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Fourth candidate introduced.

BENJAMIN BECKER

• Started the year as #129, but closed it at #40 (+89)
• Win/loss record in Challengers:
  • 27 / 4
    
  • 87.10%
    
• Ate 0 bagels
  
• Served 3 bagels
  
• Wins include:
  • Chiudinelli, Sela, Ball, Yani, Ram, Crivoi, F. Mayer, K. Beck, A. Beck, Mello
    
• Losses include:
  • Kumantsov, Kudryavtsev
    

2009 Singles:

 W (4)

4. Heilbronn, Germany, €85K+H, Indoor Hard
14. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, $50K, Outdoor Hard 
17. Rhodes, Greece, €85K+H, Outdoor Hard
20. Cremona, Italy, €30K+H, Outdoor Hard
F (1)

18. Ramat Hasharon, Israel, $100K, Outdoor Hard
 SF (0)

QF (1)

2. Salinas, Ecuador, $35K+H, Outdoor Hard

2009 Doubles:

W (0)

F (0)

Others to come later

[Action Jackson]

So were the contenders decided on percentage?

[Machiavelli]

Zeballos only won Ch in South America, way weaker fields then the european CH

[Action Jackson]

Luczak deserves an honourable mention.

[CooCooCachoo]

Originally Posted by Action Jackson

So were the contenders decided on percentage?

Only four have been decided so far, and if you look at the W/L percentages, you will see that that was not the sole criterion, as De Bakker is not among the Top 10 for that.

[Zirconek]

Great work, Tijn

[marquez]

Originally Posted by Action Jackson

Luczak deserves an honourable mention.

I second that

he had big wins on his runs in Cordenons, Tampere & Fürth

wins over: F.Mayer, Gaba, Rochus brothers, Crivoi, Bellucci, Falla, Machado

losses: Migani, Vagnozzi

[marquez]

Lorenzi with his 3 Wins and 3 Finals should be mentioned as well
though he hasn't too many big wins

always a coin toss with some players
nice work Tijn

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Fifth candidate introduced:

LUKAS LACKO

• Started the year as #325, but closed it at #82 (+246)
• Win/loss record in Challengers:
  • 33 / 11
    
  • 75.00%
    
• Ate 0 bagels
  
• Served 2 bagels
  
• Wins include:
  • De Bakker, Gabashvili, C. Rochus, Chiudinelli, Koubek, Lu
    
• Losses include:
  • Sijsling, Marchenko, Meffert, Roger-Vasselin
    

2009 Singles:

 W (2)

20. Fergana, Uzbekistan, $35K+H, Outdoor Hard43. Seoul, South Korea, $125K+H, Outdoor Hard 
 F (0)

 SF (4)

29. Recanati, Italy, €30K+H, Outdoor Hard
36. St. Remy, France, €50K, Outdoor Hard
41. Tashkent, Uzbekistan, $125K+H, Outdoor Hard
46. Bratislava, Slovakia, €106.5K+H, Indoor Hard
QF (5)

12. Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, €30K+H, Indoor Hard 
19. Busan, South Korea, $75K+H, Outdoor Hard 
27. Pozoblanco (Córdoba), Spain, €85K+H, Outdoor Hard
28. Manchester, Great Britain, €30K+H, Grass
40. Mons, Belgium, €106.5K+H, Indoor Hard

2009 Doubles:

W (1)

36. St. Remy, France, €50K, Outdoor Hard 
F (1)

41. Tashkent, Uzbekistan, $125K+H, Outdoor Hard 

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Update:

Bagel statistics added:

Bagels Served:

• 8: Laurent Recouderc, Thiemo de Bakker
  
• 7: Blaz Kavcic
  
• 6: Paolo Lorenzi, Juan-Ignacio Chela
  
• 5: Julian Reister, Ryan Sweeting, Harel Levy, Jiri Vanek
  
• 4: Jan Hajek, Michael Russell, Gaston Gaudio, David Marrero, Ilija Bozoljac, Pere Riba, Martin Fischer, Martin Klizan, Carlos Poch-Gradin, Tobias Kamke

Bagels Eaten:

• 5: Paolo Lorenzi, Simone Vagnozzi, Roko Karanusic, Jean-René Lisnard
  
• 4: Alexandre Sidorenko, David Guez, Maximo Gonzalez, Juan-Pablo Amado, Conor Niland
• 3: Vanek, Hajek, Ramirez Hidalgo, Crugnola, Eitzinger, Aranguren, Ventura, Gremelmayr, Alund, S. Gonzalez, Brzezicki, Köllerer, Dorsch, Duclos, Brizzi, Matosevic, Capkovic, Kedryuk, Vicente, Checa-Calvo
  

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Sixth candidate introduced:

DUSTIN BROWN

• Started the year as #494, but closed it at #144 (+350)
• Win/loss record in Challengers:
  • 29 / 16
    
  • 64.44%
    
• Ate 2 bagels
  
• Served 2 bagels
  
• Wins include:
  • Kim, Pashanski, Kindlmann, Koubek, Dodig, Brzezicki
    
• Losses include:
  • Desein, Junaid, Burzi, Navarro, Sergeyev, Berankis, Zimmermann
    

2009 Singles:

W (1)

32. Samarkand, Uzbekistan, $35K+H, Clay
 
 F (4)

21. Karlsruhe, Germany, €30K+H, Clay
34. Almaty, Kazakhstan, $50K, Outdoor Hard
44. Eckental, Germany, €30K+H, Indoor Carpet
45. Aachen, Germany, €42.5K+H, Indoor Carpet

SF (0)

QF (1)

33. Karshi, Uzbekistan, $35K+H, Outdoor Hard

2009 Doubles:

W (1)

37. Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina, €42.5K+H, Clay 

F (0)

[CooCooCachoo]

Two more candidates to be chosen for the polls; anyone else can only be voted for in the 'Other' option.

The two remaining players will be chosen from this group:

• Michael Russell
• Xavier Malisse
• Florian Mayer
• Blaz Kavcic
• Juan-Ignacio Chela
• Paolo Lorenzi
• Santiago Giraldo
• Marcos Daniel
• Maximo Gonzalez
• Peter Luczak

Even though Marcos Baghdatis, Andreas Beck, Nicolas Lapentti, Kristof Vliegen, Potito Starace and Jarkko Nieminen did well in Challengers, they played six or fewer Challengers only, so should, in my opinion, be excluded from the competition. If you disagree, you can still vote for them in the 'Other' option.

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Statistics Update:

Top 10 Win/Loss Record on Outdoor Hard:
Filtered for a minimum of 10 matches (n > 9)

1. 100% Marcos Baghdatis (15 W, 0 L)
2. 90% Paul Capdeville (9 W, 1 L)
3. 87.50% Benjamin Becker (21 W, 3 L)
4. 84.21% Florian Mayer (16 W, 3 L)
5. 82.35% Xavier Malisse (14 W, 3 L)
6. 78.26% Horacio Zeballos (18 W, 5 L)
7. 77.78% Santiago Giraldo (14 W, 4 L)
8. 77.42% Lukas Lacko (24 W, 7 L)
9. 76.47% Ricardo Mello (13 W, 4 L)
   
10. 76.47% Taylor Dent (13 W, 4 L)
    

[willoughby]

Flo Mayer, Luczak and Russell should be ahead of Brown imo, but it's a tough task

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Statistics Update:

Top 10 Win/Loss Record on Indoor Hard:
Filtered for a minimum of 10 matches (n > 9)

1. 83.33% Konstantin Kravchuk (10 W, 2 L)
2. 81.82% Xavier Malisse (9 W, 2 L)
   
3. 81.82% Rajeev Ram (9 W, 2 L)
4. 81.25% Ivan Dodig (13 W, 3 L)
5. 80.77% Michael Berrer (21 W, 5 L)
6. 75.00% Jarkko Nieminen (12 W, 4 L)
7. 72.73% Mikhail Kukushkin (8 W, 3 L)
   
8. 72.73% Alejandro Falla (8 W, 3 L)
9. 70.00% Lukas Lacko (7 W, 3 L)
10. 70.00% Arnaud Clément (7 W, 3 L)
11. 70.00% Ilya Marchenko (7 W, 3 L)
12. 70.00% Sergiy Stakhovsky (7 W, 3 L)