2010 China Open, beating the Frenchwoman in straight sets in the first round. On her way to the quarterfinals, Ivanović scored another Top 10 victory by defeating Elena Dementieva for the second time in 2010. Ana fell to World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki. By virtue of her quarterfinal finish, Ivanović re-entered the Top 30.

Entering the 2010 Generali Ladies Linz as a wildcard, Ivanović defeated Roberta Vinci in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5 for a place in the final. After a 19-month title drought, Ivanović returned to the winner's circle, beating Patty Schnyder in the finals of the Linz tournament, 6-1, 6-2, in just 47 minutes of play. Ana headed over to the 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open as the fourth seed, where she breezed right through to the quarterfinals, before falling down to 8th seed Julia Goerges. Meanwhile after making the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament with Yanina Wickmayer, they fell down to 4th seeds Lucie Hradecka and Renata Voracova.

Ivanović revealed that she had ended her coaching relationship with Swiss star Heinz Gunthardt, the former coach of Steffi Graf. This is because Gunthardt has mixed his interest with tennis and also being a Swiss television commentator. It was announced during the pre-Bali tournament but the relationship was ended after the China Open.

By virtue of her title in Linz, Ivanović qualified for the last tournament of the season, the 2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions. After taking out 3rd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals, 6-0, 6-1, Ivanović defeated 40-year-old veteran Kimiko Date Krumm, 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2 on her 23rd birthday to reach the final. In the last match of the regular WTA season, Ivanović triumphed over Russian Alisa Kleybanova, 6-2 7-6(5), claiming her tenth career title and her second of the year. With her title in Bali, Ivanovic achieved a year-end ranking of no. 17, her fifth ever finish in the top 20.

2011

Ivanovic chose to start the year off with the 2011 Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia. She, along with Novak Djokovic competed under the Serbian Flag. Ana and Novak swept their first two ties, against Kazakhstan and Australia, 3-0, although fell against Belgium, 1-2. They did qualify for the final, but due to an injury sustained during Ana's match against Justine, Serbia was forced to withdraw. Along with the Hopman Cup, Ana also withdrew from Sydney.

Ana is seeded 19th at the 2011 Australian Open, where she was drawn to face Ekaterina Makarova in the first round.

Awards

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour most Improved player (2005)

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour most improved player (2007)

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Karen Krantzcke Sportmanship Award (2007)

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Diamond ACES Award (2008)

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Humanitarian Award (2009)

Nominated for U.S. Secretary of State's 2007 International Women of Courage Award (2007)

Michael Westphal Award (2008)

Singles performance timeline

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Career statistics

See also

Tennis performance timeline comparison (women)

Serbia Fed Cup team

List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions

References

External links

Official website

Ana Ivanovic Website

Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Female tennis players Category:Serbian sportswomen Category:Serbian female tennis players Category:People from Belgrade Category:Serbian expatriates in Switzerland Category:French Open champions Category:Swiss people of Serbian descent Category:World No. 1 tennis players

Playername	Venus Williams
Country	United States
Residence	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Datebirth	June 17, 1980
Placebirth	Lynwood, California, U.S.
Height

In response, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and members of Parliament publicly endorsed Williams's arguments. || Stands alone |- | US Open || 2007 || Fastest serve by a woman (129 mph)

In 1997, the combined ages of Williams at age 17 and Martina Hingis at age 16 in the US Open final were the lowest in the open era history of that tournament.

At 1999 IGA Classic in Oklahoma City marking the first time in tennis history that sisters won titles in the same week (Serena Williams won Paris).

At the 1999 Lipton International Players Championships in Key Biscayne became the first pair of sisters in the open era to meet in a tournament final (with Serena Williams).

In 2000, Williams became the second African-American to win Wimbledon during the open era.

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Williams became only the second player to win Olympic gold medals in both singles and doubles at the same Olympic Games, after Helen Wills Moody in 1924.

By winning the 2001 Australian Open doubles championship, Venus and Serena Williams became the fifth pair to complete a Career Doubles Grand Slam and the only pair to win a Career Doubles Golden Slam.

The 2001 US Open marked the first time in the open era, and only the second time in 117 years, that sisters met in a Grand Slam singles final (with Serena Williams).

In 2001, she became the third woman in the open era, after Navratilova and Graf, to win both Wimbledon and the US Open in consecutive years.

In February 2002, she became the first African-American woman to become World No. 1 since the computer rankings began in 1975.

In 2002 became the first ever siblings to rank Top 2 at same time with sister Serena.

At Wimbledon in 2003, she reached her fourth consecutive Wimbledon final, which since the abolishment of the challenge round system is tied with Wills Moody for fourth behind Martina Navrátilová's nine, Billie Jean King's five, and Chris Evert's five.

Williams and Hingis hold the open era record for consecutive losses in Grand Slam singles finals (five).

One of three women, the others being Navratilova and Steffi Graf, to win the Wimbledon singles title at least five times during the open era.

At Wimbledon in 2009, Williams defeated World No. 1 Dinara Safina in the semifinals 6–1, 6–0, which was the most one-sided women's semifinal at Wimbledon since 1969, when King defeated Rosemary Casals by the same score.

Awards

;1995

Sports Image Foundation Award for conducting tennis clinics in low-income areas

;1997

WTA Newcomer of the Year

September's Olympic Committee Female Athlete

;1998

Tennis Magazine's Most Improved Player

;2000

WTA Player of the Year

WTA Doubles Team of the Year Award (with Serena Williams)

Sports Illustrated for Women's Sportswoman of the Year

Teen Choice Awards – Extraordinary Achievement Award

Women's Sports Foundation's Athlete of the Year Award

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.62)

;2001

ESPY Award for Best Female Tennis Player

EMMA Best Sport Personality Award

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.57)

;2002

ESPY Award Best Female Athlete

ESPY Award Best Female Tennis Player

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.60)

;2003

34th NAACP Image Awards' President's Award

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.65)

;2004

Harris Poll Most Favorite Female Sports Star

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.77)

;2005

Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year Award

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.81)

;2006

ESPY Award Best Female Tennis Player

BET's Best Female Athlete of the Year

Harris Poll Most Favorite Female Sports Star

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.90)

;2007

Gitanjali Diamond Award

;2008

Whirlpool 6th Sense Player of the Year Award

;2009

Anti-Defamation League Americanism Award

Whirlpool 6th Sense Player of the Year Award

ITF Women's Doubles World Champion (with Serena Williams)

WTA Doubles Team of the Year Award (with Serena Williams)

WTA Fan Favorite Doubles Team of the Year Award (with Serena Williams)

Doha 21st Century Leaders Awards – Outstanding Leadership

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.77)

;2010

Caesars Tennis Classic Achievement Award

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.83)

YWCA GLA Phenomenal Woman of the Year Award

Forbes 30 Utterly Inspiring Role Models

Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World (No.60)

See also

List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions

List of Grand Slam Women's Doubles champions

List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions

Williams sisters rivalry

Jankovic – V. Williams rivalry

Hingis – V. Williams rivalry

Davenport – V. Williams rivalry

References

External links

Venus Williams French Open 2010 Outfit

Venus Williams, National Press CLub 2010

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Playername	Nicole Vaidišová |
Country
Residence	Prague, Czech Republic
Datebirth	April 23, 1989
Placebirth	Nuremberg, West Germany
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2003
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$2,740,268
Singlesrecord	190–93
Singlestitles	6 WTA, 2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking	No. 7 (14 May 2007)
Australianopenresult	SF (2007)
Frenchopenresult	SF (2006)
Wimbledonresult	QF (2007, 2008)
Usopenresult	4R (2005)
Doublesrecord	13–31
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 128 (2 October 2006)
Updated	22 March 2010

Nicole Vaidišová (; born 23 April 1989) is a Czech female tennis player.

Vaidišová is an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Vaidišová started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton, Florida. Her serve was considered her biggest weapon. At the end of the year, Vaidišová was ranked No. 187.

Vaidišová started 2010 by playing consecutive ITF Women's Circuit events, but suffered a first round defeat in both. She was then given a main draw wildcard to the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, defeating Laura Granville in the first round before losing to Kaia Kanepi in the second.

She played another ITF event in Hammond, Louisiana following that, losing to Heather Watson in the first round in what would turn out to be her last professional match; later in March, Vaidišová's stepfather and former coach Ales Kodat announced her decision to retire from her professional career, at the age of 20, to the Czech daily Sport newspaper due to a lack of interest in tennis. "Her agent told me last week... she's fed up with tennis and that's understandable. She started very young", Kodat said. Kodat said she had turned down a wild card to play in Miami starting on 23 March.

Personal

She was introduced to tennis by her mother, Riana. She has two younger brothers, Oliver and Toby. Vaidišová follows the NHL, primarily supporting the Tampa Bay Lightning and enjoys reading, watching movies, yoga and bike riding. She likes pop music and is a fan of Madonna. She lists New York City as her favourite city because of its constant activity. Vaidišová speaks Czech, English, German and is studying French.

She became engaged to fellow Czech tennis player Radek Štěpánek, who is eleven years her senior, in late 2007. It has been reported that the relationship was the cause of Vaidišová's decline in tennis. The two married on 17 July 2010 at Prague Castle.

Endorsements

Vaidišová was the face of Reebok and has been featured in their "I Am What I Am" and "Run Easy" campaigns. She also endorsed Citizen Watches and its Eco-Drive design. She is represented by Olivier van Lindonk of IMG.

Interests

An avid reader, Vaidišová is part of the "Get Caught Reading Campaign" to encourage people to read more. She has taken part in other philanthropic causes, such as becoming an ambassador for PlayPumps International, a non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing clean drinking water to African children.

WTA Tour titles (6)

Singles (6)

{| class="sortable wikitable" |- !No. !! Date !! Tournament !! Surface !! Opponent in Final !! Score in Final |- bgcolor="#66CCFF" |1. || 15 August 2004 || Vancouver || Hard || Laura Granville || 2–6, 6–4, 6–2* |- bgcolor="#66CCFF" |2. || 17 October 2004 || Tashkent || Hard || Virginie Razzano || 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 |- bgcolor="#66CCFF" |3. || 2 October 2005 || Seoul || Hard || Jelena Janković || 7–5, 6–3 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |4. || 9 October 2005 || Tokyo || Hard || Tatiana Golovin || 7–6(4), 3–2 retired |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |5. || 16 October 2005 || Bangkok || Hard || Nadia Petrova || 6–1, 6–7(5), 7–5 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |6. || 27 May 2006 || Strasbourg || Clay || Peng Shuai || 7–6(7), 6–3 |}

* won the event as a qualifier.

Singles runner-up (1)

2005: Istanbul (lost to Venus Williams) 6–3, 6–2

ITF titles (2)

Singles (2)

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, which ended on 11 March 2009.

A = Did not participate in the tournament

LQ = Qualifying round loss

² ITF circuit included.

WTA Tour career earnings

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" ! Year !! Grand Slamsingles titles !! WTA singles titles !! Totalsingles titles !! Earnings ($) !! Money list rank |- |align="center"|2003 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="right"|1,568 |align="center"| 879 |- |align="center"|2004 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|2 |align="right"|87,753 |align="center" |130 |- |align="center"|2005 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|3 |align="right"|391,316 |align="center"| 32 |- |align="center"|2006 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|737,913 |align="center"|15 |- |align="center"|2007 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="right"|875,623 |align="center"|13 |- |align="center"|2008 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="right"|509,762 |align="center"|33 |- |align="center"|2009 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="right"|130,948 |align="center"|124 |- |align="center"|2010* |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="right"|294 |align="center" |374 |- !align="center"|Career !align="center"|0 !align="center"|6 !align="center"|6 !align="right"|2,735,177 !align="center"style="background:#D8BFD8;"|76 |}

Head-to-head record against other players

Vaidišová's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface. Samantha Stosur 6-0 Jelena Janković 6–3 Daniela Hantuchová 5–1 Anna Chakvetadze 3–0 Flavia Pennetta 3–1 Amélie Mauresmo 3–2 Dinara Safina 2–0 Marion Bartoli 2–0 Victoria Azarenka 2–1 Conchita Martínez 1–0 Anastasia Myskina 1–0 Chanda Rubin 1–0 Alicia Molik 1–0 Venus Williams 1–1 Elena Dementieva 1–1 Ai Sugiyama 1–2 Ana Ivanović 1–3 Nadia Petrova 1–3 Lindsay Davenport 0–1 Martina Hingis 0–1 Mary Pierce 0–1 Vera Zvonareva 0–1 Patty Schnyder 0–1 Kim Clijsters 0–2 Li Na 0–3 Serena Williams 0–4 Justine Henin 0–4 Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–5

References

External links

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Name	Colby O'Donis
Born	March 14, 1989
Origin	Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, United States
Genre	Pop, R&B;, hip hop, dance-pop
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, actor, guitarist, pianist, dancer
Years active	1999–present
Label	Kon Live Distribution Geffen RecordsMotown Records
Associated acts	Akon, T-Pain, Lady Gaga, Kardinal Offishall, Romeo, Paul Wall, Brooke Hogan, MizzNina
Url
Background	solo_singer

Colby O'Donis (born Colby O'Donis Colón; March 14, 1989) is an American pop and R&B; singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor. In 2008, he released his debut album Colby O, and his single "What You Got" featuring Akon reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Early life

O'Donis was born in Queens to Puerto Rican parents. His mother, Olga, is a singer once crowned Miss Puerto Rico, and his father, Freddy Colón, is a New York disc jockey. He was named after Colby O'Donis, a firefighter who was killed while saving his father's life. O'Donis took first place at a talent show by singing a Michael Jackson song when he was only three.

Music career

When he was eight, O'Donis' parents had relocated to Florida, where he began collaborating with the group Full Force, which was responsible for numerous hits by the Backstreet Boys, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, 'N Sync, and Britney Spears. Colby's rise to fame began at ten, when he became the youngest recording artist ever signed to Motown Records, in order to do a song for a major motion picture soundtrack. The song, titled "Mouse in the House", was featured on the 1999 Stuart Little soundtrack. Soon after, he began taking guitar lessons with Johan Oiested, a musician in Carlos Santana’s rhythm section. At the age of eleven, he was making regular appearances as an actor on the television series Grandpa's Garage. Thankfully Colby took a break from acting and by the time he had reached fourteen, Colby was opening shows for major recording artists, including JoJo, A-Teens, Hoku, S Club 7, Jump5, B-5, Backstreet Boys, Brian McKnight, 98° and 'N Sync. Shortly after his fifteenth birthday, Colby's parents made the decision to relocate once again and tried to discourage him from acting as they like a lot of other people thought his acting was terrible. They moved to Los Angeles, and pursued a recording deal using Colby’s 100+ song catalog. After this move, Colby was introduced to Genuine Music Group, where he began collaborating on producing an LP album consisting of songs from his catalog and songs co-written by producers Damon Sharpe (J-Lo, Ginuwine, Kelly Rowland, Anastacia), Gregg Pagani (Babyface, Musiq Soulchild, 3LW), Brion James, Manuel Seal, Jr. (Mariah Carey, Usher, Mary J. Blige) and multi-platinum recording artist Justin Timberlake. Colby also performed in California, opening shows for Keyshia Cole, 112, Montell Jordan, Daddy Yankee, Omarion, Don Omar, Brandy, Akon, Rihanna, Bobby Valentino, Ne-Yo and Lil Wayne. During this time, he was briefly featured on an episode of Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as Nelson Duckworth.

Colby O (2008–present)

Colby's first single, "What You Got" featuring Akon, was released on February 26, 2008, and his second single, titled "Don't Turn Back", was released on June 24, 2008. Both singles were released for digital download via iTunes, and are featured on his debut album, Colby O. O'Donis was also featured on Lady Gaga's debut single, "Just Dance", earning him a nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 50th Grammy Awards. In 2009, he won Best Dance Recording at the Teen Choice Awards with Lady Gaga. He also has a performed a duet with Brooke Hogan entitled "Hey Yo!". His most recent single 'What Are You Waiting For' in collaboration with Malaysian artiste Mizz Nina has received extensive airplay in Malaysia and other South East Asian countries.

Discography

Awards and nominations

References

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Playername	Martina Hingis
Nickname	Swiss MissChucky Wingis[source]
Country	Switzerland
Residence	Hürden, Switzerland
Datebirth	September 30, 1980
Placebirth	Košice, Slovakia (then Czechoslovakia)
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1994
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$20,130,657(7th in all-time rankings)
Singlesrecord	548–133 (80.5%)
Singlestitles	43 WTA, 2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (31 March 1997)
Australianopenresult	W (1997, 1998, 1999)
Frenchopenresult	F (1997, 1999)
Wimbledonresult	W (1997)
Usopenresult	W (1997)
Othertournaments	Yes
Wtachampionshipsresult	W (1998, 2000)
Olympicsresult	2R (1996)
Doublesrecord	286–54 (84.1%)
Doublestitles	37 WTA, 1 ITF
Highestdoublesranking	No. 1 (8 June 1998)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	9
Australianopendoublesresult	W (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002)
Frenchopendoublesresult	W (1998, 2000)
Wimbledondoublesresult	W (1996, 1998)
Usopendoublesresult	W (1998)
Updated	4 July 2008

Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980 in Košice, Slovakia, then Czechoslovakia) is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. Her father, who continued to live in Košice as a tennis coach, said in 1997 that he had seen little of his daughter after the split. and in January 1995, she became the youngest player to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament when she advanced to the second round of the Australian Open. In November Hingis, admitted that she was under investigation for testing positive. She decided to retire. On 5 May 2010 it was announced that Anna Kournikova would reunite with her doubles partner Hingis. Kournikova is participating in competitive tennis for the first time in 7 years, in the Invitational Ladies Doubles event at Wimbledon. 1996 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour Most Improved Player. WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer Award. 1997 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.

Selected as the Player of the Year by the WTA Tour, the International Tennis Federation, and Tennis magazine.

BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year. WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year with Jana Novotná. 1999 WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year with Anna Kournikova. 2000 One of five female tennis players named to the 2000 Forbes magazine Power 100 in Fame and Fortune list at No. 51. WTA Tour Diamond ACES Award. 2002 Elected to Tour Players' Council. 2006 World Comeback of the Year Award at the 2006 Laureus World Sports Awards. 2007

Surpassed U.S.$20 million in career earnings at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, the fourth female player to do so (after Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Lindsay Davenport). She was fourth in the all-time money list at $20,033,600 after the tournament.

Meredith Inspiration Award for inspiring women around the world – Family Circle Cup/Family Circle magazine

Others

Except for the French Open, has won every major WTA Tour singles title at least once during her career (Grand Slam tournaments, WTA Tour Championships, and Tier I tournaments).

Except for Berlin, has won every major WTA Tour doubles title at least once during her career (Grand Slam tournaments, WTA Tour Championships, and Tier I tournaments).

1999 French Open final (Graf d. Hingis 4–6, 7–5, 6–2) was voted by worldwide fans as the Greatest Match in 30-Year History of the Tour (online voting spanned two months and included a ballot of 16 memorable matches).

To celebrate the WTA Tour's 30th Anniversary, attended on-court ceremony at 2003 season-ending WTA Tour Championships that honored 13 world No. 1 champions (past and present), and founding members of the tour.

See also

List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

External links

Unofficial Martina Hingis Website

ITF Press release: Decision in the case of Martina Hingis, with link to PDF document

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Playername	Flavia Pennetta
Country
Residence	Verbier, Switzerland
Datebirth	February 25, 1982
Placebirth	Brindisi, Italy
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	February 25, 2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$4,659,735
Singlesrecord	392—247
Singlestitles	9 WTA, 7 ITF
Highestsinglesranking	No. 10 (17 August 2009)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 21 (23 August 2010)
Australianopenresult	3R (2006, 2009)
Frenchopenresult	4R (2008, 2010)
Wimbledonresult	4R (2005, 2006)
Usopenresult	QF (2008, 2009)
Doublesrecord	215—154
Doublestitles	13 WTA, 9 ITF
Highestdoublesranking	No. 2 (1 November 2010)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	QF (2008, 2010)
Frenchopendoublesresult	QF (2010)
Wimbledondoublesresult	SF (2010)
Usopendoublesresult	F (2005)
Wtachampionshipsdoublesresult	W (2010)
Updated	November 01, 2010

Flavia Pennetta (born 25 February 1982 in Brindisi, Puglia) is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female player on 17 August 2009. As of November 1, 2010, Pennetta is ranked World No. 23 in singles and World No. 2 in doubles.

Pennetta has won nine career WTA singles titles, including back-to-back titles in Bogotá and Acapulco in 2005. She and her Italian teammates Mara Santangelo, Francesca Schiavone, and Roberta Vinci beat the Belgium team 3–2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin had to retire in the fifth and final match due to an injury in her right knee, which let Italy win their first Fed Cup trophy. Aged 17, she won the 1999 French Open in girls' doubles with fellow Italian Roberta Vinci. The following year, she lost in the second round of her first qualifying tournament for a WTA Tour main draw, the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo. In 1999, Pennetta won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF circuit. She was unsuccessful in her several attempts to qualify for WTA Tour main draws in 2000. The following year, she limited her play to the ITF circuit.

She played her first main draw WTA Tour match at the 2002 Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee, where she lost in the first round. She also lost in the first round in Palermo but reached the second round of the Idea Prokom Open in Sopot. Her ranking reached the Top 100 for the first time on 23 September 2002, when she reached World No. 100.

2003

In 2003, Pennetta lost in the semifinals of the Hyderabad Indian Open to eventual champion Tamarine Tanasugarn. She also reached the quarterfinals at the Canberra Women's Classic, Copa Colsanitas, and Abierto Mexicano Telcel. She also debuted in the main draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments. Her best result was the third round of the French Open, where she defeated 21st-seeded Lisa Raymond in the second round before losing to Petra Mandula.

2004

Pennetta started the year at the Tier V Canberra Women's Classic, where she lost in the quarterfinals to Julia Vakulenko. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Italian player Antonella Serra Zanetti 7–5, 6–4.

Pennetta then lost in the first round of both the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee and the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia. These losses were followed by her first WTA Tour final at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, when she was defeated by Iveta Benešová.

She played both of the Tier I spring time hard court tournaments in the United States. She beat Ľudmila Cervanová in the first round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California before losing to Maria Sharapova. She then lost in the first round of qualifying for the NASDAQ-100 Open in Key Biscayne, Florida.

Returning to clay courts, Pennetta lost in the second round of two consecutive WTA tour tournaments, the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca and the Estoril Open in Portugal. At the Budapest Grand Prix, Pennetta lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Jelena Janković 6–3, 6–4. She then defeated World No. 6 Nadia Petrova in the second round of the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before falling to World No. 21 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi in the third round 6–2, 6–2. At the French Open, Pennetta lost in the first round, once more to Smashnova-Pistolesi, 6–1, 6–4.

In the first grass court tournament of her career, she defeated Marion Bartoli in the first round of the DFS Classic in Birmingham, United Kingdom, before losing to World No. 32 Alicia Molik in the second round. Pennetta achieved the same result at the Ordina Open, falling to World No. 85 Barbara Schett. At Wimbledon, she was beaten by Petrova in the first round 6–3, 2–6, 6–4.

In July, she played yet another clay court tournament, where she was beaten in the final of the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo by Anabel Medina Garrigues. Returning to hard courts for the first time since April, she lost to Henrieta Nagyová in the first round of the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm. The following week at the clay court Orange Prokom Open in Sopot, Poland, Pennetta won her first WTA Tour title, defeating Klára Koukalová in the final. Pennetta then lost to former World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati and to World No. 25 Magdalena Maleeva in the first round of the US Open 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.

Pennetta played four tournaments the remainder of the year. At the Wismilak International in Bali, Pennetta lost in the second round to eventual quarterfinalist Gisela Dulko. She then fell to Maria Vento-Kabchi in the first round of the China Open in Beijing and to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the second round of the Guangzhou International Women's Open. In her final event of the year, she lost to World No. 14 Ai Sugiyama in the second round of the Tier I Zürich Open 7–6(1), 6–1.

2005

In Pennetta's first event of the year, she reached the quarterfinals of the Uncle Tobys Hardcourts losing to Tatiana Golovin 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4. She then lost in the first rounds of the Australian Open and the Open Gaz de France. In the next two weeks she bagged two titles in a row, the first one Copa Colsanitas defeating Lourdes Domínguez Lino in the finals 7–6(4), 6–4 and the second one in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel defeating Ľudmila Cervanová 3–6, 7–5, 6–3. She then lost early in her next tournaments. The second rounds of the Pacific Life Open, the Qatar Total German Open and the Rome Masters. She also lost in the first round of the Estoril Open and the third rounds of the Miami Masters and the French Open. She however bounced back in the Wimbledon Championships by reaching the fourth Round losing to Mary Pierce 6–3, 6–1 and the semifinals of both the Internazionali di Modena and the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo which were held in Italy. She followed it up with losses to Japanese players Akiko Morigami in Acura Classic and Aiko Nakamura in JPMorgan Chase Open. In the Rogers Cup she was crushed by eventual champion Kim Clijsters 6–0, 6–1. In the US Open she was upset by German Julia Schruff 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 in the first round. She also lost early in the China Open in the first round and the Kremlin Cup in the second round to eventual champion Mary Pierce. She ended the year with quarterfinal appearances in the Wismilak International, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and the Zurich Open. She ended the year ranked no. 23 in the world

2008

Pennetta started the year by losing in the second round of the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast to Dinara Safina 6–4, 2–6, 6–4. Pennetta then reached the semifinals of the Moorilla Hobart International, where she lost to eventual champion Eleni Danilidou 6–4, 6–3. At the Australian Open, she defeated Dominika Cibulková of Slovakia in the first round but fell to the 30th-seeded Virginie Razzano in the second round 6–2, 5–7, 6–3. Pennetta then played for Italy's Fed Cup team versus Spain. She played one singles match versus Anabel Medina Garrigues and lost 6–2, 6–3. Pennetta won her first title of the year at the Cachantún Cup in Viña del Mar, Chile, defeating Klára Zakopalová in the final. However, she lost in the first round of the Copa Colsanitas to Betina Jozami. Pennetta then won her second title of the year at the Acapulco Open, beating Alizé Cornet in the final. As the 30th seed, Pennetta received a bye in the first round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California. She then defeated Kaia Kanepi in the second round, but was defeated by fellow Italian Francesca Schiavone in the third round 6–3, 6–4. She also fell to defending champion Serena Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida in the third round 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–2. Pennetta then lost in the second round of the Estoril Open to Iveta Benešová. Pennetta defeated Olga Savchuk in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before losing to defending champion Jelena Janković in the second round 6–4, 6–1. She then withdrew from her quarterfinal match against Anabel Medina Garrigues at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. At the French Open, Pennetta defeated eighth-seeded Venus Williams in the third round before losing to Carla Suárez Navarro in the fourth round. Pennetta lost in the first round of her first tournament on grass at the Ordina Open, to Sania Mirza. She then defeated Julia Vakulenko in the first round of Wimbledon before losing to Ai Sugiyama in the second round 7–6(5), 2–6, 6–2. She then played at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo and lost to eventual champion, fellow Italian Sara Errani, in the semifinals. Pennetta then lost in the final of the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles to Dinara Safina. At the following tournament, the Rogers Cup, Pennetta was defeated by a qualifier, Michelle Larcher de Brito, in the second round. She was then the part of the Italian Olympic team at the Summer Olympics in Beijing; however lost to Kaia Kanepi in the first round. Pennetta also reached the second round of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, Connecticut. At the US Open, she defeated Stefanie Vögele in the first round, Shuai Peng in the second round, former World No. 3 Nadia Petrova in the third round, and former World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo in the fourth round before losing to Safina in the quarterfinals. That was Pennetta's best career performance at a Grand Slam tournament. Pennetta then reached the quarterfinals of Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, losing to eventual runner-up Tamira Paszek. At the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, she lost in the quarterfinals to former World No. 1 Jelena Janković. Pennetta then lost to Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix; to World No. 1 Janković in the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow; and to Venus Williams in the final of the Zürich Open. At her last tournament of the year, the Generali Linz Open, Pennetta defeated Ágnes Szávay in the first round and Dominika Cibulková in the second round before losing to former World No. 1 and eventual champion Ana Ivanović in the quartefinals 6–4, 6–4.

2009

Pennetta played her first tournament of the year at the Moorilla Hobart International(actually it was at the Hyundai Hopman Cup), where she was the first seed. She defeated Shahar Pe'er in the first round and then fell to Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round. Pennetta was the thirteenth seed at the Australian Open, where she lost in the third round to Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–1. Pennetta then played for Italy's Fed Cup team in the Fed Cup World Group stage versus France. Italy won 5–0. Pennetta won both her singles matches over Amélie Mauresmo (2–6, 7–6(6), 6–4) and Alizé Cornet (6–2, 6–2). At her first tournament of the year on clay, the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia, Pennetta fell to Maša Zec Peškirič in the first round 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(4). She then reached the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco for the sixth straight year but lost to Venus Williams 6–1, 6–2. Returning to hard courts at the Monterrey Open, Pennetta lost to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the second round. She was the fifteenth seed at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, the first Premier Mandatory event of the year, and lost in the fourth round to eventual runner-up Ana Ivanović 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. Pennetta lost in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, another Premier Mandatory event, to Mauresmo 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–2. Pennetta then played a series of clay court events in preparation for the French Open. She lost to fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the second round of the Barcelona Ladies Open 6–1, 6–2. She then played two matches for Italy's Fed Cup team in the World Group semifinals versus reigning champion Russia. She defeated Anna Chakvetadze and lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova, but the final result was 4–1 in favor of Italy. This will be the second Fed Cup final for Pennetta. The following week, she reached the semifinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart beating two top 10 players, Jelena Janković and Nadia Petrova, but fell to World No. 1 player Dinara Safina 3–6, 7–5, 6–0. At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, a Premier 5 event, Pennetta lost in the third round to Kuznetsova, 6–0 in the third set. The following week, she was upset by Ágnes Szávay in the first round of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, the third Premier Mandatory event of the year, 6–3, 6–7(2), 6–2. Pennetta, as the 11th seed, lost in the first round of the 2009 French Open to Alexa Glatch. At Wimbledon, she advanced to the third round where she was ousted by the No. 17 Amélie Mauresmo 7–5, 6–3. Pennetta then played on her home soil in Palermo, defeating Sara Errani in the final 6–1, 6–2. She and partner Vinci advanced to the semifinals in doubles. On the hard courts of Los Angeles, Pennetta upset Vera Zvonareva en route to the semifinals where she would be extended to three sets by Maria Sharapova. In her second consecutive final at the event, she defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3. Pennetta is the former girlfriend of Carlos Moyá, whom she split up with after 2007 Wimbledon Championships. She was introduced to tennis at age five, and has cited Monica Seles as her tennis idol.

Equipment

Coach: Gabriel Urpi Racquet: Wilson KBlade 98

Clothing: Adidas

Shoes: Nike

Honours

Knight of Order of Merit of the Republic (24 January 2007—present)

Career statistics

See also

Italy Fed Cup team

Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Italian orders of merit

References

External links

Unofficial Website

{http://thebiofile.com/2010/11/biofile-with-flavia-pennetta/ bio - file interview with Flavia Pennetta}

Flavia Pennetta History

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Playername	Elena Dementieva
Nickname	Lena
Country
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Datebirth	October 15, 1981
Placebirth	Moscow, then Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	25 August 1998
Retired	29 October 2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$ 14,317,437
Singlesrecord	576–273
Singlestitles	16 WTA, 3 ITF titles
Highestsinglesranking	No. 3 (6 April 2009)
Australianopenresult	SF (2009)
Frenchopenresult	F (2004)
Wimbledonresult	SF (2008, 2009)
Usopenresult	F (2004)
Othertournaments	Yes
Wtachampionshipsresult	SF (2000, 2008)
Olympicsresult	Gold (2008)
Doublesrecord	152–86
Doublestitles	6 WTA, 3 ITF titles
Highestdoublesranking	No. 5 (14 April 2003)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	3R (2005, 2006, 2007)
Frenchopendoublesresult	3R (2004)
Wimbledondoublesresult	SF (2003)
Usopendoublesresult	F (2002, 2005)
Othertournamentsdoubles	yes
Wtachampionshipsdoublesresult	W (2002)
Olympicsdoublesresult	1R (2004)
Updated	25 October 2010

}} Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a retired At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, another Premier event, she reached her second consecutive semifinal where she lost to the eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–2. Dementieva was seeded 3rd for the 2009 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open but was upset by former world no. 1 Amélie Mauresmo in the third round by 1–6, 6–4, 6–2. At the French Open, Dementieva lost to Samantha Stosur in the third round, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1. Dementieva revealed during an interview with Eurosport that she had decided that 2010 would be her last season at the start of the year.

Playing style

Dementieva was an offensive baseline player with powerful groundstrokes off both sides and excellent defensive skills. Her preferred groundstroke was her forehand, which she hit hard and flat. In particular, her running forehand, which she rarely missed, was a key weapon for Dementieva when she was on the defensive. Dementieva was also known for her excellent athleticism and speed around the court. Dementieva made few net approaches except to return drop shots or to take advantage of weak returns from her opponents, although since Wimbledon 2009 she had been more aggressive at times.

Dementieva had no particular favorite surface, as her playing ability allowed her to adapt easily on each surface although her best results were on hard courts, while her two Grand Slam finals were on hard court and clay. While her heavy groundstroking baseline game didn't seem to be that suited to grass, her athleticism and improved serve, in particular her slice serve, led to two consecutive semi final appearances at Wimbledon.

Dementieva's serve made major improvements over her career. Her serve was always known as her weak spot.

Career statistics

Fed Cup

Dementieva is the most successful Russian Fed Cup player. As of 29 April 2007, she is 19–5 in singles and 3–3 in doubles. Her record includes singles victories over Venus Williams (her first win over a top 10 player), Mary Pierce, Amélie Mauresmo, and Kim Clijsters.

In 2005, Dementieva almost single-handedly led Russia to capture the Fed Cup by beating France 3–2 in the final. All three points came from Dementieva, as she beat Mary Pierce and Amélie Mauresmo in 2 single matches, and then won the deciding doubles match with partner Dinara Safina.

In popular culture

Blue Dog and Sponge Cake, a comedic band from Aurora, Colorado, created a song about Dementieva and fellow Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova. The song is called "Dementapova."

See also

Dementieva-S. Williams rivalry

References

External links

Biofile interview with Elena Dementieva

Category:Female tennis players Category:Olympic gold medalists for Russia Category:Olympic silver medalists for Russia Category:Olympic tennis players of Russia Category:People from Boca Raton, Florida Category:Russian expatriates in Monaco Category:Russian expatriates in the United States Category:Russian female tennis players Category:Spartak athletes Category:Sportspeople from Moscow Category:Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:1981 births Category:Living people

Playername	Daniela Hantuchová
Caption	Hantuchová at the 2008 US Open
Nickname	Danka (in Slovak) Dani (in English)
Country
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Datebirth	April 23, 1983
Placebirth	Poprad, Slovakia, (then CSSR)
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$7,217,292
Singlesrecord	416–261
Singlestitles	3 WTA, 3 ITF
Highestsinglesranking	No. 5 (January 27, 2003)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 31 (January 10, 2011)
Australianopenresult	SF (2008)
Frenchopenresult	4R (2002, 2006, 2010)
Wimbledonresult	QF (2002)
Usopenresult	QF (2002)
Othertournaments	Yes
Wtachampionshipsresult	RR (2002, 2007)
Tournament of champions	SF (2010)
Olympicsresult	2R (2004, 2008)
Doublesrecord	220–154
Doublestitles	8 WTA, 1 ITF
Highestdoublesranking	No. 5 (August 26, 2002)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	F (2002, 2009)
Frenchopendoublesresult	F (2006)
Wimbledondoublesresult	QF (2005)
Usopendoublesresult	3R (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Mixed	yes
Mixedrecord	39–13
Mixedtitles	4
Highestmixedranking	n/a
Australianopenmixedresult	W (2002)
Frenchopenmixedresult	W (2005)
Wimbledonmixedresult	W (2001)
Usopenmixedresult	W (2005)
Updated	January 10, 2011

Daniela Hantuchová (; born April 23, 1983) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top ten.

She is currently coached by Larri Passos. She is thought to be a perfectionist and puts a lot of pressure on herself during her training. She qualified for university in Slovakia but deferred it to pursue tennis.

She appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alongside Maria Kirilenko and Tatiana Golovin in a pictoral entitled Volley of the Dolls.

Hantuchová, however, struggled in her next four events. She was upset in the third round of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida by Vera Zvonareva. On clay at the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida, Hantuchová lost to Sybille Bammer in the quarterfinals. Two weeks later, Hantuchová lost both of her Fed Cup matches against the Czech Republic in Bratislava on clay, losing to Vaidišová and Lucie Šafářová. Losing her fourth consecutive match, Hantuchová was upset in the first round of the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin by Zuzana Ondrášková. Hantuchová then reached her first career clay court semifinal at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. She upset seventh-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the third round before losing to second-seeded Kuznetsova in the semifinals. At the French Open, Hantuchová was upset in the third round by Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 7–6(2), 7–5.

After defeating Eleni Daniilidou in the third round of the Tier III grass court DFS Classic in Birmingham, United Kingdom, Hantuchová was guaranteed a return to the top 10 for the first time since August 2003. She then lost to Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals 5–7, 6–4, 7–5. The following week at the Tier III Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Hantuchová defeated World No. 6 Ana Ivanović in the quarterfinals before losing to Chakvetadze in the semifinals. This result caused Hantuchová to drop out of the top 10. Hantuchová was the tenth-seeded player at Wimbledon and did not lose a set in her first two matches. She then defeated Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik in the third round 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 before losing to World No. 8 Serena Williams in the fourth round 6–2, 6–7(2), 6–2. Immediately after Wimbledon, Hantuchová helped Slovakia win its Fed Cup World Group II play-off against Serbia. On an indoor hard court in Košice, she beat Ana Timotić and Vojislava Łukić.

Hantuchová played five tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. She began the US Open Series by losing to Chakvetadze in the semifinals of the Tier II Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California. This result put her back in the top 10. At the Tier I Acura Classic in San Diego, she lost to World No. 16 Venus Williams in the second round. The following week at the Tier II JPMorgan Chase Open in Los Angeles, Hantuchová retired from her third round match with Elena Dementieva while trailing 6–3, 4–1. Hantuchová once again fell out of the top 10 after losing in the second round of the Tier II Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, Connecticut to eventual runner-up Ágnes Szávay. At the US Open, Hantuchová was the ninth-seeded player but lost to Ukraine's Julia Vakulenko in the first round 6–4, 3–6, 6–1. It was Hantuchová's earliest loss at this tournament since her debut in 2001 and her earliest loss at a Grand Slam tournament since the 2004 French Open.

Hantuchová then played four consecutive tournaments. She reached her second final of the year at the Tier III Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, losing to Lindsay Davenport in three sets. At the Tier III Sunfeast Open in Kolkata, India, Hantuchová lost in the semifinals to Maria Kirilenko but reentered the top 10. Traveling back to Europe, Hantuchová played in the Tier II Fortis Championships Luxembourg. She defeated Patty Schnyder in the quarterfinals and Bartoli in the semifinals to advance to her third final of the year for the first time in her career. Hantuchová then lost to World No. 6 Ivanović in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 after leading the match 6–3, 3–0. At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Hantuchová defeated Šafářová in the first round but lost in the second round to Dementieva. This loss, however, did not prevent Hantuchová from rising to World No. 9, her highest ranking in over four years.

At the Tier I Zurich Open, Hantuchová defeated Dinara Safina in the first round 7–6(2), 7–6(4) before losing to Agnieszka Radwańska. One week later, Hantuchová won her third career title at the Tier II Generali Ladies Linz. In the semifinals, she defeated Vaidišová for the first time in her career 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(3). Hantuchová then defeated Schnyder in the straight-sets final. This title enabled Hantuchová to qualify for the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid. But Hantuchová did not advance past the round robin stage in Madrid. She lost to Maria Sharapova and Ivanović before beating Kuznetsova to finish third in her group. Hantuchová's win-loss record for 2007 was 52–28. She was 6–11 versus top 10 players, with two victories against Hingis, two against Kuznetsova, one against Ivanović, and one against Chakvetadze. The losses were to Clijsters, Mauresmo, Chakvetadze (twice), Kuznetsova (twice), Vaidišová, Serena Williams, Ivanović (twice), and Sharapova. Hantuchová finished the year at World No. 9, her first top-10 finish since 2002.

2008

Hantuchová started the year at the Medibank International in Sydney. She defeated Russian Dinara Safina in the first round before eventually losing to World No. 12 Czech Nicole Vaidišová in the second round. At the Australian Open, Hantuchová reached her first Grand Slam semifinal. She won her first three matches without losing a set. In the quarterfinals, she beat Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwańska, who had defeated second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova in earlier rounds. Hantuchová then lost to Ana Ivanović in a semifinal 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 despite Hantuchová leading the match 2–0 in the second set. After the match, Hantuchová claimed that Ivanović had been distracting her by squeaking her shoes on the court before serving, a claim Ivanović disputed. Hantuchová's performance at this tournament caused her Women's Tennis Association ranking to improve one spot to World No. 8.

Hantuchová then played two indoor tournaments in Europe. At the Open Gaz de France in Paris, she lost to seventh-seeded Ágnes Szávay of Hungary in the quarterfinals. She was the third-seeded player at the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, where she again reached the quarterfinals. A blister on her right hand caused Hantuchová to retire during the quarterfinal against Timea Bacsinszky. Hantuchová was then scheduled to play at the Qatar Total Open, the first Tier I event of the year, and the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, a Tier II event, but withdrew from both because of fatigue. Hantuchová played both of the two-week Tier I events in the United States. At the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Hantuchová was the defending champion and fifth seed. She lost to fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals. In doubles, Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama lost in the semifinals to Safina and Elena Vesnina, the eventual champions. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Hantuchová failed to reach the fourth round in this event for the ninth consecutive year. She lost to former doubles partner Sugiyama in the third round 6–4, 6–7(8), 7–5 despite leading 3–0 in the third set. In doubles, Hantuchová partnered with Lindsay Davenport to reach the quarterfinals where they lost to Sugiyama and Katarina Srebotnik, who went on to win the event.

The following week at the Tier II Bausch & Lomb Championships on clay in Amelia Island, Florida, Hantuchová was the third seed but lost in the second round to Karolina Šprem. Hantuchová spent the month of May and most of June recovering from a stress fracture in her right foot, which resulted in her withdrawal from the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, the Tier III Istanbul Cup, the French Open, and the Tier III Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. She recovered in time for Wimbledon but lost in the second round to unseeded Alisa Kleybanova 6–3, 4–6, 6–1.

Hantuchová played four hard court tournaments between Wimbledon and the US Open. She lost in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California and in the second round of the following week's tournament, the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles. Hantuchová was seeded tenth at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. She defeated Sugiyama in the first round before losing in the second round to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. The following week at the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, Connecticut, Hantuchová lost in the quarterfinals to Alizé Cornet of France. Hantuchová was seeded eleventh at the US Open, where she was upset in the first round by qualifier Anna-Lena Grönefeld.

To end the year, Hantuchová played seven tournaments in Asia and Europe. She lost in the semifinals of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali and in the first round of the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo to Francesca Schiavone. In Beijing at the China Open, she lost to World No. 2 Jelena Janković in the quarterfinals. After losing in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, the second round of the Tier I Kremlin Cup in Moscow, and the second round of the Tennis.com Zürich Open, Hantuchová was seeded third at the Fortis Championships Luxembourg. However, she lost to World No. 39 Sorana Cîrstea in the quarterfinals. Because she won only 11 of 26 singles matches after the Indian Wells tournament, Hantuchová finished the year ranked World No. 21, her lowest and first finish out of the top 20 since 2004. She was 0–5 during the year versus players ranked within the top 10 at the time the matches were played, with losses to Ivanović, Sharapova, Janković, and Vera Zvonareva (twice).

2009

Hantuchová began the 2009 tour by participating in the Brisbane International as the tournament's fourth-seeded player. She was upset in the first round by Sara Errani 6–7(1), 6–4, 6–0. Hantuchová then played the Medibank International in Sydney where she lost in the second round to sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwańska. At the Australian Open in Melbourne, the first Grand Slam event of the year, Hantuchová was seeded nineteenth and defeated home favourite Casey Dellacqua in their first round match 7–6(11), 6–4, she then beat Mathilde Johansson of France in the second round before losing to fifteenth-seeded Alizé Cornet of France in the third round 4–6, 6–4, 6–2. In the doubles competition, Hantuchová and her partner Ai Sugiyama made it to the final, where they lost to Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams.

At the Open GDF SUEZ in Paris, Hantuchová beat Ekaterina Makarova in the first round before losing to Cornet in the second round. This was the third consecutive time she has lost to Cornet. Hantuchová then played in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, where she lost to eventual runner-up Virginie Razzano in the third round. Because of her results at this tournament, Hantuchová's ranking improved five places to World No. 36. At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, a Premier Mandatory event, Hantuchová was the only two-time singles champion in the draw. Seeded 30th, Hantuchová fell to Sybille Bammer in the fourth round 6–3, 6–2. Unseeded for the first time since 2001 at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, another Premier Mandatory event, Hantuchová lost to 22nd seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the second round 6–3, 6–1.

Starting off the spring clay court season as a wildcard at the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Hantuchová defeated eighth-seeded Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the second round 6–3, 7–5. She then lost to eventual champion and second seed Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals 6–2, 6–2. Playing in the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs, Hantuchová defeated Alizé Cornet 6–7(2), 6–3, 6–4 in the first round rubber but lost to Amélie Mauresmo 7–5, 6–4 in her next match.

Hantuchová played four tournaments before Roland Garros on European clay. She lost in the early rounds of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, the Rome Masters and the Madrid Masters to Dinara Safina, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Janković respectively. In doubles at Rome, Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama defeated No.1 seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the quarterfinals. However, the pair lost to Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai 7–5, 7–6(5) in the final. Her fourth event was the Warsaw Open where she reached her second career clay court semi-final but Hantuchová lost to Romanian qualifier and eventual champion Alexandra Dulgheru 6–4, 6–7(2), 6–1. Hantuchová was unseeded at the French Open and lost to Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano in the first round 6–3, 6–3.

On grass, Hantuchová was seeded sixth at the Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch. She fell to No.1 seed Safina 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the quarterfinals. Competing at her 9th Wimbledon, Hantuchová was unseeded in singles for the first time since 2004. She came from behind to defeat local teenager Laura Robson 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the first round. She then upset 16th seed and last year's semifinalist Zheng Jie 6–3, 7–5 and doubles partner Sugiyama 6–4, 6–3. However, Hantuchová fell to No.2 seed and eventual champion Serena Williams in the fourth round 6–3, 6–1.

Hantuchová played her first round match at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, winning in three sets against defending champion Aleksandra Wozniak, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5. She then defeated No.7 seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the second round 4–6, 7–6(6), 6–1 but fell to No.3 seed Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals 6–2, 6–4. In the LA Women's Tennis Championships she lost to Dinara Safina 6–2 6–4. In the Western & Southern Financial Women's Open she lost to Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 6–3 after upsetting No.7 seed Vera Zvonareva 7–6(6), 0–6, 7–6(5). In the Rogers Cup in Toronto she fell to qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round 7–6(1), 7–6(4).

Hantuchová was seeded 22nd at the US Open. She defeated Meghann Shaughnessy, Timea Bacsinszky and Vania King but fell in the fourth round to No.2 seed and defending champion Serena Williams 6–2, 6–0.

At the Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, South Korea, Hantuchová was the top seed but was upset by eventual chmapion Kimiko Date Krumm in the quarterfinals 7–6(3), 4–6, 6–4. She then competed in the Toray Pan Pacific Open and the China Open were she reached the second round in both before losing in three sets to No.11 seed Agnieszka Radwańska and No.13 seed Nadia Petrova respectively.

Hantuchová finished off the season in Europe at the BGL Luxembourg Open where she was upset by unseeded Shahar Pe'er in the quarterfinals 6–2, 7–6(4).

Hantuchová finished outside the top 20 for the second consecutive year at No. 24 with a win-loss record of 39–25. She went 25–16 on hard courts, 9–7 on clay and 5–2 on grass. She was 1–9 versus top 10 players with losses to Radwańska, Kuznetsova, Janković, Dementieva, Serena Williams (twice) and Safina (three times) with the sole victory over Zvonareva.

2010

Hantuchová started the 2010 tour by competing at the Brisbane International. Seeded fourth, Hantuchová was upset by unseeded Andrea Petkovic in the quarterfinals 6–4, 6–2. At the Medibank International in Sydney, Hantuchová fell to No. 5 seed and eventual champion Elena Dementieva in the second round 6–2, 4–6, 6–2. Seeded 22nd at the Australian Open, Hantuchová fell to 16th seed and eventual semifinalist Li Na in the third round 7–5, 3–6, 6–2.

Hantuchová defeated Zhang Shuai 6–0, 6–1 in the Fed Cup tie against China in Bratislava, Slovakia prior to the Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, UAE. In Dubai, Hantuchová upset No.5 seed Dementieva through retirement after winning the first set 6–4. However, she fell to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the third round 6–3, 6–4.

Hantuchová was seeded No. 2 at the Monterrey Open in Monterrey, Mexico. She became one of the favorites after No. 1 seed Jelena Janković fell in the first round. Hantuchová fought from a set down to beat unseeded Vania King 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 in the quarterfinals and No. 4 seed Dominika Cibulková 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 in the semifinals. However she fell to No. 3 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the finals 1–6, 6–1, 6–0. It was Hantuchová's first final since Linz in 2007. Hantuchová was upset at the BNP Paribas Open by Roberta Vinci in the second round after injuring her back during training earlier that day. At the Sony Ericsson Open she gained a career best in Miami reaching the fourth round after recording straight set victories over Patty Schnyder and No. 16 seed Nadia Petrova, but lost a very tight three set match to No. 3 seed and eventual finalist Venus Williams 1–6, 7–5, 6–4 in nearly three hours.

Hantuchová began the clay season by competing at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina. She upset No. 2 seed and World No. 7 Jelena Janković in the quarterfinals 1–6, 6–3, 6–3. However, she fell to No. 4 seed and eventual champion Samantha Stosur in her third career clay court semifinal 6–3, 7–6(2). Following Charleston, Hantuchová helped Slovakia earn a place in the World Group I for the 2011 Fed Cup by scoring two singles victories and a doubles victory in the World Group Play-offs against Serbia. She again defeated World No. 7 Janković in one of her singles matches for a second week in a row. Despite first round loses in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, Italy and in the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open in Madrid, Spain, Hantuchová rebounded at the French Open in Paris, France. Seeded No. 23, she upset No. 16 seed Yanina Wickmayer in the third round but fell to No. 4 seed Jelena Janković in the fourth round.

Hantuchová played two tournaments on grass. She was defeated by Samantha Stosur at the AEGON International in Eastbourne, England and was then upset by Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová at The Wimbledon Championships in London, England.

To start off the US Open Series, Daniela suffered a tough opening round loss to No. 6 seed Shahar Peer 0–6, 6–4, 6–3 at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California. At the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego, California, she upset No. 6 seed Marion Bartoli 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–4 in the first round saving three match points. She then beat Zheng Jie and Alisa Kleybanova to advance to the semifinals where she fell to Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets. Hantuchová then fell in the first rounds of the Cincinnati Masters and the Rogers Cup to eventual semifinalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and No. 15 seed Flavia Pennetta respectively. At the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis she fell to Dinara Safina 7–6(4), 7–6(2).

As the 24th seed, Hantuchová defeated Dinara Safina and Vania King at the 2010 US Open before falling to No. 12 seed Elena Dementieva in the third round.

Hantuchová fell in the early rounds in both the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan and the China Open in Beijing, China. At the Generali Ladies Linz in Linz, Austria, Hantuchová was upset by Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–4 in the quarterfinals. At the BGL Luxembourg Open in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg she lost again in the early rounds to Angelique Kerber in three sets. Hantuchová received a wildcard to the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali, Indonesia. She upset Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets but fell to Alisa Kleybanova in the semifinals. She also lost the third place match to Kimiko Date Krumm 7–5, 7–5.

Hantuchová finished outside the top 20 for the third consecutive year at No. 30 with a win-loss record of 39–25. She was 3–5 versus top 10 players with losses to Dementieva, Venus Williams, Janković, Stosur and Radwańska and with victories over Dementieva and Janković (twice).

2011

Hantuchová withdrew from her first tournament of the year at the Brisbane International due to a left Achilles strain. She was healthy enough to compete at the Medibank International Sydney but suffered a loss to María José Martínez Sánchez in the first round 6–2, 6–4.

Playing style

Hantuchová can be characterized as an aggressive all-arounder, with the use of "effortless" power and long fluid strokes. Her strengths within her game are definitely seen as her serve, backhand, forehand and ability to hit volleys with the deftest of touch. Weaknesses of Hantuchová's game are her movement around the court, which has improved within the last couple of years, and her mental fragility – this has been a factor in many matches in her career, from her second round losses at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2003 to her 2004 final in Eastbourne, to the 2008 Australian Open semi-final and her fourth round match at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open to name but a few.

Serve

Hantuchová's serve has always been considered as a weapon as she is able to vary speed, placement and spin. One part of her serve that has been commented on is that she has often changed the motion of her serve – for reasons unknown. Towards the beginning of her career she had a very large and fluid action but started to become more and more abbreviated from the season of 2004, which at times was quite unsuccessful and less effective. She then had a successful abbreviated motion from the beginning of 2007 but after an injury lay-off during the 2008 clay court season she returned to Wimbledon with a larger follow through. Again, in 2009 she went to her current and most abbreviated service motion to date.

Surfaces

Due to her game relying on aggressive strokes, Hantuchová's preferred surfaces are the faster-playing hard and grass courts, and not as suited to the slower clay courts. This can be seen as all of her career titles are on hard courts and all finals have been played on either hard or grass courts, with capturing only three clay court semi-finals.

Ground Strokes and Net Play

Hantuchová is known for her aggressive, fluid, and naturally powered groundstrokes. Her forehand and backhand are both effective in setting up points. Her powerful and accurate backhand is her most consistent shot, especially when delivered down the line. Her net play is skillful, especially on attack. She often chooses a drive volley to shorten points, and slices with great touch.

Career statistics

Endorsements

Product endorsement and equipment

Until the 2009 US Open, Hantuchová was endorsed by Nike sportswear and had her own line with them for her tournament wear, similar to players such as Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams. From the 2009 US Open onwards, Hantuchová began endorsing Adidas sportswear.

Hantuchová also has endorsed three racquet brands. She was first endorsed by Babolat from being a junior until late 2003, then Yonex until the 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo when she then used the Prince Ozone Seven Racquets from the 2007 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. From the start of the 2011 season Hantuchová will be using the Prince EXO3 Tour 100.

Video games

Hantuchová has been in many sports/tennis related video games with such players as Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams and Anna Kournikova. Some of the titles are Top Spin (both Xbox and Play Station 2 versions), Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2, Roland Garros 2005 and Virtua Tennis 3. Hantuchová is currently ranked third behind Serena Williams and Ana Ivanović in a poll for new downloadable players for Top Spin 3. Hantuchová is also a playable character in Virtua Tennis 2009.

Achievements

Team achievements

2000 Eurotel Doubles Champion

2002 Fed Cup Champion (Slovakia)

2004 Hopman Cup Finalist (with Karol Kučera)

2004 Athens Olympic Games

2005 Hopman Cup Champion (with Dominik Hrbatý)

2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Special achievements

2001 WTA Newcomer of the Year Award

2002 WTA Most Improved Player of the Year Award

2003 Laureus World Sports Academy Award nominee for World Newcomer of the Year Award

See also

Slovakia Fed Cup team

Hantuchova–Schnyder rivalry

References

External links

Daniela Hantuchová official web site

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Name	Adam Lambert
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Adam Mitchel Lambert
Born	January 29, 1982Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Origin	San Diego, California, U.S.
Genre	Pop rock,
Instrument	Vocals
Occupation	Musician, Songwriter, Actor
Label	RCA/19 Recordings
Associated acts	Allison IrahetaOrianthi
Years active	2009–present
Url	www.AdamOfficial.com

Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol.

American Idol

Lambert auditioned for the eighth season of American Idol in San Francisco, California. In a Rolling Stone interview he said his decision to audition for the show came after a week at Burning Man where he experimented with "certain funguses." He went on to say that "I had a psychedelic experience where I looked up at the clouds and went, 'Oh!' I realized that we all have our own power, and that whatever I wanted to do, I had to make happen." Asked by Rolling Stone whether the speculation surrounding his sexual orientation impacted the final vote, Lambert laughed and said "probably"."Bohemian Rhapsody" |Michael JacksonQueen |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood |First Solo |"What's Up" |4 Non Blondes |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood |Group Performance |"Some Kind of Wonderful" |Soul Brothers Six |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood |Second Solo |"Believe" |Cher |N/A |Advanced |- |Top 36/Semi-Final 2 |Billboard Hot 100 Hits to Date |"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" |The Rolling Stones |12 |Advanced |- |Top 13 |Michael Jackson |"Black or White" |Michael Jackson |11 |Safe |- |Top 11 |Grand Ole Opry |"Ring of Fire" |Anita Carter |5 |Safe |- |Top 10 |Motown |"The Tracks of My Tears" |The Miracles |8 |Safe |- |Top 9 |Top Downloads |"Play That Funky Music" |Wild Cherry |8 |Safe |- |Top 8 |Year They Were Born (1982) |"Mad World" |Tears for Fears |8 |Safe |- |Top 7 |Songs from the Cinema |"Born to Be Wild" – Easy Rider |Steppenwolf |3 |Safe |- |Top 7 |Disco |"If I Can't Have You" |Yvonne Elliman |5 |Safe |- |Top 5 |Rat Pack Standards |"Feeling Good" |Cy Grant |5 |Bottom 2 |- |Top 4 |Rock and Roll SoloDuet |"Whole Lotta Love""Slow Ride" with Allison Iraheta |Led ZeppelinFoghat |16 |Safe |- |Top 3 |Judge's Choice (Simon Cowell)Contestant's Choice |"One""Cryin' |U2Aerosmith |36 |Safe |- |Top 2 |Contestant's ChoiceSimon Fuller's ChoiceCoronation Song |"Mad World""A Change Is Gonna Come""No Boundaries" |Tears for FearsSam CookeKris Allen/Adam Lambert |135 |Runner-up |} Due to the judges using their one save to save Matt Giraud, the Top 7 remained intact for an additional week. It was only announced that Allison Iraheta received the lowest number of votes this week. The other member(s) of the bottom two or three were never revealed, and the safe contestants were announced in random order.

Career post-Idol

2009-present: For Your Entertainment and work on second album

In May 2009 Billboard magazine confirmed his solo album was expected to be released in November 2009. Lambert stated that he would love to work with Slash, stating "When I was working with Slash I felt at home." He also stated that his solo album would be eclectic, having a variety of sounds. Dr. Luke, and Linda Perry, among others, in the run-up to the release of his debut album, For Your Entertainment. Aimee Mayo stated on Twitter that she wrote at least two songs for Lambert, one co-written with Ryan Tedder and Chris Lindsey and, another with Ferras, the latter of which was not included for selection. Lady Gaga also reportedly wrote a song that they spent some time recording. On October 28, 2009, Lambert announced via Twitter that his lead single from his debut album would be "For Your Entertainment", a song that was produced by Dr. Luke.

Lambert was recruited to record the soundtrack "Time for Miracles" for the disaster movie 2012 that was released on October 20, 2009 as a side project single. The song was lauded ahead of its release by Queen's guitarist, Brian May, who described himself as being "completely blown away" upon hearing the track. The track "Time for Miracles" also appears on For Your Entertainment.

On June 19, 2009, Hi Fi Recordings and Wilshire Records revealed that they would be releasing On With the Show, a compilation of songs Lambert had recorded prior to American Idol while working as a session musician. The album's first single is "Want." Lambert later issued a statement through 19 Entertainment stating, "Back in 2005 when I was a struggling artist, I was hired as a studio singer to lend my vocals to tracks written by someone else. I was broke at the time and this was my chance to make a few bucks, so I jumped at the opportunity to record for my first time in a professional studio. The work I did back then in no way reflects the music I am currently in the studio working on." On November 17, Lambert's album was released with a new name: "Take One." The album is available on iTunes.

The Canadian website and magazine Rockstar Weekly published an Adam Lambert fan magazine in February 2010 featuring fun and inspirational stories from Lambert fans around the world. The issue sold-out quickly in its limited first run and was re-issued in October 2010 with extra pages.

Since Idol Lambert has so far won two awards: the Young Hollywood Award for Artist of the Year and the Teen Choice Award for Reality/Variety Star. Lambert participated in the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009 with his fellow Top 10 contestants; the tour visited 50 cities in the United States and Canada from July 5 to September 15, 2009.

In November, Lambert performed "For Your Entertainment" at the American Music Awards of 2009. The performance showed Lambert kissing a male bassist, grinding a dancer's head against his pelvis, and grabbing the crotch of another. Lambert told Rolling Stone magazine, "Female performers have been doing this for years—pushing the envelope about sexuality—and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out. We're in 2009—it's time to take risks, be a little more brave, time to open people's eyes and if it offends them, then maybe I'm not for them. My goal was not to piss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom." In response to his performance, the Parents Television Council, a conservative decency campaigning group, urged viewers to complain to the FCC. The performance, at the end of the show, was broadcast "outside the FCC's usual 6am-10pm time frame prohibiting the broadcast of indecent material". ABC received about 1,500 telephoned complaints and announced he would not perform on Good Morning America on November 25 as planned. CBS subsequently invited Lambert to perform instead on The Early Show, on the same date in New York City.

February 27, 2010 Lambert performed his first official solo concert, held at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. He appeared on American Idol as a guest mentor in an episode airing April 13, 2010. Adam Lambert kicked off his first solo tour on June 4, 2010. The Glam Nation Tour went throughout the United States with Allison Iraheta and Orianthi. In fall 2010 he took the Glam Nation Tour internationally. . On December 6, 2010 Lambert released an acoustic EP, titled "Acoustic Live!", recorded in various countries. He also announced that he is already working on his second album and that is expected to be released in 2011.

Discography

2009: For Your Entertainment

Tours

2009: American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009

2010: Glam Nation Tour

Songs in other media

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

Adam Lambert at American Idol

Adam Lambert: A Glamorous Life – a slideshow by Life magazine

Wicked Good: Adam Lambert's American Idol Journey at Broadway.com

MC alumnus Adam Lambert competes on American Idol; makes top 8 at MCSUN.org

The Ten Commandments: The Musical, pictures and description of the show from Lanightlife.com

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