WAGS of the 2012 Australian Open

“Behind every great man is a great woman”

~Anonymous.

We kickoff our coverage of the 2012 Australian Open with this comprehensive list of the most attractive wives and girlfriends of some of our favorite players in Sydney.

25 Biljana Sesevic

Wife of Janko Tipsarevic
Current world ranking: 9
Australian Open first round draw: Dmitry Tursunov
Miscellaneous: Sesevic is a former television hostess and currently works as a yacht model.

24 Brooklyn Decker

Wife of Andy Roddick
Current world ranking: 16
Australian Open first round draw: Robin Haase
Miscellaneous: Perhaps the only woman on the list whose popularity rivals that of her husband/boyfriend.

23 Jelena Ristic

Girlfriend of Novak Djokovic
Current world ranking: 1
Australian Open first round draw: Paolo Lorenzi
Miscellaneous: The two have dated since 2005 and many expect Djokovic to propose sometime this year.

22 Maria “Xisca” Perello

Girlfriend of Rafael Nadal
Current world ranking: 2
Australian Open first round draw: Alex Kuznetsov
Miscellaneous: The two dated for almost five years before the media got wind of it.

21 Zaira Nara

Girlfriend of Juan Monaco
Current world ranking: 27
Australian Open first round draw: Philipp Kohlschreiber
Miscellaneous: Nara was previously engaged to Uruguayan soccer star Diego Forlan, who, apparently cheated on her.

20 Nicole Vaidisova

Girlfriend of Radek Stepanek
Current world ranking: 31
Australian Open first round draw: Nicolas Mahut
Miscellaneous: Vaidisova, a fine tennis player herself, became the first woman fined at the Australian Open (in 2009) for “bad behavior.”

19 Suncica Travica

Girlfriend of Viktor Troicki
Current world ranking: 23
Australian Open first round draw: David Ferrer
Miscellaneous: Travica is a Serbian model who is studying to be a lawyer. Beauty and brains huh? Wow.

18 Irina Davydenko

Wife of Nikolay Davydenko
Current world ranking: 52
Australian Open first round draw: Flavio Cipolla
Miscellaneous: Nikolay is known as the “”Iron Man” because of his stamina on the tennis court. No idea whether that translates to the bedroom for Irina.

17 Bec Cartwright

Wife of Lleyton Hewitt
Current world ranking: 186
Australian Open first round draw: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Miscellaneous: Bec became famous for her role as Hayley Smith Lawson on the Australian soap opera Home and Away.

16 Sara Foster

Wife of Tommy Haas
Current world ranking: 205
Australian Open first round draw: Denis Kudla
Miscellaneous: Foster was one of the many lovely ladies Vincent Chase bedded on the HBO series, Entourage.

15 Stacey Gardner

Wife of Mardy Fish
Current world ranking: 8
Australian Open first round draw: Gilles Muller
Miscellaneous: Gardner is a laywer and was once of the briefcase models on NBC’s, Deal or No Deal.

14 Paula Kalini

Girlfriend of Milos Raonic
Current world ranking: 25
Australian Open first round draw: Filippo Volandri
Miscellaneous: This relatively unknown beauty only has 162 followers on Twitter.

13 Karolina Sprem

Girlfriend of Marcos Baghdatis
Current world ranking: 43
Australian Open first round draw: Benjamin Becker
Miscellaneous: Sprem recently retired and has won twice as many singles titles as Baghdatis. You jealous Marcos?