Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Agnieszka Radwanska

Agnieszka Radwańska (born 6 March 1989 in Kraków, full name Agnieszka Roma Radwańska) is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.

She defeated Tamira Paszek of Austria to win the 2005 Girls' Singles Championship at Wimbledon. As a professional, her highest career singles ranking is World No. 8, achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 26 April 2010, she is ranked World No. 8.

In 2007, Radwańska 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, Radwańska 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 24 May 2008, she became the first Polish female tennis player to surpass US$1 million in career prize money.


statics
Country : Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Residence : Kraków, Poland
Date of birth : 6 March 1989 (1989-03-06)
Place of birth : Kraków, Poland
Height : 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight : 56 kg (120 lb)
Turned pro : 23 April 2005
Plays : Right, two-handed backhand
Career prize money : $3,348,817

Singles
Career record : 210–97
Career titles : 4 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 8 (February 22, 2010)
Current ranking : No. 8 (May 17, 2010)

Grand Slam results
Australian Open : QF (2008)
French Open: 4R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon : QF (2008, 2009)
US Open : 4R (2007, 2008)

Major tournaments
WTA Championships : RR (2008, 2009)

Doubles
Career record : 65–60
Career titles : 1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking : No. 32 (01 February 2010)

Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open : SF (2010)
French Open : QF (2009)
Wimbledon : 3R (2007)
US Open : 2R (2007)

Awards
* 2006 — WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer of the Year