David Nalbandian

David Nalbandian, Argentina’s number one player and the 7th ranked player in the world. Nalbandian holds the distinction of being one of only three players currently on the ATP tour, who has appeared in the semi finals of all four Grand Slam Tournaments. He is also one of only two players who has beaten the top three players in the world in the same tournament and he is only the third man to have beaten Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal since they assumed the number one and number two positions in the world. Moreover, he did this in consecutive events in the Autumn of 2007, beating Federer in the Madrid Masters and then Nadal in the Paris Masters.

2008 saw him reach the final of the Paris Masters once more where he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. However he did win two tournaments in Buenes Aries and Stockholm and was also runner up to Roger Federer in Basle.

Nalbandian is a 33/1 shot in the Australian Open odds to win the title.

He has a very aggressive baseline attacking game, but can easily adapt to an all court situation when necessary. He possesses a brilliant return of serve, is very nimble around the court and employs some of the deftest shots in the game to win points regularly. He can actually do anything on a tennis court, including serve and volley, and if he could become consistent and injury free he could easily win a Grand Slam. He came close to it in 2002 when he reached the final at Wimbledon, but went down tamely to Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets. Nalbandian is one of the players the very top seeds want to avoid.

He has a total of eight ATP wins and has also been runner-up in eight other events too.