Matches Played
Nicolas Almagro and Miguel Angel Lopez-Jaen continue to fight it out for most matches.  They were both in Portugal F9 as the top two seeds and it almost came to their second showdown in as many weeks.  But this week, Lopez-Jaen fell short and Almagro went on to his second straight title.  So for the moment, Almagro holds a one match lead on Lopez-Jaen 68-67.  This week in Portugal F10, Almagro has withdrawn and Lopez-Jaen has already won his first round match unless he withdraws before his second round match, he will take the lead next week.  Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia continues to break up the Spanish block.  After winning Spain F10 two weeks ago, he reached the quarterfinals last week at Spain F11 and is in 4th place with 58 matches.  Yet another Spaniard, Juan Albert Viloca, reaches the top 10.  He qualified and reached the semifinals at the Lugano challenger and now has 55 matches.  Sasa Tuksar of Croatia also had a good week, qualifying for Slovenia F3 and reaching the finals.  That moves him all the way up to #9 with 54 matches.

Winning Percentage
Laurent Gabail isn't a regular on the tour.  He played only 3 matches last year and 7 the year before.  But he showed up for the Turkey #2 satellite and after qualifying, wound up winning the title!  That gives him a 2003 record of 9-1.  He has already qualified for the second leg.  Dave Lingman of USA is another example of a quick start, he saw his first action of the year at USA F14 on June 9, qualifying and losing in the first round.  Last week at USA F15, he qualified again and reached the quarterfinals.  So he is momentarily in the top 10 at #7 with a 10-2 record.