Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams is widely regarded as one of the all-time greats of the sport of tennis. Along with younger sister Serena Williams, she is credited with ushering in a new era of power and athleticism on the women's professional tennis tour.
Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in tennis, helped establish Belgium as a leading force in women's tennis with Kim Clijsters, and led the country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001. She was known for her all-court style of play and for being one of the few female players to use a single-handed backhand.
Timothy Henry HenmanOBE is a British retired professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first male player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. Henman never reached a final of any Grand Slam but reached six Grand Slam semi-finals and won 15 career ATP titles, including the Paris Masters in 2003. He also scored 40 wins and 14 losses with the Great Britain Davis Cup team.
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. He has won 103 ATP singles titles, the second most of all time after Jimmy Connors, including 20 Grand Slam titles, a record eight men's singles Wimbledon titles, and a record six year-end championships.
Andrew StephenRoddick is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He gained the top ranking shortly after winning the 2003 US Open, his only major triumph.
Alicia Molik is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics by upsetting then world No. 3 and reigning French Open champion Anastasia Myskina. Molik peaked at No. 6 in the doubles rankings and won Grand Slam titles at the 2005 Australian Open and the 2007 French Open alongside Svetlana Kuznetsova and Mara Santangelo, respectively. She won the 2004 Zurich Open, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, and reached the finals of the 2004 Wimbledon, 2004 US Open, and 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles events, as well as the quarterfinals of the 2005 Australian Open singles tournament.
Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player. Nadal is ranked world No. 4 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP); he has been ranked world No. 1 by the ATP for 209 weeks and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal has won 21 Grand Slam men's singles titles, the most in history, including a record 13 French Open titles. He has won 91 ATP singles titles, with 62 of these on clay. Nadal's 81 consecutive wins on clay is the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era.
Igor Valeryevich Andreev is a retired professional tennis player from Russia, born in Moscow. He won three titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 18 in November 2008.
The 2005 French Open was the 109th edition of the tournament. Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth at his first French Open, was a strong favorite to win the men's title after winning the Monte Carlo and Rome Masters, with Guillermo Coria, a 2004 finalist and 2005 runner-up to Nadal in both Monaco and Rome, calling Nadal the best clay-court player in the world prior to the tournament. After defeating top seed Roger Federer in the semi-finals, Nadal defeated Argentina's Mariano Puerta to claim his first French Open title, and the first of four won consecutively from 2005 until 2008. Nadal would go on to win the tournament a record thirteen times.
Andy Ram is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. He was primarily a doubles player, and competed in three Olympics.
Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is an Israeli professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, having won the men's doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open with Andy Ram. He attained his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 in July 2008. Erlich has reached 44 doubles finals and won 22, mostly with partner Andy Ram; together, they are known in Israel as "Andyoni". His Davis Cup doubles record, as of 2018, was 22–12.
Scott Lipsky is an American former professional tennis player and coach. As a player, Lipsky was primarily a doubles specialist.
The 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was the 38th edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was held at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. from July 30 through August 6, 2007.
The 2005 Mercedes-Benz Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States and was part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It was the 79th edition of the Los Angeles Open and the tournament ran from July 25 through July 31, 2003. First-seeded Andre Agassi won his fourth singles title at the tournament and overall last title of his career.
The 2005 Dutch Open, also known by its sponsored name The Priority Telecom Open, was an ATP men's tennis tournament staged in Amersfoort, Netherlands and part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It was the 46th edition of the tournament and was held from 18 July until 24 July 2005. Second-seeded Fernando González won his second event of the year, and the sixth title of his professional career.
The 2005 Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships was the 30th edition of the tennis tournament Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. It was played on outdoor grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States and was part of the ATP International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place from July 4 through July 10, 2005. Third-seeded Greg Rusedski won the final over Vince Spadea.
Rubin Statham, often referred to by his nickname of "José," is a professional tennis player from New Zealand. His twin brother Mikal is also a professional tennis player. He has reached a ATP career high ranking of 279 in singles as of 25 February 2013, and 139 in doubles as of 17 June 2013.
The 2005 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and is part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, United States, from August 21 through August 27, 2005.
The 2005 Austrian Open was men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 35th edition of the Austrian Open, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kitzbühel Sportpark Tennis Stadium in Kitzbühel, Austria, from 25 July until 31 July 2005. Third-seeded Gastón Gaudio won the singles title.
The 2005 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the event known that year as the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from 3 October through 9 October 2005. Wesley Moodie and Nicole Vaidišová won the singles titles.
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