week |16| ATP: Masters Series Montecarlo

[Super-Fabio]

Master Series Montecarlo
1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Roddick, Andy USA 3
4 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 4
5 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 5
6 Blake, James USA 6
7 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7
8 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 8
9 Haas, Tommy GER 9
10 Nalbandian, David ARG 10
11 Ancic, Mario CRO 11
12 Berdych, Tomas CZE 12
13 Djokovic, Novak SRB 13
14 Murray, Andy GBR 14
15 Ferrer, David ESP 15
16 Gasquet, Richard FRA 16
17 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 17
18 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 18
19 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 19
20 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 20
21 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 21
22 Fish, Mardy USA 22
23 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 23
24 Safin, Marat RUS 24
25 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 25
26 Stepanek, Radek CZE 26
27 Soderling, Robin SWE 27
28 Andreev, Igor RUS 27 @
29 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 28
30 Calleri, Agustin ARG 29
31 Malisse, Xavier BEL 30
32 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 31
33 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 32
34 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 33
35 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 34
36 Rochus, Olivier BEL 35
37 Moya, Carlos ESP 36
38 Acasuso, Jose ARG 37
39 Becker, Benjamin GER 38
40 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 39
41 Simon, Gilles FRA 40
42 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 41
43 Gicquel, Marc FRA 42
44 Ginepri, Robby USA 43
45 Henman, Tim GBR 44
46 (Q)
47 (Q)
48 (Q)
49 (Q)
50 (Q)
51 (Q)
52 (Q)
53 (WC)
54 (WC)
55 (WC)
56 (WC)

Alternates
1. Verkerk, Martin NED 44 @
2. Mayer, Florian GER 45
3. Benneteau, Julien FRA 46
4. Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 47
5. Vliegen, Kristof BEL 48
6. Monfils, Gael FRA 49
7. Massu, Nicolas CHI 50
8. Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 51
9. Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 52
10. Clement, Arnaud FRA 53
11. Volandri, Filippo ITA 54
12. Mirnyi, Max BLR 55
13. Monaco, Juan ARG 56
14. Santoro, Fabrice FRA 57
15. Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 58
16. Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 59
17. Canas, Guillermo ARG 60
18. Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 61
19. Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 62
20. Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 63

AMS Montecarlo Qualifying
1 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 49
2 Massu, Nicolas CHI 50
3 Volandri, Filippo ITA 52
4 Mirnyi, Max BLR 53
5 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 59
6 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 60
7 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 61
8 Serra, Florent FRA 64
9 Koubek, Stefan AUT 65
10 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 66
11 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 71
12 Hernych, Jan CZE 72
13 Roitman, Sergio ARG 73
14 Spadea, Vincent USA 74
15 Llodra, Michael FRA 76
16 Hajek, Jan CZE 77
17 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 81
18 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 84
19 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 86
20 Starace, Potito ITA 91
21 Seppi, Andreas ITA 93
22 Falla, Alejandro COL 95
23 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 100
24 Galvani, Stefano ITA 104
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

Alternates
1. Pavel, Andrei ROU 107
2. Bolelli, Simone ITA 113
3. Bozoljac, Ilia SRB 118
4. Navarro Pastor, Ivan ESP 121
5. Portas, Albert ESP 132
6. Montcourt, Mathieu FRA 137
7. Luzzi, Federico ITA 141
8. Fraile, Gorka ESP 146
9. Capdeville, Paul CHI 151
10. Gil, Frederico POR 152
11. Vik, Robin CZE 153
12. Karanusic, Roko CRO 156
13. Gremelmayr, Denis GER 161
14. Guez, David FRA 162
15. Granollers-Pujol, Marcel ESP 163
16. Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 166
17. Ouahab, Lamine ALG 168
18. Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 169
19. Healey, Nathan AUS 170
20. Bastl, George SUI 175

[Judio]

57 in the Draw

[smucav]

There are 7 qualifiers and 4 wild cards in a 56 AMS draw.

[zekozecic]

Director of the tournament is Franulovic, former Croatian tennis hero. Perhaps Marin Cilic will get a WC for qualifies this year as he did last year

[manosquin]

This year, the draw in Monte carlo has 56 players ? Last year, it's 64.
The draw is different this year ?

[smucav]

This year, the draw in Monte carlo has 56 players ? Last year, it's 64. The draw is different this year ?

All the 2007 rule changes are summarized in my post here (about 2/3 down the page):
viewtopic.php?t=287&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=500

[zekozecic]

Director of the tournament is Franulovic, former Croatian tennis hero. Perhaps Marin Cilic will get a WC for qualifies this year as he did last year

Stupid remark, Marin Cilic this year probably will not need any WC for qualification tournament ...

[zekozecic]

Montecarlo
Alternates
1. Verkerk, Martin NED 44 @
2. Mayer, Florian GER 45
3. Benneteau, Julien FRA 46
4. Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 47
5. Vliegen, Kristof BEL 48
6. Monfils, Gael FRA 49
7. Massu, Nicolas CHI 50
8. Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 51
9. Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 52
10. Clement, Arnaud FRA 53
11. Volandri, Filippo ITA 54
12. Mirnyi, Max BLR 55
13. Monaco, Juan ARG 56
14. Santoro, Fabrice FRA 57
15. Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 58
16. Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 59
17. Canas, Guillermo ARG 60
18. Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 61
19. Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 62
20. Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 63

Could we have the qualification tournament lists? Thanks a lot!

[Super-Fabio]

qualifying list will be available next tuesday

[genius87]

And the amount of preclassified/favourites diminishes to 16 or 24?

[Super-Fabio]

qualifying list added in the first post.

[Björki]

What about Thomas Johansson?

Maybe he already know he will get a WC?

[lucky71]

ancic out from montecarlo
in benneteau
ciao
http://www.eurosport-it.com/tpfullpage_sto1131946.shtml

[genius87]

ancic out from montecarlo
in benneteau
ciao
http://www.eurosport-it.com/tpfullpage_sto1131946.shtml

Martin Verkerk and Florian Mayer??

[smucav]

OUT: Ancic, Wawrinka, Ginepri
IN: Verkerk, Mayer, Benneteau
Next: Lee, Vliegen, Monfils

[pablo007]

for me roddick,hewitt,fish,bjorkman not play...

[Patrik77]

for me roddick,hewitt,fish,bjorkman not play...

Why won´t Bjorkman play? He lives there and is not injured.

[tasmanian tiger]

just a thought on the bjorkman question: he's not getting any younger and clay is his worst surface. maybe he plans (or should plan) to play only doubles until after the french open and give his body a rest.

[Super-Fabio]

Montecarlo:
OUT: Ancic, Wawrinka, Ginepri (and Grosjean, Srichapan from ALT)
IN: Verkerk, Mayer, Benneteau
Next: Lee, Vliegen, Monfils, Massu, Clement, Volandri

[Patrik77]

just a thought on the bjorkman question: he's not getting any younger and clay is his worst surface. maybe he plans (or should plan) to play only doubles until after the french open and give his body a rest.

On the other hand it is his last chance to play main draw singles in those three clay court masters series tournaments

[smucav]

http://montecarlo.masters-series.com/1/ ... dcards.asp

Les Wild-cards 2007 dévoilées

Ce vendredi, les wild-cards ont été attribuées par le Comité d’organisation du Masters Series Monte-Carlo presented by Rolex.

Concernant le tableau final, les bénéficiaires sont :

- Benjamin BALLERET
- Paul-Henri MATHIEU
- Florent SERRA
- Thomas JOHANSSON

En qualifications, les invitations ont été délivrées à :

- Jean-René LISNARD
- Thomas DROUET
- Jonathan EYSSERIC
- J-C FAUREL

[Super-Fabio]

Montecarlo:
OUT: Ancic, Ginepri, Hewitt, Wawrinka (and Grosjean, Srichapan from ALT)
IN: Verkerk, Mayer, Benneteau, Lee
Next: Vliegen, Monfils, Massu, Clement, Volandri, Mirnyi, Monaco

[genius87]

Willy Cañas OUT from ALT????

[Super-Fabio]

Willy Cañas OUT from ALT????

he is still in the list...

[guest1]

but canas is not on the qualifying list and as he will probably not make it into the main draw he won't play there...

[Patrik77]

What about Thomas Johansson?

Maybe he already know he will get a WC?

He has asked for a WC, no answer yet from the organizer if he´s gonna get it or not

[manosquin]

who will the wild card ?
Lisnard yes, and after ?
Balleret ? Mathieu ? Santoro ? Canas ? an other player ?

[genius87]

Cañas no, regresa en Barcelona o Estoril.

[Björki]

What about Thomas Johansson?

Maybe he already know he will get a WC?

He has asked for a WC, no answer yet from the organizer if he´s gonna get it or not

I read this in a Swedish newspaper. However I am still surprised that he didnt signed in for Qualy bec he lives in MC. Do you know if he is still working with Magnus Norman?

[Patrik77]

What about Thomas Johansson?

Maybe he already know he will get a WC?

He has asked for a WC, no answer yet from the organizer if he´s gonna get it or not

I read this in a Swedish newspaper. However I am still surprised that he didnt signed in for Qualy bec he lives in MC. Do you know if he is still working with Magnus Norman?

Yes, he is still working with Norman, but only on a part time basis. Norman has to work with his "real job" and can only travel with Thomas limited time

[bass]

What is Magnus Normans "real job"?

[Patrik77]

What is Magnus Normans "real job"?

He is working with marketing issues for a Swedish financial institution, Catella

[BelgiumDude]

Xavier Malisse OUT

According to Belgian press he will miss TMS Rome as wel. He hopes to be back in Hamburg.

[R. Jayakrishnan]

Update: No change officially from the update above; no withdrawals yet from qualifying list either. The Malisse withdrawl may be coming later, I suppose. Jay

[smucav]

Main draw:
OUT: Blake, Ancic, Hewitt, Wawrinka, Ginepri
IN: Verkerk, Mayer, Benneteau, Lee, Vliegen
Next: Monfils, Massu, Clement, Volandri, Mirnyi

Qualifying:
OUT: Vliegen, Hajek
IN: Pavel, Bolelli
Next: Bozoljac, Navarro Pastor

[Super-Fabio]

Montecarlo:
OUT: Ancic, Blake, Fish, Ginepri, Hewitt, Malisse, Roddick, Wawrinka (and Grosjean, Srichapan from ALT)
IN: Verkerk, Mayer, Benneteau, Lee, Vliegen, Monfils, Massu, Clement
NEXT: Volandri, Mirnyi, Monaco, Santoro, Ramirez-Hidalgo, Kohlschreiber

Montecarlo Q:
OUT: Hajek, Koubek, F.Lopez, Massu, Vliegen (and Capdeville, Ouahab from ALT)
IN: Pavel, Bolelli, Bozoljac, Navarro Pastor, Portas
NEXT: Montcourt, Luzzi, Fraile, Gil, Vik, Karanusic, Gremelmayr

[Patrik77]

Montecarlo:
OUT: Blake, Fish, Ginepri, Roddick

The American boycott continues year after year!

[BelgiumDude]

If there are no more withdrawals, this are the first 8 seeds who have a bye in the first round:
1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 4
4 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 5
5 Robredo, Tommy ESP 6
6 Djokovic, Novak SRB 7
7 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 8
8 Haas, Tommy GER 10

Seeds 9-16:
9 Murray, Andy GBR 11
10 Nalbandian, David ARG 12
11 Berdych, Tomas CZE 14
12 Gasquet, Richard FRA 15
13 Ferrer, David ESP 16
14 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 17
15 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 18
16 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 20

[Super-Fabio]

Montecarlo:
OUT: Ancic, Blake, Calleri, Fish, Ginepri, Hewitt, Malisse, Roddick, Wawrinka (and Grosjean, Srichapan from ALT)
IN: Verkerk, Mayer, Benneteau, Lee, Vliegen, Monfils, Massu, Clement, Volandri
NEXT: Mirnyi, Monaco, Santoro, Ramirez-Hidalgo, Kohlschreiber

Montecarlo Q:
OUT: Hajek, Koubek, F.Lopez, Massu, Vliegen, Volandri (and Capdeville, Ouahab from ALT)
IN: Pavel, Bolelli, Bozoljac, Navarro Pastor, Portas, Montcourt
NEXT: Luzzi, Fraile, Gil, Vik, Karanusic, Gremelmayr

[manosquin]

no news for the wild card ?

[guest1]

as always no us-american goes to monte carlo but every single of them played in houston(roddick,blake,fish,ginepri). doesn't the atp care about that? don't they have to pay a big fine for missing that tournament every single year???

[smucav]

as always no us-american goes to monte carlo but every single of them played in houston(roddick,blake,fish,ginepri).

Roddick withdrew from Houston with a hamstring injury.

doesn't the atp care about that? don't they have to pay a big fine for missing that tournament every single year???

Players are allowed two withdrawals from AMS events & one withdrawal from an optional tournament per year without penalty (as long as the withdrawals are not late). Players who do not play AMS events where they are direct entrants receive zeros for the ATP rankings & race.

See my post here (about 2/3 down the page) for a summary of the 2007 rule changes:
http://www.stevegtennis.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=287&start=500

[Judio]

as always no us-american goes to monte carlo but every single of them played in houston(roddick,blake,fish,ginepri). doesn't the atp care about that? don't they have to pay a big fine for missing that tournament every single year???

Yes they care about the Americans so much, they are going to
downgrade MonteCarlo

[Super-Fabio]

Montecarlo:
OUT: Ancic, Blake, Calleri, Fish, Ginepri, Hewitt, Malisse, Roddick, Wawrinka (and Grosjean, Srichapan, Vassallo-Arguello from ALT)
IN: Verkerk, Mayer, Benneteau, Lee, Vliegen, Monfils, Massu, Clement, Volandri
NEXT: Mirnyi, Monaco, Santoro, Ramirez-Hidalgo, Kohlschreiber

Montecarlo Q:
OUT: Hajek, Koubek, Lapentti, F.Lopez, Massu, Spadea, Vliegen, Volandri (and Capdeville, Gil, Ouahab from ALT)
IN: Pavel, Bolelli, Bozoljac, Navarro Pastor, Portas, Montcourt, Luzzi, Fraile
NEXT: Vik, Karanusic, Gremelmayr, Guez, Granollers-Puyol, Roger-Vasselin, Lorenzi

[Super-Fabio]

Montecarlo:
OUT: Ancic, Blake, Calleri, Fish, Ginepri, Hewitt, Malisse, Roddick, Wawrinka (and Grosjean, Srichapan, Vassallo-Arguello from ALT)
IN: Verkerk, Mayer, Benneteau, Lee, Vliegen, Monfils, Massu, Clement, Volandri
NEXT: Mirnyi, Monaco, Santoro, Ramirez-Hidalgo, Kohlschreiber, Canas

Montecarlo Q:
OUT: Hajek, Koubek, Lapentti, F.Lopez, Massu, Spadea, Vliegen, Volandri (and Bolelli, Navarro Pastor, Montcourt, Capdeville, Gil, Gremelmayr, Ouahab, Healey, Lacko from ALT)
IN: Pavel, Bozoljac, Portas, Luzzi, Fraile, Vik, Karanusic, Guez
NEXT: Granollers-Puyol, Roger-Vasselin, Lorenzi, Bastl, Haehnel, Mamiit

[Super-Fabio]

Montecarlo Q:
OUT: Hajek, Koubek, Lapentti, F.Lopez, Massu, Mathieu, Serra, Spadea, Starace, Vliegen, Volandri (and Bolelli, Navarro Pastor, Montcourt, Capdeville, Gil, Gremelmayr, Ouahab, Healey, Lacko from ALT)
IN: Pavel, Bozoljac, Portas, Luzzi, Fraile, Vik, Karanusic, Guez, Granollers-Puyol, Roger-Vasselin, Lorenzi
NEXT: Bastl, Haehnel, Mamiit, Fognini, Ascione, Cipolla

[smucav]

Singles draw:
http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/410/mds.pdf

Qualifying draw:
http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/410/qs.pdf

Doubles draw:
http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/410/mdd.pdf

Order of Play:
http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/410/op.pdf

[Super-Fabio]

Montecarlo:
OUT: Ancic, Blake, Calleri, Fish, Haas, Ginepri, Hewitt, Malisse, Roddick, Wawrinka (and Grosjean, Srichapan, Vassallo-Arguello from ALT)
IN: Verkerk, Mayer, Benneteau, Lee, Vliegen, Monfils, Massu, Clement, Volandri, Mirnyi
NEXT: Monaco, Santoro, Ramirez-Hidalgo, Kohlschreiber, Canas, Lapentti

Montecarlo Q:
OUT: Hajek, Koubek, Lapentti, F.Lopez, Massu, Mathieu, Mirnyi, Serra, Spadea, Starace, Vliegen, Volandri (and Bolelli, Navarro Pastor, Montcourt, Capdeville, Gil, Karanusic, Gremelmayr, Ouahab, Healey, Lacko, Mamiit, Dustov, Sabau, Kindlmann from ALT)
IN: Pavel, Bozoljac, Portas, Luzzi, Fraile, Vik, Karanusic, Guez, Granollers-Puyol, Roger-Vasselin, Lorenzi, Bastl, Haehnel
NEXT: Fognini, Ascione, Cipolla, Andujar, M.Lopez, Eitzinger

[pipoun]

News for the wildcards : http://montecarlo.masters-series.com/1/en/news/2007/wildcards.asp

The main draw wild cards are:

- Benjamin BALLERET (MON)
- Paul-Henri MATHIEU
- Florent SERRA
- Thomas JOHANSSON

The qualifying wild cards are:

- Jean-René LISNARD (MON)
- Thomas DROUET (MON)
- Jonathan EYSSERIC
- J-C FAUREL

[smucav]

Qualifying:
(WC) Faurel OUT; (ALT) Fognini IN