On court

• learned to play tennis by tagging along with her parents Peter, a VCE maths teacher and tennis coach, and Robyn, a remedial masseur, when they played
• began competing at eight years of age
• played her second full season on the senior circuit in 2010, elevating her ranking to a career-high 460
• overcame a lean Australian summer to reach the quarterfinal of the Antalya ITF event, but was unfortunately forced out with injury, which also ruled her out of the doubles final
• tournaments she most looks forward to are Wimbledon, because grass is her favourite surface, and the Australian Open, because it is in her home town and was the scene of her girls’ doubles semifinal showing in 2008 with Jade Curtis
• tennis heroes are Sam Stosur and Alicia Molik because of their playing styles and composure
• plays an attacking style of tennis and her dream is to become world No.1

Off court

• enjoys surfing, listening to music and dancing
• a chick-flick connoisseur, her favourite films are A Walk to Remember and Step Up
• favourite TV show is Friends
• favourite colour is blue

Year-end singles ranking history