PLAYERS ENTERED IN 2009 TOURNAMENT

 

NAME                                                   RANKING**       COUNTRY   B-DATE

1)      ANDY RODDICK                                                   8                     USA                 08-30-82

2)     JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO                              9                     ARG                09-23-88

3)     JAMES BLAKE                                                        10                    USA                 12-28-79

4)     MARDY FISH                                                         24                    USA                 12-09-81

5)     RADEK STEPANEK                                              27                   CZE                 11-27-78

6)     JARKKO NIEMINEN                                            37                   FIN                  07-23-81

7)     NICOLAS KIEFER                                                 38                   GER                 07-05-77

8)     SAM QUERREY                                                      39                   USA                  10-07-87

9)     IGOR KUNITSYN                                                  47                   RUS                  09-30-81

10) ROBBY GINEPRI                                                   51                    USA                  10-07-82

11) ERNESTS GULBIS                                                  53                    LAT                 08-30-88

12) TAYLOR DENT                                                      56                    USA                 04-24-81

13) FLORENT SERRA                                                  59                    FRA                 02-28-81

14) STEVE DARCIS                                                       61                    BEL                 03-13-84

15) GUILLERMO GARCIA-LOPEZ                           62                    ESP                  06-04-83

16) KEI NISHIKORI                                                      63                    JPN                  12-29-89

17) YEN-HSUN LU                                                       64                    TPE                  08-14-83

18) LLEYTON HEWITT                                              67                    AUS                  02-24-81

19) CHRISTOPHE ROCHUS                                      69                    BEL                  12-15-78

20) BOBBY REYNOLDS                                             70                    USA                  07-17-82

21) VINCENT SPADEA                                               76                    USA                  07-19-74

22)GUILLERMO CANAS                                            79                     ARG                 11-25-77

23) TOMMY HAAS                                                       82                    GER                 04-03-78

24) MARCOS BAGHDATIS (WILDCARD)              98                    CYP                  06-17-85

 

SEEDED PLAYERS ARE LISTED IN BOLD

**ATP WORLD TOUR - SINGLES ENTRY SYSTEM RANKING AS OF DECEMBER 29, 2008

 

SAP OPEN PLAYER “FAST FACTS”

 

·         FOURTEEN (14) COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN SINGLES FIELD – USA, ARGENTINA, GERMANY, CZECH REPUBLIC, RUSSIA, AUSTRALIA, CYPRUS, TAIPEI, FINLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, BELGIUM, JAPAN & LATVIA

·         DRAW INCLUDES ALL TOP 7 AMERICANS, WITH 4 OF 8 SEEDS BEING AMERICAN

·         IN DOUBLES FIELD, AMERICA’S #1 TEAM & SIX-TIME GRAND SLAM WINNERS THE BRYAN BROTHERS ARE ALSO CONFIRMED

·         ENTIRE 2007 CHAMPION USA DAVIS CUP TEAM WILL PLAY SAP OPEN (RODDICK, BLAKE & BRYAN BROTHERS)

·         INCLUDES 5 TOP-30 PLAYERS & 8 PLAYERS (ALL SEEDS) IN THE TOP 40

·         SINGLES PLAYER FIELD INCLUDES TWO (2) FORMER #1 RANKED PLAYERS AND TWO (2) GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS (ANDY RODDICK & LLEYTON HEWITT)

·         SINGLES PLAYER FIELD INCLUDES TWO (2) PAST SAP OPEN SINGLES CHAMPIONS (ANDY RODDICK & LLEYTON HEWITT) AND TWO (2) PAST DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (JAMES BLAKE & MARDY FISH)

·         FIELD INCLUDES TEN (10) CURRENT OR FORMER TOP-10 PLAYERS INCLUDING ANDY RODDICK, JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO, JAMES BLAKE, LLEYTON HEWITT, TOMMY HAAS, RADEK STEPANEK, MARCOS BAGHDATIS, GUILLERMO CANAS & NICOLAS KIEFER

·         YOUNGEST PLAYER – KEI NISHIKORI (19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS) AND OLDEST PLAYER – VINCE SPADEA (34 YEARS, 5 MONTHS) AT TOURNAMENT TIME

·         TWO-TIME SAP OPEN CHAMPION & 14-TIME GRAND SLAM WINNER PETE SAMPRAS WILL PLAY A SINGLES EXHIBITION ON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9 AGAINST WORLD’S #10 JAMES BLAKE