Country: Denmark
2012 Match Record: 22-11
2012 Singles Titles: 0
Career Singles Titles: 18
Major Titles: 0 _ Best: F, at U.S. Open in `09
Last 5 Wimbledons: `11-4th, `10-4th, `09-4th, `08-3rd, `07-2nd
Topspin: After a half-dozen titles each of the past two seasons, still seeking her first of 2012. Only reached one final so far. … Still looking for her first Grand Slam title. … Won 2006 Wimbledon junior title.
KIM CLIJSTERS
Seeded: Unseeded
Ranked: 53rd
Age: 29
Country: Belgium
2012 Match Record: 10-3
2012 Singles Titles: 0
Career Singles Titles: 41
Major Titles: 4 _ U.S. Open (‘05, `09, `10), Australian Open (‘11)
Last 5 Wimbledons: `11-DNP, `10-QF, `09-DNP, `08-DNP, `07-DNP
Topspin: After being sidelined for about three months with ankle and hip injuries, returned to the tour last week at a grass-court tuneup event in the Netherlands, but withdrew Friday because of a stomach muscle strain. She says she will play at the All England Club one last time, however. … Has announced she’ll retire after the U.S. Open. Already left the tour once, before returning and collecting three of her four career Grand Slam titles.
VENUS WILLIAMS
Seeded: Unseeded
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