QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, January 6, 2016

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1 QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar January 4-9, 2016 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,189,605 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: Martin Dagahs: Facebook: facebook.com/atpworldtour facebook.com/qatartennis Press Room: TOP 3 SEEDS DJOKOVIC, NADAL, BERDYCH ON CENTRE COURT SCHEDULE DAY 3 PREVIEW: The Top 3 seeds at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open will be on Centre Court Wednesday for their second-round matches. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic continues his quest for a first Doha title against Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco. Djokovic has won 16 matches in a row against Spaniards and 18 straight against left-handers, but his FedEx ATP Head 2 Head history versus Verdasco has been anything but easy. The 32-year-old Verdasco has taken at least one set off of Djokovic in nine of their 11 meetings, winning four of the matches outright. Following Djokovic vs. Verdasco, No. 2 seed and 2014 Doha champion Rafael Nadal plays Robin Haase. Nadal is 6-0 lifetime against Dutchmen, including a second-round win over Haase at Wimbledon in Haase led that match two sets to one before Nadal rallied and went on to capture his second title at the All England Club. In the final match of the evening on Centre Court, No. 3 seed Tomas Berdych faces 5-foot-9 Bosnian Damir Dzumhur. On Court 1, three men who enjoyed first-round upsets seek spots in the quarter-finals. A day after defeating defending champ David Ferrer, Illya Marchenko meets Teymuraz Gabashvili. Andrey Kuznetsov follows against Ricardas Berankis, who knocked off No. 6 seed Andreas Seppi on Tuesday. Then, Kyle Edmund takes on 33-year-old Daniel Muñoz de la Nava, who stunned fellow Spanish left-hander Feliciano Lopez on Monday for his first tour-level win in nearly three years. ATP MEDIA INFO ON TWITTER: New in 2016, the ATP World Tour has launched a dedicated Twitter account for the latest information, facts and figures about players and events. at twitter.com/atpmediainfo for timely updates to complement daily media notes.

2 Page 2 of 6 DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS In Order of Play CENTRE COURT [7] Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Series Tied Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Paul-Henri Mathieu (1) 10 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R32 Jeremy Chardy Eastbourne (Great Britain) Grass R32 Jeremy Chardy (5) 7-6(4) 15 Bastad (Sweden) Clay R32 Paul-Henri Mathieu Other Meeting: 10 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai Q (China) Hard 1R Jeremy Chardy Chardy 2015 FastFacts SF: ATP Masters 1000 Montréal (l. to Djokovic); QF (3): Marseille (l. to Simon); Houston (l. to Anderson); Stockholm (l. to Gasquet) 2015 W-L: (20-17 on hard) 2015 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 12, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 Doha W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2016 Round of 16) Frenchman started his 2016 season with win over Zayid in Doha 1R on Monday Owns a 6-6 record in 12 matches against countrymen since 2014 Brisbane In 2015, finished in Top 35 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 4th straight season Played in 1st career ATP Masters 1000 SF at Montréal after saving 9 MPs (2 vs. L. Mayer in 2R, 7 vs. Isner in QF). Lost to No. 1 Djokovic in SF Advanced to US Open 4R for 1st time with win over No. 7 Ferrer, snapping 12-match losing streak to Top 10 opponents (l. to No. 9 Cilic) Reached Roland Garros 4R with Top 20 wins over Isner and Goffin (l. to No. 3 Murray), matching careerbest showing in Paris (also R) Other Grand Slam results: Australian Open 2R (l. to Seppi) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to No. 6 Berdych) Won 3rd career doubles title at Båstad w/kubot (d. Cabal/Farah) Fell to countryman Gasquet in Stockholm QF 76 in 3rd Teamed w/anderson to beat Bryan/Bryan en route to ATP Masters 1000 Rome SF (l. to Cuevas/Marrero) Mathieu 2015 FastFacts F: Kitzbühel (l. to Kohlschreiber); QF: Bastad (l. to Robredo) 2015 W-L: 7-12 (1-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: January 12, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 95 Doha W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2016 Round of 16) Frenchman started his 2016 season with (7) win over Ramos-Viñolas in Doha 1R on Tuesday. Saved 1 MP to secure win in 2 hours, 45 minutes Attempting to reach 1st ATP World Tour QF on outdoor hard courts since 2009 Brisbane In 2015, finished in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 11th time in his career Qualified at Rotterdam, Casablanca, London/Queen's Club, Båstad, US Open and Kitzbühel, where he reached his 1st final in 6+ years (l. to Kohlschreiber) Fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Kohlschreiber), Roland Garros (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) and US Open (l. to Nishioka in 5 sets) Lost in final round of qualifying at Wimbledon (l. to Sijsling 7-5 in 5th) Posted record on ATP Challenger Tour, reaching finals at Aix en Provence, FRA (l. to Haase) and Braunchweig, GER (l. to Krajinovic) Enters 2016 on a 21-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents since beating No. 5 Davydenko at 2008 Beijing Olympics

3 Page 3 of 6 [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Djokovic Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco (2) ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg Clay R32 Fernando Verdasco Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Novak Djokovic (1) 07 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Hard R32 Novak Djokovic 6-7(7) ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay QF Novak Djokovic US Open (U.S.A.) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 7-6(2) Beijing (China) Hard QF Novak Djokovic ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay SF Fernando Verdasco ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay QF Fernando Verdasco 7-6(4) Beijing (China) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Novak Djokovic 7-6(8) Djokovic 2015 FastFacts W (11): Australian Open (d. Murray); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Federer); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Murray); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (d. Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (d. Federer); Wimbledon (d. Federer); US Open (d. Federer); Beijing (d. Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (d. Tsonga); ATP Masters 1000 Paris (d. Murray); Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (d. Federer); F (4): Dubai (l. to Federer); Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Montréal (l. to Murray); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Federer); QF: Doha (l. to Karlovic) 2015 W-L: 82-6 (59-5 on hard) 2015 Titles: 11 / Career Titles: 59 Date of Birth: May 22, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-High) Doha W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2015 Quarter-finalist) Serb started his 2016 season with win over Brown in Doha 1R on Monday On an 18-match win streak vs. left-handers since loss to Nadal in 2014 Roland Garros final On a 16-match win streak vs. Spaniards since loss to Robredo in 2014 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 3R In 2015, ended year as World No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings for 4th time in 5 years. Ranked No. 1 for 79 straight weeks, longest stretch since Federer's 237 straight weeks in Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for 9th consecutive year, winning 4th title in a row and 5th overall. Became 1st player to win title in 4 consecutive years Captured career-high 11 titles and reached single-season record 15 straight finals to end year, most since Federer's 17 straight finals in Won 8th, 9th and 10th Grand Slam singles titles at Australian Open (d. Murray), Wimbledon (d. Federer) and US Open (d. Federer) respectively. Fell short of calendar Grand Slam in Roland Garros final (l. to Wawrinka) Became 3rd man to play in all 4 major finals in a single year during Open Era (also Laver in 1969 and Federer in 2006, 2007 and 2009) Enjoyed career-high 29-set win streak during fall, highlighted by titles at Beijing and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai Also captured titles at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Rome and Paris, setting a single-season record with 6 ATP Masters 1000 championships and passing Federer for 2nd all-time with 26 (Nadal 27) Became 1st men s player to earn more than $15 million in prize money during a season, crushing previous record by finishing with $21,646,145 Earned career-high 82 wins overall, including 31 vs. Top 10 players and win streaks of 28 and 23 matches Has won more titles (31) than he's lost matches (26) on hard courts since 2011 Competed in 44 straight Grand Slam events entering 16. Has not retired from a match or conceded a walkover since 11 ATP Masters 1000 Paris QF vs. Tsonga (shoulder) Verdasco 2015 FastFacts SF (2): Quito (l. to Lopez); Houston (l. to Querrey) 2015 W-L: (11-14 on hard) 2015 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 Doha W-L (Best Result): 4-3 (2005, Round of 16)

4 Page 4 of 6 Spaniard started his 2016 season with 76(4) 76(4) win over Jaziri in Doha 1R on Tuesday On a 5-match losing streak vs. Top 10 since beating No. 10 Cilic in 2015 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R In 2015, won 20+ matches and finished in Top 50 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 12th straight season Reached SFs at Quito (l. to F. Lopez) and Houston (l. to Querrey in 3 sets) Played in 50th consecutive Grand Slam main draw at US Open, 3rd among active players behind Federer (64) and F. Lopez (55) Advanced to Australian Open 3R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Becker 10-8 in 5th), Wimbledon 3R (d. Klizan and Thiem in 5 sets, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) and US Open 2R (d. Haas in 5 sets, l. to No. 10 Raonic) Earned 2nd-straight victory over Nadal in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (l. to Monaco in 4R) Saved 1 MP to beat Gabashvili in Doha 1R and 3 MPs to beat Bautista Agut in London/Queen's Club 1R Robin Haase (NED) vs [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Rafael Nadal Haase 2015 FastFacts SF: s-hertogenbosch (l. to Mahut); QF (2): Estoril (l. to Kyrgios); Moscow (l. to Kohlschreiber) 2015 W-L: (6-12 on hard) 2015 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 6, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 66 Doha W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2016 Round of 16) Dutchman started his 2016 season with win over Karatsev in Doha 1R on Monday Owns 4-18 record vs. Top 10 opponents, most recently beating No. 7 Wawrinka in 2015 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R In 2015, finished in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 6th straight season Posted double-digit win totals in 5 straight seasons Began last season 0-6 in tour-level main draw matches before reaching ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R (d. No. 7 Wawrinka, l. to Rosol) Posted better results on clay and grass courts, advancing to Estoril QF (l. to Kyrgios) and 's-hertogenbosch SF (d. Karlovic 76 in 3rd, l. to Mahut) Also reached Moscow QF (l. to Kohlschreiber) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Giraldo in 2R) and Basel (l. to Thiem in 1R) Went 18-5 on ATP Challenger Tour with 10th and 11th career titles at Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Mathieu) and Trnava, SVK (d. Zeballos) Nadal 2015 FastFacts W (3): Buenos Aires (d. Monaco); Stuttgart (d. Troicki); Hamburg (d. Fognini); F (3): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Murray); Beijing (l. to Djokovic); Basel (l. to Federer); SF (4): Rio de Janeiro (l. to Fognini); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Djokovic); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Tsonga); Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (l. to Djokovic); QF (6): Australian Open (l. to Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Raonic); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Wawrinka); Roland Garros (l. to Djokovic); ATP Masters 1000 Montréal (l. to Nishikori); ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l. to Wawrinka) 2015 W-L: (30-12 on hard) 2015 Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 67 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 Doha W-L (Best Result): 20-6 (2014 Champion) Spaniard started his 2016 season with 67(5) win over countryman and former doubles partner Carreño Busta in Doha 1R on Tuesday Owns a 6-0 lifetime record against Dutchmen (d. de Bakker, Haase, Schalken, Sijsling, Sluiter, Wessels) In 2015, finished in Top 5 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 11th straight season Captured titles at Buenos Aires (d. Monaco), Stuttgart (d. Troicki) and Hamburg (d. Fognini), while also reaching finals at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to No. 3 Murray), Beijing (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and Basel (l. to No. 3 Federer) Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, going 3-0 in RR before falling to No. 1 Djokovic in SF (d. No. 4 Wawrinka, No. 2 Murray and No. 7 Ferrer)

5 Page 5 of 6 Denied a 10th Roland Garros title by No. 1 Djokovic in QF, falling to 70-2 lifetime on Parisian clay Reached Australian Open QF (l. to No. 7 Berdych), Wimbledon 2R (l. to No. 102 Brown) and US Open 3R (l. to Fognini after leading 2 sets to 0) Earned 300th career ATP Masters 1000 win over No. 4 Wawrinka in Shanghai QF (l. to Tsonga in SF) Failed to win at least 1 Grand Slam title and 1 ATP Masters 1000 title for 1st time since 2004 Extended Davis Cup singles win streak to 22 matches with victory over Torpegaard of DEN in Sept. Captured 9th ATP World Tour doubles title at Doha w/monaco (d. Knowle/Oswald) [3] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Berdych Leads Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Tomas Berdych Berdych 2015 FastFacts W (2): Shenzhen (d. Garcia-Lopez); Stockholm (d. Sock); F (3): Doha (l. to Ferrer); Rotterdam (l. to Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Djokovic); SF (4): Australian Open (l. to Murray); Dubai (l. to Djokovic); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Murray); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Nadal); QF (6): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Federer); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Federer); Halle (l. to Karlovic); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Dolgopolov); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Murray); ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l. to Djokovic) 2015 W-L: (40-16 on hard) 2015 Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: September 17, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 6 Doha W-L (Best Result): 5-2 (2015 Runner-up) Czech started his 2016 season with win over Stakhovsky in Doha 1R on Tuesday In 2015, finished at No. 6 or No. 7 in Emirates ATP Rankings for 6th straight season Achieved career-high of No. 4 on May 18 after reaching ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF (l. to No. 2 Federer) Captured 11th and 12th titles of career at Shenzhen (d. Garcia-Lopez) and Stockholm (d. Sock) Reached QF or better at 15 of 22 events in 2015 and won 2 or more matches at 18 of 22 Advanced to Australian Open SF (d. No. 3 Nadal, l. to No. 6 Murray), matching career-best finish at event Fell to Frenchmen in 4R at Roland Garros (l. to Tsonga), Wimbledon (l. to Simon) and US Open (l. to Gasquet) Has played in 49 straight majors and 50 straight ATP Masters 1000 events Reached 4th ATP Masters 1000 final of career at Monte-Carlo (d. Monfils, l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 3 sets) Surpassed 50 wins for 5th consecutive season (career-high 61 in 2012) Earned 500th career victory with 2R win over Bolelli at Dubai Qualified for 6th-straight Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (0-3 in RR) Dzumhur 2015 FastFacts SF: Casablanca (l. to Klizan) 2015 W-L: 8-9 (2-3 on hard) 2015 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 82 Doha W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2016 Round of 16) Bosnian started his 2016 season with win over Cecchinato in Doha 1R on Monday Owns an 0-4 record vs. Top 10 opponents (1-12 in sets) In 2015, improved year-end Emirates ATP Ranking for 6th straight season and finished inside Top 100 for 1st time Achieved career-high ranking of No. 77 on Oct. 19, 2015 after winning Casablanca, MAR Challenger title Reached 1st ATP World Tour QF and SF at Casablanca (d. Mathieu, Granollers and Haider-Maurer; l. to Klizan) Posted record on ATP Challenger Tour with titles at Santo Domingo, DOM (d. Olivo); Alphen, NED (d. Sijsling) and Casablanca, MAR (d. Muñoz-de la Nava) Lost to No. 2 Federer in Roland Garros 3R (d. Youzhny and Baghdatis) and Wimbledon 1R Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Duckworth in 1R) and Geneva (l. to Melzer in 1R)

6 Page 6 of 6 COURT 1 Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) vs Illya Marchenko (UKR) Gabashvili Leads Halle (Germany) Grass R32 Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-7(9) (4) Other Meeting: 08 Cherkassy CH (Ukraine) Clay R32 Illya Marchenko (6) 6-1 Ricardas Berankis (LTU) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) First ATP Meeting Other Meeting: 12 Wimbledon Q (Great Britain) Grass 1R Andrey Kuznetsov [Q] Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (ESP) First Meeting COURT 2 Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG) Andujar Leads Acapulco (Mexico) Clay R32 Pablo Andujar 7-6(5) Stuttgart (Germany) Clay R32 Leonardo Mayer (5) 7-6(5) 15 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Pablo Andujar