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Belgium's Clijsters bolstered by a powerful baseline game and
remarkable defensive skills on court, captured 41 singles titles
during her career, including four grand slam titles.
A dedicated Fed Cup team member who led her team to their first
title in 2001 and into the finals again in 2006, Clijsters also
won doubles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon and was the
world's number one player for 19 weeks.
Clijsters first retired from tennis in 2007 but returned to the
sport in 2009 and, in only her third tournament back, won that
year's U.S Open as an unseeded and wild card entry.
Roddick, known for his incredibly fast and powerful serve, held
the world number one ranking for 13 weeks and won his only grand
slam title at the 2003 U.S. Open where he closed out the match
against Juan Carlos Ferrero with three straight aces.
A three-time runner-up at Wimbledon, Roddick won 32 career
singles titles and was a dedicated team member of the U.S. Davis
Cup team, including in 2007 when he was instrumental in leading
his team to victory over Russia.
Other nominees were Paralympic gold medalist Monique Kalkman,
historian and journalist Steve Flink and the late tennis
instructor Vic Braden.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Andrew Both)
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