As The Championships, Wimbledon 2009 commence on the grass courts of The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, there are several talented unseeded players who could post big wins and/or advance into the later rounds of the tournament… they include:

WOMEN:
•    Magdalena Rybarikova – recently won the grass court tune-up event in Birmingham
•    Kimiko Date Krumm – former Wimbledon semifinalist on the comeback at the age of thirty-eight
•    Sabine Lisicki – hard-serving German who won the Family Circle Cup
•    Kateryna Bondarenko – former Wimbledon Junior Girls’ Champion from the Ukraine
•    Bethanie Mattek-Sands – hoping to surpass her fourth round appearance in 2008
•    Jelena Dokic – Wimbledon semifinalist in 2000 now on the comeback at twenty-six
•    Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez – lefty serve and volleyer from Spain
•    Alexa Glatch – American teenager with a strong serve and forehand
•    Michelle Larcher de Brito – Portugese teenager, with LOUD ground strokes, who trains at Bollettieri’s
•    Urszula Radwanska – sister of Agnieska and former Wimbledon Junior Girls’ Champion from Poland
•    Severine Bremond Beltrame – French serve and volleyer who reached the Wimbledon quarters in 2006
•    Sania Mirza – talented Indian player with powerful forehand
•    Laura Robson – 2008 Wimbledon Junior Girls’ Champion from England
•    Tamarine Tanusugarn – Thai serve and volleyer who reached the quarters in 2008

MEN:
•    Taylor Dent – American qualifier whose serve and volleying style is well-suited to the grass courts
•    Lleyton Hewitt – former Wimbledon Champion on the comeback from hip surgery
•    Mischa Zverev – tall, lefty serve and volleyer
•    Benjamin Becker – ‘nother, albeit shorter and dark-haired, German with a booming first serve
•    Jeremy Chardy – big-serving Frenchman with stylish game
•    Robert Kendrick – American who pushed Nadal to five sets in the past
•    Ernests Gulbis – former French Open quarterfinalist and (unfulfilled) talent from Latvia
•    Fabrice Santoro – French Magician who still may have a few tricks at the age of thirty-six
•    Michael Llodra – lefty serve and volleyer from France
•    Sam Querrey – tall, hard-serving American
•    Xavier Malisse – talented Belgian who played through qualifying
•    Nicolas Mahut – serve and volleying wildcard from France
•    Frank Dancevic – talented Canadian with a big game
•    Gilles Muller – lefty serve and volleyer from Luxembourg who reached U.S. Open quarters