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Age: 19 Height: 5'11" Weight: 145 Plays: Right

Lleyton Hewitt Singles Ranking: 6 Doubles Ranking: 20 2000 Davis Cup Record: 5-1 Scouting Report: In just his second year playing Davis Cup, has been instrumental in leading Australia to its second straight final; has compiled a 5-1 record in Davis Cup this year, including two wins in the semifinals against Brazil; made an impressive Davis Cup debut last year as Mark Philippoussis' replacement in the quarterfinals against the United States and beat Todd Martin in four sets to give his team a 1-0 edge; became a national hero when he beat Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov in last year's semifinals at Brisbane, Australia, but posted Australia's only two losses in the final against France; won four ATP Tour titles this year to qualify for his first Tennis Masters Cup, although he battled a mysterious illness late in the season; makes up for a lack of height with excellent quickness and extreme competitiveness.

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Age: 27 Height: 6'1" Weight: 175 Plays: Right

Patrick Rafter Singles Ranking: 15 Doubles Ranking: 121 2000 Davis Cup Record: 3-0 Scouting Report: Two-time U.S. Open champion appears to be back at full strength after struggling early in the season while recovering from rotator cuff surgery, which forced him to miss last year's Davis Cup semifinals and final; reached the final at Wimbledon, won the Heineken Trophy event in the Netherlands and was runner-up at Lyon, France last month; saw his first Davis Cup action of the year in the quarterfinals against Germany and teamed with Mark Woodforde to pull out a five-set victory in doubles; won both his singles matches in the semifinal sweep of Brazil, including a straight-sets win over world No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten; posted two singles wins in the quarterfinals against the United States last year; has played Davis Cup every year since 1994.

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Age: 35 Height: 6'2" Weight: 175 Plays: Left

Mark Woodforde Singles Ranking: 323 Doubles Ranking: 1 2000 Davis Cup Record: 2-0 Scouting Report: One of the world's premier doubles players will be calling it a career after playing in his third career Davis Cup final, but first without long-time partner Todd Woodbridge; clinched this year's Davis Cup quarterfinal and semifinal victories over Germany and Brazil, respectively, with five-set doubles wins; ended his partnership with Woodbridge after winning the doubles silver medal at the Olympics, and will team with Sandon Stolle this weekend; was a member of the 1993 Davis Cup team that lost to Germany in the final; gave Australia a 2-1 lead in last year's final against France by teaming with Woodbridge to win their doubles match.

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Age: 30 Height: 5'11" Weight: 170 Plays: Right

Sandon Stolle Singles Ranking: 1343 Doubles Ranking: 3 2000 Davis Cup Record: 1-1 Scouting Report: The son of former Australian Davis Cup player Fred Stolle recorded his first Davis Cup doubles win in the semifinals against Brazil, teaming with Mark Woodforde for the clinching five-set win; made his Davis Cup debut in 1997 in a dead rubber, but did not play Davis Cup again until last year's quarterfinals against the United States, when he and Woodforde lost to Pete Sampras and Alex O'Brien; partnered Woodforde again in the semifinals against Russia but lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy; teamed with Wayne Arthurs in the first round against Switzerland, but lost in four sets to Roger Federer and Lorenzo Manta.

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