Western & Southern Open Tennis 2016

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Jack Sock & Vasek Pospisil

Daniel Nestor & Radek Stepanek

BORN: September 24, 1992 (Sock); June 23, 1990 (Pospisil) LIVES: Kansas City, Nebraska (Sock); Freeport, Bahamas (Pospisil) BIRTHPLACE: Lincoln, Nebraska (Sock); Vernon, British Columbia (Pospisil) HEIGHT: 6'3" (Sock); 6'4" (Pospisil) WEIGHT: 185 lbs (Sock); 185 lbs (Pospisil) PRO DEBUT: 2011 (Sock); 2007 (Pospisil) COACHES: Troy Hahn (Sock); Frédéric Fontang (Pospisil) HIGHLIGHT: The American and Canadian, respectively, won Wimbledon in 2014 over the Bryans. They then lost to the twins in Cincinnati the next month.

BORN: September 4, 1972 (Nestor); November 27, 1978 (Stepanek) LIVES: Nassau, Bahamas (Nestor); Monte Carlo, Monaco (Stepanek) BIRTHPLACE: Belgrade, Serbia (Nestor); Karvina, Czech Republic (Stepanek) HEIGHT: 6'3" (Nestor); 6'1" (Stepanek) WEIGHT: 190 lbs (Nestor); 167 lbs (Stepanek) PRO DEBUT: 1991 (Nestor); 1996 (Stepanek) COACH: Petr Korda HIGHLIGHT: A former No. 1 doubles player, Nestor is playing on one of the top doubles teams at age 43. In January, he reached 1,000 wins as a doubles player. Stepanek has 18 doubles titles.

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Petra Kvitova

BORN: September 9, 1987 LIVES: Darmstadt, Germany BIRTHPLACE: Tuzla, Bosnia HEIGHT: 5'11" WEIGHT: 152 lbs PRO DEBUT: 2006 COACH: Jan De Witt HIGHLIGHT: The German has been ranked as high as No. 9 in the world and has earned six WTA titles during her career. She made it to the Cincinnati semis in 2011.

BORN: March 8, 1990 LIVES: Monte Carlo, Monaco BIRTHPLACE: Bilovec, Czech Republic HEIGHT: 6'0" WEIGHT: 154 lbs PRO DEBUT: 2006 COACH: Frantisek Cermak HIGHLIGHT: The two-time Wimbledon champion has had some streaky play throughout her career. She reached the Cincinnati semis in 2012.

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