The last time Daniela had to qualify was Sydney 2002 and that year turned out all right.
That's an understatement, Chungwit! I took on the research challenge of reviewing the 2002 season. For some reason, in the yearly breakdown the WTA stopped listing the final record for the season. So I counted Dani's wins, which came out to 56, 2 of which came in the Sydney qualifiers that you mentioned. Then I went to Google and Wikipedia, where it says that Daniela won 56 matches that year. The WTA lists the results of qualifying matches for each tourney (she played a bunch of them in 2001, but I haven't found a win-loss record for the year). Putting all that together, my expert  conclusion is that qualies count toward the career record. Until I hear otherwise, therefore (drum roll, please)
#491!
Finally, I found a list of WTA players in the Open era with 500 or more singles victories. There are 33 of them, the most recent being Schiavone. I do not know if anyone else is closer than Daniela, but as I suspected, it's an exclusive club, and she and all of us should burst with pride if she gets there!
I glanced at the stats for today's match, but I'm not concerned about them. All I can say is....what a pro's pro Daniela is! Down a set, down 0-2 in the 3rd, 2 hrs. 13 min., flying in probably late last night, maybe still steaming over the doubles loss, now having played 7 days out of 8, she gets into a Danielathon and finds a way. And that doesn't even take into consideration how this might well be a humiliating experience for someone who has accomplished much and hasn't had to do this in 11 years. What a gutty gal! 
Oh, almost forgot. It's now 5 straight matches won in which Daniela has converted the 1st match point. Not bad.
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