No. 12 seed and 2001 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero takes on Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the opening match on Centre Court on Monday. The 30-year-old Ferrero is one of four players to win two ATP World Tour titles this season and one year ago at this time he was ranked No. 100.

In the second match, Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus takes a 4-0 career mark against Latvian Ernests Gulbis. Both players have won an ATP World Tour title this season.

In the third match, wild card Potito Starace takes on Czech Republic qualifier Jan Hajek (tied 1-1). Last week in Barcelona Hajek won 61 64 in the first round.

In the evening match,  another wild card, Filippo Volandri, makes his 10th straight tournament appearance as he takes on Aussie qualifier Peter Luczak. Volandri was a semi-finalist here three years ago, upsetting World No. 1 Roger Federer en route.

On Pietrangeli, there are four seeds in action – No. 10 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, No. 11 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia, No. 14 John Isner of the U.S. and No. 16 Juan Monaco of Argentina.

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

Centre Court

(Q) Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs (12) Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)  First Meeting

GIRALDO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 22-year-old Colombian qualified into the main draw for the first time with two come-from-behind wins…He defeated veteran Ecuadorian Nicolas Lapentti 67(3) 64 62 on Saturday and followed with a 36 61 76(3) victory over Jarkko Nieminen of Finland

2010 Highlights:
QF: Chennai (l Cilic)

2010 in Review:
• The No. 2 Colombian (behind No. 60 Falla) on the ATP World Tour enters with a 7-5 match record on the season (2-0 on clay) and ranked a career-high No. 76...His seven match wins is a personal-best at the tour level and he came into this year with a 9-19 career mark
• Has also compiled consistent results in Challengers with a 14-3 match record...Two weeks ago on home soil he captured the title at Pereira (d. Lorenzi) and the previous week he advanced to the semi-finals in Bogota (l. to Souza)...In January, reached semis at Bucaramanga (l. to Schwank)...On hard courts last month, made semi-finals at Sunrise (l. to Simon)
• Opened campaign by reaching first ATP World Tour quarter-final in Chennai (l. to eventual champ Cilic)
• Last month posted a pair of clay wins in first round Davis Cup victory over Canada in zonal competition

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 2-4 and reached the second round in Indian Wells in 2008 (d. Eschauer, l. to Nadal) and Miami last month (d. Daniel, l. to Youzhny), both as qualifiers

Miscellaneous:
• Last year finished a year-end best just outside Top 100 (at No. 107) highlighted by three Challenger titles and a 38-14 match record
• For third year in a row qualified at Roland Garros and lost to Denis Istomin in four sets in first round
• Member of Colombian Davis Cup team and coached by Spaniard and former ATP pro Marcos Gorriz

FERRERO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Spaniard enters with a 16-6 career record in his eighth main draw appearance and two years ago he was ranked No. 23 and he beat countryman and World No. 2 Rafael Nadal 75 61 in the second round before falling to Stanislas Wawrinka in the next round
• Last year he came in ranked No. 100 and lost in the final round of qualifying to German Mischa Zverev
• One of three former champions in the field (Nadal, 2005-07, ’09, Djokovic, 2008), capturing the title in 2001 (d. Kuerten in five sets)…Also reached the semifinals in 2003 (ret. vs. Federer)

2010 Highlights:
W: Costa Do Sauipe (d Kubot); Buenos Aires (d Ferrer); F: Acapulco (l Ferrer); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal)
 
2010 In Review:
• The No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 3 Nadal, No. 9 Verdasco) enters with a 21-7 match record, including an 18-3 mark on clay…Last year he didn’t win his 21st match until late June at Wimbledon where he reached the quarter-finals
• His best results have come on clay, winning back-to-back ATP World Tour titles last month in Costa do Sauipe (d. Kubot) and Buenos Aires (d. Ferrer) before his 14-match winning streak came to an end in the final of Acapulco (l. to Ferrer in three sets)…He is one of four players to win two ATP World Tour titles this season -- Marin Cilic, Andy Roddick and Fernando Verdasco
• In the first three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, lost to Juan Monaco in the third round in Indian Wells, to No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round in Miami and quarter-finals to eventual champion/countryman Rafael Nadal in Monte-Carlo

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 122-72 and four-time winner – 2001 Rome, 2002-03 Monte-Carlo and 2003 Madrid…Also a runner-up twice (’01 Hamburg, ’06 Cincinnati)…His 122 match wins is No. 10 since ‘90

Miscellaneous:
• He broke an ATP World Tour title drought last May in Casablanca by defeating Frenchman Florent Serra in the final…It was his first title since Madrid in October 2003
• Dropped to No. 115 on Apr. 5 and again on May 11 last year, his lowest since May 1999 (No. 126)
• Has a 14-18 career record in finals and has reached at least one final every year since 1999
• Finished in Top 5 for three straight years from 2001-03 and reached No. 1 on Sept. 8, 2003 and held the top ranking for eight weeks before finishing year-end best No. 3 with a 67-21 match record

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) Baghdatis Leads 4-0
07 Sydney (Australia) Hard R32 Marcos Baghdatis 7-6(3)6-1
07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Marcos Baghdatis 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2
09 Delray Beach (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-2
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard R128 Marcos Baghdatis 6-2 6-2

BAGHDATIS FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 24-year-old Cypriot is making his first appearance in Rome since 2007 when he posted wins over Moya and Stepanek before losing to No. 5-ranked Novak Djokovic in the third round...The previous year he beat Belgian Olivier Rochus and lost to No. 5 Roddick in the second round…Has a 3-2 mark

2010 Highlights:
W: Sydney (d Gasquet); SF: Dubai (l Djokovic)

2010 in Review:
• The Limassol native is playing in his second clay court tournament of the season and enters with an overall record of 18-8…Last year he didn’t win his 18th match until mid-September in Davis Cup play
• In January, he won his fourth ATP World Tour title in Sydney (d. Gasquet) and followed with 3rd Rd. at Australian Open (ret. vs. Hewitt w/right shoulder injury)…In February in Dubai he reached the semi-finals (l. to Djokovic)…In three other events (Brisbane, Rotterdam, Marseille), lost in 2nd Rd.
• In March, he rallied from a set down and three match points to defeat World No. 1 Federer 57 75 76(4) in the third round in Indian Wells before losing to Robredo in fourth round…Followed with third round in Miami (l. to No. 9 Cilic)     
• Two weeks ago made his clay court season debut in Monte-Carlo and lost to Albert Montanes in 1st Rd.
• Went 3-0 in recent Davis Cup tie vs. Egypt, winning both singles matches and doubles rubber

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 23-22 and made a successful ATP World Tour Masters 1000 debut in Inidian Wells in 2006 as he reached the quarter-finals (d. Bjorkman, No. 8 Gaudio, Berdych, l. to No. 2 Nadal)…His best result was the semi-finals in Paris in 2007 (d. Ferrero, No. 15 Ljubicic, No. 4 Davydenko, No. 8 Robredo before losing to No. 2 Nadal in three sets)

Miscellaneous:
• At No. 33, he is one of two Cypriots ranked on ATP World Tour (also No. 628 Photos Kallias)
• After an injury-plagued 2008, finished last year in Top 50 at No. 42 highlighted by winning his third career ATP World Tour title in Stockholm (d. O. Rochus) and three Challenger titles
• Ranked No. 1 in world in juniors in 2003, winning Australian Open and runner-up at US Open that year
• Reached a career-high No. 8 on August 21, 2006 and spent 13 non-consecutive weeks in Top 10 (all between July 10 and October 22, 2006)
• Coached by former David Nalbandian mentor Eduardo Infantino (since Roland Garros last year)

GULBIS FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 21-year-old Latvian is making his second straight appearance in Rome after reaching the second round last year (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 with a 15-7 match record (4-2 on clay) and last week he reached his fourth ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year in Barcelona where he lost to eventual champ Verdasco
• He is ranked No. 40 this week, just two spots off his career-high ranking of No. 38 on August 4, 2008
• 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 10-14 and his best result was the quarter-finals 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
• Coached by former ATP pro Hernan Gumy (since mid-September ’09) and credits the Argentine with his improvement and focus this season

(Q) Jan Hajek (CZE) vs (WC) Potito Starace (ITA) Tied 1-1
07 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R32 Potito Starace 7-6(4) 6-1
10 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R64 Jan Hajek 6-1     6-4
Other Meetings:
01 Croatia F2 (Zagreb) Hard R32 Jan Hajek 6-2 6-3
05 Genova CH (Italy) Clay SF Potito Starace 6-2 7-5
06 Barletta CH (Italy) Clay R32 Jan Hajek 6-4 7-6(5)
09 Prostejov CH (Czech Republic) Clay SF Jan Hajek 6-4 7-5

HAJEK FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 26-year-old Czech Republic native qualified into the main draw for the first time with a 63 62 victory over Yuri Schukin and 36 62 63 win over top Ukrainian Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.

2010 in Review:
• The Czech Republic native enters with a 4-9 match record on the season (2-3 on clay) and he's reached the second round four times, his best result
• He opened the campaign by reaching the second round in Chennai (d. Greul, l. to Giraldo) and the Australian Open (d. Ginepri, l. to Youzhny)...In his last two tournaments, he lost in the second round in Casablanca (d. Greul, l. to El Amrani) and Barcelona last week (d. Starace, l. to No. 10 Tsonga)
• Last month he played in first round Davis Cup tie vs. Belgium and lost dead rubber to Steve Darcis in three sets

ATP Masters Series History:
• He is looking for his first career match win (0-3 career record), most recently losing in the first round in Miami to Sergiy Stakhovsky in three sets

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished just outside Top 100 (No. 103) with successful Challenger results…Compiled a 36-16 match record and captured three titles
• In 2006, put together his best season by finishing at No. 76 with four Challenger titles
• Coached by countryman and former Tomas Berdych mentor Jaroslav Navratil

STARACE FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Italian enters with a 5-5 career mark, winning at least one round in four of his previous five appearances...Last year lost in the first round to Albert Montanes…Three of his losses have come in three sets
• His best result came in 2007 when he advanced to the third round with wins over No. 28 Agustin Calleri and No. 19/2001 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero before losing to No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko  7-5 in the third set…Two years ago, he beat Marin Cilic 64 26 64 before losing in the second round to big-serving Ivo Karlovic 63 67(5) 76(3)
• In 2005-06, reached the second round both times – (d. No. 8 Moya in his debut) l. to A. Martin in ’05 and No. 1 Federer in ‘06

2010 Highlights:
SF: Casablanca (l Wawrinka); QF: Sydney (l Gasquet)

2010 in Review:
• The Italian enters with a 7-11 match record on the season (4-6 on clay) and his best result was the semi-finals in Casablanca earlier this month (l. to eventual champ Wawrinka)…Prior to Casablanca, he lost seven consecutive first round matches on the ATP World Tour
• He opened the season by reaching the second round in Doha (d. Gil, l. to Nadal) and quarter-finals in Sydney (l. to Gasquet)

ATP Masters Series History:
• Has a 9-20 career record with his best result the third round in Rome three years ago (l. to No. 4 Davydenko in three sets)

Miscellaneous:
• Has finished in the Top 100 the past four years (No. 62 in ’09), highlighted by a year-end best No. 31 in 2007…The No. 1 Italian that season compiled a 26-25 match record (22-13 on clay)…He reached ATP World Tour finals in Valencia (l. to Almagro) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Monaco), the first of his career
• In 2004, made his Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros and reached the 3rd Rd. (l. to Safin in five sets) and three years later advanced to the same round in Paris (l. to Federer)

(WC) Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs (Q) Peter Luczak (AUS) First ATP Meeting
Other Meeting:
09 Napoli-2 CH (Italy) Clay R16 Peter Luczak 7-5 6-2

VOLANDRI FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Italian is making his 10th straight tournament appearance…Enters with an 11-9 career record, having reached the semi-finals in 2007 (d. No. 13 Gasquet, No. 1 Federer and No. 12 Berdych), losing to No. 6 Gonzalez…Afterwards, climbed from No. 53 to No. 34
• Also a quarterfinalist in 2003 (l. to No. 5 Federer) and third round in 2004 (l. to No. 8 Nalbandian)
• Five of his last seven losses have come to Top 10 opponents…In 2006, lost to No. 2 Nadal in the 2nd Rd.
• Has lost in the first round the past two years (l. to Lapentti in ’08, countryman Fognini last year)

2010 in Review:
• The veteran Italian is appearing in his third ATP World Tour tournament of the season, the first since February when he qualified in back-to-back weeks in Costa do Sauipe (l. to Cuevas) and Buenos Aires (l. to Moya)...Has an 1-2 match record with his lone win coming in a Davis Cup dead rubber vs. Belarus in March
• Has an 11-5 Challenger match record and has played his last six tournaments in his native country...His best result was the title in Rome on Apr. 18 (d. Ouahab) and also a quarter-finalist last week at Rome-2 and Napoli earlier in the month...All of his matches have come on his favourite clay court surface

ATP Masters Series History:
• Has a 26-36 career mark with his best showing the semi-finals in Rome in 2007 with wins over No. 13 Gasquet, No. 1 Federer and No. 12 Berdych before losing to Gonzalez
• Also a quarterfinalist in Monte-Carlo in 2003 and ’05, Rome in  ’03 and Hamburg in ‘05

Miscellaneous:
• In 2007, the No. 2 Italian (behind No. 31 Starace) finished in the Top 50 for the fifth straight year at No. 40 and reached a career-high No. 25 on July 23 that year…He advanced to his first semi-final in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Rome with consecutive wins over No. 13 Gasquet, No. 1 Federer and No. 12 Berdych before losing to Gonzalez
• At Roland Garros, reached the 4th Rd. for the first time, defeating No. 7 Ljubicic in five sets (l. to Robredo)
• Has a 2-6 career record in ATP World Tour finals (all on clay) with titles in St. Poelten (d. Malisse) in 2004 and Palermo (d. N. Lapentti) in 2006
• Seven of his eight career Top 10 wins have come on clay…Has a 131-91 career mark on clay but only 9-42 on hard courts     

LUCZAK FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Aussie qualified into the main draw for the first time with a 61 63 win over Italian wild card Alessandro Giannessi and 62 62 victory over German Simon Greul
• One of two Aussies in main draw along with former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt

2010 Highlights:
QF: Sydney (l Fish); Santiago (l Monaco)

2010 in Review:
• The No. 2 Aussie (behind No. 32 Hewitt) comes in with a 7-12 match record on the season (2-7 on clay)…His best results are the quarter-finals in January in Sydney (d. Acasuso, Berdych, l. to Fish) and the following month in Santiago on clay (d. Starace, Marrero, l. to Monaco)
• He is looking to break a three-match first round losing streak since reaching the second round in Miami last month…In his past three tournaments, lost in the opening round in Casablanca (l. to Starace), Monte-Carlo (l. to Ferrer) and Barcelona (l. to Gulbis) last week

ATP Masters Series History:
• Has an 1-6 career mark and won his only match in Miami (d. Hernandez, l. to Soderling) last month

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished a year-end best No. 77, highlighted by a 40-17 Challenger match record with three titles in four finals…His first year-end Top 100 showing was No. 82 in 2007
• His best Grand Slam result is the third round twice (2003, ’06) at the Australian Open
• Wife, Katarina is Swedish and spends part of the season in Helsingborg, Sweden

Pietrangeli

(14) John Isner (USA) vs Horacio Zeballos (ARG)     First Meeting

Isner FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Auckland (d Clement); F: Memphis (l Querrey)
YTD W-L: 15-8 (0-4 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: April 26, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 22

Zeballos FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Houston (l Chela); QF: Buenos Aires (l Monaco)
YTD W-L: 7-11 (5-7 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: April 27, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 49

Igor Andreev (RUS) vs (16) Juan Monaco (ARG) Monaco Leads 3-2
05 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R64 Juan Monaco 6-3 2-6 6-3
05 ATP Masters Series Hamburg  Clay R64 Juan Monaco 6-2 6-7(5)6-1
05 New Haven (USA) Hard R64 Igor Andreev 6-3 6-4
07 ATP Masters Series Madrid (Spain) Hard R64 Juan Monaco 6-7(5) 6-0 6-4
08 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Igor Andreev 4-6 6-1 6-4

Andreev FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Costa Do Sauipe (l Kubot); QF: Buenos Aires (l Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 8-9 (7-5 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: July 14, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 52

Monaco FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
F: Santiago (l Bellucci); SF: Buenos Aires (l Ferrero); Acapulco (l Ferrero); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Ljubicic)
YTD W-L: 18-9 (11-5 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: March 29, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 24

(10) Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs (Q) Marcel Granollers (ESP)   First Meeting

Berdych FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Roddick); SF: Brisbane (l Roddick); QF: San Jose (l Roddick); Memphis (l Gulbis); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Nadal)
YTD W-L: 19-8  (3-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: September 17, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 14

Granollers FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Santiago (l Gonzalez)
YTD W-L: 7-7
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: April 12, 1986
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 98

(11) Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Tied 2-2
03 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Ivan Ljubicic 6-4 6-2 7-5
04 Metz (France) Hard QF Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6(4)6-4
07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Paul-Henri Mathieu 4-6 7-5 6-2 6-3
09 Beijing (China) Hard R32 Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(8)4-6 6-1

Ljubicic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Roddick); QF: Dubai (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 12-6 (1-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 10
Date of Birth: March 19, 1979
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 15

Mathieu FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-4 (0-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: January 12, 1982
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 51

Court 5

(WC) Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs Albert Montanes (ESP)   First Meeting

Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs (15) Sam Querrey (USA)  Querrey Leads 4-0
07 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 6-3 6-4
07 Las Vegas (U.S.A.) Hard RR Sam Querrey 6-2 7-6(3)
07 Indianapolis (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 7-6(6)6-1
08 Las Vegas (U.S.A.) Hard QF Sam Querrey 7-5 6-2

Court 6

Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  Cuevas Leads 1-0
09 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R16 Pablo Cuevas 6-4 7-6(8)3

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs (Q) Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) Chela Leads 3-1
05 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard R32 Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2 6-2
07 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Juan Ignacio Chela 6-1 6-3
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4 6-2 1-6 6-2
08 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R64 Juan Ignacio Chela 6-7(2)6-4 6-2
Other Meeting:
09 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid Q (Spain) Clay R1 Juan Ignacio Chela 6-1 6-3

(Q) Michael Llodra (FRA) vs Andreas Beck (GER)  First ATP Meeting
Other Meeting:
07 Heilbronn CH (Germany) Hard R16 Michael Llodra 6-2 6-2