She is a tall Eastern European blonde whose appearance invites comparisons to Maria Sharapova, Nicole Vaidisova is one of the rising stars of tennis for reasons all her own. With a power baseline game, a wicked serve and a nasty forehand, Nicole is primed to make her mark on the world of woman's tennis.

Nicole Vaidisova was born on 23 April 1989 in Nurenberg, Germany.

She started playing tennis at age 6 and like so many others, went to train at the Nick Bollettieri Academy.

In 2004, she finished the season as a top 100 player; as a qualifier at only third Tour main draw at inaugural Vancouver, defeated four of Top 5 seeds (including No.4-seeded world No.82 Laura Granville to become sixth-youngest singles champion in Tour history (aged 15 years, three months, 23 days) and the lowest-ranked player (No.180) and second qualifier (of three) to win a title in 2004.

Vaidisova debuted strongly in the 2003 season by reaching three consecutive finals: won $10K ITF/Plzen-CZE, her only event in 2003, without dropping a set.

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