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MEN'S SEEDS	WOMEN'S SEEDS
- Pick a Seed - 1) Gustavo Kuerten 2) Andre Agassi 3) Marat Safin 4) Lleyton Hewitt 5) Juan Carlos Ferrero 6) Patrick Rafter 7) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 8) Sebastien Grosjean 9) Tim Henman 10) Pete Sampras 11) Alex Corretja 12) Arnaud Clement 13) Roger Federer 14) Thomas Johansson 15) Goran Ivanisevic 16) Tommy Haas	- Pick a Seed - 1) Martina Hingis 2) Jennifer Capriati 3) Lindsay Davenport 4) Venus Williams 5) Kim Clijsters 6) Justine Henin 7) Monica Seles 8) Amelie Mauresmo 9) Nathalie Tauziat 10) Serena Williams 11) Elena Dementieva 12) Meghann Shaughnessy 13) Amanda Coetzer 14) Jelena Dokic 15) Magdalena Maleeva 16) Silvia Farina Elia

 

Birthdate: Sep. 30, 1980 Nationality: Switzerland Height: 5'7" Weight: 130 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 38

Martina Hingis (1) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Semifinals: lost to Serena Williams, 6-3, 6-2 Quarterfinals: def. Daja Bedanova, 6-2, 6-0 Fourth Round: def. Jelena Dokic, 6-4, 6-0 Third Round: def. Iva Majoli, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) Second Round: def. Lina Krasnoroutskaya, 6-0, 6-2 First Round: def. Laura Granville, 6-2, 6-0 Scouting Report Has not won a Grand Slam title since the 1999 Australian Open but has remained the world's No. 1 player; lost to Jennifer Capriati in Melbourne and Roland Garros, falling in the final of the Australian Open and the semifinals at the French Open; suffered a shocking first-round loss to Virginia Ruano Pascual at Wimbledon; won three titles this season but none since capturing back-to-back Middle Eastern events at Qatar and Dubai in February; also was a runner-up at the Pan Pacific Open and the Family Circle Cup; is 56-12 this season, going 39-6 on hard courts; reached consecutive semifinals at the Acura Classic and estyle.com Classic this summer; also advanced to back-to-back hardcourt semifinals during the spring season; withdrew from her last warm-up event before the U.S. Open two weeks ago at Toronto due to a recurring stress reaction to her left foot; has reached at least the semifinals her last five visits to the U.S. Open, winning in 1997 and is 32-5 at Flushing Meadow.

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Birthdate: Mar. 29, 1976 Nationality: United States Height: 5'8 1/2" Weight: 135 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 12

Jennifer Capriati (2) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Semifinals: lost to Venus Williams, 6-4, 6-2 Quarterfinals: def. Amelie Mauresmo, 6-3, 6-4 Fourth Round: def. Barbara Schett, 6-3, 6-3 Third Round: def. Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6-4, 6-4 Second Round: def. Evie Dominikovic, 6-2, 6-0 First Round: def. Amanda Hopmans, 6-2, 6-1 Scouting Report Won the Australian and French Opens to become the first woman to claim the first two legs of the Grand Slam since Monica Seles won in Melbourne and Paris in 1992; had her dream of becoming the first woman to win the Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988 come to an end when she lost to Justine Henin in three sets in the semifinals at Wimbledon; attempting to claim three of the four majors in a single calendar year since Martina Hingis did it in 1997; also won the Family Circle Cup at Charleston, South Carolina in April; was a finalist at four other events, including hardcourt tournaments at Oklahoma City in February, the Ericsson Open at Miami in April and the Rogers AT&T Cup at Toronto last week; has advanced to the semifinals at this week's event at New Haven; made her U.S. Open debut with a fourth-round showing in 1990 and advanced to the U.S. Open semifinals at age 15 in 1991; has reached the fourth round in New York the last two years.

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Birthdate: Jun. 8, 1976 Nationality: United States Height: 6'1 1/2" Weight: 175 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 34

Lindsay Davenport (3) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Quarterfinals: lost to Serena Williams, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 7-5 Fourth Round: def. Elena Likhovtseva, 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 Third Round: def. Angeles Montolio, 6-3, 6-2 Second Round: def. Emilie Loit, 6-0, 6-2 First Round: def. Andrea Glass, 6-2, 6-3 Scouting Report Captured her first career Grand Slam title here in 1998, becoming the first American-born female to win the U.S. Open since Chris Evert in 1982; reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, losing to Jennifer Capriati and Venus Williams, respectively; missed the French Open with a right knee bruise suffered at the Ericsson Open in March; won four titles this season, taking hardcourt events at Pan Pacific Open, State Farm Classic and the estyle.com Classic two weeks ago; withdrew from last week's tournament in Toronto with recurring left wrist tendinitis; is 33-9 at the U.S. Open, losing to Williams in the final of last year's edition.

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Birthdate: Jun. 17, 1980 Nationality: United States Height: 6'1" Weight: 160 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 19

Venus Williams (4) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Finals: def. Serena Williams, 6-2, 6-4 Semifinals: def. Jennifer Capriati, 6-4, 6-2 Quarterfinals: def. Kim Clijsters, 6-3, 6-1 Fourth Round: def. Sandrine Testud, 6-4, 6-0 Third Round: def. Lisa Raymond, 6-3, 6-4 Second Round: def. Melien Tu, 6-2, 6-2 First Round: def. Lenka Dlhopolcova, 6-2, 6-3 Scouting Report Successfully defended her Wimbledon crown in July to capture her third Grand Slam title; her first victory at the All-England Club last year was the beginning of a dominating stretch during which she won the U.S. Open and the Olympic gold medal along with three other tournaments; fell short in her bid for a third straight Grand Slam title when she suffered a humiliating 6-1, 6-1 loss to Martina Hingis in the Australian Open semifinals; stirred up controversy at the Tennis Masters Series event in Indian Wells when she pulled out of her semifinal encounter with sister Serena at the last minute with a knee injury; came back to defeat Jennifer Capriati for the Ericsson Open title; opened her claycourt season with a dominating run to the title at Hamburg, dropping a total of 12 games; lost in the first round at the French Open for her first opening-round exit at a Grand Slam since falling in the first round at Wimbledon in 1997; won the Acura Classic earlier this month; has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pilot Pen Tennis event in New Haven this week; became the first woman to reach the final of the U.S. Open in her debut since Pam Shriver in 1978 when she lost to Martina Hingis in 1997; also reached the semifinals at Flushing Meadow twice.

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Birthdate: Jun. 8, 1983 Nationality: Belgium Height: 5'8 1/2" Weight: 151 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 4

Kim Clijsters (5) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Quarterfinals: lost to Venus Williams, 6-3, 6-1 Fourth Round: def. Elena Dementieva, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 Third Round: def. Henrietta Nagyova, 6-3, 7-5 Second Round: def. Allison Bradshaw, 6-3, 6-2 First Round: def. Pavlina Nola, 6-1, 6-1 Scouting Report Became the first Belgian to play in a Grand Slam final at the French Open; performance in Paris was a surprise, having entered the event on a three-match losing streak; advanced to the final at the Tennis Masters Series event in Indian Wells before losing to Serena Williams in a hotly contest final; was runner-up at the Netherlands on grass; reached the semifinals at Croatian Bol Open and the quarterfinals at the State Farm Classic; reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and produced a fourth-round effort at the Australian Open and Ericsson Open; claimed her first title of the year at Stanford in July; is currently ranked a career-high No. 5; won her first singles title as a 16-year-old in 1999 and added two more last year to qualify for her first Chase Championships; has moved into the semifinals this week of the Pilot Pen Tennis event in New Haven; has not made it out of the third round in two appearances at the U.S. Open.

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Birthdate: Jun. 1, 1982 Nationality: Belgium Height: 5'5 3/4" Weight: 126 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 4

Justine Henin (6) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Fourth Round: lost to Serena Williams, 7-5, 6-0 Third Round: def. Miroslava Vavrinec, 6-3, 6-2 Second Round: def. Patty Schnyder, 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4 First Round: def. Marissa Irvin, 6-3, 6-3 Scouting Report Is enjoying the best season of her career; got off to a torrid start in the Australian hardcourt season by winning back-to-back titles at Gold Coast and Canberra; won 13 straight matches before losing to Monica Seles in the fourth round of the Australian Open; reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open, falling to countrywoman Kim Clijsters; was a semifinalist at Estoril, Portugal and Berlin and reached the quarterfinals at Hamburg, Germany; won her first grasscourt event in the Netherlands before appearing in her first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon; reached the quarterfinals last week in Toronto in her first tournament during the summer hardcourt season; reached the fourth round of the U.S. Open last year.

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Birthdate: Dec. 2, 1973 Nationality: United States Height: 5'10 1/2" Weight: 155 Plays: Left-handed Titles: 48

Monica Seles (7) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Fourth Round: lost to Daja Bedanova, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Third Round: def. Eleni Danilidou, 6-2, 6-3 Second Round: def. Evgenia Koulikovskaya, 6-1, 6-4 First Round: def. Nicole Pratt, 6-1, 6-2 Scouting Report The former world No. 1 is playing some of her best tennis of the season, reaching consecutive finals at the the Acura Classic at San Diego and the estyle.com Classic at Los Angeles; also advanced to the semifinals at the Bank of West Classic at Stanford and the Rogers AT&T Cup in Toronto this summer; won only title of the year at the IGA U.S. Indoors at Oklahoma City in February; missed the French Open and Wimbledon with a foot injury; was a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open in her only Grand Slam action this year; won the U.S. Open in 1991 and 1992 and reached the final in 1995 and 1996; has advanced to the quarterfinals the last four years; has captured nine Grand Slam titles.

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Birthdate: Jul. 5, 1979 Nationality: France Height: 5'9" Weight: 142 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 6

Amelie Mauresmo (8) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Quarterfinals: lost to Jennifer Capriati, 6-3, 6-4 Fourth Round: def. Nathalie Tauziat, 6-0, 6-7 (1), 6-3 Third Round: def. Chanda Rubin, 7-5, 7-5 Second Round: def. Janette Husarova, 7-6 (6), 6-2 First Round: def. Anastasia Myskina, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 Scouting Report Played like the best player in the world heading into the French Open, collecting a WTA Tour-leading four titles and compiling a 3-13 record, but was ousted in the first round at Roland Garros by Jana Kandarr and in the third round at Wimbledon by Tamarine Tanasugarn; after losing to Venus Williams in the fourth round at the Australian Open, put together a 16-match winning streak, which included titles at Paris and Nice in her native France and the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Florida; lost to top-ranked Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals at the Family Circle Cup but avenged that defeat by beating her in the semifinals en route to the German Open title; defeated Hingis again in the Italian Open semifinals before falling to Yugoslavian teenager Jelena Dokic in the final; reached the quarterfinals this week at New Haven; did not play the U.S. Open last year after advancing to the fourth round in 1999.

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Birthdate: Oct. 17, 1967 Nationality: France Height: 5'5" Weight: 139 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 8

Nathalie Tauziat (9) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Fourth Round: lost to Amelie Mauresmo, 6-0, 6-7 (1), 6-3 Third Round: def. Jana Nejedly, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Second Round: def. Katarina Srebotnik, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 First Round: def. Cara Black, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Scouting Report Veteran is in the midst of playing a limited schedule in 2001; won her eighth career title and first since the Open GAZ de France in February 2000 when she captured the DFS Classic in Birmingham in July; notched her 108th career grasscourt victory, the most of any active player, behind only Martina Navratilova (309), Chris Evert (207), Pam Shriver (188) and Helena Sukova (125); missed the Australian hardcourt season before reaching the semifinals at the Open Gaz de France in her first event in February; was runner-up at Dubai and semifinalist at the Strasbourg International; has reached the quarterfinals or better in her last four events -- Wimbledon, the Acura Classic, estyle.com Classic, and this week's Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven; will participate in her 16th U.S. Open next week, with last year's quarterfinal finish her best result; reached only Grand Slam final at Wimbledon in 1998.

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Birthdate: Sep. 26, 1981 Nationality: United States Height: 5'10" Weight: 145 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 10

Serena Williams (10) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Finals: lost to Venus Williams, 6-2, 6-4 Semifinals: def. Martina Hingis, 6-3, 6-2 Quarterfinals: def. Lindsay Davenport, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 7-5 Fourth Round: def. Justine Henin, 7-5, 6-0 Third Round: def. Martina Sucha, 6-1, 6-0 Second Round: def. Denisa Chladkova, 6-1, 6-1 First Round: def. Anca Barna, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Scouting Report Has been plagued by lingering knee problems and fatigue for portions of the season; has played in just eighth tournaments this year; lost to Martina Hingis in an epic quarterfinal match at the Australian Open; was embroiled in controversy at the Tennis Masters Series event in Indian Wells when sister Venus withdrew from their semifinal clash at the last minute due to a knee injury; overcame the boos of the crowd during the final to defeat Kim Clijsters; lost to Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals at the Ericsson Open, the French Open and Wimbledon; advanced to the quarterfinals this summer at the estyle.com Classic before winning her second title of the year at the Rogers AT&T Cup, defeating Capriati in the final; claimed her only Grand Slam crown at the U.S. Open in 1999, upending No. 1 Martina Hingis, No. 2 Lindsay Davenport and No. 4 Monica Seles; was the lowest seed to win the women's title at Flushing Meadow in the Open Era; reached the quarterfinals in New York last year.

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Birthdate: Oct. 15, 1981 Nationality: Russia Height: 5'11" Weight: 142 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 0

Elena Dementieva (11) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Fourth Round: lost to Kim Clijsters, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 Third Round: def. Anke Huber, 6-3, 7-5 Second Round: def. Karina Habsudova, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-0 First Round: def. Yoon Jeong Cho, 6-3, 7-5 Scouting Report Russian teenager has found it hard to duplicate surprising results of 2000, when she reached her first career Grand Slam semifinal at the U.S. Open, won the silver medal at the Olympics and advanced to the semifinals at the Chase Championships; missed much of the claycourt season with a partial tear of her left plantar fascia tendon; returned to post a second-round showing at the French Open; reached her first career WTA Tour final at the Mexican Open; was a semifinalist at the Ericsson Open and a quarterfinalist at Indian Wells; lost in the third round at Wimbledon; a quarterfinal effort at the estyle.com Classic was best result of a disappointing summer hardcourt season.

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Birthdate: April 13, 1979 Nationality: United States Height: 5'11" Weight: 139 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 1

Meghann Shaughnessy (12) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Third Round: lost to Daja Bedanova, 6-4, 6-1 Second Round: def. Asa Carlsson, 7-6 (4), 6-3 First Round: def. Rita Grande, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2) Scouting Report Having her best season on the WTA Tour, reaching two finals and jumping from No. 39 to a career-best No. 12 in the rankings; lost to Lindsay Davenport in the final of the State Farm Classic and was runner-up to Venus Williams at the Betty Barclay Cup on clay; also was a quarterfinalist on clay at the Bausch & Lomb Championships and the Strasbourg International; lost in the second round at the Australian Open but reached her first Grand Slam fourth round at the French Open and duplicated the feat at Wimbledon; upset Williams in the quarterfinals before losing to Kim Clijsters in the semifinals at the Bank of West Classic in July; added a quarterfinal effort in Toronto before losing in the first round this week in New Haven; reached the third round at the U.S. Open last year after posting three first-round exits in her only other visits to Flushing Meadow.

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Birthdate: Oct. 22, 1971 Nationality: South Africa Height: 5'2" Weight: 120 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 8

Amanda Coetzer (13) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D First Round: lost to Barbara Schwartz, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 Scouting Report Diminutive South African snapped a seven-match losing streak at the U.S. Open last year by reaching the quarterfinals; captured the Mexican Open and was runner-up at the Bausch & Lomb Championships; also reached the semifinals at the Betty Barclay Cup and the quarterfinals at the Family Circle Cup and German Open; advanced to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open before losing a tight three-set match to Venus Williams; lost in the third round at the French Open; has not advanced passed the third round at her last six tournaments.

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Birthdate: Apr. 12, 1983 Nationality: Yugoslavia Height: 5'6" Weight: 126 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 1

Jelena Dokic (14) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Fourth Round: lost to Martina Hingis, 6-4, 6-0 Third Round: def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, 6-4, 7-5 Second Round: def. Lilia Osterloh, 6-3, 6-3 First Round: def. Adriana Serra-Zanetti, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Scouting Report Won her first career title at the Italian Open; has had to deal with off-the-court antics of her father, Damir, who was banned from all WTA Tour events for a six-month period starting last October following a series of bizarre incidents; had been playing for Australia before claiming citizenship in her birth country of Yugoslavia last November; reached the quarterfinals at the Ericsson Open and the semifinals at the Betty Barclay Cup, losing to Venus Williams both times; also was a semifinalist at 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands; failed to advance out of the third round at five consecutive events before reaching the quarterfinals this week in New Haven; reached the fourth round at the U.S. Open last year, when her father threw a plate of food at a tournament worker and was escorted off the grounds by security guards.

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Birthdate: Apr. 1, 1975 Nationality: Bulgaria Height: 5'6 1/4" Weight: 126 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 8

Magdalena Maleeva (15) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D Second Round: lost to Alicia Molik, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 First Round: def. Kveta Hrdlickova, 6-2, 6-1 Scouting Report Brings a three-match losing streak into the U.S. Open, where her best result was a quarterfinal finish in 1992; has made it back from shoulder surgery and a broken arm to climb to No. 13 in the WTA rankings (down to No. 15 this week); has compiled a 25-17 record this season, taking the title at the Budapest Open on clay and finishing runner-up at Nice, France; also reached the semifinals at Tokyo and the Open Gaz de France in Paris; lost in the first round at both the Australian and French Opens, but made it through to the fourth round at Wimbledon; is one of three Maleeva sisters to play on the WTA Tour, joining Manuela and Katerina, who are no longer active.

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Birthdate: April 3, 1972 Nationality: Italy Height: 5'9 1/4' Weight: 150 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 2

Silvia Farina-Elia (16) R O U N D   B Y   R O U N D First Round: lost to Maja Matevzic, 6-2, 6-4 Scouting Report Having best year of her career, winning her first career singles title at Strasbourg International in May after posting a runner-up finish at Australian Women's Hardcourt Championships in Australia in January; reached the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time at the French Open; lost in the third round in Melbourne and Wimbledon; advanced to the semifinals at Porto Ladies Open and the Idea Prokom Open at Sopot, Poland and the quarterfinals at four other events; has lost in the first or second round just once in her nine appearances at the U.S. Open, making it to the third round in 1998; has lost her last three matches.

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