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1 KONZUM CROATIA OPEN UMAG: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, July 4, 015 ATP Stadion, Umag, Croatia July 0 6, 015 Draw: S-8, D-16 Prize Money: 44,01 Surface: Clay ATP facebook.com/atpworldtour Tournament Info: facebook. com/atpcroatiaopenumag ATP PR & Marketing: Florent Girod: fgirod@atpworldtour.com Press Room: SIX SEEDS IN QUARTER-FINAL ACTION ON FRIDAY Day 5: The quarter-finals on Friday at the Konzum Croatia Open Umag features six seeds. 01 runner-up and No. 5 seed Fabio Fognini of Italy gets the quarter-final action started when he meets Joao Sousa of Portugal for the second time. The Italian won their only previous meeting in the first round last year at Monte Carlo in three sets. Following Croatian teen sensation and No. 7 seed Borna Coric meets Spanish No. seed Roberto Bautista Agut for the first time. In the last match on Centree Court top seed Gael Monfils brings a 10- head-to-head advantage in his match against the No. 6 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. The second match on Grandstand is a first time meeting between Austrian countrymen Andreas Haider-Maurer and No. 4 seed Dominic Thiem. All together theree are six matches scheduled (4 singles and doubles). Monfils Top Seed: No. 4 Frenchman Monfils comes in as the top seed with a -1 match record on the season (11-4 on clay). Monfils, who is ranked No. 17, has played well in tie-breaks this year, compiling an 18-5 mark. Monfils reached the final in Marseille in February (l. to Simon) and the semito Fognini finals in four other events. Two years ago in his Umag debut he reached the semis, losing in a third set tie-break. Coric Continues Croat Title Hopes: No. 7 seed Borna Coric is the highest-rankefor first time. He is the youngest player in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings and has a 1-17 match record on the season (10-5 on Croat in the main draw at No. 6. He is looking to reach the semi-finals here clay). He has reached the semi-finals in Dubai and Nice and quarter-finals in Estoril. Teenage Match Wins Leaders: Coric has the most match wins (1) among teenagers on the ATP World Tour this year. Here are the teenage wins leaders (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam only): Coric, Borna CRO Kokkinakis, Thanasi AUS Zverev, Alexander GER + Rublev, Andrey RUS Kyrgios, Nick AUS Ymer, Elias SWE Chung, Hyeon KOR Donaldson, Jared USA Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN + In Bastad quarter-finals on Friday W L FRIDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD HEADS In Order of Play by Court Centre Court (5) Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Joao Sousa (POR) 14 ATP Masters Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R64 Fabio Fognini Fognini Leads

2 Page of 5 Fognini FastFacts: F: Rio de Janeiro (l Ferrer); QF(): Sao Paulo (l Giraldo); Barcelona (l Andujar) YTD W-L: (15- on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: Date of Birth: May 4, 187 Emirates ATP Ranking: Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 15-7 (RUP 01) The 8-year-old Italian defeated Damir Dzumhur 6 75 on Wednesday to reach the QF here for the fifth time. He opened with a win over Jiri Vesely. He playing here for 8 th consecutive year, reached the finals in 01 (l. to Robredo) and also reached the SF three times including last year (l. to Cuevas). Has a 15-7 tournament record Appearing in his 4 th ATP World Tour QF of the year (1- mark), best result was final at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Ferrer). Fell in QF at Sao Paulo (l. to Giraldo) and Barcelona (l. to Andujar) On February 1, snapped Nadal s 5-match winning streak in clay-court semi-finals with a win at Rio de Janeiro. He fell to Ferrer in the finals On April, beat Nadal in third round at Barcelona; his 6th Top 10 win and second over a member of the Top 5 (also Nadal at 015 Rio de Janeiro). He became the third player to beat Nadal on clay at least two times in a row (also Gaudio and Djokovic) On May 1, defeated Grigor Dimitrov 76() in the second round at ATP Masters 1000 Rome for his 00 th career win Won his first Grand Slam doubles title (w/bolelli) at the Australian Open (d. Herbert-Mahut). It was their ninth time they teamed up in a major championship as a team. They were the first all-italian pairing to win a Grand Slam doubles title since Pietrangeli and Sirola lifted the 15 Roland Garros crown Sousa FastFacts: F: Geneva (l Bellucci); SF: Montpellier (l Janowicz) YTD W-L: 1-1 (1-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: March 0, 18 Emirates ATP Ranking: 51 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): - (QF 015) The 6-year-old Portuguese advanced to the QF here for the first time with 6 6 win over No. seed Andreas Seppi on Wednesday. He opened with a 6 61 win over Croatian wild card Toni Androic. His previous best result was R last year (l. to Gabashvili, 1R bye) and has a - tournament record Appearing in third ATP World Tour QF of the year (-0 mark), best result was reaching 4 th career final at Geneva (l. to Bellucci) dropped to 1- in finals. Also reached SF at Montpellier (l. to Janowicz) In Grand Slam play (- record), best result was R at Australian Open (l. to Murray), fell in R at Roland Garros (l. to Murray) and fell in 1R at Wimbledon (l. to Wawrinka) (7) Borna Coric (CRO) vs () Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) First Meeting Coric FastFacts: SF(): Dubai (l Federer); Nice (l Mayer); QF: Estoril (l Garcia-Lopez) YTD W-L: 1-17 (10-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 14, 16 Emirates ATP Ranking: 6 (Career-high) Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 4- (QF )

3 Page of 5 The 18-year-old Croatian advanced to the QF here for the nd year in a row with a win over Aljaz Bedene of Great Britain on Thursday. Opened with a 6 6 win over Marcel Granollers. Last year fell to Fognini in the QF in three sets. Has a 4- tournament record Appearing in 4 th ATP World Tour QF of the year (-1 mark) and 6 th overall (- career record in QF matches) Reached SF at Dubai (d. Murray in QF, l. to eventual champion Federer) as a lucky loser and Nice (l. to Mayer), fell in QF at Estoril (l. to Garcia-Lopez) In Grand Slam play (- record), reached R at Roland Garros (d. Querrey in 1R, Robredo in R, l. to Sock), R at Wimbledon (l. to Seppi) and fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Chardy) Bautista Agut FastFacts: SF(): Chennai (l Bedene); Marseille (l Monfils); Munich (l Murray); QF: Barcelona (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: -18 (11-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: Date of Birth: April 14, 188 Emirates ATP Ranking: Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (QF 015) The 7-year-old Spaniard defeated Slovenian Blaz Kavcic 61 6 in his tournament debut on Thursday Appearing in his 5 th ATP World Tour QF of the year (-1 mark) Opened year by reaching SF at Chennai (l. to Bedene), also reached SF at Marseille (l. to Monfils) and Munich (l. to eventual Champion Murray). Reached QF at Barcelona (l. to Nishikori) In Grand Slam play (5- record), reached 4R for the first time at Wimbledon (l. to Federer). Fell in R at Australian Open (l. to Muller) and Roland Garros (l. to Rosol) Best ATP Masters 1000 result was R three times at Indiana Wells (l. to Sock, 1R bye), Monte Carlo (l. to Berdych) and Madrid (l. to Nishikori) (1) Gael Monfils (FRA) vs (6) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Monfils Leads Vienna (Austria) Hard SF Gael Monfils () 0 Metz (France) Hard F Gael Monfils 7-6(1) FRA vs. GER WG 1st RD (France) Hard RR Gael Monfils (5) 11 Halle (Germany) Grass SF Philipp Kohlschreiber GER vs. FRA WG QF (Germany) Clay RR Gael Monfils 7-6() 7-6(5) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Gael Monfils ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Gael Monfils () 6-1 Metz (France) Hard QF Gael Monfils 6-7() Doha (Qatar) Hard R16 Gael Monfils Stuttgart (Germany) Clay QF Philipp Kohlschreiber GER vs. FRA WG 1st RD (Germany) Hard RR Gael Monfils (4) 15 Stuttgart (Germany) Grass QF Gael Monfils Gael Monfils Philipp Kohlschreiber Sets Won: 10 Tiebreak Sets Won: 6 Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 1 Hard: 7 0 Grass: 1 1

4 Page 4 of 5 Monfils FastFacts: F: Marseille (l Simon); SF(4): Montpellier (l Gasquet); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Berdych); Bucharest (l Garcia-Lopez); Stuttgart (l Nadal); QF(): Rotterdam (l Berdych); Halle (l Seppi) YTD W-L: -1 (11-4 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: September 1, 186 Emirates ATP Ranking: 17 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 4-1 (SF 01) The 8-year-old Frenchman defeated Austrian qualifier Bastian Trinker 6 60 on Thursday to reach the QF for the second time. In his tournament debut in 01 he lost in three sets to Fabio Fognini Appearing in his 8 th ATP World Tour QF of the year (5- mark) Reached nd career ATP World Tour final at Marseille (l. to Simon in rd set TB) dropped to 5-17 in finals Reached SF at Montpellier (l. to eventual champion Gasquet), ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d. Federer in R, d. Dimitrov in QF, l. to Berdych), Bucharest (l. to eventual Champion Garcia- Lopez) and Stuttgart (l. to eventual champion Nadal). Fell in QF at Rotterdam (l. to Berdych) and Halle (l. to Seppi) In Grand Slam play (6- record), reached 4R at Roland Garros (l. to Federer), R at Wimbledon (l. to Simon) and R at Australian Open (l.to Janowicz) Kohlschreiber FastFacts: F: Munich (l Murray); QF(): Montpellier (l Sousa); Barcelona (l Ferrer); Stuttgart (l Monfils) YTD W-L: (1-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: October 16, 18 Emirates ATP Ranking: 4 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): -0 (QF 015) The 1-year-old German defeated Santiago Giraldo in his tournament debut on Tuesday. Followed up with a 6 75 win over Paolo Lorenzi on Thursday Appearing in his 5 th ATP World Tour QF of the year (1- record) Reached finals at Munch (l. to Murray) dropped to 5-7 in ATP World Tour finals Reached QF at Montpellier (l. to Sousa), Barcelona (l. to Ferrer) and Stuttgart (l. to Monfils) In Grand Slam play (- record), reached R at Australian Open (l. to Tomic) and Roland Garros (l. to Andujar), fell in 1R at Wimbledon (l. to eventual champion Djokovic) Grandstand (4) Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) First Meeting Thiem FastFacts W: Nice (d Mayer); QF(): Marseille (l Bautista Agut); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); Munich (l Melzer) YTD W-L: 0-18 (11-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September, 1 Emirates ATP Ranking: 6 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (QF 015)

5 Page 5 of 5 Haider-Maurer FastFacts: SF: Rio de Janeiro (l Ferrer); QF(): Chennai (l Goffin); Casablanca (l Dzumhur) YTD W-L: (11- on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: March, 187 Emirates ATP Ranking: 61 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): -1 (QF 015)