Maria Kirilenko
Strong Is Beautiful
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Agnieszka Radwanska

Pol
Residence: Krakow, Poland
DOB: March 6, 1989
Birthplace: Krakow, Poland
Height: 5' 8" (1.72 m)
Weight: 123 lbs. (56 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (April 23, 2005)
JANUARY - Reached SF at Sydney (l. to Azarenka); reached QF at Australian Open (l. to Azarenka); set new career-high of No.6 on January 30 (had spent 29 weeks at previous career-high No.8).
2004 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Played WTA qualifying once; won one singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - First Top 100 season; had three breakthrough results, first being QF at Warsaw (first WTA main draw; l. to Dementieva), second being 4r at Wimbledon (first Polish player to go that far; l. to Clijsters) and third being SF at Luxembourg (saved 4mp in 57 76(8) 63 1r win over Santangelo, then d. V.Williams in 2r and Dementieva in QF before losing to Schiavone); reached 2r three times (incl. US Open); fell 1r twice and in qualifying three times; began year outside of Top 300, making Top 100 debut on September 11 (after US Open; rose from No.129 to No.99).

2007 - First Top 30 season; won first WTA title at Stockholm (d. Dushevina in final; first WTA title for Poland); QF three times, at Istanbul, Palermo and Zürich; reached 4r twice (incl. US Open), 3r once (Wimbledon) and 2r eight times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r five times (incl. Roland Garros) and in qualifying twice; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 50 debut on January 29 (after Australian Open; rose from No.59 to No.46) and finished at No.26.

2008 - First Top 10 season (finishing No.10); won three WTA titles, at Pattaya City (d. Craybas 62 16 76(4) in final; saved mp down 6-5 third set), Istanbul (d. Dementieva in final) and Eastbourne (d. Petrova in final); SF three times, at Doha (l. to Sharapova), Stockholm (l. to Wozniacki) and Linz (l. to Ivanovic); QF four times, at Australian Open (first Grand Slam QF; l. to Hantuchova), Indian Wells, Wimbledon (second Grand Slam QF; l. to S.Williams) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; reached 4r twice (Roland Garros, US Open), 3r four times (incl. Amelia Island - l. to Mauresmo 36 75 76(6); held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-break) and 2r four times (incl. Olympics); fell 1r three times; made Top 20 debut on February 18 (shortly after Pattaya City; rose from No.21 to No.20) and Top 10 debut on July 7 (after Wimbledon; rose from No.11 to No.10; first Polish player ever in Top 10); was alternate at WTA Championships, playing one RR match (d. Kuznetsova); became first Polish woman to surpass $1 million in career prize money.

2009 - Second Top 10 season (finishing No.10); runner-up at Beijing (l. to Kuznetsova in final); SF twice, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Sharapova) and Linz (l. to Kvitova); QF nine times, at Sydney, Paris [Indoors], Indian Wells, Stuttgart, Rome, Eastbourne, Wimbledon (third Grand Slam QF; l. to V.Williams), Los Angeles and Toronto; reached 4r twice (incl. Roland Garros) and 2r four times (incl. US Open); fell 1r five times (incl. Australian Open); was alternate at WTA Championships second straight year, playing one RR match (d. Azarenka).

2010 - Third straight Top 15 season (finishing No.14); runner-up at San Diego (l. to Kuznetsova in final); SF three times, at Dubai (l. to Azarenka), Indian Wells (l. to Wozniacki) and Stanford (l. to Sharapova); QF twice, at Miami and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (ret. w/left foot injury); reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r four times (incl. Australian Open) and 2r five times (incl. other two majors); fell 1r twice; withdrew from Linz and Moscow w/left foot injury.

2011 - Third Top 10 season (finishing No.8), highlighed by three Premier-level titles at Carlsbad, Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (d. Zvonareva in both finals) and Beijing (d. Petkovic in final); SF twice, at Stuttgart (l. to Wozniacki) and Toronto (l. to Stosur); QF five times, at Australian Open (fourth Grand Slam QF; l. to Clijsters), Dubai, Miami, Eastbourne and Stanford; reached 4r twice (incl. Roland Garros and Indian Wells - l. to Azarenka 46 63 76(3); held 4mp in third set, 1mp at 5-4 and 3mp at 6-5) and 2r six times (incl. other two majors); fell 1r once; fell in RR stage at WTA Championships (first time as direct entrant; went 1-2 in RR stage); won second WTA doubles title at Miami (w/Hantuchova; withdrew from Cincinnati w/right shoulder injury.
SINGLES
Winner (7): 2011 - Carlsbad, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Beijing; 2008 - Pattaya City, Istanbul, Eastbourne; 2007 - Stockholm, ITF/Biella-ITA; 2005 - ITF/Warsaw 2-POL.
Finalist (2): 2010 - San Diego; 2009 - Beijing.

DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2011 - Miami (w/Hantuchova); 2007 - Istanbul (w/U.Radwanska); 2005 - ITF/Gdynia-POL, ITF/Kedzierzyn Kozle-POL (both w/U.Radwanska).
Finalist (2): 2009 - Dubai, Los Angeles (both w/Kirilenko).

ADDITIONAL
Polish Fed Cup Team, 2006-10; Polish Olympic Team, 2008.
Coached by Tomasz Wiktorowski and Borna Bikic; also works with father, Robert ... Mother, Marta, is an accountant; sister, Urszula, also plays on WTA ... Began playing at age 4 when father introduced her to the sport; grew up playing at club in Gronau, Germany, where father was club pro ... Baseliner whose favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is grass ... Speaks Polish, English ... Studies tourism at Polish Sport University in Krakow ... Favorite actress is Nicole Kidman; favorite artists are Green Day, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem; favorite author is Dorota Tarakowska (Polish fiction writer) ... Favorite city is Paris ... Admires Pete Sampras because he won everything ... Goals are to win a Grand Slam title and become No.1.
- First Polish player ever to beat a reigning No.1 (d. Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney).
- Third WTA Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity in February 2009 (after Petrova, Szavay).
- Has two WTA Player Awards: Newcomer Of The Year (2006) and Fan Favorite Singles Player (2011).
- Junior highlights include winning 2005 Wimbledon (d. Paszek in final) and 2006 Roland Garros (d. Pavlyuchenkova in final).