GERRY WEBER OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES NO. 1 FEDERER AND RISING CORIC TO FACE OFF FOR HALLE CROWN

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1 GERRY WEBER OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, 24 June 2018 Gerry Weber Stadion Halle, Germany June 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 1,983,595 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com GerryWeber-Open.de Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com NO. 1 FEDERER AND RISING CORIC TO FACE OFF FOR HALLE CROWN Defending champion Roger Federer will try to claim a staggering 10th Gerry Weber Open title when he takes on Borna Coric in the championship match on Sunday. Federer leads the head-tohead record with the 21-year-old Croatian by 2-0, but Coric pushed the Swiss star to the limit in a three-set semi-final battle at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells earlier this year. Top-ranked Federer is 20-0 on grass since 2017 Halle; this is the second-longest grass streak of his career, surpassed only by winning 65 straight matches on grass from 2003 to Now into his 12th Halle final, Federer must win this match to retain his World No. 1 position on Monday a loss will cause him to drop to No. 2 behind Rafael Nadal. The top seed had to save two match points in the second round against Benoit Paire before prevailing in a deciding-set tiebreak, but won his next two matches with scorelines. Federer also leads the tournament with 32 aces. Coric becomes the first Croatian to reach the final in the 26-year history of the Gerry Weber Open. Coric opened the tournament by winning his third match in four meetings with World No. 3 Alexander Zverev, and continued through the draw without dropping a set, winning 29 of his 30 service games (leading the field) and claiming 10 of 31 return games (also leading the field). Having reached his first final since winning his maiden ATP World Tour title in Marrakech over a year ago, Coric is projected to surpass his career-high ranking of No. 28 regardless of the final result. The doubles final will be a rematch of last year s championship battle, as top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo will take on German brothers Alexander and Mischa Zverev for the second year running. Kubot and Melo finished last year as the No. 1 doubles team in the world, and opened the season by winning the Sydney title, but this is their first final since then. Both of their previous meetings with the Zverevs went to match tiebreaks, but Kubot and Melo triumphed each time. INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Gerry Weber Open [1] Roger Federer Borna Coric Aces st-Serve Percentage 63% (177 of 279) 63% (107 of 169) 1st-Serve Points Won 81% (144 of 177) 78% (83 of 107) 2nd-Serve Points Won 62% (63 of 102) 66% (41 of 62) Service Games Won 90% (44 of 49) 97% (29 of 30) Break Points Saved 69% (11 of 16) 88% (7 of 8) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 29% (60 of 205) 31% (39 of 124) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 51% (69 of 134) 57% (47 of 83) Return Games Won 19% (9 of 48) 32% (10 of 31) Break Points Converted 36% (9 of 25) 43% (10 of 23) BOLD: Leads all players at Gerry Weber Open.

2 Day 7 Sunday, 24 June 2018 Page 2 of 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS STADION [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Federer Leads Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard SF Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roger Federer Federer 2018 Summary W (3): Australian Open (d. Cilic); Rotterdam (d. Dimitrov); Stuttgart (d. Raonic); F (2): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. Del Potro), Halle YTD W-L: 25-2 (8-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 98 Date of Birth: August 8, 1981 (36) ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 63-6 ( , 2008, , 2017 Champion) Tournament Note: Saved 2 MPs to defeat Paire (7) in 2R on Thursday. Won 16 of last 17 TBs in Halle. Nine-time champion must capture his 10th Halle title to remain No. 1 in 25 June rankings. Reached SF-or-better in last 14 Halle appearances ( , 2008, 2010, ). Owns 12-2 record in Halle SFs. Became oldest World No. 1 in 45-year history of ATP Rankings at age 36 on 19 February. Owns records for most weeks at No. 1 (310), years since debut at No. 1 (14) and years between stints at No. 1 (5). Extended records with 20th Grand Slam title and 30th final at Australian Open. Tied record with 6th Aus. Open title. Defeated Cilic in Aus. Open final to improve to in 5th sets and earn career-best 6th straight win in 5th set. Secured No. 1 ranking with Rotterdam QF win (d. Haase) and went on to win 97th ATP World Tour title (d. Dimitrov). Lost No. 1 ranking on 2 April, regained it on 14 May, lost it again on 21 May and regained it again on 18 June. Clinched No. 1 most recently with Stuttgart SF win (d. Kyrgios in 3rd-set TB). Went on to win 98th title (d. Raonic). Enjoyed career-best 17-0 start before squandering 3 MPs vs. Del Potro in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final. Fell to Del Potro in 3rd-set tiebreaker, falling to 1-8 in championship matches decided by a final-set tiebreaker. Also lost 3rd-set TB to No. 175 Kokkinakis in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R -- worst loss by World No. 1 since same tournament and round in 2003 (No. 178 Clavet d. No. 1 Hewitt). Skipped clay-court season and has not played on surface since 12 May 2016 (l. to Thiem in Rome 3R). Coric 2018 Summary F (1): Halle; SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. Federer); QF (3): Doha (l. Rublev); Dubai (l. Bautista Agut); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. A. Zverev) YTD W-L: (4-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 34 Halle W-L (Best Result): 5-2 (2018 Finalist) Tournament Note: Improved to 3-1 on tour against fellow 21-year-old and World No. 3 A. Zverev with 1R win. Entered Halle with 2-7 career record on grass. Saved 7/8 BPs this week and made 1st grass-court QF, SF, and final. Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Indian Wells (d. Anderson in 3rd-set TB, l. to No. 1 Federer in 3 sets). Beat L. Mayer, Sock and Shapovalov in 3 sets to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. to A. Zverev). Also reached QFs at Doha (d. Carreno Busta in 1R after saving 3 MPs, l. to Rublev) and Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut). Broke into Top 30 and achieved career-high No. 28 in ATP Rankings on 2 April. Reached Roland Garros 3R for 3rd time in 4 appearances (l. to Schwartzman). Withdrew from Istanbul due to abdominal injury and retired in Rome 1R vs. Tsitsipas due to neck injury. DOUBLES FINAL [1] Lukasz Kubot (POL)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) vs Kubot/Melo Lead 2-0 Alexander Zverev (GER)/Mischa Zverev (GER) 17 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R16 Kubot/Melo (4) [14-12] 17 Halle (Germany) Grass F Kubot/Melo [10-8]

3 Day 7 Sunday, 24 June 2018 Page 3 of 3 Top seeds Kubot and Melo are the defending champions, having defeated Zverev/Zverev in the final last year. Kubot and Melo played together for the first time in 2015 and have been regular partners since the start of They have won 9 titles as a team, including Wimbledon in 2017 and ATP Masters 1000 titles at Miami, Madrid, and Paris-Bercy in They finished last year as the No. 1-ranked doubles team. 36-year-old Kubot has won 21 doubles titles in his career. He also won the 2014 Australian Open (with Robert Lindstedt) and reached 14 additional doubles finals throughout his career. He reached World No. 1 for the first time on 8 January of this year, and is currently ranked No year-old Melo has won 29 doubles titles in his career. He claimed 2015 Roland Garros (with Ivan Dodig) and ATP Masters 1000 titles at 2013 Shanghai, 2015 Paris-Bercy, 2016 Canada, 2016 Cincinnati (all with Dodig), and 2015 Shanghai (with Raven Klaasen). He has reached 23 additional doubles finals. He reached World No. 1 for the first time on 2 November 2015 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2015 and He is currently ranked No. 4. Siblings A. Zverev and M. Zverev were finalists in Halle last year, losing to Kubot/Melo. Mischa Zverev won the Halle doubles title in 2008 with Mikhail Youzhny. Zverev and Zverev are as a team. They have won 1 ATP World Tour doubles title as a team, in Montpellier last year. They have reached 3 other finals together, including Halle last year. 21-year-old Alexander Zverev s only doubles title and finals have come while paired with his brother. He is currently ranked No. 145 in doubles (career-high No. 89 last year). 30-year-old Mischa Zverev has won 3 doubles titles in total, the other two both having come in 2008 partnering Mikhail Youzhny (Halle and Tokyo). He has reached 6 additional doubles finals in his career. He is currently ranked No. 95 in doubles (career-high No. 44 in 2009).

4 GERRY WEBER OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, 23 June 2018 Gerry Weber Stadion Halle, Germany June 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 1,983,595 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com GerryWeber-Open.de Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com KUDLA FACES FEDERER FOLLOWING DREAM RUN TO HALLE SEMIS Denis Kudla stands 5-foot-11, but clutch serving has helped the 109th-ranked qualifier reach the second semi-final of his career at the Gerry Weber Open. Kudla is 10-0 in sets this week and has saved 20 of 21 break points overall, including two wins in qualifying. He is trying to become just the second American to reach the Halle final. Mardy Fish was runner-up to Roger Federer in Fourteen years later, Federer stands in Kudla s way on Saturday. The nine-time champion is 19-0 on grass since 2017 Halle, the second-longest grass streak of his storied career. Federer won 65 straight matches on grass from He has reached the semi-finals in each of his last 14 Halle appearances and is bidding for his 12th final, one shy of the 13 finals that he has reached in Basel. No. 4 seed Roberto Bautista Agut brings a 4-2 head-to-head lead into his meeting with Borna Coric. The winner will become the first finalist from his respective country in the 26-year history of the Gerry Weber Open. Carlos Moya was the only other Spanish semi-finalist, losing to Nicklas Kulti in Ivo Karlovic was the only other Croatian semi-finalist, falling to Federer in FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES SEMI-FINALS [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [Q] Denis Kudla (USA) Federer Leads ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Roger Federer Federer 2018 Summary W (3): Australian Open (d Cilic); Rotterdam (d Dimitrov); Stuttgart (d Raonic); F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: 24-2 (7-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 98 Date of Birth: August 8, 1981 (36) ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 62-6 ( , 2008, , 2017 Champion) Tournament Note: Saved 2 MPs to defeat Paire (7) in 2R on Thursday. Won 15 of last 16 TBs in Halle. Nine-time champion must capture his 10th Halle title to remain No. 1 in 25 June rankings. Reached SF-or-better in last 14 Halle appearances ( , 2008, 2010, ). Owns 11-2 record in Halle SFs. Became oldest World No. 1 in 45-year history of ATP Rankings at age 36 on 19 February. Owns records for most weeks at No. 1 (310), years since debut at No. 1 (14) and years between stints at No. 1 (5). Extended records with 20th Grand Slam title and 30th final at Australian Open. Tied record with 6th Aus. Open title. Defeated Cilic in Aus. Open final to improve to in 5th sets and earn career-best 6th straight win in 5th set. Secured No. 1 ranking with Rotterdam QF win (d. Haase) and went on to win 97th ATP World Tour title (d. Dimitrov). Lost No. 1 ranking on 2 April, regained it on 14 May, lost it again on 21 May and regained it again on 18 June. Clinched No. 1 most recently with Stuttgart SF win (d. Kyrgios in 3rd-set TB). Went on to win 98th title (d. Raonic). Enjoyed career-best 17-0 start before squandering 3 MPs vs. Del Potro in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final. Fell to Del Potro in 3rd-set tiebreaker, falling to 1-8 in championship matches decided by a final-set tiebreaker. Also lost 3rd-set TB to No. 175 Kokkinakis in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R -- worst loss by World No. 1 since same tournament and round in 2003 (No. 178 Clavet d. No. 1 Hewitt). Skipped clay-court season and has not played on surface since 12 May 2016 (l. to Thiem in Rome 3R).

5 Day 6 Saturday, 23 June 2018 Page 2 of 3 Kudla 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 5-4 (3-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 17, 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 109 Halle W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2018 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Qualifier has not dropped a set in 5 wins. Saved 10/11 BPs in main draw and 10/10 in qualifying. Appearing in 2nd ATP World Tour SF. Also qualified en route to 2015 Atlanta SF (l. to Isner in 3 sets). First American semi-finalist in Halle since Blake in Only American finalist was Fish in 2004 (l. to Federer). Qualified at Australian Open (l. to Thiem in 2R after leading by 2 sets), Houston (l. to Karlovic in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Dzumhur in 1R) and Stuttgart (l. to Fucsovics in 1R). Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Drummondville, CAN (d. Bonzi). Advanced to Le Gosier, GUD Challenger singles final (l. to Lajovic). Won Tallahassee, USA Challenger doubles title w/galloway (d. Lopez Perez/Nedunchezhiyan). Reached Newport Beach, USA Challenger doubles final w/huey (l. to Cerretani/Paes). [4] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Bautista Agut Leads Umag (Croatia) Clay QF Roberto Bautista Agut Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Roberto Bautista Agut Chennai (India) Hard QF Borna Coric (1) 16 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Roberto Bautista Agut Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard QF Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(4) ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Borna Coric Bautista Agut 2018 Summary W (2): Auckland (d Del Potro); Dubai (d Pouille); QF (2): Barcelona (l Goffin); Munich (l Kohlschreiber) YTD W-L: (3-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 16 Halle W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2018 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Saved 4/4 BPs vs. Struff in 1R, 5/6 BPs vs. Haase in 2R and 8/9 BPs vs. Khachanov in QF. Playing in 2nd ATP World Tour SF on grass after winning 2014 s-hertogenbosch title (d. Becker). Captured 8th and biggest title of career at ATP World Tour 500 event in Dubai as World No. 23 (d. Pouille). Lowest-ranked Dubai champion since No. 26 Santoro in Returned to career-high No. 13 on 14 May. Defeated Del Potro to win 2nd Auckland title (also 2016). Lost to Goffin in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 3R and Barcelona QF. Lost to Kohlschreiber in Munich QF and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R, squandering 1 MP in Madrid. Withdrew from Rotterdam due to illness and ATP Masters 1000 Rome due to hip injury. Coric 2018 Summary SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); QF (3): Doha (l Rublev); Dubai (l Bautista Agut); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: (3-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 34 Halle W-L (Best Result): 4-2 (2018 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Improved to 3-1 on tour against fellow 21-year-old and World No. 3 A. Zverev with 1R win. Entered Halle with 2-7 career record on grass. Saved 5/6 BPs this week and reached 1st grass-court QF and SF. Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Indian Wells (d. Anderson in 3rd-set TB, l. to No. 1 Federer in 3 sets). Beat L. Mayer, Sock and Shapovalov in 3 sets to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. to A. Zverev). Also reached QFs at Doha (d. Carreno Busta in 1R after saving 3 MPs, l. to Rublev) and Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut). Broke into Top 30 and achieved career-high No. 28 in ATP Rankings on 2 April. Reached Roland Garros 3R for 3rd time in 4 appearances (l. to Schwartzman). Withdrew from Istanbul due to abdominal injury and retired in Rome 1R vs. Tsitsipas due to neck injury.

6 Day 6 Saturday, 23 June 2018 Page 3 of 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: POTENTIAL SINGLES FINALS [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [4] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Federer Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R16 Roger Federer Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R16 Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Roger Federer 7-6(5) 7-6(4) 17 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard QF Roger Federer [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Federer Leads Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard SF Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roger Federer [Q] Denis Kudla (USA) vs [4] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) First Meeting [Q] Denis Kudla (USA) vs Borna Coric (CRO) First Meeting

7 GERRY WEBER OPEN: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, 22 June 2018 Gerry Weber Stadion Halle, Germany June 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 1,983,595 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com GerryWeber-Open.de Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com IN-FORM EBDEN FACES FEDERER FOR 1ST TIME IN HALLE QUARTERS Matthew Ebden is playing at the Gerry Weber Open with the highest ranking of his injury-plagued career. The World No. 60 can add the biggest win of his career to his resume on Friday when he meets nine-time champion and World No. 1 Roger Federer in the quarter-finals. Ebden reached No. 61 in 2012, but following left knee surgery, fell as low as No. 699 in Federer, who saved two match points on Thursday against Benoit Paire, has won 18 straight matches on grass courts. The winner of Federer vs. Ebden will meet the winner of Yuichi Sugita vs. Denis Kudla in the semi-finals on Saturday. Sugita won the 2017 Antalya title on grass, but began the 2018 grass-court season on a nine-match tour-level losing streak. His second-round win over No. 7 Dominic Thiem is the biggest of his career. Kudla, a qualifier, has not dropped a set through four matches this week. The American is lifetime on grass courts, on hard courts and 3-9 on clay courts. None of the four quarter-finalists on the bottom-half of the draw have dropped a set. No. 4 seed Roberto Bautista Agut meets Karen Khachanov with hopes of joining Carlos Moya in 1999 as just the second Spanish semi-finalist in Halle s 26-year tournament history. Following that match, Borna Coric competes in his first grass-court quarter-final against 2015 finalist Andreas Seppi. Coric, who turns 22 in November, has surpassed 20 wins in a season for the fourth straight year. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs [Q] Denis Kudla (USA) First Meeting Sugita 2018 Summary QF (1): Dubai (l Pouille) YTD W-L: 7-15 (3-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 18, 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 52 Halle W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Defeated World No. 7 Thiem in 2R on Wednesday for biggest win of career. Attempting to reach 3rd ATP World Tour SF of career and 1st since 2017 Chengdu (l. to Istomin). Advanced to Dubai QF (d. Ivashka and Struff, l. to Pouille). Earned 1st Top 10 win of career to reach Australian Open 2R (d. Sock, l. to Karlovic in 5th). Snapped 9-match tour-level losing streak by reaching s-hertogenbosch 2R (d. Basilashvili, l. to Copil). Squandered 2 MPs vs. Maden in Munich 1R. During Davis Cup 1R, saved 1 MP to defeat Seppi but squandered 1 MP in loss to Fognini (ITA d. JPN 3-1). Kudla 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 4-4 (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 17, 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 109 Halle W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2018 Quarter-finalist)

8 Day 5 Friday, 22 June 2018 Page 2 of 4 Tournament Note: Qualifier did not drop a set in wins this week over Pella, Basilashvili, [Q] Lacko and Tsitsipas. Appearing in 4th ATP World Tour QF and 1st since 2015 Atlanta, where he reached only SF (d. Sela, l. to Isner). Qualified at Australian Open (l. to Thiem in 2R after leading by 2 sets), Houston (l. to Karlovic in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Dzumhur in 1R) and Stuttgart (l. to Fucsovics in 1R). Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Drummondville, CAN (d. Bonzi). Advanced to Le Gosier, GUD Challenger singles final (l. to Lajovic). Won Tallahassee, USA Challenger doubles title w/galloway (d. Lopez Perez/Nedunchezhiyan). Reached Newport Beach, USA Challenger doubles final w/huey (l. to Cerretani/Paes). [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [SE] Matthew Ebden (AUS) First Meeting Federer 2018 Summary W (3): Australian Open (d Cilic); Rotterdam (d Dimitrov); Stuttgart (d Raonic); F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: 23-2 (6-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 98 Date of Birth: August 8, 1981 (36) ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 61-6 ( , 2008, , 2017 Champion) Tournament Note: Saved 2 MPs to defeat Paire (7) in 2R on Thursday. Won 14 of last 15 TBs in Halle. Nine-time champion must capture his 10th Halle title to remain No. 1 in 25 June rankings. Reached QF-or-better in all 16 Halle appearances. Owns 12-2 record in Halle QFs with 12 straight wins and 1 w/o. Became oldest World No. 1 in 45-year history of ATP Rankings at age 36 on 19 February. Owns records for most weeks at No. 1 (310), years since debut at No. 1 (14) and years between stints at No. 1 (5). Extended records with 20th Grand Slam title and 30th final at Australian Open. Tied record with 6th Aus. Open title. Defeated Cilic in Aus. Open final to improve to in 5th sets and earn career-best 6th straight win in 5th set. Secured No. 1 ranking with Rotterdam QF win (d. Haase) and went on to win 97th ATP World Tour title (d. Dimitrov). Lost No. 1 ranking on 2 April, regained it on 14 May, lost it again on 21 May and regained it again on 18 June. Clinched No. 1 most recently with Stuttgart SF win (d. Kyrgios in 3rd-set TB). Went on to win 98th title (d. Raonic). Enjoyed career-best 17-0 start before squandering 3 MPs vs. Del Potro in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final. Fell to Del Potro in 3rd-set tiebreaker, falling to 1-8 in championship matches decided by a final-set tiebreaker. Also lost 3rd-set TB to No. 175 Kokkinakis in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R -- worst loss by World No. 1 since same tournament and round in 2003 (No. 178 Clavet d. No. 1 Hewitt). Skipped clay-court season and has not played on surface since 12 May 2016 (l. to Thiem in Rome 3R). Ebden 2018 Summary SF (1): s-hertogenbosch (l Chardy) YTD W-L: 9-10 (5-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 26, 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 60 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Special exempt defeated No. 6 seed and 2011 champion Kohlschreiber on Thursday. Owns 1-6 record vs. Top 10 opponents with biggest win of career over No. 8 Fish in 2012 Indian Wells 3R. Attempting to reach 3rd ATP World Tour SF of career (2017 Newport, 2018 s-hertogenbosch). Defeated defending champion Muller en route to 2nd ATP World Tour SF at s-hertogenbosch (l. to Chardy). Upset defending champion Querrey in 3rd-set TB at Acapulco (l. to Donaldson in 2R). Achieved career-high No. 60 in ATP Rankings on 18 June, passing previous career-high of No. 61 in Captured 9th ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Busan, KOR (d. Pospisil). Won doubles title at Taipei, TPE Challenger w/whittington (d. Gunneswaran/Myneni) and reached final at Irving, USA Challenger w/albot (l. to Petzschner/Peya). Returned to Davis Cup for 1st time since 2013 in 5-set loss w/peers to Puetz/Struff (GER d. AUS 3-1 in 1R).

9 Day 5 Friday, 22 June 2018 Page 3 of 4 Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs [4] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Series Tied Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Karen Khachanov (4) Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut (4) Khachanov 2018 Summary W (1): Marseille (d Pouille); QF (2): Auckland (l Del Potro); Montpellier (l Goffin) YTD W-L: (2-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 36 Halle W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Converted 4/11 break points and saved 1/1 to defeat [7] Nishikori in 2R on Wednesday. Attempting to reach 4th ATP World Tour SF of career (2016 Chengdu, 2017 Halle, 2018 Marseille). Captured 2nd ATP title at Marseille (d. Berdych and Pouille). Lost rematch to Pouille 3 days later in Dubai 2R. Second player born in 1996 or later to win 2+ ATP titles (A. Zverev 8). Advanced to QFs at Auckland (l. to Del Potro) and Montpellier (l. to Goffin). Reached Roland Garros 4R for 2nd straight year (d. Pouille, l. to A. Zverev after leading 2 sets to 1). Played in 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at ATP Masters 1000 Miami w/rublev (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Withdrew from Lyon due to fatigue and s-hertogenbosch due to left foot injury. Bautista Agut 2018 Summary W (2): Auckland (d Del Potro); Dubai (d Pouille); QF (2): Barcelona (l Goffin); Munich (l Kohlschreiber) YTD W-L: (2-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 16 Halle W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2017, 2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Saved 4/4 break points in 1R win over Struff and 5/6 break points in 2R win over Haase. Attempting to reach 2nd ATP World Tour SF on grass after winning 2014 s-hertogenbosch title (d. Becker). Captured 8th and biggest title of career at ATP World Tour 500 event in Dubai as World No. 23 (d. Pouille). Lowest-ranked Dubai champion since No. 26 Santoro in Returned to career-high No. 13 on 14 May. Defeated Del Potro to win 2nd Auckland title (also 2016). Lost to Goffin in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 3R and Barcelona QF. Lost to Kohlschreiber in Munich QF and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R, squandering 1 MP in Madrid. Withdrew from Rotterdam due to illness and ATP Masters 1000 Rome due to hip injury. Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Seppi Leads Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Andreas Seppi (3) Seppi 2018 Summary SF (2): Rotterdam (l Federer); Budapest (l Cecchinato); QF (1): Geneva (l Gojowczyk) YTD W-L: (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 21, 1984 (34) ATP Ranking: 50 Halle W-L (Best Result): 11-7 (2015 Finalist) Tournament Note: Saved 0/0 break points in 1R win over [LL] Berrettini and 3/3 BPs in 2R win over [WC] F. Mayer. Seeking 1st ATP World Tour final since biggest championship match of career at 2015 Halle (l. to Federer). Advanced to SFs at Rotterdam as LL (d. A. Zverev in 2R, l. to Federer) and Budapest (l. to Cecchinato). Reached Australian Open 4R for 4th time (d. Karlovic 9-7 in 5th, l. to Edmund). Fell to 0-6 in Grand Slam 4R overall. Entered Australian Open after capturing 8th ATP Challenger Tour title at Canberra, AUS (d. Fucsovics). Qualified and advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to Nishikori). Appeared in 52nd straight Grand Slam main draw at Roland Garros (l. to Gasquet in 1R). Lost Davis Cup 5-setters to Sugita in 1R (ITA d. JPN 3-1) and to Pouille in QF (FRA d. ITA 3-1). Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events at Indian Wells and Miami due to hip injury.

10 Day 5 Friday, 22 June 2018 Page 4 of 4 Coric 2018 Summary SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); QF (3): Doha (l Rublev); Dubai (l Bautista Agut); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: (2-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 34 Halle W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Improved to 3-1 on tour against fellow 21-year-old and World No. 3 A. Zverev with 1R win. Entered Halle with 2-7 career record on grass. Appearing in 1st ATP World Tour QF of career on grass. Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Indian Wells (d. Anderson in 3rd-set TB, l. to No. 1 Federer in 3 sets). Beat L. Mayer, Sock and Shapovalov in 3 sets to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. to A. Zverev). Also reached QFs at Doha (d. Carreno Busta in 1R after saving 3 MPs, l. to Rublev) and Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut). Broke into Top 30 and achieved career-high No. 28 in ATP Rankings on 2 April. Reached Roland Garros 3R for 3rd time in 4 appearances (l. to Schwartzman). Blew lead in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 3R vs. Thiem, who went on to upset No. 1 Nadal and reach final. Defeated Pospisil and Shapovalov to lead Croatia to Davis Cup 1R win (CRO d. CAN 3-1). Withdrew from Istanbul due to abdominal injury and retired in Rome 1R vs. Tsitsipas due to neck injury.

11 GERRY WEBER OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, 21 June 2018 Gerry Weber Stadion Halle, Germany June 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 1,983,595 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com GerryWeber-Open.de Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDERER PERFECT VS. PAIRE; GERMANS SEEK ANOTHER HALLE QF Roger Federer is 5-0 in matches and 11-0 in sets against his second-round opponent at the Gerry Weber Open on Thursday. And he hasn t even played Benoit Paire on grass yet. The World No. 1 is on a 17-match grass-court win streak dating back to his ninth title run in Halle last June. While Paire is on grass, Federer is 145 matches over.500 at He s just five victories shy of Jimmy Connors Open Era record for grass-court wins. Connors went on the surface. Two other former champions will be in Stadion action: No. 6 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber and wild card Florian Mayer. Kohlschreiber, who won a Federer-less title at Halle in 2011, seeks his 11th quarter-final appearance at the event against Matthew Ebden. The 34-year-old from Augsburg thrives on home-court advantage. Kohlschreiber is lifetime in Germany (.658) and elsewhere (.537), with five of his eight ATP World Tour singles titles coming on home soil. Kohlschreiber and Mayer, a native of Bayreuth, were born 11 days apart and share a history of success at the Gerry Weber Open. Mayer is bidding for his eighth quarter-final appearance in Halle, highlighted by his unlikely run to the 2016 title as the World No The lowest-ranked champion in tournament history routed Richard Gasquet on Tuesday, two days after the Frenchman won the s-hertogenbosch title. Mayer meets another 34-year-old, Andreas Seppi, on Thursday. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY 2ND-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs [6] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Kohlschreiber Leads Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Philipp Kohlschreiber (4) Ebden 2018 Summary SF (1): s-hertogenbosch (l Chardy) YTD W-L: 8-10 (4-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 26, 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 60 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Earned special exempt into Halle following SF run at s-hertogenbosch, then beat Jaziri in 1R. Defeated defending champion Muller en route to 2nd ATP World Tour SF at s-hertogenbosch (l. to Chardy). Upset defending champion Querrey in 3rd-set TB at Acapulco (l. to Donaldson in 2R). Achieved career-high No. 60 in ATP Rankings on 18 June, passing previous career-high of No. 61 in Captured 9th ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Busan, KOR (d. Pospisil). Won doubles title at Taipei, TPE Challenger w/whittington (d. Gunneswaran/Myneni) and reached final at Irving, USA Challenger w/albot (l. to Petzschner/Peya). Returned to Davis Cup for 1st time since 2013 in 5-set loss w/peers to Puetz/Struff (GER d. AUS 3-1 in 1R).

12 Day 4 Thursday, 21 June 2018 Page 2 of 4 Kohlschreiber 2018 Summary F (1): Munich (l A. Zverev); QF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 24 Halle W-L (Best Result): (2011 Champion) Tournament Note: Advanced to QF-or-better 10 times in Halle, highlighted by 2011 title (d. Petzschner). Did not drop a set en route to 6th Munich final, falling to 3-3 with loss to countryman A. Zverev. Snapped 12-match losing streak vs. Top 10 players, beating No. 3 Cilic en route to Indian Wells QF (l. to Del Potro). Advanced to 3R at all 3 ATP Masters 1000 clay-court events: Monte-Carlo (d. Ramos-Vinolas, l. to Dimitrov), Madrid (d. Bautista Agut after saving 1 MP, l. to Anderson) and Rome (d. Sock, l. to Nishikori). Fell to Ferrer in deciding rubber of Davis Cup QF, losing 7-5 in 5th after 4 hours, 51 minutes (ESP d. GER 3-2). Followed with worst tour-level loss of career vs. World No. 617 Ouahab in Marrakech 1R. [LL] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Basilashvili Leads Lyon (France) Clay R32 Nikoloz Basilashvili ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Nikoloz Basilashvili (5) 18 Doha (Qatar) Hard R16 Borna Coric Basilashvili 2018 Summary QF (2): Marrakech (l Sousa); Budapest (l Seppi) YTD W-L: (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 23, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 85 Halle W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Replaced injured Gojowczyk in main draw and beat 17-year-old [WC] Molleker on Wednesday. Reached clay-court QFs at Marrakech (l. to Sousa) and Budapest (l. to Seppi). Advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 3rd time at Australian Open (l. to Edmund after leading 2 sets to 1). Qualified at ATP Masters 1000s in Madrid (l. to Monfils in 1R) and Rome (l. to Djokovic in 2R). Lost 7 straight matches from 19 January-21 March, including in Davis Cup to No. 698 Ahouda and No. 591 Ouahab. Retired in Acapulco 1R vs. Donaldson and Indian Wells 1R vs. Sandgren due to right shoulder injury. Coric 2018 Summary SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); QF (3): Doha (l Rublev); Dubai (l Bautista Agut); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 34 Halle W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2015, nd Round) Tournament Note: Improved to 3-1 on tour against fellow 21-year-old and World No. 3 A. Zverev with 1R win. Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Indian Wells (d. Anderson in 3rd-set TB, l. to No. 1 Federer in 3 sets). Beat L. Mayer, Sock and Shapovalov in 3 sets to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. to A. Zverev). Also reached QFs at Doha (d. Carreno Busta in 1R after saving 3 MPs, l. to Rublev) and Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut). Broke into Top 30 and achieved career-high No. 28 in ATP Rankings on 2 April. Reached Roland Garros 3R for 3rd time in 4 appearances (l. to Schwartzman). Blew lead in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 3R vs. Thiem, who went on to upset No. 1 Nadal and reach final. Defeated Pospisil and Shapovalov to lead Croatia to Davis Cup 1R win (CRO d. CAN 3-1). Withdrew from Istanbul due to abdominal injury and retired in Rome 1R vs. Tsitsipas due to neck injury.

13 Day 4 Thursday, 21 June 2018 Page 3 of 4 [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Benoit Paire (FRA) Federer Leads Basel (Switzerland) Hard QF Roger Federer Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay SF Roger Federer 7-6(5) Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Roger Federer Basel (Switzerland) Hard R16 Roger Federer Federer 2018 Summary W (3): Australian Open (d Cilic); Rotterdam (d Dimitrov); Stuttgart (d Raonic); F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: 22-2 (5-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 98 Date of Birth: August 8, 1981 (36) ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 60-6 ( , 2008, , 2017 Champion) Tournament Note: Nine-time champion must capture his 10th Halle title to remain No. 1 in 25 June rankings. Became oldest World No. 1 in 45-year history of ATP Rankings at age 36 on 19 February. Owns records for most weeks at No. 1 (310), years since debut at No. 1 (14) and years between stints at No. 1 (5). Extended records with 20th Grand Slam title and 30th final at Australian Open. Tied record with 6th Aus. Open title. Defeated Cilic in Aus. Open final to improve to in 5th sets and earn career-best 6th straight win in 5th set. Secured No. 1 ranking with Rotterdam QF win (d. Haase) and went on to win 97th ATP World Tour title (d. Dimitrov). Lost No. 1 ranking on 2 April, regained it on 14 May, lost it again on 21 May and regained it again on 18 June. Clinched No. 1 most recently with Stuttgart SF win (d. Kyrgios in 3rd-set TB). Went on to win 98th title (d. Raonic). Enjoyed career-best 17-0 start before squandering 3 MPs vs. Del Potro in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final. Fell to Del Potro in 3rd-set tiebreaker, falling to 1-8 in championship matches decided by a final-set tiebreaker. Also lost 3rd-set TB to No. 175 Kokkinakis in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R -- worst loss by World No. 1 since same tournament and round in 2003 (No. 178 Clavet d. No. 1 Hewitt). Skipped clay-court season and has not played on surface since 12 May 2016 (l. to Thiem in Rome 3R). Paire 2018 Summary SF (2): Pune (l Anderson); Sydney (l de Minaur); QF (1): Montpellier (l Pouille) YTD W-L: (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (29) ATP Ranking: 48 Halle W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Owns 6-30 record against Top 10 opponents, including 0-3 vs. No. 1 and 0-3 vs. No. 2. Advanced to SFs at Pune (d. Fucsovics after saving 5 MPs in 2R, l. to Anderson) and Sydney (l. to de Minaur). Lost 10 of last 11 ATP World Tour SFs since reaching biggest final of career at 2015 Tokyo. Upset 6-time champion Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R (l. to Krajinovic in 3R). Reached Montpellier QF (l. to eventual champion Pouille) and ATP Masters 1000 Rome 3R (l. to Cilic). Squandered 1 MP vs. Simon in Marrakech 1R, but reached doubles final w/roger-vasselin (l. to Mektic/Peya). Fell to No. 231 Krueger in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 1R -- 15th loss to player outside Top 100 since Withdrew from Rotterdam due to back injury.

14 Day 4 Thursday, 21 June 2018 Page 4 of 4 [WC] Florian Mayer (GER) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA) Seppi Leads Stuttgart (Germany) Clay R64 Andreas Seppi 7-6(3) Australian Open (Australia) Hard R64 Florian Mayer Metz (France) Hard QF Andreas Seppi Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Andreas Seppi Hamburg (Germany) Clay R16 Andreas Seppi Halle (Germany) Grass QF Florian Mayer 7-6(4) 6-3 F. Mayer 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 2-10 (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: October 5, 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 82 Halle W-L (Best Result): 19-9 (2016 Champion) Tournament Note: Advanced to QF-or-better 7 times in Halle, highlighted by 2016 title (d. Thiem and A. Zverev). Snapped 12-match tour-level losing streak with 1st win of season at Stuttgart (d. Maden, l. to Istomin in 2R). Advanced to Canberra, AUS Challenger QF (l. to Estrella Burgos). Withdrew from Budapest due to shoulder injury. Announced plans to retire from ATP World Tour following US Open. Seppi 2018 Summary SF (2): Rotterdam (l Federer); Budapest (l Cecchinato); QF (1): Geneva (l Gojowczyk) YTD W-L: (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 21, 1984 (34) ATP Ranking: 50 Halle W-L (Best Result): 10-7 (2015 Finalist) Tournament Note: Seeking 1st final since biggest championship match of career at 2015 Halle (l. to Federer). Advanced to SFs at Rotterdam as LL (d. A. Zverev in 2R, l. to Federer) and Budapest (l. to Cecchinato). Reached Australian Open 4R for 4th time (d. Karlovic 9-7 in 5th, l. to Edmund). Fell to 0-6 in Grand Slam 4R overall. Entered Australian Open after capturing 8th ATP Challenger Tour title at Canberra, AUS (d. Fucsovics). Qualified and advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to Nishikori). Appeared in 52nd straight Grand Slam main draw at Roland Garros (l. to Gasquet in 1R). Lost Davis Cup 5-setters to Sugita in 1R (ITA d. JPN 3-1) and to Pouille in QF (FRA d. ITA 3-1). Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events at Indian Wells and Miami due to hip injury.

15 GERRY WEBER OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, 20 June 2018 Gerry Weber Stadion Halle, Germany June 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 1,983,595 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com GerryWeber-Open.de Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com THIEM, NISHIKORI IN 2ND-ROUND ACTION AT GERRY WEBER OPEN Dominic Thiem has yet to win a Grand Slam or ATP Masters 1000 title, but the 24-year-old Austrian is arguably the ATP World Tour s most consistent player. Thiem leads the tour with 36 victories in 2018 entering his second-round match against Yuichi Sugita in Halle on Wednesday. The No. 3 seed and World No. 7 is trying to reach his 10th quarter-final in 13 tournaments this season. He captured the ninth and 10th titles of his career at Buenos Aires and Lyon respectively. Kei Nishikori is also among the greatest players without a Grand Slam or ATP Masters 1000 title. The Japanese superstar meets Karen Khachanov for the second straight year in the second round of Halle. Nishikori will hope for a better outcome after retiring against Khachanov in 2017 due to a left hip injury. His 2015 and 2016 Gerry Weber Open campaigns ended with injuries as well. Nishikori started this season on the ATP Challenger Tour after returning from a right wrist injury. Also scheduled for Stadion is 19-year-old Greek sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas against American qualifier Denis Kudla. Tsitsipas leads all #NextGenATP players not named Alexander Zverev with 19 wins this season, including a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Thiem en route to his first final at Barcelona. Another #NextGenATP player, 17-year-old German Rudolf Molleker, seeks the second win of his career against Nikoloz Basilashvili on Court 1. That is the last remaining first-round singles match. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: WEDNESDAY SINGLES MATCHES STADION 2R: Robin Haase (NED) vs [4] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Series Tied Casablanca (Morocco) Clay R32 Robin Haase Auckland (New Zealand) Hard SF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7(7) 7-6(3) 7-6(5) Haase 2018 Summary SF (1): Auckland (l Bautista Agut); QF (2): Pune (l Paire); Rotterdam (l Federer) YTD W-L: (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 6, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 43 Halle W-L (Best Result): 4-5 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Trailed 6-4, 5-3 before saving 3 MPs and defeating Sousa on Monday. Saved 2 MPs vs. Ruud en route to Auckland SF (l. to eventual champion Bautista Agut). Advanced to QFs at Pune (l. to Paire) and Rotterdam (l. to eventual champion Federer in 3 sets). Suffered 8th Australian Open 1R loss in last 9 years (l. to Sonego). Let 2-set lead slip away in Roland Garros 1R for just 2nd time in career (l. to Goffin). Captured doubles titles with countryman Middelkoop at Pune (d. Herbert/Simon) and Sofia (d. Mektic/Peya). Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells due to a virus.

16 Day 3 Wednesday, 20 June 2018 Page 2 of 4 Bautista Agut 2018 Summary W (2): Auckland (d Del Potro); Dubai (d Pouille); QF (2): Barcelona (l Goffin); Munich (l Kohlschreiber) YTD W-L: (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 16 Halle W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Saved 4/4 BPs and won 72% of 2nd-serve return points in win over Struff on Monday. Captured 8th and biggest title of career at ATP World Tour 500 event in Dubai as World No. 23 (d. Pouille). Lowest-ranked Dubai champion since No. 26 Santoro in Returned to career-high No. 13 on 14 May. Defeated Del Potro to win 2nd Auckland title (also 2016). Lost to Goffin in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 3R and Barcelona QF. Lost to Kohlschreiber in Munich QF and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R, squandering 1 MP in Madrid. Withdrew from Rotterdam due to illness and ATP Masters 1000 Rome due to hip injury. 2R: [7] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS) Series Tied US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kei Nishikori Halle (Germany) Grass R16 Karen Khachanov 3-2 ret Nishikori 2018 Summary F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nadal); SF (1): New York (l Anderson); QF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: 16-8 (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 27 Halle W-L (Best Result): 8-4 ( Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Won 10/10 2nd-serve points in 1st set of (3) win over [Q] Bachinger on Monday. Earned Top 5 wins over Cilic and A. Zverev to reach Monte-Carlo final (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Fell to 0-4 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. As World No. 36, became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in Advanced to New York SF (l. to Anderson in 3rd-set TB) and ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF (l. to Djokovic). Defeated Frenchmen Janvier, Paire and Simon to reach Roland Garros 4R for 4th straight year (l. to Thiem). Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 40 on 10 October Also fell to No. 2 Asian behind Chung on 19 March -- 1st week not No. 1 Asian since 18 July 2011 behind Golubev. Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald). Retired in Barcelona 2R vs. Garcia-Lopez due to right leg injury. Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open (right wrist), as well as Indian Wells (illness). Khachanov 2018 Summary W (1): Marseille (d Pouille); QF (2): Auckland (l Del Potro); Montpellier (l Goffin) YTD W-L: (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 36 Halle W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Made 72% of 1st serves, won 76% of 1st-serve points and won 74% of 2nd-serve points in 1R. Captured 2nd ATP title at Marseille (d. Berdych and Pouille). Lost rematch to Pouille 3 days later in Dubai 2R. Second player born in 1996 or later to win 2+ ATP titles (A. Zverev 8). Advanced to QFs at Auckland (l. to Del Potro) and Montpellier (l. to Goffin). Reached Roland Garros 4R for 2nd straight year (d. Pouille, l. to A. Zverev after leading 2 sets to 1). Played in 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at ATP Masters 1000 Miami w/rublev (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Withdrew from Lyon due to fatigue and s-hertogenbosch due to left foot injury.

17 Day 3 Wednesday, 20 June 2018 Page 3 of 4 2R: [Q] Denis Kudla (USA) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) First Meeting Kudla 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 3-4 (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 17, 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 109 Halle W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Qualifier did not drop a set in wins this week over Pella, Basilashvili and [Q] Lacko. Qualified at Australian Open (l. to Thiem in 2R after leading by 2 sets), Houston (l. to Karlovic in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Dzumhur in 1R) and Stuttgart (l. to Fucsovics in 1R). Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Drummondville, CAN (d. Bonzi). Advanced to Le Gosier, GUD Challenger singles final (l. to Lajovic). Won Tallahassee, USA Challenger doubles title w/galloway (d. Lopez Perez/Nedunchezhiyan). Reached Newport Beach, USA Challenger doubles final w/huey (l. to Cerretani/Paes). Tsitsipas 2018 Summary F (1): Barcelona (l Nadal); SF (1): Estoril (l Sousa); QF (3): Doha (l Thiem); Dubai (l Jaziri); s-hertogenbosch (l Gasquet) YTD W-L: (3-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 12, 1998 (19) ATP Ranking: 35 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Could face [3] Thiem in QFs on Friday for 5th time this season (Thiem leads H2H 3-1). Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP World Tour final at Barcelona (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Earned biggest win of career over No. 7 Thiem in QF. Became 2nd Greek to reach an ATP final (also Kalogeropoulos at 1973 Des Moines). Achieved new career-high 11 times in ATP Rankings, peaking at No. 35 on 18 June. Reached SF at Estoril (d. Anderson in 2R, l. to Sousa) and QFs at Doha as Q (l. to Thiem) and Dubai (l. to Jaziri). Saved 1 MP vs. Jaziri to reach s-hertogenbosch QF (l. to Gasquet). Enjoyed 1st Grand Slam main draw win of career at Roland Garros (d. Taberner, l. to Thiem in 2R). Qualified at ATP Masters 1000s in Monte-Carlo (d. Shapovalov, l. to Goffin in 2R) and Rome (l. to Del Potro in 2R). 2R: [3] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN) Thiem Leads Barcelona (Spain) Clay QF Dominic Thiem Thiem 2018 Summary W (2): Buenos Aires (d Bedene); Lyon (d Simon); F (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l A. Zverev); Roland Garros (l Nadal); SF (1): Doha (w/o vs Monfils); QF (4): Rio de Janeiro (l Verdasco); Acapulco (l Del Potro); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nadal); Barcelona (l Tsitsipas) YTD W-L: 36-9 (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 (24) ATP Ranking: 7 Halle W-L (Best Result): 4-3 (2016 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Hit 19 aces and saved 4/5 BPs for ATP-best 36th win of season over Youzhny on Monday. Advanced to 1st Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (d. A. Zverev in QF, l. to No. 1 Nadal). Became 2nd Grand Slam finalist from Austria, joining 1995 Roland Garros champion Muster. Defeated No. 1 Nadal en route to 2nd straight ATP Masters 1000 Madrid final (l. to A. Zverev). Ended Nadal s 50-set clay win streak, which began after Thiem defeated him in 2017 ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF. Only player to defeat Nadal on clay since Djokovic in 2016 ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF. Captured clay-court titles at Buenos Aires (d. Bedene) and Lyon (d. Simon). Saved 1 MP vs. Rublev in 2R and beat Djokovic in 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to No. 1 Nadal in QF). Rallied from 2 sets down vs. Kudla en route to Australian Open 4R for 2nd straight year (l. to Sandgren in 5 sets). Conceded walkover to Monfils in Doha SF due to viral infection. Retired vs. Cuevas in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Miami (right ankle).

18 Day 3 Wednesday, 20 June 2018 Page 4 of 4 Sugita 2018 Summary QF (1): Dubai (l Pouille) YTD W-L: 6-15 (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 18, 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 52 Halle W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2016, nd Round) Tournament Note: Defending 250 of his 980 ranking points next week as reigning Antalya champion. Advanced to Dubai QF (d. Ivashka and Struff, l. to Pouille). Earned 1st Top 10 win of career to reach Australian Open 2R (d. Sock, l. to Karlovic in 5th). Snapped 9-match tour-level losing streak by reaching s-hertogenbosch 2R (d. Basilashvili, l. to Copil). Squandered 2 MPs vs. Maden in Munich 1R. During Davis Cup 1R, saved 1 MP to defeat Seppi but squandered 1 MP in loss to Fognini (ITA d. JPN 3-1). COURT 1 1R: [LL] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) vs [WC] Rudolf Molleker (GER) First Meeting

19 GERRY WEBER OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Gerry Weber Stadion Halle, Germany June 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 1,983,595 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com GerryWeber-Open.de Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDERER BEGINS QUEST FOR 10; ZVEREV LEADS GERMAN CHARGE Roger Federer begins the defense of his No. 1 ranking and Gerry Weber Open championship on Tuesday when he meets Aljaz Bedene. Federer must win his 10th Halle title to remain World No. 1 after returning to the top spot in the ATP Rankings on Monday. The Swiss has won half of his 18 grass-court titles in Halle, making it the most successful tournament of his storied career. Federer is lifetime with a 16-match winning streak on grass, including Sunday s title victory in Stuttgart. Two-time runner-up Alexander Zverev, who lost to Federer in the 2017 final, opens his campaign against fellow 21-year-old Borna Coric. The Croat defeated Zverev in the 2013 US Open junior semi-finals and at 2015 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati and the 2017 US Open. But Zverev won their most recent meeting on 29 March at ATP Masters 1000 Miami. Though he is seeking his first Halle title, Zverev has enjoyed success on home soil as the two-time reigning champion in Munich. Zverev is one of six Germans in singles action on Tuesday, including his 30-year-old brother Mischa Zverev. Play begins in Stadion with two former champions from Germany: 2011 champion Philipp Kohlschreiber meets Marton Fucsovics, then 2016 champion Florian Mayer faces No. 8 seed Richard Gasquet. An All-German affair caps the Court 1 schedule when Peter Gojowczyk plays 17-year-old Rudolf Molleker, who earned his first ATP World Tour win last week in Stuttgart. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES STADION Marton Fucsovics (HUN) vs [6] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) First Meeting Fucsovics Summary W (1): Geneva (d Gojowczyk); QF (1): Munich (l Marterer) YTD W-L: (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 8, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 45 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Tournament Note: Lost to Hernych in ATP World Tour qualifying debut at 2010 Halle. Defeated 2-time defending champion Wawrinka en route to 1st ATP World Tour title at Geneva (d. Gojowczyk). First Hungarian champion on tour since Taroczy won last of his 13 titles at 1982 Hilversum. Earned biggest win of career over No. 13 Querrey en route to Australian Open 4R (l. to eventual champion Federer). Became 1st Hungarian to reach R16 at a Grand Slam since Taroczy at 1984 Roland Garros. Achieved career-high No. 45 on 28 May. Highest-ranked Hungarian since No. 43 Taroczy on 14 January Lost 5 straight tour-level matches before reaching Munich QF (l. to Marterer). Reached 9th ATP Challenger Tour final at Canberra, AUS (l. to Seppi). Withdrew from Marseille qualifying due to leg muscle tear.

20 Day 2 Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Page 2 of 4 Kohlschreiber Summary F (1): Munich (l A. Zverev); QF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: (0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 24 Halle W-L (Best Result): (2011 Champion) Tournament Note: Advanced to QF-or-better 10 times in Halle, highlighted by 2011 title (d. Petzschner). Did not drop a set en route to 6th Munich final, falling to 3-3 with loss to countryman A. Zverev. Snapped 12-match losing streak vs. Top 10 players, beating No. 3 Cilic en route to Indian Wells QF (l. to Del Potro). Advanced to 3R at all 3 ATP Masters 1000 clay-court events: Monte-Carlo (d. Ramos-Vinolas, l. to Dimitrov), Madrid (d. Bautista Agut after saving 1 MP, l. to Anderson) and Rome (d. Sock, l. to Nishikori). Fell to Ferrer in deciding rubber of Davis Cup QF, losing 7-5 in 5th after 4 hours, 51 minutes (ESP d. GER 3-2). Followed with worst tour-level loss of career vs. World No. 617 Ouahab in Marrakech 1R.\ [8] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs [WC] Florian Mayer (GER) Gasquet Leads Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Florian Mayer Adelaide (Australia) Hard RR Richard Gasquet Davis Cup QF (Germany) Clay RR Richard Gasquet ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard R64 Richard Gasquet Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Florian Mayer Halle (Germany) Grass QF Richard Gasquet (4) 13 Beijing (China) Hard R32 Richard Gasquet (2) Other Meeting 17 Szczecin CH (Poland) Clay F Richard Gasquet 7-6(3) 7-6(4) Gasquet Summary W (1): s-hertogenbosch (d Chardy); F (1): Montpellier (l Pouille); SF (1): Marrakech (l Edmund); QF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: (4-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 25 Halle W-L (Best Result): 6-5 (2013, 2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Advanced to Halle SF in 2013 (l. to Youzhny) and 2017 (l. to A. Zverev). Became 1st Frenchman with 500 career wins when he beat M. Zverev in Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to A. Zverev in QF). Improved to in finals with 15th ATP World Tour 250 title at s-hertogenbosch (d. Chardy). Advanced to 6th consecutive Montpellier final, falling to 3-3 in title matches (d. Goffin, l. to Pouille). Did not drop a set en route to Marrakech SF (l. to Edmund). Suffered 9th straight loss to Federer in Australian Open 3R. Fell to 0-16 vs. Nadal in Roland Garros 3R. Dropped to No. 38 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 38 on 6 September Defeated Haase to help France beat The Netherlands 3-1 in Davis Cup 1R. Retired in Rotterdam 1R vs. Herbert (groin) and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (knee). F. Mayer Summary YTD W-L: 1-10 (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: October 5, 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 82 Halle W-L (Best Result): 18-9 (2016 Champion) Tournament Note: Advanced to QF-or-better 7 times in Halle, highlighted by 2016 title (d. Thiem and A. Zverev). Snapped 12-match losing streak with 1st win of season at Stuttgart (d. Maden, l. to Istomin in 2R). Advanced to Canberra, AUS Challenger QF (l. to Estrella Burgos). Withdrew from Budapest due to shoulder injury. Announced plans to retire from ATP World Tour following US Open.

21 Day 2 Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Page 3 of 4 [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Aljaz Bedene (SLO) Federer Leads Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Roger Federer Federer Summary W (3): Australian Open (d Cilic); Rotterdam (d Dimitrov); Stuttgart (d Raonic); F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: 21-2 (4-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 98 Date of Birth: August 8, 1981 (36) ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 59-6 ( , 2008, , 2017 Champion) Tournament Note: Nine-time champion won 29 straight matches in Halle from 2003 through Became oldest World No. 1 in 45-year history of ATP Rankings at age 36 on 19 February. Owns records for most weeks at No. 1 (310), years since debut at No. 1 (14) and years between stints at No. 1 (5). Extended records with 20th Grand Slam title and 30th final at Australian Open. Tied record with 6th Aus. Open title. Defeated Cilic in Aus. Open final to improve to in 5th sets and earn career-best 6th straight win in 5th set. Secured No. 1 ranking with Rotterdam QF win (d. Haase) and went on to win 97th ATP World Tour title (d. Dimitrov). Regained No. 1 ranking with Stuttgart SF win (d. Kyrgios in 3rd-set TB) and went on to win 98th title (d. Raonic). Enjoyed career-best 17-0 start before squandering 3 MPs vs. Del Potro in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final. Lost to Del Potro in 3rd-set tiebreaker, falling to 1-8 in championship matches decided by a final-set tiebreaker. Also lost 3rd-set TB to No. 175 Kokkinakis in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R -- worst loss by World No. 1 since same tournament and round in 2003 (No. 178 Clavet d. No. 1 Hewitt). Skipped clay-court season and has not played on surface since 12 May 2016 (l. to Thiem in Rome 3R). Lost No. 1 ranking on 2 April, regained it on 14 May, lost it again on 21 May and regained it again on 18 June. Bedene Summary F (1): Buenos Aires (l Thiem); SF (1): Budapest (l Millman); QF (1): Rio de Janeiro (l Fognini) YTD W-L: (0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 18, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 72 Halle W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Advanced to 3rd ATP World Tour final at Buenos Aires (d. Schwartzman in QF, l. to Thiem). Achieved career-high No. 43 in ATP Rankings on 19 February after reaching Buenos Aires final. Reached Budapest SF (l. to Millman after holding 3 MPs) and Rio de Janeiro QF (d. Carreno Busta, l. to Fognini). Earned biggest win of career over No. 7 Anderson to reach Rome 3R, improving to 1-17 vs. Top 10 opponents. Squandered 2 MPs vs. Copil in s-hertogenbosch 1R. Returned to Davis Cup for 1st time since 2012 and went 4-0 in singles for Slovenia during 2 Group II ties. Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells due to illness. Borna Coric (CRO) vs [2] Alexander Zverev (GER) Coric Leads ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Borna Coric (5) 17 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Borna Coric (1) 7-6(4) 18 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard QF Alexander Zverev Coric Summary SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); QF (3): Doha (l Rublev); Dubai (l Bautista Agut); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 34 Halle W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2015 2nd Round)

22 Day 2 Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Page 4 of 4 Tournament Note: Defeated Young at 2015 Halle in tournament debut (l. to Berdych in 2R). Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Indian Wells (d. Anderson in 3rd-set TB, l. to No. 1 Federer in 3 sets). Beat L. Mayer, Sock and Shapovalov in 3 sets to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. to A. Zverev). Also reached QFs at Doha (d. Carreno Busta in 1R after saving 3 MPs, l. to Rublev) and Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut). Broke into Top 30 and achieved career-high No. 28 in ATP Rankings on 2 April. Reached Roland Garros 3R for 3rd time in 4 appearances (l. to Schwartzman). Blew lead in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 3R vs. Thiem, who went on to upset No. 1 Nadal and reach final. Defeated Pospisil and Shapovalov to lead Croatia to Davis Cup 1R win (CRO d. CAN 3-1). Withdrew from Istanbul due to abdominal injury and retired in Rome 1R vs. Tsitsipas due to neck injury. A. Zverev Summary W (2): Munich (d Kohlschreiber); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d Thiem); F (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); SF (2): Acapulco (l Del Potro); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nishikori); QF (1): Roland Garros (l Thiem) YTD W-L: 34-9 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 (21) ATP Ranking: 3 (Career-High) Halle W-L (Best Result): 9-3 ( Finalist) Tournament Note: Advanced to Halle final in 2016 (d. Federer, l. to F. Mayer) and 2017 (l. to Federer). Did not drop a set or his serve en route to 3rd ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d. Thiem). Became 1st player to win a clay-court title without being broken since stats started being kept in Faced 1 break point, fewest en route to an ATP Masters 1000 title since stats started being kept in Joined Nadal (32), Djokovic (30), Federer (27) and Murray (14) as active players with 3+ ATP Masters 1000 titles. Preceded Madrid with Munich title (d. Kohlschreiber) and followed it with ATP Masters 1000 Rome final (l. to Nadal). First player since Cilic in 2014 to reach 3 ATP World Tour finals in as many weeks. Also advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Miami final (d. Kyrgios, Coric and Carreno Busta, l. to Isner in 3 sets). Saved 1 MP vs. Dzumhur and rallied from 2-sets-to-1 down in 3 straight matches to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem). Reached SFs at Acapulco (l. to eventual champion Del Potro) and ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Nishikori). Returned to career-high No. 3 in ATP Rankings for 1st time this season on 23 April. COURT 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [5] Lucas Pouille (FRA) First Meeting Mischa Zverev (GER) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS) Khachanov Leads Marseille (France) Hard R16 Karen Khachanov Other Meetings 16 Marseille Q (France) Hard Q1 Mischa Zverev ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai Q (China) Hard Q1 Mischa Zverev Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs [LL] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) Peter Gojowczyk (GER) vs [WC] Rudolf Molleker (GER) First Meeting First Meeting COURT 2 Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Steve Johnson (USA) Series Tied ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Steve Johnson Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Benoit Paire (4) Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS) First Meeting

23 GERRY WEBER OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, 18 June 2018 Gerry Weber Stadion Halle, Germany June 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 1,983,595 Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com GerryWeber-Open.de Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN HALLE 1) Fantastic Fields: The best players in tennis will put on their grass-court shoes this week at ATP World Tour 500 events in Halle and London. At the Gerry Weber Open, nine-time champion Roger Federer joins two-time finalist Alexander Zverev and Roland Garros runner-up Dominic Thiem. 2) He s No. 1: Federer arrives in Halle on Monday as the World No. 1, after winning his semi-final on Saturday at the MercedesCup. With runs to both the Stuttgart final and Halle title, Federer would be No. 1 on 25 June. Otherwise, Rafael Nadal will be the World No. 1 entering Wimbledon. 3) Goat on Grass: Federer enters Halle with a record on grass and the surface s best win percentage in the Open Era (.875). The Swiss has won more titles at Halle (9) than any other event in his career. Nadal is the only player in the Open Era to reach double-digit titles at a single event with 11 championships each at Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and Roland Garros. 4) Sensational Sascha: Zverev returns to Halle following his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros. Also this spring, the 21-year-old German became the first player since Marin Cilic in 2014 to reach three finals in as many weeks. Zverev won his second Munich title on 6 May and third ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid on 13 May before finishing runner-up to Nadal at Rome on 20 May. 5) Dominant Thiem: Zverev s 34 wins this season are second only to Thiem s 35. The Austrian ended Zverev s Roland Garros run en route to his first Grand Slam final. Thiem is on grass, though he did win the 2016 Stuttgart title after saving two match points against Federer in the semi-finals. 6) Highs and Lows: Like Federer, Lucas Pouille will arrive in Halle after reaching the MercedesCup semi-finals. Pouille captured the Montpellier title and reached two other finals during a four-week stretch this winter. But the Frenchman has also suffered six losses this season in opening matches. 7) German Champions: Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer hope to win home titles in Halle for the second time. Kohlschreiber capitalized on a Federer-less draw in 2011 to take the title, while Mayer edged Zverev for the 2016 title. Zverev defeated Federer one day earlier in the semi-finals. 8) Good Run of Bad Luck: Former World No. 4 Kei Nishikori returns to Halle for the sixth straight year despite his string of injuries at the event. Nishikori retired in the 2015 semi-finals (left leg), conceded a walkover in the 2016 second round (rib) and retired in the 2017 second round (left hip). 9) Get Wins to the Greek: It took Stefanos Tsitsipas nine tries before he earned the first ATP World Tour win of his career last October at Shanghai. The 19-year-old Greek is already up to 18 wins this season, highlighted by a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Thiem en route to his first final at Barcelona in April. 10) Grasshoppers: After going 14-0 on grass and finishing 2017 as the No. 1 doubles team in the world, Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo started this season with the Sydney title. They haven t reached a final since. Kubot and Melo are the defending Gerry Weber Open doubles champions.