It’s difficult for a lot of players to follow up a great year with even a good year, but with that ordeal behind her, I feel things can only get better for Ana, who has always been brilliant enough to win a Major, but surprisingly inconsistent.

Vera Zvonarëva was on course to win her first Major singles-title before she suffered that terrible ankle-injury last April. She had surgery on 11th November and retired at Sydney, so unfortunately the Australian Open – where she’ll be defending her first Major singles semi-final – will be too soon for her to shine.

I really look forward to seeing what an injury-free Vera can do later in 2010, though!

I think Venus has won her last Wimbledon title.

I think the player most likely to come back is Golovin, but her condition is not curable, and–sadly–I don’t think she would be back for long.

1. I agree that Henin won’t win Wimbledon. She could certainly be a major threat, though, with her newfound aggression at the net.

2. Venus’s Major-winning days ended at Wimbledon 2008. She’ll be 30 by Wimbledon 2010.

3. Amélie Mauresmo is 30, so I don’t see her coming back. I hope Iroda Tulyaganova and Tatiana Golovin will come back this year.

4. Azarenka could certainly win a Major this year. Wozniacki doesn’t have the weapons to win a Major, though she might reach some Major semi-finals this year. I think Sabine Lisicki has a better chance of winning a Major – perhaps Wimbledon.

5. On-court coaching will, and should, stay.

6. The snow in Britain looks like it’s here to stay, so perhaps this year, we’ll get our first white Wimbledon! ;)

7. Nicole Vaidišová turns 21 in April, so it would be a tragic shame if she were to retire this year. She still has time to turn her career around, and get back to the Major-winning potential she showed at 17.

9. Maria Sharapova will lead the Russian contingent, but Safina’s ranking will go into freefall, as the last few months have been very bad for her, and she has a ton of points to defend. I predict that Maria will return to the top 4, while Safina will finish the year outside the top 64.

10. I think Sabine Lisicki could surprise a lot of people by winning Wimbledon. There will be plenty of on-court drama, and also off-court drama (in the form of unjust bans relating to the Draconian regulations against doping and match-fixing, and unwanted political controversy) – all leading to one big, shocking climax in February.