- James Blake
James Riley Blake (born December 28, 1979 in Yonkers, New York, United States) is an American professional tennis player and is currently the 9th ranked player in the world (8th in the ATP Race points). He is the second-ranked American player behind Andy Roddick. Blake is known for his speed and powerful forehand. In 2006 he reached the final of the Tennis Masters Cup but lost to World No. 1 Roger Federer in three sets. - Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko ; born June 2, 1981 in Severodonezk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is currently the number one ranked Russian male tennis player, fifth in the world, and the winner of ten ATP singles titles. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semi-finals at the 2005 Roland Garros, 2006 US Open and again at the 2007 French Open. - Pete Sampras
Peter “Pete” Sampras, is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15 year career he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances. For six consecutive years Sampras finished as No. 1 on the ATP rankings, a record for the open era and tying him for third all-time. Sampras won the singles title at Wimbledon seven times, a record shared with William Renshaw. He also won five singles titles at the US Open, … - Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Santoro (born December 9, 1972) is a French professional male tennis player. He was born in Tahiti, the largest island in the French Polynesia, located in the Pacific Ocean. He has been most successful in doubles; he has twice won the Australian Open (2003, 2004) doubles title partnering Michael Llodra and has been runner-up at the Australian Open (2002), at the French Open (2004) and at Wimbledon (2006). - Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis born 17 June 1985, Limassol, Cyprus) is a Greek Cypriot professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. As of July 9, 2007, he is ranked No. 18 on the ATP rankings. - Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (born December 12, 1982 in Moscow, Russia) is a professional male tennis player from Russia. Tursunov, like his countrymen Marat Safin and Igor Andreev, left Russia at an early age. In Tursunov's case, he was 12 years old when he moved overseas to further his prospects of becoming a professional player. Unlike Safin and Andreev who went to Valencia, Spain, Tursunov went to live in the U.S. and has lived there ever since, … - Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Nieminen (born July 23, 1981 in Masku, Finland) is a professional tennis player from Finland. Nieminen is ranked World No. 21 in the ATP Rankings published on June 18, 2007. He has won one ATP singles title in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals of the 2005 U.S. Open and the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. Arguably Finland's best ever player, Nieminen is the highest ranked Finn ever, … - Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber (born October 16, 1983 in Augsburg) is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The righthander won one doubles title (2005, Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City) so far. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on June 18, 2007, when he became the number 28 of the world. He achieved his greatest result at a Masters event during the 2007 Monte Carlo Masters event, when he reached the quarterfinals after going through qualifying, … - Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson is a professional tennis player. He joined the pro tour for the first time in 1994 and has won 9 top-level singles titles and 1 doubles title, including the 1999 Canada Masters (df. Yevgeny Kafelnikov) and the 2002 Australian Open Grand Slam championship, which he unexpectedly won (on his 25th attempt at winning a Grand Slam title) after defeating his heavily favored opponent, Marat Safin, in four sets, 3-6 6-4 6-4 7-6. - Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela (born August 30, 1979, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina, and his strongest surface is slow hardcourt, but like all Argentine players he is comfortable on the clay. Chela was suspended by the ATP in 2001 for 3 months and US$ 8,000 for the use of Methyltestosterone during the Cincinnati Masters. On August 9, 2004 he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 15. On January 19, 2006, … - Potito Starace
Potito Starace (born July 14, 1981 in Benevento) is a professional tennis player from Italy on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 44th on July 16, 2007. He is currently 44th in the ATP rankings. One of his most memorable parts of Starace's career was when he made the men's doubles quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open with Alberto Martin. They defeated eighth-seeded Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry along the way, … - Bob Bryan
Robert ("Bob") Charles Bryan (born on April 29, 1978 in Camarillo, California) is an American male professional tennis player. Bob stands 6'4" tall, weighs 202 lbs, and plays left handed. He turned Pro in 1998. He played for Stanford University in 1997 and 1998, where he helped the Cardinal win back-to-back NCAA team championships. In 1998, he won the 'Triple Crown' by taking the NCAA singles, doubles (with his twin brother Mike) and team titles. - Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. At the 2007 Queen's Club Championships, Mahut defeated both fifth-seed Ivan Ljubičić and top-seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets, and on the same day, to reach the semi-finals, … - Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse (born July 19 1980) is a Belgian tennis player known mostly for his enormous right-handed forehand, great power and bad temper. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, Malisse is considered the biggest Belgian tennis talent on the ATP tour. Malisse was at one time romantically linked to former world number one female tennis player Jennifer Capriati. - Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Ignacio 'Willy' Cañas is an Argentine professional tennis player. He was born in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. His highest singles ranking was 8th (June 2005). Canas plays a defensive counter-punching game from the baseline, and utilises his retrieving skills in order to frustrate opponents. He uses a two-handed backhand and his favourite surface is clay, but he is adept on hardcourt and grass too. - Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker (born June 16, 1981 in Merzig, Saarland, Germany) is a professional tennis player. Becker is not related to former "World No. 1" Boris Becker. He won the 2004 NCAA singles title while helping Baylor University to the team title. In June 2006, he qualified for Wimbledon and defeated Juan Ignacio Chela before losing in the second round to Fernando Verdasco. - Mike Bryan
Michael ("Mike") Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978 in Camarillo, California) is an American male professional tennis player. Mike stands 6'3" tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned pro in 1998. He played for Stanford University in 1997 and 1998, where he helped the Cardinal win back-to-back NCAA team championships. In 1998, he won the NCAA doubles title with his twin brother Bob. Together with his twin brother Bob he has been very successful in doubles. - Fabio Fognini
"' (born May 24, 1987 in Sanremo) is a professional tennis player from Italy. Fognini is 2-9 and 0-1 on non-Challenger ATP tour matches, however has made the finals of three singles and one doubles tournament on the ATP Challenger tour. As of and on June 25, 2007, Fognini has reached World Number 147"', his highest singles ranking. Fognini weighs 163 pounds and is 5 feet 10 inches tall. He currently resides in Arma di Taggia, Italy. - Jan Hernych
Jan Hernych is a professional male tennis player from Czech Republic. Born in Prague, he turned pro in 1998 and achieved his highest ranking (60) on July 4, 2005. He is currently 97th in the ATP rankings. In 2006 he contested his first final on the Tour, losing to Mario Ančić in a tournament on grass in the Netherlands. - Michael Chang
Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA) is an American former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest-ever male winner of a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17. Utilizing tremendous speed and strong determination, … - Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro is a tennis player from Tandil, Argentina. After ending 2005 ranked 1,077, Del Potro jumped over 900 positions, largely due to winning three Futures tournaments. As of July 2007, he is the youngest player in the ATP top 100 with a current and career high ranking of 54. On February 11th, 2007, … - Frank Dancevic
Frank Dancevic (born 26 September 1984 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a professional touring and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player. He is currently the country's top singles player at 107 in the ATP Rankings and 101 in the 2007 ATP Race. - Florent Serra
Florent Serra (Born February 28, 1981 in Bordeaux, France), is a French male tennis player. In January 2006, he won his second ATP tour title in Adelaide, Australia, at the Next Generation Adelaide International. He defeated Michael Llodra,Tommy Robredo, Jarkko Nieminen, and Dominik Hrbaty on the way to the final, where he defeated Xavier Malisse 6-3,6-4. As of June 26, 2006, he is ranked #36 in the world, the highest he has ever been ranked. - Paradorn Srichaphan
Paradorn Srichaphan is a tennis player from Thailand. He is the highest ranked player from Thailand in history, reaching a career high World No. 9. His nickname is "Ball". He is currently 84th in the ATP rankings. - Albert Costa
Albert Costa Casals (born June 25 1975, in Lleida) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1993, he reached the French Open junior final and won the Orange Bowl. - Vince Spadea
Vincent Spadea (born July 4, 1974 in Chicago) is an ATP Tour professional tennis player from the United States. Spadea turned professional in 1993. Going into the 2006 season, he has won one singles and three doubles titles and over $4,105,000 in prize money. He is credited with overcoming the longest losing streak in pro tennis history (21 matches). Working hard on the challenger circuit after his fall, … - Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean (born May 29, 1978, Marseille, France) is a professional tennis player from France. He currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, where he trains at the Evert tennis academy. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 (achieved on October 28, 2002). - Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is a male Austrian tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of #28 in the world on March 05, 2007, and a doubles ranking of #17 on March 19, 2007. Melzer plays left-handed and is 6'0" tall. In 1999, he won the boy's singles event at Wimbledon. On Sunday July 16, he won the doubles title at the 2006 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tenis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, with his American playing partner Robert Kendrick. - Marcos Daniel
Marcos Diniz Daniel (born on July 4, 1978 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul) is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. Marcos Daniel's brother owns an academy for developing young tennis players, called Daniel Tennis Center where Marcos Daniel used to work as a ball catcher there before playing youth tournaments. When he was 12, representing this academy, he reached his first final but he didn't succeed in winning the title. - Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Alberto Berlocq (born March 2 , 1983 in Chascomus) is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed "Charly". Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi. Berlocq started playing tennis at the age of four and has had his success on the ATP Futures and Challenger circuits. In 2004 he made six consecutive finals in the Futures events, winning three of them, two finals each in Argentina, France and Slovenia. - Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman (born March 23, 1972, Alvesta, Sweden) is a Swedish professional male tennis player and former World No. 4 in singles and World No. 1 in doubles. He is as of the 2006 season the oldest player in the ATP Top 100 (singles). - Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer (born October 5, 1983) is a professional male tennis player from Germany. On September 27, 2004 Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking: World No. 33. As of July 09, 2007, he is ranked No. 35 in the world, and is the No. 3 ranked German player, behind Tommy Haas and Philipp Kohlschreiber. He has reached two ATP singles finals in his career: 2005 and 2006 Sopot (lost to Gael Monfils of France and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, … - Martin Verkerk
Martin Willem Verkerk is a Dutch tennis player. As a relatively unknown player, he had a brilliant run at the French Open in 2003, reaching the final before losing to Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero. Along the way, he beat experienced clay court players Carlos Moyà and Guillermo Coria. Verkerk's game is based on booming serves and big backhands. His unexpected run at the French Open as an underdog and expressive on-court antics made him very popular in the Netherlands. - Olivier Patience
Olivier Patience is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking was no. 87, on July 19, 2004. During 2006, Patience won 3 ATP Challenger Series tournaments. He registered his best performance in a Grand Slam event to date, when he reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros in 2007. He defeated Jonathan Eysseric in the first round in four sets, and then Mariano Zabaleta 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, but then lost to Novak Đoković in 5 sets, 6-7, 6-2, … - Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra is a professional French male tennis player. - Kristian Pless
Kristian Peter Pless is a professional male tennis player from Denmark. In 1999, he won the Australian Open for juniors (defeated Mikhail Youzhny), and reached the junior finals at Wimbledon (lost to Jürgen Melzer), and the US Open (lost to Jarkko Nieminen). He finished 1999 as the no. 1 ranked junior player in the world. He turned professional in 1999, and on January 28, 2002, Kristian Pless reached his career-high ATP singles ranking: World No. 65. - Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro Sánchez is a Spanish tennis player known for his flair, talent and inconsistency. He plays right-handed and uses a single-handed backhand. His favorite surface is clay. As of early 2007, Almagro is the second-youngest of the many Spanish players in the ATP Top 100 (after Rafael Nadal). Almagro had been a highly rated junior for many years, and finally realised his potential in 2005. He played in the main draw of 3 out of 4 slams, … - Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco, nicknamed "Piquito", is a male tennis player from Argentina. His current and career-high ATP Entry ranking is #29, achieved on July 16, 2007. Mónaco started playing tennis professionally in 2002. In 2006 he reached the 3rd round of French Open. On February 25, 2007, he won the Buenos Aires' Telmex Cup, his first ATP title, beating Alessio di Mauro (6-1, 6-2), after defeating Nicolás Almagro (6-1, 7-6) the previous day. - Lee Hyung-Taik
Lee Hyung-taik (Pronounced: Hyung-taek) (born January 3, 1976) is the most successful South Korean male tennis player in history. Lee was born in a potato-farming village in Hoengseong County, South Korea. He began playing tennis at age nine and turned pro in 1995. He made a splash at the 2000 US Open Grand Slam tournament, reaching the 4th round before losing to Pete Sampras. - Wayne Arthurs
Wayne Arthurs (b. March 18, 1971 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian professional tennis player. He is currently 195th in the ATP rankings for singles and is ranked 79th in doubles. However, Arthurs announced after his first round qualifying match at Wimbledon that he would retire after the tournament. Arthurs is left-handed and uses a one-handed backhand. His serve is his strongest weapon by far, …
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