Gilles Simon PROFILE

Gilles Simon PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: 150/1 NATIONALITY: FRA BIRTH DATE: 27/12/1984 BECAME PRO: 2002 WORLD RANKING: 16

VERDICT

French number two Simon has slowly been working his way up the rankings, making steady improvement this season by making it to round three of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon, losing out to Rafael Nadal and compatriot Richard Gasquet respectively. In his last outing in Beijing, the 23-year-old defeated Robin Soderling and Guillermo Canas before losing to James Blake. A recent win over Roger Federer at the Rogers Cup on the hardcourt will give him hope of making it past round three of a Grand Slam event for the first time.

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