DOB:12.2.1980 Nationality:Spanish World Ranking:8 Previous Wimbledon results: 2001 ::third round 2000 ::did not play 1999 ::did not play 1998 ::did not play

The Spaniard, nicknamed the Mosquito, flew to the top echelons of the game last season when he won four events - in Dubai, Estoril, Barcelona and Rome.

Ferrero's form had been indifferent for the early part of 2002 but he recaptured his best as he raced away to victory in Monte Carlo back in March.

Since then, he has suffered with a leg injury which left him short of match fitness coming into the busiest Grand Slam period of the year.

And despite being hampered by the injury at Roland Garros Ferrero made it all the way to the final, before surprisingly losing to compatriot Albert Costa.

That disappointment, and his natural affinity for slow clay courts, would suggest he is unlikely to figure in the latter stages at Wimbledon.