SUNDAY ORDER OF PLAY – Centre Court, 12:30 pm
• No. 1 Daniel Nestor (CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) vs. No. 8 Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/
Marcin Matkowski (POL)
• No. 4 Andy Murray (GBR) vs. No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
7:00 pm
• No. 3 Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Mark Knowles (BAH) vs. No. 5 Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/Michal Mertinak (SVK)
• No. 1 Roger Federer (SUI) vs. No. 7 Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

SUNDAY PREVIEW – MURRAY, FEDERER HEADLINE FIRST DAY ACTION
• The opening day of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals features British favourite and World No. 4 Andy Murray against No. 5 and US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in the first singles Group A match. Both players are appearing in the year-end finale for the second straight season. Murray holds a 4-1 lifetime advantage over the Argentine. This is their fourth meeting of the season and their previous three encounters came in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments (Miami, Madrid, Montreal).
• In the evening Group A singles match, World No. 1 Roger Federer, a four-time year-end champion (2003-04, ’06-07), takes a 3-0 career mark against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who is making his tournament debut. Federer is making his eighth straight season finale appearance and he holds a 27-5 lifetime record.
• In doubles Group A action, the opening match Sunday is between World No. 1 and defending champions Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonic bring a 5-2 record against the No. 8 seeded Polish duo of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.
• In the evening session match, the veteran duo of No. 3 Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles meet the No. 5 seeds Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak for the first time.

SINGLES MATCH-UPS

(4) Andy Murray (GBR) vs (5) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)              Murray Leads 4-1
08 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Andy Murray 5-7 6-4 1-0 ret
08 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard QF Andy Murray 7-6(2) 7-6(1) 4-6  7-5
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard SF Andy Murray 6-1 5-7 6-2
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay QF Del Potro                        7-6(4) 6-3
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal Hard F Andy Murray 6-7(4)  7-6(3) 6-1

MURRAY FASTFACTS

2009 Highlights:
W: Doha (d Roddick); Rotterdam (d Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (d Djokovic); London / Queen’s Club (d Blake); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (d Del Potro); Valencia (d Youzhny); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Nadal); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Wimbledon (l Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer); QF: Dubai (W/O vs Gasquet); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Del Potro); Roland Garros (l Gonzalez)
YTD W-L: 64-10 (45-5 on hard, 13-1 indoor)
YTD Titles: 6
Career Titles: 14
Date of Birth: May 15, 1987
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 4

Tournament History: Last year made an impressive debut in Shanghai by reaching semi-finals, posting round robin wins over Andy Roddick 64 16 61, Gilles Simon 64 62 and Roger Federer 46 76(3) 75 in three hours, one minute…Lost to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 75 62 in semi-finals…He was first British player to reach semis since Tim Henman in 1998 in Hannover.

2009 Review: The Scottish native captured an ATP World Tour-best six titles and reached a career-high No. 2 ranking after winning his fourth career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Montreal…It was second straight year he won at least five titles…He reached QFs or better in 13 of 17 tournaments and posted a 12-5 mark against Top 10 opponents…He began season by defending his title in Doha with back-to-back wins over No. 2 Federer (SF) and No. 8 Roddick (F)…Held serve 47 of 50 games throughout tournament…Then followed with a fourth round showing at Australian Open where he lost to Fernando Verdasco in five sets…In February, he defeated World No. 1 Nadal in three sets in Rotterdam final to capture his 10th career ATP World Tour title…Two weeks later advanced to QF in Dubai where he withdrew due to a virus…Also pulled out of first round Davis Cup European zone home tie against Ukraine…He returned in March to reach final at BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, falling to Nadal…En route to title match, he beat No. 15 Robredo in fourth round and No. 2 Federer in SF for fourth consecutive time since losing to Swiss in ’08 US Open final…Followed by capturing his third title of season at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami over No. 3 Novak Djokovic…He became first British player in tournament’s 25-year history to win title…In his season clay court debut, he reached his first career SF on clay at Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, defeating No. 9 Davydenko in QF before losing to eventual champ Nadal…He suffered his earliest loss of season in opening round (after a bye) to Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco in Rome…Came back to reach QFs in Madrid, losing to No. 5 del Potro…Followed with career-best QF run at Roland Garros, losing to Fernando Gonzalez in four sets…Then began his grass court campaign at Queen’s by capturing his first title on surface with win over James Blake in final…Became first British player since Bunny Austin in 1938 to earn title at Queen’s Club…Did not drop a set and only lost serve twice in tournament…Continued strong grass court form into Wimbledon, where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets to reach his first semi-final at All England Club before losing in four sets to Andy Roddick…He became ninth different British male to reach semi-finals since abolishment of Challenge Round in 1922…The Scot returned to action at Rogers Cup in Montreal, where he defeated three Top 10 players (No. 8 Davydenko, No. 7 Tsonga, No. 6 del Potro) to win his fourth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy…Afterwards rose to a career-high No. 2 on Aug. 17 and was there for four weeks …He is highest-ranked British player in ATP history (since 1973) and first player to break Federer-Nadal stronghold on top two spots since Lleyton Hewitt ranked No. 2 on July 18, 2005…Followed with SF in Cincinnati, losing to eventual champion Federer…At US Open, made a fourth round exit to No. 16 seed Marin Cilic…Then played in Davis Cup tie vs. Poland, winning both singles rubbers in 3-2 loss in World Group playoff tie…He re-aggravated a left wrist injury during weekend tie and withdrew from Asian tournaments in Tokyo and Shanghai…He returned to action in November in Valencia and captured his career-best sixth title, defeating Russian Mikhail Youzhny in final…He became first British man to win 14 titles in Open Era, surpassing Greg Rusedski (13), who also won two titles as a Canadian…Following week at BNP Paribas Masters in Paris defeated James Blake in third set tie-break before losing in third round to Radek Stepanek.
DEL POTRO FASTFACTS

2009 Highlights:
W: Auckland (d Querrey); Washington (d Roddick); US Open (d Federer); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (l Murray); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Federer); Roland Garros (l Federer); QF: Australian Open (l Federer); San Jose (l Fish); Memphis (l Stepanek); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (l Stepanek)
YTD W-L: 51-14 (38-9 on hard, 8-3 indoor)
YTD Titles: 3
Career Titles: 7
Date of Birth: September 23, 1988
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 5

Tournament History: Last year made his debut in Shanghai and went 1-2 in round robin play, falling to Novak Djokovic 75 63 in first match, defeating Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 76(4) 76(5) in second match before losing to Nikolay Davydenko 63 62 in final match.

2009 Review: The 21-year-old Argentine is making his second straight appearance in the year-end championship and he is youngest player in Top 10…The top South American on ATP World Tour captured three titles, including his first Grand Slam crown, and reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final…In January he captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title in Auckland (d.
Querrey) and followed with his second straight Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (d. Cilic, l. to Federer)….He also advanced to back-to-back QF in San Jose and Memphis…In March, he reached QF at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, falling to No. 1 and eventual champion Nadal…He then advanced to SF at Sony Ericsson in Miami where he posted three-set win over No. 1 Nadal in QF…Trailed 0-3 (two breaks) in third set before winning in a tie-break for his first win in five meetings…Afterwards, moved from No. 7 to a career-high No. 5 on Apr. 6…On clay, turned in QF effort in Rome (l. to Djokovic) and followed with SF in Madrid where he beat No. 3-ranked Murray
in QF before losing to eventual champ Federer…He then reached his first Grand Slam SF at Roland Garros where he beat No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 4th Rd. before losing to eventual champion Federer in five sets…The Argentine suffered a second round loss to Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon but bounced back by winning both his singles rubbers in Argentina’s Davis Cup quarter-final loss to Czech Republic…In August he defended his title in Washington, D.C (d. Roddick)…The following week at Rogers Cup in Montreal he defeated World No. 2 Nadal and No. 5 Roddick to reach his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final, losing in three sets to No. 3 Murray…At US Open he captured title with back-to-back wins over No. 3 Nadal in SF and No. 1 Federer in final in five sets (rallying from 1-2 set deficit)…He became first player to beat Nadal and Federer in a Grand Slam tournament and first Argentine to capture US Open since Vilas in 1977…After US Open, played three tournaments with his best result a quarter-final at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris where he saved seven match points in third round win over Fernando Gonzalez (ret. vs. Stepanek with abdominal injury)…Second on ATP World Tour with 13 match wins after losing first set during season.

(1) Roger Federer (SUI) vs (7) Fernando Verdasco (ESP)                  Federer Leads 3-0
05 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay R64      Roger Federer 6-4 6-3
08 ATP Masters Series Hamburg  Clay QF Roger Federer 6-3 6-3
09 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells  Hard QF Roger Federer 6-3 7-6(5)

FEDERER FASTFACTS

2009 Highlights:
W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (d Nadal); Roland Garros (d Soderling); Wimbledon (d Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Djokovic); F: Australian Open (l Nadal); US Open (l Del Potro); Basel (l Djokovic); SF: Doha (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Tsonga)
YTD W-L: 59-10 (34-8 on hard, 4-2 indoor)
YTD Titles: 4
Career Titles: 61
Date of Birth: August 8, 1981
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 1

Tournament History: The four-time champion (2003-04, ’06-07) has reached the final in five of his seven previous appearances…Last year was the first time he did not advance out of round robin play as he posted a 1-2 record, losing in three sets to Gilles Simon and Andy Murray…In between he beat Radek Stepanek in straight sets…He owns a 27-5 career record in the tournament

2009 Review: The Swiss superstar is making his eighth consecutive appearance in the
year-end championship…He is first player to finish in Top 2 for seven straight years…He comes into London with four titles in seven finals on the season and for third time in past four years (2006-07, ‘09) he reached all four Grand Slam finals in same year…He also became first player to take part in three five-set Slam finals in a season…In June, he captured Roland Garros in his 11th attempt and became sixth man in history to win all four Grand Slam titles in his career…One month later, he won a record-breaking 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, where he collected his sixth crown at the All England Club…In the process he reclaimed top ranking (on July 6) after Nadal’s run of 46 straight weeks at No. 1…Has been No. 1 for a total of 258 weeks (as of Nov. 23)…If he finishes No. 1, he will become only second player (Lendl in ‘89) in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973) to reclaim year-end top spot after losing it for a year…His five-year No. 1s would also tie Jimmy Connors and trail only Sampras (6)…He opened first month with a SF in Doha (l. to Murray) and followed with runner-up at Australian Open, falling to Nadal in five sets…It was his first loss in a Grand Slam hard court final (8-1)…He then withdrew from Dubai and first round Davis Cup tie vs. the U.S. with a back injury…Returned from a six-week layoff due and advanced to SF in Indian Wells (l. to Murray for fourth straight time)…Followed with a three-set loss to No. 3 Djokovic in SF at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami…Prior to clay court campaign, he married long-time girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec in his hometown of Basel on Apr. 11…In first clay appearance at Monte-Carlo Masters, lost in 3rd Rd. to countryman Stanislas Wawrinka…It was his first loss to a countryman since Marc Rosset in 2000…After putting together a 21-6 mark through May 9, went on a 26-1 run in next three months, breaking nearly a seven-month title drought by earning his 15th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown in Madrid (d. Nadal)…Broke a five-match losing streak to Spaniard in his 80th career final…Has won at least one ATP World Tour title for nine straight years…En route he also beat No. 16 Blake, No. 6 Roddick and No. 5 del Potro…Only lost his serve twice in 55 games…Then followed by completing a career Grand Slam at Roland Garros by defeating Swede Robin Soderling in straight sets final…It was his 14th Grand Slam crown, tying Sampras for most in men’s tennis…Lost six sets en route to title, most of any Grand Slam title run and was pushed to five sets by Tommy Haas in 4th Rd. (lost first two sets) and del Potro in semi-finals…Nearly one month later he rewrote tennis history at Wimbledon, where he earned his 15th Grand Slam title…He only dropped one set (vs. Kohlschreiber) en route to a record seventh straight Wimbledon final as he outlasted Andy Roddick 16-14 in fifth set, breaking him for first time in final game after 37 service holds from Roddick…It was longest fifth set in a final in Grand Slam history…He served a personal-best 50 aces and earned his 60th tour-level title (later 61) – most among active players…Took five weeks off following Wimbledon, during which on July 23 his twin daughters, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva were born…Made his return to action in Montreal and reached QFs…Held a 5-1 advantage in final set over Tsonga before falling in a tie-break…Following week he captured his third Cincinnati title, capping it off with wins over No. 2 Murray in SF and No. 4 Djokovic in final…It was his 16th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, second all-time behind Agassi (17)…At US Open, he became first player to surpass $50 million in career prize moneyand he went on to advance to his sixth consecutive final, only to fall in five sets to No. 6 del Potro, ending a 40-match winning streak at Flushing Meadows…One week later, helped his country return to Davis Cup World Group in 2010 with two wins in playoff tie in Italy…Returned from a six-week break to his hometown tournament in Basel and lost in three-set final to Novak Djokovic…Had a 19-match winning streak in Basel come to an end…Following week at BNP Paribas Masters, lost in opening round to Frenchman Julien Benneteau in three sets.

VERDASCO FASTFACTS

2009 Highlights:
W: New Haven (d Querrey); F: Brisbane (l Stepanek); Kuala Lumpur (l Davydenko); SF: Australian Open (l Nadal); Valencia (l Murray); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); Barcelona (l Gonzalez); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Båstad (l Monaco); US Open (l Djokovic); Beijing (l Djokovic)
YTD W-L: 52-22 (35-12 on hard, 7-3 indoor)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: November 15, 1983
South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking: 8

Tournament History: The 26-year-old left-hander is making his tournament debut and one of two Spaniards in the field (Nadal)

2009 Review: The Madrid native compiled his best career season and qualified for his first year-end championship…He captured his third career ATP World Tour title and reached two other finals while advancing to quarter-finals or better in 13 tournaments, including his first eight through mid-May…He had a personal-best 15-4 mark in Grand Slam play…He opened year reaching his first ATP World Tour hard court final in Brisbane (l. to Stepanek) and followed with a career-best SF showing at Australian Open…Posted back-to-back wins over No. 4 Murray in five sets in 4th Rd. and No. 6 Tsonga in QF before falling in an epic five-set marathon (5:14) to countryman and World No. 1 Nadal…It was longest singles match in tournament history and afterwards broke into Top 10 for first time at No. 9 (from No. 15) on Feb. 2…He ranked in Top 10 every week rest of season except on Aug. 10… Injured his left foot in Australia and withdrew from Dubai and first round Davis Cup tie vs. Serbia…Returned to action in March and reached QF at BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells before losing to No. 2 Federer…He followed with QF at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, falling to eventual champion Murray…Opened his clay court campaign with QF at Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, losing to No. 3 Djokovic in three sets…Followed with QF in Barcelona and afterwards reached a career-high No. 7 on Apr. 20…He continued consistent play by reaching QF in Rome and in hometown Madrid, losing to Nadal in both…Followed with fourth round at Roland Garros for third straight year, losing to Davydenko…On grass went 4-3 with 4th Rd. showing at Wimbledon (l. to Karlovic in four sets) for third time in four years…Followed by helping his country to a 3-2 Davis Cup quarter-final victory over Germany…Posted a five-set win over Andreas Beck in opening rubber and lost to Kohlschreiber in five sets in fourth rubber…In August he earned his third ATP World Tour title in New Haven without dropping a set, capped off with win over Sam Querrey…Continued strong play at US Open and reached quarter-finals for first time (l. to Djokovic in four sets)…In October, reached final in Kuala Lumpur (l. to Davydenko) and QF in Beijing.

DOUBLES MATCH-UPS

No. 1 Daniel Nestor (CAN) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) vs.  No. 8 Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Marcin Matkowski (POL)

NESTOR / ZIMONJIC LEADS 5 - 2
2007 Paris Open Hard (I)   R16 NESTOR / ZIMONJIC 6-3 6-4
2008 Sydney Hard (O)   R16 FYRSTENBERG / MATKOWSKI 7-6(5) 6-4
2008 Rome Clay (O)   QF NESTOR / ZIMONJIC 6-4 6-1
2008 Madrid Hard (I)    QF FYRSTENBERG / MATKOWSKI 6-3 3-6 [11-9]
2008 Tennis Masters Cup Hard (I) RR NESTOR / ZIMONJIC 7-6(4) 5-7 [10-4]
2009 Sydney Hard (O)    SF NESTOR / ZIMONJIC 2-6 7-5 [10-5]
2009 Cincinnati Hard (O)   QF NESTOR / ZIMONJIC 7-6(6) 6-7(6) [10-4]

NESTOR / ZIMONJIC
The defending champions enter London with an ATP World Tour-best nine titles in 11 finals, highlighted by their repeat title performance at Wimbledon (d. Bryans) and five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns (Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Cincinnati, Paris)…In three of them (except Madrid, Paris) they defeated their rival Bryans in the final…They began season with back-to-back
runner-up showings in Doha (l. to M. Lopez-Nadal) and Sydney (l. to Bryans) and in February, they captured title in Rotterdam (d. Dlouhy-Paes)…After an 11-6 start in first three months, they compiled a 12-match winning streak on clay with consecutive titles in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome…After a 1st Rd. loss in Belgrade, earned title in Madrid (d. Aspelin-Moodie) and followed with SF at Roland Garros…In July, repeated title at Wimbledon, defeating Bryans in four sets…One month later, rallied to beat Bryans in Cincinnati final 15-13 in Match Tie-break, saving eight match points…After a QF at US Open, lost three in a row in October, but in last two tournaments prior to London, won titles in Basel and Paris…The Canadian is the active titles leader on the ATP World Tour with 64 and he surpassed $1 million in a season for the first time.

FYRSTENBERG / MATKOWSKI
The Polish duo qualified for their third year-end championship in the past four years…They collected two ATP World Tour titles for the third straight year and also extended their title streak to seven consecutive seasons…After a 12-12 start, they captured their first grass court title at Eastbourne (d. Parrott-Polasek) in mid-June…In August they advanced to final in Washington (l. to Damm-Lindstedt)…Their best month came in October when they captured their first Asian title in Kuala Lumpur (d. Kunitsyn-Levinsky) and two weeks later beat the Bryans in QF en route to final at ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 (l. to Benneteau-Tsonga)…One month later at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris, they ousted Bryans again in QF en route to SF (l. to Granollers-Robredo), which enabled them to pass No. 8 Moodie-Norman and qualify for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London…They have a 10-14 career record together in ATP World Tour finals.

No. 3 Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs. No. 5 Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)

FIRST MEETING

BHUPATHI / KNOWLES
The veteran duo return for the season-ending championship after going 1-2 in round robin play last year in Shanghai…They captured one title and reached three finals together during the season with runner-up efforts at the Australian (l. to Bryans) and US Opens (l. to Dlouhy-Paes)…In April at Barcelona, they defeated the Bryans in the SF before falling to Nestor-Zimonjic in final…On grass, they advanced to QF at Wimbledon (l. to Moodie-Norman in five sets) and in August they dropped only one set in four matches en route to title at Rogers Cup in Montreal…They beat Nestor-Zimonjic in SF and Mirnyi-A. Ram in final…In final Grand Slam tournament at US Open, they won four of five matches in straight sets en route to title match, only to lose to Dlouhy-Paes in three sets…They played in two tournaments after US Open, highlighted by semi-final at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Benneteau-Tsonga).

CERMAK / MERTINAK
The Czech-Slovak tandem are appearing in their first year-end championship…They played the most tournaments (30) together of teams to qualify during season and won five of seven ATP World Tour finals…All but two of their finals came on clay…In February they advanced to final in Vina del Mar (l. to Cuevas-Dabul) and three weeks later they rallied for a 10-7 Match Tiebreak title win in Acapulco (d. Kubot-Marach)…They struggled in their next 10 tournaments with a 9-10 record, reaching one SF…Turned things around in July with title in Stuttgart (d. Hanescu-Tecau) and two weeks later added another crown in Umag (d. Brunstrom-Rojer)…After a second round exit atUS Open (Went 4-4 in Grand Slams), returned to clay and won title in Bucharest (d. Brunstrom-Rojer)…In October, reached first indoor final together in Moscow (l. to Cuevas-Granollers) and two weeks later earned first indoor title together in Valencia, defeating Spaniards Granollers-Robredo…Following week turned in SF at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris, falling in a Match Tie-break to World No. 1 Nestor-Zimonjic.