2003 FATP Australian Open
 Place: Melbourne, Australia Date: January 20-26, 2003 Draw Size: 32 Surface: Rebound Ace Prize Money: AUS$18,180,000 Stadium Court Seating: 15,000 Tournament Director: Felix :D |
2003 FATP Australian Tennis Men's Singles Draw (1) Gustavo Kuerten vs bye Thoams Enqvist vs Mario Ancic Joachim Johansson vs Max Mirnyi claudie vs (6)Alex Corretja (7)Marcelo Rios vs Richard Gasquet Pete Sampras vs Olivier Rochus Mark Philippoussis vs Mikhail Youzhny bye vs (4)Franco Squillari (3)Andy Roddick vs bye Juan Carlos Ferrero vs Lleyton Hewitt Carlos Moya vs Marat Safin James Blake vs (8) Paradorn Srichaphan (5) Roger Federer vs bye Jan Michael Gambill vs Paul Henri Mathiue David Nalbandian vs Tim Henman bye vs (2)Andre Agassi 2003 FATP Australian Tennis Men's Doubles Draw[/center] (1) Federer/Roddick vs bye Mirnyi/Youzhny vs Johansson/Sampras Hewitt/Phillipoussis vs Enqvist/Safin bye vs (4) Srichaphan/Squillari (3) Agassi/Kuerten vs bye Ancic/Moya vs Blake/Gambill Henman/Dementieva vs Gasquet/Mathiue bye vs (2) Corretja/Ferrero 2003 FATP Australian Tennis Mix Doubles Draw[/center] (1) Roddick/Seles vs Ancic/Majoli Mahiue/Mauresmo vs Gasquet/Pin Gambill/Williams vs Agassi/Graf Youzhny/Safina vs (3) Safin/Kournikova (4) Federer/Hingis vs Kuerten/Dokic WC Corretja/Capriati vs Hewitt/Clijsters Blake/Hantuchova vs Henman/Dementieva Johansson/Hewitt vs (2) Srichaphan/Widjaja :kiss: Please form doubles team and mix doubles before Wednesday :) Please send in your points by PM or email at felixkosasih@hotmail.com or MSN by WEDNESDAY :) Mix Doubles Draw will be posted at the same time as Men's Doubles Draw :) DOUBLES and MIXDOUBLES POINTS is due by THURSDAY!! - mega important |
2003 Australian Open Preview
Welcome to 2003 FATP Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year. Melbourne, is one of the best city and the second largest in Australia. For ten days, it will be the center of attraction of tennis fans and FATP players as it hosts the Australian Open. As it takes place so early in the year, the players only had one warm-up tournament and ready to have a big battle in their quest to grab the second ever Grand Slam in FATP tours. Whoever comes out as the winner, without a doubt, it will be rightfully earned.  While there is no "Grand Slam" on the line for a player, for Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten, it signifies another chance to win the only title that will solidify his position as No. 1. Kuerten was last year's US Open Finalist and this week’s Adidas Champion. He’s sure one hot contender to win the Grand Slam. Kuerten has had some flashes of brilliance but his passion for the game seems to have waned. The tournament leader this year, has a potentially difficult round of 16 against Sweden, Thomas Enqvist, who had not been doing well in Sydney or young Croatian Mario Ancic, that could pose a problem to him. Expect Kuerten to push through quarterfinal. Though Kuerten draws one of the hardest if not the hardest quarterfinal round match against quintessential dark horse and No. 6 Alex Corretja, the semifinalist in Adidas. Kuerten will need to be on his game from the get going as Corretja loves to play against the higher ranked players.  If anyone is feeling pressure it should be American's Andre Agassi who owns the only Grand Slam Title. The US Open Champion had just lost his reign world title and is on fire to grab back the no. 1 rank from Kuerten. The no 2 seed will have a tough road ahead of him if he wants to leave home with the second Grand Slam. However, whether or not he can contain his nerves will be a serious question, not to mention the dangerous opponent he will face in the second round, the new star, David Nalbandian or former top 4 player, Tim Henman of Great Britain.  Andy Roddick, the third seed at Australian Open is hungry for his second career title and ready to topple down Kuerten. The No. 2 ranked American played extremely well in his run to the final of Adidas beating Nalbandian, Srichaphan and Agassi before losing to Kuerten. The third ranked finds himself in a rather tricky part of the draw with the crafty Ferrero or surprised quarterfinalist of Adidas Lleyton Hewitt in the second round. Expect Roddick to try and barge his way into the later stages of Australian Open.  Franco Squillari is definitely one of the most consistent player of FATP. The fourth seed is quickly becoming one of the new starlets of the FATP circuit. Since her improbable run at US Open, he has quickly become one of the smarter players on tour. No longer is he trying to blast winners on the first shot, but now he's mixing it up, adding slice, drop shots, and much more variety to his game. He had rather the easiest past of the draw among other top 4 players. Facing either the feisty, Mikhail Youzhny or the home crowd favourite, Mark Philippoussis. If he can get pass through one of them, the seventh seed, Marcelo Rios, who had a major slump after winning Ohio, will probably wait for him for a spot in semi final.  There are a lot of dark horses and dangerous floaters in this tournament who could find their breakthrough here. Rebound Ace specialists have been waiting for this time of year since the start of the tour and will look to show why serve and volley is still important in the game and capable of winning. Roger Federer is another player that seems to be on the rise. The doubles specialist can perhaps up his level once again at the first Slam of the year. The Switzerland finds himself in the unlucky position of facing off against Agassi early in the rounds. Whether or not he can pull of the biggest win remains to be seen but he will have to deal with junkster Gambill or Mathiue in the opening round which could be just as tricky.  Maybe it will be the new rising star from Asia, Paradorn Srichaphan or Alex Corretja who had shown great improvement over the months. This year's Australian Open will definitely be exciting, the rebound ace is the perfect surface for titanic matches under the blazing sun that causes all kinds of drama. In doubles action, the no.1 pair, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer are looking for their second doubles Grand Slam title. However, they were not able to show the crowd after losing in semifinal to Agassi and Kuerten in semifinal of Adidas. The other contender is second seed, Alex Corretja and Juan Carlos Ferrero who is also the Adidas semifinalist , losing to the eventual winner, had shown pretty good results. Much more on them later, but now I present to you 2003 FATP Australian Open Championship.  |
Schedule of Tournament
Wednesday Men's Singles Round 32 Thursday Men's Singles Round 16 Men's Doubles Round 32 -- (not confirmed) Mix Doubles Round 32 -- (not confirmed) Friday Men's Singles Quarterfinal Top Half Men's Doubles Round 16 Mix Doubles Round 16 Saturday Men's Singles Quarterfinal Bottom Half Men's Singles Heineken Round 16 Men's Doubles Quarterfinal Mix Doubles Quarterfinal -- not conmfirmed Sunday Men's Singles Semifinal Men's Singles Heineken Quarterfinal Men's Doubles Semifinal Mix Doubles Quarterfinal -- not confirmed Monday Men's Singles Heineken Semifinal Men's Doubles Final Mix Doubles Semifinal Tuesday Men's Singles Final Mix Doubles Final Men's Singles Heineken Final |
:wavey: For those who lost in the first two rounds (Round 16 and 32) will play in Heineken Open that will start on Saturday. Points to be used is from Australian Open's points. So DO NOT SEND IN New points
Send in your points ASAP to avoid the distraction of the schedule that had been made.. Remember to commit your mix doubles partner and send in the points too Thanks |
Felix, please switch my first set points with my second set points. :) Thanks.
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anyone to play with henman in doubles? :confused:
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Agassi/Kuerten
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Corretja/Ferrero.
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Johansson/Sampras: your turn to send points, Sampras! :)
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Hey Ian, you can ask Henman to play doubles with you! :) (just helping you out here)
Roddick / Federer :) Roddick / Seles :) |
Anyone wanna play with LLeyton :D
Leyton Hewitt/Kim Clijsters for mixed |
Ehmm... am a bit confused... so I'm in this tournament as Blake? Anyway... I'll send in the points... and if Henman/Hewitt wants to play doubles with me, I'd be happy...
I'm playing mixed doubles with Daniela Hantuchova. :) |
Hewitt/Phillipoussis????
Phillipoussis/Barbara Schett for mixed |
Mikhail Youzhny and Dinara Safina for mixed.
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Safin/Kournikova
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Gambill searches for dubs partner
Gambill/Venus Williams in mixed |
Federer/Roddick - Andy, you can send points again! :)
Federer/Hingis are in! |
Blake/Gambill as doubles partners? :)
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Richard Gasquet is added to the draw
people.. please send in the points.. to james blake i would only take one set of points that u sent for each category.. please chose one!!! |
doubles and mixed also out of 100?
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Richard Gasquet/Paul-Henri Mathieu for doubles ?
Richard Gasquet/Camille Pin for mixed |
Yupe..
all matches are out of 100 points except for singles.. (top 10 will have an adiitional points of 1 to 3) |
Sure, Gasquet/ Mathieu. Deal!
PHM/Mauresmo for mixed doubles, please |
Great report Felix! :)
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You can send in points ;) |
same pts
mixed w/iva majoli (same pts as singles) |
agassi/graf for mixed.. use the same i sent for doubles :)
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Gasquet ready for Australian Open
AP MELBOURNE -- FATP newcomer Richard Gasquet is ready for this week's Australian Open, the first grand slam of the year. Gasquet, 16, has been training diligently in preparation for his debut here in Melbourne, and hopes to use his all-court game to weave his way through the field. The teenager will also take on the doubles draw with fellow Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu and will partner with Frenchwoman Camille Pin in the mixed doubles event. "Of course I hope for a successful debut, to win a match or two would satisfy me, but of course I will try my best to take the title," quoted a confident Gasquet. The event begins Wednesday. |
Blake Gambill it is! you can send the points!
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Yay, Blake has a doubles partner! :)
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Schedule of Play
23 Jan2003 Rod Laver Arena 11:00 AM Start 1. Men's Singles Round 32 Thoams Enqvist (SWE) vs Mario Ancic (CRO) 2. Men's Singles Round 32 Joachim Johansson (SWE) vs Max Mirnyi (BLR) MCA - 11:00 AM Start 1. Men's Singles Round 32 Marcelo Rios (CHI)[7] vs Richard Gasquet (FRA) 2. Men's Singles Round 32 Pete Sampras (USA) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL) 3. Men's Singles Round 32 Mark Philippoussis (AUS) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Show Court 2 - 11:00 AM Start 1. Men's Singles Round 32 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs Lleyton Hewitt (BEL) 2. Men's Singles Round 32 Carlos Moya (ESP) vs Marat Safin (RUS) Show Court 3 - 11:00 AM Start 1. Men's Singles Round 32 James Blake (USA) vs Paradorn Srichaphan (THA)[8] 2. Men's Singles Round 32 Jan Michael Gambill (USA) vs Paul Henri Mathiue (FRA) 3. Men's Singles Round 32 David Nalbandian (ARG) vs Tim Henman (GBR) |
So when do the results come out? :p
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Completed Match
23 Jan2003 Rod Laver Arena 11:00 AM Start 1. Men's Singles Round 32 Thomas Enqvist (SWE) def. Mario Ancic (CRO) 5-7 6-4 14-12 2. Men's Singles Round 32 Joachim Johansson (SWE) def. Max Mirnyi (BLR) 1-6 7-6(0) 6-2 MCA - 11:00 AM Start 1. Men's Singles Round 32 Richard Gasquet (FRA) def. Marcelo Rios (CHI)[7] 5-7 7-6(1) 11-9 2. Men's Singles Round 32 Pete Sampras (USA) def. Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-7(0) 7-6(5) 9-7 3. Men's Singles Round 32 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) def. Mark Phillipoussis (AUS) 6-3 3-6 9-7 Show Court 2 - 11:00 AM Start 1. Men's Singles Round 32 Lleyton Hewitt (BEL) def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 7-5 6-4 2. Men's Singles Round 32 Marat Safin (RUS) def. Carlos Moya (ESP) 6-3 7-6(0) Show Court 3 - 11:00 AM Start 1. Men's Singles Round 32 Paradorn Srichaphan (THA)[8] def. James Blake (USA) 7-5 7-6(0) 2. Men's Singles Round 32 Paul Henri Mathiue (FRA) def. Jan Michael Gambill (USA) 6-3 3-6 12-10 3. Men's Singles Round 32 Tim Henman (GBR) def. David Nalbandian (ARG) 7-6(2) 0-6 6-1 |
Yahoo!!!! PHM had a tough match!!!
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why? It's only a game...... don't worry
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:bounce: Swede victories on Rod Laver! ;)
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