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Richard Bacon

Richard Bacon presents his own show on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live, Mondays to Thursdays, from 2-4pm. He will be a key voice presenting Radio 5 Live's Wimbledon coverage in 2010.

Richard was born in 1975 and grew up in Mansfield, Nottingham. His first job in the media was as a roving reporter for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Nottingham, from 1994 to 1996. In 1996, he joined Live TV as a presenter and then got his big break when he joined the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s flagship children's programme Blue Peter at the beginning of 1997.

Richard went on to present such shows as The Big Breakfast and Top Of The Pops. He has also presented programmes on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three, Channel 4, Five and Sky One across a variety of genres. In addition to his TV work, Richard has developed a successful radio career as a national presenter, hosting drivetime shows on Capital FM and Xfm.

Richard left Xfm at the end of March 2007 to pursue other broadcasting interests, including presenting ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three's Castaway Exposed, and guest presenting Five's The Wright Stuff, ITV's This Morning and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two's Something For The Weekend. His current television work includes narration for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three's Most Annoying list shows and Brit Cops on Bravo.

Richard has made recent cameo appearances in The Thick Of It, Hotel Babylon and FM and currently has monthly columns in Loaded magazine (reviewing films) and Esquire magazine. Richard started his evening show on Radio 5 Live in October 1997, which he presented for two years before moving to his current afternoon slot. He also presents a Saturday show, from 3-5pm, on ´óÏó´«Ã½ 6 Music. Richard is a popular Twitterer with 1.3 million followers (@richardpbacon).

Clare Balding

A former leading amateur flat jockey and champion lady rider, Clare's speciality is horse racing but she also covers a wide variety of other sports and assignments. She began her ´óÏó´«Ã½ career with Radio 5 Live in 1993, presenting the racing bulletin on Danny Baker's Morning Edition. Clare was appointed as ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport's TV racing presenter in December 1997. She first presented Wimbledon with Simon Mayo on 5 Live in 2003 and will also be on commentary duties this year.

Iain Carter

Radio 5 Live's Iain Carter has covered many of the world's top sporting events. He is ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio's golf correspondent and also commentates on major tennis and rugby tournaments throughout the year. In 1991, he joined ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service sport and covered cricket tours in the West Indies, South Africa and Zimbabwe, as well as rugby union. He has also covered golf's Open Championships and Ryder Cups for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio and ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service since 1993.

Iain moved to 5 Live in 1995, where a year as the breakfast show's sports presenter was followed by a stint on the F1 Grand Prix circuit during Damon Hill's champion season. In rugby union for 5 Live he has commentated on the 1995, 2003 and 2007 World Cups and is a regular commentator for the Six Nations tournament.

Iain began commentating on tennis in 1997 and in 2002 won the ATP Media Excellence Award. Iain succeeded Tony Adamson as ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio golf correspondent in 2003.

Pat Cash

Pat was a popular winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987, famously climbing through the seats on Centre Court to embrace his family after beating Ivan Lendl in straight sets. Earlier that year, he lost a tough five-setter to Stefan Edberg in the final of the Australian Open.

Born in Melbourne in May 1965, he turned pro in 1982 and reached his highest ranking of World No. 4 in 1988. In 1984, he became the youngest player to compete in the Davis Cup final, helping Australia to defeat Sweden 3-2.

Annabel Croft

After taking up tennis at the age of nine, Annabel became, at 15, the youngest Briton to play at Wimbledon for nearly 100 years. In 1984 she became junior Wimbledon Champion and a year later raised her first senior tournament trophy in San Diego.

Annabel retired from the international circuit at 21, having established herself as British No. 1, ranked in the world's Top 25. She has since carved a career in television, most recently filming Famous Rich And Homeless – a ´óÏó´«Ã½ One documentary in which the subjects swap their lifestyle to live rough on the streets.

Annabel also works as a tennis anchor for Eurosport and as summariser and commentator on Radio 5 Live. In addition to her TV and radio work, she undertakes celebrity tennis coaching clinics and exhibitions throughout the country and has recently set up The Annabel Croft Tennis Academy, which coaches over 100 schoolchildren in after-school clinics.

Judy Murray

Judy Murray is perhaps best known as the mother of young British No. 1 Andy Murray and his brother, Jamie, Wimbledon mixed doubles champion in 2007. Judy was the former Scottish No. 1 and won 64 national titles during her playing career. She is also the former Great British hard courts ladies doubles champion and represented Great Britain at the World Student Games. She has been a Scottish National coach for eight years. She will be a pundit in Radio 5 Live’s commentary team this year.

Jana Novotna

Jana Novotna won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and endeared herself to the public in 1993 when she cried on the shoulder of the Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final.

Jana is from the Czech Republic and, in her 14-year career, has won 100 titles – 24 singles and 76 doubles – including 12 Grand Slam women's doubles titles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Jana retired from the professional tour in 1999 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. She will be a key part of Radio 5 Live's commentary team this year.

Jonathan Overend

Jonathan Overend is Radio 5 Live's tennis correspondent. He joined ´óÏó´«Ã½ Essex in 1989, while still studying for his A levels, later becoming sports producer and then presenter of the Drivetime show. In 1997 he joined ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Sport to work on Radio 5 Live as a reporter and presenter and took over as the main tennis reporter in 2003 and correspondent a year later.

Jonathan has commentated on Roger Federer's Grand Slam titles and has also closely followed Andy Murray's career out of the junior ranks and into the world top three.

Michael Stich

Michael Stich won the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1991, when he beat Jim Courier, defending Wimbledon champion Stefan Edberg and three-time winner Boris Becker in consecutive rounds for the title. He has also won the men's doubles at Wimbledon and the Olympics.

Michael began playing tennis aged six and won the German national junior singles title in 1986. That year he posted a 13-match winning streak which included reaching the quarter finals at the US Open and winning titles in Stuttgart, Schenectady and Vienna. He also played the most singles and doubles on the tour – 149 matches.

Other career highlights include leading his country to the Davis Cup title against Australia in 1993. Michael served on the ATP Tour Player Council in 1991 and has an overall playing record of 35-11 (21-9 in singles). He began the Michael Stich Foundation in November 1994 to help HIV-positive children in Germany. Michael is a seasoned ´óÏó´«Ã½ broadcaster across Radio 5 Live and ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV, and hosts his own Radio 5 Live show weeknight evenings with key interviews throughout the tournament.

Jeff Tarango

One of tennis' most flamboyant characters, Jeff Tarango is a former US professional tennis player who won 16 singles and doubles titles during his career. He gained notoriety at Wimbledon in 1995 for defaulting a match by leaving the court after a dispute over a serve ruling. Jeff retired from the professional tour in 2002 and now devotes his time to coaching and broadcasting, joining Radio 5 Live in 2007.

Todd Woodbridge

Todd Woodbridge was arguably one of the top doubles players in the world for most of the Nineties and into the early 2000s. With fellow Australian Mark Woodforde he won a record 61 ATP doubles titles, including 11 grand slam events.

After Woodforde retired from the tour in 2000, Todd established a partnership with Jonas Björkman that resulted in five Grand Slam event titles in four years. He also partnered Mahesh Bhupathi for a year before retiring in 2005 with a total 83 ATP tournament wins in doubles to his name, an all-time record. Todd commentates on the Australian Open for the Seven Network in Australia and joined the Radio 5 Live commentary team in 2007.