Tennis Career
She has won 13 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several grand slam events.
She started playing tennis at age 10, with friends.
In 1997 she won ITF tournaments in singles in Jaffa and Antalya, Turkey. In 1998 she repeated in Jaffa.
In 1999 she won in Guimaraes, Portugal, and Azemeis, Portugal, and 2 tournaments in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2000 she won tournaments in Ashkelon and Beersheba in Israel.
In 2002 she won in Mumbai, India, and Nonthaburi, Thailand. In November she defeated world # 62 Emmanuelle Gagliardi of Switzerland 6–7(2), 6–3, 6–2 in France. In 2003 in India she had an upset win over world # 36 Elena Likhovtseva of Russia, 6–2, 6–3.
In 2004 she played world # 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne in the US Open, winning a set but losing in the second round 6–2, 5–7, 6–2. In 2005 she won both the singles and doubles (with Shahar Pe'er) titles in Raanana, Israel. She also upset world # 47 Émilie Loit of France in the Australian Open, 7–6(11), 6–4.
In 2006, she managed to get further than the 2nd-round of a WTA event in her first event of the year at Auckland and at Guangzhou in late September. In Auckland, she reached the quarterfinals with two good wins over Jamea Jackson and the 5th-seeded world # 27 Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, before falling to Daniela Hantuchová. In Guangzhou, she reached the semifinals of the tournament, along the way defeating world # 51 Elena Vesnina of Russia and world # 20 Na Li of China 6–3, 6–2, before falling to the 4th-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6.
Other than that, she qualified for the Australian Open and various WTA tour events, she won an ITF title in Washington, DC, and finally an ITF doubles title in Antalya-Manavgat partnering Romina Oprandi.
In 2007 she beat 56th-ranked Aiko Nakamura of Japan in the round of 16 of the Pattiaya City tournament in Thailand, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1. She also made it to the semifinals in Bangalore and Patras. In August at the US Open she lost in the first round to world # 86 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, 6–4, 2–6, 5–7.
On September 30, 2007, she reached her first final on the WTA Tour, in which she lost to Virginie Razzano 0–6, 3–6 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open.
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