Week 2: Brisbane [Smeltz], Chennai [Carter], Doha [Špidlá], Sao Paolo [Juraev]

[SirBloody Idiot]

Week 2, Season II

Tournaments to go on the computer this week:
ATP                Challengers
Brisbane            Sao Paolo
Chennai
Doha

Tournaments to fall off from last year:
ATP                Challengers
Brisbane (D. Hurtado)
Chennai (R. Henson)
Doha (Zhijun)

Tournament Name: QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN 2010
Location: DOHA, QATAR
Dates: 4-9 JANUARY, II (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: USD $1,024,000
32 DRAW (Q32)

SITE: Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex
Majlis Al–Taawon St., Al Dafna
Doha, Qatar
SURFACE: Rebound Ace
BALL: Wilson Australian Open
WEB SITE: www.qataropen.org

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 1, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 2, 5:30 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 2, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
QR4: +12
QR8: 6
QR16: 0
QR32: 0

Entry deadline: November 23, I
Seeding: December 28: I

1 Daniel Páez Blanco ESP 2
2 Radek Špidlá CZE 3
3 Sven Oxenstierna FRC 6
4 József Boros HUN 7
5 Miroslav Brdar CRO 14
6 Almen Benaglio SUI 22
7 Zhijun Sun CHN 28
8 Jason Bradley USA 35
9 Ivan Genov BUL 38
10 Sergio Joaquín ESP 39
11 Ion Andueza ESP 40
12 Dmitry Orlov RUS 44
13 János Varga HUN 45
14 Nilikar Midid CRO 48
15 Tal Cohen ISR 50
16 Gregor Gorshkov RUS 54
17 Paolo Mandonna ARG 55
18 Yves Parmentier BEL 64
19 Mark Harmel BEL 66
20 Marcelo Alavos PAR 69
21 Oleg Puder RUS 81
22 José Navarro PER 83
23 Valter Cordiero POR 85
24 Oscar Highsmith GBR 91
25 Aldo Marín PER 93
26 (Q) Jefferson Quezada CHL
27 (Q) Gjorgji Dinov MKD
28 (Q) Dênis Rodrígues BRA
29 (Q) Martin Reiter AUT
30 (WC) David Lebègue FRA
31 (WC) Mikel Fosdike FRA
32 (WC) Ali Al-Yazidi QAT

Alternates
1. Julian Day USA 94
2. Jefferson Quezada CHL 95
3. Gunther Heug GER 96
4. Fok Zhenyu CHN 98
5. Martin Reiter AUT 106
6. Murphy S'ua SAM 107
7. Felipe Menon BRA 109
8. Václav Zeman CZE 110
9. Lee Inmin KOR 114
10. Miguel Bertolotto ARG 117
11. Akihiko Veno JPN 118
12. Gjorgji Dinov MKD 119
13. Dimitris Chasiotis GRE 120
14. Emelio Cobos ARG 122
15. Tu Haifeng TPE 125

Tournament Name: AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN 2010
Location: CHENNAI, INDIA
Dates: 4-10 JANUARY II
Prize Money: USD $398,250
32 DRAW (Q32)

SITE: SDAT Tennis Stadium
Lake Area, Nungambakkam
Chennai 600034 Tamil Nadu, India
SURFACE: Hard (Play Pave)
BALL: Wilson
WEB SITE: www.aircelchennaiopen.org

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 1, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 2, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 2, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
QR4: +12
QR8: 6
QR16: 0
QR32: 0

Entry deadline: November 23, I
Seeding: December 28: I

1 Jefferson Drake CDR 11
2 Juan Moreno ARG 13
3 Davis Kennedy CAN 16
4 Patrick Pascaul FRA 21
5 Morgan Carter USA 30
6 Becker Haas GER 31
7 Tom Vollan NOR 46
8 Atthaphol Sae-ul THA 47
9 Ross Onwye MAR 52
10 Jarkko Maxum CDR 57
11 Björn Donaldson SWE 60
12 Javier Villaneuva ESP 61
13 Jean-Christophe Genghini FRA 63
14 Rob Bowenburg FRC 67
15 Denis Isaev BLR 68
16 Olivier Engel LUX 73
17 Hayden Onwye MAR 77
18 Spas Delev CDR 78
19 Scotland Rivers FRC 79
20 Alex Peters GER 87
21 Yordan Zakov BUL 88
22 Ivars Emsis LAT 92
23 Petr Brozik CZE 97
24 Bogdan Maurer ROU 98
25 Nestor Moreno ECU 101
26 (Q) Yannick Lefèvre BEL
27 (Q) Dmitris Chasiotis GRE
28 (Q) Tu Haifeng TPE
29 (Q) Branko Arsov MKD
30 (WC) Domingo Gutiérrez Gómez PUR
31 (WC) Ritwik Bhutia IND
32 (WC) Wesley Cardozo IND

Alternates
1. Martin Reiter AUT 106
2. Murphy S'ua SAM 107
3. Felipe Menon BRA 109
4. Václav Zeman CZE 110
5. Niko Ulemek CRO 112
6. Lee Inmin KOR 114
7. Akihiko Veno JPN 118
8. Gjorgji Dinov MKD 119
9. Dimitris Chasiotis GRE 120
10. Gocha Berianidze GEO 121
11. Emelio Cobos ARG 122
12. Tu Haifeng TPE 125
13. Anothy Ficher USA 126
14. Martti Korpinen CDR 127
15. Randy Bruce USA 129

Tournament Name: BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL
Location: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
Dates: 3–10 JANUARY II-Sunday Start
Prize Money: USD $372,500
32 DRAW (Q32)

SITE: Queensland Tennis Centre
190 King Arthur Terrace
Tennyson, Qld, Australia 4105
SURFACE: Plexicushion
BALL: Wilson Australian Open
WEB SITE: www.brisbaneinternational.com.au

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 1, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 2, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 2, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
QR4: +12
QR8: 6
QR16: 0
QR32: 0

Entry deadline: November 23, I
Seeding: December 28: I

1 Darcy Cowan USA 4
2 Dwayne Murdoch USA 10
3 Henry Charles GBR 15
4 Randy Smeltz CDR 18
5 Oneil Stewart JAM 20
6 Diego Hurtado COL 25
7 Li Wang CHN 32
8 Jojo Mustard FRC 29
9 Heath Davis FRC 33
10 Antonio Bachunelli ITA 37
11 Pierre L'Estrange FRA 41
12 Wayne Boyd USA 42
13 Toby Brookes AUS 43
14 Jean-Alain Depuis FRA 51
15 Roberto Santos BRA 58
16 Pascal Schmidt SUI 59
17 Ivan Cesljar CRO 62
18 Ninteh Doh JPN 65
19 Heinz Hainisch AUT 71
20 Boris Denisov RUS 72
21 Roman Dorogan UKR 74
22 Läri Färkkilä FIN 75
23 Marc Carretero ESP 76
24 Eric Henson USA 80
25 Zbiginiew Boniek AUT 82
26 (Q) Rod Bosnar AUS
27 (Q) Ivan Vuka CRO
28 (Q) Jimmy Holland USA
29 (Q) Davis Allani AUS
30 (WC) Adam Murray AUS
31 (WC) Matthew Tobin AUS
32 (WC) Harry Thompson AUS

Alternates
1. Li Ming-Wang CHN 84
2. Haiku Morkel NOR 89
3. Aksu Emrem TUR 90
4. Julian Day USA 94
5. Jefferson Quezada CHL 95
6. Gunther Heug GER 96
7. Fok Zhenyu CHN 98
8. Martin Reiter AUT 106
9. Murphy S'ua SAM 107
OUT Matthew Tobin AUS 108 (WC to MD)
11. Felipe Menon BRA 109
12. Václav Zeman CZE 110
13. Lee Inmin KOR 114
14. Miguel Bertolotto ARG 117
15. Akihiko Veno JPN 118

Elsewhere, the Challenger Series for Season II also begins in South America:

Prime Aberto de Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil
January 3-10, II
Hard - $100,000+H
64 DRAW

ATP Ranking Points
W: 100
F: 60
SF: 35
QF: 18
R16: 8
R32: 4
R64: 0
QR8: +5
QR16: 2
QR32: 0

Entry deadline: November 30, I
Seeding: December 28: I

1 Johan Ortiz COL 102
2 Felipe Menon BRA 109
3 Matt Bre FRC 116
4 Emelio Cobos ARG 122
5 Fernando Aguero ESP 123
6 Anvar Juraev UZB 124
7 Michael De Kinsele ITA 131
OUT Domingo Gutiérrez Gómez PUR 132
9 Massimo Prodi ITA 135
10 Sam Lazzeri USA 136
11 Sebastian Moss GBR 141
OUT David Jones AUS 143
13 Mario Timko SVK 147
14 Waylon Jones USA 150
15 Adul Doungtong THA 152
16 Samuel Thorpe USA 157
17 Carlos Gonzá COL 159
18 Bertran Renard FRA 160
19 Stipo Vučemilović CRO 162
20 Renato Varas CHL 165
21 Paul Arroyo ECU 169
22 Mat Mitchell CDR 170
23 Nikola Todorovski MKD 172
24 Thomas Velten NED 173
25 Alex Rojas CHL 176
26 Scott Whitehouse GBR 185
27 Dieter Bonhof GER 188
28 Erdi Azgin TUR 191
29 Guilermo Crespo ARG 195
30 Marcuss Deane FRC 196
31 Matti Räihä FIN 202
32 Jaime Barral ESP 205
33 Leonel Romero CHL 213
34 Tommy Schaap NED 219
35 Max Eisenhauer GER 223
36 Pavel Polak CZE 228
37 Anton Gritsjuk EST 253
38 Andriy Zhukov UKR 255
39 Rick Langley FRC 256
40 Andrea Ciano ITA 261
41 Sergi Canadillas ESP 264
42 Julio Rodriguez ARG 270
43 Flávio Augusto Martins BRA 271
44 Patricio Sánchez CHL 273
45 (Q) Vagiz Ibrahimov UZB
46 (Q) Phoenix Wleft CDR
47 (Q) Rodrigo Jerez CHL
48 (Q) Nelson Nunes BRA
49 (Q) Claudio Toledo BRA
50 (Q) Juan Ronceros PER
51 (Q) Juan-Pablo Serrano ARG
52 (Q) Alonso Fedrique ESP
53 (WC) Marzio Claverini BRA
54 (WC) Rafael Carioca BRA
55 (WC) Anderson Dos Santos BRA
56 (WC) Diogo Santo BRA

Alternates
IN Jesse Adams USA 278
IN Diego Rodriquez ARG 291
1. Vagiz Ibrahimov UZB 294
2. Junior Rosseli PER 299
3. Dean Delgado USA 304
4. Blessing Mpotso GHA 308
5. Eddy Descamps FRA 310
6. Stefan Vicini ITA 311
7. Bozef Ižvolt SVK 319
8. Juan-Pablo Serrano ARG 321
9. Juan Ronceros PER 322
10. Marzio Claverini BRA 327
11. Pedro Barbosa POR 328
12. Ville Vilkki FIN 330
13. Govert Vogels NED 336

Note that Challengers have increased in size this year from fields of 32 to 64 and run Sunday-Sunday.

Nominate a preferred tournament from this week, or instead you can play in Sydney/Auckland the following week. Also if you want to play doubles just say so.

[SirBloody Idiot]

In his schedule on his website, Roy Daniels will not compete in any event this week and will begin his season II assault in Auckland.

[vic_orthdox]

Scotland has always loved a good curry. Time to have a crack @ Chennai, and at Sania Mirza while he's there.

[Marcuss]

Can I enter Sao Paulo please?

[Samuel_Vimes]

Oxenstierna will begin the year in Doha. Some tough competition early on.

[Jamee999]

I'll take the week off.

[Goughy]

Sao Paulo please

and Kao looking for a doubles partner

[Matteh]

Sao Paulo for me.

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I'll go to Brisbane. Doubles with El Mustardo, if he's keen.

If I have an early exit, I'd like to head to Auckland for the 3rd week too.

[Blewy]

If Randy Banks can enter Sao Paolo as well as try to qual in Sydney he will if not he will just go to Sydney.

[Simon]

Brisbane for Smeltz, my dealer... err I mean equipment supplier is from there.

[99*]

Garcon will go to Brisbane please.

[NUFAN]

Chennai for Bowenburg. I went last year and found the weather to be rubbish just like Melbourne, so it's perfect preparation.

Just a quick question, what are the ATP rankings points from the Brazil Challenger?

[Johnners]

Chennai for Delev.

[SirBloody Idiot]

Originally Posted by nufan

chennai for bowenburg. I went last year and found the weather to be rubbish just like melbourne, so it's perfect preparation.

Just a quick question, what are the atp rankings points from the brazil challenger?

W: 100
F: 60
SF: 35
QF: 18
R16: 8
R32: 4
R64: 0

I think....