The quarter-finals of the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open on Friday feature a trio of former tournament winners – World No. 1 Roger Federer (2006, ’09), No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal (2005) and No. 3 seed Andy Murray (2008). The two other seeds left are No. 9 David Ferrer and No. 12 Gael Monfils. A trio of unseeded players making their first quarter-final showing in Madrid are Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, Jurgen Melzer of Austria and Nicolas Almagro of Spain.

In the first men’s quarter-final, Nadal, who is undefeated on clay this season (12-0), takes a 5-1 career mark against Monfils. In the evening session, Federer looks to avenge his second round loss to Gulbis in Rome two weeks ago. They have split their two meetings. In the final match, Ferrer, who owns the most match wins (32) on the ATP World Tour this season, brings a 2-1 mark against Murray. On Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Court, Melzer and Almagro meet for the first time with the winner advancing to their first career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final.

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2010 ATP WORLD TOUR MATCH WINS LEADERS – Ferrer and Nadal lead the ATP World Tour in match wins this year:
W-L/Titles
1) David Ferrer 32-9 / 1
2) Rafael Nadal 28-4 / 2
3) Fernando Verdasco 27-8 / 2
4) Andy Roddick 26-4 / 2
5) Marin Cilic 26-8 / 2

QUARTER-FINALS HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play by Court
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(12) Gael Monfils (FRA) vs (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 5-1
05 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Clay R64 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
06 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Paris (France) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
09 Doha (Qatar) Hard QF Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4
09 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
09 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 6-3

	Monfils	Nadal
Age (Birthdate)	23 (September 1, 1986)	23 (June 3, 1986)
Residence	Nyon, Switzerland	Mallorca, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 18 (No. 9 – March 2, 2009)	No. 3 (No. 1 – August 18, 2008)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	15-6 (3-0)	28-4 (12-0)
2010 Finals W-L	0-0	2-1
Career Finals W-L	2-7	38-12
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Metz/’09 Metz	’10 Rome/’10 Rome
2010 Tie-Break W-L	6-5	3-4
Madrid W-L (Best Result)	6-3 (QF – 2008, ‘10)	18-6 (Winner – 2005)
Coach	Roger Rasheed	Uncle Toni Nadal

MONFILS FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 23-year-old Frenchman is making his second quarter-final showing in three years after posting wins over countryman Stephane Robert 62 75, German Philipp Petzschner, who retired with a leg injury (at 1-1 in match) and Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 76(5) 64
• Has held serve 19 of 22 games (86%), saving eight of 11 break points
• Has a 6-3 career mark and two years ago he reached the quarter-finals with back-to-back wins over No. 10 Gonzalez and No. 8 Roddick before losing to No. 4 and eventual champ Murray

2010 Highlights:
SF: Brisbane (l Stepanek); Johannesburg (l Lopez); QF: Rotterdam (l Youzhny); Marseille (l Benneteau)

2010 in Review:
• The No. 2 Frenchman (behind No. 10 Tsonga) enters his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final or better with a 15-6 match record on the season, his first since Rotterdam in mid-February
• This is his first clay court tournament of the year and he had been sidelined with a hand injury…His last appearance was an opening round loss to Simon Greul on Mar. 14 in Indian Wells
• Prior to the injury, he reached the quarter-finals or better in four of the first five tournaments through February, highlighted by semi-final efforts in Brisbane (l. to Stepanek) in first week of the year and Johannesburg (l. to Lopez) in February…Also a quarter-finalist indoors in Rotterdam (l. to Youzhny) and Marseille (l. to Benneteau)
• In March, helped his country to first round Davis Cup victory over Germany and defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber in opening rubber in straight sets

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 33-33 career match record and his best result was a runner-up in Paris last year (l. to Djokovic) and the semi-finals in Rome in 2006 (d. No. 5 Roddick in QF, l. to No. 2 Nadal) and QFs here in 2008

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished a year-end best No. 13 and won his second career ATP World Tour title in Metz (d. Kohlschreiber) and runner-up in Acapulco (l. to Almgaro) and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l. to Djokovic)
• In 2008, the Frenchman finished in the Top 20 for first time at No. 14 and won a personal-high 30 matches while reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final and sixth career ATP World Tour final
• He is the last Frenchman to beat Spaniard in the quarter-finals of Doha in January 2009…Has a 14-26 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents and his last win came over No. 6 Roddick in the fourth round at Roland Garros last year…Has a 2-13 record vs. Top 3 foes, defeating No. 3 Roddick in ’07 Poertschach and No. 1 Nadal in ’09 Doha

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 23-year-old Mallorca native has an 18-6 career record and he opened the tournament Wednesday with a 64 63 win over qualifier Aleksandr Dolgopolov and followed with a 75 64 victory over No. 13 seed John Isner…Has held serve all 20 games thus far and No. 2 in second serve pts. won (71%)
• Last year he reached the final (l. to Federer) and in 2005 he won the title (d. Ljubicic in five sets)…Two years ago he reached the semi-finals (l. to Simon) and quarter-finals in 2006 (l. to Berdych) and 2007 (l. to Nalbandian)
• Made his debut in 2003 (ranked No. 49) and lost to countryman Alex Corretja in the first round
• Last year’s road to the final began with a 63 61 win over Jurgen Melzer, then received a walkover into the quarter-finals when Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew due to a leg injury…In the quarters he beat No. 7 seed and Madrid native Fernando Verdasco 64 75, rallying from an 0-4 second set deficit…In the semi-finals he rallied to defeat Novak Djokovic 36 76(5) 76(9), saving three match points in the final set tie-break to prevail in a record four hour and three minute battle (longest three-setter)

2010 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Verdasco); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (d Ferrer); 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 28-4 match record (12-0 on clay, 16-4 on hard courts) and he’s appearing in his eighth quarter-final (or better) in as many tournaments this season…Will move to No. 2 if reaches final
• He is coming off his second straight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Rome (d. Ferrer) on May 2… Prior to that, 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
• In his 12 clay court matches this year, has lost one set and held serve 102 of 106 games (held 49 of 50 games in Rome, saving 15 of 16 break points, and 33 of 36 games held in Monte-Carlo)
• He is tied with Andre Agassi for most ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles (17)…He is 17-6 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals and overall is 38-12 in ATP level finals…He is 27-2 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 177-35 career match record and a 17-6 mark in finals, winning at least two titles in each of the past six years (2005-10)…Won a personal-best four in 2005 and three each in 2007-08-09
• He captured his 17th career title at age 23 and Agassi won his 17th title at age 34 in 2004
• He’s won at least 20 matches in four different ATP Masters 1000 tournaments – Monte-Carlo (34-1), Indian Wells (26-4), Rome (27-1) 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 165-6 match record on clay (192-16 overall in his career, .923)
• His 31-match winning streak came to an end last year in Paris as Robin Soderling won 4th Rd. battle
• Has won nine straight vs. Frenchmen since losing to Monfils in quarter-finals at Doha in January 2009

(1) Roger Federer (SUI) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) Tied 1-1
10 Doha (Qatar) Hard QF Roger Federer 6-2 4-6 6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Ernests Gulbis 2-6 6-1 7-5

	Federer	Gulbis
Age (Birthdate)	28 (August 8, 1981)	21 (August 30, 1988)
Residence	Bottmingen, Switzerland	Jurmala, Latvia
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 1 (No. 1 – February 2, 2004)	No. 34 (No. 34 – May 10, 2010)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	17-5 (4-2)	22-8 (11-3)
2010 Finals W-L	1-0	1-0
Career Finals W-L	62-24	1-0 (0-0)
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Australian Open/’10 Aust. Open	’10 Delray Beach/’10 Delray Beach
2010 Tie-Break W-L	7-4	9-2
Madrid W-L (Best Result)	24-4 (Winner – 2006, ‘09)	4-2 (QF – 2010)
Coach	Severin Luthi (part-time)	Hernan Gumy

FEDERER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Swiss native has appeared in the final in three of the past four years…He enters with a career mark of 24-4 after defeating Benjamin Becker 62 76(4) on Tuesday and countryman/No. 15 seed Stanislas Wawrinka 63 61…Has held 17 of 18 service games and winning 83% of first serve points
• Last year he defeated No. 1 Nadal 64 64 in the final and in 2006 he captured the title (d. Gonzalez)…He was runner-up in 2007 (l. to Nalbandian)…Also a semi-finalist in 2003 (l. to Ferrero) and 2008 (l. to Murray) and quarter-finalist in his 2002 debut (l. to Santoro)
• Last year he only dropped one set en route to the title, defeating Robin Soderling 61 75, No. 14 seed James Blake 62 64, No. 6-ranked Andy Roddick 75 67(5) 61 and No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro 63 64

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

2010 in Review:
• The Swiss superstar has a 17-5 match record on the season (4-2 on clay)…Last weekend he reached the semi-finals in Estoril, losing to eventual champion Albert Montanes 62 76(5)…The previous week in Rome, he lost in the opening round (after a bye) to Latvian Ernests Gulbis 26 61 75
• He captured his 16th career Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open (d. Murray) on Jan. 31 and it was his fourth title in Melbourne (2004, ’06-07)…Since then he has a 7-4 match record
• In the first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, he reached the third round in Indian Wells (d. Hanescu, losing to Baghdatis in a third set tie-break after holding three match points) on Mar. 16 and followed in Miami, he lost in the fourth round to Tomas Berdych in a third set tie-break (after holding match point) on Mar. 30
• He comes in ranked No. 1 for 282 weeks, only trailing Pete Sampras (286) for the most weeks atop the South African Airways ATP Rankings…He will break the record on June 14 if he remains No. 1
• He opened the campaign with a semi-final showing in Doha (l. to eventual champ Davydenko)
• In third week of February he withdrew from Dubai due to a lung infection

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 207-64 and has won 16 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, third all-time behind Andre Agassi and Nadal with 17…He is 16-9 in finals…Agassi is also the all-time leader with 209 match wins
• Has won six different tournaments - Hamburg (four times), Indian Wells (three times), Cincinnati (three times), Miami (twice), Toronto (twice) and Madrid (twice) and runner-up in two others – Monte Carlo (three times) and Rome (twice)

Miscellaneous:
• The all-time men’s leader with 16 Grand Slam titles is approaching 700 career match wins (693-166)…
Nine players in the Open Era have reached the 700 wins plateau
• His 62 titles is tied for No. 6 on the Open Era titles list (w/Guillermo Vilas) and he’s one title away from tying Bjorn Borg and two away from Pete Sampras at No. 4
• Last season compiled a sparkling 18-2 match record on clay with titles at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Nadal) and Roland Garros (d. Soderling)…Has a 145-44 (.765) career mark on clay with nine titles

GULBIS FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 21-year-old Latvian is appearing in his first quarter-final in third main draw (4-2 record)…This week has defeated last week’s Estoril champion Albert Montanes 75 61, last week’s Munich winner No. 10 seed Mikhail Youzhny 76(2) 64 and Madrid native Feliciano Lopez 62 76(0)…Has held serve 30 of 31 games (97%) and saved eight of nine break points…He is No. 3 in first serve points won (81%) and second serve points won (68%)
• Two years ago, he defeated Nicolas Kiefer before losing to No. 1 Nadal in three sets in the second round…Last year he lost in the first round to Tommy Haas in three sets

2010 Highlights:
W: Delray Beach (d Karlovic); SF: Memphis (l Querrey); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); QF: Doha (l Federer); Barcelona (l Verdasco)

2010 in Review:
• The young Latvian enters his sixth ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) with a 22-8 match record 11-3 on clay) and in his last tournament two weeks ago at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome, he defeated No. 1 Federer in second round (on seventh match pt.) before losing to Nadal in semi-finals
• The previous week he reached the quarters in Barcelona where he lost to eventual champ Verdasco
• His 22 match wins has already surpassed last year’s total (20-26) and his career-high was 24 in 2008
• He is ranked a career-high No. 34 this week and will jump to around No. 25 next week and would go to around No. 23 if he reaches the semi-finals
• 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 17-15 and two weeks ago reached his first semi-final in Rome (d. No. 1 Federer, l. to Nadal in three sets)…His previous best was 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 5-20 career mark (2-3 on clay) vs. Top 10 opponents and broke a 10-match losing streak with his win over Federer in Rome (since defeating No. 3 Djokovic in the first round of Brisbane in Jan. 2009)
• Coached by former ATP pro Hernan Gumy (since mid-September ’09) and credits the Argentine with his improvement and focus this season

(3) Andy Murray (GBR) vs (9) David Ferrer (ESP) Ferrer Leads 2-1
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)
10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay R16 David Ferrer 6-3 6-4

	Murray	Ferrer
Age (Birthdate)	22 (May 15, 1987)	28 (April 2, 1982)
Residence	London, England	Valencia, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 4 (No. 2 – Sept. 8, 2008)	No. 12 (No. 4 – Feb. 25, 2008)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	13-6 (3-2)	32-9 (26-4)
2010 Finals W-L	0-1	1-2
Career Finals W-L	14-7	8-9
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Aust. Open/’09 Valencia	’10 Rome/’10 Acapulco
2010 Tie-Break W-L	2-3	6-3
Madrid W-L (Best Result)	13-3 (Winner – 2008)	7-7 (QF – 2005, ’10)
Coach	Alex Corretja/Miles Maclagan	Javier Piles

MURRAY FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 22-year-old Scot (turns 23 on Saturday) enters with a 13-3 mark after posting wins over Argentine qualifier Juan Ignacio Chela 63 63 and Romanian Victor Hanescu 62 61…Leads the tournament in first serve pts. won (87%) and return games won (56%, 9 of 16)…Has held serve 15 of 17 games
• Two years ago he posted wins over Bolelli, Cilic, Monfils, No. 2 Federer in three sets and Gilles Simon in the final to capture the title…Last year he lost in the quarter-finals (d. Robredo, l. to No. 5 del Potro)
• Made his debut in 2006 and lost to Novak Djokovic in three sets in the third round...The following year lost in the same round to No. 2 Nadal

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

2010 in Review:
• The World No. 4 enters his third quarter-final or better of the season with a 13-6 match record (3-2 on clay)…In his last tournament two weeks ago in Rome, he snapped a three-match losing streak (d.Seppi, l. to Ferrer)…Last month he opened the clay court campaign in Monte-Carlo and lost to German Philipp Kohlschreiber 62 61 in the opening round (after a bye)
• In March 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 79-35 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 23-20 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

FERRER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Spaniard enters with a 7-7 career record and he is appearing in his second quarter-final after posting wins over Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 63 76(2), Marcos Baghdatis 16 63 75 (saving one match point) and No. 8 seed Marin Cilic 63 62
• His previous quarter-final was in 2005 (d. No. 10 Puerta, l. to Ginepri)
• Last year lost in the second round (d. Canas, l. to Monaco)

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

2010 in Review:
• The Valencia resident leads the ATP World Tour with a 32-9 record this season (most wins) and he’s the leader with a 26-4 clay court mark…In his last tournament he reached his first career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in Rome (l. to Nadal)…He is 8-9 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals (5-7 on clay)
• Prior to Rome, he advanced to the semi-finals at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) and Barcelona (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 88-62 career match record and he reached his first final in Rome on May 2 (l. to Nadal)…He previously reached four semi-finals – 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 24-44 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents (3-3 this year) and in his last tournament in Rome he posted three straight Top 10 wins over No. 5 Murray, No. 10 Tsonga and No. 9 Verdasco before losing to Nadal in the final

Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP) First Meeting

	Melzer	Almagro
Age (Birthdate)	28 (May 22, 1981)	24 (August 21, 1985)
Residence	Vienna, Austria	Murcia, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 30 (No. 26 – May 18, 2009)	No. 35 (No. 11 – July 7, 2008)
2010 W-L Record (on Clay)	20-11 (6-3)	21-11 (12-7)
2010 Finals W-L	0-0	0-0
Career Finals W-L	2-6	5-2
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Vienna/’09 Vienna	’09 Acapulco/’09 Acapulco
2010 Tie-Break W-L	4-8	10-5
Madrid W-L (Best Result)	5-3 (QF – 2010)	4-3 (QF – 2010)
Coach	Joakim Nystrom	Jose Perlas

MELZER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The top Austrian is making his first appearance in the quarter-finals here (5-3 record)…In his first two wins, he defeated South African qualifier Kevin Anderson 62 26 64 and American lucky loser Mardy Fish 36 61 64, and on Thursday beat No. 6 seed Fernando Verdasco 75 63
• His previous best results were second round finishes in his 2005 debut (l. to No. 9 Nalbandian) and last year to No. 1 Nadal

2010 Highlights:
SF: Zagreb (l Cilic), Dubai (l Youzhny); QF: Auckland (l Clement), Rotterdam (l Davydenko)

2010 In Review:
• The 28-year-old Vienna native is appearing in his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) of the season and third career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final
• Has a 20-11 match record on the season (6-3 on clay)…His best finishes were semi-finals in Zagreb (l. to Cilic) and Dubai (d. No. 9 Cilic en route; l. to Youzhny) in February…Also a quarter-finalist in Auckland (l. to Clement) and Rotterdam (l. to Davydenko)
• In March, he went 3-0 in Austria's Davis Cup win over Slovakia, going 2-0 in singles and 1-0 in doubles
• He captured his seventh ATP World Tour doubles title in Zagreb (w/Petzschner) in February

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History
• Has a career record of 31-40 with his best result the quarter-finals twice – 2004 Hamburg and Toronto

Miscellaneous:
• At No. 28, he is one of two Austrians in Top 100 (along with No. 96 Koellerer)
• In 2009, was one of only two players to finish in Top 30 in both singles and doubles (was No. 28 in singles and No. 26 in doubles - also Robredo)
• In October last year, he captured his second career ATP World Tour singles title in his hometown of Vienna (d. Cilic)…He also won ATP World Tour doubles titles in New Haven and Tokyo (w/Knowle)

ALMAGRO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 24-year-old Spaniard is appearing in the quarter-finals for the first time in four showings (4-3 mark)
• He has not dropped a set with wins over Viktor Troicki 61 76(3), No. 4 seed (No. 7 ranked) Robin Soderling 64 75 and Juan Monaco 64 61
• He made his debut in 2007 and defeated Fabrice Santoro (l. to No. 6 Gonzalez)
• He is also remaining in the doubles quarter-finals (w/M. Lopez) and will play No. 3 seeds Dlouhy-Paes

2010 Highlights:
QF: Acapulco (l Ferrero); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Roddick); Munich (l Cilic)

2010 In Review:
• The Murcia native enters his fourth ATP World Tour quarter-final with a 21-11 match record on the season (12-7 on clay, 9-4 on hard)
• His best result of the year was the quarter-finals on clay in Acapulco in late February (l. to Ferrero after back-to-back titles in 2008-09), Miami last month (l. to eventual champ Roddick) and Munich last week (l. to Cilic in three sets)
• In March in Indian Wells he retired with a left ankle injury in the 4th Rd. at 2-6 0-1 down vs. No. 4 Murray
• In January, he reached a career-best 4th Rd. at Australian Open (l. to Tsonga 9-7 in fifth set)…The previous tournament in Auckland he fractured his left wrist in 1st Rd. doubles match on Jan. 12 (in singles after 1st Rd. bye, l. to Gicquel in 2nd Rd.)
• In Spain’s first round Davis Cup home win over Switzerland on Mar. 5-7, he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka in five sets in opening rubber and beat Marco Chiudinelli in dead rubber
• At No. 35, he is the eighth-ranked Spaniard (among 12 in Top 100)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History
• Has a 35-33 career match record and has reached six quarter-finals, two on hard courts (’07 Cincinnati, ’10 Miami) and four on clay (2006 Rome, 2007 Hamburg, 2008 Rome, this week in Madrid)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 30 for third straight year at No. 26, highlighted by Acapulco title
• Has a 5-2 career record in ATP World Tour finals, all on clay…His career record on clay is 123-75 (.621) and 34-45 (.430) on hard courts
• He reached a career-high No. 11 on July 7, 2008 - spent one week there
• Working with former Carlos Moya mentor Jose Perlas (since September 2009)