Monte-Carlo Thursday Preview

There are six Spaniards in the third round of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, led by No. 2 seed and reigning five-time champion Rafael Nadal. Four of the other Spaniards are seeded – No. 6 Fernando Verdasco, No. 9 and 2002-03 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 11 David Ferrer and No. 12 Tommy Robredo. The other Spaniard is unseeded Albert Montanes.

In the first match on Court Central, No. 10 seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic brings a 6-3 career mark against Verdasco. In the second match on, German left-hander Michael Berrer looks to break Nadal’s 28-match winning streak in Monte-Carlo. In the third match, No. 5 seed and top Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes a 2-0 record against Ferrero. In the final singles match, top seed and ’09 finalist Novak Djokovic brings a 7-2 mark against No. 13 seed Stanislas Wawrinka in a rematch of last year’s semi-final won by the Serb.
Here is a look at Thursday’s third round match-ups:

No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 13 Stanislas Wawrinka Djokovic leads 7-2 (2-1 on clay)
No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. Michael Berrer   Nadal leads 1-0
No. 4 Marin Cilic vs. Albert Montanes   First Meeting
No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. No. 9 Juan Carlos Ferrero  Tsonga leads 2-0
No. 6 Fernando Verdasco vs. No. 10 Tomas Berdych Berdych leads 6-3 (2-1 on clay)
No. 8 Ivan Ljubicic vs. No. 11 David Ferrer  Ferrer leads 4-1 (3-1 on clay)
No. 12 Tommy Robredo vs. David Nalbandian  Nalbandian leads 4-2 (2-2 on clay)
Philipp Petzschner vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber  Kohlschreiber leads 1-0

THURSDAY THIRD ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

Court Central

(10) Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs (6) Fernando Verdasco (ESP)          Berdych Leads 6-3
05 Sydney (Australia) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco 3-6 6-4 7-5
07 ATP Masters Series Hamburg  Clay R64 Tomas Berdych 7-6(6) 6-4
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Tomas Berdych 7-6(2) 6-1 7-6(3)
07 Tokyo (Japan) Hard QF Tomas Berdych 7-6(7) 4-6 7-5
08 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Fernando Verdasco 6-4 6-4 6-0
08 Båstad (Sweden) Clay SF Tomas Berdych 2-6 6-3 6-2
09 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Fernando Verdasco 7-5 5-7 6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells  Hard R32 Tomas Berdych 6-0 6-3
10 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard QF Tomas Berdych 4-6 7-6(5)6-4

BERDYCH FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 24-year-old Czech Republic native is making his sixth appearance in seven years (except '08) and has an 8-5 career record...On Monday he opened with a 63 61 win over Spaniard Feliciano Lopez and following day beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 62 60
• His best result was the semi-finals in 2007 when he beat No. 6 Robredo in the third round before losing to No. 2 Nadal
• In his other four visits, lost in the first round in 2004 (l. to Lisnard) and last year (l. to Fognini) and second round in 2005 (l. to O. Rochus) and '06 (l. to Simon)

2010 Highlights:
F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Roddick); SF: Brisbane (l Roddick); QF: San Jose (l Roddick); Memphis (l Gulbis); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Nadal)

2010 In Review:
• The top player from the Czech Republic enters the third round of his first clay court tournament with a 19-7 match record (16-7 on hard, 3-0 on clay)
• He is coming off his 10th career ATP World Tour final (5-5), his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title match (won ’05 Paris) and his first final in the U.S. in Miami on Apr. 4 (l. to Roddick)…En route, defeated No. 1 Federer (saved one M.P.) in 4th Rd. and No. 7 Soderling in QF…Afterwards, went from 20 to No. 16 (enters No. 15 this week)
• Prior to Miami, he reached the quarter-finals in Indian Wells (d. No. 12 Verdasco in 3rd Rd., l. to No. 3 Nadal)
• He helped his country to a 4-1 first round Davis Cup win over Belgium (on clay), defeating O. Rochus in straight sets in the opening rubber and winning the doubles (w/Stepanek) in similar fashion
• He opened the season by reaching the semi-finals in Brisbane (l. to eventual champ Roddick) and followed with opening round loss in Sydney (l. to Luczak after bye) and 2nd Rd. at Australian Open  (l. to Korolev)
• In February he reached back-to-back quarter-finals in San Jose (l. to Roddick) and Memphis (l. to Gulbis)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 65-46 career match record and his best result was the title in Paris in 2005 (d. No. 10 Ljubicic in five sets)…Also runner-up in Miami (l. to Roddick), semi-finalist three other times – ’06 Madrid, ’07 Monte-Carlo and ’08 Miami and quarter-finalist on five other occasions
Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 20 for fourth consecutive year at No. 20 and helped his country to its first Davis Cup final since 1980 (l. to Spain 5-0)…Went 3-2 in singles matches
• Has a 5-5 career mark in ATP World Tour finals and his last title came on clay in Munich in May 2009 (d. Youzhny)…Captured his first career ATP World Tour title on clay in Palermo in 2004 (d. Volandri)

VERDASCO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 26-year-old Spaniard has a 3-5 career record and he’s looking to reach the quarter-finals for the second straight year…He was winless (0-4) coming into last year before he put together back-to-back straight-set wins over German Philipp Kohlschreiber 63 64 and countryman and No. 10 seed David Ferrer 62 61 before losing to No. 3 Djokovic in three sets
• He opened the tournament Tuesday with a 62 61 win over Frenchman Julien Benneteau
• Three of his losses have come to Frenchmen – Gael Monfils in 2008, Richard Gasquet 75 67 76 in 2007 and Sebastien Grosjean in 2006

2010 Highlights:
W: San Jose (d Roddick); QF: Acapulco (l Monaco); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Berdych)

2010 in Review:
• The Madrid native enters with a 15-5 match record on the season (3-1 on clay, 12-4 on hard)
• He captured his fourth career ATP World Tour title, the first indoors, in San Jose on Feb. 14 (d. No. 7 Roddick)…He is 4-6 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals
• Last month in the first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, he lost in the third round in Indian Wells to Berdych 60 63 and in the quarter-finals in Miami (d. No. 9 Cilic, l. to Berdych in three)
• He opened the season with a 4th Rd. showing at the Australian Open (l. to Davydenko in five sets)
• In February, after his title in San Jose, lost in the 1st Rd. in Memphis (l. to Chardy) and then took a wild card into Acapulco where he reached the quarter-finals (l. to Monaco)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• He has a 57-55 career record and his best result is the quarter-finals nine times, five coming last year -- Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Rome and Madrid

Miscellaneous
• In 2009, he finished a year-end best No. 9, his first Top 10 season-ending ranking…He won his third ATP World Tour title in New Haven and was runner-up in Brisbane and Kuala Lumpur
• He qualified for his year-end championship at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London (0-3)
• He helped his native Spain to a second straight Davis Cup title by clinching tie with doubles win (w/Lopez) over Czech Republic

SPANIARDS IN TOP 25 – Verdasco is the second-highest of six Spaniards in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings (all six are in the third round):
No. 3 Rafael Nadal
No. 12 Fernando Verdasco
No. 16 Juan Carlos Ferrero
No. 17 David Ferrer
No. 23 Tommy Robredo
No. 32 Albert Montanes

Michael Berrer (GER) vs (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 1-0
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells   Hard R64 Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-1

BERRER FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 29-year-old Stuttgart native is one of three Germans (Kohlschreiber, Petzschner) in the third round…The last German to reach the final here was Rainer Schuettler in 2004 (l. to Coria)
• In his main draw debut, has not dropped a set en route to the last 16, defeating Evgeny Korolev 61 64 in the first round and No. 14 seed Juan Monaco 64 64

2010 Highlights:
F: Zagreb (l Cilic); QF: Chennai (l Wawrinka); Dubai (l Baghdatis)

2010 in Review:
• The German left-hander is playing in his eighth ATP World Tour level tournament of the season and enters with a 13-7 match record, tying his personal-best match wins total from three years ago (13-12)
• In February, he advanced to his first career ATP World Tour final in Zagreb (l. to Cilic)
• He also was a quarter-finalist in Chennai (l. to Wawrinka) and Dubai (l. to Baghdatis) and reached 2nd Rd. three times (incl. Australian Open) and fell 1st Rd. only once (Miami)…In January won Heilbronn Challenger title (d. Golubev)
• At No. 51, he is fifth-highest of 10 Gemans in Top 100 (top German is No. 33 Kohlschreiber)…He reached a career-best No. 50 last week (Apr. 5) and will move to around No. 43 next week

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 5-6 and this is the first time he’s appearing in the third round…He is 3-2 this year
 
Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 100 for second time at No. 74 and his season highlights were three Challenger titles (24-14 record)
• Has a 1-10 career record against Top 10 opponents and posted his lone win over No. 6 Davydenko in 2nd Rd. in Dubai in late February before losing to Baghdatis…Has never played a Top 10 on clay
• Has a 32-41 career mark on hard courts, 7-12 on clay
• Coached by Italian Claudio Pistolesi (since Dec. 2009), who reached a career-high No. 71 in 1987

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 23-year-old reigning five-time champion posted his 30th career win (30-1) with a 61 60 victory over Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker on Wednesday…The Spaniard has won 28 straight wins since his only loss in the third round to Guillermo Coria in 2003 (did not play in 2004 due to injury)…Has only lost five sets (58-5) during streak (in 2005-06 SF & F, ’09 F)…Last year he beat Djokovic 63 26 61
• Last year became the first World No. 1 to win the Monte-Carlo title since Ivan Lendl in 1988 (d. Jaite)
• In 2008, became the first player to win four straight titles since New Zealand’s Anthony Wilding from 1911-14…Reggie Doherty of England earned a tournament record six titles  (1897-99, 1902-04) – at the dawn of the now 104-year-old championship
• Since the loss to Coria seven years ago, has captured titles over Coria in 2005, World No. 1 Roger Federer from 2006-08 and Djokovic last year…Has a 12-0 mark against Top 10 opponents
• In 2008, captured the doubles title (w/Robredo) over Bhupathi-Knowles and became the first player to win both titles in the same year since Ilie Nastase in 1973 (d. Borg, won doubles w/Gisbert)

2010 Highlights:
F: Doha (l Davydenko); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Ljubicic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Roddick); QF: Australian Open (l Murray)

2010 in Review:
• The World No. 3 has a 17-4 mark on the season (16-4 on hard courts) and he’s coming off back-to-back semi-finals results at the first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells (l. to Ljubicic in third set TB) and Miami (l. to Roddick in three sets), falling to eventual champions in both
• His last title came at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (d. Djokovic) last May…Has played in 13 tournaments since the title
• Along with his singles semi-final in Indian Wells, he also captured his sixth career ATP World Tour doubles title there (w/M. Lopez)
• He opened the campaign with a runner-up in Doha (l. to Davydenko, held two match points) and followed with a quarter-final at the Australian Open where he retired with a right knee injury (vs. Murray) on Jan. 26…Did not return until Indian Wells in March

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• The Spaniard has a 166-35 career match record and a 15-6 mark in finals, winning at least two titles in each of the past five years (2005-09)…Won a personal-best four in 2005 and three each in 2007-08-09
• He’s won at least 20 matches in four different ATP Masters 1000 tournaments – Monte Carlo (30-1), Indian Wells (26-4), Rome (22-1) and Miami (21-7)
• Has reached the final in eight of the current nine Masters 1000 finals (except Cincinnati)…He also won the former Masters 1000 tournament in Hamburg in 2008 and was runner-up in ‘07

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, he became the first left-hander to finish No. 1 since John McEnroe in 1984, in addition to becoming first Spaniard as year-end No. 1 in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973)…Spent 46 weeks at No. 1 before Federer regained the top ranking on July 6, ’09 (after capturing Wimbledon title)
• Since 2005 has an outstanding 155-6 match record on clay and 22-2 mark in clay court finals on the ATP World Tour
• His 31-match winning streak came to an end last year in Paris as Robin Soderling won 4th Rd. battle

(5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs (9) Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) Tsonga Leads 2-0
08 Lyon (France)  Carpet QF Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  7-6(5) 6-1
10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami  Hard R16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  6-2   6-2

TSONGA FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 24-year-old Frenchman made his main draw debut Tuesday with a 76(5) 75 win over Spaniard Nicolas Almagro…He is the lone Frenchman remaining of the eight that began the tournament

2010 Highlights:
SF: Australian Open (l Federer); Marseille (l Benneteau); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal)
 
2010 In Review:
• The top Frenchman on the ATP World Tour is trying to reach his fourth quarter-final (or better) of the season…In his last tournament in Miami he lost to Rafael Nadal 63 62
• Has a 15-6 match record on the season and prior to Miami he reached the 4th Rd. in Indian Wells (l. to No. 7 Soderling)
• He opened the season by reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open (d. No. 3 Djokovic in five sets, l. to Federer) and in February the semis in Marseille (l. to Benneteau)…Then lost in 2nd Rd. in Dubai (l. to Ljubicic)
• In opening Davis Cup tie Mar. 5-7 against Germany, he defeated Benjamin Becker in four sets in second rubber and retired with sprained ankle in dead rubber against Simon Greul

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 29-17 with his best result a title in Paris in 2008 (d. Nalbandian)…Also a semi-finalist in Montreal last year (d. Federer after trailing 1-5 in third set, l. to Murray)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 10 for second straight year at No. 10, highlighted by a career-best 53-20 match record…Won three ATP World Tour titles – Johannesburg, Marseille and Tokyo
• 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)
• Has a 15-17 career mark (0-2 on clay) vs. Top 10 foes (5-5 in ’09), with seven wins over Top 5 foes

FERRERO FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Spaniard is playing here for the 10th time in 11 years (did not play last season) and enters with a 30-7 career record…His 30 match wins is best among active players (along with Nadal)
• The No. 9 seed opened with a 60 63 win over countryman Marcel Granollers on Monday and followed with a 63 64 victory over German Benjamin Becker on Wednesday
• Has reached the quarterfinals or better in five of his previous appearances, winning back-to-back titles in 2002 (d. Moya) and ’03 (d. Coria)…Also a semifinalist in 2005 (l. to Coria) and ’07 (l. to Federer)

2010 Highlights:
W: Costa Do Sauipe (d Kubot); Buenos Aires (d Ferrer); F: Acapulco (l Ferrer)
 
2010 In Review:
• The No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 3 Nadal, No. 12 Verdasco) enters his fourth clay court tournament of the season with a 19-5 match record, including an ATP World Tour-best 16-1 mark on clay
• His best results have come on clay, winning back-to-back ATP World Tour titles last month in Costa do Sauipe (d. Kubot) and Buenos Aires (d. Ferrer) before his 14-match winning streak came to an end in the final of Acapulco (l. to Ferrer in three sets)…He, Marin Cilic and Andy Roddick are the only two-time titlists this year
• In the first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, lost to Juan Monaco in the third round in Indian Wells and to No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round in Miami

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 121-71 and four-time winner – 2001 Rome, 2002-03 Monte-Carlo and 2003 Madrid…Also a runner-up twice (’01 Hamburg, ’06 Cincinnati)…His 121 match wins is No. 10 since ‘90

Miscellaneous:
• He broke an ATP World Tour title drought last May in Casablanca by defeating Frenchman Florent Serra in the final…It was his first title since Madrid in October 2003
• Dropped to No. 115 on Apr. 5 and again on May 11 last year, his lowest since May 1999 (No. 126)
• Has a 38-56 career record against Top 10 opponents and his last win came over No. 9 Simon (ret.) in the 3rd Rd. at last year’s US Open…His last clay Top 10 win came over No. 2 Nadal in ’08 Rome
• Has a 14-18 career record in finals and has reached at least one final every year since 1999

(1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs (13) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) Djokovic Leads 7-2
06 Umag (Croatia) Clay F Stanislas Wawrinka 6-6(1)  ret  (breathing)
06 SUI v. SCG WG PO (Switzerland) Hard RR Novak Djokovic 6-4 3-6  2-6   7-6(3) 6-4
06 Vienna (Austria) Hard R16 Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3 6-3
07 Vienna (Austria) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-0
08 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells  Hard QF Novak Djokovic 7-6(5)6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay F Novak Djokovic 4-6  6-3 6-3
09 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells  Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 7-6(7) 7-6(6)
09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo  Clay SF Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-1 6-3
09 Basel (Switzerland) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 3-6 7-6(5)6-2
Other Meeting:
04 Aachen CH (Germany) Carpet R32 Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-3

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 22-year-old Serb enters with a 9-4 career mark and he’s coming off his first final last year (l. to Nadal in three sets)…Two years ago he reached the semi-finals (retiring vs. Federer)
• He opened the tournament Wednesday with a 62 63 win over Frenchman Florent Serra
• Two of his four losses have come to No. 1 Roger Federer, in his debut in three sets in 2006 and the semi-finals in ’08 when he retired due to illness...In 2007, came in No. 7 and after a bye, beat Gaston Gaudio before losing to David Ferrer in the third round

2010 Highlights:
W: Dubai (d Youzhny); SF: Rotterdam (l Youzhny); QF: Australian Open (l Tsonga)

2010 in Review:
• The World No. 2 is playing in his first clay court tournament and has a 16-4 match record on the season (13-4 on hard, 3-0 on clay)…In last month’s first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, reached the fourth round in Indian Wells (l. to eventual champ Ljubicic) and opening round (after a bye) in Miami to Olivier Rochus in three sets…Has a 7-2 mark in decisive set matches (third or fifth set)
• In early March, he lifted his country to a 3-2 first round Davis Cup victory on clay over the U.S. in Belgrade, winning a four-set match against Sam Querrey and clinching the tie with a five-set victory over John Isner…Serbia will play Croatia in the quarter-finals in July
• Prior to that he repeated title in Dubai (d. Youzhny in three sets), his 17th career ATP World Tour crown…He won four of the five matches in three sets…He became the second player in tournament history (since 1993) to win back-to-back titles…Federer won three in a row from 2003-05
•  In mid-February, he reached the semi-finals in Rotterdam (l. to Youzhny)
• He opened the season with a quarter-final at the Australian Open (l. to Tsonga in five sets) and moved to a career-high No. 2 on Feb. 1…This is his 11th straight week at No. 2 
• On Monday he announced he will no longer work with American Todd Martin, who was traveling part-time since last August…Will continue to work with long-time coach Marian Vajda

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 92-33 career match record and 5-6 in finals…He closed last year by winning the title in Paris (d. Monfils)…It was the eighth different ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in his career (except Shanghai)
• In 2007, reached his first final in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal) and followed with his first title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (d. Canas)…Later that year, won the title in Montreal, defeating the Top 3 players in succession – No. 3 Roddick (QF), No. 2 Nadal (SF) and No. 1 Federer (F)
• In 2008, won titles in Indian Wells (d. Fish) and Rome (d. Wawrinka) while reaching the final in Cincinnati (l. to Murray)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, the Serb finished No. 3 for a third straight season by reaching a career-high 10 ATP World Tour finals (5-5)...He also led the circuit in matches played (97) with a 78-19 record and hard court matches won (53)
• In 2008, he captured his first Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open (d. Federer in SF, Tsonga in F)

WAWRINKA FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 25-year-old Swiss is making his fourth appearance (6-3 career record) and last year reached the semi-finals (d. No. 2 Federer en route, l. to Djokovic)
• This week the No. 13 seed defeated Romanian Victor Hanescu 62 64 and Latvian Ernests Gulbis 61 64 en route to the third round
• He fell in the 1st Rd. in first two appearances (2006, 2008)
 
2010 Highlights:
W: Casablanca (d Hanescu); F: Chennai (l Cilic)

2010 In Review:
• The Swiss No. 2 is playing in his fifth ATP World Tour event of year and trying to reach his third ATP World Tour quarter-final or better…Has a 14-4 match record, including 7-1 on clay
• Has a 14-0 record against non-Top 20 opponents this year (0-4 vs. Top 20 foes)
• At No. 20, he is one of three Swiss in Top 100 (No. 1 Federer, No. 59 Chiudinelli)
• Last Sunday he captured his second career ATP World Tour title in Casablanca (d. Hanescu in final)
• In March, he went 1-2 in Switzerland's first round Davis Cup loss vs. Spain (1-1 in singles, 0-1 in doubles)
• He began the season by reaching the final in Chennai (l. to Cilic) and 3rd Rd. at Australian Open (l. to Cilic)…He did not play until March due to birth of first child (Alexia, born February 12)
• In last month’s ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Miami, he reached the 3rd Rd. at Miami (d. Anderson, l. to Youzhny)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 42-34 career match record and his best result was a runner-up in Rome two years ago with wins over Murray, Blake, Roddick-ret. before losing to Djokovic)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 25 for second straight year at No. 21 with his best result the semi-finals in Monte-Carlo
• Both ATP World Tour singles titles have come on clay (2006 Umag, 2010 Casablanca) but only career ATP World Tour doubles title was on hard (2008 Olympics w/Federer)
• He reached a career-high No. 9 on June 9, 2008 and spent 22 weeks inside Top 10 (all consecutive between May 12 and October 12, 2008 and peaking at No. 9 for six of those weeks)
• Has an 11-29 career match record (4-9 on clay) against Top 10 opponents and his last win came over No. 6 Roddick, who retired with a knee injury at 3-4 in the first set last October in Shanghai

Court Des Princes

(4) Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Albert Montanes (ESP)  First Meeting

Cilic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Chennai (d Wawrinka); Zagreb (d Berrer); SF: Australian Open (l Murray); QF: Dubai (l Melzer)
YTD W-L: 21-4 (1-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 2/Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: September 28, 1988
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 9

Montanes FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Auckland (l Isner); Buenos Aires (l Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 12-8 (6-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: November 26, 1980
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 32

(8) Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs (11) David Ferrer (ESP) Ferrer Leads 4-1
03 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Ivan Ljubicic 6-2 6-3
03 Stuttgart (Germany) Clay R32 David Ferrer 7-6(3)6-1
06 ATP World Team Chp. (Germany) Clay RR David Ferrer 6-2 6-2
07 ATP Masters Series Hamburg  Clay R16 David Ferrer 6-3 6-3
09 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 David Ferrer 3-6 6-2 6-1

Ljubicic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Roddick); QF: Dubai (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 12-5 (1-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 10
Date of Birth: March 19, 1979
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 14

Ferrer FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Acapulco (d Ferrero); F: Buenos Aires (l Ferrero); SF: Johannesburg (l Robert)
YTD W-L: 19-6 (13-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 8
Date of Birth: April 2, 1982
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 17

(12) Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs David Nalbandian (ARG) Nalbandian Leads 4-2
01 Sopot (Poland) Clay SF Tommy Robredo 6-3 6-2
01 Palermo (Italy) Clay SF David Nalbandian 6-2 7-6(4)
02 ATP Masters Series Toronto (Canada)Hard R32 David Nalbandian 7-6(1)6-3
06 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 David Nalbandian 6-3 6-0 2-6 6-2
06 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay R16 Tommy Robredo 5-7 6-1 7-5
08 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay R16 David Nalbandian 6-1 6-0

Robredo FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Auckland (l Isner); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Roddick)
YTD W-L: 9-7 (2-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 9
Date of Birth: May 1, 1982
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 23

Nalbandian FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Buenos Aires (W/O vs Montanes)
YTD W-L: 8-2 (4-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 10
Date of Birth: January 1, 1982
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 151

Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)        Kohlschreiber Leads 1-0
10 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-2

Petzschner FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Zagreb (l Berrer); Memphis (l Isner)
YTD W-L: 11-7 (2-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: March 24, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 49

Kohlschreiber FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Auckland (l Clement); QF: San Jose (l Istomin)
YTD W-L: 11-7 (2-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: October 16, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 33