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The Final Battleground

The BNP Paribas Masters is the ninth and final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. As the final tournament of the regular men’s tennis season, the Palais Omnisports in Bercy showcases the cream of the crop as they vie to win the prestigious title and clinch one of the remaining qualifying spots in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Tournament Name: BNP PARIBAS MASTERS
Location: Paris,  France
Dates: 8-15 November (Sunday Start)
Prize Money: Euro 2,750,000
48 DRAW (Q24)

SITE: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
8 boulevard de Bercy
75012 Paris
SURFACE: Acrylic on wood
BALL: Head ATP
WEB SITE: http://www.fft.fr/bnpparibasmasters/2009_en/

ATP Ranking Points
W: 1000
F: 600
SF: 360
QF: 180
R16: 90
R32: 45 (Seeds: 10)
R64: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +25
Q12: 14
Q24: 0


1 Federer, Roger SUI
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP
3 Murray, Andy GBR
4 Djokovic, Novak SRB
5 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG
6 Roddick, Andy USA
7 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA
8 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS
9 Verdasco, Fernando ESP
10 Simon, Gilles FRA
11 Soderling, Robin SWE
12 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI
13 Monfils, Gael FRA
OUT Nalbandian, David ARG
15 Cilic, Marin CRO
16 Berdych, Tomas CZE
17 Stepanek, Radek CZE
18 Robredo, Tommy ESP
OUT 19 Ferrer, David ESP
20 Haas, Tommy GER
21 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP
22 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER
23 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI
24 Blake, James USA
OUT Querrey, Sam USA
OUT 26 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS
27 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA
28 Hanescu, Victor ROU
29 Almagro, Nicolas ESP
30 Karlovic, Ivo CRO
31 Monaco, Juan ARG
32 Troicki, Viktor SRB
33 Chardy, Jeremy FRA
34 Lopez, Feliciano ESP
35 Benneteau, Julien FRA
36 Petzschner, Philipp GER
37 Montanes, Albert ESP
OUT Tursunov, Dmitry RUS
39 (SE) Chiudinelli, Marco SUI

40 (Q) Clement, Arnaud FRA
41 (Q) Falla, Alejandro COL
42 (Q) Millot, Vincent FRA
43 (Q) Kubot, Lukasz POL
44 (Q) Guez, David FRA
45 (Q) Ascione, Thierry FRA

46 (WC) Grosjean, Sebastien FRA
47 (WC) Llodra, Michael FRA
48 (WC) Safin, Marat RUS

Nalbandian, Ferrer and Hewitt forced to pull out

Three top players will not be present next week in Paris – 2007 winner David Nalbandian, Spaniard David Ferrer and former world No1 Lleyton Hewitt. They have been replaced in the main draw by Germany's Andreas Beck, American John Isner and Croat Ivan Ljubicic, fresh from his win at another French tournament – the Grand Prix de Tennis in Lyon.