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  1. Wayne Ferreira -- French Open
    Ferreira’s run during this tournament was considered surprising, even to himself. He had only played one match since going down with a groin injury in the third round of the French Open. After taking out second-seeded Sebastian Grosjean in the quarterfinals and fifth-seeded Mark Philippoussis in the semifinals, he had already surpassed his own expectations.
  2. Fabrice Santoro -- French Open
    This year, besides already winning over half-a-million in prize money, Santoro has beaten some top names in tennis including Andre Agassi,Tim Henman and Nicholas Keifer. He had an excellent run at the French Open, where he beat Greg Rusedski and Marat Safin back-to-back to reach the round of 16, before losing to Alex Corretja. Santoro is still looking for a title this year, though he came close in Halle, Germany where he beat Patrick Rafter in the semi-finals before losing the finals in three sets to Thomas Johansson, who is ... confirmed for theTata Open 2002.
  3. Mariano Puerta -- French Open
    Mariano Puerta of Argentina received the longest doping ban in tennis history Wednesday, which effectively ends his career. Puerta, 27, received an eight-year ban for testing positive for the cardiac stimulant etilefrine after losing to Rafael Nadal in the French Open final on June 5.
  4. Guillermo Coria -- French Open
    Guillermo Coria of Argentina returns the ball to Tim Henmanof Britain during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 4, 2004. [AP]
  5. Rafael Nadal -- French Open
    Rafael Nadal has met considerable hostility from the Parisian public during his performances at Roland Garros. He is often booed throughout and even after the match, especially when playing against and beating French players such as Mathieu or Gasquet. Commentators on French TV, such as Guy Forget on France 2, openly say they want him to lose during matches, claiming that "we don't need construction worker arms in tennis". After the 2006 Roland Garros final against Federer, Nadal started by praising Federer in his speech. The translator mistranslated the speech, leading the public to think he was praising himself. Nadal was ... booed and whistled at throughout the speech.
  6. Myskina -- French Open
    With women's tennis on the rise in Russia in recent years, Myskina has been among the nation's most talented young players. Still, the 22-year-old Moscow native wasn't among the favorites in this year's French Open.
  7. Gustavo Kuerten -- French Open
    Gustavo Kuerten took the tennis world by storm in 1997 when the virtually unknown player won the French Open championship, the clay court Grand Slam event. Kuerten has won the championship three times. He has ... won a total of sixteen singles titles and eight doubles titles since turning professional in 1995. Kuerten reached the number one ranking in the world by the end of 2000 and held that position for much of 2001. Aside from being a great clay court player, Kuerten is known as being a friendly, laid back, and humble person.
  8. Robby Ginepri -- French Open
    Ginepri had a breakout year in 2005. In August, he reached the semifinals of an ATP Masters Series tournament for the first time in his career, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He beat 2005 French Open runner-up Mariano Puerta in the first round, David Ferrer in the second round, 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moyà in the third round, and two-time Grand Slam singles titlist Marat Safin in the quarterfinals. He then lost to World No. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.
  9. Steffi Graf -- French Open
    Celebrating a season of intrigue and fluctuating fortunes, Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf were the sport's preeminent players in 1996, each for the fourth consecutive year. Sampras sealed his bid for continued supremacy with a triumph at the United States Open, while Graf replicated her astounding 1995 feat of sweeping the French, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open singles titles.
  10. Gaston Gaudio -- French Open
    Gaudio took the rest of the year off before coming back in January of 2008 at a Challenger Series event in Miami, Florida. He lost in the opening round 6-0, 6-3 to Kei Nishikori of Japan. Later in the month Gaudio continued his comeback attempt at the Movistar Open in Vina del Mar, Chile. Granted a wild card into the main draw of the tournament, Gaudio lost to Santiago Ventura 6-0, 6-3 in the first round.
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