| (19) Martin Verkerk |
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| PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: |
100/1 |
| NATIONALITY: |
NED |
| BIRTH DATE: |
31/10/78 |
| BECAME PRO: |
1996 |
| WORLD RANKING: |
19 |
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| VERDICT |
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| The Dutchman arguably wrote the story of the season by reaching the final here last season with a fairytale run which saw him beat some of the world's best. The self-confessed party-goer has generally struggled since, but rediscovered some sort of form by reaching the final in Munich recently. A repeat of 2003 for this big server would simply be asking too much though. |
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| TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY |
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03 |
02 |
01 |
00 |
99 |
98 |
97 |
96 |
95 |
| Australian Open |
1R |
1R |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Wimbledon |
- |
RU |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Wimbledon |
- |
1R |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| US Open |
- |
2R |
1R |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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