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Age: 30
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170
Plays: Right
Titles: 45

Andre Agassi (1)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Second Round:
lost to Karol Kucera, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-0

First Round:
def. Anthony Dupuis, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3, 6-4

Scouting Report

Completed a career Grand Slam last year with his victory at Roland Garros, joining Rod Laver, Don Budge, Roy Emerson and Fred Perry as the only players to accomplish this feat; has won three of the last four Grand Slams and reached the championship match at Wimbledon; the run has given him an amazing 27-1 record in his last four majors; started the season with 10 consecutive match wins, taking the title at the Australian Open for his sixth career Grand Slam crown; however, he has reached the quarterfinals in just one of his next five tournaments -- the semifinals of the Ericsson Open; owns a 3-2 record on clay this season, advancing to the second round at the Galleryfurniture.com Tennis Challenge and Tennis Masters Series -- Roma; like last year, the 30-year-old has suffered from a few niggling injuries (back, thigh); is 38-10 at the French Open, also reaching the finals in 1990 and 1991.

Age: 28
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 175
Plays: Right
Titles: 62

Pete Sampras (2)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

First Round:
lost to Mark Philippoussis 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 8-6

Scouting Report

One title away from becoming the all-time leader in Grand Slam singles titles; is currently tied with Roy Emerson with 12 after becoming the first player in the decade to win six Wimbledon titles; he and Bjorn Borg are the only players to win at least one Grand Slam title for seven consecutive years (Borg had eight); this season, which has been hampered by a hip flexor injury, has seen the 28-year-old reach the semifinals of the Australian Open, which he lost in an epic five-setter to Andre Agassi, and win the Ericsson Open; looking to claim his first French Open title, the only Grand Slam crown to elude him; his best result at Roland Garros is a semifinal finish in 1996; has lost at the French Open in the third round or earlier the last three years; is just 2-3 this season on clay, his worst surface.

Age: 23
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 165
Plays: Right
Titles: 9

Magnus Norman (3)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Finals:
lost to Gustavo Kuerten (5), 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6)

Semifinals:
def. Franco Squillari, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3

Quarterfinals:
def. Marat Safin (12), 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

Fourth Round:
def. Andrei Medvedev, 6-0, 6-4, 6-2

Third Round:
def. Sargis Sargsian, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2

Second Round:
def. Fabrice Santoro, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

First Round:
def. Thierry Guardiola, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0

Scouting Report

Currently leads the ATP Tour Champions Race after winning his first Tennis Masters Series event two weeks ago in Rome; won his first title of the season at the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand in January; reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open, but suffered from nerves in a straight-set loss; in addition to his triumph in Rome, the 23-year-old was a semifinalist in Barcelona and a quarterfinalist in Hamburg; has fallen in the third round or earlier in 12 of 15 Grand Slam events; is 6-4 at the French Open, losing in the first or second round in three of four appearances; best result at Roland Garros was a quarterfinal finish in 1997.

Age: 26
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 185
Plays: Right
Titles: 20

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Quarterfinals:
lost to Gustavo Kuerten (5), 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Fourth Round:
def. Fernando Vicente, 5-7, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 8-6

Third Round:
def. Sebastien Grosjean, 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4

Second Round:
def. Mariano Zabaleta, 6-2, 3-6, 6-7(6-8), 6-4, 6-4

First Round:
def. Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4

Scouting Report

Suffering through his fourth straight poor claycourt season, compiling just a 4-9 record and failing to get out of the second round in six events on the dirt; owns three claycourt titles but has not won on the surface since claiming his first career Grand Slam title in Paris in 1996, the year he became the first player to win both titles at Roland Garros since Ken Rosewall in 1968; added another French Open crown in doubles in 1997; advanced to the Paris semifinals in 1995 and quarterfinals in 1997 but has fallen in the second round the last two years; captured his second career Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open in 1999; has not won a title in 2000 -- the longest he has gone without a tournament victory to start a season since he turned pro in 1993; started this year promisingly, reaching his third career Grand Slam final, losing to Andre Agassi, and claimed another runner-up finish in London.

Age: 23
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 165
Plays: Right
Titles: 9

Gustavo Kuerten (5)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Finals:
def. Magnus Norman (3), 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6)

Semifinals:
def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (16) 7-5, 4-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Quarterfinals:
def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4), 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Fourth Round:
def. Nicolas Lapentti (11), 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

Third Round:
def. Michael Chang, 6-3, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4

Second Round:
def. Marcelo Charpentier, 7-6(7-5), 6-2, 6-2

First Round:
def. Andreas Vinciguerra 6-0, 6-0, 6-3

Scouting Report

Enters the year's second Grand Slam on a great run, with a runner-up effort at the Tennis Masters Series tournament in Rome before winning the elite event in Hamburg; also claimed the Chevrolet Cup at Santiago, Chile; all seven of his career titles have come on clay, including his first in 1997, when he beat three former champions to win the French Open; become the second-lowest ranked (66) Grand Slam champion; had a string of three straight quarterfinal finishes at Grand Slam tournaments snapped in January with a first-round setback at the Australian Open; has won 21 of 27 matches on clay this season.

Age: 30
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 175
Plays: Right
Titles: 5

Cedric Pioline (6)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Fourth Round:
lost to Marat Safin (12), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5

Third Round:
def. Albert Portas, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

Second Round:
def. Patrick Rafter, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-4

First Round:
def. Davide Sanguinetti, 4-6, 6-0, 4-0, retired

Scouting Report

Having his best year as a professional by winning two titles in a season for the first time, including the Tennis Masters Series event in Monte Carlo; also took the crown at the ABN/AMRO World Tennis Tournament at Rotterdam and made the quarterfianls in Hamburg; has lost in the first round five times in his last seven Grand Slam events, but reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and semifinals at the U.S. Open in 1999 over that span; is 18-11 lifetime at Roland Garros, reaching the semifinals in 1998 and the quaterfinals in 1996; was runner-up at the U.S. Open in 1993 and Wimbledon in 1997.

Age: 26
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 192
Plays: Right
Titles: 14

Thomas Enqvist (7)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Third Round:
lost to Albert Costa, 5-7, 7-6(7-2), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4

Second Round:
def. Gaston Gaudio, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0

First Round:
def. Christophe Rochus, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0

Scouting Report

Has failed to advance past the third round at the Grand Slam event since losing the Australian Open final in 1999; reached the finals at the Australian Hardcourt Championships in January and the Tennis Masters Series -- Indian Wells in March, both hardcourt events, but is 7-6 this season on clay; brings a three-match losing streak into the French Open, where he has lost six of nine matches; the only year he advanced past the second round was in 1998, when he was a third-round loser.

Age: 22
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 177
Plays: Right
Titles: 5

Nicolas Kiefer (8)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

First Round:
lost to Jan-Michael Gambill 6-3, 7-5, 6-1

Scouting Report

An ankle injury has kept him out of action since March; tried to come back this week at the International Raiffeisen Grand Prix at St. Polten, Austria but was forced to retire from his first-round match; enters the French Open on a four-match losing streak and has yet to complete a claycourt match; started the season by winning the Dubai Open and reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open; has lost in the third round or earlier in nine of 12 Grand Slam tournaments; is just 1-3 lifetime at the French Open, winning his only match in 1998.

Age: 19
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 145
Plays: Right
Titles: 5

Lleyton Hewitt (9)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Fourth Round:
lost to Albert Costa, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Third Round:
def. Attila Savolt, 6-1, 6-4, 6-0

Second Round:
def. Markus Hantschk, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

First Round:
def. Jeff Tarango, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3

Scouting Report

Leads the ATP Tour with three titles, winning at Adelaide, Sydney, and Scottsdale, and began the year with 13 consecutive match wins; gained his career-best Grand Slam result at this year's Australian Open, losing in the fourth round to Magnus Norman; reached the semifinals at Tennis Masters Series tournaments in Miami and Rome; fell in the first round in his first visit to Roland Garros last season; he is 2-0 this week at the ATP Tour World Team Championship at Dusseldorf.

Age: 26
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 155
Plays: Right
Titles: 10

Alex Corretja (10)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Quarterfinals:
lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero (16), 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Fourth Round:
def. Roger Federer, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2

Third Round:
def. Richard Krajicek, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

Second Round:
def. Fernando Meligeni, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

First Round:
def. Alberto Martin 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Scouting Report

Broke out of a huge slump at the Tennis Masters Series tournament in Indian Wells, winning his first title since the season-ending ATP Tour World Championship in 1998; has fared well during the spring claycourt season, reaching the quarterfinals in Monte Carlo and the semifinals in Rome; owns his best Grand Slam win-loss record (19-8) at the French Open, where he was runner-up in 1998; has lost before the third round in three of his last four Grand Slam events.

Age: 23
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
Plays: Right
Titles: 3

Nicolas Lapentti (11)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Fourth Round:
lost to Gustavo Kuerten (5), 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

Third Round:
def. Wayne Ferriera, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3

Second Round:
def. Bohdan Ulihrach, 7-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3

First Round:
def. Julien Boutter 6-4, 6-2, 6-0

Scouting Report

Since advancing to his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 1999 Australian Open, has lost in the second round in his next four majors; is without a title this season after capturing two last year; his best results in 2000 are semifinal showings at Indian Wells and Estoril and quarterfinal finishes at Mexico City, Scottsdale, Miami, and Barcelona; owns a 2-4 record lifetime at the French Open, never reaching the third round in four appearances.

Age: 20
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 180
Plays: Right
Titles: 3

Marat Safin (12)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Quarterfinals:
lost to Magnus Norman (3), 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

Fourth Round:
def. Cedric Pioline (6), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5

Third Round:
def. Tommy Haas, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, 6-3

Second Round:
def. Andrew Ilie, 7-5, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 5-0, retired

First Round:
def. George Bastl, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

Scouting Report

Started 2000 with a 1-5 record, but after taking on former player Andrei Chesnokov as his coach, has captured consecutive events in Barcelona and Mallorca before losing in the final of the Tennis Masters series tournament in Hamburg; he has won 19 of his last 21 matches; made his first big breakthrough at the French Open in 1998, when he ousted defending champion Gustavo Kuerten and Andre Agassi en route to the fourth round; that result was duplicated in 1999 for a 6-2 record at Roland Garros; lost in the first round at the Australian Open, where he was fined for tanking his match with Grant Stafford.

Age: 25
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 167
Plays: Right
Titles: 4

Tim Henman (13)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Third Round:
lost to Fernando Vicente, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Second Round:
def. Christian Vinck, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)

First Round:
def. Vincent Spadea 7-5, 7-5, 6-4

Scouting Report

Snapped a three-match losing streak at the French Open last season and advanced to the third round; has mediocre results at Grand Slams, except at Wimbledon, where he is 19-6; has not won a title since the Swiss Indoors at Basel, Switzerland in 1998 but has reached six finals since; is 7-5 this year on clay, his worst surface, reaching the quarterfinals at the Estoril Open and the third round at the Tennis Masters Series -- Hamburg.

Age: 22
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 170
Plays: Right
Titles: 5

Dominik Hrbaty (14)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Second Round:
lost to Agustin Calleri 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4

First Round:
def. Jonas Bjorkman, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1

Scouting Report

Appeared in his first Grand Slam semifinal at last year's French Open, losing to eventual-winner Andre Agassi; has nine first-round exits at Grand Slam tournaments, including this year's Australian Open; lost four of his first six matches to start the season but rebounded to reach the quarterfinals at Rotterdam and the fourth round at the Ericsson Open; found his form on his favorite surface of clay with a runner-up effort in Monte Carlo and a quarterfinal finish in Rome; guided Slovakia into the semifinals of the ATP Tour World Team Championship at Dusseldorf with a 2-1 round-robin record.

Age: 28
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 185
Plays: Right
Titles: 1

Younes El Aynaoui (15)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Fourth Round:
lost to Franco Squillari, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

Third Round:
def. Jason Stoltenberg, 6-4, 5-5, retired

Second Round:
def. Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 6-4, 6-0

First Round:
def. Jean-Rene Lisnard, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1

Scouting Report

Played in his first career Grand Slam quarterfinal in January at the Australian Open, only the second time he has advanced past the second round at a Grand Slam event; the other occasion was in 1995, when he reached the fourth round at the French Open; reached the semifinals in Doha to start the season and the quarterfinals in Dubai, Bogota, Barcelona, and Munich; is seeded at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career.

Age: 20
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 160
Plays: Right
Titles: 1

Juan Carlos Ferrero (16)
R O U N D B Y R O U N D

Semifinals:
lost to Gustavo Kuerten (5), 7-5, 4-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Quarterfinals:
def. Alex Corretja (10), 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Fourth Round:
def. Mark Philippoussis, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Third Round:
def. Mariano Puerta, 6-2, 3-2, ret.

Second Round:
def. Slava Dosedel, 1-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

First Round:
def. Jerome Golmard 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

Scouting Report

Seeded at a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career; lost in the first round in his Grand Slam debut last year at the U.S. Open but reached the third round at the Australian Open in Melbourne in January; was a runner-up at the Dubai Open and Barcelona while posting a semifinal finish at Scottsdale and quarterfinal runs at Estoril and Monte Carlo; went 2-0 in singles for Spain to help guide his country into the Davis Cup semifinals against the United States.

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