week *46* : Challengers (15-21/11)

[BelgiumDude]

Champaign 4 WDs + 2 after draw was made
1 Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 126
2 Goldstein, Paul USA 129
3 Weiner, Glenn USA 135
4 Hippensteel, KJ USA 163
5 Baker, Brian USA 174
6 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq PAK 182
7 Dancevic, Frank CAN 188
8 Delic, Amer USA 201
9 Udomchoke, Danai THA 206
10 Mamiit, Cecil USA 209
11 Vahaly, Brian USA 216
12 Gimelstob, Justin USA 225
13 Hemmes Jr., Fred NED 229
14 Vemic, Dusan SCG 230
15 Prpic, Filip SWE 233
16 Ryderstedt, Michael SWE 239
17 Niemeyer, Frederic CAN 244
18 Sarstrand, Marcus SWE 253
19 Taino, Eric USA 259
20 Mergea, Florin ROM 262
21 Boeker, Matias USA 268
22 Reynolds, Bobby USA 273
23 SPECIAL EXEMPT
24 SPECIAL EXEMPT
25 (WC) Witten, Jesse USA
26 (WC) de Heart, Ryler USA
27 (WC) Lipsky, Scott USA
28 (WC) Wilson, Brian USA
29 (Q) Rodriguez, Fransisco PAR
30 (Q) Brunstrom, Johan SWE
31 (Q) Delgado, Ramon PAR
32 (Q) Calkins, Michael USA

Alternates
OUT Bastl, George SUI 282
IN Ram, Rajeev USA 285
IN Widom, Todd USA 290
OUT Przysiezny, Michal POL 320
IN Kanev, Yordan BUL 331
OUT Kralert, Petr CZE 335
IN Enev, Todor BUL 339
OUT Mertl, Jan CZE 345
IN/OUT Bower, Justin RSA @346 : replaced by (LL) Jose de Armas VEN
IN/OUT Lugassy, Gary FRA 350 : replaced by (LL) Travis Rettenmaier USA

Puebla 3 WDs + 1 after draw was made
1 Pless, Kristian DEN 234
2 Sabau, Razvan ROM 241
3 Todero, Nicolas ARG 248
4 Gallardo Valles, Miguel MEX 271
5 Hernandez, Alejandro MEX 276
6 Dabul, Brian ARG 284
7 Rojer, Jean-Julien AHO 289
8 Gonzalez, Santiago MEX 297
9 Mankad, Harsh IND 299
10 Bruthans, Victor SVK 300
11 Hantschk, Markus GER 306
12 Mlynarik, Zbynek AUT 308
13 Pospisil, Jaroslav CZE 310
14 Marcaccio, Gustavo ARG 311
15 Chadaj, Adam POL 312
16 Pedroso, Andres USA 318
17 Amritraj, Prakash IND 332 : replaced by (LL) Ricardo Chile CUB
18 Costa, Francisco BRA 341
19 Patriarca, Damian ARG 352
20 Moser, Frank GER @355
21 Echagaray, Bruno MEX 361
22 Joseph, Lesley USA 369
23 SPECIAL EXEMPT
24 SPECIAL EXEMPT
25 (WC) Garza, Daniel MEX
26 (WC) Vasquez, Erasmo MEX
27 (WC) Romero, Victor MEX
28 (WC) Kolker, Andrew USA
29 (Q) Kwon, Chris USA
30 (Q) Rodriguez, Bruno MEX
31 (Q) Monroe, Nick USA
32 (Q) Loewenthal, David USA

Alternates
OUT Munoz-De La Nava, Daniel ESP 372
OUT Middelkoop, Matwe NED 379
IN Quintero, Michael COL 385
IN Vlaski, Aleksandar SCG 388
OUT Lipsky, Scott USA 392
OUT Delgado, Ramon PAR 408
IN Hartfield, Diego ARG 424
OUT Odesnik, Wayne USA 425
OUT Tavares, Leonardo POR 429
OUT Engel, Lucas BRA 437
IN Fruttero, John Paul USA 444
OUT Bloomfield, Richard GBR 453
OUT Karol, Dusan CZE 456
OUT Brizzi, Alberto ITA 457
IN Sorensen, Kevin IRL 465

Santacruz de la Sierra 5 WDs + 3 after draw was made
1 Ventura, Santiago ESP 99
2 Saretta, Flavio BRA 111
3 Garcia, Adrian CHI 112
4 Falla, Alejandro COL 123 : replaced by (LL) Mauricio Doria-Medina BOL
5 Vanek, Jiri CZE 132
6 Massa, Edgardo ARG 143
7 Squillari, Franco ARG 144
8 Armando, Hugo USA 158
9 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 169 : replaced by (LL) Gustavo Kodama BRA
10 Brzezicki, Juan Pablo ARG 175
11 Guzman, Juan-Pablo ARG 177
12 Robert, Stephane FRA 203
13 Roitman, Sergio ARG 207
14 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 215
15 Villagran, Cristian ARG 223
16 Ionita, Victor ROM 224
17 Vicente, Fernando ESP 227
18 Miranda, Ivan PER 231
19 Gonzalez King, Ignacio ARG 236
20 Ferreiro, Franco BRA 246
21 Moraru, Gabriel ROM 250
22 Puerta, Mariano ARG 251
23 SPECIAL EXEMPT
24 SPECIAL EXEMPT
25 (WC) Alvarez, Carlos BOL
26 (WC) Lemos, Felipe BRA
27 (WC) Velasco, Jose BOL
28 (WC) Mayer, Leonardo ARG
29 (Q) Redondi, Emiliano ARG
30 (Q) Galdon, Pablo ARG
31 (Q) Estaivariz, Mauricio MEX
32 (Q) Millon, Rafael BRA

Alternates
IN Marach, Oliver AUT 252
IN/OUT Daniel, Marcos BRA 260 : replaced by (LL) Eduardo Gutierrez BOL
OUT Gamonal, Hermes CHI 261
IN Silva, Julio BRA 264
OUT Marin, Juan Antonio CRC 267
IN Dellatorre, Andres ARG 309
IN Moyano, Diego ARG 313
OUT Ager, Johannes AUT 315
OUT Garcia-Sintes, Javier ESP 333
OUT Munoz-De La Nava, Daniel ESP 372
OUT Middelkoop, Matwe NED 379
IN Veronelli, Diego ARG 386
OUT Lipsky, Scott USA 392
OUT Peralta, Julio CHI 407
IN Salamanca, Carlos COL 413

Dnepropetrovsk 3 WDs
1 Beck, Karol SVK 53
2 Labadze, Irakli GEO 63
3 Stepanek, Radek CZE 64
4 van Scheppingen, Dennis NED 77
5 Carlsen, Kenneth DEN 79
6 Dupuis, Antony FRA 80
7 Sargsian, Sargis ARM 84
8 Hanescu, Victor ROM 82
9 Sluiter, Raemon NED 88
10 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 95
11 Ulihrach, Bohdan CZE 100
12 Kim, Kevin USA 108
13 Tabara, Michal CZE 119
14 Kucera, Karol SVK 120
15 Rochus, Christophe BEL 125
16 Zib, Tomas CZE 136
17 Rosset, Marc SUI 140
18 Aldi, Francesco ITA 141
19 Baccanello, Paul AUS @144
20 Salzenstein, Jeff USA 146
21 Okun, Noam ISR 149
22 Karanusic, Roko CRO 151
23 SPECIAL EXEMPT
24 SPECIAL EXEMPT
25 (WC) Andreev, Igor RUS
26 (WC) Davydenko, Nikloai RUS
27 (WC) Novak, Jiri CZE
28 (WC) Pavel, Andrei ROM
29 QUALIFIER
30 QUALIFIER
31 QUALIFIER
32 QUALIFIER

Alternates
IN Voltchkov, Vladimir BLR 166
IN Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 168
IN Andersen, Jan Frode NOR 190
IN Golmard, Jerome FRA 210
OUT Tuksar, Sasa CRO 217
OUT Eschauer, Werner AUT 221
OUT Cakl, Tomas CZE 245
OUT Knowle, Julian AUT 247
OUT Marach, Oliver AUT 252
OUT Sela, Dudi ISR 256
IN Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 258

Eckental 3 WDs
1 Carraz, Gregory FRA 85
2 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 93
3 Haehnel, Jerome FRA 109
4 Elseneer, Gilles BEL 113
5 Peya, Alexander AUT 115
6 Burgsmuller, Lars GER 117
7 Heuberger, Ivo SUI 127
8 Vacek, Jan CZE 152
9 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 153
10 Phau, Bjorn GER 156
11 Tenconi, Tomas ITA 162
12 Kratochvil, Michel SUI 171
13 Minar, Ivo CZE 172
14 Kindlmann, Dieter GER 173
15 Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 176
16 Mertinak, Michal SVK 184
17 Summerer, Tobias GER 192
18 Snobel, Pavel CZE 195
19 Schukin, Yuri RUS 196
20 Waske, Alexander GER 200
21 Navarro Pastor, Ivan ESP 202
22 De Voest, Rik RSA 205
23 SPECIAL EXEMPT
24 SPECIAL EXEMPT
25 (WC) Petzschner, Philipp GER
26 (WC) Matschke, Johannes GER
27 (WC) Beck, Andreas GER
28 (WC) Radecke, Christoph GER
29 (Q) Hammer, Philipp GER
30 (Q) Uebel, Lars GER
31 (Q) Vik, Robin CZE
32 (Q) Juska, Andis LAT

Alternates
OUT Berrer, Michael GER 212
IN Tuksar, Sasa CRO 217
IN Eschauer, Werner AUT 221
OUT Cakl, Tomas CZE 245
IN Knowle, Julian AUT 247
IN Fitz, Sebastian GER 265
IN Minar, Jan CZE 266

Helsinki 5 WDs
1 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 78
2 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 89
3 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 101
4 Wessels, Peter NED 128
5 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 130
6 Lisnard, Jean-Rene FRA 133
7 Kendrick, Robert USA 138
8 Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 139
9 Norman, Dick BEL 157
10 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 161
11 Moodie, Wesley RSA 170
12 Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 181
13 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 189
14 Parmar, Arvind GBR 194
15 Vico, Uros ITA 198
16 Suzuki, Takao JPN 214
17 Dell'Acqua, Massimo ITA 218
18 Delgado, Jamie GBR 220
19 Galimberti, Giorgio ITA 228
20 Pequery, Jean-Michel FRA 237
21 Pashanski, Boris SCG 242
22 Djokovic, Novak SCG 243
23 SPECIAL EXEMPT
24 SPECIAL EXEMPT
25 (WC) Heliovaara, Harri FIN
26 (WC) Paukku, Juho FIN
27 (WC) Ketola, Lassi FIN
28 (WC) Bucht, Niklas FIN
29 (Q) Kiiski, Lauri FIN
30 (Q) Nieminen, Timo FIN
31 (Q) Lindstedt, Robert SWE
32 (Q) Capkovic, Kamil SVK

Alternates
OUT Cakl, Tomas CZE 245
OUT Knowle, Julian AUT 247
IN Mackin, Alan GBR 254
IN Ketola, Tuomas FIN 255
OUT Sela, Dudi ISR 256
OUT Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 258
OUT Fitz, Sebastian GER 265
OUT Minar, Jan CZE 266
IN Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 270
IN Kohlmann, Michael GER 272
IN Kubot, Lukasz POL 275
OUT Bolelli, Simone ITA 278
IN Van Gemerden, Melle NED 281
IN Bastl, George SUI 282

[PatatRiek]

Thanks BelgiumDude

[Karex]

This is brilliant.
Thanks to both Belgiumdude and Jay.

[Elina]

The entry list for Helsinki looks very good. I may have to go there for a day or two.

Thanks for posting the lists, BelgiumDude!

[Fee]

No Elina, I think you've had enough tennis for one year. Stay home, do some knitting.

[Elina]

No Elina, I think you've had enough tennis for one year. Stay home, do some knitting.

Yeah... It totally depends on the final player list whether I go or not. And probably for one day only. That knittind does sound a bit tempting after all this tennis lately. *lol*

[Alex]

First wildcards in Helsinki goes to Juho Paukku and Lassi Ketola. They´re counting that Tuomas K. will get a direct entry

[R. Jayakrishnan]

No withdrawals yet at Helsinki, but it's early .. Jay

[Jan]

On the Helsinki website they have JF Andersen on the entry list!?

[PatatRiek]

On the Helsinki website they have JF Andersen on the entry list!?

well, in that case he'll probably get a wildcard!

[anttik]

JF Andersen has not got a wildcard to Helsinki challenger. Djokovic is not anymore in the player's list because Andersen came to the list after the first announcement?? Does anybody know if Djokovic is planning to play in Helsinki?

Are there any withdrawals at Helsinki yet?

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Anderson is still not in the official list for Helsinki. Djokovic is in the list and was the last direct entry in the original list. Two withdrawals so far - and two more (Cakl and Knowle) have gone into the list now.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Champagne, Dnepropetrovsk, Eckental -- No withdralas from main draw or from the top of the ALT lists.

Helsinki -- Two main draw withdrawals (and Sela from ALT). Cakl, Knowle in.

Puebla --- No main draw withdrawals (Munoz, Middlekoop, Odesnik, Tavares, Engle.. from ALT withdrew)

Santa Cruz De La Sierra -- One withdrawal from main draw (and Garcia-Sintes, Munoz, Middlekoop from ALT). Marach in.

Jay

[nitsansh]

Anderson is still not in the official list for Helsinki.

If he didn't register, the only ways he can get in are as WC or Q (or possibly SE if he plays this week).

BTW... you mentioned Sela is out from Helsinki... did he WD also from Dnepro?

[anttik]

Jan Frode Andersen is in the list for Helsinki challenger and he has not got a wild card. There is a mess somewhere??

http://www.talintenniskeskus.fi/ipp04/pelaajat.php

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Dnepropetrovsek (1 of 2 SE spots cleared)
OUT: None from main draw (Berrer, Cakl, Knowle, Marach, Sela, Fitz from ALT)
IN: Voltchkov
NEXT: Kunitsyn, J-F.Anderson, Golmard, Tuksar, Eschauer, Gabashvili, Minar, Dlouhy

SantaCruz de la Sierra (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Four from maindraw (and Gamonal, Marin, Garcia-Sintes, Munoz, Middlekoop, Tavares from ALT) the top 4-5 seeds are all still there ..
IN: Marach, M.Daniel, Silva, Delatorre
NEXT: Moyano, Ager, Veronelli, Lipsky, Peralta, Salamanca, Hartfield, Kown

Helsinki (both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Three from main draw; lower ranked players (and Cakl, Knowle, Sela, Fitz, Bolelli from ALT)
IN: Mackin, Ketola, Gabashvili, Minar, Dlouhy
NEXT: Kohlmann, Kubot, Van Gemerden, Bastl, Zovko, Giorgini, Logtens, Scherrer

Champagne (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Three (and Przysieny, Kralert, Vlaski, Pavicevic from ALT)
IN: Bastl, Ram, Widom
NEXT: Kanev, Enev, Mertl, Bower, Lugassy, Quintero, Agaev, Lipskey, R.Delgado

Eckental (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Two from main draw (and Golmard, Berrer, Cakl, Bolelli from ALT)
IN: Tuksar, Eschauer, Knowle, Fitz
NEXT: Minar, Dlouhy, Kubot, Van Gemerden, Bastl, Zovko, Giorgini, Scherrer, Wauters

Puebla (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Two from main draw (and Munoz, Middlekoop, Lipsky, R.Delgado, Odesnik, Tavares, Engel, Bloomfield, Karol, Brizzi, Nielsen, Nieminen, Yim, Magdincev, Colangelo, Motti, Norby from ALT)
IN: Quintero, Vlaski, Hartfield, Fruttero
NEXT: Sorensen, Kown, Stancik, Medina-Alvarez, Irwin, Munroe, Washington, Torres

So, a lot of changes. Basically everybody will get to play somewhere or other this coming week.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Well, I still don't see Anderson going to Helsinki. INstread we find him as the second one waiting for Dnepropetrovsek.. Mystery, I guess.

Jay

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Updates:

Dnepropetrovsek (1 of 2 SE spots cleared)
OUT: Two from main draw (Berrer, Eschaer, Cakl, Knowle, Marach, Sela, Fitz from ALT)
IN: Voltchkov, Kunitsyn, J-F.Anderson
NEXT: Golmard, Tuksar, Gabashvili, Minar, Dlouhy, Kohlmann, Kubot

SantaCruz de la Sierra (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Four from maindraw (and Gamonal, Marin, Garcia-Sintes, Munoz, Middlekoop, Lipsky, Tavares, Engel, Karol from ALT) the top 4-5 seeds are all still there ..
IN: Marach, M.Daniel, Silva, Delatorre
NEXT: Moyano, Ager, Veronelli, Peralta, Salamanca, Hartfield, Cadeville

Helsinki (both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Five from main draw (and Cakl, Knowle, Sela, Fitz, Minar, Bolelli, Giorgini from ALT)
IN: Mackin, Ketola, Gabashvili, Dlouhy, Kohlmann, Kubot, Van Gemerden
NEXT: Bastl, Zovko, Logtens, Scherrer, Wauters, Ivanov-Smolenski

Champagne (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Three (and Przysieny, Kralert, Vlaski, Pavicevic from ALT)
IN: Bastl, Ram, Widom
NEXT: Kanev, Enev, Mertl, Bower, Lugassy, Quintero, Agaev, Lipskey, R.Delgado

Eckental (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Three from main draw (and Golmard, Berrer, Cakl, Bolelli, Giorgini from ALT)
IN: Tuksar, Eschauer, Knowle, Fitz, Minar
NEXT: Dlouhy, Kubot, Van Gemerden, Bastl, Zovko, Scherrer, Wauters

Puebla (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Two from main draw (and Munoz, Middlekoop, Lipsky, R.Delgado, Odesnik, Tavares, Engel, Bloomfield, Karol, Brizzi, Nielsen, Nieminen, Yim, Magdincev, Colangelo, Motti, Norby from ALT)
IN: Quintero, Vlaski, Hartfield, Fruttero
NEXT: Sorensen, Kown, Stancik, Medina-Alvarez, Irwin, Munroe, Washington, Torres

Well, looks like Jan-Frode Anderson is going to Dnepropetrovsek. A lot more money there, as it is a $125K+H event compared to a 50K event at Helsinki.

Jay

[PatatRiek]

Thanks Jay

well, i'm surprised by all these last minute changes....

cos i'm sure that some players that were not in this morning have already left to sign in for qualies?

regards
PatatRiek

[PatatRiek]

QDRAW Dnepropetrovsek IS OUT

QDRAW Helsinki IS OUT

QDRAW Eckental IS OUT

hmm....some names i expected in the qualies are not there

best wishes
PatatRiek

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Here are the final updates:

Dnepropetrovsek (both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Three from main draw (and Berrer, Eschaer, Cakl, Knowle, Marach, Sela, Fitz, Minar, Dlouhy, Kohlmann, Kubot, Bastl from ALT)
IN: Voltchkov, Kunitsyn, J-F.Anderson, Golmard, Gabashvili
NEXT: Zovko, Scherrer

SantaCruz de la Sierra (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Five from maindraw (and Gamonal, Marin, Ager, Garcia-Sintes, Munoz, Middlekoop, Lipsky, Peralta, Hartfield, Tavares, Engel, Karol from ALT)
IN: Marach, M.Daniel, Silva, Delatorre, Moyano, Veronelli, Salamanca
NEXT: Capdeville, Brizzi, Sorensen

Helsinki (both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Five from main draw (and Cakl, Knowle, Sela, Gabashvili, Fitz, Minar, Bolelli, Giorgini, Scherrer, Wauters from ALT)
IN: Mackin, Ketola, Dlouhy, Kohlmann, Kubot, Van Gemerden, Bastl
NEXT: Zovko, Logtens, Ivanov-Smolenski

Champagne (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Four (and Bastl, Przysiezny, Kralert, Mertl, Quintero, Vlaski, Pavicevic from ALT)
IN: Ram, Widom, Kanev, Enev, Bower, Lugassy
NEXT: Agaev, Lipsky, R.Delgado, F.Rodriguez, J.Witten

Eckental (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Three from main draw (and Golmard, Berrer, Cakl, Dlouhy, Kubot, Bolelli, Van Gemerden, Bastl, Giorgini, Scherrer, Wauters from ALT)
IN: Tuksar, Eschauer, Knowle, Fitz, Minar
NEXT: Zovko, Ivanov-Smolenski, Lorenzi

Puebla (Both SE spots cleared)
OUT: Three from main draw (and Munoz, Middlekoop, Lipsky, R.Delgado, Odesnik, Tavares, Engel, Bloomfield, Karol, Brizzi, Nielsen, Nieminen, Yim, Magdincev, Colangelo, Motti, Norby from ALT)
IN: Quintero, Vlaski, Hartfield, Fruttero, Sorensen
NEXT: Kown, Stancik, Medina-Alvarez, Irwin, Munroe, Washington, Torres

Jay

[BelgiumDude]

Hay all!

Just to let you guys know, I've updated all the entrylists in the first post.

Of all the 6 tournaments' entry lists, the one of Santa Cruz was the most weakened after all the withdrawals were made. They lost No 3 5 6 7 and 10 from their original entry list. Former top100 players Adrian Garcia and Franco Squillari won't be there.
The Helsinki-challenger also had 5 withdrawals but they still have the top-9 of their original entry list.
The 125 000 (+H)-tournament in Dnepropetrovsk lost top-80 players Carlsen and Stepanek, but their 4 wildcards are quite impressive: Pavel, Novak, Andreev and Davydenko.
The Champaign-challenger lost 2 of their top Americans for this tournament: Glenn Weiner and KJ Hippensteel.
Puebla and Eckenta came off wel.

Greetings
BD

edit : In the Santa-cruz challenger things got even worse! Lapentti and Falla withdrew after the draw was made. Only 3 players of the original top 10 are there