Ana Ivanovic, Nicole Vaidisova and Anna Chakvetadze - three tennis names to watch in 2008

This year will be an exciting year for tennis. On the women's side, new talents and names keep coming up with results and great tennis.Here are some of the names to watch….

Ana Ivanovic: Born Belgrade, Serbia, 6.11.87. Plays right-handed (two-handed backhand), status Pro (August 2003). Began working with Scott Byrnes (strength and conditioning coach) in July 2006, started playing tennis at five after watching it on TV (in particular Monica Seles), remembering the phone number of a local tennis school and begging her parents to take her.

2007 was Ivanovic's breakthrough season culminating in her first top-10 finish, highlighted by third, fourth and fifth career Tour singles titles and first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros. Ana failed at the beginning of the year to win in Australia, but there is no doubt that this young star will be a Grand Slam winner - even during 2008.

Anna Chakvetadze: Born Moscow, Russia, 5.3.87. Plays right-handed (two-handed backhand), status Pro (2003). Breakthrough season was 2007, culminating in first top 10 finish, highlighted by winning third to sixth career tour singles titles and reaching first Grand Slam semi-final. Coached by father, Djambuli, she was introduced to tennis by mother, Natalia, at age eight. The seventh ranked player in the world, Chakvetadze has been advancing and playing with more and more confidence. She might not be Slam material, but can be a top 10 player for many years to come.