Week 6: Joberg [Zhijun]; Santiago [Joaquín] ; Zagreb [Brdar]; Burnie [Natale]

[SirBloody Idiot]

Tournaments to go on the computer this week:
ATP            Challengers
Johannesburg        Burnie
Santiago
Zagreb

Tournaments to fall off from last year:
ATP            Challengers
Johannesburg (Amato)
Vina del Mar (Blanco)
Zagreb (Brdar)

Tournament Name: MOVISTAR OPEN
Location: SANTIAGO, CHILE
Dates: FEBRUARY 1–7, II
Prize Money: USD $398,250
32 DRAW (MAIN DRAW & QUALIFYING)

SITE: Hacienda Chicureo Club de Golf-Colina
Santiago, Chile
SURFACE: Clay
BALL: Penn
WEB SITE: Movistar Open 2010

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 30, TBA
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: December 21, I
Seeding: January 25, II

1 Moreno, Juan ARG 13
OUT Matías, Tiago POR 24
3 Emelio, Sanchez ESP 26
4 Joaquín, Sergio ESP 39
5 Andueza, Ion ESP 40
OUT L'Estrange, Pierre FRA 41
7 Varga, János HUN 45
8 Mandonna, Paolo ARG 55
9 Santos, Roberto BRA 58
10 Villaneuva, Javier ESP 61
11 Parmentier, Yves BEL 64
12 Harmel, Mark BEL 66
13 Alavos, Marcelo PAR 69
14 Dorogan, Roman UKR 74
15 Carretero, Marc ESP 76
OUT Boneik, Zbiginiew AUT 82
17 Cordiero, Valter POR 85
18 Zakov, Yordan BUL 88
19 Marín, Aldo PAR 93
20 Quezada, Jefferson CHL 95
21 Moreno, Néstor ECU 101
22 Buur, Kasper DEN 105
23 Menon, Felipe BRA 109
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC) Varas, Renato CHL
31 (WC) Rojas, Alex CHL
32 (WC) Navarrete, Luis CHL

Alternates
IN Bertolotto, Miguel ARG 117
IN Dinov, Gjorgji MKD 119
OUT Chasiotis, Dmitris GRE 120
IN Cobos, Emelio ARG 122
IN Aguero, Fernando ESP 123
IN De Kinsele, Michael ITA 131
1. Gómez, Domingo Gutiérrez PUR 132
2. Prodi, Massimo ITA 135
3. Georgilas, Takis CYP 137
4. Pushkov, Yevgeny RUS 145
5. Fosdike, Mikel FRA 146
OUT Timko, Mario SVK 147
OUT Zsasz, Victor SUI 153
6. Pelayo, Felipe MEX 155
OUT Fernando, Rafael ESP 158

Tournament Name: SA TENNIS OPEN
Location: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Dates: 1–7 FEBRUARY, II
Prize Money: USD $442,500
32 DRAW (Q32)

SITE: Montecasino
Number 1, Montecasino Blvd
Fourways, 2191 South Africa
SURFACE: Hard
BALL: Wilson US Open
WEB SITE: www.satennis.co.za

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 30, 2:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: December 21, I
Seeding: January 25, II

OUT Murdoch, Dwayne USA 10
2 Amato, Carlo ITA 19
3 Zhijun, Sun CHN 28
4 Bradley, Jason USA 35
5 Sae-ul, Atthaphol THA 47
6 Schmidt, Pascal SUI 59
7 Donaldson, Björn SWE 60
8 Isaev, Denis BLR 68
OUT Denisov, Boris RUS 72
10 Li, Ming-Wang CHN 84
11 Morkel, Haiku NOR 89
12 Murray, Adam AUS 103
13 Reiter, Martin AUT 106
14 S'ua, Murphy SAM 107
15 Zeman, Václav CZE 110
OUT Lee, Immin KOR 114
17 Daniels, Roy CDR 115
18 Bre, Matt CDR 116
19 Veno, Akihiko JPN 118
OUT Chasiotis, Dimitris GRE 120
21 Juraev, Anvar UZB 124
22 Tu, Haifeng TPE 125
23 Bruce, Randy USA 129
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC) Thursfield, Oliver RSA
31 (WC) Isaacs, Robert RSA
32 (WC) Turnbull, Richard RSA

Alternates
OUT De Kinsele, Michael ITA 131
IN Henrikkson, Henrikk SWE 133
OUT Prodi, Massimo ITA 135
IN Moss, Sebastian GBR 141
IN Timko, Mario SVK 147
OUT Arsov, Branko MKD 148
OUT Jones, Waylon USA 150
IN Doungtong, Adul THA 152
IN Zsasz, Victor SUI 153
IN Fernando, Rafael ESP 158
1. Renard, Bertran FRA 160
2. Vučemilović, Stipo CRO 162
OUT Nesterov, Ilja KAZ 163
3. Lachance, Sébastien FRA 164
4. Russell, Andy GBR 168

Tournament Name: PBZ ZAGREB INDOORS
Location: ZAGREB, CROATIA
Dates: 1–7 FEBRUARY II
Prize Money: €398,250 (Total Financial Commitment €450.000)
32 DRAW (Q 32)

SITE: DOM SPORTOVA
TRG KRESIMIRA COSICA 11
10000 ZAGREB
SURFACE: RuKortHard
BALL: HEAD ATP TOURNAMENT SELECT INDOOR
WEB SITE: www.zagrebindoors.com

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 30, TBA
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: December 21, I
Seeding: January 25, II

1 Brdar, Miroslav CRO 14
OUT Micic, Danijel SRB 23
3 Champion, David AUS 27
4 Haas, Becker GER 31
OUT Vollan, Kim NOR 36
6 Genov, Ivan BUL 38
7 Orlov, Dmitry RUS 44
8 Vollan, Tom NOR 46
9 Midid, Nilikar CRO 48
10 Vuriak, Viktor UKR 53
OUT Berg, Maarten NED 56
12 Cesljar, Ivan CRO 62
13 Genghini, Jean-Christophe FRA 63
14 Bowenburg, Rob FRC 67
15 Färkkilä, Lari FIN 75
16 Delev, Spas CDR 78
17 Puder, Oleg RUS 81
18 Peters, Alex GER 87
19 Aksu, Emrem TUR 90
20 Highsmith, Oscar GBR 91
21 Emsis, Ivars LAT 92
22 Day, Julian USA 94
23 Heug, Gunther GER 96
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC) Vuka, Ivan CRO
31 (WC) Vučemilović, Stipo CRO
32 (WC) Kurtovic, Tomislav CRO

Alternates
IN Brozik, Petr CZE 97
IN Maurer, Bogdan ROU 99
IN Ulemek, Nico CRO 112
IN Tadić, Adem CRO 113
OUT Dinov, Gjorgji MKD 119
IN Berianidze, Gocha GEO 121
1. Bruce, Randy USA 129
2. De Kinsele, Michael ITA 131
3. Gómez, Domingo Gutiérrez PUR 132
OUT Henrikkson, Henrikk SWE 133
4. Lazzeri, Sam USA 136
OUT Moss, Sebastian GBR 141
5. Jones, David AUS 143
OUT Vuka, Ivan CRO 144 (WC to MD)
OUT Timko, Mario SVK 147

McDonalds Burnie Men's International
Burnie, Australia
Hard - $50,000

There is a Davis Cup tie between East CWLand and West CWLand this week, so players can either choose to accept their spot in the provisional squads or choose to withdraw from national competition.

Also because of the placement of these tournaments (straight after an Open), the cut-offs will generally be a lot lower with around 120 for main draw entry (give or take ten) and 150 to 160 for alternates.

 

[NUFAN]

Withdraw from Davis Cup as clearly I would just be a hitting partner unless someone else pulled out.

PBZ ZAGREB INDOORS for Bowenburg please.

 

[Mister Wright]

Mustard will definitely not be playing any of these tournament to make himself fully available for The Davis Cup.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Despite crashing out first round last year against Oliver Engel (as eighth seed, no less!), Roy Daniels returns to Johannesburg to recover a stolen wallet.

 

[Johnners]

After missing out last year due to a missed flight, Delev is keen to tackle Zagreb.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Ox playing Davis Cup, obviously. WEEEST

 

[Blewy]

Randy Banks will play the McDonalds Burnie Men's International

 

[ripper868]

Maxum will a break from Bowenburg for a tournament (Much as I him) and just hit the Singles in Santiago please

EDIT: Just checked the Davis cup thread, will play that instead of Santiago

 

[Goughy]

Is it possible for a scrub like Kao to try and qualify for PBZ ZAGREB INDOORS?

If not he would like to qualify for the Challenger event

 

[Matteh]

JoBurg

 

[NUFAN]

Maxum will a break from Bowenburg for a tournament (Much as I him) and just hit the Singles in Santiago please

EDIT: Just checked the Davis cup thread, will play that instead of Santiago

Yeah mate, I didn't think you would mind me playing in Croatia, due to your Davis Cup commitments.

 

[Number 11]

Burnie please for Jason Lawley.

 

[ripper868]

Yeah mate, I didn't think you would mind me playing in Croatia, due to your Davis Cup commitments.

Just don't come back to me with any diseases.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

ENTRY LISTS AS THEY STAND

Johannesburg

1 Murdoch, Dwayne USA 10
2 Amato, Carlo ITA 19
3 Zhijun, Sun CHN 28
4 Bradley, Jason USA 35
5 Sae-ul, Atthaphol THA 47
6 Schmidt, Pascal SUI 59
7 Donaldson, Björn SWE 60
8 Isaev, Denis BLR 68
9 Denisov, Boris RUS 72
10 Li, Ming-Wang CHN 84
11 Morkel, Haiku NOR 89
12 Murray, Adam AUS 103
13 Reiter, Martin AUT 106
14 S'ua, Murphy SAM 107
15 Zeman, Václav CZE 110
16 Lee, Immin KOR 114
17 Daniels, Roy CDR 115
18 Veno, Akihiko JPN 118
19 Chasiotis, Dimitris GRE 120
20 Juraev, Anvar UZB 124
21 Tu, Haifeng TPE 125
22 Bruce, Randy USA 129
23 De Kinsele, Michael ITA 131
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Santiago

1 Moreno, Juan ARG 13
2 Matías, Tiago POR 24
3 Emelio, Sanchez ESP 26
4 Joaquín, Sergio ESP 39
5 Andueza, Ion ESP 40
6 L'Estrange, Pierre FRA 41
7 Varga, János HUN 45
8 Mandonna, Paolo ARG 55
9 Santos, Roberto BRA 58
10 Villaneuva, Javier ESP 61
11 Parmentier, Yves BEL 64
12 Harmel, Mark BEL 66
13 Alavos, Marcelo PAR 69
14 Dorogan, Roman UKR 74
15 Carretero, Marc ESP 76
16 Boneik, Zbiginiew AUT 82
17 Cordiero, Valter POR 85
18 Zakov, Yordan BUL 88
19 Marín, Aldo PAR 93
20 Quezada, Jefferson CHL 95
21 Moreno, Néstor ECU 101
22 Buur, Kasper DEN 105
23 Menon, Felipe BRA 109
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Zagreb

1 Brdar, Miroslav CRO 14
2 Micic, Danijel SRB 23
3 Champion, David AUS 27
4 Haas, Becker GER 31
5 Vollan, Kim NOR 36
6 Genov, Ivan BUL 38
7 Orlov, Dmitry RUS 44
8 Vollan, Tom NOR 46
9 Midid, Nilikar CRO 48
10 Vuriak, Viktor UKR 53
11 Berg, Maarten NED 56
12 Cesljar, Ivan CRO 62
13 Genghini, Jean-Christophe FRA 63
14 Bowenburg, Rob FRC 67
15 Färkkilä, Lari FIN 75
16 Delev, Spas CDR 78
17 Puder, Oleg RUS 81
18 Peters, Alex GER 87
19 Aksu, Emrem TUR 90
20 Highsmith, Oscar GBR 91
21 Emsis, Ivars LAT 92
22 Day, Julian USA 94
23 Heug, Gunther GER 96
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Some very weak fields this week, but that's to be expected so close to an Open and with many CWLanders on national duty. That all changes in week seven as Rotterdam, the first ATP 500 tournament of the year, is shaping up to be a beauty with eight players inside the top twenty already competiting. In Zagreb, Maarten Berg makes his first appearance on court since Indianapolis just before he required a knee reconstruction.

 

[Jarquis]

Can I try Joburg please,

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Zagreb. I think I made the quarters last year, and need to protect those ranking points after an early exit in Melbourne. Should be nice & fresh for it.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Zagreb. I think I made the quarters last year, and need to protect those ranking points after an early exit in Melbourne. Should be nice & fresh for it.

Opt out of Davis Cup?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Opt out of Davis Cup?

Hohum. I've got to consider it, really. I'm not sure on this, but I presume there aren't any ranking points for the Davis Cup?

I'm going to have to take a week off soon - I was planning on week 7 as I didn't play last year. I need to at least try and stay in the top 30 to guarantee a seeding for Grand Slams.

Maybe I'll hold off until I see the post-Melbourne rankings, but suspecting I'll suffer a big slide.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Hohum. I've got to consider it, really. I'm not sure on this, but I presume there aren't any ranking points for the Davis Cup?

I'm going to have to take a week off soon - I was planning on week 7 as I didn't play last year. I need to at least try and stay in the top 30 to guarantee a seeding for Grand Slams.

Maybe I'll hold off until I see the post-Melbourne rankings, but suspecting I'll suffer a big slide.

There are points for Davis Cup, but not a huge amount unless you win the thing.

As it stands, you won't move from No. 31 unless someone ranked below you goes real deep in the Slam (like semis). Clay season is the worry, though.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Hmmm. Maybe I'll go Davis Cup and then play next week and have the week off after? I'm presuming Indian Wells is Week 9? So I can take Week 8 off without losing any ranking points? Maybe gain a few in Week 7 to make up for the 80-odd I lose in Week 6.