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ROD Laver has urged Samantha Stosur to remember her highlights reel as she tries to overturn a disappointing record at her home Grand Slam.
Stosur turned her season around late last year with titles in Carlsbad and Osaka ending a drought that stretched back to her 2011 US Open triumph.
Laver believes his fellow Queenslander should look to her successes - including her breakthrough run to the 2010 French Open final where she beat the likes of Justine Henin, Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic - for confidence.
"I watched her there and she played wonderful tennis and she beat all the top players," Laver told The Sunday Mail.
"That proves that she got there once so that means that she's got a good chance to go back and do it again. You have to make your mark at each one of those places.
Stosur's breakthrough run came at the 2010 French Open. Source: AP
"Sometimes she gets beaten first or second round and that's a problem. She's got to be able to get through those early rounds and not have to fight so hard to do that.
"Her game is one where she's either extremely good or she's just adequate.
"She played great matches at the French three years ago, and I think all those experiences help you get through that area where you're not playing your best but you've got to win, and that's something I think she's learning now."
Stosur made yet another slow start to the Australian summer, going winless at the Hopman Cup.
She lifted her level at the Hobart International where, after barely scraping into the quarter-finals, she cruised into the last four with a near flawless display to defeat Serbian world No. 34 Bojana Jovanovski.
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She stumbled again in the semi-finals, however, with a straight-sets capitulation to Klara Zakopalova, Stosur's first-round opponent at the Australian Open.
When action begins at Melbourne Park on Monday, Stosur will have played more matches in the lead-up than she has since 2005, when she reached finals in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, now the Brisbane International.
Not since 2007 has she made it past the second round of a lead-up tournament.
Laver encouraged the 29-year-old - who has only twice reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, most recently four years ago - to make the most of her opportunities.
"She's not the youngest on the tour so she's got to make those marks a winner," Laver said.
"She's a world-class player.
"I certainly do think that she's capable of winning many tournaments and it's just a matter of does she bring her best tennis to that particular tournament."
Meanwhile, Laver backed Lleyton Hewitt to rattle some big cages in Melbourne.
As a crowd favourite, veteran Hewitt is bound to feature on the centre court arena bearing Laver's name following his eye-catching win over Roger Federer to claim the Brisbane International title.
That victory was further proof 32-year-old Hewitt can still mix it with the best, which was also in evidence when he toppled players ranked well above him at Queen's, Wimbledon and the US Open last year.
"He had a great US Open, that's something that proves his game's not over yet," Laver said.
"He's prepared to give all he's got and I think maybe he can do well at the Australian.
"He's found himself understanding that yes, he's over his peak period but when he works at getting ready maybe he's got a good chance to frighten a few players."
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