PREVIEW/DAY ONE NOTES: Monday, February 18, 2013
COPA CLARO| Buenos Aires, Argentina | February 18-24, 2013
Draw size: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $493,670 | Surface: Clay
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TOURNAMENT PREVIEW – TOP 20 TRIO FERRER, ALMAGRO & WAWRINKA HIGHLIGHT FIELD
 The Spanish duo of World No. 4 David Ferrer and World No. 11 Nicolas Almagro are the top two
seeds in the Copa Claro, the third clay court tournament of the season on the ATP World Tour. Ferrer,
who is the defending champion, is playing his first clay court tournament of the season and Almagro,
who won in 2011, lost last week in the quarter-finals in Sao Paulo (l. to Nalbandian).
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The other seeds are: World No. 17 and No. 3 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland a two-time semifinals here (2011-12) playing his first clay court tournament of the year, No 4 Thomaz Bellucci of
Brazil, and No. 5 Horacio Zeballos, who defeated Rafael Nadal at Vina del Mar two weeks ago for his
first career ATP World Tour title. The final three seeds are No. 6 Fabio Fognini of Italy and Spaniards
No. 7 Pablo Andujar and No. 8 Albert Ramos.
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On Monday, there are four final round qualifying matches and five main draw singles matches. In the
second match on Estadio Central, Portugal’s Joao Sousa takes on Argentinian wild card Federico
Delbonis for the first time. Sousa best result this year was reaching the second round at Australian
Open (l. to Murray) and is making his tournament debut. Following is another first time meeting
between No. 4 seed Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil and Argentinian wild card Diego Sebastian
Schwartzman. Bellucci lost in the second round at Auckland (l. to Lukas) and Sao Paulo (l. to Volandri)
and has a career tournament record of 1-2. Schwartzman is playing in the main draw for the first time.
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The first match of the evening features Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia taking on Horacio Zeballos of
Argentina for the first the first time. Bedene is playing here for the first time and in his first clay court
match of the year. He opened 2013 by reaching his first career ATP World Tour semi-final in Chennai (l.
to Tipsarevic). Zeballos is playing here for the fourth time (3-3), with his best result the quarter-finals in
2010 (l. to Monaco). The last match is another first-time meeting between Argentine Guido Pella and
Nicolas Almagro. Pella is playing here for the first time, he failed to qualify four times (2007, ’09, ’10
and ’12). Almagro is among the Top 10 clay court match wins leaders among active players at No. 3
with 207-98 record and is playing here for the eight time (16-6 record).
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On Estadio 2, Albert Ramos faces Flavio Cipolla of Italy for the first time. Ramos reached the quarterfinals at Vina del Mar (l. to Zeballos), last week lost in second-round at Sao Paulo (l. to Berlocq). Cipolla
is playing here for the first time, failed to qualify in 2010.
Top 10 Clay Court Match Wins Active Players –Five of the Top 10 active wins leaders are in the draw:
Player
Wins Losses Pct
1. Nadal, Rafael (ESP)
261
20
.928
2. Ferrer, David (ESP)
238
98
.708
3. Almagro, Nicolas (ESP)
207
98
.678
4. Robredo, Tommy (ESP)
206
93
.688
5. Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS) 179
105
.630
6. Federer, Roger (SUI)
178
53
.770
7. Monaco, Juan (ARG)
178
98
.644
8. Montanes, Albert (ESP)
170
149
.532
9. Massu, Nicolas (CHI)
162
119
.577
10. Volandri, Filippo (ITA)
160
124
.563
*Bold playing this week
TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
CITY:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
VENUE:
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
DATE:
February 18-24, 2013
CATEGORY:
ATP World Tour 250
PRIZE MONEY:
$484,100
DRAW:
32 singles / 16 doubles
SURFACE:
Clay
SINGLES FINAL:
Sunday, February 24
DOUBLES FINAL:
Sunday, February 24
FIRST HELD:
2001
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2012 FINALS
Singles – (1) David Ferrer (ESP) d. (2) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles – Marrero-Verdasco d. (2) Mertinak-Sa 6-4, 6-4
RECENT CHAMPIONS/FINALISTS (since 2001)
2012 David Ferrer/Nicolas Almagro
2011 Nicolas Almagro/Juan Ignacio Chela
2010 Juan Carlos Ferrero/David Ferrer
2009 Tommy Robredo/Juan Monaco
2008 David Nalbandian/Jose Acasuso
2007 Juan Monaco/Alessio Di Mauro
2006 Carlos Moya/Filippo Volandri
2005 Gaston Gaudio/Mariano Puerta
2004 Guillermo Coria/Carlos Moya
2003 Carlos Moya/Guillermo Coria
2002 Nicolas Massu/Agustin Calleri
2001 Gustavo Kuerten/Jose Acasuso
*Bold denotes past champions / runners-up in 2013 draw
A LOOK AT THE DRAW
Seeded Players (Tournament record, best finish – year)
1 David Ferrer (ESP)
11-4
W-'12
2 Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
16-6
W-'11
3 Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
6-2
SF-'12,11
4 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
1-2
R16-'08
5 Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
3-3
QF-'10
6 Fabio Fognini (ITA)
3-5
R16-'11,09,08
7 Pablo Andujar (ESP)
1-4
R16-'10
8 Albert Ramos (ESP)
2-2
R16-'12,11
Wildcards:
Federico Delbonis, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman, Agustin Velotti
Youngest:
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (20 years, 6 months)
Oldest:
Ruben Hidalgo Ramirez (35 years, 1 month)
Top Country Breakdown: Argentina 9, Spain 9, Italy 5
Former Champions in Draw (4): David Ferrer (2012), Nicolas Almagro (2011), Tommy Robredo (2009), David
Nalbandian (2008)
Former Finalists in Draw (3): Nicolas Almagro (2012), David Ferrer (2010), Filippo Volandri (2006)
* Does not include qualifiers (to be completed Monday)
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS ATP RANKINGS POINTS / PRIZE MONEY
Singles
W
F
SF
QF
R16 R32
Rankings Pts. 250
150
90
45
20
0
Prize Money $84,550 44,525 24,120 13,740 8,100 4,800
Doubles
W
F
SF
QF
R16
Rankings Pts. 250
150
90
45
0
Prize Money $27,070 14,230 7,710 4,410 2,580
Doubles Seeded Teams (Tournament record, best finish - year)
1 Cermak / Mertinak
0-1
R16-'09
2 Bracciali / Dlouhy
Debut
3 Marach / Zeballos
Debut
4 Brown / Kas
Debut
RECENT CHAMPIONS (since 2001)
2012 David Marrero/Fernando Verdasco
2011 Oliver Marach/Leonardo Mayer (not playing together)
2010 Sebastien Prieto/Horacio Zeballos
2009 Marcel Granollers/Alberto Martin
2008 Agustin Calleri /Luis Horna
2007 Martin Garcia /Sebastian Prieto
2006 Frantisek Cermak /Leos Friedl
2005 Frantisek Cermak /Leos Friedl
2004 Lucas Arnold Ker /Mariano Hood
2003 Mariano Hood /Sebastian Prieto
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2002 Gaston Etlis /Martin Rodriguez
2001 Lucas Arnold Ker /Tomas Carbonell *Bold denotes past champions in 2013 draw
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Monday First Round FedEx ATP Head 2 Heads – In Order of Play
Estadio Central
Joao Sousa (POR) vs (WC) Federico Delbonis (ARG)
First Meeting
Sousa FastFacts:
2013 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 2-4
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: March 30, 1989
Emirates ATP Ranking: 89
Delbonis FastFacts:
2013 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: October 5, 1990
Emirates ATP Ranking: 123
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs (WC) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (ARG) First Meeting
Bellucci FastFacts:
2013 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 3-4
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: December 30, 1987
Emirates ATP Ranking: 38
Schwartzman FastFacts:
2013 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-1
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: August 16, 1992
Emirates ATP Ranking: 166
Aljaz Bedene (SLO) vs (5) Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
First Meeting
Bedene FastFacts:
2013 Highlights:
SF: Chennai (l Tipsarevic)
YTD W-L: 3-4
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: July 18, 1989
Emirates ATP Ranking: 76
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Zeballos FastFacts:
2013 Highlights:
W: Vina del Mar (d Nadal)
YTD W-L: 5-2
YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: April 27, 1985
Emirates ATP Ranking: 41
Guido Pella (ARG) vs (2) Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
First Meeting
Pella FastFacts:
2013 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-3
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 17, 1990
Emirates ATP Ranking: 92
Almagro FastFacts:
2013 Highlights:
QF: Australian Open (l Ferrer)
YTD W-L: 5-2
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 12
Date of Birth: August 21, 1985
Emirates ATP Ranking: 11
Estadio 2
(8) Albert Ramos (ESP) vs Flavio Cipolla (ITA)
First Meeting
OTHER FIRST ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Draw Order *
(1)David Ferrer (ESP) vs (WC) Agustin Velotti (ARG)
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) vs David Nalbandian (ARG)
08 Roland Garros (France)
Clay
R128
11 Santiago (Chile)
Clay
R32
12 Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Clay
QF
First Meeting
David Nalbandian
David Nalbandian
David Nalbandian
Nalbandian Leads 3-0
6-2 6-4 6-1
6-2 2-6 6-2
6-0 6-3
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs (8) Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Fognini Leads 3-2
08 Warsaw (Poland)
Clay
R32
Fabio Fognini
7-5 0-6 6-4
10 Eastbourne (Great Britain)
Grass
R16
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2 6-2
11 Roland Garros (France)
Clay
R32
Fabio Fognini
4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1
12 Casablanca (Morocco)
Clay
R32
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4 3-6 7-5
12 US Open (U.S.A.)
Hard
R64
Fabio Fognini
6-4 6-4 6-2
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)
09 New Haven (U.S.A.)
Hard
R16
Leonardo Mayer
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs (3) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
(7) Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs Albert Montanes (ESP)
07 Costa do Sauipe (Brasil)
Clay
R32
10 Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Clay
R16
11 Casablanca (Morocco)
Clay
SF
11 Stuttgart (Germany)
Clay
R16
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) vs Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Other meetings:
12 Rabat CH (Morocco)
Clay
SF
12 San Marino CH (San Marino)
Clay
R32
Mayer Leads 1-0
6-2 6-4
First Meeting
Albert Montanes
Albert Montanes
Pablo Andujar
Pablo Andujar
Tied 2-2
6-2 7-6(6)
6-3 6-2
6-4 6-4
2-6 6-4 6-3
First ATP Meeting
Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri
2-6
6-3
6-4
6-4
*Does not include qualifiers
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