Final Olympian count

Now that the doubles draws are out, the final count of players in the Pilot Pen who also competed in the Beijing Olympics is 50.

The women's draw began with 16 Olympians. Sara Errani, who represented Italy in Beijing, is guaranteed a spot either by winning her match today against American Mallory Cecil in the final round of qualifying or since Errani would be the highest-ranked player to lose in the final round of qualifying, she would take the lucky loser position created when Olympic doubles finalist Anabel Medina Garrigues pulled out. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez would become the 18th Olympian in the 28-play main draw if she beats Julia Goerges in the final round of qualifying later today.

There are 18 Olympians in the men's main draw, eight more who are playing only in the men's doubles event and four more who are exclusively in the women's doubles draw. Both the top seeds in men's and women's doubles consist of Olympians.

The only medalist scheduled to play in New Haven is Sweden's Simon Aspelin who teamed with Thomas Johannson to win the silver medal in men's doubles. Aspelin and Austria's Julian Knowle are the top seed in the Pilot Pen men's doubles event.

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