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(8) ANNA CHAKVETADZE

PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: 50/1
NATIONALITY: RUS
BIRTH DATE: 05/03/87
BECAME PRO: 2003
WORLD RANKING: 8
VERDICT
One of few players on the WTA Tour whose favourite surface is grass, the Russian was a junior Wimbledon finalist in 2003. A quarter-finalist in Australia and France already this year, Chakvetadze won her third career title in Hobart in January and has risen steadily up the rankings. That should mean she avoids her Wimbledon fate of 12 months ago, when as 32nd seed she met Justine Henin in the third round with predictable consequences. A strong outsider.
 
TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
  07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98
Australian Open QF 2R 2R - - - - - - -
French Open QF 2R 3R - - - - - - -
Wimbledon - 3R 1R - - - - - - -
US Open - 4R 3R 3R - - - - - -

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