By Nick Georgandis
March 31 - Former doubles No. 1 Kelly Jones turns 49. Jones reached two Grand Slam singles finals in doubles - the 1992 Australian Open and 1992 US Open, and became No. 1 in the world on October 12, 1992. He won eight career doubles titles. In singles, he won two titles but never rose higher than No. 86. He reached the fourth round of the Australian Open in 1993. Since retiring, he has coached the likes of Mardy Fish and James Blake, and is currently the head tennis coach of Furman University.
April 1 - Former WTA Top 5 player Magdalena Maleeva turns 38. Maleeva, a native of Bulgaria, reached No. 4 in the world in January of 1996, won 10 titles in her career and reached the quarterfinals of the 1992 US Open. She played professionally from 1989 until 2005.
April 2 - Current ATP No. 5 David Ferrer turns 31. Ferrer has won 20 career titles and has been ranked as high as No. 4 in the world. He has reached the semifinals of five Grand Slam tournaments, but has always been defeated by one of the "Big Four" of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray or Rafael Nadal. Ferrer has a bit of a stigma of being Spain's second-best player and second-best clay court player behind Nadal. Nadal has defeated Ferrer 17 times in 21 matchups in their careers.
Australia's Todd Woodbridge, who won 23 Grand Slam titles in doubles, turns 43. Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles including nine Wimbledon crowns. Woodbridge won seven mixed doubles Grand Slams as well. He and Woodforde also combined to win the 1996 Summer Olympics gold medal in men's doubles. In men's doubles, Woodbridge won Wimbledon nine times, the US Open three times, the Australian Open three times and the French Open once.In mixed doubles, he won the US Open thrice, the French Open twice and the other two Slams once each.
April 3 - Germany's Tommy Haas, currently ranked No. 18 in the world, turns 35. Haas reached No. 2 in the world in 2002, but injuries and family tragedy cut short a large chunk of his perceived prime. In recent years he has become a force again and has 13 titles to date as well as the silver medal in the 2000 Olympics. He has reached the Australian Open semifinals three times: 1999, 2002 and 2007.