Wimbledon trophy up for grabs tomorrow

There are four Russians, two Serbs, and the Willams sisters who will be the favorites on the lawns of Wimbledon, but they won't be the only ones who have a Grand Slam win in mind.

Last year at Wimbledon, there was a new finalist, Marion Bartoli, who unluckily lost to the American 4-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in straight sets. This year Bartoli, who lost in the key-Wimbledon Eastbourne tournament in the semifinals, hopes she can repeat her success from last year to get to the final rounds of Wimbledon.

It seems like no one can crush the Williams sisters. While Serena won her titles in 2002-03 seeded No. 2 and No. 1, Venus won her titles in 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007, seeded No. 5, No.2, No. 14 and No. 23. They are on separate halves in the draw, so they may make up a sister to sister final this year.

Russians Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Dementieva are among the top 8 seeds at Wimbledon. Sharapova is the most accomplished player out of the four. She had previously won Wimbledon in 2004 to champion Serena Williams in straight sets, as well as the US Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008.

Kuznetsova and Dementieva have both reached the quarterfinals before, and Chakvetadze is still trying to reach the second week here for the first time.

Going into last year's Wimbledon fortnight they were two of the new faces in the Top 10, but Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic were No.1 and No.2 in the world the week before Wimbledon, making Serbia the third country in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour history to hold the Top 2 spots in the rankings, following the United States and Belgium. They have both done exceptionally well at the majors this year - Ivanovic finishing runner-up in Australia and winning in Paris, and Jankovic reaching the semifinals at both - and both have recorded impressive finishes here before, most notably a semifinal from Ivanovic in 2007.