There are four first round and three second round matches at the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy, led by No. 3 seed and last year’s runner-up Gael Monfils of France.  Leading off the Centre Court schedule is No. 4 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany and Romanian Victor Crivoi in a second round match. No. 8 seed John Isner of the U.S. makes his Vienna debut against last week’s Moscow finalist Janko Tipsarevic in the first round. In the final day session match, Monfils takes on Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in another first round encounter.  In the evening session, Austrian No. 2 Daniel Koellerer makes his tournament main draw debut against Jarkko Nieminen of Finland.

WEDNESDAY HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

Centre Court

(4) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Victor Crivoi (ROU) Crivoi Leads 1-0
09 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R32 Victor Crivoi 6-4 6-0

Kohlschreiber FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Metz (l Monfils); SF: Halle (l Haas); QF: Doha (l Federer); Auckland (W/O vs Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 38-22
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), opened with a 61 63 win over countryman Dieter Kindlmann…Last year he reached the semi-finals in his debut (l. to Monfils)
• He enters with a career-best 38-22 match record (most career wins in a year), including 18-12 on hard courts…He’s trying to reach his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final or better this year
• 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

Crivoi FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Gstaad (l Beck)
YTD W-L: 7-16
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 25, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 106

• Crivoi, 27, won his first round 63 63 over Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic on Monday...He improved to 7-16 on the season with his first hard court win (1-5) in 2009
• The No. 2 Romanian (behind No. 37 Hanescu) has qualified four times on the ATP World Tour this year (Rome, Belgrade, Roland Garros and Hamburg)
• His best ATP World Tour result was the quarter-finals in Gstaad in July (d. Kohlschreiber, Gabashvili, l. to A. Beck)...In May, he qualified at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome, beating American James Blake before falling to Robin Soderling
• He reached a career-high No. 75 on Aug. 17 and comes in No. 106 this week


(8) John Isner (USA) vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)  First Meeting

Isner FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Indianapolis (l Ginepri); Washington (l Roddick); QF: Auckland (l Soderling); Houston (l Odesnik); Los Angeles (l Ball); Bangkok (l Troicki)
YTD W-L: 25-15
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: April 26, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 39

• Isner, 24, is one of the most improved players on the ATP World Tour this season, jumping from No. 145 at the end of last year to a career-high No. 39 coming into this week…He first reached that ranking on Sept. 14 after advancing to a Grand Slam-best fourth round at the US Open (fired 38 aces and beat No. 5 Roddick in fifth set TB, l. to Verdasco in four sets)
• He has reached six ATP World Tour quarter-finals or better and a 25-15 match record on the season, including 23-14 on hard courts…Also has a sparkling 25-9 mark in tie-breaks
• He was sidelined for seven weeks from early May to late June with a bout of mononucleosis
• In his return to the ATP World Tour in late July, he advanced to the semi-finals in Indianapolis (l. to Ginepri) and followed with the quarter-finals in Los Angeles (l. to Ball) and semi-finals in Washington (d. No. 7 Tsonga in 2nd Rd., l. to Roddick in three sets)
• In April, he reached the quarters in Houston (l. to Odesnik) on clay and two weeks later won the Tallahassee Challenger title (d. Young) on hard courts
• Trains at Saddlebrook and resides in Tampa, Fla.
• He also qualified and reached quarter-finals in Auckland (l. to Soderling) to start the year
• He defeated Christophe Rochus, Gael Monfils and Marat Safin in Indian Wells before losing to Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round
• Coached by Craig Boynton since March 2009 and says of his pupil, “He’s worked hard and he put in a lot of hard work before he was ill. He’s been able to pick up where he left off rather quickly.”

Tipsarevic FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Moscow (l Youzhny); QF: Chennai (l Cilic); Eastbourne (l Garcia-Lopez); Metz (l Monfils)
YTD W-L: 26-23
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: June 22, 1984
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 46

• Tipsarevic, 25, is making his first appearance in Vienna since a first round loss five years ago…He is coming off his maiden ATP World Tour final in 105th career tournament last Sunday in Moscow where he lost in three sets to Mikhail Youzhny
• He comes in with a 26-23 match record on the season (14-10 on hard)
• Last month in Metz, he retired in the quarter-finals due to an ankle injury against Frenchman Gael Monfils...Two weeks later, he captured the Mons Challenger title in Belgium without dropping a set (d. Stakhovsky in final)
• His previous best results this year were the quarter-finals came in the first week of action in Chennai where he lost to eventual champ Marin Cilic and in Eastbourne on grass in June (l. to Garcia-Lopez)
• In May, he helped his country to a title at the ATP World Tour Team Championship in Duesseldorf by winning three of four singles matches 
• In March, he reached the third round at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l. to del Potro)
• In 2008, finished in the Top 50 for the first time at No. 49 with a 26-21 match record, highlighted by a fourth round showing at Wimbledon (d. No. 6 Roddick, l. to Schuettler) and third round at the Australian Open (l. to Federer 10-8 in fifth set)
• He reached a career-high No. 33 on May 12, 2008


Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs (3) Gael Monfils (FRA) Monfils Leads 1-0
08 Casablanca (Morocco) Clay R32 Gael Monfils 6-7(8) 7-5 6-0
Other Meetings:
03 Spain F28 (Gran Canaria) Clay R32 Gael Monfils 6-2  6-2

Garcia-Lopez FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Kitzbühel (d Benneteau); SF: Eastbourne (l Tursunov); QF: Johannesburg (l Gil); Delray Beach (l Korolev); Houston (l Hewitt); Stockholm (l Soderling)
YTD W-L: 26-25
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: June 4, 1983
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 47

• Garcia-Lopez, 26, is compiling the best season of his career on the ATP World Tour and he’s coming off his sixth ATP World Tour quarter-final or better this year in Stockholm last week (l. to Soderling)
• He enters with a 26-25 match record on the season, including 10-14 on hard courts
• He captured his first ATP World Tour title in May in Kitzbuehel, beating Frenchman Julien Benneteau in the final…He was playing in his 109th career ATP level tournament
• In June, he advanced to the semifinals on grass in Eastbourne (l. to eventual champ Tursunov)…He previously was a quarter-finalist in Johannesburg (l. to Gil) and Delray Beach (l. to Korolev) in February and Houston (l. to Hewitt) in April
• He reached a career-high No. 42 on June 22 and enters No. 47 this week

Monfils FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Metz (d Kohlschreiber); F: Acapulco (l Almagro); SF: Doha (l Roddick); Rotterdam (l Nadal); Tokyo (l Tsonga); QF: Roland Garros (l Federer); Kuala Lumpur (l Davydenko)
YTD W-L: 35-16
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 1, 1986
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 15

• Monfils, 23, the No. 3 Frenchman (behind No. 8 Tsonga, No. 12 Simon), is making his second straight appearance in Vienna…He made his debut last year and reached the final (l. to Petzschner)
• Has advanced to the quarter-finals or better seven times this season
• Last month he captured his second career ATP World Tour title in Metz, defeating German Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets…He has a 35-16 match record (26-12 on hard) this season
• He opened the year with a semi-final effort in Doha, defeating World No. 1 Nadal in the quarter-finals before losing to Roddick in three sets
• He broke into the Top 10 for the first time on Feb. 23 and following week made his Acapulco debut (on clay) and reached the final (l. to Almagro), his sixth straight runner-up...Afterwards, went to a career-high No. 9 on March 2…Has ranked in the Top 10 for 14 weeks this year
• In June he reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros (l. to Federer) and followed with third round at the Queen’s Club in London…On June 11 he withdrew due to a left wrist injury he suffered in his previous round win (vs. Golubev)…He missed two months before returning in Montreal in August when he lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero in the second round
• At the US Open, he reached the fourth round for the second straight year (l. to Nadal in four sets)
• He is one of three Frenchmen to win an ATP World Tour title this year – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (two titles) and Jeremy Chardy (one)


Daniel Koellerer (AUT) vs Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)   First Meeting

Koellerer FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Acapulco (l Vassallo Arguello); Kitzbühel (l Benneteau)
YTD W-L: 9-15
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: August 17, 1983
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 55

• Koellerer, 26, the No. 2 Austrian (behind No. 35 Melzer), is making his main draw debut in Vienna and comes in ranked a career-high No. 55 for the second straight week
• He has a 9-15 record in ATP World Tour level play this season, highlighted by a Grand Slam personal-best third round finish at the US Open where he lost to eventual champion Juan Martin del Potro in four sets
• In February, he reached the quarter-finals in Acapulco and in May in Kitzbuehel, both on clay
• He has a 19-6 record in Challengers this year, winning two titles in Italy (Rome and Trani), reaching one semi-final and one quarter-final
• Coached by Hannes Puehringer

Nieminen FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Sydney (l Nalbandian); QF: Stockholm (l O Rochus)
YTD W-L: 11-13
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: July 23, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 116

• Nieminen, 28, is appearing in Vienna for the third time (2-2 record) and his best result was the quarter-finals in 2003
• Last week he reached the quarter-finals in Stockholm where he lost to Belgian Olivier Rochus
• In January, he reached his eighth career ATP World Tour final in Sydney (d. No. 3 Djokovic, l. to Nalbandian)
• He has an 11-13 match record on the season…He played for the first four months before injuring his right wrist, which required surgery on May 13…He was sidelined more than three and a-half months before returning Aug. 24 in New Haven…Then lost in second round at US Open (l. to Tsonga)
• Has finished in the Top 100 every year since 2001 and this week came in at No. 120


Court B

Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) vs (Q) Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
03 Prostejov CH (Czech Republic) Clay R16 Dominik Hrbaty 3-6 6-3 6-4

Wayne Odesnik (USA) vs (5) Nicolas Almagro (ESP)   First Meeting

Frederico Gil (POR) vs (2) Radek Stepanek (CZE)    First Meeting