This Week the ATP Men's Tour Moves to Monte Carlo

The top 2 seeds just happen to be the finalists from last year.

Top 8 Seeded Players (best result):

1. Novak Djokovic - Finalist '09

2. Rafael Nadal - Champion '05, '06, '07, '08, '09

3. Andy Murray - Semifinalist '09

4. Marin Cilic - Round of 32 '09

5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - Debut

6. Fernando Verdasco - Quarterfinalist '09

7. Mikhail Youzhny - Round of 16 '01

8. Ivan Ljubicic - Quarterfinalit '06, '09

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Projected Quarterfinals:

1 Novak Djokovic vs 7 Mikhail Youzhny

Lurking: 13 Stanislas Wawrinka (SF '09), 12 Tommy Robredo, David Nalbandian

4 Marin Cilic vs 6 Fernando Verdasco

Lurking: 10 Tomas Berdych, 16 Marcos Baghdatis, w/c Richard Gasquet

3 Andy Murray vs 8 Ivan Ljubicic

Lurking: 11 David Ferrer, 15 Jurgen Melzer, Thomaz Bellucci

2 Rafael Nadal vs 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Lurking: 9 Juan Carlos Ferrero (W '02,'03), 14 Juan Monaco, Nicolas Almagro

Photo: Reuters