The championship of the If Stockholm Open is an all-unseeded match-up between Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus and Olivier Rochus of Belgium. Both players are appearing in their first ATP World Tour final of the season and the winner will earn his third career ATP World Tour title. Both players are 2-4 in their career in ATP World Tour finals. In their only previous meeting, Baghdatis prevailed 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome in 2006. Baghdatis, who had a walkover into the final when top seed Robin Soderling withdrew due an elbow injury, has not dropped a set en route to the final. Rochus has won his past three matches in three sets this week. The winner will also become the 10th unseeded winner on the ATP World Tour this year, the first since Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci won in Gstaad on Aug. 2.

WHAT’S AT STAKE –
Winner: €€93,000 and 250 South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking points                  
Runner-up: €49,000 and 150 South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking points
 
FINALS HISTORY –
Baghdatis: Appearing in his 7th ATP World Tour level final... He is 2-4 in finals (first final in 2009)
Rochus: Appearing in his 7th ATP World Tour final... He is 2-4 in finals (first final in 2009)

CHAMPIONSHIP HEAD-TO HEADS –

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL) Baghdatis Leads 1-0
06 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome  Clay R64 Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-4

Baghdatis FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Johannesburg (l Ferrer); Delray Beach (l Chardy)
YTD W-L: 22-16
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: June 17, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 66

• Baghdatis, 24, is enjoying his first appearance in Stockholm as he’s reached the final without dropping a set…He’s posted a 64 62 win over No. 3 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 62 62 victory over American Robert Kendrick and 64 64 triumph over French qualifier Arnaud Clement…He received a walkover in the semi-finals when top seed Robin Soderling withdrew due to an elbow injury
• The Cypriot comes into his seventh ATP World Tour final with a 22-16 match record (20-12 on hard) on the season…His last ATP World Tour final came in Halle on June 17, 2007 (l. to Berdych) and his last ATP World Tour title came in Zagreb on Feb. 4, 2007 (d. Ljubicic)…He is 2-4 lifetime in tour level finals
• His previous best result was the quarter-finals in February in Johannesburg (l. to Ferrer) and Delray Beach (l. to Chardy)
• He is coming off his third Challenger title of the season last Sunday in Tashkent where he beat local favorite Denis Istomin in three sets…He is 14-1 in Challenger play and his other titles came in Vancouver in August and St. Remy in September (d. Malisse in both)
• He reached a career-high No. 8 on Aug. 21, 2006 and earlier that year reached his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open (l. to Federer) and the semi-finals at Wimbledon (l. to Nadal)

Rochus FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Halle (l Djokovic); Newport (l Ram)
YTD W-L: 13-6
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: January 18, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 87

• Rochus, 28, is through to his first final in Stockholm after getting past Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 76(4) 46 63 in the semi-finals on Saturday…He has an 11-6 career mark in Stockholm and this week he has also defeated Swedish wild card Andreas Vinciguerra 63 62, No. 8 seed Feliciano Lopez 46 64 61 and two-time finalist Jarkko Nieminen 63 26 61
• The No. 2 Belgian (behind older brother Christophe, who is No. 84) is making his first ATP World Tour final showing since Mumbai on Sept. 30, 2007 (l. to Gasquet)…His ATP World Tour title came in Munich on May 7, 2006 (d. countryman Kristof Vliegen)…He is 2-4 in ATP World Tour finals…This is his third career indoor final…He was runner-up in Copenhagen in 2002 (l. to Burgsmuller) and ’03 (l. to Kucera)
• His previous best results of the year were the semi-finals on grass in Halle in June and Newport in July
• He is 13-6 on the season in ATP World Tour level play and 26-13 in Challengers with one title
• He reached a career-high No. 24 on Oct. 17, 2005

DOUBLES FINAL – FAMILIAR FACES BACK IN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
The top two seeds in the If Stockholm Open, Bruno Soares of Brazil and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe, take on No. 2 Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Paul Hanley of Australia.

Soares and Ullyett are appearing in their fourth ATP World Tour final together (1-2), the second this season. In August, they were finalists in New Haven. All four of Soares’ career finals have come with Ullyett. The 37-year-old Ullyett is 33-25 lifetime in finals. He is trying to extend his title streak to 13 consecutive years since winning his first ATP World Tour title in Shanghai in 1997. Ullyett is 4-0 in Stockholm finals, winning with four different partners – in 1999 (w/Norval), 2002 (w/W. Black), 2006 (w/Hanley) and last year (w/Bjorkman).

Aspelin and Hanley, who teamed up for the first time in April, are appearing in their third ATP World Tour final of the season. They were finalists in their debut tournament in Casablanca and in July they captured the title in Hamburg. Aspelin, who is making his first Stockholm final showing, is 11-18 lifetime in finals. Hanley is 2-3 in Stockholm finals, winning titles in 2005 (w/Arthurs) and 2006 (w/Hanley). He also was runner-up from 2002-04 (w/Arthurs). He is 22-18 in his career in finals.
 
500 WINS CLUB – Ullyett became the eighth active player on the ATP World Tour to register 500 career doubles match wins:
  No. 
Daniel Nestor 714
Mark Knowles 692
Mike Bryan 597
Bob Bryan 583
Mahesh Bhupathi 559
Martin Damm 552
Leander Paes 524
Kevin Ullyett 500