FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES

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1 RIO OPEN PRESENTED BY CLARO: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Jockey Club Brasileiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,695,825 Surface: Outdoor Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RioOpen.com Maria Garcia-Planas: Press Room: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com THIEM OPENS CAMPAIGN FOR TITLE DEFENSE IN RIO Two former Rio Open champions take the courts in Tuesday's continuation of first-round singles matches. Leading off on the main show court are 2016 champion and No. 7 seed Pablo Cuevas against wild card Thiago Monteiro of Brazil. Cuevas owns all three of their previous meetings, one of which came on the clay courts of Rio in 2016 on Cuevas' title run. Gael Monfils continues his successful season after winning a title in Doha and making a semi-final appearance in Buenos Aires and quarter-final appearance in Quito. He will play Horacio Zeballos of Argentina in their first career meeting. Zeballos' countryman Federico Delbonis aims to open his Rio campaign with career win No. 100, as he takes on Jiri Vesely. No. 2 seed and defending champion Dominic Thiem opens his campaign Tuesday with a contest against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia. The recent Argentina Open champion has not yet dropped a set to Lajovic in three meetings, their last one occurring in Rio last year in the Round of 16. Thiem swept all 10 sets he played at the 2017 Rio Open en route to the second ATP World Tour 500 title of his career. Other top seeds in action Tuesday are No. 3 seed Pablo Carreno Busta and No. 6 Diego Schwartzman. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES QUADRA CENTRAL [WC] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) vs [7] Pablo Cuevas (URU) Cuevas Leads Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R16 Pablo Cuevas 7-6(5) Sao Paulo (Brazil) Clay QF Pablo Cuevas Hamburg (Germany) Clay R16 Pablo Cuevas Monteiro 2018 Summary: SF: Quito (l Ramos-Vinolas) YTD W-L: 5-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 31, 1994 ATP Ranking: 104 In 2018, reached SF in Quito (d. Zeballos, Giannessi, Monfils, l. to Ramos-Vinolas) Reached Pune 2R (d. Bemelmans in 3rd-set TB, ret. vs. Anderson due to left ankle injury). Fell in Grand Slam qualifying 1R for 4th time in as many attempts at Australian Open (l. to Sonego). For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, on Twitter.

2 Day 2 Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Page 2 of 4 In 2017, advanced to back-to-back QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Berlocq) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Ruud) Reached 2R at Roland Garros (d. A. Muller in 5 sets, l. to Monfils) and Wimbledon (d. Whittington, l. to Khachanov) Qualified and lost in 1R at Sydney (l. to Evans), Barcelona (l. to Evans) and Rome (l. to F. Mayer) Achieved career-high No. 74 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 27 Ended year with back-to-back SFs at Challengers in Santiago, CHI (l. to Jarry) and Rio de Janeiro, BRA (l. to Berlocq) Cuevas 2018 Summary: YTD W-L: 4-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: January 1, 1986 ATP Ranking: 33 In 2018, advanced to 2R at Auckland (l. to Khachanov) and Australian Open (l. to Harrison). Fell in 1R in Buenos Aires (l. to Monfils) In 2017, became 1st player in tournament history to win 3 straight Sao Paulo titles (d. Carreno Busta and Ramos- Vinolas) Beat 4 unseeded players in 3 sets to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Madrid (d. A. Zverev, l. to Thiem) Earned biggest win of career over No. 3 Wawrinka to reach ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF (l. to Pouille) Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Indian Wells (d. Goffin, l. to Carreno Busta after holding 2 MPs) Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Horacio Zeballos (ARG) Monfils 2018 Summary: W: Doha (d Rublev); SF: Buenos Aires (l Thiem); QF: Quito (l Monteiro) YTD W-L: 9-3 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: September 1, 1986 ATP Ranking: 39 In 2018, reached QF in Quito (l. to Monteiro) and followed with SF appearance in Buenos Aires (l. to eventual champion Thiem) Captured 1st Doha title in 4th final at event, improving to 7-20 overall in ATP World Tour finals (d. Rublev). Made return to tour at Doha after retiring in 2017 US Open 3R and missing remainder of season (right knee). Fell to 0-15 lifetime against Djokovic with 4-set loss in Australian Open 2R. In 2017, reached 1st grass-court final of career at Eastbourne as WC (d. Gasquet 76 in 3rd, l. to Djokovic) Enjoyed 400th win of career over Brown in Roland Garros 1R on May 30 (l. to Wawrinka in 4R) Fell to 0-6 in Wimbledon 3R matches with 5-set loss to countryman Mannarino Retired vs Goffin in US Open 3R after suffering season-ending right knee injury Fell to No. 46 in Emirates ATP Rankings on October lowest since No. 49 on August 12, 2013 Zeballos 2018 Summary: YTD W-L: 2-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: April 27, 1985 ATP Ranking: 68 In 2018, fell to 0-5 lifetime at Australian Open with 1R loss to Fognini. Fell in 1R in Quito and 2R in Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem) Advanced to Brisbane 2R (d. Escobedo, l. to Dolgopolov). Reached Brisbane doubles final in 1st event w/l. Mayer since 2010 Wimbledon (l. to Kontinen/Peers). In 2017, advanced to Grand Slam 3R and 4R for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. Karlovic and Goffin, l. to Thiem) Reached Barcelona SF (l. to Nadal) -- best finish at an ATP event since winning 2013 Vina del Mar title (d. Nadal) Let 2-set lead slip away in Australian Open 1R (l. to Karlovic in 5th after 5 hours, 14 minutes). Match featured longest 5th set in event history (42 games) and most games overall since TBs were instituted in 1972 (84 games) Defeated defending champion Kohlschreiber to reach Munich QF (l. to Pella 76 in 3rd)

3 Day 2 Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Page 3 of 4 Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs [2] Dominic Thiem (AUT) Thiem Leads Umag (Croatia) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem ret 16 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay QF Dominic Thiem Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem Lajovic 2018 Summary: YTD W-L: 1-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 30, 1990 ATP Ranking: 84 In 2018 Australian Open 1R, suffered 6th straight loss in a 5-setter (l. to Schwartzman 11-9 in 5th). Fell in 2R in Buenos Aires (d. Bagnis, l. to Monfils) Lost in Sydney Q1 to Vukic. In 2017, reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 R16 at Indian Wells as Q (d. Pospisil after saving 1 MP, l. to Carreno Busta) Qualified at Miami (l. to Anderson in 1R), Beijing (l. to Darcis in 2R) and Shanghai (l. to Isner in 1R after holding 1 MP Reached QFs at Istanbul (l. to Schwartzman), Kitzbuehel (l. to Kohlschreiber 76 in 3rd) and Chengdu (l. to Sugita) Captured 5th ATP Challenger Tour title at Bastad, SWE (d. L. Mayer) Thiem 2018 Summary: W: Buenos Aires (d Bedene); SF: Doha (W/O vs Monfils) YTD W-L: 12-1 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 9 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 ATP Ranking: 6 In 2018, secured first title of the season at Buenos Aires (d. Zeballos, Pella, Monfils, l. to Bedene) Reached Australian Open 4R for second consecutive year (l. to Sandgren). Advanced to Doha SF as No. 1 seed without dropping a set (w/o vs. Monfils due to viral infection). In 2017, broke into Top 5 and achieved career-high No. 4 in Emirates ATP Rankings on November 6 Swept all 10 sets en route to 2nd ATP World Tour 500 title and 8th title overall at Rio de Janeiro (d. Carreno Busta) Appeared in 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF and final at Madrid (d. Dimitrov after saving 5 MPs in 3R, l. to Nadal) Earned 1st win over World No. 1 by beating Murray to reach ATP World Tour 500 final at Barcelona (l. to Nadal) Did not drop a set en route to 2nd straight Roland Garros SF (d. Djokovic , l. to Nadal ) One of 2 players to reach 2nd week at all 4 Grand Slams in 2017 (also Nadal) QUADRA 1 [WC] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs [6] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Schwartzman Leads Australian Open (Australia) Hard R64 Diego Schwartzman Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs Federico Delbonis (ARG) Delbonis Leads ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Federico Delbonis 7-6(4) Other meetings: 13 Liberec CH (Czech Republic) Clay F Jiri Vesely 6-7(2) 7-6(7) Prostejov CH (Czech Republic) Clay F Jiri Vesely [Q] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs [3] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) Other meeting: 15 Perugia CH (Italy) Clay SF Pablo Carreno Busta (5) First Tour-Level Meeting

4 Day 2 Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Page 4 of 4 QUADRA 2 Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs Nicolas Kicker (ARG) Aljaz Bedene (SLO) vs [PR] Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) Other meeting: 14 Todi CH (Italy) Clay SF Aljaz Bedene 6-7(5) First Tour-Level Meeting QUADRA 4 [PR] Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs Gerald Melzer (AUT) Melzer Leads Munich (Germany) Clay R16 Gerald Melzer 4-1 ret Other meetings: 08 Graz CH (Austria) Clay R16 Pablo Andujar Seville CH (Spain) Clay R32 Gerald Melzer

5 RIO OPEN PRESENTED BY CLARO: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Jockey Club Brasileiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,695,825 Surface: Outdoor Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RioOpen.com Maria Garcia-Planas: Press Room: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN RIO DE JANEIRO 1) What a Week: Twenty-two of the Top 32 players on the ATP World Tour will compete this week in Rio de Janeiro, Delray Beach or Marseille. Leading the way at the Rio Open presented by Claro are defending champion Dominic Thiem and Australian Open and Wimbledon finalist Marin Cilic. 2) No. 3 and Rising: Only Roger Federer stopped Cilic from claiming two of the last three Grand Slam titles. Despite falling to Federer in the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals, the Croat is ranked a career-high No. 3 entering the Rio Open. Cilic will make his tournament debut as the No. 1 seed. The 29-year-old is seeking an ATP World Tour championship for the 11th straight season. 3) Feet of Clay: Thiem swept all 10 sets he played at the 2017 Rio Open en route to the second ATP World Tour 500 title of his career. He went 24-5 on clay and on other surfaces last season. The World No. 6 is one of two men to beat the Big Four of Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray on clay courts. Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka is the other. 4) Spanish Armada: Thiem defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the 2017 Rio Open semi-finals and Pablo Carreno Busta in the final. The Spaniards return this week as the No. 4 and No. 3 seeds respectively. Ramos-Vinolas began the ATP s Golden Swing by advancing to the Quito final. 5) Fognini Returns: Like Ramos-Vinolas and Carreno Busta, Fabio Fognini will have appeared at all five editions of the Rio Open. The Italian upset Nadal to reach the 2015 final, which he lost to another Spaniard David Ferrer. Fognini has played in at least two finals each season since ) Schwartzman s Surge: South America produced one of the ATP World Tour s most improved players of 2017 in Diego Schwartzman. The 5-foot-7 Argentine earned a new career-high ranking nine times, reached 11 quarter-finals or better, and enjoyed a career-best 39 wins last season. 7) Melbourne Magic: Australian Open quarter-finalist Tennys Sandgren will make his Rio Open debut after defeating Wawrinka and Thiem in Melbourne as the World No. 97. Sandgren became the lowest-ranked Australian Open quarter-finalist since then-no. 105 Mikael Tillstrom in ) Two-Time Champion: Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay upset Nadal en route to the 2016 Rio Open singles title, then teamed with Carreno Busta to capture the 2017 Rio Open doubles title. Cuevas will defend his doubles crown with Carreno Busta and seek his seventh ATP singles title this week. 9) Wild Cards: Brazilians Thomaz Bellucci and Thiago Monteiro received wild cards along with #NextGenATP player Casper Ruud of Norway. At the 2017 Rio Open, Ruud earned the first three victories of his career before squandering a match point against Carreno Busta in the semi-finals. 10) Homegrown Hopes: Marcelo Melo of Brazil and co-world No. 1 Lukasz Kubot of Poland headline the doubles field. They are joined in the draw by Bruno Soares of Brazil and Jamie Murray of Great Britain. A Brazilian has never won the singles or doubles title at the Rio Open. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, on Twitter.

6 Day 1 Monday, 19 February 2018 Page 2 of 6 WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEK SINGLES SEED PLAYER W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH 1 Marin Cilic (CRO) 0-0 Debut 2 Dominic Thiem (AUT) Champion 3 Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) Finalist 4 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) Semi-finalist 5 Fabio Fognini (ITA) Finalist 6 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Quarter-finalist 7 Pablo Cuevas (URU) Champion 8 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 0-0 Debut QUALIFIERS (4) Carlos Berlocq (ARG) Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) Marco Cecchinato (ITA) Corentin Moutet (FRA) OLDEST PLAYER Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) 37 years, 6 months WILD CARDS (3) Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) Thiago Monteiro (BRA) Casper Ruud (NOR) YOUNGEST PLAYER Corentin Moutet (FRA) 18 years, 10 months TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Argentina 7, Spain 6, Brazil 3, Austria 3, Italy 2, France 2 DOUBLES SEED TEAM W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH 1 Lukasz Kubot (POL) Quarter-finalist Marcelo Melo (BRA) Finalist 2 Jamie Murray (GBR) Simi-finalist Bruno Soares (BRA) Semi-finalist 3 Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) , 2016 Champion Robert Farah (COL) , 2016 Champion 4 Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) First round Julio Peralta (CHI) Semi-finalist ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Rio Open W F SF QF R16 R32 Singles Ranking Points Singles Prize Money ($) 101,360 53,385 28,915 16,475 9,710 5,750 Doubles Ranking Points Doubles Prize Money ($) 110,070 53,890 27,030 13,870 7,

7 Day 1 Monday, 19 February 2018 Page 3 of 6 PAST FINALISTS SINGLES (since 2014) YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 Dominic Thiem (AUT) Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) Pablo Cuevas (URU) Guido Pella (ARG) (5) David Ferrer (ESP) Fabio Fognini (ITA) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (3) BOLD: Player in 2018 Rio Open singles draw. DOUBLES (since 2014) YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 Pablo Cuevas/Pablo Carreno Busta Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah [10-8] 2016 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah Pablo Carreno Busta/David Marrero 7-6(5) Martin Klizan/Philipp Oswald Pablo Andujar/Oliver Marach 7-6(3) Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah David Marrero/Marcelo Melo BOLD: Player in 2018 Rio Open doubles draw. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: MONDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES QUADRA CENTRAL [4] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) Ramos-Vinolas Leads Vina del Mar (Chile) Clay R32 Albert Ramos-Vinolas Ramos-Vinolas 2018 Summary: F: Quito (l Carballes Baena) YTD W-L: 7-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 ATP Ranking: 19 In 2018, reached F in Quito before losing to Carballes Baena. Followed with 2R appearance in Buenos Aires. Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 1st time in 7th appearance (l. to Djokovic). Took opening losses in Doha (l. to Pella in 1R) and Sydney (l. to Lorenzi in 2R after 1R bye as No. 1 seed). In 2017, reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF, SF and final at Monte-Carlo (d. Cilic and Pouille, l. to Nadal) Earned biggest win of career over World No. 1 Murray in Monte-Carlo 3R, rallying from 04 down in 3rd set Achieved career-high No. 17 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8 and tied career-high with 34 wins Saved 1 MP vs Pella in Buenos Aires 1R (l. to Carreno Busta in QF), 1 MP vs Sousa in Sao Paulo SF (l. to Cuevas in final) and 3 MPs vs Querrey in Vienna 1R (l. to Struff in 2R) Advanced to Quito SF (l. to Lorenzi), Rio de Janeiro SF (l. to Thiem) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai QF (l. to Cilic) Dutra Silva 2018 Summary: YTD W-L: 0-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 5, 1984 ATP Ranking: 106

8 Day 1 Monday, 19 February 2018 Page 4 of 6 In 2018, qualified for main draw in Buenos Aires before falling to L. Mayer. Qualified at Auckland (l. to Shapovalov in 1R). Fell to No. 1 Aussie Kyrgios in Australian Open 1R, then fell to Andrej Martin in 1R in Quito. In 2017, achieved career-high No. 63 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 24 Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour QF at Umag (d. Monfils, l. to Giannessi) Reached 2R at Australian Open (l. to Simon) and Roland Garros (d. Youzhny after saving 2 MPs, l. to Raonic) Qualified at Buenos Aires (l. to Giannessi in 1R after holding 2 MPs) and Winston-Salem (l. to Young in 1R) Squandered 4 MPs in both Kitzbuehel 1R vs Zeballos and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 1R vs Shapovalov Captured 1st ATP doubles title in hometown of Sao Paulo with 1st-time partner Sa (d. Daniell/Demoliner) [1] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [Q] Carlos Berlocq (ARG) Cilic Leads ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Marin Cilic Cilic 2018 Summary: F: Australian Open (l Federer); SF: Pune (l Simon) YTD W-L: 8-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 17 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 ATP Ranking: 3 In 2018, reached 3rd Grand Slam final of career at Australian Open (l. to No. 2 Federer in 5 sets). Attained 2nd win over a World No.1 in Australian Open QF after Nadal ret. down 0-2 in 5th set (hip). Reached career-high ranking of No. 3 on 29 January, after Australian Open. Opened year with run to SF of Pune as No. 1 seed (l. to eventual champion Simon in 3 sets). In 2017, appeared in 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon (d. Muller in 5 sets and Querrey in 4 sets, l. to Federer) Achieved career-high No. 4 in Emirates ATP Rankings on October 16 Captured ATP World Tour title for 10th straight year with 2nd clay-court championship at Istanbul (d. Raonic) Reached Roland Garros QF for 1st time and has now appeared in all 4 Grand Slam QFs (l. to Wawrinka) Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 SF at Shanghai (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and QFs at Monte-Carlo (l. to Ramos-Vinolas), Rome (l. to Isner) and Paris (l. to Benneteau) Fell to 1-8 lifetime at Nitto ATP Finals with losses to A. Zverev, Sock and Federer Berlocq 2018 Summary: YTD W-L: 0-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 3, 1983 ATP Ranking: 139 In 2018, lost in 1R of Quito (l. to Ruud) and Buenos Aires (l. to Garcia-Lopez) In 2017, defeated Kovalik, Ferrer and Monteiro en route to Buenos Aires SF (l. to Nishikori in 3 sets) Qualified and reached 2R at ATP Masters 1000s in Monte-Carlo (l. to Ramos-Vinolas) and Rome (l. to Berdych) Fell to 0-10 in Grand Slam 2R matches at Australian Open (d. Albot, l. to Gasquet) Snapped 5-match tour-level losing streak at Winston-Salem (d. Bolt and Troicki, l. to Johnson in 3R) Reached Canberra, AUS Challenger doubles final w/molteni (l. to Begemann/Struff) Spent 11 hours, 20 minutes on court during Argentina s 3-2 loss to Italy in Davis Cup 1R (l. to Seppi, w/l. Mayer d. Bolelli/Fognini after saving 1 MP, d. Lorenzi) [5] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs [WC] Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) Fognini Leads Santiago (Chile) Clay QF Fabio Fognini Munich (Germany) Clay QF Fabio Fognini Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Fabio Fognini (2) 17 Kitzbühel (Austria) Clay QF Fabio Fognini Fognini 2018 Summary: SF: Sydney (l Medvedev)

9 Day 1 Monday, 19 February 2018 Page 5 of 6 YTD W-L: 7-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 ATP Ranking: 21 In 2018, reached Australian Open 4R for second time (first time since 2014, l. to Berdych). Started season with SF run at Sydney (l. to Medvedev). Reached 2R in Buenos Aires before losing to L. Mayer In 2017, 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) Saved 1 MP vs E. Ymer in 2R and 2 MPs vs Sock in QF to reach Stockholm SF (l. to Dimitrov) Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Tsonga, l. to Cuevas), Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Murray) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to No. 1 Nadal) Bellucci 2018 Summary: YTD W-L: 1-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: December 30, 1987 ATP Ranking: 123 In 2018, as qualifier, lost to countryman Diego Schwartzman in 2R of Buenos Aires Fell in 1R of Quito to Victor Estrella Burgos. Withdrew from Australian Open qualifying. In 2017, played 5 straight 3-setters at Houston, reaching 8th ATP World Tour final (l. to Johnson 76 in 3rd) Advanced to SF at Quito, losing to eventual champion Estrella Burgos for 3rd straight year Snapped 5-match tour-level losing streak by reaching Kitzbuehel QF (d. Dolgopolov and Struff, l. to Fognini) Ended 22-match losing streak vs Top 10 opponents by beating Nishikori at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Monteiro in 2R) Squandered 1 MP in Munich 2R against 273rd-ranked Hanfmann Fell to No. 113 in Emirates ATP Rankings on November lowest since No. 122 on April 28, 2014 Withdrew from Winston-Salem, Shenzhen, Beijing qualifying, ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai qualifying and Moscow QUADRA 1 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Nicolas Jarry (CHI) [8] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG) Verdasco Leads ATP Masters 1000 Canada (Canada) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco Nice (France) Clay SF Fernando Verdasco 7-6(3) Valencia (Spain) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco QUADRA 2 [Q] Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) vs Tennys Sandgren (USA) Other meeting: 13 Tanger CH (Morocco) Clay R32 Roberto Carballes Baena First Tour-Level Meeting [Q] Corentin Moutet (FRA) vs Guido Pella (ARG)

10 Day 1 Monday, 19 February 2018 Page 6 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: REMAINING FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Horacio Zeballos (ARG) Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs Federico Delbonis (ARG) Delbonis Leads ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Federico Delbonis 7-6(4) Other meetings: 13 Liberec CH (Czech Republic) Clay F Jiri Vesely 6-7(2) 7-6(7) Prostejov CH (Czech Republic) Clay F Jiri Vesely [WC] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs [6] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Schwartzman Leads Australian Open (Australia) Hard R64 Diego Schwartzman [WC] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) vs [7] Pablo Cuevas (URU) Cuevas Leads Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R16 Pablo Cuevas 7-6(5) Sao Paulo (Brazil) Clay QF Pablo Cuevas Hamburg (Germany) Clay R16 Pablo Cuevas Aljaz Bedene (SLO) vs [PR] Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) Other meeting: 14 Todi CH (Italy) Clay SF Aljaz Bedene 6-7(5) [Q] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs [3] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) Other meeting: 15 Perugia CH (Italy) Clay SF Pablo Carreno Busta (5) First Tour-Level Meeting First Tour-Level Meeting Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs Nicolas Kicker (ARG) [PR] Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs Gerald Melzer (AUT) Melzer Leads Munich (Germany) Clay R16 Gerald Melzer 4-1 ret Other meetings: 08 Graz CH (Austria) Clay R16 Pablo Andujar Seville CH (Spain) Clay R32 Gerald Melzer Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs [2] Dominic Thiem (AUT) Thiem Leads Umag (Croatia) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem ret 16 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay QF Dominic Thiem Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem