Kitzbuhel Sunday Briefing

KITZBUHEL TOURNAMENT PREVIEW – GERMANS KOHLSCHREIBER,  MAYER TOP TWO SEEDS, HAASE RETURNS
• The bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel features Germans Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer as the top two seeds in the 28-player draw and defending champion Robin Haase of the Netherlands is the No. 3 seed. The other former winner in the field is No. 6 seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain. He won the title in 2009.

• Rounding out the seeds are: No. 4 Albert Ramos of Spain, No. 5 Martin Klizan of Slovakia, Garcia-Lopez, No. 7 Ernests Gulbis of Latvia and No. 8 Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia.

• There are two singles matches on Sunday’s schedule: Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia against Lukas Rosol of Czech Republic, who gained headlines at Wimbledon with his stunning five-set win over No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the second round. The other match is Joao Souza of Brazil against American Wayne Odesnik in a first-time meeting.

TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
CITY:   Kitzbuehel, Austria
VENUE:  Mercedes-Benz Sportpark
DATE:   July 22-28, 2012
CATEGORY:  ATP World Tour 250
PRIZE MONEY:  € 410,175
DRAW:   28 singles / 16 doubles
SURFACE:  Clay
SINGLES FINAL:  1:30 p.m., July 28
DOUBLES FINAL: 11 a.m., July 28
FIRST HELD:  1968-2009 (under different ownership)

2011 FINALS
Singles – Robin Haase (NED) d. Albert Montanes 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Doubles – Bracciali/Gonzalez d Ferreiro/Sa 7-6(1), 4-6, 11-9

RECENT CHAMPIONS/FINALISTS
2011 Robin Haase/Albert Montanes
2010 Not Held
2009 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez/Julien Benneteau
2008 Juan Martin del Potro/Jurgen Melzer
2007 Juan Monaco/Potito Starace
2006 Agustin Calleri /Juan Ignacio Chela
2005 Gaston Gaudio/Fernando Verdasco
2004 Nicolas Massu/Gaston Gaudio
2003 Guillerm Coria/Nicolas Massu
2002 Alex Corretja/Juan Carlos Ferrero
2001 Nicolas Lapentti/Albert Costa
2000 Alex Corretja/Emilio Benfele Alvarez
*Bold denotes past champions/finalists in 2012 draw 

A LOOK AT THE DRAW
Seeded Players (Tourn. record, Best Finish – Year) 
1 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  5-4 QF-'06
2 Florian Mayer (GER)  5-3 QF-'04
3 Robin Haase (NED)   5-0 W-'11
4 Albert Ramos (ESP)   1-1 R16-'11
5 Martin Klizan (SVK)   Debut 
6 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 1-2 R16-'08
7 Ernests Gulbis (LAT)   0-1 R64-'07
8 Blaz Kavcic (SLO)   Debut 

Wildcards: Martin Fischer, Andreas Haider-Maurer, Dominic Thiem
Youngest: Dominic Thiem (18 years, 10 months)   
Oldest:  Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (34 years, 6 months)
Former Winners (2):  Robin Haase (2011), Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (2009) 
Former Finalists:  None 
Top Country Breakdown: Austria 3,Germany 3, Italy 3, Spain 3, Czech Republic 2
* Does not include qualifiers

Doubles Seeded Teams (Tournament record, Best Finish - year) 
1 Cermak / Knowle   Debut  
2 Brown / Hanley  Debut
3 Kohlmann / Mayer  Debut
4 Elgin / Moser   Debut

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      €64,700 34,080  18,460 10,515 6,200  3,670  

Doubles              W          F         SF       QF       R16
Rankings Pts.     250       150       90        45        0                    
Prize Money     €19,660 10,330  5,600  3,200   1,880

RECENT CHAMPIONS
2011Daniele Bracciali/Santiago Gonzalez
2010 Not Held
2009 Marcelo Melo/Andre Sa
2008 James Cerretani / Victor Hanescu 
2007 Luis Horna / Potito Starace
2006 Philipp Kohlschreiber / Stefan Koubek 
2005 Leos Friedl / Andrei Pavel 
2004 Frantisek Cermak / Leos Friedl
2003 Martin Damm / Cyril Suk
2002 Robbie Koenig / Thomas Shimada
2001 Alex Corretja / Luis Lobo
2000  Albano / Cyril Suk
*Bold denotes past champions in 2012 draw 

About the ATP
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SUNDAY FIRST ROUND FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS –

Centre Court

Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE) First ATP Meeting
Other meetings:
08 Australian Open Q (Australia) Hard -- Lukas Rosol 7-5 6-4
09 Braunschweig CH (Germany) Clay QF Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6(4) 6-1
09 Trnava CH (Slovakia) Clay R16 Teymuraz Gabashvili 1-6 7-6(6) 6-4
10 Ostrava CH (Czech Republic) Clay R32 Lukas Rosol 4-6 6-3 6-0
12 Bordeaux CH (France) Clay SF Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-4 6-4

Gabashvili FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-0
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 23, 1985
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 152

Rosol FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Belgrade (l Andujar)
YTD W-L: 15-16
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: July 24, 1985
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 107

Joao Souza (BRA) vs Wayne Odesnik (USA)    First Meeting

Souza FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Vina del Mar (l Chela); Belgrade (l Nalbandian)
YTD W-L: 6-9
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 27, 1988
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 124

Odesnik FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Umag (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 2-4
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: November 21, 1985
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 120