Marc Gicquel is an experienced indoor hard player with a record of 61-29 and a 2008 record that reads 7-4 on this surface.
His season highlights were:
- reaching third round in Australian Open
- winning Besancon on indoor hard
- reaching quarter finals in Estoril, Bordeaux and Casablanca on clay
- reaching the final in 'sHertogenbosch on grass
- reaching third round in Wimbledon on grass
- reaching semi final in Amersfoort on clay
- quarter final in LA on hard and
- quarter final in Metz on indoor hard
Afterwards he played in Vienna on indoor hard, loosing first round match in 2 sets to Kohlschreiber and Lyon on carpet where he lost first round match in three sets to later semi finalist Tsonga.
Radek Stepanek is also experienced on indoor hard with a 49-21 record and a respectable 14-6 in 2008 on this surface. He had fine results on every surface in 2008 - here some of his highlights:
- semi final Sydney on hard
- final San Jose on indoor hard
- semi final Memphis on indoor hard
- semi final in Rome on clay
- fourth round Roland Garros on clay
- third round Wimbledon on grass
- third round US Open on hard and
- semi final in Metz on indoor hard
So indoor hard was his most successfull surface in 2008 and I think he should reach 2nd round here. Odds are priced fair - so I only take low stakes and advise not to play under 1.5.