Luxilon on Tour

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Kristian is one of the few players from Denmark. He had a promising junior career, beating Mikhail Youzhny in 1999 to win the Austrlian Open Junior title and appeared in the final of the Wimbledon event before finishing the year as the top ranked junior in the world. After just 3 succesful years on the pro circuit, reaching a rank of 65, he suffered a serious choulder injury that required multiple surgeries and a year away from tennis. His ranking fell to below 800 as a result.

He has worked hard to climb back up the ranking chart and in January 2007 beat world number 8 David Nalbandian.

Birthday: February 9, 1981
Birthplace: Odense, Denamark
Residence: Dubai, UAE
Height: 6’2” (187 cm)
Weight: 185 lbs (84 kg)
Turned Pro: 1999
Current ATP Singles: 118

Kristian likes to spend time with his girlfriend when he is traveling
Kristian does not like trophies—but he does like winning!
He feels screaming should be allowed at professional matches to allow the crowd to get more “into it.”

Current Racquet: Head
Customization: he adds additional weight to the frame
Number of racquets used per year: 24
Number of Racquets per match: 6
Current String used: Luxilon ALU Power 125
String Tension: 26 kg ?

           
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Camille is a very tenacious player. In spite of being almost a foot shorter than her opponent, she came within 2 points of beating Maria Sharapova at the 2007 Australian Open (shown above during the match) before finally succumbing in a 3-6 6-4 7-9 nail-biter.

Birthday: August 25, 1981
Birthplace: Nice, France
Residence: Nice, France
Height: 5’3” (1.62m)
Weight: 117 lbs (53 kg)
Current WTA Singles: 76

If Camille could have anyone as a coach for a week she would pick Yannick Noah
Her nickname is “Cam”

Current Racquet: Head Instinct
Customization: Balance and weight checked
Number of racquets used per year: 6
Number of Racquets per match: 3
Current String used: Luxilon ALU Power
String Tension: 21-20 kg

           
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Flavia has those dark, Latin good looks that always draw a crowd to her matches - and also attracted top ATP pro Carlos Moya who was, until recently, her boyfriend of over 3 years. They were a formidable mixed doubles team..!

Flavia has had a highly succesful singles career with 4 WTA titles and wins over Justine Henin and Martina Hingis and recently beat Venus Williams en route to the title at the 2007 Bangkok Open

Birthday: February 25, 1982
Birthplace: Brindisi, Italy
Residence: Verbier, Switzerland
Height: 5’7” (1.72 M)
Weight: 128 lbs (58 kg)

Flavia enjoys riding horses, going to the cinema, and shopping in her free time away from the tour
She would like to see fans have the opportunity to play against the pros after the matches are finished and believes that this would make pro tennis much more exciting for the fans
Her father introduced her to the game at the age of 5
The player she admires most is Monica Seles

Current Racquet: Wilson nBlade
Number of Racquets used per year: 7 (not customized)
Number of Racquets taken to each match: 4
Current Strings: Wilson Natural Gut and Luxilon ALU Power hybrid
Tension: 27 kg

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Ruben’s fitness and physique guarantee his opponents a tough challenge and his fans an exciting match.

Birthday: January 6, 1978
Birthplace: Alicante, Spain
Residence: Alicante, Spain
Height: 6’0” (182 cm)
Weight: 163 lbs (74 kg)
Turned Pro: 1998
Current ATP Singles: 140
Career High ATP Singles: 50

Current Racquet: Fischer
Customization: All his racquets are customized to have the same weight and balance
Number of racquets used per year: 12
Number of Racquets per match: 4
Current String used: Luxilon Original 138
String Tension: 26-27 kg