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07/09/08 10:30 BST

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN'S PROFILES

(10) David Nalbandian
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	9/1
NATIONALITY:	ARG
BIRTH DATE:	01/01/82
BECAME PRO:	2000
WORLD RANKING:	10

VERDICT

Many are predicting Nalbandian will return to the heights he scaled in 2006 (when he was world number three) this season. Look back at how he finished last year and it's easy to see why. The Argentine beat Roger Federer (twice), Rafael Nadal (twice), Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer en route to Masters Series titles in Madrid and Paris. However, aside from that it was a pretty average year for the 2002 Wimbledon finalist and he'll need to hit the ground running. If he does, the big guns had better watch out.

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

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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