Profiles of the top Women’s Singles contenders for the 2013 French Open. Note: Grand Slam records for main draw matches only. – by Jack Cunniff http://twitter.com/jrcunniff
2013 Record: 36-2
Grand Slam Record: 229-35
French Open Record: 39-10
French Open Best Result: W (2002)
Fast Fact: Serena’s last loss on clay to a Top Ten player was in the 2010 French Open (QF, loss to Stosur).
2013 Record: 30-4
Grand Slam Record: 142-35
French Open Record: 37-9
French Open Best Result: W (2012)
Fast Fact: This is Sharapova’s first Grand Slam title defense since the 2007 U.S. Open, having skipped the 2009 Australian Open due to injury.
3. Victoria Azarenka
2013 Record: 22-2
Grand Slam Record: 80-27
French Open Record: 14-7
French Open Best Result: QF (2009, ‘11)
Fast Fact: Three of Azarenka’s last four Grand Slam losses have come against Serena Williams.
2013 Record: 24-7
Grand Slam Record: 67-27
French Open Record: 12-6
French Open Best Result: 4R (2008, ‘09, ‘12)
Fast Fact: Radwanska’s 2013 campaign stands at 23-5 on hard courts, and 1-2 on clay courts.
5. Sara Errani
2013 Record: 31-13
Grand Slam Record: 32-22
French Open Record: 7-5
French Open Best Result: RU (2012)
Fast Fact: Errani has 39 WTA match wins on clay since the start of 2012, more than any other woman during that span.
6. Na Li
2013 Record: 21-6
Grand Slam Record: 71-26
French Open Record: 19-5
French Open Best Result: W (2011)
Fast Fact: Li has scored wins over all seven active women to be ranked No. 1 by the WTA (S. Williams, Sharapova, Azarenka, Wozniacki, Ivanovic, Jankovic, V. Williams).
7. Petra Kvitova
2013 Record: 25-12
Grand Slam Record: 46-18
French Open Record: 11-4
French Open Best Result: SF (2012)
Fast Fact: Among Top Ten players, Kvitova has the best record in tour finals (10-3, 76.9%).
8. Angelique Kerber
2013 Record: 21-11
Grand Slam Record: 29-21
French Open Record: 5-5
French Open Best Result: QF (2012)
Fast Fact: Twenty-two of Kerber’s 29 Grand Slam match wins (76%) have come in her last 6 Slam appearances.
9. Samantha Stosur
2013 Record: 14-11
Grand Slam Record: 60-38
French Open Record: 22-9
French Open Best Result: RU (2010)
Fast Fact: Stosur’s last career title was the 2011 U.S. Open.
10. Caroline Wozniacki
2013 Record: 16-13
Grand Slam Record: 64-24
French Open Record: 12-6
French Open Best Result: QF (2010)
Fast Fact: In 2013, Wozniacki has lost her opening round match at six tournaments, more than she did in all of 2012 (5 opening round losses).
11. Nadia Petrova
2013 Record: 9-9
Grand Slam Record: 109-51
French Open Record: 24-12
French Open Best Result: SF (2003, ‘05)
Fast Fact: By winning only two games in her loss to Date Krumm in 1R of 2013 Australian Open, Petrova tied her worst ever Slam result (4R of 2001 Wimbledon, loss to Venus Williams) .
14. Ana Ivanovic
2013 Record: 18-10
Grand Slam Record: 82-32
French Open Record: 25-7
French Open Best Result: W (2008)
Fast Fact: Statistically, the French Open is Ivanovic’s best Slam overall (78% win pct), but her worst in the past 3 years (50% win pct).
30. Venus Williams
2013 Record: 10-4
Grand Slam Record: 214-50
French Open Record: 41-15
French Open Best Result: RU (2002)
Fast Fact: This is Venus’ 59th Grand Slam appearance, tying her for 5th place all time in the Open Era.
uns. Svetlana Kuznetsova
2013 Record: 22-10
Grand Slam Record: 121-40
French Open Record: 37-9
French Open Best Result: W (2009)
Fast Fact: Kuznetsova is tied with Sharapova for the best winning percentage at Roland Garros (80.4%) among all active players.