The third round of the Sony Ericsson Open wraps up Monday with the top half of the draw on court. World No. 1 and 2005-06 champion Roger Federer, No. 5 seed Robin Soderling of Sweden, No. 7 Marin Cilic of Croatia, No. 9 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile and No. 10 Fernando Verdasco of Spain are the highest seeds on the schedule. In the first match on Stadium, American Mardy Fish looks to even his career mark against No. 29 seed Feliciano Lopez, who has won two of the previous three meetings. In the following match, Federer takes on Frenchman Florent Serra for the first time. In the evening session, Gonzalez takes a 5-0 career mark against No. 22 seed Juan Monaco, who celebrates his 26th birthday Monday. Here is the Monday line-up:

No. 1 Roger Federer vs. Florent Serra   First Meeting
No. 5 Robin Soderling vs. Philipp Petzschner  Soderling leads 1-0
No. 7 Marin Cilic vs. No. 25 Marcos Baghdatis  First Meeting
No. 9 Fernando Gonzalez vs. No. 22 Juan Monaco Gonzalez leads 5-0
No. 10 Fernando Verdasco vs. No. 23 Jurgen Melzer Verdasco leads 3-1
No. 13 Mikhail Youzhny vs. No. 19 Stanislas Wawrinka Wawrinka leads 2-1
No. 16 Tomas Berdych vs. Horacio Zeballos  Berdych leads 1-0   
No. 29 Feliciano Lopez vs. Mardy Fish   Lopez leads 2-1

MONDAY THIRD ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

Stadium

Mardy Fish (USA) vs (29) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Lopez Leads 2-1
02 Tokyo (Japan) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 7-6(3) 6-4
08 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R16 Feliciano Lopez 7-6(9) 6-4
09 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain)Grass R16 Mardy Fish 6-1  6-4

FISH FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:

• The 28-year-old American is trying to reach the fourth round for the first time in his ninth appearance  (8-8 career record)…On Saturday, he defeated No. 3 and defending champ Andy Murray 64 64 for his second Top 3 win of his career…On Thursday, he opened with a 76(4) 64 victory over Leonardo Mayer
• This is the second time he’s reached the third round (2003) and that’s the only time he won back-to-back matches here; l. to Escude)
• He has never advanced past the 2nd Rd. in other seven appearances, falling in 2nd Rd. six times (incl. twice after 1st Rd. bye) and falling 1st Rd. once
2010 Highlights:
SF: Sydney (l Baghdatis); Delray Beach (l Karlovic)

2010 In Review:
• The Tampa, Fla. resident enters with a 9-6 match record on the season…His best results were SF finishes in Sydney in January (l. to Baghdatis 7-6 third set) and in Delray Beach (l. to Karlovic) last month…He reached 2nd Rd. at Indian Wells (l. to No. 2 Djokovic in three sets) and fell in 1st Rd. in other three events, at Brisbane (l. to Baghdatis), Australian Open (l. to Golubev) and Memphis (l. to L. Mayer)
• Last month he captured his seventh career ATP World Tour doubles title in San Jose (w/Querrey)
• At No. 101 he is the 10th-highest American in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 38-42 career mark with his best results runner-up showings in Cincinnati in 2003 (l. to Roddick, held two M.P.) and in Indian Wells in 2008 (d. No. 4 Davydenko, No. 7 Nalbandian, No. 1 Federer, l. to No. 3 Djokovic)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, maintained ranking between No. 20 and No. 30 for first eight months of season but New Haven was last event of year (sidelined from US Open-on) and finished out of Top 50 at No. 55 (underwent left knee surgery on September 28, 2009)
• His last ATP World Tour title came in nearby Delray Beach on Mar. 1, 2009 (d. Korolev)….Has a 3-10 career mark in finals and earned silver medal in ’04 Athens Olympics (l. to Massu in five sets)
• Has a 16-35 career match record vs. Top 10 opponents with his best win coming over No. 1 Federer in the semi-finals in Indian Wells in March 2008
• He reached a career-high No. 17 on March 22, 2004

LOPEZ FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Spaniard is trying to reach the fourth round here for the second time in nine appearances (8-8 career record)…In 2007, he qualified and beat Massu, No. 27 Safin and Serra before falling to eventual champion Novak Djokovic
• He’s appearing in the third round or better for the fourth straight year…He opened the tournament Saturday with a 76(5) 75 win over German Michael Berrer
• He went 2-5 in his first five visits before turning things around in ’07…That’s the only time he won back-to-back matches in Miami

2010 Highlights:
W: Johannesburg (d Robert)

2010 In Review:
• The Madrid native enters with a 9-5 match record on the season, all on hard courts
• He opened the season by reaching the third round at the Australian Open (d. Cuevas, Schuettler, l. to No. 7 Roddick in four sets) and last month he captured his second career ATP World Tour title in Johannesburg (d. Monfils in SF, Robert in final)
• Since the title, lost in the first round in Rotterdam (l. to No. 6 Davydenko), Dubai (l. to Koubek) and third round in Indian Wells (d. Mathieu, l. to No. 7 Soderling)
• He is the seventh of nine Spaniards in the Top 50 South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings at No. 34

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has 47-61 career mark with his best result the semi-finals last October in Shanghai where he defeated Ferrer and No. 11 Soderling before retiring with a sprained right ankle to Nadal

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, he finished in the Top 50 for the sixth time in seven years at No. 47, highlighted by the semi-finals in Shanghai and quarter-finals in Marseille and Vienna
• Has a 2-4 career mark in ATP World Tour finals and captured his first title in Vienna (d. Canas) in ‘04
• His best Grand Slam result was the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2005 (l. to Hewitt) and ’08 (l. to Safin)
• Reached a career-high No. 20 on Jan. 31, 2005 and his best year-end ranking was No. 25 in 2004

(1) Roger Federer (SUI) vs Florent Serra (FRA)    First Meeting

FEDERER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Swiss has reached the quarter-finals (or better) in seven of his 11 previous appearances…Has a 35-9 career mark and his wins total is No. 3 in tournament history behind Andre Agassi (61) and Pete Sampras (42)…Last year he lost in the semi-finals to Novak Djokovic 36 62 63
• He opened the tournament with a 63 63 win over Ecuadorian Nicolas Lapentti on Saturday night
• He captured the title in 2005 (d. Nadal in five sets) and 2006 (d. Ljubicic in three tie-breaks)...Also a runner-up in 2002 (l. to Agassi in four sets)
• In 2007, he defeated Sam Querrey and Nicolas Almagro in straight sets before losing to qualifier (ranked No. 55) Guillermo Canas in a third set tie-break in the 4th Rd.
• He captured the doubles title in 2003 (w/Mirnyi) and one of two players (Richard Krajicek) in tournament history (since 1985) to win both titles during their career

2010 Highlights:
W: Australian Open (d Murray); SF: Doha (l Davydenko)

2010 in Review:
• The Swiss superstar comes into the third round with a 12-2 match record on the season…This is his second appearance since Jan. 31 when he captured his 16th career Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open (d. Murray)…It was his fourth title in Melbourne (2004, ’06-07)
• He comes in ranked No. 1 for 276 weeks, only trailing Pete Sampras (286) for the most weeks atop the South African Airways ATP Rankings…He will break the record on June 14 if he remains No. 1
• In his last tournament in Indian Wells, he reached the third round (d. Hanescu in three sets, losing to Marcos Baghdatis in a third set tie-break after holding three match points) on Mar. 16
• He opened the campaign with a semi-final showing in Doha (l. to eventual champ Davydenko)
• Last month he withdrew from Dubai due to a lung infection

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 204-62 since playing his first Masters tournament in Miami (falling first round to Carlsen) in 1999…Has won 16 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, second all-time (since ‘90) behind Andre Agassi’s 17…Overall he is 16-9 in finals…Agassi is also the all-time leader with 209 match wins
• Has won six different tournaments - Hamburg (four times), Indian Wells (three times), Cincinnati (three times), Miami (twice), Toronto (twice) and Madrid (twice) and runner-up in two others – Monte Carlo (three times) and Rome (twice)
 
Miscellaneous:
• The all-time men’s leader with 16 Grand Slam titles is approaching 700 career match wins (690-163)…
Nine players in the Open Era have reached the 700 wins plateau
• His 62 titles is tied for No. 6 on the Open Era titles list (w/Guillermo Vilas) and his next title will tie Bjorn Borg

All-Time Weeks at No. 1 on South African Airways ATP Rankings (since 1973)
1) Pete Sampras  286
2) Roger Federer  276
3) Ivan Lendl  270
4) Jimmy Connors  268

SERRA FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Frenchman is making his fourth appearance (6-3 career record) and into the third round for the third time – 2006 (d. No. 12 Gasquet en route; l. to Ancic) and 2007 (d. No. 8 Blake en route; l. to Lopez)…He fell in the 1st Rd. last year (l. to Benneteau)
• Thus far has defeated Chilean qualifier Nicolas Massu 64 64 and No. 26 seed Albert Montanes 63 36 62 in the second round

2010 In Review:
• The French native is playing in his eighth ATP World Tour event of the year (7-7 record) with his best result the 3rd Rd. at the Australian Open in January (l. to No. 4 Murray)…Three of his losses have come to Top 10 opponents – Murray, No. 8 Soderling (Rotterdam) and No. 6 Davydenko (Dubai)
• Also reached 2nd Rd. three other times, including last outing in Indian Wells (l. to Berdych in three sets)… Fell in 1st Rd. three times; has taken sets off Davydenko, Soderling and Monfils this year
• At No. 61, he is seventh-highest ranked of 12 Frenchmen in Top 100 (highest is No. 10 Tsonga)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has an 18-27 mark and he’s trying to reach the fourth round for the first time in his career…This is the fourth time he’s advanced to the third round – ’06 Miami, ’06 Cincinnati, ’07 Miami

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 100 for fifth straight year at No. 65 with highlights his career ATP World Tour final in Casablanca, l. to Ferrero, and six more quarter-finals…Had a personal best 24 match wins (24-29) on the season
• Has a 5-17 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents and trying to post his first win since defeating No. 5 Davydenko in first round of ’07 Amersfoort…Has lost 11 straight since that win
• His favorite surface is clay and favorite shot is forehand
• He reached a career-high No. 36 on June 26, 2006 and won his last ATP World Tour title in January 2006 in Adelaide (d. Hrbaty)

TOP FRENCHMEN IN SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS 2010 ATP RANKINGS

10) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
16) Gael Monfils
24) Gilles Simon
37) Julien Benneteau
44) Paul-Henri Mathieu
48) Jeremy Chardy
61) Florent Serra

(9) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs (22) Juan Monaco (ARG) Gonzalez Leads 5-0
04 Bastad (Sweden) Clay QF Fernando Gonzalez 6-4 6-4
07 ATP Masters Series Madrid (Spain) Hard R16 Fernando Gonzalez 6-4 6-2
09 Viña del Mar (Chile) Clay QF Fernando Gonzalez 6-0 6-2
09 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Fernando Gonzalez 7-6(6)6-3
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay QF Fernando Gonzalez 2-6 6-3 6-4

GONZALEZ FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 29-year-old Chilean is making his ninth appearance (12-8 career record)…In his first three appearances he reached 4th Rd. in 2002 (d. Sampras en route; l. to Safin), dropped opening match in 2003 (l. to Philippoussis) and advanced to career-best SF in 2004 (d. Nadal en route; l. to Coria in three sets)…Has fallen in 3rd Rd. last five years in a row, in 2005 (l. to F. Mayer), 2006 (l. to Kiefer), 2007 (l. to Mathieu), 2008 (l. to Canas) and 2009 (l. to Stepanek)
• He opened the tournament Saturday with a 64 64 win over qualifier Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei

2010 Highlights:
SF: Santiago (l Bellucci); Acapulco (l Ferrer)

2010 In Review:
• The Santiago resident is playing in his fourth ATP World Tour tournament of the season and he enters with a 12-3 mark (4-1 on hard)
• He has won three matches at each of his first three events, reaching 4th Rd. at Australian Open (l. to Roddick in five sets), then semi-finals in Santiago (l. to Bellucci in three sets) and Acapulco (l. to Ferrer in three)
• He missed the last tournament in Indian Wells to travel to areas of Chile affected by recent earthquakes (l. in Acapulco SF the day an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit)…Helped organize exhibition match this Saturday here with Roddick and former World No. 1s Gustavo Kuerten and Jim Courier
• Earlier this month he went 2-0 in Chile’s Davis Cup tie vs. Israel (d. Levy and Sela in singles)
• At No. 11, he is one of two Chileans in Top 100 (along with No. 89 Massu)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has an 85-65 mark and he’s reached the final in Madrid in 2006 (l. to Federer) and Rome in ’07 (l. to Nadal) and the semi-finals six times and the quarter-finals five times

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished Top 15 for fifth straight year (highlighted by 11th ATP World Tour title at Vina del Mar, SF finish at Roland Garros and QF finish at US Open)
• He reached a career-high No. 5 on Jan. 29, 2007; has spent 88 non-consecutive weeks in Top 10 (all between April 24, 2006 and March 21, 2010 and peaking at No. 5 for 16 weeks)
• In junior career, peaked at No. 4 in singles and No. 2 in doubles; won doubles at 1997 US Open and both singles and doubles at 1998 Roland Garros
• Coached by Argentine and former ATP World Tour pro Martin Rodriguez

MONACO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 26-year-old Argentine is making his third appearance (2004, ’08, ’10) in the third round (6-6 record)
• He opened the tournament Saturday with a 62 75 win over Turkish qualifier Marsel Ilhan 
• He made his debut in 2004 and defeated No. 19 Gustavo Kuerten in the second round before falling in three sets to No. 10 Paradorn Srichaphan…In ’08, he lost to Mario Ancic in the third round

2010 Highlights:
F: Santiago (l Bellucci); SF: Buenos Aires (l Ferrero); Acapulco (l Ferrero); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Ljubicic)

2010 In Review:
• The Tandil native is off to a career-best 17-6 start (7-3 on hard courts) and last week he reached his fourth consecutive quarter-final or better on the season in Indian Wells (d. Ferrero, l. to eventual champ Ljubicic)…It was his second career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final (’09 Rome)
• He began the season with a 2nd Rd. in Auckland (l. to eventual champ Isner in three sets) and reached 3rd Rd. at the Australian Open (l. to No. 6 Davydenko
• In February, compiled a 10-3 mark on clay, advancing to his 10th career ATP World Tour final in Santiago (l. to Bellucci in three sets) and following with back-to-back semi-finals in Buenos Aires and Acapulco, falling to Ferrero both times…Retired with left rib injury after losing first set 7-5 in Acapulco

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 32-28 career match record and his best result was the quarter-finals last week in Indian Wells and in Rome last May when he qualified and beat Kiefer, No. 4 Murray and No. 15 Cilic before losing to Gonzalez in three sets
 
Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 30 for second time in three years at No. 30 with 36-26 match record…He reached three ATP World Tour finals, all on his favorite clay – Buenos Aires (l. to Robredo), Bastad (l. to Soderling) and Bucharest (l. to Montanes)
• Has a 3-7 career mark in ATP World Tour finals, all on clay…His last title came in Kitzbuehel on July 29, 2007 (d. Starace)…He owns a 129-70 career mark on clay and 41-53 on hard courts

Grandstand

(10) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (23) Jurgen Melzer (AUT) Verdasco Leads 3-1
05 Kitzbuhel (Austria) Clay R16 Fernando Verdasco 1-6 6-2 6-1
06 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco 6-4 7-6(3)
06 New Haven (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Jurgen Melzer 6-4 4-1 ret
09 New Haven (U.S.A.) Hard QF Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-1

Verdasco FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: San Jose (d Roddick); QF: Acapulco (l Monaco)
YTD W-L: 12-4
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: November 15, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 12

Melzer FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Zagreb (l Cilic); Dubai (l Youzhny); QF: Auckland (l Clement); Rotterdam (l Davydenko)
YTD W-L: 14-7
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: May 22, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 28

(25) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs (7) Marin Cilic (CRO)   First Meeting

Baghdatis FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Sydney (d Gasquet); SF: Dubai (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 18-6
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: June 17, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 30

Cilic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Chennai (d Wawrinka); Zagreb (d Berrer); SF: Australian Open (l Murray); QF: Dubai (l Melzer)
YTD W-L: 19-3
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: September 28, 1988
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 9

Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs (5) Robin Soderling (SWE) Soderling Leads 1-0
08 Halle (Germany) Grass R32 Robin Soderling 6-4 4-6 6-4

Petzschner FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Zagreb (l Berrer); Memphis (l Isner)
YTD W-L: 9-6
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: March 24, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 53

Soderling FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Rotterdam (d Youzhny); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Roddick); QF: Marseille (l Llodra)
YTD W-L: 13-4
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: August 14, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 7

Court 2

(19) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs (13) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Wawrinka Leads 2-1
07 ATP Masters Series Montreal (Canada)Hard R32 Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 6-4
09 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Stanislas Wawrinka 7-5 6-1
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay R32 Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3 7-6(5)

Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs (16) Tomas Berdych (CZE) Berdych Leads 1-0
09 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Tomas  6-3 6-7(3)    7-6(2) 6-2