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FRENCH OPEN MEN'S PROFILES

(4) Nikolay Davydenko
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	25-1
NATIONALITY:	RUS
BIRTH DATE:	02/06/81
BECAME PRO:	1999
WORLD RANKING:	4 (as of 21/05/07)

VERDICT

Solid rather than spectacular sums up Davydenko, but that's not bad for a player who's been number three in the world. The Russian's game shows few weaknesses and an excellent 2006 season saw him capture five titles, including the Paris Masters. Many feel he lacks a big weapon to get him out of trouble against the true elite, although he gave Rafael Nadal his toughest match in a long time in Rome recently. He's been to the semi-final here before and could do so again but it's hard to see him lifting the trophy.

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