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22/11/08 20:46 GMT

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FRENCH OPEN WOMEN'S PROFILES

(1) Maria Sharapova
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	11/2
NATIONALITY:	RUS
BIRTH DATE:	19/04/87
BECAME PRO:	2002
WORLD RANKING:	1 (as of 19/05/08)

VERDICT

Justine Henin's recent retirement made the planet's most famous female athlete the new world number one. That's fair enough - she won the Australian Open for the first time in January which means she arrives in Paris looking to complete the career Grand Slam at the tender age of 21. Few players have beaten her in 2008, although it is interesting to note she was beaten in Charleston as soon as the tour switched onto the clay, a surface which has always proved problematic for the Russian, whose feared serve is less of a weapon on the dirt. Also picked up a calf strain recently so will need all her fighting spirit to succeed.

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

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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