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AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN'S PROFILES

(5) David Ferrer
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	20/1
NATIONALITY:	SPA
BIRTH DATE:	02/04/82
BECAME PRO:	2000
WORLD RANKING:	5

VERDICT

Gone are the days when Ferrer was simply known as a claycourt specialist. He reached his first Grand Slam semi-final on the hardcourts of Flushing Meadow last season, while he also won three ATP titles and made the final on his Masters Cup debut. Expectation has undoubtedly been raised for this campaign and Ferrer will do well to maintain his top-five ranking. However, he showed last year that he's a match for anyone on this type of surface and the other big guns will want to avoid him in the draw.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
	07	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99	98
Australian Open	4R	4R	1R	2R	1R	-	-	-	-	-
French Open	3R	3R	QF	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	-
Wimbledon	2R	4R	1R	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	-
US Open	SF	3R	3R	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	-

Men's Profiles

(1) R Federer
(2) R Nadal
(3) N Djokovic
(4) N Davydenko
(5) D Ferrer
(6) A Roddick
(7) F Gonzalez
(8) R Gasquet
(9) A Murray
(10) D Nalbandian
(11) T Robredo
(12) J Blake
(13) T Berdych
(14) M Youzhny
(15) M Baghdatis
(16) C Moya
(17) I Ljubicic
(18) J I Chela
(19) L Hewitt
(20) I Karlovic
(21) J Monaco
(22) J C Ferrero
(23) P-H Mathieu
(24) J Nieminen
(25) F Verdasco
(26) S Wawrinka
(27) N Almagro
(28) G Simon
(29) P Kohlschreiber
(30) R Stepanek
(31) I Andreev
(32) D Tursunov

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