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PLAYERS ENTERED IN 2008 TOURNAMENT
| NAME |
RANKING |
COUNTRY |
BIRTHDATE |
| ANDY RODDICK |
6 |
USA |
8/30/1982 |
| JAMES BLAKE |
13 |
USA |
12/28/1979 |
| TOMMY HAAS |
27 |
GER |
4/3/1978 |
| RADEK STEPANEK |
36 |
CZE |
11/27/1978 |
| HYUNG-TAIK LEE |
46 |
KOR |
1/3/1976 |
| JURGEN MELZER |
56 |
AUT |
5/22/1981 |
| SAM QUERREY |
62 |
USA |
10/7/1987 |
| DUDI SELA |
63 |
ISR |
4/4/1985 |
| KRISTOF VLIEGEN |
71 |
BEL |
6/22/1982 |
| VINCE SPADEA |
73 |
USA |
7/19/1974 |
| VICTOR HANESCU |
75 |
ROU |
7/21/1981 |
| MARDY FISH |
77 |
USA |
12/9/1981 |
| GUILLERMO GARCIA-LOPEZ |
79 |
ESP |
6/4/1983 |
| STEVE DARCIS |
80 |
BEL |
3/13/1984 |
| FLORENT SERRA |
88 |
FRA |
2/28/1981 |
| BENJAMIN BECKER |
92 |
GER |
6/16/1981 |
| DONALD YOUNG |
95 |
USA |
7/23/1989 |
| DIEGO HARTFIELD |
106 |
ARG |
1/31/1981 |
| JOHN ISNER |
103 |
USA |
4/26/1985 |
| PAUL CAPDEVILLE |
105 |
CHI |
4/2/1983 |
| MICHAEL RUSSELL |
108 |
USA |
5/1/1978 |
| MARCOS DANIEL |
109 |
BRA |
7/4/1978 |
| ROBERT KENDRICK |
113 |
USA |
11/15/1979 |
| KEI NISHIKORI (WILDCARD) |
131 |
JPN |
12/29/1989 |
| ROBBY GINEPRI (WILDCARD) |
138 |
USA |
10/7/1982 |
| JESSE LEVINE (WILDCARD) |
173 |
USA |
10/15/1987 |
| MAX MIRNYI (WILDCARD) |
209 |
BLR |
7/6/1977 |
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| DOUBLES |
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| JOHN ISNER (USA)/DONALD YOUNG (USA) |
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| JAN-MICHAEL GAMBILL (USA) / SAM WARBURG (USA) |
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SEEDED PLAYERS ARE LISTED IN BOLD
**ATP TOUR - SINGLES ENTRY SYSTEM RANKING AS OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008
SAP OPEN PLAYER “FAST FACTS”
· FOURTEEN (14) COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN SINGLES FIELD – USA, CHILE, GERMANY, CZECH REPUBLIC, KOREA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRIA, ISRAEL, ROMANIA, FRANCE, SPAIN, BELGIUM, BRAZIL & BELARUS
· DRAW INCLUDES 9 OF TOP 10 AMERICANS, WITH 3 OF 8 SEEDS BEING AMERICAN
· IN DOUBLES FIELD, WORLD’S #1 TEAM THE BRYAN BROTHERS ARE ALSO CONFIRMED
· ENTIRE REIGNING CHAMPION USA DAVIS TEAM WILL PLAY SAP OPEN (RODDICK, BLAKE & BRYAN BROTHERS)
· INCLUDES 3 TOP-30 PLAYERS & 8 PLAYERS (ALL SEEDS) IN THE TOP 65
· SINGLES PLAYER FIELD INCLUDES ONE (1) PAST SINGLES CHAMPION (ANDY RODDICK) AND THREE (3) PAST DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (JAMES BLAKE, MARDY FISH & HYUNG-TAIK LEE)
· CURRENT OR FORMER TOP-10 PLAYERS INCLUDE ANDY RODDICK, TOMMY HAAS, JAMES BLAKE & RADEK STEPANEK
· YOUNGEST PLAYER – DONALD YOUNG (18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS) AND OLDEST PLAYER – VINCE SPADEA (33 YEARS, 6 MONTHS) AT TOURNAMENT TIME
· TWO-TIME SAP OPEN CHAMPION & 14-TIME GRAND SLAM WINNER PETE SAMPRAS WILL PLAY A SINGLES EXHIBITION ON MONDAY EVENIG, FEBRUARY 18 AT 7PM AGAINST GERMAN TOMMY HAAS
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