MEN'S SEEDS	WOMEN'S SEEDS
- Pick a Seed - 1) Lleyton Hewitt 2) Andre Agassi 3) Marat Safin 4) Juan Carlos Ferrero 5) Carlos Moya 6) Roger Federer 7) Jiri Novak 8) Albert Costa 9) Andy Roddick 10) David Nalbandian 11) Paradorn Srichaphan 12) Sebastien Grosjean 13) Fernando Gonzalez 14) Guillermo Canas 15) Alex Corretja 16) Sjeng Schalken	- Pick a Seed - 1) Serena Williams 2) Venus Williams 3) Jennifer Capriati 4) Kim Clijsters 5) Justine Henin-Hardenne 6) Monica Seles 7) Daniela Hantuchova 8) Anastasia Myskina 9) Lindsay Davenport 10) Chanda Rubin 11) Magdalena Maleeva 12) Patty Schnyder 13) Silvia Farina Elia 14) Anna Pistolesi 15) Alexandra Stevenson 16) Nathalie Dechy

 

Birthdate: February 24, 1981 Nationality: Australia Height: 5'11" Weight: 150 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 17

Lleyton Hewitt (1) Scouting Report Finished 2002 as the top-ranked player in the world for the second year in a row and was No. 1 for every week during the; captured five titles in seven finals and won at least 60 matches for a third straight year; claimed his second career Grand Slam crown at Wimbledon and defended his title at the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup; bidding to become the first Australian to win the Australian Open since Mark Edmondson in 1976; has not played his best in Melbourne, going just 6-6, his best result was a fourth-round finish in 2000; last year's Australian Open effort was hampered by a bout with the chicken pox; went 2-2 at the Hopman Cup to start the season last week.

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Birthdate: April 29, 1970 Nationality: United States Height: 5'11" Weight: 173 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 54

Andre Agassi (2) Scouting Report Became the oldest player at 32 years, eight months to finish No. 2 in the history of the ATP rankings (since 1973); tied Lleyton Hewitt for tour lead in titles with five, including three Tennis Masters Series triumphs at Miami, Rome and Madrid; also appeared in two other finals, losing the U.S. Open championship match to long-time rival Pete Sampras; missed last year's Australian Open with a right wrist injury and ended his career-best streak of 17 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments played; claimed his seventh career Grand Slam crown last year at Melbourne; also the Australian Open title in 1995 and 2000, and owns a 32-3 record at the event never losing before the fourth round in six appearances; has reached at least the quarterfinals at 11 of his last 14 majors; did not play a warmup tournament, but won the men's exhibition at Kooyong this week.

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Birthdate: January 27, 1980 Nationality: Russia Height: 6'5" Weight: 195 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 10

Marat Safin (3) Scouting Report Reached his second career Grand Slam final at the Australian Open last year, but lost to underdog Thomas Johansson; won at least 50 matches for the second time in his career in 2002 and finished as the third-ranked player; captured his lone title of the year at the Tennis Masters Series event in Paris in November; recorded a runner-up effort at Tennis Masters Series Hamburg; reached the semifinals at the French Open and the Kremlin Cup; also appeared in quarterfinals at TMS events in Monte Carlo, Miami and Toronto; helped Russia win its first Davis Cup by winning both his singles matches; lost in the second round at his last two majors; the Russian's preparations took a hit when he withdrew from the quarterfinals at Sydney this week due to tendinitis in his right rotator cuff.

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Birthdate: February 12, 1980 Nationality: Spain Height: 6'0" Weight: 160 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 7

Juan Carlos Ferrero (4) Scouting Report Appeared in his first career Grand Slam final at the French Open last June, losing to Albert Costa; clay is the Spaniard's favorite surface, but he won his second career hardcourt event at Hong Kong in September and reached the final of the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai; other hardcourt title came at Doha in 2001; advanced to the final of this week's event at Sydney; finished 2002 at a career-best No. 4 and became the first Spaniard since Sergi Bruguera in 1993-94 to appear in the top five in consecutive seasons; also claimed his second career Tennis Masters crown at Monte Carlo; did not play at the Australian Open last year due to an injury but lost in the third round or early in his two visits to Melbourne.

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Birthdate: August 27, 1976 Nationality: Spain Height: 6'3" Weight: 173 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 11

Carlos Moya (5) Scouting Report Enjoyed his best season in five years in 2002 with four titles; became the world No. 1 in March 1999, but his results fell off as he wrestled with a back injury that kept him out of action for months in late 1999 and 2000; comeback reached its pinnacle in August when he defeated No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in the final of the Tennis Masters Series Cincinnati; also won claycourt events at Acapulco, Bastad and Umag; was runner-up at the TMS Monte Carlo and at Hong Kong, and semifinalist at Estoril, Sopot and last month's TMS Paris; won a career-best 59 matches in 2002 and finished at No. 5; has won at least one ATP title in seven of the last years; lost in the second round at the Australian Open last season, but appeared in his first career Grand Slam final at Melbourne in 1997; started 2003 with a second-round effort at the adidas International in Sydney this week.

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Birthdate: August 8, 1981 Nationality: Switzerland Height: 6'1" Weight: 177 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 4

Roger Federer (6) Scouting Report Won three of his four career titles in 2002, including his first Tennis Masters crown; by finishing No. 6, the highest ever year-end ranking for a Swiss player and the first in the top 10 since Jakob Hlasek was No. 8 in 1988; started and finished the 2002 season in style - won his first tournament of the year at Sydney and reached the fourth round at the Australian Open; reached the final in Milan in February; advanced to his first Tennis Masters Series final at Miami in March; won the TMS Hamburg in May; slumped to a 6-8 record during the summer, including first-round losses at Roland Garros and Wimbledon; turned things around at the U.S. Open with a fourth-round effort; went 14-4 during the indoor season, winning at Vienna, reaching the semifinals in Basel and the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, the quarterfinals at Moscow and TMS events in Madrid and Paris; began 2003 with a quarterfinal showing at the Qatar Open in Doha but lost in the first round at Sydney.

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Birthdate: March 22, 1975 Nationality: Czech Republic Height: 6'3" Weight: 187 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 4

Jiri Novak (7) Scouting Report Had a breakthrough season in 2002 with a 53-26 record; started the campaign with a quarterfinal effort at Doha and reached the semifinals at Auckland; advanced to his first career Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open, falling to eventual champion Thomas Johansson in five sets; recorded a quarterfinal finish at Copenhagen and was a semifinalist at Dubai in February; was a semifinalist at the Tennis Masters Series event at Rome in May; lost in the third and second rounds at the French Open and Wimbledon, respectively; bounced back with a semifinal effort at Stuttgart Outdoor and the TMS Canada; reached the fourth round at the U.S. Open; appeared in consecutive finals at Vienna and the TMS Madrid; a doubles specialist early in his career (15 career doubles titles); won a career-high 53 matches and played in the most singles and doubles matches (129) during the year.

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Birthdate: June 25, 1975 Nationality: Spain Height: 5'11" Weight: 163 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 12

Albert Costa (8) Scouting Report Achieved life's dream by winning the French Open last June; all 12 of his career titles have come on clay; went 28-8 on the dirt in 2002, but was just 7-14 on other surfaces; finished in the top 10 for the first time in his career; earned a personal-best $1,434,439; reached the fourth round at the Australian Open last year; made it to the quarterfinals at Melbourne in 1997, but lost in the second round or earlier in four other visits.

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Birthdate: August 30, 1982 Nationality: United States Height: 6'2" Weight: 185 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 5

Andy Roddick (9) Scouting Report Last year, the 20-year-old became the youngest American to finish among the top 10 since Michael Chang in 1992; won a pair of titles at the Kroger St. Jude in Memphis in February and the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston; also reached the final at Delray Beach and the Tennis Masters Series Canada, the semifinals at San Jose, Sydney, TMS Rome, and the Mercedes-Benz Cup in Los Angeles; also advanced to the TMS Cincinnati quarterfinals before losing in the third round at Washington D.C.; guided the United States into the Davis Cup semifinals with four singles victories; retired from another last year's Australian Open in the second round; last year at Roland Garros, he advanced to the third round only to retire with a strained left hamstring while tied at a set apiece and 2-2 in the third against Lleyton Hewitt; was a third-round loser at Wimbledon; lost to Hewitt in a dramatic five-set match last year at the U.S. Open; won the juniors boys' crown in New York in 1999.

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Birthdate: January 1, 1982 Nationality: Argentina Height: 5'11" Weight: 172 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 2

David Nalbandian (10) Scouting Report Became the first player in Open Era to reach the final of the Grand Slam in his debut at Wimbledon last year; was only the second Argentine man ever to reach a Grand Slam final, in addition, it was his first career grasscourt event; won his first title on clay at Estoril and added his second at Basel; was a quarterfinalist at Auckland, Buenos Aires and the Tennis Masters Event in Toronto; reached the second round last year in Australian Open debut last year. had an impressive junior career, winning the 1998 U.S. Open junior championship and advancing to the final at the 1999 Roland Garros junior event; lost in the first round in Auckland this week.

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Birthdate: June 14, 1979 Nationality: Thailand Height: 6'1" Weight: 180 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 3

Paradorn Srichaphan (11) Scouting Report Enjoyed a career-best season by winning two titles and reaching two other finals in 2002; became the first Thai player to finish in the top 20 and win an ATP tournament; was the first Asian in the top 10 since India's Vijay Amritraj was No. 20 in 1980; won a career-best 49 matches and notched the most hardcourt match victories on the tour with 40; started last year ranked at No. 126; started this year in style, claiming his third career title at Chennai; appeared in the final there and at Washington before winning at Long Island and Stockholm; reached the quarterfinals at the adidas International in Sydney this week; is just 1-3 at the Australian Open, losing in the first round the last two years; has never made it past the third round at any Grand Slam.

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Birthdate: May 29, 1978 Nationality: France Height: 5'8" Weight: 145 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 3

Sebastien Grosjean (12) Scouting Report Reached his first career Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open in 2001 and his second five months later at the French Open; fell in the second round at Melbourne last year; finished in the top 20 and won at least 40 matches for the third straight year; won his only title of 2002 at St. Petersburg in October; also reached the semifinals at Rotterdam and the Tennis Masters Series events in Monte Carlo and Madrid; appeared in five other quarterfinals, including at the French Open; did not play a tune-up event but reached the final at the exhibition at Kooyong.

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Birthdate: July 29, 1980 Nationality: Chile Height: 6'0" Weight: 180 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 3

Fernando Gonzalez (13) Scouting Report One of the most improved players on the ATP tour in 2002; jumped 118 positions in the ATP Champions Race to finish the year as the No. 1 Chilean for the first time in his career; won 35 more matches than 2001 to finish with a 40-22 mark; won two titles - both on clay - at Vina del Mar and Palermo; also showed solid results on hard courts, reaching the final at Basel and the semifinals at the Tennis Masters Series event in Cincinnati; performed well in Grand Slams, advancing to the quarterfinals in a major for the first time at the U.S. Open and reached the fourth round at the Australian Open; went 17-8 on hard courts; opened the 2003 season with a second-round defeat at Auckland; lost in the first round in his Australian Open debut two years ago.

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Birthdate: November 25, 1977 Nationality: Argentina Height: 6'0" Weight: 185 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 3

Guillermo Canas (14) Scouting Report An Argentine whose best results came on hard courts last year; captured his first career Tennis Masters event in Toronto and another hardcourt event at Chennai; was the first Argentine to finish in the top 20 in back-to-back seasons since Martin Jaite from 1985-87 and the first from his country ever to earn $1 million in a year; led Argentina to the ATP World Team Cup title in Dusseldorf and the Davis Cup semifinals; underwent surgery to repair a stress fracture and a cyst in August; has advanced to only one quarterfinal at a Grand Slam at the French Open last year; lost in the third round at the Australian Open and is just 3-4 in Melbourne.

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Birthdate: April 11, 1974 Nationality: Spain Height: 5'11" Weight: 160 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 17

Alex Corretja (15) Scouting Report Will make his 2003 debut at the Australian Open; won two claycourt titles last year and finished in the top 20 for the fifth time in the last six years; appeared in his third Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open; captured events in Gstaad and Kitzbuehel and reached another semifinal at Long Island; went 14-10 on hard courts last season; has never played well at the Australian Open, losing in the first round last year; has never advanced past the third round at Melbourne.

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Birthdate: September 8, 1976 Nationality: Netherlands Height: 6'3" Weight: 185 Plays: Right-handed Titles: 7

Sjeng Schalken (16) Scouting Report Produced his most consistent season in 2002 and finished in the top 20 for the first time; won 37 matches for the third consecutive year; won his seventh career title at 's-Hertogenbosch and was runner-up at Moscow; had never advanced past the third round in 28 previous Grand Slams before reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon; appeared in his first career semifinal at a major at the U.S. Open; has lost in the first round at the Australian Open the last two years and in five of his seven trips to Melbourne; fell in the second round the other two visits and is just 2-7 lifetime at the Australian Open.

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