CAREER IN REWIEW

1998 - Played first ITF Circuit event, qualifying for ITF/Bratislava-SVK

1999 - Finished first full season ranked No. 201; won first ITF Circuit titles at ITF/Jackson-USA (as a qualifier) and ITF/Fano and reached SF at ITF/Bratislava-SVK; made Tour debut at Bratislava (l. 1r to Appelmans); also played Tour qualifying at Birmingham

2000 - Improved 93 spots to No. 108; reached first Tour QF at Strasbourg (as LL) and Luxembourg (d. world No. 7 Tauziat in 2r for first Top 10 win); also qualified for Oklahoma City, reaching 2r; won first Tour doubles title at Bratislava (w/Habsudova); won ITF/Bronx-USA as a qualifier; received WC into Philadelphia (l. to Tauziat in 2r)

2001 - First Top 100 finish at No. 38; played all four Grand Slams for first time, reaching 2r at Roland Garros and Wimbledon; recorded second Top 10 win at Oklahoma City, d. world No. 10 Coetzer en route to first Tour SF (l. to No. 6 Capriati in 3s); afterwards (February 26) broke into Top 100 at No. 86; in Canadian Open 2r, l. to Capriati again in 3s after leading 75 41; advanced to second career SF at Birmingham; as a qualifier into Rome reached 3r (l. to Mauresmo in 3s); at Wimbledon, won first Grand Slam title, claiming mixed doubles crown (w/Friedl); reached three other QF at Basel, Leipzig (as a qualifier, d. world No. 11 Dokic, saving mp) and Zurich (as a qualifier, d. world No. 12 Shaughnessy, l. to Davenport in 3s in first Tier I QF); won second career doubles title at Luxembourg (w/Bovina)

2002 - Career-best season to date, winning first Tour singles title and reaching SF or better at six events (all Tier II or above); season highlighted by breakthrough title win at Indian Wells; ranked No. 26 and seeded No. 18, became lowest seed to win a Tier I event, breaking No. 14 seed Dokic’s record set at 2001 Rome; scored career-best wins over world No. 7 Henin and No. 4 Hingis en route; Hingis was appearing in her 63rd career Tour singles final, while it was Hantuchova’s first; became one of five players to win her debut singles title at a Tier I event (instituted in 1980), others being Bonder (1983 Tokyo [Queens Grand Prix]), Graf (1986 Family Circle Cup), Majoli (1995 Zurich) and Dokic (2001 Rome); afterwards (March 18), broke into Top 20 at No. 17, the first Slovak woman in Top 20 since Habsudova in September 1997; also runner-up at Filderstadt (l. Clijsters in 3s), breaking into the Top 10 afterwards (October 14) at No. 9; semifinalist at Eastbourne (d. 11-time champion Navratilova in 2r in 3s), Canadian Open, New Haven and Linz; in Australian Open 3r, held points for 5-4 third set lead on No. 2 seed V. Williams before falling; reached first two Grand Slam QF at Wimbledon (d. Dokic) and US Open (d. Henin); in doubles, winner of Amelia Island and New Haven, runner-up at Australian Open (all w/Sanchez-Vicario), mixed doubles champion at Australian Open (second Grand Slam title in two attempts in mixed doubles) and runner-up at Wimbledon (both w/Ullyett); instrumental in Slovakia’s first-ever Fed Cup title, winning a singles rubber and the deciding doubles to lead Slovakia over Switzerland 3-2 in 1r; won both singles rubbers vs. France, including win over Mauresmo in 3s to lead Slovakia into SF; d. Farina Elia in SF win over Italy and in final, d. Serna 62 61 and C. Martinez 67(8) 75 64 in three hours, 21 minutes; reached career-high doubles ranking of No. 5 on August 26; qualified for season-ending Championships in both singles and doubles (w/Sanchez-Vicario) for first time; seeded No. 7 in singles, l. 1r to Mag. Maleeva; withdrew from doubles due to Sanchez-Vicario’s right thigh strain sustained in Fed Cup SF

2003 - Became first Slovak woman to rank in singles Top 5 on January 27; rose to career-high No. 5 after third straight Grand Slam QF appearance at Australian Open (l. to V. Williams), but slumped to No. 19 by year’s end; did not beat a higher-ranked player and scored only two Top 20 wins all season; reached QF or better at first four and six of first eight events, but after QF finish at Amelia Island in April, reached only two more QF for remainder of year; best result of season was SF finish at Antwerp (l. to V. Williams); seven-time quarterfinalist (three times after 1r bye); best win of season was over world No. 15 Schnyder in Australian Open 4r; suffered narrow losses at Grand Slams - in Roland Garros 2r to Harkleroad (trailed 5-1 third set then recovered to serve for match at 6-5 before falling 97) and Wimbledon 2r to Asagoe (led 5-2 third set and held 3 mp before falling 12-10); in doubles, reached SF at Roland Garros and Eastbourne (both w/Rubin) and six other QF (with six different partners)

2004 - Fourth straight Top 40 finish, highlighted by runner-up result at Eastbourne; as world No.54, reached first final in 20 months and first on grass at Eastbourne, d. No.33 Frazier, No.35 Sprem, No.13 Sugiyama and No.4 Mauresmo (top seed) in SF en route (was second Top 5 win of career after No.4 Hingis at 2002 Indian Wells), l. to No.9 Kuznetsova (served for match at 6-5 in second set); afterwards on June 21, reentered Top 40 at No.38; reached QF at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (d. Sharapova en route, l. to eventual champion Davenport) and New Haven (l. to Raymond); reached 3r at Miami, Wimbledon and US Open; began year as No.19, dropped to No.54 on June 7 (lowest since September 24, 2001) and rose to No.31 by season's end; reached Hopman Cup final for Slovakia (w/Kucera), l. 2-1 to US team Davenport/Blake; represented Slovakia at Olympics in singles (l. 2r) and doubles (w/Husarova, l. 1r); in mixed doubles, reached SF at Roland Garros (w/Woodbridge); upper respiratory infection caused withdrawal prior to 2r at Paris [Indoors] and retirement during 2r match vs. Golovin at Birmingham.

2005 - Impressive return to form for former Top 5 player after consistent results in singles and doubles, also completing career Grand Slam in mixed doubles; in singles, QF or better 10 times (nine on hardcourts), highlighted by runner-up finish at Los Angeles (d. world No.6 Dementieva in SF for best match victory of season before falling to Clijsters in first Tour singles final since Eastbourne in June 2004; afterwards, surpassed $3 million in career prize money); SF three times, at Doha (l. to eventual champion Sharapova), Cincinnati (l. to Morigami) and Filderstadt (d. No.10 Schnyder in 2r, third of three Top 10 wins in 2005; l. to top seed and eventual champion Davenport); QF six times, at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Kuznetsova; only non-hardcourt QF of season, also only Tier I QF of season), Dubai (d. No.8 Molik en route; l. to S.Williams), Stanford (l. to eventual champion Clijsters), New Haven (l. to eventual champion Davenport; afterwards on August 29, returned to Top 20 at No.19 for first time since January 2004), Luxembourg (l. to Dechy) and Linz (l. to Schnyder); reached 3r at all four majors, at Australian Open (as No.26 seed, d. Schett in 2r for 200th career match win in the Austrian’s last professional singles match; l. to No.6 seed Dementieva 75 57 64), Roland Garros (as No.20 seed, l. to No.14 seed Clijsters), Wimbledon (as No.20 seed, l. to No.14 seed and eventual champion V.Williams) and US Open (as No.20 seed, l. to No.10 seed V.Williams); also 3r at Indian Wells (l. to Zuluaga); 2r six times, incl. Zürich (l. to top seed, eventual champion Davenport 36 75 62, having led 5-3 second set and squandering 2 mp; Davenport clinched return to No.1 ranking with the victory), and 1r four times (incl. Toronto [Canadian Open], where ret. at 4-all third set vs. Jidkova due to heat illness); solid season in doubles, winning fifth and sixth career Tour doubles titles at Birmingham (w/Sugiyama) and Filderstadt (w/Myskina); runner-up at San Diego (w/Sugiyama; d. Black/Stubbs in SF) and Zürich (w/Sugiyama; d. Raymond/Stosur in SF), and reached SF four other times, incl. Toronto [Canadian Open] (w/Sugiyama; afterwards on August 22, returned to Top 20 in doubles at No.18 for first time since August 2003); captured two mixed doubles majors, Roland Garros (w/Santoro; d. Navratilova/Paes in final) and US Open (w/Bhupathi; d. Srebotnik/Zimonjic in final), becoming second woman in Open Era (Navratilova) and fourth in tennis history (also Court, King) to complete the career Grand Slam in mixed doubles (2001 Wimbledon w/Friedl, 2002 Australian Open w/Ullyett); helped Slovakia win Hopman Cup mixed event (w/Hrbaty); withdrew from Québec City w/right shoulder strain.

2006 - Another Top 20 season; runner-up once, at Zürich (l. to Sharapova) and SF once, at Auckland (l. to Zvonareva); QF twice, at Sydney (ret. vs. Vaidisova w/gastrointestinal illness) and Stuttgart; had four Top 10 wins during season, at Sydney (No.7 Schnyder), Stuttgart (No.10 Safina) and Zürich (No.8 Schnyder, No.4 Kuznetsova); 4r at first three majors of season, incl. Australian Open (d. S.Williams in 3r for first win in then-12 meetings vs. Williams sisters); on January 30 (after Australian Open) rose from No.17 to No.15 (first time in Top 15 since October 2003); on June 12 (after runner-up finish in doubles w/Sugiyama at Roland Garros), rose from No.11 to No.5 in doubles (return to career-high); ret. in Linz 1r w/right rib injury; withdrew from Birmingham w/wrist injury and from Cincinnati w/right foot injury.

2007 - Second career Top 10 season, highlighted by Indian Wells title and impressive fall results, including Linz title; won second and third career Tour singles titles at Indian Wells (as No.14 seed, d. No.3 seed Hingis in 4r and No.2 seed Kuznetsova in final) and Linz (as No.2 seed, d. No.5 seed Vaidisova 26 62 76(3) in SF for first win in five career meetings, having trailed 4-1 third set and saved mp at 6-5; d. No.6 seed Schnyder in final); runner-up two times in fall, at Bali (as No.2 seed, l. to Davenport in 3s) and Luxembourg (as No.4 seed, l. to No.2 seed Ivanovic 36 64 64, having led 3-0 second set); SF five times, at Doha (as No.6 seed, overcame 61 41 deficit to d. No.3 seed Hingis 16 64 64 in QF; l. to No.2 seed Kuznetsova), Rome (as No.9 seed, d. No.7 seed Chakvetadze en route; l. to No.2 seed Kuznetsova; was first SF in 34 career Tour clay court events), 's-Hertogenbosch (as No.5 seed, d. No.2 seed Ivanovic in QF; l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion Chakvetadze), Stanford (as No.3 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Chakvetadze in 3s) and Kolkata (as No.2 seed, l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Kirilenko in 3s); also QF three times, at Dubai (l. to Mauresmo in 3s), Amelia Island (l. to Bammer in 3s) and Birmingham (l. to Bartoli 75 third set); had five Top 10 wins during regular season at Doha (No.6 Hingis), Indian Wells (No.6 Hingis, No.4 Kuznetsova), Rome (No.10 Chakvetadze) and 's-Hertogenbosch (No.6 Ivanovic); consistent results prompted Top 10 return on June 18 (after Birmingham; had spent 47 straight weeks there from October 14, 2002 to September 7, 2003; would spend 13 non-consecutive weeks there until end of 2007 season) and qualification for Tour Championships, as No.8 in Race (tied w/Sharapova; became seventh and eighth qualifiers after No.7 V.Williams' withdrawal); fell in RR stage w/1-2 record (l. to Sharapova, Ivanovic; d. Kuznetsova 76(7) 60, having trailed 4-1 first set and saving 5sp in tie-break); win over No.2 Kuznetsova was sixth Top 10 win of year, 22nd of career and first over a Top 3 player (best previous wins were three wins over No.4s); solid Grand Slam runs, with 4r at Australian Open (as No.15 seed, l. to No.4 seed Clijsters) and Wimbledon (as No.10 seed, d. No.19 seed Srebotnik in 3r for 300th career match win; l. to No.7 seed S.Williams in 3s) and 3r at Roland Garros (as No.12 seed, l. to No.24 seed Medina Garrigues in 3s marathon) but 1r at US Open (as No.9 seed, l. to Vakulenko in 3s); surpassed $5 million in career prize money earnings, first Slovak woman to achieve that (is currently the only Slovak woman past $2 million); went 0-2 in Slovakia's 5-0 World Group II loss to Czech Republic (l. to Vaidisova and Safarova, both in 3s); ret. during Los Angeles 3r match vs. Dementieva w/upper respiratory illness; withdrew from Strasbourg w/left leg strain.