Women

Having started playing tennis at the age of four having being inspired by Yannick Noah win Roland Garros in 1983, she turned professional in 1993. To Date she has won 24 career titles, has been a former world number one and winner of two Grand Slam titles. As a junior she won Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 1996 and is currently coached by French Federations Cup coach Loic Courteau. In 1999 she made her first top 10 finish after a shock run to her first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open. During the season she won her first WTA title on the hard courts of Bratislava, defeating Clijsters in the final. In 2001 she finished in the top 10 for the second time in three years, highlighted by winning four WTA titles at Paris, Nice, Amelia Island and Berlin. In Grand Slam play her best performance was reaching the quarter finals at the US Open. Her fist top 5 finish came in 2003 when she reached the quarter final stages or better in 14 of her 17 events. This included taking a further two WTA titles at Warsaw and Philadelphia as well as quarter finals at the French Open and US Open. In 2004 she finished in the top 5 for the second consecutive year after winning five titles and reaching world number one. Her best season to date came in 2006 after winning two Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, defeating Justine Henin in the final on both occasions. She also added two WTA titles on carpet in Paris and Antwerp. In 2007 she finished in the top 20 after a season largely marred by injury, though she did retain her title at Antwerp.

The Spaniard from Valencia started playing tennis at the age of twelve and considers her backhand to be her best shot. Coached by Gonzalo Lopez, she turned professional in January 1998. Her breakthrough season came in 2001 when she won her first Tour singles title at Palermo, defeating Torrens Valero in the final. She also went on to reach the semi-final stages at Antwerp and Madrid as well as making her debut at all four Grand Slams, her best being a second round at the Australian Open. In 2002 she had a strong start to the year, reaching the quarter final at Auckland and finishing runner-up at Hobart. At the Australian Open she was forced to retire in the fourth round to Seles after suffering cruciate ligament damage in her right-knee. She bounced back in 2003 to finish in the top 100, highlighted by reaching the final at Bogota. Her second WTA title came again in Palermo where she won both the singles and doubles events. In 2005 she added a further two WTA titles by winning in Strasbourg and retaining her title at Palermo. In Grand Slam play she reached the third round at Roland Garros, losing to eventual champion Henin in three sets and also at the US Open, losing to Davenport. In 2006 she won two WTA events for the second straight year at Canberra and in Palermo for a fourth time. In 2007 the Spaniard finished in the top 40 for the fourth straight year, highlighted by a seventh career singles title at Strasbourg, defeating Mauresmo in the final. At Roland Garros she posted a career best fourth round, losing to Anna Ivanovic.

The right-hander from Austria starting playing tennis at the age of eight and turned professional in 2000. Having played much of her career on the ITF Circuit she made her debut ont he main Tour in 2004 and reached the second rounds at Budapest and Vienna. During the season she also went on to win her second and third ITF singles titles. In 2005 she played three more Tour main draws, falling in the first round in all, including on her debut at Roland Garros where as a qualifier she went on to lose to Zvonareva. In 2006 she made her Australian Open debut but made an early first round exit to Camerin. Her only other WTA event was at Canberra where she reached the second round. Her breakthrough and best season to date came in 2007 when she reached the top 100, highlighted by reaching her first Tour singles final at Bad Gastein, where she defeated Loit, Dominguez Lino and Knapp en route to the final before losing to top seed Schiavone. Previously she had never reached a Tour singles quarter final and the only other time she won back-to-back Tour main draw matches during a season came at Indian Wells, where she reached the third round before losing to Martina Hingis. During the season she reached the second on four occasions, including on her debut at Wimbledon, defeating Razzano in the first round before losing to previous champion and number four seed Mauresmo. At Roland Garros and the US Open she lost in the first round. In the Federations Cup she represented her country in ties agianst Australia and Israel, but lost all three matches she was involved in.

Having started playing at the age of six, she turned professional in 2003. She was born in Mumbai and currently coached by her father Imran. She is the highest ranked female player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 18 in doubles. Her breakthrough season came in 2005 during her first full year on the Tour. She won her first singles title at Hyderabad, defeating Anna Bondarenko in the final to become India's first Tour singles titlist. She also finished runner-up at Forest Hills, losing to Safarova and progressed to the semi-final stages at Tokyo, losing to Golovin. In Grand Slam play she competed in all four majors, reaching the third round at the Australian Open, losing to Serena Williams. At the US Open she became the first Indian woman to reach a Grand Slam fourth round before losing to Maria Sharapova. During the season she posted her first top 10 wins over number seven Kuznetsova at Dubai and number nine Petrova at the second round in San Diego. In 2006 she made a slow start to the year, but bounced back to post a strong second half of the season, reaching the quarter final or better five times, including one semi-final at Kolkata where she lost to former world number one Martina Hingis. In 2007 she made a strong start to the season but this was followed by an unfortunate two-month lay-off due to knee surgery. At Hobart she reached the semi-final, losing to eventual champion Chakvetadze and the same stage at Pattaya City, losing to number six seed Dulko. In Grand Slam play she made the second round at three of the majors, with her best result being a third round at the US Open.

Born in Adelaide she turned professional in 1996. It was in 1999 when she made her debut at all four Grand Slams, reaching the third round at Roland Garros, losing to Venus Williams. In 2001, the Australian began to compete more regularly on the WTA Tour and reached her first semi-final in the last event of the year at Shanghai, losing to Monica Seles. Her first singles title was to come in 2003 at Hobart, where she saved two match points in her quarter final match against Zvonareva before going on to defeat Amy Frazier in the final. Molik's best season to date came in 2004, highlighted by winning three WTA Tour titles at Stockholm, Zurich and Luxemboug as well as a runner-up finish in Vienna. At the Olympic Games in Athens she won the bronze medal for her country after defeating Myskina in the bronze play-off match after losing her semi-final match against Mauresmo. In 2005 she made a fine start to the season which was later to be marred by illness. She opened by winning 14 of her 17 matches, winning her fifth Tour title at Sydney, defeating Stosur in the first all Australian final since 1992. At the Australian Open she posted her best Grand Slam performance with a quarter final run ended by Davenport after defeating Venus Williams in the previous round. In the doubles event she went on to win her first Grand Slam title after partnering Kuznetsova. She made her return to the Tour in May 2006 after missing over six months of action but failed to reach the heights of her previous season. In 2007 she finished in the top 100 for the seventh time in her career and added a second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in the doubles event with Santangelo.

Born in Osaka, Japan she turned professional January 1998. Her breakthrough season came in 2003 finishing inside the top 100 for the first time, highlighted by reaching two semi-finals at Hyderabad, losing to Tulyaganova and at Shanghai, defeating Martinez en route for her first career top 20 win and then losing to Rubin. In Grand Slam play she made her main draw debut at all four Grand Slams, with her best run being a third round at Wimbledon, losing to Capriati. Her first Tour singles final came in 2005 at Cincinnati, defeating Zvonareva en route for her third career top 20 win. She also went on to reach a semi-final at San Diego and the quarter final stages at Memphis. At Roland Garros she reached a career best the third round, losing to Dementieva. During 2006 she reached the quarter final at Seoul and notched her first career top 10 win over Petrova in the first round at Roland Garros. Her best season to date came in 2007 when she finished in the top 50 for the second time in her career, highlighted by winning her first WTA title at Prague, where as the number six seed defeated Bartoli in straight sets in the final. She also finished runner-up at Cincinnati, defeating Schnyder in the quarter final before falling to top seed Chakvetadze. Other achievements included reaching the quarter final twice at Forest Hills and also in Beijing. In Grand Slam play she reached the third round of Wimbledon, losing to eventual champion Venus Williams having led 5-3 in the third set. At the Australian Open she reached the second round, falling to Clijsters and lost in the opening round of Roland Garros and the US Open respeticely.