11.   McEnroe said he wanted Dent to be part of the squad, if only as a hitting partner.

12.   She is accompanied by Australian David Taylor, her hitting partner.

13.   Thierry Guardiola, who made the second round of the Australian Open after coming through the qualifying rounds, will travel with the team as a hitting partner.

14.   Before her first-round match she warmed up with Olga Lugina, then in the second-round her hitting partner was Jana Novotna.

15.   The pair came together when Hantuchova was practising in Cape Town last year and Ullyett was called in as a hitting partner.