of 39–25. She went 25–16 on hard courts, 9–7 on clay, and 5–2 on grass. She was 1–9 versus top-10 players, with losses to Radwańska, Kuznetsova, Janković, Dementieva, Serena Williams (twice), and Safina (three times), with the sole victory over Zvonareva. 2010: Steady ranking Hantuchová started the 2010 WTA Tour by competing at the Brisbane International. Seeded fourth, Hantuchová was upset by unseeded Andrea Petkovic in the quarterfinals. At the Sydney International, dhr fell to fifth seed and eventual champion Elena Dementieva in the second round. Seeded 22nd at the Australian Open, Hantuchová fell to 16th seed and eventual semifinalist Li Na in the third round. Hantuchová defeated Zhang Shuai in the Fed Cup tie against China in Bratislava prior to the Dubai Championships. In Dubai, she upset fifth seed Dementieva through retirement, after winning the first set 6–4. However, she fell to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the third round. Hantuchová was seeded second at the Monterrey Open. She became one of the favorites after top seed Jelena Janković fell in the first round. Hantuchová fought from a set down to beat unseeded Vania King in the quarterfinals, and fourth seed Dominika Cibulková in the semifinals. However, she fell to third seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. It was Hantuchová's first final since Linz in 2007. Hantuchová was upset at Indian Wells by Roberta Vinci in the second round, after injuring her back during training earlier that day. At the Miami Open, she gained a career-best in Miami, reaching the fourth round after recording straight-set victories over Patty Schnyder and 16th seed Nadia Petrova, but lost a very tight three-set match to third seed and eventual finalist Venus Williams in nearly three hours. Hantuchová began the clay-court season by competing at the Charleston Cup in South Carolina. She upset second seed and world No. 7, Jelena Janković in the quarterfinals. However, she fell to fourth seed and eventual champion Samantha Stosur in her third career clay-court semifinal. Hantuchová then helped Slovakia earn a place in the World Group I for the 2011 Fed Cup by scoring two singles victories and a doubles victory in the World Group play-offs against Serbia. She again defeated world No. 7 Janković in one of her singles matches for a second week in a row. Despite first-round loses in the Italian Open in Rome and in the Madrid Open, Hantuchová rebounded at the French Open. Seeded