Lleyton Hewitt (Australia)

One of the most determined players to have picked up a racket, Hewitt has built a champion's game around a classic counter-punching style.

Age: 25 Lives: Adelaide, Australia Plays: Right-handed, double-handed backhand Grand slam titles: Two (US Open 2001, Wimbledon 2002) Seeded: 9
At Wimbledon:
Year  2005  2004   2003   2002   2001  Performance  SF  QF  1R  WON  4R
W: Winner SF: Semi-finalist QF: Quarter-finalist R: Round

One of the most determined players to have picked up a racket, Hewitt has built a champion's game around a classic counter-punching style. If grit and guts are enough to win grand slams, Hewitt should be there come the final weekend.

The dynamic Australian has barely played on clay in the build-up to Roland Garros after a year disrupted by a row with the ATP, the governing body of men's tennis, and a viral illness.

But the world number one's ultra-competitive nature, electric speed around the court and crunching baseline shots give him an excellent chance at English Lawns, although his lack of patience counts against him.

Hewitt is bound to lift himself for the second Grand Slam of the year and will hope at least to match his best French Open showing to date -- reaching the quarter-finals in 2001.