Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, winner of three ATP World Tour titles this season and the No. 3 player in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings, makes his debut in the Davidoff Swiss Indoors against German Andreas Beck on Tuesday. Fifth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber starts the day on Centre Court against Swiss wild card Marco Chiudinelli. Another Serb, Viktor Troicki, clashes with Germany’s Benjamin Becker in the second match.  Following Djokovic-Beck in the night session is Austrian Daniel Koellerer and Swiss qualifier Michael Lammer.  On Court 2, Aussie qualifier Peter Luczak takes on Jan Hernych, while Italy’s Simone Bolelli battles Russian qualifier Evgeny Korolev and Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen meets Julien Benneteau of France.

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

Centre Court

(WC) Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) vs (5) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Kohl.  Leads 1-0
09 Doha (Qatar) Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 6-3

Chiudinelli FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Bangkok (l Tsonga)
YTD W-L: 7-11 
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: September 10, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 73

• Chiudinelli, 28, is making his fifth appearance in Basel (1-4 record), winning his only match in 2004 (d. Montanes)
• Has qualified seven times in 2009 on the ATP World Tour, including four in a row this fall (U.S. Open, Bangkok, Tokyo and Shanghai)
• He reached a career-high ranking of No. 71 last week, putting him behind three-time winner Roger Federer and No. 21 Stanislas Wawrinka as the top Swiss players
• All of his matches but one have been on hard courts, as he enters with 7-11 overall match record on the ATP World Tour
• Last 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

Kohlschreiber FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Metz (l Monfils); SF: Halle (l Haas); Vienna (l Cilic); QF: Doha (l Federer); Auckland (W/O vs Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 40-23
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: October 16, 1983
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 26

• Kohlschreiber, 26, who ranks as the No. 2 German (behind No. 17 Haas), is making his third appearance in Basel (2-2 record) and he lost in the second round in 2006 and 2007
• The German is closing in on 150 career match wins (148-132) and has a career-best 40-23 match record this year, including 20-12 on hard courts
• Last week he reached the semi-finals at Vienna (l. to Cilic) and on Sept. 27 he advanced to his fourth ATP World Tour final in Metz (l. to Monfils)
• Climbed to 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
• Winner of two ATP World Tour level titles, capturing Munich (d. Youzhny) in 2007 and Auckland (d. Ferrero) in 2008

Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Benjamin Becker (GER) First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
06 Dnepropetrovsk CH (Ukraine) Hard QF Benjamin Becker 3-6 7-5 6-4

Troicki FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Bangkok (l Simon); SF: Zagreb (l Cilic); QF: Auckland (l Del Potro); Belgrade (l Djokovic); Hamburg (l Mathieu)
YTD W-L: 30-27
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: February 10, 1986
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 29

• Troicki, 23, is making his Basel main draw debut
• The No. 2 Serb (behind No. 3 Djokovic) on the ATP World Tour comes in with a 30-27 record on the season (19-15 on hard) and last week he exited in the first round at St. Petersburg (l. Beck)
• One month ago he reached his second career ATP World Tour final in Bangkok, losing to No. 10-ranked Frenchman Gilles Simon…In the semis, he beat No. 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets for his only top 10 win of the year (1-9)
• Owns three career wins over Top 10 players, including 2008 victories over then No. 9 Andy Roddick (QF Washington) and a 2007 triumph over Novak Djokovic, ranked No. 3 at the time, in second round at Umag
• He is at No. 29 this week after reaching a career-high No. 24 on Aug. 3 in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings
• Early in the year he advanced to the quarter-finals in Auckland in January, losing to eventual champion del Potro, and the semi-finals in Zagreb…He also captured the Belgrade Challenger (d. Hrbaty) in February in his hometown…In May he reached the quarter-finals in the ATP World Tour event in Belgrade (l. Djokovic)

Becker FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: s-Hertogenbosch (d Sluiter); QF: Halle (l Rochus)
YTD W-L: 13-17
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: June 16, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 43

• Becker, 28, is making his third appearance in Basel (2-2 record) and last year qualified and lost in the quarter-finals to David Nalbandian
• He ended a streak of seven-straight first round losses last week at Lyon by beating Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi in opening round before bowing out to Frenchman Arnaud Clement in next round
• In June he captured his first career ATP World Tour title by qualifying on grass at ‘s-Hertogenbosch and beat Dutch player Raemon Sluiter…He also beat No. 8 Fernando Verdasco in 2nd Rd.
• Has improved from No. 130 at the end of last season to No. 43 entering this week coming into this week, highlighted by ‘s-Hertogenbosch ATP World Tour title in June…Has a 13-17 match record
• Has compiled a 27-4 record on Challenger circuit with four titles – in Heilbronn (d. K. Beck), Baton Rouge (d. R. Ram), Rhodes (d. Stadler) and Cremona (d. Van der Merwe)...Also runner-up in Ramat Hasharon (ret. vs. Lu)
• He reached his other ATP World Tour final at Bangkok (l. to Tursunov) in 2007 and reached a career-high No. 38 in May ‘07

Andreas Beck (GER) vs (2) Novak Djokovic (SRB)    First Meeting

Beck FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Gstaad (l Bellucci); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Wawrinka); Halle (l Kohlschreiber); Metz (l Mathieu); Bangkok (l Melzer)
YTD W-L: 22-20
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: February 5, 1986
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 33

• Beck, 23, is making his second appearance in Basel after falling a year ago here in second round (l. to Becker)
• Enters this week at a career-high No. 33 in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings
• Has a 22-20 match record this season (9-9 on hard), including a trip to his first ATP World Tour final at Gstaad on Aug. 2 (l. to Bellucci)
• The German has improved his South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking from No. 110 at the end of last season up to No. 33 this week
• In addition to trip to the final, made four other quarter-final appearances in ’09 including Monte Carlo (l. Wawrinka), Halle (l. Kohlschreiber), Metz (l. Mathieu), Bangkok (l. Melzer)
• In Monte Carlo, scored his biggest career-win over No. 7 Gilles Simon of France in second round

Djokovic FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Dubai (d Ferrer); Belgrade (d Kubot); Beijing (d Cilic); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); Halle (l Haas); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer); SF: Sydney (l Nieminen); Marseille (l Tsonga); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); US Open (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Davydenko); QF: Australian Open (l Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Roddick); Wimbledon (l Haas); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Roddick)
YTD W-L: 66-18
YTD Titles: 3
Career Titles: 14
Date of Birth: May 22, 1987
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 3

• Djokovic, 22, is making his tournament debut at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors and is coming off a trip to the semi-finals in Shanghai, where he lost to eventual champion Davydenko in 3 hours, 3 minutes
• Enters this week having appeared in 13 semi-finals or better in 19 tournaments this season, including four straight semi-finals or better
• He has reached four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals this season, including three consecutive  – Miami (l. to Murray), Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal in three sets) and Rome (l. to Nadal)…Also runner-up in Cincinnati in August (l. to Federer)…Has a 28-7 record in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in ‘09
• Owns three titles in 2009 and leads the ATP World Tour in overall match wins (66) and hard court wins (41)…He is co-leader (w/Nadal) with eight finals…The Serb has recorded at least 60 match wins for the third straight season
• Last month, he collected his third ATP World Tour title of the year in Beijing (d. Cilic)
• His other titles have come in his hometown of Belgrade (d. Kubot) on clay in May and in Dubai (d. Ferrer) on hard courts in late February
• Since opening the year with a first round loss to Ernests Gulbis in Brisbane, has reached the quarter-finals or better in 17 of his next 18 tournaments (except Roland Garros, 3rd Rd.)
• In March at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, came in as defending champion and lost to Andy Roddick in the quarter-finals…Earlier in the month lost both of his singles matches on clay in a first round Davis Cup tie in Spain, falling to David Ferrer and Nadal in fourth rubber, which clinched the tie
• Prior to Davis Cup, defeated No. 8 Gilles Simon (SF) and David Ferrer (on Feb. 28) in the Dubai final for his first ATP World Tour title of the season

Daniel Koellerer (AUT) vs (Q) Michael Lammer (SUI)   First Meeting

Koellerer FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Acapulco (l Vassallo Arguello); Kitzbühel (l Benneteau)
YTD W-L: 10-16
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: August 17, 1983
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 74

• Koellerer, 26, the No. 2 Austrian (behind No. 28 Melzer), is making his tournament debut at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors
• Comes in this week at No. 74 after reaching a career-high 55 in South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings two weeks ago
• He has a 10-16 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
• His biggest win of the season came in late February in Acapulco over No. 12 David Nalbandian in the first round en route to the quarter-finals (l. Vassallo Arguello)…Also reached quarter-finals at Kitzbuhel (l. Benneteau) in May
• Won Challenger in Rome (d. Vinciguerra) and Trani (d Volandri)
• Coached by Hannes Puehringer

Lammer FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-4
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: March 25, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 167

• Lammer, 27, is looking for his first ATP World Tour match win of the season (0-4)…His only career ATP World Tour match win in 15 matches came in 2005 when he defeated American Kevin Kim in opening round of US Open (l. to Hrbaty)
• The Swiss veteran is making his second main draw appearance in Basel…He received a wild card in 2005 when he lost in the first round to Jiri Novak
• He enters with a ranking of No. 167 after reaching a career-high No. 161 on Sept. 14…He successfully qualified this season in Dubai (l. Kohlschreiber), Indian Wells (l. Lu) and Gstaad (l. Bellucci)…In September, played in Davis Cup World Group tie vs. Italy and lost dead rubber to Fabio Fognini
• In Gstaad, he captured his first ATP World Tour doubles title (w/Chiudinelli)
• Won French Futures event in February this year

Court 2

(Q) Peter Luczak (AUS) vs Jan Hernych (CZE)   First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
04 Ostrava CH (Czech Republic) Clay R32 Peter Luczak 4-6 6-3 7-6(9)
07 Sydney Q (Australia) Hard R1 Jan Hernych 6-2 7-5
07 Trnava CH (Slovakia) Clay QF Jan Hernych 6-3 6-1
09 Sydney Q (Australia) Hard R1 Peter Luczak 6-1 6-3

Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs (Q) Evgeny Korolev (RUS)   First Meeting

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)  Nieminen Leads 2-0
07 Marseille (France) Hard QF Jarkko Nieminen 6-2 1-6 6-3
07 ATP Masters Series Montreal (Canada)Hard R64 Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-4