January - Failed to qualify for Australian Open
February - Suffered back-to-back 1r losses: at Bogota to Llagostera and at
Acapulco (as a qualifier) to Marrero
March - Lost 1r of qualifying at Miami, but reached doubles QF w/Reeves
April - Qualified for back-to-back Tier 1 events: at Charleston, falling 1r
to No. 11 seed Shaughnessy and at Amelia Island, falling 1r to Craybas;
was finalist at ITF/Dotham-USA and won doubles w/Wheeler
June - Debuted at Wimbledon as a qualifier, l. 1r to No. 18 seed and former
world No. 2 C. Martinez, and reached mixed doubles SF w/Kerr
August - As world No. 117, d. world No. 99 Ondraskova for first US Open match
win before l. 2r to world No. 25 Suarez (No. 24 seed); following US Open,
on Sept. 8, ranking rose 26 spots into Top 100 at a career-high No. 91
ranking
September - As No. 5 seed, l. in QF at ITF/Columbus-USA to No. 2 seed
Frazier; reached final at ITF/Albuquerque-USA as No. 3 seed by eliminating
No. 1 seed and doubles partner Reeves in SF (won doubles w/Reeves as No. 1
seeds); as No. 4 seed, was forced to retire in 2r at ITF/Troy-USA due to an
injury; broke into Top 100 at No. 91 on Sept. 8
October - At Luxembourg, as world No. 95, upset world No. 32 and No. 6 seed
Srebotnik (career-first Top 50 match-win) before l. 2r to world No. 62
Weingartner; as world No. 91, reached career-first WTA Tour final at Quebec
City (to date, best Tour performances were 1r wins at 2002 Waikoloa, 2003 US
Open and 2003 Luxembourg), upsetting two seeds back-to-back en route - world
No. 56 and No. 6 seed Bartoli and world No. 36 and No. 1 seed Pierce (second
Top 50 match-win of career, second-best of career and 10th over a Top 100
among 208 match wins) - and retiring with a left ankle fracture after first
set vs. world No. 32 and No. 2 seed Sharapova; appearance in Quebec City
final signified first Venezuelan singles finalist since Vento-Kabchi at 1998
Gold Coast
November - Reached career-high world ranking of No. 78 on Nov. 3