Aleksandra Wozniak

At the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford in 2008, she became the first Canadian in 20 years to capture a WTA singles title and the first Quebecer in history to have accomplished such a feat.

She was inspired to pick up a racquet by her sister and Monica Seles, her idol growing up, and was coached by her father Antoni.

At the French Open, Wozniak made it to the third round of a Grand Slam championship for the first time in her career before losing to 11th seed Vera Zvonareva.

5, Serena Williams (who had to retire in the match), en route to defeating sixth seed Marion Bartoli in the final.

In August 2008, she was presented with key to the city in Blainville, Québec, by the mayor; they renamed it "Wozniakville" for 24 hours commemorating her achievement as the first time a woman from Québec had won a Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title (when she won Stanford in July).

Wozniak joined up with compatriot Daniel Nestor in the mixed doubles, where they made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi.

[14] She debuted her grass season in June, at the Eastbourne International, Wozniak made it to the semifinals, before losing to Caroline Wozniacki.

Wozniak entered the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo and made it into the third round before losing in three sets to Magdaléna Rybáriková.

Her father Antoni and fitness trainer André Parent were joint winners of the International Coach of the Year Award for Quebec athletes.

In January at the Australian Open, Caroline Wozniacki eliminated Wozniak for the sixth time in straight sets.

After early losses in Miami and Indian Wells, she went to defend her last year final in Ponte Vedra Beach.

At the French Open, she lost in the third round to fifth seed Elena Dementieva in a match that lasted more than three hours.

[18] In her first Grand Slam appearance since coming back from injury, Wozniak qualified for the 2011 French Open.

She won in early August the second biggest tournament of her career at the $100k Vancouver Open, where she defeated Jamie Hampton in the final.

Wozniak qualified for her third straight Grand Slam at the US Open, but lost in the first round to young American Christina McHale.

At the Rogers Cup, she reached the quarterfinals at a Premier 5 tournament for the first time of her career, where she lost to Caroline Wozniacki.

She was forced to end her season prematurely after suffering a joint sprain in her right shoulder at the Challenge Bell in September.

[20] Wozniak made a first return following her injury at the Miami Open in March, but fell to Kristina Mladenovic in the first round.

[27] At the last tournament of her season in early October, the HP Open, she was defeated by Kristina Mladenovic in the first round.

[28] Wozniak started the season, and the first with her new coach, Nathalie Tauziat, at the Shenzhen Open, but lost to Viktorija Golubic in the first round.

[31] In February, she helped Canada reach the World Group play-offs for the first time since 2004 with a three-set win over Vesna Dolonc.

[42] At a warm up tournament for Wimbledon, the Premier-level Birmingham Classic, she qualified for the main draw and reached the third round.

[49] In September 2015 at the Coupe Banque Nationale, she was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying draw where she lost in the first round to Mandy Minella.

[50] She was also unable to qualify for her next tournament, this time in the final round of the $75k Coleman Vision Championships one week later.

[55] At the end of July, using again her protected ranking, she entered the singles main draw of the Washington Open where she lost to Jessica Pegula in the first round.

[56] The next week, she received a wildcard into the main draw of the Rogers Cup and lost in the first round to Sara Errani.

[58] At the Coupe Banque Nationale in September, she was awarded a wildcard to play in the main draw, but she lost to Pegula in her opener for the second time in two months.

[59] At the $75k Coleman Vision Championships the next week, Wozniak advanced to the semifinals where she lost to Mandy Minella in three sets.

[61] At the Challenger de Saguenay in October, Wozniak made it to the quarterfinals, losing to first seed CiCi Bellis.

[68] Wozniak won her first Fed Cup match in 2004, defeating Swiss Timea Bacsinszky, and boasts a 40–12 record through April 2016.

Wozniak in her first round match against Granville at the 2009 US Open
At the 2011 French Open, her first Slam since coming back from injury
Wozniak at the US Open in 2012