Agnieszka Radwańska

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Agnieszka Radwanska
Nickname(s) Aga
Isia
Country Poland
Residence Kraków, Poland
Date of birth March 6, 1989 (1989-03-06) (age 19)
Place of birth Kraków, Poland
Height 5ft 7in (172 cm)
Weight 132 lb (56 kg)
Turned pro April 23, 2005
Plays Right, two-handed backhand
Career prize money $1,107,487
Singles
Career record: 144-65
Career titles: 3 WTA, 2 ITF circuit Titles, 3 Junior Grand Slams
Highest ranking: No. 14 (14 April 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open QF (2008)
French Open 4r (2008)
Wimbledon 4r (2006)
US Open 4r (2007)
Doubles
Career record: 47-44
Career titles: 1 (2 ITF circuit Titles)
Highest ranking: No. 34 (19 May 2008)

Infobox last updated on: May 26, 2008.

Agnieszka Roma Radwanska (Polish: Agnieszka Roma Radwańska listen (help·info), born 6 March 1989) is a Polish tennis player.

She defeated Tamira Paszek of Austria to win the 2005 Girls' Singles Championship at Wimbledon. As a professional, her highest WTA ranking to-date is World No. 14, achieved on 14 April 2008.

In 2007, Radwanska became the first Polish player in history to claim a Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title, defeating Vera Dushevina in straight sets in the Nordea Nordic Light Open final. In 2008, she won her second career singles title, defeating Jill Craybas in the final of the Pattaya Women's Open.

At the 2008 Australian Open, Radwanska became the first Polish woman to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal during the open era[citation needed] and only the second Polish woman (the other being Jadwiga Jedrzejowska during the 1930s) ever to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal.

On May 24, 2008, she became the first Polish female tennis player to surpass US$1 million in career prize money.

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[edit] Career

[edit] 2006

In May, Radwanska played her first WTA tournament at the Tier II J&S Cup in Warsaw, where she reached the quarterfinals. In her first match, she defeated seventh-seeded Anastasia Myskina 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. In the second round, she beat Klara Koukalova but lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Dementieva in three sets.

In June, Radwanska won her second Grand Slam junior singles title, defeating top-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final of the French Open. She reached the top of the ITF rankings and received a wild card for the main draw at Wimbledon.

At Wimbledon, Radwanska lost in the fourth round to second-seeded Kim Clijsters. Radwanska was just the fifth ever wildcard to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon.[citation needed]

In August, Radwanska won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the U.S. Open. She lost in the second round to Tatiana Golovin.

At the Fortis Championships Luxembourg tournament, Radwanska lost in the semifinals to Francesca Schiavone after defeating former World No. 1 Venus Williams in the second round and top-seeded Dementieva in the quarterfinals 7–5, 6–2.

[edit] 2007

At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, World No. 49 Radwanska defeated World No. 6 Martina Hingis in the third round 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. She lost to Tathiana Garbin in the next round 6–3, 6–4.

In May, Radwanska won her first WTA doubles title in Istanbul, partnering her younger sister Urszula. However, in singles, she lost to World No. 2 Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals.

In August, Radwanska won her first WTA singles title in Stockholm, without losing a set. She became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA tour singles title.[citation needed]

At the U.S. Open, Radwanska defeated defending champion Sharapova in the third round 6–4, 1–6, 6–2. This was the first time that a second-seeded female player had lost before the fourth round since Andrea Jaeger in 1981.[citation needed] Radwanska then lost to Shahar Pe'er in the fourth round 6–4, 6–1.

[edit] 2008

Radwanska upset World No. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round of the Australian Open 6–3, 6–4. She then defeated 14th-seededed Nadia Petrova 1–6, 7–5, 6–0 to reach her first Grand Slam singles tournament quarterfinal. There, Radwanska lost to ninth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova 6–2, 6–2. This tournament was the first time that two female Poles, Radwanska and Marta Domachowska, reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam singles tournament.[citation needed]

At the Pattaya Women's Open in Thailand, Radwanska won her second career WTA tournament singles title, beating Jill Craybas in the final.

In February, Radwanska reached her first Tier I semifinal at the Qatar Total Open in Doha, defeating Dominika Cibulkova in a nearly three hour quarterfinal match 6–4, 6–7, 6–4. Maria Sharapova then defeated Radwanska 6–4, 6–3.

In March, Radwanska lost in the quarterfinals of the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California to Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–4.

In May, just before the French Open, Radwanska won the Tier III Istanbul Cup on red clay, defeating Elena Dementieva in straight sets. This was her third WTA singles title.

At the French Open, Radwanska lost in the fourth round to third-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6–3, 7–6(3).

[edit] Other information

Her younger sister Urszula Radwanska is an accomplished tennis player in her own right, a multiple grand slam tournament winner on the junior level, and the top-rated junior for the year of 2007 in the ITF standings.

[edit] WTA tour titles

[edit] Singles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. 5 August 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm, Sweden Hard Flag of Russia Vera Dushevina 6–1, 6–1
2. 10 February 2008 Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya, Thailand Hard Flag of the United States Jill Craybas 6–2, 1–6, 7–6(4)
3. 19 May 2008 Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey Clay Flag of Russia Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6-2

[edit] Women's doubles

# Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1. 21 May 2007 Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey Clay Flag of Poland Urszula Radwanska Flag of Chinese Taipei Yung-Jan Chan
Flag of India Sania Mirza		 6–1, 6–3

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament when the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the French Open in Paris, which ended on June 8, 2008.

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Career
Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R QF 5–2
French Open A A A 1R 4R 3–2
Wimbledon A A 4R 3R 5–2
U.S. Open A A 2R1 4R 7–2
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0-0 0-0 7-2 6-4 7-2 20-8
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A 0–0
Current WTA Tier I Tournaments2
Doha3 Not Tier I or Was Not Held SF 3–1
Indian Wells A A A 2R QF 4–2
Miami A A A 4R 2R 3–2
Charleston A A A A 3R 2–1
Berlin A A A A 3R 2–1
Rome A A A 1R 3R 2–2
Montréal/Toronto A A A A 0–0
Tokyo A A A A 0–0
Moscow A A A 2R 1–1
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments2
Zurich3 A A LQ QF4 - 4–3
San Diego3 A A A A - 0–0
Career Statistics Career Total
Tournaments Won 0 1 0 2 2 5
Year End Ranking 716 381 61 26 N/A
  • A = did not participate in the tournament
  • - = tournament either not held or was not a Tier I event when it was held.
  • LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament.
  • 1 Won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw.
  • 2 This table includes tournaments that were classified on the WTA Tour as Tier I at the time they were held, regardless of whether those tournaments are still being held or are still classified as Tier I.
  • 3 Doha in 2008 became a Tier I tournament on the WTA Tour, replacing San Diego and Zurich.
  • 4 Won two qualifying matches and then lost her third qualifying match. Gained entry to the main draw as a lucky loser when Maria Sharapova withdrew from the tournament.

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Preceded by
Sania Mirza		 WTA Newcomer of the Year
2006		 Succeeded by
Agnes Szavay