1997 - Aged 14, played first three ITF Circuit events in Australia
1998 - Played two tournaments; ranked No. 588, played fourth career ITF Circuit event at ITF/Saga-JPN on grass where she qualified and reached final, d. No. 1 seed Asagoe (l. to Molik); in WTA Tour debut in Pattaya, qualified and stretched No. 2 seed and world No. 27 Halard-Decugis to 3s in 1r; finished season at No. 341 but fell off rankings two weeks later due to insufficient play
1999 - At Wimbledon, as qualifier ranked No. 129, scored Open Era’s biggest upset, d. world No. 1 Hingis 62 60 in 1r en route to QF; the win over Hingis marked third time in Open Era a Grand Slam women’s No. 1 seed lost in 1r and third time in Wimbledon women’s history (starting in 1884) the No. 1 seed lost her first match (M. Smith-1962, S. Graf-1994); at No. 129, is the lowest-ranked player to defeat the No. 1 seed in a Grand Slam in the Open Era; the win over No. 1-ranked Hingis came in Dokic’s fifth career Grand Slam match, making her the fastest to defeat a No. 1 player in a Grand Slam since computer rankings began in November 1975; d. No. 9 seed Pierce in 4r (l. to Stevenson in 3s); following Wimbledon, ranking jumped 92 places to No. 37; in Fed Cup play, d. world No. 19 Schett to help Australia qualify for 2000 World Group; as a 15-year-old at start of the season, reached 3r of Australian Open as an unranked wildcard (l. to Hingis; reappeared on rankings on February 1 at No. 217) and led Australia to its first Hopman Cup title w/Philippoussis, d. world No. 4 Sanchez-Vicario and No. 15 Testud en route; improved ranking 298 spots to finish season at No. 43
2000 - At Wimbledon, became first woman representing Australia to reach SF there since Goolagong Cawley in 1980, and first Australian woman Grand Slam semifinalist since Provis at 1988 Roland Garros (has since begun representing Yugoslavia in international play); semifinalist at Olympic Games, l. to Seles in Bronze Medal match; reached Italian Open QF, d. No. 4 V. Williams 61 62 in 3r; l. to eventual winner Seles in 3s; in Fed Cup, d. Testud, Kournikova and Clijsters, all in 3s
2001 - Won first singles and doubles titles, ranked in world’s Top 10 for the first time, earned more than $1 million and played 76 singles matches (winning 53) in 26 events; at Australian Open, changed nationality from Australian to Yugoslavian, her country of birth, and stretched titleholder, world No. 2 Davenport to 3s in 1r; appearing in career-first Tour final, won Italian Open, d. four-time champion, world No. 14 C. Martinez in SF and in the final, handed world No. 6 Mauresmo only third loss of the year; at No. 14, became lowest seed to win the tournament since its inception in 1930; won Tokyo [Princess Cup] (d. No. 1 seed Clijsters in SF) and Moscow (d. Dementieva in final); entered Top 10 afterwards at No. 10 on October 8 and was one of only three players in 2001 to win multiple Tier I titles (alongside Davenport and S. Williams); runner-up at Bahia (l. to Seles), Zurich and Linz (l. to Davenport each time); at Roland Garros, seeded at a Grand Slam for first time (No. 15) scored first 60 60 win of pro career over Gersi in 1r, l. to world No. 131 qualifier Mandula in 3r; reached doubles final w/C. Martinez; reached 4r at Wimbledon and US Open; 16 of 21 losses came to Top 10 players; after turning 18 on April 12 played all but two possible tournament weeks until end of season, missing only w/o May 21 (withdrew from Strasbourg) and October 8 (withdrew from Shanghai due to left ankle strain); qualified for first season-ending Championships in singles, reaching QF
2002 - Seeded No. 2 at Tokyo [Pan Pacific], upset in opening match of season (chose not to play Australian Open) by Kremer; at Paris Indoors, scored first win in five meetings over former No. 1 Seles in SF in 3s but forfeited final to V. Williams due to right thigh strain suffered in SF; ranking improved from No. 9 to No. 6; same injury forced her to retire in 2r Antwerp match vs. Schnyder at 1-all final set and subsequently withdrew from Memphis and Scottsdale; at Indian Wells and Miami, fell 3r each time in straight sets to Kremer; at Sarasota, did not drop a set en route to singles title as No. 1 seed (d. Panova in final); also took doubles title seeded No. 2 w/Likhovtseva (won all four matches in 3s); first time to sweep both titles at one event; at Amelia Island, d. Dementieva 06 76(3) 61 in QF before retiring during second set of SF vs. Henin later that day with a stomach virus; after 1r bye in Charleston, upset in 2r by Smashnova; defeated world No. 8 Henin in Hamburg QF before retiring with right thigh strain trailing world No. 3 Clijsters 64 4-4; seeded No. 6 at German Open, upset in 3r by No. 11 seed Hantuchova; at Italian Open, avenged Charleston loss to Smashnova but was upset in 3r by Myskina, tying record for earliest exit of defending champion; runner-up at Strasbourg as No. 1 seed, l. to No. 2 seed and defending champion Farina Elia; reached third career Grand Slam QF and first at Roland Garros, d. 2000 runner-up C. Martinez in 2r (after being two points from defeat); l. to world No. 1 Capriati in 3s; earned first grasscourt title at Birmingham, her fourth final of the year; d. Myskina in final to avenge Italian Open loss; l. in opening match (1r bye) at Eastbourne as No. 1 seed to Bedanova in 3s; reached 4r at Wimbledon, l. to Hantuchova, marking fourth straight year to reach at least 4r; was two points from defeat in 2r vs. Hrdlickova; reached QF at Stanford, l. to No. 2 seed Davenport; cracked world’s Top 5 for first time on July 29 at No. 5; in San Diego, reached fifth final of year with first win over world No. 3 Capriati in QF and saved 2 mp to d. Kournikova in SF; l. to V. Williams; in Los Angeles, reached SF, l. to Rubin 60 62 in 41 minutes, suffering from flu; as a wildcard team w/Clijsters, claimed doubles title; reached SF at Canadian Open with QF win over Hingis before retiring vs. Capriati trailing 76(5) 40 due to recurring right hamstring strain (which later forced her withdrawal from New Haven); reached a career-high No. 4 world ranking on August 19; seeded No. 5 at US Open, l. 2r to Bovina; semifinalist at Bahia as No. 1 seed, l. to No. 3 seed Myskina; at Tokyo [Princess Cup] as defending champion, reached 11th SF in 2002 and fifth in last six events, l. to No. 3 seed Clijsters in 3s; surpassed 50 match-win mark for second year running; l. to Shaughnessy in 2r of Leipzig; lost her Moscow title in 2r (l. to Coetzer) and fell 2r (after 1r bye) the following week in Filderstadt (l. to Panova); halted four-match losing streak in Zurich, d. Majoli but fell in 3s to Stevenson in 2r 75 third set; as No. 3 seed, fell in Linz QF to Rubin; qualified for season-ending Championships for second time, l. to S. Williams in QF