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FRENCH OPEN WOMEN'S PROFILES

(9) Marion Bartoli
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	80/1
NATIONALITY:	FRA
BIRTH DATE:	02/10/84
BECAME PRO:	2000
WORLD RANKING:	9

VERDICT

Soared into the spotlight at Wimbledon last season where she finished runner-up and caused one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history by beating Justine Henin in the semis. A string of other good results - based on an excellent defensive game - propelled her into the world's top 10 but this year she is struggling to live up to increased expectation. That's reflected by the fact that Bartoli arrives here having lost more matches than she's won, so hopes for the French number one cannot be high on home soil.

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

Women's Profiles

(1) M Sharapova
(2) A Ivanovic
(3) J Jankovic
(4) S Kuznetsova
(5) S Williams
(6) A Chakvetadze
(7) E Dementieva
(8) V Williams
(9) M Bartoli
(10) P Schnyder
(11) V Zvonareva
(12) A Szavay
(13) D Safina
(14) A Radwanska
(15) N Vaidisova
(16) V Azarenka
(17) S Peer
(18) F Schiavone
(19) A Cornet
(20) S Bammer
(21) M Kirilenko
(22) A Mauresmo
(23) A Bondarenko
(24) V Razzano
(25) N Petrova
(26) F Pennetta
(27) K Srebotnik
(28) D Cibulkova
(29) A Medina Garrigues
(30) C Wozniacki
(31) A Sugiyama
(32) K Knapp

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