ATP 250 Halle, Queens 6/11-6/17 2012

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Tournament Name: AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Location: LONDON, ENGLAND
Dates: 11–17 JUNE 2012
Prize Money: €625,300 (Total Financial Commitment €771,550)
SITE: THE QUEENS CLUB
PALLISER ROAD, WEST KENSINGTON
LONDON W14 9EQ
SURFACE: GRASS
BALL: SLAZENGER WIMBLEDON
WEB SITE: www.aegonchampionships.com

Qualifying draw: Friday, June 8, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, June 9, 4:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, June 9, 2:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 10 (Seeds 1-8: 0)
R64: 0
Q: +5
Q8: 3
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: April 30, 2012
Seeding: June 4, 2012

1 Andy Murray GBR
2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA
3 Janko Tipsarevic SRB
4 Gilles Simon FRA
5 Juan Martin Del Potro ARG
6 Feliciano Lopez ESP
7 Richard Gasquet FRA
8 Stanislas Wawrinka SUI
9 Marin Cilic CRO
10 Julien Benneteau FRA
11 Andy Roddick USA
12 Kevin Anderson RSA
13 Marcos Baghdatis CYP
14 Alex Bogomolov Jr USA
15 Denis Istomin UZB
16 David Nalbandian ARG
Donald Young USA
Alejandro Falla COL
Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Ryan Harrison USA
Go Soeda JPN
Ivo Karlovic CRO
Gilles Muller LUX
Xavier Malisse BEL
Olivier Rochus BEL
Steve Darcis BEL
Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR
Flavio Cipolla ITA
Leonardo Mayer ARG
Matthew Ebden AUS
Ivan Dodig CRO
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP
Sam Querrey USA
Lukas Rosol CZE
Tatsuma Ito JPN
Paolo Lorenzi ITA
Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA
Ernests Gulbis LAT
Malek Jaziri TUN
Dimitry Tursunov RUS
Bjorn Phau GER
Igor Kunitsyn RUS
Nicolas Mahut FRA
Grigor Dimitrov BUL
Lleyton Hewitt AUS
James Ward GBR
Jamie Baker GBR
Oliver Golding GBR
Liam Broady GBR

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Tournament Name: GERRY WEBER OPEN
Location: HALLE, GERMANY
Dates: 11-17 JUNE 2012
Prize Money: €663,750 (Total Financial Commitment €750,000)
SITE: GERRY WEBER STADION
WESTSTRASSE 14
33790 HALLE/WESTFALEN
SURFACE: GRASS
BALL: DUNLOP SLAZENGER
WEB SITE: www.gerryweber-stadion.de

Qualifying draw: Friday, June 8, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, June 9, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, June 9, 2:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4:0)
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: April 30, 2012
Seeding: June 4, 2012

Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
Federer, Roger SUI 3
Berdych, Tomas CZE 7
Nishikori, Kei JPN 17
Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 20
Mayer, Florian GER 21
Raonic, Milos CAN 23
Stepanek, Radek CZE 25
Granollers, Marcel ESP 27
Troicki, Viktor SRB 29
Tomic, Bernard AUS 33
Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 34
Melzer, Jurgen AUT 35
Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 36
Berlocq, Carlos ARG 37
Haase, Robin NED 43
Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 44
Seppi, Andreas ITA 46
Kubot, Lukasz POL 50
Lacko, Lukas SVK 65
Becker, Benjamin GER @80
(SE)
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(WC) Haas, Tommy GER
(WC) Stebe, Cedrik-Marcel GER
(WC)

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Doubles Entry List - Halle

1 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)/Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 21
2 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 47
3 Kas, Christopher (GER)/Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER) 48
4 Bracciali, Daniele (ITA)/Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 52
5 Berlocq, Carlos (ARG)/Nishikori, Kei (JPN) 55
6 Brown, Dustin (GER)/Marach, Oliver (AUT) 74
7 Kubot, Lukasz (POL)/Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 80
8 Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI)/Lipsky, Scott (USA) 83
9 Haase, Robin (NED)/Nieminen, Jarkko (FIN) 87
10 Knowle, Julian (AUT)/Sa, Andre (BRA) 93
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

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Doubles Entry List - Queens

1 Mirnyi, Max (BLR)/Nestor, Daniel (CAN) 2
2 Bryan, Bob (USA)/Bryan, Mike (USA) 6
3 Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 14
4 Fyrstenberg, Mariusz (POL)/Matkowski, Marcin (POL) 16
5 Lindstedt, Robert (SWE)/Tecau, Horia (ROU) 21
6 Murray, Andy (GBR)/Murray, Jamie (GBR) 40
7 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) 55
8 Butorac, Eric (USA)/Hanley, Paul (AUS) 72
9 Benneteau, Julien (FRA)/Mahut, Nicolas (FRA) 76
10 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Ram, Andy (ISR) 81
11 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard (FRA)/Simon, Gilles (FRA) 83
12 Dodig, Ivan (CRO)/Melo, Marcelo (BRA) 89
13 Fish, Mardy (USA)/Knowles, Mark (BAH) 93
14 Malisse, Xavier (BEL)/Norman, Dick (BEL) 94
15 Bogomolov Jr., Alex (RUS)/Cerretani, James (USA) 101
16 Mayer, Leonardo (ARG)/Nalbandian, David (ARG) 102
17 (OS)
18 (OS)
19 (OS)
20 (OS)
21 (OS)
22 (OS)
23 (WC)
24 (WC)

[Jason11E]

Doesn't Rafa usually play Queen's instead of Halle? I guess he wanted a shot at Roger before Wimbledon?

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Doesn't Rafa usually play Queen's instead of Halle? I guess he wanted a shot at Roger before Wimbledon?

Rafa had a five year deal to play Queens. My guess is that contract has expired and he's free to play Halle.

[Woody]

A 5-year deal with... the organizers? His sponsors? The tour? I don't know how this stuff works.

[Scotty]

Halle has some kind of exclusive deal with Fed: if he plays a Wimby warm-up, it'll be that one, and that one only.

Also, I've heard some of the big earners (particularly with endorsements) are leery of a British tax law that taxes foreign nationals on ALL their earnings (not just prize money earned in the UK) based on the # of days where that person competed in the UK. Rafa has said he could lose money by playing a Queen's Club.

[Miles]

Rafa had a five year deal to play Queens. My guess is that contract has expired and he's free to play Halle.

It has to do with taxes. The UK charges athletes/entertainers not only a tax on the prize money but also on endorsements and other incomes based on the time the athlete spends in the UK playing.

Rafa has said he could actually lose money by playing in the UK when you combine Queens, Wimby and the YEC.

Edited to add: Scotty already said it.

[Ti-Amie]

A 5-year deal with... the organizers? His sponsors? The tour? I don't know how this stuff works.

It was with the organizers. Scotty's tax angle could also be a factor.

[Scotty]

It was with the organizers. Scotty's tax angle could also be a factor.

this phrasing made me laugh. Now I want to check to see if #Scotty'sTaxAngle is trending on Twitter.

[liam_valid]

yep, this was actually covered a couple of months ago in the press here, especially with the Olympics here this year too. despite his wimbledon record, he has only reached the final of queens once, winning in 2008. it will be interesting to see him in halle with federer this year though

[omess]

another factor : Rafa snubs Queen's Club tournament after accepting £750k payday in Halle http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ten...ournament.html

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Qualifying Draw - Halle

[1] Igor Sijsling NED/BYE
Mischa Zverev GER vs Radu Albot MDA
Erik Chvojka CAN vs Evgenys Kirillov RUS
BYE/[6] Jan Hernych CZE

[2] Marco Chiudinelli/BYE
Denys Molchanov UKR vs Iliya Bozoljac SRB
Mikhail Ledovskikh RUS vs Andre Begemann GER
BYE/[6] Ze Zhang

[3] Alexander Kudryavtsev/BYE
Albano Olivetti FRA vs Philipp Marx GER
Jaan-Frederik Brunken GER vs Johan Brunstrom SWE
BYE/[5] Konstantin Kravchuk RUS

[4] Maxime Authom BEL/BYE
Jan-Lennard Struff GER vs Alex Kuznetsov USA
Andre Ghem BRA vs John Millman AUS
BYE/[7] Tim Smyczek USA

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Qualifying Draw - Queens

[1] SWEETING, Ryan USA/BYE
SANCHEZ, Manuel MEX vs FABBIANO, Thomas ITA
NOVISKI, Lionel ARG vs WHITEFORD, Jamie GBR
GINEPRI, Robby USA vs [6]DE SCHEPPER, Kenny FRA

[2] BEMELMANS, Ruben BEL/BYE
RODRIGUES, Mathieu FRA vs BOGDANOVIC, Alex GBR
TRUNGELLITI, Marco ARG vs LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB
PRZYSIEZNY, Michal POL vs [8] KUDLA, Denis USA

[3] REYNOLDS, Bobby USA/BYE
DELIC, Amer BIH vs FITZPATRICK, Andrew GBR
JOUAN, Romain FRA vs EATON, Chris GBR
WC OAKLEY, Keelan GBR vs [7] BUBKA, Sergei UKR

[4] WC BAKER, Brian USA/BYE
KOROLEV, Evgeny KAZ vs BREZAC, Charles-Antoine FRA
MOSER, Frank GER vs YANI, Michael USA
[5] WEINTRAUB, Amir ISR/BYE