page_title: Dominika Cibulková
section_title: 2007: Grand Slam debut
hierarchical_section_title: Dominika Cibulková / Career / 2007: Grand Slam debut
caption_attribution_description: Dominika Cibulková, Fed Cup, Slovakia
context_page_description: Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Known for her quick and aggressive style of play, she won eight WTA singles titles and two on the ITF Women's Circuit.
  Cibulková reached the quarterfinals or better of all four Grand Slam tournaments. One of the most notable achievements of her career was a final appearance at the 2014 Australian Open, when she became the first female Slovak to reach the championship round of a Grand Slam. She also won the WTA Finals in 2016, becoming the fourth player to win the tournament on debut.
context_section_description: She started the season with a win over Tara Iyer in the first round of the Bangalore Open, but lost to No. 4 seed Jelena Kostanić Tošić in the second round.
  At the French Open, Cibulková qualified and made her Grand Slam main draw debut, reaching the third round. In the second round, she upset Martina Müller after beating Sun Tiantian. She eventually lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova. She also reached the third round in Amelia Island, beating Anabel Medina Garrigues but losing to her countrywoman Daniela Hantuchová and the quarterfinals of the ECM Prague Open, beating Gisela Dulko before falling to Victoria Azarenka.
  Her best finish of the year came in September, when she exited at the semifinal stage at the Guangzhou International Women's Open in China. She lost to eventual champion Virginie Razzano.
caption: Cibulková during the 2007 season
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