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Michelle Caroline Larcher de Brito, born Micaela Carolina Larcher de Brito, also known as Michelle Larcher de Brito or Michelle Brito (born 29 January 1993 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese tennis player. Larcher de Brito’s family moved to the United States when she was nine years old so she could attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida. She was coached by Nick Bollettieri until the end of 2007. Currently she is training full time with her father, António Larcher de Brito. She achieved a career-high ranking of 76 on July 6, 2009.

She is the first Portuguese female player to enter the main draw of a grand slam, which occurred at the 2009 French Open. Her impressive results at such a young age have prompted Nick Bollettieri to tip her as a possible Top 10 player. She is known for her loud grunts while executing shots, being noted for surpassing in decibels the likes of Maria Sharapova, Monica Seles, Victoria Azarenka and Venus and Serena Williams, other famous “grunters”.In response to criticism from fellow players about this, she defended herself by saying, “I could (stop grunting), but, you know, it won’t feel natural, because it feels like something is missing in my game if I just stop.”

Barbara Schett Eagle (born 10 March 1976) is a former Austrian tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking — World No. 7 — on 13 September 1999. She ended her career at the 2005 Australian Open. Between 1993 to 2004 she played in 48 games for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30. She also represented Austria at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in singles and doubles reaching the quarterfinals in the singles.

Personal life: Schett is married to former Australian tennis player Joshua Eagle.On April 28, 2009, Schett gave birth to a son named Noah.

Schett’s friends, among the tennis players, include Anke Huber, Janette Husárová, Anna Kournikova, Iva Majoli, Jennifer Capriati, Chanda Rubin and Patty Schnyder; admires Stefan Edberg’s playing style. She listed Schindler’s List her favorite film, and Harrison Ford and Gwyneth Paltrow her favorite actors; also admires the music of Whitney Houston and Bob Marley.

Elena Dementieva a gold medalist in 2008 and currently ranked No. 5 in the world, Elena Dementieva is perfectly poised for a breakout year.

If she can step up and knock Serena off her throne, I suspect that we’ll be hearing plenty more from this Russian beauty.

Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva (Russian: Елена Вячеславовна Дементьева, born 15 October 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won two Olympic medals in singles, including the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She has also reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Her career high ranking was World No. 3 which she achieved on April 6, 2009. As of 2 August 2010, her ranking is World No. 6, making her the current Russian No.1.

Early and personal life: Dementieva was born in Moscow to Viatcheslav, an electrical engineer, and Vera, a teacher, both recreational tennis players. She was rejected by Dynamo Sports Club and the Central Red Army Tennis Club at the age of 7, before enrolling at Spartak Tennis Club, where she was coached for 3 years by Rauza Islanova, the mother of Marat Safin and Dinara Safina. She then moved to the Central Red Army Club with Sergei Pashkov, when she was 11. She is now coached by her mother Vera and her older brother Vsevolod. She has homes in Monaco, Moscow and Boca Raton, Florida, and enjoys snowboarding, baseball, reading and traveling

Elena Dementieva, All Access Hour, Stanford 2010 Video

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Daniela Hantuchová (Born April 23, 1983) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top ten.

She is currently coached by Larri Passos. Her WTA Tour mentor in the “Partners for Success” program was Martina Navrátilová, who was her doubles partner for a brief period in early 2005. As of July 19, 2010, Hantuchová is ranked World No. 25 in singles.

Country: Slovakia
Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth: April 23, 1983
Place of birth: Poprad, Slovakia, (then CSSR)
Height: 1.81 m
Turned pro: 1999
Plays: Right-handed; Two-handed backhand
Singles - Career record: 405–250
Career titles: 3 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 5 (January 27, 2003)

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Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова​ / born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player. She has won 3 Grand Slam titles (2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, and 2008 Australian Open). She was also runner-up at the 2007 Australian Open. She is currently ranked World No. 15.

Maria Sharapova GQ Magazine

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Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in singles and World No. 1 in doubles. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women’s Tennis Association on three separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25, 2002.

Country: United States
Residence: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth: June 17, 1980
Place of birth: Lynwood, California, U.S.
Height: 1.85 m
Turned pro: October 31, 1994
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career record: 572–139 (80.5%)
Career titles: 43 (tied-10th in overall rankings)
Highest ranking: No. 1 (February 25, 2002)
Current ranking: No. 3 (July 12, 2010)
Grand Slam results: Australian Open: F (2003)
French Open: F (2002)
Wimbledon: W (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008)
US Open: W (2000, 2001) / Major tournaments
Championships: W (2008)
Olympic Games: Gold medal (2000)
Doubles - Career record: 141–21 (86.7%)
Career titles: 19
Highest ranking: No. 1 (June 7, 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results - Australian Open: W (2001, 2003, 2009, 2010)
French Open: W (1999, 2010)
Wimbledon: W (2000, 2002, 2008, 2009)
US Open: W (1999, 2009)
Olympic Games: Gold medal (2000, 2008)
Mixed Doubles – Career record: 25–6 (80.6%)
Career titles: 2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results - Australian Open: W (1998)
French Open: W (1998)
Wimbledon: F (2006)
US Open: QF (1998)

Williams is the reigning champion in women’s doubles at the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. Her 21 Grand Slam titles ties her for twelfth on the all time list and is more than any other active female player except Serena Williams: seven in singles, twelve in women’s doubles, and two in mixed doubles. Her seven Grand Slam singles titles ties her with four other women for twelfth on the all-time list. Her five Wimbledon singles titles ties her with two other women for eighth on the all-time list. From the 2000 Wimbledon Championships through the 2001 US Open, Williams won four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments held.

Williams has won three Olympic gold medals, one in singles and two in women’s doubles. She has won more Olympic gold medals than any other female tennis player.

With 43 career singles titles, Williams along with Justine Henin leads active players on the WTA Tour and is tied for 10th overall in all-time titles. Her 35-match winning streak from the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2000 Generali Ladies Linz tournament final, remains the longest winning streak since January 1, 2000.

Williams is the older sister of current World No. 1 Serena Williams. They have played each other in 23 professional matches since 1998, with Serena winning 13 of these matches as of October 2009. As of July 2009, they have met in eight Grand Slam finals, with Serena winning six times. Between the 2002 French Open and the 2003 Australian Open, they met in all four Grand Slam singles finals, the first time in the open era that the same two players had contested four consecutive Grand Slam finals. The pair have won 12 Grand Slam doubles titles together.

Rivalry with Serena Williams: In professional women’s tennis, Venus has played her sister Serena 23 times, accumulating a 10–13 record in the series. They are the only women during the open era to have played each other in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals. They have met in a total of eight Grand Slam finals, ahead of the number of finals played by Steffi Graf and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and by Helen Wills Moody and Helen Jacobs but behind the record of fourteen finals set by Chris Evert and Martina Navrátilová. Currently Venus has 43 career tennis titles, while Serena has 37.