In 2005 she began her career on the ITF Women's Circuit, playing in only seven tournaments and losing in the first round in five of them.
2006–2007
In 2006 and 2007 she continued to play mostly ITF Women's Circuit tournaments. In 2006 she won the Wahlstedt and Bielefeld tournaments. In 2007 she won tournaments in Antalya and Bucharest and made her first WTA Tour main draw appearances, the highlight of which was a semifinals achievement in Stockholm. There she lost to Vera Dushevina in three sets. Görges made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2007 US Open, losing to Severine Beltrame in the first round in straight sets.
2008
In 2008 Görges continued to play in a mix of ITF Women's Circuit and WTA Tour events. Her best performances were reaching the semifinals of the 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, where she lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues, and a quarterfinals loss to Olga Govortsova in the 2008 Cellular South Cup.
She made her top 100 debut in the rankings after the French Open. She won her first Grand Slam main draw match at Wimbledon, where she upset no. 23 seed Katarina Srebotnik 4–6, 7–6(6), 16–14 in a three-hour, forty-one minute first round match.[1] However, she bowed out in the second round to Marina Erakovic in straight sets.
2009
In 2009 Görges began to play in WTA events more exclusively. It was the first season that she played in the main draw of all four Grand Slam events. She began her season at the 2009 Brisbane International, where she lost in qualifying to Anna-Lena Grönefeld.
Görges competed at the Australian Open, the Open GDF Suez, and the Warsaw Open, losing before the third round of each. She retired in the first round of the French Open in a match against Iveta Benešová, due to heat illness.
Görges reached the third round of the AEGON Classic, falling to Urszula Radwańska 6–7(3), 3–6. She went on to play against Jelena Janković in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, losing 4–6, 6–7(0). She lost prior to the third round at the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, the Istanbul Cup, and the US Open (where she faced Svetlana Kuznetsova).
At the Bell Challenge she managed to reach the semifinals, before losing to Lucie Šafářová. She was defeated by Ioana Raluca Olaru in the second round of the Generali Ladies Linz.
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