Victoria Azarenka PROFILE

Victoria Azarenka PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: 33/1 NATIONALITY: BLR BIRTH DATE: 31/07/89 BECAME PRO: 2003 WORLD RANKING: 15

VERDICT

The tall 19-year-old from Minsk has yet to win her first career singles title although she has tasted success at Flushing Meadows before - winning last year's US Open mixed doubles title. Even so, more singles success is expected from Azarenka, who has never gone beyond the fourth round in any Grand Slam in 11 attempts. A beaten finalist on the Gold Coast and in Prague this year, Azarenka reached the third round at the recent Olympic Games, before falling to Venus Williams.

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