11.   Nine times former champion Martina Navratilova, who was granted her wish to be seeded second over Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, starts against Australian Michelle Jaggard-Lai.

12.   Twice former champion Stefan Edberg is in the easiest quarter of the draw.

13.   Former county champion Lindsay Taylor is fifth while Steven Souter, Jevon Chan and Steven Cooper make up the eight seeds.

14.   Danish rider Jan Staechmann and former British junior champion Carl Blackbird both recorded double figures twice at Cleveland Park last season.

15.   THE Green Howards host their annual golf tournament tomorrow in honour of their late president, former Open champion Fred Daley OBE.

16.   Former British champion Bryan Beeson, in Madrid for the Spanish Open, will return to find that the league is no longer a two-horse race.

17.   Former Northern champion Degnan is taking kids off the streets and giving them a dream to fight for.

18.   The former British champion, who lives at Middleton St George, near Darlington, had his femur pinned together after a nasty smash at Cadwell Park last year.

19.   Alexeyev had also branded former Olympic champions Yuri Zkharevich and Anatoly Khrapaty as drug cheats.

20.   The former Open champion signed the contract at St Andrews yesterday and said he was delighted to be involved in the venture.