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, AMERICAS #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 WORLDS #10 JAMES BLAKE
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