Maria Sharapova

Country: Russia
Residence: Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth: April 19, 1987 (1987-04-19) (age 21)
Place of birth: Nyagan, Soviet Union
Height: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight: 59.1 kg (130 lb/9.31 st)
Turned pro: April 19, 2001
Plays: Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money: US$12,122,252

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 1 Russian
professional tennis player. As of July 7, 2008, she is ranked World No.3.
Sharapova has won three Grand Slam singles titles. In 2004, at the age
of 17, she defeated Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final. She has
since won the 2006 US Open, defeating Justine Henin in the final, and
the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Ana Ivanovic in the final.
Sharapova has been ranked in the top ten since winning Wimbledon in
2004, the longest run of any current female tennis player. During
the 12 months ending June 2007, she was the world's highest-paid female
athlete.
She is currently coached by her father, Yuri Sharapov, and former
player Michael Joyce.

Ana Ivanovic

Country: Serbia
Residence: Basel, Switzerland
Date of birth: November 6, 1987 (1987-11-06) (age 20)
Place of birth: Belgrade, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight: 69 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro: August 17, 2003
Plays: Right; Double-handed backhand
Career prize money: $5,686,313

Ana Ivanovic born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, Serbia, then
Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She is the current
World No. 1 on the WTA Tour.
She won her first Grand Slam singles title at the 2008 French Open.She
was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008
Australian Open.

Rafael Nadal

Country: Spain

Residence: Manacor, Mallorca

Date of birth: June 3, 1986 (1986-06-03) (age 22)

Place of birth: Manacor, Mallorca

Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight: 85.0 kg (187 lb/13.39 st)

Turned pro: 2001

Plays: Left-handed; two-handed backhand

Career prize money: US$19,470,198

Rafael Nadal (born June 3, 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player, who has won five Grand Slam singles titles. He has won the French Open in four consecutive years (2005–08), and Wimbledon in 2008. He is currently ranked world number two, a position he has held for a record 156 consecutive weeks.

From April 2005 to May 2007, Nadal won a record 81 consecutive clay court matches before being defeated by Roger Federer in the 2007 Hamburg Masters final. This is the longest winning streak of any male player on a single surface in the open era. Nadal is undefeated at the French Open, having won all 28 matches and four single titles he has played. These achievements have led some to regard Nadal as the greatest clay-court player in the history of the sport.

Nadal has a storied rivalry with Roger Federer, most notably for defeating the world number one at the French Open in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, so far denying Federer a Grand Slam. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Nadal defeated Federer in the final, ending the latter's run of five consecutive wins, with Nadal becoming the first player since Björn Borg in 1980 to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year. He is also only the second male Spaniard to win the Wimbledon title and the first in 42 years.

Roger Federer

Country: Switzerland
Residence: Oberwil, Switzerland
Date of birth: August 8, 1981 (1981-08-08) (age 26)
Place of birth: Basel, Switzerland
Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight: 88.0 kg (194 lb/13.86 st)
Turned pro: 1998
Plays: Right-handed; one-handed backhand

Career prize money: $41,721,169

Roger Federer born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player, ranked World No. 1 for a record 232 consecutive weeks.
Federer has won twelve Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, five Wimbledon, four US Open), four Tennis Masters Cup titles, and fourteen ATP Masters Series titles. Federer holds many records in the game, including having appeared in ten consecutive Grand Slam men's singles finals (2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2007 US Open) and 17 consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals (2004 Wimbledon - present). He also holds the open era records for consecutive wins on both grass courts (65) and hard courts (56). He has a storied rivalry with Rafael Nadal.
Federer's success has prompted a number of tennis critics, legendary players, and current players to consider him to be the greatest tennis player in history. In 2008, he was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record fourth consecutive time.