A busy Tuesday schedule features top seed Marin Cilic of Croatia, top Austrian and No. 7 seed Jurgen Melzer along with former Bank Austria Tennis Trophy champions Philipp Petzschner of Germany (2008) and Feliciano Lopez of Spain (2004). There are five singles matches on Centre Court, led by Petzschner and Belgian Steve Darcis followed by Austrian wild card Andreas Haider-Maurer and Lopez. In the final afternoon match, No. 4 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber meets German countryman Dieter Kindlmann.  In the evening session, Melzer takes on Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland for the first time and Cilic, a two-time winner on the ATP World Tour this season, looks for his second win against Colombian qualifier Alejandro Falla.

TUESDAY FIRST ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS  - In Order of Play

Centre Court

Steve Darcis (BEL) vs Philipp Petzschner (GER) First Meeting
05 Germany F1 (Nussloch) Carpet SF Steve Darcis 7-6(5) 6-3

Darcis FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: London / Queen's Club (l Ferrero)
YTD W-L: 6-17
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: March 13, 1984
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 134

• Darcis, 25, is making his tournament debut and the Belgian is looking to finish the season strong
• He comes in with a 6-17 match record on the season (1-9 on hard courts) with his best ATP World Tour result the quarter-finals at the Queen’s Club in London in June (l. to Ferrero)
• In September, he helped lead his country back into the Davis Cup World Group next year by winning both of his singles matches against Ukraine, including fifth and decisive rubber over Sergei Bubka
• He has a 20-8 mark in Challengers, reaching the final at Prostejov, Czech Republic in June (l. to Hajek)…Posted a semi-final win over No. 20-ranked Tomas Berdych…He also was a semi-finalist in four other tournaments
• In 2008, finished as the top Belgian at a year-end best No. 61 and won a personal best 21 matches (15 more than previous year)
• He won his first ATP World Tour title in Amersfoort in 2007 (d. Eschauer) and last year won title in Memphis (d. Soderling)

Petzschner FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Metz (l Gasquet)
YTD W-L: 15-23
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: March 24, 1984
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 74

• Petzschner, 25, the defending champion (d. Monfils), has compiled a 15-23 match record on the season (9-14 on hard) with his best result one month ago in Metz where he reached the quarter-finals (l. to Gasquet)
• He is looking to snap a three-match first round losing streak after losses in Bangkok (l. to Safin), Tokyo (l. to Gasquet) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to F. Mayer)
• His best win of the season came over No. 8 Fernando Verdasco in the first round of Halle in June
• In Grand Slam play, he reached the second round at Roland Garros (l. to Verdasco), a personal-best third round at Wimbledon (l. to Hewitt) and second round at the US Open (l. to Ferrero)

 

(WC) Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) vs (6) Feliciano Lopez (ESP)    First Meeting

Haider-Maurer FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-0
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: March 22, 1987
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 184

• Haider-Maurer, 22, a wild card entry into the tournament, is making his second appearance in Vienna...Two years ago he qualified and lost in the first round to No. 13-ranked Ivan Ljubicic 64 75
• He has lost in the first round in Challenger play the past three weeks
• This is the Zwettl native's third career ATP World Tour tournament...In Kitzbuehel three years ago he made his ATP World Tour debut (d. Damian Patriarca, l. to Mirnyi)
• The No. 4 Austrian on the ATP World Tour is No. 184 this week and two weeks ago he reached a career-high No. 171
• He is 11-10 in Challenger play this season with his best result the semi-finals at Sarajevo in March and Constanta in June...He also advanced to the quarter-finals in Sofia and Tampere
• In February, he won the title at the Ivory Coast #2 Futures and in July captured the title at France #10 Futures... In April, he was runner-up at the France #6 Futures

Lopez FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Nadal); QF: Marseille (l Tsonga)
YTD W-L: 14-21
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: September 20, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 45

• Lopez, 28, is making his sixth appearance in Vienna (14-4 record), having reached the quarter-finals or better in his five previous visits…He captured his lone ATP World Tour singles title in 2004 (d. Canas) and semi-finalist last year (l. to Petzschner)
• The Madrid native advanced to his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final 10 days ago in Shanghai where he defeated countrymen Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and No. 16 seed David Ferrer,   Jurgen Melzer and No. 9 seed Robin Soderling before retiring with a right ankle injury (vs. Nadal)
• He enters with a 14-21 record on the season (8-12 on hard)…His previous best result was the quarter-finals at Marseille in February (l. to Tsonga)
• He began the year ranked No. 30 and has hovered between No. 27 and No. 45 since then (currently No. 45; spent four weeks at season-high No. 27, last two coming during Wimbledon fortnight)
• Won Segovia Challenger title in August (d. Mannarino) and did not face a player in Top 100

(4) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs (Q) Dieter Kindlmann (GER) First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings: 
03 Germny F5 (Friesenheim) Clay R32 Dieter Kindlmann 6-2 6-1
04 Furth CH (Germany) Clay QF Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6 6-3 7-5

Kohlschreiber FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Metz (l Monfils); SF: Halle (l Haas); QF: Doha (l Federer); Auckland (W/O vs Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 37-22
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: October 16, 1983
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 24

• Kohlschreiber, 25, the No. 2 German (behind No. 17 Haas), is making his second straight appearance in Vienna after reaching the semi-finals in his debut (l. to Monfils) last year
• He enters with a career-best 37-22 match record (most career wins in a year), including 17-12 on hard courts
• One month ago he reached his fourth career ATP World Tour final in Metz (l. to Monfils)…Afterwards, he reached a career-high No. 22 in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings on Sept. 28
• In June in Halle, he lost to countryman and eventual champion Haas in the semi-finals, his previous best result…The previous tournament he reached a personal-best fourth round at Roland Garros where he beat No. 4 Djokovic in the third round before losing to No. 16 seed Tommy Robredo in four sets
• In May he helped his country to final of ATP World Team Championship in Duesseldorf (l. to Serbia), highlighted by a 67(3) 63 63 win over No. 9-ranked Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
• In March, rallied from a two-set deficit to beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer in five sets in the second rubber as Germany went on to win the first round Davis Cup tie…In quarter-final tie in Spain in July, beat No. 14 Robredo in second rubber and No. 9 Verdasco 8-6 in fifth set in fourth rubber but Germany fell 3-2

Kindlmann FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: June 3, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 203

• Kindlmann, 27, qualified into the main draw for the first time in Vienna with two wins over the weekend...He comes into fourth ATP World Tour level tournament of the season and he's seeking his first win (0-3)...He qualified and lost in the first round at the Australian Open (l. to Canas in five sets), Munich (l. to Cilic) and US Open (l. to No. 8 Davydenko)
• He is 1-8 lifetime in tour play with his lone win coming over Razvan Sabau at Roland Garros in 2006 (l. to A. Martin)
• He has a 15-19 match record on the Challenger circuit this year with his best result the semi-finals at Rimini, Italy in July and at Rennes, France two weeks ago
• A resident of Blaichach, Germany, he reached a career-high No. 130 on July 26, 2004

(7) Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)  First Meeting

Melzer FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Umag (l Davydenko); Bangkok (l Simon); QF: Kitzbühel (l Youzhny); Halle (l Djokovic); Båstad (l Vinciguerra); New Haven (l Verdasco)
YTD W-L: 31-29
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: May 22, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 35

• Melzer, 28, the top Austrian on the ATP World Tour, has an 11-9 career record in his hometown tournament, reaching the quarter-finals in 2002, ’06 and last year
• He comes in ranked No. 35 this week after reaching a career-high of No. 26 on the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings on May 18
• His best results on the ATP World Tour are the semi-finals in Bangkok earlier this month (l. to Simon) and in Umag on Aug. 1 when he lost to eventual champion Nikolay Davydenko
• He enters with a 31-29 match record, including 14-17 on hard courts
• He also reached the quarter-finals this year in Kitzbuehel and Bastad on clay, Eastbourne on grass (l. Djokovic) and New Haven on hard (l. to Verdasco)

Chiudinelli FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Bangkok (l Tsonga)
YTD W-L: 7-10
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: September 10, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 71

• Chiudinelli, 28, is making his Vienna main draw debut ranked a career-high No. 71 this week
• The No. 3 Swiss (behind No. 1 Federer, No. 21 Wawrinka) has qualified six times into an ATP World Tour level tournament this season en route to a 7-10 match record
• Earlier this month, he advanced to his first career ATP World Tour quarter-final result in Bangkok where he lost to No. 7-ranked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets…He followed up by qualifying into Tokyo (d. Sela, l. to Monfils) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Bellucci)
• He also qualified at the US Open, reaching the third round with wins over Potito Starace and Mikhail Youzhny before losing to Davydenko
• He is a candidate for ATP Comeback Player of the Year after finishing last season ranked No. 779...He underwent left knee surgery on Nov. 14, 2007 and didn't return to competition until August 2008...He played in four Challenger and three Futures events, closing the year with a title at Dubai #1 Futures
• In March, he played in first round Davis Cup tie against the U.S. and lost to Roddick and Blake in straight sets

(1-WC) Marin Cilic (CRO) vs (Q) Alejandro Falla (COL) Cilic Leads 1-0
07 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Marin Cilic  6-3 6-4

Cilic FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Chennai (d Devvarman); Zagreb (d Ancic); F: Beijing (l Djokovic); QF: Dubai (l Djokovic); Munich (l Chardy); US Open (l Del Potro)
YTD W-L: 40-18
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: September 28, 1988
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 13

• Cilic, 21, a wild card entry into the tournament, is putting together the best season of his career with a 40-18 match record (27-10 on hard) and two ATP World Tour titles in three finals…He also has surpassed $1 million this season
• Just over two weeks ago he reached his third ATP World Tour final of the season in Beijing where he lost to then No. 4-ranked Novak Djokovic… He is 3-1 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals
• He reached a career-high No. 13 on May 18 and was there for seven straight weeks before returning to that spot two weeks ago after Beijing
• The top Croat on the ATP World Tour opened the campaign by earning the title in Chennai (d. Devvarman) in January and the following month he won the title in his hometown of Zagreb (d. Ancic)
• Last month he advanced to his first Grand Slam quarter-final at the US Open where he beat No. 2-ranked Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets (l. to eventual champ del Potro)

Falla FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 3-6
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: November 14, 1983
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 95

• Falla, 25, qualified into his sixth ATP World Tour level tournament of the season by winning two matches over the weekend…Three years ago he qualified in Vienna and lost to Richard Gasquet in the first round
• After slipping to No. 182 at the end of last year, the Bogota resident has climbed back into the Top 100 with a successful run on the Challenger circuit by compiling a 25-11 match record with three titles
• In May, he captured the title in his native country in Pereira (d. Zeballos) and last month he won another title on home soil in Cali (d. Zeballos again), both on clay...In his last appearance at the Rennes Challenger nine days ago, he won the title (d. Ascione)...Afterwards, he jumped back into the Top 100 from No. 127 to No. 96 on Oct. 19 for the first time since Apr. 14, 2008
• The top Colombian on the ATP World Tour  is coached by Spaniards Jacobo Diaz and Marcos Gorriz

Court B

Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs (2) Radek Stepanek (CZE)   First Meeting

Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Jan Hajek (CZE)    First Meeting