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Dokic then advanced to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2002 after defeating 29th-seeded Alisa Kleybanova 7 – 5, 5 – 7, 8 – 6.
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Dokic and then
Dokic then won her fifth career singles title in Birmingham, defeating Myskina in the final 6 – 2, 6 – 3.
Dokic then reached the semifinals in Bahia and Tokyo.
Dokic then earned a wildcard berth at the Australian Open after winning the wildcard playoff.
Dokic then continued to withdraw from events.
Dokic then received a qualification wildcard into the Moorilla Hobart International tournament but withdrew before her first match because of an Achilles tendon injury.
Dokic then won the second singles rubber of Australia's World Group II Fed Cup quarterfinal tie against Switzerland in Mildura, Australia.
Dokic was then diagnosed as suffering from glandular fever and had to withdraw from Swedish Open in Båstad.
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.
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 withdrew from an ITF 100, 000 tournament in Cuneo, Italy, with a wrist injury.
Dokic then upset the 30th ranked Lucie Šafářová, a 2010 finalist, 4 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 4 for a spot in the second round.
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.
Originally electing to strategically skip the qualifying stage of Indian Wells to compete in an ITF $ 100, 000 tournament in the Bahamas, Dokic then withdrew from the ITF $ 100, 000 tournament.
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 then fell to resurgent former child prodigy Mirjana Lučić 2 – 6, 2 – 6.
Dokic then rebounded with a victory over Alla Kudryavtseva at's-Hertogenbosch in two sets 6 – 0, 6 – 4.
Dokic then participated in Washington as the fourth seed, but her lack of match play saw her fall in the first round to China's Zhang Shuai.
Since then, Dokic did not play any further matches due to a shoulder injury.
Dokic then participated in the qualifying round of Linz in October but retired after losing the first set 3 – 6 in the first qualifying match to Evgeniya Rodina due to the shoulder injury that had been bothering her since July.
She then fell to eventual champion Jelena Dokic at the 2011 Malaysian Open.
Dokic and quarterfinals
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.
Dokic again qualified for the WTA Tour Championships, losing in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams 7 – 6, 6 – 0.
In the quarterfinals, Dokic faced Swede Johanna Larsson whom she dispatched 7 – 6, 6 – 4, setting up a semi-final berth against Romina Oprandi, who had upset World No. 2 Kim Clijsters in the second round.
Dokic and Grand
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.
Dokic and tournament
Later in the year, Dokic played in the qualifying tournament for Wimbledon, where she received a wildcard.
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.
A week later, Dokic continued her winning streak by capturing the $ 25, 000 ITF tournament in Caserta, Italy.
As well as the singles, Dokic also participated in the doubles event at this tournament, trying to start a new combination with compatriot Alicia Molik.
In December, Dokic participated in the Australian Open Wild Card playoff tournament.
Dokic was set to return to tournament play at the ITF Challenger tour in September, but was forced to cancel all commitments due to continuing problems with her right wrist.
Dokic and for
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.
Representing Australia for the first time in 5 years, Dokic received a wild card into the ASB Classic in Auckland.
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.
During the Playoffs, Dokic stated in a press-conference that she has ambitions to play Fed Cup for Australia in 2009.
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.
At the 2011 Open GDF Suez in Paris, Dokic won all three qualifying matches for a spot in the main draw.
Dokic and first
Dokic also reached her first WTA doubles final with Amanda Coetzer in Tokyo.
Dokic was defeated in the first round of the Australian Open by Rita Kuti-Kis of Hungary, 6 – 1, 2 – 6, 6 – 3.
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.
After Wimbledon, Dokic reached the final of the Acura Classic in San Diego, scoring her first win over Capriati in a three set match.
Dokic was knocked out of the Brisbane International by Amélie Mauresmo in straight sets in the first round.
Dokic was up 5 – 3 in the first set before Mauresmo came back to win the tiebreak 11 – 9.
Dokic won her first round match at the 2009 Australian Open against Tamira Paszek of Austria, 6 – 2, 3 – 6, 6 – 4.
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.
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.
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 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.
In the first round of Dubai, Dokic, hindered by illness, committed 41 unforced errors and 11 double faults to give victory to an in-form Flavia Pennetta losing 2 – 6, 2 – 6.
This victory saw Dokic advance to her first WTA semi-finals since Toray Pan Pacific Open in Japan in February 2004.
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.
In Roland Garros, Dokic lost to Vera Dushevina in the first round 6 – 4, 3 – 6, 2 – 6.
After Roland Garros, Dokic participated at Copenhagen as the seventh seed but lost to a qualifier, Galina Voskoboeva, in the first round 3 – 6, 1 – 6.
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