Marta Domachowska

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**Marta Domachowska**

Country	Poland
Residence	Podkowa Leśna, Poland
Date of birth	January 16, 1986 (age 21)
Place of birth	Warsaw, Poland
Height	5' 9.25in (1.76 m)
Weight	132 1/2 lbs.(60 kg)
Turned Pro	2001
Plays	Right
Career Prize Money	$347,004
Singles
Career record:	134-78
Career titles:	0 (5 ITF circuit Titles)
Highest ranking:	No. 37 (February 27, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd Round (2005)
French Open	2nd Round (2005)
Wimbledon	1st Round (2005, 2006)
U.S. Open	1st Round (2005)
Doubles
Career record:	46-47
Career titles:	1 (1 ITF circuit Titles)
Highest ranking:	No. 62 (January 30, 2006)

Marta Domachowska (born January 16, 1986, Warsaw) is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson and her favourite surface is hard. She recently reached the final of the WTA tournament in Memphis, in 2006, playing Sofia Arvidsson in the final. Speaks three languages: Polish, English and Russian. Other than tennis, she likes sports such as football and swimming.

1 Career
2 2006 in detail
3 WTA Titles (1)
4 Singles (0)
- 4.1 Singles Finalist
- 4.2 Semi Finalist
5 Doubles (1)
- 5.1 Finalist
- 5.2 Semi Finalist
6 External links

[edit] Career

2001 - As WC in Sopot qualifying, l. 1r (sole 2001 appearance).

2002 - Second Tour appearance (and main draw debut) was as unranked WC at Warsaw, l. 1r 76(2) 16 63 to No.87 Beigbeder; reached Sopot doubles SF as WC team (w/Jans); won first two ITF Circuit singles titles and first doubles; debuted on Tour Rankings on May 20 at No.745.

2003 - At Warsaw, l. 1r as No.317 WC (second consecutive year) to No.146 Voracova, and l. 1r as No.275 WC at Sopot to No.78 Talaja; as No.244 qualifier at Pattaya City, extended No.135 Tatarkova to 3s before l. 1r; won $25K ITF/Torun-POL as qualifier (third singles title).

2004 - First Top 100 finish; Tour final debut at Seoul (l. to Sharapova), also SF at Sopot (d. No.20 Smashnova 76(4) 61 en route for career-best win; l. to eventual champion Pennetta), QF at Casablanca (l. to Cervanova); Top 100 debut on September 27 at No.100; failed to qualify for Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; started season winning $25K ITF titles at ITF/Belfort-FRA and ITF/Warsaw 1-POL.

2005 - Best season to date, highlighted by reaching biggest career singles final; ranked No.63 (unseeded) at Tier III Strasbourg, upset world No.26 (No.5 seed) Sugiyama en route to second career Tour singles final, falling to Medina Garrigues 64 63; also first Tier II SF at Beijing (received w/o from V.Williams w/knee injury in QF, falling to Groenefeld); QF at Hobart (l. to N.Li in 3s); 3r at Amelia Island (as qualifier, l. to V.Williams in 3s); main draw debuts at all four majors, reaching 2r at Australian Open and Roland Garros, 1r at Wimbledon and US Open; Top 50 debut (at No.48) on June 6 (after Roland Garros), career-high No.47 on August 8 (after 2r at San Diego); SF or better four times in doubles, finishing runner-up at Pattaya City (w/Talaja) and Palermo (w/Kostanic); withdrew from Hyderabad and Memphis w/right shoulder sprain.

[edit] 2006 in detail

JANUARY - At Canberra, fell 1r in singles (as No.7 seed, upset by Rodionova) but captured career-first Tour title of any kind in doubles (as No.3 seeds w/Vinci, d. No.4 seeds Curran/Dekmeijere in final); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to No.8 seed and eventual runner-up Henin-Hardenne); singles runner-up at $75K ITF/Ortisei-ITA (l. to Birnerova in final).

FEBRUARY - Fell 1r at Paris [Indoors] (l. to eventual semifinalist Golovin); reached 2r at Antwerp (d. Medina Garrigues in 1r; l. to No.5 seed and eventual semifinalist Dementieva 63 76(5)); reached third career Tour singles final in career debut at Tier III Memphis (as No.6 seed, d. No.4 seed Granville and No.8 seed Craybas en route; l. to No.3 seed Arvidsson in 3s); afterwards on February 27, made Top 40 debut (at No.40).

MARCH - Reached 3r at Indian Wells (as No.27 seed w/1r bye, d. Shaughnessy in 2r before falling to No.5 seed Myskina) and 2r at Miami (l. to LL Kutuzova).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Amelia Island (l. to Camerin); withdrew from Charleston w/left wrist tendonitis.

MAY - Consecutive 1r losses at Warsaw (l. to Ivanovic), Berlin (l. to qualifier Vakulenko) and Rome (l. to Nakamura); reached 2r at Strasbourg (l. to No.7 seed Zheng); fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. to No.16 seed and eventual semifinalist Vaidisova).

JUNE - Reached 2r at 's-Hertogenbosch (upset No.6 seed Medina Garrigues in 1r; l. to WC Schultz-McCarthy in 3s); fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. to WC Borwell in 3s).

JULY - At Cincinnati, fell 1r in singles (l. to No.8 seed Dulko) but runner-up in doubles (w/Mirza, l. to top seeds Camerin/Dulko; now 1-3 lifetime in Tour doubles finals); doubles SF in Stanford (w/Bartoli).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Los Angeles (l. to Suarez in 3s), then 2r at Montreal (as qualifier, d. Molik in 1r before falling to No.4 seed Kuznetsova); fell 1r at Forest Hills (l. to eventual champion Shaughnessy 75 third set); fell 1r at US Open (l. to No.33 seed Zvonareva).

SEPTEMBER - Withdrew from Bali w/right shoulder injury; fell in Beijing qualifying; fell 1r at Seoul (l. to qualifier Rodionova).

OCTOBER - Reached 2r at Tokyo [Japan Open] (upset No.5 seed Arvidsson in 1r; l. to Chan) and Bangkok (l. to No.8 seed Kostanic); fell in Linz qualifying.