WAGS of the 2012 Australian Open
A. Isaac 
“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?
12 Anfisa Stakhovsky
Wife of Sergiy Stakhovsky
Current world ranking: 61
Australian Open first round draw: llya Marchenko
Miscellaneous: The newlyweds got married a week before Wimbledon last year.
11 Alix Bex
Girlfriend of Jeremy Chardy
Current world ranking: 82
Australian Open first round draw: Grigor Dimitrov
Miscellaneous: Bex was the top-ranked junior player in Belgium and played her college tennis at UNI before quitting to travel with Chardy.
10 Ester Satorova
Girlfriend of Tomas Berdych
Current world ranking: 7
Australian Open first round draw: Albert Ramos
Miscellaneous: Berydych is certainly robbing the cradle with young Satorova. The Czech model is only 19-years-old.
9 Marta Tornel
Girlfriend of David Ferrer
Current world ranking: 5
Australian Open first round draw: Viktor Troicki
Miscellaneous: Next to his good buddy Rafael Nadal, Ferrer may very well be one of Spain’s most beloved athletes.
8 Camille Llodra
Wife of Michael Llodra
Current world ranking: 47
Australian Open first round draw: Ernests Gulbis
Miscellaneous: Perhaps the couple that’s been together the longest on tour as the two married in September of 2003
7 Aida Ljubicic
Wife of Ivan Ljubicic
Current world ranking: 30
Australian Open first round draw: Lukas Lacko
Miscellaneous: When asked why she married Ivan, Aida responded, “I don’t know really, his hair caught my eye” (Ivan is bald).
6 Jarah Mariano
Girlfriend of Fernando Verdasco
Current world ranking: 24
Australian Open first round draw: Bernard Tomic
Miscellaneous: Mariano should look familiar to you “sports” fans. She appeared in the 2008, 2009 SI Swimsuit edition.
5 Charlotte Deon
Girlfriend of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Current world ranking: 6
Australian Open first round draw: Denis Istomin
Miscellaneous: Tsonga is known as the Muhammed Ali of tennis for his facial expressions during play. No idea about his expressions during coitus.
4 Francesca Fichera
Girlfriend of Filippo Volandri
Current world ranking: 70
Australian Open first round draw: Milos Raonic
Miscellaneous: Fichera is a co-host on the Italian quiz show, L’eredità. A show where you can apparently strut your stuff.
3 Cecilia de Liberti
Girlfriend of Juan Martin Del Potro
Current world ranking: 11
Australian Open first round draw: Adrian Mannarino
Miscellaneous: The two became acquainted after Liberti sent some “pics” of herself to Del Potro’s phone. Classy.
2 Morgane Pons
Girlfriend of Benoit Paire
Current world ranking: 92
Australian Open first round draw: Stanislas Wawrinka
Miscellaneous: The 19-year-old Pons is currently the 605th ranked player in the world. Really? Rankings go that high?
1 Vika
Girlfriend of Alexandr Dolgopolov
Current world ranking: 13
Australian Open first round draw: Greg Jones
Miscellaneous: No, Vika is not like Madonna or Cher. But she sounds a lot sexier when we don’t know her last name.
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