Women

The American from Virginia turned professional in 1996, the same year as she finished runner-up at the junior event at Roland Garros, losing to Mauresmo in the final. The American is currently coached by Rafael Font de Mora and considers hard courts to be her favourite surface. Her first top 100 finish came in 1998, when she reached the quarter final at WTA events in Prague and Istanbul. In 2000 she won her first singles title at Shanghai, defeating Tulyaganova in the final and also reached the quarter final stages or better in three other WTA events. Her best season to date came in 2001 when she won her second WTA title at Quebec City, defeating Majoli in the final. She also finished runner-up at Scottsdale, losing to Davenport and Hamburg, losing to Venus Williams. Shaughnessy reached the quarter final stages or better at seven other events. In Grand Slam play she reached the fourth round at Roland Garros, losing to Capriati and the same stage at Wimbledon, losing to Clijsters. Throughout the course of the season she notched up seven top 20 wins. In 2003 she finished in the top 20 for the second time in her career, highlighted by winning her third WTA title at Canberra, defeating Schiavone in the final. At the Australian Open she reached her first Grand Slam quarter final before losing to Serena Williams. She added her fourth and fifth career singles titles in 2006 at Rabat and Forest Hills. In 2007 she finished in the top 100 for her tenth consecutive year, adding her sixth career title at Barcelona.

Born in Moscow, she started playing tennis at the age of eight when her father introduced her to the sport. She considers hard courts to be her best surface and turned professional in 2005. She made her debut on the WTA Circuit in 2005 at Philadelphia after receiving a wildcard entry, reaching the second round before losing to Petrova. In 2006 she played two more Tour main draws, reaching the second round at Memphis as a qualifier before losing to America's Amy Frazier. Her Grand Slam debut came at Wimbledon after a successful qualifying campaign, but was forced to retire against Lisa Raymond in the first round with a sprained ankle. Her breakthrough season came in 2007 after reaching the top 100 for the first time after spending most of her time on the Tour, highlighted by winning her first Tour singles title in only her fourth Tour main draw at Bangalore. It was here where she defeated Tanasugarn and Mirza en route to the final before defeating defending champion Santangelo for the title. At Miami she reached the third round with an impressive victory over Anna Ivanovic to record her first top 20 career win, but lost out to Garbin in a tightly fought contest. In Grand Slam play she reached the second round of Roland Garros on her debut, losing to fellow qualifier Savchuk. At Wimbledon she reached the same stage losing to Mirza and at the US Open on her debut, losing to Dellacqua. The Russian fell in Tour qualifying at eleven other events, including the Australian Open.

The Slovenian is currently coached by former Serbian Federations Cup Coach Biljana Vaselinovic since December 2004. Having turned professional in 1995, her breakthrough came at Estoril in 1999 when she became only the fourth player in history to win a title on her debut. She also reached a semi-final at Palermo, losing to Montolio and played in her first three Grand Slam main draws, reaching the second round at Roland Garros but falling at the first hurdle at Wimbledon and the US Open. In doubles play she won three titles at Antwerp and Palermo, as well as her first Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Roland Garros, partnered with Norval. In 2002 she finished in the top 50 for the first title, winning her second WTA singles title at Acapulco. During the season she posted her first top 10 win over Kim Clijsters at Los Angeles. In Grand Slam play she reached the fourth round at Roland Garros. In 2003 she finished in the top 50 for the second straight year, reaching the final at Palermo before losing to Safina. In doubles play she won her second Grand Slam title in the mixed doubles event with Bob Bryan at the US Open. In 2005 when she won her third and fourth WTA titles at Auckland and Stockholm, where she also won the clean sweep in the doubles events. Her success continued in 2006 with impressive singles and doubles play on the circuit, adding a third Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Roland Garros with Zimonjic. In 2007 she finished in the top 30 for the third straight season, highlighted by a runner-up finish at Portoroz and three quarter final runs.

Born in Brisbane, Australia she turned professional in 1999. In 2002 she made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open after receiving a wildcard but fell in the first round losing to Arn. The next year she progressed to the third round, losing to Hantuchova. Her first top 100 finish came in 2004 when she reached her first WTA semi-final at Gold Coast, defeating Shaughnessy en route for her first top 20 win, before losing to Sugiyama. She also reached the quarter final stages at Acapulco and Seoul, as well as playing in all four Grand Slams for the first time in a season. Stosur's breakthrough season came in 2005, highlighted by reaching her first Tour singles finals and excellent doubles results with Lisa Raymound. During the season she reached finished runner-up at Gold Coast, losing to Patty Schynder in the third set and also reached the same stage at Sydney, losing to Molik. During the second half of the season in doubles play she won events in New Haven, Luxembourg, Moscow, the Tour Championships and her first Grand Slam title at the US Open. In 2006, the Australian reached her third WTA final in singles at Prague, losing to Peer in the final. During the year she post four top 20 wins over Hantuchova, Davenport and Chakvetadze. In doubles play she continued to build on her prior season success winning 60 matches with Raymond, taking 10 titles, as well as finishing runner-up at the Australian Open. In 2007, despite a successful first half of the season where she reached the quarter final stage at Gold Coast, Tokyo and Memphis, she was forced to miss most of the second half due to a viral illness.

Born in Tokyo, Sugiyama is one of the Tour's veterans and has won six WTA titles since turning professional in 1992. Sugiyama's first top 100 finish came in 1994, highlighted by reaching her first WTA final at Surabaya. In 1995 she finished in the top 50 for the first time and finished runner-up at Oakland. In Grand Slam play she played in all four tournaments for the first time in a season, with her best showing reaching the fourth round at Roland Garros, defeating Sukova to record her first career top 20 win, before losing to Rubin. Sugiyama's first WTA title came in 1997 when she won the Japan Open in Tokyo, defeating Amy Frazier in the final. She also reached the finals at Gold Coast and Moscow. In 1998 she added two further career titles by going one further at Gold Coast and also defending her Japan Open title. In 2000 she reached her first Grand Slam quarter final at the Australian Open, losing to Jennifer Capriati. In doubles play she won seven doubles titles during the season, six of those partnered with Likhovtseva, including the US Open. Her best season to date came in 2003 when she had a fine year in both singles and doubles play, winning her fourth and fifth career singles titles at Scottsdale and Linz. In Grand Slam play she reached the fourth round at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open. Her most recent title came in 2004 when she won Gold Coast for second time to make it six career titles. In 2007, the veteran from Tokyo posted her fourteenth straight top 100 finish, highlighted by reaching the quarter finals at Tokyo and reaching the third round at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

The youngster from Hungary started playing tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2004. She is currently coached by Jozsef Bolskay and Zoltan Kuharsky and considers her serve to be her best shot. As a junior she had a highly successful career winning the Roland Garros singles and doubles title in 2005, as well as finishing runner-up in both the singles and doubles event at the Australian Open. In 2005 she reached her first WTA semi-final in only her third Tour singles main draw at Modena, defeating top seed Schiavone before losing to Garbin. In 2006 she had limited play on the Tour, with her best week coming at Bogota, reaching the second round in singles and finishing runner-up in the doubles event with Woehr. Her breakthrough season came in 2007 when she won her first two Tour singles titles and reached her first Grand Slam quarter final. During the first half of the season she reached the semi-final at Budapest, losing to eventual champion Dulko and reaching the quarter final stages at Barcelona. Her first WTA title came at Palermo where she comfortably defeated number two seed Muller in the final. During the season she also went on to reach quarter finals at Bad Gastein and Seoul as well as enjoying success and winning a title on the ITF Circuit. Her first Grand Slam quarter final came at the US Open when she defeated Nadia Petrova before losing to Kuznetsova. Her second singles title came in Beijing where she posted yet another top ten win over Jelena Jankovic in the final. Elsewhere in Grand Slam play she reached the second round at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon.