Top seed and World No. 2 Novak Djokovic headlines Tuesday’s evening session at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament as he takes on Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine. Leading off the day session is Swiss No. 2 Marco Chiudinelli against 2008 Rotterdam winner Michael Llodra of France In the following match, No. 7 seed and two-time runner-up Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia meets Frenchman Julien Benneteau for the sixth time (Ljubicic leads 4-1). In the third match, Dutch No. 1 and wild card Thiemo de Bakker takes on Czech lucky loser Jan Hajek for the first time. The 21-year-old Dutchman, who is the youngest player in the draw, opened the season with a quarter-final in Chennai. He is looking for his first match win in Rotterdam after first round exits in 2007 and last year. In the final day session match, top seeds and defending champions Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic take on the Serbian duo of Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki.

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

Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) vs Michael Llodra (FRA)                     First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
09 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal Q (Canada) Hard Q1                        Michael Llodra  5-7   7-6(1) 6-2

Chiudinelli FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 2-4
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: September 10, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 54

Llodra FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: May 18, 1980
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 70

Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA) Ljubicic Leads 4-1
01 Lyon (France) Carpet R16 Ivan Ljubicic 7-5  7-5
04 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Julien Benneteau 7-6(3) 6-1
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Ivan Ljubicic 6-2  6-2 6-3
07 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Grass SF Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(1)3-6 6-4
09 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R64 Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 3-6 6-1

Ljubicic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 3-2
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 9
Date of Birth: March 19, 1979
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 24

Benneteau FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Sydney (l Gasquet)
YTD W-L: 4-2
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: December 20, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 38

Thiemo de Bakker (NED) vs Jan Hajek (CZE)    First Meeting

de Bakker FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Chennai (l Tipsarevic);
YTD W-L: 2-2
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: September 19, 1988
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 82

Hajek FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 2-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: August 7, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 83

(1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) Djokovic Leads 1-0
09 Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 6-1

Djokovic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Australian Open (l Tsonga)
YTD W-L: 4-1
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 16
Date of Birth: May 22, 1987
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 2

Stakhovsky FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-2
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: January 6, 1986
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 69

(Q Andrey Golubev (KAZ) vs (6) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Youzhny Leads 1-0
09 St. Petersburg (Russia) Hard R32 Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-2

Golubev FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-2
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: July 22, 1987
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 106

Youzhny FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 2-1
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: June 25, 1982
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 20

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Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs (Q) Marsel Ilhan (TUR)  First Meeting

Garcia-Lopez FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: June 4, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 47

Ilhan FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-1
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: June 11, 1987
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 138

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