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Federer Leads 4-0
04 ROM v. SUI WG 1st RD (Romania) Clay RR Roger Federer 7-6(4)6-3 6-1
05 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Roger Federer 6-2 7-6(3) 6-3
08 Estoril (Portugal) Clay R16 Roger Federer 6-3 6-2
10 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R64 Roger Federer 6-2 6-3 6-2
FEDERER FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The 28-year-old Swiss enters with a 28-6 career mark and last year lost in the semi-finals to Murray…
• His 28 match wins is tied for second-most along with Lleyton Hewitt and Pete Sampras (Agassi- 31)
• The three-time champion from 2004-06 did not lose a set in each final, defeating Henman, Hewitt and James Blake in the three year title run…Michael Chang and Jimmy Connors also won three titles
• Since his last title in 2006, lost in the opening round (after a bye) to Guillermo Canas in 2007, to Mardy Fish in the semi-finals in 2008 and Murray in the semis last year
2010 Highlights:
W: Australian Open (d Murray); SF: Doha (l Davydenko)
2010 in Review:
• The Swiss superstar comes into his third tournament of the season with a 10-1 match record…This is his first appearance since Jan. 31 when he captured his 16th career Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open (d. Murray)…It was his fourth title in Melbourne (2004, ’06-07)
• He opened the campaign with a semi-final showing in Doha (l. to eventual champ Davyenko)
• He comes in ranked No. 1 for 273 weeks, only trailing Pete Sampras (286) for the most weeks atop the South African Airways ATP Rankings…He will break the record on June 14 if he remains No. 1
• Last month he withdrew from Dubai due to a lung infection
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 202-61 since playing his first Masters tournament in Miami (falling first round to Carlsen) in 1999…Has won 16 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, second all-time (since ‘90) behind Andre Agassi’s 17…Overall he is 16-9 in finals…Agassi is also the all-time leader with 209 match wins
• Has won six different tournaments - Hamburg (four times), Indian Wells (three times), Cincinnati (three times), Miami (twice), Toronto (twice) and Madrid (twice) and runner-up in two others – Monte Carlo (three times) and Rome (twice)
HANESCU FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The Romanian is making his fifth appearance at Indian Wells (3-4 record) and he’s looking to advance past the 2nd Rd. for the first time…He reached this round in 2004, ’08 and this year…He fell in the 1st Rd. in 2005 and 2009…He defeated Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 63 76(4) on Friday
2010 In Review:
• The 28-year-old Bucharest native is playing in his fifth ATP World Tour main draw of year…He has reached the 2nd Rd. in his previous four events coming in here – at Australian Open (l. to Federer), Costa do Sauipe (l. to Mello), Buenos Aires (l. to Ventura) and Acapulco (l. to Gonzalez)
• Has a 5-4 match record on the season and at No. 43, he is the only Romanian in the Top 100 (next-highest is No. 115 Victor Crivoi)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 15-27 career match record and his best result was the third round in Monte Carlo in 2005 (l. to No. 6 Gaudio) and in Montreal last year (l. to No. 6 del Potro)
Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, finished in Top 50 for third time in five years in his career at No. 48, highlighted by reaching QF or better six times (including final at Stuttgart, l. to Chardy)…Also finished in Top 50 in 2005 with year-end best No. 36 and No. 50 in 2008
• All six career ATP World Tour finals have been on clay - three in singles (won lone title in Gstaad in 2008, runner-up twice – Bucharest in 2007, Stuttgart last year) and three in doubles (also won one title, runner-up twice)
• Has a 4-20 career record against Top 10 opponents with his best win over No. 6 Rainer Schuettler in first round of Estoril in 2004
• He reached a career-high No. 26 on July 6, 2009 after Wimbledon-best 3rd Rd. result (l. to Simon)
(Q) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (7) Andy Roddick (USA) Roddick Leads 2-0
07 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard QF Andy Roddick 6-4 7-6(7)
10 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Andy Roddick 7-6(2) 6-4
LU FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The Chinese Taipei native qualified into the main draw with a pair of wins before defeating Spaniard Oscar Hernandez 61 62 in the 1st Rd. on Friday…Last year (d. Lammer, l. to No. 8 Simon in 2nd Rd.)
2010 Highlights:
QF: Johannesburg (l Monfils)
2010 In Review:
• The 26-year-old Chinese Taipei resident is playing in his sixth ATP World Tour tournament of the year (4-5 record) and his best result was the quarter-finals in Johannesburg last month (d. Nieminen, Klaasen, l. to Monfils)
• Also reached 2nd Rd. in Memphis (l. to Roddick) and fell in 1st Rd. at Australian Open (l. to Sorensen) and San Jose (l. to Verdasco)
• Reached one doubles final, in Chennai (w/Tipsarevic; l. to Granollers-Ventura)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History
• Has a 3-7 career record, reaching the second round in Indian Wells and Miami last year and again here
Miscellaneous:
• At No. 103, he is the only player from Chinese Taipei inside Top 300 (next-highest is No. 325 Yang)
• In 2009, finished in Top 100 for second straight year at No. 98, highlighted by two Challenger titles and career-best Grand Slam 3rd Rd. run at Australian Open (d. Nalbandian en route)
• Has a 2-8 career record vs. Top 10 opponents, defeating No. 3 Coria in 2nd Rd. at Queen’s in 2004 and No. 6 Murray at the Beijing Olympics in 2008
• Has never reached an ATP World Tour singles final but has reached three in doubles, winning one title and runner-up twice
• Nicknamed himself Randy since his English teacher had a difficult time with his first name (so Lu chose that name)
• Reached a career-high No. 55 on April 6, 2009
RODDICK FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The 27-year-old American comes in with a 20-7 career mark at the BNP Paribas Open…Last year he lost in the semi-finals to eventual champion Rafael Nadal…It was his third semi-final (2005, ’07, ‘09)
• He captured the doubles title last year (w/Fish), defeating Mirnyi-A. Ram 14-12 in match tie-break
2010 Highlights:
W: Brisbane (d Stepanek); F: San Jose (l Verdasco); QF: Australian Open (l Cilic); Memphis (l Querrey)
2010 in Review:
• The Austin, Texas resident enters with a 15-3 match record on the season, all on hard courts…Last month he reached the final in San Jose where he lost to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 36 64 64 and followed with a quarter-final in Memphis (l. to eventual champ Querrey)…He also has an ATP World Tour-best 13-2 mark in tie-breaks
• The top American opened the season by capturing his 28th career ATP World Tour title in Brisbane (d. Stepanek) to extend his title streak to 10 consecutive years (tied w/Federer among active players)…
Then followed by reaching the quarter-finals at the Australian Open (l. to Cilic in five sets)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a career record of 130-56 since playing his first Masters 1000 tournament in Miami (falling second round to Agassi) in 2000…Owns a 4-3 in finals, winning his last Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati in 2006 (d. Ferrero)…Also won there in 2003 (d. Fish)…His other titles have come in Montreal in 2003 (d. Nalbandian) and Miami in 2004 (d. Coria, ret.)
Miscellaneous:
• In 2009, the top American finished in the Top 10 for an eighth consecutive season at No. 7…He and Federer have the longest streak among active players on the ATP World Tour
• His 28 career titles is No. 3 among active players on the ATP World Tour, behind Federer (62) and Nadal (36)
Stadium 2
(12) Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Simon Greul (GER) First Meeting
Monfils FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Brisbane (l Stepanek); Johannesburg (l Lopez); QF: Rotterdam (l Youzhny); Marseille (l Benneteau)
YTD W-L: 12-5
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: September 1, 1986
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 15
Greul FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 4-7
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: April 13, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 58
James Blake (USA) vs (13) David Ferrer (ESP) Blake Leads 1-0
02 Basel (Switzerland) Carpet R32 James Blake 6-3 7-5
Blake FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Brisbane (l Monfils); Delray Beach (l Karlovic)
YTD W-L: 6-5
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 10
Date of Birth: December 28, 1979
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 52
Ferrer FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Acapulco (d Ferrero); F: Buenos Aires (l Ferrero); SF: Johannesburg (l Robert)
YTD W-L: 15-4
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 8
Date of Birth: April 2, 1982
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 16
Stadium 3
Arnaud Clement (FRA) vs (27) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) Baghdatis Leads 3-1
06 Lyon (France) Carpet R32 Arnaud Clement 6-2 5-7 6-3
07 Zagreb (Croatia) Carpet QF Marcos Baghdatis 6-2 6-7(2) 7-6(5)
08 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Marcos Baghdatis 6-3 6-4
09 Stockholm (Sweden) Hard QF Marcos Baghdatis 6-4 6-4
Clement FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
F: Auckland (l Isner)
YTD W-L: 5-7
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: December 17, 1977
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 76
Baghdatis FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Sydney (d Gasquet); SF: Dubai (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 15-5
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: June 17, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 33
Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) vs (6) Robin Soderling (SWE) Korolev Leads 2-0
08 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Evgeny Korolev 1-6 6-3 6-4
08 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Evgeny Korolev 7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(9)
Korolev FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 7-6
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: February 14, 1988
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 57
Soderling FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Rotterdam (d Youzhny); QF: Marseille (l Llodra)
YTD W-L: 8-3
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: August 14, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 7
(WC) David Nalbandian (ARG) vs (22) Jurgen Melzer (AUT) Nalbandian Leads 1-0
05 ATP Masters Series Madrid (Spain) Hard R32 David Nalbandian 7-6(1) 6-3
Nalbandian FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Buenos Aires (W/O vs Montanes)
YTD W-L: 4-0
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 10
Date of Birth: January 1, 1982
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 139
Melzer FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Zagreb (l Cilic); Dubai (l Youzhny); QF: Auckland (l Clement); Rotterdam (l Davydenko)
YTD W-L: 12-6
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 2
Date of Birth: May 22, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 28
Michael Russell (USA) vs (32) Igor Andreev (RUS) First Meeting
Russell FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: San Jose (l Querrey)
YTD W-L: 5-5
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 1, 1978
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 68
Andreev FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
SF: Costa Do Sauipe (l Kubot); QF: Buenos Aires (l Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 6-5
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: July 14, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 38
Court 4
(28) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Mathieu Leads 4-2
03 Kitzbuhel (Austria) Clay R16 Feliciano Lopez 3-6 6-3 3-0 ret
03 ATP Masters Series 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)
Other Meetings
02 Tunis CH (Tunisia) Clay R16 Feliciano Lopez 7-5 7-6(3)
(Q) Ricardo Mello (BRA) vs (24) Albert Montanes (ESP) Mello Leads 1-0
05 Costa Do Sauipe (Brazil) Clay R32 Ricardo Mello 3-6 6-4 6-4
Court 5
(30) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Thiemo de Bakker (NED) Tipsarevic Leads 1-0
10 Chennai (India) Hard QF Janko Tipsarevic 7-5 7-5
Court 6
(23) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Almagro Leads 1-0
05 St. Poelten (Austria) Clay R32 Nicolas Almagro 7-6(2) 7-6(3)
(18) Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) First Meeting
Dudi Sela (ISR) vs (14) Radek Stepanek (CZE) Stepanek Leads 1-0
09 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard SF Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-1