10 THINGS TO WATCH IN TOKYO

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1 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, 1 October 2018 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Tokyo, Japan 1-7 October 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,781,930 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Brendan Gilson: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN TOKYO 1) 500 Club: The capital cities of Tokyo and Beijing are hosting ATP World Tour 500 events this week. At the Rakuten Japan Open, two-time champion Kei Nishikori continues his push towards the Nitto ATP Finals alongside fellow ATP Race to London contenders Marin Cilic and Kevin Anderson. Four of the Top 5 #NextGenATP players in the ATP Race to Milan are also playing in Tokyo. 2) Title Drought: Nishikori has won six of his 11 ATP World Tour titles at the 500-level, highlighted by Tokyo in 2012 and However, the highest-ranked Asian player in ATP history has played 46 tour-level events since his most recent title at 2016 Memphis. Nishikori, the former World No. 4, is 0-7 in his last seven finals, with losses at three ATP Masters 1000s and two ATP World Tour 500s. 3) Belated Birthday: Cilic, a two-time Tokyo semi-finalist, turned 30 on 28 September. His birthday means that no Grand Slam men s singles champions are currently under the age of 30. Nishikori, who lost to Cilic in the 2014 US Open final, is one of three twenty-something Grand Slam runnersup along with Milos Raonic (2016 Wimbledon) and Dominic Thiem (2018 Roland Garros). 4) On the Edge: Anderson is eighth in the ATP Race to London and would occupy the last spot at the Nitto ATP Finals if the season ended today. The Wimbledon finalist leads No. 9 John Isner by 520 points and No. 10 Nishikori by 885 points with a maximum of 3,250 points still on the line in ) Tight Race: Fewer than 1,000 points separate Nos. 2-5 in the ATP Race to Milan. Tokyo players Stefanos Tsitsipas, Denis Shapovalov, Alex de Minaur and Frances Tiafoe are all on pace to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals. Of the four, only Shapovalov competed at the inaugural event. 6) Greece Lightning: Tsitsipas broke into the Top 15 in August following a fourth-round run at Wimbledon and four Top 10 wins en route to the Toronto final. He is the first Greek to be ranked that high, reach the Round of 16 at a Grand Slam and play for an ATP Masters 1000 championship. 7) Trailblazers: Shapovalov became the youngest semi-finalist in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid history, Tiafoe won the Delray Beach title to become the youngest American champion since 2002 and de Minaur achieved a new career-high ranking 16 times in eight months, rising from No. 208 to No ) Curious Kyrgios: Nick Kyrgios won the biggest of his four ATP World Tour titles at 2016 Tokyo. The Aussie opted to play Beijing instead in 2017, losing in the final to Rafael Nadal. Kyrgios returns to Tokyo as the defending champion of sorts following the withdrawal of 2017 winner David Goffin. 9) Wawrinka Rising: Like Kyrgios, Stan Wawrinka is back in Tokyo for the first time since winning the title. The 2015 champion withdrew in 2016 due to a back injury and did not play in 2017 after two left knee surgeries. Wawrinka rose from No. 263 on 11 June to No. 75 on 24 September. 10) Local Flavor: For the fifth straight year, all three Tokyo wild cards are Japanese. In 2018, they are Istanbul champion Taro Daniel, Shenzhen champion Yoshihito Nishioka, and Yuichi Sugita.

2 Page 2 of 7 WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEK SINGLES SEED PLAYER W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH 1 Marin Cilic (CRO) , 2017 Semi-finals 2 Kevin Anderson (RSA) , nd Round 3 Kei Nishikori (JPN) , 2014 Champion 4 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Semi-finals 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) st Round 6 Milos Raonic (CAN) , 2013, 2014 Finalist 7 Hyeon Chung (KOR) 0-0 Debut 8 Richard Gasquet (FRA) Finalist QUALIFIERS (4) Martin Klizan (SVK) Denis Kudla (USA) Daniil Medvedev (RUS) Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) OLDEST PLAYER Gilles Simon (FRA) 33 years, 9 months WILD CARDS (3) Taro Daniel (JPN) Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) Yuichi Sugita (JPN) YOUNGEST PLAYER Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 19 years, 5 months TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN France 5, Japan 5, United States 4, Australia 3, Canada 2, Germany 2 DOUBLES SEED TEAM W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH 1 Henri Kontinen (FIN) Quarter-finals John Peers (AUS) Finalist 2 Jamie Murray (GBR) Champion Bruno Soares (BRA) Champion 3 Raven Klaasen (RSA) Champion Michael Venus (NZL) st Round 4 Ben McLachlan (JPN) Champion Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 0-0 Debut PAST FINALISTS SINGLES (since 2007) YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 David Goffin (BEL) Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Nick Kyrgios (AUS) David Goffin (BEL) Stan Wawrinka (SUI) Benoit Paire (FRA) Kei Nishikori (JPN) Milos Raonic (CAN) 7-6(5) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Milos Raonic (CAN) 7-6(5) Kei Nishikori (JPN) Milos Raonic (CAN) 7-6(5) Andy Murray (GBR) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Gael Monfils (FRA) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Tomas Berdych (CZE) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) David Ferrer (ESP) Richard Gasquet (FRA) BOLD: Player in Rakuten Japan Open singles draw.

3 Page 3 of 7 DOUBLES (since 1998) YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 Ben McLachlan/Yasutaka Uchiyama Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares (1) 2016 Marcel Granollers/Marcin Matkowski Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram (4) 2015 Raven Klaasen/Marcelo Melo Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 7-6(5) 3-6 [10-7] 2014 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Michal Przysiezny Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo (3) [10-5] 2013 Rohan Bopanna/Edouard Roger-Vasselin Jamie Murray/John Peers 7-6(5) Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek (5) 2011 Andy Murray/Jamie Murray Frantisek Cermak/Filip Polasek Eric Butorac/Jean-Julien Rojer Andreas Seppi/Dmitry Tursunov Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer Ross Hutchins/Jordan Kerr [10-8] 2008 Mikhail Youzhny/Mischa Zverev Lukas Dlouhy/Leander Paes Jordan Kerr/Robert Lindstedt Frank Dancevic/Stephen Huss BOLD: Player in Rakuten Japan Open doubles draw. The following teams listed above are not currently intact: McLachlan/Uchiyama and Murray/Peers. ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Rakuten Japan Open W F SF QF R16 R32 Singles Ranking Points Singles Prize Money ($) 384, ,315 94,755 48,195 25,025 13,200 Doubles Ranking Points Doubles Prize Money ($) 115,650 56,620 28,400 14,580 7, FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: MONDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES ARENA 1 Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [6] Milos Raonic (CAN) Series Tied Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Milos Raonic (0) ATP Masters 1000 Canada (Canada) Hard R32 Adrian Mannarino Mannarino 2018 Summary: F (1): Antalya (l Dzumhur); SF (1): New York (l Querrey); QF (4): Sydney (l Fognini); London / Queen's Club (l Djokovic); Newport (l Granollers); Los Cabos (l Norrie) YTD W-L: Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 33 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2017 Finalist) Tournament Note: In tournament debut last year, def. No. 5 Cilic in SF before falling to Goffin in final. Achieved career-high No. 22 in ATP Rankings on 19 March. Advanced to 2nd straight Antalya final, but fell to 0-5 in ATP World Tour championship matches (l. to Dzumhur). Reached QF-or-better at 6 events, including run to New York SF (l. to Querrey in 3 sets). Snapped 6-match losing streak by reaching London/Queen s Club QF (d. Evans and Benneteau, l. to Djokovic). Appeared in Australian Open 3R for 1st time (l. to Thiem) and Wimbledon 4R for 3rd time (l. to Federer). Saved 1 MP vs. Cecchinato in Cincinnati 1R. Squandered 3 MPs vs. Carreno Busta in Barcelona 3R. In Davis Cup debut, clinched 1R tie with 5-set win over Haase (FRA d. NED 3-1).

4 Page 4 of 7 Raonic 2018 Summary: F (1): Stuttgart (l Federer); SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l del Potro); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l del Potro); Wimbledon (l Isner); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: December 27, 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 20 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 15-6 (2012, 2013, 2014 Finalist) Tournament Note: Fell to Nishikori in 2012 and 2014 finals, and to Del Potro in 2013 title match. Defeated Basic on 13 June for 300th ATP World Tour win of career en route to Stuttgart final (l. to Federer). Played 45 tournaments since most recent title at 2016 Brisbane (d. Federer). Lost his last 6 finals. Advanced for 4th time to both Wimbledon QF (l. to Isner) and US Open 4R (d. Wawrinka, l to Isner in 5 sets). At ATP Masters 1000 events, reached Indian Wells SF (l. to Del Potro), Miami QF (l. to Del Potro) and Cincinnati QF (l. to Djokovic). Beat No. 4 Dimitrov in Madrid 2R for biggest win since 2016 Wimbledon, then lost to countryman Shapovalov in 3R. Dropped to No. 40 in ATP Rankings on 26 February -- lowest since No. 59 on 14 February Passed by Shapovalov in ATP Rankings on 21 May, but regained status as No. 1 Canadian on 13 August. Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs [7] Hyeon Chung (KOR) Chung Leads Next Gen ATP Finals (Italy) Hard RR Hyeon Chung (5) 4-3(4) 4-1 Shapovalov 2018 Summary: SF (2): Delray Beach (l Tiafoe); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l A. Zverev); QF (2): Eastbourne (l M. Zverev); St. Petersburg (l Klizan) YTD W-L: Date of Birth: April 15, 1999 (19) ATP Ranking: 31 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) At 19, youngest quarter-finalist and semi-finalist ever at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Raonic in 3R, l. to A. Zverev). Achieved career-high 11 times in ATP Rankings -- peaking at No. 23 on 11 June. Youngest player to be ranked in Top 25 since then-no. 19 Gasquet on 25 July Became No. 1 Canadian on 21 May, but was passed by countryman Raonic on 13 August. Lost to eventual champion in Delray Beach SF (l. to Tiafoe) and Eastbourne QF (l. to M. Zverev). Reached Round of 16 at ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (d. Troicki in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Coric), Rome (l. to eventual champion Nadal), Toronto (l. to Haase) and Cincinnati (l. to Raonic). Advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 2nd time at US Open (d. Seppi in 5 sets, l. to Anderson in 5 sets). Chung 2018 Summary: SF (2): Australian Open (l Federer); Munich (l Zverev); QF (7): Auckland (l Ferrer); Delray Beach (l Tiafoe); Acapulco (l Anderson); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); Atlanta (l Harrison); Winston-Salem (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: Date of Birth: May 19, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 23 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Earned biggest win of career over No. 4 A. Zverev and upset 6-time champion Djokovic en route to Australian Open SF (ret. vs. Federer -- left foot blisters). First South Korean to reach Grand Slam QF and SF. As 21-year-old, became youngest Grand Slam semi-finalist since Cilic, 21, at 2010 Australian Open. Reached QF-or-better at 9 events, including ATP Masters 1000 QFs in Indian Wells (l. to No. 1 Federer) and Miami (l. to Isner). First South Korean to reach ATP Masters 1000 QF. Still seeking 1st tour-level final, though he won title at inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Broke into Top 20 and achieved career-high No. 19 in ATP Rankings on 2 April. Withdrew from Sofia and New York due to left foot blisters. Also withdrew from Houston, Barcelona, Rome, Lyon, Roland Garros, Stuttgart, Halle and Wimbledon due to lower leg injury. Withdrew from Toronto due to back pain.

5 Page 5 of 7 [WC] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs [3] Kei Nishikori (JPN) First Meeting Sugita 2018 Summary: QF (2): Dubai (l Pouille); Halle (l Kudla) YTD W-L: 8-23 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 18, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 100 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 2-6 (2017 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: After losing 1st 5 main draw matches at event, def. Paire and Raonic, both by retirement, to reach QF last year (l. to Mannarino). Advanced to QFs at Dubai (l. to Pouille) and Halle (l. to Kudla), where he beat No. 7 Thiem for biggest career win. Earned 1st Top 10 win of career to reach Australian Open 2R (d. Sock, l. to Karlovic in 5th). Suffering 7-match tour-level losing streak since reaching Antalya 2R as defending champion (l. to Herbert). 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). Nishikori 2018 Summary: F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); SF (3): New York (l Anderson); US Open (l Djokovic); Metz (l Bachinger); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Washington (l Zverev) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 12 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 18-7 (2012, 2014 Champion) Tournament Note: Defeated Raonic in three sets in both of his successful finals at Tokyo. 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 Played 46 tour-level events since most recent title at 2016 Memphis (d. Fritz). Lost his last 7 finals. Advanced to 3rd Grand Slam SF -- all at US Open with 5-set QF wins over Top 10 players (d. Cilic, l. to Djokovic). Along with Osaka, 1st Japanese man and woman in history to reach SFs at same Grand Slam event. At Wimbledon, became 1st Japanese player to complete set of QFs at all 4 Grand Slams (l. to Djokovic). Reached New York SF (l. to Anderson in 3rd-set TB), Rome QF (l. to Djokovic) and Washington QF (l. to A. Zverev). 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 Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald). [4] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs [Q] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) First Meeting Schwartzman 2018 Summary: W (1): Rio de Janeiro (d Verdasco); QF (3): Buenos Aires (l Bedene); Roland Garros (l Nadal); Hamburg (l Mayer) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: August 16, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 14 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2017 Semi-finals) Tournament Note: In debut last year, def. Young, Tomic, and Johnson to make SF (l. to eventual champion Goffin). Did not drop a set en route to 2nd ATP World Tour title at Rio de Janeiro (d. Verdasco). Achieved new career-high 8 times in ATP Rankings, peaking at No. 11 on 11 June. Highest-ranked player to stand 5-foot-7 or shorter since 5-foot-6 Solomon was No. 10 on 27 July Rallied from 2 sets down to beat Anderson and advance to 2nd Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Won 1st set against Nadal to end Spaniard s 38-set win streak at Roland Garros. Also reached QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Bedene) and Hamburg (l. to L. Mayer). Defeated Lajovic 11-9 in 5th en route to Australian Open 4R (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 4 sets). Advanced to Wimbledon 2R with 1st win in 8th try on grass (d. Basic, l. to Vesely).

6 Page 6 of 7 Medvedev 2018 Summary: W (2): Sydney (d de Minaur); Winston-Salem (d Johnson); QF (2): Rotterdam (l Seppi); St. Petersburg (l Thiem) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 32 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2017 1st Round) Tournament Note: In only prior tournament appearance, lost 1R to Dolgopolov last year. Earned 7 victories overall to capture 1st ATP World Tour title at Sydney as Q (d. de Minaur). Went 6-0 in matches and 12-0 in sets to win 2nd title at Winston-Salem (d. Johnson). Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Carreno Busta), Wimbledon (d. Coric in 1R, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets), ATP Masters 1000 Toronto as Q (l. to A. Zverev) and US Open (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Coric). Also qualified at Rotterdam (l. to Seppi in QF) and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Coric in 1R). Saved 1 MP vs. Watanuki in Washington 1R as WC (l. to Shapovalov in 2R). Lost 5 straight matches from 18 April through 10 June -- 3rd losing streak of 5+ matches since start of 2017 season. ARENA 2 Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Nicolas Jarry (CHI) Paire Leads Barcelona (Spain) Clay R64 Benoit Paire 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-4 Paire 2018 Summary: SF (2): Pune (l Anderson); Sydney (l de Minaur); QF (1): Montpellier (l Pouille) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (29) ATP Ranking: 61 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 4-4 (2015 Finalist) Jarry 2018 Summary: F (1): Sao Paulo (l Fognini); SF (3): Rio de Janeiro (l Schwartzman); Hamburg (l Basilashvili); Kitzbühel (l Istomin); QF (3): Quito (l Carballes Baena); Estoril (l Carreno Busta); Winston-Salem (l Daniel) YTD W-L: Date of Birth: October 11, 1995 (22) ATP Ranking: 45 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main draw debut) [Q] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) vs Robin Haase (NED) First Meeting Watanuki 2018 Summary: YTD W-L: 1-1 Date of Birth: April 12, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 273 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main draw debut) Haase 2018 Summary: SF (2): Auckland (l Bautista Agut); Umag (l Pella); QF (3): Pune (l Paire); Rotterdam (l Federer); ATP Masters 1000 Canada (l Khachanov) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 6, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 44 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 0-3 (2007, 2011, st Round)

7 Page 7 of 7 [Q] Martin Klizan (SVK) vs Steve Johnson (USA) Johnson Leads Valencia (Spain) Hard R32 Steve Johnson ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R64 Steve Johnson Klizan 2018 Summary: W (1): Kitzbühel (d Istomin); F (1): St. Petersburg (l Thiem); QF (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); Munich (l Chung) YTD W-L: 19-7 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: July 11, 1989 (29) ATP Ranking: 49 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (2012, st Round) Johnson 2018 Summary: W (2): Houston (d Sandgren); Newport (d Ramanathan); F (1): Winston-Salem (l Medvedev); SF (2): Delray Beach (l Gojowczyk); Geneva (l Fucsovics) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 30 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 5-3 (2014, 2017 Quarter-finals) FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: REMAINING FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES [1] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) Cilic Leads Sydney (Australia) Hard R32 Marin Cilic Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Chardy Leads ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Jeremy Chardy Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs [SE] Taylor Fritz (USA) Wawrinka Leads Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Stan Wawrinka 7-6(4) (2) 6-4 [5] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [WC] Taro Daniel (JPN) First Meeting Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Alex de Minaur (AUS) First Meeting [8] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs [Q] Denis Kudla (USA) First Meeting Nick Kyrgios (AUS) vs [WC] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) Kyrgios Leads Atlanta (U.S.A.) Hard SF Nick Kyrgios Other Meeting 14 Savannah CH (U.S.A.) Clay R16 Nick Kyrgios Maximilian Marterer (GER) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA) Tiafoe Leads ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Frances Tiafoe (2) Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs [2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Anderson Leads San Jose (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson Atlanta (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 6-7(7)