Leoš Friedl and Daniela Hantuchová were the defending champions, but chose to play in different teams for this year.
 Friedl teamed up with Tina Križan and lost in first round, while Hantuchová partnered with Kevin Ullyett and reached to the final, losing in three sets.
Daniela Hantuchová (] ; born 23 April 1983) is a retired tennis player from Slovakia.
 She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA tournament, the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Martina Hingis in the final and becoming the lowest-ranked player to ever win the tournament.
 She also reached the quarterfinals of that year's Wimbledon Championship and US Open, ending the year in the top 10.
 She was part of the Slovak team that won the 2002 Fed Cup and the 2005 Hopman Cup.
Nigel Sears (born 4 April 1957) is a British tennis coach, best known for coaching former top five players Amanda Coetzer, Daniela Hantuchová and Ana Ivanovic during his long career.
 He is currently the coach of Ekaterina Makarova.
Vania King and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions, both of them were present this year, but played with different partners.King partnered with Zheng Jie and Petrova partnered with Gisela Dulko both lost to Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama, in the first round and the semifinals respectively.
Alisa Kleybanova and Francesca Schiavone won in the final 6-4, 6-2 against Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama.
This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Daniela Hantuchová.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Makarova withdrew due to injury.
 Vesnina partnered up with Daniela Hantuchová, but they retired in the quarterfinals due to Hantuchová's injury.
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The High Peak Trail is a 17 mi trail for walkers, cyclists and horse riders in the Peak District.
 Running from Dowlow ( ) , near Buxton, to High Peak Junction, Cromford ( ) , it follows the trackbed of the former Cromford and High Peak Railway, which was completed in 1831 to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal wharf at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge.
Michael Jeremy Bates, commonly known as Jeremy Bates (born 19 June 1962 in Solihull, England) is a British former professional tennis player.
 He was ranked UK number 1 in 1987 and again from 1989 to 1994.
 He reached a career-high ATP world ranking of 54 from 17 April 1995 to 21 April 1995.
Vera Zvonareva was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Daniela Hantuchová in the semifinals.
 <br>Daniela Hantuchová won the title, defeating Sara Errani 6-0, 6-2 in the final.
Regina Aleksandrovna Kulikova (Russian: Регина Александровна Куликова, born 30 January 1989) is a former professional Russian tennis player.
 Her highest WTA singles ranking is 65th, which she reached on May 3, 2010.
 Her career high in doubles is 417th, which she reached on 28 September 2009.
 Her best result on the WTA tour so far is the quarterfinal appearance at the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships where she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova.
 Her biggest victory at a Grand Slam tournament came at the 2011 Australian Open, where she defeated former semi-finalist Daniela Hantuchová in the first round.

Question: Of Jeremy Bates and Daniela Hantuchová who gained prominence and achieved high peak at an earlier stage of sports career?
Answer: Daniela Hantuchová