serious injury of her career and also forced her to retire in her match against Vesnina the following week in Linz. Hantuchová finished the year ranked No. 17 in the world, with a 34–25 record. She went 24–17 on hardcourts, 5–4 on clay, 3–2 on grass, and 2–2 on carpet. She was 4–6 against top-10 players, beating Schnyder twice, Safina, and Kuznetsova, with losses to Sharapova (twice), Clijsters, Henin-Hardenne, Dementieva, and Nadia Petrova. 2007: Winning in Indian Wells for the second time Hantuchová's first tournament of the year was at the Auckland Open, where she lost in the second round to Virginie Razzano. Hantuchová then lost to Nicole Vaidišová in the first round of the Tier-II Sydney International and reached her second consecutive Australian Open fourth round, where she lost to world No. 5, Kim Clijsters. Hantuchová was then upset in the first round of the Tier-I Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo by Roberta Vinci. Three weeks later at the Tier-II Dubai Championships, Hantuchová defeated Maria Kirilenko in the second round, before losing her quarterfinal match against Amélie Mauresmo in three sets. The following week at the Tier-II Qatar Open, Hantuchová trailed world No. 6, Martina Hingis, in their quarterfinal match 4–1 in the second set, before coming back to win. She then lost her semifinal match against world No. 5, Svetlana Kuznetsova. In her seventh tournament of the year, Hantuchová won six matches, the last four of which were upsets of higher seeded players, to win the Tier I Indian Wells Open. She upset Hingis in the fourth round, Shahar Pe'er in the quarterfinals, Li Na in the semifinals, and Kuznetsova in the final in straight sets. Hantuchová, however, struggled in her next four events. She was upset in the third round of the Tier I Miami Open in Key Biscayne by Vera Zvonareva. On clay at Amelia Island, Hantuchová lost to Sybille Bammer in the quarterfinals. Two weeks later, Hantuchová lost both of her Fed Cup matches against the Czech Republic in Bratislava on clay, losing to Vaidišová and Lucie Šafářová. Losing her fourth consecutive match, Hantuchová was upset in the first round of the Tier I German Open in Berlin by Zuzana Ondrášková. Hantuchová then reached her first career clay-court semifinal at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. She upset seventh-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the third round, before losing to second-seeded Kuznetsova in the semifinals. At the