Just checking out the womans division. Man those ladies are tall! And most of the top seeds are Russian. What are they feeding there woman?
- LINDSAY DAVENPORT, UNITED STATES
DATE OF BIRTH: JUNE 8, 1976
HEIGHT: 6’2 1/2"
WEIGHT: 175
PLAYS: RIGHTHANDED
CAREER TITLES: 47
REACHED FIRST GRAND SLAM FINAL SINCE 2000 U.S. OPEN AT THIS
YEAR’S AUSTRALIAN OPEN BUT LOST TO SERENA WILLIAMS AFTER WINNING
FIRST SET; REACHED FOURTH ROUND HERE EACH OF LAST TWO YEARS;
BEST FINISH HERE WAS SEMIFINALS IN 1998; HAS WON THREE CAREER
MAJORS - THE 1998 U.S. OPEN, 1999 WIMBLEDON AND 2000 AUSTRALIAN
OPEN; RETIRED FROM QUARTERFINAL AGAINST JUSTIN HENIN-HARDENNE AT
CLAYCOURT EVENT AT CHARLESTON IN APRIL WITH A HIP INJURY;
PLAYED IN FED CUP TWO WEEKS LATER BUT HAS NOT PLAYED SINCE.
- MARIA SHARAPOVA, RUSSIA
DATE OF BIRTH: APRIL 19, 1987
HEIGHT: 6’0"
WEIGHT: 130
PLAYS: RIGHTHANDED
CAREER TITLES: 9
TEENAGER BEGAN YEAR AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN BY LOSING THREE-SET
SEMIFINAL TO SERENA WILLIAMS, WHOM SHE UPSET IN LAST YEAR’S
WIMBLEDON FINAL TO WIN FIRST GRAND SLAM; FOLLOWED BY WINNING
EVENTS AT TOKYO AND DOHA BUT HAS NOT CLAIMED TITLE SINCE; LOST
TO PATTY SCHNYDER IN SEMIFINALS OF ROME; LOST IN FIRST ROUND
HERE IN 2003 BUT REACHED QUARTERFINALS LAST YEAR.
- AMELIE MAURESMO, FRANCE
DATE OF BIRTH: JULY 5, 1979
HEIGHT: 5’9"
WEIGHT: 152
PLAYS: RIGHTHANDED
CAREER TITLES: 17
LOST IN QUARTERFINALS OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN TO SERENA WILLIAMS;
FOLLOWED BY LOSING FINAL OF PARIS INDOORS TO DINARA SAFINA BUT
THEN DEFEATED VENUS WILLIAMS TO CLAIM TITLE AT ANTWERP IN LATE
FEBRUARY; FELL IN QUARTERS OF BERLIN TO NADIA PETROVA BEFORE
BEATING SCHNYDER TO WIN ROME; BEST SHOWING AT HER HOME GRAND
SLAM CAME BOTH IN 2003 AND LAST YEAR WITH A QUARTERFINAL
FINISH.
- ELENA DEMENTIEVA, RUSSIA
DATE OF BIRTH: OCTOBER 15, 1981
HEIGHT: 5’11"
WEIGHT: 141
PLAYS: RIGHTHANDED
CAREER TITLES: 4
LOST ALL-RUSSIAN FINAL TO ANASTASIA MYSKINA IN LAST YEAR’S
FRENCH OPEN AND ANOTHER TO SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA IN THE U.S. OPEN;
NEVER HAD PROGRESSED BEYOND FOURTH ROUND IN FIVE TRIES AT
ROLAND GARROS UNTIL 2004; LOST IN FOUR SETS TO PATTY SCHNYDER IN
FOURTH ROUND OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN; FELL TO HARDENNE IN FINAL OF
CLAYCOURT EVENT IN CHARLESTON IN APRIL; UPSET IN SECOND ROUND
OF ROME TWO WEEKS AGO BY GISELA DULKO.
- ANASTASIA MYSKINA, RUSSIA
DATE OF BIRTH: MARCH 10, 1976
HEIGHT: 5’8 1/2"
WEIGHT: 130
PLAYS: RIGHTHANDED
CAREER TITLES: 9
SURPRISINGLY WON HER FIRST CAREER GRAND SLAM HERE LAST YEAR WITH
WIN OVER DEMENTIEVA; NEVER HAD REACHED EVEN THE THIRD ROUND AT
ROLAND GARROS UNTIL 2004; LOST IN FOURTH ROUND OF THIS YEAR’S
AUSTRALIAN OPEN TO NATHALIE DECHY; HAS HAD A DISAPPOINTING 2005,
GOING JUST 8-9; BEST RESULT OF YEAR WAS SEMIFINAL LOSS TO VENUS
WILLIAMS AT ANTWERP IN FEBRUARY.
- SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA, RUSSIA
DATE OF BIRTH: JUNE 27, 1985
HEIGHT: 5’8 1/2"
WEIGHT: 161
PLAYS: RIGHTHANDED
CAREER TITLES: 5
BROKE THROUGH FOR FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE AT 2004 U.S. OPEN,
BECOMING THE THIRD STRAIGHT RUSSIAN TO WIN A MAJOR; HAS
PLAYED HERE TWICE, LOSING IN FIRST ROUND IN 2003 AND REACHING
FOURTH ROUND LAST YEAR; LOST TO SHARAPOVA IN QUARTERFINALS OF
AUSTRALIAN OPEN IN JANUARY; HAS NOT WON A TOURNAMENT IN 2005,
BUT REACHED FINAL AT WARSAW LAST MONTH, LOSING TO
HENIN-HARDENNE IN FINAL.
- NADIA PETROVA, RUSSIA
DATE OF BIRTH: JUNE 8, 1982
HEIGHT: 5’10"
WEIGHT: 143
PLAYS: RIGHTHANDED
CAREER TITLES: 0
STILL HAS YET TO CLAIM FIRST WTA SINGLES TITLE BUT HAS WON 11 IN
DOUBLES; LOST IN FOURTH ROUND OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN TO SERENA
WILLIAMS; FELL IN THREE-SET FINAL TO HENIN-HARDENNE IN BERLIN
THREE WEEKS AGO; REACHED SEMIFINALS HERE IN 2003 BUT FELL IN
THIRD ROUND LAST YEAR; IS 10-4 ALL TIME AT ROLAND GARROS.
- PATTY SCHNYDER, SWITZERLAND
DATE OF BIRTH: DECEMBER 14, 1978
HEIGHT: 5’6 1/4"
WEIGHT: 125
PLAYS: LEFTHANDED
CAREER TITLES: 9
WON AUSTRALIAN OPEN WARMUP EVENT AT GOLD COAST IN JANUARY BEFORE
LOSING IN QUARTERFINALS OF YEAR’S FIRST GRAND SLAM TO NATHALIE
DECHY OF FRANCE; BEST RESULT SINCE WAS A THREE-SET LOSS TO
MAURESMO IN FINAL OF ROME; IS 16-9 ALL TIME AT ROLAND GARROS;
BEST FINISH HERE WAS IN 1998, WHEN REACHED QUARTERFINALS; BEST
RESULT AT ANY SLAM WAS REACHING SEMIFINALS AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN
LAST YEAR.