MONTE CARLO MASTERS 2009, 13/19 April: Main Thread - entry lists/info

[Sallydaisy]

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MASTERS SERIES MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - RED CLAY
Dates: SUNDAY 12 (qualies) –SUNDAY 19 APRIL 2008

Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo Country Club, 155 Avenue Princesse Grace, 06190 Roquebrune Cap Martin, France
Website (http://montecarlo.masters-series.com/1/en/home/)

ATP Ranking Points:
W: 1000, F: 500, SF: 360, QF: 180, R16: 90, R32: 45 (Seeds 1-8: 10), R64: 10 (WC: 0), Q: +25, Q14: 14, Q28: 0
Prize Money: €2,750,000 (€2,057,000)
56 DRAW (byes for 8 top seeds in Rnd 1) (Q28)

Qualifying draw: Friday, April 10, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, April 11, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, April 11, 6:00 p.m.

DOUBLES ENTRY LIST
Andy clearly intends to get into the Doubles Draw at Monte Carlo.
Good way for him to 'play himself in' and also to get big bro' into the tourney.

The numbers are first doubles ranking and then singles ranking.
Entry ranking is based on the best option of the 2 added together.

1 BRYAN, Bob 1 - BRYAN, Mike 1 - D+D 2
2 NESTOR, Daniel 3 - ZIMONJIC, Nenad 4 1181 D+D 7
3 BHUPATHI, Mahesh 8 - KNOWLES, Mark 7 - D+D 15
4 DLOUHY, Lukas 10 201 PAES, Leander 5 - D+D 15
5 FYRSTENBERG, Mariusz 12 - MATKOWSKI, Marcin 11 - D+D 23
6 SOARES, Bruno 20 1039 ULLYETT, Kevin 6 - D+D 26
7 MONFILS, Gael 562 10 WAWRINKA, Stanislas 124 17 S+S 27
8 ALMAGRO, Nicolas 293 20 FERRER, David 143 12 S+S 32
9 MELO, Marcelo 18 - SA, Andre 18 - D+D 36
10 KNOWLE, Julian 24 - RAM, Andy 13 - D+D 37
11 ASPELIN, Simon 27 - MOODIE, Wesley 15 1190 D+D 42
12 LOPEZ, Feliciano 45 34 VERDASCO, Fernando 33 9 S+S 43
13 COETZEE, Jeff 14 - KERR, Jordan 29 - D+D 43
14 LINDSTEDT, Robert 21 - SODERLING, Robin 126 24 D+S 45
15 CILIC, Marin 507 18 KIEFER, Nicolas 262 29 S+S 47
16 ARNOLD KER, Lucas 35 1277 CUEVAS, Pablo 16 129 D+D 51

ALTERNATES
17 MURRAY, Andy 193 4 MURRAY, Jamie 51 - S+D 55
18 PARROTT, Travis 30 - POLASEK, Filip 25 - D+D 55
19 GRANOLLERS, Marcel 40 51 ROBREDO, Tommy 17 16 D+S 56
20 CERMAK, Frantisek 28 796 MERTINAK, Michal 32 922 D+D 60
21 GICQUEL, Marc 66 53 SIMON, Gilles 564 8 S+S 61
22 GASQUET, Richard 109 25 LLODRA, Michael 37 82 S+D 62
23 KUBOT, Lukasz 26 179 MARACH, Oliver 38 469 D+D 64
24 KAS, Christopher 34 - SCHUETTLER, Rainer 75 31 D+S 65
25 KARLOVIC, Ivo 276 27 VEMIC, Dusan 39 284 S+D 66
26 ACASUSO, Jose 134 42 MONTANES, Albert 105 35 S+S 77
27 CHARDY, Jeremy 565 45 MATHIEU, Paul-Henri 185 33 S+S 78

SINGLES ENTRY LIST - deadline 16th March 2009. Seedings will be as ATP Rankings on 6th April 2009.
1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1
2 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
3 Murray, Andy GBR 4 = 3rd seed
4 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5
5 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 6
6 Simon, Gilles FRA 8
7 Monfils, Gael FRA 9
8 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 10
9 Ferrer, David ESP 12
10 Nalbandian, David ARG 14
11 Robredo, Tommy ESP 15
12 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 16
13 Stepanek, Radek CZE 18
14 Cilic, Marin CRO 19
15 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 21
16 Berdych, Tomas CZE 22
17 Andreev, Igor RUS 23
18 Gasquet, Richard FRA 24
19 Safin, Marat RUS 25
20 Soderling, Robin SWE 26
21 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 28
22 Ancic, Mario CRO 29
23 Schuettler, Rainer GER 30
24 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 31
25 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 32
26 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 33
27 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 34
28 Montanes, Albert ESP 35
29 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 36
30 Hanescu, Victor ROU 37
31 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 38
32 Seppi, Andreas ITA 39
33 Bolelli, Simone ITA 40
34 Troicki, Viktor SRB 41
35 Acasuso, Jose ARG 42
36 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 43
37 Benneteau, Julien FRA 44
38 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 46
39 Granollers, Marcel ESP 47
40 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 48
41 Serra, Florent FRA 50
42 Gicquel, Marc FRA 52
43 Rochus, Christophe BEL 53
44 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 54
45 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG @54
46 (Q)
47 (Q)
48 (Q)
49 (Q)
50 (Q)
51 (Q)
52 (Q)
53 (WC)
54 (WC)
55 (WC)
56 (WC)

[janeInScotland]

Thanks. couple of questions

1. Why are the Murrays ranked higher than Parrot/Polasek (both ranked 55)

2. Who might withdraw?

[Sallydaisy]

1. I suspect the singles rank takes precedence - see #12 and #13 where the singles guys are ahead of dubs on same points.
2. Your guess is as good as anybody's..... :wink:
3. Remember there will also be some on-site sign in teams who could kick all the alternates into touch.

[janeInScotland]

1. I suspect the singles rank takes precedence - see #12 and #13 where the singles guys are ahead of dubs on same points.
...

yes - I didn't think to check higher in the list. It must really annoy the "proper" doubles teams.

Am I right that there are 24 teams in the draw?

[patmoren]

Probably not a lot of chance of Andy and Jamie playing.

[Sallydaisy]

Probably not a lot of chance of Andy and Jamie playing.I hope they do get in - and I'm sure the MC organisers will be keen to give the most recent Masters Champion a place...........
:wink:

It's a great way for Andy to acclimatise - get rid the jet lag and used to the courts.
+++ it'd be really good to see the brothers have a decent run in the doubles.
:thumbup:

[Fitzy]

I wonder why Max isn't entered here - I'm sure Ram is regretting changing things up partnering Knowle here but no looking back.

Jamie/Andy would need some luck with higher ranked singles players not signing up on site but Monte Carlo has a pretty relaxed atmosphere + the players really enjoy it there so it's probably more unprobable than probable that they will get in. :sad: Fingers crossed though! :D

[Sallydaisy]

Maybe Max is looking for an 'onsite sign in' partner ranked high enough to get a good draw?
:wink:

[Fitzy]

Maybe Max is looking for an 'onsite sign in' partner ranked high enough to get a good draw?
:wink:

Ram would have been his best bet though. He's the highest ranked doubles player who isn't playing with his regular partner. An onsite singles player doesn't merit a seeding.

Maybe he can talk Rafa into playing doubles with him.
:shades:

[janeInScotland]

...

Maybe he can talk Rafa into playing doubles with him.
:shades:

:rolling: or Novak :rolling:

[patmoren]

:boogie:What a nice idea Fitzy. That would be fun

[Linda]

Maybe he can talk Rafa into playing doubles with him.
:shades:

Rafa seems to be very happy playing doubles with Marc Lopez this year.

[Fitzy]

Well I hope he doesn't play with Lopez in MC, because it would mean that the pairing was given yet another wildcard at a Masters Series event. While they won the title in Doha, the field there was not nearly as strong as a Masters event, and I think two Masters Series wildcards is enough for Rafa in doubles. He should partner Robredo again so that they both can properly try and defend their title. :wink:

[scruffybearmac]

I just hope Andy and Jamie gets in and have a good run as Jamie needs a good tournament, and the extra practice wont do Andy any harm

[patmoren]

I don't somehow think they are going to make it into Monte Carlo.

[Sallydaisy]

We won't know until later this evening.
The Doubles Draw is due around 6pm (5pm our time) but they are not usually very good at publishing it quickly and there is no 'live' draw.

[janeInScotland]

Am I right that, if Andy/Jamie don't get in, Jamie doesn't count a zero for it in his rankings? (hope that makes sense)

[Fitzy]

Jamie and Andy did not get into the draw. :sad: The onsite acceptance was the same as the direct acceptance (combined ranking of 51).

MC DUBS DRAW (http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/posting/2009/410/mdd.pdf)

[JAMES4579]

Yes, really disappointing but knew it may well be tough to make it. :cry: I see that Nadal didn't get a wild card this time.

[jaysee]

Will Jamie hang around in case of an Alternate slot I wonder?

[wolfie]

Will Jamie hang around in case of an Alternate slot I wonder?

Probably unless he wants to quickly dash to a challenger (there are ones in Rome, Mexico City and Johannesburg next week).

[Allan]

If he's going to one it'll have to be Rome as the other are thousands of miles away.

[patmoren]

I hope he does, he needs all the match play he can get at the moment, until he turns his game around.

[Sallydaisy]

MONDAY, 13 APRIL, 2009

COURT CENTRAL start 10:30 am (9.30am UK time)
J Benneteau (FRA) vs [Q] O Hernandez (ESP)
A Seppi (ITA) vs J Melzer (AUT)
J Chardy (FRA) vs J Monaco (ARG)
[Q] F Cipolla (ITA) vs [14] M Cilic (CRO)
F Lopez (ESP)/F Verdasco (ESP) vs I Andreev(RUS) /M Safin (RUS)

COURT DES PRINCES start 10:30 am (9.30am UK time)
I Kunitsyn (RUS) vs J Chela (ARG)
M Gicquel (FRA) vs E Schwank (ARG)
[Q] K Vliegen (BEL) vs [WC] I Ljubicic (CRO)
[Q] N Lapentti (ECU) vs [15] R Stepanek (CZE)
[WC] G Couillard (MON)/J Lisnard (MON) vs G Monfils (FRA)/S Wawrinka (SUI)

COURT 2 start 12:00 noon (11am UK time)
J Acasuso (ARG) vs M Granollers (ESP)
[Q] A Beck (GER) vs N Kiefer (GER)
Not Before 4:00 PM
M Melo (BRA)/A Sa (BRA) vs N Djokovic (SRB)/V Troicki (SRB)

COURT 9 start 12:00 noon (11am UK time)
V Hanescu (ROU) vs [Q] A Martin (ESP)
Not Before 1:30 PM i.e. 12.30pm UK
T Berdych (CZE)/F Cermak (CZE) vs A Montanes (ESP)/T Robredo (ESP)

[Sallydaisy]

Since Jamie isn't in the MC draw we've set up 2 Forecasting Comps for this event.......................

FTM for the whole event as usual (but excluding how Jamie will do).

Masters Match-ups - which is done by round for the doubles teams.
Very similar to the comp set up by Kayce for the Grand Slams....

It'd be great if everyone had a go so we can see if it's good to do for future Masters?
At the moment it won't count for FTM scoring.

2hrs left to enter!!!
here (http://jamiemurray.org/forum/showthread.php?p=53426#post53426)

[JAMES4579]

The first surprise in the doubles already as Mello and Sa seem to go down pretty easily 6-1, 6-4 to Djokovic and Troicki!

[janeInScotland]

Yea - have Djokovic/Troicki played together for Serbia?

[JAMES4579]

Not that I know of, Troicki played with Zimonjic in the Spain tie and Zim also previously played with Nole.

[JAMES4579]

Well it's the top two the Bryans and Nestor/Zim in the final as both matches went the distance. Firstly the Bryans came through a really tight semi taking it 13-11 in the champions tiebreak over Dhouly and Paes. A pity though that apparently only 500 were there to see it, even if it was early! Nestor and Zim came from behind but ended the run of Djokovic and Troicki 10-5 in the breaker.

[Allan]

Nestor and Zimonjic dominated the Bryans in the final 6-4 6-1!

[JAMES4579]

Yes they really did, I was expecting a close match here!

[RoastLamb]

Nestor and Zimonjic dominated the Bryans in the final 6-4 6-1!

Excellent result!!! :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo: