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FRENCH OPEN WOMEN'S PROFILES

(6) Anna Chakvetadze
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	50/1
NATIONALITY:	RUS
BIRTH DATE:	05/03/87
BECAME PRO:	2003
WORLD RANKING:	6

VERDICT

This pony-tailed player is a gritty performer and showed in 2007 that she is seriously good. She picked up four WTA titles - only Justine Henin won more - and helped Russia win the Fed Cup. During the close-season, Chakvetadze was tied up by burglars who raided her Moscow home and perhaps that has affected her on court. 2008 has not been good so far for the petite Russian, although she did find some form in Rome in the run-up to Roland Garros. Will still do well to match last year's run to the quarter-finals.

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