(May 23, 2015) Profiles of the top Women’s Singles contenders for the 2015 French Open. Note: Grand Slam records for main draw matches only. – by Jack Cunniff http://twitter.com/jrcunniff
2015 Record: 25-1
Grand Slam Record: 266-39
French Open Record: 47-11
French Open Best Result: Won (2002, ‘13)
Fast Fact: Serena’s record in the opening two rounds of a Grand Slam event is 112-3 (97%), but in the last three years of Roland Garros, that record is 1-2 (33%), losing to Razzano in 1R of 2012 and Muguruza in 2R of 2014.
2015 Record: 26-5
Grand Slam Record: 171-41
French Open Record: 50-10
French Open Best Result: Won (2012, ‘14)
Fast Fact: Only two players in the draw have defeated Sharapova at Roland Garros (S. Williams, Ivanovic).
Simona Halep
2015 Record: 29-6
Grand Slam Record: 31-19
French Open Record: 7-5
French Open Best Result: RU (2014)
Fast Fact: In her career, Halep has only defeated two Top Ten players on clay (No. 4 Radwanska, 2013 Rome; No. 6 Kvitova, 2014 Madrid).
Petra Kvitova
2015 Record: 21-6
Grand Slam Record: 67-25
French Open Record: 15-6
French Open Best Result: SF (2012)
Fast Fact: Outside of Wimbledon, Kvitova hasn’t reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam event since the 2012 U.S. Open.
Caroline Wozniacki
2015 Record: 23-10
Grand Slam Record: 80-32
French Open Record: 13-8
French Open Best Result: QF (2010)
Fast Fact: Wozniacki has been past the third round of the French Open only once (2010).
Eugenie Bouchard
2015 Record: 7-9
Grand Slam Record: 27-8
French Open Record: 6-5
French Open Best Result: SF (2014)
Fast Fact: All of Bouchard’s Grand Slam losses have been to players ranked in the Top 20.
Ana Ivanovic
2015 Record: 11-9
Grand Slam Record: 98-40
French Open Record: 30-9
French Open Best Result: Won (2008)
Fast Fact: In 2014, Ivanovic lost her opening match only once, in September at Wuhan; through the first five months of 2015, Ivanovic has lost her opening match on three occasions.
Carla Suarez Navarro
2015 Record: 31-10
Grand Slam Record: 45-25
French Open Record: 15-6
French Open Best Result: QF (2008, ‘14)
Fast Fact: Suarez Navarro’s record vs. Top Ten opponents in 2015 is 9-6 (60%); prior to 2015 it was 11-33 (25%).
Ekaterina Makarova
2015 Record: 15-9
Grand Slam Record: 53-30
French Open Record: 6-7
French Open Best Result: 4R (2011)
Fast Fact: Makarova is the only woman who has reached at least the quarterfinals in the last three Grand Slam events.
Andrea Petkovic
2015 Record: 16-9
Grand Slam Record: 32-21
French Open Record: 11-4
French Open Best Result: SF (2014)
Fast Fact: Petkovic won five matches en route to the semifinals of Roland Garros last year, which accounts for half of her ten Grand Slam match victories since 2012.
Angelique Kerber
2015 Record: 23-11
Grand Slam Record: 48-29
French Open Record: 11-7
French Open Best Result: QF (2012)
Fast Fact: Kerber has never defeated a higher-ranked opponent at Roland Garros.
Karolina Pliskova
2015 Record: 29-10
Grand Slam Record: 8-11
French Open Record: 1-3
French Open Best Result: 2R (2012)
Fast Fact: Pliskova has never advanced past the third round at a Grand Slam event.
Lucie Safarova
2015 Record: 16-10
Grand Slam Record: 42-39
French Open Record: 11-10
French Open Best Result: 4R (2007, ’14)
Fast Fact: Since 2014, Safarova has a winning record of 13-5 (72%) in Grand Slam events; prior to 2014, it was 29-34 (46%).
Agnieszka Radwanska
2015 Record: 15-12
Grand Slam Record: 93-35
French Open Record: 18-8
French Open Best Result: QF (2013)
Fast Fact: Seeded 14th for Roland Garros, it’s Radwanska’s lowest seed in a Grand Slam event since 2008 Wimbledon, having been seeded higher in the last 26 Slams.
2015 Record: 20-6
Grand Slam Record: 225-58
French Open Record: 42-17
French Open Best Result: RU (2002)
Fast Fact: Venus has won 20 matches this year entering the French Open, her best start to a season since 2010 (26-4), when she was ranked No. 2.
Madison Keys
2015 Record: 15-8
Grand Slam Record: 15-11
French Open Record: 1-2
French Open Best Result: 2R (2013)
Fast Fact: Keys has won more than half of her career Grand Slam victories (8 of 15) in her last three Grand Slam events.