Two players with outstanding ATP World Tour finals records will meet in the final of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 presented by Rolex Sunday, after Rafael Nadal and Nikolay Davydenko had semi-final wins on Saturday. After titles at Indian Wells, Monte-Carlo and Rome, Nadal is trying to win four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in a season for the second time in his career, having achieved the feat in 2005 (he won two in 2006 and three in 2007, 2008 and so far in 2009). The Spaniard is also trying to become the first player this year to win six tour-level titles. Davydenko, who is going for his fourth ATP World Tour title of the year, has won two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in his career: Paris in 2006 and Miami in 2008. The Miami final could be significant, as that was the only time Nadal and Davydenko met in a final (with Davydenko winning in straight sets). The Russian is chasing one of three remaining spots in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London next month.

WHAT’S AT STAKE –
Winner:  $ 616,500 and 1000 South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking points
Runner-up: $ 302,000 and 600 South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking points

FINALS HISTORY –
Nadal -- Appearing in his 47th tour-level final - He is 36-10 in finals   
              Appearing in his 21st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final - He is 15-5 in finals
Davydenko -- Appearing in his 23rd ATP World Tour final - He is 17-5 in finals
                      Appearing in his 3rd ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final - He is 2-0 in finals

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ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 TITLE LEADERS – Nadal is attempting to earn his 16th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title and tie Roger Federer for the second-most behind Andre Agassi’s 17. Here are the title leaders (since 1990):
                    No.
Andre Agassi 17                       
Roger Federer 16                                                                         
Rafael Nadal   15                            
Pete Sampras 11                    
Thomas Muster  8

2009 ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 FINALS – Nadal is appearing in his fifth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final of the year and is trying to win his fourth title. Davydenko is appearing in his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final of the year. Here is a look at the finals this season:
                    Champion       Finalist
Indian Wells   Rafael Nadal   Andy Murray
Miami            Andy Murray   Novak Djokovic
Monte-Carlo   Rafael Nadal    Novak Djokovic
Rome            Rafael Nadal    Novak Djokovic
Madrid           Roger Federer  Rafael Nadal
Montreal        Andy Murray    Juan Martin del Potro
Cincinnati       Roger Federer  Novak Djokovic

UPDATED 2009 RANKING POINTS – There are three positions remaining for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Davydenko has moved up to No. 7 by reaching the final. Here's the updated 2009 year-to-date South African Airways ATP Ranking points leaders (through Saturday):
                                    Points
1) Roger Federer          #9855 
2) Rafael Nadal             #8845 (Add 400 pts. if wins Sunday - will stay at No. 2)
3) Novak Djokovic        #6410
4) Andy Murray             #6040      
5) Juan Martin del Potro #5815
6) Andy Roddick              4330
7) Nikolay Davydenko      3050 (Add 400 pts. if wins Sunday - will stay at No. 7)
8) Fernando Verdasco      3030
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9) Robin Soderling            2820
10) Fernando Gonzalez      2780        
11) Jo-Wilfiried Tsonga     2640
12) Marin Cilic                  2205
13) Gilles Simon               2105
14) Radek Stepanek          2095
15) Tommy Robredo         2040
#  Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London

2009 ATP WORLD TOUR TITLE LEADERS – Both finalists have won at least three titles on the ATP World Tour this year:
                                     No.
Rafael Nadal                    5
Andy Murray                   5
Roger Federer                 4
Nikolay Davydenko          3
Juan Martin del Potro       3
Novak Djokovic               3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga          3
Four others with              2
 
SUNDAY CHAMPIONSHIP HEAD-TO-HEAD

(1) Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. (6) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) Nadal Leads 4-2
06 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Rafael Nadal 5-7 6-4 6-4
07 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-6(3)6-7(8)6-4
08 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard F Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Paris (France) Hard QF Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 ret
09 Barcelona (Spain) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2 

NADAL FASTFACTS

2009 Highlights:
W: Australian Open (d Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Djokovic); Barcelona (d Ferrer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (d Djokovic); F: Rotterdam (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Federer); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic); US Open (l Del Potro); Beijing (l Cilic); QF: Doha (l Monfils); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Del Potro); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Del Potro)

2009 in Review:
• The 23-year-old Spaniard has advanced to his eighth final of the season (5-2 in the first seven) and 47th of his career (36-10)…He is co-leader (w/Murray) on the ATP World Tour with five titles
• By reaching the final in Shanghai, Nadal is the first player to reach nine different ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals in his career (missing Cincinnati)
• This week he has posted wins over American James Blake 62 67(4) 64, countryman and No. 14 seed Tommy Robredo 61 64, Ivan Ljubicic 36 63 (ret.-hip) and Feliciano Lopez (63 10 ret.-right ankle) to improve his match record to 61-9 on the season, including 39-7 on hard courts…He has won at least 60 matches in four of the past five years (except ’06, won 59 matches)
• He is the only player on the ATP World Tour this year to win at least 20 matches on clay (22-2) and   hard courts (39-7)…He is also 31-4 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments
• Has a 13-6 mark vs. Top 10 opponents this season and has beaten 14 of Top 15 players in this week’s rankings (d. No. 15 Robredo on Thursday and lost to No. 13 Cilic last week in Beijing)
• He had an excellent start to season, winning five of first 10 tournaments played (including sixth Grand Slam title of career at Australian Open), reaching finals at Rotterdam (l. to Murray) and Madrid (l. to Federer) and QF at Doha and Miami…His only pre-QF loss in first 10 events came at Roland Garros, falling in 4th Rd. (l. to Soderling - had been 31-0 at the event with four straight titles)
• He missed Queen’s Club and Wimbledon title defence with tendinitis in both knees and dipped from No. 1 to No. 2 on July 6 when Federer won Wimbledon; after 212 straight weeks in Top 2, dipped to No. 3 for four weeks (when Murray rose to No. 2) but on September 14 rose to No.2 again and has been there since…Held No. 1 for 46 consecutive weeks from Aug. 18, 2008 to July 5, 2009
• In summer hard-court circuit made QF in Montreal (l. to del Potro), SF at Cincinnati (l. to Djokovic) and SF at US Open (l. to del Potro)…Last week returned to reach SF in Beijing (l. to Cilic)
• He came up short of becoming the first player to win all three clay court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in the same season as he finished runner-up in Madrid (l. to Federer)…Then followed with fourth round at Roland Garros (l. to Soderling)…He is 15-5 lifetime in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals, trailing only Andre Agassi (17) and  Federer (16)
• This is the first time in his career he’s won two hard-court titles in the first three months of the season
• In March, he captured his 13th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells (d. Murray) and followed with a quarter-final showing at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (l. to del Potro in third set TB)
• Began March by leading his country to a 4-1 first round Davis Cup win over Serbia in a home clay tie
 Posted straight-set wins over Janko Tipsarevic and No. 3 Djokovic, losing only serve once in six sets
• Began the season by reaching the quarter-finals in Doha (l. to Monfils) and winning the doubles title (w/M. Lopez) over last year’s No. 1 team of Nestor-Zimonjic
• Then captured his sixth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, his first on hard courts, with a five-set victory over Federer...In semi-final win over countryman Fernando Verdasco, won a tournament record 5:14 battle in five sets…Has won three matches in his career over five hours (2005-06 Rome finals)
• He became first Spaniard to win Australian title and third player at age 22-under to win three of four Grand Slam titles, joining Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras...Also first player to win Aussie Open title winning five-set SF and F matches since Mats Wilander in 1988
• On Feb. 15 reached his third career ATP World Tour indoor final (1-2) in Rotterdam and injured his right knee in three-set loss to Murray...Withdrew from Dubai before returning for Davis Cup tie

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has an outstanding 154-31 career match record and a 15-5 mark in finals, winning at least two titles in each of the past five years (2005-09)…Won a personal-best four in 2005 and three each in 2007-08-09
• By reaching the final in Shanghai, Nadal is the first player to reach nine different ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals in his career (missing Cincinnati)
 
Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, he became the first left-hander to finish No. 1 since John McEnroe in 1984, in addition to becoming first Spaniard as year-end No. 1 in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973)
• Became first player since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles in same year
• Led the ATP World Tour with eight titles in 10 finals, 82 match wins, most matches (93) played and a 17-6 mark against Top 10 opponents ...Also helped his native country to Davis Cup title (vs. Argentina) by winning all three of his matches during year
• During clay-court circuit, won titles at Monte Carlo (d. Federer) and Barcelona (d. Ferrer) and for first time at Hamburg (d. Federer)...Lost his only clay match (24-1) in 2nd Rd. at Rome (l. to Ferrero)
• Captured his fourth straight Roland Garros crown (d. Federer) and became first player since Borg in 1978-81 to accomplish feat...Also first player since Borg in 1980 to win without dropping a set in Paris

 
ATP WORLD TOUR MATCH WINS LEADERS – Djokovic leads the ATP World Tour this season with 66 match wins followed by Nadal with 61. Here are the Top 5 leaders in 2009:

                                      W-L    Titles
1) Novak Djokovic            66-17    3
2) Rafael Nadal                61-9      5
3) Andy Murray                57-9     5
4) Roger Federer              55-8     4
5) Juan Martin del Potro   49-12    3
    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga      49-17     3

DAVYDENKO FASTFACTS
 
2009 Highlights:
W: Hamburg (d Mathieu); Umag (d Ferrero); Kuala Lumpur (d Verdasco); SF: Barcelona (l Nadal); Estoril (l Blake); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Murray); Roland Garros (l Soderling); Stuttgart (l Fognini); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Murray); New Haven (l Querrey); Beijing (l Cilic)

2009 in Review:
• The 28-year-old Russian comes into his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final of the year with a 48-13 match record…This week he has posted a 64 62 win over countryman Igor Kunitsyn, 63 75 over No. 10 seed Fernando Gonzalez, 61 46 61 over No. 13 seed Radek Stepanek and 46 64 76(1) over No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic…Has held serve 43 of 47 games (91.5%) this week
• Has won three ATP World Tour titles this season, in back-to-back weeks on clay in the summer in Hamburg (d. Mathieu) and Umag (d. Ferrero) and one more on hard courts two weeks ago in Kuala Lampur (d. Verdasco), his first in Asia
• Has played well on both clay (26-16) and hard (20-6) this season; 2-1 on grass (one event, Wimbledon)
• He has a 26-47 career record against Top 10 opponents, including 4-4 this year
• Other quality finishes are two SF, at Barcelona (l. to Nadal) and Estoril (l. to Blake) and six QF, at Monte Carlo (l. to Murray), Roland Garros (l. to Soderling), Stuttgart (l. to Fognini), Montreal (l. to Murray), New Haven (l. to Querrey) and last week in Beijing (l. to Cilic)
• Has had seven pre-QF exits in 19 ATP World Tour events, including Wimbledon (l. to Berdych in 3rd Rd.) and US Open (l. to Soderling in 4th Rd.)
• Had two lengthy heel injury lay-offs, one at beginning of season (withdrew from 2nd Rd. match in Chennai, his first event of the season, then didn’t play for one month) and one in spring (missed two months before returning at Monte Carlo)
• Turned in QF at Roland Garros (l. to Soderling), his fourth QF showing or better in five years
• On April 27, fell out of Top 10 for first time since May 23, 2005 and was out of Top 10 for three months before returning on July 27 (has been there ever since)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 78-53 and captured titles in Paris in 2006 (d. Hrbaty) and Miami last year (d. Nadal)…His best Masters 1000 result on clay was the semi-finals in Monte-Carlo last year, Rome in 2007 and Hamburg in 2005

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, finished in the Top 5 for the fourth straight year at No. 5, highlighted by three titles (Miami, Poertschach and Warsaw) before closing the season with a runner-up at the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai last November (l. to Djokovic)
• Reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in November 2006 and finished the season at No. 3
• Has a 17-5 record in ATP World Tour finals, including 9-4 on clay

DOUBLES FINAL – BENNETEAU-TSONGA TO MEET POLISH DUO
 
The French duo of Julien Benneteau and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga look to capture their first ATP World Tour title together as they face the Polish No. 6-seeded tandem of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski on Sunday.
 
Benneteau and Tsonga, who are playing together for the third time (7-2 record), have dropped only one set en route to the final. They upset top seeded and World No. 1 Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the second round and No. 3 seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in the semi-finals.
 
Benneteau is 3-2 lifetime in finals with his last title coming in Las Vegas in March 2008. This is the Frenchman's second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final. He was runner-up in Monte-Carlo in 2007 (w/Gasquet). Tsonga is 3-0 in doubles finals and in the first week of the season he captured the title in Brisbane (w/Gicquel).
 
Fyrstenberg and Matkowski are appearing in their fourth ATP World Tour final of the season, having won Eastbourne in June and Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago. In August, they reached the final in Washington. They are 10-13 lifetime together in ATP World Tour finals. This is their third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final. They reached the final in Madrid two years ago and came back last season to win the title in the Spanish capital.
 
The Poles came into the week No. 9 in the ATP Doubles Team Ranking and they are trying to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Last year they were semi-finalists at the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai.