10. Mario Ancic

Born: 30/03/84 Nationality: Croat Seeded: 10 World ranking: 21 Wimbledon best: Semi-final (2004) Recent record: 2004: Semi-final 2003: 1st round 2002: 2nd round

Ancic came into the tournament having won his first ATP Tour title and it was no surprise that it came on grass.

For, like his compatriot Goran Ivanisevic, Ancic has a game that suits the surface perfectly.

He certainly made an impact on his SW19 debut in 2002 when he became the first teenager to win on his Wimbledon debut on Centre Court since Bjorn Borg in 1973.

That victory was over Roger Federer and means that Ancic is the last man to have beaten Federer at Wimbledon.

The following year, the man who had been christened "Super Mario" and "Baby Goran" by the British tabloids suffered a first-round defeat at the hands of a 17-year-old Rafael Nadal.

But the 6ft 5in Croat returned in 2004 to upset British hopes when he beat Tim Henman in the quarter-finals.

His run was ended in the last four by Andy Roddick, but Ancic improved his year-end ranking for the fifth consecutive time in 2004 and will be one of the names most feared by the top seeds this year.