Born: 1/5/82 Nationality: Spanish Seeded: 25 World ranking: 21 Wimbledon best: 2nd round (2001) Recent record: 2002: 1st round 2001: 2nd round 2000: N/A

Aged just 21, he has shown enough already to suggest he could one day join the likes of compatriots Carlos Moya and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the top 10.

And like those players, Robredo has enough variety in his game to succeed on hard courts, as he proved with a fourth-round place at the US Open two years ago.

But grass could prove a trip too far for the youngster, for all his attacking flair on court.

Last season he showed signs of a more aggressive game and also notched up wins over the likes of Greg Rusedski and Thomas Johansson.

After his breakthrough year in 2001, when he won his only title to date in Poland and reached the final in Casablanca, Robredo consolidated his top-30 position last year.

There were encouraging runs to the latter stages of Masters Series events in Rome and Hamburg, but we are still waiting for Robredo's major breakthrough.

This year, two semi-final appearances are the sole outings of note for the Spaniard, who first picked up a tennis racket aged one-year-old.