The third round at the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open on Thursday is highlighted by World No. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer, No. 2 seed and last year’s finalist Rafael Nadal along with No. 6 seed and Madrid native Fernando Verdasco on Manolo Santana Court.

On Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Court, No. 3 seed Andy Murray looks to reach his third straight quarter-final in Madrid as he takes on Romanian Victor Hanescu.

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In the first men’s match on Santana, Verdasco takes a 5-1 lifetime mark against top Austrian Jurgen Melzer. Verdasco won the previous two meetings in the past two months in three sets.

In the next match, big-serving American No. 13 seed John Isner faces Nadal for the second time this season. On Mar. 17, the Spaniard prevailed in three sets in the fourth round at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells.

In the evening session, Federer battles countryman and No. 15 seed Stanislas Wawrinka. Federer has won three of the previous four meetings but Wawrinka prevailed in their only clay court encounter last year in Monte-Carlo.
  
DOWN TO 16 – There are 10 countries represented in the third round, led by host Spain with six players followed by Switzerland (2), Argentina, Austria, Croatia, France, Latvia, Romania, Scotland, and United States with one each.

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

Manolo Santana Court

(6) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT) Verdasco Leads 5-1
05 Kitzbuhel (Austria) Clay R16 Fernando Verdasco 1-6 6-2 6-1
06 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco 6-4 7-6(3)
06 New Haven (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Jurgen Melzer 6-4 4-1 ret
09 New Haven (U.S.A.) Hard QF Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-1
10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1
10 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Fernando Verdasco 3-6 7-6(1)  6-3

VERDASCO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 26-year-old Spaniard has a 7-7 career record and he’s trying to reach the quarter-finals for the second straight year…He opened the tournament Tuesday night with a 76(5) 63 win over towering Croat Ivo Karlovic
• Last season he advanced to his first quarter-final after posting wins over wild cards Juan Carlos Ferrero 63 62 and Juan Monaco 75 62 before losing to Nadal
• His previous best result was the third round in 2004 (l. to.Robredo)
• In 2008, after an opening round bye, lost in the second round to Marin Cilic...Also made a second round exit in 2005 (l. to Gonzalez) and 2007 (l. to Djokovic)

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

2010 in Review:
• The Madrid native is attempting to advance to his seventh ATP World Tour quarter-final or better this year…He enters with a 27-7 match record on the season (15-3 on clay, 12-4 on hard)
• In his last tournament two weeks ago at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome, he reached the semi-finals (l. to countryman Ferrer)
• Last month he captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title 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)… He is 5-7 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals (3-3 on clay)
• In March 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 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 64-57 career record and the Spaniard reached his first final in Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) last 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

MELZER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The top Austrian is making his first appearance in the third round here (4-3 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
• 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 trying to reach his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) of the season and third career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final
• Has a 19-11 match record on the season (5-3 on clay)…He was a semi-finalist in Zagreb (l. to Cilic) and Dubai (d. No. 9 Cilic en route; l. to Youzhny) in February and QF 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 30-40 with his best result the quarter-finals twice – in Hamburg and Toronto in 2004
 
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)
• Has a 7-40 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents (1-4 in 2010) and in February he defeated No. 9 Marin Cilic in Dubai in February…He is 1-12 on clay with his lone victory over No. 7 Robredo in ’06 Kitzbuehel

(13) John Isner (USA) vs (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 1-0
10 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells  Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-5 3-6 6-3

ISNER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 25-year-old American is making his debut this year and he’s rallied in his first two matches with wins over Belgian qualifier Christophe Rochus 57 62 62 and Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo 16 76(6) 62…Giraldo won nine more points in the match but fell short…Has hit 21 and 22 aces thus far
• In doubles (w/Querrey), defeated Brazilians Bellucci-Soares 26 75 10-8 in the first round Wednesday

2010 Highlights:
W: Auckland (d Clement); F: Memphis (l Querrey); Belgrade (l Querrey)
 
2010 In Review:
• The No. 2 American is ranked a career-high No. 19 (behind No. 8 Roddick) and he enters the third round with a 21-10 match record on the season (6-6 on clay)…Last Sunday he reached his first ATP World Tour clay court final in Belgrade where he lost to countryman Sam Querrey in three sets (after holding a match point)…It was the first all-American final on European clay since 1991 Roland Garros (Courier d. Agassi)
• He is looking to reach his fourth ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) this year and his first in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament…In March, lost to Nadal in three sets in the 4th Rd in Indian Wells
• In January he captured his first ATP World Tour title in Auckland (d. Clement, saving one match point)…Afterwards he extended his winning streak to eight matches by reaching 4th Rd. at Australian Open (d. No. 12 Monfils in 3rd Rd.; l. to Murray)
• In February he reached the final in Memphis (l. to Querrey in three sets) and won his second ATP World Tour doubles title in Memphis (w/Querrey)…Two days later fell in 1st Rd. in Acapulco (l. to Greul)
• He made his Davis Cup debut in Serbia Mar. 5-7 and went 1-2, losing opening singles rubber in four sets to Viktor Troicki and in five sets to Djokovic…In doubles won in four sets (w/B. Bryan)
• Stands No. 5 in ATP Doubles Team Ranking (w/Querrey) and two weeks ago reached Rome final

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 15-13 career match record and his best result was the fourth round in Indian Wells in 2009-10

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 50 at year-end best No. 34 despite mononucleosis lay-off (a day before leaving for Roland Garros was diagnosed with it and didn't hit a ball for 40 days until late June)…Had a strong summer season, highlighted by fifth set tie-break win over No. 5 Roddick at US Open (l. to Verdasco in 4th Rd.)
• Has a 3-10 career record (0-2 on clay) against Top 10 opponents with all three wins last year – over No. 9 Gael Monfils in 2nd Rd. here, No. 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 2nd Rd. at Washington and No. 5 Andy Roddick in 3rd Rd. at US Open
• He is trying to become the first American to post a Top 3 win on clay since Pete Sampras defeated No. 3 Magnus Norman in May 2000 in round robin play in ATP World Team Championship in Duesseldorf
• Was voted by his fellow players as 2009 ATP Most Improved Player of Year after jumping from No. 145 in 2008 to No. 34 last season
• Played four years (2004-07) at University of Georgia and earned All-American honors each season (was school's all-time leader in singles and doubles wins); in May 2007 was runner-up in singles but led his squad to NCAA team title (also won NCAA doubles title)

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 23-year-old Mallorca native has a 17-6 career record and he opened the tournament Wednesday with a 64 63 win over qualifier Aleksandr Dolgopolov
• 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 27-4 match record (11-0 on clay, 16-4 on hard courts) and he’s 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 11 clay court matches this year, has lost one set and held serve 91 of 95 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 176-35 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 164-6 match record on clay (191-16 overall in his career, .922)
• His 31-match winning streak came to an end last year in Paris as Robin Soderling won 4th Rd. battle
• Has a 58-9 career mark against Americans and has lost to James Blake (four times), Andy Roddick (four times) and Vincent Spadea (once)…Won 17 in a row before losing to Roddick in Miami semi-finals

(1) Roger Federer (SUI) vs (15) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) Federer Leads 3-1
05 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Hard R16 Roger Federer 6-1  6-4
06 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Roger Federer 7-6(3) 6-3
09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo  Clay R16 Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4 7-5
09 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal Hard R16 Roger Federer 6-3 7-6(5)

FEDERER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Swiss native has appeared in the final in three of the past four years…He improved his career mark to 23-4 with a 62 76(4) win over Benjamin Becker on Tuesday…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 comes in with a 16-5 match record on the season (3-2 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 6-4 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 206-64 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 144-44 (.765) career mark on clay with nine titles

WAWRINKA FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 25-year-old Swiss is appearing in the third round for the third straight year (5-3 record) and has yet to drop a set in posting wins over Spanish wild card Marcel Granollers 64 64 and Argentine Leonardo Mayer 64 4-2 Ret. (shoulder injury)
• Last year lost in the third round to No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro in three sets and previous year fell in the same round (after a bye), losing to Madrid native Feliciano Lopez

2010 Highlights:
W: Casablanca (d Hanescu); F: Chennai (l Cilic); SF: Belgrade (l Isner); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal)

2010 In Review:
• The Swiss No. 2 is attempting to reach his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) of the season…Has a 21-7 match record (14-4 on clay)…He went 8-4 in the first three months but since April has compiled a 13-3 mark
• He has a 19-1 record against non-Top 20 opponents this year (2-6 vs. Top 20 foes, defeating No. 14 Berdych and No. 7 Soderling in Rome two weeks ago, l. to Nadal in quarter-finals)
• Last week he advanced to the semi-finals in Belgrade (l. to Isner)
• At No. 23, he is one of three Swiss in Top 100 (No. 1 Federer, No. 66 Chiudinelli)
• On Apr. 11, he captured his second career ATP World Tour title in Casablanca (d. Hanescu in final)
• In March, he went 1-2 in Switzerland's first round Davis Cup loss vs. Spain (1-1 in singles, 0-1 in doubles)
• He began the season by reaching the final in Chennai (l. to Cilic) and 3rd Rd. at Australian Open (l. to Cilic)…He did not play until March due to birth of first child (Alexia, born February 12)
• In last month’s ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Miami, he reached the 3rd Rd. at Miami (d. Anderson, l. to Youzhny)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 47-36 career match record and his best result was a runner-up in Rome two years ago with wins over Murray, Blake, Roddick-ret. before losing to Djokovic)…Also a semi-finalist in Monte-Carlo last year and quarter-finalist in Indian Wells in 2008 and Rome two weeks ago

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 25 for second straight year at No. 21 with his best result SFs in Monte-Carlo
• He reached a career-high No. 9 on June 9, 2008 and spent 22 weeks inside Top 10 (all consecutive between May 12 and October 12, 2008 and peaking at No. 9 for six of those weeks)
• Has a 12-31 career match record (5-11 on clay) against Top 10 opponents (1-2 this year) and two weeks ago he defeated No. 7 Soderling in the third round in Rome (l. to No. 3 Nadal in QF)
• At the Beijing Olympics in 2008, captured the gold medal (first doubles title) with Federer, defeating Aspelin-T. Johansson in gold match…Also beat the Bryans in semi-finals

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs (12) Gael Monfils (FRA) Monfils Leads 2-1
08 Casablanca (Morocco) Clay R32 Gael Monfils 6-7(8) 7-5 6-0
09 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Gael Monfils 7-5  6-4
09 Valencia (Spain) Hard R16 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2  7-5
Other Meeting:
03 Spain F28 (Gran Canaria) Clay R32 Gael Monfils 6-2 6-2

Garcia-Lopez FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Estoril (l Gil); QF: Casablanca (l Serra)
YTD W-L: 14-12 (10-5 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: June 4, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 39

Monfils FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Brisbane (l Stepanek); Johannesburg (l Lopez); QF: Rotterdam (l Youzhny); Marseille (l Benneteau)
YTD W-L: 14-6 (2-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 1, 1986
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 18

(3) Andy Murray (GBR) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU) Murray Leads 1-0
09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay   R32 Andy Murray 6-3 6-2

Murray FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
F: Australian Open (l Federer); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Soderling)
YTD W-L: 12-6 (2-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 14
Date of Birth: May 15, 1987
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 4

Hanescu FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
F: Casablanca (l Wawrinka)
YTD W-L: 13-10 (11-7 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: July 21, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 38

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Tied 1-1
09 Stockholm (Sweden) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 6-2  6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay QF Ernests Gulbis 7-6(6) 6-1

Gulbis FastFacts:
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)
YTD W-L: 21-8 (10-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: August 30, 1988
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 34

Lopez FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Johannesburg (d Robert); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Gulbis)
YTD W-L: 15-9 (6-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 20, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 32

Stadium 3

Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Almagro Leads 3-1
07 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay SF Juan Monaco 6-1 7-6(3)
08 Valencia (Spain) Clay QF Nicolas Almagro 6-3 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay R32 Nicolas Almagro 6-2 3-0 ret
09 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Nicolas Almagro  6-7(3) 6-7(7) 7-6(5) 6-4   8-6
Other Meeting:
03 Portugal F6 (Torres Vedras) Hard SF Nicolas Almagro 1-6 6-0 6-2

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: 21-10 (14-6 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: March 29, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 27

Almagro FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Acapulco (l Ferrero); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Roddick); Munich (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 20-11 (11-7 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: August 21, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 35

(9) David Ferrer (ESP) vs (8) Marin Cilic (CRO) Ferrer Leads 2-1
09 Australian Open (Australia)  Hard R32 Marin Cilic 7-6(5) 6-3 6-4
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami  Hard R32 David Ferrer 3-6 6-3 6-4
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 David Ferrer 7-6(4) 6-2

Ferrer FastFacts:
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)
YTD W-L: 31-9 (25-4 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 8
Date of Birth: April 2, 1982
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 12

Cilic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Chennai (d Wawrinka); Zagreb (d Berrer); F: Munich (l Youzhny); SF: Australian Open (l Murray); QF: Dubai (l Melzer)
YTD W-L: 26-7 (6-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 2/Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: September 28, 1988
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 11