Urszula Radwańska

2009: Breaking into the top 100

Radwańska practicing at the 2010 Bank of the West Classic

On 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 six aces and 25 winners.

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, she defeated 6th-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets, the highest ranked player she had ever defeated. She then lost to 9th-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 of the year, the French Open, Radwańska lost in the first round to Belgian 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 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 at the 2011 Australian Open. She advanced to the third round at the BNP Paribas 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. She lost to her sister Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round. She reached her first WTA semifinal at the Tashkent Open, eventually losing to top seed Ksenia Pervak.

2012: Breaking into the top 30

Radwańska began her season at the Apia International Sydney. She qualified for the main draw defeating wildcard Sally Peers, 8th seed Iveta Benešová, and 13th seed Vania King. In the first round, she lost to her sister and 7th seed Agnieszka 1–6, 1–6.^[2] Ranked 99 at the Australian Open Radwańska defeated qualifier Alison Riske in the first round before losing in the second round to Sorana Cîrstea 6–1, 2–6, 3–6.^[3] She reached the second round French Open losing to fourth seed Petra Kvitová. Radwańska started the grass 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 UNICEF Open where she lost to Nadia Petrova.

At Wimbledon, Radwańska lost her first round to Marina Erakovic. She teamed up with her sister Agnieszka 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 Bank of the West Classic and Mercury Insurance Open where she reached the quarterfinals of both events. In London Olympics Radwańska lost to eventual champion Serena Williams (2–6, 3–6).^[5] She partnered with her sister in doubles. They 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 at Guangzhou but fell to Irina-Camelia Begu and Hsieh Su-wei respectively. Both went on to win the title. At the Toray Pan Pacific Open she defeated Ana Ivanovic in the second round but lost to Angelique Kerber in the third round. She lost in the first round of the China Open to Romina Oprandi. She defeated Francesca Schiavone at the first round of the Kremlin Cup. Her season ended with a loss to Caroline Wozniacki in round 2. Urszula finished the season with a 47–29 record.

2013: Fed Cup success

Urszula at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

Urszula began the season in Brisbane where she scored a three set win over Tamira Paszek in the first round. She then lost a tight match against Ksenia Pervak, losing six points to eight in a final set tie-break. She lost in the first round at the Apia International to Caroline Wozniacki. Urszula was seeded for the first time of her career at a Slam at the Australian Open but fell in the first round to Jamie Hampton. She suffered another first round lost to Mona Barthel at the Open GDF Suez. She won her first tour match of 2013 at the Qatar Total Open defeating Nadiia Kichenok in the first round. She then defeated Roberta Vinci in the next round but was taken out by Serena Williams in the third round. Urszula won three qualifying rounds at the Dubai Tennis Championships to make the main draw. However, she lost in round one to Zheng Jie. As an unseeded player at the French Open, she upset seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 in the first round. At Wimbledon, she reached the second round before being defeated by Alison Riske in three sets. She played at the Bank of the West Classic in which she reached the quarterfinals, following an easy victory over Christina McHale and a difficult match against former No. 5, Daniela Hantuchová, which she won 7–6(3), 7–6(3). She then lost to eventual winner Dominika Cibulková. She next played at the Southern California Open, taking out Marina Erakovic and former world No. 1 Jelena Janković before falling to top seed and eventual runner-up Victoria Azarenka. Ula then fell in the first round of the next tournament Rogers Cup to the feisty Italian Flavia Pennetta. In the next tournament, she was the top seed in the qualifying tournament for the Western & Southern Open. Sadly, she crashed out in the first round of qualifying to Croatia's Petra Martić in three tight sets. She was scheduled to play in the New Haven Open at Yale, but withdrew due to illness. At the US Open, Urszula defeated Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets in the opening round. However, she fell to the No. 15 seed, American Sloane Stephens, in the second round.

2014: Shoulder injury and fall from top 200

Urszula Radwańska at the 2014 Internazionali BNL d'Italia

Urszula pulled out of the Australian Open due to a shoulder injury.^[6] She began the 2014 season in February, when she played at the Dow Corning Tennis Classic at Midland, Michigan. Here she defeated Sachia Vickery in the first round and Siniakova in the second round. She then played in Acapulco, Mexico, where she lost to Dominika Cibulková in the first round.

Following Acapulco, she played at the BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells where she lost to Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round. The following week she took part in the Sony Open Tennis in Miami, where she lost to Nadia Petrova 5–7, 6–1, 4–6. Ula then played at Monterrey Open, where she lost to Ana Ivanovic, who ended up winning the tournament.^[7]

Ula next competed at Marrakech Grand Prix, where she lost to Lara Arruabarrena in the first round. The string of early exits continued with losses at the Portugal Open (lost to Yanina Wickmayer 4–6, 5–7), Mutua Madrid Open (lost to Laura Pous Tió), French Open (lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–4, 4–6, 0–3 ret.), Aegon Classic (lost to Casey Dellacqua 1–6, 3–6), Topshelf Open (lost to Mona Barthel 6–3, 6–2), and Wimbledon (lost to Angelique Kerber 2–6, 4–6). Her first main draw win since February would come at the Baku Cup, where she defeated Alison Van Uytvanck 6–1, 0–0, by retirement; the success though was short lived, as Ula experienced a disappointing loss in the next round to Japanese qualifier Misa Eguchi 2–6, 1–6. Most likely one of the most shocking losses of Ula's career came about in her next tournament, The Rogers Cup, with a loss to American Asia Muhammad in the first round. Ula lost in the second round of qualifying at the US Open. She next played in Tashkent, where she picked up elusive back to back wins, one over Vesna Dolonc (6–2, 6–2), and the other against the No. 5 seed Donna Vekić (6–3, 6–3). She lost in the quarterfinals to the No. 1 seed Bojana Jovanovski 6–4, 4–6, 3–6.^[8]

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 TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup. She defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková for a place in the final.^[9] 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.^[10] 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 Radwańska in May 2016

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 Ching-Wen Hsu but lost to Venus Williams in the second round. Next Urszula qualified for the Acapulco 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 quarterfinal at the Stockton Challenger tournament in California. She continued at the Stanford Classic where she defeated Kateryna Bondarenko but lost to Dominika Cibulkova in the second round.

She ended the year with a ranking of No. 261.^[11]

2017: Fall from top 500

Urszula ended the year with a ranking of No. 524.^[12]

Singles: 2 runners-up

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 June 2012	UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands	Grass	Nadia Petrova	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	26 July 2015	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	Hard	Lesia Tsurenko	5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 1 title

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	21 May 2007	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Yung-Jan Chan Sania Mirza	6–1, 6–3

Singles 10 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	2 April 2006	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard	Valérie Tétreault	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Runner-up	1.	14 May 2006	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Natalia Kołat	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	18 November 2007	Kunming, China	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	5–7, 4–6
Winner	2.	28 July 2008	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Julie Coin	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	20 December 2008	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	5–7, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	18 October 2010	Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard	Alison Riske	4–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	7 November 2010	Ismaning, Germany	Carpet	Andrea Hlaváčková	7–5, 6–4
Winner	4.	9 June 2012	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Coco Vandeweghe	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	13 October 2014	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Carina Witthöft	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	6.	22 April 2018	Óbidos, Portugal	Carpet	Katie Boulter	6–4, 3–6, 3–6

Doubles 15 (10–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	14 August 2005	Gdynia, Poland	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Katerina Avdiyenko Natalia Bogdanova	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	21 August 2005	Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	Renata Voráčová Sandra Záhlavová	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	30 October 2005	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Agnieszka Radwańska	Zsofia Gubasci Mariya Koryttseva	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	6 November 2005	Minsk, Belarus	Carpet	Agnieszka Radwańska	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Darya Kustova	3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	19 February 2006	Buchen, Germany	Carpet	Katerina Avdiyenko	Lucie Kreigsmanova Zuzana Zálabská	w/o
Winner	4.	2 April 2006	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard	Martina Babáková	Marie-Perrine Baudouin Karla Mraz	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	13 May 2006	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Justine Ozga	Irina Kuzmina Oksana Teplyakova	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	10 February 2007	Tipton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Ksenia Lykina	Kim Kilsdonk Elise Tamaëla	3–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	18 February 2007	Biberach, Germany	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Darija Jurak Sandra Martinović	6–2, 6–0
Winner	6.	18 August 2007	The Bronx, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–3, 1–6, 6–1
Winner	7.	18 November 2007	Kunming, China	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	Han Xinyun Xu Yifan	6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	9 November 2008	Kraków, Poland	Hard	Angelique Kerber	Olga Brózda Sandra Zaniewska	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	11 October 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Jill Craybas Tamarine Tanasugarn	3–6, 1–6
Winner	9.	8 July 2011	Biarritz, France	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Erika Sema Roxane Vaisemberg	6–2, 6–1
Winner	10.	13 May 2012	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Katalin Marosi Renata Voráčová	7–5, 4–6, [10–6]

Singles (2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	8 July 2007	Wimbledon	Grass	Madison Brengle	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	9 September 2007	US Open	Hard	Kristína Kučová	3–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles (4)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Julia Cohen	Evgeniya Rodina Arina Rodionova	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	2007	French Open	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	Sorana Cîrstea Alexa Glatch	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	2007	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Winner	3.	2007	US Open	Hard	Ksenia Milevskaya	Oksana Kalashnikova Ksenia Lykina	6–1, 6–2

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 August 2004	International Championships of Silesia	Zabrze, Poland	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	22 August 2004	WKT Mera	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	23 January 2005	The 12th Slovak Junior Indoor Tournament	Bratislava, Slovakia	Carpet	Agnieszka Radwańska	2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up	4.	17 July 2005	Sportastic Junior Open Wels	Wels, Austria	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	2–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	22 January 2006	13th Slovak Junior Indoor Tournament	Bratislava, Slovakia	Carpet	Anna Korzeniak	7–6(7–1), 7–5
Winner	2.	29 January 2006	18th Czech International Junior Indoor Championships	Přerov, Czech Republic	Carpet	Marlot Meddens	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	4 December 2006	Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships	Bradenton, United States	Hard	Sorana Cîrstea	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	23 June 2007	8th Gerry Weber Junior Open	Halle, Germany	Grass	Katarzyna Piter	6–0, 6–3
Winner	5.	8 July 2007	Wimbledon Junior Championships	London	Grass	Madison Brengle	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	9 September 2007	US Open Junior Tennis Championships	New York	Hard	Kristína Kučová	3–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 17 (16–1)

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

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

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