Urszula Radwańska

Urszula Radwańska (born 7 December 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player.

Radwańska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

As a junior player, Radwańska won the 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles title, culminating in the junior year-ending world No. 1 ranking.

Nicknamed Ula, she is the younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska.

As a junior player, Radwańska won Grand Slam titles, including the 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles, culminating in the junior year-ending world No. 1 ranking.

This was the launching pad into her professional career, where she has been getting into WTA main draws via qualifying and wildcards.

In 2007, Radwańska played in the main draw of three WTA Tour tournaments.

She lost in the first round of the Tier II Warsaw Open in Warsaw, the second round of the Tier III Japan Open in Tokyo, and the quarterfinals of the Tier III Bangkok Open after defeating fourth-seeded Virginie Razzano in the third round.

Urszula and Agnieszka won a doubles title together at the İstanbul Cup.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Radwańska made her Grand Slam singles debut, losing in the second round to two-time champion Serena Williams 4–6, 4–6.

Having seen the fight she put up in this match, the commentator Andrew Castle observed: "She is sound in just about all areas, and she knows what to do with the ball, she seems to have an understanding, a little like Martina Hingis."

On 21 September 2009, she peaked at No. 74 in the doubles rankings.

On 16 February 2009, the Radwańska sisters played their first official tour match against each other in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships.

Urszula won the match in straight sets 6–4, 6–3 hitting six aces and 25 winners.

At the Indian Wells Open, she defeated sixth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets, the highest ranked player she had ever defeated.

She then lost to ninth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki in her first ever WTA fourth-round match.

Her results at this tournament caused her singles ranking to break into the top 100 for the first time.

In the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, the French Open, Radwańska lost in the first round to Yanina Wickmayer.

She advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Championships, falling to No. 14, Dominika Cibulková.

She then competed in the US Open, losing to Kristina Barrois in the opening round.

Radwańska lost in the first round of 2010 Australian Open to eventual champion Serena Williams.

She was then forced to take a break to undergo lumbar spine surgery in Miami, Florida.

Following a six-month break, she returned to action in August.

At the US Open, she scored her first main-draw win of the year by defeating Anna Chakvetadze, but lost her next round to Lourdes Domínguez Lino.

Radwańska then lost in the qualifying draw of the 2011 Australian Open.

She advanced to the third round at the Indian Wells Open, before falling to Victoria Azarenka.

However, she was unable to qualify for the French Open or the Wimbledon Championships.

Subsequently, she won three qualifying matches at the US Open to make the main draw before she lost to her sister Agnieszka in the first round.

She reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Tashkent Open, eventually losing to top seed Ksenia Pervak.

Radwańska began her season at the Sydney International.

On 8 October 2012, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 29.

She qualified for the main draw defeating wildcard Sally Peers, eighth seed Iveta Benešová, and 13th seed Vania King.

In the first round, she lost to her sister and seventh seed Agnieszka 1–6, 1–6.

Ranked 99 at the Australian Open, Radwańska defeated qualifier Alison Riske in the first round before losing to Sorana Cîrstea 6–1, 2–6, 3–6.

She reached the second round of the French Open, losing to fourth seed Petra Kvitová.

Radwańska started the grass-court season playing the $75k tournament in Nottingham.

She saved three match points in her opening round against Misaki Doi and went on to win the title.

Weather forced the semifinals and final to be played on the same day.

Radwańska won both matches in three sets, defeating Irina Falconi in and CoCo Vandeweghe.

This result granted her qualification into the main draw for the London Olympics.