Agnieszka Radwańska

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 WTA ranking to-date is World No. 9, achieved on 4 August 2008.

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.

Ofictial web site: www.radwanska.org/

Playing Style

Radwańska is an all-court player (as shown with her results on different surfaces. She hits consistently on both the forehand and the backhand sides. Her favorite shot is her backhand down-the line-line. She is also very accurate with the drop shot and lob.She lacks much of the "power plays" of other players like Maria Sharapova or the Williams sisters, thus she relies on tactical accuracy and patience on constructing the point before hitting a winner. Because of this, several commentators have compared her to Martina Hingis.

Career

2006

In May, Radwańska 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 Koukalová but lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Dementieva in three sets.

In June, Radwańska 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, Radwańska lost in the fourth round to second-seeded Kim Clijsters. Radwańska was just the fifth ever wildcard to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon.^{[citation needed]}

In August, Radwańska 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, Radwańska 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 Radwańska 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, Radwańska 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, Radwańska 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.^{[citation needed]}

At the U.S. Open, Radwańska 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.^{[citation needed]} Radwańska then lost to Shahar Pe'er in the fourth round 6-4, 6-1.

2008

At 2008 U.S. Open

Radwańska 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, Radwańska lost to ninth-seeded Daniela Hantuchová 6-2, 6-2. This tournament was the first time that two female Poles, Radwańska and Marta Domachowska, reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam singles tournament.^{[citation needed]}

At the Tier IV Pattaya Women's Open in Thailand, Radwańska won her second career WTA tournament singles title, beating Jill Craybas in the final.

In February, Radwańska reached her first Tier I semifinal at the Qatar Total Open in Doha, defeating Dominika Cibulková in a nearly three hour quarterfinal match 6-4, 6-7, 6-4. Maria Sharapova then defeated Radwańska 6-4, 6-3.

In March, Radwańska 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, Radwańska 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, Radwańska lost in the fourth round to third-seeded Jelena Janković 6-3, 7-6(3).

On grass, Radwańska won the Tier II International Women's Open in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, defeating Petrova in the final. At Wimbledon, Radwańska 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 Radwańska sisters in the same tournament.

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

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

Radwańska stepped in for the ill Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 Sony Ericsson Championships. She defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 7-5

The Best of Agnieszka Radwanska in 2008

WTA Tour Titles

Women's Singles

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