Two-time champion Tommy Robredo of Spain (2006-07) returns to Centre Court action in a second round match against Australian qualifier Peter Luczak, who advanced to the second round after beating Spaniard Alberto Martin in straight sets.  The No. 3 seed Robredo leads all competitors in the Catella Swedish Open with a 21-6 career mark in eight previous appearances. In other first round Centre Court action, No. 5 seed Nicolas Almagro of Spain takes on former World No. 1 Marat Safin, who has never gone past the second round in two previous appearances.  Spanish qualifier Daniel Gimeno-Traver starts the day’s action on Centre Court in opening round play against Portugal’s Frederico Gil.  In the evening session, No. 2 seed and Roland Garros finalist Robin Soderling of Sweden plays Belgium’s Kristof Vliegen in a second round match. On Court One, German Bjorn Phau, who proved too strong for 16-year-old Swedish wildcard Daniel Berta, takes on Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili, who rallied from behind to upset No. 7 seed Belgian Christophe Rochus in three sets.

WEDNESDAY HEAD TO HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

CENTRE COURT

(Q) Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) vs Frederico Gil (POR) Gil Leads 1-0
09 London - Queen's Club (Great Britain)Grass R64 Frederico Gil 6-1 6-3
Other Meetings:
08 Tanger CH (Morocco) Clay R32 Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-1 7-5
09 Prostejov CH (Czech Republic) Clay R32 Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3 6-3

Gimeno-Traver FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Acapulco (l Almagro)
YTD W-L: 8-15
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: August 7, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 91

· Gimeno-Traver, 23, successfully qualified into main draw and will face Portugal’s Federico Gil for the third time in the past six weeks…The Spaniard fell to Gil on grass at Queen’s last month, after defeating him a week earlier at the Prostejov Challenger on clay
· Earned his first grass court win at Wimbledon by ousting American Taylor Dent in five sets before bowing out in second round (l. Troicki)
· Ranked as high as No. 78 on March 9, 2009
· Enjoyed a celebrated juniors career winning 2003 European Championships (d. Baghdatis) in Switzerland and won five other titles in a row before losing in final at Italian Open juniors (l. to Almagro)...Also a juniors quarter-finalist at Roland Garros (d. Djokovic, l. to Tsonga)

Gil FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Johannesburg (l Tsonga); Costa Do Sauipe (l Bellucci); QF: Casablanca (l Montanes)
YTD W-L: 14-11
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: March 24, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 90

· Gil, 23, is 14-11 on the year after starting off with back-to-back semi-finals at Johannesburg (l. Tsonga) and Costa do Sauipe (l. Bellucci)
· Also reached quarter-finals at Casablanca (l. Montanes) and third round in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l. Nadal)
· Won first career grass court match at Queen’s, defeating Gimeno Traver before losing to Lleyton Hewitt
· Climbed as high as No. 66 on May 25, 2009
· Coached by former touring pro Joao Cunha Silva

(5) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs Marat Safin (RUS)  Almagro Leads 2-0
05 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Nicolas Almagro 6-4 6-3
06 Valencia (Spain) Clay SF Nicolas Almagro 6-2 2-6 6-4

Almagro FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Acapulco (d Monfils); QF: Auckland (l Querrey); Costa Do Sauipe (l Gil)
YTD W-L: 17-12
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: August 21, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 41

· Almagro, 23, comes in with a 17-12 record and a 2-0 mark against Safin – both wins coming on clay
· In his last outing at Wimbledon, won back-to-back five-setters over Juan Monaco and Karol Beck before losing to Soderling in straight sets
· In February, won his fifth career ATP World Tour title in Acapulco (d. Monfils) on clay
· Followed up that success on clay by reaching third round at Roland Garros (l. Verdasco)
· Started the year by reaching the quarter-finals in Auckland, beating Chinese Taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu before falling to Sam Querrey.  
· Reached career-high South African Airways ATP Ranking of No. 11 on July 7, 2008
· In April, advanced to final in Valencia (l. to Ferrer)

Safin FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 7-11
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 15
Date of Birth: January 27, 1980
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 58

· Safin, 29, is playing in Bastad for only the third time in his career, reaching second round in 2008 (l. Starace) and 1998 (l. Hrbaty)
· At Wimbledon, the Moscow native was upset in four sets by American Jesse Levine in opening round
· In 2008, the Russian finished in Top 30, reaching one ATP final and making first semi-final appearance at Wimbledon (l. Federer)
· Has a 410-256 career match record, 7-11 this season
· Has 15 career titles (two on clay), including 2000 US Open (d. Sampras) and 2005 Australian Open (d. Hewitt)…He reached No. 1 in the world on Nov. 20, 2000

(3) Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs (Q) Peter Luczak (AUS)  Robredo Leads 1-0
05 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Tommy Robredo 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3

Robredo FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Costa Do Sauipe (d Bellucci); Buenos Aires (d Monaco); SF: Viña del Mar (l Acasuso); QF: Acapulco (l Acasuso); Barcelona (l Ferrer); Roland Garros (l Del Potro)
YTD W-L: 34-14
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 9
Date of Birth: May 1, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 16

· Robredo, 27, is the only former champion in the field, as he captured the titles in 2006 (d. Davydenko ) and ’07 (d. Berdych)…Owns nine career ATP World Tour titles, including two titles in 2009 in back-to-back weeks in Costa do Sauipe (d. Bellucci) and Buenos Aires (d. Monaco)…Second time to win two titles in same year (also accomplished feat in 2006)
· Advanced to his fourth career Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros (l. del Potro)
· Also reached semi-finals at Vina Del Mar (l. Acasuso), quarter-finals at Acapulco (l. Acasuso), and quarter-finals at Barcelona (l. Ferrer)…Exited in third round at Wimbledon (l. Sela)
· Leads all players in field with 21-6 career mark in Bastad in eight appearances and has a 34-14 season record in 2009

Luczak FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-0
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: August 31, 1979
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 145

· Luczak, 30, successfully qualified this week – his seventh qualifying attempt on the ATP World Tour this year
· The Australian is competing in his first ATP World Tour level match since May 2008 when he fell in opening round at Roland Garros to Jurgen Melzer
· In Germany last month, won Furth Challenger (d. Brzezicki) on clay after winning three qualifying matches
· Only career final came in doubles in 2008 at Buenos Aires (w/Eschauer)
· Reached career high of No. 69 on March 3, 2008

Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs (2) Robin Soderling (SWE)                            Soderling Leads 2-1
06 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard SF Robin Soderling 7-5 2-6  7-6(5)
06 Munich (Germany) Clay R16 Kristof Vliegen 5-7 6-3  6-2
07 Doha (Qatar) Hard R32 Robin Soderling 6-3 6-3
Other Meetings:
03 Andrezieux CH (France) Hard R16 Robin Soderling        4-6  7-6(4)  7-5

Vliegen FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Johannesburg (l Tsonga); Belgrade (l Kubot)
YTD W-L: 10-12
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: June 22, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 55

· Vliegen, 27, is coming off Challenger win at Scheveningen (d. Montanes) last week in The Netherlands
· Also reached second round at Wimbledon, falling in five sets to Spain’s Fernando Verdasco
· Earlier in ’09, advanced to quarter-finals at Johannesburg (l. Tsonga) and Belgrade (l. Kubot)
· Has a 10-12 match record on the season, including 4-5 on clay
· The No. 2 Belgian (at No. 55) reached a career-high No. 30 on Oct. 30, 2006

Soderling FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Roland Garros (l Federer); SF: Auckland (l Del Potro); QF: Brisbane (l Stepanek)
YTD W-L: 21-12
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: August 14, 1984
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 12

· Soderling, 24, comes in with a 21-12 match record on the season (13-5 on clay) and career-high      No. 12 South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking
· The Roland Garros finalist (d. Nadal in 4th Rd., l. to Federer) is coming off a fourth round showing at Wimbledon where he lost to eventual champion Federer
· The top Swede has an 11-7 career mark in Bastad, reaching the semi-finals in 2004 and the quarter-finals in each of the past three years
· In the first month of the season, reached the quarter-finals in Brisbane (l. to Stepanek) and semi-finals in Auckland (l. to del Potro)

COURT ONE

Bjorn Phau (GER) vs Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)                        First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
04 Furth CH (Germany) Clay R32 Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(5)
08 Karlsruhe CH (Germany) Clay SF Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6(8) 6-3

Phau FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Houston (l Odesnik); QF: Chennai (l Schuettler)
YTD W-L: 6-11
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: October 4, 1979
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 69

· Phau, 29, snaps a six-match losing streak in ATP World Tour level matches with Tuesday’s win over 16-year-old Swedish wildcard Daniel Berta, 63 62 in 62 minutes
· Improves to 7-11 for the year (4-3 on clay)
· Best outing of 2009 was a run to semi-finals at Houston where he defeated Mardy Fish, Scoville Jenkins, and Tommy Haas before losing to eventual finalist Wayne Odesnik
· Also reached quarter-finals to start the year in Chennai (l. Schuettler)
· Ranked as high as No. 59 on June, 19, 2006

Gabashvili FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Casablanca (l Serra)
YTD W-L: 8-16
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 23, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 75

· Gabashvili, 24, won his first ATP World Tour level match since Roland Garros Monday by saving nine break points to come back and beat No. 7 seed Christophe Rochus of Belgium
· At Roland Garros in late May, he defeated countryman Igor Kunitsyn in four sets before falling in straight sets to Rafael Nadal comes in with an 8-16 mark on the year
· After opening round loss at Wimbledon to Fernando Gonzalez, he returned to red clay at Braunschweig Challenger and reached the final, defeating Andreas Beck in semi-final before falling to Oscar Hernandez in the title match-up
· Reached career high of No. 59 on Feb. 2, 2009 on South African Airways ATP Rankings