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FRENCH OPEN WOMEN'S PROFILES

(2) Maria Sharapova
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	14-1
NATIONALITY:	RUS
BIRTH DATE:	19/04/87
BECAME PRO:	2002
WORLD RANKING:	2 (as of 21/05/07)

VERDICT

Having burst onto the scene so dramatically at Wimbledon in 2004, Sharapova proved she is no one-Slam wonder by winning last year's US Open. That sparked a consistent run of form which also took her to the final of the Australian Open. However, once there she suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Serena Williams - something that was repeated in Miami. Since then she's struggled with a shoulder problem. Lack of matches is hardly the ideal way to prepare for a Slam on your least favourite surface. Hard to see her winning.

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