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Originally Posted by AndyMurrayFan

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

I would agree that Brown is a debatable pick, but I think that he has made more progress this year than most players. Luczak and Russell are Challenger veterans that haven't really made any progress, but that just have a great track record in Challengers.

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Statistics Update:

Top 10 Win/Loss Record on Clay:
Filtered for a minimum of 11 matches (n > 10)

1. 80.00% Potito Starace (20 W, 5 L)
2. 80.00% Ivo Minar (16 W, 4 L)
3. 77.78% Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. (21 W, 6 L)
4. 77.50% Horacio Zeballos (31 W, 9 L)
5. 77.42% Juan-Ignacio Chela (24 W, 7 L)
6. 77.27% Nicolas Lapentti (17 W, 5 L)
7. 76.92% Maximo Gonzalez (20 W, 6 L)
8. 76.19% Steve Darcis (16 W, 5 L)
9. 76.00% Daniel Köllerer (19 W, 6 L)
10. 75.00% Marcos Daniel (21 W, 7 L)
11. 75.00% Thiemo de Bakker (30 W, 10 L)
12. 75.00% Dominik Meffert (9 W, 3 L)
13. 75.00% Teimuraz Gabashvili (12 W, 4 L)

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Statistics Update:

Top 8 Win/Loss Record on Grass:
Filtered for a minimum of 4 matches (n > 3)

1. 100% Olivier Rochus (5 W, 0 L)
   
2. 100% Brendan Evans (5 W, 0 L)
3. 80.00% Igor Sijsling (4 W, 1 L)
4. 80.00% Ilija Bozoljac (4 W, 1 L)
5. 75.00% Nicolas Mahut (3 W, 1 L)
6. 75.00% Sergei Bubka (3 W, 1 L)
7. 66.67% Alex Bogdanovic (4 W, 2 L)
8. 66.67% Joshua Goodall (4 W, 2 L)

[Grobar]

Zeballos of course he played excellent on challanger tour,so he get into the top 100,and started to play some good matches on the ATP tournaments

so,my choice,Horacio Zeballos

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Zeballos is the Challenger Player of the Year.

[Victor Giraldo]

Zeballos

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Seventh candidate introduced:

FLORIAN MAYER

• Started the year as #409, but closed it at #61 (+348)
• Win/loss record in Challengers:
  • 44 / 17
    
  • 72.13%
    
• Ate 1 bagel
  
• Served 3 bagels
  
• Wins include:
  • Luczak, Brown, Lacko, Ilhan, Gil, O. Rochus, Stakhovsky, Sweeting, Darcis, C. Rochus, Cuevas, Vliegen
    
• Losses include:
  • Kamke, Riba, Udomchoke, De Chaunac, Rosol
    

2009 Singles:

W (2)

11. Bangkok, Thailand, $50K+H, Outdoor Hard
21. Karlsruhe, Germany, €30K+H, Clay

F (3)

1. Nouméa, New Caledonia, France, $75K+H, Outdoor Hard
16. Sofia, Bulgaria, €85K, Clay
32. Istanbul, Turkey, $50K, Outdoor Hard

SF (5)

4. Heilbronn, Germany, €85K+H, Indoor Hard
19. Busan, South Korea, $75K+H, Outdoor Hard
26. Braunschweig, Germany, €106.5K+H, Clay
30. Tampere, Finland, €42.5K, Clay
35. Freudenstadt, Germany, €35K+H, Clay

QF (2)

8. Wolfsburg, Germany, €30K+H, Indoor Carpet
37. Szczecin, Poland, €106.5K+H, Clay 

2009 Doubles:

W (0)

F (0)

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Eighth candidate introduced:

MICHAEL RUSSELL

• Started the year as #242, but closed it at #83 (+159)
• Win/loss record in Challengers:
  • 42 / 15
    
  • 73.68%
    
• Ate 2 bagels
  
• Served 4 bagels
  
• Wins include:
  • Dent, K. Anderson, De Bakker, L. Mayer, Becker, Zeballos, Levine
    
• Losses include:
  • Zemlja, Young, Gregorc, Mamiit, Yani
    

2009 Singles:

 W (3)

18. Savannah, Georgia, $50K, Clay
21. Carson 2, California, USA, $50K, Outdoor Hard
46. Champaign, Illinois, USA, $50K, Indoor Hard

F (3)

2. Salinas, Ecuador, $35K+H, Outdoor Hard
36. Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, €42.5K+H, Clay 
42. Calabasas, California, USA, $50K, Outdoor Hard

SF (1)

22. Yuba City, California, USA, $50K, Outdoor Hard 

QF (5)

5. Dallas, Texas, USA, $50K, Indoor Hard
16. Rome 2, Italy, €30K+H, Clay
19. Sarasota, Florida, USA, $50K, Clay
41. Tiburon, California, USA, $50K, Outdoor Hard
44. Charlottesville, Virginia, USA,$50K, Indoor Hard 

2009 Doubles:

W (0)

F (0)

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Ninth candidate introduced:

XAVIER MALISSE

• Started the year as #162, but closed it at #94 (+68)
• Win/loss record in Challengers:
  • 31 W / 10 L
    
  • 75.61%
    
• Ate 0 bagels
  
• Served 2 bagels
  
• Wins include:
  • Brands, Llodra, Kavcic, Lacko, Dent, K. Anderson, Russell, Robert, Mahut, Berrer, Gabashvili
    
• Losses include:
  • Hocevar
    

2009 Singles:

 W (2)

30. Granby, Canada, $50K+H, Outdoor Hard 
42. Orléans, France, €106.5K+H, Indoor Hard 

F (2)

31. Vancouver, Canada, $100K, Outdoor Hard
36. St. Remy, France, €50K, Outdoor Hard 

SF (2)

11. Caltanissetta, Italy, €30K+H, Clay
19. Sarasota, Florida, USA, $50K, Clay 

QF (2)

40. Mons, Belgium, €106.5K+H, Indoor Hard
41. Rennes, France, €64K+H, Indoor Hard

2009 Doubles:

W (0)

F (0)

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Going through Malisse's losses in Challengers this year, the only 'bad' loss he had was against Hocevar in Rome

Other losses are against Falla, Tipsarevic, Andujar (Ret.), Baghdatis, Odesnik, Ball, Istomin, De Bakker, but these all don't count as bad losses in my opinion.

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First set of most notable other contestants introduced:

MOST NOTABLE OTHER CONTESTANTS I

... BLAZ KAVCIC

• Started the year as #285, but finished as #125 (+160)
• Winner of two singles titles (Alessandria, Constanta)
• Three times runner-up (San Remo, Busan, Rijeka)
• Win/loss record:
  • 37 / 20
    
  • 64.91%

... PETER LUCZAK

• Started the year as #156, but finished as #77 (+79)
• Winner of three singles titles (Fürth, Poznan, Cordenons)
• One-time runner-up (Tampere)
• Winner of two doubles titles (Zagreb, Tampere)
  
• Win/loss record:
  • 40 / 17
    
  • 70.18%

... PAOLO LORENZI

• Started the year as #207, but finished as #84 (+123)
• Winner of three singles titles (Reggio Emilia, Rijeka, Ljubljana)
• Three-time runner-up (San Luis Potosi, Tenerife, Tarragona)
• Winner of one doubles title (Orbetello)
• Win/loss record:
  • 48 / 21
    
  • 69.57%

... JUAN-IGNACIO CHELA

• Started the year as #140, but finished as #73 (+67)
• Winner of one singles title (Medellin)
• One-time runner-up (Brasilia)
• Win/loss record:
  • 31 / 9
    
  • 77.50%

... SANTIAGO GIRALDO

• Started the year as #163, but finished as #107 (+56)
• Winner of three singles titles (Salinas, San Luis Potosi, Sacramento)
• One-time runner-up (Guayaquil)
  
• Win/loss record:
  • 39 / 14
    
  • 73.58%

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Second set of most notable other contestants introduced:

MOST NOTABLE OTHER CONTESTANTS II

... MARCOS DANIEL

• Started the year as #79, but finished as #87 (-8)
• Winner of three singles titles (Marrakech, Zagreb, Bogota 2)
• Win/loss record:
  • 22 / 8
    
  • 73.33%

... JARKKO NIEMINEN

• Started the year as #38, but finished as #88 (-50)
• Winner of one singles title (Jersey 2)
• One-time runner-up (Salzburg)
• Win/loss record:
  • 15 / 5
    
  • 75.00%

... MARCOS BAGHDATIS

• Started the year as #100, but finished as #42 (+58)
• Winner of three singles titles (Vancouver, St. Rémy, Tashkent)
• Win/loss record:
  • 15 / 1
    
  • 93.75%

... MAXIMO GONZALEZ

• Started the year as #125, but finished as #66 (+59)
• Winner of two singles titles (Iquique, Santiago)
• One-time runner-up (Turin)
• Winner of one doubles title (Scheveningen)
  
• Win/loss record:
  • 21 / 7
    
  • 75.00%

... JAN HAJEK

• Started the year as #479, but finished as #103 (+376)
• Winner of three singles titles (Ostrava, Prostejov, Freudenstadt)
• One-time runner-up (Bytom)
  
• Win/loss record:
  • 36 / 16
    
  • 69.23%

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The final set of most notable other contestants introduced:

MOST NOTABLE OTHER CONTESTANTS III

... POTITO STARACE

• Started the year as #70, but finished as #62 (+8)
• Winner of one singles title (Turin)
• Three-times runner-up (Lugano, San Marino, Napoli 2)
  
• Winner of one doubles title (Turin)
  
• Win/loss record:
  • 20 / 6
    
  • 76.92%

... TAYLOR DENT

• Started the year as #879, but finished as #76 (+803)
• Winner of two singles titles (Tulsa, Knoxville)
• One-time runner-up (Champaign)
• Win/loss record:
  • 17 / 6
    
  • 73.91%

... STÉPHANE ROBERT

• Started the year as #366, but finished as #108 (+258)
• Winner of two singles titles (Kosice, Alphen aan den Rijn)
• Two-times runner-up (Orléans, Jersey 2)
  
• Win/loss record:
  • 37 / 16
    
  • 69.81%

... ALEJANDRO FALLA

• Started the year as #182, but finished as #81 (+101)
• Winner of three singles titles (Pereira, Cali, Rennes)
• Winner of one doubles title (Bogota 3)
  
• Win/loss record:
  • 25 / 11
    
  • 69.44%

... NICOLAS LAPENTTI

• Started the year as #88, but finished as #97 (-9)
• Winner of one singles title (Guayaquil)
• Two-times runner-up (Montevideo, Sao Paulo)
  
• Win/loss record:
  • 17 / 5
    
  • 77.27%

[Zirconek]

It would be interesting to have data about prize money in Challengers, but it would be a hell of work

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