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Urszula Radwańska [urˈʂula radˈvaɲska] (
[edit] Tennis careerAs a junior player, Radwańska won Grand Slam titles, including the 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles, culminating in the junior year-ending World No. 1 ranking. This was the leaping pad into her professional career, where she has been getting into WTA main draws via qualifying and wildcards. In 2007, Radwańska played in the main draw of three WTA tour tournaments. She lost in the first round of the Tier II J&S Cup in Warsaw, the second round of the Tier III Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo, and the quarterfinals of the Tier III PTT Bangkok Open after defeating fourth-seeded Virginie Razzano in the third round. Urszula and Agnieszka won a doubles title together at the 2007 Istanbul Cup. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Radwańska made her Grand Slam singles debut, losing in the second round to two-time champion Serena Williams 6–4, 6–4. Having seen the fight she put up in this match, the commentator Andrew Castle observed, "She is sound in just about all areas, and she knows what to do with the ball, she seems to have an understanding, a little like Martina Hingis."[citation needed] [edit] 2009On 16 February 2009, the Radwańska sisters played their first official tour match against each other in the first round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. Urszula won the match in straight sets 6–4, 6–3 hitting 6 aces and 25 winners. At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Radwańska defeated sixth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets, the highest ranked player she had ever defeated. She then lost to ninth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki in her first ever WTA fourth round match 7–5, 6–3. Her results at this tournament caused her singles ranking to break into the top 100 for the first time. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Urszula won two qualifying matches, before losing to Na Li in three sets 4-6, 7-5, 1-6. In Warsaw, Urszula defeated Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine in three sets. In the second round she lost to sixth-seeded Daniela Hantuchová 6-3, 6-1. In the second grand slam of the year, the French Open, Radwańska lost in the first round to Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-4, 3-6, 0-6. In the grass court season, Urszula reached her first tournament quarterfinal of 2009 at the AEGON Classic, losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková. Urszula then won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the AEGON International, where in the first round she lost to her sister Agnieszka. Urszula advanced to the second round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, after her win against Masa Zec Peskiric 6-3, 6-3 in the first round, she fell to #14 Dominika Cibulková 6-2, 6-4. Radwanska lost to 8th seeded Iveta Benesova in the opening round of the Swedish Open in three sets 6-3, 2-6, 2-6. At the Istanbul Cup, Urszula won in the first round against Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland 6-2, 7-64, in the second round she defeated Ekaterina Dzehalevich of Belarus in three sets 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. In the Quarterfinals she was defeated handily by Timea Bacsinszky, winning only eleven points in the entire match. At the 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships, Urszula defeated Julie Coin 6-1, 6-2 in the first round, In the second round, she then defeated #7 seeded Dominika Cibulková of Slovakia in three sets 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4. In the third round Na Li withdrew from the match, granting Urszula a pass into her first Premier level quarterfinal. There, she lost to Maria Sharapova 6-4, 7-5. At the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati, Ohio, Urszula won two qualifying matches, before losing to Ágnes Szávay 7-5, 7-5. She then competed in the 2009 US Open losing to Kristina Barrois 6-4 6-4 in the opening round. At the 2009 Hansol Korea Open, she lost her opening round match against Vera Dushevina. After successful attempts at qualifing for the next two Premier tournaments, Urszula lost both of her first round matches to Magdalena Rybarikova and Patty Schnyder respectively. At the 2009 Generali Ladies Linz, Urszula won her first WTA main draw match in over two months, defeating Yvonne Meusburger in straight sets. She fell to Lucie Safarova in the next round. Urszula finished 2009 on a low note, losing her opening round match to Kirsten Flipkens at the 2009 BGL Luxembourg Open [edit] WTA Tour singles titles (2)[edit] Wins (2)
[edit] WTA Tour doubles titles[edit] Wins (9)
[edit] Junior grand slam finals[edit] Singles (2)[edit] Win (1)
[edit] Runner up (1)
[edit] Doubles (4)[edit] Win (3)
[edit] Runner up (1)
[edit] Singles performance timelineTo help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, which ended 5 April 2009.
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