Caroline Wozniacki Professional Tennis Player Sport

Caroline Wozniacki Professional Tennis Player Sport

Caroline Wozniacki born 11 July 1990 is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current World No. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 23 May 2011, she has held this position for 32 weeks. She is the first Danish tennis player to hold the top ranking position and 20th overall. Since her WTA debut in 2005, she has improved her year-end ranking each year until finishing on top in 2010. She has won 16 WTA singles titles as of May 2011, three in 2008, three in 2009, six in 2010 (the most since Justine Henin's ten in 2007), and four in 2011. She was runner-up at the 2009 US Open and the 2010 WTA Tour Championships in Doha to Kim Clijsters. She won the 2006 Wimbledon Girls' Singles, but has yet to win a Women's Grand Slam title. She also holds two WTA titles in doubles.

Wozniacki's playing style centers "around the defensive aspects of tennis with her anticipation, movement, agility, footwork and defence all first-rate and key parts of her game." Her two-handed backhand is one of the best in the game due to her ability to turn defense into offense. Her defensive playing style has her contemporaries label her a counter-puncher.

Personal Profile:
Country Denmark
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth 11 July 1990 (age 20)
Place of birth Odense, Denmark
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro 18 July 2005
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$ 9,670,313
Official web site www.carolinewozniacki.dk
Singles
Career record 273–97
Career titles 16 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 1 (11 October 2010)
Current ranking No. 1 (23 May 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open SF (2011)
French Open QF (2010)
Wimbledon 4R (2009, 2010)
US Open F (2009)
Other tournaments
Championships F (2010)
Olympic Games 3R (2008)
Doubles
Career record 35–52
Career titles 2 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 52 (14 September 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2008)
French Open 2R (2010)
Wimbledon 2R (2009, 2010)
US Open 3R (2009)

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting protector in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Los Angeles Lakers. He decided to declare his eligibility for the NBA Draft upon graduation, and was chosen with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets, then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. He was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP). After losing in the 2008 NBA Finals, Bryant led the Lakers to two successive championships in 2009 and 2010, and was named NBA Finals MVP on both occasions.

In 2010, Bryant became the all-time foremost scorer in Lakers franchise history. He is a twelve-time member of the All-NBA team and ten-time All-Defensive team. In 2008, he won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics as an affiliate of the USA national team. Bryant was named NBA player of the decade by TNT and Sporting News. In 2003, Bryant was charge of sexual assault at a hotel in Edwards, Colorado, by a hotel employee. Bryant admitted an adulterous sexual encounter with the accuser, but without the sexual assault allegation. In September 2004, prosecutors dropped the case after his accuser conversant them that she was unwilling to testify.

Date of birth : August 23, 1978

Place of birth : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nationality : American

High school : Lower Merion HS, Ardmore, Pennsylvania

Listed height : 6 ft 6 in

Listed weight : 205 lb