page_title: Andrea Petkovic
section_title: 2010: Breakthrough year; into top 50
hierarchical_section_title: Andrea Petkovic / Career / 2010: Breakthrough year; into top 50
caption_attribution_description: English: Andrea Petković, Return Position Deutsch: Andrea Petković, Position beim Return
context_page_description: Andrea Petkovic is a German tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old. Petkovic turned professional in 2006 and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 in October 2011, after reaching the quarterfinals of three Grand Slam events that year.
  Petkovic suffered three separate injuries in 2012: a back injury in January, an ankle injury in August and a knee injury in December that kept her out for nine months and almost saw her fall out of the top 200. She has won six WTA titles, nine ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles. She won the season-ending tennis tournament WTA Tournament of Champions in 2014. Petkovic became the German national champion in 2007 and 2009 and is coached by Eric van Harpen.
context_section_description: She played her first tournament in 2010 in Brisbane, Australia, where she reached the semifinal with wins over Iveta Benešová, Vania King, and Daniela Hantuchová. She then lost to eventual champion Kim Clijsters. After that tournament, she reached the top 50 of the WTA rankings for the first time.
  At the Open GdF Suez in Paris, Petkovic reached the quarterfinals after defeating Katarina Srebotnik and number five seed Aravane Rezaï, but lost to Elena Dementieva.
  At the French Open, Petkovic defeated Elena Vesnina of Russia in the first round. She was beaten by defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round after missing four match points on her own serve.
  Petkovic was seeded 7th at the UNICEF Open and advanced to the final with wins over Petra Kvitová, Ana Ivanovic, Sandra Záhlavová, and Kirsten Flipkens. She lost to Justine Henin in the final.
  Petkovic's best singles performance in a Grand Slam event came at the US Open. Her first two matches were three-set upset victories over Nadia Petrova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. She performed an on-court dance following both triumphs. After she received a third-round walkover due to an injury to Peng Shuai, Petkovic lost her first career Arthur Ashe Stadium appearance to eventual tournament finalist Vera Zvonareva.
caption: Petkovic at the 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
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