The eight man field for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London was finalized on Thursday but the world class tennis continues at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday with an exciting quarter-final line-up featuring seven of the Top 12 seeds.

First up is No. 4 seed Robin Soderling against No. 8 Andy Roddick, both of whom have already qualified for the season-finale. The head-to-head is tied 2-2, with Soderling winning twice indoors in 2008 and Roddick twice outdoors this year. Both of Roddick’s wins came in three sets at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells in March and Cincinnati in August. Roddick is trying to reach the semi-finals here for the third time while Soderling is looking to advance to his first final four in Bercy. He is a two-time finalist at Roland Garros.

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Second up is No. 10 seed Nikolay Davydenko against Michael Llodra, the only unseeded player remaining. Llodra had never been past the second round here, but has shocked everyone with this run, defeating No. 16 seed John Isner in the second round and stunning No. 2 seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the third round. Davydenko, who won the title here in 2006, eliminated No. 5 seed Tomas Berdych in the third round. Even though Davydenko leads the ATP World Tour head-to-head, 4-1, Llodra's win came in their most recent meeting, indoors in Rotterdam two years ago.

In the evening session, top seed and World No. 2 Roger Federer meets No. 11 seed Jurgen Melzer, both 29 years old, and meeting for the third time this year. Despite playing for many years, this season was the first time they played each other. Federer won at Wimbledon and the US Open in straight sets. Federer has surprisingly never been beyond the quarter-finals at this event, falling at this stage three times in the past (2002-03, ‘08). Melzer will be playing in his first quarter-final here.

Finally, No. 3 seed Andy Murray takes a 3-1 career lead against No. 12 seed and last year’s finalist Gael Monfils. Murray is trying to get past the quarters here for the first time in his career, falling in this round twice (2007-08). Monfils reached his first ATP World Tour 1000 final one year ago, falling to Novak Djokovic in a third set tie-break. This is the second straight year two Frenchmen are in the quarter-finals in Bercy.

South African Airways 2010 Year-to-Date Rankings – The field is set for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and here are the points standings based on 2010 results:
Points
1 Rafael Nadal 11,450
2 Roger Federer 7,465 (vs. Melzer) – add 180 points with QF win
3 Novak Djokovic 5,725 – lost in 3rd Rd.
4 Andy Murray 5,360 (vs. Monfils) – add 180 points with QF win
5 Robin Soderling 4,560 (vs. Roddick) – add 180 points with QF win
6 Tomas Berdych 3,755 – lost in 3rd Rd.
7 David Ferrer 3,735 – lost in 3rd Rd.
8 Andy Roddick 3,665 (vs. Soderling) – add 180 points with QF win (would move to No. 6)
9 Fernando Verdasco 3,240 – lost in 3rd Rd.
10 Mikhail Youzhny 2,920 – lost in 2nd Rd.
11 Jurgen Melzer 2,785 (vs. Federer) – add 180 points with QF win (would move to No. 10)

FRIDAY QUARTER-FINALS HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play

Court Central

(8) Andy Roddick (USA) vs (4) Robin Soderling (SWE) Tied 2-2
08 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard QF Robin Soderling 7-6(6) 6-3
08 Lyon (France) Carpet QF Robin Soderling 7-6(5) 7-6(5)
10 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard SF Andy Roddick 6-4 3-6 6-3
10 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Hard R16 Andy Roddick 6-4 6-7(7) 7-6(5)

	Roddick	Soderling
Age (Birthdate)	28 (August 30, 1982)	26 (August 14, 1984)
Residence	Austin, Texas	Monte Carlo, Monaco
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 8 (No. 1 – Nov. 3, 2003)	No. 5 (No. 5 – July 5, 2010)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard)	48-14 (42-11)	53-20 (35-13)
2010 Finals W-L	2-2	1-3
Career Finals W-L	29-19	5-10
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Miami/’10 Miami	‘10 Bastad/’10 Rotterdam
2010 Tie-Break W-L	23-16	11-8
Paris W-L (Best Result)	13-6 (SF – 2003, ‘05)	8-4 (QF – 2004, ’09-10)
Coach	Larry Stefanki	Magnus Norman

RODDICK FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The top American has a 13-6 career mark in Bercy and he is appearing in the quarter-finals or better for the fifth time in seven visits
• On Wednesday he opened with a 61 64 win over Finnish qualifier Jarkko Nieminen and followed with a 63 76(8) victory over Latvian Ernests Gulbis on Thursday…Has not been broken thus far in 20 games
• He reached the semi-finals in 2003 (l. to Henman) and '05 (l. to Ljubicic)...Also a quarter-finalist in 2002 (l. to Srichaphan) and two years ago (l. to Tsonga)
• Has an 8-7 mark in tie-breaks…Made his debut in 2001 and lost to Sjeng Schalken in second round (after a bye), his only opening round loss here

2010 Highlights:
W: Brisbane (d Stepanek); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (d Berdych); F: San Jose (l Verdasco); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Ljubicic); SF: Atlanta (l Fish); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Fish); Basel (l Federer); QF: Australian Open (l Cilic); Memphis (l Querrey); Tokyo (l Monfils)

2010 in Review:
• The Austin, Texas resident qualified for his eighth consecutive year-end championship on Thursday, second only to Federer’s nine among active players on the ATP World Tour
• Has a 48-14 match record on the season, including 42-11 on hard courts (most wins in 2010)…Has a 2-2 record in ATP World Tour finals and 4-1 mark vs. Top 10 opponents…He leads the Ricoh ATP MatchFacts in service games won (92%) and is No. 2 in aces (748)
• He is appearing in his 11th quarter-final or better of the year and has a 7-3 mark in QF matches…Last weekend he reached the semi-finals in Basel (l. to eventual champ Federer)
• This is his second tournament since Oct. 13 when he retired (vs. Garcia-Lopez) with a right groin injury in the third round at the Rolex Shanghai Masters…The previous week he reached the quarter-finals in Tokyo (l. to Monfils in a third set tie-break, held one match point)…Prior to that he lost in the second round in four sets to Janko Tipsarevic at the US Open on Sept. 1
• He opened the season with his first title Down Under in Brisbane (d. Stepanek) and in April, captured his fifth career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Miami (d. Berdych)…Also a runner-up in San Jose (l. to Verdasco) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Ljubicic), on hard courts
• His 29 titles is third-most among active players on the ATP World Tour, behind Federer (65) and Nadal (43)…Has won at least one title every year since 2001 and trying to finish in Top 10 for ninth consecutive season
• On Aug. 9 he fell out of the Top 10 at No. 11 for the first time since Aug. 14, 2006 when he was No. 12 and on Aug. 16 he was No. 13, his lowest since Oct. 14, 2002…Comes in No. 8 this week
• After a 26-4 start, has a 22-10 mark, reaching the third round at Roland Garros (l. to Gabashvili), Queen’s (l. to Sela) and fourth round at Wimbledon (l. to Lu 9-7 in fifth set)…During the summer, reached SFs in Atlanta and Cincinnati (l. to Fish in both)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 148-59 career record (18-3 this year) since playing his first Masters 1000 event in Miami (lost in second round to Agassi) in 2000…Owns a 5-4 mark in finals, winning his last ATP Masters 1000 title in Miami in April (d. Berdych)…Prior to that he won in ’06 Cincinnati (d. Ferrero)…Also won there in ‘03 (d. Fish)…His other titles have come in Montreal in 2003 (d. Nalbandian) and Miami in 2004 (d. Coria, ret.)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, the top American finished in the Top 10 for an eighth consecutive season at No. 7…He and Federer have the longest streak among active players on the ATP World Tour
• Here with long-time trainer Doug Spreen and coach Larry Stefanki

SODERLING FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The top Swede enters with an 8-4 career mark, reaching the quarter-finals for the third time, in his debut in 2004 (l. to Mirnyi), last year (l. to No. 3 Djokovic) and this week…In first two wins, defeated Gilles Simon 64 60 and Stanislas Wawrinka 76(3) 63

2010 Highlights:
W: Rotterdam (d Youzhny); F: Barcelona (l Verdasco); Roland Garros (l Nadal); Båstad (l Almagro); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Berdych); Valencia (l Ferrer); QF: Marseille (l Llodra); Wimbledon (l Nadal); US Open (l Federer); Kuala Lumpur (l Golubev); Beijing (l Ferrer)

2010 in Review:
• The 25-year-old Swede has reached the quarter-finals or better for the seventh straight tournament… He was a quarter-finalist at the US Open, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Shanghai and Stockholm and semi-finalist last week in Valencia (l. to Ferrer)…His last final came in July on home soil in Bastad where he was runner-up (l. to Almagro)…He is 1-3 in finals this season
• He is one of six players on the ATP World Tour this season to register at least 50 match wins…He enters with a career-best 53-20 match record, including 35-13 on hard courts
• He was the fifth of eight players to qualify for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London …Last year reached the semi-finals in his debut…He is the Swede to qualify in back-to-back year-end championships since Thomas Enqvist in 1995-96
• He advanced to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon (l. to Nadal in four sets) and reached a career-high No. 5 on July 5…Also reached the Roland Garros final for the second straight year (d. No. 1 Federer in QFs, l. to Nadal)…It was his first win over Federer after 12 straight losses
• In Grand Slam play, since losing in the first round at the Australian Open (l. to Granollers), has compiled a 14-3 mark with runner-up at Roland Garros and QF at Wimbledon and US Open
• In March, reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final in Indian Wells (l. to Roddick) and followed with same result in Miami (l. to Berdych)
• In February, he captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title in Rotterdam (d. Youzhny, first on hard courts, and in April was runner-up in Barcelona (l. to Verdasco) on clay

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 63-50 career record (15-7 this season) and his best results are the semi-finals in Indian Wells and Miami this year...Also a six-time quarter-finalist in his career, including this week

Miscellaneous:
• He cracked the Top 10 on Oct. 19, 2009 and hasn’t fallen out since (reaching career-high No. 5 after Wimbledon on July 5)
• Has a 5-10 career mark in finals (3-0 on carpet, 1-4 on clay, 1-6 on hard) and has never won two ATP titles in same year or outside of Europe
• Coach Magnus Norman reached a career-high No. 2 and advanced to the Roland Garros final in 2000

(10) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Michael Llodra (FRA) Davydenko Leads 4-1
05 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay R64 Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 6-1
05 Metz (France) Hard R16 Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 6-4
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 6-2 6-4
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Nikolay Davydenko 7-5 7-5 6-3
08 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Hard R16 Michael Llodra 6-3 7-5
Other Meeting:
99 France F10 (Bagneres-De-Bigorre) Hard R32 Michael Llodra 6-1 6-2

	Davydenko	Llodra
Age (Birthdate	29 (June 2, 1981)	30 (May 18, 1980)
Residence	Volgograd, Russia	Rueil Malmaison, France
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 11 (No. 3 – Nov. 6, 2010)	No. 34 (No. 28 – Sept. 20, 2010)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard)	30-18 (26-13)	28-20 (17-15)
2010 Finals W-L	1-0	2-0
Career Finals W-L	20-5	5-4
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Doha/’10 Doha	’10 Eastbourne/’10 Eastbourne
2010 Tie-Break W-L	8-17	11-14
Paris W-L (Best Result)	15-6 (Winner – 2006)	4-5 (QF – 2010)
Coach	Brother Eduard (not here)	Frederic Descamps

DAVYDENKO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The No. 2 Russian enters the quarter-finals with a 15-6 career mark and on Wednesday opened with a 63 60 win over Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci…Followed with a 46 76(5) 60 win over No. 5 seed Berdych
• He captured the title here in 2006 (d. Hrbaty), the semi-finals in 2008 (l. to Nalbandian) and the quarter-finals in 2005 (l. to Stepanek)

2010 Highlights:
W: Doha (d Nadal); SF: Rotterdam (l Soderling); QF: Australian Open (l Federer); Umag (l Chela); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer); Beijing (l Isner); Montpellier (l Montanes); Valencia (l Simon)

2010 in Review:
• The 29-year-old Russian has a 30-18 match record (26-13 on hard) and he’s appearing in his ninth ATP World Tour quarter-final or better…Has a 2-6 mark in quarter-final matches
• His best result came in the first week of the year in Doha where he defeated Federer in the semi-finals and Nadal in the final (saving one match point) to capture his 20th career ATP World Tour title…Has won at least one title for eight straight years
• He then followed with a quarter-final at the Australian Open (d. No. 9 Verdasco, l. to No. 1 Federer in four sets) and in February reached the semi-finals in Rotterdam where he fractured his left wrist in a fall in his loss to Soderling on Feb. 13
• He played Dubai and retired in the second round vs. Berrer and in March after a bye, he beat Gulbis before withdrawing from his third round vs. Troicki…His fracture was diagnosed in Indian Wells
• He was sidelined for three months before returning in Halle in June (l. to Becker in 2nd Rd.)…Then lost in 2nd Rd. at Wimbledon (l. to Brands in four sets)
• In July in a Davis Cup quarter-final tie vs. Argentina, lost to Nalbandian in straight sets in opening rubber and then defeated Schwank in four sets in fourth rubber…Returned to clay and lost in the 2nd Rd. in Stuttgart, 3rd Rd. in Hamburg and QF in Umag

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• The Russian enters with an 86-57 career record and three titles – 2006 Paris (d. Hrbaty, 2008 Miami (d. Nadal) and 2009 Shanghai (d. Nadal)
• Also a semi-finalist five times and quarter-finalist nine other times, including this week

Miscellaneous:
• Last year he closed the season by capturing his biggest title, the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London where he beat del Potro in the final…Also beat No. 2 Nadal and No. 1 Federer en route
• Has finished in the Top 10 the past five years, including a personal year-best No. 3 in 2006 when he compiled a 69-29 match record
• Has a 35-52 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents (4-3 this year) and he beat No. 6 Berdych here in the third round on Thursday…Prior to that he defeated No. 9 Verdasco at the Australian Open in January
• Here with wife Irina (brother Eduard is not here)

LLODRA FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Frenchman is the oldest player remaining and he enters his first quarter-final with a 4-5 career mark…He has yet to drop a set, defeating Potito Starace (64 61), No. 16 John Isner (63 64) and No. 2 seed/defending champ Djokovic (76 62)…Has been broken once, that coming in 1st Rd.
• His previous win came in 2006 when he defeated Fernando Verdasco (l. to Haas)

2010 Highlights:
W: Marseille (d Benneteau); Eastbourne (d Garcia-Lopez); QF: London / Queen's Club (l Fish)

2010 In Review:
• The left-handed comes into his fourth ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season and his first in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event with a 28-20 match record on the season (17-15 on hard)…His last quarter-final came in June in Eastbourne where he went on to capture the title (d. Garcia-Lopez)
• His best results have been his fourth and fifth career ATP World Tour titles at Marseille in February (d. No. 8 Soderling en route to final, d. Benneteau for title) and Eastbourne
• The No. 4 Frenchman ranked a career-high No. 28 on Sept. 20 and is No. 34 this week…Will move to around No. 28 next week with his result thus far and around No. 23 if he reaches the semi-finals
• In July Davis Cup QF play vs. Spain, defeated No. 10 Verdasco in 2nd rubber…In September SF tie vs. Argentina, helped his country to the final (vs. Serbia) by defeating Juan Monaco in the opening singles rubber (and also won doubles match w/Clement)
• One of three players this year to win ATP World Tour singles and doubles at same event, at Marseille (Sam Querrey won both titles in Memphis and Juan Ignacio Chela won both in Bucharest)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 19-40 mark and he is playing in his first quarter-final in 41st tournament…His previous best results were the third round in ’05 Indian Wells, ’07 Indian Wells and this year in Toronto (l. to Federer)

Miscellaneous:
• At No. 34, he is fourth-highest of 11 Frenchmen in Top 100 (highest is No. 13 Tsonga)
• In 2009, reached two finals, Marseille (l. to Tsonga) and Lyon (l. to Ljubicic); also won one doubles title
• Has an 8-24 lifetime mark against Top 10 players (was 2-18 in first 20 and 6-6 since then)…His win over No. 3 Djokovic here was his best since beating No. 3 Guillermo Coria in ’04 ‘s-Hertogenbosch final

HIGHEST-RANKED LEFT-HANDERS – Llodra is one of eight left-handers ranked in the Top 50 on the ATP World Tour:
No. 1 Rafael Nadal
No. 9 Fernando Verdasco
No. 12 Jurgen Melzer
No. 30 Thomaz Bellucci
No. 31 Feliciano Lopez
No. 34 Michael Llodra
No. 39 Jarkko Nieminen
No. 50 Michael Berrer

(1) Roger Federer (SUI) vs (11) Jurgen Melzer (AUT) Federer Leads 2-0
10 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Roger Federer 6-3 6-2 6-3
10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Roger Federer 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3

	Federer	Melzer
Age (Birthdate)	29 (August 8, 1981)	29 (May 22, 1981)
Residence	Bottmingen, Switzerland	Vienna, Austria
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 2 (No. 1 – February 2, 2004)	No. 12 (No. 12 – Oct. 11, 2010)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard)	59-12 (41-6)	51-24 (30-14)
2010 Finals W-L	4-4	1-1
Career Finals W-L	65-28	3-7
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Basel/’10 Basel	’10 Vienna/’10 Vienna
2010 Tie-Break W-L	18-8	19-20
Paris W-L (Best Result)	9-6 (QF – 2002-03, ’07, ’10)	4-2 (QF – 2010)
Coach	Paul Annacone	Joakim Nystrom

FEDERER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Swiss superstar is appearing in his fourth quarter-final in eighth appearance (9-6 record) with his previous best results three quarter-final finishes – in 2002 (l. to Hewitt), 2003 (l. to Henman) and 2008 (w/o to Blake)…On Wednesday he opened with a 64 64 win over Frenchman Richard Gasquet and followed with a 64 63 victory over Radek Stepanek on Thursday
• He also reached the 3rd Rd. in 2007 (l. to Nalbandian); dropped opening matches in first two appearances (after 1st Rd. bye), in 2000 (l. to Hrbaty), 2001 (l. to Novak) and last year (l. to Benneteau)

2010 Highlights:
W: Australian Open (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Fish); Stockholm (d F Mayer); Basel (d Djokovic); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Halle (l Hewitt); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Murray); SF: Doha (l Davydenko); Estoril (l Montanes); US Open (l Djokovic); QF: Roland Garros (l Soderling); Wimbledon (l Berdych)

2010 in Review:
• The 29-year-old Swiss native enters on a season-high 11-match winning streak and he’s playing in his 14th quarter-final or better this year (11-2 in QF matches)… He enters with a 59-12 match record on the season (41-6 on hard) and since falling in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in July, he has won 28 of 31 matches, reaching the final in five of six tournaments (except US Open, SF) during that span
• Last Sunday he picked up his fourth title in his birthplace of Basel where he defeated Djokovic 64 36 61…It was his eighth final of the year (4-4) and 93rd in his career (65-28)…His 65 titles is No. 4 on the Open Era titles list
• Prior to Basel, he won the title in Stockholm on Oct. 24 (d. F. Mayer), which was in the 18th country
• Prior to Stockholm was runner-up in Shanghai (l. to Murray in fourth straight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final - runner-up to Nadal at Madrid, to Murray at Toronto, beat Fish in Cincinnati final)…He also reached four straight ATP Masters 1000 finals in 2007
• During Stockholm played in his 900th career match and has a record of 737-173, most among active players on ATP World Tour
• Has won at least one Grand Slam title for eight straight years (tying mark of Borg and Sampras)
• He has ranked No. 1 for 285 weeks, one week short from all-time leader Pete Sampras (286) atop the South African Airways ATP Rankings…He slipped to No. 2 on June 7 after Roland Garros where he lost in the quarter-finals to Soderling…Then went to No. 3 after Wimbledon on July 5 and was there for six weeks before returning to No. 2 on Aug. 16 (for four weeks)…Slipped to No. 3 on Sept. 13 and was there for five weeks before returning to No. 2 on Oct. 18 after Shanghai
• 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 Berdych in a third set tie-break (after holding match point) on Mar. 30…Opened year with a semi-final showing in Doha (l. to eventual champ Davydenko)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He is the all-time leader in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 match wins (223) and this year is 21-6… He surpassed Andre Agassi, who posted 209 wins from 1990-2006…Has a career record of 223-67 and has won 17 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles (17-12), along with Agassi (17), trailing only Nadal (18)
• He has won six different tournament titles – Hamburg (four times), Indian Wells (three times), Cincinnati (four times), Miami (twice), Toronto (twice) and Madrid (twice) and runner-up in three others – Monte Carlo (three times), Rome (twice) and Shanghai…The only final he hasn’t reached is Paris

Miscellaneous:
• The only player in the history of the ATP Rankings (since 1973) to finish No. 1 or 2 for seven straight years…Finished No. 2 in 2003 and No. 1 from 2004-07, ’09, and No. 2 again in ‘08
• The all-time men’s leader with 16 Grand Slam titles is one of 10 players in the Open Era with at least 700 career match wins…He is No. 9 with 737 match wins…Ilie Nastase is No. 8 with 755 wins
• Here with former ATP pro and Sampras mentor Paul Annacone…Also trains and travels part-time to tournaments with Swiss coach Severin Luthi

MELZER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 29-year-old Austrian reached the quarter-finals for the first time after posting a 76(6) 26 63 win over No. 7 seed David Ferrer on Thursday…He opened the tournament with a 63 76(6) victory over Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo
• His previous best result in Bercy was the third round in his debut in 2004 (l. to No. 7 Safin)

2010 Highlights:
W: Vienna (d Haider-Maurer); F: Hamburg (l Golubev); SF: Zagreb (l Cilic); Dubai (l Youzhny); Roland Garros (l Nadal); QF: Auckland (l Clement); Rotterdam (l Davydenko); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Almagro); Stuttgart (l Montanes); Umag (l Seppi); Bangkok (l Nieminen); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Monaco)

2010 in Review:
• The top Austrian in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings at a career-high No. 12 (since Oct. 11), comes in with a career-best 51-24 match record (30-14 on hard)…Prior to this week his last tournament was in his hometown of Vienna where he repeated his title on Oct. 31 (d. Haider-Maurer)
• It was his third career ATP World Tour title in his 10th final (3-7)…In July, he was runner-up in Hamburg (l. to Golubev) on clay
• Has a 5-7 mark vs. Top 10 opponents this season (11-43 in career) and trying to beat back-to-back Top 10s in the same tournament for the first time in his career (d. No. 7 Ferrer on Thursday)
• This is his 13th quarter-final or better and has a 5-7 mark in quarter-final matches…This is his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final…Last month in Shanghai, he posted the biggest win of his career over No. 1 Nadal in the 3rd Rd. before losing to Monaco…In May, he reached QFs in Madrid
• He also advanced to the semi-finals in Zagreb (l. to Cilic), Dubai (l. to Youzhny) and Roland Garros (l. to Nadal - best Grand Slam result)…Afterwards broke into the Top 20 for the first time at No. 16 (from No. 27) on June 7
• In July, he captured the Wimbledon doubles crown (w/Petzschner) and the duo are No. 11 in the ATP Doubles Team Ranking…They already have qualified for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London as a result of their first Grand Slam title and ranking in the Top 20…He is the only player on the ATP World Tour this year to rank in the Top 15 in singles (No. 12) and doubles (No. 6)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He is trying to become the first Austrian to reach a semi-final in an ATP Masters 1000 tournament since Thomas Muster at 1998 Indian Wells (l. to Rusedski)
• Has a 37-44 record and this is his fifth quarter-final – ‘04 Hamburg, ‘04 Toronto, and this year in Madrid and Shanghai

Miscellaneous:
• The left-hander won his last ATP World Tour title in his hometown Vienna last October (d. Cilic)
• Girlfriend Mirna Jukic is a pro swimmer and coached by former Swedish Top 10 ATP pro Joakim Nystrom

(3) Andy Murray (GBR) vs (12) Gael Monfils (FRA) Murray Leads 3-1
06 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay R64 Andy Murray 6-4 6-1
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Gael Monfils 6-4 6-7(2) 1-6 6-2 6-1
08 ATP Masters Series Madrid (Spain) Hard QF Andy Murray 6-2 6-2
10 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto Hard R16 Andy Murray 6-2 0-6 6-3

	Murray	Monfils
Age (Birthdate)	23 (May 15, 1987)	24 (September 1, 1986)
Residence	London, England	Nyon, Switzerland
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 4 (No. 2 – Aug. 17, 2009)	No. 14 (No. 9 – March 2, 2009)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard)	44-15 (32-9)	43-18 (33-12)
2010 Finals W-L	2-2	1-2
Career Finals W-L	16-8	3-9
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’10 Shanghai/’10 Shanghai	’10 Montpellier/’10 Montpellier
2010 Tie-Break W-L	10-12	17-13
Paris W-L (Best Result)	8-4 (QF – 2007-08, ’10)	8-4 (Finalist – 2009)
Coach	None	Roger Rasheed

MURRAY FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 23-year-old Scot is making his third quarter-final appearance in five years (8-4 mark)…His best results are back-to-back QFs in 2007 (l. to Gasquet) and 2008 (l. to Nalbandian); He also reached 3rd Rd. in debut in 2006 (l. to Hrbaty) and last year (l. to Stepanek)
• This week defeated ’07 champion David Nalbandian 26 64 63 and No. 13 seed Marin Cilic 76(6) 36 63

2010 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (d Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (d Federer); F: Australian Open (l Federer); Los Angeles (l Querrey); SF: Wimbledon (l Nadal); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Soderling); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Ferrer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Fish); Beijing (l Ljubicic)

2010 in Review:
• The World No. 4 is appearing in his 10th quarter-final or better of the season and comes in with a 44-15 match record (32-9 on hard courts)…Has a 20-6 mark in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 play and making his sixth QF showing (or better) in nine Masters 1000 events
• Will move to No. 3 going into London if he reaches the final here
• Last Sunday he captured his first career ATP World Tour doubles title in Valencia with older brother Jamie on Sunday…In singles, he lost in the second round to Juan Monaco in three sets
• Prior to last week, he captured his sixth career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Shanghai on Oct. 17 (d. Federer)…He did not drop a set in five matches…He owns a 2-2 mark in finals
• In August he captured his first ATP World Tour title of the year in Toronto where he beat former World No. 3 David Nalbandian (QF), No. 1 Nadal (SF) and No. 3 Federer (F) in straight sets…It was his fifth career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown and first title since Nov. 8, 2009 in Valencia (d. Youzhny)
• He became the fifth player to beat Nadal and Federer in the same tournament, joining Nikolay Davydenko (twice), Nalbandian (twice), Juan Martin del Potro and Djokovic
• He is one of five players to qualify for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, joining Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Soderling thus far in the eight-player field…This will be the third straight year he’s in the finale
• He was a semi-finalist at Wimbledon for the second straight year (l. to Nadal) and runner-up on Aug. 1 in Los Angeles (l. to Querrey after holding a match point)
• 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

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 93-37 career match record (20-6 this season) and 6-1 mark in finals…Won his first two titles 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 in Indian Wells

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
• Has a 16-8 career record in ATP World Tour finals and his 16 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

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Tournament Highlights:
• The Frenchman opened the tournament with a 76(4) 64 win over German qualifier Benjamin Becker on Tuesday and then saved two match points in a 67(4) 76(2) 75 victory over No. 6 seed Fernando Verdasco…Has an 8-4 career mark in Bercy
• Last year he reached his first final here, falling he lost to Novak Djokovic in a third set tie-break…Along the way he defeated No. 13 seed Radek Stepanek in the semi-finals, No. 12 seed Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals and countrymen Julien Benneteau and David Guez

2010 Highlights:
W: Montpellier (d Ljubicic); F: Stuttgart (l Montanes); Tokyo (l Nadal); SF: Brisbane (l Stepanek); Johannesburg (l Lopez); QF: Rotterdam (l Youzhny); Marseille (l Benneteau); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Nice (l Starace); US Open (l Djokovic); Valencia (l Soderling)

2010 in Review:
• The No. 2 Frenchman (behind No. 13 Tsonga) is making his 12th ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) appearance this season…He is 5-6 in QF matches…Last week he was a quarter-finalist in Valencia (l. to Soderling)
• The previous week he captured his first ATP World Tour title of the year and the third in his career (3-9) in Montpellier (d. Ljubicic)…In July, he was runner-up in Stuttgart (retired vs. Montanes - w/right ankle injury) and last month he reached the final in Tokyo (l. to Nadal)
• He is one of four French winners on the ATP World Tour this year, joining Michael Llodra-2, Richard Gasquet-1 and Gilles Simon-1
• Has a 43-18 match record (most career wins) this year (33-12 on hard) and has won at least 40 matches for second straight year (42 in ’09)…Has a 2-5 mark this season against Top 10 opponents (16-31 in career)
• Was sidelined for two months between March and May w/left hand injury
• Began year at No. 13 and is now No. 14 (has hovered between No. 12 and No. 20 all season)
• Career-high is No. 9 (set March 2, 2009); has had 14 career weeks inside Top 10 (all within 15-week span between February 23 and June 7, 2009)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 38-37 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 ‘06 (d. No. 5 Roddick in QF, l. to No. 2 Nadal) and QFs in Madrid in ’08 and this year

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 15 for second straight year; season highlighted by second career ATP World Tour title in Metz (d. Kohlschreiber in final) and making debut in Top 10
• His best Grand Slam result was the semi-finals at Roland Garros in 2008 (l. to Federer) and following year he advanced to the quarter-finals in Paris (l. to Federer again)