Madrid Wednesday Briefing

© AFP/Getty ImagesRafael Nadal opens his campaign on Wednesday against Nikolay Davydenko.

WEDNESDAY PREVIEW - NADAL, FEDERER & FERRER MAKE OPENING APPEARANCES

• The Mutua Madrid Open continues Wednesday, with three Top 10 stars, including two former World No. 1s, taking Manolo Santana Court in their first matches of the week after first round byes.

• First up is No. 5 seed David Ferrer against the Czech Republic’s Radek Stepanek. Not only has Ferrer already won an equal-personal best three ATP World Tour titles this year, he has been particularly strong on clay, compiling a 16-2 win-loss and winning two of those titles on this surface (Buenos Aires and Acapulco);. He leads the head-to-head with Stepanek, 5-3, but Ferrer had to go to five sets to win their last two clay court meetings, and in their only other clay court meeting, Stepanek won (at Rome in 2008).

• Next is World No. 2 Rafael Nadal against Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko; Nadal is a perfect 10-0 on clay this year (and 20-0 in sets) and if you look back since leaving Madrid last year, he is 21-0 on clay (and 53-4 in sets); but former World No. 3 Davydenko has been one of his toughest opponents over the years, the Russian leading their head-to-head, 6-4, and winning their last four meetings (one of only two players ever to beat Nadal four times in a row, alongside Novak Djokovic); but Nadal has won all three of their clay court meetings, the last two quite handily (winning them both by routine 63 62 scorelines).

• At night, World No. 3 Roger Federer faces Canada’s Milos Raonic; Federer is playing his first match since a surprise early exit in Miami to Andy Roddick on Mar. 26, but despite that loss Federer has some staggering numbers as of late, going 40-3 since last year’s US Open and winning 77 of his last 78 matches against players outside the Top 20 (the loss to Roddick the only blemish); World No. 23 Raonic scored his best career win in Barcelona two weeks ago against World No. 4 Andy Murray, but he has never had a win over a Top 3 player, and Federer won their only previous meeting in March in Indian Wells in three sets.

• On Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Court, there are four  matches and three on Stadium 3. Leading of on Sanchez Vicario is No. 15 seed and Madrid native Fernando Verdasco against Colombian qualifier Alejandro Falla in a first-time ATP World Tour meeting. In the next match, No. 11 seed Nicolas Almagro brings a 5-0 career mark against countryrman Marcel Granollers and that is followed by Mikhail Youzhny against No. 10 seed Juan Martin del Potro, who won the previous two meetings. In the final match, No. 9 seed Gilles Simon takes a 2-0 mark against Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

CLAY COURT DOMINATOR – Nadal has the best career match record on clay in the Open Era with a 241-18 mark (.931) and he’s 34-4 in clay finals. Here's a year-by-year look at Nadal's clay court supremacy since 2005, compiling a 214-8 match record (.964) and 33-4 mark in clay court finals on the ATP World Tour:
             W-L    Clay Finals
2012 – 10-0          2-0    2008 – 24-1 4-0
2011 – 28-2          3-2 (l. to Djokovic twice) 2007 – 31-1 5-1 (l. to Federer)
2010 -  22-0          4-0    2006 – 26-0 4-0 
2009 -  23-2         3-1 (l. to Federer)  2005 – 50-2 8-0

Note: Nadal has lost in the opening round (2R) only once on clay since ’05 to Juan Carlos Ferrero in ’08 Rome

WEDNESDAY SECOND ROUND FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

Manolo Santana Court

Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (5) David Ferrer (ESP) Ferrer Leads 5-3
04 St. Petersburg (Russia) Carpet R32 Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-2
07 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 David Ferrer 6-7(5) 4-6 6-0 6-4 6-3
07 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Hard R32 David Ferrer 6-2 7-5
08 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Radek Stepanek 4-6 6-2 6-1
08 Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 David Ferrer 4-6 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-3
09 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Radek Stepanek 7-5 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-4
09 ESP vs. CZE DC Final (Spain) Clay RR David Ferrer 1-6 2-6 6-4 6-4 8-6
11 Tokyo (Japan) Hard QF David Ferrer 6-2 7-6(3)

                             Radek Stepanek David Ferrer
 Sets Won:                     13                   16
 Tiebreak Sets Won:         1                    1

 Match Wins By Surface:
 Clay:                              1                    2
 Hard:                             0                    3
 Carpet:                           1                    0
 Grass:                            1                     0

STEPANEK FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 33-year-old Czech Republic native comes in with a 4-4 career mark after saving six of seven break points in a 62 75 first round win over Aussie teenager Bernard Tomic on Tuesday
• Made his debut in 2005 and posted wins over Tim Henman and Jose Acasuso before losing to No. 2 and eventual champion Rafael Nadal 76 64
• In his last appearance three years ago, retired vs. Sam Querrey trailin 76 5-2 in the first round

2012 Highlights:
SF: Memphis (l Melzer); QF: Brisbane (l Dolgopolov)
YTD W-L: 10-9 (1-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 5 (0 on clay)
Date of Birth: November 27, 1978
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 26 (Career-high No. 8 on July 10, 2006)

2012 in Review:
• The No. 2 player from the Czech Republic (behind No. 7 Berdych) enters with a 10-9 record on the season, with his best result a semi-final showing in Memphis in February (l. to eventual champ Melzer)
• In opening month of season, reached quarter-finals in Brisbane (l. to Dolgopolov) and followed with a second round in Sydney (l. to Nieminen) and first round at the Australian Open (l. to Mahut)…Captured first Grand Slam doubles crown in Melbourne (w/Paes), defeating No. 1 Bryan brothers…Also earned first ATP Masters 1000 crown in Miami
• In first round Davis Cup tie in February, defeated Italian Andreas Seppi in five sets in opening rubber of first round Davis Cup tie vs. Italy (and won doubles w/Berdych)…Last month lost to Serbian No. 8-ranked Tipsarevic 9-7 in fifth set in second rubber of quarter-final tie
• In first three ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, in Indian Wells, lost in the third round (after a bye, d. Malisse, l. to No. 6 Tsonga) and followed with same result in Miami (after bye, d. Haas, l. to Nadal) …In last tournament in Monte Carlo, lost in the first round to Jarkko Nieminen in straight sets
• Has an 0-3 mark vs. Top 10 opponents this year 22-57 in career…His last Top 10 win on clay came over No. 1 Federer in the quarter-finals of Rome in May 2008

FERRER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Spaniard comes into Madrid for the 10th straight year with a 10-9 career record and last year lost in the quarter-finals to eventual champion Novak Djokovic 64 46 63
• Two years ago turned in a personal-best semi-final showing (l. to No. 1 Federer in three sets)…En route he posted wins over No. 8 seed Marin Cilic 63 62 and No. 3 seed Andy Murray 75 63
• Also advanced to the quarter-finals in 2005 (d. No. 10 Puerta, l. to Ginepri)

2012 Highlights:
W: Auckland (d Rochus); Buenos Aires (d Almagro); Acapulco (d Verdasco); F: Barcelona (l Nadal); QF: Australian Open (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 28-5 (16-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 3/Career Titles: 14 (8 on clay)
Date of Birth: April 2, 1982
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 6 (Career-high No. 4 on Feb. 25, 2008)

2012 in Review:
• The No. 2 Spaniard is coming off his fourth ATP World Tour final showing of the season on Apr. 29 when he lost in his fourth Barcelona title match to Nadal 76 75
• The Valencia resident enters with a 28-5 match record (most wins along with del Potro) on the season, including 16-2 on clay and 12-3 on hard…Prior to Barcelona, lost his first clay court match in the opening round (after bye) to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in Monte Carlo
• Co-leader (w/Federer) with three titles and ties a career-high (also in 2007)…Has a 14-15 career mark in ATP World Tour finals, 8-10 on clay
• Won three of first four tournaments in Auckland (d. Rochus), Buenos Aires (d. Almagro) and Acapulco (d. Verdasco)…In his other  tournaments he didn’t win, reached quarter-finals at the Australian Open and Miami (l. to Djokovic in both) and third round at Indian Wells (l. to Istomin)

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

                                   Nikolay Davydenko Rafael Nadal
 Sets Won:                             13                        9
 Tiebreak Sets Won:                4                          1
 Match Wins By Surface:
 Clay:                                     0                          3
 Hard:                                    6                           1

DAVYDENKO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Russian enters with a 4-5 career record and on Sunday he opened with a 76(4) 63  victory over Ivo Karlovic…His No. 54 ranking is his lowest he’s come into Madrid with
• His best results are a pair of third round showings in 2005 (l. to Ginepri) and ’09 (W/O vs. Roddick)

2012 Highlights:
SF: Rotterdam (l Federer)
YTD W-L: 9-8 (1-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 21 (10 on clay)
Date of Birth: June 2, 1981
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 54 (Career-high No. 3 on Nov. 6, 2006)

2012 in Review:
• The former World No. 3 is playing in his 10th tournament of the year, with his previous best  result the semi-finals in Rotterdam (l. to Federer) in February; has also reached 3rd Rd. once (Indian Wells) and 2nd Rd. three times (Montpellier, Marseille and Miami); fell 1st Rd. four times (Doha, Australian Open, Dubai and Munich)
• Has a 9-8 match record on the season (1-1 on clay) and prior to this week, his lone clay court outing was last week in Munich where he lost in the first round to Colombian Robert Farah 63 62
• Looking to register his first Top 10 win of the year (0-4) and 37th of his career (36-62)…Has lost 10 in a row and his last Top 10 win came over No. 1 Nadal in the semi-finals of Doha in January 2011

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The two-time champ (2005, ’10) is coming off a runner-up effort last year as he fell to No. 2 Djokovic 75 64…Has appeared in the final four times in nine attempts…He won titles in 2010 (d. Federer) and ’05 (d. Ljubicic in five sets) and reached the final two years ago (l. to Federer)
• He has a 24-7 career record…Last year he opened with a 61 63 win over Marcos Baghdatis, received a walkover vs. Juan Martin del Potro, beat Michael Llodra 62 62 and rival/No. 3 Federer 57 61 63 in the semi-finals
• In 2008, he reached the semi-finals (l. to Simon) and quarter-finals in 2006 (l. to Berdych) and 2007 (l. to Nalbandian)
• Made his debut in 2003 (ranked No. 49) and lost to countryman Alex Corretja in the first round
• In 2009 semi-final, outlasted Djokovic 36 76(5) 76(9), saving three match points in the final set tie-break to prevail in four hours and three minute battle (longest three-setter)

2012 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Djokovic); Barcelona (d Ferrer); F: Australian Open (l Djokovic); SF: Doha (l Monfils); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (W/O vs Murray)
YTD W-L: 27-3 (10-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 48 (34 on clay)
Date of Birth: June 3, 1986
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 2 (Career-high No. 1 on Aug. 18, 2008)

2012 in Review: 
• The 25-year-old Mallorcan is coming off his seventh title in Barcelona on Apr. 29 (d. Ferrer) and the previous week he captured his eighth straight ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo crown (d. Djokovic)
• Has a 48-21 career record in ATP World Tour finals (35-4 on clay) and 11-0 lifetime vs. Spaniards in finals…Has won 21 straight clay court matches since losing to Djokovic in last year’s Rome final
• He enters with a 27-3 match record on the season (10-0 on clay, 17-3 on hard)
• Opened the season by reaching semi-finals in Doha (l. to  Monfils) and followed with runner-up at the Australian Open, falling to Djokovic 57 64 62 67 75 in a record 5:53 marathon…Has reached the last four Grand Slam finals (1-3 mark) going back to Roland Garros (10-5 lifetime in finals)
• Prior to Monte Carlo, his last match was Mar. 28 in Miami where he defeated No. 6 Tsonga in the quarter-finals before withdrawing from SF (vs. Murray) due to left knee injury…It was only second walkover he gave in 777 matches (’04 Estoril)
• In Indian Wells, he reached the singles semi-finals (l. to Federer) and captured his eighth career doubles title (w/M. Lopez) in Indian Wells…Did not drop a set in five matches during doubles play

(3) Roger Federer (SUI) vs Milos Raonic (CAN) Federer Leads 1-0
12 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard R32    Roger Federer 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4

FEDERER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Swiss native last year reached the semi-finals (or better) for the seventh straight time, falling in three sets to Nadal… Has a 29-6 career match record and 2-2 in finals
• Last year opened by surviving a three tie-break set battle over Feliciano Lopez, saving one match point and firing 25 aces (most on clay and in a non-Grand Slam event) and followed with a 64 63 win over Xavier Malisse and 76(2) 64 victory over No. 5 Robin Soderling
• In 2010, he reached the final (l. to Nadal 64 76) and it was his fourth final in five years
• Three years ago he defeated No. 1 Nadal 64 64 in the final and in 2006 he captured the title  (d. Gonzalez)…He was runner-up in 2007 (l. to Nalbandian)…Also a semi-finalist in 2003 (l. to Ferrero) and 2008 (l. to Murray) and quarter-finalist in his 2002 debut (l. to Santoro)

2012 Highlights:
W: Rotterdam (d Del Potro); Dubai (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Isner); SF: Doha (W/O vs Tsonga); Australian Open (l Nadal)
YTD W-L: 23-3 (0-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 3/Career Titles: 73 (9 on clay)
Date of Birth: August 8, 1981
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 3 (Career-high No. 1 on Feb. 2, 2004)

2012 in Review: 
• The Swiss superstar is playing his first match since a third round three-set loss to Andy Roddick in the  ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami on Mar. 26…The loss broke a 16-match winning streak
• He comes into his first clay court tournament of the season with a 23-3 match record and his only previous clay match was a four-set Davis Cup loss to American John Isner on Feb. 10
• He won consecutive ATP World Tour titles in Rotterdam (d. del Potro) on Feb. 19, Dubai (d. Murray) on Mar. 3 and his 19th career ATP Masters 1000 in Indian Wells on Mar. 18 (d. No. 9 del Potro, No. 2 Nadal, No. 11 Isner in final three rounds without dropping a set)
• During streak, only dropped three sets, to Nikolay Davydenko in semi-finals of Rotterdam and to Milos Raonic (3R) and Thomaz Bellucci (4R) in Indian Wells
• Has won 40 of past 43 matches and six of nine tournament titles since falling in five sets in last year’s US Open semi-finals (l. to Djokovic)
• Has captured at least one ATP World Tour title for 12 straight years, best among active players (Roddick has 11) and his 73 career titles is No. 4 in the Open Era

RAONIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 21-year-old opened the tournament on Tuesday by firing 16 aces and winning all 27 first serve points in a 64 64 victory over former World No. 3 David Nalbandian
• Last year made his debut and lost in the first round to Feliciano Lopez in three sets

2012 Highlights:
W: Chennai (d Tipsarevic); San Jose (d Istomin); F: Memphis (l Melzer); SF: Barcelona (l Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 22-5 (5-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 3 (0 on clay)
Date of Birth: December 27, 1990
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 23 (Career-high No. 23 on April 30)

• The top Canadian is coming off a semi-final showing in Barcelona on Apr. 28 (d. No. 4 Murray in QFs, l. to No. 6 Ferrer in two tie-breaks)…It was his fourth ATP World Tour semi-final of the season…Has a 22-5 match record (5-2 on clay) and ranked a career-high No. 23
• His best results were a pair of ATP World Tour titles in Chennai (d. Tipsarevic) in first week of campaign and San Jose (d. Istomin) on Feb. 19…Also runner-up for second straight year in Memphis (l. to Melzer)… His other losses came at Aussie Open (l. to Hewitt in 3R), Indian Wells (l. to No. 3 Federer in 3R), Miami (W/O vs. Murray in 3R), Monte Carlo (Montanes in 1R) and Barcelona (Ferrer)
• In Marc in Miami sprained his ankle in a warm-up before doubles match, then retired in second round doubles match at 1-2 (w/Anderson) before withdrawing from  3rd Rd. (vs. No. 4 Murray)
• In San Jose, defended his title and held serve 41 of 42 games in four matches…In Memphis, was only broken once en route to the final before losing serve twice to Melzer in title match
• This year leads four ATP World Tour serving categories: aces (381), service games won (93%), 1st serve pts. won (82%) and break points saved (76%)…Also No. 2 in 2nd serve pts. won (59%)
• In opening week of season, held serve all 48 games, defeating No. 10 Almagro in the semi-finals and No. 9 Tipsarevic in the final (in three TBs)
• Has a 6-10 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents (3-2 this year) and biggest career win came over No. 4 Murray in the quarter-finals of Barcelona

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Court

(15) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (Q) Alejandro Falla (COL) First ATP Meeting
Other meeting:
02 Spain F11 (Irun) Clay R32 Fernando Verdasco 6-7(6)  6-1  7-6(1)

Verdasco FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
F: Acapulco (l Ferrer); SF: Auckland (l Ferrer); Barcelona (l Nadal); QF: Sao Paulo (l Ramos)
YTD W-L: 15-9
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 5 (3 on clay)
Date of Birth: November 15, 1983
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 19

*Madrid History: 8-9 Best Result: Quarter-finals (2009, l. to No. 1 Nadal)
 
Falla FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Auckland (l Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 5-10
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: November 14, 1983
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 56

*Madrid History: 1-3 Best Result: Second Round (2012)

(11) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP) Almagro Leads 5-0
08 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Nicolas Almagro 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2
09 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Nicolas Almagro 4-6 6-3 6-4
09 Umag (Croatia) Clay R32 Nicolas Almagro 6-1 6-3
10 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R32 Nicolas Almagro 7-6(5)3-6 6-3
11 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo  Clay R64 Nicolas Almagro 6-3 6-3

Almagro FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
W: Sao Paulo (d Volandri); F: Buenos Aires (l Ferrer); SF: Chennai (l Raonic); QF: Auckland (l Kohlschreiber); Acapulco (l Verdasco); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 27-9 (17-4 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 11 (all on clay)
Date of Birth: August 21, 1985
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 13 (Career-high No. 9 on May 2, 2011)

*Madrid History: 6-5 Best Result: Semi-finals (2010, l. to No. 3 Nadal)

Granollers FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 5-8 (3-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 3 (2 on clay)
Date of Birth: April 12, 1986
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 29 (Career-high No. 23 on Feb. 20)

*Madrid History: 3-4 Best Result: Second Round (2008, ’11-12)

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs (10) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Del Potro Leads 2-0
07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Juan Martin Del Potro 7-6(2) 6-4
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay R64 Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1  3-6 6-3

Youzhny FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
W: Zagreb (d Lacko); QF: Doha (l Nadal); Dubai (l Federer); Munich (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 13-5 (3-2 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 8 (2 on clay)
Date of Birth: June 25, 1982
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 34

*Madrid History: 4-8 Best Result: Third Round (2002, l. to No. 8 Grosjean)

Del Potro FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
W: Marseille (d Llodra); Estoril (d Gasquet); F: Rotterdam (l Federer); SF: Dubai (l Federer); QF: Sydney (l Baghdatis); Australian Open (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer)
YTD W-L: 28-6 (7-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 11 (4 on clay)
Date of Birth: September 23, 1988
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 11 (Career-high No. 4 on January 11, 2010)

(9) Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) Simon Leads 2-0
07 Bucharest (Romania) Clay R32 Gilles Simon 7-6(3) 6-4
11 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Gilles Simon 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5 6-3

Simon FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
W: Bucharest (d Fognini); SF: Brisbane (l Dolgopolov); Montpellier (l Monfils); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Isner)
YTD W-L: 22-10 (11-5 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 10 (5 on clay)
Date of Birth: December 27, 1984
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 12 (Career-high No. 6 on Jan. 5, 2009)

Garcia-Lopez FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Auckland (l Verdasco); Casablanca (l Andreev)
YTD W-L: 12-10 (5-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2 (1 on clay)
Date of Birth: June 4, 1983
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 94 (Career-high No. 23 on Feb. 21, 2011)

*Madrid History: 5-3 Best Result: Third Round (2010-11)

(8) John Isner (USA) vs Marin Cilic (CRO)  Cilic Leads 1-0
11 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Marin Cilic 4-6 6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 9-7

Isner FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); Houston (l Monaco); SF: Delray Beach (l Anderson); QF: Memphis (l Melzer)
YTD W-L: 20-7 (7-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 3 (0 on clay)
Date of Birth: April 26, 1985
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 10 (Career-high No. 9 on April 16)

*Madrid History: 3-2 Best Result: Third Round (2010, l. to No. 3 Nadal)

Cilic FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
F: Munich (l Kohlschreiber)
YTD W-L: 7-6 (6-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 6 (0 on clay)
Date of Birth: September 28, 1988
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 22 (Career-high No. 9 on Feb. 22, 2010)

(WC) Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (4) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) Tsonga Leads 1-0
12 FRA vs. USA WG QF (France) Clay RR Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5 6-2 2-6 6-2

Harrison FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
SF: San Jose (l Raonic); QF: Houston (l Russell)
YTD W-L: 13-11 (4-4 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 7, 1992
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 61 (Career-high No. 58 on Apr. 16)

*Madrid History: 1-0 Best Result: Second Round (2012)

Tsonga FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
W: Doha (d Monfils); SF: Marseille (l Del Potro); QF: Dubai (l Del Potro); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Simon)
YTD W-L: 21-8 (3-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 8 (0 on clay)
Date of Birth: April 17, 1985
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 5 (Career-high No. 5 on February 27)

*Madrid History: 4-4 Best Result: Third Round (2008, ’11)

(Q) Federico Delbonis (ARG) vs (7) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)   First Meeting

Delbonis FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Vina del Mar (l Berlocq)
YTD W-L: 5-5 (5-5 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: October 5, 1990
South African Airways  ATP Ranking: 131 (Career-high No. 117 on July 19, 2010)

*Madrid History: 1-0 Best Result: Second Round (2012)

Tipsarevic FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
F: Chennai (l Raonic); SF: Marseille (l Llodra); QF: Dubai (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); Barcelona (l Nadal)
YTD W-L: 19-9 (4-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2 (0 on clay)
Date of Birth: June 22, 1984
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 8 (Career-high No. 8 on April 2)

*Madrid History: 0-1 Best Result: First Round (2009, l. to Fish)

Court 4

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT)  Tied 1-1
08 Beijing Olympics (China) Hard R32 Jurgen Melzer 6-4 6-0
10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay R64 Stanislas Wawrinka 6-1 6-2

(Q) Igor Andreev (RUS) vs (12) Gael Monfils (FRA)  Andreev Leads 4-2
05 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Igor Andreev 6-3 6-2
06 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Carpet R64 Igor Andreev 7-5 6-4
07 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain)Grass R64 Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4
08 Munich (Germany) Clay R32 Igor Andreev 6-3 6-4
08 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto Hard R64 Igor Andreev 7-6(5)7-6(3)
10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4 6-3

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(16) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA) Dolgopolov Leads 2-0
10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 MadridClay R64 Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3 6-4
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard R64 Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1 5-3 ret
Other meeting:
07 Poertschach Q (Austria) Clay -- Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-2 3-6 6-2

Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs (14) Richard Gasquet (FRA)  Troicki Leads 2-0
10 Basel (Switzerland) Hard QF Viktor Troicki 6-4 6-2
11 Sydney (Australia) Hard QF Viktor Troicki 6-4 6-4