MONTPELLIER  PREVIEW –  BERDYCH, FRENCH TRIO, AMONG SIX TOP 25 ENTRIES

The Open Sud de France, one of two indoor hard court tournaments this week kicking off the ATP World Tour European circuit, features an outstanding field with six of the Top 25 players in the South African Airways ATP Rankings. The tournament was held two years ago in October in Montpellier, one of the fastest-growing cities in France over the past 25 years, and was not held last year due to moving to late January on the calendar.

The tournament, which relocated from Lyon (1987-2009) to the multi-purpose venue called the ARENA, has a total capacity of 14,000 and seating for 7,500 for tennis.

There are nine Frenchmen in the main draw (not including qualifiers). The top seed is World No. 7 Tomas Berdych, who reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Open for the second straight year.

The Czech Republic native is joined by the French trio of No. 2 seed Gilles Simon, No. 3 Gael Monfils, who won the title here two years ago, and No. 4 Richard Gasquet. They all have 1R byes.

The other seeds are: No. 5 Feliciano Lopez of Spain, No. 6 Florian Mayer of Germany, No. 7 Philipp Kohlschreiber and No. 8 Jarkko Nieminen of Finland.

On Monday’s opening schedule, there are four final round qualifying matches, all involving Frenchmen, and three main draw singles matches. The first match on Court Central features 21-year-olds Guillaume Rufin, a French wild card entry, and No. 2 Canadian, Vasek Pospisil in a first-time ATP  World Tour meeting. In 2009, Rufin won 63 61 in the 1R of a Polish Challenger. In the next match, former World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko, a wild card, looks for his second win against Frenchman Stephane Robert. On Court 1, No. 6 seed Florian Mayer meets Gilles Muller for the first time.

TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
CITY:   Montpellier, France
VENUE:  Arena Montpellier
DATE:   January 30-February 5, 2012
CATEGORY:  ATP World Tour 250
PRIZE MONEY:  € 398,250
DRAW:   28 singles / 16 doubles
SURFACE:  Hard
SINGLES FINAL:  Sunday, February 5, at 2:30 p.m.
DOUBLES FINAL: Sunday, February 5, at 12:30 p.m.
FIRST HELD:  1987 (in Lyon)
    
2010 FINALS (not held in 2011)
Singles – (3) Gael Monfils (FRA) d. (4) Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
Doubles –  Huss-Hutchins-(4) M. Lopez-Schwank 6-2, 4-6, 10-7

A LOOK AT THE DRAW
Singles: Player Record  Best Finish 
1 Tomas Berdych (CZE)  Debut 
2 Gilles Simon (FRA)   9-5 SF-'09,08
3 Gael Monfils (FRA)   8-1 W-'10
4 Richard Gasquet (FRA)  8-4 W-'06
5 Feliciano Lopez (ESP)  1-2 R16-'04
6 Florian Mayer (GER)   1-1 R16-'06
7 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  Debut  
8 Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)  2-1 QF-'10

Wildcards: Nikolay Davydenko, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Guillaume Rufin
Youngest: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (21 years, 3 months)
Oldest:  Michael Russell (33 years, 9 months)
Top Country Breakdown: France 9, Germany 4, Russia 2, Spain 2
* Does not include qualifiers

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS ATP RANKINGS POINTS / PRIZE MONEY 
Singles   W  F       SF        QF       R16    R28       
Rankings Pts.    250   150    90         45        20       0 
Prize Money   €71,900   37,860  20,510 11,685  6,885 4,080  
 
Doubles  W F          SF       QF       R16
Rankings Pts.   250  150      90        45        0                    
Prize Money    €21,800  11,480 6,220   3,560   2,090 

Doubles Seeded Teams (Tournament record, best finish - year) 
1 Fleming / Hutchins  Debut
2 Cermak / Dlouhy  Debut 
3 Hanley / J Murray  Debut  
4 Marx / Shamasdin  Debut
 
MONDAY FIRST ROUND FedEx ATP Head 2 Head – In Order of Play by Court

Court Central

(WC) Guillaume Rufin (FRA) vs Vasek Pospisil (CAN) First ATP Meeting
Other Meeting:
09 Bytom CH (Poland) Clay R32 Guillaume Rufin 6-3 6-1

Rufin FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-0
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 26, 1990
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 228

Pospisil FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: June 23, 1990
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 120

Stephane Robert (FRA) vs (WC) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) Davydenko Leads 1-0
10 Umag (Croatia) Clay R16 Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 6-2

Robert FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 17, 1980
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 115

Davydenko FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
W: Munich (d Mayer); F: Doha (l Federer); SF: Moscow (l Tipsarevic); QF: Kuala Lumpur (l Tipsarevic); Valencia (l Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 0-2
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 21
Date of Birth: June 2, 1981
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 52

Court 1

Gilles Muller (LUX) vs (6) Florian Mayer (GER)    First Meeting

OTHER FIRST ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS * – To be played Tuesday & Wednesday

In Draw Order –

Albert Ramos (ESP) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA)   First Meeting

Olivier Rochus (BEL) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  Tied 2-2
04 Munich (Germany) Clay R16 Olivier Rochus 7-6(4) 6-2
07 BEL v. GER WG Qtrs (Belgium) Clay RR Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 7-5 7-6(4)
07 ATP World Team Chp. (Germany) Clay RR Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 1-6 6-1
12 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard SF Olivier Rochus 6-7(4) 6-1 6-4

Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER)  First Meeting

Michael Russell (USA) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA)  Russell Leads 1-0
11 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Michael Russell 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)    First Meeting

 * Does not include qualifiers

ZAGREB PREVIEW – FOUR FORMER CHAMPS IN DRAW, LED BY CROATS LJUBICIC, DODIG 

The PBZ Zagreb Indoors, one of two European indoor tournaments on the ATP World Tour taking place this week, are led by top seed and 2006 champion Ivan Ljubicic, who also was runner-up in 2007-08.

Other seeds in the field are: No.2 Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia,  No. 3 Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, No. 4 and reigning champion Ivan Dodig of Croatia, No. 5 Andreas Seppi of Italy, No. 6 and 2007 winner Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, No. 7 Robin Haase of the Netherlands and No. 8 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia. All eight seeds have reached the quarter-finals or better in the past in Zagreb. While there are three seeded Croats, the three wild cards are also Croats.

One year ago Dodig broke through to become the first of 10 first-time winners on the ATP World Tour during the season. He joined countrymen Marin Cilic (2009-10) and Ljubicic (2006) as native winners.

On Monday’s schedule, there are four final round qualifying and five first round main draw matches. Leading off Centre Court play is Italian Potito Starace against top Slovakian Lukas Lacko, who is coming off a third round showing at the Australian Open (l. to Nadal). In the next match, top seed and local favorite Ljubicic, takes a 2-1 career mark against No. 2 Slovakian Karol Beck. Ljubicic has a 16-5 career mark in Zagreb and he split the two previous indoor meetings against Beck. In the final match, No. 7 Haase meets Croat wild card Kristijan Mesaros, who is making his ATP World Tour debut.

TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
CITY:   Zagreb, Croatia
VENUE:  Dom Sportova
DATE:   January 30-February 5, 2012
CATEGORY:  ATP World Tour 250
PRIZE MONEY:  €398,250
DRAW:   32 singles / 16 doubles
SURFACE:  Hard
SINGLES FINAL:  Sunday, February 5, following doubles
DOUBLES FINAL: Sunday, February 5, at 2:00 p.m.
FIRST HELD:  2006

2011 FINALS
Singles –  Ivan Dodig (CRO) d. (8) Michael Berrer (GER) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles – (2) Norman-Tecau d. (1) Granollers-M. Lopez 6-3, 6-4
 
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS/FINALISTS
2011 Ivan Dodig/Michae Berrer
2010 Marin Cilic/Michael Berrer
2009 Marin Cilic/Mario Ancic
2008 Sergiy Stakhovsky/Ivan Ljubicic
2007 Marcos Baghdatis/Ivan Ljubicic
2006 Ivan Ljubicic/Stefan Koubek        

A LOOK AT THE DRAW
Seeded Players (Tournament record, best finish - year)
1 Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)    16-5 W-'06
2 Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)   2-1 QF-'11
3 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)   5-3 SF-'07
4 Ivan Dodig (CRO)    8-2 W-'11
5 Andreas Seppi (ITA)    2-4 QF-'06
6 Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)   5-0 W-'07
7 Robin Haase (NED)    2-1 QF-'08
8 Ivo Karlovic (CRO)    6-6 QF-'10,06

Wildcards: Dino Marcan, Kristijan Mesaros, Antonio Veic  (Not including qualifiers)
Youngest: Dino Marcan (20 years, 11 months) 
Oldest:  Ivo Karlovic (32 years, 11 months)
Top Country Breakdown:Croatia 6, Germany 5, Italy 2, Russia 2, Slovak Republic 2, Slovenia 2
Former Champions in Draw (4):Ivan Dodig (2011), Sergiy Stakhovsky (2008), Marcos Baghdatis (2007), Ivan Ljubicic (2006)
Former Finalists in Draw (2): Michael Berrer (2010-11), Ljubicic (2007-08)

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS ATP RANKINGS POINTS / PRIZE MONEY 
Singles   W  F       SF       QF       R16    R32       
Rankings Pts.    250   150    90        45        20       0 
Prize Money     €68,220 35,920  19,460 11,085 6,530 3,870  
 
Doubles  W F          SF       QF       R16
Rankings Pts.   250  150      90        45        0                    
Prize Money    €21,800  11,480 6,220  3,560   2,090 

Seeded Doubles Teams: (Team record, best finish - year) 
1. Melzer / Peya     Debut
2. Erlich / Ram         3-2 SF - ‘07
3. Cerretani / Norman     Debut
4. Kubot / Stakhovsky     Debut

DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
2011 Dick Norman/Horia Tecau
2010 Jurgen Melzer/Philipp Petzschner
2009 Martin Damm/Robert Lindstedt
2008 Paul Hanley /Jordan Kerr
2007 Michael Kohlmann /Alexander Waske
2006 Jaroslav Levinsky /Michal Mertinak  
  
MONDAY FIRST ROUND FedEx ATP Head 2 Head – In Order of Play by Court

Centre Court

Potito Starace (ITA) vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)   First Meeting

Starace FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
F: Casablanca (l Andujar); SF: Santiago (l Giraldo); QF: Sydney (l Mayer); Costa Do Sauipe (l Dolgopolov); Munich (l Petzschner); Bastad (l Soderling); Umag (l Fognini); St. Petersburg (l Tipsarevic)
YTD W-L: 1-2
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: July 14, 1981
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 58

Lacko FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 2-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: November 3, 1987
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 97

(1)Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs Karol Beck (SVK)  Ljubicic Leads 2-1
04 Milan (Italy) Carpet R32 Karol Beck 6-4 6-4
04 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R64 Ivan Ljubicic 6-2 5-7 6-3
05 Milan (Italy) Carpet QF Ivan Ljubicic 6-7(4) 6-0 6-2

Ljubicic FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
F: Metz (l Tsonga); SF: Rotterdam (l Tsonga); Beijing (l Cilic); QF: Zagreb (l Dodig); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal)
YTD W-L: 0-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 10
Date of Birth: March 19, 1979
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 32

Beck FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:  QF: Johannesburg (l Anderson)
YTD W-L: 0-2
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: April 3, 1982
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 100

(7)Robin Haase (NED) vs (WC) Kristijan Mesaros (CRO)  First Meeting

Haase FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
W: Kitzbuehel (d Montanes); SF: Winston-Salem (l Benneteau); QF: Chennai (l Wawrinka); Nice (l Hanescu)
YTD W-L: 0-2
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: April 6, 1987
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 62

Mesaros FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-0
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: July 2, 1988
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 295

Court 1

Matthias Bachinger (GER) vs Izak Van der Merwe (RSA)  First Meeting

Daniel Brands (GER) vs (5) Andreas Seppi (ITA)  First Meeting

OTHER FIRST ROUND MATCHES – To be played Tuesday or Wednesday (not incl. qualifiers)

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)  Youzhny Leads 2-1
09 Moscow (Russia) Hard QF Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-3
10 Doha (Qatar) Hard R32 Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6(11) 6-2
11 St. Petersburg (Russia) Hard R32 Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 7-6(7)

Antonio Veic (CRO) vs Grega Zemlja (SLO)   First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
10 Caltanissetta CH (Italy) Clay QF Grega Zemlja 6-2    6-2
11 Rijeka CH (Croatia) Clay R16 Grega Zemlja 6-4 6-3

Dudi Sela (ISR) vs Andreas Beck (GER)   First ATP Meeting
Other Meeting:
11 Nottingham-2 CH (Great Britain) Hard R16 Dudi Sela 6-3 6-1

Blaz Kavcic (SLO) vs Ivo Karlovic (CRO)    First Meeting

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE)        First Meeting

Marsel Ilhan (TUR) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)        First Meeting

Dino Marcan (CRO) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)  First ATP Meeting
Other Meeting:
11 Zagreb Q (Croatia) Hard -- Alex Bogomolov Jr. 4-6 6-2 6-2

VINA DEL PAR PREVIEW – FOUR-TIME CHAMP GONZALEZ RETURNS; ARGENTINE DUO TOP SEEDS

The VTR Open returns to Viña del Mar after a two-year stint in Santiago. It is the first clay-court tournament of the ATP World Tour season and also the opening leg of the four-tournament swing through Latin America.

Four-time champion and former World No. 5 Fernando Gonzalez, who enters with a 31-6 career mark in the event, is one of three Chileans in the main draw along with 2006-07 finalist Nicolas Massu and Paul Capdeville, also wild card entries. Gonzalez,  who has been bothered by a knee injury over the past year, is making his season debut.

The top seeds are Argentines Juan Ignacio Chela and  Juan Monaco, a two-time finalist (2008, ’106). The other seeds are: No. 3 Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil, a champion two years ago, followed by No. 4 Pablo Andujar of Spain, No. 5 Albert Montanes of Spain, No. 6 and last year’s runner-up Santiago Giraldo of Colombia, No. 7 Carlos Berlocq of Argentina, and No. 8 Filippo Volandri of Italy.

On Monday’s schedule, there are four final round qualifying matches and three singles main draw matches. The first main draw match features No. 8 seed Volandri of Italy, a semi-finalist in 2005, against Brazilian Joao Souza.Volandri won the previous meeting in Bucharest last September.

The second match is a first-time ATP World Tour meeting between Leonardo Mayer of Argentina and No. 6 seed/last year’s finalist Giraldo of Colombia. They split two past Challenger meetings. In the final match, local wild card Paul Capdeville meets Russian Igor Andreev for the first time. Capdeville is making his eighth tournament appearance (4-7) and his best result was the quarter-finals in 2009.

TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
CITY:   Vina del Mar, Chile
VENUE:  Club Naval de Campo Las Salinas
DATE:   January 30-February 5, 2012
CATEGORY:  ATP World Tour 250
PRIZE MONEY:  $398,250
DRAW:   28 singles / 16 doubles
SURFACE:  Clay
SINGLES FINAL:  Sunday, February 5, at 7:00 p.m.
DOUBLES FINAL: Saturday, February 4, at 5:00 p.m.
FIRST HELD:  1993 (held in Santiago from 1993-2000, except ’99, 2010-11), Vina del Mar (2001-09)

2011 FINALS
Singles – (6) Tommy Robredo (ESP) d. (8) Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(5)
Doubles – (3) Melo-Soares  d. (1) Kubot-Marach 6-3, 7-6(3)

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS/FINALISTS (since 2000)
2011 Tommy Robredo/Santiago Giraldo
2010 Thomaz Bellucci/Juan Monaco
2009 Fernando Gonzalez/Jose Acasuso
2008 Fernando Gonzalez/Juan Monaco
2007 Luis Horna/Nicolas Massu
2006 Jose Acasuso/Nicolas Massu
2005 Gaston Gaudio/Fernando Gonzalez
2004 Fernando Gonzalez/Gustavo Kuerten
2003 David Sanchez/Marcelo Rios
2002 Fernando Gonzalez/Nicolas Lapentti
2001 Guillermo Coria/Gaston Gaudio
2000 Gustavo Kuerten/Mariano Puerta
 *Bold denotes past champions / runners-up in 2012 draw

A LOOK AT THE DRAW
Seeded Players (Tournament record, best finish - year)
1 Juan Monaco (ARG)   10-5 F-'10,08
2 Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)  6-8 QF-'11,09
3 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)  8-2 W-'10
4 Pablo Andujar (ESP)   1-2 R16-'11
5 Albert Montanes (ESP)  10-7 SF-'07,03
6 Santiago Giraldo (COL)  4-1 F-'11
7 Carlos Berlocq (ARG)   4-4 QF-'08,07
8 Filippo Volandri (ITA)   5-3 SF-'05

Wildcards: Paul Capdeville, Fernando Gonzalez, Nicolas Massu
Youngest: Joao Souza (23 years, 7 months)  
Oldest:  Juan Ignacio Chela (32 years, 5 months)
Top Country Breakdown: Argentina 6, Spain 4, Brazil 3, Chile 3, France 2, Italy 2
Former Champions in Draw (2): Thomaz Bellucci (2010), Fernando Gonzalez (2002, ’04, ’08-09)
Former Finalists in Draw (4): Santiago Giraldo (2011), Juan Monaco (2008), Nicolas Massu (2006-07), Gonzalez (2005)
* Does not include qualifiers
   
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS ATP RANKINGS POINTS / PRIZE MONEY 
Singles   W  F       SF       QF       R16    R28       
Rankings Pts.    250   150    90        45        20       0 
Prize Money     $71,900 37,860  20,510 11,685 6,885 4,080 
 
Doubles  W F         SF       QF       R16
Rankings Pts.   250  150     90        45        0                    
Prize Money     $21,800 11,480 6,220  3,560   2,090 

Seeded Doubles Teams: (Team record, best finish - year) 
1. Sa/Soares       Debut  
2. Cabal/Farah      Debut
3. Marrero/Riba     Debut
4. Andujar/Berlocq     Debut
 
DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (since 2000)
2011 Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares (playing with different partners)
2010 Lukasz Kubot/Oliver Marach
2009  Pablo Cuevas/Brian Dabul
2008 Jose Acasuso /Sebastian Prieto
2007 Paul Capdeville/Oscar Hernandez
2006 Jose Acasuso /Sebastian Prieto
2005 David Ferrer /Santiago Ventura
2004 Juan Ignacio Chela /Gaston Gaudio
2003 Agustin Calleri /Mariano Hood
2002 Gaston Etlis /Martin Rodriguez
2001 Lucas Arnold Ker /Tomas Carbonell
2000 Gustavo Kuerten /Antonio Prieto
 *Bold denotes past champions in 2012 draw

MONDAY FIRST ROUND FedEx ATP Head 2 Head – In Order of Play by Court

Central Court

(8) Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs Joao Souza (BRA) Volandri Leads 1-0
11 Bucharest (Romania) Clay QF Filippo Volandri 6-2 6-0

Volandri FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
SF: Belgrade (l Lopez); Bucharest (l Mayer)
YTD W-L: 0-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 5, 1981
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 70

Souza FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
SF: Kitzbuehel (l Haase); QF: Bucharest (l Volandri)
YTD W-L: 0-1
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 27, 1988
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 108

Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs (6) Santiago Giraldo (COL) First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
06 Cuenca CH (Ecuador) Clay R16 Santiago Giraldo 7-5 6-3
08 Medellin CH (Colombia) Clay QF Leonardo Mayer 4-6 6-4 7-6(3)

Mayer FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-1
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 15, 1987
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 79

Giraldo FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
F: Santiago (l Robredo); SF: Auckland (l Ferrer); QF: Brisbane (l Anderson); Acapulco (l Almagro); s-Hertogenbosch (l Tursunov); Stuttgart (l Kubot); Kitzbuehel (l Montanes); Tokyo (l Nadal)
YTD W-L: 4-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: November 27, 1987
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 54

(WC) Paul Capdeville (CHI) vs Igor Andreev (RUS) First Meeting

Capdeville FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-0
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: April 2, 1983
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 130

Andreev FastFacts:
2011 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: July 14, 1983
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 126

OTHER FIRST ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – Does not include qualifiers

Frederico Gil (POR) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)        First Meeting

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Eric Prodon (FRA)   First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
06 Morocco F2 (Marrakech) Clay R16 Eric Prodon 6-2 6-4
11 Madrid CH (Spain) Clay QF Jeremy Chardy 6-3 6-1

Carlos Berlocq (ARG) vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)  Berlocq Leads 2-0
10 Bucharest (Romania) Clay R32 Carlos Berlocq 4-6 7-5 7-6(4)
11 Estoril (Portugal) Clay R32 Carlos Berlocq 6-4 6-3
Other Meeting:
10 San Benedetto CH (Italy) Clay F Carlos Berlocq 6-3 4-6 6-4

Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs Pere Riba (ESP)     First Meeting

Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Adrian Ungur (ROU)    First Meeting