11.   Agassi is missing this tournament because of a chest injury.

12.   Australian Jason Stoltenberg and Jana Novotna of the Czech Republic also will miss the tournament, with American Todd Martin a doubtful starter.

13.   Boksic will miss the tournament because of knee surgery.

14.   But Haarhuis opted to miss this tournament because his wife is expecting their first child.

15.   But he will now miss the tournament to try to cement his position at Tottenham.

16.   David Duval also is expected to miss the tournament after withdrawing from The Players Championship last month with tendinitis in his right wrist.

17.   Four years ago, the side lost to Italy in a playoff and missed the tournament.

18.   Graf has won the Leipzig Open four times, but missed the tournament the past two years because of health problems.

19.   He showed no signs of being bothered by a back problem which had forced him to miss three tournaments.

20.   He said he had to miss three tournaments in the United States because he could not afford to travel to them.