Rome challenger qualifying October 4-10, 2004 Singles Seeds: (cut: Nicola Pomponi - 1034D) 1. Florin Mergea 2. Paolo Lorenzi 3. Farrukh Dustov 4. Francesco Piccari 5. Simone Vagnozzi 6. Michael Lammer 7. Ivan Cerovic 8. Martin Stepanek First Round (1)Florin Mergea (ROM) d. Nicola Pomponi (ITA) 6-4 6-0 Mario Radic (CRO) d. Alessandro Motti (ITA) 6-4 6-4 Alberto Giraudo (ITA) d. Andrea Merati (ITA) 7-5 6-4 (6)Michael Lammer (SUI) d. (WC)Marco Guida (ITA) 6-3 6-1 (2)Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) d. Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 6-0 5-7 6-3 Diego de Vecchis (ITA) d. (WC)Giulio Torroni (ITA) 3-6 6-1 6-3 Konstantin Gruber (AUT) d. (WC)Giulio di Meo (ITA) 6-1 6-3 (7)Ivan Cerovic (CRO) d. Petr Luxa (CZE) 3-0 ret. (3)Farrukh Dustov (UZB) d. Sat Galan (COL) 6-0 7-6(3) (WC)Marco Viola (ITA) d. (WC)Stefano Grilli (ITA) 6-3 6-4 Enzo Artoni (ITA) d. Stefan Vukov (CRO) 6-1 4-1 ret. Manuel Jorquera (ITA) d. (8)Martin Stepanek (CZE) 6-2 6-2 (4)Francesco Piccari (ITA) d. Ota Fukarek (CZE) 7-5 6-2 Ismar Gorcic (BIH) d. Alex Materassi (ITA) 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-0 Sascha Kloer (GER) d. (WC)Alberto Lommi (ITA) 6-1 6-4 (5)Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) d. Alex Vittur (ITA) 6-1 6-4 Second Round (1)Florin Mergea (ROM) d. Mario Radic (CRO) 0-6 7-6(4) 6-4 (6)Michael Lammer (SUI) d. Alberto Giraudo (ITA) 2-1 ret. (2)Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) d. Diego de Vecchis (ITA) 7-5 6-0 Konstantin Gruber (AUT) d. (7)Ivan Cerovic (CRO) 6-3 4-6 6-3 (3)Farrukh Dustov (UZB) d. (WC)Marco Viola (ITA) 6-1 7-5 Manuel Jorquera (ITA) d. Enzo Artoni (ITA) 6-1 3-6 0-1 ret. Ismar Gorcic (BIH) d. (4)Francesco Piccari (ITA) 6-3 6-4 (5)Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) d. Sascha Kloer (GER) 6-2 6-7(2) 6-2 Qualifying Round (1)Florin Mergea (ROM) d. (6)Michael Lammer (SUI) 6-4 3-6 6-3 (2)Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) d. Konstantin Gruber (AUT) 6-4 7-6(5) Manuel Jorquera (ITA) d. (3)Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 6-4 7-5 Ismar Gorcic (BIH) d. (5)Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) 6-3 5-7 7-6(6)