ROTTERDAM TOURNAMENT PREVIEW –  SIX OF TOP 20 IN OUTSTANDING FIELD, LED BY FEDERER, BERDYCH
• The first ATP World Tour 500 tournament of the season features an impressive line-up, which includes three of the Top 10 players and six of Top 20 overall, led by top seed and World No. 3 Roger Federer, who won the title in 2005 and was runner-up in 2001. The No. 2 seed is World No. 7 Tomas Berdych.
• Other seeds are: No. 3 Juan del Potro, who is making his Rotterdam debut, No. 4 Feliciano Lopez of Spain, No. 5 Richard Gasquet of France, No. 6 Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, No. 7 Viktor Troicki of Serbia, and No. 8 Marcel Granollers of Spain.
• On Monday’s schedule, there are four main draw matches, leading off with Italian Flavio Cipolla against No. 5 Gasquet in a first-time meeting. In the second match, No. 4 Lopez looks to even his career mark (3-4) against French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu, who is coming back from a knee injury which kept him out of action last season. In the evening session, Dutch wild card play Jesse Huta Galung takes on veteran Croat Ivan Ljubicic, who was runner-up here in 2005 and ’07.  In the final match, No. 6 Dolgoplov looks for his second win (1-0) against top Pole Lukasz Kubot.

TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
CITY:   Rotterdam, The Netherlands
VENUE:  Ahoy Stadium
DATE:   February 13-19, 2012
CATEGORY:  ATP World Tour 500
PRIZE MONEY:  € 1,207,500
DRAW:   32 singles / 16 doubles
SURFACE:  Hard (Decoturf)
SINGLES FINAL:  Sunday, February 19, at 2:00 p.m.
DOUBLES FINAL: Sunday, February 19, at Noon
FIRST HELD:  1974

2011 FINALS 
Singles – (1) Robin Soderling (SWE) d. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Doubles – (2) Melzer-Petzschner d. (4) Llodra-Zimonjic 6-4, 3-6,10-5

RECENT CHAMPIONS/FINALISTS (since 2000)
2011 Robin Soderling/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2010 Robin Soderling/Mikhail Youzhny
2009 Andy Murray/Rafael Nadal
2008 Michael Llodra/Robin Soderling
2007 Mikhail Youzhny/Ivan Ljubicic
2006 Radek Stepanek/Christophe Rochus
2005 Roger Federer/Ivan Ljubicic
2004 Lleyton Hewitt/Juan Carlos Ferrero  
2003 Max Mirnyi/Raemon Sluiter   
2002 Nicolas Escude/Tim Henman   
2001 Nicolas Escude/Roger Federer
2000 Cedric Pioline/Tim Henman * Bold denotes past champions / runners-up in 2012 singles draw

A LOOK AT THE DRAW
Seeded Players (Tournament record, best finish - year)
1 Roger Federer (SUI)   17-5 W-'05
2 Tomas Berdych (CZE)  4-5 R16-'11,08,05
3 Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)  Debut  
4 Feliciano Lopez (ESP)  1-6 R16-'11
5 Richard Gasquet (FRA)  0-1 R32-'09
6 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)  Debut  
7 Viktor Troicki (SRB)   3-2 SF-'11
8 Marcel Granollers (ESP)  0-1 R32-'11

Wildcards: Thiemo de Bakker, Jesse Huta Galung, Igor Sijsling
Qualifiers: Matthias Bachinger, Karol Beck, Rik De Voest, Paul-Henri Mathieu
Youngest: Alexandr Dolgopolov (23 years, 2 months)   
Oldest:  Ivan Ljubicic (32 years, 10 months)
Top Country Breakdown: France 4, Germany 4, Netherlands 4, Russia 4;  Four countries with two
Former Champions in Draw (3): Michael Llodra (2008), Mikhail Youzhny (2007), Roger Federer (2005)
Former Finalists in Draw (3): Mikhail Youzhny (2010), Ivan Ljubicic (2007, ‘05), Roger Federer (2001)

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS ATP RANKINGS POINTS / PRIZE MONEY 
Singles                 W           F         SF        QF        R16      R32       
Rankings Pts.      500         300      180       90        45         0  
Prize Money    € 290,550 131,000 62,050 29,940  15,265   8,395  
  
Doubles              W         F         SF         QF       R16
Rankings Pts.    250        150      90         45        0                    
Prize Money   € 85,840  38,730 18,260  8,830   4,530 

Seeded Doubles Teams: (Team record, best finish - year) 
1 Mirnyi / Nestor  Debut  
2 Llodra / Zimonjic  2-1 F-'11
3 Lindstedt / Tecau  Debut 
4 Bhupathi / Bopanna  Debut

DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (since 2000)
2011 Jurgen Melzer/Philipp Petzschner
2010 Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic (not playing together)
2009 Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic (not playing together)
2008 Tomas Berdych/Dmitry Tursunov
2007 Martin Damm/Leander Paes   
2006 Paul Hanley/Kevin Ullyett       
2005 Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram   
2004 Paul Hanley/Radek Stepanek   
2003 Wayne Arthurs/Paul Hanley
2002 Roger Federer/Max Mirnyi
2001 Jonas Bjorkman/Roger Federer
2000 David Adams/John-Laffnie de Jager

About the ATP
The ATP is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits - the ATP World Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. With 62 tournaments in 31 countries, the ATP World Tour showcases the finest male athletes competing in the world’s most exciting venues. From Australia to Europe and the Americas to Asia, the stars of the ATP World Tour battle for prestigious titles and South African Airways ATP Rankings points at ATP World Tour Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, as well as Grand Slams (non ATP events). At the end of the season only the world’s top 8 ranked men’s singles players and top 8 doubles teams, based on their performance throughout the year, will qualify to compete for the last title of the season at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Held at The O2 in London, the event will officially crown the 2012 ATP World Tour No.1 in singles and doubles. For more information, please visit www.ATPWorldTour.com
 
Monday First Round Fed-Ex ATP Head 2 Heads – In Order of Play

Flavio Cipolla (ITA) vs (5) Richard Gasquet (FRA)  First Meeting

Cipolla FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 3-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: October 20, 1983
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 86

*Rotterdam W-L (Best Result): First Appearance

Gasquet FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Sydney (l Istomin); Montpellier (l Kohlschreiber)
YTD W-L: 5-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 6
Date of Birth: June 18, 1986
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 16

*Rotterdam W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (1R in 2009)

(4) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs (Q) Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Mathieu Leads 4-3
03 Kitzbuhel (Austria) Clay R16 Feliciano Lopez 3-6 6-3 3-0 ret
03 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada)Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 6-4 3-6 7-5
03 Moscow (Russia) Carpet R32 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-1 6-4
05 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 6-0 6-7(5) 6-4
07 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain)Grass R64 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3
07 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R16 Paul-Henri Mathieu 4-6 6-4 7-6(4)
10 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA)Hard R64 Feliciano Lopez 3-6 6-3 6-4
Other Meeting:
02 Tunis CH (Tunisia) Clay R16 Feliciano Lopez 7-5 7-6(3)

Lopez FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 4-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 20, 1981
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 15

*Rotterdam W-L (Best Result): 1-6 (2R in 2011)
 
Mathieu FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: January 12, 1982
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 733

*Rotterdam W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2R in 2009)
 
(WC) Jesse Huta Galung (NED) vs Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)  First Meeting

Huta Galung FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: October 6, 1985
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 232

*Rotterdam W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (1R in 2009, 2011)

Ljubicic FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-2
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 10
Date of Birth: March 19, 1979
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 41

*Rotterdam W-L (Best Result): 17-9 (Runner-up in 2005, 2007)

Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs (6) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) Dolgopolov Leads 1-0
11 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R64 Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-4 7-6(6)

Kubot FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 2-4
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 16, 1982
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 58

*Rotterdam W-L (Best Result): First Appearance

Dolgopolov FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
F: Brisbane (l Murray)
YTD W-L: 6-2
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: November 7, 1988
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 19

*Rotterdam W-L (Best Result): First Appearance
 
OTHER FIRST ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Draw Order (Tuesday or Wednesday)
 Roger Federer (SUI) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA)   Federer Leads 2-0
06 Wimbledon (England) Grass R32 Roger Federer 6-3 7-6(2) 6-4
08 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells  Hard R32 Roger Federer 6-1 6-1

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)   Youzhny Leads 1-0
06 Wimbledon (England) Grass R64 Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-1 3-0 ret
Other Meetings:
99 Russia F2 (Russia) Hard QF Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-4
00 Fergana CH (Uzbekistan) Hard SF Igor Kunitsyn 7-5 6-4

Igor Sijsling (NED) vs Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)    First Meeting

Robin Haase (NED) vs Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)  Haase Leads 1-0
11 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay R64 Robin Haase 7-5 4-6 6-4

Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) First ATP Meeting
Other Meeting:
07 Naples CH (U.S.A.) Clay R32 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3 3-0 ret

Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Thiemo de Bakker (NED)  Troicki Leads 1-0
10 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Viktor Troicki 3-6 6-1 1-0 ret

Karol Beck (SVK) vs Philipp Petzschner (GER)   First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
08 Belgrade CH (Serbia) Carpet SF Philipp Petzschner 1-6 7-6(3) 6-3
08 US Open Q (U.S.A.) Hard -- Philipp Petzschner 6-4 6-3

Michael Llodra (FRA) vs Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)  Del Potro Leads 1-0
09 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3 6-3 6-1

Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Kohlschreiber Leads 1-0
11 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 3-6 6-2
 
Rik De Voest (RSA) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA)   De Voest Leads 1-0
08 Zagreb (Croatia) Hard R32 Rik De Voest 6-4 7-6(3)

Matthias Bachinger (GER) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)  Baghdatis Leads 2-0
07 Munich (Germany) Clay R16 Marcos Baghdatis 6-7(7) 6-2 6-4
11 Metz (France) Hard R32 Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-2

Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs Tomas Berdych (CZE)    First Meeting

SAN JOSE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW – TOP SEED MONFILS, THREE-TIME CHAMP RODDICK LEAD SAP Open
• The first North American tournament on the ATP World Tour, the SAP Open, gets underway Monday at the HP Pavilion in San Jose with an international field assembled from 12 different countries.
• The top eight seeds come from six different countries, led by World No. 13 and last year’s semi-finalist Gael Monfils, who is making his second Bay Area visit. Other seeds are: No. 2 Andy Roddick,  a three-time winner (2004-05, ’08), No. 3 and reigning champion Milos Raonic of Canada, and No. 4 and ’09 champ Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic
• Rounding out the seeds are: No. 5 Kevin Anderson of South Africa, No. 6 Julien Benneteau of France, No. 7 Donald Young of the U.S. and No. 8 Olivier Rochus of Belgium.  All but Young are making their debut at the SAP Open.
• In Monday’s action, there are two qualifying matches and the first main draw match is South African No. 2  Izak Van der Merwe against Tobias Kamke of Germany in a first-time meeting. In the evening session, young Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who at 20 is the third-youngest player in the Top 100, takes on No. 5 seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa for the first time. Both players are making their San Jose debut. Dimitrov finished last season in the Top 100 for the first time at No. 76 while Anderson finished a year-end best No. 32 highlighted by winning his first ATP World Tour title in his hometown of Johannesburg. In the featured evening session, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion John McEnroe teams up with teenage American up-and-comer Jack Sock against Monfils and  American college star from Univ. of Southern California Steve Johnson in an exhibition doubles match.

TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
CITY:   San Jose, California
VENUE:  HP Pavilion at San Jose
DATE:   February 13-19, 2012
CATEGORY:  ATP World Tour 250
PRIZE MONEY:  $531,000
DRAW:   28 singles / 16 doubles
SURFACE:  Hard
SINGLES FINAL:  Sunday, February 19, at 3:00 p.m.
DOUBLES FINAL: Sunday, February 19, at 1:00 p.m.
FIRST HELD:  1889

2011 FINALS
Singles – Milos Raonic (CAN) d. (1) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-6(6), 7-6(5)
Doubles – Lipsky-Ram d. Falla-Malisse 6-4, 4-6, 10-8

RECENT CHAMPIONS/FINALISTS (since 2000)
2011 Milos Raonic/Fernando Verdasco
2010 Fernando Verdasco/Andy Roddick
2009 Radek Stepanek/Mardy Fish
2008 Andy Roddick/Radek Stepanek
2007 Andy Murray/Ivo Karlovic 
2006 Andy Murray/Lleyton Hewitt  
2005 Andy Roddick/Cyril Saulnier  
2004 Andy Roddick/Mardy Fish 
2003 Andre Agassi/Davide Sanguinetti  
2002 Lleyton Hewitt/Andre Agassi
2001 Greg Rusedski/Andre Agassi
2000 Mark Philippoussis/Mikael Tillstrom
*Bold denotes past champions/finalists in 2012 draw

A LOOK AT THE DRAW
Seeded Players (Tournament record, best finish - year) 
1 Gael Monfils (FRA)    3-0 QF-'11
2 Andy Roddick (USA)   32-6 W-'08,05,04
3 Milos Raonic (CAN)   4-0 W-'11
4 Radek Stepanek (CZE)  9-2 W-'09
5 Kevin Anderson (RSA)  Debut
6 Julien Benneteau (FRA) Debut
7 Donald Young (USA)   1-3 R16-'11
8 Olivier Rochus (BEL)   Debut

Wildcards: Robby Ginepri, Steve Johnson, Jack Sock
Qualifiers: To be determined Monday
Youngest: Jack Sock (19 years, 4 months)   
Oldest:  Michael Russell  (33 years, 9 months)
Top Country Breakdown: United States 9, Belgium 3, France 2, South Africa 2
Former Champions in Draw (3): Milos Raonic (2011), Radek Stepanek (2009), Andy Roddick (2004-05, ’08)
Former Finalists in Draw (2): Andy Roddick (2010), Radek Stepanek (2008) 

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     $95,860 50,485  27,350 15,580  9,180  5,440  

Doubles              W           F        SF       QF       R16
Rankings Pts.     250        150      90        45        0                    
Prize Money    $29,120  15,310 8,300   4,750  2,780

Doubles Seeded Teams (Tournament record, best finish - year) 
1 Gonzalez / Kas  Debut
2 Lipsky / Ram   4-0 W-'11
3 Hanley / Murray  Debut 
4 Knowles / Malisse  Debut

RECENT CHAMPIONS (since 2000)
2011 Scott Lipsky/Rajeev Ram
2010 Mardy Fish/Sam Querrey
2009 Radek Stepanek/Tommy Haas
2008 Scott Lipsky/David Martin
2007 Eric Butorac/Jamie Murray
2006 Jonas Bjorkman /John McEnroe
2005 Wayne Arthurs/Paul Hanley
2004 James Blake/Mardy Fish
2003 Hyung-Taik Lee/Vladimir Voltchkov
2002 Wayne Black/Kevin Ullyett
2001 Mark Knowles/Brian MacPhie
2000 Jan-Michael Gambill/Scott Humphries  *Bold denotes past champions in 2012 draw

About the ATP
The ATP is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits - the ATP World Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. With 62 tournaments in 31 countries, the ATP World Tour showcases the finest male athletes competing in the world’s most exciting venues. From Australia to Europe and the Americas to Asia, the stars of the ATP World Tour battle for prestigious titles and South African Airways ATP Rankings points at ATP World Tour Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, as well as Grand Slams (non ATP events). At the end of the season only the world’s top 8 ranked men’s singles players and top 8 doubles teams, based on their performance throughout the year, will qualify to compete for the last title of the season at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Held at The O2 in London, the event will officially crown the 2012 ATP World Tour No.1 in singles and doubles. For more information, please visit www.ATPWorldTour.com
 
Monday First Round FedEx ATP Head 2 Heads – In Order of Play

Izak Van der Merwe (RSA) vs Tobias Kamke (GER)  First Meeting

Van der Merwe FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: January 26, 1984
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 129

*San Jose W-L (Best Result): First Appearance

Kamke FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 21, 1986
South African Airways  ATP Ranking: 89

*San Jose W-L (Best Result): First Appearance

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs (5) Kevin Anderson (RSA) Dimitrov Leads 1-0
11 Eastbourne (Great Britain) Grass R16 Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-2
Other Meeting:
09 Todi CH (Italy) Clay R32 Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-4

Dimitrov FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-1
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 16, 1991
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 82

*San Jose W-L (Best Result): First Appearance

Anderson FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 2-2
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: May 18, 1986
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 35
 
*San Jose W-L (Best Result): First Appearance
 
OTHER FIRST ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – To be played Tuesday or Wednesday *
Robby Ginepri (USA) vs Xavier Malisse (BEL)   Tied 1-1
06 Lyon (France) Carpet QF Xavier Malisse 6-4 6-3
08 Las Vegas (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Robby Ginepri 2-6 6-3 6-4

Ryan Harrison (USA) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL)   First Meeting

Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs Dudi Sela (ISR)   First Meeting

Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs Ryan Sweeting (USA)  Benneteau Leads 1-0
11 Eastbourne (Great Britain) Grass R32 Julien Benneteau 6-2 7-6(4)

Steve Johnson (USA) vs Steve Darcis (BEL)   First Meeting

Donald Young (USA) vs Michael Russell (USA)   Tied 1-1
11 Atlanta (USA) Hard R32 Michael Russell 6-0 6-3
11 Washington (USA) Hard R16 Donald Young 6-3 6-3
Other Meetings:
09 Dallas CH (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Michael Russell 6-4 6-2
09 Calabasas CH (U.S.A.) Hard F Donald Young 7-6(4) 6-1
10 Honolulu CH (USA) Hard SF Michael Russell 7-6(3) 3-0 ret
11 Savannah CH (USA) Clay SF Donald Young 6-1 6-4

Denis Istomin (UZB) vs Sam Querrey (USA)   Querrey Leads 2-1
09 Eastbourne (Great Britain) Grass R16 Denis Istomin 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4
09 Los Angeles (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 6-2  6-0
11 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4
*Does not include qualifiers

SAO PAULO TOURNAMENT PREVIEW – ALMAGRO, SIMON LEAD SAO PAULO FIELD, FIVE SPANIARDS SEEDED
• The second clay court tournament of the season on the ATP World Tour takes place this week at the Brasil Open in Sao Paulo, Brazil. After 11 successful years in Costa do Sauipe, the Brasil Open has moved to Sao Paulo, to be played indoors at the Complexo Desportivo Constâncio Vaz Guimarães.
• The top seed is reigning (and 2008 champion) Nicolas Almagro of Spain, who comes in ranked No. 11 followed by No. 2 seed Gilles Simon of France, ranked No. 12. Last season Almagro won a career-high three ATP World Tour titles while finishing in the Top 10 for the first time at No. 10. Simon was a two-time winner and he finished No. 12.
• Other seeds in the draw are: No. 3 Fernando Verdasco of Spain, No. 4 and 2009 runner-up Thomaz Bellucci, the top Brazilian on the ATP World Tour, No. 5 Carlos Berlocq of Argentina, No. 6 and 2010 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 7 Albert Montanes and No. 8 Albert Ramos, all from Spain.
• There are four final round qualifying matches, all involving Argentines on Monday’s schedule. In addition there are three main draw singles matches and one doubles match on Centre Court.
• The first main draw match is between Spanish wild card Javier Marti, who is the youngest player in the draw at 20, against Portugal’s Frederico Gil in a first-time meeting. In the next match, the lone seed in action, No. 7 Montanes, looks to even his record (2-3) against Italian Filippo Volandri. Each of their meetings have come on clay.
• In the evening session, top seeds in doubles Eric Butorac of the U.S. and Bruno Soares of Brazil, take on the Argentine duo of Carlos Berlocq and Leonardo Mayer. Soares won this title last year (w/Melo) and this is the sixth tournament they are playing in together (7-5 record). They first teamed up in 2009 twice (2-2 mark) before reuniting in January. They were semi-finalists in Auckland and quarter-finalists at the Australian Open. The Argentines teamed up at the Aust. Open and lost in the 2R.
• In the final match, Brazilian Ricardo Mello, a three-time semi-finalist in the tournament (2005, ’10-11), has a 14-8 career match record. He takes on Spaniard Pere Riba for the first time.
ather in Sao Paulo in February.

TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
CITY:   Sao Paulo, Brazil
VENUE:  Complexo Desportivo Constancio Vaz Guimaraes
DATE:   February 13-19, 2012
CATEGORY:  ATP World Tour 250
PRIZE MONEY:  $475,300
DRAW:   28 singles / 16 doubles
SURFACE:  Clay
SINGLES FINAL:  Sunday, February 19, at 3:00 p.m.
DOUBLES FINAL: Sunday, February 19
FIRST HELD:  2001 (in Costa do Sauipe)

2011 FINALS
Singles – (1) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d. (4) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 6-3, 7-6(3)
Doubles – (2) Melo-Soares d. Andujar-Gimeno-Traver  7-6(4), 6-3

RECENT CHAMPIONS/FINALISTS (since 2001, held in Costa do Sauipe)
2011 Nicolas Almagro/Alexandr Dolgopolov
2010 Juan Carlos Ferrero/Lukasz Kubot
2009 Tommy Robredo/Thomaz Bellucci
2008 Nicolas Almagro/Carlos Moya
2007 Guillermo Canas/Juan Carlos Ferrero
2006 Nicolas Massu/Alberto Martin
2005 Rafael Nadal/Alberto Martin  
2004 Gustavo Kuerten/Agustin Calleri
2003 Sjeng Schalken/Rainer Schuettler  
2002 Gustavo Kuerten/Guillermo Coria
2001 Jan Vacek/Fernando Meligeni  
 *Bold denotes past champions / runners-up in 2012 draw

A LOOK AT THE DRAW
Seeded Players (Tournament record, best finish – year) 
1 Nicolas Almagro (ESP)  15-4 W-'11,08
2 Gilles Simon (FRA)  Debut
3 Fernando Verdasco (ESP)  1-1 R16-'04
4 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)  7-4 F-'09
5 Carlos Berlocq (ARG)   4-4 QF-'10
6 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)  11-3 W-'10
7 Albert Montanes (ESP)  4-8 R16-'11,10,08,07,04
8 Albert Ramos (ESP)  Debut  

Wildcards: Nicolas Almagro, Fernando Gonzalez, Javier Marti
Youngest: Javier Marti (20 years, 1 month) 
Oldest:  Juan Carlos Ferrero (32 years)
Top Country Breakdown: Spain 7, Argentina 3, Brazil 3, France 3, Italy 2, Portugal 2
Former Champions in Draw (2): Nicolas Almagro (2011, ‘08), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2010) 
Former Finalists in Draw (2): Thomaz Bellucci (2009) , Juan Carlos Ferrero (2007)
* 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     $85,800 45,190  24,480 13,940  8,220 4,870  
  
Doubles              W         F         SF       QF       R16
Rankings Pts.     250      150       90        45        0                    
Prize Money    $26,070  13,700 7,430  4,250  2,490 

Doubles Seeded Teams (Tournament record, best finish - year) 
1 Butorac / Soares  Debut 
2 Bracciali / Starace  0-1 R16-'11
3 Cabal / Farah   Debut 
4 Mertinak / Sa   Debut 

RECENT CHAMPIONS (since 2001)
2011 Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares (not playing together)
2010 Pablo Cuevas/Marcel Granollers
2009 Marcel Granollers/Tommy Robredo
2008 Marcelo Melo/Andre Sa (not playing together)
2007 Lukas Dlouhy/Pavel Vizner
2006 Lukas Dlouhy/Pavel Vizner
2005 Frantisek Cermak/Leos Friedl
2004 Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski
2003 Todd Perry/Thomas Shimada
2002 Scott Humphries/Mark Merklein
2001 Enzo Artoni/Daniel Melo
*Bold denotes past champions in 2012 draw

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Monday First Round FedEx ATP Head 2 Heads – In Order of Play

Centre Court

(WC) Javier Marti (ESP) vs Frederico Gil (POR)  First Meeting

Marti FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-0
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: January 11, 1992
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 184

*Tournament W-L (Best Result): First Appearance

Gil FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Vina del Mar (l Chardy)
YTD W-L: 4-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: March 24, 1985
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 87

*Tournament W-L (Best Result): 4-2 (SF in 2009)
 
(7) Albert Montanes (ESP) vs Filippo Volandri (ITA) Volandri Leads 3-2
04 Bucharest (Romania) Clay R32 Filippo Volandri 6-3 6-1
04 Palermo (Italy) Clay R32 Filippo Volandri 6-2 6-3
05 Acapulco (Mexico) Clay QF Albert Montanes 4-6 6-3 6-4
06 Palermo (Italy) Clay QF Filippo Volandri 6-4 6-2
11 Casablanca (Morocco) Clay R16 Albert Montanes 6-1 6-4
Other Meetings:
00 Samarkand CH (Uzbekistan) Clay R32 Filippo Volandri 6-3 6-1
00 Prague CH (Czech Republic) Clay F Albert Montanes 6-1 6-1
08 San Marino CH (San Marino) Clay QF Filippo Volandri 6-2 3-6 7-6(5)

Montanes FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Vina del Mar (l Monaco)
YTD W-L: 2-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: November 26, 1980
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 51

*Tournament W-L (Best Result): 4-8 (2R in 2004, ’07-08, ’10-11, bye)

Volandri FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-4
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 5, 1981
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 69

*Tournament W-L (Best Result): 5-7 (QF in 2008)

Ricardo Mello (BRA) vs Pere Riba (ESP)    First Meeting

Mello FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: December 21, 1980
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 123

*Tournament W-L (Best Result): 14-8 (SF in 2005, ’10-11)

Riba FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: April 7, 1988
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 90

*Tournament W-L (Best Result): First Main Draw Appearance
 
 
OTHER FIRST ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – To be played Tuesday/Wednesday

Joao Souza (BRA) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU)   Hanescu Leads 1-0
10 Costa Do Sauipe (Brazil) Clay R32 Victor Hanescu 7-6(5) 6-4

Eric Prodon (FRA) vs Carlos Berlocq (ARG)   First ATP Meeting
Other Meetings:
10 Guayaquil CH (Ecuador) Clay QF Carlos Berlocq 6-2 6-2
10 Cancun CH (Mexico) Clay SF Carlos Berlocq 6-4 6-1

Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs Albert Ramos (ESP)   Giraldo Leads 2-0
11 Acapulco (Mexico) Clay R32 Santiago Giraldo 4-6 7-5 7-5
11 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Santiago Giraldo 6-3 4-6 6-3

Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG)  First Meeting

David Nalbandian (ARG) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)    First Meeting