The second day at the Valencia Open 500 features six matches on Stadium, including five seeded players. World No. 4 and top seed Andy Murray makes his first tournament appearance since a fourth round exit at the US Open on Sept. 8 when he takes on Valencia native and wild card Daniel Gimeno-Traver. In the first match of the day, No. 5 seed Gilles Simon of France, who reached the Valencia final three years ago, plays Russian Igor Kunitsyn. Another Frenchman, No. 6 seed Gael Monfils meets wild card Marcel Granollers. In the third match, Spaniards Nicolas Almagro and No. 8 seed David Ferrer battle it out in a repeat of last year's final. Almagro won the title in 2006-07 and Ferrer is the defending champion. Former World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero takes on Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas for the first time. In the final two matches, Murray, a five-time winner on the ATP World Tour this season, faces Gimeno-Traver, and Belgian qualifier Christophe Rochus, a finalist in 2003, plays No. 7 seed Tommy Robredo.

SPANIARDS IN TOP 30 – Four of the top six Spaniards in this week’s Top 30 South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings are in action Tuesday:
No. 2 Rafael Nadal
No. 8 Fernando Verdasco
No. 15 Tommy Robredo
No. 18 David Ferrer
No. 22 Juan Carlos Ferrero
No. 27 Nicolas Almagro

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

Stadium

(5) Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) Simon Leads 1-0
06 Nottingham (England) Grass R32 Gilles Simon 6-4 6-3

Simon FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Bangkok (d Troicki); SF: Marseille (l Llodra); Dubai (l Djokovic); Lyon (l Llodra); QF: Australian Open (l Nadal); Estoril (l Montanes); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 42-27
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 6
Date of Birth: December 27, 1984
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 12

• Simon, 24, the No. 2 Frenchman (behind No. 9 Tsonga), is making his third appearance in Valencia (5-2 record) - best result was runner-up finish in 2006 (l. to Almagro)
• He captured his sixth career ATP World Tour title in Bangkok (d. Troicki, first title in Asia) last month
• He enters with a 42-27 record this year, including 31-13 on hard
• Has also reached three SF, at Marseille (l. to Llodra), Dubai (l. to Djokovic) and Lyon (l. to Llodra)
• Has also reached four QF, incl. Australian Open (l. to Nadal) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events at Cincinnati and Shanghai (l. to Djokovic both times)
• In March, made his Davis Cup debut against the Czech Republic and lost to Berdych in the opening rubber and to Stepanek in the fourth rubber, which clinched tie...Of seven sets played, lost four TBs

Kunitsyn FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: St. Petersburg (l Zeballos); QF: Memphis (l Sela)
YTD W-L: 16-30 (13-21 on hard)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: September 30, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 81

• Kunitsyn, 28, is making his second appearance in Valencia (l. in 1st Rd. in 2003)…He enters with a 16-30 match record on the season (13-21 on hard courts)
• He reached his first ATP World Tour semi-final of the season last week in St. Petersburg (l. to Zeballos)
• His previous best result of the season came in February, reaching QF at Memphis (l. to Sela in three sets)… St. Petersburg was the second tournament he's won back-to-back matches this year…Before last week he lost in the first or second round in his past 23 tournaments
• Last year’s Kremlin Cup champion (d. Safin) reached a career-high No. 35 on July 6 in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings and this week is No. 81

(6) Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP)   First Meeting

Monfils FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Metz (d Kohlschreiber); F: Acapulco (l Almagro); SF: Doha (l Roddick); Rotterdam (l Nadal); Tokyo (l Tsonga); QF: Roland Garros (l Federer); Kuala Lumpur (l Davydenko); Vienna (l Tipsarevic)
YTD W-L: 37-17
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 1, 1986
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 16

• Monfils, 23, the No. 3 Frenchman (behind No. 9 Tsonga, No. 12 Simon), is making his second straight appearance at Valencia (l. in 2nd Rd. last year)
• Last week reached his eighth QF (or better) of the year in Vienna (l. to Tipsarevic)
• Last month he captured his second career ATP World Tour title in Metz, defeating German Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets…He has a 37-17 match record (28-13 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)

Granollers FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Chennai (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 16-24
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: April 12, 1986
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 82

• Granollers, 23, is making his second attempt here, reaching the quarter-finals in 2007 (as a qualifier)
• Won the doubles title at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow two weeks ago (w/Cuevas)
• The Spaniard enters with a 16-24 match record on the season, including 6-8 on hard courts…He is also 11-7 in Challenger tournaments, reaching the semi-finals in Segovia and the quarter-finals in Vigo (both in Spain) prior to the US Open
• He comes in ranked No. 82 after reaching a career-high No. 44 earlier this year on Feb. 16
• His best result of the season came in the first week of the year in Chennai where he lost to eventual champion Marin Cilic in the semi-finals
• Last year he captured his first ATP World Tour title in just his eighth tournament in Houston, defeating American James Blake in three sets in the final

Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs (8) David Ferrer (ESP) Ferrer Leads 4-0
06 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati Hard R32 David Ferrer 4-6 7-6(1)  6-0
06 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 David Ferrer 7-6(1)7-6(6)  6-1
07 Bastad (Sweden) Clay F David Ferrer 6-1 6-2
08 Valencia (Spain) Clay F David Ferrer 4-6 6-2 7-6(2)

Almagro FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Acapulco (d Monfils); QF: Auckland (l Querrey); Costa Do Sauipe (l Gil); Båstad (l Soderling); Hamburg (l Cuevas); Vienna (l Kohlschreiber)
YTD W-L: 29-22
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: August 21, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 27

• Almagro, 24, has a 14-2 career mark in Valencia, winning back-to-back titles in 2006 (d. Simon) and 2007 (d. Starace) and reaching the final last year (l. to Ferrer)
• The Spaniard won his fifth career ATP World Tour title earlier this year by repeating on clay in Acapulco (d. Monfils)…Has compiled a 29-22 record on the year, including 9-9 on hard courts
• Also reached the quarter-finals five times – including Auckland (l. Querrey), Costa do Sauipe (l. Gil), Bastad (l. Soderling), Hamburg (l. Cuevas) and Vienna (l. to Kohlschreiber)…His best hard court effort of the year came in his first outing at Auckland
• 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)

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: 42-23
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 42-23 record on the season (20-13 on hard, 16-8 on clay) and has reached the quarter-finals (or better) six times this year
• He is 11-4 lifetime in Valencia, winning the title last year (d. Almagro in final) and reaching the final in 2005 (l. to Andreev)
• 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 22 ATP World Tour events this year
• The only player in current Top 20 South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings without a title this season

Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU)   First Meeting

Ferrero FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
W: Casablanca (d Serra); F: Umag (l Davydenko); SF: London / Queen's Club (l Murray); QF: Costa Do Sauipe (l Bellucci); Buenos Aires (l Nalbandian); Wimbledon (l Murray)
YTD W-L: 35-19
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 12
Date of Birth: February 12, 1980
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 22

• Ferrero, 29, has a 14-5 career tournament mark, winning the title in 1999 when it was held in Mallorca (d. Corretja), his first ATP World Tour title, and 2003 (d. C. Rochus)
• He has compiled consistent results this year and he comes in with a 35-19 match record (9-10 on hard)
• In April in Casablanca, he captured his 12th career title, the first in 110 tournaments since October 2003…In early August he reached the final in Umag (l. to Davydenko)
• His best Grand Slam result came at Wimbledon where he reached the quarter-finals for the second time (l. to Murray)

Cuevas FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Viña del Mar (l Gonzalez); Hamburg (l Mathieu); QF: Bucharest (l Monaco); Moscow (l Kukushkin)
YTD W-L: 18-13
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 making his tournament debut
• The Uruguayan comes in with an 18-13 match record on the season, including 4-4 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

(1) Andy Murray (GBR) vs (WC) Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
05 Spain F6 (Vic) Clay QF Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4 6-3

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: 58-9
YTD Titles: 5
Career Titles: 13
Date of Birth: May 15, 1987
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 4

• Murray, 22,  who is making his tournament debut, 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’s reached the QFs or better in 12 of 15 tournaments and posted an 11-5 mark against Top 10 opponents…He is 58-9 on the season, including 39-4 on hard courts
• 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

Gimeno-Traver FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
QF: Acapulco (l Almagro)
YTD W-L: 9-19 (0-3 on hard)
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: August 7, 1985
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 77

• Gimeno-Traver, 24, is a native of Valencia and he's appearing in the tournament for the second straight year...Last season he lost in the second round to Russian Evgeny Korolev in three sets
• He is No. 77 in this week's South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings after a career-high No. 75 last week
• He has compiled a 9-19 match record on the ATP World Tour this season with his best result the quarter-finals in Acapulco in February on clay (l. to Almagro)...He also has a 21-9 mark in Challengers, winning titles in Banja Luka (d. Reister) in September and Tarragona (d. Lorenzi) last month...Also a runner-up in Asuncion (l. to Delgado) three weeks ago...He has won 17 of 20 Challenger matches in the last two months
• He is 0-3 vs. Top 10 opponents, all coming this year...He lost to No. 10 Nalbandian in Buenos Aires, No. 9 Davydenko in Umag and No. 9 Simon in the US Open, all in straight sets...Murray is the first Top 5 player he's faced in his career

(Q) Christophe Rochus (BEL) vs (7) Tommy Robredo (ESP) Robredo Leads 1-0
01 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R32 Tommy Robredo 6-4 6-3
Other Meetings:
00 Charleroi CH (Belgium) Carpet R32 Christophe Rochus 7-5 6-3

Rochus FastFacts:
2009 Highlights:
SF: Delray Beach (l Korolev); QF: Memphis (l Hewitt)
YTD W-L: 15-27
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: December 15, 1978
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 88

• Rochus, 30, reached his first ATP World Tour final in Valencia six years ago (l. to Ferrero) and the following year advanced to the quarter-finals…Has 7-5 career mark in the tournament
• He advanced to the quarter-finals last month at Tashkent Challenger (l. to Lacko)
• The No. 2 Belgian (behind younger brother, Olivier, who is ranked No. 61 this week)…Olivier lost in the first round Monday in Basel to World No. 1 Roger Federer 63 64
• Has compiled an 15-27 match record on the season (8-14 on hard) with his best results the semi-finals in Delray Beach (l. to Korolev) and quarter-finals in Memphis (l. to Hewitt) in February
• Has reached two ATP World Tour finals in his career, Valencia in 2003 (l. to Ferrer) and Rotterdam in 2006 (l. to Stepanek) and ranked a career-high No. 38 on May 1, 2006

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: 43-23
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 (4-3 record) and his best result was the  semi-finals last year (l. to Ferrer)
• He has reached seven ATP World Tour quarter-finals or better this year, all on clay…In February, he captured his eighth and ninth ATP World Tour titles of his career in back-to-back weeks in South America in February (Costa do Sauipe, Buenos Aires)
• He enters with a 43-23 record on the season, including a 14-11 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.)

Court 1
Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) Monaco Leads 2-0
08 Vina del Mar (Chile) Clay R16 Juan Monaco 6-3 4-6 7-5
09 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R16 Juan Monaco 6-4 2-6 6-2
Other Meetings:
03 San Marino CH (San Marino) Clay R32 Juan Monaco 7-6(1) 6-3

Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs Igor Andreev (RUS)   Andreev Leads 1-0
09 New Haven (U.S.A.) Hard QF Igor Andreev 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3