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SAP OPEN AT HP PAVILLION
World Class Tennis in San Jose
By Jim Sparaco
Bay Area tennis fans are fortunate. Maybe even a bit spoiled.
Since 1889, top players on the worldwide ATP Tour have found their way to HP Pavilion at San Jose and the SAP Open, Northern California's premier men's professional tennis tournament, to showcase their skills while competing for more than $400,000 in prize money and, more important, 250 ATP circuit points to the singles champion.
To date, the list of past champions of the SAP Open reads like a who's who on the men's circuit: Jack Kramer, Rod Laver, Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Brad Gilbert, Michael Chang, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and more recently Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Murray and top American player Andy Roddick.
Roddick will join Hewitt as well as fellow Americans Sam Querrey and Mardy Fish and one of the world's top doubles teams, the Bryan Brothers, in the 2010 SAP Open player field, to be played Feb. 8-14, 2010.
Since turning pro in 2000, Roddick has captured 27 singles titles (including three SAP Open titles, 2004, 2005 and 2008) and has compiled more than $16 million in prize money. Coached by Larry Stefanki, Roddick is currently No. 6 in the South African Airways ATP singles rankings and owns the world's fastest serve at 155 mph.
Former SAP Open champion and former world's No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt returns to the 2010 SAP Open for the sixth time in his career. In February of 2002, Hewitt capped an incredible week of tennis in San Jose culminating with a 4-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(4) victory over Andre Agassi in what many considered to be the most exciting final on the yearlong ATP Tour in 2002.
Fish will be seeking his first singles title at the SAP Open. In 2009, Fish reached the finals of the tournament, where he lost a hard-fought three-set match to Radek Stepanek 6-3, 4-6, 2-6. He is a former SAP Open doubles champion, having captured the title in 2004 with friend and partner James Blake as they defeated the third-seeded doubles team of Rick Leach and Brian McPhie 6-2, 7-5.
Querrey enters the 2010 SAP Open with two career titles under his belt. The U.S. Davis Cup veteran who was born in San Francisco and now resides in Thousand Oaks, Calif., has won almost $2 million in prize money in his career.
Twin American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan make up one of the world's top doubles teams. The Bryans own 54 career doubles titles. They have compiled career prize money exceeding $9 million. These 30-year-olds are from Camarillo, Calif., and were All-Americans at Stanford University, where they captured the 1998 NCAA doubles title while helping Stanford win the team title.
The SAP Open will also showcase two-time SAP Open singles champion and the former world's top-ranked player Sampras, who will return to the 2010 SAP Open at HP Pavilion at San Jose to compete in a singles exhibition match against a player to be announced. The Sampras exhibition will take place on Monday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m.
Additional information about the SAP Open can be found on the tournament website at sapopentennis.com.
