This is the first time since the inaugural year in 1993 at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open the top four seeds are in the semi-finals. That year No. 1 Stefan Edberg, No. 2 Goran Ivanisevic, No. 3 Boris Becker and No. 4 Andrei Cherkasov reached the semi-finals. Becker defeated Ivanisevic in the final. There's never been a No. 1-2 seeded final in Doha.

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The last time the top four seeds reached the semi-finals in an ATP World Tour tournament was at the Rogers Cup in Toronto last summer. The remaining semi-finalists have combined to win 24 of 25 sets this week with Nadal the only player to drop a set.

In the first semi-final, No. 2 and 2005-06 champion Roger Federer takes a 2-1 mark (all on hard courts) against No. 3 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Federer won the last meeting 62 63 62 in the semi-finals at last year’s Australian Open en route to his 16th career Grand Slam title.

In the second semi-final, World No. 1 Rafael Nadal looks to even his record (4-5) against No. 4 seed and defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, who has won the past three encounters. This is their first meeting since last year’s final here where the Russian saved two match points and prevailed 06 76(8) 64.

Nadal is also in the doubles final with countryman Marc Lopez. They are trying to capture their second Doha title in three years on Friday as they face Italians Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi.

Friday Semi-finals FedEx ATP Head 2 Head – In Order of Play

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(3) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs (2) Roger Federer (SUI) Federer Leads 2-1
08 ATP Masters Series Madrid (Spain) Hard R16 Roger Federer 6-4 6-1
09 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal(Canada)Hard QF Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(5)1-6 7-6(3)
10 Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-2 6-3 6-2

Tsonga FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Australian Open (l Federer); Marseille (l Benneteau); Montpellier (l Monfils); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Barcelona (l de Bakker); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Ferrer); Wimbledon (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Murray)
YTD W-L: 3-0
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: April 17, 1985
South African Airways 2011 ATP Ranking: 13

• Tsonga, 25, the No. 2 Frenchman on the ATP World Tour (behind No. 12 Monfils), has yet to drop a set in three matches en route to the semi-finals, defeating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 62 60 in 59 minutes in the first round, wild card Sergei Bubka 62 64 in the second round and No. 7 seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 76(4) 76(9) in the quarter-finals…Has held serve 26 of 28 games and No. 2 in return games won (36%, 10 of 28 games) and No. 3 in aces with 31
• His last ATP World Tour final/title came in Tokyo in October 2009 when he defeated Youzhny…Has a 5-1 career mark in finals with his only loss coming in ’08 Australian Open (l. to Djokovic)
• Last season he compiled a 31-16 match record (19-10 on hard) and his best results were three semi-finals – Montpellier (l. to Monfils) in October and the Australian Open (d. No. 3 Djokovic in QF, l. to Federer) and Marseille (l. to Benneteau) in February…Also a five-time quarter-finalist during the season
• Has a 15-19 career match record against Top 10 opponents (1-5 last year)
• Was sidelined for three months and missed summer hard court circuit (incl. US Open) with left knee patella tear…Returned to action in October in Tokyo (fell 1st Rd. to Nieminen)
• In 2008, ranked a year-end best No. 6 and began the season by reaching his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open (l. to Djokovic)

Federer FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Australian Open (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Fish); Stockholm (d Mayer); Basel (d Djokovic); Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (d Nadal); 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); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (l Monfils); QF: Roland Garros (l Soderling); Wimbledon (l Berdych)
YTD W-L: 3-0
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 66
Date of Birth: August 8, 1981
South African Airways 2011 ATP Ranking: 2

• Federer, 29, improved his career mark to 21-3 in Doha after beating No. 6 seed Viktor Troicki 62 62 on Thursday…Also defeated countryman Marco Chiudinelli 76(5) 75 on Wednesday and in the first round saved all six break points he faced and three set points (in first) in his 76(3) 63 win over Dutch qualifier Thomas Schoorel on Tuesday…Won back-to-back titles in 2005 (d. Ljubicic) and ’06 (d. Monfils)…Has reached the quarter-finals or better in all six showings…Has held serve 30 of 31 games (97%) and saved six of seven break points ( 86%) and No. 2 in second serve points won (67%)
• Last season compiled a 5-4 record in finals, capping the season by capturing his fifth year-end championship at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (d. Nadal)… Has won at least four titles for eight straight years and at least one for 10 consecutive years
• The only player to finish in Top 2 South African Airways ATP Rankings for eight straight years (No. 1 from 2004-07, ’09 and No. 2 in 2003, ’08, ’10)
• Since his QF loss at Wimbledon, finished with a 34-4 record during an eight tournament span, reaching six finals (incl. here)…Also was 21-2 after US Open…His 66 career titles is No. 4 on Open Era titles list
• On June 7 dropped to No. 2, having been No. 1 for 285 weeks (one week shy of equalling Sampras' all-time record)...On grass in Halle reached final (l. to Hewitt), which ended a 15-match winning streak against his Aussie rival…It also ended a 29-match Halle win streak
• Returned as defending champion at Wimbledon, where he lost to Berdych in quarter-finals…It was first time since 2002 he didn’t reach final at All England Club...On July 5, he dropped to No. 3 ranking for first time since Nov. 10, 2003 for six weeks
• The following week he snapped a seven month title drought by winning ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati for fourth time (d. Fish in his 90th tour-level final)…Became first player to win back-to-back titles in Cincinnati since Agassi in 1995-96…It was also his 17th ATP Masters 1000 trophy, tying him with Agassi and one short of Nadal
• At US Open, advanced to SFs although he squandered two match points in fifth set loss to Djokovic in three hours, 44 minutes…Afterwards fell to No. 3 on Sept. 13 (for five weeks)
• Returned following month at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai where he lost to Murray in final…Returned to No. 2 on Oct. 18…Then made his first appearance in Stockholm in 10 years and won his 64th tour-level title over German Florian Mayer…It was 18th different country he has won a tour level title…In addition, became first active player to reach 900 career singles matches played
• Two weeks later he won his fourth career title in his hometown of Basel (d. Djokovic)…In final ATP asters 1000 event in Paris, his season-high 12-match winning streak came to an end in SFs against Gael Monfils as he lost in three tie-breaks (after holding five match points)…It was his fourth loss during year after holding match point

(1) Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs (4) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) Davydenko Leads 5-4
06 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Rafael Nadal 5-7 6-4  6-4
07 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-6(3)6-7(8) 6-4
08 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard F Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Paris (France) Hard QF Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 ret
09 Barcelona (Spain) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
09 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard F Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(3)6-3
09 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals  Hard RR Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 7-6(4)
10 Doha (Qatar) Hard F Nikolay Davydenko 0-6 7-6(8) 6-4

Nadal FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Verdasco); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (d Ferrer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (d Federer); Roland Garros (d Soderling); Wimbledon (d Berdych); US Open (d Djokovic); Tokyo (d Monfils); F: Doha (l Davydenko); Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (l Federer); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Ljubicic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l Murray); Bangkok (l Garcia-Lopez); QF: Australian Open (l Murray); London / Queen's Club (l Lopez); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Baghdatis)
YTD W-L: 3-0
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 43
Date of Birth: June 3, 1986
South African Airways 2011 ATP Ranking: 1

• Nadal, 24, improved his career mark to 11-3 in Doha with a 76(3) 63 victory over No. 5 seed Ernests Gulbis on Thursday…In the second round posted a 76(3) 06 63 win over top Slovak Lukas Lacko on Wednesday…It was the 10th time he lost a 6-0 set in 575 matches…He made his ’11 debut in singles  Tuesday with a 63 60 victory over Karol Beck…Also playing in the doubles final (w/Marc Lopez)…Last year reached the final here (l. to Davydenko) …Leader in return games won (38%, 12 of 32)
• The Mallorcan native is coming off his second year-end ATP World Tour No. 1 ranking in three years…He led the ATP World Tour with a 7-2 mark in finals…He’s won at least five titles for six straight years and last season he compiled a 71-10 match record
• On Sept. 13, he captured his first US Open title and became seventh man in history to complete a career Grand Slam, youngest player in Open Era to win all four Grand Slam titles and first player to win three straight Grand Slam titles in same year since 1969 when Rod Laver pulled off Grand Slam
• He went 22-0 in spring clay court season, becoming first player to win a “Clay Slam” in a season, winning three ATP Masters 1000 titles (Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid) along with Roland Garros for fifth time in six years (d. Soderling)…He returned to No. 1 on June 7 and stayed there rest of season
• He opened first three months with a 16-4 mark without a title before winning 55 of his next 61 matches from second week in April at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (d. Verdasco) until his runner-up showing at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London (l. to Federer)
• At Roland Garros, he became second man (after Borg) in history to win five or more French titles…Did not drop a set during fortnight…The Spaniard's 24-match winning streak came to an end in QFs at Queen’s in London (l. to F. Lopez)
• He returned to action at Wimbledon, where he won his second title at All England Club…He defeated first-time major finalist Tomas Berdych in straight sets in final and became first Spaniard in history to win Wimbledon title twice
• His streak of reaching QFs or better in 15 straight tournaments ended in Shanghai where he lost to Jurgen Melzer in 3rd Rd…He earned an all-time record $10,171,998

Davydenko FastFacts:
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); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (l Llodra)
YTD W-L: 3-0
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 20
Date of Birth: June 2, 1981
South African Airways 2011 ATP Ranking: 22

• Davydenko, 29, the reigning champion, has a 19-6 career mark in Doha…On Thursday he beat big-serving Ivo Karlovic 63 75 and in the second round defeated Jarkko Nieminen 64 75…He opened with a 61 64 win over Italian Fabio Fognini on Monday…Has held serve 29 of 31 games
• Last year beat No. 1 Federer in the semi-finals and No. 2 Nadal in the final (saving two match points)…He dropped only one set en route to his 20th career ATP World Tour title…Has won at least one title for eight straight years and has a career mark of 20-5 in finals, winning last six title matches
• Last season he compiled a 30-19 match record (26-14 on hard) and he reached the quarter-finals or better nine times…Finished No. 22, breaking a streak of five straight years in Top 10
• After winning Doha title, 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

DOUBLES FINAL - M. LOPEZ-NADAL TAKE ON BRACCIALI-SEPPI IN TITLE MATCH
No. 3 seeds Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal will be bidding to win their third ATP World Tour doubles title together and second in Doha (2009) as they face the unseeded Italian duo of Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi.

Lopez and Nadal, who last March won the title at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, have not dropped a set en route to their third final together. They have a career match record of 15-3 since their debut here two years ago.  Lopez is 4-2 lifetime in ATP World Tour doubles finals (3-1 last season) while Nadal is 6-3 in his career. He's looking to win a doubles title for the fourth straight year.

Bracciali and Seppi are teaming up together for the first time since August 2006 in Cincinnati and prior to this week they were 0-2 in two tournaments. Bracciali has a 2-1 record in ATP World Tour doubles finals, with his last trophy coming with Potito Starace at the St Petersburg Open in October last year. Seppi is 0-3 in doubles finals, including two runner-up finishes last year in Tokyo (w/Tursunov) and Bastad (w/Vagnozzi).

POTENTIAL FedEx ATP Head 2 Head FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS –

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Roger Federer (SUI)        Nadal Leads 14-8
04 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3
05 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard F Roger Federer   2-6  6-7(4) 7-6(5)  6-3  6-1
05 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal         6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3
06 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Rafael Nadal 2-6 6-4 6-4
06 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay F Rafael Nadal           6-2 6-7(2)6-3 7-6(5)
06 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay F Rafael Nadal   6-7(0) 7-6(5) 6-4  2-6  7-6(5)
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal            1-6   6-1 6-4  7-6(4)
06 Wimbledon (England) Grass F Roger Federer          6-0  7-6(5)  6-7(2) 6-3
06 Tennis Masters Cup (China)  Hard (I) SF Roger Federer 6-4 7-5
07 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
07 ATP Masters Series Hamburg  Clay F Roger Federer 2-6 6-2 6-0
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal           6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4
07 Wimbledon (England) Grass F Roger Federer 7-6(7)4-6 7-6(3) 2-6 6-2
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China)  Hard (I) SF Roger Federer 6-4 6-1
08 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-5
08 ATP Masters Series Hamburg  Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-7(3)6-3
08 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3 6-008 08 Wimbledon (England) Grass F Rafael Nadal     6-4  6-4 6-7(5) 6-7(8)9-7
09 Australian Open (Australia) Hard F Rafael Nadal       7-5 3-6  7-6(3)3-6 6-2
09 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay F Roger Federer 6-4 6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay    F   Rafael Nadal     6-4   7-6(5)
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I)    F   Roger Federer     6-3   3-6   6-1
 
Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)  Nadal Leads 5-1
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 7-6(3) 6-2 6-1
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2 6-3 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells  Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-7(4)7-6(3) 7-5
09 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Hard QF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris  Hard QF Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-5
10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard QF Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)  Davydenko Leads 2-0
07 Moscow (Russia) Hard R32 Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 6-2
08 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Nikolay Davydenko 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Roger Federer (SUI)  Federer Leads 14-2
02 Milan (Italy) Carpet R16 Roger Federer 6-3 6-7(4) 7-5
04 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Roger Federer 6-2 3-6  7-5
04 Athens Olympics (Greece) Hard R64 Roger Federer 6-3 5-7   6-1
05 Doha (Qatar) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-3 6-4
05 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Hard QF Roger Federer 7-5 7-5
05 ATP Masters Series Hamburg  Clay SF Roger Federer 6-3 6-4
06 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Roger Federer 6-4 3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(5)
06 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-1 7-5 6-4
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Roger Federer 7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(7)
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roger Federer 7-5 6-1 7-5
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Roger Federer 6-4 6-3
08 Estoril (Portugal) Clay F Roger Federer 7-6(5)1-2 ret
09 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals  Hard SF Nikolay Davydenko 6-2 4-6 7-5
10 Doha (Qatar) Hard SF Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 6-4
10 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Roger Federer 2-6 6-3 6-0 7-5
10 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Hard QF Roger Federer 6-4 7-5