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) |
Aleksandra Wozniak Wins Bank of the West Classic Singles Title
Qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak completed her improbable run through the Bank of the West Classic by winning her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title with a 7-5, 6-3 win over sixth-seeded Marion Bartoli Sunday afternoon in front of 3,084 fans at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium on the Stanford University campus...Read more
Black and Huber Crowned Doubles Champions
The No. 1 doubles team in the world, Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeated the Russian duo of Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 6-3 to capture their first Bank of the West title as team...Read more