ASB Bank Classic - Auckland   (NZL)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Jan 01	32	Cara Black	7-6,6-2	W	Hardcourt
Jan 02	16	Amy Frazier	6-4,6-1	W	Hardcourt
Jan 03	QF	Emanuelle Gagliardi	2-6,6-4,7-5	W	Hardcourt
Jan 04	SF	Anna Smashnova	1-6,4-6	l	Hardcourt

Adidas International - Sydney (AUS)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Jan 07	64	Angeles Montolio	6-4,6-2	W	Hardcourt
Jan 08	32	Serena Williams	2-6,6-4,3-6	l	Hardcourt

A "good result" for Anna if you take in regard her long injury layoff (better than in Montreal 2000). Anna is on her way back to the TOP!

Australian Open - Melbourne (AUS)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Jan 15	128	Justine Henin	2-6,5-7	l	Hardcourt

I really feared that Anna could lose but then it became reality - I am just totally frustrated but for sure Anna is more frustrated than me.

Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo (JPN)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Jan 30	32	Cristina Torrens-Valero	6-3,6-0	W	Carpet
Jan 31	16	Elena Dementieva	7-6,7-6	W	Carpet
Feb 01	QF	Anne Kremer	6-4,6-2	W	Carpet
Feb 02	SF	Monica Seles	3-6,6-3,3-6	l	Carpet

With this Semifinal Anna equalled her 2001 success and I think that this is really a remarkable effort.

Open Gaz de France - Paris (FRA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Feb 05	32	Emanuelle Gagliardi	6-7,6-4,6-4	W	Carpet
Feb 06	16	Amelie Mauresmo	3-6,5-7	l	Carpet

Unfortunately Anna couldn't win against Amelie - unfortunately. Anyway - Anna still is on her way back and has confirmed to many more Tournaments.

Proximus Diamond Games - Antwerp (BEL)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Feb 12	32	Marlene Weingärtner	6-2,6-1	W	Carpet
Feb 13	16	Venus Williams	5-7,0-6	l	Carpet

Good first set but in the 2nd set Anna lost her rhythm. But she gets another chance against Venus in Dubai!

Dubai Duty Free Women's Open - Dubai (UAE)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Feb 19	32	Smelia Sfar	6-7,6-2,6-4	W	Hardcourt
Feb 20	16	Venus Williams	2-6,6-7	l	Hardcourt

After an Injury Scare (left foot plastered after she fell) she managed to win but after the new No.1,Venus Williams, Anna played at least better than in Antwerp, according to the score. Unexpected: Anna played WITHOUT PONYTAIL against Sfar for the first as long as I know her (3.9.96)!!!!! Was this once in a lifetime, Anna???

Abierto Mexicano Pegaso - Acapuclo (MEX)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Feb 26	32	Mariana Diaz-Olivia	6-4,7-5	W	Clay
Feb 27	16	Tatiana Garbin	6-1,6-2	W	Clay
Feb 28	QF	Jeanette Husarova	6-3,6-4	W	Clay
Mar 01	SF	Katarina Srebotnik	7-5,3-6,1-6	l	Clay

Anna really deserves her 1st Singles Title after all these Injuries but somehow it doesn't seem that the man above thinks the same way!

Pacific Life Open - Indian Wells (USA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Mar 06	128	Liliah Osterloh	1-6,4-6	l	Hardcourt

I really don't know THE reason why Anna obviously isn't able to play on a constant level but this kind of Defeats simply shows me that we cannot predict ANY opponent Anna WILL win against anymore.

Nasdaq 100 Open - Miami (USA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Mar 21	128	Eleni Daniilidou	5-7,3-6	l	Hardcourt

What is going on Anna???? Hire a coach! IMMEDIATELY because the crisis is there!!!

Bausch & Lomb Championships - Amelia Island (USA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Apr 09	64	Paola Suarez	4-6,1-6	l	Clay

Something is going ABSOLUTELY wrong and all I can do is just hoping that Anna knows what to do!!!

Family Circle Cup - Charleston (USA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Apr 16	64	Conchita Martinez	6-7,1-6	l	Clay

What is left for me to say?? Hey, at least it was a close 1st set but afterwards a totally NOTHING again.

Croatian Bol Ladies Open - Bol (CRO)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Apr 30	32	Julia Vakulenko	6-7,6-2,6-2	W	Clay
May 02	16	Tina Pisnik	7-6,3-6,3-6	l	Clay

What an important victory after THIS losing streak! Unfortunately you didn't manage to win MORE than once!

J&S Cup - Warsaw (POL)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
May 07	64	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-4,4-6,2-5 ret.	l	Clay

It was on the one hand wonderful to see Anna LIVE once again but to see and HEAR her crying due to pain and retiring for the first time in her professional career was a nightmare.

Italian Open - Rome (ITA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
May 13	64	Marta Marrero	6-3,6-3	W	Clay
May 14	32	Lilia Osterloh	6-1,4-6,6-1	W	Clay
May 16	16	Virginia Ruano-Pascual	3-6,2-6	l	Clay

Finally Anna won two matches and played really good most of the time. But in her 3rd round match her right thigh strain was one key reason she couldn't win the match. This is, once again, just deeply sad!

Internationeaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg (FRA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
May 21	32	Petra Mandula	6-7,2-6	l	Clay

Horrible - Anna was totally handicapped by her still not healed right thigh injury!

Roland Garros - Paris (FRA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
May 29	128	Christina Wheeler	4-6,3-6	l	Clay

Anna fell down to the ground in the middle of the 2nd set and overall it was another deeply frustrating match

Britannic Asset Management International Championships - Eastbourne (GBR)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Jun 18	64	Rita Grande	7-6,3-6,1-6	l	Grass

I have nothing more to say - I am deeply frustrated!

The Championships, Wimbledon - London (GBR)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Jun 24	128	Tatiana Panova	1-6,6-4,4-6	l	Grass

Nothing to say - Anna gained weight and NOTHING is working - just the unforced error works fine :-((((((((

Bank of the West Classic - Stanford (USA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Jul 23	64	Anna Smashnova	6-3,6-2	W	Hardcourt
Jul 25	32	Wynne Prakusya	7-5,6-4	W	Hardcourt
Jul 26	QF	Venus Williams	3-6,4-6	l	Hardcourt

Harolds work seems to pay off and Anna finds back to old shape! Very important 2 wins but against Venus - well, it's Venus Williams...

Acura Classic - San Diego (USA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Jul 30	64	Alexandra Stevenson	6-0,6-1	W	Hardcourt
Jul 31	32	Jennifer Hopkins	6-2,6-4	W	Hardcourt
Aug 01	16	Conchita Martinez	1-6,6-2,6-1	W	Hardcourt
Aug 02	QF	Anna Smashnova	1-6,6-3,6-4	W	Hardcourt
Aug 03	SF	Jelena Dokic	7-6,6-7,0-6	l	Hardcourt

What an important tournament for Anna with 4 great victories. She even could have won vs Dokic, had 2 match points at 7:6,5:4!

Rogers AT&T Cup - Montreal (CAN)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Aug 12	64	Saori Obata	6-3,6-1	W	Hardcourt
Aug 14	32	Virginia Ruano-Pascual	5-7,1-6	l	Hardcourt

Kind of a setback for Anna - convincing victory in the 1st Round followed by a relatively poor performance in the 2nd Round: "I was moving horribly today" (Anna)

US Open - New York (USA)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Aug 26	128	Angelique Widjaja	3-6,0-6	l	Hardcourt

This was Anna's worst performance ever in Singles in my opinion

SVW Polo Open - Shanghai (CHN)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Sep 10	32	Mireille Dittmann	6-1,6-4	W	Hardcourt
Sep 12	16	Jie Zheng	6-4,7-6	W	Hardcourt
Sep 13	QF	Jelena Kostanic	7-5,6-4	W	Hardcourt
Sep 14	SF	Ai Sugiyama	6-4,7-5	W	Hardcourt
Sep 15	F	Anna Smashnova	2-6,3-6	l	Hardcourt

Great effort in general but losing to Smashnova in the Final after beating her twice on Hardcourt just a few weeks ago - Anna needs psychological help - she was nervous - once again!

Ladies Kremlin Cup - Moscow (RUS)
Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	Surface
Oct 01	64	Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian	6-4,6-3	W	Carpet

After Anna sprained her left ankle in Doubles she had to withdraw unfortunately