Name – Nikolay Davydenko
Country – Russia
Date of Birth – 2nd June 1981.
Height – 5’10” (178 cm)
Weight – 150 lbs (70 Kg)
Birthplace – Severodonezk, Ukraine
Residence – Volgograd, Russia
Nicknames – Kolya, Iron Man, The Machine
Coach – Eduard Davydenko, who is also his brother.
Fitness Coach - Rolf Shaaf
Turned Pro – 1999
Hand – Right handed (two-handed backhand)
Hobbies – Going for fishing, bicycling, playing hockey and soccer.
Favorite surface – hard and clay court.
Strength on court – quickness. Can hit great angles and is very consistent off both the wings.
Weakness – Serve.
Former Idols - Ivan Lendl and Yannick Noah
Favorite band - Guns N' Roses.
Languages – English, German, Russian.
Racquet - Prince Ozone. Will be shifting to Dunlop racquets soon.
Clothing – Airness. Will be shifting to Dunlop apparels soon.
Shoes – Asics.
Grand Slam Titles – 0, best result at grand slam – French Open semis (2005, 2007)
Tournament Titles Singles – 20
Tournament Titles Doubles – 1

Relationships –

Father – Vladimir Davydenko.
Mother – Tatjana.
Brother – Eduard Davydenko, who is also his coach. He was a much talented player himself and has been a big influence in Nikolay’s career.
Wife – Irina.

Achievements –
Davydenko started playing tennis at the age of just 7 with his older brother Eduard. In 2000, he played in the Futures Tour, where he won 1 title and reached the finals of 3 other tournaments. His ATP debut was at Amsterdam where he reached the semi-finals. He has a 13-8 Davis Cup record in singles in 15 ties.

Name – Marin Cilic
Country – Croatia
Date of Birth – 28th September 1988.
Height – 6’6” (198 cm)
Weight – 180 lbs (82 Kg)
Birthplace – Medjugorje, BIH
Residence – Monte Carlo, Monaco
Nickname - Mrnja
Coach – Bob Brett
Fitness Coach - Ljubo Antekolovic
Turned Pro – 2005
Hand – Right handed (two-handed backhand)
Hobbies – playing football. His favorite teams include AC Milan and Croatia. Robinho and Kaka are his favorite football players.
Racquet - Head YOUTEK Radical Midplus.
Apparels – Fila.
Shoes - Fila Alfa Mens Tennis shoes.
Other sports – Likes playing soccer.
Idol - Goran Ivanisevic and Ivan Ljubicic.
Favorite surface – grass court and hard court. He believes that his style of play and height suits these 2 courts.
Favorite shot - backhand.
Practice location - Bob Brett Academy in San Remo which is located near French-Italian border.
Grand Slam Titles – 0, best Grand Slam result, Australian Open finals (2010)
Tournament Titles Singles – 5
Tournament Titles Doubles – 0

Relationships –

Father – Zdenko
Mother – Koviljka
Brothers – Has 3 brothers – one younger brother Mile, who is 14 years old, and two elder brothers, Vinko and Goran who are 25 and 22 years old respectively.

Achievements –
Marin began playing tennis at the age of 7 with his cousin Tanja, who lived in Germany. Tanja used to come to Marin’s place in summers. Marin finished as World No.2 in juniors in 2005 winning 4 International juniors titles which included Roland Garros. He also reached the quarter-finals of three other Grand Slams.
Cilic enjoyed success in doubles as well, winning 3 junior titles in 5 finals.

Name – Juan Martin Del Potro.
Country – Argentina.
Date of Birth – 23rd September 1988.
Height – 6’6” (198 cm)
Weight – 180 lbs (83 Kg)
Birthplace – Tandil, Argentina
Residence – Tandil, Argentina.
Nicknames - Delpo, la torre de Tandil (Tandil's tower), Enano, Palito
Coach – Marcelo Gomez
Fitness trainer - Martiniano Orazi
Turned Pro – 2005
Hand – Right handed (two-handed backhand)
Other sports – Enjoys playing football.
Languages – Spanish, some Italian and English.
Other sports – Likes playing soccer.
Del Potro says that if he was not a tennis player, he would be an architect.
Favorite surface – Hardcourts.
Racquet - Wilson BLX Pro Tour Racquet.
Sponsor – Nike.
Shoes - Nike Breathe Cage II.
Childhood idol – Pete Sampras and admires Marat Safin.
Playing style – Del Potro is an offensive baseline player with powerful serve and topspin groundstrokes.
Favorite shot – forehand.
Favorite clubs – Del Potro is a big supporter of Boca Juniors soccer team in Argentina and Juventus in Italy.
Grand Slam Titles – 1, US Open (2009)
Tournament Titles Singles – 7
Tournament Titles Doubles – 1

Relationships –

Father – Daniel Del Potro is a veterinarian and played semi-professional rugby union in Argentina.
Mother – Patricia is a teacher.
Sister - younger sister named Julieta.

Achievements –
In 2002, Del Potro won Orange Bowl 14s title and played the last juniors tournament at Roland Garros in 2005. He was a runner-up in back to back tennis tournaments at junior level which were held in Mexico and Costa Rico. Besides Nadal, Del Potro is the only player to defeat Roger Federer in the Grand Slam finals, where he won the US Open. He is also the only player to defeat Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the same tournament. In 2009, he finished in the Top 10 and was the youngest player in the top 10 list.

Name – Fernando Verdasco
Country – Spain
Date of Birth – 15th November 1983.
Height – 6’2” (188 cm)
Weight – 179 lbs (81 Kg)
Birthplace – Madrid, Spain
Residence – Madrid, Spain
Coach – Juan Luis Tati Rascon.
Fitness Coach - Vicente Calvo.
Turned Pro – 2001
Hand – Left handed (two-handed backhand)
Favorite soccer team – Real Madrid.
Favorite holiday destination – Miami.
Playing style – Fernando is an offensive baseline player and his style of play makes him comfortable on all surfaces.
Best shot – forehand.
Racquet - Tecnifibre TFight 325 and recently switched to Dunlop.
Shoes – Adidas.
Clothing – Adidas.
Grand Slam Titles – 0, best Grand Slam result, Australian Open semi-finals (2009)
Tournament Titles Singles – 5
Tournament Titles Doubles – 1

Relationships –

Father – Jose Verdasco,
Mother – Olga.
Fernando’s parents own a restaurant in Madrid.
Sisters – Fernando has 2 sisters- Sara and Ana.
Close friend – Fernando Lopez, who is also a pro tennis player on the ATP Tour.

Achievements –

Verdasco started playing tennis at the age of 4 years, and he practiced with his father on the 2 hard courts located in the backyard of their family home. Fernando won his first Futures category title in 2002 in Spain F1 and was runner-up in Spain F3.