WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Jan-Michael Gambill stumbled in the first round on American hard courts for the first time in 2002.

Frenchman Jerome Golmard upset the 11th-seeded American, 7-6 (7-1), 1-6, 6-4, Monday to reach the second round of the $800,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

Gambill has posted 17 of his 21 match wins this season on hard courts in his home country. Last month, he reached the Los Angeles final and advanced to three consecutive semifinals earlier this season at Memphis, San Jose and Delray Beach.

Golmard had lost in the opening round of his last four tournaments before edging Gambill.

The 12th-seeded Fernando Vicente of Spain held off Olivier Rochus of Belgium, 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2, and the 14th-seeded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand got past Andrea Gaudenzi of Italy, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.

The Czech Republic's Jan Vacek, the 15th seed, rallied past American Vicent Spadea, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, and Brazil's Fernando Meligeni, the 16th seed, defeated Japan's Takao Suzuki, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1).

American veteran Michael Chang, a two-time champion here, moved into the second round with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Britain's Martin Lee.

Last week, Chang enjoyed his best outing since January, upsetting Germany's Tommy Haas en route to the third round at the Tennis Masters Series event at Cincinnati.

"It wasn't an easy match but it was good for me," Chang said. "I lost my way a little bit in the second set where I had a patch of errors, but I got off to a better start in the third set. Washington has always been a great stop for me over the years and I love playing here. I have a lot of great memories."

In other first-round action, Israel's Noam Okun outdueled American Paul Goldstein, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4). Slovakia's Karol Kucera also beat American Cecil Mamiit, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, but American Brian Vahaly rallied past Croatia's Zeijko Krajan, 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-3.

Alexandre Simoni of Brazil beat Anthony Dupuis of France, 6-3, 6-2, Attila Savolt of Hungary battled past Andrei Stoliarov of Russia, 3-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-3, and Cedric Pioline of France defeated Andreas Vinciguerra of France, 6-4, 6-3.

The winner receives $111,600.