2009: Breaking into the top 100

On 16 February 2009, the Radwańska sisters played their first official tour match against each other in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Urszula won the match in straight sets 6–4, 6–3 hitting six aces and 25 winners.

At the Indian Wells Open, she 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. Her results at this tournament caused her singles ranking to break into the top 100 for the first time.

In the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, the French Open, Radwańska lost in the first round to Yanina Wickmayer. She advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Championships, falling to No. 14, Dominika Cibulková. She then competed in the US Open, losing to Kristina Barrois in the opening round.

2010–2011: First WTA semifinal

Radwańska lost in the first round of 2010 Australian Open to eventual champion Serena Williams. She was then forced to take a break to undergo lumbar spine surgery in Miami, Florida.^[1] Following a six-month break, she returned to action in August. At the US Open, she scored her first main-draw win of the year by defeating Anna Chakvetadze, but lost her next round to Lourdes Domínguez Lino.

Radwańska then lost in the qualifying draw of the 2011 Australian Open. She advanced to the third round at the Indian Wells Open, before falling to Victoria Azarenka. However, she was unable to qualify for the French Open or the Wimbledon Championships. Subsequently, she won three qualifying matches at the US Open to make the main draw before she lost to her sister Agnieszka in the first round. She reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Tashkent Open, eventually losing to top seed Ksenia Pervak.

2012: Breaking into the top 30

Radwańska began her season at the Sydney International. She qualified for the main draw defeating wildcard Sally Peers, eighth seed Iveta Benešová, and 13th seed Vania King. In the first round, she lost to her sister and seventh seed Agnieszka 1–6, 1–6.^[2] Ranked 99 at the Australian Open, Radwańska defeated qualifier Alison Riske in the first round before losing to Sorana Cîrstea 6–1, 2–6, 3–6.^[3] She reached the second round of the French Open, losing to fourth seed Petra Kvitová. Radwańska started the grass-court season playing the $75k tournament in Nottingham. She saved three match points in her opening round against Misaki Doi and went on to win the title. Weather forced the semifinals and final to be played on the same day. Radwańska won both matches in three sets, defeating Irina Falconi in and CoCo Vandeweghe.^[4] This result granted her qualification into the main draw for the London Olympics. She reached her first career final at the Rosmalen Open where she lost to Nadia Petrova.

At Wimbledon, Radwańska lost her first round to Marina Erakovic. She teamed up with her sister in doubles; they advanced to the third round before withdrawing due to Agnieszka's illness.

She started out the summer hard-court season at the Silicon Valley Classic and Southern California Open where she reached the quarterfinals of both events. In London Olympics, she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams (2–6, 3–6).^[5] Partnering with her sister in doubles, she lost in the second round to the top seeded team Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond.

Returning to hard courts, she qualified for the main draw at Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Open where she lost to Ekaterina Makarova and Serena Williams respectively. At the US Open she lost in the first round to 20th seed Roberta Vinci, who subsequently eliminated her older sister in the fourth round.

She reached back-to-back semifinal at the Tashkent Open and Guangzhou International Open but fell to Irina-Camelia Begu and Hsieh Su-wei, respectively. Both went on to win the title. At the Pan Pacific Open, she defeated Ana Ivanovic in the second round but lost to Angelique Kerber in the third. She lost in the first round of the China Open to Romina Oprandi, and defeated Francesca Schiavone at the first round of the Kremlin Cup. Her season ended with a loss to Caroline Wozniacki in round two. Urszula finished the season with a 47–29 record.

2013: Fed Cup success

Urszula began the season at the Brisbane International. She scored a three-set win over Tamira Paszek in the first round.^[6] She then lost in the second round to qualifier Ksenia Pervak.^[7] Urszula played her final tournament before the Australian Open at the Sydney International. She was defeated in the first round by seventh seed Caroline Wozniacki.^[8] Urszula was seeded for the first time of her career at a Grand Slam event at the Australian Open. However, she fell in the first round to Jamie Hampton.^[9]

After the Australian Open, Urszula competed at the Open GdF Suez. She lost in the first round to eventual champion Mona Barthel.^[10] Urszula won her first tour match of 2013 at the Qatar Open defeating Nadiia Kichenok in the first round.^[11] She then upset 15th seed Roberta Vinci in the second round.^[12] Her run ended as she lost in the third round to second seed, Serena Williams.^[13] Urszula qualified for the Dubai Championships beating Yuliya Beygelzimer, Akgul Amanmuradova, and Kurumi Nara. She lost in the first round of the main draw to Zheng Jie.^[14] In March, Urszula played at the Indian Wells Open where she beat Arantxa Rus in her first-round match.^[15] In the second round, she upset 15th seed Sloane Stephens.^[16] In the third round, she got the victory over Jamie Hampton.^[17] In the fourth round, she lost to top seed and defending champion, Victoria Azarenka.^[18] After Indian Wells, Urszula played at the Miami Open where she won her first-round match over Annika Beck. She then lost to 12th seed Ana Ivanovic in the second round.^[19] Seeded seventh at the Monterrey Open, Urszula lost in the quarterfinals to third seed Maria Kirilenko.^[20]

Urszula began her clay-court season at the Portugal Open. She upset second seed Dominika Cibulková in her first-round match.^[21] In the second round, she lost to Ayumi Morita.^[22] At the Madrid Open, Urszula was defeated in the first round by seventh seed Sara Errani.^[23] Her final tournament before Roland Garros was the Italian Open. In the first round, she upset 15th seed Ana Ivanovic,^[24] before she fell in the second to Ayumi Morita.^[25] Ranked 40 at the French Open, Urszula stunned 30th seed and seven time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams in the first round.^[26] She lost in the second round to qualifier Dinah Pfizenmaier.^[27]

Urszula began her grass-court season at the Birmingham Classic. Seeded eighth and receiving a first-round bye, she was defeated in the second round by eventual finalist Donna Vekić.^[28] Seeded seventh at the Rosmalen Open, Urszula lost in the quarterfinals to fourth seed and eventual finalist Kirsten Flipkens.^[29] Ranked 44 at the Wimbledon Championships, Urszula lost in the second round to American wildcard Alison Riske.^[30]

Urszula began her US Open series by playing at the Silicon Valley Classic. She won her first two rounds comfortably over Christina McHale and Daniela Hantuchová. She lost in the quarterfinals to third seed and eventual champion Dominika Cibulková.^[31] The week after Stanford, Urszula stayed in California and competed at the Southern California Open. She beat qualifier Marina Erakovic and sixth seed Jelena Janković in her first two rounds. She was defeated in the quarterfinals by top seed and eventual finalist Victoria Azarenka.^[32] Urszula suffered a first-round loss at the Rogers Cup to Flavia Pennetta.^[33] As the top seed for qualifying at the Western & Southern Open, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Petra Martić.^[34] Ranked 38t at the US Open, she lost in the second round to 15th seed Sloane Stephens.^[35]

Seeded fifth at the Guangzhou International Open, Urszula was defeated in the first round by Vesna Dolonc. In Tokyo at the Pan Pacific Open, she lost in the first round to 16th seed Dominika Cibulková.^[36] Urszula played her final tournament of the year at the China Open. She upset 16th seed Simona Halep in her first-round match.^[37] She lost in the second round to Maria Kirilenko.^[38]

Urszula ended the year ranked 43.

2014: Shoulder injury and fall from top 200

Urszula pulled out of the Australian Open due to a shoulder injury.^[39]

Urszula began her 2014 season in February when she played at the Dow Tennis Classic in Midland. As the top seed, she defeated Sachia Vickery and Kateřina Siniaková in her first two rounds. Her run ended as she lost in the quarterfinals to sixth seed Sharon Fichman.^[40] At the Abierto Mexicano, Urszula was defeated in the first round by top seed and eventual champion Dominika Cibulková.^[41] After Acapulco, Urszula competed at Indian Wells where she lost her first-round match to Aleksandra Wozniak.^[42] The following week, Urszula took part in the Miami Open where she was defeated in the first round by Nadia Petrova.^[43] The week after Miami, Urszula played at the Monterrey Open. She lost in the first round to second seed and eventual champion Ana Ivanovic.^[44] During the Fed Cup Play-off tie versus Spain, Urszula lost both of her rubbers to María Teresa Torró Flor and Silvia Soler Espinosa. Despite her losses, Poland was still able to win the tie 3–2.^[45]

Urszula began her clay-court preparation for the French Open at the Marrakesh Grand Prix. She was defeated in the first round by qualifier Lara Arruabarrena. At the Portugal Open, Urszula lost in the first round to Yanina Wickmayer.^[46] At the Madrid Open, Urszula was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Laura Pous Tió. At the Italian Open, Urszula lost in the final round of qualifying to Belinda Bencic. Ranked 79 at the French Open, she retired during her first-round match against Magdaléna Rybáriková.^[47]

Starting her grass-court season at the Birmingham Classic, Urszula was defeated in the first round by 16th seed Casey Dellacqua.^[48] In 's-Hertogenbosch, Urszula lost in the final round of qualifying to Mona Barthel. At the Wimbledon Championships, Urszula was defeated in her first-round match by ninth seed Angelique Kerber.^[49]

2015: New coach and getting back to form

Urszula started the season with the hiring of her new coach, Maciej Domka, a former tennis player. She reached three WTA quarterfinals at Auckland Open, Monterrey Open and İstanbul Cup. In July, she took out the last seed standing, Tsvetana Pironkova, to reach her first WTA semifinal in almost three years at the İstanbul Cup. She defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková for a place in the final.^[50] The final match effectively hinged on a tight first set in which Radwańska held three set points on the Lesia Tsurenko serve at 5–4. It was a disappointing outcome for Radwańska, who was also defeated on her only previous appearance in a WTA Tour final, in Rosmalen three years ago.^[51] In August, Urszula participated in the US Open, but fell to Magda Linette in the first round and ended the season ranked No. 95.

2016: Ankle injury and fall from top 200

Urszula began her season at the Australian Open where she lost to Ana Konjuh in three sets. She continued at Taiwan Open, where she defeated Hsu Ching-wen but lost to Venus Williams in the second round. Next, Urszula qualified for the Mexican Open main draw where she faced Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. However, she was forced to retire during the match with an ankle injury.

Urszula returned to the ITF Circuit in July, when she reached the quarterfinals at the Stockton Challenger in California. She continued at the Stanford Classic, where she defeated Kateryna Bondarenko but lost to Dominika Cibulková in the second round.

She ended the year with a ranking of world No. 261.^[52]

2017: Fall from top 500

Urszula ended the year with a ranking of No. 524.^[53]

Singles

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Doubles

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2012	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	International	Grass	Nadia Petrova	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2015	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Hard	Lesia Tsurenko	5–7, 1–6

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2007	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Chan Yung-jan Sania Mirza	6–1, 6–3

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Singles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner–ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2006	ITF Bath, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard (i)	Valérie Tétreault	7–6(6), 6–2
Loss	0–1	May 2006	ITF Warsaw, Poland	10,000	Clay	Natalia Kołat	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 2007	ITF Kunming, China	50,000	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–2	Jul 2008	Vancouver Open, Canada	50,000	Hard	Julie Coin	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	2–3	Dec 2008	Dubai Challenge, United Arab Emirates	75,000	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	5–7, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	2–4	Oct 2010	Open de Saint-Raphaël, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Alison Riske	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–4	Nov 2010	Ismaning Open, Germany	50,000	Carpet (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	7–5, 6–4
Win	4–4	Jun 2012	Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom	75,000	Grass	CoCo Vandeweghe	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	4–5	Oct 2014	Open de Touraine, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Carina Witthöft	3–6, 6–7(6)
Loss	4–6	Apr 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Katie Boulter	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	5–6	Jan 2019	ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe	25,000	Hard	Ana Sofía Sánchez	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	5–7	Mar 2019	ITF Kazan, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Elena Rybakina	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5–8	May 2019	ITF Obidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Pemra Özgen	5–7, 0–3 ret.
Win	6–8	Sep 2019	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Lara Salden	6–7(2), 6–3, 6–1
Loss	6–9	Dec 2019	ITF Solarino, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Indy de Vroome	1–6, 2–6
Win	7–9	Feb 2021	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Yuliya Hatouka	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–10	Mar 2021	ITF Kazan, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Yuliya Hatouka	6–7(6), 6–4, 4–6
Loss	7–11	Nov 2022	Calgary Challenger, Canada	60,000	Hard (i)	Robin Montgomery	6–7(6), 5–7

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Doubles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2005	ITF Gdynia, Poland	10,000	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Katerina Avdiyenko Natalia Bogdanova	6–1, 6–1
Win	2–0	Aug 2005	ITF Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland	25,000	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Renata Voráčová Sandra Záhlavová	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Oct 2005	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Agnieszka Radwańska	Zsofia Gubasci Mariya Koryttseva	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Nov 2005	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Carpet (i)	Agnieszka Radwańska	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Darya Kustova	3–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Feb 2006	ITF Buchen, Germany	10,000	Carpet (i)	Katerina Avdiyenko	Lucie Kriegsmannová Zuzana Zálabská	w/o
Win	4–2	Apr 2006	ITF Bath, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard (i)	Martina Babáková	Marie-Perrine Baudouin Karla Mraz	6–3, 6–1
Loss	4–3	May 2006	ITF Warsaw, Poland	10,000	Clay	Justine Ozga	Irina Kuzmina Oksana Teplyakova	0–6, 1–6
Loss	4–4	Feb 2007	ITF Tipton, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Ksenia Lykina	Kim Kilsdonk Elise Tamaëla	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–4	Feb 2007	Biberach Open, Germany	25,000	Hard (i)	Nina Bratchikova	Darija Jurak Sandra Martinović	6–2, 6–0
Win	6–4	Aug 2007	Bronx Open, United States	50,000	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–3, 1–6, 6–1
Win	7–4	Nov 2007	ITF Kunming, China	50,000	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	Han Xinyun Xu Yifan	6–4, 6–1
Win	8–4	Nov 2008	Kraków Open, Poland	100,000	Hard (i)	Angelique Kerber	Olga Brózda Sandra Zaniewska	6–3, 6–2
Loss	8–5	Oct 2010	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	100,000	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Jill Craybas Tamarine Tanasugarn	3–6, 1–6
Win	9–5	Jul 2011	Open de Biarritz, France	100,000	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Erika Sema Roxane Vaisemberg	6–2, 6–1
Win	10–5	May 2012	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Katalin Marosi Renata Voráčová	7–5, 4–6, [10–6]

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2007	Wimbledon	Grass	Madison Brengle	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	2007	US Open	Hard	Kristína Kučová	3–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)

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Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Julia Cohen	Evgeniya Rodina Arina Rodionova	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win	2007	French Open	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	Sorana Cîrstea Alexa Glatch	6–1, 6–4
Win	2007	Wimbledon	Grass	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Win	2007	US Open	Hard	Ksenia Milevskaya	Oksana Kalashnikova Ksenia Lykina	6–1, 6–2

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Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Aug 2004	ITF Zabrze, Poland	Grade 4	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Aug 2004	ITF Warsaw, Poland	Grade 4	Clay	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	3.	Jan 2005	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	Grade 2	Carpet (i)	Agnieszka Radwańska	2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	4.	Jul 2005	ITF Wels, Austria	Grade 1	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	2–6, 3–6
Win	1.	Jan 2006	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	Grade 2	Carpet (i)	Anna Korzeniak	7–6(7–1), 7–5
Win	2.	Jan 2006	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	Grade 1	Carpet (i)	Marlot Meddens	6–2, 6–2
Win	3.	Dec 2006	ITF Bradenton, United States	Grade 1	Hard	Sorana Cîrstea	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	Jun 2007	ITF Halle, Germany	Grade 2	Grass	Katarzyna Piter	6–0, 6–3
Win	5.	Jul 2007	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grade A	Grass	Madison Brengle	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	5.	Sep 2007	US Open	Grade A	Hard	Kristína Kučová	3–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)

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Doubles: 17 (16–1)

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Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	17 January 2004	Bergheim, Austria		Carpet (i)	Agnieszka Radwańska	Tatjana Malek Miriam Steinhilber	6–4, 6–0
Win	2.	20 June 2004	Gdynia, Poland		Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Ieva Irbe Maria Spenceley	6–2, 6–2
Win	3.	15 August 2004	Zabrze, Poland		Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Alena Bayarchyk Katsarina Zheltova	6–1, 6–4
Win	4.	19 September 2004	Prague, Czech Republic		Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Gabriela Bergmannová Eva Kadlecová	3–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win	5.	23 January 2005	Bratislava, Slovakia		Carpet (i)	Agnieszka Radwańska	Claudia Smolders Aude Vermoezen	6–1, 6–0
Win	6.	6 March 2005	Nürnberg, Germany		Carpet (i)	Agnieszka Radwańska	Ekaterina Makarova Evgeniya Rodina	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win	7.	15 May 2005	Sankt Pölten, Austria		Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Kateřina Kramperová Tamira Paszek	6–1, 6–2
Win	8.	18 June 2005	Halle, Germany		Grass	Agnieszka Radwańska	Julia Görges Ia Jikia	6–4, 6–2
Win	9.	17 July 2005	Wels, Austria		Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Marrit Boonstra Renée Reinhard	7–5, 6–2
Win	10.	22 January 2006	Bratislava, Slovakia		Carpet (i)	Monika Kochanová	Aleksandra Kulikova Anastasia Petukhova	6–4, 0–6, 6–2
Win	11.	29 January 2006	Přerov, Czech Republic		Carpet (i)	Monika Kochanová	Marlot Meddens Anouk Tigu	6–2, 6–2
Win	12.	10 December 2006	Key Biscayne, United States		Hard	Sorana Cîrstea	Sharon Fichman Kateřina Vaňková	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1.	27 January 2007	Australian Open		Hard	Julia Cohen	Evgeniya Rodina Arina Rodionova	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win	13.	10 June 2007	French Open		Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	Sorana Cîrstea Alexa Glatch	6–1, 6–4
Win	14.	23 June 2007	Halle, Germany		Grass	Katarzyna Piter	Tyra Calderwood Elena Chernyakova	6–2, 6–1
Win	15.	8 July 2007	Wimbledon, UK		Grass	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Win	16.	9 September 2007	US Open, United States		Hard	Ksenia Milevskaya	Oksana Kalashnikova Ksenia Lykina	6–1, 6–2

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Head-to-head vs. top-10 ranked players

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface

Wins over top 10s per season

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#	Player	Ranking	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2009
1.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 10	Dubai Championships, UAE	Hard	1st round	6–4, 6–3
2.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	No. 8	Indian Wells Open, United States	Hard	2nd round	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2012
3.	Marion Bartoli	No. 8	Brussels Open, Belgium	Clay	2nd round	6–4, 6–2

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