Delray Beach Entry List/Fact Sheet (updated February 23, 2009)

Tournament Name: DELRAY BEACH INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Location: DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, USA
Dates: FEBRUARY 23–MARCH 1, 2009
Prize Money: US $500,000
32 DRAW (MD & QUALIFYING)

SITE: DELRAY BEACH STADIUM & TENNIS CENTER
201 WEST ATLANTIC AVENUE
DELRAY BEACH, FL 33444
SURFACE: HARD (PLEXIPAVE)
BALL: PENN/ATP
PRIZE MONEY: U.S. DOLLARS PAID BY THE ATP
WEB SITE: http://www.yellowtennisball.com

Qualifying draw: Friday, February 20, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, February 21, 1:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 21, 6:00 p.m.

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

Entry deadline: January 12, 2009
Seeding: February 16, 2009

1 Fish, Mardy USA 24
2 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 40
3 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 43
OUT Ginepri, Robby USA 47
5 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 51
6 Darcis, Steve BEL 57
7 Serra, Florent FRA 58
8 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 61
9 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 62
10 Petzschner, Philipp GER 63
11 Koubek, Stefan AUT @65
12 Reynolds, Bobby USA 68
13 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 73
14 Rochus, Christophe BEL 75
15 Canas, Guillermo ARG 77
16 Haas, Tommy GER 79
17 Zverev, Mischa GER 80
18 Spadea, Vincent USA 81
19 Gremelmayr, Denis GER 82
20 Karanusic, Roko CRO 91
21 Golubev, Andrey KAZ 92
22 Capdeville, Paul CHI 94
23 Muller, Gilles LUX 95
24 (SE) Sela, Dudi ISR
25 (SE)
26 (Q) Dancevic, Frank CAN
27 (Q) Korolev, Evgeny RUS
28 (Q) Dent, Taylor USA
29 (Q) Sweeting, Ryan USA
30 (WC) King, Evan USA
31 (WC) Hewitt, Lleyton AUS
32 (WC) Querrey, Sam USA

Alternates
IN Kendrick, Robert USA 96
IN Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 97
OUT Haase, Robin NED @104
1. Sela, Dudi ISR 106
OUT Gil, Frederico POR 107
OUT Anderson, Kevin RSA 108
OUT Phau, Bjorn GER 110
2. Mayer, Leonardo ARG 112
3. Kim, Kevin USA 113
4. Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 114
5. Roitman, Sergio ARG 115
6. Odesnik, Wayne USA 116
7. Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 117
8. Ventura, Santiago ESP 118
9. Korolev, Evgeny RUS 119

VamosVinchinzo!

Good luck Guillermo Cañas :yeah:

http://www.yellowtennisball.com/online/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132&Itemid=83

qualifying wild cards:
Matej Bocko:
Adrian Zguns
Jonathan David

Any ideas for the 3rd main draw wild card? :)

Any ideas for the 3rd main draw wild card? :)

Could be Lleyton Hewitt, he is a former champion at Delray.

OUT: none (& Gil, Phau from ALT)
IN: none
NEXT: Kendrick, Haase, Sela, Anderson

Haase is out, Siemerink told.

maybe capdeville out from here

No Nishikori? :confused: Playing Dubai? :shrug:

No Nishikori? :confused: Playing Dubai? :shrug:

He's scheduled to play for Davis Cup in Japan the following week. I think that's why.

Kiefer has asked for a WC here and in Dubai.

Sam Querrey asked for a wild card according to San Jose interview.

3rd WC for Hewitt

This draw is shaping up nicely.

hopefully one dutch can qualify

Haase is out, Siemerink told.
Would be nice if Haase starts playing again, but I think we have to wait a little longer. In Rotterdam he hardly practiced...

Out: Ginepri (Hip/Thigh injury) from Alt: Haase, Gil, Anderson, Phau, Vanek, Berrer, Bohli...
In: Kendrick

:yeah: GL paul

Good luck Lleyton. Has a good chance here.

SE Spot cleared and Baghdatis is in now. I assume Querrey got his wildcard??

SE Spot cleared and Baghdatis is in now. I assume Querrey got his wildcard??

Yup, Sam got the w/c. ;)

Sela SE right?

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/community/news/delraybeach/sfl-flspdelraytennis23sbfeb23,0,3680736.storyMalisse, 27, whose rank dropped from 27 in 2007 to 168 because of wrist injuries, was upset he wasn't given one of three wild cards into an event he won in 2005 and '07.

"I didn't play well enough today," Malisse said. "I think it's pretty embarrassing to be in five finals in eight years, winning twice and not get a wild card. ... There's no loyalty in tennis."

Malisse understood why former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt got one and Chicago teen Evan King received a mandatory spot for winning the USTA Boys 18s National Clay Court Championships, but he questioned the 11th-hour spot given to 37th-ranked Sam Querrey.

"I truly adore Malisse," tournament director Mark Baron said. "I didn't know if he was healthy. Hewitt's a better draw ... but I told Malisse that I was leaning toward Querrey because he's an American."

I agree with Malisse here. He had done so well at Delray Beach and it's an insult to not give him the WC. If Querrey or Hewitt wanted to play here the should have signed up on the entry list. Big thumbs down.

I guess Hewitt could have taken a SE, or didn't his quarterfinal against Rochus finish before 9pm?

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/community/news/delraybeach/sfl-flspdelray24sbfeb24,0,4333867.storyNext year, the Boys' 18s Clay Court champion will receive a wild card into qualifiers, not the main draw.
"So I'm the last person," King said. "That's awesome. ... I'm just going to have to show them I could play."