The top five players in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro headline Wednesday’s schedule on Court Central. In the first match, Djokovic, who is coming off his three-set title win over Federer in Basel final, takes a 2-0 advantage  against Argentina’s Juan Monaco. In the next match, del Potro meets three-time BNP Paribas Masters winner Marat Safin in a battle of former US Open champions. In the third match, Nadal, who reached the final two years ago here, takes a 4-0 lifetime advantage into his match against countryman Nicolas Almagro. In the fourth match, French qualifier David Guez plays countryman No. 15 Gael Monfils for the first time. In the evening session, Federer attempts to win his 60th match of the season when he takes on Frenchman Julien Benneteau. The final match is between Murray, who leads the ATP World Tour with six titles this year, against American James Blake. This is the third meeting between the two (tied 1-1).
 
UPDATED 2009 RANKING POINTS – There are five players battling for the final two positions 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 action Wednesday:
                                       Points
1) Roger Federer              #10,140 (add 90 points with win Wed.)
2) Rafael Nadal                #8,845 (add 90 points with win Wed.)
3) Novak Djokovic            #6,910 (add 90 points with win Wed.)
4) Andy Murray                 #6,540 (add 90 points with win Wed.)    
5) Juan Martin del Potro  #5,805 (add 90 points with win Wed.)
6) Andy Roddick               # 4,410
7) Nikolay Davydenko           3,630 
8) Fernando Verdasco           3,300 
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9) Robin Soderling               2,830 (add 90 points with win Wednesday)
10) Jo-Wilfiried Tsonga        2,785
11) Fernando Gonzalez         2,780 (add 90 points with win Wednesday)       
#  Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London

2009 ATP WORLD TOUR MATCH WINS LEADERS – Novak Djokovic leads the ATP World Tour with 71 match wins this season followed by Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal. All three are in action Wednesday:
                                        
                                  W-L       Titles
Novak Djokovic            71-18         4 
Andy Murray                63-9           6
Rafael Nadal                61-10          5
Roger Federer              59-9           4
Nikolay Davydenko       53-15         4

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

Court Central

Juan Monaco (ARG) vs (3) Novak Djokovic (SRB) Djokovic Leads 2-0
05 Wimbledon (England) Grass R128 Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 7-5 7-6(2) 6-7(6)  6-1  

	Monaco	Djokovic
Age (Birthdate)	25 (March 29, 1984)	22 (May 22, 1987)
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Monte-Carlo, Monaco
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 30 (No. 14 – Feb. 4, 2008)	No. 3 (No. 3 – July 9, 2007)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	36-25 (7-11)	71-18 (46-10)
2009 Finals W-L	0-3	4-5
Career Finals W-L	3-6	15-11
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Bucharest/’07 Kitzbuehel	’09 Basel/’09 Basel
2009 Tie-Break W-L	9-9	18-15
Paris W-L (Best Result)	2-2 (2nd Rd. – 2008-09)	3-4 (3rd Rd. – 2005, ’08)
Coach	Luis Lobo	Marian Vajda

 
MONACO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Argentine reached the second round for the second year in a row with a 76(5) 75 win over Frenchman Jeremy Chardy on Tuesday
• He is making his third straight appearance in Paris and improves to 2-2…Scored his previous win here last year when he bounced three-time champion Marat Safin in the first round after qualifying into the main draw…Then lost in second round to Frenchman Gael Monfils
• Made his debut two years ago and lost to Finland’s Jarrko Nieminen in the first round

2009 Highlights:
F: Buenos Aires (l Robredo); Båstad (l Soderling); Bucharest (l Montanes); QF: Viña del Mar (l Gonzalez); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Gonzalez)

2009 in Review:
• The Argentine native has advanced to three ATP World Tour clay court finals this season – Bucharest (l. to Montanes) on Sept. 27, Buenos Aires (l. to Robredo) in February and Bastad (l. to Soderling) in July
• He improves with the opening-round win 36-25 match record on the season, including 7-11 on hard courts...He has the most match wins on clay (29) on the ATP World Tour this season
• Last week he was eliminated in the second round in Valencia (l. to Davydenko) in straight sets…Has a 4-5 record indoors thus far, with his other wins coming in first rounds at Stockholm (d. Hernych), Lyon (d. Ouanna), and Valencia (d. Vassallo Arguello)
• He is 3-6 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals (all on clay) and his last title came in Kitzbuehel on July 29, 2007 (d. Starace)
• The Tandil native comes from same hometown as US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro
• Argentines have a 4-6 record in finals this season with del Potro (three titles) and David Nalbandian (one) the lone winners

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He has a 28-26 career record and his best result was the quarter-final in Rome in May, when he defeated No. 4 Murray and No. 15 Cilic back-to-back before losing to Gonzalez…Prior to that, his best showing was the third round seven times

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the Argentine finished in Top 50 for second straight year at No. 47, reaching two ATP World Tour finals
• Began first month with a 9-2 record, reaching SF in Auckland (l. to Kohlschreiber), 3rd Rd. at Australian Open (l. to Berdych) and final in Vina del Mar (W/O vs. Gonzalez)...Sprained his left ankle in doubles final (day before) and then had to withdraw from singles final...Went from No. 21 to a career-high No. 14 afterwards…Also runner-up in Poertschach in May (l. to No. 4 Davydenko)
• In 2007, finished a year-end best No. 23 with a 41-19 match record with a career-high three ATP World Tour titles -- Buenos Aires (d. Di Mauro), Poertschach (d. Monfils) and Kitzbuhel (d. Starace)

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 22-year-old Serb returns to Bercy for the fifth time in his career with a 3-4 mark, having reached 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 won his final three matches last week 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 has a 71-18 match record on the ATP World Tour this season (most wins), including 46-10 on hard
• He owns four ATP World Tour titles this year and also leads in hard court wins (46)…His nine ATP World Tour finals reached is one better than Nadal…The Serb has recorded at least 60 match wins for the third straight season
• Since opening the year with a first round loss to Ernests Gulbis in Brisbane, has reached the quarter-finals or better in 18 of his next 19 tournaments (except Roland Garros, 3rd Rd.)
• 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 28-7 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 84-31 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)

2009 ATP WORLD TOUR TITLE LEADERS – Djokovic is tied for third with four ATP World Tour titles this season. Here are the title leaders in 2009:
                                  No.
Andy Murray                 6 
Rafael Nadal                 5
Roger Federer               4
Nikolay Davydenko        4
Novak Djokovic             4
Juan Martin del Potro     3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga         3

(WC) Marat Safin (RUS) vs (5) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)  First Meeting

	Safin	Del Potro
Age (Birthdate)	29 (January 27, 1980)	21 (September 23, 1988)
Residence	Moscow, Russia	Tandil, Argentina
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 65 (No. 1  – Nov. 20, 2000)	No. 5 (No. 5 – April 6, 2009)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	19-21 (16-14)	49-13 (36-8)
2009 Finals W-L	0-0	3-1
Career Finals W-L	15-12	7-1
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’08 Moscow/’05 Australian Open	’09 US Open/’09 US Open
2009 Tie-Break W-L	6-12	17-7
Paris W-L (Best Result)	24-4 (Winner – 2000, ’02, ‘04)	2-2 (3rd Rd. – 2008)
Coach	None	Franco Davin

SAFIN FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The three-time champion, who leads all players in the draw in wins in Paris with a 24-4 record here, fired 24 aces and saved three match points in the first round against French qualifier Thierry Ascione for a 64 46 76(3) triumph
• The 29-year-old Russian captured singles titles in 2000 (d. Philippoussis), 2002 (d. Hewitt) and 2004 (d. Stepanek)
• He made his debut in 1999 and lost to No. 1 Andre Agassi in the final in four sets
• The only time he lost in the first round was last year to Argentine Juan Monaco

2009 Highlights:
SF: St. Petersburg (l Stakhovsky); QF: Los Angeles (l Haas); Beijing (l Nadal)

2009 in Review:
• The Russian, who is playing in the last tournament of his career, enters with a 19-21 match record (16-14 on hard) in 2009
• He is 49-49 in his career against Top 10 opponents (1-4 in ’09) with his lone win coming over No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko in the first round of Moscow last month
• Last month, he reached his first ATP World Tour semi-final of the season in St. Petersburg, losing to eventual champion Sergiy Stakhovsky in three sets
• He scored his previous best result this season by advancing to quarter-finals in Beijing, where he defeated No. 12 Fernando Gonzalez before falling to No. 2 Nadal…In late July he advanced to the quarter-finals in Los Angeles (l. to Haas)
• Sister, Dinara Safina, became No. 1 on the WTA Tour earlier this season, marking the first time in the history of pro tennis a brother-and-sister duo have ranked No. 1 

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He has an 114-81 career record with five titles in eight finals...Won titles in Toronto in 2000 and Paris in 2000, '02 and '04 along with Madrid in 2004…Finalist in Paris in 1999 and Hamburg in 2000 and '02
Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the Russian finished in the Top 30 at No. 29, reaching one ATP World Tour final (Moscow) and making first SF appearance at Wimbledon during an up-and-down season...Compiled a 9-12 record in first five months of action before finishing with a 15-12 mark from June-on
• Has finished in the Top 4 three times in his career -- No. 2 in 2000, No. 3 in 2002 and No. 4 in 2004...Reached No. 1 on Nov. 20, 2000
• Has a 15-12 career record in finals and his last title came at the 2005 Australian Open (d. Hewitt)
• He held the No. 1 ranking almost nine years ago on Nov. 20, 2000 – two months after winning the first of two Grand Slam titles at the US Open

DEL POTRO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights: 
• After a first-round bye, he enters his first match with a 2-2 record in Paris
• Also received a bye last year and 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 Muray); 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 is playing first singles match of the week (as No. 5 seed, received 1st Rd. bye) and attempting to win his 50th match of the year…Has a 49-13 match record (36-8 on hard courts)
• 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 the year at Auckland (d. Querrey) and Washington (d. Roddick)…Has a 7-1 finals record in his career
• Has reached QF or better at 12 of 16 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 29-18 career match record (16-7 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

Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 4-0
04 Palermo (Italy) Clay R32 Rafael Nadal 6-1  7-5
06 Barcelona (Spain) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-6(2) 6-3
08 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-1  6-1 6-1
09 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 7-5  6-4 6-4

	Almagro	Nadal
Age (Birthdate)	24 (August 21, 1985)	23 (June 3, 1986)
Residence	Murcia, Spain	Mallorca, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 27 (No. 11 – July 7, 2008)	No. 2 (No. 1 – August 18, 2008)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	30-23 (10-10)	61-10 (39-8)
2009 Finals W-L	1-0	5-3
Career Finals W-L	5-2	36-11
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Acapulco/’09 Acapulco	’09 Shanghai/’09 Rome
2009 Tie-Break W-L	13-21	15-10
Paris W-L (Best Result)	2-2 (2nd Rd. – 2006, ’09)	6-2 (Runner-up – 2007)
Coach	Antonio Gonzalez	Uncle, Toni Nadal/Francisco Roig

ALMAGRO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Spaniard is playing in Paris for the third time in his career and he improved to 2-2 Tuesday with a 62 64 win over Switzerland’s Marco Chiudinelli, highlighted by 12 aces and winning 30 of 36 (83-percent) first-serve points
• Two years ago he lost in the opening round to eventual winner David Nalbandian…In 2006, he won his first match over Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman in three tie-break sets before bowing out to Dmitry Tursunov

2009 Highlights:
W: Acapulco (d Monfils); QF: Auckland (l Querrey); Costa Do Sauipe (l Gil); Båstad (l Soderling); Hamburg (l Cuevas); Vienna (l Kohlschreiber)

2009 in Review: 
• The Spaniard won his fifth career ATP World Tour title earlier this year by repeating on clay in Acapulco (d. Monfils)…Has compiled a 30-23 record on the year, including 10-10 on hard courts
• Has a 7-18 career record against Top 10 opponents (1-4 in ’09) and looking for his first win on hard courts (0-7)
• Also reached the quarter-finals five times – most recently last week in Vienna (l. to Kohlschreiber)…His other quarter-final appearances include Auckland (l. to Querrey), Costa do Sauipe (l. to Gil), Bastad (l. to Soderling) and Hamburg (l. to Cuevas)
• He also reached the third round in all four Grand Slam tournaments this year – Australian Open (l. Monfils), Roland Garros (l. Verdasco), Wimbledon (l. Soderling) and US Open (l Nadal)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He has a 24-28 career mark, reaching the quarter-finals four times -- Rome (l. to Federer) in 2006, Hamburg (l. to Hewitt) and Cincinnati (l. to Federer) in 2007 and Rome last year (l. to Djokovic)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the Spaniard finished a year-end best No. 18 with a 35-17 match record, highlighted by ATP World Tour titles on clay in Costa do Sauipe (d. Moya) and Acapulco (d. Nalbandian)…Also turned in a Grand Slam-best quarter-final at Roland Garros (l. to Nadal)

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Mallorca native brings in a 6-2 mark into his first singles match this week after an opening round bye…On Tuesday, he lost his first round doubles match 15-13 in a Match Tie-break (w/Monaco) to Germans Kas-Kohlschreiber
• He reached the final two years ago, falling to David Nalbandian 64 60
• He came back last year to reach 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 23-year-old Spaniard 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 with five titles to Andy Murray’s six titles on the ATP World Tour this year
• He enters with a 61-10 on the season, including 39-8 on hard courts…He has won at least 60 matches in four of the past five years (except ’06, won 59 matches)
• 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 (39-8)…He is also 31-5 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 154-32 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

(Q) David Guez (FRA) vs (15) Gael Monfils (FRA)    First Meeting

	Guez	Monfils
Age (Birthdate)	26 (December 8, 1982)	23 (September 1, 1986)
Residence	Marseille, France	Nyon, Switzerland
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 179 (No. 153 –  June 25,2007 )	No. 16 (No. 9  – March 2, 2009)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	2-1 (2-1)	38-18 (29-14)
2009 Finals W-L	0-0	1-1
Career Finals W-L	0-0	2-6
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	Has Never Reached ATP Final	’09 Metz/’09 Metz
2009 Tie-Break W-L	0-0	14-8
Paris W-L (Best Result)	1-0 (2nd Rd. – 2009)	2-3 (3rd Rd. – 2008)
Coach	Bruno Clement	Roger Rasheed

GUEZ FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 26-year-old Frenchman qualified into the main draw for the first time with wins over American Robert Kendrick 63 64 and Spaniard Ivan Navarro 63 64…On Tuesday, he posted the biggest win of his career over No. 21-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka by the identical 63 64 score

2009 in Review:
• The Marseille native won his first ATP World Tour main draw match two weeks ago in Lyon, defeating American Rajeev Ram before losing in the next round to No. 12-ranked Gilles Simon 61 62...He is 2-5 lifetime in ATP World Tour level tournaments
• Has compiled his best results this season with five Futures titles...In February, he reached the final at the France #2 Futures and one month later won title at France #4 Futures...In May, captured Great Britain #7 Futures title and in next two months, won France #9 and #11 titles...In September, picked up title at Spain #31 and last month won at France #17
• In Challengers, has put together a 9-10 match record, highlighted by semi-finals at Rennes last month and back-to-back quarter-finals during summer in Brazil...Also QF at St. Remy in September

Miscellaneous:      
• He started competing at age 14-15...He broke his right elbow playing soccer as a teen so he can't completely extend his arm on the serve and smash which is a handicap he learned to play with
• His best year-end ranking was No. 190 last year and two years ago reached a career-high No. 153 on June 25, 2007 before finishing No. 197 that year
• Coached by Bruno Clément, brother of ATP World Tour pro Arnaud

MONFILS FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Frenchman is making his fourth appearance (2-3 record) and his best result was the 3rd Rd. last year (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) two weeks ago reached his eighth QF (or better) of the year 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 38-18 match record (29-14 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 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 26-31 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)
• In 2004, finished as world's No. 1 junior with titles at Australian Open (d. Ouanna), Roland Garros (d. Kuznetsov) and Wimbledon (d. Kasiri)...Did not drop a set in Australia and lost only one set each in Paris and Wimbledon

(1) Roger Federer (SUI) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA) Federer Leads 2-0
07 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati (USA)  Hard R32 Roger Federer 6-3 6-3
08 Roland Garros (France)  Clay R16 Roger Federer 6-4 7-5 7-5

	Federer	Benneteau
Age (Birthdate)	28 (August 8, 1981)	27 (December 20, 1981)
Residence	Bottmingen, Switzerland	Geneva, Switzerland
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 1 (No. 1 –  February 2, 2004)	No. 49 (No. 33 – Oct. 12, 2009)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	59-9 (34-7)	25-27 (15-15)
2009 Finals W-L	4-3	0-1
Career Finals W-L	61-24	0-3
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Basel/’09 Cincinnati	’09 Kitzbuehel/Never Won Title
2009 Tie-Break W-L	25-10	7-13
Paris W-L (Best Result)	7-5 (QF – 2002-03, ’08)	3-1 (3rd Rd. – 2006)
Coach	Severin Luthi (part-time)	Thierry Champion

FEDERER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Swiss superstar is making his seventh appearance (7-5 record) with his previous best results three QF finishes – in 2002 (l. to Hewitt), 2003 (l. to Henman) and 2008 (w/o to Blake)
• He also reached the 3rd Rd. in 2007 (l. to Nalbandian); dropped opening matches in first two appearances, in 2000 (l. to Hrbaty in 1st Rd.) and 2001 (l. to Novak in 2nd Rd.; bye in 1st Rd.)

2009 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (d Nadal); Roland Garros (d Soderling); Wimbledon (d Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Djokovic); F: Australian Open (l Nadal); US Open (l Del Potro); Basel (l Djokovic); SF: Doha (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Tsonga)

2009 in Review:
• The Swiss native is coming off a runner-up effort at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel on Sunday as he lost in three sets to No. 3-ranked Novak Djokovic
• He was appearing in his seventh final of the year (4-3)…Overall, it was his 85th career ATP World Tour level final (61-24)…With a title he would have tied Guillermo Vilas for No. 6 in the Open Era with 62
• The No. 1 player on the ATP World Tour has a 59-9 match record on the season, including 34-7 on hard courts…He is looking to extend his streak of winning 60-plus matches to seven straight years…He has won 38 of his past 41 matches since second week of May in Madrid
• This year, from second week in May to July, he won three straight titles at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Nadal), Roland Garros (d. Soderling) and Wimbledon (d. Roddick), setting the Grand Slam record with 15 titles…Then in August he captured his third title at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Djokovic)…Has won at least one title for nine straight years (since 2001)
• This is his 256th week at No. 1 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings (since 1973), which is fourth all-time behind Pete Sampras (286), Ivan Lendl (270) and Jimmy Connors (268)
• The Swiss superstar became the sixth man in history to complete a career Grand Slam at Roland Garros in his 11th attempt by defeating Swede Robin Soderling in straight sets in the final…Lost six sets en route to the title, the most of any Grand Slam title run and was pushed to five sets by Tommy Haas in the fourth and Juan Martin del Potro in the semi-finals                                                           
• Four weeks later he won a record-breaking 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, where he collected his sixth crown at the All England Club...Only dropped one set (against Kohlschreiber) en route to a record seventh straight Wimbledon final, where he defeated Andy Roddick 16-14 in the fifth set, breaking the American for the first time in the final game of the match after he held 37 straight service games…Fired a personal-best 50 aces in the epic battle…By clinching his 60th tour-level title – the most among active players, he reclaimed No. 1 ranking on July 6 after Nadal held the top spot for 46 weeks earlier

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 202-60 since playing his first Masters tournament in Miami (falling first round to Carlsen) in 1999…His 202 match wins is second-most and trails only Agassi (209)
• Last year was the first time since 2003 he didn’t win at least one Masters 1000 title… Has won 15 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, including 11 since ‘05, second all-time behind Andre Agassi’s 17…Has a 16-9 record in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals
• Has won six different tournaments - Hamburg (four times), Indian Wells (three times), Cincinnati (three times), Miami (twice), Toronto (twice) and Madrid (twice) - and also a finalist in Monte-Carlo (three times) and Rome (twice)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the Swiss native’s four year run at No. 1 came to an end but he extended his streak of winning at least one Grand Slam title to six straight years…Ranked No. 1 for a record 237 straight weeks and at 243 overall since taking it over on July 6
• Became only fourth player since 1973 to end year at No. 1 at least four consecutive years, joining Pete Sampras (6), Jimmy Connors (5) and John McEnroe (4)
• Captured four titles in eight finals, including his fifth straight US Open crown...Each of his runner-up showings came to Nadal, in Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Roland Garros (third straight year) and Wimbledon
• Began year with a SF at Australian Open (l. to Djokovic) where he was coming off lingering effects of a mononucleosis bout dating back to latter part of 2007

BENNETEAU FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• He is making his second appearance at this event (3-1 mark); he reached the 3rd Rd. three years ago in his previous showing (l. to Ancic)…On Tuesday, opened with a 46 75 63 win over Philipp Petzschner

2009 Highlights:
F: Kitzbühel (l Garcia-Lopez); QF: Rotterdam (l Monfils); Marseille (l Simon); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Murray); Lyon (l Simon)

2009 in Review:
• The Frenchman has been to the quarter-finals or better five times this year and is 25-27 on the season (15-15 on hard)..His best result this year came at Kitzbuehel, where he was a runner-up (l. to Garcia-Lopez in final - he is now 0-3 lifetime in ATP World Tour singles finals)
• He has reached four more QFs this year, at Rotterdam (l. to Monfils), Marseille (l. to Simon), Cincinnati (l. to Murray) and Lyon (l. to Simon); he also has two 3rd Rd. finishes, at Hamburg and the US Open
• In his 20 other ATP World Tour events he has either fallen 1st Rd. (12 times) or 2nd Rd. (eight times); he fell 1st Rd. at the first three Grand Slams of the year (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon)
• He is 1-5 against Top 10 players this year (his win came against then-No. 5 Davydenko in Rotterdam); he is 6-18 lifetime against Top 10 players (his best ever win came against then-No. 3 Roddick in 2006)
• Reached career-high ranking of No. 33 on October 12 (was there for two weeks; now No. 49)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 26-34 career match record with his previous best result the fourth round in Miami in 2004 (l. to Coria) and 2008 (l. to Roddick) and Indian Wells in 2007 (l. to Djokovic)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the Frenchman finished in Top 50 for second time in three years at No. 43, highlighted by reaching two ATP World Tour finals
• In May, reached first ATP World Tour final in Casablanca (l. to Simon) and followed with 4th Rd. at Roland Garros (l. to Federer)
• In October in his final tournament in Lyon advanced where he was runner-up (d. Tsonga in SF, l. to Soderling)...Went 1-3 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 10-13 on hard, 7-3 on clay and 1-3 on grass...In doubles, won title in Las Vegas (w/Llodra)

(4) Andy Murray (GBR) vs James Blake (USA)  Tied 1-1
06 ATP Masters Series Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 James Blake 6-3 6-3
09 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass F Andy Murray 7-5 6-4

	Murray	Blake
Age (Birthdate)	22 (May 15, 1987)	29 (December 28, 1979)
Residence	London, England	Tampa, Florida
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 4 (No. 2 – August 17, 2009)	No. 41 (No. 4 – Nov. 20, 2006)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	63-9 (44-4)	25-20 (15-11)
2009 Finals W-L	6-1	0-2
Career Finals W-L	14-6	10-14
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Valencia/’09 Valencia	’09 Queen’s/’07 New Haven
2009 Tie-Break W-L	11-9	15-12
Paris W-L (Best Result)	5-3 (QF – 2007-08)	8-6 (SF – 2008)
Coach	Miles Maclagan	Kelly Jones

MURRAY FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The British No. 1 is making his fourth appearance…His best results are back-to-back QFs in 2007 (l. to Gasquet) and 2008 (l. to Nalbandian); He also reached 3rd Rd. in debut in 2006 (l. to Hrbaty)

2009 Highlights:
W: Doha (d Roddick); Rotterdam (d Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (d Djokovic); London / Queen's Club (d Blake); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (d Del Potro); Valencia (d Youzhny); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Nadal); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Wimbledon (l Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer); QF: Dubai (W/O vs Gasquet); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Del Potro); Roland Garros (l Gonzalez)

2009 in Review:
• The young Scot is coming off his ATP World Tour-best sixth title of the season Sunday in Valencia where he defeated unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny 63 62…He also beat No. 8-ranked Fernando Verdasco in the semi-finals in three sets
• He has captured at least five ATP World Tour titles for the second straight year and reached a career-high No. 2 ranking after winning his fourth career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Montreal
• He is 63-9 on the season, including 44-4 on hard courts…He also is undefeated indoors (12-0) in 2009
• He is 14-6 in tour level career finals (8-2 in indoor finals)…He has the most career titles by a British man in the Open Era…Greg Rusedski won 13 as a Brit (two as Canadian) and Tim Henman 11
• He is one of three players to win 60 or more matches this year, joining Djokovic (71) and Nadal (61)…He also improved to 12-5 vs. Top 10 opponents with his SF win in Valencia over Verdasco
• He began season by defending his title in Doha with back-to-back wins over No. 2 Federer (SF) and No. 8 Roddick (F)...Held serve 47 of 50 games throughout tournament...Then followed with a fourth round showing at Australian Open where he lost to Fernando Verdasco in five sets
• In February, he defeated World No. 1 Nadal in three sets in Rotterdam final to capture his 10th career ATP World Tour title
• He returned in March to reach final at BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, falling to Nadal…En route to title match, he beat No. 15 Robredo in fourth round and  No. 2 Federer in SF for fourth consecutive time since losing to Swiss in ’08 US Open final…Followed by capturing his third title of season at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami over No. 3 Novak Djokovic…He became first British player in tournament's 25-year history to win title
• Turned in career-best QF run at Roland Garros, losing to Fernando Gonzalez in four sets...Then began his grass court campaign at Queen's by capturing his first title on surface with win over James Blake in final...Became first British player since Bunny Austin in 1938 to earn title at Queen's Club...Did not drop a set and only lost serve twice in tournament...Continued strong grass-court form into Wimbledon, where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets to reach his first semi-final at All England Club before losing in four sets to Andy Roddick
• The Scot returned to action at Rogers Cup in Montreal, where he defeated three Top 10 players (No. 8 Davydenko, No. 7 Tsonga, No. 6 del Potro) to win his fourth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy…
Afterwards rose to a career-high No. 2 on Aug. 17 and was there for four weeks …He is highest-ranked British player in ATP history (since 1973) and first player to break Federer-Nadal stronghold on top two spots since Lleyton Hewitt ranked No. 2 on July 18, 2005...Followed with SF in Cincinnati, losing to eventual champion Federer
• At US Open, made a fourth round exit to No. 16 seed Marin Cilic...Then played in Davis Cup tie vs. Poland, winning both singles rubbers in 3-2 loss in World Group playoff tie…He re-aggravated a left wrist injury during weekend tie and withdrew from Asian tournaments in Tokyo and Shanghai

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He has a 4-1 mark in finals and 72-30 career match record…He has compiled an outstanding 24-5 mark this year, winning Miami (d. Djokovic), Montreal (d. del Potro) and reaching the final in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal)
• In 2008, he captured two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles – Cincinnati (d. Djokovic) and Madrid (d. Federer in SF, d. Simon in final)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the British No. 1 compiled his best season by winning a career-high five ATP titles and reaching his first Grand Slam final…Became first British player to win five titles in a year in Open Era and first Briton to appear in a Grand Slam final since Greg Rusedski at 1997 US Open…The first British player to finish in Top 4 in 36-year history of ATP World Tour Rankings
• Jumped off to a 10-1 start with titles in two of his first three tournaments in Doha (d. Davydenko in SF, Wawrinka in F) and Marseille (d. Ancic)...In between, suffered a 1st Rd. loss at Australian Open (l. to eventual runner-up Tsonga)…In March, beat No. 1 Federer in opening round of Dubai en route to QF

BLAKE FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The American is making his seventh appearance at this event (8-6 record)…His best result came last year, reaching SF (l. to Tsonga)
• Also reached 3rd Rd. in back-to-back years in 2006 (l. to Haas) and 2007 (l. to Gasquet) and fell 2nd Rd. three straight appearances in 2002 (l. to Moya), 2003 (l. to Schuettler) and 2005 (l. to Ljubicic)

2009 Highlights:
F: Estoril (l Montanes); London / Queen's Club (l Murray); SF: San Jose (l Fish)

2009 in Review:
• The No. 4 American (behind No. 6 Roddick, No. 24 Querrey, No. 35 Isner) is ranked out of Top 40 for the second straight week for first time since Aug. 29, 2005 when he was No. 49
• He enters the second round with a 25-20 match record this year, 15-11 on hard courts…He has an    18-46 career mark against Top 10 opponents (1-5 in ’09) with his last win over No. 6 Roddick, who retired at 4-4 in the first set with an ankle injury in the semi-finals at Queen’s in June
• Last month he fell in consecutive weeks at Beijing and Shanghai in the second round – both times to World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in three sets
• Prior to that, he lost in the third round at U.S. Open to Tommy Robredo on Sept. 5
• This is his fourth tournament with coach Kelly Jones, a former ATP World Tour pro…He parted ways with long-time coach Brian Barker (since age 12) after the US Open
• He has reached two ATP World Tour finals this season, on clay in Estoril in May (l. to Montanes), and on grass at Queen’s in London in June (l. to Murray)
• He also played in the Davis Cup quarter-finals vs. Croatia and lost both rubbers to Ivo Karlovic (in five sets) and Marin Cilic (in four sets)…He injured his toe during the tie, which limited his activity during  the summer
• He began the season with a fourth round showing at the Australian Open (l. to No. 7 Tsonga) and in February advanced to the semi-finals in San Jose (l. to Fish) and followed with a first round exit in Memphis (l. to Hewitt)
• In March, helped the U.S. to a 4-1 first round Davis Cup win over Switzerland in Birmingham, Alabama...He lost to No. 16 ranked Stanislas Wawrinka in the opening rubber before closing out the tie with a straight sets dead rubber win over Marco Chiudinelli…Followed with back-to-back third round showings in Indian Wells (l. to Gonzalez) and Miami (l. to Berdych)
• The owner of 10 titles on ATP World Tour, he peaked on South African Airways ATP Rankings at No. 4 on Nov. 20, 2006

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• The American has a 71-56 career record with his best results runner-up performances in Indian Wells in 2006 and Cincinnati in 2007, losing to No. 1 Federer both times
• Last season turned in his most consistent results with five quarter-final or better finishes, in Indian Wells (QF), Miami (QF), Rome (QF), Toronto (QF) and Paris (SF)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the No. 2 American (behind Roddick) finished in the Top 10 for second time in three years at No. 10 (No. 4 in ‘06)
• Reached Tennis Masters Cup final in Shanghai in 2006 (l. to Federer)
• Despite not winning an ATP World Tour title, turned in a consistent season by reaching two finals, advancing to his third career Grand Slam quarter-final and finishing in fourth place at the Beijing Olympics (l. to Djokovic)

Court 1

Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs (9) Robin Soderling (SWE) Karlovic Leads 2-1
03 Tokyo (Japan) Hard R64 Ivo Karlovic 6-4  6-4
06 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Robin Soderling 6-4  7-6(3)   7-5
08 ATP Masters Series Madrid (Spain) Hard R32 Ivo Karlovic 7-6(7) 7-6(8)

Karlovic FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Belgrade (l Kubot); QF: Chennai (l Devvarman); London / Queen's Club (l Roddick); Wimbledon (l Federer); Washington (l Roddick)
YTD W-L: 23-22
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: February 28, 1979
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 39

Soderling FastFacts:
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)
YTD W-L: 45-18
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: August 14, 1984
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 10

(16) Tommy Haas (GER) vs (Q) Arnaud Clement (FRA) Haas Leads 6-0
98 Vienna (Austria) Carpet R32 Tommy Haas 6-4 1-6  6-3
98 Lyon (France) Carpet R32 Tommy Haas 6-2 6-7(7) 6-4
00 Vienna (Austria) Hard R16 Tommy Haas 6-2 6-1
01 ATP Masters Series Montreal (Canada)Hard QF Tommy Haas 6-2 6-4
01 Long Island (USA) Hard SF Tommy Haas 6-3 7-6(3)
06 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells  Hard R64 Tommy Haas 6-3 1-6 6-4

Haas FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Halle (d Djokovic); SF: Wimbledon (l Federer); Los Angeles (l Querrey); QF: San Jose (l Roddick); Houston (l Phau); Washington (l Gonzalez)
YTD W-L: 31-16
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 12
Date of Birth: April 3, 1978
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 17

Clement FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Lyon (l Ljubicic); QF: Stockholm (l Baghdatis)
YTD W-L: 13-19
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: December 17, 1977
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 93

(10) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs John Isner (USA) Isner Leads 1-0
09 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 John Isner 7-6(3)  4-6   6-4

Gonzalez FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Viña del Mar (d Acasuso); SF: Barcelona (l Ferrer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); Roland Garros (l Soderling); Washington (l Del Potro); Kuala Lumpur (l Verdasco); QF: US Open (l Nadal)
YTD W-L: 38-15
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 11
Date of Birth: July 29, 1980
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 11

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: 27-17
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: April 26, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 35

(14) Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) Berdych Leads 3-2
04 Athens Olympics (Greece) Hard R16 Tomas Berdych 7-6(2)4-6 8-6
05 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R16 Tommy Robredo 6-2  6-4
07 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay R16 Tomas Berdych 1-6  6-3 6-2
08 Bastad (Sweden) Clay F Tommy Robredo 6-4  6-1
08 Tokyo (Japan) Hard R16 Tomas Berdych 7-6(6) 6-2

Robredo FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Costa Do Sauipe (d Bellucci); Buenos Aires (d Monaco); SF: Viña del Mar (l Acasuso); Båstad (l Monaco); QF: Acapulco (l Acasuso); Barcelona (l Ferrer); Roland Garros (l Del Potro); Valencia (l Verdasco)
YTD W-L: 45-24
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 9
Date of Birth: May 1, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 15

Berdych FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Munich (d Youzhny); QF: Washington (l Isner); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Nadal); Kuala Lumpur (l Soderling); Tokyo (l Youzhny)
YTD W-L: 36-24
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: September 17, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 20

(12) Marin Cilic (CRO) vs (Q) Lukasz Kubot (POL) First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
07 Sarajevo CH (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Hard R16 Marin Cilic 7-5 6-3

Cilic FastFacts:
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)
YTD W-L: 46-20
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: September 28, 1988
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 13

Kubot FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Belgrade (l Djokovic); QF: Stuttgart (l Kiefer)
YTD W-L: 9-8
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 16, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 111

Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs (13) Radek Stepanek (CZE) Stepanek Leads 2-0
08 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Radek Stepanek   6-7(1)   6-7(3)   6-3   6-1  6-2
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.)Hard R64 Radek Stepanek 7-6(2)  1-0  ret

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: 32-28
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: February 10, 1986
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 29

Stepanek FastFacts:
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)
YTD W-L: 44-19
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: November 27, 1978
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 14