PLAYERS ENTERED IN 2010 TOURNAMENT

NAME RANKING** COUNTRY  B-DATE
1) ANDY RODDICK 7 USA 8/30/1982
2) FERNANDO VERDASCO 12 ESP 11-15-83
3) RADEK STEPANEK 14 CZE 11-27-78
4) TOMMY HAAS 17 USA 04-03-78
5) TOMAS BERDYCH 23 CZE 09-17-85
6) PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER 27 GER 10-16-83
7) SAM QUERREY 30 USA 10-07-87
8) JEREMY CHARDY 37 FRA 02-12-87
9) BENJAMIN BECKER 41 GER 06-16-81
10) DUDI SELA 46 ISR 04-04-85
11) MARDY FISH 58 USA 12-09-81
12) LEONARDO MAYER 69 ARG 05-15-87
13) MICHAEL RUSSELL 74 USA 05-07-78
14) TAYLOR DENT 76 USA 04-24-81
15) RAJEEV RAM 83 USA 03-18-84
16) DENIS ISTOMIN 91 UZB 09-07-86
17) ERNESTS GULBIS 94 LAT 08-30-88
18) SANTIAGO GIRALDO 95 COL 11-27-87
19) ROBBY GINEPRI 100 USA 10-07-82
20) TEIMURAZ GABASHVILI 103 RUS 05-23-85
21) XAVIER MALISSE 106 BEL 07-19-80
22) WAYNE ODESNIK 108 USA 11-21-85
23) YEN-HSUN LU 125 TPE 08-14-83
24) JARKKO NIEMINEN 127 FIN 07-23-81
25) BJORN PHAU 128 GER 10-04-79
26) RYAN HARRISON WC USA 05-07-92
27) LARS POERSCHKE WC GER 06-17-84
28) DEVIN BRITTON WC USA 03-17-91

SEEDED PLAYERS ARE LISTED IN BOLD
**ATP WORLD TOUR - SINGLES ENTRY SYSTEM RANKING AS OF DECEMBER 28, 2009
 
SAP OPEN PLAYER “FAST FACTS”
 
·       FOURTEEN (14) COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN SINGLES FIELD – USA, GERMANY, CZECH REPUBLIC, FRANCE, SPAIN, ISRAEL, ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA, SLOVAKIA, FINLAND, LATVIA, JAPAN, ITALY, BELGIUM
·       IN DOUBLES FIELD, AMERICA’S #1 TEAM & SIX-TIME GRAND SLAM WINNERS THE BRYAN BROTHERS ARE ALSO CONFIRMED
·       INCLUDES 7 TOP-30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD AND 7 OF THE TOP 9 AMERICANS
·       SINGLES PLAYER FIELD INCLUDES TWO (2) PAST SAP OPEN SINGLES CHAMPIONS (ANDY RODDICK & RADEK STEPANEK) AND THREE (3) PAST DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (RADEK STEPANEK, TOMMY HAAS & MARDY FISH)
·       FIELD INCLUDES SIX (6) CURRENT OR FORMER TOP-10 PLAYERS INCLUDING ANDY RODDICK, TOMMY HAAS, FERNANDO VERDASCO, RADEK STEPANEK, TOMAS BERDYCH & SEBASTIEN GROSJEAN
·       TWO-TIME SAP OPEN CHAMPION & 14-TIME GRAND SLAM WINNER PETE SAMPRAS WILL PLAY A CHARITY SINGLES EXHIBITION ON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8 VS. FERNANDO VERDASCO