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ALL-BELGIAN FINAL MAKES HISTORY
Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne will compete in the first-ever
all-Belgian Grand Slam final at the US Open on Saturday. Belgium is only the
third nation to have an all-country final at the US Open since 1968:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1978-79, 1981, 1983-84, 2000-02
AUSTRALIA 1973
BELGIUM 2003
On the WTA Tour, this is the eighth singles final between two Belgian women
ever, and fifth this year:
1997 – Cardiff – Dominique Van Roost d. Laurence Courtois
1999 – Luxembourg – Kim Clijsters d. Dominique Van Roost
2001 – ’s-Hertogenbosch – Justine Henin-Hardenne d. Kim Clijsters
2003 – German Open – Justine Henin-Hardenne d. Kim Clijsters
2003 – Roland Garros - Justine Henin-Hardenne d. Kim Clijsters
2003 – ’s-Hertogenbosch – Kim Clijsters d. Justine Henin-Hardenne
2003 – San Diego - Justine Henin-Hardenne d. Kim Clijsters
2003 – US Open – Kim Clijsters vs. Justine Henin-Hardenne
BELGIAN COMPARISON
While the personalities, backgrounds and playing styles of Kim Clijsters and
Justine Henin-Hardenne are different, the similarities in their rise up the WTA
Tour ladder has been uncanny. The following is a look at their parallel rise:
KIM CLIJSTERS JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE
1999 Antwerp Professional WTA Tour debut 1999 Antwerp
1999 Luxembourg Won first WTA singles title 1999 Antwerp
1999 Wimbledon
(beat world No.10 Coetzer) Debut Grand Slam 1999 Roland Garros
(almost beat Davenport on Chatrier)
2001 Roland Garros First time reaching SF Grand Slam 2001 Roland Garros
2001 Roland Garros First Grand Slam F 2001 Wimbledon
2003 Roland Garros Second Grand Slam F 2003 Roland Garros
2003 US Open Third Grand Slam F 2003 US Open
June 11, 2001 First time reaching Top 10 June 11, 2001
July 30, 2001 First time reaching Top Five
* On May 20, 2002 both ranked in Top Five for first time together
* On January 27, 2003 both ranked in Top Four
* On September 8, 2003 both will rank in Top two
July 9, 2001
Indian Wells, Rome Only players in 2003 to win multiple Tier I titles
Charleston, Berlin, Toronto
IT’S DOWN TO LAST TWO …
PLAYER RANK NAT AGE YTD PRIZE $* YTD W/L CAREER PRIZE $* CAREER W/L
[1] Kim Clijsters 1 BEL 20 2,322,940 73/9 5,972,220 263/74
[2] Justine Henin-Hardenne 3 BEL 21 2,074,780 62/7 4,500,030 272/78
ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER
Only four times since the start of 1998 has the No.1 seed claimed the women’s
singles title at a Grand Slam. Fifteen majors passed between world No.1 Martina
Hingis winning the second of her three Australian Opens in 1998 and Jennifer
Capriati defending her crown at the same tournament in January 2002. Of those 15
majors, the No.1 seed had reached the final just five times, and on all but one
of those occasions (1999 Australian Open, Lindsay Davenport), the No.1 seed was
Martina Hingis. In the Open Era, the No. 1 seed has claimed the title on 17
occasions: translating into 50% of the time. Below is a look at the seedings of
the Grand Slam champions since 1998:
Year Australian Open Roland Garros Wimbledon US Open
1998 (1) Hingis (4) Sánchez-Vicario (3) Novotna (2) Davenport
1999 (2) Hingis (6) Graf (3) Davenport (7) S.Williams
2000 (2) Davenport (6) Pierce (5) V.Williams (3) V.Williams
2001 (12) Capriati (4) Capriati (2) V.Williams (4) V.Williams
2002 (1) Capriati (3) S.Williams (2) S.Williams (1) S.Williams
2003 (1) S.Williams (4) Henin-Hardenne (1) S.Williams TBD
WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL HISTORY SINCE 1968
Year (Seed) Champion (Rank) (Seed) Runner-Up (Rank) Score
1968 (6) Virginia Wade (GBR) (1) Billie Jean King (USA) 64 62
1969 (2) Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) (6) Nancy Richey (USA) 62 62
1970 (1) Margaret Court (AUS) (2) Rosie Casals (USA) 62 26 61
1971 (1) Billie Jean King (USA) (2) Rosie Casals (USA) 64 76(5-2)
1972 (1) Billie Jean King (USA) (9) Kerry Melville-Reid (AUS) 63 75
1973 (2) Margaret Court (AUS) (4) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 76(5-2) 57 62
1974 (2) Billie Jean King (USA) (5) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 36 63 75
1975 (1) Chris Evert (USA) (2) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 57 64 62
1976 (1) Chris Evert (USA #1) (2) Evonne Goolagong-Cawley (AUS #2) 63 60
1977 (1) Chris Evert (USA #1) (12) Wendy Turnbull (AUS #12) 76(3) 62
1978 (2) Chris Evert (USA #2) (16) Pam Shriver (USA #20) 75 64
1979 (3) Tracy Austin (USA #3) (1) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #1) 64 63
1980 (3) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #3) (9) Hana Mandlikova (TCH #10) 57 61 61
1981 (3) Tracy Austin (USA #3) (4) Martina Navratilova (USA #4) 16 76(4) 76(1)
1982 (2) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) (5) Hana Mandlikova (TCH #5) 63 61
1983 (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (2) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) 61 63
1984 (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (2) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) 46 64 64
1985 (3) Hana Mandlikova (TCH #4) (2) Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 76(3) 16
76(2)
1986 (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (7) Helena Sukova (CZE #7) 63 62
1987 (2) Martina Navratilova (USA #2) (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) 76(4) 61
1988 (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (5) Gabriela Sabatini (ARG #4) 63 36 61
1989 (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (2) Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 36 75 61
1990 (5) Gabriela Sabatini (ARG #5) (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) 62 76(4)
1991 (2) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (6) Martina Navrailova (USA #6) 76(1) 61
1992 (1) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (5) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #5) 63 63
1993 (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (12) Helena Sukova (CZE #13) 63 63
1994 (2) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #2) (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) 16 76(3) 64
1995 (1) Steffi Graf (GER Co-1) (2) Monica Seles (USA Co-1) 76(6) 06 63
1996 (1) Steffi Graf (GER Co-1) (2) Monica Seles (USA Co-1) 75 64
1997 (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) Venus Williams (USA #66) 60 64
1998 (2) Lindsay Davenport (USA #3) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) 63 75
1999 (7) Serena Williams (USA #7) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) 63 76(4)
2000 (3) Venus Williams (USA #3) (2) Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) 64 75
2001 (4) Venus Williams (USA #4) (10) Serena Williams (USA #10) 62 64
2002 (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Venus Williams (USA #2) 64 63
CAREER GRAND SLAM FINAL RECORDS*
Player Australian Open Roland Garros Wimbledon US Open Total
[1] Kim Clijsters 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2
[2] Justine Henin-Hardenne 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1
* Does not include results from US Open 2003
US OPEN RECORDS
PLAYER BEST US OPEN RESULT BEST GS RESULT OPEN W-L*
[1] Kim Clijsters Quarterfinalist 2001 Runner-Up 2001 / 2003 Roland Garros 16-4
[2] Justine Henin-Hardenne Fourth Round 2000-03 Champion 2003 Roland Garros 15-4
*Main draw matches only; including 2003 US Open
DEBUTANTE LUCK
Players winning US Open title in their first Open final include Virginia Wade
(1968), Chris Evert (1975), Tracy Austin (1979), Monica Seles (1991), Martina
Hingis (1997), Lindsay Davenport (1998) and Serena Williams (1999).
MORE THAN JUST WAFFLES AND CHOCOLATE
The following is a look at the history of the players who have been the highest
ranked Belgians on the WTA Tour since 1986:
21 December 1986 – 17 July 1988 Ann Devries
18 July 1988 – 15 April 1990 Sandra Wasserman
16 April 1990 – 18 January 1998 Sabine Appelmans
19 January 1998 – 5 November, 2000 Dominique Van Roost
6 November 2000 – 8 July, 2001 Kim Clijsters
9-28 July 2001 – Justine Henin-Hardenne
30 July 2001 – July 28, 2002 Kim Clijsters (2)
29 July – August 4, 2002 Justine Henin-Hardenne (2)
5-11 August, 2002 Kim Clijsters (3)
12-18 August, 2002 Justine Henin-Hardenne (3)
19-25 August, 2002 Kim Clijsters (4)
26 August – 10 November, 2002 Justine Henin-Hardenne (4)
11 November, 2002 – Present Kim Clijsters (5)
WOMEN LEADING THE WAY
Three of the current Top 4 women ranked on the WTA Tour have earned more prize
money in 2003 to date compared to the ATP money leader Roger Federer (SUI). The
following list illustrates the Top 10 earners in tennis so far in 2003 coming
into the US Open (WTA Tour players in Bold type):
Player Total Prize Money in 2003*
Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2,322,940
Serena Williams (USA) 2,249,030
Roger Federer (SUI) 2,082,580
Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 2,074,780
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 1,913,330
Andy Roddick (USA) 1,705,662
Andre Agassi (USA) 1,580,929
Guillermo Coria (ARG) 1,463,982
Rainer Schuettler (GER) 1,063,902
Lindsay Davenport (USA) 1,050,847
* Prize money figures are in US dollars and include singles, doubles and mixed
in their respective totals; as of 25 August 2003
RANKING PROJECTIONS
Rank
Sep 8 (Previous Rank)
1. (1) Kim Clijsters*
2. (3) Justine Henin-Hardenne*
3. (2) Serena Williams
4. (4) Lindsay Davenport
5. (7) Jennifer Capriati
6. (5) Venus Williams
7. (6) Amelie Mauresmo
8. (10) Anastasia Myskina*
9. (11) Elena Dementieva*
10.(8) Chanda Rubin 11. (12) Magdalena Maleeva
12. (15) Ai Sugiyama
13. (13) Conchita Martinez
14. (9) Daniela Hantuchova
15. (19) Nadia Petrova*
16. (14) Vera Zvonareva
17. (21) Meghann Shaughnessy
18. (16) Amanda Coetzer
19. (25) Paola Suarez*
20. (17) Anna Pistolesi
* Career-high ranking
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES!
Last year both Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne lost in the fourth round
of the US Open. Never before in the Open Era have two players made such a turn
around in the following year. Additionally, looking at the rankings, this time
last year Kim was ranked No. 7 and Justine No. 6.
FRENCH OPEN OMEN
The French Open champion has gone on to win the US Open 15 times in the Open
Era, (just behind the Wimbledon champion, with 16 successes). Players to
accomplish that feat include Margaret Court (1969-70, 1973), Billie Jean King
(1972), Chris Evert (1975, 1980), Martina Navratilova (1984), Steffi Graf (1988,
1993, 1995-96), Monica Seles (1991-92) and Serena Williams (2002).
FIRST TASTE
The US Open is the least likely site to win your first Grand Slam, with only
five previous in the Open Era: Wade-1968, Austin-1979, Sabatini-1990,
Davenport-1998 and S.Williams-1999. Roland Garros is the most popular with 11 of
30 successes coming there, followed by the Australian Open on eight and
Wimbledon on six.
ROAD TO THE FINAL
(1) KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #1)
R128: d. (WC) Amber Liu (USA #290) 62 63 (1:02)
R64: d. Laura Granville (USA #47) 61 61 (0:49)
R32: d. (27) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #29) 63 62 (1:02)
R16: d. (17) Meghann Shaugnessy (USA #21) 62 64 (1:13)
QF: d. (5) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA #6) 61 64 (1:11)
SF: d. (3) Lindsay Davenport (USA #3) 62 63 (1:03)
Total games: 100
Won/lost: 72/28
Total time on court: 5:17
vs. (2) JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE (BEL #3)
R128: d. (Q) Aniko Kapros (HUN #129) 75 63 (1:28)
R64: d. Silvija Talaja (CRO #70) 63 60 (0:51)
R32: d. Saori Obata (JPN #75) 61 62 (0:55)
R16: d. Dinara Safina (RUS #71) 60 63 (0:57)
QF: d. (7) Anastasia Myskina (RUS #10) 62 63 (1:03)
SF: d. (6) Jennifer Capriati (USA #?) 46, 75, 76(4) (3:03)
Total games: 116
Won/lost: 78/38
Total time on court: 8:17
STATS CORNER
(1) K. CLIJSTERS (BEL #1) vs. (2) J. HENIN-HARDENNE (BEL #3)
Win-Loss % Win-Loss %
Career 263/74 0.78 Career 272/78 0.78
2003 73/9 0.89 2003 62/7 0.90
Grand Slam 57/17 0.77 Grand Slam 57/15 0.79
US Open 16-4 0.80 US Open 15-4 0.79
(1) KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #1)
- vs -
(2) JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE (BEL #3)
Head-to-Head Tour Matches: Clijsters leads 8-5 (Two of Henin’s wins were at ITF
Satellite level)
Last Meeting: 2003 San Diego F (Hard/ Outdoors), Henin-Hardenne won 36, 62, 63
Grand Slams: Clijsters leads 2-1
Hardcourts: Clijsters leads 4-1
Finals: Henin leads 4-1
Three Sets: Henin leads 3-2
Tiebreaks: Clijsters leads 2-1
Clijsters Quick Facts
Age: 20 WTA Tour career singles titles: 16 WTA Tour career prize money:
$5,972,220
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth consecutive appearance here; best result was reaching QF in 2001 falling
to eventual winner V.Williams; 4r last year falling to Mauresmo after leading by
a set and a break; Qualified in ’99 falling 3r to eventual winner S.Williams
after leading 53 final set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 16, incl. US Open)
WINNER (6): Sydney, Indian Wells, Rome, ’s-Hertogenbosch; Stanford, Los Angeles;
RUNNER-UP (5): Antwerp, Scottsdale, Berlin, Roland Garros, San Diego;
SEMIFINALIST (3): Australian Open, Wimbledon, Miami
• Reached SF or better at all 14 WTA Tour tournaments up until 3r loss in Canada
to Krasnoroutskaya; only third player in last 20 years to reach 11 singles
finals by mid-August joining Evert –1985 and Graf -1989; started 2003 by winning
Sydney to become only fourth player in last 20 years (Graf, Seles and
Navratilova) to win three or more consecutive titles without loss of a set;
continued to Australian Open SF where she led 51 third set and held 2 mp at 52
vs. world No.1 and eventual champion S.Williams before falling 46 63 75; on home
soil, reached Antwerp final, d. No.4 Henin-Hardenne in SF (l. to V.Williams);
runner-up in Scottsdale, serving for the match vs. Sugiyama before falling in
3s; collected career-first Tier I singles title at Indian Wells as No.1 seed, d.
Davenport in final; extended win streak to 10 by reaching Miami SF (l. to
S.Williams); on 14 April, ascended to world No.2 WTA Singles Ranking, the sixth
youngest to do so (after Jaeger, Hingis, Austin, Seles and Graf); in Berlin,
scored her first win over Capriati and held 3 mp in final vs. Henin-Hardenne
before falling 64 46 75; won second Tier I title of the season in Rome, avenging
Scottsdale loss to Sugyiama and d. Mauresmo in the final after Mauresmo served
for the match leading 63 65; seeded No.2 at Roland Garros, contested the
first-ever all-Belgian Grand Slam final (her second there), l. to No.4 seed
Henin-Hardenne, but won doubles (on her 20th birthday) w/Sugiyama for
career-first Grand Slam title; surpassed $5 million prize money mark at Roland
Garros; the week before Wimbledon, won fourth title of 2003 at ’s-Hertogenbosch,
d. Henin-Hardenne in final after her compatriot retired with a left wrist and
finger sprain; reached SF at Wimbledon, dropping only one set en route, l. to V.
Williams 46 63 61; won the title in Stanford defeating Capriati in the final;
runner-up at San Diego, l. in 3s to Henin-Hardenne; at Los Angeles won her
fourth event out of last five in California d. former three-time champ Davenport
in 3s to claim world No. 1 ranking, (fifth youngest to do so) and a week after
ascending to No. 1 in doubles (joining just Navratilova, Sanchez, Hingis and
Davenport to reach the top in both);in doubles, has won five titles to date (all
w/Sugiyama) at Sydney, Antwerp, Scottsdale, Roland Garros and Wimbledon
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 16 WTA Tour singles titles (including a Tour-leading six in 2003);
first title came at 1999 Luxembourg as a qualifier; runner-up at Roland Garros
in 2001 (d. Henin-Hardenne in SF after trailing 62 42 and in final, was two
points from victory vs. Capriati on four occasions before falling 16 64 1210,
featuring the longest third set in a Roland Garros women’s singles final) and
2003 (see above); also semifinalist at 2002 and 2003 Australian Opens and 2003
Wimbledon (see above); member of Belgian Fed Cup Team 2000-03, helping her
country win its first-ever title in 2001; winner of nine Tour doubles titles,
incl. 2003 Roland Garros and Wimbledon (w/Sugiyama); mixed doubles runner-up at
2000 Wimbledon (w/Hewitt)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No. 1 (11 August 2003 – Present)
• Coached by Marc Dehous since July 2002; physical trainer is Eveline Coppens;
here with mother Els
Henin-Hardenne Quick Facts
Age: 21 WTA Tour career singles titles: 12 WTA Tour career prize money:
$4,500,030
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her fourth consecutive appearance here, but has never been beyond 4r;
upset Kournikova in 2000 before l. to No. 2 Davenport; fell to S. Williams in
2001 and last year to Hantuchova 76 final set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 14, incl. US Open)
WINNER (6): Roland Garros, Dubai, Charleston, Berlin, San Diego, Toronto;
RUNNER-UP (1): ’s-Hertogenbosch: SEMIFINALIST (6): Australian Open, Wimbledon,
Sydney, Antwerp, Amelia Island, Wimbledon; QUARTERFINALIST (1): Miami
• Began season as semifinalist in Sydney (l. to eventual champion Clijsters) and
Australian Open, surviving marathon 4r vs. Davenport in second longest match (in
terms of games played) played there from 4r on in Open Era, winning 75 57 97; l.
to world No.2 V.Williams in SF; in Antwerp, reached SF, l. to compatriot
Clijsters 62 76(3) after trailing 5-2 second set; won title at Dubai as No.1
seed, d. No.3 seed Capriati in SF and No.4 seed Seles in final (saving 1 mp);
reached QF in Miami, falling to Rubin; scored first ever-win over a world No.1
when she ended S.Williams’s unbeaten 21-0 run in 2003 in the final of Charleston
on 13 April; fell in Amelia Island SF as No.1 seed to Dementieva after holding 1
mp; joined Graf as only second player in Berlin tournament’s history to retain
the German Open title, d. Mauresmo in SF (saving set point in first set) and
Clijsters in final (saving 3 mp in third set, the eighth time in 2003 a player
has saved mp en route to a Tour singles title); as No.4 seed at Roland Garros,
ended world No.1 S.Williams's bid for fifth straight Grand Slam title in SF (75
third set) en route to career-first Grand Slam singles title and 10th Tour title
overall; d. countrywoman Clijsters in first-ever all-Belgian Grand Slam final;
became 10th player to d. world's No.1 and No.2 players in a Grand Slam (since
computer rankings began in 1975); ranking rose to career-high No.3 following
Roland Garros (9 June); reached ’s-Hertogenbosch final for second time, retiring
vs. No.1 seed Clijsters with left wrist and finger sprain after winning first
set in a tie-break but trailing 3-0 in second set (injury occurred in second
game of second set); reached SF Wimbledon l. to eventual champion S. Williams;
surpassed $4-million mark in career prize money at Wimbledon; won first US
hardcourt title beating top seed Clijsters for first time in six meetings on the
hard surface; followed up in Toronto, d. four successive Russian players (Petrova,
Bovina, Dementieva – being stretched to 3s again – and Krasnoroutskaya) for
third Tier I title this season; is 14-1 in three-set matches in 2003
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 12 WTA Tour singles titles and two doubles titles; won Belgium’s
first-ever Grand Slam singles title at 2003 Roland Garros, d. world No.1 and
defending champion S.Williams in SF and compatriot Clijsters in first
all-Belgian Grand Slam singles final; runner-up at 2001 Wimbledon and
semifinalist at 2001 Roland Garros, 2002 Wimbledon and 2003 Australian Open and
Wimbledon; one of only four current players (along with Clijsters, Seles and
Davenport) to have wins over S.Williams, V.Williams and Capriati; in 1999, won
Antwerp in her Tour debut, becoming the fifth player at that stage to achieve
that feat; member of Belgian Fed Cup team 2000-03 (winning title in 2001)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.3 (9 June 2003 – present)
• Coached by Carlos Rodriguez since 1996; also here with husband Pierre-Yves
NOTE: Events played includes tournaments (WTA & ITF)
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$17,074,000 US OPEN, Flushing Meadows - NEW YORK
SEMIFINAL MATCH NOTES, September 5, 2003
IT’S DOWN TO THE LAST FOUR…
PLAYER RANK NAT AGE YTD PRIZE $* YTD W/L CAREER PRIZE $* CAREER W/L
[1] Kim Clijsters 1 BEL 20 2,322,940 72/9 5,972,220 262/74
[2] Justine Henin-Hardenne 3 BEL 21 2,074,780 61/7 4,500,030 271/78
[3] Lindsay Davenport 4 USA 27 1,050,847 46/13 15,892,908 571/159
[6] Jennifer Capriati 7 USA 27 759,735 40/13 7,734,298 399/159
US OPEN RECORDS
PLAYER BEST US OPEN RESULT BEST GS RESULT OPEN W-L*
[1] Kim Clijsters Quarterfinalist 2001 Runner-Up 2001 / 2003 Roland Garros 15-4
[2] Justine Henin-Hardenne Fourth Round 2000-03 Champion 2003 Roland Garros 14-4
[3] Lindsay Davenport Champion 1998 Champion 1998 US/ 1999 Wimbledon/ 2000
Australia 47-11
[6] Jennifer Capriati Semifinalist 1991, 2001 Champion 2001-02 Australian / 2001
Roland Garros 30-11
*Main draw matches only; including 2003 US Open
CLIJSTERS TO REMAIN No. 1
Kim Clijsters will remain No. 1 following the US Open, regardless of how she or
Justine does in the rest of the tournament. On Monday, Justine Henin-Hardenne
will move up to a career-high No. 2 in the world, above Serena Williams. It will
be the first time in WTA Tour rankings history that a country other than the
United States has occupied the Top Two ranking spots.
ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER
Only four times since the start of 1998 has the No.1 seed claimed the women’s
singles title at a Grand Slam. Fifteen majors passed between world No.1 Martina
Hingis winning the second of her three Australian Opens in 1998 and Jennifer
Capriati defending her crown at the same tournament in January 2002. Of those 15
majors, the No.1 seed had reached the final just five times, and on all but one
of those occasions (1999 Australian Open, Lindsay Davenport), the No.1 seed was
Martina Hingis. In the Open Era, the No. 1 seed has claimed the title on 17
occasions: translating into 50% of the time. Below is a look at the seedings of
the Grand Slam champions since 1998:
Year Australian Open Roland Garros Wimbledon US Open
1998 (1) Hingis (4) Sánchez-Vicario (3) Novotna (2) Davenport
1999 (2) Hingis (6) Graf (3) Davenport (7) S.Williams
2000 (2) Davenport (6) Pierce (5) V.Williams (3) V.Williams
2001 (12) Capriati (4) Capriati (2) V.Williams (4) V.Williams
2002 (1) Capriati (3) S.Williams (2) S.Williams (1) S.Williams
2003 (1) S.Williams (4) Henin-Hardenne (1) S.Williams TBD
US OPEN SEMIFINAL HISTORY
Below is a complete list of all US Open semifinalists in the Open Era
(1968-present). In 1968, the US Open draw had 96 players with random byes up
until it changed to its current format of 128 players in 1981. Between 1968-1975
there were eight seeds. In 1976, there were 16 seeds, 12 in 1977 before
reverting to 16 seeds again in 1978 until 2000. 32 seeds were introduced in
2001. (Names in Italics Underlined type advanced to the final, Bold type denotes
winners).
YEAR US OPEN SEMIFINALISTS BY SEED
2003 (1)Clijsters (2)Henin-Harden. (3)Davenport (6)Capriati
2002 (1)S.Williams (2)V.Williams (4)Davenport (10)Mauresmo
2001 (1)Hingis (2)Capriati (4)V. Williams (10)S.Williams
2000 (1)Hingis (2)Davenport (3)V.Williams Dementieva
1999 (1)Hingis (2)Davenport (3)V.Williams (7)S.Williams
1998 (1)Hingis (2)Davenport (3)Novotna (5)V.Williams
1997 (1)Hingis (6)Davenport (11)Spirlea V.Williams
1996 (1)Graf (2)Seles (4)Martinez (16)Hingis
1995 (1)Graf (2)Seles (4)Martinez (9)Sabatini
1994 (1)Graf (2)Sanchez-Vic. (7)Novotna (8)Sabatini
1993 (1)Graf (2)Sanchez-Vic. (11)Man.Maleeva (12)Sukova
1992 (1)Seles (5)Sanchez-Vic. (7)M.Fernandez (9)Man.Maleeva
1991 (1)Graf (2)Seles (6)Navratilova (7)Capriati
1990 (1)Graf (5)Sabatini (6)Sanchez-Vic. (8)M.Fernandez
1989 (1)Graf (2)Navratilova (3)Sabatini (5)Garrison
1988 (1)Graf (3)Evert (5)Sabatini (11)Garrison
1987 (1)Graf (2)Navratilova (6)Sukova (11)McNeil
1986 (1)Navratilova (2)Evert-Lloyd (3)Graf (7)Sukova
1985 (1)Evert-Lloyd (2)Navratilova (3)Mandlikova (11)Graf
1984 (1)Navratilova (2)Evert-Lloyd (13)Turnbull (14)Bassett
1983 (1)Navratilova (2)Evert-Lloyd (5)Shriver (14)Durie
1982 (2)Evert-Lloyd (4)Jaeger (5)Mandlikova (7)Shriver
1981 (1)Evert-Lloyd (3)Austin (4)Navratilova (11)Potter
1980 (1)Austin (3)Evert-Lloyd (8)Jaeger (9)Mandlikova
1979 (1)Evert-Lloyd (2)Navratilova (3)Austin (9)King
1978 (1)Navratilova (2)Evert (4)Turnbull (16)Shriver
1977 (1)Evert (2)Navratilova (5)Stove (12)Turnbull
1976 (1)Evert (2)Goolagong-C. (10)Fromholtz Jausovec
1975 (1)Evert (2)Wade (3)Navratilova (4)Goolagong-C.
1974 (1)Evert (2)King (5)Goolgagong Heldman
1973 (2)Court (3)Evert (4)Goolagong Masthoff
1972 (1)King (3)Evert (5)Court (9)Melville
1971 (1)King (2)Casals (4)Melville Evert
1970 (1)Court (2)Casals (3)Richey (5)Wade
1969 (2)Court (5)Wade (6)Richey (7)Casals
1968 (1)King (2)Jones (5)Bueno (6)Wade
QUICKIE SEMIFINAL FACTS...
1982 The last time the No.1 seed did not reach the semifinals (Navratilova lost
QF to Shriver16, 76, 62)
1997 The last time the No.2 seed did not reach the semifinals (Seles lost QF to
Spirlea 67,76, 63)
2002 The last time the No.3 seed did not reach the semifinals (Capriati lost QF
to Mauresmo 46, 76, 63)
2000 The last time the No.4 seed did not reach the semifinals (Pierce lost 4r to
A.Huber 64 ret.) – not including V.Williams’ withdrawal in 2003
6 Unseeded players to have reached the semifinals since 1968
16 The lowest seed to reach the semifinals (Shriver in 1978)
1 The number of times in the Open Era all top four seeds reached the semifinals
at this tournament (1975)
ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS
(1) KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #1)
R128: d. (WC) Amber Liu (USA #290) 62 63 (1:02)
R64: d. Laura Granville (USA #47) 61 61 (0:49)
R32: d. (27) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #29) 63 62 (1:02)
R16: d. (17) Meghann Shaugnessy (USA #21) 62 64 (1:13)
QF: d. (5) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA #6) 61 64 (1:11)
Total games: 83
Won/lost: 60/23
Total time on court: 5:17
vs. (3) LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #4)
R128: d. Els Callens (BEL #80) 61 60 (0:46)
R64: d. Maria Elena Camerin (ITA #92) 62 64 (1:11)
R32: d. Melinda Czink (HUN #93) 60 62 (0:42)
R16: d. (19) Nadia Petrova (RUS #19) 60 67(6) 62 (1:52)
QF: d. (24) Paola Suarez (ARG #25) 64 60 (0:57)
Total games: 88
Won/lost: 66/22
Total time on court: 5:28
(2) JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE (BEL #3)
R128: d. (Q) Aniko Kapros (HUN #129) 75 63 (1:28)
R64: d. Silvija Talaja (CRO #70) 63 60 (0:51)
R32: d. Saori Obata (JPN #75) 61 62 (0:55)
R16: d. Dinara Safina (RUS #71) 60 63 (0:57)
QF: d. (7) Anastasia Myskina (RUS #10) 62 63 (1:03)
Total games: 81
Won/lost: 60/21
Total time on court: 5:14
vs. (6) JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #7)
R128: d. Cristina Torrens Valero (ESP #105) 60 61 (0:35)
R64: d. Martina Sucha (SVK #121) 61 61 (1:03)
R32: d. Emilie Loit (FRA #49) 62 26 62 (1:26)
R16: d. (11) Elena Dementieva (RUS #11) 62 75 (1:12)
QF: d. (29) Francesca Schiavone (ITA #32) 61 63 (1:07)
Total games: 87
Won/lost: 63/24
Total time on court: 5:23
CAREER GRAND SLAM SEMIFINAL RECORDS*
Player Australian Open Roland Garros Wimbledon US Open Total
[1] Kim Clijsters 0-2 2-0 0-1 0-0 2-3
[2] Justine Henin-Hardenne 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 2-4
[3] Lindsay Davenport 1-3 0-1 2-1 2-3 5-8
[6] Jennifer Capriati 2-1 1-2 0-2 0-2 3-7
* Does not include results from US Open 2003
CAPRIATI ON EDGE OF MILESTONE
Should Jennifer Capriati win her semifinal match against Justine Henin-Hardenne,
it would be her 400th singles match win of her career.
UNCHARTERED TERRITORY
If Kim Clijsters defeats Lindsay Davenport, we will be guaranteed a new US Open
champion. In fact Clijsters, Henin-Hardenne and Capriati have never been to a US
Open final before. This would be only the third time in professional tennis
history that we would have both players making their first appearance in a US
Open final in the same year. Previous occasions include 1997: Hingis vs.
V.Williams and 1988 Graf vs. Sabatini.
(1) KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #1) vs. (3) LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #4)
Head-to-Head: Clijsters leads 7-6 (Clijsters has won last four in a row and six
of last seven)
Last Meeting: 2003 Los Angeles F (Hard/ Outdoors), Clijsters won 61, 36, 61
Grand Slams: Davenport leads 2-0
Hardcourts: Clijsters leads 6-2
Three Sets: Clijsters leads 4-3
Tiebreaks: Davenport leads 4-0
Clijsters Quick Facts
Age: 20 WTA Tour career singles titles: 16 WTA Tour career prize money:
$5,972,220
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth consecutive appearance here; best result was reaching QF in 2001 falling
to eventual winner V.Williams; 4r last year falling to Mauresmo after leading by
a set and a break; Qualified in ’99 falling 3r to eventual winner S.Williams
after leading 53 final set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 16, incl. US Open)
WINNER (6): Sydney, Indian Wells, Rome, ’s-Hertogenbosch; Stanford, Los Angeles;
RUNNER-UP (5): Antwerp, Scottsdale, Berlin, Roland Garros, San Diego;
SEMIFINALIST (3): Australian Open, Wimbledon, Miami
• Reached SF or better at all 14 WTA Tour tournaments up until 3r loss in Canada
to Krasnoroutskaya; only third player in last 20 years to reach 11 singles
finals by mid-August joining Evert –1985 and Graf -1989; started 2003 by winning
Sydney to become only fourth player in last 20 years (Graf, Seles and
Navratilova) to win three or more consecutive titles without loss of a set;
continued to Australian Open SF where she led 51 third set and held 2 mp at 52
vs. world No.1 and eventual champion S.Williams before falling 46 63 75; on home
soil, reached Antwerp final, d. No.4 Henin-Hardenne in SF (l. to V.Williams);
runner-up in Scottsdale, serving for the match vs. Sugiyama before falling in
3s; collected career-first Tier I singles title at Indian Wells as No.1 seed, d.
Davenport in final; extended win streak to 10 by reaching Miami SF (l. to
S.Williams); on 14 April, ascended to world No.2 WTA Singles Ranking, the sixth
youngest to do so (after Jaeger, Hingis, Austin, Seles and Graf); in Berlin,
scored her first win over Capriati and held 3 mp in final vs. Henin-Hardenne
before falling 64 46 75; won second Tier I title of the season in Rome, avenging
Scottsdale loss to Sugyiama and d. Mauresmo in the final after Mauresmo served
for the match leading 63 65; seeded No.2 at Roland Garros, contested the
first-ever all-Belgian Grand Slam final (her second there), l. to No.4 seed
Henin-Hardenne, but won doubles (on her 20th birthday) w/Sugiyama for
career-first Grand Slam title; surpassed $5 million prize money mark at Roland
Garros; the week before Wimbledon, won fourth title of 2003 at ’s-Hertogenbosch,
d. Henin-Hardenne in final after her compatriot retired with a left wrist and
finger sprain; reached SF at Wimbledon, dropping only one set en route, l. to V.
Williams 46 63 61; won the title in Stanford defeating Capriati in the final;
runner-up at San Diego, l. in 3s to Henin-Hardenne; at Los Angeles won her
fourth event out of last five in California d. former three-time champ Davenport
in 3s to claim world No. 1 ranking, (fifth youngest to do so) and a week after
ascending to No. 1 in doubles (joining just Navratilova, Sanchez, Hingis and
Davenport to reach the top in both);in doubles, has won five titles to date (all
w/Sugiyama) at Sydney, Antwerp, Scottsdale, Roland Garros and Wimbledon
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 16 WTA Tour singles titles (including a Tour-leading six in 2003);
first title came at 1999 Luxembourg as a qualifier; runner-up at Roland Garros
in 2001 (d. Henin-Hardenne in SF after trailing 62 42 and in final, was two
points from victory vs. Capriati on four occasions before falling 16 64 1210,
featuring the longest third set in a Roland Garros women’s singles final) and
2003 (see above); also semifinalist at 2002 and 2003 Australian Opens and 2003
Wimbledon (see above); member of Belgian Fed Cup Team 2000-03, helping her
country win its first-ever title in 2001; winner of nine Tour doubles titles,
incl. 2003 Roland Garros and Wimbledon (w/Sugiyama); mixed doubles runner-up at
2000 Wimbledon (w/Hewitt)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No. 1 (11 August 2003 – Present)
• Coached by Marc Dehous since July 2002; physical trainer is Eveline Coppens;
here with mother Els
Davenport Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 38 WTA Tour career prize money:
$15,892,908
US OPEN HISTORY
• 13th consecutive appearance in this event; won title in 1998 at 8th attempt d.
V.Williams and No. 1 Hingis in final; Finalist in 2000 falling to V. Williams;
SF last year falling to S.Williams after holding 3sp in second set; also SF in
1997 (d. No. 3 Novotna) and 1999 falling to eventual winner S.Williams in 3s
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 15, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; RUNNER-UP (5): Sydney, Indian Wells, Amelia
Island, Los Angeles, New Haven; SEMIFINALIST (2): Charleston, San Diego
• Reached Sydney final (exactly one year after undergoing right knee
arthroscopic surgery), d. No.4 seed Hantuchova 76 third set in QF before falling
to No.2 seed Clijsters in final; made earliest exit from Australian Open in six
years, falling 4r to Henin-Hardenne 75 57 97 in three hours, 13 minutes; won
first title since her comeback at Tokyo [Pan Pacific], d. Seles in final in 3s;
at Scottsdale, lost opening match to eventual champion Sugiyama; runner-up at
Indian Wells, d. No.2 seed Capriati in 3s (l. to No.1 seed Clijsters); reached
4r at Miami, retiring during match against Bartoli at 6-0 due to right hamstring
strain; in Charleston, reached first Tier I or better clay court SF in five
years, l. to No.1 seed and world No.1 S.Williams; at Amelia Island, d. Schnyder
and Capriati en route to final where she led Dementieva 64 42 before falling;
withdrew from Madrid due to continuing problems with right hamstring; reached 4r
at Roland Garros as No.6 seed before retiring vs. C.Martinez with a left toe
sprain; in Eastbourne as No.1 seed, fell in opening match (2r) to Farina Elia 76
third set after trailing 51, 15-40 on serve, saving 5 mp before holding 3 mp of
her own at 6-5; reached Wimbledon QF for sixth time, falling in 3s to V.Williams;
beaten by Clijsters in past two events, in San Diego SF and Los Angeles final,
after which Clijsters ascended to world No.1 for the first time; forced to
retire due to re-aggravation of neuroma in her left foot in New Haven final
trailing 26, 04 vs. Capriati; in doubles, winner of three titles (all w/Raymond)
at Indian Wells, Amelia Island and Eastbourne
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 38 WTA Tour singles titles (10th all-time), including three Grand
Slams (1998 US Open, 1999 Wimbledon, 2000 Australian Open) and one Olympic Gold
medal (Atlanta 1996); winner of 35 doubles titles, including three Grand Slams;
has been ranked No.1 in the world in both singles (38 weeks in total) and
doubles (32 weeks); No.1 in singles and doubles concurrently during April and
May 2000; member of US Fed Cup Team 1993-2000, 2002 and the US Olympic Teams in
1996 and 2000; winner of the season-ending Championships in singles 1999 and
doubles 1996-98
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.1 for 38 weeks (Oct. 1998-Feb. 1999; July-Aug 1999; April/May 2000; Nov.
2001-Jan. 2002)
• Has been working with Adam Peterson since mid-March
(2) JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE (BEL #3) vs. (6) JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #7)
Head-to-Head: Henin-Hardenne leads 3-2
Last Meeting: 2003 Dubai, SF-Hard, Henin-Hardenne won 75, 46, 64
Grand Slams: Henin-Hardenne leads 1-0
Hardcourts: Tied 1-1
Three Sets: Henin-Hardenne leads 3-2
Tiebreaks: Never played
Henin-Hardenne Quick Facts
Age: 21 WTA Tour career singles titles: 12 WTA Tour career prize money:
$4,500,030
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her fourth consecutive appearance here, but has never been beyond 4r;
upset Kournikova in 2000 before l. to No. 2 Davenport; fell to S. Williams in
2001 and last year to Hantuchova 76 final set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 14, incl. US Open)
WINNER (6): Roland Garros, Dubai, Charleston, Berlin, San Diego, Toronto;
RUNNER-UP (1): ’s-Hertogenbosch: SEMIFINALIST (6): Australian Open, Wimbledon,
Sydney, Antwerp, Amelia Island, Wimbledon; QUARTERFINALIST (1): Miami
• Began season as semifinalist in Sydney (l. to eventual champion Clijsters) and
Australian Open, surviving marathon 4r vs. Davenport in second longest match (in
terms of games played) played there from 4r on in Open Era, winning 75 57 97; l.
to world No.2 V.Williams in SF; in Antwerp, reached SF, l. to compatriot
Clijsters 62 76(3) after trailing 5-2 second set; won title at Dubai as No.1
seed, d. No.3 seed Capriati in SF and No.4 seed Seles in final (saving 1 mp);
reached QF in Miami, falling to Rubin; scored first ever-win over a world No.1
when she ended S.Williams’s unbeaten 21-0 run in 2003 in the final of Charleston
on 13 April; fell in Amelia Island SF as No.1 seed to Dementieva after holding 1
mp; joined Graf as only second player in Berlin tournament’s history to retain
the German Open title, d. Mauresmo in SF (saving set point in first set) and
Clijsters in final (saving 3 mp in third set, the eighth time in 2003 a player
has saved mp en route to a Tour singles title); as No.4 seed at Roland Garros,
ended world No.1 S.Williams's bid for fifth straight Grand Slam title in SF (75
third set) en route to career-first Grand Slam singles title and 10th Tour title
overall; d. countrywoman Clijsters in first-ever all-Belgian Grand Slam final;
became 10th player to d. world's No.1 and No.2 players in a Grand Slam (since
computer rankings began in 1975); ranking rose to career-high No.3 following
Roland Garros (9 June); reached ’s-Hertogenbosch final for second time, retiring
vs. No.1 seed Clijsters with left wrist and finger sprain after winning first
set in a tie-break but trailing 3-0 in second set (injury occurred in second
game of second set); reached SF Wimbledon l. to eventual champion S. Williams;
surpassed $4-million mark in career prize money at Wimbledon; won first US
hardcourt title beating top seed Clijsters for first time in six meetings on the
hard surface; followed up in Toronto, d. four successive Russian players (Petrova,
Bovina, Dementieva – being stretched to 3s again – and Krasnoroutskaya) for
third Tier I title this season; is 14-1 in three-set matches in 2003
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 12 WTA Tour singles titles and two doubles titles; won Belgium’s
first-ever Grand Slam singles title at 2003 Roland Garros, d. world No.1 and
defending champion S.Williams in SF and compatriot Clijsters in first
all-Belgian Grand Slam singles final; runner-up at 2001 Wimbledon and
semifinalist at 2001 Roland Garros, 2002 Wimbledon and 2003 Australian Open and
Wimbledon; one of only four current players (along with Clijsters, Seles and
Davenport) to have wins over S.Williams, V.Williams and Capriati; in 1999, won
Antwerp in her Tour debut, becoming the fifth player at that stage to achieve
that feat; member of Belgian Fed Cup team 2000-03 (winning title in 2001)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.3 (9 June 2003 – present)
• Coached by Carlos Rodriguez since 1996; also here with husband Pierre-Yves
Capriati Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 14 WTA Tour career prize money:
$7,734,298
US OPEN HISTORY
• 12th appearance in this event; second youngest SF ever in 1991 dethroning
Sabatini before falling to eventual winner Seles in titanic 63, 36, 76 match; SF
again 10 years later in 2001 as world No. 2, falling to eventual winner V.
Williams; QF in 2002 falling to Mauresmo after serving for the match in second
set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 15, incl. US Open)
WINNER: New Haven; RUNNER-UP (2): Miami, Stanford; SEMIFINALIST (5): Dubai,
Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Berlin, Eastbourne; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Rome,
Wimbledon
• Started season with consecutive opening round 3s losses in Sydney (l. to
Panova) and Australian Open (l. to Weingärtner after leading 62 41), becoming
the first defending champion to lose in 1r; withdrew from Tokyo [Pan Pacific]
citing the need to recover from eye surgery in November to remove sunspots (pterygiums);
semifinalist in Dubai, pushing eventual champion Henin-Hardenne to 3s; as No.2
seed, reached Indian Wells SF, falling to Davenport in 3s; runner-up in Miami
for third consecutive year, l. to S.Williams in 3s; semifinalist at Amelia
Island, falling to again to Davenport in 3s; in Berlin, reached fifth straight
SF of 2003, saving 2 mp in second set vs. eventual runner-up Clijsters before
falling in 3s; quarterfinalist in Rome, falling to Mauresmo 63 76(10) after
holding 4 sp in tiebreak; fell in 4r of Roland Garros to Petrova in 3s; reached
SF in Eastbourne, l. to defending and eventual champion Rubin after holding 2 mp
at 62 53 15-40 (Rubin serving); as No.8 seed, reached Wimbledon QF for sixth
time, falling to world No.1 S.Williams in 3s; reached second Tour singles final
of 2003 at Stanford, falling to Clijsters in 3s; retired in San Diego 2r (after
1r bye) vs. Likhovtseva trailing 4-1 first set with right pectoral strain, an
injury that forced her withdrawal from Toronto; ended 28-tournament losing
streak last week in New Haven, claiming her 14th career Tour singles title,
surviving opening round scare vs. Bovina and then benefiting from retirements of
Mauresmo in SF and Davenport in F
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 14 Tour singles titles (incl. three Grand Slams at 2001 Australian
and Roland Garros and 2002 Australian Open) and one doubles title (1991 Rome w/Seles);
had best year of her career in 2001, winning first two Grand Slam singles titles
and reaching No.1 for the first time on 15 October, named 2001 ITF Women’s
Singles World Champion and unanimously female athlete of the year by virtually
every critic; singles Gold medallist at 1992 Barcelona Olympics; in 1990 as a
14-year-old, became youngest player to reach a Grand Slam SF (at Roland Garros),
win a singles title (Puerto Rico) and reach the Top 10; a member of the US Fed
Cup Team 1990-91, 1996 and 2000 and the US Olympic Team in 1992
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.1 for 17 weeks (Oct-Nov 2001; Jan/Feb, March/April, May/June 2002)
• Coached by her father, Stefano Capriati; also here with mother Denise and
brother Steven
NOTE: Events played includes tournaments (WTA & ITF)
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WTA Notes: IT’S DOWN TO THE LAST 16…
PLAYER RANK NAT AGE YTD PRIZE $* YTD W/L CAREER PRIZE $* CAREER W/L
[1] Kim Clijsters 1 BEL 20 2,322,940 70/9 5,972,220 260/74
[2] Justine Henin-Hardenne 3 BEL 21 2,074,780 59/7 4,500,030 269/78
[3] Lindsay Davenport 4 USA 27 1,050,847 44/13 15,892,908 569/159
[5] Amelie Mauresmo 6 FRA 24 548,621 37/9 3,713,257 272/130
[6] Jennifer Capriati 7 USA 27 759,735 38/13 7,734,298 397/159
[7] Anastasia Myskina 10 RUS 22 299,741 30/15 1,212,467 217/126
[11] Elena Dementieva 11 RUS 21 446,094 36/19 2,609,921 239/130
[15] Ai Sugiyama 15 JPN 28 788,628 32/17 3,908,791 327/261
[17] Meghann Shaughnessy 21 USA 24 345,569 32/16 1,812,430 284,227
[19] Nadia Petrova 19 RUS 21 412,956 34/16 1,092,997 151/88
[24] Paola Suarez 25 ARG 27 575,866 33/19 2,802,451 308/195
[29] Francesca Schiavone 32 ITA 23 228,541 29/21 792,579 192/133
Elena Likhovtseva 36 RUS 27 297,141 27/23 3,632,325 341/278
Tamarine Tanasugarn 39 THA 26 171,228 25/18 1,470,245 299/214
Mary Pierce 64 FRA 28 179,321 18/13 6,631,182 426/194
Dinara Safina 71 RUS 17 93,298 22/11 210,988 76/26
BEST US OPEN APPEARANCES FOR FOUR
By advancing to the Round of 16, nine competitors have equaled or bettered their
career-best results at the US Open: Elena Likhovtseva (RUS), Anastasia Myskina (RUS),
Nadia Petrova (RUS), Dinara Safina (RUS), Francesca Schiavone (ITA), Meghann
Shaughnessy (USA), Ai Sugiyama (JPN), Paola uarez (ARG) and Tamarine Tanasugarn
(THA). Following is a look at their best US Open results prior to this year:
PLAYER BEST APPEARANCE YEAR - RESULT
Elena Likhovtseva Fourth Round 1994 – l. to Sabatini 62 61
1999 – l. to Schett 60 61
2001 – l. to Davenport 63 06 63
Anastasia Myskina Third Round 2002 – l. to Bedanova 63 36 62
Nadia Petrova Second Round 2000 – l. to S. Williams 63 62
2001 – l. to Likhovtseva 64 26 64
Dinara Safina Second Round 2002 – l. to S. Williams 60 61
Francesca Schiavone Fourth Round 2002 – l. to Bovina 76(4) 62
Meghann Shaughnessy Third Round 2000 – l. to V. Williams 76(3) 61
2001 – l. to Bedanova 64 61
2002 – l. to Capriati 62 62
Ai Sugiyama Third Round 1999 – l. to Seles 62 63
Paola Suarez Third Round 1997 – l. to MJ. Fernandez 61 62
Tamarine Tanasugarn Third Round 1997 – l. to Kruger 67(2) 75 64
2000 – l. to Davenport 62 61
CLIJSTERS HITS 70
By winning her third round match against Russian rising star Svetlana Kuznetsova,
top seed Kim Clijsters has achieved her 70th win for 2003, improving her
win-loss record to 70-9. So far, she is leading in match wins for this season,
followed by compatriot Justine Henin-Hardenne trailing at 59. The last player to
notch up 70 singles wins this early in the season was Chris Evert in 1974 (by
virtue of her second round match win in Newport on August 21, 1974).
RUSSIAN INVASION
For the second consecutive Grand Slam tournament, Russia leads the way at the
fourth round stage. At Wimbledon, five Russian women reached the round of the
last 16 for the very first time at a major tournament. Now it has happened at
the US Open again. Countries behind Russia are: The United States with three
representatives, with Belgium and France the only other countries with multiple
representation. In total, eight nations make up the fourth round line up.
Argentina (1): Paola Suárez
Belgium (2): Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin-Hardenne
France (2): Amelie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce
Italy (1): Francesca Schaivone
Japan (1): Ai Sugiyama
Russia (5): Elena Dementieva, Elena Likhovtseva, Anastasia Myskina, Nadia
Petrova, Dinara Safina
Thailand (1): Tamarine Tanasugarn
USA (3): Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport, Meghann Shaughnessy
(1) KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #1) vs. (17) MEGHANN SHAUGHNESSY (USA #21)
Head-to-Head: Clijsters leads 3-2
Last Meeting: 2003 Scottsdale SF (Hard/ Outdoors), Clijsters won 63 75
Clijsters Quick Facts
Age: 20 WTA Tour career singles titles: 16 WTA Tour career prize money:
$5,972,220
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth consecutive appearance here; best result was reaching QF in 2001 falling
to eventual winner V.Williams; 4r last year falling to Mauresmo after leading by
a set and a break; Qualified in ’99 falling 3r to eventual winner S.Williams
after leading 53 final set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 16, incl. US Open)
WINNER (6): Sydney, Indian Wells, Rome, ’s-Hertogenbosch; Stanford, Los Angeles;
RUNNER-UP (5): Antwerp, Scottsdale, Berlin, Roland Garros, San Diego;
SEMIFINALIST (3): Australian Open, Wimbledon, Miami
• Reached SF or better at all 14 WTA Tour tournaments up until 3r loss in Canada
to Krasnoroutskaya; only third player in last 20 years to reach 11 singles
finals by mid-August joining Evert –1985 and Graf -1989; started 2003 by winning
Sydney to become only fourth player in last 20 years (Graf, Seles and
Navratilova) to win three or more consecutive titles without loss of a set;
continued to Australian Open SF where she led 51 third set and held 2 mp at 52
vs. world No.1 and eventual champion S.Williams before falling 46 63 75; on home
soil, reached Antwerp final, d. No.4 Henin-Hardenne in SF (l. to V.Williams);
runner-up in Scottsdale, serving for the match vs. Sugiyama before falling in
3s; collected career-first Tier I singles title at Indian Wells as No.1 seed, d.
Davenport in final; extended win streak to 10 by reaching Miami SF (l. to
S.Williams); on 14 April, ascended to world No.2 WTA Singles Ranking, the sixth
youngest to do so (after Jaeger, Hingis, Austin, Seles and Graf); in Berlin,
scored her first win over Capriati and held 3 mp in final vs. Henin-Hardenne
before falling 64 46 75; won second Tier I title of the season in Rome, avenging
Scottsdale loss to Sugyiama and d. Mauresmo in the final after Mauresmo served
for the match leading 63 65; seeded No.2 at Roland Garros, contested the
first-ever all-Belgian Grand Slam final (her second there), l. to No.4 seed
Henin-Hardenne, but won doubles (on her 20th birthday) w/Sugiyama for
career-first Grand Slam title; surpassed $5 million prize money mark at Roland
Garros; the week before Wimbledon, won fourth title of 2003 at ’s-Hertogenbosch,
d. Henin-Hardenne in final after her compatriot retired with a left wrist and
finger sprain; reached SF at Wimbledon, dropping only one set en route, l. to V.
Williams 46 63 61; won the title in Stanford defeating Capriati in the final;
runner-up at San Diego, l. in 3s to Henin-Hardenne; at Los Angeles won her
fourth event out of last five in California d. former three-time champ Davenport
in 3s to claim world No. 1 ranking, (fifth youngest to do so) and a week after
ascending to No. 1 in doubles (joining just Navratilova, Sanchez, Hingis and
Davenport to reach the top in both);in doubles, has won five titles to date (all
w/Sugiyama) at Sydney, Antwerp, Scottsdale, Roland Garros and Wimbledon
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 16 WTA Tour singles titles (including a Tour-leading six in 2003);
first title came at 1999 Luxembourg as a qualifier; runner-up at Roland Garros
in 2001 (d. Henin-Hardenne in SF after trailing 62 42 and in final, was two
points from victory vs. Capriati on four occasions before falling 16 64 1210,
featuring the longest third set in a Roland Garros women’s singles final) and
2003 (see above); also semifinalist at 2002 and 2003 Australian Opens and 2003
Wimbledon (see above); member of Belgian Fed Cup Team 2000-03, helping her
country win its first-ever title in 2001; winner of nine Tour doubles titles,
incl. 2003 Roland Garros and Wimbledon (w/Sugiyama); mixed doubles runner-up at
2000 Wimbledon (w/Hewitt)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No. 1 (11 August 2003 – Present)
• Coached by Marc Dehous since July 2002; physical trainer is Eveline Coppens
Shaughnessy Quick Facts
Age: 24 WTA Tour career singles titles: 3 WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,812,430
US OPEN HISTORY
• Eighth consecutive appearance here, seventh in main draw; best results were
consecutive 3r finishes 2000 - 2002
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 19, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Canberra; SEMIFINALIST (1): Scottsdale; QUARTERFINALIST (3): Gold
Coast, Australian Open, Miami
• Began season at Gold Coast, defaulted against Schnyder in QF due to left ankle
sprain; rebounded to win third WTA Tour title at Canberra, d. Schiavone in
final; reached first Grand Slam QF at Australian Open before falling to eventual
champion S.Williams; lost in 1r at Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; reached SF at
Scottsdale, her hometown, upsetting No.4 seed Dokic in 2r, l. to Clijsters; l.
4r at Indian Wells, upset No.12 seed Daniilidou in 3r before l. to Zvonareva in
3s; reached third QF of season at Miami by upsetting No.2 seed V. Williams in 3r
in two sets, scoring her first win over Venus since 2001 Stanford; upset in 3r
Charleston by surprise SF Harkleroad; l. 2r Amelia Island and Berlin; fell in 1r
Rome to Granville; l. 3r at Roland Garros to Sugiyama; l. 1r at Eastbourne and
Wimbledon; l. 2r at Stanford and San Diego; received 1r bye at Los Angeles, l.
3r to No. 8 seed Coetzer; l. 1r at New Haven to Dokic
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of three career singles titles; has been ranked as high as No.11 in the
world (2001 and 2002); won first Tour title at 2002 Shanghai; had career-best
season in 2001, reaching three singles finals, recording best Grand Slam
performances (4r at Roland Garros and Wimbledon); qualifying for the Tour
Championships and recording her first win over a Top 5 player (No.5 C.Martinez
at Gold Coast)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.11 (10-16 September 2001; 28 January – 3 February 2002)
• Coached by Rafael Font de Mora
(2) JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE (BEL #3) vs. DINARA SAFINA (RUS #71)
Head-to-Head: First Meeting
Henin-Hardenne Quick Facts
Age: 21 WTA Tour career singles titles: 12 WTA Tour career prize money:
$4,500,030
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her fourth consecutive appearance here, but has never been beyond 4r;
upset Kournikova in 2000 before l. to No. 2 Davenport; fell to S. Williams in
2001 and last year to Hantuchova 76 final set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 14, incl. US Open)
WINNER (6): Roland Garros, Dubai, Charleston, Berlin, San Diego, Toronto;
RUNNER-UP (1): ’s-Hertogenbosch: SEMIFINALIST (6): Australian Open, Wimbledon,
Sydney, Antwerp, Amelia Island, Wimbledon; QUARTERFINALIST (1): Miami
• Began season as semifinalist in Sydney (l. to eventual champion Clijsters) and
Australian Open, surviving marathon 4r vs. Davenport in second longest match (in
terms of games played) played there from 4r on in Open Era, winning 75 57 97; l.
to world No.2 V.Williams in SF; in Antwerp, reached SF, l. to compatriot
Clijsters 62 76(3) after trailing 5-2 second set; won title at Dubai as No.1
seed, d. No.3 seed Capriati in SF and No.4 seed Seles in final (saving 1 mp);
reached QF in Miami, falling to Rubin; scored first ever-win over a world No.1
when she ended S.Williams’s unbeaten 21-0 run in 2003 in the final of Charleston
on 13 April; fell in Amelia Island SF as No.1 seed to Dementieva after holding 1
mp; joined Graf as only second player in Berlin tournament’s history to retain
the German Open title, d. Mauresmo in SF (saving set point in first set) and
Clijsters in final (saving 3 mp in third set, the eighth time in 2003 a player
has saved mp en route to a Tour singles title); as No.4 seed at Roland Garros,
ended world No.1 S.Williams's bid for fifth straight Grand Slam title in SF (75
third set) en route to career-first Grand Slam singles title and 10th Tour title
overall; d. countrywoman Clijsters in first-ever all-Belgian Grand Slam final;
became 10th player to d. world's No.1 and No.2 players in a Grand Slam (since
computer rankings began in 1975); ranking rose to career-high No.3 following
Roland Garros (9 June); reached ’s-Hertogenbosch final for second time, retiring
vs. No.1 seed Clijsters with left wrist and finger sprain after winning first
set in a tie-break but trailing 3-0 in second set (injury occurred in second
game of second set); reached SF Wimbledon l. to eventual champion S. Williams;
surpassed $4-million mark in career prize money at Wimbledon; won first US
hardcourt title beating top seed Clijsters for first time in six meetings on the
hard surface; followed up in Toronto, d. four successive Russian players (Petrova,
Bovina, Dementieva – being stretched to 3s again – and Krasnoroutskaya) for
third Tier I title this season; is 14-1 in three-set matches in 2003
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 12 WTA Tour singles titles and two doubles titles; won Belgium’s
first-ever Grand Slam singles title at 2003 Roland Garros, d. world No.1 and
defending champion S.Williams in SF and compatriot Clijsters in first
all-Belgian Grand Slam singles final; runner-up at 2001 Wimbledon and
semifinalist at 2001 Roland Garros, 2002 Wimbledon and 2003 Australian Open and
Wimbledon; one of only four current players (along with Clijsters, Seles and
Davenport) to have wins over S.Williams, V.Williams and Capriati; in 1999, won
Antwerp in her Tour debut, becoming the fifth player at that stage to achieve
that feat; member of Belgian Fed Cup team 2000-03 (winning title in 2001)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.3 (9 June 2003 – present)
• Coached by Carlos Rodriguez since 1996
Safina Quick Facts
Age: 17 WTA Tour career singles titles: 2 WTA Tour career prize money: $210,988
US OPEN HISTORY
• Second appearance here; made Grand Slam main draw debut in 2002, d. Grande
76(5) 61 before l. to eventual champion S. Williams in 2r
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 12)
WINNER (1): Palermo; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Doha, Sopot
• Started season with consecutive 1r losses at Canberra, where she reached her
first WTA Tour doubles final (w/ Bedanova, and Australian Open; reached third
career Tour QF at Doha, falling to compatriot and eventual champion Myskina; did
not win consecutive matches through next seven events, but did qualify for
Dubai, Berlin (reached 2r) and Rome (l. in 2r to Sugiyama in 3s); following 1r
losses at Roland Garros (l. to Myskina) and Wimbledon (l. to Molik), captured
second career Tour singles title at Palermo; did not drop a set en route to the
title, d. No.3 seed Schiavone in QF and No.4 seed Srebotnik in final; afterwards
(14 July), broke into Top 50 for first time at No.50; reached second QF of
season at Sopot, where she was defending champion, forced to retire at 67(7) 61
41 due to heat illness
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of two WTA Tour singles titles, most recently at 2003 Palermo (see
above), also at 2002; winner of four ITF Women’s Circuit singles titles,
including three in 2002; in juniors, reached 2001 Wimbledon girls’ singles final
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.50 (14-27 July 2003)
• Coached by her mother, Raouza Islanova
(3) LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #4) vs. (19) NADIA PETROVA (RUS #19)
Head-to-Head: Davenport leads 2-0
Last Meeting: 2001 Los Angeles 2R (Hard / Outdoors), Davenport won 76(3) 76(3)
Davenport Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 38 WTA Tour career prize money:
$15,892,908
US OPEN HISTORY
• 13th consecutive appearance in this event; won title in 1998 at 8th attempt d.
V.Williams and No. 1 Hingis in final; Finalist in 2000 falling to V. Williams;
SF last year falling to S.Williams after holding 3sp in second set; also SF in
1997 (d. No. 3 Novotna) and 1999 falling to eventual winner S.Williams in 3s
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 15, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; RUNNER-UP (5): Sydney, Indian Wells, Amelia
Island, Los Angeles, New Haven; SEMIFINALIST (2): Charleston, San Diego
• Reached Sydney final (exactly one year after undergoing right knee
arthroscopic surgery), d. No.4 seed Hantuchova 76 third set in QF before falling
to No.2 seed Clijsters in final; made earliest exit from Australian Open in six
years, falling 4r to Henin-Hardenne 75 57 97 in three hours, 13 minutes; won
first title since her comeback at Tokyo [Pan Pacific], d. Seles in final in 3s;
at Scottsdale, lost opening match to eventual champion Sugiyama; runner-up at
Indian Wells, d. No.2 seed Capriati in 3s (l. to No.1 seed Clijsters); reached
4r at Miami, retiring during match against Bartoli at 6-0 due to right hamstring
strain; in Charleston, reached first Tier I or better clay court SF in five
years, l. to No.1 seed and world No.1 S.Williams; at Amelia Island, d. Schnyder
and Capriati en route to final where she led Dementieva 64 42 before falling;
withdrew from Madrid due to continuing problems with right hamstring; reached 4r
at Roland Garros as No.6 seed before retiring vs. C.Martinez with a left toe
sprain; in Eastbourne as No.1 seed, fell in opening match (2r) to Farina Elia 76
third set after trailing 51, 15-40 on serve, saving 5 mp before holding 3 mp of
her own at 6-5; reached Wimbledon QF for sixth time, falling in 3s to V.Williams;
beaten by Clijsters in past two events, in San Diego SF and Los Angeles final,
after which Clijsters ascended to world No.1 for the first time; forced to
retire due to re-aggravation of neuroma in her left foot in New Haven final
trailing 26, 04 vs. Capriati; in doubles, winner of three titles (all w/Raymond)
at Indian Wells, Amelia Island and Eastbourne
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 38 WTA Tour singles titles (10th all-time), including three Grand
Slams (1998 US Open, 1999 Wimbledon, 2000 Australian Open) and one Olympic Gold
medal (Atlanta 1996); winner of 35 doubles titles, including three Grand Slams;
has been ranked No.1 in the world in both singles (38 weeks in total) and
doubles (32 weeks); No.1 in singles and doubles concurrently during April and
May 2000; member of US Fed Cup Team 1993-2000, 2002 and the US Olympic Teams in
1996 and 2000; winner of the season-ending Championships in singles 1999 and
doubles 1996-98
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.1 for 38 weeks (Oct. 1998-Feb. 1999; July-Aug 1999; April/May 2000; Nov.
2001-Jan. 2002)
• Has been working with Adam Peterson since mid-March
Petrova Quick Facts
Age: 21 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,092,997
US OPEN HISTORY
• Sixth consecutive appearance here, fourth in main draw; best results were
back-to-back 2r finishes in 2000, l. to S. Williams, and 2001, l. to No. 21 seed
Likhovtseva in 3s
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 17, incl. US Open)
SEMIFINALIST (2): Roland Garros, ‘s-Hertogenbosch; QUARTERFINALIST (1): San
Diego; THIRD ROUND (3): Australian Open, Rome, Wimbledon
• Started season by qualifying for Gold Coast, reaching 2r before falling to
No.4-seeded compatriot Bovina in 3s; after withdrawing from Canberra with right
shoulder strain, reached 3r at Australian Open for second time, d. No.21 seed
Sugiyama in 2r before falling to No.12 seed Schnyder in 3s; after losing 1r at
Tokyo [Pan Pacific] to Krasnoroutskaya in 3s, failed to qualify for Indian Wells
and Miami; qualified for Sarasota, d. Likhovtseva 1r before retiring against
eventual champion Myskina at opening of third set with right ankle sprain;
retired in 2r of Amelia Island qualifying with same injury; in Berlin, reached
2r before falling to No.12 seed Daniilidou in 3s; in Rome, reached 3r (when
Seles retired) and stretched No.5 seed Capriati 75 63; had best WTA Tour result
at Roland Garros, d. former world No.1s and Roland Garros champions Seles and
Capriati en route to best Grand Slam appearance, l. SF to Clijsters after
holding set point in first set; at ’s-Hertogenbosch, passed $1m mark in career
earnings in reaching SF (d. Dementieva) and led No.2 seed Henin-Hardenne 75 41
before falling in 3s; reached 3r Wimbledon, l. to eventual finalist V. Williams;
upset 1r Stanford to qualifier and eventual SF Vento-Kabchi; reached QF at San
Diego, upset No. 7 seed Hantuchova, l. to eventual champion Henin-Hardenne;
received 1r bye at Los Angeles; upset in 2r by Sharapova in 3s 62 26 75; reached
3r at Toronto, l. to eventual champion Henin-Hardenne for third time in six
tournaments; forced to withdraw from New Haven due to left hamstring strain;
currently enjoying career-high ranking of No. 19
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of four ITF Women’s Circuit singles titles (one in 1997 and three in
1998); reached career-first Grand Slam round of 16s at 2001 Roland Garros and
Wimbledon; four times a WTA Tour semifinalist, at 2001 Amelia Island (l. to
world No.10 Coetzer in 3s), 2002 Gold Coast (l. to V.Williams), 2003 Roland
Garros, and 2003 ‘s-Hertogenbosch; winner of three Tour doubles titles – 2001
’s-Hertogenbosch (w/Dragomir Ilie) and Linz (w/Dokic) and 2002 Linz (w/Dokic); a
member of the Russian Fed Cup Team in 2001
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.19 (25 August 2003 - present)
• Coached by Glen Schaap
(5) AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #6) vs. TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #39)
Head-to-Head: Mauresmo leads 2-1
Last Meeting: 2003 Indian Wells 3R (Hard / Outdoors), Mauresmo won 63 57 62
Mauresmo Quick Facts
Age: 24 WTA Tour career singles titles: 9 WTA Tour career prize money:
$3,713,257
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth appearance; reached SF last year with marathon wins over No. 7 Clijsters
and No. 3 Capriati before falling 63, 57, 64 to No. 2 V. Williams; QF in 2001
falling to Capriati
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 12, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Warsaw; RUNNER-UP (2): Paris Indoors, Rome; SEMIFINALIST (3): Dubai,
Berlin, New Haven; QUARTERFINALIST (3): Indian Wells, Roland Garros, Toronto
• Missed four months due to right knee cartilage inflammation returning at Paris
[Indoors], reaching final, d. Dementieva 60 60 before l. to S.Williams; withdrew
from Antwerp with left adductor strain; semifinalist at Dubai as defending
champion, retiring vs. Seles trailing 36 22 with right adductor strain; at
Indian Wells, reached QF and was scheduled to play Davenport but pulled out with
acute throat infection; reached 4r at Miami, l. to Rubin; representing France in
Fed Cup 1r vs. Colombia, d. Zuluaga and Castaño to guide her country into QF;
won ninth Tour singles title and first of 2003 at Warsaw; in final, scored first
win over V.Williams in six meetings when Williams retired trailing 67(6) 60 30
with left abdominal strain; reached SF in Berlin, l. to eventual champion
Henin-Hardenne; reached third Rome final in four years, d. Capriati and
S.Williams (first win in five meetings) after Williams was two points from
victory; l. to Clijsters in final; reached Roland Garros QF for first time (l.
to S.Williams); after 2r loss at ’s-Hertogenbosch, withdrew from Wimbledon with
right rib muscle injury; returned in Fed Cup QF, d. Serna and Sanchez Lorenzo in
France’s win over Spain; as No.3 seed, reached Toronto QF, falling to Dementieva
in 3s; SF in New Haven last week before retiring 63, 31 vs. Capriati with food
poisoning
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of nine WTA Tour career singles titles, most recently at 2003 Warsaw
and incl. 2000 Sydney, d. Top 3 seeds (No.3 Pierce, No.2 Davenport, No.1 Hingis);
unseeded, runner-up at 1999 Australian Open, d. world No.1 Davenport in SF
before falling to No.2 Hingis; also a semifinalist at 2002 Wimbledon and US Open
(d. No.3 Capriati on both occasions); winner of one Tour doubles title at 2000
Linz (w/Rubin); member of French Fed Cup Team in 1998-99 and 2001-03
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.4 (7-27 October 2002)
• Coached by Loic Courteau since Rome 2002
Tanasugarn Quick Facts
Age: 26 WTA Tour career singles titles: 1 WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,470,245
US OPEN HISTORY
• Eighth appearance here, seventh consecutive in main draw; best results were
two 3r finishes, in 1997 (d. Rubin in 1r, 64 60, before l. to Kruger in 3s) and
2000, falling to eventual runner-up Davenport
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 20, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Hyderabad; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Birmingham
• After early losses in Gold Coast and Sydney, reached Australian Open 3r for
sixth time in past seven years, falling to eventual champion S.Williams; d.
world No.15 Farina Elia en route to Tokyo [Pan Pacific] QF where she l. to
Davenport 75 76(3); followed up by winning her career-first WTA Tour singles
title at Hyderabad, having lost her first five Tour singles finals; as No.2
seed, d. No.5 seed Tulyaganova in final; failed to win consecutive matches
through her next seven events, incl. a 1r exit at Roland Garros to Zuluaga; as
No.10 seed, reached Birmingham QF, falling to Daniilidou 36 76(5) 76(4); l. 2r
at Eastbourne to defending champion Rubin; suffered 1r losses at Wimbledon and
San Diego; at Los Angeles, d. Pierce 76(2) 63 before falling in 2r in 3s; l. 1r
at Toronto and New Haven, where she had to win three matches to qualify before
l. to No. 6 seed Mag. Maleeva
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of one WTA Tour title at 2003 Hyderabad; five-time WTA Tour runner-up
at 2002 Canberra and Doha, 2001 Japan Open, 2000 Birmingham and 1996 Pattaya;
eight-time WTA Tour semifinalist; winner of three WTA Tour doubles titles at
2001 Bali, 2000 Shanghai and 1998 Auckland; winner of eight ITF Circuit titles;
member of 2000 Thai Fed Cup Team and 1996 and 2000 Thai Olympic Teams
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.19 (13-19 May, 10-16 June 2002)
• Coached by Dominic Yosip
(6) JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #7) vs. (11) ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #11)
Head-to-Head: Capriati leads 2-0
Last Meeting: 2003 Indian Wells R16, Hard, Capriati won 64, 46, 61
Capriati Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 14 WTA Tour career prize money:
$7,734,298
US OPEN HISTORY
• 12th appearance in this event; second youngest SF ever in 1991 dethroning
Sabatini before falling to eventual winner Seles in titanic 63, 36, 76 match; SF
again 10 years later in 2001 as world No. 2, falling to eventual winner V.
Williams; QF in 2002 falling to Mauresmo after serving for the match in second
set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 15, incl. US Open)
WINNER: New Haven; RUNNER-UP (2): Miami, Stanford; SEMIFINALIST (5): Dubai,
Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Berlin, Eastbourne; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Rome,
Wimbledon
• Started season with consecutive opening round 3s losses in Sydney (l. to
Panova) and Australian Open (l. to Weingärtner after leading 62 41), becoming
the first defending champion to lose in 1r; withdrew from Tokyo [Pan Pacific]
citing the need to recover from eye surgery in November to remove sunspots (pterygiums);
semifinalist in Dubai, pushing eventual champion Henin-Hardenne to 3s; as No.2
seed, reached Indian Wells SF, falling to Davenport in 3s; runner-up in Miami
for third consecutive year, l. to S.Williams in 3s; semifinalist at Amelia
Island, falling to again to Davenport in 3s; in Berlin, reached fifth straight
SF of 2003, saving 2 mp in second set vs. eventual runner-up Clijsters before
falling in 3s; quarterfinalist in Rome, falling to Mauresmo 63 76(10) after
holding 4 sp in tiebreak; fell in 4r of Roland Garros to Petrova in 3s; reached
SF in Eastbourne, l. to defending and eventual champion Rubin after holding 2 mp
at 62 53 15-40 (Rubin serving); as No.8 seed, reached Wimbledon QF for sixth
time, falling to world No.1 S.Williams in 3s; reached second Tour singles final
of 2003 at Stanford, falling to Clijsters in 3s; retired in San Diego 2r (after
1r bye) vs. Likhovtseva trailing 4-1 first set with right pectoral strain, an
injury that forced her withdrawal from Toronto; ended 28-tournament losing
streak last week in New Haven, claiming her 14th career Tour singles title,
surviving opening round scare vs. Bovina and then benefiting from retirements of
Mauresmo in SF and Davenport in F
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 14 Tour singles titles (incl. three Grand Slams at 2001 Australian
and Roland Garros and 2002 Australian Open) and one doubles title (1991 Rome w/Seles);
had best year of her career in 2001, winning first two Grand Slam singles titles
and reaching No.1 for the first time on 15 October, named 2001 ITF Women’s
Singles World Champion and unanimously female athlete of the year by virtually
every critic; singles Gold medallist at 1992 Barcelona Olympics; in 1990 as a
14-year-old, became youngest player to reach a Grand Slam SF (at Roland Garros),
win a singles title (Puerto Rico) and reach the Top 10; a member of the US Fed
Cup Team 1990-91, 1996 and 2000 and the US Olympic Team in 1992
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.1 for 17 weeks (Oct-Nov 2001; Jan/Feb, March/April, May/June 2002)
• Coached by her father, Stefano Capriati; also here with mother Denise and
hitting partner Michael Sisnek
Dementieva Quick Facts
Age: 21 WTA Tour career singles titles: 1 WTA Tour career prize money:
$2,609,921
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth appearance in this event; reached SF in 2000 d. seeds A.Huber and
Martinez before falling to No. 2 Davenport
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 21, inc. US Open)
WINNER (1): Amelia Island; SEMIFINALIST (3): Paris [Indoors], Toronto, New
Haven; QUARTERFINALIST (3): Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Sarasota, Birmingham
• After opening round losses in Sydney and Australian Open, won first match of
season at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] over Shaughnessy en route to QF appearance (l. to
Rubin in 3s); at Paris [Indoors], reached SF, d. No.2 seed Hantuchova in QF
(first Top 5 win since No.1 Hingis at 2001 Moscow) before falling to No.3 seed
Mauresmo; upset in 2r at Acapulco as No.1 seed; reached 4r at Indian Wells, l.
to No.2 seed Capriati in 3s; reached QF at Sarasota, l. to eventual champion
Myskina in 3s; won her first Tour singles title (in 92nd Tour event) at Amelia
Island, d. No.8 seed Coetzer, No.4 Hantuchova, No.1 Henin-Hardenne (saving 1 mp)
and No.2 Davenport, becoming lowest seed (No.10) to win in tournament’s 24 year
history and fourth lowest ranked player ever to win Tier II or higher event,
beating Top Two seeds along the way (after Bonder-1983 Tokyo, Medvedeva-1993
Essen and Graf-1998 New Haven); ranking vaulted from No.21 to No.13 afterwards;
in Berlin, retired with a foot strain vs. Safina; upset in 1r Roland Garros by
Sanchez Lorenzo; reached third QF of season at Birmingham, falling to Sharapova
in 3s after serving for the match at 62, 65; reached QF in ‘s-Hertogenbosch,
falling to fellow Russian Petrova in 3s; reached Wimbledon 4r for second
straight year; reached 3r at San Diego, falling to Henin-Hardenne after leading
64, 42; in Toronto, reached second SF of 2003, d. two Top 10 players: Myskina in
3r and Mauresmo in QF before falling to world No.3 Henin-Hardenne in 3s; last
week in New Haven reached SF (first consecutive SF at events in almost 2 years:
Leipzig-Moscow 2001) before Davenport stopped her; in doubles (w/Krasnoroutskaya),
won ’s-Hertogenbosch and handed Williams sisters only their third loss in four
years en route to SF of Wimbledon; on April 14, reached career-best doubles
ranking of No. 5 after being unranked two years previously
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of one WTA Tour singles title at 2003 Amelia Island (see above) and has
appeared in four other singles finals: 2002 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2001 Acapulco,
Moscow and 2000 Olympics (winning Silver medal); scored biggest career win over
world No.1 and defending champion Hingis in QF of 2001 Moscow en route to final;
breakthrough season in 2000, reaching SF of US Open and season-ending Tour
Championships, d. world No.2 and defending champion Davenport and Clijsters en
route
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.9 (2-15 April, 14-27 May 2001)
• Travels with her mother, Vera
(7) ANASTASIA MYSKINA (RUS #10) vs. MARY PIERCE (FRA #64)
Head-to-Head: Myskina leads 2-1
Last Meeting: 2003 Charleston R32, Clay, Pierce won 64, 16, 62
Myskina Quick Facts
Age: 22 WTA Tour career singles titles: 4 WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,212,467
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth appearance in this event, best result was reaching 3r last year before
falling in 3s to 2001 quarterfinalist Bedanova
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 18, incl. US Open)
WINNER (2): Doha, Sarasota; QUARTERFINALIST (5): Australian Open, Dubai, Rome,
Strasbourg, Sopot
• Started season with 1r loss to compatriot Bovina in Sydney but then reached
career-first Grand Slam QF at Australian Open, d. Rubin in 4r before falling to
Clijsters; collected third career singles title at Doha as No.2 seed without
dropping a set (d. Likhovtseva in final); afterwards (17 February), broke into
Top 10 at No.10; as No.5 seed, reached Dubai QF, l. to eventual champion
Henin-Hardenne; after opening match (2r) losses at Indian Wells and Miami,
rebounded to claim second title of 2003 at Sarasota as No.2 seed (d. Molik in
final); upset in 2r (1r bye) in Charleston by Pierce in 3s; won both singles
rubbers for Russia in Fed Cup World Group 1r tie vs. Croatia; in Berlin as No.9
seed, fell in 2r (1r bye) to compatriot Zvonareva; reached Italian Open QF for
second straight year (l. to Clijsters); at Strasbourg as No.2 seed, fell in QF
to two-time defending and eventual champion Farina Elia; fell 2r of Roland
Garros to Mandula while suffering from flu; l. 1r at Eastbourne to Coetzer
before reaching 4r at Wimbledon for first time (l. to Capriati); in Fed Cup
World Group QF vs. Slovenia won singles rubber over Matevzic to help Russia
reach SF; in most recent event, reached QF at Sopot as No.1 seed, retiring
trailing Mandula 64 30 due to illness; in Toronto, recovered from 63, 51 deficit
to d. Pratt before falling 3r to countrywoman Dementieva in 3s and upset 1r last
week of New Haven by Pistolesi in 3s
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of four WTA Tour singles titles at 1999 Palermo, 2002 Bahia and 2003
Doha and Sarasota; runner-up at 2002 Birmingham, Eastbourne (in consecutive
weeks) and Leipzig; member of the Russian Olympic Team in 2000 and the Russian
Fed Cup Team in 2002-03
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No. 8 (August 18-24, 2003)
• Coached by Jens Gerlach
Pierce Quick Facts
Age: 28 WTA Tour career singles titles: 15 WTA Tour career prize money:
$6,631,182
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making 12th appearance; best results were two QF finishes, in 1999, did not
drop a set en route, l. to former US Open champion Davenport; in 1994, dropped
only one set before l. to No. 7 seed Novotna; reached 4r five times
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 14, incl. US Open)
QUARTERFINALIST (2): Hyderabad, Charleston; FOURTH ROUND (1): Wimbledon
• Returned to Tour at Auckland after four-month absence, l. 2r to Suárez in 3s;
l. 1r Australian Open to No.10 seed Rubin in 3s after winning first set 60; l.
1r Tokyo [Pan Pacific] to Farina Elia in 3s; reached first QF of season at
Hyderabad, l. to Pennetta; l. 2r at Doha (l. to eventual champion Myskina) and
in hometown Sarasota (l. to Dementieva in 3s); reached QF at Charleston; retired
in 1r of Berlin due to right groin strain; l. 1r at Roland Garros to 2002
semifinalist C.Fernandez; at Wimbledon, upset No. 14 seed Daniilidou and No. 23
seed Raymond en route to 4r, l. to Henin-Hardenne; upset No. 11 seed C. Martinez
at San Diego in straight sets before l. to Raymond in 3r; l. 1r at Los Angeles
and 2r at Toronto
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 15 WTA Tour singles titles, including Grand Slams at 1995 Australian
Open (d. Top 2 seeds C.Martinez and Sánchez-Vicario en route) and 2000 Roland
Garros (d. world No.1 Hingis, No.3 Seles and No.4 C.Martinez in last three
matches); runner-up at another 18 Tour events, including 1997 Tour Championships
(d. world No.1 Hingis, l. to No.2 seed Novotna); winner of nine Tour doubles
titles, including 2000 Roland Garros (w/Hingis); member of the French Fed Cup
Team, 1990-92 and 1994-97 (winning the title in 1997) and the French Olympic
Team, 1992 and 1996; achieved Top 10 year-end rankings on six occasions
(1994-1995 and 1997-2000)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.3 (30 January – 11 June, 31 July – 6 August 1995; 12 June – 9 July 2000)
• Coached by Sven Groeneveld
(15) AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #15) vs. (29) FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #32)
Head-to-Head: Schiavone leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 2001 Italian Open R64, Clay, Schiavone won 64, 60
Sugiyama Quick Facts
Age: 28 WTA Tour career singles titles: 4 WTA Tour career prize money:
$3,908,791
US OPEN HISTORY
• 10th consecutive appearance here; best result was 3r showing in 1999
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 19, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Scottsdale; SEMIFINALIST (2): Rome, Los Angeles; QUARTERFINALIST
(2): Antwerp, New Haven
• Fell 1r of Gold Coast and Sydney (won doubles title w/Clijsters) and 2r of
Australian Open (l. to Petrova) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific], stretching No.1 seed
Seles to 3s; reached 2r at Paris [Indoors], falling to eventual runner-up
Mauresmo after holding set point in first set; reached QF at Antwerp, d. No.6
seed Dokic in 1r (l. to Henin-Hardenne); at Scottsdale, claimed biggest singles
title of her career (fourth overall and first in nearly five years, d. No.3 seed
Davenport (first win in eight meetings), No.6 Daniilidou, saved 3 mp vs.
Stevenson in SF and came back later that day to d. No.1 seed Clijsters (Clijsters
served for title at 54 second set); later teamed up w/Clijsters to win doubles
title, d. Davenport/Raymond in final (also won doubles SF same day); reached 4r
at Indian Wells, l. to Rubin in 3s; l. 3r at Miami to Taylor; l. 1r at Sarasota
(l. to C.Martinez), Berlin (l. to Mikaelian) before rebounding in Rome where she
became the first Japanese player ever to reach SF there (her first career SF on
clay) before falling to Clijsters; reached 4r at Roland Garros for third time,
d. Shaughnessy before falling to No.1 S.Williams; afterwards, her ranking rose
to No.12, then a career-high and highest since No.15 at end of 1998; fell 2r of
Eastbourne to Dechy; after 2r exit at Eastbourne, reached Wimbledon 4r for first
time, falling to doubles partner Clijsters (with whom she won doubles title);
afterwards (7 July), reached career-high No.11 singles ranking; as No.8 seed,
upset in 2r of San Diego (after 1r bye) but rebounded to reach Los Angeles SF,
falling to No.2 seed Davenport; QF last week in New Haven falling to No. 2 seed
Mauresmo; in doubles, winner of six titles – Sydney, Antwerp, Scottsdale, Roland
Garros, Wimbledon and San Diego (all w/Clijsters); she and Clijsters currently
lead the Porsche Race to the Championships and on 11 August, spent one week at
No.1, her first time in the top spot since August 2001
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of four WTA Tour singles titles, most recently at 2003 Scottsdale, her
first Tier II title (see above); also won 1997 and 1998 Japan Opens and 1998
Gold Coast; winner of 24 Tour doubles titles, most recently at 2003 Roland
Garros (w/Clijsters), her third career Grand Slam title (2000 US Open w/Halard-Decugis
and 1999 US Open mixed w/Bhupathi); best Grand Slam result was QF finish at 2000
Australian Open; has qualified for season-ending Championships in doubles four
times, reaching SF in 2002 (w/Fujiwara); a member of Japanese Fed Cup Team
1995-2000 and Japanese Olympic Team in 1996 and 2000
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.11 (7 July – 3 August 2003)
• Coached by her mother, Fusako; also here with hitting partner Masahide
Sakamoto
Schiavone Quick Facts
Age: 23 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$792,579
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth consecutive appearance here, fourth in main draw; best result was 4r
finish in 2002, when she upset No. 12 seed Dementieva in 2r; made Grand Slam
main draw debut here in 2000 as qualifier and reached 2r, l. to Dokic; fell in
1r in 2001
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 20, incl. US Open)
FINALIST (1): Canberra; SEMIFINALIST (2): Stanford, Los Angeles QUARTERFINALIST
(3): Scottsdale, Warsaw, Palermo
• At Gold Coast, l. 2r to top seed Schnyder; reached second career WTA Tour
final at Canberra, l. to No.2 seed Shaughnessy; l. 1r at Australian Open and
Doha; l. 2r at Dubai to eventual runner-up Seles; reached QF at Scottsdale d.
No. 7 seed Bovina before l. to Shaughnessy; received 1r bye at Indian Wells, l.
3r to eventual champion Clijsters; l. 2r at Miami to eventual champion
S.Williams; reached second QF of season at Warsaw, d. No. 6 seed Daniilidou
before l. to V.Williams falling in 3s after leading 62, 30; l. 2r at Berlin to
Capriati; l. 1r at Rome; l. 2r at Roland Garros; l. 1r at Eastbourne to eventual
runner-up C.Martinez; matched best Wimbledon result reaching 3r and upsetting
15th ranked Coetzer in 2r in 3s before l. to Asagoe; as No.3 seed in Palermo
fell to eventual champion Safina in QF; reached fourth career SF, and first at a
Tier II or higher event at Stanford, d. No. 7 seed Daniilidou en route, l. to
eventual champion Clijsters; l. 2r at San Diego to No. 13 seed Dementieva; SF
again in Los Angeles, benefiting from withdrawal of No. 3 seed Rubin before
falling to eventual world No. 1 Clijsters; fell to Clijsters for third time in
four events in 2r at Toronto
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Two-time WTA Tour runner-up, at 2003 Canberra and 2000 Tashkent; three-time
WTA Tour semifinalist, most recently at 2003 Los Angeles, also at 2001 Auckland;
nine-time WTA Tour quarterfinalist, most recently at 2003 Scottsdale and Warsaw,
also 2001 Roland Garros; winner of one WTA Tour doubles titles – 2001 Sopot (w/
Kruger), member of 2002 Italian Fed Cup Team
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.23 (4-17 March 2002)
• Coached by Daniel Panajotti
(24) PAOLA SUAREZ (ARG #25) vs. ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #36)
Head-to-Head: Likhovtseva leads 4-1
Last Meeting: 2003 Amelia Island 2R (Clay / Outdoors), Suarez won 46 75 63
Suarez Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 3 WTA Tour career prize money:
$2,802,451
US OPEN HISTORY
• Tenth consecutive main draw appearance here; best result was 3r finish in
1997, l. to No. 12 seed MJ Fernandez
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 21, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Vienna; SEMIFINALIST (2): Bogota, Toronto; QUARTERFINALIST (3):
Auckland, Sarasota, Madrid
• Began season at Auckland and reached QF, taking Daniilidou to 3s; l. 1r at
Sydney to Schnyder; l. 3r at Australian Open to Pratt; l. 1r at Tokyo; reached
SF at Bogota l. in 3s to eventual champion Zuluaga; l. 1r at Acapulco to
eventual finalist Diaz -Oliva; upset in 2r Indian Wells by Reeves; l. 3r at
Miami to No.3 seed Clijsters; reached QF at Sarasota before l. in 3s to Majoli;
l. 3r at Charleston; l. 3r at Amelia Island to No.3 seed Capriati; l. 1r at
Berlin (to Zuluaga) and Rome (to Sugiyama); avenged two losses to Zuluaga at
Madrid in 2r before l. to eventual champion Rubin in QF; reached 3r at the
French Open falling to eventual finalist Clijsters; currently world No.1 doubles
player (for 41 weeks); reached the doubles final at the French Open with partner
Ruano Pascual, l. to Clijsters/Sugiyama 67(5) 62 97, her second Grand Slam final
in 2003 (l. Australian Open final to Williams sisters); won third career title
at Vienna, upset top seed Dokic en route; reached 4r at Wimbledon, her best
Wimbledon result, upset Mag. Maleeva in 2r, l. Farina Elia; l. 1r at San Diego
and took No.2 seed Davenport to 3s in LA before falling; reached first WTA Tour
Tier I SF at Toronto, upsetting world No. 8 Hantuchova in 2r to notch second
career-best match win (after d. world No. 7 Pierce at 2001 Australian Open) and
No. 10 seed Zvonareva before falling to Krasnoroutskaya in 3s
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Three-time singles champion on the Tour, most recently at 2003 Vienna, also
1998 and 2001 Bogota; runner-up at 1999 Madrid, 2000 Sao Paolo, 2001 Auckland,
and 2002 Acapulco; 12-time champion on ITF Women’s Circuit; nine-time Tour
semifinalist; member of Argentine Fed Cup Team 1996, 1999, 2001-2002; member of
1996 and 2000 Argentine Olympic Team; holds 27 doubles titles including 3 Grand
Slam doubles titles (2001 and 2002 French Open and 2002 US Open) all w/Ruano
Pascual
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.22 (29 January - 4 February and 2-15 April, 2001)
• Coached by Daniel Pereya
Likhovtseva Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 2 WTA Tour career prize money:
$3,632,325
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her eleventh consecutive main draw appearance here; best results were
three 4r finishes in 1994 (l. to No. 8 seed Sabatini), 1999 (l. to No. 12 seed
Schett) and 2001 (l. to No. 3 seed Davenport)
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 23, incl. US Open)
FINALIST (1): Doha; SEMIFINALIST (1): Hobart; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Berlin, San
Diego
• Started season reaching 2r in Auckland followed by SF finish in Hobart l. to
No. 2 seed Frazier; fell 1r at Australian Open and Hyderabad as No.3 seed;
reached fourth career final at Doha in Tour’s first all-Russian final falling to
No.2 seed Myskina; fell 1r Dubai; reached 3r at next two Tier I events of Indian
Wells and Miami; l. 1r Sarasota to Petrova and 2r Charleston and Amelia Island,
both in 3s; at Berlin reached QF l. to Capriati; l. 1r at Rome and Roland Garros
and fell in 2r at four mid-season events (Strasbourg, Birmingham, Eastbourne,
and Wimbledon); reached second QF of season at San Diego, d. two seeds en route
before l. to Kuznetsova; l. 2r in Los Angeles and Toronto to No. 6 seed Mag.
Maleeva and No. 3 seed Mauresmo respectively
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Holds two WTA Tour singles titles, has four final appearances, most recently
at 2003 Doha (see above) and ten semifinal appearances; reached two singles
Grand Slam quarterfinals (Wimbledon 2002, Australian Open 2000) and a doubles
final (w/Black in 2000 US Open); won 2002 Wimbledon in mixed doubles (w/Bhupathi);
holds a total of 17 doubles titles; member of the Russian Fed Cup Team,
2000-2002, and 1996 and 2000 Russian Olympic Teams
CAREER-HIGH RANKING & COACH
• No.15 (Oct 25-31, 1999; Feb 7-20, 2000)
• Coached by Dmitry Degtriarev
NOTE: Events played includes tournaments (WTA & ITF)
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$17,074,000 US OPEN, Flushing Meadows - NEW YORK
THIRD ROUND MATCH NOTES (Bottom Half), 30 August 2003
(2) JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE (BEL #3) vs. SAORI OBATO (JPN #75)
Head-to-Head: First Meeting
Henin-Hardenne Quick Facts
Age: 21 WTA Tour career singles titles: 12 WTA Tour career prize money:
$4,500,030
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her fourth consecutive appearance here, but has never been beyond 4r;
upset Kournikova in 2000 before l. to No. 2 Davenport; fell to S. Williams in
2001 and last year to Hantuchova 76 final set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 14, incl. US Open)
WINNER (6): Roland Garros, Dubai, Charleston, Berlin, San Diego, Toronto;
RUNNER-UP (1): ’s-Hertogenbosch: SEMIFINALIST (6): Australian Open, Wimbledon,
Sydney, Antwerp, Amelia Island, Wimbledon; QUARTERFINALIST (1): Miami
• Began season as semifinalist in Sydney (l. to eventual champion Clijsters) and
Australian Open, surviving marathon 4r vs. Davenport in second longest match (in
terms of games played) played there from 4r on in Open Era, winning 75 57 97; l.
to world No.2 V.Williams in SF; in Antwerp, reached SF, l. to compatriot
Clijsters 62 76(3) after trailing 5-2 second set; won title at Dubai as No.1
seed, d. No.3 seed Capriati in SF and No.4 seed Seles in final (saving 1 mp);
reached QF in Miami, falling to Rubin; scored first ever-win over a world No.1
when she ended S.Williams’s unbeaten 21-0 run in 2003 in the final of Charleston
on 13 April; fell in Amelia Island SF as No.1 seed to Dementieva after holding 1
mp; joined Graf as only second player in Berlin tournament’s history to retain
the German Open title, d. Mauresmo in SF (saving set point in first set) and
Clijsters in final (saving 3 mp in third set, the eighth time in 2003 a player
has saved mp en route to a Tour singles title); as No.4 seed at Roland Garros,
ended world No.1 S.Williams's bid for fifth straight Grand Slam title in SF (75
third set) en route to career-first Grand Slam singles title and 10th Tour title
overall; d. countrywoman Clijsters in first-ever all-Belgian Grand Slam final;
became 10th player to d. world's No.1 and No.2 players in a Grand Slam (since
computer rankings began in 1975); ranking rose to career-high No.3 following
Roland Garros (9 June); reached ’s-Hertogenbosch final for second time, retiring
vs. No.1 seed Clijsters with left wrist and finger sprain after winning first
set in a tie-break but trailing 3-0 in second set (injury occurred in second
game of second set); reached SF Wimbledon l. to eventual champion S. Williams;
surpassed $4-million mark in career prize money at Wimbledon; won first US
hardcourt title beating top seed Clijsters for first time in six meetings on the
hard surface; followed up in Toronto, d. four successive Russian players (Petrova,
Bovina, Dementieva – being stretched to 3s again – and Krasnoroutskaya) for
third Tier I title this season; is 14-1 in three-set matches in 2003
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 12 WTA Tour singles titles and two doubles titles; won Belgium’s
first-ever Grand Slam singles title at 2003 Roland Garros, d. world No.1 and
defending champion S.Williams in SF and compatriot Clijsters in first
all-Belgian Grand Slam singles final; runner-up at 2001 Wimbledon and
semifinalist at 2001 Roland Garros, 2002 Wimbledon and 2003 Australian Open and
Wimbledon; one of only four current players (along with Clijsters, Seles and
Davenport) to have wins over S.Williams, V.Williams and Capriati; in 1999, won
Antwerp in her Tour debut, becoming the fifth player at that stage to achieve
that feat; member of Belgian Fed Cup team 2000-03 (winning title in 2001)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.3 (9 June 2003 – present)
• Coached by Carlos Rodriguez since 1996
Obata Quick Facts
Age: 25 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$326,120
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth appearance here, second in main draw; after three previous attempts in
1998, 2000 and 2001, qualified in 2002, l. to No. 12 seed Dementieva; current 3r
appearance is her career-best Grand Slam result
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 21, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): ITF/Fukuoka-JPN; RUNNER-UP (1): ITF/Gifu-JPN; QUARTERFINALIST (1):
Memphis
• Won three matches to qualify at Canberra, d. Ruano Pascual in 1r before l. in
2r in Ad. Serra Zanetti; failed to qualify at Australian Open; l. 1r at Tokyo [PPO]
to No. 5 seed Mag. Maleeva; and l. 2r at Hyderabad to again to the No. 5 seed,
Tulyaganova; reached fourth career WTA Tour QF at Memphis, upsetting No. 4 seed
Stevenson before l. to Cho; failed to qualify at next four events; rebounded by
reached finals of next two events, finishing runner-up at ITF/Gifu-JPN and
winning title at ITF/Fukuoka-JPN; suffered 1r losses at next three events, incl.
Roland Garros; qualified at Eastbourne, upset No. 6 seed Dokic 63 61 before l.
to Pistolesi in 2r; ranking jumped from No. 89 to career-high No. 74 on June 23;
l. 1r at Wimbledon; qualified at San Diego but l. 1r; reached 2r at Los Angeles,
where she l. to compatriot and No. 4 seed Sugiyama, and Toronto, l. to No. 7
seed Coetzer; won three matches to qualify at New Haven, fell in 1r to No. 7
seed C. Martinez
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Four-time WTA Tour quarterfinalist, most recently at 2003 Memphis (see above),
where she also won her first Tour doubles title (w/ Morigami); winner of three
ITF Women’s Circuit titles, incl. 2003 ITF/Fukuoka-JPN; member of Japanese Fed
Cup Team, 1999, 2000 and 2003
CAREER-HIGH RANKING & COACH
• No.74 (23 June – 6 July, 2003)
• Coached by Tim Nichols since she was 15
(6) JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #7) vs. EMILIE LOIT (FRA #49)
Head-to-Head: Capriati leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 2001 Roland Garros 1R (Clay / Outdoors), Capriati won 62 75
Capriati Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 14 WTA Tour career prize money:
$7,734,298
US OPEN HISTORY
• 12th appearance in this event; second youngest SF ever in 1991 dethroning
Sabatini before falling to eventual winner Seles in titanic 63, 36, 76 match; SF
again 10 years later in 2001 as world No. 2, falling to eventual winner V.
Williams; QF in 2002 falling to Mauresmo after serving for the match in second
set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 15, incl. US Open)
WINNER: New Haven; RUNNER-UP (2): Miami, Stanford; SEMIFINALIST (5): Dubai,
Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Berlin, Eastbourne; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Rome,
Wimbledon
• Started season with consecutive opening round 3s losses in Sydney (l. to
Panova) and Australian Open (l. to Weingärtner after leading 62 41), becoming
the first defending champion to lose in 1r; withdrew from Tokyo [Pan Pacific]
citing the need to recover from eye surgery in November to remove sunspots (pterygiums);
semifinalist in Dubai, pushing eventual champion Henin-Hardenne to 3s; as No.2
seed, reached Indian Wells SF, falling to Davenport in 3s; runner-up in Miami
for third consecutive year, l. to S.Williams in 3s; semifinalist at Amelia
Island, falling to again to Davenport in 3s; in Berlin, reached fifth straight
SF of 2003, saving 2 mp in second set vs. eventual runner-up Clijsters before
falling in 3s; quarterfinalist in Rome, falling to Mauresmo 63 76(10) after
holding 4 sp in tiebreak; fell in 4r of Roland Garros to Petrova in 3s; reached
SF in Eastbourne, l. to defending and eventual champion Rubin after holding 2 mp
at 62 53 15-40 (Rubin serving); as No.8 seed, reached Wimbledon QF for sixth
time, falling to world No.1 S.Williams in 3s; reached second Tour singles final
of 2003 at Stanford, falling to Clijsters in 3s; retired in San Diego 2r (after
1r bye) vs. Likhovtseva trailing 4-1 first set with right pectoral strain, an
injury that forced her withdrawal from Toronto; ended 28-tournament losing
streak last week in New Haven, claiming her 14th career Tour singles title,
surviving opening round scare vs. Bovina and then benefiting from retirements of
Mauresmo in SF and Davenport in F
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 14 Tour singles titles (incl. three Grand Slams at 2001 Australian
and Roland Garros and 2002 Australian Open) and one doubles title (1991 Rome w/Seles);
had best year of her career in 2001, winning first two Grand Slam singles titles
and reaching No.1 for the first time on 15 October, named 2001 ITF Women’s
Singles World Champion and unanimously female athlete of the year by virtually
every critic; singles Gold medallist at 1992 Barcelona Olympics; in 1990 as a
14-year-old, became youngest player to reach a Grand Slam SF (at Roland Garros),
win a singles title (Puerto Rico) and reach the Top 10; a member of the US Fed
Cup Team 1990-91, 1996 and 2000 and the US Olympic Team in 1992
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.1 for 17 weeks (Oct-Nov 2001; Jan/Feb, March/April, May/June 2002)
• Coached by her father, Stefano Capriati; also here with mother Denise and
hitting partner Michael Sisnek
Loit Quick Facts
Age: 24 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$868,523
US OPEN HISTORY
• Sixth consecutive appearance here; fourth appearance in main draw; best
results were back-to-back 2r finishes in 2001, when she l. to Davenport, and
2002, l. to Mag. Maleeva; l. 1r in 1999 to Raymond
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 22, incl. US Open)
SEMIFINALIST (2): Canberra, Acapulco; QUARTERFINALIST (1): Strasbourg
• Reached 2r in Gold Coast and then her third career SF at Canberra falling to
No. 2 seed Shaughnessy; took world No. 1 Serena Williams to 3s in 1r at the
Australian Open losing 36 76(5) 75; fell in the 2r in Paris to No. 4 seed Dokic;
l. 1r at Antwerp; reached fourth career SF at Acapulco, l. to eventual champion
Coetzer; l. early rounds in next five events; l. 2r to eventual runner-up
Clijsters at Berlin; reached 3r at Rome, upset No. 6 seed Rubin in 2r; reached
fourth career QF at Strasbourg; reached 2r at Roland Garros; l. 1r at next two
events; reached 3r at Wimbledon, her second-best career Grand Slam result (after
4r finish at 1999 Australian Open); ranking reached career-high No. 44 on July
7; l. 2r at Palermo, Los Angeles, where she lost to eventual world No. 1
Clijsters, and Toronto
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Four-time WTA Tour semifinalist, most recently at 2003 Acapulco and Canberra,
also 2001 Casablanca and 2002 Brussels; four-time quarterfinalist, all in 2002
(Canberra, Acapulco, Madrid and Brartislava); in 1999, playing in her first
Grand Slam at the Australian Open, d. No. 9 seed C. Martinez to become one of
four Frenchwomen to reach 4r; has six Tour doubles titles and six ITF Women’s
Circuit titles; member of the 2002 and 2003 French Fed Cup Team
CAREER-HIGH RANKING & COACH
• No.44 (7 – 13 July 2003)
• Coached by Samuel Letort
(7) ANASTASIA MYSKINA (RUS #10) vs. MARIA SANCHEZ LORENZO (ESP #53)
Head-to-Head: First Meeting
Myskina Quick Facts
Age: 22 WTA Tour career singles titles: 4 WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,212,467
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth appearance in this event, best result was reaching 3r last year before
falling in 3s to 2001 quarterfinalist Bedanova
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 18, incl. US Open)
WINNER (2): Doha, Sarasota; QUARTERFINALIST (5): Australian Open, Dubai, Rome,
Strasbourg, Sopot
• Started season with 1r loss to compatriot Bovina in Sydney but then reached
career-first Grand Slam QF at Australian Open, d. Rubin in 4r before falling to
Clijsters; collected third career singles title at Doha as No.2 seed without
dropping a set (d. Likhovtseva in final); afterwards (17 February), broke into
Top 10 at No.10; as No.5 seed, reached Dubai QF, l. to eventual champion
Henin-Hardenne; after opening match (2r) losses at Indian Wells and Miami,
rebounded to claim second title of 2003 at Sarasota as No.2 seed (d. Molik in
final); upset in 2r (1r bye) in Charleston by Pierce in 3s; won both singles
rubbers for Russia in Fed Cup World Group 1r tie vs. Croatia; in Berlin as No.9
seed, fell in 2r (1r bye) to compatriot Zvonareva; reached Italian Open QF for
second straight year (l. to Clijsters); at Strasbourg as No.2 seed, fell in QF
to two-time defending and eventual champion Farina Elia; fell 2r of Roland
Garros to Mandula while suffering from flu; l. 1r at Eastbourne to Coetzer
before reaching 4r at Wimbledon for first time (l. to Capriati); in Fed Cup
World Group QF vs. Slovenia won singles rubber over Matevzic to help Russia
reach SF; in most recent event, reached QF at Sopot as No.1 seed, retiring
trailing Mandula 64 30 due to illness; in Toronto, recovered from 63, 51 deficit
to d. Pratt before falling 3r to countrywoman Dementieva in 3s and upset 1r last
week of New Haven by Pistolesi in 3s
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of four WTA Tour singles titles at 1999 Palermo, 2002 Bahia and 2003
Doha and Sarasota; runner-up at 2002 Birmingham, Eastbourne (in consecutive
weeks) and Leipzig; member of the Russian Olympic Team in 2000 and the Russian
Fed Cup Team in 2002-03
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No. 8 (August 18-24, 2003)
• Coached by Jens Gerlach
Sanchez Lorenzo Quick Facts
Age: 25 WTA Tour career singles titles: 1 WTA Tour career prize money: $755,675
US OPEN HISTORY
• Eighth appearance here, sixth in main draw; best results were back-to-back 2r
finishes in 1999, when she l. to No. 11 Tauziat, and 2000, l. to No. 7 seed C.
Martinez
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 22, incl. US Open)
FINALIST (1): Madrid; SEMIFINALIST (2): Budapest, Bol; QUARTERFINALIST (1): Gold
Coast
• Playing 15th Tour event of 2003, ninth in main draw; started at Gold Coast,
reached QF as a qualifier d. No.3 seed Sugiyama before l. in 3s to Mikaelian;
ranking cracked Top 100 for first time since April 2001; l. 1r at Australian
Open; failed to qualify four straight events: Paris Indoors, Doha, Dubai and
Indian Wells before breaking through at Miami d. No.24 seed Stevenson before
falling 3r to Bartoli; lost 1r at Casablanca and 2r at Estoril before rebounding
with a pair of consecutive SF finishes at Budapest (l. to Molik) and Bol (l. to
Martinez Granados); reached only second career Tour final in Madrid (after 1999
Knokke Heist) and ranking improved to her best placing since June 2000; equaled
best Roland Garros result, reached 3r after upsetting world No. 13 Dementieva 63
63 in 1r before l. to Zvonareva; l. 2r to Henin-Hardenne at ‘s-Hertogenbosch,
followed by four consecutive 1r exits, incl. Wimbledon; failed to qualify at New
Haven
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of one WTA Tour title at 1999 Knokke-Heist; five-time WTA semifinalist
(2003 Budapest and Bol, 2000 Bol, 1997 Hamburg and Maria Lankowitz; five-time
WTA quarterfinalist; winner of nine ITF Women’s Circuit titles; member of
Spanish Fed Cup team, 1995-97, 1999
CAREER-HIGH RANKING & COACH
• No.37 (5-11 April 1999)
• Coached by Alejo Mancisidor
(11) ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #11) vs. AMY FRAZIER (USA #42)
Head-to-Head: Tied 1-1
Last Meeting: 2002 Indian Wells R2 (Hard / Outdoors), Dementieva won 63 16 63
Dementieva Quick Facts
Age: 21 WTA Tour career singles titles: 1 WTA Tour career prize money:
$2,609,921
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth appearance in this event; reached SF in 2000 d. seeds A.Huber and
Martinez before falling to No. 2 Davenport; stretched No. 5 Clijsters to 3s in
2001 4r
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 20)
WINNER (1): Amelia Island; SEMIFINALIST (3): Paris [Indoors], Toronto, New
Haven; QUARTERFINALIST (3): Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Sarasota, Birmingham
• After opening round losses in Sydney and Australian Open, won first match of
season at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] over Shaughnessy en route to QF appearance (l. to
Rubin in 3s); at Paris [Indoors], reached SF, d. No.2 seed Hantuchova in QF
(first Top 5 win since No.1 Hingis at 2001 Moscow) before falling to No.3 seed
Mauresmo; upset in 2r at Acapulco as No.1 seed; reached 4r at Indian Wells, l.
to No.2 seed Capriati in 3s; l. 2r at Miami to Pratt; reached QF at Sarasota, l.
to eventual champion Myskina in 3s; reached 3r in Charleston, l. to Dokic in 3s;
won her first Tour singles title (in 92nd Tour event) at Amelia Island, d. No.8
seed Coetzer, No.4 Hantuchova, No.1 Henin-Hardenne (saving 1 mp) and No.2
Davenport, becoming lowest seed (No.10) to win in tournament’s 24 year history
and fourth lowest ranked player ever to win Tier II or higher event, beating Top
Two seeds along the way (after Bonder-1983 Tokyo, Medvedeva-1993 Essen and
Graf-1998 New Haven); ranking vaulted from No.21 to No.13 afterwards; in Berlin,
retired with a foot strain vs. Safina and fell in 3s to Loit in the opening
round of Strasbourg; upset in 1r Roland Garros by Sanchez Lorenzo; reached third
QF of season at Birmingham, falling to Sharapova in 3s after serving for the
match at 62, 65; reached QF in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, falling to fellow Russian
Petrova in 3s; reached Wimbledon 4r for second straight year, falling to world
No.1 and defending champion S.Williams; representing Russia, won one singles
rubber in Fed Cup QF win over Slovenia; as No.13 seed, reached 3r at San Diego,
falling to Henin-Hardenne in 3s; upset in 2r of Los Angeles by Ruano Pascual 75
third set; in Toronto, reached second SF of 2003, d. two Top 10 players: Myskina
in 3r and Mauresmo in QF before falling to world No.3 Henin-Hardenne in 3s; last
week in New Haven reached SF (first consecutive SF at events in almost 2 years:
Leipzig-Moscow 2001) before Davenport stopped her; in doubles (w/Krasnoroutskaya),
won ’s-Hertogenbosch and handed Williams sisters only their third loss in four
years en route to SF of Wimbledon; on April 14, reached career-best doubles
ranking of No. 5 after being unranked two years previously
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of one WTA Tour singles title at 2003 Amelia Island (see above) and has
appeared in four other singles finals: 2002 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2001 Acapulco,
Moscow and 2000 Olympics (winning Silver medal); scored biggest career win over
world No.1 and defending champion Hingis in QF of 2001 Moscow en route to final;
breakthrough season in 2000, reaching SF of US Open and season-ending Tour
Championships, d. world No.2 and defending champion Davenport and Clijsters en
route; winner of five Tour doubles titles, incl. 2002 Tour Championships (w/Husarova);
member of Russian Fed Cup Team in 1999, 2001-03
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.9 (2-15 April, 14-27 May 2001)
• Travels with her mother, Vera
Frazier Quick Facts
Age: 30 WTA Tour career singles titles: 6 WTA Tour career prize money:
$2,775,875
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her 17th consecutive main draw appearance here; best result was QF
finish in 1995, equaling career-best Grand Slam result and upsetting No. 6 seed
Pierce and No. 12 seed Zvereva before l. to top seed and eventual champion Graf;
in 2002, reached 4r, d. No. 18 seed Sugiyama and No. 16 seed Mag. Maleeva before
l. to Capriati
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 12, incl. US Open)
FINALIST (1): Hobart; QUARTERFINALIST (1): ITF/Sea Island-USA
• Reached 13th career Tour singles final at Hobart (d. Callens 1r for 400th
career singles win) before falling to Molik in 3s; reached 2r at Australian
Open, l. to No.18 seed Daniilidou; sprained her right ankle at hotel in Memphis
and was off Tour for three months, causing her withdrawals from Memphis,
Scottsdale, Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston; l. 1r at Amelia Island to
Vakulenko; reached QF of ITF/Sea Island in South Carolina and 2r of Madrid,
falling to Tulyaganova; at Roland Garros, fell 1r to No.2 seed and eventual
runner-up Clijsters 62 60; qualified for Eastbourne and reached 2r, falling to
Capriati 61 75; also l. 2r at Wimbledon to No.7 seed Rubin; upset No. 4 seed
Hantuchova at Stanford to reach QF; l. 2r at San Diego to Davenport and fell in
1r at Los Angeles
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of six WTA Tour career singles titles, most recently at 1999 Japan Open
– eight of her 13 career finals have come in Japan; in 2002, made her 16th
consecutive US Open appearance (tied for fifth all-time) and reached 4r there
for only second time (and only seventh in total from 56 career Grand Slams
played); has scored nine Top 5 wins in her career over the likes of Hingis,
Graf, Seles, Sánchez-Vicario, Martinez and Pierce; has finished each of the last
14 years inside the Top 50, including six Top 20 finishes; member of the US Fed
Cup Team in 1995
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.13 (27 February – 5 March, 19 June – 9 July 1995)
• Coached by John Austin and Wayne Jackson since from age 5 until 1990; also
worked with John Trump
(15) AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #15) vs. NICOLE PRATT (AUS #57)
Head-to-Head: Pratt leads 5-1
Last Meeting: 2002 Tokyo [Princess Cup] 2R (Hard / Outdoors), Pratt won 63 46 63
Sugiyama Quick Facts
Age: 28 WTA Tour career singles titles: 4 WTA Tour career prize money:
$3,908,791
US OPEN HISTORY
• 10th consecutive appearance here; best result was 3r showing in 1999
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 19, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Scottsdale; SEMIFINALIST (2): Rome, Los Angeles; QUARTERFINALIST
(2): Antwerp, New Haven
• Fell 1r of Gold Coast and Sydney (won doubles title w/Clijsters) and 2r of
Australian Open (l. to Petrova) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific], stretching No.1 seed
Seles to 3s; reached 2r at Paris [Indoors], falling to eventual runner-up
Mauresmo after holding set point in first set; reached QF at Antwerp, d. No.6
seed Dokic in 1r (l. to Henin-Hardenne); at Scottsdale, claimed biggest singles
title of her career (fourth overall and first in nearly five years, d. No.3 seed
Davenport (first win in eight meetings), No.6 Daniilidou, saved 3 mp vs.
Stevenson in SF and came back later that day to d. No.1 seed Clijsters (Clijsters
served for title at 54 second set); later teamed up w/Clijsters to win doubles
title, d. Davenport/Raymond in final (also won doubles SF same day); reached 4r
at Indian Wells, l. to Rubin in 3s; l. 3r at Miami to Taylor; l. 1r at Sarasota
(l. to C.Martinez), Berlin (l. to Mikaelian) before rebounding in Rome where she
became the first Japanese player ever to reach SF there (her first career SF on
clay) before falling to Clijsters; reached 4r at Roland Garros for third time,
d. Shaughnessy before falling to No.1 S.Williams; afterwards, her ranking rose
to No.12, then a career-high and highest since No.15 at end of 1998; fell 2r of
Eastbourne to Dechy; after 2r exit at Eastbourne, reached Wimbledon 4r for first
time, falling to doubles partner Clijsters (with whom she won doubles title);
afterwards (7 July), reached career-high No.11 singles ranking; as No.8 seed,
upset in 2r of San Diego (after 1r bye) but rebounded to reach Los Angeles SF,
falling to No.2 seed Davenport; QF last week in New Haven falling to No. 2 seed
Mauresmo; in doubles, winner of six titles – Sydney, Antwerp, Scottsdale, Roland
Garros, Wimbledon and San Diego (all w/Clijsters); she and Clijsters currently
lead the Porsche Race to the Championships and on 11 August, spent one week at
No.1, her first time in the top spot since August 2001
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of four WTA Tour singles titles, most recently at 2003 Scottsdale, her
first Tier II title (see above); also won 1997 and 1998 Japan Opens and 1998
Gold Coast; winner of 24 Tour doubles titles, most recently at 2003 Roland
Garros (w/Clijsters), her third career Grand Slam title (2000 US Open w/Halard-Decugis
and 1999 US Open mixed w/Bhupathi); best Grand Slam result was QF finish at 2000
Australian Open; has qualified for season-ending Championships in doubles four
times, reaching SF in 2002 (w/Fujiwara); a member of Japanese Fed Cup Team
1995-2000 and Japanese Olympic Team in 1996 and 2000
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.11 (7 July – 3 August 2003)
• Coached by her mother, Fusako; also here with hitting partner Masahide
Sakamoto
Pratt Quick Facts
Age: 30 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,381,652
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making 12th appearance here, eighth consecutive; making seventh consecutive
main draw appearance; advanced past 1r once, in 1999, when she lost to No. 10
seed Sanchez-Vicario
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 19, incl. US Open)
QUARTERFINALIST (2) Los Angeles, Doha; FOURTH ROUND (1): Australian Open; THIRD
ROUND (1): Miami
• After 2r loss at Gold Coast and 1r at Sydney, reached career-first Grand Slam
4r at Australian Open, d. world No.16 Farina Elia in 2r (l. to V.Williams);
after 1r loss at Paris [Indoors], reached first QF of the year at Doha (l. to
Wartusch in 3s); d. world No.19 Dementieva en route to 3r at Miami before
falling to Tulyaganova in 3s; on green clay, fell 1r at Charleston and 2r at
Amelia Island; representing Australia in Fed Cup World Group 1r tie vs. Spain,
l. both singles rubbers vs. Martinez and Serna; l. in 1r of Bol and Madrid,
losing to the eventual runner-up on both occasions (Martinez Granados and
Sanchez Lorenzo respectively); l. 1r in next three events, incl. Wimbledon;
qualified at San Diego, reached 2r, l. to No. 16 seed Bovina; reached 10th
career WTA Tour QF at Los Angeles as qualifier, upsetting No. 12 seed Daniilidou
and No. 7 seed C. Martinez before losing to No. 16 seed Schiavone; reached 2r at
Toronto, also as a qualifier, l. to No. 5 seed Myskina
CAREER IN REVIEW
• WTA Tour runner-up at 2001 Shanghai (l. to Seles) and semifinalist at 2002
Hobart and Birmingham; ten-time Tour quarterfinalist, most recently at 2003 Los
Angeles (see above); winner of three WTA Tour doubles titles at 2000 Quebec City
(w/Shaughnessy) and ’s-Hertogenbosch (w/de Lone) and 2001 Canadian Open (w/Po-Messerli);
a member of the Australian Fed Cup Team 1998-2003 and the Australian Olympic
Team in 2000
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.35 (17-23 June, 22-28 July 2002)
• Coached by Noel and Steve Blundell
(29) FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #32) vs. TINA PISNIK (SLO #50)
Head-to-Head: Pisnik leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 2002 Miami 2R (Hard / Outdoors), Pisnik won 64 61
Schiavone Quick Facts
Age: 23 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$792,579
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth consecutive appearance here, fourth in main draw; best result was 4r
finish in 2002, when she upset No. 12 seed Dementieva in 2r; made Grand Slam
main draw debut here in 2000 as qualifier and reached 2r, l. to Dokic; fell in
1r in 2001
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 20, incl. US Open)
FINALIST (1): Canberra; SEMIFINALIST (2): Stanford, Los Angeles QUARTERFINALIST
(3): Scottsdale, Warsaw, Palermo
• At Gold Coast, l. 2r to top seed Schnyder; reached second career WTA Tour
final at Canberra, l. to No.2 seed Shaughnessy; l. 1r at Australian Open and
Doha; l. 2r at Dubai to eventual runner-up Seles; reached QF at Scottsdale d.
No. 7 seed Bovina before l. to Shaughnessy; received 1r bye at Indian Wells, l.
3r to eventual champion Clijsters; l. 2r at Miami to eventual champion
S.Williams; reached second QF of season at Warsaw, d. No. 6 seed Daniilidou
before l. to V.Williams falling in 3s after leading 62, 30; l. 2r at Berlin to
Capriati; l. 1r at Rome; l. 2r at Roland Garros; l. 1r at Eastbourne to eventual
runner-up C.Martinez; matched best Wimbledon result reaching 3r and upsetting
15th ranked Coetzer in 2r in 3s before l. to Asagoe; as No.3 seed in Palermo
fell to eventual champion Safina in QF; reached fourth career SF, and first at a
Tier II or higher event at Stanford, d. No. 7 seed Daniilidou en route, l. to
eventual champion Clijsters; l. 2r at San Diego to No. 13 seed Dementieva; SF
again in Los Angeles, benefiting from withdrawal of No. 3 seed Rubin before
falling to eventual world No. 1 Clijsters; fell to Clijsters for third time in
four events in 2r at Toronto
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Two-time WTA Tour runner-up, at 2003 Canberra and 2000 Tashkent; three-time
WTA Tour semifinalist, most recently at 2003 Los Angeles, also at 2001 Auckland;
nine-time WTA Tour quarterfinalist, most recently at 2003 Scottsdale and Warsaw,
also 2001 Roland Garros; winner of one WTA Tour doubles titles – 2001 Sopot (w/
Kruger), member of 2002 Italian Fed Cup Team
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.23 (4-17 March 2002)
• Coached by Daniel Panajotti
Pisnik Quick Facts
Age: 22 WTA Tour career singles titles: 1 WTA Tour career prize money: $683,595
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth consecutive appearance here, fourth in main draw; made Grand Slam main
draw debut in 1999, reached 2r; won only one match since, in 2002, l. to
Capriati
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 24, incl. US Open)
QUARTERFINALIST (3): Antwerp, Rome, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
• Started season with 1r loss at Gold Coast to Loit; after falling in 2r of
qualifying at Sydney, l. in 1r of Australian Open to Poutchek; scored first Top
20 win in eight months in 1r of Paris Indoors, upsetting world No.13 Schnyder
before falling to Husarova; at Antwerp, reached first QF since 2002 Dubai (l. to
No.1 seed and eventual champion V.Williams); l. 1r at Acapulco, Indian Wells,
Miami, and Sarasota; at Charleston, l. 2r to eventual champion Henin-Hardenne is
3s; l. 2r at Amelia Island to Dokic; representing Slovenia in Fed Cup World
Group 1r tie vs. Argentina, d. Salerni to help her country reach 2003 QF;
qualified for Rome, d. No.11 seed Maleeva reaching QF – first Tier I QF of her
career; reached 2r in Strasbourg falling to No.6 seed Zvonareva; recorded best
Roland Garros finish reaching 3r by upsetting No.10 seed Dokic in 3s before l.
to C. Martinez; l. in 3r Birmingham to Daniilidou in 3s; reached third QF of
season at ‘s-Hertogenbosch before l. to eventual champion Clijsters 76(4) 76(4);
l. 1r at next three events of Wimbledon, Palermo and Stanford; reached 2r at San
Diego, fell to No. 6 seed Rubin; suffered 1r losses again for next three events,
incl. New Haven, where she won three matches to qualify
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of one WTA Tour singles title at 2000 Bol, d. Mauresmo in final;
four-time semifinalist at 1999 Warsaw and Tashkent, 2001 Luxembourg and 2002
’s-Hertogenbosch; reached WTA Tour QF 12 times (incl. 2003 Rome); winner of Tour
doubles title at 1999 Kuala Lumpur (w/Kostanic); member of Slovenian Fed Cup
team, 2001-2003 and 2000 Slovenian Olympic Team
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.42 (24 June - 8 July 2002)
• Occasionally travels on the Tour with her father, Boris, a soccer coach
MARY PIERCE (FRA #64) vs. SHINOBU ASAGOE (JPN #55)
Head-to-Head: First Meeting
Pierce Quick Facts
Age: 28 WTA Tour career singles titles: 15 WTA Tour career prize money:
$6,631,182
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making 12th appearance; best results were two QF finishes, in 1999, did not
drop a set en route, l. to former US Open champion Davenport; in 1994, dropped
only one set before l. to No. 7 seed Novotna; reached 4r five times
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 14, incl. US Open)
QUARTERFINALIST (2): Hyderabad, Charleston; FOURTH ROUND (1): Wimbledon
• Returned to Tour at Auckland after four-month absence, l. 2r to Suárez in 3s;
l. 1r Australian Open to No.10 seed Rubin in 3s after winning first set 60; l.
1r Tokyo [Pan Pacific] to Farina Elia in 3s; reached first QF of season at
Hyderabad, l. to Pennetta; l. 2r at Doha (l. to eventual champion Myskina) and
in hometown Sarasota (l. to Dementieva in 3s); reached QF at Charleston; retired
in 1r of Berlin due to right groin strain; l. 1r at Roland Garros to 2002
semifinalist C.Fernandez; at Wimbledon, upset No. 14 seed Daniilidou and No. 23
seed Raymond en route to 4r, l. to Henin-Hardenne; upset No. 11 seed C. Martinez
at San Diego in straight sets before l. to Raymond in 3r; l. 1r at Los Angeles
and 2r at Toronto
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 15 WTA Tour singles titles, including Grand Slams at 1995 Australian
Open (d. Top 2 seeds C.Martinez and Sánchez-Vicario en route) and 2000 Roland
Garros (d. world No.1 Hingis, No.3 Seles and No.4 C.Martinez in last three
matches); runner-up at another 18 Tour events, including 1997 Tour Championships
(d. world No.1 Hingis, l. to No.2 seed Novotna); winner of nine Tour doubles
titles, including 2000 Roland Garros (w/Hingis); member of the French Fed Cup
Team, 1990-92 and 1994-97 (winning the title in 1997) and the French Olympic
Team, 1992 and 1996; achieved Top 10 year-end rankings on six occasions
(1994-1995 and 1997-2000)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.3 (30 January – 11 June, 31 July – 6 August 1995; 12 June – 9 July 2000)
• Coached by Sven Groeneveld
Asagoe Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$654,569
US OPEN HISTORY
• Sixth consecutive appearance here, fourth in main draw; best result was 3r
finish in 2000; 1r losses in 2001 and 2002; l. qualifying in 1998 and 1999
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 16, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): ITF/Gifu-JPN; RUNNER-UP (1): Birmingham; SEMIFINALIST (1): Acapulco
• Qualified for Auckland, l. 1r to eventual champion Daniilidou; qualified again
in Hobart, upsetting No.3 seed Schett en route to QF (l. to Benesova); l. 1r at
Australian Open and Memphis; reached second career WTA Tour SF at Acapulco,
upsetting No.1 seed Dementieva in 2r; l. 2r at Indian Wells and Miami; as No.1
seed, won ninth career ITF Women’s Circuit title at ITF/Gifu-JPN; l. 1r at ITF/Surbiton-GBR
and Roland Garros; reached first WTA Tour final at Birmingham, upsetting No.4
seed Bovina in 2r and Vento-Kabchi and Sharapova in third set tie-breaks in QF
and SF respectively before falling to No.3 seed Maleeva; at Wimbledon, came back
from 0-6 first-set deficit to upset No. 9 seed Hantuchova, 06 64 1210 en route
to first Grand Slam 4r appearance, l. to Davenport; ranking jumped from No. 81
to No. 59; won two matches at San Diego to qualify into main draw, l. 1r; l.
early rounds at next two events, most recently at Toronto
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Reached first WTA Tour final at 2003 Birmingham (see above); two-time
semifinalist at 2003 Acapulco and 2001 Oklahoma City, winner of two Tour doubles
titles, 2002 Birmingham (w/Callens) and 2002 Japan Open (w/Miyagi); winner of
nine ITF Women’s Circuit titles, most recently at 2003 ITF/Gifu-JPN; member of
Japanese Fed Cup Team 1999-2001, and member of 2000 Japanese Olympic Team
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.52 (26 February – 18 March 2001)
• Coached by Yoshio Tanikawa for approximately three years
DINARA SAFINA (RUS #71) vs. CLAUDINE SCHAUL (LUX #100)
Head-to-Head: Safina leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 2003 Palermo R2 (Clay / Outdoors), Safina won 75 64
Safina Quick Facts
Age: 17 WTA Tour career singles titles: 2 WTA Tour career prize money: $210,988
US OPEN HISTORY
• Second appearance here; made Grand Slam main draw debut in 2002, d. Grande
76(5) 61 before l. to eventual champion S. Williams in 2r
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 12)
WINNER (1): Palermo; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Doha, Sopot
• Started season with consecutive 1r losses at Canberra, where she reached her
first WTA Tour doubles final (w/ Bedanova, and Australian Open; reached third
career Tour QF at Doha, falling to compatriot and eventual champion Myskina; did
not win consecutive matches through next seven events, but did qualify for
Dubai, Berlin (reached 2r) and Rome (l. in 2r to Sugiyama in 3s); following 1r
losses at Roland Garros (l. to Myskina) and Wimbledon (l. to Molik), captured
second career Tour singles title at Palermo; did not drop a set en route to the
title, d. No.3 seed Schiavone in QF and No.4 seed Srebotnik in final; afterwards
(14 July), broke into Top 50 for first time at No.50; reached second QF of
season at Sopot, where she was defending champion, forced to retire at 67(7) 61
41 due to heat illness
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of two WTA Tour singles titles, most recently at 2003 Palermo (see
above), also at 2002; winner of four ITF Women’s Circuit singles titles,
including three in 2002; in juniors, reached 2001 Wimbledon girls’ singles final
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.50 (14-27 July 2003)
• Coached by her mother, Raouza Islanova
Schaul Quick Facts
Age: 20 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$106,722
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making first appearance in main draw here after losing in qualifying in 2001
and 2002; also her debut appearance in a Grand Slam main draw
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 23, incl. US Open )
RUNNER-UP (1): ITF/Marseille-FRA; QUARTERFINALIST (1): ITF/Orbetello-ITA
• Failed to qualify for first three WTA Tour events of season, incl. Australian
Open; l. 2r at ITF/Ortisei-ITA; qualified at Antwerp, l. in 1r to No. 8 seed
Dechy; l. in qualifying at Dubai; reached 2r at next three events, incl. Indian
Wells and Miami, as qualifier at both; failed to qualify at next two Tour
events; reached 2r at next two ITF events; failed to qualify at Strasbourg and
Roland Garros; reached first final of season at ITF/Marseille-FRA; reached QF at
ITF/Orbetello-ITA; l. in qualifying at Wimbledon; qualified at Palermo, l. to
eventual champion Safina in 2r; also l. in 2r at ITF/Innsbruck-AUT; did not
qualify in next two Tour events but broke into Top 100 in the Tour rankings for
first time in career at No. 100 on August 25
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of two ITF Women’s Circuit titles, both in 2002 at ITF/Vaihingen-GER
and ITF/Luxembourg-LUX; four-time ITF Women’s Circuit runner-up, most recently
at 2003 ITF/Marseille-FRA; currently enjoying career-high ranking of No. 100
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING
• No.100 (25 August 2003 - present)
NOTE: Events played includes tournaments (WTA & ITF) played prior to US Open
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$17,074,000 US OPEN, Flushing Meadows - NEW
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THIRD ROUND MATCH NOTES (Top Half), 29 August 2003
(1) KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #1) vs. (27) SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #29)
Head-to-Head: Clijsters leads 2-0
Last Meeting: 2003 Los Angeles QF (Hard/ Outdoors), Clijsters won 63 61
Clijsters Quick Facts
Age: 20 WTA Tour career singles titles: 16 WTA Tour career prize money:
$5,972,220
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth consecutive appearance here; best result was reaching QF in 2001 falling
to eventual winner V.Williams; 4r last year falling to Mauresmo after leading by
a set and a break; Qualified in ’99 falling 3r to eventual winner S.Williams
after leading 53 final set
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 16, incl. US Open)
WINNER (6): Sydney, Indian Wells, Rome, ’s-Hertogenbosch; Stanford, Los Angeles;
RUNNER-UP (5): Antwerp, Scottsdale, Berlin, Roland Garros, San Diego;
SEMIFINALIST (3): Australian Open, Wimbledon, Miami
• Reached SF or better at all 14 WTA Tour tournaments up until 3r loss in Canada
to Krasnoroutskaya; only third player in last 20 years to reach 11 singles
finals by mid-August joining Evert –1985 and Graf -1989; started 2003 by winning
Sydney to become only fourth player in last 20 years (Graf, Seles and
Navratilova) to win three or more consecutive titles without loss of a set;
continued to Australian Open SF where she led 51 third set and held 2 mp at 52
vs. world No.1 and eventual champion S.Williams before falling 46 63 75; on home
soil, reached Antwerp final, d. No.4 Henin-Hardenne in SF (l. to V.Williams);
runner-up in Scottsdale, serving for the match vs. Sugiyama before falling in
3s; collected career-first Tier I singles title at Indian Wells as No.1 seed, d.
Davenport in final; extended win streak to 10 by reaching Miami SF (l. to
S.Williams); on 14 April, ascended to world No.2 WTA Singles Ranking, the sixth
youngest to do so (after Jaeger, Hingis, Austin, Seles and Graf); in Berlin,
scored her first win over Capriati and held 3 mp in final vs. Henin-Hardenne
before falling 64 46 75; won second Tier I title of the season in Rome, avenging
Scottsdale loss to Sugyiama and d. Mauresmo in the final after Mauresmo served
for the match leading 63 65; seeded No.2 at Roland Garros, contested the
first-ever all-Belgian Grand Slam final (her second there), l. to No.4 seed
Henin-Hardenne, but won doubles (on her 20th birthday) w/Sugiyama for
career-first Grand Slam title; surpassed $5 million prize money mark at Roland
Garros; the week before Wimbledon, won fourth title of 2003 at ’s-Hertogenbosch,
d. Henin-Hardenne in final after her compatriot retired with a left wrist and
finger sprain; reached SF at Wimbledon, dropping only one set en route, l. to V.
Williams 46 63 61; won the title in Stanford defeating Capriati in the final;
runner-up at San Diego, l. in 3s to Henin-Hardenne; at Los Angeles won her
fourth event out of last five in California d. former three-time champ Davenport
in 3s to claim world No. 1 ranking, (fifth youngest to do so) and a week after
ascending to No. 1 in doubles (joining just Navratilova, Sanchez, Hingis and
Davenport to reach the top in both);in doubles, has won five titles to date (all
w/Sugiyama) at Sydney, Antwerp, Scottsdale, Roland Garros and Wimbledon
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 16 WTA Tour singles titles (including a Tour-leading six in 2003);
first title came at 1999 Luxembourg as a qualifier; runner-up at Roland Garros
in 2001 (d. Henin-Hardenne in SF after trailing 62 42 and in final, was two
points from victory vs. Capriati on four occasions before falling 16 64 1210,
featuring the longest third set in a Roland Garros women’s singles final) and
2003 (see above); also semifinalist at 2002 and 2003 Australian Opens and 2003
Wimbledon (see above); member of Belgian Fed Cup Team 2000-03, helping her
country win its first-ever title in 2001; winner of nine Tour doubles titles,
incl. 2003 Roland Garros and Wimbledon (w/Sugiyama); mixed doubles runner-up at
2000 Wimbledon (w/Hewitt)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No. 1 (11 August 2003 – Present)
• Coached by Marc Dehous since July 2002; physical trainer is Eveline Coppens
Kuznetsova Quick Facts
Age: 18 WTA Tour career singles titles: 2 WTA Tour career prize money: $557,699
US OPEN HISTORY
• Second appearance here; won three matches to qualify in 2002, reached 3r in
second GS main draw appearance, l. to No. 13 seed Farina Elia
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 14, incl. US Open)
SEMIFINALIST (1): San Diego; QUARTERFINALIST (1): Wimbledon; THIRD ROUND (2):
Indian Wells, Rome
2003 TO DATE
• Started season with consecutive 1r losses at Gold Coast (l. to Bovina but won
doubles title with first-time partner Navratilova) and Australian Open (l. to
world No.2 V.Williams); d. No.6 seed Schiavone 1r of Doha before falling to
compatriot Safina; fell to No.3 seed Capriati in 2r of Dubai (but won doubles
title w/Navratilova); d. Russian No.1 Myskina (ranked No.11 for best career win
to date) en route to 3r of Indian Wells before l. to compatriot Zvonareva in 3s;
fell to No.9 seed Dokic in Miami; on clay, fell to No.15 seed Schnyder in Berlin
2r; in Rome, d. No.12 seed Daniilidou before falling to No.8 Myskina in 3r but
won career-first Tier I doubles title and third of 2003 (w/Navratilova); fell 1r
at Roland Garros 11-9 third set to No.18 seed Shaughnessy; turned 18 years old
on 27 June and will no longer be restricted under Age Eligibility Rule; reached
QF at Wimbledon debut, notched best GS appearance to date, l. to Henin-Hardenne;
reached second career WTA Tour SF at San Diego, l. to eventual champion
Henin-Hardenne; upset No. 5 seed Dokic and No. 11 seed Farina Elia at Los
Angeles en route to QF, reaching QF or better in last three tournaments, l. to
eventual world No. 1 Clijsters; l. 1r at Toronto
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of two WTA Tour singles titles at 2002 Helsinki (d. Chladkova 76 third
set in final) and Bali (d. C.Martinez 75 third set in final) and six doubles
titles at 2002 Sopot, Helsinki and Tokyo [Princess Cup] (all w/Sánchez-Vicario,
the first three events they played together) and 2003 Gold Coast, Dubai and Rome
(all w/Navratilova); ITF Junior Girls’ Singles World Champion for 2001; debuted
on the WTA Singles Rankings on 13 November 2000 at No.889; 12 months later was
ranked No.259, breaking into Top 200 on 28 January 2002, Top 100 on 12 August
2002 and Top 50 on 30 September 2002
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.26 (4 - 10 August 2003)
• Coached by the Emilio Sanchez Academy; physical trainer is Giselle Tirado
(3) LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #4) vs. MELINDA CZINK (HUN #93)
Head-to-Head: First meeting
Davenport Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 38 WTA Tour career prize money:
$15,892,908
US OPEN HISTORY
• 13th consecutive appearance in this event; won title in 1998 at 8th attempt d.
V.Williams and No. 1 Hingis in final; Finalist in 2000 falling to V. Williams;
SF last year falling to S.Williams after holding 3sp in second set; also SF in
1997 (d. No. 3 Novotna) and 1999 falling to eventual winner S.Williams in 3s
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 15, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; RUNNER-UP (5): Sydney, Indian Wells, Amelia
Island, Los Angeles, New Haven; SEMIFINALIST (2): Charleston, San Diego
• Reached Sydney final (exactly one year after undergoing right knee
arthroscopic surgery), d. No.4 seed Hantuchova 76 third set in QF before falling
to No.2 seed Clijsters in final; made earliest exit from Australian Open in six
years, falling 4r to Henin-Hardenne 75 57 97 in three hours, 13 minutes; won
first title since her comeback at Tokyo [Pan Pacific], d. Seles in final in 3s;
at Scottsdale, lost opening match to eventual champion Sugiyama; runner-up at
Indian Wells, d. No.2 seed Capriati in 3s (l. to No.1 seed Clijsters); reached
4r at Miami, retiring during match against Bartoli at 6-0 due to right hamstring
strain; in Charleston, reached first Tier I or better clay court SF in five
years, l. to No.1 seed and world No.1 S.Williams; at Amelia Island, d. Schnyder
and Capriati en route to final where she led Dementieva 64 42 before falling;
withdrew from Madrid due to continuing problems with right hamstring; reached 4r
at Roland Garros as No.6 seed before retiring vs. C.Martinez with a left toe
sprain; in Eastbourne as No.1 seed, fell in opening match (2r) to Farina Elia 76
third set after trailing 51, 15-40 on serve, saving 5 mp before holding 3 mp of
her own at 6-5; reached Wimbledon QF for sixth time, falling in 3s to V.Williams;
beaten by Clijsters in past two events, in San Diego SF and Los Angeles final,
after which Clijsters ascended to world No.1 for the first time; forced to
retire due to re-aggravation of neuroma in her left foot in New Haven final
trailing 26, 04 vs. Capriati; in doubles, winner of three titles (all w/Raymond)
at Indian Wells, Amelia Island and Eastbourne
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of 38 WTA Tour singles titles (10th all-time), including three Grand
Slams (1998 US Open, 1999 Wimbledon, 2000 Australian Open) and one Olympic Gold
medal (Atlanta 1996); winner of 35 doubles titles, including three Grand Slams;
has been ranked No.1 in the world in both singles (38 weeks in total) and
doubles (32 weeks); No.1 in singles and doubles concurrently during April and
May 2000; member of US Fed Cup Team 1993-2000, 2002 and the US Olympic Teams in
1996 and 2000; winner of the season-ending Championships in singles 1999 and
doubles 1996-98
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.1 for 38 weeks (Oct. 1998-Feb. 1999; July-Aug 1999; April/May 2000; Nov.
2001-Jan. 2002)
• Has been working with Adam Peterson since mid-March
Czink Quick Facts
Age: 20 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$82,306
US OPEN HISTORY
• Second appearance here, playing in only her second Grand Slam main draw; l. in
1r qualifying in 2002
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 22, incl. US Open)
WINNER (3): ITF/Bromma-SWE, ITF/Lenserheide-SUI, ITF/Modena-ITA; RUNNER-UP (1):
ITF/Innsbruck-AUT; QUARTERFINALIST (4): Helsinki, ITF/Redding-USA, ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA,
ITF/Galatina-ITA
• Failed to qualify at Hobart; l. 1r at ITF/Fullerton-USA; won three matches to
make Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian Open, l. to No. 10 seed Rubin; l.
early rounds at next three ITF events; reached QF at ITF/Redding-USA; did not
qualify to next two WTA events; reached QF at second consecutive ITF event at
Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA; l. in qualifying at next event but recovered by winning ITF/Bromma-SWE;
reached QF at ITF/Galatina-ITA; l. 2r qualifying at Roland Garros; fell in 1r at
ITF/Marseille-FRA; then won at ITF/Lenzerheide-SUI; l. in early rounds at next
two ITF events, but followed up with back-to-back final appearances at ITF/Modena-ITA,
winning the title, and ITF/Innsbruck-AUT, finishing as runner-up; notched best
career WTA Tour result at Helsinki, reached QF, upsetting No. 7 seed C.
Fernandez in 1r, l. to Douchevina; ranking jumped to career-high No. 92 on
August 18 after breaking into Top 100 the week prior at No. 95
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Reached one WTA Tour quarterfinal this year at Helsinki (see above); winner of
11 ITF Women’s Circuit titles, most recently at 2003 ITF/Modena-ITA; in juniors,
was No. 2 in Hungary from 1998-2000; member of 2003 Hungarian Fed Cup Team
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.92 (18 – 24 August 2003)
• Coached by Nandor Veres
(5) AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #6) vs. (Q) MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #170)
Head-to-Head: First Meeting
Mauresmo Quick Facts
Age: 24 WTA Tour career singles titles: 9 WTA Tour career prize money:
$3,713,257
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fifth appearance; reached SF last year with marathon wins over No. 7 Clijsters
and No. 3 Capriati before falling 63, 57, 64 to No. 2 V. Williams; QF in 2001
falling to Capriati
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 12, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Warsaw; RUNNER-UP (2): Paris Indoors, Rome; SEMIFINALIST (3): Dubai,
Berlin, New Haven; QUARTERFINALIST (3): Indian Wells, Roland Garros, Toronto
• Missed four months due to right knee cartilage inflammation returning at Paris
[Indoors], reaching final, d. Dementieva 60 60 before l. to S.Williams; withdrew
from Antwerp with left adductor strain; semifinalist at Dubai as defending
champion, retiring vs. Seles trailing 36 22 with right adductor strain; at
Indian Wells, reached QF and was scheduled to play Davenport but pulled out with
acute throat infection; reached 4r at Miami, l. to Rubin; representing France in
Fed Cup 1r vs. Colombia, d. Zuluaga and Castaño to guide her country into QF;
won ninth Tour singles title and first of 2003 at Warsaw; in final, scored first
win over V.Williams in six meetings when Williams retired trailing 67(6) 60 30
with left abdominal strain; reached SF in Berlin, l. to eventual champion
Henin-Hardenne; reached third Rome final in four years, d. Capriati and
S.Williams (first win in five meetings) after Williams was two points from
victory; l. to Clijsters in final; reached Roland Garros QF for first time (l.
to S.Williams); after 2r loss at ’s-Hertogenbosch, withdrew from Wimbledon with
right rib muscle injury; returned in Fed Cup QF, d. Serna and Sanchez Lorenzo in
France’s win over Spain; as No.3 seed, reached Toronto QF, falling to Dementieva
in 3s; SF in New Haven last week before retiring 63, 31 vs. Capriati with food
poisoning
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of nine WTA Tour career singles titles, most recently at 2003 Warsaw
and incl. 2000 Sydney, d. Top 3 seeds (No.3 Pierce, No.2 Davenport, No.1 Hingis);
unseeded, runner-up at 1999 Australian Open, d. world No.1 Davenport in SF
before falling to No.2 Hingis; also a semifinalist at 2002 Wimbledon and US Open
(d. No.3 Capriati on both occasions); winner of one Tour doubles title at 2000
Linz (w/Rubin); member of French Fed Cup Team in 1998-99 and 2001-03
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.4 (7-27 October 2002)
• Coached by Loic Courteau since Rome 2002
Kirilenko Quick Facts
Age: 16 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$25,252
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her Grand Slam main draw debut here as qualifier in only her second
Grand Slam; was 2002 US Open Junior Girls’ champion
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 12, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): ITF/Boca Raton-USA, RUNNER-UP (1): ITF/Bronx-USA; QUARTERFINALIST
(2): Hyderabad, ITF/Innsbruck-AUT
• Won first event of season at ITF/Boca Raton without dropping a set; failed to
qualify at ITF/Fullerton-USA; reached first career WTA Tour QF at Hyderabad as
qualifier, won five matches en route, upsetting No. 7 seed Widjaja before l. to
eventual champion Tanasugarn; fell in 1r at Estoril; did not qualify at Bol and
Rome; l. 1r at ITF/Galatina-ITA; made Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon l. in
qualifying; l. in 1r at ITF/Modena-ITA; reached QF at ITF/Innsbruck-AUT; won
seven matches (incl. qualifying) to reach second career final at ITF/Bronx-USA,
l. in 3s to Jie Zheng from China, who she d. en route to qualifying here; on
August 18, broke into Top 200 at No. 172 from No. 203, currently enjoying a
career-high ranking of No. 170; has won 29 of her 39 matches played so far this
season
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Reached first career WTA Tour quarterfinal this year at Hyderabad (see above);
won first title this year at ITF/Boca Raton-USA; debuted on Tour rankings at No.
849 on January 28, 2002 and jumped to No. 373 at beginning of 2003, currently
ranked at No. 170; 2002 US Open Junior Girls’ champion, upsetting top seed for
title
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING
• No.170 (25 August 2003 - present)
• Coached by former Tour player Elena Brioukevets
(9) DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #9) vs. TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #39)
Head-to-Head: Hantuchova leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 2003 Sydney 2R (Hard / Outdoors), Hantuchova won 76(2) 61
Hantuchova Quick Facts
Age: 20 WTA Tour career singles titles: 1 WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,914,976
US OPEN HISTORY
• Third appearance in this event; reached QF last year upsetting No. 8 Henin
before falling to S. Williams
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 19, incl. US Open)
SEMIFINALIST (1): Antwerp; QUARTERFINALIST (7): Sydney, Australian Open, Paris
[Indoors], Charleston, Amelia Island, Berlin, Eastbourne
• Quarterfinalist in Sydney as No.4 seed, l. to world No.12 Davenport 76 third
set; reached third straight Grand Slam QF at Australian Open, l. to No.2 seed
V.Williams and her ranking jumped to No.5, the first Slovak woman to rank so
high; seeded No.2 at Paris Indoors, was upset in QF by world No.20 Dementieva;
semifinalist at Antwerp, l. to No.1 seed V.Williams; seeded No.3 at Indian Wells
as defending champion, upset in 4r by No.16 seed Coetzer; at Miami, seeded No.5,
l. opening match (1r bye) against unseeded Molik; as No.5 seed and world No.9,
was upset in Charleston QF by No.101 WC Harkleroad; as No.4 seed at Amelia
Island, fell in QF to No.10 seed and eventual champion Dementieva 60 61;
representing Slovakia in Fed Cup World Group 1r tie vs. Germany, d. Barna and
Weingärtner, both in 3s, to help her country (the defending champions) to reach
QF; fell 2r of Warsaw to Zuluaga after 1r bye; in Berlin, reached QF (l.
Clijsters) and has not won consecutive matches since; in Rome, fell 3r to
C.Martinez (after 1r bye); fell 2r of Roland Garros (l. to Harkleroad 97 third
set); reached eighth Tour QF of 2003 at Eastbourne as No.4 seed (l. to eventual
runner-up C.Martinez); as No.9 seed, upset in Wimbledon 2r by Asagoe 12-10 third
set; won just two matches during her US hard court campaign, losing 2r Stanford,
San Diego 3r and Toronto 3r (after 1r byes at each) and 2r New Haven
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of one WTA Tour singles title at 2002 Indian Wells (d. No.4 Hingis in
final who was playing her 63rd Tour singles final), becoming fifth player to win
debut WTA Tour singles title at a Tier I event (after Bonder, Graf, Majoli and
Dokic); afterwards broke into Top 20 at No.17; cracked the Top 10 after
Filderstadt in 2002 and was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and US Open 2002;
winner of four Tour doubles titles and in August 2002, her doubles ranking
reached No.5; a member of the Slovak Fed Cup Team 1999-2003, leading her country
to its maiden title in 2002, d. Spain in the final
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.5 (27 January, 23 February, 3-16 March 2003)
• Coached by Nigel Sears since June 2001
Tanasugarn Quick Facts
Age: 26 WTA Tour career singles titles: 1 WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,470,245
US OPEN HISTORY
• Eighth appearance here, seventh consecutive in main draw; best results were
two 3r finishes, in 1997 (d. Rubin in 1r, 64 60, before l. to Kruger in 3s) and
2000, falling to eventual runner-up Davenport
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 20, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Hyderabad; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Birmingham
• After early losses in Gold Coast and Sydney, reached Australian Open 3r for
sixth time in past seven years, falling to eventual champion S.Williams; d.
world No.15 Farina Elia en route to Tokyo [Pan Pacific] QF where she l. to
Davenport 75 76(3); followed up by winning her career-first WTA Tour singles
title at Hyderabad, having lost her first five Tour singles finals; as No.2
seed, d. No.5 seed Tulyaganova in final; failed to win consecutive matches
through her next seven events, incl. a 1r exit at Roland Garros to Zuluaga; as
No.10 seed, reached Birmingham QF, falling to Daniilidou 36 76(5) 76(4); l. 2r
at Eastbourne to defending champion Rubin; suffered 1r losses at Wimbledon and
San Diego; at Los Angeles, d. Pierce 76(2) 63 before falling in 2r in 3s; l. 1r
at Toronto and New Haven, where she had to win three matches to qualify before
l. to No. 6 seed Mag. Maleeva
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of one WTA Tour title at 2003 Hyderabad; five-time WTA Tour runner-up
at 2002 Canberra and Doha, 2001 Japan Open, 2000 Birmingham and 1996 Pattaya;
eight-time WTA Tour semifinalist; winner of three WTA Tour doubles titles at
2001 Bali, 2000 Shanghai and 1998 Auckland; winner of eight ITF Circuit titles;
member of 2000 Thai Fed Cup Team and 1996 and 2000 Thai Olympic Teams
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.19 (13-19 May, 10-16 June 2002)
• Coached by Dominic Yosip
(13) VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #14) vs. (17) MEGHANN SHAUGHNESSY (USA #21)
Head-to-Head: Zvonareva leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 2003 Indian Wells 4R (Hard / Outdoors), Zvonareva won 63 46 62
Zvonareva Quick Facts
Age: 18 WTA Tour career singles titles: 1 WTA Tour career prize money: $528,710
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her second main draw appearance here; led Clijsters 61, 31 in 3r last
year before falling in 3s
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 18, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Bol; SEMIFINALIST (2): Strasbourg, Vienna; QUARTERFINALIST (6):
Auckland, Hobart, Indian Wells, Charleston, Berlin, Roland Garros, Toronto
• Began season by reaching QF in Auckland, d. No.3 seed Panova in 1r before
falling to eventual runner-up Cho; reached QF again the following week in
Hobart, falling to eventual champion Molik after holding 2 mp; l. 1r at
Australian Open; reached 2r in Memphis and 1r in Scottsdale to No.6 seed
Daniilidou; reached first Tier I QF at Indian Wells, d. Shaughnessy in 3s (l. to
No.2 seed Capriati); l. 1r Miami to Chladkova; reached her second Tier I QF of
the year in Charleston, d. 2002 runner-up and No.8 seed Schnyder in 2r (l. to
No.3 seed Davenport); fell 2r at Amelia Island in 3s to Coetzer; won her first
career WTA Tour title in Bol as No.3 seed, d. Martinez Granados in final; the
following week in Berlin, reached QF, d. No.9 seed Myskina and No.12 seed
Daniilidou en route before falling to eventual champion Henin-Hardenne; at
Strasbourg as No.6 seed, reached SF, falling to qualifier Sprem in 3s;
afterwards, posted career-best Grand Slam result at Roland Garros, d. world No.3
V.Williams in 3s in 4r before falling to compatriot Petrova in QF after leading
a service break in third set; in Vienna as No.2 seed, reached SF, falling again
to qualifier Sprem 75 third set; best Wimbledon result in second appearance
falling to V.Williams in 4r; a left elbow injury prevented her competing in San
Diego and LA; returned in Toronto d. Dokic before falling to Suarez in 3s QF;
fell 2r of New Haven last week to Pistolesi after leading 60, 51
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of one WTA Tour singles title at 2003 Bol (see above); breakthrough
year in 2002, reaching 4r at Roland Garros in Grand Slam debut (extending
eventual champion S.Williams to 3s) and first Tour singles final at Palermo (l.
to Diaz-Oliva in 3s); best Grand Slam result was QF finish at 2003 Roland Garros
(see above); winner of three ITF Women’s Circuit singles titles and the Orange
Bowl Under 18s in 2000 and 2001
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.14 (18 August 2003 - present)
• Coached by Julia Kashevarova
Shaughnessy Quick Facts
Age: 24 WTA Tour career singles titles: 3 WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,812,430
US OPEN HISTORY
• Eighth consecutive appearance here, seventh in main draw; best results were
consecutive 3r finishes 2000 - 2002
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 19, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Canberra; SEMIFINALIST (1): Scottsdale; QUARTERFINALIST (3): Gold
Coast, Australian Open, Miami
• Began season at Gold Coast, defaulted against Schnyder in QF due to left ankle
sprain; rebounded to win third WTA Tour title at Canberra, d. Schiavone in
final; reached first Grand Slam QF at Australian Open before falling to eventual
champion S.Williams; lost in 1r at Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; reached SF at
Scottsdale, her hometown, upsetting No.4 seed Dokic in 2r, l. to Clijsters; l.
4r at Indian Wells, upset No.12 seed Daniilidou in 3r before l. to Zvonareva in
3s; reached third QF of season at Miami by upsetting No.2 seed V. Williams in 3r
in two sets, scoring her first win over Venus since 2001 Stanford; upset in 3r
Charleston by surprise SF Harkleroad; l. 2r Amelia Island and Berlin; fell in 1r
Rome to Granville; l. 3r at Roland Garros to Sugiyama; l. 1r at Eastbourne and
Wimbledon; l. 2r at Stanford and San Diego; received 1r bye at Los Angeles, l.
3r to No. 8 seed Coetzer; l. 1r at New Haven to Dokic
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of three career singles titles; has been ranked as high as No.11 in the
world (2001 and 2002); won first Tour title at 2002 Shanghai; had career-best
season in 2001, reaching three singles finals, recording best Grand Slam
performances (4r at Roland Garros and Wimbledon); qualifying for the Tour
Championships and recording her first win over a Top 5 player (No.5 C.Martinez
at Gold Coast)
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.11 (10-16 September 2001; 28 January – 3 February 2002)
• Coached by Rafael Font de Mora
(14) AMANDA COETZER (RSA #16) vs. (19) NADIA PETROVA (RUS #19)
Head-to-Head: Coetzer leads 2-1
Last Meeting: 2003 San Diego 2R (Hard / Outdoors), Petrova won 63 63
Coetzer Quick Facts
Age: 31 WTA Tour career singles titles: 9 WTA Tour career prize money:
$5,485,898
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making 16th consecutive appearance here; best result was three QF finishes in
even years (1994, 1996, 1998)
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 17, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Acapulco; RUNNER-UP (1): Memphis; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Sydney,
Indian Wells
• Reached QF in season debut in Sydney, d. Sugiyama and Maleeva before falling
to No.5 Henin-Hardenne; reached 4r at Australian Open, d. Schett and No.14 seed
Pistolesi before falling to No.4 seed Clijsters; lost 1r in Tokyo [Pan Pacific];
reached final in Memphis, falling to Raymond; won ninth title of career in
Acapulco as No.2 seed, d. Diaz-Oliva in final; continued successful streak in
Indian Wells, upsetting defending champion and No.3 seed Hantuchova en route to
QF finish (l. to C.Martinez); upset in 2r Miami by Weingärtner; l. 3r in
Charleston to Pierce in 3s; reached 3r at Amelia Island, falling to eventual
champion Dementieva; beaten in Rome 2r by Dechy 76 third set and by Srebotnik in
3s in Roland Garros 1r; l. 2r at Eastbourne (d. No. 5 seed Myskina in 1r) and
Wimbledon; received 1r bye at San Diego, l. 2r to Petrova; QF of Los Angeles
falling to No. 4 Davenport, but her ranking jumped to No. 14, after being at an
11-year low of No. 40 in July 2002; fell to Bovina in 3r Toronto
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of nine WTA Tour singles titles, most recently at 2003 Acapulco; has
defeated three world No.1s - Graf, Hingis and Davenport; has reached SF of three
Grand Slams: Australian Open ’96, ’97 and Roland Garros ’97; winner of nine Tour
doubles titles, most recently ay 2001 Bahia (w/McNeil); a member of the South
African Fed Cup Team 1992-93, 1995-97 and the South African Olympic Team 1992,
1996 and 2000
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.3 (3-9 November 1997)
• Coached by her former doubles partner Lori McNeil
Petrova Quick Facts
Age: 21 WTA Tour career singles titles: none WTA Tour career prize money:
$1,092,997
US OPEN HISTORY
• Sixth consecutive appearance here, fourth in main draw; best results were
back-to-back 2r finishes in 2000, l. to S. Williams, and 2001, l. to No. 21 seed
Likhovtseva in 3s
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 17, incl. US Open)
SEMIFINALIST (2): Roland Garros, ‘s-Hertogenbosch; QUARTERFINALIST (1): San
Diego; THIRD ROUND (3): Australian Open, Rome, Wimbledon
• Started season by qualifying for Gold Coast, reaching 2r before falling to
No.4-seeded compatriot Bovina in 3s; after withdrawing from Canberra with right
shoulder strain, reached 3r at Australian Open for second time, d. No.21 seed
Sugiyama in 2r before falling to No.12 seed Schnyder in 3s; after losing 1r at
Tokyo [Pan Pacific] to Krasnoroutskaya in 3s, failed to qualify for Indian Wells
and Miami; qualified for Sarasota, d. Likhovtseva 1r before retiring against
eventual champion Myskina at opening of third set with right ankle sprain;
retired in 2r of Amelia Island qualifying with same injury; in Berlin, reached
2r before falling to No.12 seed Daniilidou in 3s; in Rome, reached 3r (when
Seles retired) and stretched No.5 seed Capriati 75 63; had best WTA Tour result
at Roland Garros, d. former world No.1s and Roland Garros champions Seles and
Capriati en route to best Grand Slam appearance, l. SF to Clijsters after
holding set point in first set; at ’s-Hertogenbosch, passed $1m mark in career
earnings in reaching SF (d. Dementieva) and led No.2 seed Henin-Hardenne 75 41
before falling in 3s; reached 3r Wimbledon, l. to eventual finalist V. Williams;
upset 1r Stanford to qualifier and eventual SF Vento-Kabchi; reached QF at San
Diego, upset No. 7 seed Hantuchova, l. to eventual champion Henin-Hardenne;
received 1r bye at Los Angeles; upset in 2r by Sharapova in 3s 62 26 75; reached
3r at Toronto, l. to eventual champion Henin-Hardenne for third time in six
tournaments; forced to withdraw from New Haven due to left hamstring strain;
currently enjoying career-high ranking of No. 19
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of four ITF Women’s Circuit singles titles (one in 1997 and three in
1998); reached career-first Grand Slam round of 16s at 2001 Roland Garros and
Wimbledon; four times a WTA Tour semifinalist, at 2001 Amelia Island (l. to
world No.10 Coetzer in 3s), 2002 Gold Coast (l. to V.Williams), 2003 Roland
Garros, and 2003 ‘s-Hertogenbosch; winner of three Tour doubles titles – 2001
’s-Hertogenbosch (w/Dragomir Ilie) and Linz (w/Dokic) and 2002 Linz (w/Dokic); a
member of the Russian Fed Cup Team in 2001
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.19 (25 August 2003 - present)
• Coached by Glen Schaap
(24) PAOLA SUAREZ (ARG #25) vs. ALICIA MOLIK (AUS #44)
Head-to-Head: Suarez leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 2003 Los Angeles 1R (Hard / Outdoors), Suarez won 64 64
Suarez Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 3 WTA Tour career prize money:
$2,802,451
US OPEN HISTORY
• Tenth consecutive main draw appearance here; best result was 3r finish in
1997, l. to No. 12 seed MJ Fernandez
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 21, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Vienna; SEMIFINALIST (2): Bogota, Toronto; QUARTERFINALIST (3):
Auckland, Sarasota, Madrid
• Began season at Auckland and reached QF, taking Daniilidou to 3s; l. 1r at
Sydney to Schnyder; l. 3r at Australian Open to Pratt; l. 1r at Tokyo; reached
SF at Bogota l. in 3s to eventual champion Zuluaga; l. 1r at Acapulco to
eventual finalist Diaz -Oliva; upset in 2r Indian Wells by Reeves; l. 3r at
Miami to No.3 seed Clijsters; reached QF at Sarasota before l. in 3s to Majoli;
l. 3r at Charleston; l. 3r at Amelia Island to No.3 seed Capriati; l. 1r at
Berlin (to Zuluaga) and Rome (to Sugiyama); avenged two losses to Zuluaga at
Madrid in 2r before l. to eventual champion Rubin in QF; reached 3r at the
French Open falling to eventual finalist Clijsters; currently world No.1 doubles
player (for 41 weeks); reached the doubles final at the French Open with partner
Ruano Pascual, l. to Clijsters/Sugiyama 67(5) 62 97, her second Grand Slam final
in 2003 (l. Australian Open final to Williams sisters); won third career title
at Vienna, upset top seed Dokic en route; reached 4r at Wimbledon, her best
Wimbledon result, upset Mag. Maleeva in 2r, l. Farina Elia; l. 1r at San Diego
and took No.2 seed Davenport to 3s in LA before falling; reached first WTA Tour
Tier I SF at Toronto, upsetting world No. 8 Hantuchova in 2r to notch second
career-best match win (after d. world No. 7 Pierce at 2001 Australian Open) and
No. 10 seed Zvonareva before falling to Krasnoroutskaya in 3s
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Three-time singles champion on the Tour, most recently at 2003 Vienna, also
1998 and 2001 Bogota; runner-up at 1999 Madrid, 2000 Sao Paolo, 2001 Auckland,
and 2002 Acapulco; 12-time champion on ITF Women’s Circuit; nine-time Tour
semifinalist; member of Argentine Fed Cup Team 1996, 1999, 2001-2002; member of
1996 and 2000 Argentine Olympic Team; holds 27 doubles titles including 3 Grand
Slam doubles titles (2001 and 2002 French Open and 2002 US Open) all w/Ruano
Pascual
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.22 (29 January - 4 February and 2-15 April, 2001)
• Coached by Daniel Pereya
Molik Quick Facts
Age: 22 WTA Tour career singles titles: 1 WTA Tour career prize money: $727,574
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her fifth consecutive main draw appearance; best result was 3r finish
in 2001, upset No. 15 seed Mag. Maleeva before l. to Schett; two 2r finishes,
2000 (after qualifying in main draw, l. to Henin-Hardenne) and 2002 (l. to
eventual runner-up V. Williams); l. 1r in 1999
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 15, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Hobart; RUNNER-UP (1): Sarasota, Budapest; FOURTH ROUND (2): Miami
• Started season representing Australia (w/Hewitt) in Hopman Cup, d. Farina Elia,
Hantuchova and Bedanova to help her country into the final (l. to S.Williams in
Australia’s loss to USA); playing first Tour event of the season, won
career-first singles title at Hobart, d. Top 2 seeds, Srebotnik and Frazier en
route; strained ankle tendon during Australian Open 1r match vs. Tulyaganova and
was off Tour for two months; returned at Miami, d. Schett, Hantuchova (first
Tour Top 10 win) and Likhovtseva before falling to Dokic; qualified for Sarasota
and reached second final of 2003, d. strong clay court players Schett, Martinez,
C.Fernandez and Majoli before falling to Myskina; reached consecutive clay
finals in Budapest (first Australian to reach consecutive finals since Anne
Minter won 1987 Taipei and Singapore) before falling to Serna in three tight
sets; ended three-tournament 1r losing streak (Madrid, Roland Garros and
Birmingham) by advancing to 3r at Wimbledon, l. to Henin-Hardenne; ranking
jumped to career-high No. 44 on July 14; l. 2r at San Diego; has not advanced
past 1r since; won three matches to qualify at New Haven before 1r loss to
Bovina; in doubles, reached Birmingham final w/Navratilova (consequently could
not contest Eastbourne singles qualifying)
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of one WTA Tour singles title and in doubles reached 2000 Hobart final
(w/Clijsters) and 2003 Birmingham (w/Navratilova); has reached 3r at each of the
four Grand Slams – 1999 Roland Garros, 2000 Australian Open, 2001 US Open and
2003 Wimbledon; represented Australia in Fed Cup 1999-2003 and at the 2000
Olympics; led Australia into 2003 Hopman Cup final by winning group matches over
Hantuchova, Farina Elia and Bedanova
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.44 (14 – 27 July 2003, 25 August 2003 - present)
• Coached by David Taylor
FABIOLA ZULUAGA (COL #37) vs. ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #36)
Head-to-Head: Likhovtseva leads 2-0
Last Meeting: 2002 Roland Garros R1 (Clay / Outdoors), Likhovtseva won 62 64
Zuluaga Quick Facts
Age: 24 WTA Tour career singles titles: 4 WTA Tour career prize money: $680,324
US OPEN HISTORY
• Fourth appearance here; has reached 2r each time; won three matches to qualify
in 1998, l. to No. 4 seed Sanchez-Vicario; entered into main draw in 1999, l. to
Dementieva; qualified again in 2002, l. to No. 22 seed Panova
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 16, incl. US Open)
WINNER (1): Bogota; QUARTERFINALIST (1): Warsaw; THIRD ROUND (3): Berlin, Roland
Garros, Toronto
• Having started season with consecutive 1r losses at Gold Coast, Canberra and
Australian Open, rebounded to win fourth WTA Tour singles title and third in
Bogota, successfully defending her title as No.4 seed, d. Medina Garrigues in
final; after 1r loss at Acapulco, reached 2r at Indian Wells, falling to world
No.3 and eventual champion Clijsters 63 75; reached 2r at Miami, falling to
No.15 seed Pistolesi; in Fed Cup World Group 1r tie representing Colombia vs.
France, l. both singles rubbers (l. to Mauresmo 64 64 and Dechy in 3s); scored
second career Top 10 win, d. world No.9 Hantuchova to reach Warsaw QF, falling
to Chladkova 75 75; qualified for Berlin, d. Shaughnessy en route to 3r (l. to
Clijsters 75 63); qualified for Rome d. Stevenson in 1r before falling to No.5
seed Capriati in 2r; reached 2r Madrid, l. to Suarez; contested 3r Roland Garros
falling to French favorite Mauresmo; fell in 2r at next two events, Wimbledon
and Los Angeles; upset No. 15 seed Dechy at Toronto before falling to Mauresmo
in 3r
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Winner of four WTA Tour singles titles, most recently at 2003 Bogota, where
she is now a three-time champion; other title came at 1999 Sao Paulo; winner of
nine ITF Women’s Circuit singles titles, most recently at 2001 Hallandale Beach,
FL-USA, which was her comeback event after missing most of 2001 season due to
two right shoulder surgeries (rotator cuff injury and a fracture); in Grand Slam
play, reached 3r at Roland Garros in 1999 and 2000
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANKING & COACH
• No.31 (10-16 July 2000)
• Coached by Ricardo Sanchez
Likhovtseva Quick Facts
Age: 27 WTA Tour career singles titles: 2 WTA Tour career prize money:
$3,632,325
US OPEN HISTORY
• Making her eleventh consecutive main draw appearance here; best results were
three 4r finishes in 1994 (l. to No. 8 seed Sabatini), 1999 (l. to No. 12 seed
Schett) and 2001 (l. to No. 3 seed Davenport)
2003 TO DATE (Events played – 23, incl. US Open)
FINALIST (1): Doha; SEMIFINALIST (1): Hobart; QUARTERFINALIST (2): Berlin, San
Diego
• Started season reaching 2r in Auckland followed by SF finish in Hobart l. to
No. 2 seed Frazier; fell 1r at Australian Open and Hyderabad as No.3 seed;
reached fourth career final at Doha in Tour’s first all-Russian final falling to
No.2 seed Myskina; fell 1r Dubai; reached 3r at next two Tier I events of Indian
Wells and Miami; l. 1r Sarasota to Petrova and 2r Charleston and Amelia Island,
both in 3s; at Berlin reached QF l. to Capriati; l. 1r at Rome and Roland Garros
and fell in 2r at four mid-season events (Strasbourg, Birmingham, Eastbourne,
and Wimbledon); reached second QF of season at San Diego, d. two seeds en route
before l. to Kuznetsova; l. 2r in Los Angeles and Toronto to No. 6 seed Mag.
Maleeva and No. 3 seed Mauresmo respectively
CAREER IN REVIEW
• Holds two WTA Tour singles titles, has four final appearances, most recently
at 2003 Doha (see above) and ten semifinal appearances; reached two singles
Grand Slam quarterfinals (Wimbledon 2002, Australian Open 2000) and a doubles
final (w/Black in 2000 US Open); won 2002 Wimbledon in mixed doubles (w/Bhupathi);
holds a total of 17 doubles titles; member of the Russian Fed Cup Team,
2000-2002, and 1996 and 2000 Russian Olympic Teams
CAREER-HIGH RANKING & COACH
• No.15 (Oct 25-31, 1999; Feb 7-20, 2000)
• Coached by Dmitry Degtriarev
NOTE: Events played includes WTA Tour & ITF tournaments.
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