Week 3: Auckland [Altman], Sydney [Orlov], Kooyong [Špidlá], AOQ; Salinas [Langley]

[SirBloody Idiot]

Week 3, Season II

Tournaments to go on the computer this week:
ATP                Challengers
Auckland            Salinas
Sydney

Tournaments to fall off from last year:
ATP                Challengers
Auckland (Hall)
Sydney (Carter)

Tournament Name: MEDIBANK INTERNATIONAL
Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Dates: 11–16 JANUARY II (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: USD $484,750
28 DRAW (Q32)

SITE: Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre
Rod Laver Drive, Sydney Olympic Park
NSW Australia 2127
SURFACE: Plexicushion
BALL: Wilson Australian Open
WEB SITE: www.medibankinternational.com.au

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 8, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 9, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 9, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0)
R32: 0
QR4: +12
QR8: 6
QR16: 0
QR32: 0

Entry deadline: November 30, I
Seeding: January 4, II

1 Radivoj Daneu SRB 4
2 Rick Henson USA 12
3 Henry Charles GBR 15
4 Davis Kennedy CAN 16
OUT Zoltán Varga HUN 17
6 Oneil Stewart JAM 20
7 Diego Hurtado COL 25
8 David Champion AUS 27
9 Jojo Mustard FRC 29
10 Li Wang CHN 32
11 Jason Bradley USA 35
OUT Kim Vollan NOR 36
OUT Pierre L'Estrange FRA 41
14 Wayne Boyd USA 42
15 Toby Brookes AUS 43
16 Dmitry Orlov RUS 44
17 Tom Vollan NOR 46
18 Nilikar Midid CRO 48
OUT Maarten Berg NED 56
20 Roberto Santos BRA 58
21 Pascal Schmidt SUI 59
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC) Adam Murray AUS
27 (WC) Pat Hewitt AUS
28 (WC) John Standish AUS

Alternates
IN Roman Dorogan UKR 74
IN Lari Färkkilä FIN 75
IN Marc Carretero ESP 76
IN Eric Henson USA 80
1. Oleg Puder RUS 81
2. Zbiginiew Boniek AUT 82
3. José Navarro PER 83
4. Valter Cordiero POR 85
5. Alex Peters GER 87
6. Yordan Zakov BUL 88
7. Haiku Morkel NOR 89
8. Aksu Emrem TUR 90
9. Oscar Highsmith GBR 91
10. Ivars Emsis LAT 92
11. Julian Day USA 94

Tournament Name: HEINEKEN OPEN
Location: AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
Dates: 11–16 JANUARY II (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: USD $355,500
28 MAIN DRAW (Q32)

SITE: ASB Tennis Centre
No.1 Tennis Lane (PO Box 2905)
Auckland, New Zealand
SURFACE: Rebound Ace
BALL: Wilson (AO Ball)
WEB SITE: www.atptennis.com/auckland

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 8, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 9, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 9, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0)
R32: 0
QR4: +12
QR8: 6
QR16: 0
QR32: 0

Entry deadline: November 30, I
Seeding: January 4, II

1 Jason Hall USA 1
2 Illya Altman UKR 9
3 Almen Benaglio SUI 22
4 Danijel Micic SRB 23
5 Sanchez Emelio ESP 26
6 Heath Davis FRC 33
7 Jamee Hancianu CDR 34
8 Antonio Bachunelli ITA 37
9 Ivan Genov BUL 38
10 Ion Andueza ESP 40
11 Atthaphol Sae-ul THA 47
12 Tal Cohen ISR 50
13 Jean-Alain Depuis FRA 51
14 Gregor Gorshkov RUS 54
15 Paolo Mandonna ARG 55
16 Bjorn Donaldson SWE 60
17 Javier Villaneuva ESP 61
18 Ivan Cesljar CRO 62
19 Marcelo Alavos PAR 69
20 Heinz Hainisch AUT 71
21 Olivier Engel LUX 73
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC) Karl King NZL
27 (WC) Samuel Cunningham NZL
28 (WC) William Nye NZL

Alternates
1. Roman Dorogan UKR 74
2. Lari Färkkilä FIN 75
3. Marc Carretero ESP 76
4. Oleg Puder RUS 81
5. Zbiginiew Boniek AUT 82
6. José Navarro PER 83
7. Valter Cordiero POR 85
8. Alex Peters GER 87
9. Yordan Zakov BUL 88
10. Aksu Emrem TUR 90
11. Oscar Highsmith GBR 91
12. Ivars Emsis LAT 92
13. Julian Day USA 94
14. Jefferson Quezada CHL 95
15. Gunther Heug GER 96

Elsewhere, the Challenger Series for Season II remains in South America as we move to Ecuador:

AAMI Kooyong Classic

Radek Špidlá CZE
Rasmus Olesen DEN
József Boros HUN
Juan Moreno ARG
Dwayne Murdoch USA
Carlo Amato ITA
Randy Smeltz CWL
Tiago Matias POR

Qualifying Entry List

Entry deadline: December 21, II
Seeding: January 11, II

OUT Buur, Kasper DEN 105
OUT Reiter, Martin AUT 106
OUT S'ua, Murphy SAM 107
OUT Tobin, Matthew AUS 108
5 Zeman, Václav CZE 110
OUT Hewitt, Pat AUS 111
OUT Ulemek, Niko CRO 112
8 Tadić, Adem CRO 113
OUT Lee, Inmin KOR 114
OUT Daniels, Roy CDR 115
11 Veno, Akihiko JPN 118
12 Dinov, Gjorgji MKD 119
13 Chasiotis, Dimitris GRE 120
14 Berianidze, Gocha GEO 121
15 Aguero, Fernando ESP 123
16 Juraev, Anvar UZB 124
17 Ficher, Anothy USA 126
18 Korpinen, Martti CDR 127
19 Bruce, Randy USA 129
20 Konc, Andrej SVK 130
21 De Kinsele, Michael ITA 131
22 Henrikkson, Henrikk SWE 133
23 Lazzeri, Sam USA 136
24 Georgilas, Takis CYP 137
25 Holland, Jimmy USA 138
26 Moss, Sebastian GBR 141
OUT Natale, Jeremy AUS 142
28 Jones, David AUS 143
29 Vuka, Ivan CRO 144
OUT Fosdike, Mikel FRA 146
31 Timko, Mario SVK 147
OUT Thompson, Harry AUS 149
33 Jones, Waylon USA 150
34 Doungtong, Adul THA 152
35 Thorpe, Samuel USA 157
OUT Banks, Randy FRC 161 (WC to MD)
37 Vučemilović, Stipo CRO 162
OUT Nesterov, Ilja KAZ 163
39 Griffen, Jack USA 167
40 Russell, Andy GBR 168
41 Arroyo, Paul ECU 169
42 Gross, Jiří CZE 171
43 Velten, Thomas NED 173
44 Aleksejev, Taavi EST 174
45 Thursfield, Oliver RSA 177
46 Volkoff, Evgeny RUS 178
47 van der Cleer, Cameron NED 180
48 Williamson, Justin USA 181
49 Badlee, Strongth USA 182
50 van der Linden, Jochem MON 184
51 Whitehouse, Scott GBR 185
52 Cartwright, Thomas AUS 186
53 Mutch, Jordan GBR 187
54 Lubbers, Marc NED 193
55 Crespo, Guilermo ARG 195
56 Bak, Piotr POL 197
57 Bhutia, Ritwik IND 198
58 Alitspritsin, Aleksander LIT 199
59 Räihä, Matti FIN 202
60 Ambrose, Pat GBR 203
OUT King, Karl NZL 206
62 Robinson, Ralph USA 207
63 Tessier, Joseph FRA 211
64 Warren, Roger GBR 212
65 Petkoviä, Savo SRB 215
66 Soave, Guilliano ITA 216
67 Isaacs, Robert RSA 217
68 Simr, Michal CZE 218
69 Schaap, Tommy NED 219
70 Miller, Ryan RSA 220
71 O'Raherty, James IRL 222
OUT Eisenhauer, Max GER 223
73 Boman, Patrik SWE 224
74 Tarasovs, Juris LAT 226
75 Polak, Pavel CZE 228
OUT Haase, Christophe SUI 229
77 Seel, Peter GER 230
78 Heindrich, Marcus GER 231
OUT Cunningham, Sam NZL 232
80 Veidman, Wouter NED 233
81 Miller, Butch USA 236
82 Amaral, Luis POR 237
83 Allali, Omar MAR 238
84 May, Adam RSA 239
85 Oertel, Matthew RSA 240
86 Wisniewski, Pawel POL 241
87 Allani, Davis AUS 246
88 Gupte, Harpreet IND 250
89 Bosnar, Rod AUS 251
90 Kumar, Ashim IND 252
91 Gritsjuk, Anton EST 253
92 Zhukov, Andriy UKR 255
93 Posinović, Michael GBR 257
94 Medgyessy, Imre HUN 259
OUT Shvelidze, Merab GEO 260
96 Costea, George ROU 262
97 Schmidt, Jason USA 263
98 Canadillas, Sergi ESP 264
99 Viksten, Erik SWE 265
100 Lucas, Olivier MON 267
101 Haradsun, Tamakuchi JPN 268
102 Bergsma, Ronald NED 269
103 Martins, Flávio Augusto BRA 271
104 Masi, Marco ITA 272
105 Smith, Frank CAN 274
106 Freeland, Edward GBR 275
107 Goffin, Ruud NED 276
108 Lazos, Vasos CYP 277
109 Adams, Jesse USA 278
110 O'Malley, Eoin IRL 279
111 Manuel Cortés, Juan ESP 280
112 Paquette, Michel CAN 281
113 Cole, Steve AUS 282
OUT Sagna, Jean-Luc FRA 283
115 Stojanovski, Vance MKD 284
116 Boniek, Jurgen AUT 288
117 Schroder, Adam GER 289
118 Ryzhikov, Nikolay RUS 293
119 Moussaoui, Khaled ALG 295
120 (WC) Magoffin, Spencer AUS
121 (WC) Brodzky, Timothy AUS
122 (WC) Finney, Jamie AUS
123 (WC) Edgely, Lucas AUS
124 (WC) Nicholson, Toby AUS
125 (WC) Bavister, Harry AUS
126 (WC) Flower, Declan AUS
127 (WC) Hannah, Nathan AUS
128 (WC) Rose, Pierre FRC

Alternates
IN Marzec, Dariusz POL 297
IN Ivic, Srdjan SRB 298
IN Kulic, Novica SRB 301
IN Martynenko, Mykhaylo UKR 303
IN Delgado, Dean USA 304
IN Franklin, Robert AUS 305
OUT McDonald, Jake AUS 306
IN Hassan, Yousif QAT 307
IN Descamps, Eddy FRA 310
IN Vicini, Stefan ITA 311
IN Turner, Ben USA 312
IN Helgostam, Anders SWE 313
IN Pettersson, Zlatko SWE 314
IN Kurz, Marcel SUI 317
IN Ižvolt, Bozef SVK 319
IN Serrano, Juan-Pablo ARG 321
IN Solares, Romel MEX 326
(ALT) Pink, Christopher AUS (replaces Daniels)
(ALT) Lulic, Daniel AUS (replaces Shvelidze)
(ALT) Wleft, Phoenix CDR (replaces Banks)

Abierto Internacional De Salinas
Salinas, Ecuador
January 10-16, II
Hard - $35,000+H
64 DRAW

ATP Ranking Points
W: 100
F: 60
SF: 35
QF: 18
R16: 8
R32: 4
R64: 0
QR4: +5
QR8: 0
QR16: 0
QR32: 0

Entry deadline: December 21, II
Seeding: December 28: II

1 Doh, Ninteh JPN 65
2 Puder, Oleg RUS 81
OUT Boniek, Zbiginiew AUT 82
4 Ortiz, Johan COL 102
5 Zeman, Václav CZE 110
6 Bertolotto, Miguel ARG 117
OUT De Kinsele, Michael ITA 131
8 Gómez, Domingo Gutiérrez PUR 132
9 Prodi, Massimo ITA 135
10 Scalforo, Pablo ITA 140
OUT Vuka, Ivan CRO 144
12 Pushkov, Yevgeny RUS 145
13 Zsasz, Victor SUI 153
14 Durand, Christopher FRA 154
15 Pelayo, Felipe MEX 155
16 Wetzel, Sipko NED 156
17 Fernando, Rafael ESP 158
18 Gonzà, Carlos COL 159
OUT Nesterov, Ilja KAZ 163
20 Varas, Renato CHL 165
OUT Arroyo, Paul ECU 169
22 Mitchell, Mat CDR 170
23 Rojas, Alex CHL 176
24 Lebègue, David FRA 179
25 Molina, Miguel ECU 183
26 Bonhof, Dieter GER 188
27 Hau, Li-an TPE 189
OUT Crespo, Guilermo ARG 195
29 Deane, Marcuss FRC 196
30 Rizzo, Orazio ITA 201
31 Pangalos, Petros GRE 208
OUT Tessier, Joseph FRA 211
33 Romero, Leonel CHL 213
OUT Soave, Guilliano ITA 216
OUT Eisenhauer, Max GER 223
OUT Veidman, Wouter NED 233
37 Rio, Benoît FRA 235
OUT Wisniewski, Pawel POL 241
39 Russo, Evans ITA 242
40 Langley, Rick FRC 256
OUT Medgyessy, Imre HUN 259
42 Ciano, Andrea ITA 261
43 Mizrahi, Ya'acov ISR 266
44 Sánchez, Patricio CHL 273
45 (Q)
46 (Q)
47 (Q)
48 (Q)
49 (Q)
50 (Q)
51 (Q)
52 (Q)
53 (WC)
54 (WC)
55 (WC)
56 (WC)

Alternates
OUT Goffin, Ruud NED 276
OUT Lazos, Vasos CYP 277
OUT Manuel Cortés, Juan ESP 280
OUT Sagna, Jean-Luc FRA 283
IN Marchand, Romain FRA 287
OUT Schroder, Adam GER 289
IN. Rodriquez, Diego ARG 291
IN. Ibrahimov, Vagiz UZB 294
OUT Rosseli, Junior PER 299
IN Kurtovic, Tomislav CRO 302
OUT Martynenko, Mykhaylo UKR 303
OUT Vicini, Stefan ITA 311
OUT Knyazev, Anatoli RUS 340
IN Jerez, Rodrigo CHL 342
IN Espinoza, Javier ECU 354
IN Mina, Christian ECU 357
IN Calabrese, Roberto ITA 370
IN Greda, Michal POL NR
IN Bak, Maarten DEN NR
IN Macías, Daniel ECU NR
IN Vallejo, Elvis ECU NR

Note that Challengers have increased in size this year from fields of 32 to 64 and normally run Sunday-Sunday. With the Australian Open beginning on the Monday, this one will conclude on the Saturday.

If you want to play doubles just say so.

[SirBloody Idiot]

Roy Daniels has announced via his website that he is looking forward to competing in Auckland again despite being beaten in the opening round of qualifying last season.

UPDATE: Daniels has withdrawn from Auckland qualifying, and will instead try to qualify for the Australian Open.

[Jamee999]

Auckland please

[Goughy]

Abierto Internacional De Salinas please

[Matteh]

Salinas for me.

[Marcuss]

Yeah, I'll go for Salinas as well.

[Samuel_Vimes]

No play.

Heineken's **** and I have bad memories from Auckland.

[Blewy]

Randy Banks will attempt to qualify for Sydney...

[Simon]

Will give this a miss, wish there was a way to play 2 tournaments before the Aus open without being forced to play 4 weeks in a row.

[Number 11]

J.Lawley to Salinas please.

[Mister Wright]

Are we able to play Brisbane & Sydney? If so I'd like to play in Sydney, if not would prefer Brisbane.

[SirBloody Idiot]

Originally Posted by Mister Wright

Are we able to play Brisbane & Sydney? If so I'd like to play in Sydney, if not would prefer Brisbane.

Yeah that's cool to enter both.

[Mister Wright]

Mustard for Sydney. I know Davis is off to Auckland, so I'm open to another doubles partner, but just for this tournament (if there is a doubles draw), and only if Davis is ok with it.

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Originally Posted by Mister Wright

Mustard for Sydney. I know Davis is off to Auckland, so I'm open to another doubles partner, but just for this tournament (if there is a doubles draw), and only if Davis is ok with it.

Go for your life mate. Once you've had Davis though, you'll see the deficiency in any other partner straight away.

I'll just play singles in Auckland, thanks.

[Mister Wright]

Originally Posted by HeathDavisSpeed

Go for your life mate. Once you've had Davis though, you'll see the deficiency in any other partner straight away.

I'll just play singles in Auckland, thanks.

Haha. Would like to keep the doubles preparation up for the Australian Open. Good luck in Auckland.