Costa do Sauipe Entry List /Fact Sheet (updated February 8, 2010)

Tournament Name: BRASIL OPEN 2010
Location: COSTA DO SAUÍPE, BAHIA, BRASIL
Dates: FEBRUARY 8–14, 2010
Prize Money: US $442,500
32 DRAW (MAIN DRAW & QUALIFYING)

SITE: Costa do Sauípe
Rodovia BA 099, KM 76, Linha Verde, s/no.
Bairro: Mata de São João
CEP: 48.280-000 – Costa do Sauípe – BA
SURFACE: Clay
BALL: BABOLAT TEAM
WEB SITE: http://www2.uol.com.br/tenisbrasil/brasilopen/

Qualifying draw: Friday, February 5, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Sunday, February 7, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 6, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: December 28, 2009
Seeding: February 1, 2010

1 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 23
OUT Almagro, Nicolas ESP 26
3 Montanes, Albert ESP 31
OUT Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 33
5 Andreev, Igor RUS 35
6 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 36
7 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 45
8 Hanescu, Victor ROU 48
9 Cuevas, Pablo URU 50
OUT Acasuso, Jose ARG 51
OUT Gasquet, Richard FRA 52
12 Fognini, Fabio ITA 54
13 Greul, Simon GER 59
14 Starace, Potito ITA 62
15 Gil, Frederico POR 69
16 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 70
17 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 72
18 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 73
19 Luczak, Peter AUS 77
20 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 84
21 Daniel, Marcos BRA 87
22 Granollers, Marcel ESP 91
OUT Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 97
24 (SE) Souza, Jose BRA
25 (SE)
26 (Q) Dutra da Silva, Rogerio BRA
27 (Q) Berlocq, Carlos ARG
28 (Q) Volandri, Filippo ITA
29 (Q) Machado, Rui POR
30 (WC) Hocevar, Richardo BRA
31 (WC) Alves, Thiago BRA
32 (WC) Mello, Richardo BRA
(LL) Andujar, Pablo ESP (replaces Gasquet)

Alternates
IN Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 99
IN Kubot, Lukasz POL 101
OUT Odesnik, Wayne USA 105
OUT Giraldo, Santiago COL 107
IN Ventura, Santiago ESP 109
IN Massu, Nicolas CHI 112
OUT Kim, Kevin USA 117
IN Schwank, Eduardo ARG 118
1. Riba, Pere ESP 121
2. Crivoi, Victor ROU 123
3. Machado, Rui POR 124
4. Kavcic, Blaz SLO 125
5. Navarro, Ivan ESP 127
6. Martin, Alberto ESP 128
7. Capdeville, Paul CHI 129

Very good, 9 top 100 with Ferrero, Mathieu and Gasquet in list too...
Good luck for Bellucci and Marcos Daniel. Vamoooos!

Come on Gasquet!!

Allez Richard et Paulo. Nice of you to choose 2010 of all years to play in SA. :ras: Better make it up to me by doing well here.

Better list than Santiago

And Crazy Dani? He isnt in any entry list this week

Strange that Monaco is not going to play there

Nothing new barring Hanescu and Gasquet. Gasquet had a great match against Guga here six years ago, when he was only 17.

speaking of Hanescu and Gasquet, i'm as surprised to see Richie heading into Brazil as i was by his 2008's rare foray into Bucharest territory.

Brazilian João Souza receives a wild card to main draw

source: http://revistatenis.uol.com.br/Edicoes/0/feijao-recebe-convite-e-disputara-brasil-open-160632-1.asp (in Portuguese)

Nalby could ask for a WC if he's fit enough to play (see official Nalby page)

Good luck Horacio Zeballos, Jose Acasuso, Juan Chela and Martin Vassallo Arguello :bounce:

Vamos, Bellucci!!!

Monaco is resting this week so he can be ready for Buenos Aires.

Wild card for Ricardo Mello...

Will Gasquet withdraw ? He has a back problem

Will Gasquet withdraw ? He has a back problem

Not sure yet, tennisace..I think we have to wait for the absolute confirmation...

Wild card for Ricardo Hocevar

http://revistatenis.uol.com.br/Edicoes/0/Artigo161751-1.asp

Almagro out... Martin "Balón" Arguello in...

And WC for Souza.

And WC for Souza.

Yes... Feijão Souza, Ricardo Mello and Hocevar!

Almagro, Acasuso, Lapentti and Mathieu are OUT

http://www2.uol.com.br/tenisbrasil/diaadia/ult138u43474.htm

OUT: Almagro, Mathieu, Acasuso, Lapentti

But more players are OUT, 'cause Massu and Ventura are IN.

Gasquet and Montañes haven´t confirmed their presences in Sauipe yet...

OUT: Almagro, Mathieu, Acasuso, Lapentti

But more players are OUT, 'cause Massu and Ventura are IN.

Gasquet and Montañes haven´t confirmed their presences in Sauipe yet...

Massu and Ventura are IN because alts Giraldo and Odesnik are going to the US. Remarkable decision by Giraldo, he focuses on HC now obviously.

Cut off not that bad, but Ferrero as the 1st seed :haha:

Massu and Ventura are IN because alts Giraldo and Odesnik are going to the US. Remarkable decision by Giraldo, he focuses on HC now obviously.

But Kim is also in: Does that mean another withdrawal or SE for Schwank?

Kim isn't IN, he is in red in the first post.

And an SE for Schwank wouldn't change anything for other alternates, because he hasn't got the ranking to get IN yet.

Kim isn't IN, he is in red in the first post.

I have seen that, but it says in.;)

And an SE for Schwank wouldn't change anything for other alternates, because he hasn't got the ranking to get IN yet.
Frankly, I am lost with these rules. :o Why wouldd't Schwank get in when he is next on the list?

In the first post of this topic, I see he is OUT. I guess he is going to San Jose...

And if Schwank gets an SE, that would mean the next alternate will get in, in this case Riba.

BTW, Souza wins so he could get an SE, so they have a WC left...

BTW, Souza wins so he could get an SE, so they have a WC left...

Yes... this WC goes to Thiago Alves! Brazil with, at least, 6 players in the main draw!

Come On Thomaz, Richard and ALbert :rocker:

dawaj Kubot

Gasquet is out :sad: