Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Factfile

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was born on the 17th April 1985 in Le Mans, France. He reached a career high of 6 in the world on the 17th November 2008, at the end of his best year. In 2008 he reached his only Grand Slam Final and lost to Djokovic in the final. He has also reached one Semi-Final and two Quarter Finals. He has won his only ATP 1000 masters final, other than this he has reached 1 Semi-Final. His record in grand slams is 37-13:15-4 in the Australian Open, 6-3 in the French Open, 9-3 in Wimbledon and 7-3 in the US Open.

Here is a table of all of his grand slams, including when he went out in each grand slam and all his matches at Finals of Grand Slams.

Tsonga grand slams

year	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	F	QF	SF
French Open	Q	Q	1R	A	A	A	4R	4R
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	4R	A	3R	QF
US Open	A	Q	A	A	3R	3R	4R	A

Jurgen Melzer

This is the first player profile for a while on the current world number 12 Melzer.

Jurgen Melzer

Factfile

Jurgen Melzer was born on the 22nd May 1981 in Vienna, Austria. He has had a long career but has only shown his best form in 2010 as he has reached a top rank of world number 12 on the 11th October in singles and 6th rank in September. As well as improvement in rankings he has improved in Grand Slams reaching 1 Semi-Final and 2 4th rounds, when before this year he hadn't bettered the third round. His record in grand slams is 42-34:8-8 in the Australian Open, 18-8 in the French Open, 10-9 in Wimbledon and 11-9 in the US Open.

Here is a table of all of his grand slams, includes when he went out in each grand slam.

Melzer Grand Slams

year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australian Open	A	A	Q	1R	3R	3R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R
French Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	3R	3R	SF
Wimbledon	1R	Q	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	3R	3R	4R
US Open	A	A	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	4R

ATP Valencia Open and ATP Basel 500

Nadal has retired from the ATP Paris 1000 tournament next week, breaking a run of participating in 18 consecutive ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. He has retired due to medical issues but should play at the ATP World Tour Finals.


ATP Basel 500


Djokovic beat Haase 6-2, 6-3. The second seed eases past Haase into the Semi-Finals.

Troicki beat Gasquet 6-4, 6-2. Troicki eases past Gasquet and will meet his fellow Serbian, Djokovic, in the Semi-Finals.

Roddick beat Nalbandian 6-4, 6-4. The fourth seed advances to the Semi-Finals strengthening his chances to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals.

Federer beat Stepanek 6-3, 6-2. Federer eases into the Semi-Finals in front of his home crowd, dropping just 5 games against Stepanek.

ATP Valencia Open


Granollers beat Monaco 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. The lucky loser comes back from a set down to beat Monaco and advance to the Semi-Finals.

Simon beat Davydenko 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3. The sixth seed is shocked by Simon in the Quarter Finals in a close 3 set match, potentially ending Davydenko's chances of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals.

Soderling beat Monfils 6-3, 6-2. The second seed eases past the eighth seed into the Semi-Finals.

Ferrer beat Starace 7-5, 6-4. The fourth seed wins a close 2 set match to advance to the Semi-Finals.

ATP Valencia Open and ATP Basel 500

ATP Valencia Open


Ferrer beat Gabashvili 6-4, 6-1. The fourth seed and one of the main contenders for a place at the ATP World Tour Finals easily defeats Gabashvili in straight sets.

Soderling beat Gimeno-Traver 6-2, 6-3. The second seed eases past Gimeno-Traver in 2 sets.

Davydenko beat Chela 7-6, 6-2. The sixth seed needs 2 sets and a tie breaker to beat Chela.

Starace beat Cuevas 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-2. Starace needs 3 sets and a tie breaker to beat Cuevas.

Granollers beat Andujar 6-2, 6-2. The lucky loser eases past Andujar, dropping just 4 games.

Monfils beat Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4. Monfils continues a winning streak with a great win over Wawrinka.

ATP Basel 500


Gasquet beat Kamke 6-4, 7-5. Gasquet wins a close 2 set match against Kamke.

Nalbandian beat Cilic 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. The sixth seed is beaten in 3 sets, ending his chances of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals.

Stepanek beat Giraldo 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. Stepanek comes back from a set down to beat Giraldo, after winning 12 of the last 14 games.

Roddick beat Golubev 6-3, 6-4. The fourth seed eases past Golubev in 2 sets.

Troicki beat Mathieu ret. The lucky loser retires before the start of the match.

Djokovic beat Nieminen 6-4, 7-6. The second seed is tested by the qualifier but prevails in 2 sets.

ATP Basel 500

And the other competition this week.

1. phil - 74 points
2. nodar - 72 points
3. ehar - 69 points

ATP Valencia Open

Here is the scores for the competition at Valencia. We now have 3 competitors. The overall scores are constantly updated.

1. Ehar - 29 points
2. nodar - 17 points
3. phil - 15 points

ATP Valencia Open and ATP Basel 500

If you haven't noticed the rankings were updated days ago.


ATP Valencia Open


Tsonga has retired with a knee injury and will be out for the rest of the season.

Youzhny has also retired with a back injury and this will heavily damage his hopes for making the ATP World Tour Finals in a few weeks, because he made the final next week and just lost 300 points.


Monaco beat Murray 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. The top seed and defending champion is shocked in the second round by Monaco.

Cuevas beat Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 6-4. Cuevas eases past the qualifier in straight sets.

Monfils beat Schwank 6-3, 6-3. The eighth seed continues a winning streak, by winning in 2 sets.

Granollers beat Paire 6-2, 6-4. The lucky loser eases past Paire in straight sets.

Simon beat Verdasco 6-1, 6-3. The third seed is easily beaten in 2 sets, damaging his chances to participate in the ATP World Tour Finals.

ATP Basel 500


Stepanek beat De Bakker 6-3, 7-6(5). Stepanek wins a close 2 set match, including a tie breaker.

Roddick beat Querrey 7-5, 7-6(6). The fourth seed beats Querrey in 2 close sets.

Nieminen beat Brands 6-3, 6-2. The two qualifiers play each other in the first round but Nieminen easily wins.

Mathieu beat Mayer 6-3, 6-3. Mathieu surprises Mayer in the first round.

Federer beat Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-4. The top seed eases past Tipsarevic in 2 sets.

Haase beat Isner 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5. The eight seed needs 3 close sets to be beaten by Haase, Haase will advance to the Quarter Finals.

Kamke beat Berdych 6-4, 6-1. The third seed and ATP World Tour Finals hopeful was dealt a blow to his challenge to qualify, as he is easily beaten by a qualifier.

ATP Valencia Open and ATP Basel 500

ATP Valencia Open


Ferrer beat Garcia-Lopez 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3. The fourth seed and ATP World Tour finals hopeful wins a close 3 set match over Garcia-Lopez.

Gimeno-Traver beat Almagro 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Gimeno-Traver shocks Almagro in 3 sets.

Murray beat Lopez 6-3, 7-6(1). The top seed wins in straights sets, needing a tie breaker to prevail over Lopez.

Andujar beat Tursunov 6-4, 3-6, 1-1 ret. Tursunov retires at 1 set and 1 game all, leaving Andujar to advance to round 2.

Chela beat Kohlschreiber 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Chela wins in 3 sets against Kohlschreiber.

Starace beat Hanescu 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Starace wins in 3 sets agianst Hanescu.

Soderling beat Montanes 6-1, 6-4. The second seed eases past Montanes in straight sets.

Davydenko beat Marti 6-2, 6-2. The sixth seed and ATP World Tour Final Hopeful destroys Marti, dropping just 4 games.

ATP Basel 500


Djokovic beat Gulbis 6-4, 6-2. The second seed and champion last year, eases into the second round.

Gasquet beat Lu 6-3, 6-1. Gasquet destroys Lu, dropping just 4 games.

Tipsarevic beat Istomin 6-2, 6-4. Istomin is beaten in the first round again, while Tipsarevic advances to the next round.

Troicki beat Berrer 6-3, 6-0. Troicki comes back from a first round loss last week with a easy win over Berrer, dropping 3 games.

Giraldo beat Beck 6-2, 6-1. Giraldo thrashes Beck in straight sets.

Golubev beat Malisse 7-5, 6-2. Golubev beats Malisse in 2 sets to advance to round 2.

Cilic beat Chiudinelli 6-3, 6-3. The sixth seed defeats his opponent in just 2 sets.

Nalbandian beat Hajek 6-3, 6-4. Nalbandian beats Hajek in straight sets, to advance to the second round.

ATP Valencia Open and ATP Basel 500

ATP Valencia Open


Wawrinka beat Seppi 7-6(2), 7-5. Wawrinka wins in a close 2 set match.

Simon beat Stakhovsky 6-3, 6-3. The former top ten player eases into the second round.

Verdasco beat Russell 6-4, 6-1. The third seed ends a four match losing streak, with a convincing win over Russell.

Gabashvili beat Clement 6-4, 6-2. Gabashvili beats Clement in straight sets.

ATP Basel 500


Three players have retired before the beginning of their matches and will be replaced by lucky losers, these players are Ljubicic, Melzer and Baghdatis.


Haase beat Bohli 6-4, 6-3. Haase beats Bohli in straight sets.

Federer beat Dolgopolov 6-4, 5-2 ret. Dolgopolov retires, after twisting his ankle, while he is trying to get a drop shot, leaving Federer to advance to the second round at his home tournament.

Isner beat Llodra 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. The eighth seed comes back from a set down to beat Llodra.

ATP St Petersburg Open, Open Sud de France, ATP Vienna Open and WTA Doha Championship

ATP St Petersburg


Kukushkin beat Youzhny 6-3, 7-6(2). The top seed is beaten by Kukushkin, who wins his first ATP final in 2 sets.

ATP Vienna Open


Melzer beat Haider-Maurer 6-7(10), 7-6(4), 6-4. Incredible match, starts with a first set tie breaker where both players save set points, but the lucky loser takes it, then in the second set Haider-Maurer fails to serve out the match and loses the resulting tie breaker, before he is beaten 6-4 in the final set. What a match!

Open Sud de France


Monfils beat Ljubicic 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. The third seed beats the fourth seed in 3 sets.

WTA Doha Championship


Clisters beat Wozniacki 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. The third seed beats the top seed in 3 sets to claim the championship.

New draws

We have two more draws, which start next week. These draws are the ones the competition is on, click the links below to see them. They will also be on the draws page.

ATP Valencia Open

ATP Basel 500

Join the competition

If you want to join this week's competition please sign up here, there will be 2 tournaments, both ATP 500 tournaments. If you are not sure how the competition works, please go to the page called competition.

ATP St Petersburg Open, Open Sud de France, ATP Vienna Open and WTA Doha Championship

ATP St Petersburg Open


Kukushkin beat Marchenko 6-3, 6-4. Kukushkin continues a great run, with a straight set win over Marchenko, he will play in his first Final tomorrow.

Youzhny beat Tursunov 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(8). A very close match, which the top seed finally prevails in an extremely close last set tie breaker, needing to save 4 match points to win.

ATP Vienna Open


Melzer beat Almagro 6-4, 6-4. The top seed beats the third seed in 2 sets, he advances into the final.

Haider-Maurer beat Berrer 7-6(6), 6-7(1), 6-3. The lucky loser continues into the final, an incredible feat for a player, who shouldn't be playing.

Open Sud de France


Ljubicic beat Montanes 6-3, 7-6(4). The fourth seed needs a tie breaker and 2 sets to beat the sixth seed.

Monfils beat Tsonga 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-4. The third seed conquers the second seed in 3 sets.

WTA Doha Championship


Clisters beat Stosur 7-6(3), 6-1. The third seed beats the fifth seed in straight sets to advance to the finals.

Wozniacki beat Zvonareva 7-5, 6-0. The top seed eases past the second seed in straight sets, to set up a final with Clisters.

Competition

Here is the overall scores for the competition so far. Only 2 people are participating at the moment but I hope many others join in time.

Please click here for the overall scoreboard.

ATP St Petersburg Open, Open Sud de France, ATP Vienna Open and WTA Doha Championship

ATP St Petersburg Open


Kukushkin beat Tipsarevic 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. The third seed is shocked in a 3 set match against Kukushkin.

Marchenko beat Becker 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Both players had conquered seeds in the tournament but Marchenko is the one to advance to the Semi-Finals in 3 sets.

Youzhny beat Hanescu 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(6). The eighth seed saves 1 match point before the top seed prevails in a third set tie breaker.

Tursunov beat Dolgopolov 6-4, 6-2. Tursunov continues a great tournament with a convincing straight sets over Dolgopolov.

Open Sud de France


Montanes beat Davydenko 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(4). The top seed is shocked by the sixth seed in 3 close sets, needing two tie breakers to win.

Monfils beat Isner 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. The third seed comes back from a set down to beat the fifth seed.

Ljubicic beat Nieminen 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(6). Very close 3 set match ends with the fourth seed winning.

Tsonga beat Simon 6-3, 6-7, 6-3. The third seed advances to the Semi-Finals, with a 3 set win over Simon.

ATP Vienna Open


Almagro beat Chela 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. The third seed needs 3 sets to beat the eighth seed.

Haider Maurer beat Cilic 7-6(1), 6-4. The second seed is beaten by a man who wouldn't be here if Gulbis hadn't retired. The lucky loser continues ti the Semi-Finals.

Berrer beat Baghdatis 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. The fourth seed is shocked in the Quarter Finals by Berrer.

WTA Doha Championship


Schiavone beat Dementieva 6-4, 6-2. Dementieva is beaten quickly in straight sets, but shocks the audience when she announces retirement after over a decade of top 20 tennis.

Zvonareva  beat Clisters 6-4, 7-5. The second seed beats the third seed in straight sets, however, both will advance to the next round.

Azarenka beat Jankovic 6-4, 6-1. Azarenka beats Jankovic in straight sets, but both crash out of the tournament, Jankovic without a win.

ATP Vienna Open

Finally here is the score board for the competition in Vienna. All of these score boards will come up on the page called Competition.

1. ehar - 57 points
2. phil - 17 points

Open Sud de France

Here is the score board for The Open Sud de France.

1. ehar - 32 points
2. phil - 31 points

ATP St Petersburg Open

Here is the score board for the competition at The St Petersburg Open.

1. phil - 28 points
2. ehar - 22 points

ATP St Petersburg Open, Open Sud de France, ATP Vienna Open and WTA Doha Championship

ATP St Petersburg Open


Marchenko beat Kravchuk 6-4, 6-4. Marchenko advances into the Quarter Finals with an easy win over Kravchuk.

Dolgopolov beat Schuettler 6-4, 6-2. Dolgopolov eases into the Quarter Finals.

Becker beat Mathieu 6-4, 6-2. Becker continues a good run after beating the second seed in the first round, he now advances to the Quarter Finals.

Hanescu beat Ram 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-3. The eighth seed beats the qualifier in 3 sets.

Tursunov beat Lu 6-1, 6-4. The fourth seed is destroyed by Tursunov.

Youzhny beat Donskoy 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. The top seed is tested by the qualifier but prevails in 3 sets.

Open Sud de France


Ljubicic beat Dent 7-5, 6-4. The fourth seed beats the american in 2 close sets.

Simon beat Nalbandian 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-5. The eighth seed is beaten in a close 3 set match.

Montanes beat Llodra 6-4, 7-6(5). The sixth seed wins in 2 sets.

Monfils beat Darcis 6-4, 6-4. The third seed eases past the qualifier in straight sets.

Nieminen beat Gasquet 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-2. Nieminen beats the seventh seed in a close 3 set match.

ATP Vienna Open


Baghdatis beat Phau 7-5, 6-2. The fourth seed and runner up last week eases into the Quarter Finals in straight sets.

Haider-Maurer beat Seppi 6-3, 6-7(7), 7-6(2). The lucky loser continues into the Quarter Finals, great run so far.

Berrer beat Cuevas 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Disappointment for Cuevas, after a great run last week, he exits in round 2.

Almagro beat Giraldo 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-3. The third seed needs 2 tie breakers and 3 sets to beat Giraldo.

Chela beat Zemlja 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3. The eighth seed wins in 3 sets, after going a set down.

WTA Doha Championship


Wozniacki beat Schiavone 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. Wozniacki secures the year end number 1, as she beats the fourth seed in 3 sets.

Dementieva beat Stosur 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4). The seventh seed beats the fifth seed in a close 3 set match, however, Stosur qualifies for the next round any way.

Clisters beat Azarenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. Clisters advances to the next round with a win over Azarenka.

ATP St Petersburg Open, Open Sud de France, ATP Vienna Open and WTA Doha Championship

ATP St Petersburg Open


Becker beat Stakhovsky 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. The second seed is beaten in 3 sets.

Lu beat Starace 6-2, 6-2. The fourth seed eases past Starace, dropping just 4 games.

Youzhny beat Brands 6-4, 6-1. The top  seed eases past Brands, coming back from a viral infection that forced him to retire last week.

Kukushkin beat Gabashvili 6-3, 6-4. Kukushkin continues into the Quarter Finals with a straight sets victory.

Tipsarevic beat Russell 6-2, 7-5. The third seed needs 2 sets to beat Russell.

Schuettler beat Troicki 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. After winning his first ATP Tour title last week, Troicki is shocked in the first round by Schuettler.

Dolgopolov beat Fognini 7-6(5), 6-4. A close 2 set match ends with Dolgopolov winning.

Open Sud de France


Davydenko beat Zverev 7-5, 6-3. The top seed beats the top qualifier in 2 sets.

Simon beat Mahut 6-4, 6-4. Mahut is beaten in 2 sets.

Nieminen beat Serra 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1. The in form Nieminen needs 3 sets to beat Serra.

Isner beat Mannarino 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-3. The fifth seed struggles past the French qualifier in 3 sets.

Tsonga beat Gil 6-3, 6-4. The second seed eases past Gil in 2 sets.

ATP Vienna Open


Cilic beat Hajek 7-6(4) 6-2. The second seed needs a tie break and 2 sets to beat Hajek.

Melzer beat Kubot 7-6(3), 7-6(2). The top seed needs 2 tie breakers to beat Kubot.

Phau beat Mayer 6-2, 6-4. After making the final last week, Mayer is easily beaten in the first round.

Kohlschreiber beat Kamke 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. The seventh seed beats Kamke in 3 sets.

WTA Doha Championship


Stosur beat Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3. Stosur shocks the top seed in straight sets.

Clisters beat Jankovic 6-2, 6-3. Clisters destroys Jankovic in 2 sets.

Zvonareva beat Azarenka 7-6(4), 6-4. The closest match of the tournament so far is finished in straight sets.