Week 8: Marseille (Špidlá), Memphis (Mustard), Buenos Aires (Smeltz), Belgrade (Berg)

[SirBloody Idiot]

Tournaments to go on the computer this week:
ATP            Challengers
Buenos Aires        Belgrade
Marseille
Memphis

Tournaments to fall off from last year:
ATP            Challengers
Buenos Aires (Blanco)
Marseille (Zhijun)
Memphis (Read)

Tournament Name: OPEN 13
Location: MARSEILLE, FRANCE
Dates: 15–21 FEBRUARY II
Prize Money: €512,750 (Total Financial Commitment €576.000)
28 (Q32) DRAW

SITE: PALAIS DES SPORTS DE MARSEILLE
81, RUE RAYMOND TEISSEIRE
13009 MARSEILLE
SURFACE: GREENSET
BALL: TECHNIFIBRE
WEB SITE: Open13 - Tournoi de tennis ATP Marseille 2010 du 15 au 21 fevrier 2010 Marseille

Qualifying draw: Friday, February 12, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, February 13, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 13, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0)
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: January 4, II
Seeding: February 8, 2010

Past Finals:
I: Zhijun Sun (CHN) def. Miroslav Brdar (CRO) 6-4, 7-6(1)

Tournament Name: REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Location: MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, USA
Dates: FEBRUARY 15–21, II
Prize Money: US $1,100,000
32 DRAW (16 DRAW QUALIFYING)

SITE: The Racquet Club of Memphis
5111 Sanderlin Avenue
Memphis, TN 38117-4398
SURFACE: Hard- Plexipave
BALL: Wilson Regular Duty
WEB SITE: Splash Page :: Regions Morgan Keegan Championships & Cellular South Cup

Qualifying draw: Friday, February 12, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Friday, February 12, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 13, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 500
F: 300
SF: 180
QF: 90
R16: 45
R32: 0
Q: +20
Q8: 10
Q16: 0

Entry deadline: January 4, II
Seeding: February 8, II

Past Finals:
I: Brett Read (CWL) def. Darcy Cowan (USA), 7-6(5), 6-4

Q. What are the requirements and rules for player participation for an ATP World Tour 500 tournament?
A. Top 30 players (based on '09 year-end ranking) must play a minimum of four 500 level tournaments during the calendar year, including at least one event following the US Open (Monte Carlo Masters 1000 event will count towards the minimum of four and all penalties apply):
-- A 0-pointer for each event less than four played.
-- A 0-pointer for withdrawing from any 500 tournament after the acceptance list is out.
-- A 0-pointer for not playing at least one event after the US Open.
-- A 0-pointer can be appealed by a player to the same tribunal formed to hear 1000 suspension appeals.
-- No suspensions or fines (including no withdrawal and late withdrawal fines).

These players are:

Hall, Jason
Blanco, Daniel Páez
Špidlá, Radek
Daneu, Radivoj
Oxenstierna, Sven
Cowan, Darcy
Olesen, Rasmus
Boros, József
Altman, Illya
Murdoch, Dwayne
Drake, Jefferson
Henson, Rick
Moreno, Juan
Brdar, Miroslav
Charles, Henry
Kennedy, Davis
Varga, Zoltán
Smeltz, Randy
Amato, Carlo
Stewart, Oneil
Pascaul, Patrick
Benaglio, Almen
Micic, Danijel
Matias, Tiago
Hurtado, Diego
Emelio, Sanchez
Champion, David
Zhijun, Sun
Mustard, Jojo
Carter, Morgan

Tournament Name: COPA TELMEX
Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Dates: FEBRUARY 15–21, 2010
Prize Money: US $475,300
32 DRAW (MAIN DRAW & QUALIFYING)

SITE: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
Olleros 1510
Capital Federal 1426
Buenos Aires, Argentina
SURFACE: Red Clay
BALL: Wilson
WEB SITE: .:COPA TELMEX 2010:.

Qualifying draw: Friday, February 12, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: TBA
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 13, 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: January 4, 2010
Seeding: February 8, 2010

Past Finals:
I: Daniel Páez Blanco (ESP) def. József Boros (HUN), 6-3, 6-4

More Tretorn Serie+ action this week in Belgrade, Serbia.

MT:S Open powered by Sony Ericsson
Belgrade, Serbia
February 14-21, II
Indoor Clay - $125K+H

ATP Ranking Points
W: 125
F: 74
SF: 45
QF: 25
R16: 10
R32: 5
R64: O
QR4: 5

 

[Simon]

Smeltz will play Argentina in week 9, depening on the week 10 schedule. A withdrawal is a possiblity though.

 

[Matteh]

Argentina

 

[Mister Wright]

I'm on my 8th beer tonight, so really confused. Mustard is bolded. Does that mean he has automatic qualification?

 

[Blewy]

Randy Banks will attempt to qualify for Memphis

 

[Johnners]

I'm on my 8th beer tonight, so really confused. Mustard is bolded. Does that mean he has automatic qualification?

All players in that list have to play at least 4 x 500pt tournaments, and SBI has just bolded the CW players.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

All players in that list have automatically qualified, and SBI has just bolded the CW players.

Nah, sorry I should have been more clear. Those thirty players must play four ATP 500 tournaments throughout the season (including one after the CW Open) or else they end up with a '0' score on their Best 18 tournaments.

That is the list of the thirty 'commitment players' that need to do that, and yeah the ones bolded are CWLanders.

Hope that helps

All players in that list have to play at least 4 x 500pt tournaments, and SBI has just bolded the CW players.

Haha well played. Yeah

 

[Johnners]

Delev to play in Memphis.

 

[Johnners]

Nah, sorry I should have been more clear. Those thirty players must play four ATP 500 tournaments throughout the season (including one after the CW Open) or else they end up with a '0' score on their Best 18 tournaments.

That is the list of the thirty 'commitment players' that need to do that, and yeah the ones bolded are CWLanders.

Hope that helps



Haha well played. Yeah

I hadn't read and just assumed he gotten the bit about the list being auto-qualifiers

 

[NUFAN]

Serbia at this stage. Probably need to have a chat with Maxum what his plans are before completely confirming.

 

[roseboy64]

Argentina.

 

[Mister Wright]

Memphis for JoJo. Singles & doubles.

 

[Paid The Umpire]

Serbia for the Langley-man

 

[NUFAN]

Serbia at this stage. Probably need to have a chat with Maxum what his plans are before completely confirming.

Changing to MARSEILLE, FRANCE Singles and Doubles with Maxum.

 

[Number 11]

Belgrade thanks.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Entry lists as they stand. Obviously lots of time to make any changes if you want.

Marseille

1 Špidlá, Radek CZE 3
2 Henson, Rick USA 12
3 Brdar, Miroslav CRO 14
4 Varga, Zoltán HUN 17
5 Amato, Carlo ITA 19
6 Pascaul, Patrick FRA 21
7 Zhijun, Sun CHN 28
8 Li, Wang CHN 32
9 Orlov, Dmitry RUS 44
10 Sae-ul, Atthaphol THA 47
11 Maxum, Jarkko CDR 57
12 Schmidt, Pascal SUI 59
13 Genghini, Jean-Christophe FRA 63
14 Bowenburg, Rob FRC 67
15 Isaev, Denis BLR 68
16 Denisov, Boris RUS 72
17 Dorogan, Roman UKR 74
18 Färkkilä, Lari FIN 75
19 Cordiero, Valter POR 85
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC) Fosdike, Mikel FRA
27 (WC) Lebègue, David FRA
28 (WC) Lachance, Sébastien FRA

Alternates
1. Peters, Alex GER 87
2. Aksu, Emrem TUR 90
3. Emsis, Ivars LAT 92
4. Heug, Gunther GER 96
5. Brozik, Petr CZE 97
6. Maurer, Bogdan ROU 99
7. Buur, Kasper DEN 105
8. Reiter, Martin AUT 106
9. Zeman, Václav CZE 110
10. Hewitt, Pat AUS 111
11. Bertolotto, Miguel ARG 117
12. Dinov, Gjorgji MKD 119
13. Berianidze, Gocha GEO 121
14. Juraev, Anvar UZB 124
15. Tu, Haifeng TPE 125

Buenos Aires

1 Moreno, Juan ARG 13
2 Smeltz, Randy CDR 18
3 Benaglio, Almen SUI 22
4 Matías, Tiago POR 24
5 Emelio, Sanchez ESP 26
6 Bachunelli, Antonio ITA 37
7 Joaquín, Sergio ESP 39
8 Andueza, Ion ESP 40
9 L'Estrange, Pierre FRA 41
10 Brookes, Toby AUS 43
11 Varga, János HUN 45
12 Vuriak, Viktor UKR 53
13 Gorshkov, Gregor RUS 54
14 Mandonna, Paolo ARG 55
15 Santos, Roberto BRA 58
16 Villaneuva, Javier ESP 61
17 Parmentier, Yves BEL 64
18 Harmel, Mark BEL 66
19 Alavos, Marcelo PAR 69
20 Engel, Oliver LUX 73
21 Carretero, Marc ESP 76
22 Navarro, José PAR 83
23 Zakov, Yordan BUL 88
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC) Serrano, Juan-Pablo ARG
31 (WC) TBA
32 (WC) TBA

Alternates
1. Aksu, Emrem TUR 90
2. Marín, Aldo PAR 93
3. Quezada, Jefferson CHL 95
4. Maurer, Bogdan ROU 99
5. Rodrígues, Dênis BRA 100
6. Moreno, Néstor ECU 101
7. Ortiz, Johan COL 102
8. Machado, Carlos BRA 104
9. Buur, Kasper DEN 105
10. Menon, Felipe BRA 109
11. Bertolotto, Miguel ARG 117
12. Chasiotis, Dimitris GRE 120
13. Cobos, Emelio ARG 122
14. Aguero, Fernando ESP 123
15. De Kinsele, Michael ITA 131

Memphis:

1 Cowan, Darcy USA 6
2 Murdoch, Dwayne USA 10
3 Charles, Henry GBR 15
4 Kennedy, Davis CAN 16
5 Stewart, Oneil JAM 20
6 Champion, David AUS 27
7 Mustard, Jojo FRC 29
8 Carter, Morgan USA 30
9 Haas, Becker GER 31
10 Bradley, Jason USA 35
11 Boyd, Wayne USA 42
12 Vollan, Tom NOR 46
13 Cohen, Tal ISR 50
14 Depuis, Jean-Alain FRA 51
15 Cesljar, Ivan CRO 62
16 Doh, Ninteh JPN 65
17 James, Hugh USA 70
18 Delev, Spas CDR 78
19 Henson, Eric USA 80
20 Puder, Oleg RUS 81
21 Boniek, Zbiginiew AUT 82
22 Li, Ming-Wang CHN 84
23 Morkel, Haiku NOR 89
24 (SE)
25 (SE)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC) Adams, Jesse USA
31 (WC) Lazzeri, Sam USA
32 (WC) Jones, Waylon USA

Alternates
1. Highsmith, Oscar GBR 91
2. Day, Julian USA 94
3. Brozik, Petr CZE 97
4. Fok, Zhenyu CHN 98
5. Ortiz, Johan COL 102
6. Murray, Adam AUS 103
7. Buur, Kasper DEN 105
8. S'ua, Murphy SAM 107
9. Tobin, Matthew AUS 108
10. Zeman, Václav CZE 110
11. Hewitt, Pat AUS 111
12. Lee, Inmin KOR 114
13. Daniels, Roy CDR 115
14. Bertolotto, Miguel ARG 117
15. Veno, Akihiko JPN 118

 

[Goughy]

Belgrade if possible

 

[ripper868]

Changing to MARSEILLE, FRANCE Singles and Doubles with Maxum.

Can confirm this

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Marseille.

 

[Agent TBY]

Belgrade, pl0x.