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Following article is from www.sonyericssonwtatour.com. 2004 Played first events of career on ITF Circuit. Fell in Tour qualifying at Warsaw; on ITF Circuit, won one singles and two
doubles titles (both w/U.Radwanska). Impressive first season playing on Tour, reaching QF in main draw debut at
Warsaw (as WC in first match against a Top 100 player, stunned world No.12
Myskina for first Top 20 win en route; l. to Dementieva in 3s); second
breakthrough of year came at Wimbledon, reaching 4r in career Grand Slam main
draw debut (was fifth WC ever to go that far, and first Polish player to go that
far as well; l. to Clijsters); best finish of season came at Tier II Luxembourg,
reaching first Tour singles SF (as qualifier, saved 4mp during 57 76(8) 63 1r
win over Santangelo, then d. V.Williams in 2r and top seed Dementieva 75 62 in
QF before losing to Schiavone in 3s; win over No.6 Dementieva was first Top 10
win); 2r three times in five other Tour main draws, at US Open (as qualifier, l.
to Golovin), Linz (d. No.20 Groenefeld for third Top 20 win of season; l. to
Ivanovic) and Hasselt; fell 1r at Prague, Budapest; fell in Tour qualifying
twice; began year ranked outside Top 300, making Top 300 debut on May 8 (after
Warsaw; No.309 to No.207), Top 200 debut on July 10 (after Wimbledon; No.217 to
No.127) and Top 100 debut on September 11 (after US Open; No.129 to No.99);
moved from No.95 to No.66 on October 2 (after Luxembourg) and jumped from No.66
to No.54 on October 30 (after Linz). Another breakthrough season, highlighted by first Tour singles title at
Stockholm and three more Top 10 wins; won title at Stockholm (as No.2 seed, d.
No.8 seed Dushevina in final; lost just 20 games en route to title, tied w/Hingis
at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] for least games lost en route to a Tour singles title
this season; also first Tour singles title for Poland); QF three times, at
Istanbul (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed Sharapova in 3s), Palermo (as No.3 seed,
l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion Szavay) and Zürich (as LL, d. No.7 seed
Hantuchova en route to first career Tier I QF; l. to top seed and eventual
champion Henin); reached 4r twice, at Miami (d. No.27 seed Zheng and No.5 seed
Hingis en route, falling to No.24 seed Garbin) and US Open (as No.30 seed, d.
No.2 seed and defending champion Sharapova en route, falling to No.18 seed
Peer); wins over world No.6 Hingis (Miami), No.2 Sharapova (US Open) and No.9
Hantuchova (Zürich) were second, third and fourth career Top 10 wins; reached 3r
once, at Wimbledon (l. to Kuznetsova); 2r eight times, incl. Australian Open (l.
to No.13 seed Ivanovic in 3s) and Stuttgart (d. No.11 Bartoli); fell 1r four
times, incl. Rome (ret. vs. Peer w/right wrist strain) and Roland Garros (l. to
No.28 seed Santangelo); fell in qualifying twice; won first Tour doubles title
at Istanbul (w/U.Radwanska); won second career ITF Circuit singles title at
$100K ITF/Biella-ITA; made several ranking breakthroughs, cracking Top 50 on
January 29 (after Australian Open; moved from No.59 to No.46), Top 40 on May 28
(after Istanbul; No.43 to No.38) and Top 30 on September 10 (after US Open;
No.32 to No.30); win over Wozniacki in Stockholm QF was 100th career singles
match win; withdrew from Beijing w/injury. |
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WTA Rankings
11. Radwanska A.
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