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Tournament Name: QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN 2009
Location: DOHA, QATAR
Dates: 5TH–10TH JANUARY, 2009 (SATURDAY FINAL)
Prize Money: US $1,110,250
32 DRAW (MAIN DRAW & QUALIFYING)
SITE: KHALIFA INTERNATIONAL TENNIS & SQUASH COMPLEX
MAJLIS AL–TAAWON ST, AL DAFNA
DOHA, QATAR
SURFACE: REBOUND ACE
BALL: WILSON AUSTRALIAN OPEN
PRIZE MONEY: US DOLLARS—PAID BY ATP
WEB SITE: www.qataropen.org

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 2, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 3, 5:30 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 3, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12

Entry deadline: November 24, 2008
Seeding: December 29, 2008

Nadal, Rafael ESP 1
Federer, Roger SUI 2
Murray, Andy GBR 4
Roddick, Andy USA 8
Andreev, Igor RUS 19
Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22
Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 28
Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 32
Seppi, Andreas ITA 35
Montanes, Albert ESP 45
Hanescu, Victor ROU 50
Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52
Troicki, Viktor SRB 57
Petzschner, Philipp GER 66
Hernandez, Oscar ESP 68
Rochus Christophe BEL 69
Starace, Potito ITA 71
Devilder, Nicolas FRA 72
Navarro, Ivan ESP 73
Chardy, Jeremy FRA 74
Junqueira, Diego ARG 79
Hernych, Jan CZE 80
Gremelmayr, Denis GER 83
Vliegen, Kristof BEL 84
Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 93
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC) Haas, Tommy GER
31 (WC) Monfils, Gael FRA
32 (WC) Al Haji, Abdulla QAT

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Quaifying Draw - Doha

(1)BECK, Karol SVK vs GHAREEB, Mohammed KUW
KLEC, Ivo SVK vs COPIL, Marius ROU
(WC)NOUH, Jaber QAT vs ZIMONJIC, Nenad SRB
LEVINSKY, Jaroslav CZE vs (5)OUAHAB, Lamine ALG

(2)PEYA, Alexander AUT vs CHERNOV, Artur RUS
BUBKA, Sergei UKR vs HOWE, Gregory GBR
VAGNOZZI, Simone ITA vs (WC)MEZRI, Amer QAT
KAMKE, Tobias GER vs (6)KUBOT, Lukasz POL

(3)RIBA, Pere ESP vs MERTINAK, Michal SVK
POSPISIL, Jaroslav CZE vs (WC)MAGDAS, Abdullah KUW
EITZINGER, Rainer AUT vs CHIUDINELLI, Marco SUI
(WC)SHANAN, Moussa QAT vs (8)PETRAZZUOLO, Giancarlo ITA

(4)LOPEZ JAEN, Miguel Angel ESP vs AL GHAREEB, Ali KUW
LOPEZ, Marc ESP vs KAS, Christopher GER
SITAK, Dmitri RUS vs PRZYSIEZNY, Michal POL
BERANKIS, Ricardas LTU vs (7)BACHINGER, Matthias GER

[Elelaytet]

Zimonjic could totally qualify

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Tournament Name: CHENNAI OPEN 2009
Location: CHENNAI, INDIA
Dates: 5th–11th JANUARY 2009
Prize Money: US $450,000
32 DRAW

SITE: SDAT TENNIS STADIUM
LAKE AREA, NUNGAMBAKKAM
CHENNAI 600034 TAMIL NADU, INDIA
SURFACE: HARD (PLAY PAVE)
BALL: WILSON
PRIZE MONEY: US DOLLARS—PAID BY ATP
WEB SITE: www.chennaiopen.org

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

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12

Entry deadline: November 24, 2008
Seeding: December 29, 2008

Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5
Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 13
Cilic, Marin CRO 23
Karlovic, Ivo CRO 26
Schuettler, Rainer GER 33
Moya, Carlos ESP 42
Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 49
Granollers, Marcel ESP 56
Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 91
Karanusic, Roko CRO 92
Minar, Ivo CZE 97
Martin, Alberto ESP 100
Andujar, Pablo ESP 101
Istomin, Denis UZB 105
Beck, Andreas GER 107
Sela, Dudi ISR 109
Odesnik, Wayne USA 114
Phau, Bjorn GER 116
Kim, Kevin USA 117
Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 118
Soeda, Go JPN 119
Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 120
Ventura, Santiago ESP 123
Koellerer, Daniel AUT 125
Greul, Simon GER 126
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC) Dlouhy, Lukas CZE
31 (WC) Devvarman, Somdev IND
32 (WC) Amritraj, Prakash IND

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Qualifying Draw - Chennai

(1)CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA vs SINGH, Navdeep IND
CERVENAK, Pavol SVK vs SUGITA, Yuichi JPN
GAJJAR, Rohan IND vs(WC)TIWARI, Abhijeet IND
ZOVKO, Lovro CRO vs (7)SATSCHKO, Alex GER

(2)BERRER, Michael GER vs GIDE, Rohan IND
REDDY B, Vikram IND vs VIRALI MURUGESAN, Ranjeet IND
(WC)SINGH, Sanam IND vs BHAMBRI, Yuki IND
BOPANNA, Rohan IND vs (6)KONING, Michel NED

(3)UDOMCHOKE, Danai THA vs PRASHANTH, N. Vijay Sundar IND
SRIDHAR, Vinod IND vs SORENSEN, Louk IRL
MANUJA, Ronak IND vs (WC)NARAYANASWAMY, Srirambalaji IND
(WC)SAI, Naveen IND vs (8)IM, Kyu Tae KOR

(4)RAM, Rajeev USA vs ITO, Tatsuma JPN
SINGH, Ashutosh IND vs MARACH, Oliver AUT
RAJA, Purav IND vs PERANANALLUR CHANDRA SEKAR, Vignesh IND
SIPAEYA, Sunil Kumar IND vs (5)KUDRYAVTSEV, Alexandre RUS

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Saturday Order of Play - Chennai
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/891/op.pdf

[johnteriz]

Maybe there has been a lot of withdrawls from Doha, but there's a strange disconnect between the main and qualifying draws. The last direct acceptance listed is ranked 93, yet there are several seed in the qualifying I've never heard of. Number one seed in qualies is ranked 145. A 50-ranking gap from last man into main draw to first in qualifying?

[tramdoctorsss]

It's common for Doha. Folks who are not certain about direct acceptance and/or want to play AO qualies rarely go there.

[Leczyslaw]

Would love to hear Dick Enberg trying to pronounce this name:

(WC)NARAYANASWAMY, Srirambalaji IND

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Chennai Main Draw

(1)DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS vs KOELLERER, Daniel AUT
(WC)DLOUHY, Lukas CZE vs SOEDA, Go JPN
KARANUSIC, Roko CRO vs BECK, Andreas GER
LEE, Hyung-Taik KOR vs (8)GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP

(3)CILIC, Marin CRO vs MARTIN, Alberto ESP
ISTOMIN, Denis UZB vs (Q)
RAMIREZ HIDALGO, Ruben ESP vs SELA, Dudi ISR
ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP vs (7)TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB

(6)MOYA, Carlos ESP vs (Q)
(WC)DEVVARMAN, Somdev IND vs KIM, Kevin USA
ODESNIK, Wayne USA vs MINAR, Ivo CZE
(Q) vs (4)KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO

(5)SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER vs (WC)AMRITRAJ, Prakash IND
GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP vs GREUL, Simon GER
PHAU, Bjorn GER vs VENTURA, Santiago ESP
(Q) vs (2)WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI

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Doha Main Draw

1 NADAL, Rafael ESP v SANTORO, Fabrice FRA
QUALIFIER v QUALIFIER
(WC)HAJJI, Abdulla QAT v DEVILDER, Nicolas FRA
HERNYCH, Jan CZE v (WC) 5 MONFILS, Gael FRA

(4)RODDICK, Andy USA v NAVARRO, Ivan ESP
JUNQUEIRA, Diego ARG v (WC)CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA
TROICKI, Viktor SRB v HANESCU, Victor ROU
YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS v (6)ANDREEV, Igor RUS

(7)TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS v QUALIFIER
STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR v ROCHUS, Christophe BEL
PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER v CHARDY, Jeremy FRA
MONTANES, Albert ESP v (3)MURRAY, Andy GBR

(8)KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER v QUALIFIER
HERNANDEZ, Oscar ESP v VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL
SEPPI, Andreas ITA v GREMELMAYR, Denis GER
STARACE, Potito ITA v (2)FEDERER, Roger SUI

[Elelaytet]

And that's why I don't understand why Youzhny didn't go to Chennai. Especially as he was training in Thailand

[inmeirulez]

Nice draw for Roddick.

[encunnibriG]

And that's why I don't understand why Youzhny didn't go to Chennai. Especially as he was training in Thailand

I think he lost too many brain cells in Miami last year.

[Leczyslaw]

I almost missed Roger in the draw there. Still not very used to seeing him on the bottom of the draw sheets.

[Lvnufcdc]

From the Doha website:

[inmeirulez]

From the Doha website:

Nice.

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ORDER OF PLAY – MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009 - CHENNAI

CENTRE COURT start 5:00 pm
[3] M Cilic (CRO) vs A Martin (ESP)
[5] R Schuettler (GER) vs [WC] P Amritraj (IND)
E Butorac (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs [WC] Y Bhambri (IND) / H Mankad (IND)
H Lee (KOR) vs [8] M Granollers (ESP)

COURT 1 start 2:00 pm
Qualifying - M Berrer (GER) vs R Bopanna (IND)

Not Before 5:00 PM
D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) vs S Greul (GER)
R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) vs D Sela (ISR)
O Marach (AUT) / J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs P Andujar (ESP) / C Moya (ESP)

COURT 2 start 2:00 pm
Qualifying - R Ram (USA) vs A Kudryavtsev (RUS)

Not Before 5:00 PM
B Phau (GER) vs S Ventura (ESP)
[WC] L Dlouhy (CZE) vs G Soeda (JPN)
[4] S Lipsky (USA) / D Martin (USA) vs R Bopanna (IND) / F Cipolla (ITA)

COURT 3 start 2:00 pm
Qualifying - F Cipolla (ITA) vs A Satschko (GER)

COURT 4 start 2:00 pm
Qualifying - D Udomchoke (THA) vs K Im (KOR)

[CymnMaync]

From the Doha website:

Where's Philipp?

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Some pics from Doha.