Open Seat Barcelona
I know, it's not nice to start about a new tournament after this sad loss. But we have to move on just like Marat, right? I couldn't find any interviews yet, about his win and loss, but if I find some interviews I'll post them in 'Round 2' post. So here is Marat's next tournament. I think he can do well, under whatever circumstances he may get. Cause I don't think it matters anymore, with Marat, if he plays top-10 or top-100 players.
Open Seat Barcelona, starting on next Monday (23 April) till Sunday (29 April)
Official website: http://www.openseatbarcelona.com/1/en/home/
Playerslist 2007
Rafael Nadal
ESP
2
Nikolay Davydenko
RUS
4
Tommy Robredo
ESP
7
David Nalbandian
ARG
10
Andy Murray
GBR
14
David Ferrer
ESP
15
Jarkko Nieminen
FIN
19
Dmitry Tursunov
RUS
21
Juan Carlos Ferrero
ESP
23
Marat Safin
RUS
24
Radek Stepanek
CZE
26
Robin Soderling
SWE
27
Agustin Calleri
ARG
29
Juan Ignacio Chela
ARG
31
Nicolas Almagro
ESP
32
Fernando Verdasco
ESP
33
Ivo Karlovic
CRO
34
Carlos Moya
ESP
36
Benjamin Becker
GER
38
Gaston Gaudio
ARG
41
Hyung-Taik Lee
KOR
47
Kristof Vliegen
BEL
48
Gael Monfils
FRA
48
Paradorn Srichaphan
THA
52
Filippo Volandri, ITA
ITA
54
Max Mirnyi, BLR
BLR
55
Juan Monaco
ARG
56
Philipp Kohlschreiber
GER
59
Guillermo Canas
ARG
60
Nicolas Lapentti
ECU
61
Sam Querrey
USA
67
Guillermo Garcia
ESP
68
Vincent Spadea
USA
70
Evgeny Korolev
RUS
71
Alberto Martin, ESP
ESP
75
Igor Kunitsyn
RUS
78
Teimuraz Gabashvili
RUS
80
Thomas Johansson
SWE
85
Yen-Hsun Lu
TPE
91
Feliciano Lopez, ESP
ESP
92
Potito Starace, ITA
ITA
93
Paul Goldstein
USA
95
Oscar Hernandez
ESP
98
Marats Results on this tournament:
Marat played this tournament 4 times with these (pretty) good results:
2005: round 1, lost to Jose Acasuco with 46 46
2003: final, lost to Carlos Moya with 75 62 62 03 ret.
2000: winner, won from Juan Carlos Ferrero with 63 63 64
1999: round 2, lost to Tommy Robredo with 61 46 46
1998: round 3, lost to Carlos Costa with 46 63 26
Tournament information
Dates: April 21-29, 2007
Site: Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899
Bosch 1 Gimpera 5-13083034
Barcelona SpainTel: +34 93 2052117
Fax: +34 93 2803273
Tournament Director: Sixte Cambra
Surface: Clay
Prize Money: € 850,000,-
Race Points - Prize Money
Winner 60 - €130,200
Finalist 42 - €68,500
Semifinalist 27 - €36,000
Quarterfinalist 15 - €19,000
Round 16, 5 - €10,000
Round 32, 3 - €5,250
Round 56 1 - €2,770
Ticket Information
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Players
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For more tournament-info: http://www.openseatbarcelona.com/en/tourn_info/
Past winners
2005 Rafael Nadal (ESP) d J Ferrero (ESP) 6-1 7-6(4) 6-3
L. Paes/N.Zimonjic/ d F. Lopez/R.Nadal 6-3 6-3
2004 Tommy Robredo (ESP) d Gaston Gaudio (ARG) 6-3 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-3
M.Knowles/D.Nestor d M.Hood/S.Prieto 4-6 6-3 6-4
2003 Carlos Moyà (ESP) d Marat Safin (RUS) 5-7 6-2 6-2 3-0 ret.
B. Bryan/M. Bryan d C. Haggard/R. Koenig 6-4 6-3
2002 Gastón Gaudio (ARG) d Albert Costa (ESP) 6-4 6-0 6-2
M. Hill/D. Vacek d L. Arnold/G. Etlis 6-4 6-4
2001 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d Carlos Moyà (ESP) 4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 7-5
D. Johnson/J. Palmer d T. Robredo/F. Vicente 7-6(2) 6-4
2000 Marat Safin (RUS) d Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6-3 6-3 6-4
N. Kulti/M. Tillström d P. Haarhuis/S. Stolle 6-2 6-7(2) 7-6(5)
1999 Félix Mantilla (ESP) d Karim Alami (Mar) 7-6(2) 6-3 6-3
P. Haarhuis/Y. Kafelnikov d Bertolini/Brandi 7-5 6-3
1998 Todd Martin (USA) d Alberto Berastegui (ESP) 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-2
J. Eltingh/P. Haarhuis d E. Ferreira/R. Leach 7-5 6-0
