The ATP250 in Kitzbuhel is about to start and the seeds are out. Originally, the event had a rather glorious entry list. The reason that many top players decided to be in the line-up was that there were doubts about the opportunity to stage the US Open and there was also the possibility to crash out early in the American major. Dominic Thiem, Sascha Zverev, Matteo Berrettini, Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger Aliassime were part of the entry list, but eventually they will not play this tournament.

The seeds will be Fabio Fognini, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman, Dusan Lajovi, Nikoloz Basilashvili, Hubert Hurkacz, Kei Nishikori, and John Millman. The event will be also blessed with the presence of Jannik Sinner that accepted a wild card.

The main draw matches will commence on Tuesday on the defending champion is Dominic Thiem that last year defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final 7-6 (0) 6-1.

Fabio Fognini in 2020

Ranked no.12, the Italian played his last match on the 6th of March when he defeated Duck Hee Lee 6-0 6-3 in the Rubber 1 of the Davis Cup.

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in 2020

Ranked world no.13, Schwartzman played his last match on the 31st of August when he surrendered to Cameron Norrie 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round of the U.S. Open.

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman’s best accomplishment of the current season was reaching the final in Cordoba.

Fabio Fognini and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1. The last time that they competed against each other, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman won 6-1 2-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Vienna (Erste Bank Open) in October 2017.

Dusan Lajovic in 2020

At the moment ranked no.24, Dusan played his last match on the 31st of August when he capitulated to Egor Gerasimov 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round of the U.S. Open.

 

Nikoloz Basilashvili in 2020

Currently ranked no.30, Basilashvili played his last match on the 1st of September when he was defeated by John Millman 6-1 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round of the U.S. Open.

Dusan Lajovic and Nikoloz Basilashvili played each other 5 times. The head to head is 4-1 for Basilashvili. The last time that they played each other, Nikoloz Basilashvili won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Montreal (Coupe Rogers) in August 2019.