MONDAY ORDER OF PLAY – Centre Court, 12:30 pm
• No. 2 Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) vs. No. 7 Max Mirnyi (BLR)/Andy Ram (ISR)
No. 2 Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. No. 8 Robin Soderling (SWE)
At 7:00 pm
No. 4 Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) vs. No. 6 Lukasz Kubot (POL)/Oliver Marach (AUT)
No. 3 Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)

NO.  2 NADAL, DEFENDING CHAMP DJOKOVIC ON REVENGE MISSIONS
• The second day of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is highlighted by two of the favourites for the singles title trying to avenge losses on big stages from earlier in the season.
• Rafael Nadal, the No. 2 seed, will try to gain revenge against No. 8 seed Robin Soderling, who is making his tournament debut. Nadal had a 3-0 mark against the Swede going into Roland Garros this year, but Soderling handed him his first loss in 32 matches in the fourth round, preventing him from a fifth straight title. The pair’s fifth meeting comes on another one of the circuit’s biggest stages now. Nadal has been a semi-finalist in the season finale the only two times he has played (2006 and 2007 - he qualified in 2005 and 2008 but had to withdraw due to injury).

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Novak Djokovic, the No. 3 seed, takes on No. 6 seed Nikolay Davydenko in the second singles match of the day. The two met just last month in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Shanghai, with Davydenko edging the Serb in a third set tie-break. Although they have split their past four meetings, Djokovic notched his two wins over the Russian at last year’s Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, once in the round robin portion and again in the final. Djokovic is the in form player on the ATP World Tour since the US Open, going 18-1 (the only loss coming to Davydenko). He enters with a 10-match winning streak after back-to-back titles in Basel (d. Federer) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (d. Monfils). He also won in Beijing (d. Cilic) last month.
• In doubles Group B action, No. 2 seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan square off against No. 7 seeds Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram. The Bryans won their seventh Grand Slam doubles title together at the Australian Open this year. Mirnyi and Ram captured their lone title together at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami in April.
• In the evening Group B doubles match, No. 4 seeds Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes will take on No. 6 seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach. Dlouhy and Paes have had a phenomenal year, winning two Grand Slam titles, at Roland Garros and the US Open. Kubot and Marach won three titles together on the ATP World Tour.

SINGLES MATCH-UPS

(1) Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs (8) Robin Soderling (SWE)               Nadal Leads 3-1
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5 6-1
07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Rafael Nadal    6-4 6-4 6-7(7)4-6 7-5
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay R16 Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-0
09 Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Robin Soderling  6-2   6-7(2) 6-4  7-6(2)

NADAL FASTFACTS

2009 Highlights:
W: Australian Open (d Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Djokovic); Barcelona (d Ferrer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (d Djokovic); F: Rotterdam (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Davydenko); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic); US Open (l Del Potro); Beijing (l Cilic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (l Djokovic); QF: Doha (l Monfils); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Del Potro); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (l Del Potro)
YTD W-L: 64-11 (42-9 on hard, 7-2 indoor)
YTD Titles: 5
Career Titles: 36
Date of Birth: June 3, 1986
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 2

Tournament History: The Spaniard has qualified for the year-end championships for the fifth time but did not play in 2005 and last year due to injury…Has a 4-4 career mark with semi-final showings in 2006-07 (l. to Federer both times).

2009 Review: The Mallorca native won at least five titles for the fifth straight year, including his sixth career Grand Slam crown and three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles…Despite missing more than two months with knee problems he compiled a 5-3 mark in finals and ranked No. 1 for the first half of season…He is in position to finish in Top 2 for a fifth consecutive season and if he ends year at No. 2, he will become first player in ATP Rankings history (since 1973) with No. 2 ranking for four years…He also helped his country to Davis Cup final for fifth time in this decade…He captured his sixth career Grand Slam title at Australian Open, his first on hard courts, with a five-set victory over rival Federer...In his SF victory over countryman Fernando Verdasco, he won a marathon 5:14 battle...He became first Spaniard to win Australian title and third player at age 22-under to win three of four Grand Slam titles, joining Connors and Sampras...Also first player to win Aussie Open title winning five-set SF and F matches since Mats Wilander in 1988... In mid-February, reached third career ATP World Tour indoor final (1-2) in Rotterdam and injured his right knee in three-set loss to World No. 4 Murray...Withdrew from Dubai but returned for first round Davis Cup tie against Serbia, winning both of his singles matches, over Tipsarevic and No. 3 Djokovic in straight sets…Has won 12 straight Davis Cup matches since losing in his debut in 2004…In March, collected his 13th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for second time in three years over No. 4 Murray…He saved five match points (most in his career) in fourth round win against David Nalbandian, all coming in second set before prevailing 6-0 in final set…In addition to Murray, his other Top 10 wins came over No. 6 del Potro in QFs and No. 7 Roddick in SFs…He followed with QF at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami…Led 3-0 (two breaks) in the third set against del Potro before losing in a tie-break...Opened his clay court campaign with a three-set victory over No. 3 Djokovic in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters…It was a record fifth straight crown in Monte-Carlo…He followed by winning his fifth straight Barcelona title (d. Ferrer) and then posted a straight-sets win over Djokovic in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome final…It was the Spaniard's 15th career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, second only to Agassi (17) and Federer (16), and record fourth title in Rome…Then reached final at Masters 1000 at Madrid where he lost to Federer 6-4, 6-4…The loss ended a 33-match winning streak on clay going back to May 7, 2008…It was also only his second loss in a clay final in his career (25-2), both coming to Federer…In SFs, he saved three match points in longest three-set match (4:03) on ATP World Tour in Open Era, prevailing over Djokovic 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(9)…Has a 153-7 clay mark since 2005...The four-time defending champion at Roland Garros had his 31-match winning streak in Paris snapped with a four-set fourth round loss to No. 23-seeded Robin Soderling, who went on to reach the final… Has a 31-1 record in Paris…Withdrew from Queen’s and Wimbledon, where he was defending champion in both, due to tendinitis in both knees…His 46-week reign at No. 1 came to an end on July 6 when Federer took over top ranking…He was sidelined for nine weeks before coming back in Montreal on Aug. 10 with a QF effort (l. to del Potro)…Afterwards slipped to No. 3 on Aug. 17 for first time since July 18, 2005 and was there for four weeks before returning to No. 2 on Sept. 14…In addition to his QF in Montreal, he reached back-to-back SFs in Cincinnati (l. to Djokovic) and US Open (l. to del Potro)…He suffered an abdominal injury during Cincinnati and played with it in Flushing Meadows…He returned in October to reach SFs in Beijing (l. to Cilic) and final at Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 (l. to Davydenko)…In November, reached semi-finals at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris, posting wins over Nicolas Almagro (saved five match points), Tommy Robredo and No. 9 ranked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga before losing to eventual champion Novak Djokovic…Compiled a 20-6 match record upon making his return in August, reaching SFs or better in five of six tournaments.

SODERLING FASTFACTS

2009 Highlights:
W: Båstad (d Monaco); F: Roland Garros (l Federer); SF: Auckland (l Del Potro); Kuala Lumpur (l Davydenko); Beijing (l Djokovic); Stockholm (W/O vs Baghdatis); QF: Brisbane (l Stepanek); Washington (W/O vs Del Potro); US Open (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Lopez); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 47-19 (26-12 on hard, 9-3 indoor)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: August 14, 1984
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 9

Tournament History: The Swede and Fernando Verdasco are both appearing in their first year-end championship…The last Swede to appear in the season finale was Thomas Johansson in 2002 (as an alternate)…He played one match (in place of Agassi) and lost to Federer 63 75…The last Swede to qualify and play at least three round robin matches was Thomas Enqvist (1-2) in 1999.

2009 Review: The top Swede finished in Top 10 for first time, highlighted by reaching his first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros and capturing his first ATP World Tour title on clay…He won nine matches in his first 10 tournaments through mid-May…But then turned things around by compiling a 35-9 match record rest of way...In first two weeks of season, reached QF in Brisbane (l. to Stepanek) and followed with SF in Auckland (l. to del Potro)...Also won Sunrise Challenger title in Florida in March (as a qualifier)...Put together a career-best nine-match winning streak with three round-robin matches at the ATP World Team Championship in Duesseldorf and then six matches in Paris…He surprised World No. 1 and four-time defending champion Rafael Nadal with a four-set upset win in the fourth round en route to his first Grand Slam final…Also beat Top 15 opponents No. 14 David Ferrer (3rd Rd.), No. 11 Nikolay Davydenko (QF) and No. 12 Fernando Gonzalez (SF) before falling to Federer…Became the first Swede to reach the French final since his coach Magnus Norman in 2000 and afterwards climbed from No. 25 to No. 12...Followed with career-best 4th Rd. at Wimbledon (l. to Federer)...In July, earned his first clay-court title on home soil in Bastad (d. Monaco) and also reached doubles final (w/Lindstedt)... Suffered a third-round exit at Hamburg (l. to Almagro) before turning in a quarter-final effort at Washington (w/o vs. del Potro due to elbow injury)...Reached career-best QF at US Open (l to Federer in four sets)...Played well rest of season, reaching QFs or better in all five tournaments, including SFs in Kuala Lumpur (l to Davydenko), Beijing (l to Djokovic), Stockholm (w/o vs. Baghdatis - elbow)...Broke into Top 10 on Oct. 19 after QF at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai and reached No. 9 on Nov. 16 after QF at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris.

(3) Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs (7) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) Tied 2-2
08 RUS v. SRB WG 1st RD (Russia) Hard RR Nikolay Davydenko    4-6  3-6  6-4 ret
08 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Novak Djokovic         7-6(3) 0-6 7-5
08 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-5
09 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard SF Nikolay Davydenko 4-6 6-4 7-6(1)

 

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

2009 Highlights:
W: Dubai (d Ferrer); Belgrade (d Kubot); Beijing (d Cilic); Basel (d Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (d Monfils); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); Halle (l Haas); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer); SF: Sydney (l Nieminen); Marseille (l Tsonga); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); US Open (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Davydenko); QF: Australian Open (l Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Roddick); Wimbledon (l Haas); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (l Roddick)
YTD W-L: 76-18 (51-10 on hard, 13-1 indoor)
YTD Titles: 5
Career Titles: 16
Date of Birth: May 22, 1987
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 3

Tournament History: The defending champion is making his third straight appearance (4-4 record) …He made his debut two years ago and went 0-3 in round robin play, not winning a set (0-6) before rebounding last year to win four of five matches en route to the title (d. Davydenko)…His only loss last year came in his third round robin match to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 16 75 61.

2009 Review: The 22-year-old Serb captured five ATP World Tour titles in a career-high 10 finals and surpassed 60 match wins for the third straight year...He led the ATP World Tour in matches played (94), matches won (76) and hard court matches won (51), all personal bests…He is on track to finish No. 3 for third straight year and possibly No. 2 if he wins the title and Nadal fares poorly…He reached QFs or better in 19 of 21 tournaments, including nine straight after Roland Garros…He reached four finals in his last six tournaments going back to mid-August in Cincinnati and during that stretch he won 27 of 30 matches with his only losses to Federer (twice) and Davydenko...He capped off the final week of regular season with title at BNP Paribas Masters in Paris where he defeated No. 10-ranked Soderling in QF, No. 2 Nadal in SF and No. 16 Monfils in a thrilling third-set tie-break final...He was also runner-up in four other ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments (33-8 record in Masters 1000 events)…In first month of action he advanced to SF in Sydney (l. to Nieminen) and followed with a QF at Australian Open where he retired vs. Roddick due to heat illness...He returned to action in Marseille and lost to eventual champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in SF...He picked up his first ATP World Tour title of  year on Feb. 28 in Dubai, defeating David Ferrer…Then played in first round Davis Cup tie against '08 champion Spain and lost to Ferrer and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal…Came in as defending champion in Indian Wells and lost in QF to No. 7 Roddick…Followed with runner-up at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami where he defeated No. 2 Federer in SF before falling to No. 4 Murray…He opened clay court campaign by reaching final at Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters with three consecutive three-set wins before losing to Nadal in three sets…He continued his fine form by reaching  final at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome where he beat Federer in SF before losing to Nadal…Captured his hometown title in inaugural Serbia Open in Belgrade, defeating Polish lucky loser Lukasz Kubot to capture his second ATP World Tour title of season…Then advanced to SF in Madrid where he lost to Nadal in a record four hour and three minute marathon (held three match points)…At Roland Garros, suffered his earliest loss in four years as he fell to Philipp Kohlschreiber in third round...On grass, reached final in Halle, saving five match points in 2nd Rd. win over Serra before losing to Tommy Haas in three sets…Also lost to Haas in four sets in QF at Wimbledon…Returned after five-week break to Rogers Cup in Montreal, where he lost to Roddick in QF…Followed with runner-up at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati, defeating Nadal in SF before losing to Federer…Continued strong play at US Open, reaching SF (or better) for third straight year, falling to Federer for third time…Returned in October and captured title in Beijing (d. Cilic) and followed with SF at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Davydenko)...In November, he won back-to-back titles in Basel (d. Federer) and Paris (d. Monfils)...In his SF win in Basel over Radek Stepanek he saved three match points...He compiled a 13-11 record vs. Top 10 opponents during season, winning five of past six since US Open...Also had a 13-1 record indoors.

DAVYDENKO FASTFACTS

2009 Highlights:
W: Hamburg (d Mathieu); Umag (d Ferrero); Kuala Lumpur (d Verdasco); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (d Nadal); SF: Barcelona (l Nadal); Estoril (l Blake); Valencia (l Youzhny); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Murray); Roland Garros (l Soderling); Stuttgart (l Fognini); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (l Murray); New Haven (l Querrey); Beijing (l Cilic)
YTD W-L: 53-16 (25-9 on hard, 9-4 indoor)
YTD Titles: 4
Career Titles: 18
Date of Birth: June 2, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 7

Tournament History: The Russian enters into his fifth straight year-end championship with an 8-7 record…He reached the final last year (l. to Djokovic) after going 2-1 in round robin play and defeating Andy Murray 75 62 in the semi-finals…In 2006-07, he went 1-2 in round robin play…Made his debut in 2005 and lost to eventual champion David Nalbandian 60 75 in the semi-finals after going 3-0 in round robin play.

2009 Review: The top Russian captured at least four ATP World Tour titles in a season for second time in his career (five in 2006)...After an early season foot injury limited him to five tournaments through April and a 7-4 record, from May-on he compiled a 46-12 mark with four titles...He struggled early in season with a left heel injury he suffered in first week in Chennai where he withdrew from his second round match...Also withdrew from Australian Open, breaking a streak of 29 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments played (since '01 US Open)...Returned to action one month later in Rotterdam and lost in the second round....In March, withdrew from Indian Wells and Sony Ericsson Open in Miami where he captured title in 2008 due to heel injury...After a two-month absence, returned in mid-April to reach QF at Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, defeating No. 12 seed Nalbandian before losing to No. 4 Murray...Followed with SF in Barcelona, losing to eventual champion Nadal...Fell out of Top 10 on Apr. 27 for first time since May 23, 2005 and except for one week (May 18) was out of Top 10 for three months...In May, reached SF in Estoril, losing to James Blake in three sets and third round in Madrid before withdrawing vs. Roddick due to a leg injury...Advanced to QF at Roland Garros for fourth time in five years, losing to eventual finalist Robin Soderling...Returned to Top 10 on July 27 after capturing his 15th career ATP World Tour title in Hamburg, extending his streak of winning at least one title for seven consecutive years...The following week in Umag, he won back-to-back titles for first time in his career as he triumphed over Juan Carlos Ferrero...His 12-match winning streak came to an end in quarter-finals of Rogers Cup in Montreal, where he lost to eventual champion Andy Murray...At US Open, retired with left thigh injury to Soderling...After a four week break, earned his third title of year, first of his career in Asia in Kuala Lumpur as he beat No. 9 Verdasco in final...Two weeks later, he captured Shanghai Masters 1000 title, defeating top two seeds Rafael Nadal (in final) and Novak Djokovic (in SF)....It was his third career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title.

 
DOUBLES MATCH-UPS

No. 2 Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) vs.
No. 7 Max Mirnyi (BLR)/Andy Ram (ISR)

TIED 2 - 2
2009 Indian Wells Hard (O) SF MIRNYI / RAM  6-2 6-4
2009 Rome  Clay (O) QF BRYAN / BRYAN 4-6 6-4 [11-9]
2009 Montreal Hard (O) SF MIRNYI / RAM  7-6(5) 6-2
2009 Cincinnati Hard (O) R16 BRYAN / BRYAN 6-4 6-2

BRYAN / BRYAN
The American twins captured six titles in 11 finals on the ATP World Tour, highlighted by their seventh Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open (d. Bhupathi-Knowles)...They have won won at least five titles in a season for eight straight years...They jumped out to a 15-1 start in first two months, also winning titles in Sydney (d. Nestor-Zimonjic) and Delray Beach (d. Melo-Sa)...In Davis Cup play, they won first round and quarter-final matches to improve to 16-2 together...They have most doubles wins as a team in US Davis Cup history...They began clay court campaign in April with title in Houston (d. Levine-Sweeting) and following week they were finalists at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic)...Two weeks later they lost to their rivals again in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome final...At Roland Garros, they reached semi-finals (l. to Moodie-Norman)...In July, they were finalists at Wimbledon, falling to Nestor-Zimonjic in four sets...One month later, they captured their fifth career title in Los Angeles (d. Becker-Moser)...They went on to reach SF or better in next four tournaments, highlighted by final at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic), SF at US Open (l. to Dlouhy-Paes) and title in Beijing (d. Knowles-Roddick)...Also runner-up in Basel (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic)...They are 55-38 lifetime in finals.

MIRNYI / RAM
In first full year together on ATP World Tour, this veteran duo reached three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals to qualify for year-end championship...In back-to-back 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami, reached final (l. to Fish-Roddick 14-12 in Match TB) and captured title (d. Fisher-Huss in Match TB) in respective events...Did not advance to SF or better in next six tournaments before reaching final in August in Montreal, defeating Bryans in SF before losing to Bhupathi-Knowles...In final Grand Slam tournament at US Open, rallied to beat Nestor-Zimonjic in three sets in QF before falling to Bhupathi-Knowles again in SF...They only teamed up once after US Open, in Shanghai in October, and lost in opening round...The Belarusian became father of a baby boy, Demiol on Nov. 10...He and his wife Ksusha also have two daughters.

 
No. 4 Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) vs. 
No. 6 Lukasz Kubot (POL)/Oliver Marach (AUT)

First Meeting

DLOUHY / PAES
The Czech-Indian tandem have qualified for the season-ending championship for the second straight year...In 15 tournaments together, they advanced to SF or better five times, highlighted by Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros (d. Moodie-Norman) and US Open (d. Bhupathi-Knowles), both by identical 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 scores...It was first two Grand Slam titles for Dlouhy and Paes has captured six in his career...They also were finalists in Rotterdam in February (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic) and SF at the Australian Open (l. to eventual champs Bryans) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l. to Bryans) in April...After US Open the duo did not play together again until November at BNP Paribas Masters in Paris prior to London (Paes took time off to rest) and they lost in opening round match.   

KUBOT / MARACH
The Polish-Austrian squad are appearing in their first year-end championship...They turned in an outstanding season by winning three ATP World Tour titles in four finals and winning 39 matches...They began season with SF at Australian Open (l. to Bhupathi-Knowles), their best Grand Slam result, and in late February, they were finalists in Acapulco (l. to Cermak-Mertinak)...In April, they won first ATP World Tour title together in Casablanca (d. Aspelin-Hanley), winning their last three matches in a Match Tie-break...One month later they dropped only one set en route to title in Belgrade (d. Brunstrom-Rojer)...After a second round exit at Roland Garros, they played well on grass with a SF at Queen's (l. to Moodie-Youzhny) and QF at Wimbledon, falling to eventual champions Nestor-Zimonjic...Returned to clay in July and reached SF in Stuttgart...In August, turned in QF and SF results at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Montreal and Cincinnati, respectively, losing to Bryans both times...During indoor circut, captured title in Vienna (d. Knowle-Melzer), winning all four matches in a Match Tie-break.