INTRUM STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, October 22, 2017 FORMER CHAMPIONS DIMITROV, DEL POTRO MEET IN TITLE MATCH
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1 INTRUM STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, October 22, 2017 Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm, Sweden October 16-22, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 589,185 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com StockholmOpen.se Maria Garcia-Planas: Press Room: FORMER CHAMPIONS DIMITROV, DEL POTRO MEET IN TITLE MATCH The Intrum Stockholm Open championship on Sunday is a blockbuster match-up with top seed and 2013 champion Grigor Dimitrov against No. 4 seed/reigning titleholder Juan Martin del Potro. This is the first time since 2014 two former Stockholm champions are meeting in the final. Three years ago, Tomas Berdych beat Dimitrov in the title match. This is their eighth meeting, fourth this season, with del Potro holding a 5-2 head-to-head advantage (3-0 indoors) but Dimitrov has won the last two meetings. In May, del Potro won in the 1R at ATP Masters 1000 Rome but in August Dimitrov prevailed in the 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati en route to the title and earlier this month on Oct. 4, the Bulgarian won in the 2R of Beijing. They met here in the semi-finals last year and del Potro won en route to the title. Dimitrov is appearing in his third Stockholm final (1-1), having won his maiden ATP title in 2013 (d. No. 3 Ferrer) and finishing runner-up in 2014 (l. to Berdych). Dimitrov is trying to earn his careerbest fourth ATP title of the season. He is 3-0 in finals He is making his 13th career ATP World Tour final (7-5) showing. With his semi-final win, Dimitrov moved from No. 6 to No. 5 in the Emirates ATP Race to London standings. He has held serve 31 of 33 games (94%). Del Potro rallied from a set down to beat Verdasco in a third-set tie-break on Saturday in 2h, 43m. The 29-year-old Argentine is appearing in his first final since winning here one year ago (d. Sock). Del Potro has held 33 of 37 service games (89%). He is attempting to earn his 20th ATP level title and become only the third Argentine in the Open Era with at least 20 titles. Guillermo Vilas-62 and Jose-Luis Clerc-25) are the other Argentines with 20+ titles. He is lifetime vs. Top 10 opponents (4-10 in 2017) and the last time del Potro beat a Top 10 foe in a final was 2013 Basel (d. No. 6 Federer). EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Intrum Stockholm Open Champion Finalist Ranking Points Singles Prize Money 105,045 55,325 Doubles Prize Money 31,910 16,780 EMIRATES ATP RACES EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points * Add 100 points for Final win in Stockholm 1 Rafael Nadal 10,465 2 Roger Federer 8,505 3 Alexander Zverev 4,400 4 Dominic Thiem 3,725 5 Grigor Dimitrov 3,560*
2 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 7 Sunday, October 22, 2017 Page 2 of 4 6 Marin Cilic 3,535 7 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 8 David Goffin 2,750 9 Pablo Carreno Busta 2, Novak Djokovic 2, Sam Querrey 2, Kevin Anderson 2, Andy Murray 2, Tomas Berdych 2, Juan Martin del Potro 2,035* 16 Nick Kyrgios 2,010 NOTE: Top 8 on November 6 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Team Points * Add 100 for Final win on Sunday 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo 7,510 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 7,150 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 4,980 4 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares 4,820 5 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,400 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus 3,060 8 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 3,020 9 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers 2, Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic 2,820* 11 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez 2, Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,540 NOTE: Top 8 on November 6 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points 1 Alexander Zverev 4,490 2 Andrey Rublev 1,219 3 Karen Khachanov 1,045 4 Denis Shapovalov Jared Donaldson Borna Coric Daniil Medvedev Hyeon Chung Frances Tiafoe Stefanos Tsitsipas Taylor Fritz Alexander Bublik Ernesto Escobedo Quentin Halys Matteo Berrettini Casper Ruud 393 NOTE: Top 7 on October 30 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 WC)
3 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 7 Sunday, October 22, 2017 Page 3 of 4 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SUNDAY CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRE COURT [1] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [4] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) del Potro Leads Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard (I) SF Juan Martin del Potro ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard (I) R16 Juan Martin del Potro Stuttgart (Germany) Grass R32 Juan Martin del Potro Stockholm (Sweden) Hard (I) SF Juan Martin del Potro ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Juan Martin del Potro ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Grigor Dimitrov Beijing (China) Hard R16 Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(6) 7-5 Dimitrov 2017 Summary W(3): Brisbane (d Nishikori); Sofia (d Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Kyrgios); SF(3): Aust. Open (l Nadal); London / Queen's Club (l Lopez); Beijing (l Nadal); QF(2): Rotterdam (l Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Nadal) YTD W-L: (33-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 17-5 (2013 Champion) Tournament Note: Appearing in third final (1-1) in seventh showing. Has posted wins over [Q] Janowicz 75 76, [5] M. Zverev and [6] Fognini Has held serve 31 of 33 games (94%). Won 2013 title (d. No. 3 Ferrer), reached 2014 final (l. to No. 7 Berdych), SFs last year (l. to del Potro), QFs in 2011 (l. to Raonic), 2015 (l. to Berdych) Appearing in fourth ATP World Tour final this season (3-0 record) and 7-5 in his career Last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, saved three MPs in (6) win over Harrison in 2R and followed with victory over [10] Querrey before losing in three sets to No. 1 Nadal Has won 40+ matches for second time in career (50 in 2014) Held in 52 of 53 service games en route to biggest title of career at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Kyrgios) Win over Kyrgios marked 1st ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals or Grand Slam final between players born in 1990s Began season 16-1 and reached 2nd Grand Slam SF at Australian Open (d. Goffin, l. to Nadal in 5 sets after 4h56m) Ended 2.5-year title drought with championships at Brisbane (d. Thiem, Raonic and Nishikori) and Sofia (d. Goffin) Reached London/Queen s Club SF (l. to Lopez), Beijing SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and Wimbledon 4R (l. to Federer) Broke back into Top 10 of Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17 for 1st time since February 23, 2015 Suffered 3R losses at Indian Wells (l. to Sock after holding 4 MPs), Madrid (l. to Thiem after holding 5 MPs), Roland Garros (l. to Carreno Busta), Washington (l. to Medvedev) and Montreal (l. to Haase) Lost to No. 158 Pella in Miami 2R, No. 385 Robredo in Marrakech 2R as WC and No. 155 Janowicz in Stuttgart 2R del Potro 2017 Summary SF(3): Delray Beach (l Raonic); US Open (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer); QF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: (23-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 19 Date of Birth: September 23, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 8-2 (2016 Champion) Tournament Note: Reigning champion opened with win over Struff on Thursday and followed with victory over [7] Sugita and win over [8] Verdasco in 2h, 43m to reach first final of season. Has held 33 of 37 service games (89%). Last year came in ranked No. 63 and did not drop a set, posting wins over Isner, Almagro, Karlovic, Dimitrov and Sock. In previous visits, lost in 1R in 2007 (ret. vs. T. Johansson) and 2R in 2011 (after bye, l. to Blake) Last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, posted wins over [Q] Basilashvili , Rublev 63 64, [3] A. Zverev and Troicki before losing to eventual champion Federer. It was his first Masters 1000 SF since 2013 Shanghai F Appearing in Top 20 Emirates ATP Rankings this week for first time since Oct. 6, 2014 (at No. 19) Saved 2 MPs and rallied from 2 sets down vs Thiem, then beat Federer to reach US Open SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) Defeated defending champion Querrey to reach Delray Beach SF (l. to Raonic)
4 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 7 Sunday, October 22, 2017 Page 4 of 4 Lost to No. 2 Djokovic in Acapulco 2R, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R and ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF Suffered 3R losses to Federer at ATP Masters 1000 Miami and No. 1 Murray at Roland Garros Owns 0-6 record vs Top 2 this season (4-10 vs. Top 10) and 31-8 record against players ranked lower than No. 2 Withdrew from Auckland and Aus. Open (fitness), as well as s-hertogenbosch and London/Queen s Club (groin) BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS: Six players (seven times) in the Open Era have won back-to-back Stockholm singles titles and del Potro is looking to add his name to the list: Tomas Berdych James Blake Thomas Enqvist Boris Becker Stefan Edberg John McEnroe John McEnroe DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP [1] Oliver Marach (AUT) / Mate Pavic (CRO) vs [2] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) First Meeting Marach/Pavic have won their last two matches in a Match Tie-break to reach their fourth final (0-3) together in They are trying to capture their first title after consecutive runner-up efforts on grass in Stuttgart, Antalya and Wimbledon (l. to Kubot/Melo in 5th set) Austrian and Croat have a match record since first teaming up at ATP Masters 1000 Miami in March Marach is appearing in his fifth final of the season (1-3) and he won his last title in Gstaad in July (w/oswald). He has a record in ATP World Tour level doubles finals Pavic is making his sixth doubles final showing (2-3) this season and he has a 7-13 career record in ATP level doubles finals. He won titles in Marrakech (w/inglot) in April and Hamburg (w/dodig) in July They are No. 10 in the Emirates ATP Race to London standings and they are 200 points behind No. 8 Klaasen/Ram, who occupy the final spot with two weeks remaining in the regular season Qureshi/Rojer are playing together for the first time since the 2013 Nitto ATP Finals in London. They have only lost one set (in SFs) en route to their eighth career final (4-3) together. They teamed up in and compiled a record together and their last title came at 2013 Stockholm Qureshi is trying to win an ATP World Tour-best sixth title this season. He is 5-0 in finals, winning with five different partners: Auckland w/matkowski, Barcelona w/mergea, Antalya w/lindstedt, Newport w/ram and Chengdu w/erlich. He is tied with Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo for the most titles on 2017 ATP World Tour Qureshi has a career record in doubles finals. He has won at least two titles in a season four times ( and 2017). In addition to the 2013 Stockholm title, he won in 2011 (w/bopanna) Rojer is 4-0 in finals this season with partner Horia Tecau, winning titles in Dubai, Geneva, Winston-Salem and US Open They already have qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals in London. He is lifetime in finals. In addition to the 2013 Stockholm title, he won in 2010 (w/butorac)
5 INTRUM STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, October 21, 2017 Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm, Sweden October 16-22, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 589,185 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com StockholmOpen.se Maria Garcia-Planas: Press Room: DIMITROV-FOGNINI, DEL POTRO-VERDASCO MEET IN SEMI-FINALS The Intrum Stockholm Open semi-finals on Saturday feature top seed and 2013 champion Grigor Dimitrov against No. 6 seed Fabio Fognini and No. 4 seed/reigning titleholder Juan Martin del Potro against No. 8 seed Fernando Verdasco. Fognini and Verdasco are appearing in their first Stockholm semi-final. In the opening match on Centre Court, Dimitrov brings a 3-2 head-to-head (1-1 on hard) record against Fognini, who saved one MP in his 2R win over Elias Ymer and two MPs in his QF victory over Sock. Dimitrov, who has not been broken in 22 service games this week, is appearing in his fourth Stockholm SF in the last five years and he s trying to reach his third final. He won the 2013 title and was runner-up in The 26-year-old Bulgarian is 3-3 in SF matches this season. When Dimitrov won his SF match, he went on to win the title each time. He is trying to reach his 13th career ATP World Tour final (7-5). If Dimitrov reaches his fourth final of the season, he will move from No. 6 to No. 5 in the Emirates ATP Race to London standings. Fognini is 2-2 in semi-final matches this season, winning his fifth career title in Gstaad in July and reaching the final in St. Petersburg last month. The 30-year-old Italian is trying to reach his 15th career ATP World Tour final (5-9), fourth on hard courts (0-3). He is lifetime vs. Top 10 opponents (3-7) this season. In the next match on, del Potro takes a 3-1 head-to-head record against Verdasco, who is trying to become the first Spaniard to reach the final here since David Ferrer in A Spaniard has never won the singles title in the Open Era. Both players have only been broken once this week. The 29- year-old Argentine is appearing in his third semi-final in the last four tournaments (US Open, ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai) and he is trying to reach his first final since winning here one year ago. Del Potro has held serve 19 of 20 games in his two matches and he s attempting to reach his 28th career final (19-8). Verdasco has held serve 28 of 29 games in his three straight-set wins. The 33- year-old Madrid native is 1-2 in semi-finals this season and he reached his lone final in Dubai in March (l. to Murray). He is attempting to advance to his 23rd ATP World Tour (7-15). His last title came in Bucharest in April 2016 (d. Pouille). EMIRATES ATP RACES EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points * Add 60 points for SF win in Stockholm 1 Rafael Nadal 10,465 2 Roger Federer 8,505 3 Alexander Zverev 4,400 4 Dominic Thiem 3,725 5 Marin Cilic 3,535 6 Grigor Dimitrov 3,500* 7 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 8 David Goffin 2,750 9 Pablo Carreno Busta 2,605
6 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 6 Saturday, October 21, 2017 Page 2 of 5 10 Novak Djokovic 2, Sam Querrey 2, Kevin Anderson 2, Andy Murray 2, Tomas Berdych 2, Nick Kyrgios 2, Juan Martin del Potro 1,975* NOTE: Top 8 on November 6 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Team Points * Add 100 for Final win on Sunday 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo 7,510 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 7,150 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 4,980 4 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares 4,820 5 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,400 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus 3,060 8 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 3,020 9 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers 2, Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic 2,820* 11 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez 2, Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,540 NOTE: Top 8 on November 6 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points * Add 60 points for SF win in Antwerp 1 Alexander Zverev 4,490 2 Andrey Rublev 1,219 3 Karen Khachanov 1,045 4 Denis Shapovalov Jared Donaldson Borna Coric Daniil Medvedev Hyeon Chung Frances Tiafoe Stefanos Tsitsipas 547* 11 Taylor Fritz Alexander Bublik Ernesto Escobedo Quentin Halys Matteo Berrettini Casper Ruud 393 NOTE: Top 7 on October 30 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 WC)
7 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 6 Saturday, October 21, 2017 Page 3 of 5 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SATURDAY SEMI-FINAL MATCHES CENTRE COURT [1] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [6] Fabio Fognini (ITA) Dimitrov Leads Sydney (Australia) Hard R32 Fabio Fognini ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R32 Grigor Dimitrov ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco)Clay R32 Grigor Dimitrov ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R32 Grigor Dimitrov ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Fabio Fognini 7-6(9) Dimitrov 2017 Summary W(3): Brisbane (d Nishikori); Sofia (d Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Kyrgios); SF(3): Aust. Open (l Nadal); London / Queen's Club (l Lopez); Beijing (l Nadal); QF(2): Rotterdam (l Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Nadal) YTD W-L: (32-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 16-5 (2013 Champion) Tournament Note: Making seventh appearance and appearing in SF for fourth time. Has posted wins over [Q] Janowicz and [5] M. Zverev Has held serve all 22 games so far. Won 2013 title (d. No. 3 Ferrer), reached 2014 final (l. to No. 7 Berdych), SFs last year (l. to del Potro), QFs in 2011 (l. to Raonic), 2015 (l. to Berdych) Appearing in seventh SF this season (3-3 record in SFs). Has 3-0 record in finals this year and 7-5 in his career Last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, saved three MPs in (6) win over Harrison in 2R and followed with victory over [10] Querrey before losing in three sets to No. 1 Nadal Has won 40+ matches for second time in career (50 in 2014) Held in 52 of 53 service games en route to biggest title of career at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Kyrgios) Win over Kyrgios marked 1st ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals or Grand Slam final between players born in 1990s Began season 16-1 and reached 2nd Grand Slam SF at Australian Open (d. Goffin, l. to Nadal in 5 sets after 4h56m) Ended 2.5-year title drought with championships at Brisbane (d. Thiem, Raonic and Nishikori) and Sofia (d. Goffin) Reached London/Queen s Club SF (l. to Lopez), Beijing SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and Wimbledon 4R (l. to Federer) Broke back into Top 10 of Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17 for 1st time since February 23, 2015 Suffered 3R losses at Indian Wells (l. to Sock after holding 4 MPs), Madrid (l. to Thiem after holding 5 MPs), Roland Garros (l. to Carreno Busta), Washington (l. to Medvedev) and Montreal (l. to Haase) Lost to No. 158 Pella in Miami 2R, No. 385 Robredo in Marrakech 2R as WC and No. 155 Janowicz in Stuttgart 2R Fognini 2017 Summary W (1): Gstaad (d Hanfmann); F (1): St. Petersburg (l Dzumhur); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Kitzbuehel (l Kohlschreiber); QF (2): Sao Paulo (l Carreno Busta); Umag (l Rublev) YTD W-L: (18-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 27 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Made Stockholm debut Tuesday with win over Jaziri and followed with (7) victory over [WC} E. Ymer on Wednesday, saving one MP. Then saved two MPs in win over [3] Sock in QFs Appearing in fifth SF of season and has 2-2 record. Trying to reach third final this season and 15th in career (5-9). All five of his titles have come on clay and trying to win first hard court title (0-3). Finalist in 2012, 17 St. Petersburg and 2016 Moscow Captured 5th ATP World Tour singles title at Gstaad (d. Hanfmann) in July Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R (l. to A. Zverev in 3R) Advanced to 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Miami (d. Nishikori, l. to Nadal) Saved 2 MPs to beat Bautista Agut in St. Petersburg SF, marking 6 straight years with 2+ finals (l. to Dzumhur) In 1st match as a father, beat Tiafoe 60 in 5th at Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka in 3R) Snapped 8-match losing streak vs Top 10 by beating Tsonga in Indian Wells 2R (l. to Cuevas in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down vs Pella to clinch Italy s 3-2 Davis Cup 1R win over Argentina in 4 hours, 15 minutes
8 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 6 Saturday, October 21, 2017 Page 4 of 5 [4] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs [8] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) del Potro Leads Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Juan Martin del Potro (1) 11 San Jose (U.S.A.) Hard SF Fernando Verdasco Estoril (Portugal) Clay F Juan Martin del Potro ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Juan Martin del Potro (6) Other meeting: 06 Segovia CH (Spain) Hard QF Juan Martin del Potro 6-7(3) (8) del Potro 2017 Summary SF(3): Delray Beach (l Raonic); US Open (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer); QF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: (22-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 19 Date of Birth: September 23, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 7-2 (2016 Champion) Tournament Note: Reigning champion opened with win over Struff on Thursday and followed with victory over [7] Sugita to reach fourth SF of season. Has held 19 of 20 service games so far. Last year came in ranked No. 63 and did not drop a set, posting wins over Isner, Almagro, Karlovic, Dimitrov and Sock. In previous visits, lost in 1R in 2007 (ret. vs. T. Johansson) and 2R in 2011 (after bye, l. to Blake) Last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, posted wins over [Q] Basilashvili , Rublev 63 64, [3] A. Zverev and Troicki before losing to eventual champion Federer. It was his first Masters 1000 SF since 2013 Shanghai F Appearing in Top 20 Emirates ATP Rankings this week for first time since Oct. 6, 2014 (at No. 19) Saved 2 MPs and rallied from 2 sets down vs Thiem, then beat Federer to reach US Open SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) Defeated defending champion Querrey to reach Delray Beach SF (l. to Raonic) Lost to No. 2 Djokovic in Acapulco 2R, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R and ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF Suffered 3R losses to Federer at ATP Masters 1000 Miami and No. 1 Murray at Roland Garros Owns 0-6 record vs Top 2 this season (4-10 vs. Top 10) and 29-8 record against players ranked lower than No. 2 Withdrew from Auckland and Aus. Open (fitness), as well as s-hertogenbosch and London/Queen s Club (groin) Verdasco 2017 Summary F (1): Dubai (l Murray); SF (2): Doha (l Djokovic); Bastad (l Ferrer); QF (3): Houston (l Johnson); Budapest (l Djere); Antalya (l Mannarino) YTD W-L: (15-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 43 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 10-5 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Has held 28 of 29 service games and won all six sets in wins over Haase 63 61, [LL] Zopp and [2] Anderson to reach first SF in Stockholm. Previous best was three QFs, in 2004 tournament debut, falling to Agassi in American's last appearance at event, in 2013 (W/O vs. Ferrer) and 2014 (l. to Tomic) Has a 1-2 record in SFs this season and trying to reach 23rd career ATP World Tour final (7-15) Beat Bautista Agut and Monfils en route to Dubai final, where he fell to 0-12 vs World No. 1 (l. to Murray) Rose to No. 29 in Emirates ATP Rankings on March 6 -- highest since No. 29 on July 7, 2014 Lost SFs to eventual champions at Doha (l. to Djokovic after holding 5 MPs) and Bastad (l. to Ferrer) Reached Roland Garros singles 4R (l. to Nishikori) and doubles SF w/zimonjic (l. to S. Gonzalez/Young) Saved 2 MPs to beat Escobedo in Los Cabos 1R, but squandered 1 MP in Budapest QF loss to Djere Withdrew from Sydney due to fatigue and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal due to right leg injury
9 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 6 Saturday, October 21, 2017 Page 5 of 5 POTENTIAL FINAL FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) del Potro Leads Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard SF Juan Martin del Potro ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Juan Martin del Potro Stuttgart (Germany) Grass R32 Juan Martin del Potro Stockholm (Sweden) Hard SF Juan Martin del Potro ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Juan Martin del Potro ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Grigor Dimitrov Beijing (China) Hard R16 Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(6) 7-5 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Dimitrov Leads Bastad (Sweden) Clay SF Fernando Verdasco 7-6(3) Beijing (China) Hard R32 Grigor Dimitrov ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco)Clay R64 Grigor Dimitrov Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) del Potro Leads Sydney (Australia) Hard R16 Juan Martin del Potro Other meetings: 05 Montevideo CH (Uruguay) Clay R16 Juan Martin del Potro Guayaquil CH (Ecuador) Clay R32 Juan Martin del Potro 4-1 ret 07 ATP Masters 1000 Rome Q (Italy) Clay -- Fabio Fognini 6-4 ret Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Verdasco Leads Umag (Croatia) Clay SF Fernando Verdasco Acapulco (Mexico) Clay R32 Fernando Verdasco Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Fabio Fognini 7-6(9) (6) US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Fernando Verdasco ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R64 Fabio Fognini
10 INTRUM STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, October 20, 2017 Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm, Sweden October 16-22, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 589,185 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com StockholmOpen.se Maria Garcia-Planas: Press Room: TOP EIGHT SEEDS HEADLINE BLOCKBUSTER QUARTER-FINALS For the first time since February 2016 in Sofia the top eight seeds are in the quarter-finals of an ATP World Tour tournament. Leading the way is top seed and 2013 Intrum Stockholm Open champion Grigor Dimitrov, No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson, No. 3/two-time finalist Jack Sock and No. 4/reigning titleholder Juan Martin del Potro. In the opening match on Centre Court, Sock looks for his second win in as many meetings against Fognini, who lost in the 2R at ATP Masters 1000 Miami in Sock is appearing in his fourth straight Stockholm QF and overall he is 5-2 in QF matches this season. He is trying to reach his first SF since Washington in August. Fognini is 4-2 in QF matches in 2017 and his last SF came last month in St. Petersburg where he was runner-up (l. to Dzumhur). In the next match on, Dimitrov brings a 2-0 head-to-head record against No. 5 seed/wild card Mischa Zverev.Both of the Bulgarian s wins came this year in three sets in the first round of Rotterdam and second round at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal. Dimitrov is appearing in his sixth Stockholm QF and ninth overall this season (6-2). Zverev is playing in his first Stockholm QF and fifth overall this season (3-1). He is 2-6 against Top 10 opponents this year. In the third match on, No. 7 seed Yuichi Sugita takes on del Potro, who won the only previous meeting in the first round of Estoril in May. Sugita is 2-3 in QF matches this season and he s trying to reach his first SF since the summer when he went on to win his first ATP World Tour title in Antalya, Turkey. The Argentine is trying to reach his second straight semi-final and third in the past four tournaments. His last final/atp World Tour title came here one year ago. In the last match on, No. 8 seed Fernando Verdasco and Anderson square off for the seventh time (tied 3-3), the second on hard courts. Anderson won the only previous hard court meeting in five sets at the 2013 Australian Open. They split their two 2017 encounters with Verdasco winning in the first round of Houston in April before Anderson won in four sets in the first round of Wimbledon in July. Verdasco is appearing in his fourth Stockholm QF and he s trying to reach his first SF. Overall he is 3-3 in QF matches this season. Anderson is making his third Stockholm QF showing, second in a row. He is 3-2 in QF matches this year. EMIRATES ATP RACES EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points * Add 45 points for QF win in Antwerp or Stockholm 1 Rafael Nadal 10,465 2 Roger Federer 8,505 3 Alexander Zverev 4,400 4 Dominic Thiem 3,725
11 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 5 Friday, October 20, 2017 Page 2 of 6 5 Marin Cilic 3,535 6 Grigor Dimitrov 3,455* 7 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 8 David Goffin 2,750* 9 Pablo Carreno Busta 2, Novak Djokovic 2, Sam Querrey 2, Kevin Anderson 2,470* 13 Andy Murray 2, Tomas Berdych 2, Nick Kyrgios 2, Juan Martin del Potro 1,930* NOTE: Top 8 on November 6 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Team Points * Add 60 for SF win on Friday 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo 7,510 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 7,150 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 4,980 4 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares 4,820 5 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,400 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus 3,060 8 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 3,020 9 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers 2,990* 10 Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic 2,760* 11 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez 2, Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,540 NOTE: Top 8 on November 6 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points * Add 45 points for QF win in Antwerp or Moscow 1 Alexander Zverev 4,490 2 Andrey Rublev 1,219 3 Karen Khachanov 1,045 4 Denis Shapovalov Jared Donaldson Borna Coric Daniil Medvedev 772* 8 Hyeon Chung Frances Tiafoe Taylor Fritz Alexander Bublik 504* 12 Stefanos Tsitsipas 502* 13 Ernesto Escobedo Quentin Halys Matteo Berrettini Casper Ruud 393 NOTE: Top 7 on October 30 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 WC)
12 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 5 Friday, October 20, 2017 Page 3 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: FRIDAY QUARTER-FINAL MATCHES CENTRE COURT [3] Jack Sock (USA) vs [6] Fabio Fognini (ITA) Sock Leads ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Jack Sock 7-6(4) 6-1 Sock 2017 Summary W(2): Auckland (d Sousa); Delray Beach (d Raonic); SF(3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); Houston (l Johnson); Washington (l Anderson); QF(2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Atlanta (l Edmund) YTD W-L: (24-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: September 24, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 12-4 ( Finalist) Tournament Note: No. 3 American is making fifth straight appearance and fourth in a row in QFs after opening with win over Chardy on Wednesday. Reached final in 2015 (l. to No. 5 Berdych) and last year (l. to del Potro). Also QF in 2014 (l. to eventual champion Dimitrov). Won 2015 doubles title (w/monroe) and 2014 finalist (w/huey) Captured 2nd and 3rd ATP singles titles respectively at Auckland (d. Sousa) and Delray Beach (w/o vs Raonic) Achieved career-high in Emirates ATP Rankings 6 times this season, peaking at No. 14 on April 17 Saved 4 MPs to defeat Dimitrov in 3R, earned biggest win of career over No. 5 Nishikori in QF, and won 4 straight 3- setters overall to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Indian Wells (l. to eventual champion Federer) Followed with run to 4th consecutive ATP Masters 1000 QF-or-better at Miami (l. to Nadal in QF) Beat Olympic bronze medal partner Johnson in Auckland SF and Delray Beach QF, but lost to him in Houston SF Also advanced to SF at Washington (d. Raonic, l. to Anderson) Fell to 2-6 in ATP Masters 1000 doubles finals at Miami w/monroe (d. Bryan/Bryan, l. to Kubot/Melo) Teamed with older brother Eric at Atlanta as WC (l. to Chung/Nedunchezhiyan in 1R) Withdrew from London/Queen s Club due to knee injury Fognini 2017 Summary W (1): Gstaad (d Hanfmann); F (1): St. Petersburg (l Dzumhur); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Kitzbuehel (l Kohlschreiber); QF (2): Sao Paulo (l Carreno Busta); Umag (l Rublev) YTD W-L: (17-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 27 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Made Stockholm debut Tuesday with win over Jaziri and followed with (7) victory over [WC} E. Ymer on Wednesday, saving 1 MP Appearing in seventh QF of season and has 4-2 record Captured 5th ATP World Tour singles title -- all on clay -- at Gstaad (d. Hanfmann) Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R (l. to A. Zverev in 3R) Advanced to 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Miami (d. Nishikori, l. to Nadal) Saved 2 MPs to beat Bautista Agut in St. Petersburg SF, marking 6 straight years with 2+ finals (l. to Dzumhur) In 1st match as a father, beat Tiafoe 60 in 5th at Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka in 3R) Snapped 8-match losing streak vs Top 10 by beating Tsonga in Indian Wells 2R (l. to Cuevas in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down vs Pella to clinch Italy s 3-2 Davis Cup 1R win over Argentina in 4 hours, 15 minutes
13 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 5 Friday, October 20, 2017 Page 4 of 6 [1] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [5-WC] Mischa Zverev (GER) Dimitrov Leads Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Grigor Dimitrov 6-7(4) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal Canada) Hard R32 Grigor Dimitrov Dimitrov 2017 Summary W(3): Brisbane (d Nishikori); Sofia (d Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Kyrgios); SF(3): Aust. Open (l Nadal); London / Queen's Club (l Lopez); Beijing (l Nadal); QF(2): Rotterdam (l Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Nadal) YTD W-L: (31-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 15-5 (2013 Champion) Tournament Note: Making seventh appearance and appearing in QF for sixth time after opening with win over [Q] Janowicz. Won 2013 title (d. No. 3 Ferrer), reached 2014 final (l. to No. 7 Berdych), SFs last year (l. to del Potro), QFs in 2011 (l. to Raonic), 2015 (l. to Berdych) Appearing in third straight QF (or better) and ninth of season (6-2 record in QFs) Last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, saved three MPs in (6) win over Harrison in 2R and followed with victory over [10] Querrey before losing in three sets to No. 1 Nadal Has won 40+ matches for second time in career (50 in 2014) Held in 52 of 53 service games en route to biggest title of career at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Kyrgios) Win over Kyrgios marked 1st ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals or Grand Slam final between players born in 1990s Began season 16-1 and reached 2nd Grand Slam SF at Australian Open (d. Goffin, l. to Nadal in 5 sets after 4h56m) Ended 2.5-year title drought with championships at Brisbane (d. Thiem, Raonic and Nishikori) and Sofia (d. Goffin) Reached London/Queen s Club SF (l. to Lopez), Beijing SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and Wimbledon 4R (l. to Federer) Broke back into Top 10 of Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17 for 1st time since February 23, 2015 Suffered 3R losses at Indian Wells (l. to Sock after holding 4 MPs), Madrid (l. to Thiem after holding 5 MPs), Roland Garros (l. to Carreno Busta), Washington (l. to Medvedev) and Montreal (l. to Haase) Lost to No. 158 Pella in Miami 2R, No. 385 Robredo in Marrakech 2R as WC and No. 155 Janowicz in Stuttgart 2R Zverev 2017 Summary F(1): Geneva (l Wawrinka); SF(2): Stuttgart (l Lopez); Metz (l Gojowczyk); QF(1): Australian Open (l Federer) YTD W-L: (18-17 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 22, 1987 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 30 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with win over [WC] M. Ymer on Wednesday and followed with victory over Troicki to reach fifth QF of season. In previous Stockholm visit in 2015, qualified (ranked No. 224) and lost in 1R (l. to Muller). Trying to reach fourth semi-final of season Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to Federer) Rallied from 2 sets down for 1st time in Australian Open 2R, saving 2 MPs to defeat Isner 97 in 5th after 4h10m Together with A. Zverev, 1st brothers to reach Grand Slam 3R since Byron and Wayne Black at 1998 Aus. Open Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour final at Geneva as Q (d. Nishikori, l. to Wawrinka) Reached Wimbledon 3R (l. to Federer), US Open 4R (d. Isner, l. to Querrey) and Stuttgart SF (d. Haas, l. to Lopez). Won 5-setters over Kukushkin in Wimbledon 2R, Kwiatkowski in US Open 1R and Paire in US Open 2R. Enjoyed career-high 29 wins this season and achieved career-high No. 25 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 24 Went 1-10 following upset of Murray in Melbourne, posting lone win at Indian Wells (d. Sousa, l. to Thiem in 3R) Won Montpellier doubles title with singles champion A. Zverev -- 1st sweep by bros since Murrays at 2011 Tokyo Doubles runner-up at Halle with singles runner-up A. Zverev (l. to Kubot/Melo) Withdrew from Newport and Atlanta (right wrist). Retired in Metz SF vs Gojowczyk (illness) Has a 7-17 career record vs. Top 10 opponents (2-6 this season)
14 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 5 Friday, October 20, 2017 Page 5 of 6 [7] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs [4] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) del Potro Leads Estoril (Portugal) Clay R32 Juan Martin del Potro Sugita 2017 Summary W(1): Antalya (d Mannarino); SF(1): Chengdu (l Istomin); QF(3): Barcelona (l Thiem); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Dimitrov); Tokyo (l Mannarino) YTD W-L: (13-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 18, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 37 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: On Tuesday opened with win over Istomin and followed with victory over Baghdatis to reach sixth QF of season. Last year made Stockholm debut (l. to Almagro in 1R) Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and following 1st SF at Antalya (d. Baghdatis in SF, Mannarino in F) Won Challenger titles at Yokohama, JPN (d. Kwon); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Kavcic) and Surbiton, GBR (d. Thompson) First player to win ATP and Challenger titles on grass in single season (Antalya and Surbiton, GBR Challenger) Achieved career-high No. 36 in Emirates ATP Rankings on Oct. 9 after QF on home soil in Tokyo (l. to Mannarino) Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (d. Sock, Sousa and Khachanov; l. to Dimitrov) Reached Chengdu SF (l. to Istomin) and Barcelona QF as LL (d. Carreno Busta, l. to Thiem) Earned 1st Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Klein, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets) Clinched Japan s Davis Cup Play-off win over Brazil (d. Clezar and Monteiro) Lost Challenger doubles final at Bangkok, THA w/wu (l. to Barrere/Eysseric) FIRST-TIME ATP CHAMPIONS (7): Sugita is one of seven first-time ATP World Tour winners in 2017: Age Tournament Gilles Muller 33 Sydney Ryan Harrison 24 Memphis Borna Coric 20 Marrakech Yuichi Sugita 28 Antalya Andrey Rublev 19 Umag Damir Dzumhur 25 St. Petersburg Peter Gojowczyk 28 Metz del Potro 2017 Summary SF(3): Delray Beach (l Raonic); US Open (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer); QF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: (21-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 19 Date of Birth: September 23, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 6-2 (2016 Champion) Tournament Note: Reigning champion opened with win over Struff on Thursday to reach fifth QF of season. Last year came in ranked No. 63 and did not drop a set, posting wins over Isner, Almagro, Karlovic, Dimitrov and Sock. In previous visits, lost in 1R in 2007 (ret. vs. T. Johansson) and 2R in 2011 (after bye, l. to Blake) Last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, posted wins over [Q] Basilashvili , Rublev 63 64, [3] A. Zverev and Troicki before losing to eventual champion Federer. It was his first Masters 1000 SF since 2013 Shanghai F Appearing in Top 20 Emirates ATP Rankings this week for first time since Oct. 6, 2014 (at No. 19) Saved 2 MPs and rallied from 2 sets down vs Thiem, then beat Federer to reach US Open SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) Defeated defending champion Querrey to reach Delray Beach SF (l. to Raonic) Lost to No. 2 Djokovic in Acapulco 2R, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R and ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF Suffered 3R losses to Federer at ATP Masters 1000 Miami and No. 1 Murray at Roland Garros Owns 0-6 record vs Top 2 this season (4-10 vs. Top 10) and 29-8 record against players ranked lower than No. 2 Withdrew from Auckland and Aus. Open (fitness), as well as s-hertogenbosch and London/Queen s Club (groin)
15 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 5 Friday, October 20, 2017 Page 6 of 6 [8] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Series Tied Estoril (Portugal) Clay QF Fernando Verdasco 6-7(2) Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Fernando Verdasco Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson (4) Nottingham (Great Britain) Grass R16 Kevin Anderson (6) 17 Houston (U.S.A.) Clay R32 Fernando Verdasco 7-6(4) 7-6(4) 17 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Kevin Anderson (5) 7-6(8) 6-3 Verdasco 2017 Summary F (1): Dubai (l Murray); SF (2): Doha (l Djokovic); Bastad (l Ferrer); QF (3): Houston (l Johnson); Budapest (l Djere); Antalya (l Mannarino) YTD W-L: (14-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 43 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 9-5 (2004, , 2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: On Tuesday opened with win over Haase and followed with win over [LL] Zopp to reach fourth QF in Stockholm, first since Reached 2004 QF in tournament debut, falling to Agassi in American's last appearance at event. Also QF in 2013 (W/O vs. Ferrer) and 2014 (l. to Tomic). Appearing in seventh QF of year Beat Bautista Agut and Monfils en route to Dubai final, where he fell to 0-12 vs World No. 1 (l. to Murray) Rose to No. 29 in Emirates ATP Rankings on March 6 -- highest since No. 29 on July 7, 2014 Lost SFs to eventual champions at Doha (l. to Djokovic after holding 5 MPs) and Bastad (l. to Ferrer) Reached Roland Garros singles 4R (l. to Nishikori) and doubles SF w/zimonjic (l. to S. Gonzalez/Young) Saved 2 MPs to beat Escobedo in Los Cabos 1R, but squandered 1 MP in Budapest QF loss to Djere Withdrew from Sydney due to fatigue and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal due to right leg injury Anderson 2017 Summary F(2): Washington (l A Zverev); US Open (l Nadal); SF(1): Estoril (l Muller); QF(2): Geneva (l Nishikori); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l A Zverev) YTD W-L: (18-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 16 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 5-5 (2011, Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Opened on Thursday with win over Chung to reach second straight Stockholm QF and third overall. Making sixth appearance in seven years (except 2015) and best result is QF in 2011 debut (l. to No. 10 Monfils) and last year (l. to Dimitrov) Reached 1st Grand Slam final at US Open as World No. 32 (l. to No. 1 Nadal), becoming lowest-ranked US Open finalist since inception of rankings in 1973 and Grand Slam finalist since No. 38 Tsonga at 2008 Australian Open Became 1st South African US Open finalist in Open Era and Grand Slam finalist since Curren at 1984 Aus. Open Also tallest Grand Slam finalist in Open Era at 6-foot-8, oldest 1st-time Grand Slam finalist at age 31 since Pilic at 1973 Roland Garros, and 1st Grand Slam finalist who played college tennis (Illinois) since T. Martin at 1999 US Open Saved 1 MP to beat No. 1 seed Thiem in Washington 3R en route to 1st final since 2015 (l. to A. Zverev) Fell in 4R at Roland Garros (ret vs Cilic due to left thigh injury) and Wimbledon (l. to Querrey in 5 sets) Avenged loss to Querrey in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 3R (l. to eventual champion A. Zverev in QF) Advanced to Estoril SF (l. to Muller), Geneva QF (l. to Nishikori after holding 3 MPs) and Barcelona 3R (l. to Nadal) Dropped to No. 80 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January lowest since No. 87 on August 9, 2010 Withdrew from Brisbane (hip), Australian Open (hip), London/Queen s Club Q (leg) and Winston-Salem (right elbow)
16 INTRUM STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, October 19, 2017 Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm, Sweden October 16-22, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 589,185 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com StockholmOpen.se Maria Garcia-Planas: Press Room: FORMER CHAMPIONS BAGHDATIS, DIMITROV, DEL POTRO IN ACTION There are three former Intrum Stockholm Open champions in action on Thursday with 2009 champ Marcos Baghdatis, 2013 winner and top seed Grigor Dimitrov and reigning titleholder and No. 4 seed Juan Martin del Potro leading the way. In the opening match on Centre Court, No. 7 seed Yuichi Sugita takes on Baghdatis for the second time. In their previous meeting in the semi-finals of Antalya, Turkey on June 30, Sugita was leading 4-1 in the third set before Baghdatis retired due to dehydration. Sugita went on to win his first ATP World Tour title. In the next match on, #NextGenATP star Hyeon Chung plays No. 2 seed and US Open finalist Kevin Anderson for the first time. Chung holds the seventh and final spot for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan coming into action. Anderson is trying to earn a spot for the Nitto ATP Finals in London. Anderson is 180 points from Pablo Carreno Busta, who owns the final spot. In the third match on, Viktor Troicki and No. 5 seed/wild card Mischa Zverev square off for the third time in the main draw (tied 1-1), the first in over six years since June 2011 in Halle. Both players are trying to reach their first Stockholm quarter-final. In the evening session, Dimitrov and Polish qualifier Jerzy Janowicz meet for the third time this season (tied 1-1) and fifth time overall (tied 2-2). Dimitrov won in three sets in the 2R of his home tournament in Sofia in February before Janowicz prevailed in straight sets in Stuttgart in June. The Bulgarian has a 14-5 record in Stockholm and he s trying to reach his sixth QF of better here. Janowicz is trying to post his first Top 10 win since beating Dimitrov in 2014 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati. In the final match on, German Jan-Lennard Struff takes on del Potro, who won the only previous meeting in the 2R of Munich last year. Both players are coming off a good week in Shanghai with del Potro reaching the SFs (l. to Federer) and Struff the 3R (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). EMIRATES ATP RACES EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points * Add 0 for 2R win in Antwerp, Moscow or Stockholm 1 Rafael Nadal 10,465 ^ Add 45 for 2R win in Stockholm 2 Roger Federer 8,505 3 Alexander Zverev 4,400 4 Dominic Thiem 3,725 5 Marin Cilic 3,535 6 Grigor Dimitrov 3,455* 7 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 8 David Goffin 2,750* 9 Pablo Carreno Busta 2,605* 10 Novak Djokovic 2,585
17 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 4 Thursday, October 19, 2017 Page 2 of 7 11 Sam Querrey 2, Kevin Anderson 2,425^ 13 Andy Murray 2, Tomas Berdych 2, Nick Kyrgios 2, Roberto Bautista Agut 1,925 NOTE: Top 8 on November 6 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Team Points * Add 45 for QF win on Thursday 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo 7,510 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 7,150 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 4,980 4 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares 4,820 5 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,400* 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus 3,060 8 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 3,020* 9 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers 2,945* 10 Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic 2,715* 11 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez 2, Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,540 NOTE: Top 8 on November 6 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points * Add 25 for 2R win in Antwerp, Moscow or Stockholm 1 Alexander Zverev 4,490 2 Andrey Rublev 1,219 3 Karen Khachanov 1,045 4 Denis Shapovalov Jared Donaldson Borna Coric Hyeon Chung 760* 8 Daniil Medvedev 747* 9 Frances Tiafoe 662* 10 Taylor Fritz Ernesto Escobedo 497* 12 Alexander Bublik 479* 13 Stefanos Tsitsipas 477* 14 Quentin Halys Matteo Berrettini Casper Ruud 393 NOTE: Top 7 on October 30 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 WC)
18 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 4 Thursday, October 19, 2017 Page 3 of 7 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY 2ND ROUND SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT [7] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) Sugita Leads Antalya (Turkey) Grass SF Yuichi Sugita (7) 4-1 ret (dehydration) Sugita 2017 Summary W(1): Antalya (d Mannarino); SF(1): Chengdu (l Istomin); QF(3): Barcelona (l Thiem); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Dimitrov); Tokyo (l Mannarino) YTD W-L: (12-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 18, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 37 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: On Tuesday opened with win over Istomin. Last year made debut (l. to Almagro in 1R) Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and following 1st SF at Antalya (d. Baghdatis in SF, Mannarino in F) Won Challenger titles at Yokohama, JPN (d. Kwon); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Kavcic) and Surbiton, GBR (d. Thompson) First player to win ATP and Challenger titles on grass in single season (Antalya and Surbiton, GBR Challenger) Achieved career-high No. 36 in Emirates ATP Rankings on Oct. 9 after QF on home soil in Tokyo (l. to Mannarino) Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (d. Sock, Sousa and Khachanov; l. to Dimitrov) Reached Chengdu SF (l. to Istomin) and Barcelona QF as LL (d. Carreno Busta, l. to Thiem) Earned 1st Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Klein, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets) Clinched Japan s Davis Cup Play-off win over Brazil (d. Clezar and Monteiro) Lost Challenger doubles final at Bangkok, THA w/wu (l. to Barrere/Eysseric) FIRST-TIME ATP CHAMPIONS (7): Sugita is one of seven first-time ATP World Tour winners in 2017: Age Tournament Gilles Muller 33 Sydney Ryan Harrison 24 Memphis Borna Coric 20 Marrakech Yuichi Sugita 28 Antalya Andrey Rublev 19 Umag Damir Dzumhur 25 St. Petersburg Peter Gojowczyk 28 Metz Baghdatis 2017 Summary F (1): Chengdu (l Istomin); SF (2): Auckland (l Sousa); Antalya (l Sugita) YTD W-L: (14-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: June 17, 1985 (32) Emirates ATP Ranking: 91 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 11-5 (2009 Champion) Tournament Note: Opened with win over Gombos on Tuesday. Did not drop a set en route to 3rd of 4 ATP World Tour titles at 2009 Stockholm (d. O. Rochus) Suffered 6th straight loss in a final at Chengdu (ret vs Istomin). Seeking 1st title since 2010 Sydney. Advanced to SFs at Auckland (l. to Sousa) and Antalya (ret vs Sugita) Record 36-match singles win streak in Davis Cup ended April 7 with Group II loss to No. 799 Echargui of Tunisia Suffered 8-match losing streak in tour-level and Challenger matches from January 19 to June 26 Fell to No. 122 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September lowest since No. 132 on June 2, 2014 Retired in Doha 1R (ankle strain), Stuttgart 1R (back), Antalya SF (dehydration) and Chengdu final (back) Withdrew from Sofia, Rotterdam, Dubai, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells and ATP Masters 1000 Miami (right foot) Also withdrew from qualifying at Halle (back), as well as ATP Masters 1000s at Montreal and Cincinnati (arm)
19 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 4 Thursday, October 19, 2017 Page 4 of 7 Hyeon Chung (KOR) vs [2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) First Meeting Chung 2017 Highlights: SF(1): Munich (l Pella); QF(2): Barcelona (l Nadal); Winston-Salem (l Dzumhur) YTD W-L: (12-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 19, 1996 (21) Emirates ATP Ranking: 54 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Made debut on Tuesday with win over [Q] Fucsovics. Trying to reach fourth QF of season Reached 1st ATP World Tour SF at Munich (d. Monfils in 2R, l. to Pella), 1st Grand Slam 3R at Roland Garros (d. Querrey in 1R, l. to Nishikori in 5 sets) and 1st ATP Masters R at Montreal (d. Goffin, l. to Mannarino) Broke into Top 50 of Emirates ATP Rankings on August 14 and achieved career-high No. 44 on September 11 Qualified at Chennai (l. to Sela in 2R), Barcelona (d. A. Zverev, l. to Nadal in QF) and Lyon (l. to Berdych in 2R) Advanced to Winston-Salem QF (d. Rublev in 2R, l. to Dzumhur) Held 5 MPs before falling to Dzumhur in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R Did not drop a set en route to 8th ATP Challenger Tour title at Maui, USA (d. Daniel) Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (heel), as well as s-hertogenbosch, London/Queen s Club, Antalya and Wimbledon (left ankle). Also pulled out of Shenzhen and Tokyo (abdominal muscle). Anderson 2017 Summary F(2): Washington (l A Zverev); US Open (l Nadal); SF(1): Estoril (l Muller); QF(2): Geneva (l Nishikori); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l A Zverev) YTD W-L: (17-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 16 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 4-5 (2011, 2016 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Making sixth appearance in seven years (except 2015) and best result is QF in 2011 debut (l. to No. 10 Monfils) and last year (l. to Dimitrov) Reached 1st Grand Slam final at US Open as World No. 32 (l. to No. 1 Nadal), becoming lowest-ranked US Open finalist since inception of rankings in 1973 and Grand Slam finalist since No. 38 Tsonga at 2008 Australian Open Became 1st South African US Open finalist in Open Era and Grand Slam finalist since Curren at 1984 Aus. Open Also tallest Grand Slam finalist in Open Era at 6-foot-8, oldest 1st-time Grand Slam finalist at age 31 since Pilic at 1973 Roland Garros, and 1st Grand Slam finalist who played college tennis (Illinois) since T. Martin at 1999 US Open Saved 1 MP to beat No. 1 seed Thiem in Washington 3R en route to 1st final since 2015 (l. to A. Zverev) Fell in 4R at Roland Garros (ret vs Cilic due to left thigh injury) and Wimbledon (l. to Querrey in 5 sets) Avenged loss to Querrey in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 3R (l. to eventual champion A. Zverev in QF) Advanced to Estoril SF (l. to Muller), Geneva QF (l. to Nishikori after holding 3 MPs) and Barcelona 3R (l. to Nadal) Dropped to No. 80 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January lowest since No. 87 on August 9, 2010 Withdrew from Brisbane (hip), Australian Open (hip), London/Queen s Club Q (leg) and Winston-Salem (right elbow) Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs [WC/5] Mischa Zverev (GER) Series Tied Moscow (Russia) Hard QF Mischa Zverev Halle (Germany) Grass R32 Viktor Troicki Other meetings: 06 United Arab Emirates F2 (U.A.E.) Hard SF Viktor Troicki Australian Open Q (Australia) Hard -- Mischa Zverev Troicki 2017 Summary SF(2): Sydney (l Muller); Istanbul (l Raonic); QF(3): Sofia (l Dimitrov); St. Petersburg (l Bautista Agut); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l del Potro) YTD W-L: (17-16 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 48 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 2nd Round)
20 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 4 Thursday, October 19, 2017 Page 5 of 7 Tournament Note: Made debut on Wednesday and opened with win over [Q] Bolelli. Trying to reach sixth ATP World Tour quarter-final of season, second in as many weeks Last week advanced to second career ATP Masters 1000 QF in Shanghai with wins over [WC] Shapovalov , No. 7-ranked Thiem (5) for 10th career Top 10 victory and [12] Isner before losing to del Potro. It was his first ATP Masters 1000 QF since 2011 Monte-Carlo Best results this season are SFs in Sydney (l. to Muller) and Istanbul (l. to Raonic). Also QF in three other tournaments Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (d. Dzumhur and Lorenzi in 5 sets, l. to Wawrinka) and US Open (d. Gombos in 5 sets, l. to Dolgopolov). Win over Gombos snapped 6-match losing streak. Saved 1 MP vs countryman Tipsarevic in London/Queen s Club 1R (l. to Young in 2R) Captured 2nd ATP World Tour doubles title at Sofia w/zimonjic (d. Elgin/Kuznetsov) Clinched Serbia s 4-1 Davis Cup wins over Russia in 1R (d. Khachanov in 4h30m after saving 1 MP, w/zimonjic d. Kravchuk/Kuznetsov) and Spain in QF (d. Carreno Busta, w/zimonjic d. Carreno Busta/M. Lopez) Withdrew from Geneva (hamstring tear), as well as Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuehel (lower back) Retired in Wimbledon 1R vs F. Mayer due to right shoulder injury Zverev 2017 Summary F(1): Geneva (l Wawrinka); SF(2): Stuttgart (l Lopez); Metz (l Gojowczyk); QF(1): Australian Open (l Federer) YTD W-L: (17-17 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 22, 1987 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 30 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Opened with win over [WC] M. Ymer on Wednesday. In previous appearance in 2015, qualified (ranked No. 224) and lost in 1R (l. to Muller). Trying to reach fifth quarter-final of season Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to Federer) Rallied from 2 sets down for 1st time in Australian Open 2R, saving 2 MPs to defeat Isner 97 in 5th after 4h10m Together with A. Zverev, 1st brothers to reach Grand Slam 3R since Byron and Wayne Black at 1998 Aus. Open Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour final at Geneva as Q (d. Nishikori, l. to Wawrinka) Reached Wimbledon 3R (l. to Federer), US Open 4R (d. Isner, l. to Querrey) and Stuttgart SF (d. Haas, l. to Lopez). Won 5-setters over Kukushkin in Wimbledon 2R, Kwiatkowski in US Open 1R and Paire in US Open 2R. Enjoyed career-high 29 wins this season and achieved career-high No. 25 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 24 Went 1-10 following upset of Murray in Melbourne, posting lone win at Indian Wells (d. Sousa, l. to Thiem in 3R) Won Montpellier doubles title with singles champion A. Zverev -- 1st sweep by bros since Murrays at 2011 Tokyo Doubles runner-up at Halle with singles runner-up A. Zverev (l. to Kubot/Melo) Withdrew from Newport and Atlanta (right wrist). Retired in Metz SF vs Gojowczyk (illness) [1] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [Q] Jerzy Janowicz (POL) Series Tied ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Jerzy Janowicz ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Grigor Dimitrov (4) 17 Sofia (Bulgaria) Hard R16 Grigor Dimitrov Stuttgart (Germany) Grass R16 Jerzy Janowicz 7-6(4) 6-3 Dimitrov 2017 Summary W(3): Brisbane (d Nishikori); Sofia (d Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Kyrgios); SF(3): Aust. Open (l Nadal); London / Queen's Club (l Lopez); Beijing (l Nadal); QF(2): Rotterdam (l Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Nadal) YTD W-L: (30-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 14-5 (2013 Champion) Tournament Note: Making seventh appearance and trying to reach QF for sixth time. Won 2013 title (d. No. 3 Ferrer), reached 2014 final (l. to No. 7 Berdych), SFs last year (l. to del Potro), QFs in 2011 (l. to Raonic), 2015 (l. to Berdych) Last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, saved three MPs in (6) win over Harrison in 2R and followed with victory over [10] Querrey before losing in three sets to No. 1 Nadal Has won 40 matches for second time in career (50 in 2014) Held in 52 of 53 service games en route to biggest title of career at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Kyrgios) Win over Kyrgios marked 1st ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals or Grand Slam final between players born in 1990s
21 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 4 Thursday, October 19, 2017 Page 6 of 7 Began season 16-1 and reached 2nd Grand Slam SF at Australian Open (d. Goffin, l. to Nadal in 5 sets after 4h56m) Ended 2.5-year title drought with championships at Brisbane (d. Thiem, Raonic and Nishikori) and Sofia (d. Goffin) Reached London/Queen s Club SF (l. to Lopez), Beijing SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and Wimbledon 4R (l. to Federer) Broke back into Top 10 of Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17 for 1st time since February 23, 2015 Suffered 3R losses at Indian Wells (l. to Sock after holding 4 MPs), Madrid (l. to Thiem after holding 5 MPs), Roland Garros (l. to Carreno Busta), Washington (l. to Medvedev) and Montreal (l. to Haase) Lost to No. 158 Pella in Miami 2R, No. 385 Robredo in Marrakech 2R as WC and No. 155 Janowicz in Stuttgart 2R Janowicz 2017 Summary QF(1): Stuttgart (l Paire) YTD W-L: 6-5 (2-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 13, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 141 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2013 Quarter-finalist with 1R bye) Tournament Note: Qualified into main draw with three-set wins over Arnaboldi and Zopp, and on Wednesday opened with win over Herbert. Making first appearance since 2013 main draw debut (1R bye, d. Garcia- Lopez, l. to Gulbis in QF). Lost in final round of qualifying in 2009 and 1R qualifying in 2011 Earned 1st ATP main draw win since 2015 Vienna at Sofia (d. Sela, l. to eventual champion Dimitrov in 2R) Best ATP World Tour result is QF in Stuttgart in June (d. Kuznetsov, d. No. 12 Dimitrov, l. to Paire) Reached 3R at Wimbledon (d. Shapovalov, No. 16 Pouille, l. to Paire). Lost in 1R at Roland Garros (l. to Daniel) and let 2-set lead slip away in Australian Open 1R (l. to Cilic) Has record on ATP Challenger Tour and captured 6th career title at Bergamo, ITA (d. Halys). Also SF at Guadalajara, MEX (l. to Shapovalov 76 in 3rd) Has a 5-16 career record vs. Top 10 opponents and his last win came over No. 8 Dimitrov in 2R at 2014 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati. Has lost three straight since, last coming vs. No. 7 Cilic at Australian Open in January Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs [4] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) del Potro Leads Munich (Germany) Clay R16 Juan Martin del Potro Struff 2017 Summary SF(2): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); St. Petersburg (l Dzumhur); QF(2): Marrakech (l Kohlschreiber); Munich (l A Zverev) YTD W-L: (14-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2013, nd Round) Tournament Note: In first appearance in four years, saved three MPs in 67(2) 64 76(12) win over Copil on Wednesday. In last visit in 2013, defeated Sekulic in 1R and lost to eventual champion Dimitrov in 2R Last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, posted wins over countryman M. Zverev ret. (viral illness) and [11] Anderson in main draw debut Has earned career-high 26 wins and achieved career-high No. 44 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8 Fell to 0-5 in ATP SFs at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) and St. Petersburg (d. Tsonga, l. to Dzumhur) Advanced to Marrakech QF (l. to Kohlschreiber), Munich QF (l. to A. Zverev) and Miami 3R (l. to Delbonis) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo (l. to Schwartzman in 3R) and Rome (l. to Querrey in 2R) Lost in 1R at Aus. Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open (11-match Grand Slam main draw losing streak) Squandered 1 MP in Stuttgart 2R vs eventual champion Pouille, then lost to Frenchman again in Halle 1R Canberra, AUS Challenger singles runner-up (l. to Sela) and doubles champion w/begemann (d. Berlocq/Molteni) Clinched Germany s Davis Cup Play-off win over Portugal (d. Sousa in 5 sets after saving 1 MP)
22 Intrum Stockholm Open Day 4 Thursday, October 19, 2017 Page 7 of 7 del Potro 2017 Summary SF(3): Delray Beach (l Raonic); US Open (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer); QF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: (20-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 19 Date of Birth: September 23, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 5-2 (2016 Champion) Tournament Note: Reigning champion came in ranked No. 63 last year and did not drop a set, posting wins over Isner, Almagro, Karlovic, Dimitrov and Sock. In previous visits, lost in 1R in 2007 (ret. vs. T. Johansson) and 2R in 2011 (after bye, l. to Blake) Last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, posted wins over [Q] Basilashvili , Rublev 63 64, [3] A. Zverev and Troicki before losing to eventual champion Federer. It was his first Masters 1000 SF since 2013 Shanghai F Appearing in Top 20 Emirates ATP Rankings this week for first time since Oct. 6, 2014 (at No. 19) Saved 2 MPs and rallied from 2 sets down vs Thiem, then beat Federer to reach US Open SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) Defeated defending champion Querrey to reach Delray Beach SF (l. to Raonic) Lost to No. 2 Djokovic in Acapulco 2R, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R and ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF Suffered 3R losses to Federer at ATP Masters 1000 Miami and No. 1 Murray at Roland Garros Owns 0-6 record vs Top 2 this season (4-10 vs. Top 10) and 28-8 record against players ranked lower than No. 2 Withdrew from Auckland and Aus. Open (fitness), as well as s-hertogenbosch and London/Queen s Club (groin)
23 MERCEDESCUP: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, June 18, 2017 TC Weissenhof Stuttgart, Germany June 12-18, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 630,785 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com MercedesCup.de Martin Dagahs: Press Room: LOPEZ, POUILLE MEET WITH TITLE ON THE LINE The championship of the MercedesCup on Sunday features Spaniard Feliciano Lopez against French wild card No. 4 seed Lucas Pouille. Both players are appearing in their first Stuttgart final. This is their third meeting (tied 1-1), the first coming on grass. Both of last year s meetings came in three sets during the European indoor circuit. Lopez won in the 1R of Vienna and Pouille won in the 2R at ATP Masters 1000 Paris. Lopez is appearing in his 16 th career ATP World Tour final (5-10), fourth on grass (2-1). He leads the tournament with 55 aces and he only has been broken three times in 56 service games (95%), saving 14 of 17 break points (82%). The 35-year-old Madrid native is trying to become the third Spaniard in the last four years to win the MercedesCup title. Two years ago, Rafael Nadal won in the tournament s first year on grass and in 2014 Roberto Bautista Agut captured the crown. Lopez won his last ATP title in Gstaad on July 24, 2016 (d. Haase). His previous grass court titles came in Eastbourne. Pouille is appearing in his fifth career ATP World Tour final (2-2) and third this season (1-1) on as many surfaces. He and Gilles Muller are the only players to reach ATP finals on three surfaces this season. The 23-year-old Frenchman is appearing in his first grass court final and he s trying to become the first Frenchman to win the MercedesCup since Jeremy Chardy in Prior to that Henri Leconte won the title in He has held serve 39 of 43 games (91%), saving 16 of 20 break pts. (80%). Pouille saved match point in his 2R win over Struff and in his title run in Budapest in April he saved two match points in his opening 2R match (d. Vesely). EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Category Champion Finalist Ranking Points Singles Prize Money 112,460 59,230 INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: Tournament statistics entering Sunday s championship (bold tournament leader) Statistic Lopez Pouille Aces st-Serve Percentage 64% 59% 1st-Serve Points Won 79% 77% 2nd-Serve Points Won 54% 54% Service Games Won 95% (53 of 56) 91% (39 of 43) Break Points Saved 82% (14 of 17) 80% (16 of 20) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 27% 19% 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 49% 45% Return Games Won 20% (11 of 55) 10% (4 of 42) Break Points Converted 35% (11 of 31) 36% (4 of 11)
24 MercedesCup Day 7 Sunday, June 18, 2017 Page 2 of 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SUNDAY CHAMPIONSHIP Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs [4-WC] Lucas Pouille (FRA) Series Tied Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R32 Lucas Pouille 6-7(1) Lopez 2017 Summary QF(1): Houston (l Sock) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: September 20, 1981 (35) Emirates ATP Ranking: 33 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 12-7 (2017 in Final) Tournament Note: The 35-year-old Madrid native is appearing in his first final after posting wins over [7] Simon in 1R, Chardy in 2R, [3] Berdych in QFs and [6] M. Zverev in SF. Previous best was SF in 2003 (l. to Coria) and 2007 (l. to Nadal). Leads tournament in aces (55) and No. 4 in service games won (95%, 53 of 56), saving 14 of 17 BPs (82%) Appearing in his first ATP World Tour final since last August in Los Cabos where he was runner-up (l. to Karlovic) Making 16 th ATP World Tour final showing (5-10), fourth on grass (2-1).He won grass titles in Eastbourne Reached Houston QF (l. to Sock in 3 sets) and saved 1 MP to beat Benneteau in Montpellier 1R (l. to Paire in 2R) Earned 1st clay-court win over Ferrer in 8th try at Roland Garros (l. to Cilic in 3R) Beat Montanes in countryman s final match (Barcelona 2R) and lost to Ferrer for countryman s 700th win (Rome 1R) Dropped to No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April lowest since No. 43 on June 3, 2013 Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo doubles final w/m. Lopez (d. Herbert/Mahut, l. to Bopanna/Cuevas)\ Also advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/isner (d. Marach/Martin in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) Conceded walkover to Chardy in Auckland 2R due to lower back injury Pouille 2017 Summary W(1): Budapest (d Bedene); F(1): Marseille (l Tsonga); SF(2): Dubai (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Ramos-Vinolas) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 23, 1994 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 16 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2017 In Final) Tournament Note: Appearing in first grass court final after opening with a win over Struff, saving one MP. and followed with a victory over Kohlschreiber and win over Paire. Last year made debut ranked No. 29 and lost to Millman in three sets in 1R. Has held serve 39 of 43 games (91%), saving 16 of 20 break pts. (80%) Appearing in third ATP World Tour final (1-1) this year and fifth in career (2-2), Saved 2 MPs to beat Vesely in 2R en route to second ATP World Tour title at Budapest (d. Bedene) Advanced to Marseille final (l. to Tsonga) and 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Ramos-Vinolas) Also advanced to Dubai SF, falling to 0-4 in matches, 0-8 in sets and in games against No. 1 Murray Achieved career-high No. 13 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8 Reached Roland Garros 3R for 1st time in 5th appearance (l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) Defeated Simon in Brisbane 1R before retiring vs Edmund in 2R due to right toe injury Opened France s 4-1 Davis Cup QF win over Great Britain by beating Edmund 2017 ATP World Tour Title Leaders: Pouille is trying to add his name to the list of multiple title winners on the ATP World Tour this season (Gilles Muller is in the s-hertogenbosch final): No. Rafael Nadal 4 Roger Federer 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3 Alexander Zverev 3 Grigor Dimitrov 2 Jack Sock 2
25 MercedesCup Day 7 Sunday, June 18, 2017 Page 3 of 3 Wild Card Champions: Pouille is trying to become the fourth wild card champion on the ATP World Tour in 2017: Stan Wawrinka, Geneva Marin Cilic, Istanbul Alexander Zverev, Montpellier Match Point(s) Saved Champions (7): Pouille is looking to become the eighth winner on the ATP World Tour this season after saving match point along the way: Player Tournament/Opponent Round M.P. Saved Novak Djokovic Doha - d. Fernando Verdasco SF Saved 5 M.P Giles Muller Sydney - d. Alexandr Dolgopolov 1R Saved 1 M.P Victor Estrella Burgos Quito -. Ivo Karlovic 2R Saved 3 M.P. Quito - d. Paolo Lorenzi F Saved 1 M.P Andy Murray Dubai d. Philipp Kohlschreiber QF Saved 7 M.P. Roger Federer Miami d. Tomas Berdych QF Saved 2 M.P. Borna Coric Marrakech d. Philipp Kohlschreiber F Saved 5 M.P. Lucas Pouille Budapest d. Jiri Vesely 2R Saved 2 M.P. DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP [4] Oliver Marach (AUT)/Mate Pavic (CRO) vs First Meeting [2] Jamie Murray (GBR)/Bruno Soares (BRA) In Sunday s doubles championship, No. 4 seeds Oliver Marach of Austria and Mate Pavic of Croatia face No.2 seeds Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Bruno Soares of Brazil. All four players are trying to win their first Stuttgart title. Murray and Soares are T-No. 6 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings while Marach and Pavic are 32. Marach/Pavic beat Begemann/Struff , Monroe/Sitak and [1] Bryan/Bryan to reach their first ATP World Tour final together Austrian and Croat are 10-7 since first teaming up at ATP Masters 1000 Miami in March. Prior to this week, their best result was SFs in Lyon Marach, who reached the final here last year (w/martin), has a record in ATP World Tour doubles finals Pavic has a 6-10 record in ATP doubles finals and in April he won the Marrakech title (w/inglot) Doubles Rankings: Marach No. 39 (Career-High 8 on Oct. 18, 2010), Pavic No. 34 (Career-High 29 on Oct. 17, 16) J. Murray/Soares defeated Huey/Lindstedt by W/O, Baker/Mektic and Matkowski/Mirnyi to reach their third final of season (1-1) In March, they won Acapulco (d. Isner/Lopez) and in January they were finalists in Sydney (l. to Koolhof/Middelkoop) Brit and Brazilian are in 2017 and overall since joining forces at start of 2016 season They have 4 titles together, including 2016 Aus. Open (d. Nestor/Stepanek) and 2016 US Open (d. Carreno Busta/Garcia-Lopez) J. Murray has won 17 titles with 6 partners, highlighted by 2010 Valencia and 2011 Tokyo w/brother Andy Soares, who was runner-up here in 2015 (w/peya), has won 24 titles with 6 partners, but finished runner-up at 2011 Acapulco w/melo (l. to Hanescu/Tecau) Doubles Rankings: J. Murray No. 6 (Career-High 1 on Apr. 4, 2016), Soares No. 7 (Career-High 2 on Oct. 17, 2016)
26 MERCEDESCUP: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, June 17, 2017 TC Weissenhof Stuttgart, Germany June 12-18, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 630,785 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com MercedesCup.de Martin Dagahs: Press Room: TWO LEFT-HANDERS AND FRENCH DUO MEET IN SEMI-FINALS The semi-finals of the MercedesCup on Saturday feature left-handers No. 6 seed Mischa Zverev and Feliciano Lopez along with Frenchmen No. 4 seed Lucas Pouille and Benoit Paire. In the opening match, Lopez looks for his third win in as many meetings against Zverev, who is appearing in his sixth career ATP World Tour semi-final (2-3), the first on home soil. Zverev is attempting to reach his third career ATP World Tour final (0-2). He is not only trying to win his maiden ATP World Tour singles title but also become the first German to win the MercedesCup since Michael Stich in Brother Alexander is in the SFs in s-hertogenbosch on Saturday. Lopez is making his third semi-final showing (2003, 2007) in Stuttgart, the first in 10 years. The 35- year-old Spaniard is 5-10 in finals, 2-1 on grass. In the next match, wild card Pouille takes on Paire, who lost the previous meeting in the QFs at 2015 Hamburg. Pouille is looking to advance to his fifth career ATP World Tour final (2-2) and third this season (1-1). Paire improved to 4-0 in QF matches this season on Friday and he s trying to win his first SF match (0-3). Paire, who is also trying to reach his fifth career ATP World Tour final (1-3), is playing his 18th ATP or Grand Slam tournament of the year this week -- the most events possible based on the calendar. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SATURDAY SEMI-FINAL MATCHES [6] Mischa Zverev (GER) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Lopez Leads Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Hard R16 Feliciano Lopez (4) 16 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Feliciano Lopez Other meetings: 09 Sunrise CH (U.S.A.) Hard QF Feliciano Lopez Zverev 2017 Summary F (1): Geneva (l Wawrinka); QF (1): Australian Open (l Federer) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 22, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Has not lost a set in wins over Jaziri 63 61, [Q] Hanfmann and [WC] Haas to reach first SF. His previous best was QFs in 2009 on clay (l. to Chardy) and grass in 2015 (l. to Cilic). No. 2 this week in service games won (96%, 27 of 28 held), saving 13 of 14 break pts. (93%) and return games won (32%, 9 of 28) Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour career final at Geneva as Q (d. No. 9 Nishikori in SF, l. to No. 3 Wawrinka) Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to Federer) Rallied from 2 sets down for 1st time in Australian Open 2R, saving 2 MPs to defeat Isner 97 in 5th after 4h10m Together with A. Zverev, 1st brothers to reach Grand Slam 3R since Byron and Wayne Black at 1998 Aus. Open Achieved career-high No. 30 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 27 Went 1-10 following upset of Murray in Melbourne, posting lone win at Indian Wells (d. Sousa, l. to Thiem in 3R) Won Montpellier doubles title with singles champ A. Zverev -- 1st sweep by brothers since Murrays at 2011 Tokyo
27 MercedesCup Day 6 Saturday, June 17, 2017 Page 2 of 3 SEMI-FINAL APPEARANCES: Zverev is making his sixth career ATP World Tour semi-final appearance (2-3): 2017 Stuttgart (vs. Lopez) 2017 Geneva-Q (d. Nishikori, l. to Wawrinka in final) 2016 Basel -Q (l. to Ciic) 2010 Metz-Q (d. Gasquet W/O, l. to Simon in final) 2010 Marseille (l. to Llodra) 2008 Moscow (W/O vs. Safin) Lopez 2017 Summary QF(1): Houston (l Sock) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: September 20, 1981 (35) Emirates ATP Ranking: 33 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 11-7 (2003, 2007, 2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: The 35-year-old Madrid native is appearing in his third semi-final after posting wins over [7] Simon in 1R, Chardy in 2R and [3] Berdych in QFs. Also SF in 2003 (l. to Coria) and 2007 (l. to Nadal). Leads tournament in aces (40) and No. 4 in service games won (92%, 35 of 38), saving 14 of 17 BPs (82%) Appearing in his first ATP World Tour SF since last August in Los Cabos where he was runner-up (l. to Karlovic) Trying to reach his 16 th ATP World Tour final (5-10), fourth on grass (2-1).He won grass titles in Eastbourne Reached Houston QF (l. to Sock in 3 sets) and saved 1 MP to beat Benneteau in Montpellier 1R (l. to Paire in 2R) Earned 1st clay-court win over Ferrer in 8th try at Roland Garros (l. to Cilic in 3R) Beat Montanes in countryman s final match (Barcelona 2R) and lost to Ferrer for countryman s 700th win (Rome 1R) Dropped to No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April lowest since No. 43 on June 3, 2013 Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo doubles final w/m. Lopez (d. Herbert/Mahut, l. to Bopanna/Cuevas)\ Also advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/isner (d. Marach/Martin in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) Conceded walkover to Chardy in Auckland 2R due to lower back injury [WC-4] Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs Benoit Paire (FRA) Pouille Leads Hamburg (Germany) Clay QF Lucas Pouille Other meeting: 15 Mouilleron Le Captif CH (France) Hard F Benoit Paire (7) Pouille 2017 Summary W(1): Budapest (d Bedene); F(1): Marseille (l Tsonga); SF(2): Dubai (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Ramos-Vinolas) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 23, 1994 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 16 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: On Wednesday opened with a win over Struff, saving one match pt. and followed with a victory over Kohlschreiber. Last year made debut ranked No. 29 and lost to Millman in three sets in 1R Appearing in fifth SF of season (2-2) and trying to reach third final (1-1) this year Saved 2 MPs to beat Vesely in 2R en route to second ATP World Tour title at Budapest (d. Bedene) Advanced to Marseille final (l. to Tsonga) and 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Ramos-Vinolas) Also advanced to Dubai SF, falling to 0-4 in matches, 0-8 in sets and in games against No. 1 Murray Achieved career-high No. 13 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8 Reached Roland Garros 3R for 1st time in 5th appearance (l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) Defeated Simon in Brisbane 1R before retiring vs Edmund in 2R due to right toe injury Opened France s 4-1 Davis Cup QF win over Great Britain by beating Edmund
28 MercedesCup Day 6 Saturday, June 17, 2017 Page 3 of 3 Paire 2017 Summary SF (3): Chennai (l Bautista Agut); Montpellier (l Gasquet); Marrakech (l Kohlschreiber) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 6-4 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Appearing in first SF after wins over [8] Troicki 64 64, [Q] Gojowczyk and [PR] Janowicz to reach fourth SF of year (0-3). Playing at Stuttgart for 1st time on grass after appearing 4 straight years on clay ( ) with previous best result QF in 2013 (l. to Hanescu) Trying to reach fifth career ATP World Tour (1-3) and win his second ATP title (2015 Bastad) Earned biggest win of career by beating No. 3 Wawrinka in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R (l. to Cuevas in 3R) Playing 18th ATP World Tour or Grand Slam event of 2017 this week, most possible based on calendar Fell in SFs at Chennai (l. to Bautista Agut), Montpellier (l. to Gasquet) and Marrakech (l. to Kohlschreiber) Owns 7-match losing streak in ATP World Tour SFs since reaching 2015 Tokyo final (d. Nishikori, l. to Wawrinka) Advanced to 3R at Aus. Open (d. Fognini in 5 sets, l. to Thiem), Miami (l. to Young) and Barcelona (l. to Zeballos) Reached 12th ATP Challenger Tour final at Sophia Antipolis, FRA (l. to Bedene) Upset by No. 333 de Minaur in Sydney 1R, No. 136 Fritz in Indian Wells 1R and No. 655 Haas in Monte-Carlo 1R Suffered 10 tour-level losses and 1 Challenger loss to players outside Top 100 since start of 2016 season Teamed with older brother Thomas to reach Lyon doubles QF as WC (d. Raja/Sharan, l. to Marach/Pavic) POTENTIAL CHAMPIONSHIP FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS Mischa Zverev (GER) vs Lucas Pouille (FRA) First Meeting Mischa Zverev (GER) vs Benoit Paire (FRA) First Tour Level Meeting Other meeting: 08 Marseille Q (France) Hard -- Mischa Zverev 7-6(5) 6-1 Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Lucas Pouille (FRA) Series Tied Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R32 Lucas Pouille 6-7(1) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Benoit Paire (FRA) Series Tied US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Feliciano Lopez (4) (3) Montpellier (France) Hard R16 Benoit Paire (5)
29 MERCEDESCUP: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, June 16, 2017 TC Weissenhof Stuttgart, Germany June 12-18, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 630,785 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com MercedesCup.de Martin Dagahs: Press Room: NO. 3 BERDYCH, NO. 4 POUILLE JOINED BY GERMAN TRIO IN QFs The quarter-finals of the MercedesCup on Friday are headlined by No. 3 seed Tomas Berdych, No. 4 Lucas Pouille and the German trio of No. 6 seed Mischa Zverev, wild card Tommy Haas and two-time finalist Philipp Kohlschreiber. In the opening match, Berdych and Feliciano Lopez meet for the 13 th time (tied 6-6), the second in Stuttgart and on grass. Lopez won here in the 3R in 2007 and also on grass in the QFs at 2014 Queen s Club. Both players are trying to reach the semi-finals in Stuttgart for the first time in over 10 years. Berdych was a semi-finalist in 2006 and Berdych in 2007 (also 2003). Berdych is 3-1 in QF matches and Lopez 0-1 this season. In the next match on, Kohlschreiber looks for his second win this season against Pouille. In February, the German won their first meeting in the 1R of Rotterdam. Kohlschreiber, who was runner-up in 2013 and last year, is appearing in his third straight QF and fifth overall in Stuttgart. Pouille is 4-0 in QF matches this season. In the third match on, Haas takes on Zverev for the second time. Haas won the first meeting in the QFs of 2009 Halle. Haas, who beat top seed and No. 5 Federer on Wednesday to reach his first QF since 2014 ATP Masters 1000 Rome, is the oldest (39) player to reach an ATP World Tour QF since Jimmy Connors (42) in 1995 Halle. Zverev is playing in his third QF here (2009, 2015). In the final match on, Frenchman Benoit Paire takes on Polish No. 1 Jerzy Janowicz, who won both previous indoor meetings in Paire, who is 3-0 in QF matches this season, is playing his 18th ATP or Grand Slam tournament of the year this week -- the most events possible based on the calendar. Paire is playing in his first QF in Stuttgart since Janowicz, who has a protected ranking of No. 94, is appearing in his ATP World Tour quarter-final since 2015 Halle. His last SF came in February 2015 in Montpellier where he was runner-up (ret. vs. Gasquet). FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: FRIDAY QUARTER-FINAL MATCHES [3] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Series Tied CZE v. ESP WG 1st RD (Czech Republic) Carpet RR Feliciano Lopez (2) Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Tomas Berdych Stuttgart (Germany) Clay R16 Feliciano Lopez Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Tomas Berdych 7-6(4) Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R16 Feliciano Lopez ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R64 Tomas Berdych ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R16 Feliciano Lopez ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Tomas Berdych 7-6(5) London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass QF Feliciano Lopez (7) 14 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R16 Feliciano Lopez Beijing (China) Hard R32 Tomas Berdych ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Tomas Berdych
30 MercedesCup Day 5 Friday, June 16, 2017 Page 2 of 5 Tomas Berdych Feliciano Lopez Sets Won: Tiebreak Sets Won: 3 1 Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 2 1 Hard: 4 3 Carpet: 0 1 Grass: 0 1 Berdych 2017 Summary F(1): Lyon (l Tsonga); SF(2): Doha (l Murray); Rotterdam (l Tsonga); QF(1): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Federer) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 13 Date of Birth: September 17, 1985 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 14 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (2006 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Top player from Czech Republic opened on Wednesday with a win over Tomic. He is making grass debut here. In last appearance in 2009, lost in 1R to Kiefer. Best result is SF in 2006 (l. to Ferrer). Also QF in 2005 (l. to Davydenko) and 3R in 2004 (l. to Gaudio) Appearing in fifth ATP World Tour QF of season and 3-1 in QF matches Became 25th player to reach 600 wins by beating Berlocq in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R on May 16 Snapped 9-match losing streak vs Top 10 opponents to reach Lyon final (d. Raonic, l. to Tsonga) Suffered 7th straight loss to Murray and 14th straight loss vs World No. 1 in Doha SF Also advanced to Rotterdam SF (l. to eventual champion Tsonga) Squandered 1 MP vs Nishioka in Indian Wells 3R and 2 MPs vs Federer in Miami QF Reached 3R at Aus. Open (l. to Federer), Monte-Carlo (l. to Cilic), Madrid (l. to A. Zverev) and Rome (l. to Raonic) Appeared at 64 straight ATP Masters 1000 events since withdrawing from 2010 Madrid (hip) Dropped to No. 14 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February lowest since No. 17 on May 31, 2010 Withdrew from Barcelona due to shoulder injury Lopez 2017 Summary QF(1): Houston (l Sock) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: September 20, 1981 (35) Emirates ATP Ranking: 33 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 9-7 (2003, 2007 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: The 35-year-old Madrid native won his first match here on grass Wednesday over Chardy after losing in opening match (2R) in 2015 to Groth and 1R last year to Youzhny. Best result was SF in 2003 (l. to Coria) and 2007 (l. to Nadal). Also QF in 2014 (l. to Rosol) Trying to reach first ATP World Tour SF since last August in Los Cabos where he was runner-up (l. to Karlovic) Reached Houston QF (l. to Sock in 3 sets) and saved 1 MP to beat Benneteau in Montpellier 1R (l. to Paire in 2R) Earned 1st clay-court win over Ferrer in 8th try at Roland Garros (l. to Cilic in 3R) Beat Montanes in countryman s final match (Barcelona 2R) and lost to Ferrer for countryman s 700th win (Rome 1R) Dropped to No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April lowest since No. 43 on June 3, 2013 Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo doubles final w/m. Lopez (d. Herbert/Mahut, l. to Bopanna/Cuevas)\ Also advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/isner (d. Marach/Martin in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) Conceded walkover to Chardy in Auckland 2R due to lower back injury
31 MercedesCup Day 5 Friday, June 16, 2017 Page 3 of 5 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [4-WC] Lucas Pouille (FRA) Kohlschreiber Leads Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber Kohlschreiber 2017 Summary F (1): Marrakech (l Coric); QF (2): Sydney (w/o vs Troicki); Dubai (l Murray) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 52 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): (2013, 2016 Finalist) Tournament Note: Appearing in third straight QF and fifth overall. Opened with 6-1 ret. (back) win over Baghdatis on Tuesday and followed with victory over [5] Johnson on Wednesday. Won 1st set vs Fognini in 2013 final and vs Thiem in 2016 final before losing both matches. Also QF in 2008 (l. to del Potro) and 2015 (l. to Monfils) Held 7 MPs for 1st win in 10 tries against World No. 1 before falling to Murray 67(4) 76(18) 61 in Dubai QF -- 2nd-set TB tied 5 others for longest TB at a tour-level singles match since ATP started recording TB scores in 1991 Also held 5 MPs in Marrakech final against Coric before falling 57 76(3) 75 Earned 400th win of career on March 11 in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R (d. Dolgopolov, l. to Wawrinka in 3R) Also advanced to 3R at Australian Open (l. to Monfils) and ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Nadal ) Fell to No. 52 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June lowest since No. 54 on October 10, 2011 Led Darcis 2 sets to 1 in Davis Cup 1R before blowing 4-2 lead in 4th set and 4-1 lead in 5th set (BEL d. GER 4-1) Conceded w/o in Sydney QF and withdrew from Sofia (back). Also withdrew from Monte-Carlo and Rome (leg) GERMANS IN TOP 100: Kohlschreiber is the No. 4 German and one of six in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings: No. 10 Alexander Zverev No. 31 Mischa Zverev No. 51 Florian Mayer No. 52 Philipp Kohlschreiber No. 53 Jan-Lennard Struff No. 90 Dustin Brown Pouille 2017 Summary W(1): Budapest (d Bedene); F(1): Marseille (l Tsonga); SF(2): Dubai (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Ramos-Vinolas) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 23, 1994 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 16 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: On Wednesday opened with a win over Struff, saving one match pt. Last year made debut ranked No. 29 and lost to Millman in three sets in 1R Appearing in fifth QF of season and has not lost in this round (4-0) Saved 2 MPs to beat Vesely in 2R en route to 2nd ATP World Tour title at Budapest (d. Bedene) Advanced to Marseille final (l. to Tsonga) and 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Ramos-Vinolas) Also advanced to Dubai SF, falling to 0-4 in matches, 0-8 in sets and in games against No. 1 Murray Achieved career-high No. 13 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8 Reached Roland Garros 3R for 1st time in 5th appearance (l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) Defeated Simon in Brisbane 1R before retiring vs Edmund in 2R due to right toe injury Opened France s 4-1 Davis Cup QF win over Great Britain by beating Edmund
32 MercedesCup Day 5 Friday, June 16, 2017 Page 4 of 5 [WC] Tommy Haas (GER) vs [6] Mischa Zverev (GER) Haas Leads Halle (Germany) Grass QF Tommy Haas 7-6(5) 6-2 Haas 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 6-8 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: April 3, 1978 (39) Emirates ATP Ranking: 302 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 10-6 (1999 Finalist) Tournament Note: On Tuesday opened with win over Herbert, hitting eight aces in first Stuttgart showing in two years (2R). Then beat top seed/friend Federer 26 76(8) 64 on Wednesday, saving one match pt. Also saved all seven break pts. in third set. Appearing in first QF since 2013 (l. to Fognini) and third overall. Reached 1999 final and led Norman by 2 sets to love and served for title in 3rd set before losing in 5 sets At 39, oldest to reach ATP World Tour QF since 1995 when (42) Jimmy Connors reached QFs in Halle (l. to Rosset) Trying to become oldest semi-finalist since Connors (40) in 1993 San Francisco (ret. vs. Gilbert) Snapped 10-match tour-level losing streak by beating Opelka at Houston (l. to Sock in 2R) First victory since 2015 Wimbledon made him oldest player to win a match since Connors, 42, at 1995 Halle Also reached 2R at Monte-Carlo (l. to Berdych), Munich (l. to Struff) and Rome (d. Escobedo 76 in 3rd, l. to Raonic) Retired in Australian Open 1R vs Paire due to illness Has a career record vs. Top 10 opponents and prior to beating Federer, last win came over No. 3 Wawrinka in 3R at 2014 ATP Masters 1000 Rome. Last win on grass was over No. 3 Federer in 2012 Halle final A Look at Haas Win over Federer twitter account): No. 302 #Haas lowest-ranked player to beat #Federer since No. 407 Phau and oldest QF-ist (42) 1995 Halle #Haas is 3rd player to beat #Federer twice on grass, Haas d. Federer in final #Haas is oldest player to beat Top 5 opponent 39 years and 5 months, defeated No. 3 Michael Stich in 1992 Memphis 2R #Federer has held MP in both of his losses in 2017, falling to No. 116 Evgeny Donskoy and No. at #MercedesCup #Federer falls to 15-2 lifetime against players outside Top 300 and suffers 1st opening-match loss on grass since vs. Ancic In match since (39) saves 1 MP to beat (35). Haas' 1st QF since 2014 Rome MercedesCup (39) (35) is match since 1982 Vina del Mar R. Cano (30) d. L. Ayala (49) Zverev 2017 Summary F (1): Geneva (l Wawrinka); QF (1): Australian Open (l Federer) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 22, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 7-5 (2009, 2015, 2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: On Monday opened with win over Jaziri and followed with victory over [Q] Hanfmann on Wednesday to reach third Stuttgart QF. In 2009 on clay (l. to Chardy) and grass in 2015 (l. to Cilic) Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to Federer) Rallied from 2 sets down for 1st time in Australian Open 2R, saving 2 MPs to defeat Isner 97 in 5th after 4h10m Together with A. Zverev, 1st brothers to reach Grand Slam 3R since Byron and Wayne Black at 1998 Aus. Open Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour singles final at Geneva as Q (d. No. 9 Nishikori in SF, l. to No. 3 Wawrinka) Achieved career-high No. 30 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 27 Went 1-10 following upset of Murray in Melbourne, posting lone win at Indian Wells (d. Sousa, l. to Thiem in 3R) Won Montpellier doubles title with singles champ A. Zverev -- 1st sweep by brothers since Murrays at 2011 Tokyo
33 MercedesCup Day 5 Friday, June 16, 2017 Page 5 of 5 Benoit Paire (FRA) vs [PR] Jerzy Janowicz (POL) Janowicz Leads Montpellier (France) Hard R16 Jerzy Janowicz St. Petersburg (Russia) Hard R32 Jerzy Janowicz ret Other meeting: 11 Salzburg CH (Austria) Hard R16 Benoit Paire 7-6(6) Paire 2017 Summary SF (3): Chennai (l Bautista Agut); Montpellier (l Gasquet); Marrakech (l Kohlschreiber) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 5-4 (2013, 2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Opened on Tuesday with a win over [8] Troicki and followed with a victory over [Q] Gojowczyk to reach first QF in Stuttgart since Playing at Stuttgart for 1st time on grass after appearing 4 straight years on clay ( ) with previous best result QF in 2013 (l. to Hanescu) Trying to reach fourth ATP World Tour SF of season (3-0 in QF matches) Earned biggest win of career by beating No. 3 Wawrinka in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R (l. to Cuevas in 3R) Playing 18th ATP World Tour or Grand Slam event of 2017 this week, most possible based on calendar Fell in SFs at Chennai (l. to Bautista Agut), Montpellier (l. to Gasquet) and Marrakech (l. to Kohlschreiber) Owns 7-match losing streak in ATP World Tour SFs since reaching 2015 Tokyo final (d. Nishikori, l. to Wawrinka) Advanced to 3R at Aus. Open (d. Fognini in 5 sets, l. to Thiem), Miami (l. to Young) and Barcelona (l. to Zeballos) Reached 12th ATP Challenger Tour final at Sophia Antipolis, FRA (l. to Bedene) Upset by No. 333 de Minaur in Sydney 1R, No. 136 Fritz in Indian Wells 1R and No. 655 Haas in Monte-Carlo 1R Suffered 10 tour-level losses and 1 Challenger loss to players outside Top 100 since start of 2016 season Teamed with older brother Thomas to reach Lyon doubles QF as WC (d. Raja/Sharan, l. to Marach/Pavic) Janowicz 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 3-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 13, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 155 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Opened on Tuesday saving six of seven break pts. in a win over Kuznetsov to reach 2R for second time. Then beat [2]/No. 12 Dimitrov 76 63, hitting 12 aces and saving all three break pts. faced. Two years ago came in ranked No. 50 and defeated Brown (l. to Kohlschreiber) Appearing in first ATP World Tour QF since 2015 Halle (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) and trying to reach first SF since February 2015 Montpellier where he advanced to final (ret. vs. Gasquet) Playing with protected ranking of No. 94 and was last direct entry into main draw Earned 1st ATP main draw win since 2015 Vienna at Sofia (d. Sela, l. to eventual champion Dimitrov in 2R) Let 2-set lead slip away in Australian Open 1R (l. to Cilic) Has a 10-4 record on ATP Challenger Tour and captured 6th Challenger title at Bergamo, ITA (d. Halys) Reached Guadalajara, MEX Challenger SF (l. to Shapovalov 76 in 3rd)
34 MERCEDESCUP: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, June 15, 2017 TC Weissenhof Stuttgart, Germany June 12-18, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 630,785 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com MercedesCup.de Martin Dagahs: Press Room: NO. 2 DIMITROV, NO. 3 BERDYCH OPEN GRASS COURT CAMPAIGN The final four second round matches are on Thursday s schedule led by No. 2 seed Grigor Dimitrov and No. 3 seed Tomas Berdych. In addition, 2009 MercedesCup champion Jeremy Chardy along with qualifier Peter Gojowczyk, who is trying to become the fourth German to reach the quarter-finals this week. In the opening match on Center Court, Chardy takes on Madrid native Feliciano Lopez, who owns a 3-1 head-to-head record. Lopez won the only previous grass meeting, which was also their last encounter in the QFs of 2014 Eastbourne en route to the title. Lopez is trying to reach his second QF of the season and Chardy his third. Lopez was a semi-finalist here on clay in 2003 and In the next match on, Berdych brings a 4-0 record against No. 2 Aussie Bernard Tomic. Two of Berdych s wins came on grass in four sets at Wimbledon in Berdych is trying to reach his fifth quarter-final of the season and Tomic his second along with his second QF in Stuttgart (2015). In the third match on, Jerzy Janowicz of Poland looks to level his head-to-head record against Dimitrov, who has a 2-1 head-to-head record. Janowicz, who has a protected ranking of No. 94, is trying to reach his first ATP World Tour quarter-final since 2015 Halle. Dimitrov is a two-time ATP World Tour champion this season with titles in Brisbane and Sofia. He jumped off to a 16-2 start in the first two months but is 5-7 since March. In the final match on, Benoit Paire and Gojowczyk meet for the first time on the ATP World Tour. Paire is playing his 18th ATP or Grand Slam tournament of the year this week -- the most events possible based on the calendar. The Frenchman is and he is trying to reach his first QF in Stuttgart since Gojowczyk s last ATP World Tour QF came in 2014 Halle. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY SECOND-ROUND MATCHES CENTER COURT Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Lopez Leads Sydney (Australia) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 6-7(2) ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Jeremy Chardy (4) 13 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez ret 14 Eastbourne (Great Britain) Grass QF Feliciano Lopez Chardy 2017 Summary QF (2): Auckland (l Sock); Montpellier (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 12, 1987 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 80 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (2009 Champion)
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