I get my drive and determination from just winning and playing tennis. I know if I don't work, I won't get rewarded. It was a life long dream to win a Grand Slam so when I was able to do that it felt so good and I wanted to do it again. It's not that hard to stay motivated.

Stosur then suffered two first-round defeats at the hands of Francesca Schiavone at the Apia International Sydney 2–6 4–6 and then by Romanian Sorana Cîrstea 6–7(2) 3–6 at the Australian Open. Both players even had match points against each other but lost the match in the end. At the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach Stosur was eliminated in the first round by no.

1 in doubles. Stosur has won a total of five Grand Slam titles to date; one in singles at the 2011 U.