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Tournament Name: ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Location: ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Dates: 11–17 FEBRUARY 2013
Prize Money: €1,267,875 (Total Financial Commitment €1,575,875)
32 DRAW (Q16)

SITE: AHOY STADIUM
AHOY WEG 10
3084 BA ROTTERDAM
SURFACE: PROFLEX HARDCOURT
BALL: TECNIFIBRE X-ONE
WEB SITE: http://www.abnamrowtt.com/

Qualifying draw: Friday, February 8, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, February 9, 8:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 9, 2:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 500
F: 300
SF: 180
QF: 90
R16: 45
R32: 0
Q: +20
Q8: 10
Q16: 0

Entry deadline: December 31, 2012
Seeding: February 4, 2012

1 Federer, Roger SUI 2
2 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 7
3 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 8
4 Gasquet, Richard FRA 10
5 Simon, Gilles FRA 16
OUT Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 20
7 Seppi, Andreas ITA 23
8 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 25
9 Janowicz, Jerzy POL 26
10 Mayer, Florian GER 28
11 Klizan, Martin SVK 30
OUT Stepanek, Radek CZE 31
13 Granollers, Marcel ESP 34
14 Benneteau, Julien FRA 35
15 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 36
16 Troicki, Viktor SRB 38
17 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 41
18 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 44
19 Goffin, David BEL 46
20 Paire, Benoit FRA 47
21 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 48
OUT Lacko, Lukas SVK 51
23 Tomic, Bernard AUS 52
OUT Llodra, Michael FRA 53
25 (Q) VIOLA, Matteo ITA
26 (Q) GULBIS, Ernests LAT
27 (Q) BRANDS, Daniel GER
28 (Q) BACHINGER, Matthias GER
29 (WC) Sijsling, Igor NED
30 (WC) Monfils, Gael FRA
31 (WC) de Bakker, Thiemo NED
32 (WC)
(LL) Kamke, Tobias GER (replaces Llodra)

Alternates
IN Zemlja, Grega SLO 55
IN Haase, Robin NED 56
IN Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 58
IN Hanescu, Victor ROU 62
OUT Muller, Gilles LUX 67
1. Sijsling, Igor NED 68 (WC to MD)
2. Rosol, Lukas CZE 73
3. Kubot, Lukasz POL 74
4. Phau, Bjorn GER 75
5. Monfils, Gael FRA 77 (WC to MD)
6. Ito, Tatsuma JPN 79
OUT Bautista Agut, Roberto ESP 80
OUT Devvarman, Somdev IND @85
OUT Rochus, Olivier BEL 90
OUT Darcis, Steve BEL 93

[ChicaG]

I kinda like this list So good to see Lukas Lacko on here too! Surely I will go some days!

[Marto]

It's time Grigor to play with Federer, he made great match versus Nadal few years ago here

[Clashcityrocker]

wc's Haase and Sijsling

[sheva07]

Hopefully Haase will get in without using a WC. I'm excited to see youngsters Janowicz, Tomic and Dimitrov in my home town!

[Adri89]

Wow such a great list !
I hope a WC for De Bakker though I don't give him many chances to just win a match here...

[CooCooCachoo]

Originally Posted by sheva07

Hopefully Haase will get in without using a WC. I'm excited to see youngsters Janowicz, Tomic and Dimitrov in my home town!

Dimitrov probably felt compelled to play here because he was given a WC when he was even younger. It's a smart strategy that the tournament practiced before with Federer: establish a connection with a highly promising junior, so that he is bound to come back when he's at the point at which he will draw huge crowds.

In that regard a WC might almost be better spent on someone like Coppejans or Dzumhur than on De Bakker. (But with 4 WCs De Bakker and Sijsling should be sure locks for a WC). I do expect some young non-Dutchman to get a WC this year. And some charismatic player who slid down the rankings, like Monfils.

[Adri89]

Coppejans why not, but I don't think it would be good for Dzumhur to get a WC in a such strong ATP field. He would just be destroyed, I don't think it could help him to improve. He has not yet the level. Coppejans neither, but they aren't at the same stage of their career.

[CooCooCachoo]

Originally Posted by Adri89

Coppejans why not, but I don't think it would be good for Dzumhur to get a WC in a such strong ATP field. He would just be destroyed, I don't think it could help him to improve. He has not yet the level. Coppejans neither, but they aren't at the same stage of their career.

Uhm, Dzumhur's credentials are stronger than Coppejans in ITF events. And he had a fair showing in Melbourne, beating Van Der Merwe and taking Chiudinelli to a deciding set. They stand about equal chances of being demolished IMO.

[Gustavo Kuerten]

I hope and expect Monfils will get a WC.

[Gustavo Kuerten]

Originally Posted by Martijn.

Dimitrov probably felt compelled to play here because he was given a WC when he was even younger.

Compelled is a strong word. He had his breakthrough (well, you know what I mean) victory here together with an epic three set match against Nadal, so I'm sure he loves to play in Rotterdam.

[born_on_clay]

good luck delPo, Jerzy, Benoit, Grigor and Bernard.

Good field as always

[Davidcuervacho]

Good luck Juan Martin Del Potro

[duong]

Stepanek out, Zemlja in

Mathieu might also be out of alternates and the qualies list according to what he said on French TV tonight

[DjokerFan3]

Looking forward to this tournament!!! Should be a good one