Players
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Serena Williams (USA)
WTA Tour Website
| Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA |
| September 26, 1981 |
| Saginaw, Michigan, USA |
| 5' 9" (1.75 m) |
| 150 lbs. (68 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (September 1995) |
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Moscow, Russia |
| Date of Birth |
March 5, 1987 |
| Birthplace |
Moscow, Russia |
| Height |
5' 7" (1.70 m) |
| Weight |
128 lbs. (58 kg) |
| Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Status |
Pro (2003) |
Elena Dementieva
WTA Tour Website
| Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| October 15, 1981 |
| Moscow, Russia |
| 5' 11'' (1.80 m) |
| 141 lbs. (64 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (August 25, 1998) |
Marion Bartoli (FRA)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Geneva, Switzerland |
| Date of Birth |
October 2, 1984 |
| Birthplace |
Le Puy en Velay, France |
| Height |
5' 6 3/4'' (1.70 m) |
| Weight |
128 lbs. (58 kg) |
| Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed both sides) |
| Status |
Pro (February 2000) |
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Date of Birth |
April 23, 1983 |
| Birthplace |
Poprad, Slovakia |
| Height |
5' 11 1/4'' (1.81 m) |
| Weight |
123 lbs. (56 kg) |
| Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Status |
Pro (May 1999) |
Patty Schnyder (SUI)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Baech, Switzerland |
| Date of Birth |
December 14, 1978 |
| Birthplace |
Basel, Switzerland |
| Height |
5' 6 1/4'' (1.68 m) |
| Weight |
125 lbs. (56.6 kg) |
| Plays |
Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Status |
Pro (August 1994) |
Shahar Peer (ISR)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Macabim, Israel |
| Date of Birth |
May 1, 1987 |
| Birthplace |
Jerusalem, Israel |
| Height |
5' 7" (1.70m) |
| Weight |
132 lbs. (60kg) |
| Plays |
Right-handed (Two-handed backhand) |
| Status |
Pro (2004) |
Francesca Schiavone
WTA Tour Website
| London, England |
| June 23, 1980 |
| Milan, Italy |
| 5' 5 1/2'' (1.66 m) |
| 141 lbs. (64 kg) |
| Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Pro (1998) |
Nadia Petrova (RUS)
WTA Tour Website
| Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| June 8, 1982 |
| Moscow, Russia |
| 5' 10 1/4'' (1.78 m) |
| 143 lbs. (65 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (September 6, 1999) |
Lindsay Davenport (USA)
WTA Tour Website
| Laguna Beach, California, USA |
| June 8, 1976 |
| Palos Verdes, California, USA |
| 6' 2 1/2'' (1.89 m) |
| 175 lbs. (79 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (February 22, 1993) |
Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
WTA Tour Website
| Kharkov, Ukraine |
| August 13, 1984 |
| Krivyi Rig, Ukraine |
| 5' 6" (1.68m) |
| 130 lbs. (59kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (1999) |
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
WTA Tour Website
| Bratislava, Slovakia |
| May 6, 1989 |
| Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 5' 3" (1.61 m) |
| 121 lbs. (55 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (2004) |
Sania Mirza (IND)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Hyderabad, India |
| Date of Birth |
November 15, 1986 |
| Birthplace |
Mumbai, India |
| Height |
5' 8" (1.73m) |
| Weight |
126 lbs. (57kg) |
| Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Status |
Pro (2003) |
Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Kanagawa, Japan |
| Date of Birth |
July 5, 1975 |
| Birthplace |
Tokyo, Japan |
| Height |
5' 4 1/4'' (1.63 m) |
| Weight |
121 lbs. (55 kg) |
| Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Status |
Pro (October 1992) |
Olga Govortsova (BLR)
WTA Tour Website
| Minsk, Belarus |
| August 23, 1988 |
| Pinsk, Belarus |
| 6' (1.82 m) |
| 148 lbs. (67 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro |
Na Li (CHN)
WTA Tour Website
| Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| February 26, 1982 |
| Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| 5' 7 3/4'' (1.72 m) |
| 143 lbs. (65 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (1999) |
Gisela Dulko (ARG)
WTA Tour Website
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| January 30, 1985 |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 5' 7'' (1.70 m) |
| 123 1/2 lbs. (56 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (January 2001) |
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
WTA Tour Website
| Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| September 13, 1987 |
| Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| 5' 11" (1.80m) |
| 143 lbs. (65 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (2002) |
Elena Vesnina (RUS)
WTA Tour Website
| Sochi, Russia |
| August 1, 1986 |
| Lvov, Ukraine |
| 5' 7 3/4" (1.76 m) |
| 132 lbs. (60 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro (2002) |
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)
WTA Tour Website
| Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| June 23, 1984 |
| Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 6' 3" (1.90 m) |
| 163 lbs. (74 kg) |
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Pro |
Sybille Bammer (AUT)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Linz, Austria |
| Date of Birth |
April 27, 1980 |
| Birthplace |
Linz, Austria |
| Height |
5' 9" (1.74m) |
| Weight |
139 lbs (63 kg) |
| Plays |
Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Status |
Pro (1997) |
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
| Date of Birth |
April 13, 1979 |
| Birthplace |
Richmond, Virginia, USA |
| Height |
5' 11'' (1.80 m) |
| Weight |
135 lbs. (61 kg) |
| Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Status |
Pro (April 1996) |
Akiko Morigami (JPN)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Tokyo, Japan |
| Date of Birth |
January 12, 1980 |
| Birthplace |
Osaka, Japan |
| Height |
5' 5" (1.65 m) |
| Weight |
123 1/2 lbs. (56 kg) |
| Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed both sides) |
| Status |
Pro (January 12, 1998) |
Jill Craybas (USA)
WTA Tour Website
| Residence |
Huntington Beach, California, USA |
| Date of Birth |
July 4, 1974 |
| Birthplace |
Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
| Height |
5' 3'' (1.60 m) |
| Weight |
123 lbs. (56 kg) |
| Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Status |
Pro (June 1996) |
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