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GENERAL NOTES OF INTEREST

THIS INFORMATION PERTAINS TO RESULTS FROM 1990 TO 2006. NB: This event in 2001 was the first time that every final, men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, was between the number one and number two seeds. Top Seed to Win: MEN: - 1993, 1994 - 2005 WOMEN: - 1992 - 1996 - 1999 - 2001 Hardenne - 2004

Most Prolific Winners: MEN: Lleyton Hewitt - 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 Pete Sampras - 1993, 1994 - 1996, 1999 - 2006, 2007 WOMEN: Martina Hingis - 1997, 2001, 2002 Justine Henin-Hardenne – 2004, 2006 Gabriela Sabatini - 1992, 1995 - 2003, 2007

Reaching Consecutive Finals: MEN: Lleyton Hewitt 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 - 1997, 1998 Pete Sampras - 1993, 1994 - 1991, 1992 James Blake – 2006, 2007 WOMEN: Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario - 1991, 1992 Lindsay Davenport - 1995, 1996 then 1999, 2000, 2001 Martina Hingis - 2001, 2002

Most Often in Final: MEN: Lleyton Hewitt - 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 Carlos Moya – 1997, 2004, 2007 WOMEN: Lindsay Davenport - 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003

Top Seed to Lose in First Match: MEN: - 1rd - 1991 to Masur - 1rd - 1992 to Woodbridge - 1rd - 1995 to Fromberg - 1rd - 2000 to F. Clavet Sebastien Grosjean - 1rd - 2002 to Srichaphan 1rd - 2004 to Guccione WOMEN: Martina Hingis - 2rd - 1998 to V. Williams - 2rd - 2002 to Stevenson and 2rd - 2003 to Panova

Second Seed to Lose in First Match: MEN: - 1rd - 1991 to Ivan Lendl - 1rd - 1992 to Richard Krajicek - 1rd - 1993 to Emilio Sanchez - 1rd - 1996 to - 1rd - 1997 to Carlos Moya Jonas Bjorkman - 1rd - 1998 to Lleyton Hewitt Patrick Rafter - 1rd - 1999 to Lleyton Hewitt Rainer Schuettler - 1rd - 2004 to Carlos Moya - 1rd - 2005 to Radek Stepanek WOMEN: - 2nd - 2005 to Peng Shaui Amelie Mauresmo - 2nd - 2006 to - 2nd - 2007 to

Defending Champion to Lose in First Match: MEN: - 1rd - 2003 to WOMEN: ---

NB: 2003 winner Hyung-Taik Lee lost 1rd of qualies to in 2004 NB: 2005 winner did not defend her title due to illness in 2006

Top Two Seeds in the Final: MEN: 2001 (1) v Lleyton Hewitt (2) WOMEN: 1992 - Gabriela Sabatini (1) v Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (2) 1995 - Lindsay Davenport (1) v Gabriela Sabatini (2) 1999 - Lindsay Davenport (1) v Martina Hingis (2) 2001 - Martina Hingis (1) v Lindsay Davenport (2)

Top Four Seeds in Semifinals: MEN: ----- WOMEN: 1995 - 1. Davenport 2. Sabatini 3. Date 4. MJ Fernandez

Seeded One Most Often: MEN: Lleyton Hewitt – 2005, 2006 Goran Ivanievic - 1996, 1997 Pete Sampras - 1993, 1994 Ivan Lendl - 1990, 1991 WOMEN: Gabriela Sabatini - 1992, 1993 Lindsay Davenport - 1995, 1999, 2005 Martina Hingis - 1998, 2000, 2001 Jennifer Capriati - 2002, 2003

Unseeded Player to Reach Final: MEN: Michael Stich - 1991 Ivan Lendl - 1994 Patrick McEnroe, - 1995 Tim Henman, Carlos Moya - 1997 Karol Kucera - 1998 Lleyton Hewitt, - 2000 - 2002 Lee Hyung-Taik (qualifier) - 2003 Ivo Minar (qualifier) – 2005 – 2006 Carlos Moya – 1997, 2007 WOMEN: Jennifer Capriati - 1997 - 1998 – 2005 Jelena Jankovic – 2007

Unseeded Player to Win: MEN: Patrick McEnroe - 1995 Tim Henman - 1997 Karol Kucera - 1998 Lleyton Hewitt - 2000 Lee Hyung-Taik - 2003 WOMEN: ---

All Unseeded Final: MEN: 1995 - Patrick McEnore and Richard Fromberg 1997 - Tim Henman and Carlos Moya 2000 - Lleyton Hewitt and Jason Stoltenberg WOMEN: ---

Lowest Seed to Win: MEN: (8) - 1990 Todd Martin (8) – 1999 James Blake (8) - 2006 WOMEN: (11) - 1990

Youngest Champion: MEN: Lleyton Hewitt - 18 years 10 months 22 days - 2000 WOMEN: Martina Hingis - 16 years 3 months 12 days - 1997 Jennifer Capriati - 16 years 9 months 19 days - 1993

Oldest Champion: MEN: Yannick Noah - 29 years 7 months 26 days - 1990 WOMEN: Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario - 26 years 30 days - 1998

Reaching Singles and Doubles Final in the Same Year: MEN: Emilio Sanchez 1992 (with ) Lleyton Hewitt 2000 (with ) WOMEN: Natasha Zvereva 1990 (with Larisa Savchenko-Neiland) Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 1992 and 1991 (with Helena Sukova) Lindsay Davenport 1995(with Jana Novotna), 1996 (with Mary Joe Fernandez) Martina Hingis 2002 (with ) Kim Clijsters 2003 (with Ai Augiyama) Samantha Stosur 2005 (with Bryanne Stewart)

Scoring the Double - Winning Singles and Doubles in the Same Year: MEN: Emilio Sanchez - 1992 (won doubles with Sergio Casal) WOMEN: Kim Clijsters - 2003 (won doubles with )

Longest Final in Games: MEN: 36 - Lee Hyung-Taik def Juan Carlos Ferrero 46 76 76 - 2003 WOMEN: 35 Alicia Molik def Samantha Stosur 67 64 75 - 2005

Shortest Final in Games (other than a match retirement): MEN: 16 - Tim Henman def. Carlos Moya - 63, 61 - 1997 16 - Lleyton Hewitt def. Jason Stoltenberg - 64, 60 - 2000 WOMEN: 14 - Gabriela Sabatini def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario - 61, 61 - 1992

Longest Match in Games: MEN: 39 Martin Verkerk def - 2rd 67 76 76 – 2004 39 Igor Andreev def – 2rd 67 76 76 - 2006 WOMEN: 37 - Jennifer Capriati def. Ros Fairbank - 2rd 67, 75, 75 - 1993

Shortest Match in Games (other than a match retirement): MEN: 12 - Greg Rusedski def. Carsten Arriens - 2rd 60, 60 - 1996 WOMEN: 12 - Sarah Pitkowski def. Natasha Zvereva - 1rd 60, 60 - 1997 12 - Conchita Martinez def Magui Serna - 1rd 60 60 - 2004

Best Effort by a , Qualifier, Special Exempt or : MEN: Wild Card - Won Pete Sampras - 1994 Special Exempt - QF Christian Bergstrom - 1991 QF - 1993 QF Jason Stoltenberg - 1998 QF Lleyton Hewitt - 1999 Qualifier - Won Lee Hyung-Taik - 2003 NB: first Q to win title in Open-era Lucky Loser - SF Ivan Ljubicic – 2000

WOMEN: Wild Card - F Samantha Stosur - 2005 Qualifier - SF - 1998 Lucky Loser - QF Ludmilla Richterova - 1995

Doubles Top Seeds to Win: MEN: Davis/Pate 1991 Woodbridge/Woodforde 1995, 1998, 2000 Lareau/Nestor 1999 Nestor/Stolle 2001 Johnson/Palmer 2002 WOMEN: Davenport/Novotna 1995 Davenport/MJ Fernandez 1996 G Fernandez/Sanchez-Vicario 1997 Raymond/Stubbs 2002

Doubles Second Seeds to Win: MEN: --- WOMEN: Sanchez Vicario/Sukova 1991 Likhovtseva/Sugiyama 1999 Kournikova/Schett 2001

Doubles Top Seeds to Lose in First Match: MEN: M. Kratzmann/Masur - 1rd - 1993 to Briggs/Kronemann Jensen/Jensen - 1rd - 1994 to Briggs/Keil Woodbridge/Woodforde - 1rd - 1996 to E. Ferreria/Siemerink Knowles/Nestor - 1rd - 2005 to Berdych/Stepanek B. Bryan/M.Bryan – 1rd – 2007 to Clement/Llodra WOMEN: Raymond/Stubbs - 1rd - 1999 to MJ Fernandez/Huber Raymond/Stubbs - 1rd - 2005 to Stewart/Stosur Raymond/Stosur – 1rd – 2007 to Pratt/Loit

Doubles Second Seeds to Lose in First Match: MEN: Annacone/van Rensburg - 1rd - 1990 to Cash/M. Kratzmann Nijssen/Suk - 1rd - 1994 to Damm/Novacek Delaitre/P. McEnroe - 1rd - 1995 to Kronemann/Macpherson E. Ferreira/Leach - 1rd - 1998 to de Jager/Koenig Bryan/Bryan - 1rd - 2005 to Damm/Palmer Knowles/Nestor – 1rd – 2006 to Frystenberg/Matkowski WOMEN: MJ Fernandez/Garrison-Jackson - 1rd - 1993 to Demongeot/E. Reinach McGrath/Stubbs - 1rd - 1995 to Bradtke/Radford Raymond/Stubbs - 1rd - 2000 to Po/Testud Clijsters/Sugiyama - 1rd - 2002 to Henin/Shaughnessy

Top Two Seeds in Doubles Final: MEN: 2001 - Nestor/Stolle (1) v Bjorkman/Woodbridge (2) 2002 - Johnson/Palmer (1) v Eagle/Stolle (2) 2004 - Bryan/Bryan (1) v Bjorkman/Woodbridge (2) WOMEN: 2001 - Raymond/Stubbs (1) v Kournikova/Schett (2)

Most Prolific Doubles Winners: MEN: Woodbridge 1995, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005 Woodforde 1995, 1998, 2000 Stolle 1993, 1994, 2001 WOMEN: Sukova 1990, 1991, 1992 Sanchez-Vicario 1991, 1992, 1997 Sugiyama 1999, 2000, 2003 Stubbs 2002, 2004, 2006

Reaching Consecutive Doubles Finals: MEN: M. Kratzmann 1990, 1991 Davis 1991, 1992 Stolle 1993, 1994 and 2000, 2001, 2002 Nestor 1998, 1999 Woodbridge 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 Eagle 2002, 2003 Bjorkman 2004, 2005 WOMEN: Stubbs 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Sukova 1990, 1991, 1992 Davenport 1995, 1996, 1997 Novotna 1990, 1991, and 1994, 1995 Sanchez-Vicario 1991, 1992 Fendick 1994, 1995 Fernandez, MJ 1995, 1996 Sugiyama 1999, 2000 Kournikova 2001, 2002 Raymond 2001, 2002

Most Often in Doubles Final: MEN: Stolle 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 Woodbridge 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 WOMEN: Sukova 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998 Stubbs 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Novotna 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 Fernandez, MJ 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999 Sanchez-Vicario 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997 Sugiyama 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005

Longest Doubles Final in Games: MEN: 34 - Nestor/Stolle def Bjorkman/Woodbridge 26, 76, 76 - 2001 WOMEN: 34 - Sanchez-Vicario/Sukova def MJ Fernandez/Garrison - 76, 67, 62 - 1992

Shortest Doubles Final in Games (other than a match retirement): MEN: 17 – Santoro/Zimonjic def Cermak/Friedl 61 64 – 2006 WOMEN: 15 - Halard-Decugis/Sugiyama def Hingis/Pierce - 60, 63 - 2000 15 - Hingis/Sukova def Adams/McGrath - 61, 62 - 1998

Longest Doubles Match in Games: MEN: 37 - Galbraith/Haarhuis def Albano/Orsanic - 67, 75, 75 - 1RD - 1999 37 - Haarhuis/Siemerink def Pimek/Talbot - 75, 67, 75 - SF - 1997 37 - Melzer/Mirnyi def Damm/Palmer - 57 75 76 - QF - 2005 WOMEN: 39 - Clijsters/Suguyama def Casanova/Dominikovic 67 76 76 - 2rd - 2003

Shortest Doubles Match in Games (other than a match retirement): MEN: 14 – Santoro/Zimonjic def Andreev/Tursunov 62 60 - 1RD - 2006 WOMEN: 12 - Martinez/Ruano Pascual def Dhenin/Washington - 6-0, 6-0 - 1rd – 2005