FEATURED MEN S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Nadal Leads 4-0

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1 2017 US OPEN Flushing, New York, USA August 28-September 10, 2017 Draw Size: S-128, D-64 $50.4 million Hard DAY 14 MEDIA NOTES FEATURED MEN S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Nadal Leads 4-0 DAY 14 HIGHLIGHTS The US Open championship on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium matches World No. 1 Rafael Nadal against No. 28 seed Kevin Anderson, who is making his Grand Slam final debut. Nadal has won the four previous meetings (9-1 in sets), including a third round match in Barcelona in April. In their lone Grand Slam tournament meeting, Nadal won in the Round of 16 at the 2015 Australian Open. The champion will be the fifth straight Grand Slam winner 30 & over going back to last year s US Open where Stan Wawrinka (31) captured the title. Since then, Roger Federer (35) won the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and Nadal (31) earned the Roland Garros crown. This is just the seventh time in the Open Era that a Grand Slam final has been contested by a pair of players 30 & over. This is the first 30 & over US Open final since 2002 when Pete Sampras (31) defeated Andre Agassi (32). The Big Four of Nadal, Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray has won 45 of the last 50 Grand Slam tournament titles. Anderson is trying to become only the fourth player to break through and join former US Open champions Juan Martin del Potro, Marin Cilic and Wawrinka during that stretch. Wawrinka has won three Grand Slam titles. Since 2005 Roland Garros, Nadal and Federer have both captured 15 Grand Slam titles (Djokovic-12, Murray-3). Nadal is appearing in his 4th US Open final (2-1), the first since capturing the 2013 title. His 3 previous US Open finals came against Novak Djokovic, beating the Serb in 2010 and falling in the 2011 title match. Nadal is making his 3rd Grand Slam tournament final showing of the season with a runner-up at the Australian Open (l. to Federer) and capturing a 10 th Roland Garros crown (d. Wawrinka). The 31-year-old Spaniard is 15-7 lifetime in Grand Slam finals. His last Slam title on hard courts came here in Flushing Meadows in Nadal is attempting to win at least two Grand Slam tournament titles in a season for the 4th time in his career (3 in 2010, 2 in 2008, 2013). He is trying to win his 1st hard court singles title since January 2014 in Doha. He has played 34 hard-court tournaments, reaching eight hard-court finals since his last title on the surface. Nadal has not faced a Top 20 opponent at the US Open and the last Grand Slam tournament champion to do that was Pete Sampras at 2000 Wimbledon. Anderson is the first South African to reach the US Open final in the Open Era (since 1968). Cliff Drysdale was runner-up at the US Championships in 1965 (l. to Santana). Anderson is the first South African in a Grand Slam singles final since Kevin Curren (l. to Wilander) at the 1984 Australian Open. Curren represented the USA when he reached the 1985 Wimbledon final (l. to Becker). Johan Kriek is the last South African Grand Slam singles champion at the 1981 Australian Open (d. Denton). Kriek represented the USA when he won the 1982 Aust. Open. The 31- year-old Anderson is the oldest first-time Grand Slam tournament finalist since Nikola Niki Pilic (33) at 1973 Roland Garros (l. to Nastase). The oldest first-time Slam champion in the Open Era is Andres Gimeno (34) at 1972 Roland Garros. The World No. 32 Anderson is the lowest-ranked Grand Slam finalist since No. 38 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2008 Australian Open (l. to Djokovic). Anderson is also the lowest-ranked US Open finalist since the inception of the Emirates ATP Rankings in The previous lowest-ranked US Open finalist was No. 22 Mark Philippoussis in 1998 (l. to Rafter). No. 20-ranked Andre Agassi is the lowest-ranked US Open champion in Anderson is trying to become the lowest-ranked Grand Slam champion since No. 44 Gaston Gaudio at 2004 Roland Garros. Emirates ATP Race to London (Top 8 players qualify for Nitto ATP Finals, Nov ) 1 Rafael Nadal* 8,565^ 2 Roger Federer* 7,505 3 Alexander Zverev 4,220 4 Dominic Thiem 3,715 5 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 6 Grigor Dimitrov 3,105 7 Marin Cilic 2,995 8 Pablo Carreno Busta 2,595 9 Novak Djokovic 2, Sam Querrey 2, Kevin Anderson 2,335^ * Qualified ^ Add 800 points for Final win

2 Page 2 of 5 [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Nadal Leads ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal (6) 15 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal (6) Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Rafael Nadal [1] RAFAEL NADAL vs [28] KEVIN ANDERSON 31 (6/3/86) Age (Birthdate) 31 (5/18/86) No. 1 (No. 1 on 8/18/08) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 32 (No. 10 on 10/12/15) Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Residence Gulf Stream, FL, USA 55-9 (28-7) 2017 Record (on hard) (15-7) ( ) Career Record (on hard) ( ) 4 / Titles / Career Titles 0 / Career Grand Slam Record (2010, 2013 Champion) US Open Record (Best Result) 19-7 (2017 Finalist) (2-2) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 10-8 (1-1) 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down (11-5) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) (18-12) $86,289,532 Career Prize Money $8,272,183 Toni Nadal and Carlos Moya Coach Neville Godwin STATS COMPARISON: Tournament statistics entering the championship: [1] RAFAEL NADAL Statistic Nadal Anderson Aces (Double Faults) 28 (18) 114 (18) 1st-Serve Percentage 67% 66% 1st-Serve Points Won 76% 83% 2nd-Serve Points Won 64% 57% Service Games Won 92% (85 of 92) 95% (103 of 108) Break Points Saved 72% (18 of 25) 77% (17 of 22) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 39% 30% 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 56% 49% Return Games Won 43% (37 of 90) 23% (23 of 102) Break Points Converted 41% (37 of 91) 39% (23 of 59) Time on Court 14:12 15:09 Grand Slam History Second all-time in Grand Slam titles (15) and finals (23), behind Federer (19 titles in 29 finals) One of 3 men to win a Grand Slam title in teens, 20s and 30s (also Sampras, Rosewall) Only man or woman in Open Era to win a Grand Slam event 10 times (Roland Garros) Owns records of 79-2 at Roland Garros and in best-of-five-set matches on clay Dropped 35 games en route to 2017 Roland Garros title (d. Wawrinka), fewest for Grand Slam champion since Borg at 1978 Roland Garros (32) Won 2005 Roland Garros title in tournament debut as 19-year-old and remains youngest Slam champion since Chang, 17, at 1989 Roland Garros As 24-year-old at 2010 US Open, became youngest man in Open Era to complete career Grand Slam (d. Djokovic). One of 2 players to win all 4 Grand Slams and Olympic singles gold medal (also Agassi). Owns 9-3 Grand Slam W-L vs. Federer, including 5-set wins for 2008 Wimbledon and 2009 Australian Open titles Won at least 1 Grand Slam and 1 ATP Masters 1000 title each year from 2005 through 2014

3 Page 3 of 5 Missed 9 Grand Slams due to injury: Australian Open in 2006 (left foot) and 2013 (stomach virus); Roland Garros in 2003 (elbow) and 2004 (left ankle); Wimbledon in 2004 (left ankle), 2009 (knee tendinitis) and 2016 (left wrist); and US Open in 2012 (left knee) and 2014 (right wrist) 2017 Highlights W (4): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (d Ramos-Vinolas); Barcelona (d Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d Thiem); Roland Garros (d Wawrinka) F (3): Australian Open (l Federer); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Federer) QF (3): Brisbane (l Raonic); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Kyrgios) Hard-Court Summer (3-2) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 3rd Round (l Shapovalov) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: Quarter-finals (l Kyrgios) 2017 in Review Tournament Note: Appearing in 4 th US Open final (2-1), first since 2013 (d. Djokovic) and 23 rd Grand Slam final (15-7). Trying to win his second Grand Slam title in a season for fourth time in career (3 in 2010, 2 in 2008, 2013) Returned to No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 21 (4th stint and 144 total weeks as World No. 1) Won 10th titles at Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and Roland Garros. Only player with 10+ titles at an event in Open Era. Passed Sampras for 2nd all-time with 15 Grand Slam titles and Djokovic for 2nd all-time with 22 Slam finals (now 23) One of 3 men to win Grand Slam title in teens, 20s and 30s (also Sampras, Rosewall) Lost 35 games in 7 wins at Roland Garros, fewest for Grand Slam champion since Borg at 1978 Roland Garros (32) Beat Wawrinka in final to become oldest Roland Garros champion since 34-year-old Andres Gimeno in 1972 Qualified for 13th straight Nitto ATP Finals, where he has yet to win title in 7 prior appearances (DNP 5 times) Tied Djokovic for all-time record with 30th ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d. Goffin, Djokovic and Thiem) Snapped losing streaks of 7 matches and 15 sets vs Djokovic, winning their 50th meeting in Madrid SF Passed Vilas with record 50th clay-court title at Monte-Carlo (d. Ramos-Vinolas to improve to 15-0 vs ESP in finals) Defeated Thiem to win Barcelona title, but suffered only clay-court loss of season to Austrian in Rome QF Won 5-setters over A. Zverev in 4h5m and Dimitrov in 4h56m en route to Aus. Open final (l. to Federer in 5 sets) Also lost to Federer in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R and ATP Masters 1000 Miami final (0-5 in Miami finals) Fell to Querrey in Acapulco final, ending streaks of 14 straight matches and 28 straight sets won at tournament Played 34 hard-court tournaments and 8 hard-court finals since last hard-court title at 2014 Doha (d. Monfils) Hit career-high 23 aces, rallying from 2 sets down vs Muller in Wimbledon 4R before falling in 5th after 4h48m NADAL IN GRAND SLAM FINALS (15-7) 2005 Roland Garros d. Mariano Puerta 67(6) Roland Garros d. Roger Federer (4) 2006 Wimbledon l. Roger Federer 60 76(5) 67(2) Roland Garros d. Roger Federer Wimbledon l. Roger Federer 76(7) 46 76(3) Roland Garros d. Roger Federer Wimbledon d. Roger Federer (5) 67(8) Australian Open d. Roger Federer (3) Roland Garros d. Robin Soderling Wimbledon d. Tomas Berdych US Open d. Novak Djokovic Roland Garros d. Roger Federer 75 76(3) Wimbledon l. Novak Djokovic US Open l. Novak Djokovic (3) Australian Open l. Novak Djokovic (5) Roland Garros d. Novak Djokovic Roland Garros d. David Ferrer US Open d. Novak Djokovic Australian Open l. Stan Wawrinka Roland Garros d. Novak Djokovic Australian Open l. Roger Federer Roland Garros d Stan Wawrinka

4 Page 4 of 5 ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM TITLE LEADERS ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM FINALS REACHED No. No. Roger Federer 19 Roger Federer 29 Rafael Nadal 15 Rafael Nadal 23 Pete Sampras 14 Novak Djokovic 21 Novak Djokovic 12 Ivan Lendl 19 Roy Emerson 12 Pete Sampras 18 Bjorn Borg 11 Rod Laver 17 Rod Laver 11 ALL-TIME 30 & OVER GRAND SLAM TITLE LEADERS (min. 2): Nadal is trying to add his name to the list: No. Tournaments Rod Laver Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open Ken Rosewall Roland Garros, 1970 US Open Australian Open Roger Federer Wimbledon, 2017 Australian Open, Wimbledon Andre Agassi , 2003 Australian Open Jimmy Connors US Open Stan Wawrinka Roland Garros, 2016 US Open OPEN ERA US OPEN TITLE LEADERS: Nadal is trying to add his name to the list: No. Years Jimmy Connors , 1976, 1978, Roger Federer Pete Sampras , 1993, , 2002 Ivan Lendl , 1984 John McEnroe [28] KEVIN ANDERSON Grand Slam History Coming into US Open, his best Grand Slam result was QFs at 2015 US Open (d. Murray, l. to Wawrinka) Owns 2-9 record in Grand Slam 4R matches, winning both times in this round in Flushing Meadows Achieved career-high No. 10 on Oct. 12, 2015 soon after advancing to 1st US Open QF Led eventual champion and World No. 1 Djokovic by 2 sets in 2015 Wimbledon 4R before falling 75 in 5th Missed 2017 Australian Open (hip) and retired in 2017 Roland Garros 4R vs. Cilic (left thigh) 2017 Highlights F (1): Washington (l A. Zverev) SF (1): Estoril (l Muller) QF (2): Geneva (l Nishikori); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l to A. Zverev) Hard-Court Summer (7-3) Washington: Finalist (l A. Zverev) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Quarter-finals (l A. Zverev) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Dolgopolov) 2017 in Review Tournament Note: First South African in US Open final in Open Era (Cliff Drysdale l. to Santana in 1965 US Championships final). First South African in a Slam final since Kevin Curren at 1984 Aust. Open (l. to Wilander). Johan Kriek is last South African to win a Slam title at 1981 Aust. Open (d. Denton). Has held serve 103 of 108 games (95%) Projected to move from No. 32 in Emirates ATP Rankings to No. 15 and to No. 10 if wins the title Saved 1 MP to beat No. 1 seed Thiem in 3R en route to 1st final since 2015 at Washington (l. to A. Zverev) Fell in Grand Slam 4R matches at Roland Garros (ret vs Cilic) and Wimbledon (l. to Querrey in 5 sets) Avenged loss to Querrey in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 3R (l. to eventual champion A. Zverev in QF) Reached Estoril SF (l. to Muller), Geneva QF (l. to Nishikori after holding 3 MPs) and Barcelona 3R (l. to Nadal) Dropped to No. 80 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January lowest since No. 87 on August 9, 2010 Retired in Roland Garros 4R vs Cilic due to left thigh injury Withdrew from Brisbane (hip), Australian Open (hip), London/Queen s Club Q (leg) and Winston-Salem (right elbow) Has a career record vs. Top 10 opponents (0-3 vs. No. 1s).

5 Page 5 of 5 GRAND SLAM APPEARANCE BEFORE WINNING FIRST TITLE (Open Era) No. Grand Slam Title Goran Ivanisevic Wimbledon Stan Wawrinka Australian Open Petr Korda Australian Open Kevin Anderson? 34? 2017 US Open? Marin Cilic US Open Andy Murray US Open FIRST GRAND SLAM FINAL APPEARANCE (since 2007): Anderson is trying to become the fourth player since 2007 to win a Grand Slam tournament title in his maiden final appearance: Tournament Result Kevin Anderson 2017 US Open vs. Nadal Milos Raonic 2016 Wimbledon l. to Murray Marin Cilic 2014 US Open d. Nishikori Kei Nishikori 2014 US Open l. to Cilic Stan Wawrinka 2014 Australian Open d. Nadal David Ferrer 2013 Roland Garros l. to Nadal Tomas Berdych 2010 Wimbledon l. to Nadal Robin Soderling 2009 Roland Garros l. to Federer Juan Martin del Potro 2009 US Open d. Federer Andy Murray 2008 US Open l. to Federer Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2008 Australian Open l. to Djokovic Novak Djokovic 2007 US Open l. to Federer Fernando Gonzalez 2007 Australian Open l. to Federer LOWEST-RANKED GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS No. 32 Anderson is trying to become the fifth lowest-ranked Grand Slam tournament champion since the inception of the Emirates ATP Rankings in Here are the players ranked outside the Top 20 to win a title: Tournament Before -- After Mark Edmondson 1976 Australian Open No No. 54 Goran Ivanisevic 2001 Wimbledon No No. 16 Gustavo Kuerten 1997 Roland Garros No No. 15 Gaston Gaudio 2004 Roland Garros No No. 10 Albert Costa 2002 Roland Garros No No. 8