Agnieszka Radwańska

Agnieszka Radwańska

Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Kraków, Poland
Height	5ft 7in (172 cm)
Turned pro	April 23, 2005
Plays	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money	$1,202,987
Singles
Career record	148-65
Career titles	4 WTA, 2 ITF circuit Titles, 3 Junior Grand Slams
Highest ranking	No. 11 (23 June, 2008)
Grand Slam singles 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)
Last updated on: June 21, 2008.

Agnieszka Roma Radwanska (Polish: Agnieszka Roma Radwańska , /agˈɲɛʂka radˈvaɲska/; 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. 11, achieved on 23 June 2008.

In 2007, Radwanska became the first Polish player in history to claim a Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title when she won the Nordea Nordic Light Open. In 2008, she won three more singles titles: the Pattaya Women's Open, the Istanbul Cup, and the International 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 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. He unofficial website is www.place4place.com

Career

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.

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.

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 at the Tier III Istanbul Cup, 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 at the Tier IV Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm, without losing a set. She defeated Vera Dushevina in the final and became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA tour singles title.

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. Radwanska then lost to Shahar Pe'er in the fourth round 6–4, 6–1.

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.

At the Tier IV 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).

On grass, Radwanska won the Tier II International Women's Open in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, defeating Petrova in the final.

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.

WTA tour titles

Singles

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam Title (0)

WTA Championship (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (1)

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	Vera Dushevina	6–1, 6–1
2.	10 February 2008	Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Jill Craybas	6–2, 1–6, 7–6(4)
3.	19 May 2008	Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 6-2
4.	21 June 2008	International Women's Open, Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Nadia Petrova	6–4, 6–7(11), 6–4

Women's doubles

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

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 International Women's Open in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, which ended on June 21, 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	3	6
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.

External links

• Agnieszka Radwanska at the Women's Tennis Association