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© Neja MarkicevicMichael Berrer, 29, is through to his first ATP World Tour singles final. Croatia's own Marin Cilic will try to win an ATP World Tour title on home soil in his very first week as a Top 10 player, as he plays the final of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors. Cilic has had one of the best starts of anyone in 2010 - he won his fourth career ATP World Tour title in Chennai to start and picked up more steam at the Australian Open, reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final - upsetting Juan Martin del Potro and Andy Roddick along the way. Subsequently, he cracked the world's Top 10 for the first time this week (at No. 10). He has continued that form this week, storming through his first four matches here without losing a set, and will next take on first-time ATP World Tour finalist Michael Berrer of Germany. Berrer, like Cilic, hasn't dropped a set en route to the final - he has already taken out two of the tournament's seeds as well, No. 5 seed Janko Tipsarevic and No. 4 seed Viktor Troicki. But he hasn't delivered against the top elite in his career - he is 0-9 lifetime against the Top 10. WHAT'S AT STAKE Winner: €68,450 and 250 South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking points Runner-up: €35,980 and 150 South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking points FINALS HISTORY Cilic: Appearing in his 7th career ATP World Tour final (4-2 in his first 6) Berrer: Appearing in his 1st career ATP World Tour final (0-0) SUNDAY FINAL HEAD-TO-HEAD (1) Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Michael Berrer (GER) First Meeting Cilic FastFacts: 2010 Highlights: W: Chennai (d Wawrinka); SF: Australian Open (l Murray) YTD W-L: 14-1 YTD Titles: 1 Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 10 * Cilic, 21, is playing his third ATP World Tour main draw of the year, winning his fourth ATP World Tour title at Chennai and reaching his first Grand Slam SF at Australian Open (l. to Murray in four sets) * Has an 11-3 career record in Zagreb, including winning his last nine matches in a row here, going 5-0 to take the title last year (d. Ancic in final) and going 4-0 so far this year to reach final (d. Hajek in 1st Rd., Koellerer in 2nd Rd., No. 7 seed Karlovic in QF and No. 3 seed Melzer in SF) * Career-high ranking is No. 10 (achieved this week - career Top 10 debut) Berrer FastFacts: 2010 Highlights: QF: Chennai (l Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 7-2 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 1, 1980 South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 65 * Berrer, 29, is playing his third ATP World Tour main draw of the year, reaching QF at Chennai (l. to Wawrinka) and 2nd Rd. at Australian Open (l. to Istomin); also won Helibronn Challenger * Has a 4-1 career record in Zagreb, falling 1st Rd. in 2008 (l. to Haase) and reaching final this year (d. No. 5 seed Tipsarevic in 1st Rd., WC Jelenic in 2nd Rd., No. 4 seed Troicki in QF, Petzschner in SF) * Career-high ranking is No. 51 (reached on November 12, 2007) DOUBLES FINAL Jurgen Melzer (AUT) /Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA) / Olivier Rochus (BEL) * Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner, unseeded, upset two seeded teams to get to the final: No. 1 seeds Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak and No. 3 seeds Martin Damm and Filip Polasek * Melzer and Petzschner are playing their first career ATP World Tour doubles final together * Arnaud Clement and Olivier Rochus, unseeded, upset one seeded team to get to the final: No. 4 seeds Ross Hutchins and Jordan Kerr * Clement and Rochus are playing their first career ATP World Tour doubles final together * ATP World Tour doubles finals records: Melzer (6-12), Petzschner (0-1), Clement (12-9), Rochus (2-4)
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