Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached SF at Auckland (l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion Wickmayer); runner-up at Hobart (as No.2 seed, l. to No.4 seed A.Bondarenko in final); reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.29 seed, l. to No.4 seed Wozniacki).

FEBRUARY - Reached QF at Paris [Indoors] (as No.6 seed, l. to Safarova); reached SF at Dubai (d. No.13 seed Wickmayer and top seed Wozniacki en route; l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion V.Williams).

MARCH - Withdrew from Monterrey w/left foot plantar fasciitis; reached 4r at Indian Wells (as No.17 seed, d. No.9 seed Pennetta en route; l. to No.6 seed and eventual champion Jankovic); reached 3r at Miami (as No.17 seed, l. to No.14 seed and eventual champion Clijsters).

APRIL - Reached SF at Stuttgart (d. No.5 seed Radwanska and No.2 seed Safina en route; l. to WC and eventual champion Henin).

MAY - Reached 3r at Rome (as No.16 seed, l. to No.4 seed V.Williams); reached SF at Madrid (d. No.5 seed Kuznetsova and No.13 seed Li en route; l. to No.4 seed V.Williams); reached 4r at Roland Garros (as No.18 seed, d. No.13 seed Bartoli en route; l. to top seed S.Williams); set new Israeli national record afterwards on June 7 (rose from No.18 to No.14, surpassing she and Smashnova's shared previous record of No.15).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. to Zheng in 3s); reached 2r at Wimbledon (as No.13 seed, l. to Kerber in 3s).

JULY - Reached 2r at Stanford (as No.6 seed, l. to Kirilenko).

AUGUST - Reached QF at San Diego (as No.7 seed, l. to No.4 seed A.Radwanska); reached 3r at Cincinnati (as No.13 seed, l. to Pavlyuchenkova in 3s); fell 1r at Montreal (as No.14 seed, l. to Kanepi).

2001 - Played first event of career at ITF/Ashkelon-ISR.

2002 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first three Tour main draws, best result being QF at Seoul; fell in Tour qualifying four times (incl. US Open); won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - First Top 50 finish in first full season on Tour; QF five times, at Auckland, Pattaya City, Istanbul, Cincinnati and Bangkok; best Grand Slams were 3r at Roland Garros and US Open; made Top 100 debut on April 18 (rose from No.105 to No.98) and Top 50 debut on September 12 (rose from No.60 to No.47); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - First Top 20 season; won first three Tour singles titles at Pattaya City (d. Kostanic Tosic in final), Prague (d. Stosur in final) and Istanbul (d. Myskina in final); SF once, at Canberra (l. to Medina Garrigues); QF once, at Montréal (l. to Chakvetadze); best Grand Slam results were 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Hingis) and US Open (l. to Henin); made Top 20 debut on November 13 year-end rankings (rose from No.21 to No.20); won two Tour doubles titles.

2007 - Second Top 20 season; runner-up at Memphis (l. to V.Williams in final); SF twice, at Gold Coast (l. to Safina) and Miami (l. to S.Williams); QF six times, most notably first two Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to S.Williams 86 third set) and US Open (l. to Chakvetadze), but also Sydney, Indian Wells, Eastbourne and Bangkok; also reached 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Kuznetsova) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. to Bartoli); after Australian Open on January 29, rose to career-high No.15 (equaling Smashnova's Israeli record); won one Tour doubles title.

2008 - Another Top 40 season; SF twice, at Gold Coast (l. to Azarenka) and Memphis (l. to Govortsova); QF twice, at Prague and Seoul; reached 4r twice (incl. Wimbledon) and 3r three times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r or 2r 11 times (incl. 1r at Roland Garros, 2r at Olympics, 1r at US Open); fell from No.18 to No.25 on June 9 (after Roland Garros) and would stay outside until November 10 year-end rankings (until then, had been in Top 20 every week between first cracking it on November 13, 2006); reached first Grand Slam final in doubles at Australian Open (w/Azarenka; l. to Bondarenko/Bondarenko in 3s); member of Israeli Fed Cup team that l. to Russia 4-1 in World Group 1r (went 1-2) and l. to Czechs 3-2 in World Group Play-off (went 0-3); withdrew from Rome and Strasbourg w/right shoulder injury and Zürich and Luxembourg w/right foot injury.

2009 - Fourth straight Top 40 season; won fourth and fifth Tour singles titles in back-to-back weeks in September, not dropping a set in 10-match win streak, at Guangzhou (as No.5 seed, d. No.8 seed Brianti in final) and Tashkent (as No.2 seed, d. Amanmuradova in final); SF three times, at Pattaya City (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Zvonareva), Estoril (as No.7 seed, ret. vs. eventual champion Wickmayer w/right foot injury) and Luxembourg (d. No.8 seed Suárez Navarro and No.4 seed Hantuchova en route; l. to No.6 seed Lisicki 76 third set); QF twice, at Auckland (as No.5 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Dementieva) and Budapest (d. No.2 seed Cornet en route; l. to No.6 seed A.Bondarenko); reached 4r once, at Indian Wells (d. No.10 seed Bartoli and No.19 seed Chakvetadze en route; l. to No.8 seed Azarenka); reached 3r twice, at Toronto (l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Dementieva in 3s) and US Open (d. No.32 seed Szavay en route; l. to No.6 seed Kuznetsova); fell 1r or 2r 12 times, incl. Australian Open (l. to No.11 seed Wozniacki in 1r) and Wimbledon (l. to No.10 seed Petrova in 2r); fell in Tour qualifying twice; fell in RR stage at Bali (went 1-1 in RR stage and did not qualify for SF); started season at No.39 and fell as low as No.68 in August, but more than halved that by end of season, biggest jumps coming on September 21 (after Guangzhou; rose from No.57 to No.46) and September 28 (after Tashkent; rose from No.46 to No.34); member of Israeli Fed Cup team that l. to Ukraine 3-2 in World Group II (went 2-1); ret. during Madrid 1r match w/right foot injury then withdrew from Warsaw, Roland Garros and 's-Hertogenbosch w/same injury; also could not participate in Dubai due to denial of visa.

SINGLES
Winner (5): 2009 - Guangzhou, Tashkent; 2006 - Pattaya City, Prague, Istanbul; 2004 - ITF/Bendigo-AUS, ITF/Raanana-ISR; 2003 - ITF/Ramat Hasharon-ISR, ITF/Haifa-ISR.
Finalist (2): 2010 - Hobart; 2007 - Memphis.

DOUBLES
Winner (3): 2007 - Stanford (w/Mirza); 2006 - Prague (w/Bartoli), Stanford (w/Groenefeld); 2005 - ITF/Raanana 1-ISR (w/Obziler): 2004 - ITF/Marseille-FRA (w/Vesnina), ITF/Raanana-ISR (w/Obziler).
Finalist (3): 2009 - Indian Wells (w/Dulko); 2008 - Australian Open (w/Azarenka); 2007 - Luxembourg (w/Azarenka).

ADDITIONAL
Israeli Fed Cup Team, 2002-09; Israeli Olympic Team, 2008.

Currently without a coach ... Began playing at age 6 by joining older siblings, brother Shlomi and sister Shani, in tennis lessons ... Father, Dovik, is computer software specialist; mother, Aliza, is a housewife ... Loves visiting United States ... Likes reading, romance movies ... Loves being at home with family and friends ... Commenced mandatory Israeli Army military training in November 2005.

Official Website: www.shaharpeer.co.il

- Junior highlights include winning 2004 Australian Open girls' singles title (d. Vaidisova in final).
- Has three-year endorsement from Apex, an Israeli investment company (started in February 2006).
- Awards received include Athlete of the Year in Israel (2006, 2007); Kids' Favorite Athlete of the Year in Israel (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009); Woman of the Year in Press (2009); and Key Person in Media at ceremony of Israeli Organization of Public Relations and Spokespeople.