Daniela Hantuchova PROFILE

Daniela Hantuchova PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: 125/1 NATIONALITY: SVK BIRTH DATE: 23/04/83 BECAME PRO: 1999 WORLD RANKING: 12

VERDICT

It's fair to say Hantuchova has flattered to deceive throughout her career and has really only threatened to go the distance at one Grand Slam - this year's Australian Open. It was the first time the Slovakian had ever reached the last four of a major but since then missed the French Open through injury and was dumped out of Wimbledon at the second-round stage. The 25-year-old didn't enjoy the best of Olympic Games either, slipping to Caroline Wozniacki in round two, so once again she'll remain an outsider for the forthcoming major at Flushing Meadows.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 Australian Open SF 4R 4R 3R 2R QF 3R 1R - - French Open - 3R 4R 3R 1R 2R 4R 2R - - Wimbledon 2R 4R 4R 3R 3R 2R QF 2R - - US Open - 1R 2R 3R 3R 3R QF 1R - -