Ranked No. 31 to end the 2010 season, Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova has three Top 30 finishes under her belt, and has been ranked as high as No. 12 in the world.
At 5-feet, 3-inches tall, the right-handed Cibulkova is one of the shorter players on tour. After turning pro in 2004, she first cracked the Top 100 in 2007. She begun that season ranked 153rd, but moved into the Top 100 for the first time when she reached the third round of the French Open.
She went on to reach the semifinals at China to crack the Top 50, eventually finishing No. 52.
She moved just outside the ranks of the elite in 2008, finishing in the Top 20 for the first time in her career. She reached the quarterfinals at Doha, upsetting No. 7 Venus Williams in the third round, then lost in the final at Amelia Island to move up to No. 29 in the world. She defended her points at the French Open with another third-round appearance, reached the quarterfinals at Stanford and blitzed her way to the final at Montreal by defeating No. 6 Elena Dementieva, No. 2 Jelena Jankovic and No. 15 Marion Bartoli. The surge in points pushed her up to No. 19 in the world, the slot she would finish the season in., with a 40-27 record.
The good times kept rolling for Cibulkova through the first half of 2009. She reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, and the semifinals of the French Open, falling to No. 1 Dinara Safina. She eventually rose to a career-best No. 12 in the rankings in early July, then went on a four-match losing streak that became a 2-8 end to the season, dropping her back to 30th.
She finished 2010 ranked 31st, compiling a 34-25 record highlighted by a third-round appearance at Wimbledon and a trip to the quarterfinals of the US Open, including an upset of No. 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika Cibulkova
