Tournament Preview: Tokyo 1-9 October 2005

AIG OPEN 2005

The Asian swing continues with the AIG Open in Tokyo. Japan's capital will once again host the ATP gold series event, which 
is joined with the WTA Tier III event at Ariake Tennis Forest Park from 1-9 October. Last year's final saw Czech, Jiri Novak, 
beat the American, Taylor Dent, 5-7 6-1 6-3. This year's field promises once again to make for an interesting tournament 
despite the withdrawals of Henman, Safin and Nalbandian due to injury. 2004 French Open champion and current world number 
11, Gaston Gaudio, has been granted a wildcard and will head a list which also includes Croat, Mario Ancic, fresh off his 
nation's semifinal win in the Davis Cup; 2005 French Open finalist, Mariano Puerta; recent US Open semifinalist, Robby 
Ginepri; last year's finalist, Taylor Dent; 2003 Australian Open finalist and former winner in Tokyo, Rainer Schüttler and 
German drawcard, Tommy Haas. Local Japanese fans will also be able to see some countrymen in action with Ittogi Takahiro 
and Terachi Takahiro both granted wildcards for the tournament. The doubles line-ups are just as good with the current 
world number 1 pairing of American twins, Bon and Mike Bryan, as well as reigning Wimbledon champions, Huss and Moodie and 
the world number 7 pairing of Australians, Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley. 

The qualifying for the tournament will take place on Saturday 1 October and Sunday 2 October, with the main draw commencing 
on Monday 3 October. It will take place at the Ariake Colosseum at Ariake Tennis Forest Park which includes 48 hardcourts 
and is located about half an hour out of the city. It can be reached by subway or bus, and more information on access and 
the venue itself can be found at http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/aigopen/e/access.html The official hotel for the tournament 
is the Le Meridien Grand Pacific Tokyo, located at Minato-Ku. 

Matches start at 10am each day except for the final which starts at 11am. Tickets for qualifying are free, as are tickets 
for school students Mon-Fri. Night session tickets may only be purchased at the door, admission starting at 5pm. More 
information on where to buy tickets may be found at the official site http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/aigopen/e/ticket.html . 
Livescores for the event can be found at http://scoreboard.jta-tennis.or.jp/. Tokyo itself is a thriving metropolis with 
plenty for the tourist to do, whether it be exploring Japanese culture or engaging in shopping, dining or nightlife...for 
more tourist information, visit http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/english/  The withdrawals of Henman, Safin and 
Nalbandian mean the tournament is now wide open and set for enthralling battles between the world's top players. Who will 
be strong enough to make it all the way through? There is no shortage of talent or experience, so get set as Tokyo heats up 
for the AIG Open 2005!

ATP Tournament Fast Facts
Venue: Ariake Colosseum, Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Tokyo, Japan
Dates: 1 - 9 October 2005
Singles Qualifying: 32 
Main Draw Singles: 48 
Main Draw Doubles: 16 
Surface: Outdoor hard
Prize Money: US $690 000
Tournament Director: Sanji Arisawa

Main Draw Players:
Puerta, Mariano ARG 10 
Stepanek, Radek CZE 17 
Ancic, Mario CRO 23 
Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 25 
Dent, Taylor USA 26 
Haas, Tommy GER 31 
Ginepri, Robby USA 45 
Spadea, Vincent USA 46 
Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 49 
Horna, Luis PER 53 
Carlsen, Kenneth DEN 54 
Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 55 
Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 63 
Muller, Gilles LUX 68 
Kim, Kevin USA 71 
Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 74 
Saulnier, Cyril FRA 75 
Minar, Ivo CZE 76 
Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 76 
Monaco, Juan ARG 79 
Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 82 
Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 83 
Vik, Robin CZE 85 
Koubek, Stefan AUT 86 
Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 90 
Burgsmuller, Lars GER 91 
Popp, Alexander GER 91 
Vanek, Jiri CZE 94 
Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 95 
Gimelstob, Justin USA 97 
WC Gaudio, Gaston ARG
WC Takahiro Itoggi JPN
WV Takahiro, Terachi JPN

Alternates: 
1. Schuettler, Rainer GER 98 
2. Arthurs, Wayne AUS 99 
3. Wessels, Peter NED 103 
4. Saretta, Flavio BRA 106 
5. Phau, Bjorn GER 108 
6. Moodie, Wesley RSA 110 
7. Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 111 
8. Norman, Dick BEL 112 
9. Tabara, Michal CZE 113 
10. Waske, Alexander GER 114 
11. Bastl, George SUI 119 
12. Dupuis, Antony FRA 121 
13. Murray, Andy GBR 122 
14. Ventura, Santiago ESP 123 
15. Falla, Alejandro COL 124 

Qualifying:
1 Schuettler, Rainer GER 91 
2 Phau, Bjorn GER 96 
3 Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 100 
4 Waske, Alexander GER 110 
5 Wessels, Peter NED 115 
6 Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 122 
7 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 129 
8 Sluiter, Raemon NED 140 
9 Udomchoke, Danai THA 147 
10 Karanusic, Roko CRO 151 
11 Gambill, Jan-Michael USA 164 
12 Pless, Kristian DEN 186 
13 Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 200 
14 Fruttero, John Paul USA 204 
15 Suzuki, Takao JPN 220 
16 Mamiit, Cecil USA 230 
17 Bruthans, Victor SVK 259 
18 Taino, Eric USA 260 
19 Amritraj, Prakash IND 267 
20 Gremelmayr, Denis GER 268 

Alternates:
1. Vico, Uros ITA 279 
2. Motomura, Gouichi JPN 281 
3. Iwabuchi, Satoshi JPN 284 
4. Chen, Ti TPE 286 
5. Uebel, Lars GER 295 
6. Petzschner, Philipp GER 309 
7. Klec, Ivo GER 315 
8. Soeda, Go JPN 343 
9. Kwon, Oh-Hee KOR 350 
10. Pospisil, Jaroslav CZE 353 
11. Sorensen, Kevin IRL 355 
12. Im, Kyu Tae KOR 365 
13. Hajek, Jan CZE 366 
14. Scherrer, Jean-Claude SUI 368 
15. Nielsen, Mark NZL 377 
16. Wurtzman, Jeremy USA 405 
17. Andersen, Jan Frode NOR 425 
18. Gruber, Konstantin Don AUT 428 
19. Audouy, Xavier FRA 438 
20. Matsui, Toshihide JPN 443