third round of both the French Open and Wimbledon. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova The Russian made a breakthrough this year, cracking the top 20 for the first time in her career. She was also able to win her first two career titles at the Monterrey Open over Daniela Hantuchová, 1–6, 6–1, 6–0, and in the İstanbul Cup, where she defeated fellow Russian Elena Vesnina 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 in the final, earning her a spot in the Tournament of Champions. She was also able to reach her first Grand Slam fourth round at the US Open, where she lost to Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–0. In slams she was able to reach the second round of the Australian Open and the third round of French Open and Wimbledon. She was also able to earn upset victories over Francesca Schiavone and Elena Dementieva. Ana Ivanovic Ivanovic had a poor first half of the year, although she was able to reach the semifinals of her first tournament during the season at the Brisbane International. Ivanovic's performances at the Grand Slams tournaments were dismal; apart from reaching the fourth round of the US Open (losing to the eventual champion Kim Clijsters), she was defeated in the second round at Australian and French Opens and in the first round at Wimbledon, in the process winning a total of only five Grand Slam matches. However, Ivanovic reached the semifinals at Internazionali BNL d'Italia and W&S Financial Group Masters and Women's Open (withdrawing due to a foot injury) to improve in the rankings after falling to as low as World No. 65 by July. Ivanovic finally won her first tournament in two years in Generali Ladies Linz defeating Patty Schnyder 6–1, 6–2, in just 45 minutes. Ivanovic's climb back up the rankings continued as she returned to the Top 25 before this tournament. During the year, Ivanovic was able to score notable victories over Victoria Azarenka, Elena Dementieva, (twice each, and both of whom qualified for the year-end championships in Doha), Zheng Jie, Marion Bartoli and her first career victory against Alisa Kleybanova after three defeats. Alisa Kleybanova Kleybanova made a breakthrough this year, winning her first two career titles, which earned her a spot in the tournament of champions. She won the Malaysian Open, defeating top seed Elena Dementieva 6–3 6–2 in the final, and the Hansol Korea Open, this time, beating Klára Zakopalová 6–1, 6–3 in the final.