Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm, Sweden October 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 612,755 Surface: Indoor Hard

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1 INTRUM STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 2 16 OCTOBER MEDIA NOTES Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm, Sweden October 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 612,755 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com StockholmOpen.se Maria Garcia-Planas: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com CENTRE COURT [6/WC] Hyeon Chung (KOR) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) Chung Leads 1-0 Chung 2018 Summary 22 years old World No in 2018 (Aus. Open,Munich SF) 1-1 in Stock. (2017 2R) Earned biggest win of career over No. 4 A. Zverev and upset 6-time champion Djokovic en route to Australian Open SF (ret. vs. Federer -- left foot blisters). First South Korean to reach Grand Slam QF and SF. Reached QF-or-better at 9 events, including ATP Masters 1000 QFs in Indian Wells (l. to No. 1 Federer) and Miami (l. to Isner). First South Korean to reach ATP Masters 1000 QF. Broke into Top 20 and achieved career-high No. 19 in ATP Rankings on 2 April. Fritz 2018 Summary 20 years old World No in 2018 (Houston, Chengdu SF) Stockholm Debut Reached SFs at Houston (d. Smyczek in 1R after saving 2 MPs, l. to Johnson) and Chengdu (l. to Fognini). Advanced to QFs at Delray Beach (d. Querrey in 1R, l. to Shapovalov) and Lyon (d. Sock, l. to Lajovic). Rallied from 2 sets down vs. M. Zverev en route to 1st Grand Slam 3R at US Open (l. to Thiem). Reached ATP Masters 1000 R16 for 1st time at Indian Wells (d. Opelka in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Coric). [8] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS) Verdasco 2018 Summary 34 years old World No in in Stockholm (2017 SF) 7 Titles Reached Rio de Janeiro final (l. to Schwartzman) and SFs at Bastad (l. to Fognini) and Shenzhen (l. to Nishioka). Celebrated 500th ATP World Tour win in hometown of Madrid on 8 May (d. Lorenzi, l. to L. Mayer in 2R). Also at ATP Masters 1000 events, defeated Dimitrov to reach Indian Wells 3R (l. to Fritz), advanced to Miami 4R (l. to Carreno Busta) and saved 3 MPs vs. Cuevas in Monte-Carlo 1R (l. to Cilic in 2R). Beat Dimitrov again in Roland Garros 3R, but fell to 0-7 in Roland Garros 4R matches (l. to Djokovic). Made 62nd straight Grand Slam appearance at US Open (d. Lopez and Murray, l. to Del Potro in 3R). Ebden 2018 Summary 30 years old Career-high World No in 2018 (2 SFs) Stockholm Debut Reached 2nd SF of career at s-hertogenbosch (l. to Chardy) and 3rd SF at Atlanta (l. to eventual champion Isner). Advanced to QFs at Halle as SE (l. to No. 1 Federer) and Chengdu (l. to Fognini). Beat Goffin and Robert to reach Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at Wimbledon (l. to Simon). Was 0-6 in Grand Slam 2R. Broke into Top 50 and achieved career-high No. 40 in ATP Rankings this week. Tennys Sandgren (USA) vs [5] Lucas Pouille (FRA) Sandgren 2018 Summary 27 years old World No in 2018 (Houston Final) Stockholm Debut Earned 1st 2 Top 10 wins over No. 8 Wawrinka and No. 5 Thiem en route to Australian Open QF (l. to Chung). As World No. 97, became lowest-ranked Australian Open quarter-finalist since No. 105 Tillstrom in Became 1st player to earn 1st Grand Slam win en route to QFs since Verkerk at 2003 Roland Garros. Also became 1st player to reach 1st tour-level QF at a Grand Slam since Kyrgios at 2014 Wimbledon. Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour SF and final at Houston (d. Karlovic, l. to Johnson). Broke into Top 50 and achieved career-high No. 47 in ATP Rankings on 16 April. Pouille 2018 Summary 24 years old World No in 2018 (Montpellier Champion) Stock. Debut 5 Titles Became 5th active Frenchman to break into Top 10 on 19 March (also Gasquet, Monfils, Simon, Tsonga). Reached 3 finals in 4 weeks, highlighted by 5th ATP title at Montpellier (d. Tsonga after saving 2 MPs and Gasquet). Runner-up at Marseille (l. to Khachanov) and Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut). As defending champion, lost in Budapest 2R (l. to Millman) and Stuttgart SF (l. to Raonic). Clinched France s 3-1 Davis Cup QF win over Italy by beating Seppi in 5 sets and Fognini in 4 sets.

2 Day 2-16 October Media Notes Page 2 of 2 [WC] Mikael Ymer (SWE) vs [Q] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) First Tour-Level Meeting M. Ymer 2018 Summary 20 years old Career-high World No in in Stockholm (2016 2nd Round) Playing in second ATP tournament of season after reaching 2R in Bastad (d. Istomin, l. to Fognini). Has a 9-8 record on ATP Challenger Tour and best result is SF in Bastad. Also QF in Cherbourg, FRA and Pullach, GER, both as a qualifier. Overall has qualified in six Challengers. Defeated Stakhovsky in 1st rubber and Smirnov in 5th to lead Sweden to 3-2 win over Ukraine in Davis Cup Group I. Gulbis 2018 Summary 30 years old World No in in Stockholm (2013 SF) 6 Career Titles Comes in with a 4-4 record on ATP World Tour and 9-9 on ATP Challenger Tour. All 4 of his wins have come in Grand Slam play as a qualifier. Reached 2R at Roland Garros (d. Muller, l. to Berretini) and 4R at Wimbledon (d. No. 3 Zverev, l. to Nishikori). Also qualified in Sofia (l. to Troicki) and Dubai (l. to Pouille), falling in 1R in both. Best Challenger result was SF in Bordeaux (l. to eventual champion Opelka). Alex de Minaur (AUS) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) de Minaur 2018 Summary 19 years old C-H World No in 2018 (Sydney, Washington Final) Stock. Debut Began season at No. 208 and has achieved career-high ranking 18 times, peaking at No. 31 this week (15 October). Saved 4 MPs vs. Rublev in Washington SF (l. to A. Zverev in final). Youngest finalist at event since Murray in De Minaur, 19, vs. A. Zverev, 21, was youngest ATP final since Nadal, 20, vs. Djokovic, 19, at 2007 Indian Wells. Followed 1st ATP QF and SF as WC at Brisbane (l. to Harrison) with 1st ATP final as SE at Sydney (l. to Medvedev). Reached 3R at Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and US Open (d. Tiafoe, l. to Cilic after leading by 2 sets). Captured 1st ATP Challenger Tour in 3rd final of season and 5th of career at Nottingham, GBR (d. Evans). Kohlschreiber 2018 Summary 34 years old World No in in Stock,(2004 1R) 8 Career Titles Did not drop a set en route to 6th Munich final, falling to 3-3 with loss to countryman A. Zverev. Avenged Munich loss by beating A. Zverev in US Open 3R. Fell to 1-10 in Grand Slam 4R matches (l. to Nishikori). Snapped 12-match losing streak vs. Top 10 players, beating No. 3 Cilic en route to Indian Wells QF (l. to Del Potro). Reached 3R at Wimbledon (l. to Anderson) and all 3 ATP Masters 1000 clay-court events: Monte-Carlo (d. Ramos- Vinolas, l. to Dimitrov), Madrid (d. Bautista Agut after saving 1 MP, l. to Anderson) and Rome (d. Sock, l. to Nishikori). Fell to Ferrer in deciding rubber of Davis Cup QF, losing 7-5 in 5th after 4 hours, 51 minutes (ESP d. GER 3-2). Court 1 John Millman (AUS) vs [Q] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) Millman Leads 1-0 Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs Taro Daniel (JPN) Bradley Klahn (USA) vs Marius Copil (ROU)

3 INTRUM STOCKHOLM OPEN: PREVIEW & 15 OCTOBER MEDIA NOTES Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm, Sweden October 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 612,755 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com StockholmOpen.se Maria Press TV & Radio: TennisTV.com 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN STOCKHOLM 1) Ending Indoors: Only indoor tennis remains on the calendar, beginning with ATP World Tour 250 events this week in Stockholm, Antwerp and Moscow. A new champion will be crowned at the 50th edition of the Intrum Stockholm Open. Top 2 seeds John Isner and Fabio Fognini are joined by #NextGenATP stars Stefanos Tsitsipas, Denis Shapovalov, Alex de Minaur and Taylor Fritz. 2) Papa Isner: Isner is playing his first ATP event as a father following the birth of his daughter Hunter on 15 September. It s been a banner year for Isner, who won his first ATP Masters 1000 title at Miami, reached his first Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon and achieved a career-high No. 8 on 16 July. Isner trails Dominic Thiem by 605 points on the cut-off for Nitto ATP Finals qualification. 3) Fabio on Fire: Up to 1,750 points are at stake over the final three weeks of the regular season, giving both Isner and Fognini an outside shot in the ATP Race to London. After becoming the first Italian in 41 years to win three titles in a single season, Fognini hopes to become the first Italian on record to win four titles in a year. He was within a point of doing so at Chengdu on 30 September. 4) Different Socks: Jack Sock was 24th in the 2017 ATP Race to London with one week remaining, yet he qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals by winning the ATP Masters 1000 Paris title. Though he is 6-18 in singles this season, Sock appears destined to return to London in doubles. Sock is in doubles with five titles, including Delray Beach with his Stockholm partner Jackson Withrow. 5) Mill-mania: John Millman scored the biggest win of his career over then-no. 2 Roger Federer at the US Open. But a muscle tear sidelined him for the next four weeks. Stockholm will be the site of Millman s first tour-level match since his loss to Novak Djokovic in the US Open quarter-finals. 6) Greece Lightning: Tsitsipas broke into the Top 15 in August following a fourth-round run at Wimbledon and four Top 10 wins en route to the Toronto final. He is the first Greek to be ranked that high, reach the Round of 16 at a Grand Slam and play for an ATP Masters 1000 championship. 7) Winning Feeling: Like Tsitsipas, the seventh-seeded Shapovalov has earned 30 wins in a season for the first time. Though the 19-year-old is still seeking his first final on tour, in May he became both the youngest quarter-finalist and semi-finalist in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid tournament history. 8) Youth is Served: Fellow 19-year-old de Minaur has reached two finals this season, including in Washington, where there were four semi-finalists under the age of 22 for the first time on tour since 1995 Buenos Aires. On Monday, de Minaur will set a career-high ranking for the 18th time this year. 9) Phenomenal Fritz: Before the breakthroughs of de Minaur and Shapovalov, an 18-year-old Fritz advanced to the 2016 Memphis final in the third tour-level event of his career. Nearly three years later, Fritz remains the youngest finalist on tour since Kei Nishikori, 18, at 2008 Delray Beach. 10) Chasing Chung: Fritz, de Minaur, Shapovalov and Tsitsipas all have a chance to follow in the footsteps of Stockholm wild card Hyeon Chung, who won the 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals title.

4 Preview & 15 October Media Notes Page 2 of 4 WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEK SINGLES SEED PLAYER W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH 1 John Isner (USA) st Round 2 Fabio Fognini (ITA) Semi-finals 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 0-0 Debut 4 Jack Sock (USA) Finalist 5 Lucas Pouille (FRA) 0-0 Debut 6 Hyeon Chung (KOR) nd Round 7 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 0-0 Debut 8 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Semi-finals QUALIFIERS (4) TBD Monday OLDEST PLAYER Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 35 years, 4 months YOUNGEST PLAYER Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 19 years, 6 months LUCKY LOSER (1) TBD Monday DOUBLES WILD CARDS (3) Hyeon Chung (KOR) Elias Ymer (SWE) Mikael Ymer (SWE) TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN United States 6, Australia 3, Germany 2, Spain 2, Sweden 2 *Does not include qualifiers (TBD Monday) SEED TEAM W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH 1 Marc Lopez (ESP) , 2017 Quarter-finals Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) , 2013 Champion 2 Jack Sock (USA) Champion Jackson Withrow (USA) 0-0 Debut 3 Marcus Daniell (NZL) Quarter-finals Wesley Koolhof (NED) 0-0 Debut 4 Ken Skupski (GBR) , st Round Neal Skupski (GBR) st Round PAST FINALISTS SINGLES (since 2009) YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Jack Sock (USA) Tomas Berdych (CZE) Jack Sock (USA) 7-6(1) Tomas Berdych (CZE) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) David Ferrer (ESP) Tomas Berdych (CZE) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) Gael Monfils (FRA) Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) Roger Federer (SUI) Florian Mayer (GER) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) Olivier Rochus (BEL) BOLD: Player in 2018 Intrum Stockholm Open singles draw.

5 Preview & 15 October Media Notes Page 3 of 4 DOUBLES (since 2009) YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi/Jean-Julien Rojer (6) [10-4] 2016 Elias Ymer/Mikael Ymer Mate Pavic/Michael Venus Nicholas Monroe/Jack Sock Mate Pavic/Michael Venus Eric Butorac/Raven Klaasen Treat Huey/Jack Sock Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi/Jean-Julien Rojer Jonas Bjorkman/Robert Lindstedt Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares Robert Lindstedt/Nenad Zimonjic 6-7(4) 7-5 [10-6] 2011 Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares Eric Butorac/Jean-Julien Rojer Johan Brunstrom/Jarkko Nieminen Bruno Soares/Kevin Ullyett Simon Aspelin/Paul Hanley (4) BOLD: Player in 2018 Intrum Stockholm Open doubles draw. ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Intrum Stockholm Open W F SF QF R16 R32 Singles Ranking Points Singles Prize Money ( ) 109,310 57,570 31,185 17,770 10,470 6,200 Doubles Ranking Points Doubles Prize Money ( ) 33,210 17,460 9,460 5,410 3, FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: MONDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT Denis Kudla (USA) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) Kudla 2018 Summary 26 years old World No in 2018 (1 SF) 0-1 at Stockholm (2015 1st Round) Awarded Wimbledon WC after reaching 2nd ATP World Tour SF of career at Halle as Q (l. to No. 1 Federer). Also qualified at Australian Open (l. to Thiem in 2R after leading by 2 sets), Houston (l. to Karlovic in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Dzumhur in 1R), Stuttgart (l. to Fucsovics in 1R) and Cincinnati (l. to Kyrgios in 1R after holding 1 MP). Avenged Wimbledon 1R loss to Pouille by beating Frenchman to reach Washington QF (l. to Rublev). Entered hometown event in Washington with 0-8 tournament record (0-4 singles, 0-2 doubles, 0-2 qualifying). Also owned 0-15 record against Top 20 opponents before defeating No. 19 Pouille in 3rd-set TB. Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Drummondville, CAN (d. Bonzi). Advanced to Le Gosier, GUD Challenger singles final (l. to Lajovic). Won Tallahassee, USA Challenger doubles title w/galloway (d. Lopez Perez/Nedunchezhiyan). Reached Newport Beach, USA Challenger doubles final w/huey (l. to Cerretani/Paes). Garcia-Lopez 2018 Summary 35 years old World No in 2018 (4 QFs) 3-5 at Stockholm (2009 QF) Reached QFs at Buenos Aires (d. Carreno Busta, l. to Delbonis), Sao Paulo (l. to Fognini), Lyon (l. to Thiem) and Antalya (d. Haase after saving 1 MP, l. to Monfils). Defeated Nishikori to reach Barcelona 3R (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Made 15th straight Roland Garros appearance and beat Wawrinka in 1R for 2nd time (l. to Khachanov in 2R). Made 14th straight Australian Open appearance (d. Paire, l. to Berdych in 2R). Advanced to Prostejov, CZE Challenger SF (l. to Djere in 3rd-set TB). Withdrew from US Open due to abdominal injury.

6 Preview & 15 October Media Notes Page 4 of 4 [WC] Elias Ymer (SWE) vs Maximilian Marterer (GER) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 16 Como CH (Italy) Clay R32 Maximilian Marterer Ymer 2018 Summary 22 years old World No in at Stockholm (2017 2nd Round) Qualified for Australian Open -- 1st Grand Slam main draw since qualifying for all 4 in 2015 (l. to McDonald in 1R). Followed up by qualifying for Roland Garros -- def. Sela for first-ever Grand Slam main draw win (l. to Fognini 2R). Reached 2R at Los Cabos (def. Karlovic, l. to Mannarino) and qualified for Istanbul main draw (l. to Trungelliti 1R). Made ATP Challenger Tour SF at Aix en Provence, FRA (l. to Tomic). Also reached Challenger QFs at Budapest, HUN, Prostejov, CZE, and Orleans, FRA. Posted 1-1 singles records in two Davis Cup ties for Sweden, against Ukraine and Portugal. Withdrew from qualifying at Marseille and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells due to elbow injury. Conceded walkover to Herbert in ATP Masters 1000 Toronto Q2 due to left abdominal tear. Marterer 2018 Summary 23 years old World No in 2018 (1 SF) 0-1 at Stockholm (2015 1st Round) Advanced to 1st ATP QF at Sofia (l. to Basic) and 1st ATP SF at Munich (d. Schwartzman in 2R, l. to Kohlschreiber). Also advanced to Kitzbuhel QF (l. to Istomin). Reached Australian Open 3R (l. to Sandgren) and Roland Garros 4R (d. Shapovalov in 2R, l. to No. 1 Nadal). Saved 1 MP for 1st ATP Masters 1000 win at Indian Wells (d. Karlovic, l. to Berdych in 2R). Did not drop a set en route to 6th ATP Challenger Tour title at Cherbourg, FRA (d. Lestienne). Achieved career-high No. 45 on 13 August. Entered 2018 with 0-14 career record. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: REMAINING FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES Bradley Klahn (USA) vs Marius Copil (ROU) Tennys Sandgren (USA) vs [5] Lucas Pouille (FRA) [8] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS) Alex de Minaur (AUS) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [6/WC] Hyeon Chung (KOR) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) Chung Leads Atlanta (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Hyeon Chung (5) Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs Taro Daniel (JPN) *Does not include first-round matches involving qualifiers or lucky loser (TBD Monday)