1.   His best finish this season is a quarterfinal loss at Sydney, Australia.

2.   Rejoining the team for a doubles cameo in the quarterfinal loss to Australia, he declined to play singles, an activity at which he is the planetary best.

3.   So any quarterfinal loss, much less three straight, is considered failure.

4.   A first-round Italian Cup knockout and a Cup Winners Cup quarterfinal loss were embarrassing.

5.   And then they dominated Germany for much of their quarterfinal loss.

6.   Australia, in contrast, has completely revamped its team following its quarterfinal loss against England.

7.   But a quarterfinal loss to Spain rattled their confidence and got one of their top scorers, Dubravko Simenc, suspended for the next game.

8.   But its humbling quarterfinal loss to the United States last year in Hanover still rankles.

9.   Even though Graf had bought a new dress for the occasion, she left Paris immediately after her quarterfinal loss earlier in the day to Amanda Coetzer.

10.   Graf has improved every time out since the disastrous quarterfinal loss to Hingis in Rome last week.