Marion Bartoli PROFILE

Marion Bartoli PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: 100/1 NATIONALITY: FRA BIRTH DATE: 02/10/84 BECAME PRO: 2000 WORLD RANKING: 13

VERDICT

Bartoli shot to fame at last year's Wimbledon when she was a beaten finalist but since then hasn't come close to reaching similar heights. Back-to-back first round exits at the Australian and French Opens earlier this year were followed up by disappointment in the third round in SW19 but the 23-year-old showed signs of form by making the final of July's Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, where she lost to Aleksandra Wozniak. Bartoli, who plays two-handed on both sides, leads the French challenge at Flushing Meadows but few are expecting a genuine title challenge.

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