Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes on World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the second quarter-final at the BNP Paribas Masters on Friday. Nadal, who has rallied to reach the quarter-finals with a pair of three-set wins, is 3-1 lifetime against Tsonga. Novak Djokovic, the No. 3 seed, takes a 4-0 mark against No. 9-seeded Swede Robin Soderling when they square off in the first match on Court Central.  In the evening session, Frenchman Gael Monfils, the No. 15 seed, plays No. 12 Marin Cilic of Croatia for the first time followed by No. 5 seed Juan Martin del Potro against the Czech Republic’s Radek Stepanek, who upset No. 4 seed Andy Murray on Thursday. Soderling and Tsonga are trying to earn the eighth and final spot for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Going into Friday, Spaniard Fernando Verdasco holds it. Soderling must reach the final and Tsonga must win the title in order to take the final position. Tsonga and Monfils mark the first time two Frenchmen have reached the quarter-finals in Bercy since 1992 when Guy Forget and Henri Leconte reached the quarters or better. Here are the quarter-final match-ups:

No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga   Nadal leads 3-1
No. 3 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 9 Robin Soderling   Djokovic leads 4-0
No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro vs. No. 13 Radek Stepanek  Stepanek leads 1-0
No. 12 Marin Cilic vs. No. 15 Gael Monfils   First Meeting 

UPDATED 2009 RANKING POINTS – There are three players battling for the eighth and final position for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Here's the updated 2009 year-to-date South African Airways ATP Ranking points leaders going into the quarter-finals:
                                       Points
1) Roger Federer         #10,140
2) Rafael Nadal              #9,025 (add 180 points with win Friday)
3) Novak Djokovic         #7,090 (add 180 points with win Friday)
4) Andy Murray              #6,630    
5) Juan Martin del Potro #5,985 (add 180 points with win Friday)
6) Andy Roddick           # 4,410
7) Nikolay Davydenko   # 3,630 
8) Fernando Verdasco       3,300 
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9) Robin Soderling            3,010 (add 180 points with win Friday)
10) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga      2,875 (add 180 points with win Friday)

#  Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London

FRIDAY QUARTER-FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play

Court Central

(9) Robin Soderling (SWE) vs (3) Novak Djokovic (SRB) Djokovic Leads 4-0
07 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Novak Djokovic 3-6 6-4 6-3
08 ATP Masters Series Toronto Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4
08 Bangkok (Thailand) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5
09 Beijing (China) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-3

	Soderling	Djokovic
Age (Birthdate)	25 (August 14, 1984)	22 (May 22, 1987)
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Monte-Carlo, Monaco
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 10 (No. 10 – Oct. 19, 2009)	No. 3 (No. 3 – July 9, 2007)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	47-18 (26-11)	73-18 (48-10)
2009 Finals W-L	1-1	4-5
Career Finals W-L	4-7	15-11
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Bastad/’09 Bastad	’09 Basel/’09 Basel
2009 Tie-Break W-L	14-15	18-15
Paris W-L (Best Result)	6-3 (QF – 2004, ’09)	5-4 (QF – 2009)
Coach	Magnus Norman	Marian Vajda

SODERLING FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• Reached second career quarter-final in Bercy following a 36 63 64 win over Russian Nikolay Davydenko Thursday in just over 2 hours …Five years ago he lost in the quarters to Max Mirnyi
• He opened Wednesday with a 64 76(6) win over big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic
• Looking for first career win over Serbian Novak Djokovic after four previous meeting – the last being a 63 63 win by Djokovic last month in Beijing on hard court.

2009 Highlights:
W: Båstad (d Monaco); F: Roland Garros (l Federer); SF: Auckland (l Del Potro); Kuala Lumpur (l Davydenko); Beijing (l Djokovic); Stockholm (W/O vs Baghdatis); QF: Brisbane (l Stepanek); Washington (W/O vs Del Potro); US Open (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Lopez)

2009 in Review:
• The top Swede broke into the Top 10 for the first time on Oct. 19 and he enters with a 47-18 match record on the season, including 26-11 on hard courts and 9-2 indoors
• Last month on the Asian swing, he reached back-to-back semi-finals in Kuala Lumpur (l. to Davydenko) and Beijing (l. to Djokovic), falling to the eventual champion in both…Then reached the quarter-finals at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Lopez)
• After a mediocre first five months of the year, going 9-10 in first 10 ATP World Tour events, best results being QF at Brisbane (l. to Stepanek) and SF at Auckland (l. to del Potro); suffered eight pre-QF exits
• Since the ATP World Team Championship in mid-May in Duesseldorf where he went 3-0 in round robin play, has put together a 37-8 mark...He followed with a surprising run to his first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros, upsetting four-time defending champ and No. 1 Nadal in the fourth round and following with wins over No. 11 Davydenko and No. 12 Gonzalez before falling to Roger Federer in straight sets
• He then reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, losing to Federer again...In July he returned to clay on home soil in Bastad and captured his fourth career ATP World Tour title (d. Monaco), the first not indoors…During summer hard court circuit, reached QFs in Washington (withdrew to del Potro due to right elbow injury, also W/D from Montreal) and US Open (l. to Federer)
• Ranking slipped to No. 27 in March when he lost opening round matches in Indian Wells and Miami, but after runner-up finish at Roland Garros vaulted from No. 25 to No. 12

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 48-42 record and he’s appearing in his fourth career quarter-final, the second this year -- Shanghai last month (l. to Lopez)…Also a quarter-finalist in Paris in 2004 and in Monte-Carlo in 2007 (d. No. 4 Davydenko, l. to Berdych)

Miscellaneous:
• His best career results have come indoors with a 81-31 match record, reaching nine ATP World Tour finals (3-6) compared to 132-105 outdoors and 1-1 in finals, both on clay in 2009
• Last year was No. 17 and reached back-to-back finals in Rotterdam (l. to Llodra) and Memphis (l. to Darcis) and later in the season won his third career ATP World Tour title in Lyon (d. Benneteau)

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Serb ended the run of French qualifier Arnaud Clement 62 62 in 75 minutes to reach the quarter-finals for the first time five years…He began the week with a 63 75 win over Argentine Juan Monaco on Wednesday
• He has a 5-4 career mark in Bercy, also making it to the third round in 2005 (l. to Robredo) and last year (l. to Tsonga)

2009 Highlights:
W: Dubai (d Ferrer); Belgrade (d Kubot); Beijing (d Cilic); Basel (d Federer); 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 Canada (l Roddick)

2009 in Review:
• The World No. 3 has a 73-18 match record on the ATP World Tour this season (most wins), including 48-10 on hard…He also leads the ATP World Tour with nine final appearances
• Since opening the year with a first round loss to Ernests Gulbis in Brisbane, he has reached the quarter-finals or better for the 19th time in 20 tournaments (except Roland Garros, 3rd Rd.)
• Last week he won his final three matches in Basel in three sets, capped off by a 64 46 62 victory over World No. 1 Roger Federer in title match…He also beat No. 5 seed Radek Stepanek 67(4) 75 62 in semi-finals (saving three match points) to reach his first indoor final of the season
• He owns four ATP World Tour titles and also leads in hard court wins (48)…He has recorded at least 60 match wins three years in a row
• He has advanced to 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 29-7 record in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in ‘09
• 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
• 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

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has an 86-31 career match record and 4-6 in finals, winning two titles in each of the past two years…In Monte-Carlo he was appearing in his sixth different ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (l. to Nadal)
• Defeated Tsonga and No. 2 Federer back-to-back to reach the final in Miami (l to Murray) on Apr. 5
• In 2007, reached his first final in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal) and followed with his first title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (d. Canas)…Later that year, won the title in Montreal, defeating the Top 3 players in succession – No. 3 Roddick (QF), No. 2 Nadal (SF) and No. 1 Federer (F)
• Last year, won titles in Indian Wells (d. Fish) and Rome (d. Wawrinka) while reaching the final in Cincinnati (l. to Murray)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the young Serb finished No. 3 for a second straight season...The last player to do that was Pete Sampras in 1999-2000…First ranked No. 3 on July 9, 2007 after semi-final at Wimbledon
• Captured four titles in six finals, winning Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai as well as his first Grand Slam crown at the Aust. Open (d. Federer in SF, Tsonga in F)...Only dropped one set, that coming in the final
• In March, reached semi-finals in Dubai (l. to Roddick) and followed with title in Indian Wells (d. Nadal in SF, Fish in F)…After a 17-4 start in first three months, played well on clay (16-3) with SF at Monte Carlo (ret. to Federer), won title at Rome (d. Wawrinka) and reached semi-finals at Hamburg and Roland Garros (l. to Nadal both times)...Had chance to move to No. 2 in last two events with a win over Nadal
• During summer hard court circuit, reached QF in Toronto, final at Cincinnati (l. to Murray both times), won bronze medal at Beijing Olympics (d. Blake) and advanced to SF at US Open (l. to Federer)

(8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 3-1
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 7-6(3) 6-2  6-1
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2  6-3  6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells  Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-5
09 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Hard QF Rafael Nadal 6-4  6-7(5) 6-4

	Tsonga	Nadal
Age (Birthdate)	24 (April 17, 1985)	23 (June 3, 1986)
Residence	La Rippe, Switzerland	Mallorca, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 9 (No. 6 – Nov. 17, 2008)	No. 2 (No. 1 – August 18, 2008)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	53-19 (41-13)	63-10 (41-8)
2009 Finals W-L	3-0	5-3
Career Finals W-L	5-1	36-11
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Tokyo/’09 Tokyo	’09 Shanghai/’09 Rome
2009 Tie-Break W-L	33-17	16-10
Paris W-L (Best Result)	9-2 (Winner – 2008)	8-2 (Runner-up – 2007)
Coach	Eric Winogradsky	Uncle, Toni Nadal/Francisco Roig

TSONGA FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 24-year-old defending champion fired 13 aces in his 62 63 third round win in 53 minutes over No. 11 seed and countryman Gilles Simon on Thursday…On Tuesday, he hit 12 aces en route to a 61 75 victory over Spain’s Albert Montanes…Has a 9-2 career mark in Bercy
• Last year he beat three Top 10 opponents en route to the title – No. 3 Djokovic (3rd Rd.), No. 7 Roddick (QF) and No. 8 Nalbandian (F)...Fired 25 aces in final...Also defeated No. 11 Blake in SF

2009 Highlights:
W: Johannesburg (d Chardy); Marseille (d Llodra); Tokyo (d Youzhny); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Murray); Bangkok (l Troicki); QF: Brisbane (l Gasquet); Sydney (W/O vs Nieminen); Australian Open (l Verdasco); Rotterdam (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic); Lyon (l Clement)

2009 in Review:
• The top Frenchman on the ATP World Tour enters his 12th quarter-final or better on the season with a  53-19 match record, including 41-13 on hard courts…He is one of eight players to register at least 50 match wins this year…He is 5-6 in QF matches this season
• Has a 14-13 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents, including 5-4 this season
• Last month he reached the semi-finals in Bangkok (l. to Troicki) and captured his third ATP World Tour title of the year in Tokyo (d. Youzhny)
• He compiled a 19-3 in first six events, winning third and fourth ATP World Tour titles of career at Johannesburg (d. Chardy) and Marseille (d. Llodra) and four QF finishes at Brisbane (l. to Gasquet), Sydney (W/O to Nieminen w/back injury), Australian Open (l. to Verdasco) and Rotterdam (l. to Nadal)
• After failing to defend runner-up points from 2008 at Australian Open, fell from No. 7 to No. 14 on February 2 (would spend almost three months outside Top 10 before returning at end of April)
• In next 11 events reached QF or better twice, at Miami (l. to Djokovic in QF) and Montreal (l. to Murray in SF after beating Federer down 1-5 in third set)…Had nine pre-QF exits, incl. all three Grand Slams in that period, at Roland Garros (l. to del Potro in 4th Rd.), Wimbledon (l. to Karlovic in 3rd Rd.) and US Open (l. to Gonzalez in 4th Rd.)
• In 1st Rd. Davis Cup tie vs. the Czech Republic in March, accounted for France's both points in a 3-2 loss... In the second rubber beat No. 18 Radek Stepanek and took out Jan Hernych in a dead rubber

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 23-14 career record, capturing the title in Paris last year (d. No. 3 Djokovic in 3rd Rd., No. 7 Roddick in QF and No. 8 Nalbandian in final)
• His best result this year is the semifinals in Montreal (d. Federer, l. to Murray) and quarterfinals in Miami in March (d. No. 8 Simon, l. to Djokovic)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, finished as the top Frenchman at No. 6 with a 34-14 match record and two ATP World Tour titles, including his maiden Masters 1000 title in Paris...Qualified for Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai with Paris title and broke into Top 10 for first time at No. 7 from No. 14
• Along with No. 7 Gilles Simon, it was first time two Frenchmen finished in the Top 10 since 1986 with No. 4 Yannick Noah and No. 6 Henri Leconte
• In his second Australian Open appearance, beat No. 9 Murray (1st Rd.), No. 8 Gasquet (4th Rd.) and No. 2 Nadal (SF) before falling in four sets to No. 3 Djokovic...Afterwards, went from No. 38 to No. 18
• In May, advanced to semi-finals in Casablanca, but withdrew prior to match (vs. Simon) with right knee injury that kept him out for three months following surgery on May 27
• When he returned, went 16-4 in six tournaments, advancing to 3rd Rd. at US Open (l. to Robredo), winning his first ATP title in Bangkok (d. Djokovic) and reaching 3rd Rd. in Tokyo and Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Federer)

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 23-year-old Mallorca native rallied for the second straight day over a countryman to reach the quarter-finals for the third straight year…On Wednesday he saved five match points at 5-6 in the second set and overcame a 3-5 deficit in the final set to defeat Nicolas Almagro 36 76(2) 75…On Thursday, Tommy Robredo served for the match at 5-4 but was broken as the No. 2 won 36 63 75
• He improved to 9-2 in Bercy…He reached the final two years ago, falling to David Nalbandian 64 60
• Last year he reached the quarter-finals with wins over Frenchmen Florent Serra and Gael Monfils, before retiring with a knee injury against Russian Nikolay Davydenko

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); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Davydenko); 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 World No. 2 is appearing in his 15th quarter-final or better this season and his first indoors since reaching the final in Rotterdam in February (l. to Murray)
• He has a 63-10 mark on the season, including 41-8 on hard courts…He has won at least 60 matches in four of the past five years (except ’06, won 59 matches)
• Last month he reached his eighth final of the season (5-3 mark) at ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 on Oct. 18 in his last tournament (l. to Davydenko) and 47th of his career (36-11)
• His last ATP World Tour title came in May when he captured Rome (d. Djokovic)…He is second on the ATP World Tour this year with five titles (behind Andy Murray’s six titles)
• He and Davydenko are the only players on the ATP World Tour this year to win at least 20 matches on clay (22-2) and hard courts (41-8)…He is also 34-5 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments
• 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 defense 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 15-6 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 156-32 career match record and a 15-6 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
• He and Federer are the only players to reach eight different Masters 1000 finals…Going into 2009, has reached the final in every tournament except Cincinnati…Federer has reached every final except Paris (Bercy)
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

(15) Gael Monfils (FRA) vs (12) Marin Cilic (CRO)    First Meeting

	Monfils	Cilic
Age (Birthdate)	23 (September 1, 1986)	21 (September 28, 1988)
Residence	Nyon, Switzerland	Zagreb, Croatia
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 16 (No. 9  – March 2, 2009)	No. 13 (No. 13 – May 18, 2009)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	40-18 (31-14)	48-20 (35-12)
2009 Finals W-L	1-1	2-2
Career Finals W-L	2-6	3-2
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Metz/’09 Metz	’09 Vienna/’09 Zagreb
2009 Tie-Break W-L	14-8	14-17
Paris W-L (Best Result)	4-3 (QF – 2009)	4-1 (QF – 2009)
Coach	Roger Rasheed	Bob Brett (not here)

MONFILS FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Frenchman reached his first quarter-final in Bercy on the strength of 16 aces and saving all six break points he faced Thursday in a 64 63 win over countryman Julien Benneteau…On Wednesday, he defeated French qualifier David Guez  64 75, as he fired 11 aces…Has a 4-3 career mark
• Last year he lost in the 3rd Rd. (l. to Nadal)…Also reached 2nd Rd. in 2004 (l. to Hewitt) and fell 1st Rd. in 2006 (l. to Andreev)

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); Vienna (l Tipsarevic)

2009 in Review:
• The No. 3 Frenchman (behind No. 9 Tsonga, No. 12 Simon) is appearing in his ninth quarter-final or better this year…Two weeks ago he advanced to the quarters in Vienna (l. to Tipsarevic)
• In late September he captured his second career ATP World Tour title in Metz, defeating German Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets…He has a 40-18 match record (31-14 on hard, 14-6 indoors)
• 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 four Frenchmen to win an ATP World Tour title this year – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (three titles) Jeremy Chardy (one) and Gilles Simon (one)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 28-31 career record with his best result the semi-finals in Rome in 2006 (l. to Nadal) and Madrid last year (l. to No. 4 Murray)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the Frenchman finished in the Top 20 for first time at No. 14 and won a personal-high 30 matches while reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final and sixth career ATP World Tour final
• Missed first two months with a right knee injury and went 5-7 going into Roland Garros where he reached SF (d. No. 5 Ferrer, l. to Federer)...On grass, reached SF in Nottingham (l. to Karlovic) but then withdrew from Wimbledon due to right shoulder injury
• In August, advanced to quarter-finals at Beijing Olympics (l. to Djokovic) and followed with 4th Rd. at US Open (l. to Fish)...Beat Top 10 Nalbandian in both
• Finished indoor circuit with a 10-4 mark, reaching SF in Bangkok (l. to Tsonga), runner-up in Vienna (l. to Petzschner), QF at Madrid (d. No. 10 Gonzalez, No. 8 Roddick, l. to Murray) and 3rd Rd. at Paris (l. to Nadal)

CILIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights
• The Zagreb native knocked out No. 7 seed Fernando Verdasco 36 63 64 Thursday to reach the quarter-finals in Bercy for the first time to improve to 4-1 overall
• The No. 12 seed also needed three sets to defeat Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 67(3) 64 62 in second round after an opening round bye
• Last year, he posted wins over Andreas Seppi and Marcus Granollers before falling in third round to Roger Federer

2009 Highlights:
W: Chennai (d Devvarman); Zagreb (d Ancic); F: Beijing (l Djokovic); Vienna (l Melzer); QF: Dubai (l Djokovic); Munich (l Chardy); US Open (l Del Potro); Basel (l Stepanek)

2009 in Review:
• The top Croat comes in ranked a career-high No. 13 this week (first reached on May 18) with a 48-20 match record on the season, including 35-12 on hard courts…He has reached the quarter-finals or better in five of his past six tournaments going back to the US Open where he beat No. 2-ranked Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets (l. to eventual champ del Potro)
• He has surpassed last season’s win total of 37…He has reached four ATP World Tour finals this year (2-2), including Vienna two weeks ago…Last month he was runner-up in Beijing (l. to Djokovic)
• He opened the year by capturing his second ATP World Tour title in Chennai, defeating wild card Somdev Devvarman...He moved from No. 27 into Top 20 for first time at No. 20 on Jan. 12 and has been out of Top 20 only once the rest of the season on Feb. 2 (at No. 22)
• Followed with 4th Rd. for second straight year at Australian Open (d. Ferrer, l. to del Potro)
• In February, earned his second title of the season in his hometown of Zagreb, defeating countryman Mario Ancic 63 64...Did not drop a set during the week
• Then followed with a quarter-final in Dubai, losing to eventual champion and No. 3 Novak Djokovic

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 17-16 match record and appearing in his second quarter-final…He also reached the quarter-finals in July 2008 in Toronto where he beat No. 14 Tommy Robredo and No. 6 Andy Roddick before losing to Gilles Simon in three sets

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the Croat finished as his country's top player for first time with a year-end best No. 22 ranking
• Captured his first ATP World Tour title in New Haven (d. Fish) and won 37 matches, 23 more than previous season...Compiled a 14-15 record through mid-June before finishing 23-10 rest of season

(13) Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (5) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) Stepanek Leads 1-0
09 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard QF Radek Stepanek 7-6(7) 6-4

	Stepanek	Del Potro
Age (Birthdate)	30 (November 27, 1978)	21 (September 23, 1988)
Residence	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Tandil, Argentina
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 14 (No. 8 – July 10, 2006)	No. 5 (No. 5 – April 6, 2009)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	46-19 (34-12)	51-13 (38-8)
2009 Finals W-L	2-1	3-1
Career Finals W-L	4-6	7-1
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Memphis/’09 San Jose	’09 US Open/’09 US Open
2009 Tie-Break W-L	19-7	18-8
Paris W-L (Best Result)	12-5 (Runner-up – 2004)	4-2 (QF – 2009)
Coach	Petr Pala(also works w/Petr Korda)	Franco Davin

STEPANEK FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Czech Republic native advanced to his third quarter-final or better in Bercy with a 16 63 64 win over No. 4 Andy Murray on Thursday...He opened the tournament with a 64 60 victory over Serb Viktor Troicki
• He enters with a 12-5 career mark, having reached the final in 2004 (l. to Safin) and the semi-finals the following year (l. to countryman Berdych)
• Last year he lost in the second round to eventual champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets

2009 Highlights:
W: Brisbane (d Verdasco); San Jose (d Fish); F: Memphis (l Roddick); SF: Basel (l Djokovic); QF: Barcelona (l Davydenko); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Davydenko); Vienna (l Melzer)

2009 in Review:
• The top player from the Czech Republic is playing in his eighth ATP World Tour quarter-final or better  this year…He has compiled a 46-19 record (34-12 on hard) and has a 3-8 mark (losing past seven) vs. Top 10 opponents (19-43 in career)
• He started off the season by winning his third and fourth ATP World Tour titles of his career at Brisbane (d. Verdasco) in January and San Jose (d. Fish) in February, respectively…He also was runner-up in Memphis (l. to Roddick) in February and QF on clay at Barcelona (l. to Davydenko) in April
• He also helped his country to its first Davis Cup final since 1980 (will play Spain in December)…Has a 3-1 singles mark…In first round tie vs. France, lost to No. 11 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in second rubber before clinching tie with straight-sets win over No. 8 Gilles Simon in fourth rubber…In July, beat Argentina’s Juan Monaco in fifth and decisive rubber in quarter-finals…Last month, survived a record 78 aces by Ivo Karlovic in opening rubber to win 16-14 in fifth set in 5:59 marathon
• In Grand Slam play play reached 3rd Rd. or better each time…At Australian Open (l. to Verdasco in 3rd Rd.), Roland Garros (l. to Cilic in 3rd Rd.), Wimbledon (won back-to-back five-setters vs. Starace in 2nd Rd. and Ferrer in 3rd Rd. before falling to Hewitt in 4th Rd., also in five sets) and US Open (l. to Djokovic in 4th Rd.)
• Captured his first two ATP World Tour titles in a span of 152 tournaments, then won his two in '09 in four events

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 67-53 career record, reaching two finals – Hamburg in 2006 (l. Robredo) and Paris in ’04 (l. to Safin)…Also reached semi-finals in Montreal in 2007 and at Paris in ‘05
• Last year in Rome, defeated No. 1 Federer, then fell to Djokovic in semi-final

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the No. 2 Czech Republic player (behind Berdych) finished in the Top 30 for the fourth straight year at No. 26 with a 33-23 match record…His best result was a runner-up in San Jose (l. to Roddick)
• In 2006, finished in Top 20 for the first time at No 19 after breaking into the Top 10 for the first time that year on July 10 at No .8 after reaching his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon
• Has a 4-6 career mark in ATP World Tour finals
• Has been working with countryman and former World No. 2 Petr Korda and often practices at the Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Fla.

DEL POTRO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights: 
• After a first-round bye, the Argentine defeated three-time Bercy champion Marat Safin 64 57 64 on Wednesday in the Russian’s final match of his career and followed with a 67(6) 76(6) ret. (knee) victory over No. 10 seed Fernando Gonzalez, saving seven match points…He saved 15 of 16 break points in the two hour and 24 minute battle…He improved to 4-2 in Paris
• Last year (after a bye) reached the third round with a win over Mario Ancic of Croatia before falling to Argentina’s David Nalbandian
• In 2007, advanced to the second round with a win over Spaniard Feliciano Lopez after qualifying, then lost to Russian Nikolay Davydenko

2009 Highlights:
W: Auckland (d Querrey); Washington (d Roddick); US Open (d Federer); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Murray); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Federer); Roland Garros (l Federer); QF: Australian Open (l Federer); San Jose (l Fish); Memphis (l Stepanek); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic)

2009 in Review:
• The 21-year-old Argentine enters his 13th quarter-final or better with a 51-13 match record (38-8 on hard courts)…He is 7-5 in QF matches this season
• Since winning the US Open, he fell in the first round in Tokyo to French qualifier Edouard Roger-Vasselin, then last month in Shanghai he was forced to retire against Austrian Jurgen Melzer due to a wrist injury
• The Tandil native’s first Grand Slam title at the US Open came in impressive fashion, as he defeated Nadal in semi-finals and Federer in the final to become first player to post wins over both at a Grand Slam -- more impressively doing it at the same tournament and in back-to-back days; also won titles earlier in Auckland (d. Querrey) in January and Washington (d. Roddick) in August…Has a 7-1 finals mark
• Has reached QF or better at 13 of 17 ATP World Tour events this year; in addition to three titles…Also turned in runner-up finish at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l. to Murray), three SF finishes at ATP World Tour Masters 1000s at Miami (l. to Murray) and Madrid (l. to Federer) and Roland Garros (l. to Federer) and five QF finishes, including the Australian Open (l. to Federer)
• Won both singles rubbers in Argentina’s Davis Cup QF loss to Czech Republic (d Minar and Berdych)
• Started year at No. 9; jumped to No. 6 on Jan. 19 (going into Australian Open) and rose to career-high No. 5 on April 6 (after Miami); slipped to No. 6 but now No. 5 again (since US Open)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He reached his first final at the Rogers Cup in Montreal in August, losing to No. 3 Murray in three sets He was trying to become the fourth Argentine to capture an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title (since 1990), joining David Nalbandian (2), Guillermo Coria (2) and Guillermo Canas (1)
• Has a 31-18 career match record (18-7 this year)…His previous best result was the semi-finals in Miami (d. Nadal, l. to Murray) in April…Also a quarter -finalist in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal) in March, Rome in May (l. to Djokovic) and last year in Madrid (l. to Federer)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, finished as the youngest player (20) in the year-end Top 10 at No. 9 with four ATP World Tour titles in five finals while compiling a 46-16 match record
• Finished as top Argentine and South American for first time and also helped his country to Davis Cup final (l. to Spain 3-1)...Fell to Lopez in four sets, injuring his right thigh in the match, which kept him out of reverse singles
• In first half of season, went 9-8 with his best results a SF in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Ferrer) and QF in Munich (l. to El Aynaoui)...Struggled with back problems, retiring twice
• After 2nd Rd. exit at Wimbledon, won 37 of 45 matches, including a 23-match winning streak...Won first ATP title in Stuttgart (d. Gasquet) and following week won in Kitzbnhel (d. Melzer), both on clay
• Moved to hard courts and won back-to-back titles in Los Angeles (d. Roddick) and Washington (d. Troicki) before streak ended with QF loss at US Open (l. to Murray)...Climbed from No. 65 on July 7 to No. 13 on Sept. 8…Reached Tokyo final (l. to Berdych) to break into Top 10 on Oct. 6...Reached QF at Madrid and SF in Basel…In Tennis Masters Cup debut went 1-2 in round robin play