About some tennis players

1. Roger Federer (Roger Federer)

Nationality: Switzerland

Birthday: August 8, 1981

Zodiac sign: Leo

Height: 1.86 meters

Weight: 85 kilograms

Nicknames: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Milk Cow , Swiss Express , Swiss Nose,

Handling style: right-handed

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Grip: Right-handed

Year of Turning Pro: 1998

Highest Singles World Ranking: 1

Highest Title Contest Ranking: 1

Date of Reaching Highest Singles Ranking: February 2, 2004

Highest Doubles World Ranking: 24

Date of Reaching Highest Doubles Ranking: June 9, 2003

Current World Ranking: 1 (February 2, 2004-Present)

Singles Titles: 53

Doubles Titles: 7

2004 Record: 74-6

2005 Record: 81-4

2006 Record: 92-5

2007 Record: 69-9

Professional Record: 552-134

Professional prize money: 36,007,078

Federer, as the leader of the new generation of Swiss players, at the age of 19, he has been favored by many tennis seniors to have the ability to make some amazing achievements in the world of men's tennis, and even Federer has been crowned by the fans of the title of "Sampras" successor.

There's no doubt that the 27-year-old Swiss has taken the top spot in today's tennis world. He has won nine Grand Slam titles since Wimbledon in 2003, has won the year-end Masters Cup three times, and, more importantly, has nearly 2,500 more points than No. 2 Rafael Nadal, making him the unassailable king of the world.

By 2006, 92 wins and 5 losses, Federer's total record in the season reached a new historical peak, which far exceeded the best single-season record of 82 wins and 3 losses set by McEnroe in 1984. 2006 season Federer total **** won 12 titles, which is his third consecutive season to win the number of titles in the number of 10 or more, the previous two seasons, he had 11 titles respectively. He had 11 titles in each of the previous two seasons.

In 2004, the 23-year-old reigning Masters Cup champion had just had the best season of his career, boasting 10 titles, including three Grand Slams and three Masters Series crowns, in men's professional tennis.

With 13 consecutive victories over top-10 players in 2004 (18 consecutive if dating back to the Houston Masters Cup), he had beaten every top-10 player in that span. In addition, he is a perfect 10-0 in singles finals during the 2004 season (12-0 dating back to 2003). In the last 25 years, only Hall of Fame inductees Borg and McEnroe can match that, having also won 12 consecutive finals. The first player to win at least two titles in a single season on red clay, grass and hard courts, Federer is also the first player since Borg in 1979 to win on all three surfaces consecutively. He won 11 titles in four separate streaks of four different periods, including a career-best 23 consecutive wins between June 7th and August 1st. Federer's 2004 season kicked off with an opening win at the Australian Open. He lost only two sets en route to winning the title, defeating Hewitt (fourth round), Nalbandian (quarterfinals), Ferrero (semifinals) and Safin (final). Shortly thereafter, he facilitated his first ascent to world No. 1 on February 2, and locked up the year-end No. 1 ranking after winning the U.S. Open on September 13. Federer's loss to Henman in the quarterfinals of the Rotterdam Open on February 20 was his first loss of the season. However, he immediately captured the next two titles on tour, the Dubai Open (beating Lopez) and the Indian Wells Masters (beating Henman).In May, Federer gave one of his most memorable red clay performances at the Hamburg Masters, defeating Gaudio (first round), González (third round), Moya (quarterfinals), Hewitt (semifinals), and Kolya (finals) to claim the final title. of the championship. And his only loss in a Grand Slam occurred at Roland Garros, a third-round loss to Kuerten. He then went on to win a whirlwind run of four titles - the Harry Open (beating Fish), Wimbledon (beating Roddick), his first Swiss Open title (beating Andreev) and the Toronto Masters (beating Roddick).

In 2005, Federer had a record of 81 wins and 4 losses, a mark that was also second only to McEnroe's single-season record of 82 wins and 3 losses. This year Federer got 11 singles titles, including two Grand Slam titles and four Masters Series titles, which is very impressive, and this achievement also made him the world's No. 1 player for the second consecutive year.

In 2006, he lost only five matches, with a record of 92 wins and five losses, and won 12 singles titles.

So far in 2007, he has 69 wins and 9 losses, and has now won 8 singles titles.

After defeating Novak Djokovic 7-6(4)/7-6(2)/6-4 in the men's singles final at the US Open, Federer lifted his fourth consecutive US Open crown, and his 12th Grand Slam title, just two shy of equaling Sampras' record.

After the match, Federer said: "For me, Wimbledon will always come first, but of course the US Open in New York has grown with me over the years, and it's the second most important tournament in my heart, especially after the famous final I played with Agassi in 2005, which I love even more. I realized that this is the biggest venue, the main stadium with 24,000 fans, and it's very tough to win here, which I didn't feel in my early days at the US Open. To be able to win Wimbledon and the US Open back-to-back multiple times has been incredible for myself."

Federer didn't try to cater to the New York fans, the US Open is very modern, very important, very fashionable, but as a king of the "old school" style, he still sees the grass of Wimbledon as his number one tournament, perhaps because of his childhood dream, or because Federer's first Grand Slam title was won there. The first Grand Slam title was won there. The feeling of first love is always unforgettable, 2003 Wimbledon for the first time to get the Grand Slam champion shed tears of happiness Federer may not have thought of the next few years to achieve such a major achievement: 10 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments into the final, 2004, 2006 and 2007 were three Grand Slam champions, 2003 Wimbledon only missed the 2003 U.S. Open, 2004 French Open, 2004 Wimbledon, 2004 Wimbledon, 2004 French Open, 2004 Wimbledon, 2004 French Open, 2004 French Open, 2004 Wimbledon, 2004 Wimbledon and 2004 French Open. After 2003 Wimbledon only missed the 2003 U.S. Open, 2004 French Open, 2005 Australian Open, 2005 French Open, 2006 French Open and 2007 French Open six Grand Slam champions, Federer realized Wimbledon 5 consecutive titles, the U.S. Open 4 consecutive titles, the Australian Open 4 years to get three titles, the fourth consecutive year of Wimbledon + U.S. Open back-to-back champions. From 2003 Wimbledon Federer first tasted the taste of the Grand Slam champion since, only Nalbandian in 03 years of the U.S. Open, Kurten in 04 years of the French Open, Safin in 05 years of the Australian Open, Nadal 05-07 years of the French Open to stop Federer's crazy footsteps to win the title.

Speaking of the record Federer said, "Frankly speaking, I'm now starting to count the record myself, in the beginning I could feel a lot of pressure because at that time I did not take enough number of Grand Slams, and now when I'm getting closer and closer to the record (Sampras 14 Grand Slams) and I think about it that I'm still only 26 years old, I'm more and more convinced that I can break that record." Federer is still making new records as he breaks the records of his predecessors, and what's even scarier is that people still don't know who can stop Federer from continuing to get Grand Slams.

Federer is not a precocious genius, he was 22 years old to get the 2003 Wimbledon title before his best record in the Grand Slam tournament is only two times in the top 8, there are six Grand Slam tournament first round exit experience, but it is these early Grand Slam tournament "frustration education" Federer in 2003, after completing the epiphany more cherish their own. After completing his epiphany, Federer cherished his opportunities, cherished his body, and knew how to realize his domination of the tennis world through his own efforts. After Federer won his first Grand Slam title, the opponents he faced were still tough, including the young and famous Safin, Hewitt and Roddick, Nalbandian who once won 5 consecutive matches against himself, experienced veterans such as Agassi, Kuerten, Henman and Moya, etc., and then in the following years, there were also the impacts of the middle generation of Davydenko, Gonzalez, Yuzny, Robredo and Ljubicicic, etc., and he also faced the impacts of Nadal, Murray and Gaspar. the challenge of new youngsters like Nadal, Murray, Gasquet, Djokovic, Baghdatis and Ancic.

Time to go to 2007 in addition to the red soil on the realization of the French triple crown and cut the power of Nadal, Federer's hard court hegemony to form the biggest impact on the number of Djokovic. Djokovic 07 years Australian net not defeated Federer stopped 16, 07 years French net semifinal not defeated Nadal without a final, 07 years Wimbledon semifinal due to foot injury 1-1 after the withdrawal of not defeated Nadal, 07 years United States net broke into the final, in the first two sets of the two fee 7 set points after regretting the defeat of the king of the ball Federer. Djokovic said: "This is my first Grand Slam tournament, playing in front of 24,000 fans is inevitably a bit of pressure, but I still enjoy the process. Federer many powerful elements also include his willpower, he is the world's number one, he is in every tournament every piece of ground can do very well, he undoubtedly faced a lot of pressure, but to see him dissolve so much pressure is indeed very surprising, he is very talented, and very good use of these advantages, but also he is very hard, he played is incredible tennis. "

Men's Sports Laureus Awards 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Technical ability, Federer is a rare talent in men's tennis in recent years, in terms of his performance data in 2005, his record on hard courts is 50 wins and 1 loss, on clay is 15 wins and 2 losses, on grass is 12 wins and 0 losses, on carpet courts is 4 wins and 1 loss, with a total of 81 wins and 4 losses, of which 15 wins and 2 losses against the world's top 10 ranked players; from the specific Technical session points, Federer's second serve scoring rate reached 59%, topping the list of all players; serve game winning rate (89%) ranked second; opponent's first serve return scoring rate (35%) ranked fourth; total number of aces (599) ranked fifth; first serve scoring rate (76%) and receive game winning rate (31%) were ranked eighth, and the break success rate was ranked fifth (69%); Ninth in success rate in saving break points (64%).

2. Rafael Nadal

Name: Rafael Nadal

Nickname: Bean (Nadal), Rafa

Birthday: June 3, 1986

Nationality: Spain

Place of birth: Manacor, Mallorca. Espana (Mallorca)

Height: 1m85m

Weight: 85kg

Playing: Left-handed

Career: 2001

Best Ranking: 2

Latest Ranking: 2

Championships: Won the 2005 French Open title at the age of 19 years and two days and made it three in a row. Three consecutive titles

The Spanish teenager had a pretty impressive 2005 season, with 33 wins and 6 losses.

This is the best record apart from Federer, who holds a fantastic record of 35 wins and 2 losses. But Nadal made fans around the world watch with rapt attention when he pulled a hard-charging Federer down in the French Open semifinal match of the century this year.

He also became the first left-hander to break into the Top 10 since Chilean Rios in 2000, when he was ranked No. 8, and will be the first young player to do so since Roddick on Aug. 5, 2002, when he was 19 years and 11 months old. He would also be the youngest player to reach the Top 10 since Medvedev, who did so at 18 years and nine months, and Nadal at 18 years and 10 months.

Nadal has also written a bright spot in ATP history with his performance, as he is the 16th left-hander (and youngest left-hander) to reach the Top 10 since 1973, and the 121st (and almost the youngest) to do so.

He was also the 13th Spanish player to reach the Top 10. In addition, his frequent victories on hard courts in the 2005 tournament are changing the image of the Spanish player as a player who is only good on red clay. This time, this young man, who always dresses a bit differently, will bring a fantastic performance to the Chinese audience.

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Grip: left-handed

Turned pro: 2001

Highest singles ranking: 2

Current world ranking: 2

Highest Doubles Ranking: 26

Grand Slam Titles: 3

Singles Titles: 17

Doubles Titles: 3

Professional Record: 257 wins, 67 losses

2005 Record: 79 wins, 10 losses

2006 Record: 35 wins, 3 losses

Present Record: 35 wins, 3 losses

Time: 3 wins, 3 losses Wins 3 Losses

Career Bonus: 14,022,224 (until the end of the 07 season)

Red Clay Winning Streak: 81 matches

Nadal's mentor and idol is the famous Spanish tennis player Carlos Moya, his coach is his uncle Toni, and another of Nadal's uncles is the famous La Liga defender Nadal, and from a very young age, Nadal has been living in a sports home, which has been very helpful to his growth. Very helpful. Nadal started practicing tennis at the age of 4, competed at the age of 8, and in 2001, played soccer as his favorite sport in his spare time. Nadal is the most highly regarded hopeful in today's tennis world. At under 18, Nadal is ranked 20th in the ATP Champions Ranking, 38th in the Points Ranking, and is tipped by many veteran tennis experts to become the world's No. 1.

2001: At the age of 15, Nadal advances to the second round of the Seveille Challenger and becomes a professional this year;

2002: Nadal competes in his first ATP professional tournament, the Mallorca Open, in 2002, where he defeats Paraguayan Delgado in the first round, becoming the ninth teenage prodigy in the history of the sport to win a tour event before his 16th birthday;

Nadal's first professional tournament, the Mallorca Open, is the ninth in the history of the sport. Teenage prodigy;

2003: Reached the top 50 in the world rankings for the first time; qualified for his first Masters tournament, the Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost in the third round to runner-up Argentine Coria;

Missed the French Open because of an elbow injury suffered in training;

Participated in Wimbledon. Nadal, 17, became the youngest man to reach the third round at Wimbledon since 16-year-old Becker did so in 1984;

Made his U.S. debut at the U.S. Open, where he was eliminated in the second round;

2004: Missed the French Open in May because of a left ankle injury;

Made his first ATP Tour appearance in August at the Sopot Tennis Championships, where he defeated Arcasus So in the final to win his first ATP Tour title. Nadal won his first ATP Tour title

December in the Davis Cup final, beating Roddick to help Spain beat the U.S. to win the title, and at 18 years and six months old, Nadal became the youngest singles player to win a Davis Cup final;

2005: January, entered the fourth round of the Australian Open, and went out in a five-set tiebreaker against runner-up Hewitt;

March, reached the final of the Miami Masters, and went out in a five-set tiebreak. Miami Masters final in March, finishing second to world No. 1 Federer in a five-set duel;

After winning two ATP tournaments in El Salvador and Acapulco in April, Nadal beat Coria to win his first career Masters Series trophy in Monte Carlo. He followed that up with a fourth ATP career title in Barcelona.

Nadal won his second Masters Series title in May, beating Kolya in the final of the Rome Masters. Reached his first French Open with an impressive 17 consecutive victories on clay.

June Nadal, who had just turned 19, became the first player to win his debut at the French Open since Sweden's Wilander in 1982, beating unseeded Puerta in the men's singles final.

In November, Nadal, who has already earned enough championship points to qualify for the Shanghai Masters Cup, will be guaranteed a spot in the tournament.

On April 24, 2006, the Monte Carlo Masters, known as the "French Tennis Championships", concluded its final round in Monaco, where the talented Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal defeated the world's No.1 and Swiss champion Federer 6-2/6-7(2)/6-3/7-6(5) by a total score of 6-2/6-7(2)/6-3/7-6(5), winning his most recent match against his opponent. He won three consecutive matches against his rival, while defending his title. Since last year's Monte Carlo Masters, the "Beast of the Red Clay" in Kolya's eyes has now won a staggering 42 consecutive matches on red clay.

Paris, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The men's singles final of the 2006 French Open was a nail-biter between world No. 1 Swiss Federer and No. 2 Spaniard Rafael Nadal. In the end, Nadal defeated Federer 1-6/6-1/6-4/7-6(4) by a total score of 3-1 to defend the French Open title. This was Nadal's 6th victory in 7 meetings with Federer and the 5th consecutive victory, Nadal won all 4 meetings in the 06-07 season. Nadal managed to stop Federer's greatness of winning 4 Grand Slams in 12 months with his 60 consecutive victories in the red clay. Nadal with his own performance to prove himself worthy of the contemporary "king of red soil".

3. Name: Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic

Gender: Male

Nationality: Serbian

Occupation: Tennis player

Birthplace: Belgrade

Permanent residence: Monte Carlo

Date of birth: May 22, 1987

Height: 19.8 cm.

Height: 190cm

Weight: 75kg (80kg)

Grip: Right-handed, two-handed backhand

Turned pro: 2003

Singles titles: 7 (see below)

Doubles titles: 0

Career record: 118-46

07 record: 65 - 46

Total of matches. >07 Record: 65 - 14

07 Championships: 5

08 Record: 11-0

08 Championships: 1

Career Prize Money: $3.213.700

Current World Ranking: 3

(The above information is current as of February 1, 2008, and is subject to updating)

Grand Slams Championships

2008 Australian Open Championships

Dejokovic and Federer's head-to-head record

Time Match Match Winner Score

2008 Australian Open Semi-Finals Djokovic 7-5/6-3/7-6(5)

2007 Montreal Masters Finals Djokovic Novak Djokovic 7-6(2)/2-6/7-6(2)

2007 Dubai Open Quarterfinals Federer 6-3/6-7(6)/6-3

2007 Australian Open Fourth Round Federer 6-2/7-5/6-3

2006 Davis Cup Teams Extra Singles Federer 6-3/6-2/6-3

2006 Monte Carlo Masters p>2006 Monte Carlo Masters First Round Federer 6-3/2-6/6-3

Born on May 22, 1987, Novak Djokovic has almost all the makings of a superstar: at 1.87 meters tall, he is a strong, tenacious and aggressive player.

He was born into a family with a sporting tradition, his father a former Yugoslavian skier. When he was four years old, three tennis courts were built in a hotel owned by his father, which changed the direction of Junior's life.

As a teenager, when Serbia was still the peace state of Serbia and Montenegro***, the Kosovo War led to NATO air strikes on Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia's tennis infrastructure was weak, so in order to play, at age 12, he traveled to Munich, Germany, where he stayed at a tennis academy for two years before returning to Belgrade, where he turned professional at age 16.

Kidd has two younger brothers, Marko and Djordje. Marko was also previously trained in Germany, and he and Junior teamed up for the doubles event at the Croatian Open last year. Little brother Djordje is still studying and training in Belgrade. Junior said, "Both younger brothers want to follow in my footsteps as well, and for them it's nice to have an older brother who is number three in the world because I can give them a lot of help and advice, and on the other hand there's a lot of pressure on both of them because people are expecting both of them to be successful as well."

Djokovic began learning tennis at age 4 and turned pro at 16. He can adapt to all types of surfaces, though his favorite is hardcourt.

He has a powerful backhand return from the baseline, and in 2005, when he was 18 years and five months old, he became the youngest tennis player in Serbian history to break into the ATP world top 100. In 2007, he won the Miami Masters, becoming the youngest hard-court master since the tournament's inception, and in 2007, at the Montreal Masters, he beat the world's top 3 - Roddick, Nadal and Federer - to become the first player in 10 years to beat the world's top 3 at the same tournament, and of course, the only player to beat both Nadal and Federer.

Many professional tennis players are likely to have parents who specialize in sports, such as Agassi's father, who won an Olympic bronze medal in boxing, Kuznetsova's mother, who was a professional cyclist, and Djokovic, who was born into a family with a sporting tradition, with his father having been a skier in the former Yugoslavia. Of course no one in this family played tennis to begin with, and Djokovic says that when he was four years old, three tennis courts were built in a hotel owned by his father, which became the stroke that changed the direction of Junior's life. At the age of seven, with the help of his coach, Jelena Grech, Little made it his life's ambition to become world No. 1, Little said, "I did everything that my coach told me to ask for back then, and she kept telling me I had the talent to be world No. 1, and I believed in her vision, and I still believe in her opinion to this day."

4. Andy Roddick

Andy Roddick

Name: Andy Roddick

Nationality: U.S.A.

Birthday: 1982.8.30

Birthplace: Austin (California, Texas, U.S.A.)

Permanent resident: Renton ( Florida)

Height: 6 feet 2 inches (1.87 m)

Weight: 190 pounds (86 kg)

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Grip: Right-handed

Turned pro: 2000

Highest ranked singles player: 1

Highest ranked title match: 1

Highest ranked doubles player: 87

Singles titles: 11

Doubles titles: 2

Professional records:

410 wins, 130 losses

2007

54 wins, 16 losses

2006

49 wins, 20 losses

2005

59 wins, 14 losses

2004

74 wins, 18 losses

2003

72 wins

19 losses

2002

56 wins

22 losses

2001

42 wins

16 losses

2000

4 wins

5 losses

*As of 2007 April 29

Career Prize Money: $5,141,991

In his first full professional season, the 19-year-old Roddick won three tournaments on the ATP Tour*** and, at the age of 19 years and four months, became the youngest player to reach the top 20 in the ATP's professional rankings since the establishment of the ATP, since Sampras in 1990 himself. He is also the first player since Sampras won four titles in a season at the age of 19 to achieve the same feat at the same age, and it was thought at the time that as Sampras and Agassi were aging and facing a new generation of American tennis, Roddick had already shown a great deal of strength above his peers, which undoubtedly made him the most suitable successor to his two predecessors in the eyes of the people.

Only his second appearance in Melbourne Park's Central Court, Roddick nearly created another miracle at the 2003 Australian Open, defeating Moroccan veteran Ainois in a 300-minute **** 5-set battle in the quarterfinals (the last set went to 21-19), and then failing to cause much trouble for the dark horse Schuettler in the semifinals. Roddick was not able to cause much trouble to the dark horse Schuettler in the semifinals and unfortunately failed to enter his first Grand Slam final. After that, Roddick lost the next two finals in a row, first in Memphis to the same young Dunt, and then in the red clay tournament final in Houston to Agassi, but the French Open before the start of the victory in Austria more or less recovered some of the downward trend of his form, but the first round of the French Open fell to Armenia's Sarkisian's cold, but aggravated the conflict between him and his former coach, Ben Habilis, who is no longer able to do so, but he is not able to do so, so he is not able to do so. But the upset loss to Armenia's Sarsian in the first round of the French Open has intensified his conflict with former coach Benjamin Harbili, who is no longer able to meet the demands of Roddick, who needs to improve.

Gilberto's timely arrival was an opportunity for Roddick to make an immediate impact under the patient guidance of his new coach, and his victory at Queen's Lawn boosted his confidence for Wimbledon, but Roddick, who was overly impatient and unable to control his mental conditioning in the semifinals, ultimately lost to the eventual champion, but this time it was Federer, who was only a year older. This time, however, it was Federer, who was only one year older than himself. After the grass-court season, despite once again missing out on his first Grand Slam trophy, Roddick showed great athleticism in the following North American hard-court season. In addition to a semifinal loss to British veteran Henman in Legemersen, Roddick brought an impressive 20 wins in 21 matches to New York, winning two Masters Series titles, one in Toronto and one in Cincinnati, the last time he achieved such a victory. The last person to achieve such a winning percentage was his teacher Gilberto 20 years ago, though he didn't end up winning the U.S. Open that time, instead making a first-round exit.

The result, as we have seen, was that Roddick cruised past Henman, Ljubicic, Salaita, Mallis, Schalken, and Nalbandian on match point in the semifinals, and then ultimately, in the final, with a flawless performance over Spain's French Open champion Ferrero, a star shone brightly, and in the next 10 years his name will be joined by those of Ferrero, Federer, Hewitt, and others. Federer, Hewitt and Safin in the next 10 years, and will be working hard to usher in another era of men's tennis. At the Masters Cup in Houston, he has already achieved his second goal, to become another American tennis player to claim the honor of being ranked No. 1 at the end of the year, so what will be his next goal? All we can foresee at the moment is that he will once again stand on the court in Melbourne and work towards his unfulfilled dream of winning the Australian Open last year, so let's cheer for Andy!

5. Nikolay Davydenko

Name: Nikolay Davydenko

Gender: Male

Nationality: Russian

Birthday: 2.6.1981

Height: 1.80 m (5 ft. 11 in)

Weight: 69 kg (152 lbs. )

Sport: Tennis

Highlights

Grip: Right-handed

Turned pro: 1999

Current world ranking: No. 4

Number of singles wins: 5

Number of doubles wins: 1

Record to date in 2006: 17 wins, 8 losses

Career record: 157 wins, 140 losses

Total career prize money: ,495,246

Davidenko has continued his usual industriousness during the 2006 season, playing in 32 events this year as of the Paris Masters, and is now No. 3 in the points standings, ahead of Roddick and Ljubicic.

Davidenko This year's Grand Slam results have been average. At the beginning of the year, Davydenko stopped in the last eight of the Australian Open, losing to Federer 4-6 6-3 6-7(7) 6-7(5), but at least he dragged the king into a two-set state of grabbing seven; the French Open also stopped in the last eight, defeating him by Nalbandian; Wimbledon is even more the first round of the first round of the game; the U.S. Open got the best result of this year's Grand Slam, reaching the quarterfinals, and then eliminated in the semifinals by the king of the world, Federer, again.

Davydenko's results in the nine ATP Masters Series tournaments have been equally mediocre, with most of the first eight being eliminated in the first and second rounds. He only reached the third round in Miami and Rome, respectively, and reached the last eight in Hamburg, losing to Ancic in the quarterfinals. But in the final Masters Series event in Paris, with a number of top-10 players absent, Davydenko made it all the way to the final and is on track to win his fifth title of the -06-07 season.

By comparison, Davydenko has a stellar record on tour. *** Won four titles, including: the Kremlin Cup, New Haven, St. Polten, and Sopot, Poland. There were also runner-up finishes in Estoril (to Nalbandian) and Bastad (to Robredo).

Unless it's a life event like getting married late last year, one thing remains constant in the life of never-ending Russian Nikolai Davydenko. He is probably the hardest-running top player in the world. Almost every week, his name appears in an ATP event - big or small, European, North American or Asian - and location is never an issue.

His brother, Edvardo, is still his coach, but since getting married in November 2006, there has been a new addition to the Davydenko team, with his psychiatrist wife, Irina, joining in to follow him around the globe.

Davydenko admits that giving up this gypsy lifestyle was hard for him. Everything he needed, he found in the game of tennis. When his family accompanies him everywhere he competes, Davydenko feels he hardly needs anything else because he and his team are always on an airplane together, flying from one place to the next.

Just hours after losing for the 10th time to world No. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals of the U.S. Open, Davydenko was on his own.

Just hours after losing to world No. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals of the US Open for the 10th time, Davydenko and his gang flew nonstop on time to Beijing, 12 time zones away, and won their first match as the top seed in the Chinese capital on Tuesday.

The only thing that might have slowed Davydenko down was the recent shock of his ambitions and lack of results.

He won five titles on three different surfaces in 2006, including his first ATP Masters Series title in Paris, but this year, until the US Open, which ended two months ago, Davydenko had yet to win a title.

But the lack of titles was more than made up for by a great 2007 Grand Slam season, which saw him reach his second French Open semifinal and his first semifinal in the "New York pressure cooker" at the US Open.

Davydenko will be appearing in Shanghai for the third year in a row, having reached the semifinals there in 2005, but exiting early in 2006 after losing two games in the group stage.

The Russian, who preferred to fight non-stop rather than rest, finished much of the season with a stress fracture in his foot, which he tried to ignore as he kept moving forward with a self-reinforcing mission to play almost every week.

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2005 Elite Eight Final Four Second Round Second Round Final Four

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2007 Elite Eight Elite Four Fourth Round Group Stage