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FRENCH OPEN MEN'S PROFILES

(1) Roger Federer
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	7/2
NATIONALITY:	SUI
BIRTH DATE:	08/08/81
BECAME PRO:	1998
WORLD RANKING:	1 (as of 19/05/08)

VERDICT

Is the great man finally on the slide? That's a question that's been asked a lot so far this season. It started with Federer failing to make a Grand Slam final for the first time in 11 attempts at the Australian Open in January and it took him until April to land his first title of the season - his only one to date. However, Federer remains one of the world's best on any surface and it will take a good player to beat him. That man has been Rafael Nadal here in the past three years and it would be no surprise to see that happen again - as has been the case in two claycourt Masters Series finals this term.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
	08	07	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99
Australian Open	SF	W	W	SF	W	4R	4R	3R	3R	-
French Open	-	RU	RU	SF	3R	1R	1R	QF	4R	1R
Wimbledon	-	W	W	W	W	W	1R	QF	1R	1R
US Open	-	W	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) D Nalbandian
(7) J Blake
(8) R Gasquet (wd)
(9) S Wawrinka
(10) A Murray
(11) T Berdych
(12) T Robredo
(13) J Monaco
(14) J-W Tsonga (wd)
(15) M Youzhny
(16) C Moya
(17) M Baghdatis
(18) P-H Mathieu
(19) N Almagro
(20) I Karlovic
(21) R Stepanek
(22) F Verdasco
(23) J C Ferrero
(24) F Gonzalez
(25) L Hewitt
(26) J Nieminen
(27) I Andreev
(28) I Ljubicic
(29) G Canas
(30) D Tursunov
(31) A Seppi
(32) J Tipsarevic

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