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By Nick Georgandis

June 10: Estonia's Kaia Kanepi turns 27. Kanepi is a three-time WTA tournament winner who reached a career-best No. 16 in February of 2011.

June 14: Germany's Steffi Graf turns 43. Arguably the greatest female player ever, she is the only tennis player ever to win the Golden Slam - all four majors and the Olympic gold medal in the same season - 1988.  In total, Graf won 107 singles titles on the WTA tour and was ranked No. 1 in the world for 377 total weeks. In 2001, she married fellow tennis player Andre Agassi, with whom she has two children.

June 15: French former No. 5 Cedric Pioline turns 43. Pioline reached the finals of two Grand Slam events - the US Open in 1993 and Wimbledon in 1997 - losing both times to Pete Sampras. Pioline also helped France win the Davis Cup title in 1996 and again in 2001.

June 16: Germany's Benjamin Becker turns 31. The former NCAA championship at Baylor University, Becker has one career ATP title and reached a career-high No. 38 in March of 2007. Despite the frequent questions, he is not kin to former German Grand Slam champion Boris Becker.

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