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US OPEN MEN'S PROFILES

(4) David Ferrer
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	66/1
NATIONALITY:	SPA
BIRTH DATE:	02/04/82
BECAME PRO:	2000
WORLD RANKING:	4

VERDICT

The Valencia-based 26-year-old embarked on a tremendous run to the semi-finals here last year, causing upsets against David Nalbandian and Rafael Nadal on the way. Although he lost out to Novak Djokovic in the last four, it represented easily his best performance in New York having previously failed to make it past round three. Best known for his skills on the clay, Ferrer showed the improvement to his game on grass at Wimbledon, before losing to Mario Ancic. Ferrer's form on the hard courts has been far from inspiring, but a quarter-final appearance in Australia will give him hope for another decent showing here.

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

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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