singles, she lost in the first round to qualifier Yanina Wickmayer in three sets. In doubles, she teamed up with compatriot Edina Gallovits; they lost in the first round to American-Czech team of Carly Gullickson/Vladimíra Uhlířová, in three sets. The first highlight of the year came at the Barcelona Open where Alexandra reached the semifinals. She defeated Sílvia Soler Espinosa, Sara Errani, Arantxa Parra Santonja, then lost in the semifinals to Roberta Vinci, 7–6, 1–6, 2–6. Dulgheru got her first top-ten win at the Italian Open against world No. 3, Dinara Safina, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. In the third round, Dulgheru lost to Nadia Petrova. At the Madrid Open, she defeated Elena Dementieva in the second round 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 for her second top-ten win. In the third round, she lost to Lucie Šafářová, 7–6, 1–6, 6–7. She won her second WTA Premier title and second WTA overall at the Warsaw Open where she was the defending champion. In the first rounds, she won over Kateryna Bondarenko and Timea Bacsinszky, in straight sets. In the quarterfinal, she defeated Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova. In the semifinal, she won over third seeded Li Na 6–4, 3–6, 6–4. In the final, she beat Zheng Jie in straight sets. Grand Slam success and injury Playing at the French Open for the first time, she defeated Lucie Hradecká 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 in the first round, and Timea Bacsinszky 6–4, 6–2 in the second. She then lost to third seeded Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets. In doubles, she teamed up with Alberta Brianti. They defeated the team of Jill Craybas/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 6–4 in the first round. Then they lost the match against fifth seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta, 5–7, 6–7. Another semifinal followed at the UNICEF Open. For the first time in her career she was a seeded player (fifth seed) and following wins over Julie Coin, Alla Kudryavtseva and Yaroslava Shvedova, Alexandra eventually lost in the semifinals to Justine Henin. A first time appearance at Wimbledon saw her entering the all three possible draws: singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In singles, the 31st seed Alexandra, defeated in the first round Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm, in three sets. She faced in the second round qualifier Romina Oprandi who she swept through in straight sets, 6–2, 6–0. Her victorious run ended in the third round where she lost to Estonian qualifier Kaia Kanepi, 1–6, 2–6. In