Players committed to main draw:
Pete Sampras
Highlights Here
• Singles appearance: 10th (25-7)
• Singles champion, 1997 & '92
• Finalist, 1991
• Semifinalist, 1993
• Quarterfinalist, 1995 & '96
• Doubles semifinalist with Courier, 1989
• Winner of more than 46 singles titles including 10 Grand Slam titles
• (four Wimbledon titles, two Australian open titles, and four U.S. open titles).
Marcelo Rios
• Singles appearance: 3rd (2-2)
• Became the 14th player to reach the No. 1 ranking after beating Andre Agassi in the Key Biscayne final in March.
Petr Korda
• Singles Appearance: 9th (7-8)
• Quarterfinalist, 1992
• Doubles champion (with Agassi), 1993.
• Doubles champion (with Stefan Edberg) at 1996 Australian open.
Carlos Moya
• First singles appearance
• 1998 French open champion.
• Singles finalist at the 1997 Australian Open.
Patrick Rafter
• Singles appearance: 6th (5-5)
• Round of 16, 1995
• With Philippoussis, doubles finalist in 1997 and semifinalist in 1995
• Won the 1997 U.S. Open, beating Greg Rusedski in the final.
Greg Rusedski
• Singles appearance: 5th (3-4)
• Finalist at U.S. Open in 1997.
• Reached career-high ranking of No. 4 following 1997 U.S. Open effort.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
• Singles appearance: 5th (5-4)
• Quarterfinalist, 1997 and '96
• Has 14 singles and 16 doubles titles; won singles and doubles titles at 1996 French.
Jonas Bjorkman
• Singles appearance: 4th (2-3)
• Doubles quarterfinalist (with Nicklas Kulti), 1996
• Reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 in 1997 by earning three singles titles and reaching two other finals.
Alex Corretja
• Singles appearance: 4th (1-3) Round of 16, 1997
• Reached a career-high No. 4 ranking in 1997. Won three titles last year including the Mercedes Super 9 title at Rome.
Richard Krajicek
• Singles appearance: 7th (4-6)
• Round of 16, 1992
• Has finished in the Top 20 every year since 1992.
• Has won 15 singles titles (including '96 Wimbledon title).
Felix Mantilla
• First singles appearance
• Won five clay-court titles in 1997 in six finals appearances.
• Reached quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 1997.
Tim Henman
• Singles Appearance: 2nd (0-1)
• Has recently shot into upper echelon of professional tennis, finishing in the top 30 in 1996 and in the top 20 in 1997. Two-time (19977, '96) quarterfinalist at Wimbledon.
Albert Costa
• Singles appearance: 2nd (4-1)
• Semifinalist, 1997
• Reached the quarterfinals of Australian Open in 1997 and the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1995.
Michael Chang
• Singles appearance: 11th (34-8; the best record here among active players). Singles champion, 1994 and '93.
• Finalist, 1995 and '96
• Semifinalist, 1997 and '92
• Quarterfinalist, 1990, '89 & '88
• Round of 16, 1991
• Winner of 31 singles titles including the 1989 French Open. Won five singles titles in 1997, including the Mercedes Super 9 title at Indian Wells.
• Has finished the year in the top 20 every year since 1989.
Alberto Berasategui
• Singles appearance: 2nd (2-1)
• Finalist at the French Open in 1994.
Goran Ivanisevic
• Singles appearance: 5th (6-4)
• Quarterfinalist, 1995 and '96
• Round of 16, 1997
• Ranked No. 2 in 1994.
• Two-time Wimbledon finalist ('92 and '94).
Thomas Enqvist
• Singles appearance: 5th (10-4)
• Semifinalist, 1995 and '96
• Round of 16, 1994
• Reached Australian Open quarterfinals in 1996 and the semifinals of the ATP Tour World Championships in 1995.
Andre Agassi
• Singles appearance: 8th (17-5)
• Singles champion, 1995 and '96. Doubles champion with Korda, 1993.
• Semifinalist, 1993
• Round of 16, 1992, '91, '90
• Was ranked No. 1 for 30 weeks in 1995.
• Won singles crowns at 1995 Australian Open, the '94 U.S. Open, and '92 Wimbledon. Won Gold medal at 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Cedric Pioline
• Singles appearance: 7th (6-6)
• Round of 16 in 1994, '92
• 1997 Wimbledon finalist and 1993 U.S. Open finalist, losing both times to Pete Sampras. Twice Wimbledon quarterfinalist.
Thomas Muster
• Singles appearance: 4th (7-3)
• Finalist, 1997
• Semifinalist, 1996
• Has won 44 career titles including the 1995 French Open.
Jan Siemerink
• Singles appearance: 6th (7-5)
• Turned pro in 1989 and has won two singles titles and eight doubles titles.
Mark Philippoussis
• Singles appearance: 3rd (0-2)
• Doubles finalist with Rafter, 1997
• Doubles quarterfinalist with Rafter, 1996
• Won three titles in 1997, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 13. Also reached a career-high doubles ranking last year (No. 18).
Fabrice Santoro
• Singles appearance: 2nd (1-1)
• Won his first career title (Lyon) last year.
Wayne Ferreira
• Singles appearance: 8th (11-7)
• Quarterfinalist, 1996
• Round of 16, 1995, '94, '93, '91
• Doubles finalist with Mark Kratzmann, 1994
• Doubles semifinalist with Siemerink, 1996
• Doubles quarterfinalist with Piet Norval, 1991
• Won four singles titles in '95 and reached a career-high No. 6 ranking.
Gustavo Kuerten
• Singles appearance: 2nd (3-1)
• Quarterfinalist, 1997
• Won the French Open in 1997, climbing from No. 88 to No. 14 in the rankings. It was his first professional title.
Nicolas Kiefer
• Making first appearance.
• Finished 1997 as the No. 1 player in Germany, knocking off Boris Becker.
Francisco Clavet
• Making first appearance
• Has won five career singles titles including two in 1997 (Mexico City, Bogota).
Todd Martin
• Singles appearance: 5th (4-4)
• Singles Round of 16, 1995
• Reached Australian Open final in 1994, falling to Sampras.
Magnus Larsson
• Singles appearance: 3rd (1-2)
• Winner of six singles titles and five doubles titles.
Byron Black
• Singles appearance: 4th (0-3)
• Teamed with Jonathan Stark to win the 1994 French Open doubles and reach the finals at the 1994 Australian Open. Also reached 1996 Wimbledon doubles final with Grant Connell.
Nicolas Escude
• Making first appearance.
• Broke into the top 100 last year and reached the semifinals of the Australian Open this year.
Jason Stoltenberg
• Singles appearance: 11th (11-10)
• Has won four career singles titles and has reached three finals already this year.
• Reached semis at Wimbledon in 1996.
Marc Rosset
• Singles appearance: 3rd (0-2)
• Career Highlights
• Won the Olympic gold medal in 1992.
Thomas Johansson
• Singles appearance: 2nd (1-1)
• Won the first two titles of his career in 1997, at Copenhagen and St. Petersburg.
Tommy Haas
• Singles appearance: 2nd (1-1)
• Reached the semifinals at the Mercedes Super 9 in Hamburg in 1997.
Vince Spadea
• Singles appearance: 3rd (2-2)
• Reached the semifinals at the Mercedes Super 9 in Hamburg in 1997.
Jim Courier
• Singles appearance: 11th (15-10)
• Reached semifinals in 1991, quarterfinals in 1990, 1994, 1995. Doubles semifinalist with Sampras, 1989.
• Held No. 1 singles ranking for 58 weeks in 1992.
• Winner of 22 singles titles including two French Open titles (1991 and '92), and two Australian Open titles (1992 and '93).
Jeff Tarango
• Singles appearance: 3rd (1-2)
• Has two career singles titles (both came in 1992) and five doubles titles.
• Guillaume Raoux
• Singles appearance: 4th (0-3)
• Has won one singles title (Brisbane in 1992) and three doubles titles.
Sjeng Schalken
• First singles appearance
• Has three career titles, including Boston in 1997.
Mark Woodforde
• Singles appearance: 10th (10-9)
• Round of 16, 1993, '92, '96
• With Woodbridge, doubles champion,1997, '95, '92; semifinalist, 1994; quarterfinalist, 1996
• Owns 53 doubles titles (50 with Woodbridge) including five Wimbledon titles, two Australian Open titles and three U.S. Open titles.
Brett Steven
• Singles appearance: 3rd (1-2)
• Has three career titles (including Newport in 1997) and nine doubles titles.
Todd Woodbridge
• Singles appearance: 8th (5-7)
• Singles Round of 16, 1992
• With Woodforde, Doubles champion,1997, '95, & '92; semifinalist,1994; quarterfinalist, 1996
• Doubles quarterfinalist with Jason Stoltenberg, 1990
• He and Woodforde are the third-winningest doubles duo in history (50 titles). Has won a total of 55 doubles titles.
Jan-Michael Gambill
• Making first appearance (attempted to qualify in 1997). Expected to be given wild card into main draw.
• Has wins in 1998 over Andre Agassi, Mark Philippoussis and Jim Courier and reached the semifinals of the Mercedes Super 9 at Indian Wells.
• Potential main draw qualifiers
Gianluca Pozzi
• Singles appearance: 6th (3-5)
• Won first career title at Brisbane in 1991.
Hicham Arazi
• Singles appearance: 2nd (0-1)
• Won first career singles title last year at Casablanca. Also reached the doubles final of that tournament (with Karim Alami) held in his hometown.
Chris Woodruff
• Singles appearance: 3rd (3-2)
• Won his first pro title at the Mercedes Super 9 event in Montreal in 1997.
Martin Damm
• Singles appearance: 5th (3-4)
• Has teamed with countrymen Karel Novacek and Pavel Vizner to reach the doubles finals at the U.S. Open (1993, Novacek) and the doubles semifinals at Wimbledon (1997, Vizner) and the Australian Open (1994, Novacek).
Jiri Novak
• Singles appearance: 2nd (2-1)
• Won singles title at Auckland in 1996 and has five career doubles titles.
Andrei Medvedev
• Singles appearance: 6th (6-5)
• Round of 16, 1997
• Reached career-high ranking of No. 4 in 1994.
• 1993 French Open semifinalist; Quarterfinalist at '94 French Open, '93 U.S. Open and '95 Australian Open.