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| Birth Name(s) : Nicole Vaidisova |
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Full Nicole Vaidisova Biography
Vaidišová is a star in women's tennis who has been playing since she was six years old. She is a student of Nick Bollettieri and trains at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Her serve is considered her biggest weapon. As of June 25, 2007, Vaidišová is ranked #10 in the WTA rankings. On August 9, 2006, she moved up in the rankings to #9, becoming the 12th-youngest player in Tour history to crack the Top 10, at 17 years, 3 months, and 2 weeks of age. She achieved her career-high ranking of No. 7 on May 14, 2007.
Vaidišová débuted strongly in the 2003 season by reaching three consecutive finals: won $10K ITF/Plzeň-CZE, her only event in 2003, without dropping a set.
Later in the season, she reached the quarterfinals at the Japanese Open in Tokyo, defeating No. 29 Tatiana Golovin in three sets en route for her career-best win, before losing to Klára Koukalová. Vaidišová made her Grand Slam début at the US Open losing to defending champion and World No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-1, 6-4 in the first round. She won ITF/Columbus, OH-USA at the start of the season and reached her then career-high No. 72 singles ranking on November 1.
Despite being only 14-years-old, she finished the year with two WTA titles and a win-loss record of 31-8.
In April, at the Family Circle Cup, she made her top 50 début at No.47 and reached her first career Tier I quarterfinals at Charleston, saving two match points in first round victory against qualifier Shahar Pe'er. She then posted her first top 10 victory over defending French Open champion Anastasia Myskina before also defeating Shinobu Asagoe in three sets. Vaidišová then fell to Patty Schnyder in the quarterfinals, making her top 40 début at No. 34 on April 18.
In May, Vaidišová reached her first Tier III final in Istanbul, losing to top seed Venus Williams in the championship match. She made her début at Roland Garros, defeating Lucie Šafářová in the first round before falling in No. 22 seed Francesca Schiavone in the next round.
In August, she reached the quarterfinals at Toronto, defeating on her way lucky loser Shenay Perry, Nathalie Dechy and Hana Šromová before losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne. Her ranking continued to improve, jumping from No. 32 to No. 27 on August 22.
Her ranking improved following the US Open, going from No. 28 to a career-high No. 23 on September 12. She captured her first title of 2005 (and third of career) at Seoul, defeating top seed Jelena Janković in the final without dropping a set during the week. She moved to career-best No. 21 at the start of October.
In that month, she captured her second straight Tour singles title as at Tokyo (Japan Open), winning when Tatiana Golovin retired while trailing 7-6(4) 3-2 due to a left achilles tendonitis in the final. On October 10, she made her top 20 début at No. 18 and extended her winning streak to 15 matches by winning her third consecutive Tour singles title and fifth of her career; she beat Conchita Martínez and Gisela Dulko en route to final, then overcame a 4-2 third-set deficit to defeat Nadia Petrova for the first time, 6-1 6-7(5) 7-5, in the final.
With the Seoul, Tokyo and Bangkok titles, Nicole Vaidišová became the first player since Lindsay Davenport in 2004 to win three titles in three weeks, and also became the sixth woman to win five Tour singles titles before her 17th birthday (after Tracy Austin, Andrea Jaeger, Monica Seles, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis). On October 17, she improved her ranking from No. 18 to No. 17, another career-high.
Vaidišová captured her 6th WTA title at the Tier III event in Strasbourg. In June, Vaidišová made a semifinal run at the French Open, her best Grand Slam performance to date. She defeated World No. 1 and home favourite Amélie Mauresmo 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 in the fourth round and Venus Williams 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinal. However, Vaidišová lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in a tight 7-5, 6-7, 2-6; it has been noted Vaidišová was only two points away from victory several times. At the Wimbledon Championships, Vaidišová got to the fourth round before losing to Li Na. She has now advanced to the Round of Sixteen or better in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments.
At the US Open, she made it to the third round, but lost to Jelena Janković, who later made it to the semifinal. In Beijing, she lost in the second round to Ai Sugiyama after a first round bye.
Vaidišová reached the semifinals of the Tier II Medibank International in Sydney, Australia. She beat Daniela Hantuchová, Yuliana Fedak and Ana Ivanović (for the first time), before falling to Jelena Janković 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Vaidišová has not played since Wimbledon due to glandular fever and signed up for several tournaments before withdrawing. She returned at the U.S. Open, where she lost to Shahar Pe'er in an epic third round match, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(5).
Next week at Zurich, Vaidisova reached the semis defeating Katarina Srebotnik, world No.3 Jelena Janković and Alona Bondarenko all in straight sets. In semis, she faced world No. 1 Justine Henin and, despite coming back from 3-5 down in the third set, Vaidisova ended up losing 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. |
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