she won three titles. In the Australian Open, she defeated Irena Pavlovic in the first round of qualifying draw, but lost to Kurumi Nara. Erakovic took part in the French Open where she won three straight matches in the qualifying draw against Ajla Tomljanović, Kurumi Nara and Petra Cetkovská, qualifying her for the main draw. In the first round, she lost to Arantxa Rus. She qualified for Wimbledon, where she beat Chang Kai-chen in the first round, her first singles Grand Slam win since the Australian Open in 2009. However, she lost to Daniela Hantuchová in the second round. At Stanford, Erakovic had the biggest win of her singles career, defeating top-seed and then-world No. 4, Victoria Azarenka, in the second round to reach the quarterfinals. In the US Open, she was defeated in the first round by Mirjana Lučić after coming through three rounds of qualification. Erakovic made her first WTA Tour final at the Challenge Bell in Quebec City. To reach the final, she defeated Caroline Garcia, Irina Falconi, top seed Daniela Hantuchová and defending champion Tamira Paszek. In the final, she lost to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. This very good year made her quickly climb back to No. 61. 2012: Top 40 personal high, short-lived At the Australian Open, Erakovic beat Irena Pavlovic in the first round and lost to Christina McHale in the second, in three sets. In the doubles, she and partner Chuang Chia-jung were eliminated in the first round. In May at the Italian Open, Erakovic had one of the biggest wins of her singles career defeating world No. 13, Sabine Lisicki, in the first round. Earlier, she had lost in the semifinals to Elena Vesnina at the Budapest Grand Prix, WTA International tournament in Hungary. This helped her reach her career high of No. 39 on 7 May 2012. She reached the second round of the Carlsbad Open, losing to Dominika Cibulková. She missed all 2012 tournaments after the US Open due to a right hip injury. At the end of the year, she was down to top 70. 2013: Readvance to top 50 Erakovic began the season at the Auckland Open, where she was defeated by Jamie Hampton in the second round of singles, and with Heather Watson as her partner, was defeated in the quarterfinals of the doubles. Erakovic lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Alizé Cornet. In February,