The History of Men's Tennis (Open Era)

All the fourth round action was scheduled on Monday but the rain thwarted the plans. Roger Federer and Mikhail Youzhny [33] had won their matches before others were canceled (Murray vs. Cilic 1-0, 3:1; Fish vs. Tsonga 1-0, 1:1; Kohlschreiber vs. Baker 3:1 & Mayer vs. Gasquet 1-0, 2:1). The Russian, who has natural grass-court game, has finally won a 4th round match at Wimbledon on 7th attempt. He had never been a favorite in those matches until this year because he faced Denis Istomin, for whom it was already career-best result. The first Uzbek [39] in such an advanced stage of a Grand Slam tournament almost made an upset. He had three mini-match points in the 5th set, Youzhny saved them with an ace and a forehand winner at 4:4, and the rival helped at 5:5 missing a backhand return on second serve.
Novak Djokovic – the biggest title contender after Nadal’s exit – extended his H2H against friend and doubles partner Viktor Troicki to 12-1. “There is a difference I think in the speed of the ball that travels through the air. I think it’s a bit slower than what it’s played outdoors,” said Djokovic, who played third straight match indoors! “I talked with Viktor who had his debut under the roof here, and he said it’s much slower than his previous matches.” Maybe it made an impact on the only Tuesday’s match indoors between Juan Martin del Potro and David Ferrer. The hard hitting Argentinian couldn’t dictate the pace and was broken many times. Actually Ferrer has found a pattern against DelPo. They played dramatic 5-setter in the Davis Cup final last year but since the deciding set then, Ferrer has won six straight sets against Del Potro not losing more than three games in a set! He reaches Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time (he had lost three times in the fourth round). The last Spaniard in the draw acted very calmly after the challenged match point, perhaps his self-confidence is so big he expects himself in the final. Tomorrow he meets Andy Murray, whom has beaten in the last two encounters quite convincingly. The Scot played very well against Marin Cilic snapping an 8-match winning streak of the Croat (11, counting his triumph at the The Boodles Challenge – exhibition event).
Also Philipp Kohlschreiber [30] will be participating in Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time, but the German didn’t play in the last 8 in any of Grand Slams before – he displayed a sensational service performance on court No. 12 against qualifier Brian Baker. Kohlschreiber beat Nadal two weeks ago in Halle and I assume it could be a tremendous boost of confidence for him. Kohli’s compatriot and peer Florian Mayer, beating Richard Gasquet in four quick sets, repeated his sensational result from 2004 when he advanced to the quarters in his Wimbledon debut (8th main-level tournament). It makes two Germans in Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time since 1997 (to be exact there were three Germans then, neither of them got the final). Generally it’s the best Wimbledon for the German tennis since 1991 because two German women met in the quarterfinal, Angelique Kerber beat Sabine Lisicki (both girls have Polish parents).
In the only match which was interrupted as many as three times by the rain, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overcame Mardy Fish 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4 outhitting the American in aces too (20-17) to complete the quarter-final line-up; players spent 3 hours 18 minutes on Court No. 2. Prior to this match Tsonga held 73 consecutive service games (Fish broke him twice)! Fish [12] decided not to compete at the London Olympics in three weeks’ time. Last year between Wimbledon and Tokyo he notched the best period of his career, thus he’s a lot of points to defend and if he doesn’t find consistency he may be outside the Top 30 in Autumn this year.

Longest match: 4 hours 16 minutes – Mikhail Youzhny d. Denis Istomin 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7, 7-5
Most aces: 23 – Philipp Kohlschreiber, defeated Brian Baker in three sets

5-set barometer: 17-10 Mikhail Youzhny, 6-3 Denis Istomin

Nadal and Roger Federer eliminated day after day during the first week of a Grand Slam tournament? Impossible but it almost happened. Federer just like Rafa was playing indoors his third round match against the unpredictable Julien Benneteau. The Frenchman had beaten Federer once and it was a good base to deliver an inspired tennis in the first two sets, in the second one Benneteau saved three set points (all of them with winners). Benneteau couldn’t maintain playing three straight sets on the highest level but held six service games in the 4th, and was just two points away from another huge upset as he led 6:5 (30/15) – Federer survived with good serves. In the crucial, rather shaky tie-break from both sides, Benneteau was two points away again, this time with better chance to get the match point but missed a forehand at 6-all and Federer never looked back booking his fourth round berth in 3 hours 34 minutes #. “I did start to play better and better as the match went on, and that’s kind of what I expected of myself once a set down or two sets to love down,” said Federer. Benneteau admitted: “At the end of the fourth set, his serve was incredible. Only first serve, only first serve, only first serve.” Maybe it’s too early for this kind of statement but such a struggle with Benneteau doesn’t foretell Federer’s recapturing the Wimbledon crown, especially that supposed semifinal rival – Novak Djokovic – seems in a sharp disposition with potentially two easy matches in the next two rounds. The defending champion played his last two matches indoors as well. On Monday he will play against compatriot Viktor Troicki, who finally played a match not concluded in five sets. The Serb ousted 7-5 7-5 6-3 Juan Monaco – the Argentinian despite the higher ranking wasn’t a favorite prior to that encounter because until this year’s Wimbledon he had not won a match on grass (0-4 record)!
31-year-old Xavier Malisse [75] enjoys one of the best Grand Slams in his long career. The 2002 semifinalist hasn’t changed too much in the last ten years, he still has a ponytail and his tennis depends on well-placed shots on the baseline from both wings, but underlines his huge experience as the main factor on grass, since last year’s Wimbledon he couldn’t win three matches in a row until this year’s grass-court season. After winning three matches in a row at Queens Club and Eastbourne he has already won three at Wimbledon, including two victories over seeded players: Gilles Simon and Fernando Verdasco: “I think in important points, that’s where experience comes in the most. Especially at Wimbledon also when it rains, young guys used to hang around and walk around. It gets tiring. When you’re older you know what to do. You stay calm, do your thing. And just preparation, I think that’s a key thing also. But I think experience is a huge factor in tennis, preparing your matches, during the match, what to do, important points, all that stuff comes together. When you play younger guys, when I used to be younger, wild and crazy, do whatever. It’s very important you have experience under your belt.” Malisse played all important points at the end of each set against Simon wisely, and he repeated it in the 2nd set tie-break against Verdasco when he was two points away from 0-2 down. The Belgian player celebrated on the knees his 1-6 7-6(5) 6-1 4-6 6-3 win over the Spaniard – by the last year one of the best 5-set players, this year losing five set matches at every major.
An amazing story of Brian Baker‘s resurgence continues. The American [126], who missed a few seasons due to physical problems, shocked the world on French clay-courts a couple weeks ago, had a rest afterwards and acceded to a conquest of British grass-courts. Without serious troubles as a qualifier has advanced to the last 16 outplaying Benoit Paire 6-4 4-6 6-1 6-3 on Court No. 3. Baker has won 26 out of last 30 matches, at different levels. 27-year-old Baker after Wimbledon will enter the Top 100 for the first time in his career, if he can win matches on clay and grass, would be even more dangerous during the American hardcourt season which comes soon. He started the year as No. 456, because he has almost nothing to defend in the next six months I assume he should finish this year in the Top 50.
Jerzy Janowicz was very close to become the other qualifier in the “sweet sixteen”. His powerful serve (20 aces) allowed him to hold service games almost throughout the match against Florian Mayer. The young Pole had a double match point leading 5:4 in the 5th set. On the first match point he was tentative and Mayer caught him off balance with a high-forehand volley. On the second match point Janowicz presumably had too many options in his mind after Mayer’s weak second serve and netted a backhand return quite pathetically, and as it happens often in similar situations, Janowicz’s focus disintegrated, he lost his serve for the second time (Mayer had break points just in three games) and the match 6-7 6-3 6-2 3-6 5-7 despite winning one point more than the opponent (160-159).
Court No. 2: Marin Cilic has one of the worst tie-break records among the tennis elite (45 %) but a good thing from a psychological view for him is the fact he doesn’t collapse after losing them, which is very important especially in Grand Slam tournaments. Against Sam Querrey, the Croat lost tie-breakers in sets 3rd and 4th [led 5:4 (30/0) in the 4th set] but kept his composure and was serving to win the match at 6:5 in the 5th set. Querrey broke back and he was two points away on several occasions (seven games altogether!) to make one of the most dramatic wins in the Wimbledon history. The best chance came in the 16th game when Cilic being 0/30 came to the net – his least reliable territory – but won the point with a backhand volley. It wasn’t an all-serve duel (37 aces in total) but both tall guys serve good enough to dictate the rallies when the 1st serve is in. They were holding serves so firmly that potential suspension was near due to darkness and possibility to create the second longest 5th set in the history ##, Querrey fell apart in the 31st game  though. Cilic serving for the second time to get the victory, won the longest rally of the match at 30-all (29 strokes!). “We didn’t have too many rallies that were physically tough,” Cilic said. “It was a lot of serving and one or two shots. It’s more of walking in the match for that long. I played this year also five hours and ten minutes with Nalbandian on clay in Argentina in Davis Cup, so that was really difficult physically.”
In the latest finished match in the Wimbledon history thus far (11:02 p.m.), Andy Murray rallied past Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 3-6 7-5 6-1 coming back from a 2:4 deficit in the 3rd set. “I think the quality of tennis improved under the roof,” said Murray. “I was under the impression I was stopping at 11:00 regardless of what the score was. Even if it was in the middle of a game. But, yeah, [I’m] obviously glad that I managed to get the finish. And the atmosphere at the end was excellent.” Murray converted 6 out of 23 break point chances.

Longest match: 5 hours, 31 minutes. Marin Cilic d. Sam Querrey 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 17-15
Most aces: 23 – Sam Querrey

5-set barometer:

20-16 Roger Federer, 15-11 Fernando Verdasco, 13-12 Xavier Malisse, 12-6 Marin Cilic, 7-5 Julien Benneteau, 5-5 Florian Mayer, 1-5 Sam Querrey, 1-2 Jerzy Janowicz

# Federer’s two-sets-to-love down wins (8):

Wimbledon 2000: P.Wessels 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 3-4 ret.
Roland Garros 2001: S.Sargsian 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 9-7
Miami 2005: R.Nadal 2-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
Australian Open 2009: T.Berdych 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Roland Garros 2009: T.Haas 6-7(4), 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
Wimbledon 2010: A.Falla 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(1), 6-0
Roland Garros 2012: JM.Del Potro 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3
Wimbledon 2012: J.Benneteau 4-6, 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-6(6), 6-1

## Six longest matches in the Wimbledon history:

2010: J.Isner d. N.Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68 – 11 hours 5 minutes
2012: M.Cilic d. S.Querrey 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 17-15 – 5 hours 31 minutes
1989: G. Holmes d. T. Witsken 5-7, 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 14-12 – 5 hours 28 minutes
1969: P.Gonzalez d. C.Pasarell 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9 – 5 hours 12 minutes
2008: R.Schuettler d. A.Clement 6-3, 5-7, 7-6, 6-7, 8-6 – 5 hours 12 minutes
2000: M.Philippoussis d. S.Schalken 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 20-18 – 5 hours 5 minutes

Longest 5th sets in majors: 70-68, 21-19, 20-18, 19-17, 18-16 (2x), 17-15 (3x)

“Today I was somewhere else and I’m really happy for this,” said Lukas Rosol at the end of day four, “Still, I cannot find the words. I still can’t believe it. It’s like a dream for me. Before the last game, I was not sure if I will be shaking or not because it was the first time against Rafa and the first time also in Wimbledon Centre Court,”

During the last year’s Roland Garros, a Challenger-level player Rosol popped up out of nowhere as a qualifier eliminating the 2010 semifinalist Jurgen Melzer in five sets. The Czech player displayed aggressive & uncompromising tennis and mental resistance in that Parisian encounter, but who could expect that one year later he would upset much more better left-handed player – Rafael Nadal on Wimbledon Centre Court? In the 1st set Rosol [100] showed good tennis but blew three set points, usually in these circumstances players melt facing Nadal, but the Czech responded otherwise – breaking Nadal’s serve in the opening game of the 2nd set. He was winning service games convincingly and another break (in the 3rd game of the 3rd set) allowed him to take a 2-1 lead. Well, two years ago Rafa found himself in a similar situation in back-to-back matches with Robin Haase and Philipp Petzschner, but won sets No. 4 & 5 easily. It seemed that 26-year-old Rosol playing his first Wimbledon, would share the loss of the Dutchman and German when he was broken twice in the 4th set. There was 8:53 p.m. the local time, and officials decided to stop the match to cover the court with the retractable roof. After a 30-minute procedure, Rosol broke Rafa with a lucky return to ’30’ in the opening game indoors. He sensed his amazing chance and went for his shots, until the end of the match he was serving and hitting the ground-strokes furiously with tremendous self-confidence, even when he didn’t convert 30/0 at 4:2 and 30/15 at 5:3, kept his composure and positive attitude. And then came probably the sweetest game of his career at 5 to 4: ace – blistering forehand DTL in the 3rd stroke – ace – and ace once again (his 22nd of the day)! Rosol fell on grass frontally and kissed the court: 6-7(9) 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 in 3 hours 18 minutes! “For sure, it wasn’t the best one for me,” said Nadal. “But that’s what it is. I accept that he came back and played unbelievable in the fifth [set]. I was playing well in the fourth. I think I played a great fourth set.” Men’s tennis waited very long time for such a huge surprise – Nadal hasn’t been removed from the draw in the first week of a Grand Slam tournament since US Open 2005 when he was stunned by James Blake in the third round at the US Open, but the Spaniard at the time had only 1 out of his 11 major titles.
Andy Murray has the toughest Wimbledon draw since he became a title contender in 2008. In the first round he faced a player who had beaten him four times (Nikolay Davydenko), in the second round an always tricky service-giant Ivo Karlovic. The Croat knew that against such a great retriever like Murray, bigger risk than usual at the 2nd serve was required, he was serving with an average 189 kph his second serve but it let him down in the crucial moments of two sets – Karlovic served a double fault on set point down in the 1st set and at 4-all in the 4th set tie-break. Murray showed a sign of huge relief after a 7-5 6-7 6-2 7-6 win in over three hours. He next meets another tricky opponent – a rival since the junior times – Marcos Baghdatis. If he beats the Cypriot, no easy matches in round 4 and quarterfinals either.
Two years ago, John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played at Wimbledon their legendary first round marathon which will be remembering in the history books forever, the destiny gathered them again in the first round last year, this year it’d seemed they should have played for the third year in succession – in the second round, however, Alejandro Falla eliminated Isner 7-5 in the 5th set and repeated this scoreline in the deciding set against Mahut in a two-day encounter (the match suspended at 3-all in the 4th set due to darkness). The Colombian led 4:1 (30-all) in the 5th set, Mahut came back and made a forehand error from a comfortable position leading 30/15 in the 11th game, in the following game he sent a backhand long trying to save the first match point. The Frenchman appeared on courts daily in the first four days because his first round match against Paolo Lorenzi was suspended in the 4th set as well. Falla wasn’t the only player to win back-to-back five-setters. The same thing did Viktor Troicki – Serbian player known for his chocking abilities survived two dramatic matches. An interesting notice – since the loss to Falla at the US Open ’11, Troicki has been involved in seven consecutive major matches which went to the distance #.
As it could be expected, the inconsistent Ernests Gulbis two days after astonishing performance as an underdog, lost his match as a favorite to an unexperienced young Pole Jerzy Janowicz [136], for whom it’s the first Grand Slam tournament. Gulbis was serving solidly again but his return games were pretty awful. Anyway he was two points away from the victory at 6:5* (30/15) in the 5th set. The 21-year-old qualifier Janowicz (failed his seven previous major attempts in qualifying tournaments), celebrated the biggest win of his life on the knees nodding in disbelief. He now meets Florian Mayer, who prevailed a German duel with Petzschner overcoming his compatriot from a two-sets-to-love down for the second time in career, withstanding a mini-m.p. at 3:4 in the final set ## Petzschner has already lost five matches from this convenient position. The “master of slice” just like Troicki played seven consecutive five-setters in Grand Slam events (US Open 2009 – Wimbledon 2010).
Milos Raonic [22] still awaits being the first Canadian in the Top 20. Raonic disappoints in Grand Slams and it prevents him from this milestone. In Australia in a crucial 3rd set tie-break against Hewitt missed extremely easy overhead trying to save a set point, in Paris couldn’t break Monaco even once in a long five-setter, in the last second round match in London (suspended at 3:3 in the 3rd set) against Sam Querrey wasted set points in two  tie-breaks and left the court with a 7-6 6-7 6-7 4-6 loss. If he wants to be a serious treat he has to work harder on return games with his coach Galo Blanco.

Longest match: 4 hours, 13 minutes. Mardy Fish d. James Ward 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Most aces: 39 – Ernests Gulbis, lost to Jerzy Janowicz in five sets

5-set barometer:

15-14 Jurgen Melzer, 15-5 Rafael Nadal, 10-9 Mardy Fish, 9-8 Viktor Troicki, 7-7 Philipp Petzschner, 5-5 Alejandro Falla, 4-5 Florian Mayer, 4-4 Lukas Lacko, 3-5 Nicolas Mahut, 3-0 Lukas Rosol, 2-5 Ernests Gulbis, 2-1 James Ward, 1-3 Martin Klizan, 1-1 Jerzy Janowicz

# Troicki’s seven consecutive major 5-setters:

US Open 2011: A.Falla 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7 – 3 m.p.
Australian Open 2012: JC.Ferrero 4-6, 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-6(3), 6-2 – 2 m.p.; M.Kukushkin 7-5, 4-6, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6
Roland Garros 2012: T.Bellucci 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; F.Fognini 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-8 – 2 m.p.
Wimbledon 2012: M.Granollers 7-5, 7-6(5), 3-6, 2-6, 8-6; M.Klizan 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-4

## Florian Mayer’s two wins over Philipp Petzschner from 0-2 down:

Australian Open 2010, 1R: Mayer d. Petzschner 0-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Wimbledon 2012, 2R: Mayer d. Petzschner 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

The draw is stronger than in Paris, Mardy Fish and Kei Nishikori return to the action with first round wins after a month break. Just like in Paris, Gael Monfils withdrew after the draw had been made (replaced by a ‘lucky loser’ Wayne Odesnik). Before the start of the tournament there was one serious question – is anyone able to eliminate at least one of the two best players before the final? If Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic played another major final, we would say that men’s tennis becomes more and more boring and predictable. Anyway, “the big four” moved through to the second round comfortably (Djokovic, Nadal and Andy Murray on Centre Court, Roger Federer on Court No. 1), albeit Rafa notched a false start against Thomaz Bellucci. The Brazilian led 4:0 (30/15) on serve in the 1st set when missed a relatively easy high-backhand volley. Since that moment it was a one way traffic, Nadal won 7-6(0) 6-2 6-3 in 2 hours 15 minutes, Djokovic needed only 98 minutes to dismiss Juan Carlos Ferrero, Federer 19 minutes less to got a 3x 6-1 win over Albert Ramos. Each of the three best players in the world finished his match with an ace (Djokovic displayed unusually solid service performance hitting 13 aces). Also Murray was on his way to deliver a triple “bread-stick” but met some resistance from Nikolay Davydenko in the 3rd set (the Brit won 6-1 6-1 6-4). “It was a good start, and I knew obviously when I drew him I was going to need to start the tournament well, playing good tennis,” said Murray improving his H2H against the Russian to 6-4. “I struck the ball well. It’s been a long couple of weeks since Queen’s. Once I got ahead, I wanted to make sure I didn’t let him back in. He’s very, very dangerous. He’s a very good returner as well.” In some sense the first round at Wimbledon ’12 ends up some period in men’s tennis, the best players of the 00’s are hopeless in confrontation with younger guys, such notable guys of that era like Ferrero and Davydenko couldn’t do anything as well as the former champion (2002) Lleyton Hewitt, who was ousted in three sets by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Ernests Gulbis [87] still remains a mystery. The Latvian has had an abysmal season which forced him to play two Challengers where he couldn’t even get quarterfinals. And all of a sudden he enters the Centre Court at the most prestigious tennis event in the world, and plays arguably the match of his life overcoming Tomas Berdych [7] in three tie-breakers. Gulbis presented a new technique at the forehand (more flick of the wrist) and perhaps it was the key because in each tie-break he made decisive mini-breaks producing forehand winners DTL. His serve was working excellently – 30 aces at 72% 1st serve in; he added 62 winners! Even wasting a double break point in the crucial stage of the 3rd set, and precocious celebration of the third match point (10th game) didn’t interrupt his focus. It was Berdych’s first opening round loss at Wimbledon since his debut in 2004; the Czech has lost his tie-break magic: 29-10 record at one stage, taking into account a year and a half, 0-7 in the last two months! Berdych wasn’t the only seeded victim in the opening day – on Court No. 3 John Isner squandered a match point leading 7:6 in the 4th set tie-break and lost to [73] Alejandro Falla 4-6 7-6(7) 6-3 6-7(7) 5-7. “I had my chances,” said Isner. “It’s all on me. Was just not great on my part. I felt fine coming into here. It’s just now I get out there sometimes, and lately it’s happening quite a lot, [that] I’m just so clouded. I just can’t seem to figure things out. I’m my own worst enemy out there. It’s all mental for me, and it’s pretty poor on my part.” Falla has won second match from a match point down in the 4th set within the last ten months (US Open ’11) and for the second time in a major he ousted a service-machine in a 5-setter, four years ago had defeated Ivo Karlovic in Paris receiving 35 aces, this time got 31 aces from Isner.
Falling on the knees to celebrate wins usually happens in the latter stages of big tournaments, sometimes it happens as early as in the first round though, if the win is obtained in dramatic circumstances. It was the case in victories of Viktor Troicki [34] and Slovak Martin Klizan [62] – neighbors in the draw. Both tall guys won five-setters with at least ‘7’ on their side in each winning set, not every player gets such a win during a long career. Troicki fought off a break point with an ace at 3-all in the decider against Marcel Granollers, Klizan blew two match points against Juan Ignacio Chela [83] at 5:4*, was broken in the 13th game, seemed downhearted, but Chela couldn’t capitalize the opportunity despite had won his seven previous five-setters. Now he has lost seven straight matches… Klizan finished the longest match of the first round (and the longest match in Chela’s career, who announced retirement afterwards) with a backhand winner to kiss the grass.
The rain fell on Tuesday and halted three matches in the presumably final games. It could turn into a nightmare Jurgen Melzer‘s match against Stanislas Wawrinka. The Austrian couldn’t convert three match points on serve on a slippery court producing awful unforced errors every time, and the match was resumed at 5:4 ‘deuce’ on Wednesday with Melzer losing first six points quickly. After a change of ends Melzer regrouped, broke the Swiss and with a bunch of service winners concluded the bizarre contest. Wawrinka also in Paris three weeks ago lost a two-day 5-setter resumed in the final set. Melzer luckily escaped, in contrary to Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who wasted a triple match point on serve in the deciding set against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez – the Spaniard last year won his matches in dramatic fifth sets as well, 13-11 in Paris and 7-6 in New York, against Roger-Vasselin prevailed 6-7 6-3 7-5 5-7 10-8 in 4 hours 48 minutes.

Longest match: 4 hours, 53 minutes. Martin Klizan d. Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 1-6, 11-9
Most aces: 48 – Nicolas Almagro, defeated Olivier Rochus in five sets

5-set barometer:

20-18 Tommy Haas, 18-13 Stanislas Wawrinka, 15-13 Jurgen Melzer, 12-5 Philipp Kohlschreiber, 11-21 Olivier Rochus, 10-11 Andreas Seppi, 10-8 Nicolas Almagro, 8-8 Viktor Troicki, 7-9 Juan Ignacio Chela, 6-2 Marcel Granollers & Denis Istomin, 5-3 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 4-8 John Isner, 4-5 Alejandro Falla, 3-4 Nicolas Mahut & Florent Serra, 2-4 Flavio Cipolla, 2-3 Malek Jaziri & Edouard Roger-Vasselin, 2-2 Wayne Odesnik, 2-0 James Ward, 1-4 Pablo Andujar, 1-3 Steve Darcis & Bjorn Phau, 1-2 Martin Klizan & Jurgen Zopp, 1-0 Guillaume Rufin & Inigo Cervantes, 0-2 Andrey Kuznetsov, 0-1 Paolo Lorenzi