MIAMI FINAL PREVIEW

• The Sony Open Tennis final on Sunday features No. 2 seed Andy Murray of Great Britain and No. 3 seed David Ferrer of Spain. Murray is looking to win his second title here (2009) and move to No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, while Ferrer is looking to become the first Spaniard to win the title in tournament history (since 1985). He will improve to No. 4 in the rankings (from No. 5).

• World No. 3 Murray brings a 6-5 career head-to-head against World No. 5 Ferrer, including 5-1 on hard courts .Ferrer’s lone hard court win came at the 2011 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. This is the second time they have met in a final. On Oct. 16, 2011 Murray defeated the Spaniard 75 64 to win his last (and eighth career) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Shanghai.

• Ferrer, who turns 31 on Tuesday, is trying to become the first Spaniard to win the Sony Open Tennis title. He is the fourth different Spaniard to reach the final and he comes in with an ATP World Tour match wins-high 25-4 record and two titles in three finals. He captured his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title last November in Paris (d. Janowicz) to improve to 1-3 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. He is playing here for the 11th straight year with a 25-10 record and his previous best result was the semi-finals in 2005 (l. to Nadal) and ‘06 (l. to Federer). Ferrer is 18-52 career vs. Top 5 opponents and he is looking for his first win over a Top 5 in a final (0-12). He won only one set in those finals, against No. 2 Nadal in ‘08 Barcelona (has lost 20 sets in a row). He is 1-25 in sets.

• Murray is looking to become the seventh player to win multiple titles here and move to No. 2 and overtake Federer in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Last year’s Sony Open runner-up and ’09 winnner is appearing in his 40th career ATP World Tour final (25-14 mark) and 12th ATP Masters 1000 final (8-3). Murray has a career record of 36-39 vs. Top 5 and 10-11 in finals, 6-3 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. He lost to No. 2 Djokovic at ‘12 Shanghai and No. 1 Djokovic here last year, and No. 1 Nadal at ‘09 Indian Wells.

FINALS HISTORY –
Ferrer Appearing in his 37th career ATP World Tour final………….20-16 in finals (2-1 in 2013)
 Appearing in his 5th career ATP Masters 1000 final………...1-3 in finals
Murray Appearing in his 40th career ATP World Tour level final……25-14 in finals (1-1 in 2013)
 Appearing in his 12th career ATP Masters 1000 final.........…8-3 in finals

WHAT’S AT STAKE –
Winner: $ 719,160 and 1000 Emirates ATP Ranking points
Runner-up: $ 350,970 and 600 Emirates ATP Ranking points
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