World No. 3 and four-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal makes his second clay court tournament appearance of the season Wednesday when he takes on top German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second match on Centre Court. Nadal, who is the reigning champ, owns a 22-1 career mark at the Foro Italico and he’s 5-0 lifetime against Kohlschreiber. In the first match of the day, Italian wild card Paolo Lorenzi meets No. 5 seed Robin Soderling of Sweden for the first time. Lorenzi is one of four Italians left in the second round. Following Nadal-Kohlschreiber, in the final day session No. 6 seed Fernando Verdasco of Spain brings a 2-0 mark against Italian wild card Simone Bolelli. In the night session, No. 13 seed David Ferrer of Spain takes a 4-0 career record against Italian wild card Potito Starace. On outer courts there are five seeds in action.

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MR. APRIL ON CLAY – Nadal has won 54 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.

 

WEDNESDAY SECOND ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

Centre Court
(WC) Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs (5) Robin Soderling (SWE) First Meeting

 

 

	Lorenzi	Soderling
Age (Birthdate)	28 (December 15, 1981)	25 (August 14, 1984)
Residence	Siena, Italy	Monte-Carlo, Monaco
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 96 (No. 83 – Nov. 9, 2009)	No. 7 (No. 7 – February 22, 2010)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	1-9 (1-3)	20-6 (4-1)
2010 Finals W-L	0-0	1-1
Career Finals W-L	0-0	5-8
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	Never Reached an ATP Final	’10 Barcelona/’10 Rotterdam
2010 Tie-Break W-L	0-2	7-3
Rome W-L (Best Result)	1-0 (2nd Rd. – 2010)	3-5 (3rd Rd. – 2009)
Coach	Claudio Galoppini	Magnus Norman

LORENZI FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Italian wild card made his main draw debut on Monday and rallied to defeat Spaniard Albert Montanes 26 64 63 in the first round (fell in qualifying in 2008)
• He was one of five Italians to reach the second round in Rome (most since 1994)

2010 in Review:
• Prior to this week, the Rome native was 0-9 in ATP World Tour play
• He has compiled a 9-4 record in four Challenger events with his best result a runner-up at Pereira, Colombia (l. to Falla) on Apr. 18
• At No. 96, he is one of four Italians in the Top 100 (No. 47 Seppi, No. 69 Starace, No. 74 Fognini)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• The Italian is playing in his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament (1-2 career record)…He fell in the 1st Rd. this year at Indian Wells and Miami last month

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, compiled his first Top 100 season at No. 84, highlighted by impressive 48-21 record in Challenger events (three titles; 48 was equal-most Challenger wins for year alongside Zeballos)
• He reached a career-high No. 83 on November 9, 2009
• He played in his only ATP World Tour match in Lyon in October and lost in the first round
• This is the first Top 10 opponent (No. 7 Soderling) he’s playing in his career

SODERLING FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The top Swede enters with a 3-5 career record and his third round showing last year (l. to No. 1 Nadal 61 60) was his best result…Came in ranked No. 27 last season
• Three of his losses have come to Top 10 opponents - No. 8 Nalbandian in '04 first round, No. 5 Djokovic in '07 second round and No. 1 Nadal last year

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)

2010 in Review:
• The 25-year-old Swede enters with a 20-6 match record on the season and last week he made his clay court debut in Barcelona where he reached the final (l. to Verdasco in three sets)
• Prior to that he advanced to back-to-back semi-finals at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells (d. No. 4 Murray, l. to Roddick) and Miami (l. to Berdych)
• He captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title in Rotterdam on Feb. 14 when Russian Mikhail Youzhny retired in the second set with a right hamstring injury
• Also a quarter-finalist in Marseille (l. to eventual champ Llodra)…Afterwards, went to career-high No. 7
• In opening Davis Cup tie Mar. 5-7 at home against Argentina, he defeated Eduardo Schwank in the opening rubber and Leonardo Mayer in the fourth rubber, both in straight sets, but his country lost 3-2
• Began season 0-2 with losses in Chennai (l. to Ginepri) and Australian Open (l. to Granollers)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 56-45 and his best result is the semi-finals this year in Indian Wells and Miami …His previous best results were the quarter-finals four times – 2004 Paris, 2007 Monte-Carlo and 2009 Shanghai and Paris

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 10 for first time at No. 8 with a 49-21 match record…He reached his first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros, defeating four-time champion and World No. 1 Nadal in 4th Rd. before falling to Federer in straight sets...Also advanced to the quarters at Wimbledon (l. to Federer)
• Last season won a personal-best seven matches against Top 10 foes (7-11) with best win over Nadal
• Won his first non-indoor ATP World Tour title in his native country in Bastad (d. Monaco) on clay in July
…In March, captured Challenger title in nearby Sunrise (d. Berdych)
• Coached by former World No. 2, 2000 Rome champion and Roland Garros finalist Magnus Norman

(3) Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Nadal Leads 5-0
07 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R64 Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-2
07 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3
07 Stuttgart (Germany) Clay R16 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3
08 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-1 6-4
10 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-2 2-6 7-5
Other Meeting:
02 Spain F15 (Barcelona) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2

	Nadal	Kohlschreiber
Age (Birthdate)	23 (June 3, 1986)	26 (October 16, 1983)
Residence	Mallorca, Spain	Altstaetten, Switzerland
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 3 (No. 1 – August 18, 2008)	No. 29 (No. 22 – Sept. 28, 2009)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	21-4 (5-0)	13-8 (4-1)
2010 Finals W-L	1-1	0-0
Career Finals W-L (on Clay)	37-12 (26-2)	2-2 (1-0)
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Monte-Carlo/’10 Monte-Carlo	’09 Metz/’08 Auckland
2010 Tie-Break W-L	3-4	1-6
Rome W-L (Best Result)	22-1 (Winner – 2005-07, ’09)	2-1 (2nd Rd. – 2009- ’10)
Coach	Uncle Toni Nadal	Stefan Eriksson

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The four-time champion (2005-07, ‘09) defeated Novak Djokovic in last year’s final…He has a 22-1 record, including 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 21-4 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 coming 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 170-35 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 (22-1) 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 159-6 match record on clay (186-16 overall in his career)
• His 31-match winning streak came to an end last year in Paris as Robin Soderling won 4th Rd. battle

KOHLSCHREIBER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 26-year-old German enters the second round for the second straight year after opening with a 67(1) 61 64 win on Monday over Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas
• Last year, he came in ranked No. 39 and beat Simone Bolelli in the first round before losing to Robredo

2010 Highlights:
SF: Auckland (l Clement); QF: San Jose (l Istomin); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Ferrer)

2010 In Review:
• The top German (at No. 29) comes into the second round with a 13-8 match record (4-1 on clay) and in his clay court tournament debut at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo, he reached the quarter-finals (d. No. 4 Murray, l. to Ferrer)…Has an 1-3 vs. Top 10 opponents with win over Murray
• His best results were the SF in Auckland (l. to Clement) in January and QF in San Jose (l. to Istomin) in February…In his other two events, he reached the 3rd Rd. at the Australian Open (l. to Nadal) and 1st Rd. in Memphis (l. to Korolev)
• In first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, lost in the third round to No. 2 Djokovic in a third set tie-beak in Indian Wells and to No. 10 Tsonga in the same round in Miami (had bye and won a round in both)
• In first round Davis Cup tie last month in Toulon, went 0-2 in Germany's 4-1 loss, falling to Gael Monfils in straight sets in opening rubber and falling in four sets in doubles (w/Kas)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 31-29 career match record and a quarter-finalist three times -- in Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) in 2007 and this year along with Cincinnati (l. to Karlovic) in 2008…

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 30 for second time at year-end best No. 27, highlighted by ATP World Tour final in Metz (l. to Monfils) and two SF results -- Halle, Vienna…In 2008, was No. 28
• At Roland Garros last year, posted win over No. 4 Djokovic in 3rd Rd. in straight sets…Also beat No. 4 Hewitt in 1st Rd. in Adelaide in 2006 and No. 4 Davydenko in second rubber of ’07 Davis Cup …Has a 14-28 match record vs. Top 10 opponents
• He reached a career-high No. 22 on Sept. 28, 2009

(6) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (WC) Simone Bolelli (ITA) Verdasco Leads 2-0
06 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Fernando Verdasco 6-4 2-6 6-1
07 St. Petersburg (Russia) Carpet R16 Fernando Verdasco 6-4 6-4

	Verdasco	Bolelli
Age (Birthdate)	26 (November 15, 1983)	24 (October 8, 1985)
Residence	Madrid, Spain	Budrio, Italy
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 9 (No. 7 – April 20, 2009)	No. 124 (No. 36 – Feb. 23, 2009)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	23-6 (11-2)	4-7 (4-2)
2010 Finals W-L	2-1	0-0
Career Finals W-L (on Clay)	5-7 (3-3)	0-1 (0-1)
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Barcelona/’10 Barcelona	’08 Munich/Never Won ATP Title
2010 Tie-Break W-L	7-6	3-3
Rome W-L (Best Result)	8-5 (QF – 2005, ‘09)	3-4 (3rd Rd. – 2008)
Coach	Father, Jose	Riccardo Piatti

VERDASCO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 26-year-old Spaniard has an 8-5 career mark and last year he reached the quarter-finals for the second time (l. to Nadal)…He is appearing in Rome for the sixth straight year
• He reached the quarter-finals in his debut in 2005 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 with a 23-6 match record on the season (11-2 on clay, 12-4 on hard) and 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
• 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 60-56 career record and the Spaniard’s 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

BOLELLI FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 24-year-old Italian is making his fifth straight appearance (3-4) and his best result was the third round two years ago when he defeated Frenchmen Olivier Patience and Gilles Simon before losing to No. 6 Andy Roddick 76 63
• On Tuesday he opened with a 64 61 first round victory over German lucky loser Simon Greul
• Last year he came in ranked No. 41 and lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets in the first round
• He made his debut in 2006 and lost to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in three sets and followed with another first round loss to Chilean Nicolas Massu 63 76

2010 in Review:
• The Budrio resident enters with a 4-7 match record on the season (4-2 on clay)...He began the first two months with an 0-5 mark on hard courts before turning things around on clay
• Last month he won a dead rubber in Davis Cup tie vs. Belarus, then reached the second round at the Marrakech Challenger and semi-finals at the Barletta Challenger
• Last week he qualified in Barcelona and won back-to-back matches over Spaniards Tommy Robredo (retired) and Alberto Martin before retiring in the third round to David Ferrer with a wrist injury
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 15-20 with his best result the third round four times – 2007-08 Miami, 2008 Rome and Monte-Carlo

Miscellaneous:
• Last year finished in the Top 100 for the third straight year at No. 93 with quarter-final in Umag…
Reached a career-high No. 36 on Feb. 23, 2009
• Has an 0-22 career record vs. Top 10 opponents in ATP World Tour level competition
• In 2008, finished as the No. 2 Italian (behind No. 35 Seppi) and in Top 50 for the first time at No. 41, his sixth straight season he improved his year-end ranking…Won a career-high 29 matches (29-30), 20 more than previous season
• In February, reached his first ATP SF in Zagreb (l. to Stakhovskiy) and then in May advanced to his first ATP World Tour final in Munich (l. to Gonzalez)
• In Grand Slam play, turned in personal-best 3rd Rd. showings at Roland Garros (l. to Llodra) and Wimbledon (l. to Hewitt) where he beat No. 14 Gonzalez in 2nd Rd.

(13) David Ferrer (ESP) vs (WC) Potito Starace (ITA) Ferrer Leads 4-0
05 Umag (Croatia) Clay R32 David Ferrer 6-3 3-6 6-2
08 ATP World Team Chp. (Germany) Clay RR David Ferrer 6-3 3-6 6-3
09 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 David Ferrer 4-6 7-5 6-2
10 Acapulco (Mexico) Clay R32 David Ferrer 6-2 6-4

	Ferrer	Starace
Age (Birthdate)	28 (April 2, 1982)	28 (July 14, 1981)
Residence	Valencia, Spain	Cervinara, Italy
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 17 (No. 4 – Feb. 25, 2008)	No. 69 (No. 27 – October 15, 2007)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	25-8 (19-3)	8-11 (5-6)
2010 Finals W-L	1-1	0-0
Career Finals W-L	8-8	0-2
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Acapulco/’10 Acapulco	’07 Kitzbuhel/Never Won a Title
2010 Tie-Break W-L	6-3	0-5
Rome W-L (Best Result)	8-7 (SF – 2005)	6-5 (3rd Rd. – 2007)
Coach	Javier Piles	Umberto Rianna

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...Has an 8-7 career mark in Rome
• 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 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)
• He has a 25-8 overall match record (19-3 on clay) and he’s the No. 4 Spaniard on the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings (see below)
• 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 81-61 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 an 8-8 career mark in ATP World Tour finals (5-6 on clay, 2-2 on hard, 1-0 on grass)

SPANIARDS IN TOP 25 – Ferrer is the fourth-highest Spaniard in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings:
No. 3 Rafael Nadal
No. 9 Fernando Verdasco
No. 16 Juan Carlos Ferrero
No. 17 David Ferrer
No. 21 Tommy Robredo

STARACE FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Italian enters with a 6-5 career mark, winning at least one round in five of his six appearances...He opened with a 62 62 win over Czech Republic’s Jan Hajek on Monday
• 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 an 8-11 match record on the season (5-6 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 10-20 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)

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(WC) Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA) First Meeting

Volandri FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 2-2 (2-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 5, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 152

Benneteau FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
F: Marseille (l Llodra); SF: Sydney (l Gasquet); QF: Rotterdam (l Soderling)
YTD W-L: 13-8 (2-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: December 20, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 36

(10) Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) Berdych Leads 4-2
05 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Stanislas Wawrinka 6-1 6-4
07 CZE v. SUI WG PO (Czech Rep.) Carpet RR Tomas Berdych 7-6(2) 6-4 7-5
07 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R16 Tomas Berdych 7-5 6-4
08 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells Hard R64 Stanislas Wawrinka 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4
08 ATP Masters Series Paris (France) Hard R32 Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-5
09 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Tomas Berdych 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-4

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: 20-8 (4-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: September 17, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 14

Wawrinka FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Casablanca (d Hanescu); F: Chennai (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 15-5 (8-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: March 28, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 26

(7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) Troicki Leads 2-0
08 Tokyo (Japan) Hard R16 Viktor Troicki 5-7 2-1 ret
09 Bangkok (Thailand) Hard SF Viktor Troicki 1-6 6-2 6-3

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: 17-8 (3-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: April 17, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 10

Troicki FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Doha (l Nadal); QF: Zagreb (l Berrer)
YTD W-L: 12-10 (3-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: February 10, 1986
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 37

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs (8) Marin Cilic (CRO) Tied 1-1
06 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay SF Feliciano Lopez 7-6(2) 6-7(5) 6-3
09 Vienna (Austria) Hard QF Marin Cilic 6-1 6-4

Lopez FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Johannesburg (d Robert)
YTD W-L: 12-8 (3-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 20, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 35

Cilic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Chennai (d Wawrinka); Zagreb (d Berrer); SF: Australian Open (l Murray); QF: Dubai (l Melzer)
YTD W-L: 21-5 (1-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: September 28, 1988
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 11

Court 5

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) Hewitt Leads 1-0
09 Houston (U.S.A.) Clay QF Lleyton Hewitt 6-3 6-4

(14) John Isner (USA) vs Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) First ATP Meeting
Other Meeting:
09 Auckland Q (New Zealand) Hard R3 John Isner 6-3 5-7 7-6(3)

Court 6

(Q) Michael Llodra (FRA) vs (Q) Santiago Giraldo (COL) First Meeting

(11) Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Ljubicic Leads 2-1
06 ATP Masters Series Toronto Hard R64 Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 6-1
07 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati Hard R32 Nicolas Almagro 6-4 6-4
09 Umag (Croatia) Clay R16 Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 7-6(2)

Meeting