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AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN'S PROFILES

(5) Nadia Petrova
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	14/1
NATIONALITY:	RUS
BIRTH DATE:	08/06/82
BECAME PRO:	1997
WORLD RANKING:	6

VERDICT

Enjoyed a superb run on her favoured clay last season but saw her French Open hopes scuppered by a hip injury picked up just days before the tournament. That problem dogged her for months afterwards but she returned to form towards the end of the season to suggest she can contend here. However, she'll need to improve on a poor record Down Under - no WTA titles and just one last-eight appearance in seven visits to Melbourne - while a abdominal strain picked up in Sydney will hardly help.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99	98	97
Australian Open	QF	4R	1R	3R	-	2R	3R	1R	-	-
French Open	1R	SF	3R	SF	-	4R	1R	-	-	-
Wimbledon	-	QF	4R	3R	-	4R	2R	2R	-	-
US Open	3R	QF	QF	4R	1R	2R	2R	-	-	-

Women's Profiles

(1) M Sharapova
(2) A Mauresmo
(3) S Kuznetsova
(4) K Clijsters
(5) N Petrova
(6) M Hingis
(7) E Dementieva
(8) P Schnyder
(9) D Safina
(10) N Vaidisova
(11) J Jankovic
(12) A Chakvetadze
(13) A Ivanovic
(14) F Schiavone
(15) D Hantuchova
(16) S Peer
(17) A-L Groenefeld
(18) M Bartoli
(19) N Li
(20) T Golovin
(21) K Srebotnik
(22) V Zvonareva
(23) A Sugiyama
(24) S Stosur
(25) A Medina Garrigues
(26) M Kirilenko
(27) M Santangelo
(28) F Pennetta
(29) A Bondarenko
(30) T Garbin
(31) J Zheng
(32) E Daniilidou

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