2003 - Made first appearances in Luxembourg qualifying and on ITF Circuit.
2004 - First Top 100 season; played four Tour main draws, falling 1r at Vienna and Birmingham then reaching 2r at Zurich (as No.156 qualifier, overcame 5-1 third set deficit and 2mp to d. No.29 Golovin in 1r, falling to No.11 V.Williams 76(11) 76(6), having had 5sp in first set and 3sp in second set) and first QF at Luxembourg; won five singles titles on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on November 1 (after Luxembourg; rose from No.112 to No.96); made biggest ranking jump of any player in 2004 (608 spots).
2005 - First Top 20 season; won first Tour singles title at Canberra (d. Czink in final round of qualifying and in main draw final, believed to be a Tour first); SF three times, at Warsaw (l. to Henin), Zurich and Linz (l. to Schnyder at both); QF twice, at Miami and
Roland Garros
(first Grand Slam QF; l. to Petrova); debuted at all four majors; made Top 50 debut on March 7 (after Dubai; rose from No.58 to No.50) and Top 20 debut on July 4 (after
Wimbledon
; rose from No.21 to No.20).
2006 - Second Top 20 season; won second Tour singles title at Montreal (d. Hingis in final); QF seven times, at Sydney, Indian Wells, Warsaw, 's-Hertogenbosch, Los Angeles, Linz and Hasselt; best Grand Slam was 4r at
Wimbledon
(l. to Mauresmo); by virtue of Los Angeles QF and Montreal title, clinched
US Open
Series.
2007 - First Top 5 season; won third through fifth Tour singles titles at Berlin (d. Kuznetsova in final), Los Angeles (d. Jankovic 46 63 75 in SF, saving 2mp down 5-4 third set; d. Petrova in final) and Luxembourg (d. Hantuchova 36 64 64 in final; trailed 63 30); runner-up twice, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Hingis in final) and
Roland Garros
(l. to Henin in first Grand Slam final; was first player representing Serbia, male or female, to reach a Grand Slam singles final); SF three times, at Amelia Island (l. to Golovin),
Wimbledon
(d. Vaidisova 46 62 75 in QF, saving 3mp down 5-4 third set; l. to V.Williams) and first Tour Championships (went 2-1 in RR stage; l. to Henin in SF); having begun year No.14, made Top 10 debut on May 14 (after Berlin; rose from No.16 to No.8), Top 5 debut on July 9 (after
Wimbledon
; rose from No.6 to No.5) and peaking at No.4 on August 13 (after Los Angeles); QF four times, at Gold Coast, Sydney, Antwerp and 's-Hertogenbosch; suffered eight pre-QF losses in 20 events, incl.
Australian Open
(l. to Zvonareva in 3r) and
US Open
(l. to V.Williams in 4r).
2008 - Second straight Top 5 season, highlighted by winning first Grand Slam title and ascending to No.1; started season 27-6, highlighted by sixth and seventh Tour singles titles at Indian Wells (d. Kuznetsova in final) and
Roland Garros
(d. Jankovic in SF match where No.1 was on the line, then d. Safina in final) and runner-up finish at
Australian Open
(l. to Sharapova in final); also SF twice, at Sydney (l. to Henin) and Berlin (l. to Dementieva) and QF once, at Dubai (l. to Dementieva); only three pre-QF exits in first half of season came at Doha (withdrew before 3r match w/left ankle injury), Miami (l. to Davenport in 3r) and Rome (after 1r bye, l. to Pironkova); having gone into 2008 at No.4, rose to No.3 on January 14 (after Sydney), No.2 on January 28 (after
Australian Open
) and No.1 on June 9 (after
Roland Garros
; was 17th world No.1s since rankings began in 1975); struggled mid-season, a right thumb injury hampering her as she went 5-6 in next six events, falling early at
Wimbledon
(l. to Zheng in 3r) and not winning back-to-back matches in next five events (Montreal,
US Open
, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Beijing and Moscow - after 1r bye in Moscow, l. to Cibulkova 36 62 76(4) in 2r; held 2mp at 5-4 third set); also withdrew from Olympics w/right thumb injury; rebounded in last two events of regular season, reaching SF at Zurich (l. to V.Williams) and winning eighth Tour singles title at Linz (d. Zvonareva in final); fell in RR stage in second straight Tour Championships (went 0-2 in RR, then withdrew from event w/viral illness); withdrew from Eastbourne w/right adductor injury; member of Serbian Fed Cup team in Europe/Africa Group I Play-offs (went 4-1) and d. Croatia in World Group II Play-off (went 1-0).
2009 - First non-Top 20 season in five years; best results were runner-up finish at Indian Wells (as No.5 seed, l. to No.4 seed Zvonareva in final) and two QF finishes, at Brisbane (as top seed, l. to No.5 seed Mauresmo) and Dubai (as No.8 seed, l. to top seed S.Williams); reached 4r twice, at
Roland Garros
(as No.8 seed, l. to No.9 seed Azarenka) and
Wimbledon
(as No.13 seed, ret. vs. No.3 seed V.Williams w/left thigh injury); reached 3r four times, at
Australian Open
(as No.5 seed, l. to No.29 seed Kleybanova in 3s), Miami (as No.7 seed, l. to No.25 seed Szavay in 3s), Rome (as No.5 seed, l. to No.10 seed A.Radwanska in 3s) and Los Angeles (as No.6 seed, l. to No.13 seed Stosur); fell 1r or 2r five times, incl.
US Open
(as No.11 seed, l. to K.Bondarenko 26 63 76(7) in 1r; held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-break); member of Serbian Fed Cup team that d. Japan 4-1 in World Group II (went 2-0) and d. Spain 4-0 in World Group Play-off (went 1-0; 2010 will be Serbia's first time in World Group); withdrew from Madrid w/knee injury and from Beijing w/upper respiratory illness.