MAGDALENA MALEEVA Number 15 seed

FACTFILE DOB: 01.04.1975 Nationality: Bulgarian World ranking: 15 Roland Garros record 2002:: first round 2001:: first round 2000:: third round 1999:: first round

Maleeva enjoyed one of her best ever seasons in 2002, winning her first WTA Tier 1 tournament in eight years in Moscow.

The youngest of three tennis-playing sisters, she first burst on to the scene in 1992 when she reached the quarter-finals of the US Open, defeating Martina Navratilova in the second round.

It took her until 1995 to reach the world's top ten when she won three titles in a season, and at the beginning of the 1996 season she reached her career-high ranking of fourth.

Injury has since stunted her progress until last season when she reached the fourth round of the Australian and French Opens.