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(3) Novak Djokovic
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	5/2
NATIONALITY:	SRB
BIRTH DATE:	22/05/87
BECAME PRO:	2003
WORLD RANKING:	3

VERDICT

The world number three gave Roger Federer a huge test in last year's final, losing the first two sets on tie-breaks and the third 6-4. But he won his first Grand Slam on the hard court of the Australian Open and recently picked up the ATP Rogers Cup so he will be full of confidence. And he will be desperate to erase a really poor Wimbledon from his memory after losing in the second round to Marat Safin. The bookies can hardly separate Rafael Nadal, Federer and Djokovic at the top of the betting, but after winning in Australia and reaching the final of the French Open, this could well be the Serbian's year in New York.

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

Men's Profiles

(1) R Nadal
(2) R Federer
(3) N Djokovic
(4) D Ferrer
(5) N Davydenko
(6) A Murray
(7) D Nalbandian
(8) A Roddick
(9) J Blake
(10) S Wawrinka
(11) F Gonzalez
(12) R Gasquet
(13) F Verdasco
(14) I Karlovic
(15) T Robredo
(16) G Simon
(17) J M Del Potro
(18) N Almagro
(19) J-W Tsonga
(20) N Kiefer
(21) M Youzhny (wd)
(22) T Berdych
(23) I Andreev
(24) P-H Mathieu
(25) P Kohlschreiber
(26) D Tursunov
(27) F Lopez
(28) R Stepanek
(29) J Monaco
(30) M Cilic
(31) A Seppi
(32) G Monfils

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