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AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN'S PROFILES

(14) Nadia Petrova
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	50/1
NATIONALITY:	RUS
BIRTH DATE:	08/06/82
BECAME PRO:	1999
WORLD RANKING:	14

VERDICT

Top-class sport seems to be in the Petrova genes. Her parents were both top-class athletes, mum Nadejda Ilina winning a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay at the 1976 Olympics. The tennis player has been as high as world number three in the past but has always struggled to beat her elite peers on a regular basis. Plays her best tennis on the clay and has only just returned to action following a hip injury, so chances of success appear slim.

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

Women's Profiles

(1) J Henin
(2) S Kuznetsova
(3) J Jankovic
(4) A Ivanovic
(5) M Sharapova
(6) A Chakvetadze
(7) S Williams
(8) V Williams
(9) D Hantuchova
(10) M Bartoli
(11) E Dementieva
(12) N Vaidisova
(13) T Golovin
(14) N Petrova
(15) P Schnyder
(16) D Safina
(17) S Peer
(18) A Mauresmo
(19) S Bammer
(20) A Szavay
(21) A Bondarenko
(22) L Safarova
(23) V Zvonareva
(24) Na Li
(25) F Schiavone
(26) V Azarenka
(27) M Kirilenko
(28) K Srebotnik
(29) A Radwanska
(30) V Razzano
(31) S Mirza
(32) J Vakulenko

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