Third round action on Thursday features six of the top eight seeds, led by No. 2 and 2008 champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia, No. 3 and four-time Rome winner Rafael Nadal of Spain, No. 4 Andy Murray of Scotland and No. 5 Robin Soderling of Sweden. The lone Italian remaining is wild card Filippo Volandri, who attempts to reach the Rome quarter-finals for the third time. In the opening match on Campo Centrale, Djokovic, who is 12-2 lifetime in Rome, meets top Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci for the first time. Bellucci is trying to post his first career Top 10 win (0-5).

In the second match, 21-year-old Latvian Ernests Gulbis, who is the youngest player remaining, takes a 1-0 lead against Volandri. Both players have beaten World No. 1 Roger Federer in Rome; Volandri three years ago and Gulbis on Tuesday. In the third match, No. 13 seed David Ferrer, who leads the ATP World Tour with a 20-3 clay court record this season (most wins), is 1-1 against Murray. In the evening session, Nadal brings his 23-1 career mark at the Foro Italico and 3-0 lifetime record against Victor Hanescu of Romania. On Pietrangeli, No. 5 seed Robin Soderling of Sweden, No. 6 Fernando Verdasco of Spain, No. 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and No. 11 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia, look to reach the quarter-finals.

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Campo Centrale

Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs (2) Novak Djokovic (SRB) First Meeting

	Bellucci	Djokovic
Age (Birthdate)	22 (December 30, 1987)	22 (May 22, 1987)
Residence	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Monte-Carlo, Monaco
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 28 (No. 28 – Feb. 8, 2010)	No. 2 (No. 2 – Feb. 1, 2010)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	19-9 (13-4)	19-5 (6-1)
2010 Finals W-L	1-0	1-0
Career Finals W-L	2-1	17-11
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Santiago/’10 Santiago	’10 Dubai/’10 Dubai
2010 Tie-Break W-L	1-5	4-5
Rome W-L (Best Result)	2-1 (3rd Rd. – 2010)	12-2 (Winner – 2008)
Coach	Joao Zwetsch	Marian Vajda

BELLUCCI FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 22-year-old Brazilian is making his second appearance (2-1 career record)…Last year he fell in 1st Rd. (l. to Lopez) after qualifying into main draw (was ranked No. 72)
• This week has defeated Argentine qualifier Leonardo Mayer 64 36 61 and No. 14 seed John Isner 76(7) 75 en route to the third round…Trying to become the first Brazilian to reach the quarter-finals (or better) here since Gustavo Kuerten in 2001 when he advanced to the final (l. to Ferrero)…He also was runner-up in 2000 (l. to Norman) and winner in 1999 (d. Rafter)
2010 Highlights:
W: Santiago (d Monaco); QF: Brisbane (l Berdych); Costa do Sauipe (l Mello); Barcelona (l Ferrer)

2010 in Review:
• The top Brazilian on the ATP World Tour enters with a 19-9 match record on the season (13-4 on clay) and he is just two match wins short of last year’s total (also won 14 matches on clay in ’09)
• At No. 28, he is the highest of three Brazilians in Top 100 (also No. 90 Daniel, No. 92 Mello)
• In February, he captured his second career ATP World Tour title in Santiago (d. Gonzalez in SF, Monaco in F)…Also a quarter-finalist three other times – in Brisbane (l. to Berdych) in first week of year, Costa do Sauipe (l. to Mello) in February and last week at Barcelona (l. to Ferrer)
• He reached 4th Rd. at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Almagro) in March did not win back-to-back matches in other five events played, incl. Australian Open (l. to Roddick in 2nd Rd.)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He is playing in his 10th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament (6-9 record); this is the second time he’s won back-to-back matches, first time was Miami last month (l. to Almagro in 4th Rd.)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, he was first Brazilian to finish in Top 50 (at No. 36) since Gustavo Kuerten was No. 40 in 2004
• He captured his first ATP World Tour title in Gstaad as a qualifier and also first Brazilian to win an ATP World Tour title since 2004 (Mello)…Also runner-up on home soil in Costa do Sauipe (l. to Robredo), first Brazilian to reach an ATP World Tour final in Brazil since 2004 (Kuerten)
• At No. 28, is fourth-highest ranked left-hander on ATP World Tour (No. 3 Nadal, No. 9 Verdasco, No. 27 Melzer) and first reached No. 28 week of February 8
• Looking for his first career Top 10 win (0-5) and this is the second time he’s played a World No. 2 (at ’08 Roland Garros lost to Nadal in 1st Rd. 75 63 61)
• Coached by countryman and former ATP World Tour pro Joao Zwetsch

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 22-year-old Serb enters the third round with a 12-2 mark and he opened Tuesday with a 61 61 victory over Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in one hour
• 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 19-5 match record on the season (13-4 on hard, 6-1 on clay), and he’s trying to reach 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 95-34 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)

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs (WC) Filippo Volandri (ITA) Gulbis Leads 1-0
08 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Ernests Gulbis 6-2 6-3

	Gulbis	Volandri
Age (Birthdate)	21 (August 30, 1988)	28 (September 5, 1981)
Residence	Jurmala, Latvia	Livorno, Italy
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 40 (No. 38 – August 4, 2008)	No. 152 (No. 25 – July 23, 2007)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	17-7 (6-2)	3-2 (3-2)
2010 Finals W-L	1-0	0-0
Career Finals W-L	1-0	2-6
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Delray Beach/’10 Delray Beach	’06 Palermo/’06 Palermo
2010 Tie-Break W-L	5-2	1-0
Rome W-L (Best Result)	3-1 (3rd Rd. – 2010)	13-9 (SF – 2007)
Coach	Hernan Gumy	Fabrizio Fanucci

GULBIS FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 21-year-old Latvian is coming off the biggest win after defeating No. 1 Federer 26 61 75 on Tuesday…He clinched the 2:03 battle on his seventh match point…On Monday he defeated Marcos Baghdatis 62 62 in the first round
• 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 with a 17-7 match record (5-2 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
• Won a total of 20 matches (20-26) last season and won his 17th and 18th matches 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 if he reaches the quarter-finals he will achieve a personal-best ranking next week
• 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 12-14 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
• 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

VOLANDRI FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Italian enters with a 13-9 career record in his 10th straight appearance, 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)
• Has lost only nine games in his first two matches this week, defeating Aussie qualifier Peter Luczak 64 63 and Frenchman Julien Benneteau 62 60
• Five of his last seven losses have come to Top 10 opponents…In 2006, lost to No. 2 Nadal in 2nd Rd.

2010 in Review:
• The veteran Italian is appearing in his third ATP World Tour tournament of the season and comes in with a 3-2 match record…This is his first tour showing since February when he qualified in back-to-back weeks in Costa do Sauipe (l. to Cuevas) and Buenos Aires (l. to Moya)
• Last month won a Davis Cup dead rubber vs. Belarus
• 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 28-36 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
• Has a 133-91 career mark on clay but only 9-42 on hard courts

(13) David Ferrer (ESP) vs (4) Andy Murray (GBR) Tied 1-1
06 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 David Ferrer 4-6(5) 7-6(0) 6-1
06 ATP Masters Series Toronto (Canada)Hard R64 Andy Murray 6-2 7-6(6)

	Ferrer	Murray
Age (Birthdate)	28 (April 2, 1982)	22 (May 15, 1987)
Residence	Valencia, Spain	London, England
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 17 (No. 4 – Feb. 25, 2008)	No. 5 (No. 2 – Sept. 8, 2008)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	26-8 (20-3)	11-5 (1-1)
2010 Finals W-L	1-1	0-1
Career Finals W-L	8-8	14-7
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Acapulco/’10 Acapulco	’10 Aust. Open/’09 Valencia
2010 Tie-Break W-L	6-3	2-3
Rome W-L (Best Result)	9-7 (SF – 2005)	2-4 (3rd Rd. – 2010)
Coach	Javier Piles	Alex Corretja/Miles Maclagan (not here)

FERRER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Spaniard 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... Has a 9-7 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 co-leader (w/Roddick) for most match wins on the ATP World Tour (26-8) this season and he has the most clay court wins (20-3)…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 82-61 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 21-43 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents and looking to break a nine-match losing streak since defeating No. 3 Djokovic in first rubber of March 2009 Davis Cup 1st Rd. tie
• 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 leads the ATP World Tour this season with 20 match wins on clay. Here are the 2010 clay court match wins leaders:
W-L
1) David Ferrer 20-3
2) Juan Carlos Ferrero 18-4
3) Thomaz Bellucci 13-4
4) Fernando Verdasco 12-2
5) Juan Monaco 12-6

MURRAY FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 22-year-old Scot, who is making his fifth straight appearance (2-4 career mark), opened on Tuesday with a 62 64 win over top Italian Andreas Seppi
• He won his only previous match two years ago when del Potro retired in the 1st Rd. due to a back injury
• Last year came in ranked No. 4 and after a bye, lost in three sets in his opening round match to No. 58 Juan Monaco...Also lost in the first round in 2006 (l. to Volandri) and '07 (l. to Simon)

2010 Highlights:
F: Australian Open (l Federer); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Soderling)

2010 in Review:
• The World No. 5 enters his sixth tournament of the season with an 11-5 match record and he snapped a three-match losing streak Tuesday…Two weeks ago he opened the clay court campaign in Monte-Carlo and lost to German Philipp Kohlschreiber 62 61 in the opening round (after a bye)
• Last month at the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells he didn’t drop a set in his first three matches before losing to Swede Robin Soderling 61 76(4) in the quarter-finals…Then as defending champion in Miami lost in opening round (after a bye) to American Mardy Fish 64 64
• He opened the year by reaching his second career Grand Slam final at the Australian Open…He lost only one set en route to the final, posting wins over John Isner (4th Rd.), No. 2 Rafael Nadal QF) and Marin Cilic (SF) before falling in straight sets to No. 1 Roger Federer
• In his first tournament back after the Aust. Open, returned the week of Feb. 22 in Dubai and lost in the second round to Janko Tipsarevic in three sets

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 77-34 career match record and has won four of five finals the past two years…Won his first title in Cincinnati (d. Djokovic) and in Madrid (d. Federer in SF, d. Simon in final) in 2008…Last year won titles in Miami (d. Djokovic) and Montreal (d. del Potro) while reaching the final here

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, the Scot captured an ATP World Tour best six titles and reached a career-high No. 2 ranking in August before finishing No. 4 for the second straight year…Led circuit with .857 winning percentage as he compiled a 66-11 match record
• Enters with a 21-19 career mark on clay, including 9-4 last season
• Has a 14-7 career record in ATP World Tour finals and his 14 titles is the most by a British man in the Open Era…Greg Rusedski won 15 career titles (13 as a British citizen) and Tim Henman 11 titles
• Here this week with former World No. 2 and 1997 Rome champion Alex Corretja

(3) Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU) Nadal Leads 3-0
04 Sopot (Poland) Clay R32 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
05 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-1
05 ATP Masters Series Madrid (Spain) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 7-6(5) 6-3

	Nadal	Hanescu
Age (Birthdate)	23 (June 3, 1986)	28 (July 21, 1981)
Residence	Mallorca, Spain	Bucharest, Romania
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 3 (No. 1 – August 18, 2008)	No. 39 (No. 26 – July 6, 2009)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	22-4 (6-0)	11-9 (9-6)
2010 Finals W-L	1-1	0-1
Career Finals W-L (on Clay)	37-12 (26-2)	1-3
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Monte-Carlo/’10 Monte-Carlo	’10 Casablanca/’08 Gstaad
2010 Tie-Break W-L	3-4	7-5
Rome W-L (Best Result)	23-1 (Winner – 2005-07, ’09)	4-4 (3rd Rd. – 2010)
Coach	Uncle Toni Nadal	Firicel Tomai

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The four-time champion (2005-07, ‘09) has a 23-1 career mark and he opened on Wednesday with a 61 63 win over top German Philipp Kohlschreiber
• 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 22-4 match record (16-4 on hard courts) and he’s coming off 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 title since ’09 Rome
• 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 171-35 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 (23-1) 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 160-6 match record on clay (187-16 overall in his career)
• His 31-match winning streak came to an end last year in Paris as Robin Soderling won 4th Rd. battle

MR. APRIL ON CLAY – Nadal has won 55 consecutive matches on clay in the month of April and he’s won 10 titles during that stretch, 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.

HANESCU FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The top Romanian enters the third round for the first time with a 4-4 career mark after posting wins over German Michael Berrer 62 67(5) 63 on Sunday and No. 16 seed Juan Monaco 76(4) 64 on Tuesday... He is trying to become the first Romanian to reach the quarter-finals since Andrei Pavel in 2004
• Three of his losses have come to Top 20 opponents...He made his debut in 2003 and lost to No. 16 Guillermo Coria in the second round and two years later he lost to then-No. 7 Nadal 61 61 in the second round...In '06, he lost to No. 5 Andy Roddick 61 60 in the first round...Last year he fell to Serb Viktor Troicki 63 63 in the first round

2010 Highlights:
F: Casablanca (l Wawrinka)

2010 in Review:
• The 28-year-old Bucharest native has an 11-9 match record on the season (9-6 on clay) and his best result came earlier this month in Casablanca where he reached his fourth career ATP World Tour final (l. to Wawrinka)
• This is the only other tournament he’s won back-to-back matches…He’s lost in the second round six times -- Australian Open (l. to Federer), Costa do Sauipe (l. to Mello), Buenos Aires (l. to Ventura) and Acapulco (l. to Gonzalez), Indian Wells (l. to Federer) and Barcelona (l. to Bellucci)
• At No. 39, he is the only Romanian in the Top 100 (next-highest is No. 131 Victor Crivoi)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 17-30 career match record and his best result was the third round in Monte Carlo in 2005 (l. to No. 6 Gaudio), Montreal last year (l. to No. 6 del Potro) and this week in Rome

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 50 for third time in five years in his career at No. 48, highlighted by reaching QF or better six times (including final at Stuttgart, l. to Chardy)…Also finished in Top 50 in 2005 with year-end best No. 36 and No. 50 in 2008
• All six career ATP World Tour finals have been on clay - three in singles (won lone title in Gstaad in 2008, runner-up twice – Bucharest in 2007, Stuttgart last year) and three in doubles (also won one title, runner-up twice)
• Has a 4-21 career record against Top 10 opponents with his best win over No. 6 Rainer Schuettler in first round of Estoril in 2004…All four wins have come on clay, his favourite surface
• He reached a career-high No. 26 on July 6, 2009 after Wimbledon-best 3rd Rd. result (l. to Simon)

Nicola Pietrangeli

(6) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) Tied 1-1
06 Valencia (Spain) Clay QF Fernando Verdasco 6-7(2) 6-4 6-3
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6(4) 7-6(4)

Verdasco FastFacts:
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)
YTD W-L: 24-6 (12-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: November 15, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 9

Garcia-Lopez FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Casablanca (l Serra)
YTD W-L: 9-10 (5-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: June 4, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 42

(7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs (Q) Santiago Giraldo (COL) First Meeting

Tsonga FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Australian Open (l Federer); Marseille (l Benneteau); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Barcelona (l de Bakker)
YTD W-L: 18-8 (4-2 on clay)
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: April 17, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 10
Giraldo FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Chennai (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 9-5 (4-0 on clay)
Date of Birth: November 27, 1987
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 76

(11) Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Lopez Leads 4-2
04 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard QF Feliciano Lopez 6-4 7-6(4)
06 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 7-6(5) 6-0
06 Wimbledon (England) Grass R128 Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-4 5-7 3-6 11-9
06 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay QF Feliciano Lopez 7-6(4) 6-3
06 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-3 6-3
09 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 3-6 6-4 7-5

Ljubicic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Roddick); QF: Dubai (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 14-6 (3-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 10
Date of Birth: March 19, 1979
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 15

Lopez FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Johannesburg (d Robert)
YTD W-L: 13-8 (4-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 20, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 35

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs (5) Robin Soderling (SWE) Tied 1-1
06 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Stanislas Wawrinka 6-7(4) 2-6 7-6(4) 6-0 6-1
08 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Robin Soderling 3-6 6-4 6-3

Wawrinka FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Casablanca (d Hanescu); F: Chennai (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 16-5 (9-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: March 28, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 26

Soderling FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Rotterdam (d Youzhny); F: Barcelona (l Verdasco); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Berdych); QF: Marseille (l Llodra)
YTD W-L: 21-6 (5-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: August 14, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 7