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Dokic reached the final of the Open Gaz de France, where she was forced to hand a walkover to Venus Williams, after her first victory over Monica Seles a day earlier, due to a right thigh strain suffered in her win.
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Dokic also reached her first WTA doubles final with Amanda Coetzer in Tokyo.
During the spring clay court season, Dokic reached the quarterfinals of the Tier I events in Hilton Head, South Carolina and Rome ( upsetting Venus Williams en route ), as well as earning Fed Cup victories over Kim Clijsters, Anna Kournikova, and Sandrine Testud respectively.
After Wimbledon, Dokic reached the final of the Acura Classic in San Diego, scoring her first win over Capriati in a three set match.
Despite a 6 – 4, 6 – 2 loss to Elena Bovina in the second round of the US Open, Dokic reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 4.
Dokic then reached the semifinals in Bahia and Tokyo.
Under the guidance of new coach Nikola Pilić, after over three months away from the tour due to injury, Dokic qualified for a $ 10, 000 tournament and reached the semifinals of the main draw before losing to Astrid Besser 3 – 6, 6 – 3, 7 – 6.
Dokic and final
Williams won the titles in San Diego and New Haven for the third consecutive year, defeating Davenport and Dokic to win the former and defeating Davenport in the final of the latter.
Dokic then won her fifth career singles title in Birmingham, defeating Myskina in the final 6 – 2, 6 – 3.
In December, Dokic again played the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff event, where she emerged from the round-robin stage with a 2 – 1 record, subsequently winning through to the final playoff.
In her round robin, Dokic won all three of her matches and a spot in the semi final round where she defeated Alicia Molik.
However, Dokic lost to Olivia Rogowska in the final 6 – 1, 6 – 7, 3 – 6.
Dokic faced a resurgent Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands, who had defeated defending champion Alisa Kleybanova in the second round and prevailed 6 – 2, 6 – 3 to advance to her first WTA singles final since the Zürich Open in October 2003.
After wins over 3rd seed Yanina Wickmayer and 5th seed Dominika Cibulkova in the quarter finals and semi finals respectively beat Jelena Dokic in the final 6 – 7 ( 7 ), 6 – 3, 7 – 5.
Dokic and Open
Dokic was defeated in the first round of the Australian Open by Rita Kuti-Kis of Hungary, 6 – 1, 2 – 6, 6 – 3.
However, Dokic lost in the second round at the French Open.
Dokic then earned a wildcard berth at the Australian Open after winning the wildcard playoff.
Dokic received a qualifying wildcard into the Australian Open, where she lost in the second round.
Dokic won her first round match at the 2009 Australian Open against Tamira Paszek of Austria, 6 – 2, 3 – 6, 6 – 4.
In an interview after her first-round win at the Australian Open, Dokic said that she still has no contact with her father, but is building relationships again with her mother and younger brother, and that she has been dating her boyfriend, Tin Bikić, for five years.
Dokic received a wildcard for the main draw of another Premier Mandatory event, the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Dokic at the 2009 French Open.
Dokic was then diagnosed as suffering from glandular fever and had to withdraw from Swedish Open in Båstad.
Prior to the first Grandslam Event, Dokic participated in two Australian Open warm-up tournaments.
Dokic was defeated in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open by 27th seed Alisa Kleybanova 6 – 1, 7 – 5.
Dokic withdrew from the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open in Thailand and 2010 Malaysian Open due to a mysterious illness.
Though she returned to the top 100 after winning three tournaments and 15 matches in a row, Dokic lost in the first round qualifying draw of the 2010 US Open to Laura Robson 6 – 1, 6 – 4.
In December, Dokic participated in the Australian Open Wild Card playoff tournament.
In the Australian Open, Dokic easily dispatched Czech Zuzana Ondrášková 6 – 3, 6 – 2 in the first round, but fell to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 – 7, 1 – 6 in the second round.
At the 2011 Open GDF Suez in Paris, Dokic won all three qualifying matches for a spot in the main draw.
Following the loss, Dokic travelled to Doha to participate at the qualifying draw of 2011 Qatar Ladies Open.
Dokic then travelled to Kuala Lumpur where she scored her biggest win of the year by upsetting World No. 5, 2010 French Open Champion, and top seed Francesca Schiavone 2 – 6, 7 – 6, 6 – 4 in the first round, despite serving 15 double faults.
This victory saw Dokic advance to her first WTA semi-finals since Toray Pan Pacific Open in Japan in February 2004.
Despite this setback, Dokic took part in the main draw of the US Open.
Dokic and France
Dokic then travelled to France to play ITF level tournaments, started with Joué-lès-Tours, a $ 50, 000 event where she was the top seed.
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Later in the year, Dokic played in the qualifying tournament for Wimbledon, where she received a wildcard.
Dokic received a wildcard for the qualifications of the Moorilla Hobart International, where she won four matches to reach the second round of the main draw, where she retired in her match against Flavia Pennetta due to an ankle injury.
After a three month layoff, Dokic finally returned to action at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem tournament in Fes where she qualified but lost in the first round against Gréta Arn.
At the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee, Dokic won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw, where she lost in the first round to top-seeded Wozniacki 6 – 1, 6 – 2 in 48 minutes.
She then travelled to Hobart to play the Hobart International where she defeated Elena Baltacha 6 – 4, 6 – 2 in the first round but lost to second seed, Shahar Pe ' er, in a disappointing second round match 2 – 6, 2 – 6 with Dokic making over 40 unforced errors.
Dokic then started her clay season campaign by participating at Charleston, where she was upset in the first round by qualifier Anna Tatishvili, in three close sets, 5 – 7, 6 – 2, 4 – 6.
Dokic began her 2012 season in Auckland where she lost in the first round 7 – 6 6 – 1 to Mona Barthel.
Dokic travelled to Bogota where she was the 4th seed, but lost to Paula Ormaechea 4 – 6 6 – 3 6 – 4.
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