Agnieszka Radwańska

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. 9, achieved on 4 August 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.

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 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 in Paris, 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. At Wimbledon, Radwanska was seeded 14th but defeated fourth-seeded Kuznetsova in the fourth round 6–4, 1–6, 7–5. She then lost to sixth-seeded Serena Williams in the quarterfinals 6–4, 6–0, with Williams becoming the first woman to defeat both Radwanska sisters in the same tournament.

At the Olympics in Beijing, Radwanska was seeded eighth but lost in the second round to Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 7–6(6).

Radwanska was seeded ninth at the US Open and lost to seventh-seeded Venus Williams in the fourth round 6-1, 6-3.

Other information

Her younger sister Urszula Radwańska 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

Women's doubles

Singles performance timeline

• A = did not participate in the tournament
• LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament.
• ¹ Won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw.
• ² 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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