PETE ZIEBRON
David Ferrer, one of 7 Spanish players to win a title thus far in 2010, won earlier this year in Acapulco. - Charles Gabrean Photography
Nicolas Almagro won his first title in 17 months as he stunned Robin Soderling -in Sweden- 7-5 3-6 6-2 to win the SkiStar Swedish Open today in Bastad. Moments later, Albert Montanes defeated Gael Monfils 6-2 1-2 RET at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany to win his 2nd title of the year.
With today's respective victories, 7 different Spanish players have won a total of 14 titles (11 on clay courts) on the ATP Tour in 2010. BLUE = Hard Court ORANGE = Clay Court GREEN = Grass Court
Feliciano Lopez Johannesburg, South Africa
Fernando Verdasco San Jose, CA, USA
Juan Carlos Ferrero Costa do Sauipe, Brazil
Juan Carlos Ferrero Buenos Aires, Argentina
David Ferrer Acapulco, Mexico
Rafael Nadal Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Fernando Verdasco Barcelona, Spain
Rafael Nadal Rome, Italy
Albert Montanes Estoril, Portugal
Rafael Nadal Madrid, Spain
Rafael Nadal ROLAND GARROS Paris, France
Rafael Nadal WIMBLEDON Wimbledon, England
Nicolas Almagro Bastad, Sweden
Albert Montanes Stuttgart, Germany
Meanwhile, Spaniards that have recorded titles this year in doubles include: Santiago Ventura (2), Marcel Granollers, Albert Montanes, Guillermo Garcia Lopez, Rafael Nadal, Marc Lopez (2) and David Marrero.
Despite the fact that the next Major will be contested on a hard court at the US Open, the tournaments played this week in Sweden and Germany were played on a clay surface. The clay court campaign continues to roll on in Europe as next week's International German Open ATP 500 in Hamburg will be contested concurrent to the ATP 250 Atlanta Tennis Championships in the United States. In fact, two additional ATP 250 clay tournaments will be hosted in Switzerland and Croatia the week after Hamburg. Only on August 1 - 4 weeks prior to the US Open - at the Legg Mason ATP 250 in Washington, DC will the hard courts have an exclusive booking on the ATP calendar.
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