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FRENCH OPEN MEN'S PROFILES

(9) Stanislas Wawrinka
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	50/1
NATIONALITY:	SUI
BIRTH DATE:	28/03/85
BECAME PRO:	2002
WORLD RANKING:	10

VERDICT

Some may be surprised to see Wawrinka's name in the world's top 10, but his 2008 form explains why. A runner-up in Doha and quarter-finalist in Indian Wells, the Swiss destined to live in Roger Federer's shadow has more recently made his first Masters Series final (in Rome) and reached the last four in Barcelona. That's impressive claycourt form and wins over David Nalbandian, Andy Murray and Juan Carlos Ferrero have not gone unnoticed. A potential dark horse in the field.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
	08	07	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99
Australian Open	2R	3R	2R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
French Open	-	2R	1R	3R	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wimbledon	-	1R	3R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-
US Open	-	4R	3R	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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