The quarter-finals on Friday feature World No. 2 and 2008 champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia along with four Spaniards, led by No. 3 and four-time Rome winner Rafael Nadal. This is the first time since 2005 at the Foro Italico that four Spaniards are in the quarter-finals.

For the second day in a row, Djokovic opens on Campo Centrale as he takes on No. 6 seed Fernando Verdasco. Djokovic is 5-3 lifetime against the Spaniard but Verdasco won the last meeting in the semi-finals at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters two weeks ago.

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In the second match, No. 7 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France takes on No. 13 David Ferrer for the first time. The Spaniard leads the ATP World Tour with a 21-3 clay court record this season and his 27 overall match wins also leads the circuit.

In the third match, Nadal brings a 4-0 lifetime mark against Swiss No. 2 Stanislas Wawrinka. Nadal has a 24-1 career mark in Rome. In the night session, 21-year-old Latvian Ernests Gulbis, who is the youngest player left, takes on unseeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.

Of the remaining players, only Nadal (16), Djokovic (5) and Tsonga (1) have won an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title during their career.

FEDERER EYES DOUBLES SEMI-FINALS – The wild card duo of Yves Allegro and Roger Federer take on Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals on Friday. This is Federer's first doubles quarter-final in Rome since 2003. It’s also Federer's first doubles quarter-final since the Beijing Olympics in August ‘08 when he teamed with Stanislas Wawrinka to capture the gold medal. Federer is trying to reach his first doubles semi-final in an ATP World Tour tournament since June 2005 in Halle where he captured the title (w/Allegro).

2010 ATP WORLD TOUR MATCH WINS LEADERS – Three of the top match wins leaders on the ATP World Tour are in Friday’s quarter-finals:
                                    W-L Titles
1) David Ferrer               27-8    1
2) Andy Roddick             26-4    2
3) Fernando Verdasco      25-6    2
4) Rafael Nadal               23-4    1
5) Three players with 21


FRIDAY QUARTER-FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play

(6) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (2) Novak Djokovic (SRB) Djokovic Leads 5-3
05 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco 6-1 4-6 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4
06 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay R32 Fernando Verdasco 6-4 6-3
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-3 7-6(1)
07 ATP Masters Series Madrid (Spain) Hard R32 Novak Djokovic 6-7(7)6-3 6-3
09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay QF Novak Djokovic 6-2 4-6 6-3
09 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 7-6(2) 1-6 7-5 6-2
09 Beijing (China) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 1-6 6-1
10 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay SF Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-2

	Verdasco	Djokovic
Age (Birthdate)	26 (November 15, 1983)	22 (May 22, 1987)
Residence	Madrid, Spain	Monte-Carlo, Monaco
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 9 (No. 7 – April 20, 2009)	No. 2 (No. 2 – Feb. 1, 2010)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	25-6 (13-2)	20-5 (7-1)
2010 Finals W-L	2-1	1-0
Career Finals W-L	5-7 (3-3)	17-11
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Barcelona/’10 Barcelona	’10 Dubai/’10 Dubai
2010 Tie-Break W-L	9-6	4-5
Rome W-L (Best Result)	10-5 (QF – 2005, ’09-10)	13-2 (Winner – 2008)
Coach	Father, Jose	Marian Vajda

VERDASCO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 26-year-old Spaniard has a 10-5 career mark and he’s appearing in the quarter-finals for the second straight year and third time overall…Last season he lost to Nadal in the quarters
• This week has not dropped a set, posting a 76(11) 63 win over Italian wild card Simone Bolelli and 64 76(2) victory over countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
• In his debut in 2005, he advanced to the quarters with a win over No. 3 ranked Andy Roddick before losing to No. 11-ranked Argentine Guillermo Coria in three sets
• In 2008, he defeated fellow countryman and former World No. 1 Carlos Moya in the opening round, followed up with win over Nicolas Lapentti before third round loss to No. 8 James Blake in three sets

2010 Highlights:
W: San Jose (d Roddick); Barcelona (d Soderling); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); QF: Acapulco (l Monaco); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Berdych)

2010 in Review:
• The Madrid native enters his sixth ATP World Tour quarter-final or better with a 25-6 match record on the season (13-2 on clay, 12-4 on hard)
• He’s coming off his fifth career ATP World Tour title last Sunday in Barcelona (d. Soderling)…The previous week he reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in Monte-Carlo (d. No. 2 Djokovic in SF, l. to Nadal)
• Last month in the first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, he lost in the third round in Indian Wells to Berdych 60 63 and in the quarter-finals in Miami (d. No. 9 Cilic, l. to Berdych in three)
• On Feb. 14, he captured his fourth career ATP World Tour title, the first indoors, in San Jose (d. No. 7 Roddick)…He is 5-7 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals (3-3 on clay)
• He opened the season with a 4th Rd. showing at the Australian Open (l. to Davydenko in five sets)
• In February, after his title in San Jose, lost in the 1st Rd. in Memphis (l. to Chardy) and then took a wild card into Acapulco where he reached the quarter-finals (l. to Monaco)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He has a 62-56 career record and the Spaniard reached his first final in Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) earlier this month…Prior to then he was 0-9 in QF matches with five coming last year -- Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Rome and Madrid
Miscellaneous
• In 2009, he finished a year-end best No. 9, his first Top 10 season-ending ranking…He won his third ATP World Tour title in New Haven and was runner-up in Brisbane and Kuala Lumpur
• He qualified for his year-end championship at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London (0-3)
• He helped his native Spain to a second straight Davis Cup title by clinching tie with doubles win (w/Lopez) over Czech Republic

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 22-year-old Serb enters the quarter-finals or better for the fourth straight year and this week has beaten Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 61 61 in one hour and followed with a 64 64 win over Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci…Has a 13-2 career mark
• Last year lost to No. 1 Nadal 76(2) 62 in the final…En route he defeated No. 2 Federer 46 63 63 in the semi-finals and No. 5 ranked del Potro 64 63 in the quarter-finals along with No. 13 seed Robredo 61 61 in the third round
• In 2008, he rallied to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka 46 63 63 in the final and went through the tournament without facing a seed…Posted wins over Belgian Steve Darcis (64 60), Igor Andreev (63 36 63), Nicolas Almagro (61 1-0 ret., right wrist injury) and Radek Stepanek (60 10 ret., heat stress)
• Made his debut in 2007 and reached the quarter-finals (d. Soderling, Baghdatis, l. to eventual champion Nadal 62 63)

2010 Highlights:
W: Dubai (d Youzhny); SF: Rotterdam (l Youzhny); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Verdasco); QF: Australian Open (l Tsonga)

2010 in Review:
• The World No. 2, who is playing in his second clay court tournament, enters with a 20-5 match record on the season (7-1 on clay, 13-4 on hard), and he’s appearing in his fifth quarter-final (or better)…He is coming off his third ATP World Tour semi-final of the year (or better) in Monte-Carlo two weeks ago (l. to Verdasco)
• In last month’s first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, he reached the fourth round in Indian Wells (l. to eventual champ Ljubicic) and opening round (after a bye) in Miami to Olivier Rochus in three sets…Has a 7-2 mark in decisive set matches (third or fifth set)
• In early March, he lifted his country to a 3-2 first round Davis Cup victory on clay over the U.S. in Belgrade, winning a four-set match against Sam Querrey and clinching the tie with a five-set victory over John Isner…Serbia will play Croatia in the quarter-finals in July
• Prior to that he repeated title in Dubai (d. Youzhny in three sets), his 17th career ATP World Tour crown…He won four of the five matches in three sets…He became the second player in tournament history (since 1993) to win back-to-back titles…Federer won three in a row from 2003-05
• In mid-February, he reached the semi-finals in Rotterdam (l. to Youzhny)
• He opened the season with a quarter-final at the Australian Open (l. to Tsonga in five sets) and moved to a career-high No. 2 on Feb. 1…This is his 13th straight week at No. 2

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 96-34 career match record and 5-6 in finals…He closed last year by winning the title in Paris (d. Monfils)…It was the eighth different ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in his career (except Shanghai)
• 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)
• In ‘08, won titles in Indian Wells (d. Fish), Rome (d. Wawrinka) and runner-up in Cincinnati (l. to Murray)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, the Serb finished No. 3 for a third straight season by reaching a career-high 10 ATP World Tour finals (5-5)...He also led the circuit in matches played (97) with a 78-19 record and hard court matches won (53)…In 2008, he captured his first Grand Slam crown at the Aust. Open (d. Tsonga)

(7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs (13) David Ferrer (ESP) First Meeting

	Tsonga	Ferrer
Age (Birthdate)	25 (April 17, 1985)	28 (April 2, 1982)
Residence	Gingins, Switzerland	Valencia, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 10 (No. 6 – Nov. 17, 2008)	No. 17 (No. 4 – Feb. 25, 2008)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	19-8 (5-2)	27-8 (21-3)
2010 Finals W-L	0-0	1-1
Career Finals W-L	5-1	8-8
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Tokyo/’09 Tokyo	’10 Acapulco/’10 Acapulco
2010 Tie-Break W-L	4-5	6-3
Rome W-L (Best Result)	2-2 (QF – 2010)	10-7 (SF – 2005)
Coach	Eric Winogradsky	Javier Piles

TSONGA FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 25-year-old Frenchman is appearing in the quarter-finals for the first time after defeating Viktor Troicki 62 63 in the second round (after a bye) and 63 64 over Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo…
Has converted eight of 12 break points this week and No. 2 in second serve points won (67%)
• He is the first Frenchman to reach the quarters here since Gael Monfils advanced to the semis four years ago (l. to Nadal)
• Prior to this year, lost in the first round in 2008 to countryman Gilles Simon and last year to fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet

2010 Highlights:
SF: Australian Open (l Federer); Marseille (l Benneteau); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Barcelona (l de Bakker)

2010 In Review:
• The top Frenchman on the ATP World Tour is appearing in his fifth quarter-final (or better) of the season…Last week he reached the quarter-finals in Barcelona (l. to de Bakker)
• Has a 19-8 match record on the season (5-2 on clay) and last month advanced to the quarter-finals at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Miami (l. to Nadal)…Also reached 4th Rd. in Indian Wells (l. to No. 7 Soderling)
• He opened the season by reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open (d. No. 3 Djokovic in five sets, l. to Federer) and in February the semis in Marseille (l. to Benneteau)…Then lost in 2nd Rd. in Dubai (l. to Ljubicic)
• In opening Davis Cup tie Mar. 5-7 against Germany, he defeated Benjamin Becker in four sets in second rubber and retired with sprained ankle in dead rubber against Simon Greul

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 31-18 with his best result a title in Paris in 2008 (d. Nalbandian)…Also a semi-finalist in Montreal last year (d. Federer after trailing 1-5 in third set, l. to Murray)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 10 for second straight year at No. 10, highlighted by a career-best 53-20 match record…Won three ATP World Tour titles – Johannesburg, Marseille and Tokyo
• In 2008, ranked a year-end best No. 6 and began the season by reaching his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open (l. to Djokovic)
• Has a 15-17 career mark (0-2 on clay) vs. Top 10 foes (5-5 in ’09), with seven wins over Top 5 foes

FERRER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Spaniard is appearing in the quarter-finals for the first time since reaching the semi-finals in 2005…This week he broke a four-match opening round losing streak in Rome with a 64 61 victory over Evgeny Korolev on Tuesday night and followed with a 75 62 win over wild card Potito Starace and No. 4 seed Andy Murray 63 64 triumph on Thursday...Has a 10-7 career mark
• His best result came in 2005 when he reached the semi-finals with wins over No. 18 Thomas Johansson, No. 5 Gaston Gaudio and countryman Alberto Martin before losing to then-No. 7 Nadal 7-5 in third set
• He made his debut in 2003 and defeated No. 1 Andre Agassi in the first round before losing in the next round to Ivan Ljubicic...The following year, posted win over No. 10 Sebastien Grosjean in second round and lost to No. 17 Jiri Novak in third round

2010 Highlights:
W: Acapulco (d Ferrero); F: Buenos Aires (l Ferrero); SF: Johannesburg (l Robert); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Barcelona (l Verdasco)

2010 in Review:
• The Valencia resident is the match wins leader on the ATP World Tour with a 27-8 record this season and he has the most clay court wins (21-3)…He is coming off back-to-back semi-final efforts at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) and Barcelona last week (l. to Verdasco)
• His best results came in back-to-back weeks in February during Latin American clay court swing, reaching final in Buenos Aires (l. to Ferrero) and winning his eighth ATP World Tour title in Acapulco (d. Ferrero)
• Also reached SF in Johannesburg (l. to Robert); fell early at three other events of year, reaching 2nd Rd. at Australian Open (l. to Baghdatis in five sets) and dropping opening matches at Auckland (after bye, l. to Clement in 2nd Rd.) and Indian Wells (after bye, l. to Blake in 2nd Rd.)
• He recorded his 300th ATP World Tour-level match win in Buenos Aires QF (vs. Andreev)
• In first round Davis Cup tie vs. Switzerland (d. Chiudinelli and Wawrinka)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has an 83-61 career match record and his best result is the semi-finals four times – 2010 Monte-Carlo, 2005-06 Miami and ’05 Rome

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished Top 20 for fifth straight year at No. 17, reaching SF or better five times during season, including reaching finals at Dubai and Barcelona, falling to Djokovic and Nadal, respectively
• He reached a career-high No. 4 on February 25, 2008 and spent 65 non-consecutive weeks in Top 10 (between January 30, 2006 and November 2, 2008), peaking at No. 4 for eight weeks…Finished a year-end best No. 5 in 2007 and compiled a career-best 61-23 match record, culminating with runner-up at Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai (l. to Federer)…Also reached a Grand Slam-best SF at US Open that year (d. No. 2 Nadal in 4th Rd., l. to Djokovic)
• Has a 22-43 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents and broke a nine-match losing streak (vs. Top 10) with his win over No. 5-ranked Murray on Thursday
• Has an 8-8 career mark in ATP World Tour finals (5-6 on clay, 2-2 on hard, 1-0 on grass)

2010 CLAY COURT WINS LEADERS – Ferrer and Verdasco are among the ATP World Tour Top 5 match wins leaders on clay this season:
                                   W-L
1) David Ferrer             21-3
2) Juan Carlos Ferrero   18-4
3) Fernando Verdasco    13-2
4) Thomaz Bellucci        13-5
5) Juan Monaco            12-6

(3) Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) Nadal Leads 4-0
07 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2 6-2
07 Stuttgart (Germany) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-4 7-5
07 ATP Masters Series Paris (France) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-6(2) 7-6(4)

	Nadal	Wawrinka
Age (Birthdate)	23 (June 3, 1986)	25 (March 28, 1985)
Residence	Mallorca, Spain	St. Barthelemy, Switzerland
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 3 (No. 1 – August 18, 2008)	No. 26 (No. 9 – June 9, 2008)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	23-4 (7-0)	17-5 (10-2)
2010 Finals W-L	1-1	1-1
Career Finals W-L (on Clay)	37-12 (26-2)	2-6 (2-3)
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Monte-Carlo/’10 Monte-Carlo	’10 Casablanca/’10 Casablanca
2010 Tie-Break W-L	3-4	2-3
Rome W-L (Best Result)	24-1 (Winner – 2005-07, ’09)	11-5 (Runner-up – 2008)
Coach	Uncle Toni Nadal	Dimitrov Zavialoff (since age eight)

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The four-time champion (2005-07, ‘09) has a 24-1 career mark and he opened on Wednesday with a 61 63 win over top German Philipp Kohlschreiber and followed with a 63 62 victory over Romanian Victor Hanescu…He saved all five break points he faced in the 1:22 match…If he wins his next two matches, he won’t play a seed until the final…Has held serve all 17 games (saving six break points)
• Last year he defeated No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the final to improve to 7-0 against Top 10 opponents… He became the first player to win four titles in tournament history (since 1930)…Thomas Muster (1990, ’95-96), Martin Mulligan (1963, ’65, ’67) and Jaroslav Drobny (1950-52) are the only other players to win three titles
• His only loss here came in the opening round (after a bye) two years ago to Juan Carlos Ferrero 75 61
• In 2007, he defeated Fernando Gonzalez 62 62 in the title match and in 2006, prevailed in a fifth set tie-break over No. 1 Federer (saved two match points in 5:05 marathon)…In 2005, defeated Argentine Guillermo Coria in a fifth set tie-break (in five hours, 14 minutes) for his first title

2010 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Verdasco); F: Doha (l Davydenko); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Ljubicic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Roddick); QF: Australian Open (l Murray)

2010 in Review:
• The World No. 3 has a 23-4 match record (7-0 on clay, 16-4 on hard courts) and he’s appearing in the quarter-finals (or better) in his sixth tournament of the season
• In his last tournament (on Apr. 18) he captured an Open Era record sixth straight title at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo where he dropped 14 games in five matches…He beat countryman Verdasco 60 61 in the final…It was his first ATP World Tour title since Rome in May 2009
• It was his 16th career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title (16-6) and 37th overall tour level crown (37-12)…He is 26-2 lifetime in clay court finals with both losses to rival Federer (’07 Hamburg, ’09 Madrid)
• In January he opened the campaign with a runner-up in Doha (l. to Davydenko, held two match points) and followed with a quarter-final at the Australian Open where he retired with a right knee injury (vs. Murray) on Jan. 26…Did not return until Indian Wells in March
• Since returning, he reached back-to-back semi-finals at the first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells (l. to Ljubicic in third set TB) and Miami (l. to Roddick in three sets), falling to eventual champions in both

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• The Spaniard has a 172-35 career match record and a 16-6 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’s won at least 20 matches in four different ATP Masters 1000 tournaments – Monte-Carlo (34-1), Indian Wells (26-4), Rome (24-1) and Miami (21-7)
• Has reached the final in eight of the current nine Masters 1000 finals (except Cincinnati)…He also won the former Masters 1000 tournament in Hamburg in 2008 and was runner-up in ‘07

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)…Spent 46 weeks at No. 1 before Federer regained the top ranking on July 6, ’09 (after capturing Wimbledon title)
• Since 2005 has an outstanding 161-6 match record on clay (188-16 overall in his career, .922)
• His 31-match winning streak came to an end last year in Paris as Robin Soderling won 4th Rd. battle

FINAL DAY OF APRIL – Nadal looks for his 57th straight match win on clay in the month of April. During his clay court streak in April he has won 10 titles -- six in Monte-Carlo and four in Barcelona. His last loss on clay in April came on Apr. 8, 2005 to Igor Andreev in the quarter-finals of Valencia.

WAWRINKA FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 25-year-old Swiss is appearing in the quarter-finals for the second time in three years…Two years ago he reached the final, posting wins over 2001 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero 64 63 in the third round, No. 8 James Blake 67(5) 76(5) 61 in the quarterfinals and was leading No. 6 Andy Roddick 3-0 when the American retired with a back injury before losing to Djokovic in the final
• This week has posted wins over Austrian Jurgen Melzer 61 62, No. 10 seed Tomas Berdych 26 63 76(6) and No. 5 seed Robin Soderling 63 62 (converting three of 11 break points)

2010 Highlights:
W: Casablanca (d Hanescu); F: Chennai (l Cilic)

2010 In Review:
• The Swiss No. 2 enters his third ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season with a 17-5 match record (10-2 on clay)…He has a 15-0 record against non-Top 20 opponents this year (2-5 vs. Top 20 foes, defeating No. 14 Berdych and No. 7 Soderling this week)
• At No. 26, he is one of three Swiss in Top 100 (No. 1 Federer, No. 57 Chiudinelli)
• On Apr. 11, he captured his second career ATP World Tour title in Casablanca (d. Hanescu in final)
• In March, he went 1-2 in Switzerland's first round Davis Cup loss vs. Spain (1-1 in singles, 0-1 in doubles)
• He began the season by reaching the final in Chennai (l. to Cilic) and 3rd Rd. at Australian Open (l. to Cilic)…He did not play until March due to birth of first child (Alexia, born February 12)
• In last month’s ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Miami, he reached the 3rd Rd. at Miami (d. Anderson, l. to Youzhny)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 45-35 career match record and his best result was a runner-up in Rome two years ago with wins over Murray, Blake, Roddick-ret. before losing to Djokovic)…Also a semi-finalist in Monte-Carlo last year and quarter-finalist in Indian Wells in 2008

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 25 for second straight year at No. 21 with his best result SFs in Monte-Carlo
• He reached a career-high No. 9 on June 9, 2008 and spent 22 weeks inside Top 10 (all consecutive between May 12 and October 12, 2008 and peaking at No. 9 for six of those weeks)
• Has an 11-30 career match record (4-10 on clay) against Top 10 opponents and his last win came over No. 6 Roddick, who retired with a knee injury at 3-4 in the first set last October in Shanghai

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Lopez Leads 1-0
09 Stockholm (Sweden) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 6-2 6-4

	Gulbis	Lopez
Age (Birthdate)	21 (August 30, 1988)	28 (September 20, 1981)
Residence	Jurmala, Latvia	Madrid, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 40 (No. 38 – August 4, 2008)	No. 35 (No. 20 – Jan. 31, 2005)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	18-7 (7-2)	13-8 (4-2)
2010 Finals W-L	1-0	1-0
Career Finals W-L	1-0	2-4
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Delray Beach/’10 Delray Beach	’10 Johannesburg/’10 Jo-burg
2010 Tie-Break W-L	6-2	5-4
Rome W-L (Best Result)	4-1 (QF – 2010)	3-6 (QF – 2010)
Coach	Hernan Gumy	Jose Clavet (since Sept. 2009)

GULBIS FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 21-year-old Latvian is appearing in his first quarter-final in Rome…This week he defeated Marcos Baghdatis 62 62 in the first round on Monday and followed with the biggest win of his career on Tuesday over No. 1 Federer 26 61 75 (clinching on his seventh match point)…On Thursday he beat Italian wild card Filippo Volandri 62 36 76(4), converting three of 17 break points (won on third M.P.)
• Last year he made his debut and reached the second round (d. Almagro, l. to Gasquet, both in three sets)

2010 Highlights:
W: Delray Beach (d Karlovic); SF: Memphis (l Querrey); QF: Doha (l Federer); Barcelona (l Verdasco)

2010 in Review:
• The young Latvian enters his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) with an 18-7 match record (7-2 on clay) and last week he reached the quarters in Barcelona where he lost to eventual champ Verdasco
• Won a total of 20 matches (20-26) last season and won his 18th match in Tokyo in October
• He is ranked No. 40 this week, just two spots off his career-high ranking of No. 38 on August 4, 2008, and by reaching the quarter-finals he will achieve a personal-best ranking next week (around No. 36) and will move to around No. 34 with a semi-final effort
• In February, he did not drop a set en route to his first ATP World Tour title in Delray Beach (d. Karlovic)…He and American John Isner are the lone first-time winners on the ATP World Tour this year
• He began the campaign with QF in Doha (l. to Federer), then back-to-back 1st Rd. exits at Australian Open (l. to Monaco) and San Jose (l. to Mayer)…In February he reached the SF in Memphis (l. to eventual champ Querrey)…It was his second ATP World Tour SF of career, the first coming in his debut ATP World Tour event at St. Petersburg in October 2006 - Memphis was 65th event since then)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 13-14 and this is his second quarter-final…He reached the quarters in Cincinnati in August 2008 (d. No. 8 Blake, l. to No. 3 Djokovic)

Miscellaneous:
• Last year finished in Top 100 for third straight year at No. 90 with a 20-26 match record…His best results were quarter-finals in Tokyo and St. Petersburg, the only tournaments he won back-to-back
matches
• In 2008, finished a year-end best No. 53 with a 24-22 mark with his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros and first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final in Cincinnati, defeating No. 8 Blake in both
• Has a 5-19 career mark (2-2 on clay) vs. Top 10 opponents and broke a 10-match losing streak with his win over Federer (since defeating No. 3 Djokovic in the first round of Brisbane in January 2009)
• Coached by former ATP pro Hernan Gumy (since mid-September ’09) and credits the Argentine with
his improvement and focus this season

LOPEZ FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Madrid native is playing in the quarter-finals for the first time in his seventh appearance (3-6 record) after beating Benjamin Becker 64 63 and No. 8 seed Marin Cilic 26 76(2) 64…Had walkover against No. 11 seed Ivan Ljubicic, who withdrew after a left side strain in warm-ups
• This week is No. 2 in first serve points won (80%) and No. 4 in service games won (92%, 23 of 25)
• His only previous win came last year over Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci (l. to Stepanek)

2010 Highlights:
W: Johannesburg (d Robert)

2010 In Review:
• The left-hander has a 13-8 match record on the season (4-2 on clay), with his best result coming in February in Johannesburg where he captured his second career ATP World Tour singles title (d. Monfils in SF, Robert in F)
• This is the Spaniard’s third straight clay court tournament, losing in the first round in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (l. to No. 15 Berdych) and in the third round to No. 7 Soderling in Barcelona last week
• Four of his losses have come to Top 10 opponents
• He also advanced to the third round at the Australian Open (l. to No. 7 Roddick) and at first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells (l. to No. 7 Soderling) and Miami (l. to Fish)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 49-63 career match record and his best result was the semi-finals in Shanghai last year (ret. vs. Nadal)….Also a quarter-finalist six times, including this week

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, the Spaniard finished in Top 50 for sixth time in past seven years at No. 47…His best result was a SF in Shanghai, defeating No. 19 Ferrer and No. 11 Soderling before retiring with a sprained right ankle to Nadal
• In August won Segovia Challenger title (d. Mannarino)…For second straight year, helped Spain win Davis Cup title…Clinched final vs. Czech Republic (w/Verdasco) going 3-1 in doubles
• If he reaches the semi-finals and plays No. 3 Nadal, has an 18-44 career record vs. Top 10 opponents