Top seed Andy Murray, No. 2 Nikolay Davydenko and No. 4 seed Fernando Verdasco are among the five seeds in second round action Thursday at the Valencia Open 500. Davydenko and Verdasco are trying to secure the final two positions in the year-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, which begins Nov. 22. In the first match on Pista Agora, Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay takes on Russian Mikhail Youzhny for the first time. In the second match, Davydenko takes a 2-1 advantage against Argentine Juan Monaco, then No. 7 seed Tommy Robredo brings a 3-0 mark against countryman Feliciano Lopez. In the final day session match, Verdasco looks for his first win (0-2) against Serb Janko Tipsarevic. In the evening session, Murray and Argentine Leonardo Mayer (both born on May 15, 1987) meet for the first time while No. 8 David Ferrer takes a 2-0 mark against countryman Alberto Montanes.
  
THURSDAY SECOND ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play

Pista Agora

Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)     First Meeting

Cuevas FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Viña del Mar (l Gonzalez); Hamburg (l Mathieu); QF: Bucharest (l Monaco); Moscow (l Kukushkin)
YTD W-L: 19-13
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: January 1, 1986
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 50

• Cuevas, 23, who is the top player from Uruguay on the ATP World Tour, is made his tournament debut Tuesday with a 26 76(4) 63 win over Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero
• The Uruguayan comes in with a 19-13 match record on the season, including 5-4 on hard courts…Two weeks ago in Moscow, he reached the quarter-finals (l. to Kukushkin) and won the doubles title (w/Granollers)…He is ranked No. 50 this week after reaching a career-high No. 45 on Oct. 12
• His best singles results are the semi-finals in Hamburg in July (l. to Mathieu) and in Vina del Mar in February (l. to Gonzalez), both on clay as a qualifier
• He’s qualified into six tournaments this year, including at Wimbledon, where he played back-to-back five-set matches and defeated Belgium’s Christophe Rochus 11-9 in the decisive set before falling to American Jesse Levine
• In 2008, he compiled his best season in doubles by capturing his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (w/Horna)…He finished No. 20 in doubles and in April he reached a career-high No. 14

Youzhny FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Moscow (d Tipsarevic); F: Munich (l Berdych); Tokyo (l Tsonga); SF: Kitzbühel (l Garcia-Lopez); QF: Rotterdam (l Ancic); Marseille (l Llodra); London / Queen's Club (l Blake); Kuala Lumpur (l Gonzalez)
YTD W-L: 39-27
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: June 25, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 23

• Youzhny, 27, made his first tournament appearance in eight years Wednesday and defeated No. 3 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who retired trailing at 67(3) 63 3-0 with a left wrist injury
• The No. 2 Russian (behind No. 7 Davydenko) owns a 39-27 record on the season, including 24-16 on hard courts…He is trying to reach his ninth ATP World Tour quarter-final or better this year
• Two weeks ago he rallied to defeat Janko Tipsarevic in three sets in the Kremlin Cup final in his 11th Moscow appearance… He extended the Russian title streak in Moscow to six straight years with his fifth career ATP World Tour crown …It was his third ATP World Tour final of the season after runner-up efforts in Munich (l. to Berdych) and Tokyo (l. to Tsonga)… He is 5-6 in his career in ATP World Tour finals

Juan Monaco (ARG) vs (2) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) Davydenko Leads 2-1
06 Sopot (Poland) Clay R16 Nikolay Davydenko 7-5 6-7(7) 6-1
07 Poertschach (Austria) Clay QF Juan Monaco 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4
08 Poertschach (Austria) Clay F Nikolay Davydenko 6-2 2-6  6-2

Monaco FastFacts:
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)
YTD W-L: 35-24
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: March 29, 1984
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 30

• Monaco, 25, 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 enters the final with a 35-24 match record on the season, including 6-10 on hard...He has the most match wins on clay (29) on the ATP World Tour this season
• 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

Davydenko FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Hamburg (d Mathieu); Umag (d Ferrero); Kuala Lumpur (d Verdasco); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (d Nadal); SF: Barcelona (l Nadal); Estoril (l Blake); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Murray); Roland Garros (l Soderling); Stuttgart (l Fognini); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (l Murray); New Haven (l Querrey); Beijing (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 50-14
YTD Titles: 4
Career Titles: 18
Date of Birth: June 2, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 7

• Davydenko, 28, won his first match in Valencia (1-3) on Monday with a 62 61 win over qualifier Alejandro Falla of Colombia…He previously lost in the first round in 2002, ’05 and ‘06
• He enters with a 50-14 match record on the season and has won at least 50 matches for the fifth straight year…Has played well on both clay (26-6) and hard courts (22-7) this season; 2-1 on grass
• He has captured four ATP World Tour titles this year, including last month at the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, defeating No. 4 Djokovic in the semi-finals and No. 2 Nadal in the final…He also improved his career record to 18-5 in finals with his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title (’06 Paris, ’08 Miami)
• He is trying to secure one of two remaining positions in the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London next month
• His other three ATP World Tour titles came in the summer on clay in Hamburg (d. Mathieu) and Umag (d. Ferrero), and his first title in Asia on hard courts in Kuala Lumpur (d. Verdasco) on Oct. 4
• Other quality finishes are two SF, at Barcelona (l. to Nadal) and Estoril (l. to Blake) and six QF, at Monte Carlo (l. to Murray), Roland Garros (l. to Soderling), Stuttgart (l. to Fognini), Montreal (l. to Murray), New Haven (l. to Querrey) and earlier this month in Beijing (l. to Cilic)
• Had two lengthy heel injury lay-offs, one at beginning of season (withdrew from 2nd Rd. match in Chennai, his first event of the season, then didn’t play for one month) and one in spring (missed two months before returning at Monte Carlo)
• Turned in QF at Roland Garros (l. to Soderling), his fourth QF showing or better in five years
• On April 27, fell out of Top 10 for first time since May 23, 2005 and was out of Top 10 for three months before returning on July 27 (has been there ever since)

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs (7) Tommy Robredo (ESP) Robredo Leads 3-0
03 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard QF Tommy Robredo 6-7(4)6-3 6-4
03 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Tommy Robredo 6-4 7-5
07 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Tommy Robredo 6-2 6-2
Other Meetings:
98 Spain F7 (Spain) Clay QF Tommy Robredo 6-3 3-6 6-4

Lopez FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Nadal); QF: Marseille (l Tsonga); Vienna (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 17-22
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: September 20, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 46
• Lopez, 28, has a 2-5 career mark in Valencia, winning his second match Wednesday over qualifier Alberto Martin 75 63…His previous win came in 2005
• The Madrid native advanced to his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final in Shanghai last month when he defeated countrymen Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and No. 16 seed David Ferrer, Jurgen Melzer and No. 9 seed Robin Soderling before retiring with a right ankle injury (vs. Nadal)
• He enters with a 17-22 record on the season (11-13 on hard)…His next-best results are quarter-finals at Marseille in February (l. to Tsonga) and Vienna last week (l. to Cilic)
• He began the year ranked No. 30 and has hovered between No. 27 and No. 45 since then (currently No. 46; spent four weeks at season-high No. 27, last two coming during Wimbledon fortnight)
• Won Segovia Challenger title in August (d. Mannarino) and did not face a player in Top 100

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)
YTD W-L: 44-23
YTD Titles: 2/Career Titles: 9
Date of Birth: May 1, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 15

• Robredo, 27, is making his fourth appearance in Valencia (5-3 record) and his best result was the  semi-finals last year (l. to Ferrer)…On Tuesday he defeated qualifier Christophe Rochus 60 57 63
• He is trying to reach his first quarter-final on hard courts this year…His seven ATP World Tour quarter-finals or better this year have come on clay…In February, he captured his eighth and ninth ATP World Tour titles in back-to-back weeks in South America in February (Costa do Sauipe, Buenos Aires)
• He enters with a 44-23 record on the season, including a 15-11 mark on hard (had 27 clay match wins during the year, second to Juan Monaco’s 29)
• Also reached SF at Vina del Mar (l. to Acasuso) and Bastad (l. to Monaco) and QF at Barcelona (l. to Ferrer) and Roland Garros (l. to del Potro; fourth QF there, following 2003, 2005 and 2007; four of his five Grand Slam QF appearances have come at Roland Garros, only exception 2007 Aust. Open)
• Has had 16 pre-QF exits in 23 ATP World Tour events of year, incl. Australian Open (l. to Roddick in 4th Rd.), Wimbledon (l. to Sela in 3rd Rd.) and US Open (l. to Federer in 4th Rd.)

(4) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) Tipsarevic Leads 2-0
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R64 Janko Tipsarevic 7-5 7-6(3) 7-6(3)
08 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Janko Tipsarevic 6-4 7-6(4)

Verdasco FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: New Haven (d Querrey); F: Brisbane (l Stepanek); Kuala Lumpur (l Davydenko); SF: Australian Open (l Nadal); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); Barcelona (l Gonzalez); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Båstad (l Monaco); US Open (l Djokovic); Beijing (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 49-20
YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: November 15, 1983
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 8

• Verdasco, 25, the No. 2 Spaniard (behind No. 2 Nadal), is 13-5 lifetime in Valencia, winning the title in 2004 (d. Montanes) and reaching the semi-finals in 2006 and quarter-finals in 2005 and ’08…On Wednesday he beat countryman Oscar Hernandez 61 0-1 ret. (due to a back injury)
• One month ago he reached his third ATP World Tour final of the season in Kuala Lumpur (l. to Davydenko)
• He has compiled a personal-best 49-20 match record (most win) this year, including 32-10 on hard
• In August, he captured his third career ATP World Tour title in New Haven (d. Querrey) and didn’t drop a set during the week…He is 3-6 in his career in ATP World Tour finals
• In the first five months of the year, advanced to the quarter-finals or better in his first eight tournaments before the streak ended with a fourth round result at Roland Garros (l. to Davydenko)…He compiled a 26-9 record through May and since June is 23-11
• In July he helped his native country to a 3-2 Davis Cup quarter-final home victory over Germany on clay…He defeated Andreas Beck in the first rubber in five sets before losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber    8-6 in the fifth set…Then followed with a quarter-final in Bastad where he retired with a right calf injury
• He opened the first month winning nine of 11 matches, reaching his first ATP World Tour hard court final in Brisbane (l. to Stepanek) and following with a Grand Slam-best semi-final at the Australian Open
• Posted back-to-back wins over No. 4 Murray in five sets in 4th Rd. and No. 6 Tsonga in the quarter-finals before falling in an epic five-set marathon to countryman and World No. 1 Nadal...Played longest singles match in tournament history (5:14) and afterwards broke into Top 10 for first time at No. 9 (from No. 15) on Feb. 2…Since then has ranked in Top 10 every week except once (Aug. 10, No. 11), reaching a career-high No. 7 on Apr. 20 and May 4

Tipsarevic FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Moscow (l Youzhny); SF: Vienna (l Melzer); QF: Chennai (l Cilic); Eastbourne (l Garcia-Lopez); Metz (l Monfils)
YTD W-L: 30-24
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: June 22, 1984
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 39

• Tipsarevic, 25, is coming off his second straight ATP World Tour semi-final or better last week in Vienna where he lost in the semis to eventual champion Jurgen Melzer…The previous week he reached his maiden ATP World Tour final in 105th career tournament in Moscow where he lost in three sets to Mikhail Youzhny
• The No. 3 Serb (behind No. 3 Djokovic, No. 31 Troicki) comes into round two with a 30-24 match record on the season (18-11 on hard) …He is 6-19 lifetime against Top 10 opponents (1-4 in 2009)
• He made his Valencia debut Wednesday over Victor Hanescu 64 63
• Last month in Metz, he retired in the quarter-finals due to an ankle injury against Frenchman Gael Monfils...Two weeks later, he captured the Mons Challenger title in Belgium without dropping a set (d. Stakhovsky in final)
• His previous best results this year were the quarter-finals came in the first week of action in Chennai where he lost to eventual champ Marin Cilic and in Eastbourne on grass in June (l. to Garcia-Lopez)
• In May, he helped his country to a title at the ATP World Tour Team Championship in Duesseldorf by winning three of four singles matches 
• In 2008, finished in the Top 50 for the first time at No. 49 with a 26-21 match record, highlighted by a fourth round showing at Wimbledon (d. No. 6 Roddick, l. to Schuettler) and third round at the Australian Open (l. to Federer 10-8 in fifth set)
• He reached a career-high No. 33 on May 12, 2008

(1) Andy Murray (GBR) vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG)   First Meeting

Murray FastFacts:
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 Canada (d Del Potro); 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)
YTD W-L: 59-9
YTD Titles: 5
Career Titles: 13
Date of Birth: May 15, 1987
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 4

• Murray, 22, who made his tournament debut Tuesday with a 63 61 win over Daniel Gimeno-Traver, has captured 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 in August
• This is his first tournament since the US Open where he lost in the fourth round to Marin Cilic on Sept. 8…He is 59-9 on the season, including 40-4 on hard courts…He’s trying to become the third player to win 60 or more matches this year, joining Djokovic (67) and Nadal (61)…He’s also looking to reach the QFs or better for the 13th time in 16 tournaments
• 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

Mayer FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Los Angeles (l Ball); QF: Acapulco (l Monfils); Eastbourne (l Dancevic); New Haven (l Andreev)
YTD W-L: 17-17
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 15, 1987
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 64

• Mayer, 22, made his tournament debut Tuesday with a 62 63 victory over Russian Igor Andreev…He is trying to reach his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final or better this year
• The Argentine enters with a 17-17 match record on the season, including 10-10 on hard courts…He is looking for his first career Top 10 win (0-2)
• In August he advanced to his first ATP World Tour semi-final in Los Angeles (l. to Ball) and he also reached the quarter-finals on three different surfaces – clay in Acapulco (l. to Monfils), grass in Eastbourne (l. to Dancevic) and hard in New Haven (l. to Andreev)
• He made his Grand Slam tournament debut this year and reached the second round at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open
• He reached a career-high No. 54 on Sept. 14 and this week ranks No. 64

Albert Montanes (ESP) vs David Ferrer (ESP)  Ferrer Leads 2-0
06 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 David Ferrer 6-1 6-1
07 Umag (Croatia) Clay R32 David Ferrer 6-2 6-2
Other Meetings:
01 Sassuolo CH (Italy) Clay R16 Albert Montanes 6-2 6-0

Montanes FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Estoril (d Blake); Bucharest (d Monaco); SF: Casablanca (l Serra)
YTD W-L: 23-19
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: November 26, 1980
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 34

• Montanes, 28, is making his seventh tournament appearance (6-6 record)…His best result came in 2004 when he reached the final (l. to Verdasco)…On Monday he beat qualifier Roberto Bautista-Agut 61 36 64
• The Barcelona resident comes in with a 23-19 match record on the season (4-8 on hard, 17-10 on clay) and ranked No. 34…He reached a career-high No. 28 on May 11…He is on pace to finish in the Top 50 for the third straight year after No. 46 rankings the past two years
• He has won two ATP World Tour titles this year, Bucharest in September (d. Monaco) and Estoril in May, saving two match points in the final against James Blake...The previous month, he was a semi-finalist in Casablanca (l. to Serra)
• He is 3-4 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals, all on clay...Last year he won his first ATP World Tour title in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, defeating Belgian Steve Darcis
• After reaching the third round at Wimbledon, he advanced to the final at the Scheveningen Challenger, then was sidelined for nearly two months with a left knee injury…Returned at the US Open

Ferrer FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
F: Dubai (l Djokovic); Barcelona (l Nadal); SF: Auckland (l Querrey); Johannesburg (l Chardy); Hamburg (l Davydenko); QF: s-Hertogenbosch (l Navarro)
YTD W-L: 43-23
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 7
Date of Birth: April 2, 1982
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 18

• Ferrer, 27, is the No. 4 Spaniard (behind No. 2 Nadal, No. 8 Verdasco, No. 15 Robredo) and has a 43-23 record on the season (21-13 on hard, 16-8 on clay) and has reached the quarter-finals (or better) six times this year
• He is 12-4 lifetime in Valencia, winning the title last year (d. Almagro) and reaching the final in 2005 (l. to Andreev)…On Tuesday he defeated countryman Nicolas Almagro 75 67(3) 62 in a repeat of ’08 final
• Has reached two ATP World Tour finals this year – Dubai (l. to Djokovic) and Barcelona (l. to Nadal)
• Has reached three SF, at Auckland (l. to Querrey), Johannesburg (l. to Chardy) and Hamburg (l. to Davydenko) and one QF, at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Navarro)
• Best result in 16 other ATP World Tour events was 4th Rd. at Indian Wells (l. to Roddick)…reached 3rd Rd. five times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon) and 2nd Rd. seven times (incl. US Open)… Has fallen 1st Rd. just three times in 24 ATP World Tour events this year
• The only player in current Top 20 South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings without a title this season