Gasquet, a teenage prodigy, has failed to match his early promise but did reach the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2007.

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"I'm very excited to be in the final, " said Bartoli, runner-up at Wimbledon in 2007, after ending a run of seven successive defeats in the last four of WTA events.

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Bartoli, the number 13 seed, had played Williams twice before they met in Miami, losing in the final at Wimbledon in 2007 but winning in the Bank of the West Classic final at Stanford last year.

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Bartoli, the 2007 Wimbledon runner-up, was hampered by a hip injury during the match, but still managed to defiantly complete the match.

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There was to be no repeat of his first Grand Slam title - in the 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles alongside Serbia's Jelena Jankovic.

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Change has been slow even in high-profile tournaments: only in 2007 did Wimbledon equalise the winning prize money for tennis players of each sex.

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The US Open has paid equal prize money the past 38 years, but credit Venus Williams who fought for equal pay at Wimbledon which finally acquiesced in 2007 as did the French Open.

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Murray should have few problems with his first-round opponent as Hajek has made just one appearance at Wimbledon, losing in the first round in 2007, and his best results have come on clay.

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The great Bjorn Borg, who shares the record for most successive titles at Wimbledon with Federer -- who completed his quintet in 2007 - won 11 of his 16 Grand Slam finals.

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But she suffered an ankle injury at the 2007 French Open, forcing her to miss all events that year, including the chance to defend her Wimbledon women's doubles title.

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