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A Comparison...Of the Early Days :
Novak Djokovic :
Djokovic has three times played a Grand Slam qualifying tournament :
1) MelB 2005/Qualification tournament
Djokovic : Age 17...
Ranking 188/Unseeded in qualifying
Rnd 1) Bt F. Piccari 6/3, 7/5
Rnd 2) Bt (32nd seed) S. Wawrinka 6/3, 6/1
Rnd 3) Bt (15th seed) W. Moodie 4/6, 6/3, 6/4
Qualified into : MelB 2005 Main Draw :
Rnd 1) Loses to (4th seed) M. Safin 0/3 and Safin goes on to win the tournament beating Federer/Hewitt in one of the greatest displays of all time...
2) RG 2005/Qualification tournament
Djokovic : Age 18...
Ranking 153/Seeded 15th in qualifying
Rnd 1) Bt G. Wiener 6/2, 6/3
Rnd 2) Bt F. Ferreiro 6/4, 6/4
Rnd 3) Bt M. Gicquel 6/4, 7/6
Qualified into : RG 2005 Main Draw :
Rnd 1) Bt R. Ginepri 6/0, 6/0, 6/3
Rnd 2) Lost to (8th seed) G. Coria 6/4, 2/6, 2/3 ret
At that time Coria was the second best clay courter in the world and had just had this run of form at the
last six clay majors he had played in : Monte Carlo 2004/Champion, Hamburg 2004/Runner-up,
RG 2004/Runner-up, Monte Carlo 2005/Runner-up, Rome 2005 /Runner-up, Hamburg 2005 qf
Djokovic himself was on an nine match winning streak going into this match having just won a clay challenger in San Remo + 3 rnds RG qualifying and won his 1st rnd main draw
3) AELTC 2005/Qualification tournament
Djokovic : Age 18...
Ranking 128/Seeded 17th in qualifying
Rnd 1) Bt B. Baker 1/1 ret
Rnd 2) Bt J. Wang 6/4, 6/4
Rnd 3) Bt (15th seed) W. Moodie 4/6, 6/0, 6/7, 7/6, 6/3
Djokovic beat Moodie in the last round of qualifying for the second time, both in close matches...
And Moodie qualified in the Mens Doubles this year, with Huss, and went right out and won the main event Mens Doubles beating the Bryan brothers in the Finals...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4644175.stm
Qualified into : AELTC 2005 Main Draw :
Rnd 1) Bt J. Monaco 6/3, 7/6, 6/3
Rnd 2) Bt G. Garcia Lopez 3/6, 3/6, 7/6, 7/6, 6/4
Rnd 3) lost to (9th seed) S. Grosjean 5/7, 4/6, 7/5, 4/6
And Grosjean had made semis/semis the two previous years and lost in 5 sets quarters this year
Qualifying Match TOTALS : Played NINE : Won NINE (including beating three seeded players)
So early days Novak completed a Grand Slam Qualifying Hat-trick of tournaments in a row :
On Hard/Clay and Grass courts
Roger Federer :
Federer has twice played a Grand Slam qualifying tournament :
1) MelB 1999/Qualification tournament
Federer : Age 17...
Ranking 298/Unseeded in qualifying
Rnd 1) Lost to O. Delaitre 4/6, 4/6
(Federer didn't have to qualify for RG/AELTC 1999, because he got WC for both events)
2) USO 1999/Qualification tournament
Federer : Age 18...
Ranking 104/Seeded 4th in qualifying
Rnd 1) Bt E. Kempes 6/4, 6/4
Rnd 2) Lost to I. Heuberger 6/7, 2/6
Qualifying Match TOTALS : Played THREE : Won ONE/LOST TWO (Played no seeded players)
Novak Djokovic :
Djokovic has three times played a Grand Slam qualifying tournament :
1) MelB 2005/Qualification tournament
Djokovic : Age 17...
Ranking 188/Unseeded in qualifying
Rnd 1) Bt F. Piccari 6/3, 7/5
Rnd 2) Bt (32nd seed) S. Wawrinka 6/3, 6/1
Rnd 3) Bt (15th seed) W. Moodie 4/6, 6/3, 6/4
Qualified into : MelB 2005 Main Draw :
Rnd 1) Loses to (4th seed) M. Safin 0/3 and Safin goes on to win the tournament beating Federer/Hewitt in one of the greatest displays of all time...
2) RG 2005/Qualification tournament
Djokovic : Age 18...
Ranking 153/Seeded 15th in qualifying
Rnd 1) Bt G. Wiener 6/2, 6/3
Rnd 2) Bt F. Ferreiro 6/4, 6/4
Rnd 3) Bt M. Gicquel 6/4, 7/6
Qualified into : RG 2005 Main Draw :
Rnd 1) Bt R. Ginepri 6/0, 6/0, 6/3
Rnd 2) Lost to (8th seed) G. Coria 6/4, 2/6, 2/3 ret
At that time Coria was the second best clay courter in the world and had just had this run of form at the
last six clay majors he had played in : Monte Carlo 2004/Champion, Hamburg 2004/Runner-up,
RG 2004/Runner-up, Monte Carlo 2005/Runner-up, Rome 2005 /Runner-up, Hamburg 2005 qf
Djokovic himself was on an nine match winning streak going into this match having just won a clay challenger in San Remo + 3 rnds RG qualifying and won his 1st rnd main draw
3) AELTC 2005/Qualification tournament
Djokovic : Age 18...
Ranking 128/Seeded 17th in qualifying
Rnd 1) Bt B. Baker 1/1 ret
Rnd 2) Bt J. Wang 6/4, 6/4
Rnd 3) Bt (15th seed) W. Moodie 4/6, 6/0, 6/7, 7/6, 6/3
Djokovic beat Moodie in the last round of qualifying for the second time, both in close matches...
And Moodie qualified in the Mens Doubles this year, with Huss, and went right out and won the main event Mens Doubles beating the Bryan brothers in the Finals...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4644175.stm
Qualified into : AELTC 2005 Main Draw :
Rnd 1) Bt J. Monaco 6/3, 7/6, 6/3
Rnd 2) Bt G. Garcia Lopez 3/6, 3/6, 7/6, 7/6, 6/4
Rnd 3) lost to (9th seed) S. Grosjean 5/7, 4/6, 7/5, 4/6
And Grosjean had made semis/semis the two previous years and lost in 5 sets quarters this year
Qualifying Match TOTALS : Played NINE : Won NINE (including beating three seeded players)
So early days Novak completed a Grand Slam Qualifying Hat-trick of tournaments in a row :
On Hard/Clay and Grass courts
Roger Federer :
Federer has twice played a Grand Slam qualifying tournament :
1) MelB 1999/Qualification tournament
Federer : Age 17...
Ranking 298/Unseeded in qualifying
Rnd 1) Lost to O. Delaitre 4/6, 4/6
(Federer didn't have to qualify for RG/AELTC 1999, because he got WC for both events)
2) USO 1999/Qualification tournament
Federer : Age 18...
Ranking 104/Seeded 4th in qualifying
Rnd 1) Bt E. Kempes 6/4, 6/4
Rnd 2) Lost to I. Heuberger 6/7, 2/6
Qualifying Match TOTALS : Played THREE : Won ONE/LOST TWO (Played no seeded players)
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