Laura Robson

Robson's next senior level competition was an AEGON GB Pro-Series event at Woking. Seeded seventh, her first senior seeding, she reached the quarter-finals. Read Less

In the group stages she played doubles with Heather Watson, defeating pairs from Portugal and The Netherlands and Israel in the group stages. Read Less

However she got a place in the first round of the main draw as a lucky loser when Silvia Soler-Espinosa withdrew, but then her first round match to clay-court specialist Anabel Medina Garrigues. Read Less

Immediately after Wimbledon, Robson entered the XXV Italiacom Open in Palermo where she reached her first ever WTA semi final. After beating the world number 240 Valentyna Ivakhnenko for the loss of just 1 game in the 1st round, she shocked the number 2 seed and world number 27, Roberta Vinci in straight sets to reach her first ever WTA quarter final. She continued her good form in the quarter final, where she emerged victorious against the world number 41 and number 5 seed Carla Suárez Navarro in three sets. However, her run came to an end when she lost in the semi finals to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in three sets. Read Less

In her first round match, she beat the world number 22 Lucie Safarova in straight sets, setting up a second round encounter with Maria Sharapova. She lost to the Russian world number 3 in a tightly contested match. She also competed in the doubles competition with Heather Watson, losing in the first round to the German pairing of Angelique Kerber and Sabine Lisicki. She then received a wildcard entry into the mixed doubles with Andy Murray. They were drawn against Czech pair Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek in the first round and won in three sets. In the second round the pair beat the Australian duo of Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur., and reached the final by beating Germans Sabine Lisicki and Christopher Kas, where they were beaten by the Belarusian pair Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi. Read Less

In the second round she defeated former US Open Champion Kim Clijsters in Clijsters' final singles match before her retirement. Robson consequently reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career and joined Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Amélie Mauresmo and Justine Henin as one of the only six people to beat Clijsters at the US Open championships, and the first player to beat her there since 2003. She followed up her performance with her first victory over a top ten player, beating 9th seed Li Na in the third round in three sets. Robson became the first female British tennis player to reach this stage of a Grand Slam tournament since Samantha Smith reached the fourth round of Wimbledon 14 years previously, but she was defeated by defending champion Sam Stosur, ending her best run at a Grand Slam tournament to date. Read Less

This was the first WTA singles final for any British woman since Jo Durie in 1990. Robson was eventually defeated having saved five championship points in the second set and despite taking a 3–0 lead in the third set. The result pushed her ranking up to a career-high 57.

Laura Robson qualified for the China Open and reached the second round but she lost to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in straight sets. At the HP Open in Japan, she was seeded 8th, the first time in her career she had been seeded at a WTA Tournament. She reached the quarter-finals before losing to Chang Kai-chen in three sets. In October, Robson was nominated for Sports Jornalists' Association "Sportswoman of the Year".

Robson plays left-handed, with a two-handed backhand. One of her strengths is her "dominant" serve, which has been described as "the chief reason she can dominate most juniors". However, she has been criticised for having "poor lateral movement". She has been praised for showing "extraordinary poise", and having "the attitude and technique required of a leading player". Commentator Simon Reed said that she "has every tool she needs", and former Grand Slam champion Pat Cash called her "a special talent" who "seems to have all the attributes to progress". Current WTA player Ana Ivanović said that Robson "hits the ball really, really hard", former top British player Samantha Smith said that "she doesn't have any weaknesses at all", and Serena Williams stated that Robson is just an "all-around good player". Read Less