(16) LLEYTON HEWITT

PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: 16/1
NATIONALITY: AUS
BIRTH DATE: 24/02/81
BECAME PRO: 1998
WORLD RANKING: 19
VERDICT
A two-time Grand Slam champion, including a Wimbledon title in 2002, the gritty Australian baseliner will be determined to keep up a respectable record here, which has seen him reach the last eight in each of the last three years. Two semi-finals on clay were followed by a fourth-round defeat to Rafael Nadal at the French Open before a shock exit to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on the grass at Queen's, where he was the defending champion. Drifting in the mid-teens in the rankings, but likely to still be around in the second week.
 
TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
  07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98
Australian Open 3R 2R RU 4R 1R 1R 3R 4R 2R 1R
French Open 4R 4R - QF 3R 4R QF 4R 1R -
Wimbledon - QF SF QF 1R W 4R 1R 3R -
US Open - - SF RU QF SF W SF 3R -