Nicknamed "Ali"...Father, Didier, is a former handball player (European handball) and chemistry teacher; mother, Evelyne, is a teacher; younger brother, Enzo, is a business student...Says he got strength from his father and kindness from his mother...His parents still live in Le Mans where his father went to study and where he met his mother who lived there (Le Mans is located in west of France and famous (at least in France) for two things: 1) 24 hours of Le Mans, an endurance car race; 2) les Rillettes (pronouce: "Reeyett" a "pork meat paté"). Finished 2003 as No. 2 junior in world (behind Baghdatis) Reached SF at Australian Open juniors in 2002-03 along with Roland Garros and Wimbledon in '03...Won US Open junior title (d. Baghdatis) Won first career junior title at 2002 Canadian Open (d. Bayer) and runner-up at Victorian Junior Championships that year (l. to Gasquet) Also won title at 2003 Luxembourg Indoor Junior Championships...Named 2007 ATP Newcomer of Year and 2008 ATP Most Improved Player of Year

• Pronounced: Jo-Wil freed TSON-ga
• Age: 26 (17.04.1985)
• Birthplace: Le Mans, France
• Residence: La Rippe, Switzerland
• Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
• Weight: 200 lbs (91 kg)
• Plays: Right-handed
• Turned Pro: 2004

gan playing tennis at age five...Father, Martin, was a train engineer, mother, Hana, is a doctor...Began playing at tennis center in hometown of Valasske Mezirici, a town of just 30,000 and soon became a top junior...Won Czech Republic 12-under junior title and moved to city of Prostejov where there were more practice partners and better coaching...Commuted home often to keep his ties to his old school...Won 14-under nationals and at 16, he won the prestigious 18-under national title in the city of Parovbice, which boasts Ivan Lendl as a former champion. Big fan of ice hockey and follows Detroit Red Wings...Has met many of Czech players from NHL and 1998 Olympic gold medal team, including Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr and Dominik Hasek, since all of them are big tennis fans and have on several occasions come to Prostejov to play...Favorite surface is hard court and his strengths are forehand and serve...Coached by Tomas Krupa (since January 2009).

• Pronounced: TOH-mas ber-DICHT
• Age: 26 (17.09.1985)
• Birthplace: Valasske Mezirici, Czech
• Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco
• Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
• Weight: 200 lbs (91 kg)
• Plays: Right-handed
• Turned Pro: 2002
• Coach: Tomas Krupa

Gael Sebastien Monfils (French pronunciation: [?a?l m???fis]) Nicknamed "Lamonf" (born 1 September 1986). The top Frenchman finished in Top 15 for third straight year with personal-high 46 match wins…Helped France to Davis Cup final (l. 3-2 to Serbia). Reached SFs or better six times and was 1-3 in finals, including runner-ups at Paris for second straight year. Won title in Montpellier. Reached QF at US Open. Was 36-14 on hard and 8-4 on clay. Earned a career-high $1,303,546. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open. Named ATP Newcomer of Year in 2005.

• Pronounced: ga-EL mon-FEES
• Age: 25 (01.09.1986)
• Birthplace: Paris, France
• Residence: Trelex, Switzerland
• Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
• Weight: 177 lbs (80 kg)
• Plays: Right-handed
• Turned Pro: 2004

Jürgen Melzer born 22 May 1981 in Vienna. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but is right-handed in everyday life. In 1999, he won the boys' singles event at Wimbledon. For many years, he was known as one of the best players on the tour not to have progressed past the third round of a Grand Slam event. He ended this streak when he reached the semifinals of the French Open in 2010. He has also had success in doubles, winning the mens doubles event at Wimbledon in 2010 and the US Open in 2011 with Philipp Petzschner, as well as the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon in 2011 with Iveta Benešová.

• Pronounced: Yur-gin mel-tser
• Age: 30 (22.05.1981)
• Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
• Residence: Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
• Height: 6' (183 cm)
• Weight: 178 lbs (81 kg)
• Plays: Left-handed
• Turned Pro: 1999
• Coach: Joakim Nystrom

Began playing tennis at age seven with his older brother Eduard (born June 1, 1970), who was a gifted player himself and has been a big influence in his career...Parents Vladimir and Tatjana live in Volgograd, Russia...Born in Severodonezk, Ukraine but at age of 15 moved to Salmtal, Germany...Received Russian citizenship at 18 and moved back to Russia in early 2004...His favorite players growing up were Ivan Lendl and Yannick Noah... Enjoys fishing, soccer and hockey...Considers clay and rebound ace (hard) his favorite surfaces and strength is his quickness...Going into 2010, he had a 13-8 Davis Cup record in singles (2-1 in doubles) in 15 ties...Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin attended his title effort in Moscow in 2004 and his Davis Cup home ties in 2005...Wife, Irina (married Nov. 25, 2006 in Moscow)...Coached by his brother Eduard (since 1992) and works with fitness trainer Rolf Shaaf.

Full name is Lleyton Glynn Hewitt...Played Australian Rules Football until age 13, then decided to pursue tennis career...In brief junior ranks, ranked as No. 1 Aussie in 18-under division in 1996 and captured Australian National Grasscourts 18s that year...Also Australian National Hardcourts 18s champion...Enjoys golf and Australian Rules Football (Adelaide Crows fan)...His father, Glynn, is a former Aussie Rules Football player and his mother, Cherilyn, was a physical education teacher...Has one younger sister, Jaslyn (born Feb. 23, 1983), who was No. 1 junior in Australia in 2000, and won her first Challenger title in Canberra in 2004. Named Young Australian of the Year in Jan. 2003 as part of annual Australia Day honors...Vogue/GQ (Australia) Sportsman of the Year in 2003...Also named Australia's male athlete of the year in 2002 at the Australian Sports Awards...Voted Most Popular South Australian athlete by the public for three consecutive years (2001-03)...In December 2003, Caddied for Greg Norman at Australian PGA event...Has a 39-12 career Davis Cup record (33-9 in singles) in 27 ties since 1999 and member of winning teams in 1999 and 2003...Wife, Bec Cartwright (married July 21, 2005 in Sydney) is an Aussie actress.

• Age: 29 (24.02.1981)

• Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia

• Residence: Nassau, Bahamas

• Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

• Weight: 170 lbs (77 kg)

• Plays: Right-handed

• Turned Pro: 1998

Began playing tennis at age six..Father, Mikhail, passed away; mother, Lubov, is an economist...Has one older brother, Andrei, who has played mostly pro Futures events in his career from 1998-2000...Compiled outstanding junior results, reaching final of Australian Open juniors in 1999 (l. to Pless)...Childhood hero was Stefan Edberg and "liked his mentality"...At age 13, ballboyed for Russia-U.S. Davis Cup final in Moscow in 1995 and posed for photos with U.S. members Courier, Sampras and Todd Martin...Going into 2010 has a 15-16 Davis Cup record (10-10 in singles) in 21 ties since 2000...Gives military style salute to fans after big wins with racket above his head with left hand and salute with right...Wife, Yulia (married Nov. 22, 2008 in Moscow); son, Maxim, was born on Dec. 4, 2009...Fitness trainer is Oleg Mosiakov and coached by Boris Sobkin (since age 10).

• Age: 28 (25.06.1982)

• Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

• Residence: Moscow, Russia

• Height: 6' (183 cm)Weight: 160 lbs (73 kg)

• Plays: Right-handed

• Turned Pro: 1999

• Coach: Boris Sobkin

Full name is Fernando Verdasco Carmona...Began playing tennis at age four with his father, Jose, at their home, which had two hard courts in the backyard...Father and mother, Olga, own a restaurant in Madrid...Has two sisters, Sara and Ana...Close friend of Feliciano Lopez, who is also from Madrid...Favorite soccer team is Real Madrid...His favorite non-tennis destination is Miami and goes there for holidays...Considers forehand his best shot...Posed nude for Cosmopolitan Magazine in July 2008 issue to raise awareness of male cancer for Everyman Campaign...Has a 9-6 career Davis Cup record (4-3 in singles) in nine ties...Coached by countryman Juan Luis Tati Rascon (since March 2008).

• Age: 26 (15.11.1983)

• Birthplace: Madrid, Spain

• Residence: Madrid, Spain

• Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

• Weight: 179 lbs (81 kg)

• Plays: Left-handed

• Turned Pro: 2001