Coached by Nathalie Tauziat and father, Antoni ... Family immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1983; mother is Jadwiga; father, who used to be a professional soccer player for Poland, would work night shift as a Mechanical Engineer and in daytime would train Aleks at Stade Uniprix in Montréal ... Has one older sister, Dorota (twice won NJCAA Rolex Singles Championships and ranked No.1 in NJCAA for Tyler Junior College in Texas; also played at San Diego State University) ... Inspired to start playing tennis at age 3 by sister; grew up watching tapes of her idol Monica Seles ... Speaks Polish, French and English ... In August 2008 was presented with key to the city in Blainville, Québec by the mayor; in 40 years of the city's existence, they renamed it "Wozniakville" for 24 hours because for the first time a woman from Québec won a WTA title (Stanford in July); also received award from National Assembly of Québec in October 2008 for the achievement ... Other awards include winning Tennis Canada's Best Female Athlete of the Year five times (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2012); Tennis Québec's Athlete Of The Year By Excellence twice (2007 and 2009); Ceremony Of Honor In Recognition at the National Assembly for becoming first woman from Québec to reach Top 50 on the WTA (2008); La Presse's Personality Of The Week (July 27, 2008); the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award for Canada's Female Athlete Of The Year (2009); Ceremony Of Honor at the National Assembly by the Premier of Québec (December 2012) and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in Ottawa (January 2013) ... Father, Antoni, has also won International Coach Of The Year from Tennis Canada and Tennis Québec ... Additionally, her 39 Fed Cup victories for Canada are a Fed Cup record for a Canadian.
