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FRENCH OPEN MEN'S PROFILES

(1) Roger Federer
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	9-4
NATIONALITY:	SUI
BIRTH DATE:	08/08/81
BECAME PRO:	1998
WORLD RANKING:	1 (as at 21/05/07)

VERDICT

Arguably the greatest player ever to pick up a racquet, Federer's bete noire is the red clay of Roland Garros. It's the only Grand Slam he's yet to win and the Swiss maestro knows the history books will always have an asterisk next to his name unless he triumphs here. He made the final last year, losing to Rafael Nadal, who remains his arch enemy on this surface. But a recent win over that rival in the final at Hamburg will have bolstered his confidence no end so could this be the year that he finally makes the breakthrough?

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