11.   Costa, who will be making his third finals appearance in Kitzbuehel, is looking for his second victory on the ATP Tour in three weeks.

12.   It was the third finals appearance for the third-seeded player.

13.   It will be the sixth consecutive Australian finals appearance for Hingis.

14.   Maldini replaces Sergio Markarian, who last month was fired despite leading the team to its second consecutive finals appearance.

15.   South Korea had gone winless at five previous World Cup finals appearances.

16.   The American, coming off two consecutive finals appearances and a win last weekend in Arizona, loses his opening match at Indian Wells to up-and-coming Swiss Michel Kratochvil.

17.   Uruguay, making its tenth finals appearance, is grouped with France, Denmark and Senegal.

18.   What is could really use is a lucrative World Cup finals appearance, and even that is at least four years away.

19.   His recent run of success has included two finals appearances over the past month.

20.   Her only other finals appearance of the year was a loss to Anke Huber at the Syrian Open.