FOUR OF TOP SIX SEEDS, LED BY THIEM, ANDERSON IN QUARTERS

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1 ERSTE BANK OPEN 500: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, 26 October 2018 Wiener Stadthalle Vienna, Austria October 22-28, 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 2,198,250 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com ErsteBank-Open.com Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FOUR OF TOP SIX SEEDS, LED BY THIEM, ANDERSON IN QUARTERS The quarter-finals on Friday feature four of the top six seeds, led by No. 1 Dominic Thiem, No. 2 Kevin Anderson, No. 5 Kei Nishikori and No. 6 Borna Coric. Anderson, Thiem and Nishikori are trying to secure one of the three remaining spots for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals in London. Anderson is No. 7, Thiem is holding the No. 8 and final spot in the ATP Race to London standings and Nishikori will pass Isner if he reaches the semi-finals by adding 90 points to his total. Isner is 65 points ahead going into the quarter-finals. In the opening match on Center Court, qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan and Marton Fucsovics of Hungary square off for the first time on the ATP World Tour. Both players are making their Vienna debut this week. In the next match on, Nishikori brings a 2-1 head-to-head record against Thiem, who is trying to become the first Austrian to reach the Vienna semi-finals since 2010 when Jurgen Melzer beat Andreas Haider-Maurer in the final. In the third match on, Coric takes on Anderson, who holds a 3-1 head-to-head advantage. Coric won the last meeting in March in the QF at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells. Anderson is trying to reach his first SF in Vienna since In the final match on, Fernando Verdasco and Gael Monfils square off for the sixth time with the Frenchman holding a 3-2 lead. The Spaniard has won the past two meetings in Dubai last year and Beijing three weeks ago. ATP RACE TO LONDON ATP RACE TO MILAN No. Player Points No. Player Points 1 Rafael Nadal 7,480 1 Alexander Zverev 4,860* 2 Novak Djokovic 7,445 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2,175* 3 Juan Martin del Potro 5,300 3 Denis Shapovalov 1,450 4 Roger Federer 5,250* 4 Alex de Minaur 1,308 5 Alexander Zverev 4,815* 5 Frances Tiafoe 1,055 6 Marin Cilic 3,870 6 Taylor Fritz 974* 7 Kevin Anderson 3,810* 7 Andrey Rublev Dominic Thiem 3,535* 8 Jaume Munar 661^ 9 John Isner 3,065 9 Ugo Humbert Kei Nishikori 3,000* 10 Michael Mmoh Borna Coric 2,390* 11 Hubert Hurkacz 546^ 12 Fabio Fognini 2, Felix Auger-Aliassime 525 Race ends on 4 November Race ends on 28 October Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals + 1 WC Tournament held November in London Tournament held 6-10 November in Milan Bold: Qualified Bold: Qualified * Add 90 points for Basel or Vienna QF win * Add 90 points for Basel QF win ^ Add 20 points for Brest, FRA Challenger QF win

2 Day 5 Friday, 26 October 2018 Page 2 of 5 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: FRIDAY QUARTER-FINAL MATCHES CENTER COURT [Q] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) vs Marton Fucsovics (HUN) First Tour Level Meeting Other meetings: 13 Istanbul CH (Turkey) Hard R16 Mikhail Kukushkin (3) 16 Prostejov CH (Czech Republic) Clay F Mikhail Kukushkin Kukushkin 2018 Summary SF(1): Eastbourne (l Zverev); QF(2): Pune (l Anderson); Lyon (l Simon) YTD W-L: (10-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: December 26, 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 71 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: No. 1 from Kazakhstan qualified with wins over Safranek and Rublev 62 63, then beat [3] Dimitrov and [LL] Rublev to become first qualifier in QF since Troicki lost to Murray in 2014 SF. Advanced to SF at Eastbourne (l. to M. Zverev) and QFs at Pune (l. to Anderson) and Lyon (l. to Simon). Reached US Open 3R for 4th time (d. Chung, l. to Millman). Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Madrid (l. to Anderson in 2R) and Shanghai (l. to Anderson in 2R). Squandered 4 MPs in Marseille 1R vs. Dzumhur. Captured 14th ATP Challenger Tour title in 21st final at Irving, USA (d. Berrettini). Has 6-1 match record. Retired in Canberra, AUS Challenger 1R vs. Beale and withdrew from Sofia and Rotterdam Q due to illness. Has a 2-33 career record vs. Top 10 opponents and last win came over No. 4 Wawrinka in 2014 Basel 1R. Fucsovics 2018 Summary W(1): Geneva (d Gojowczyk); QF(2): Munich (l Marterer); Beijing (l Fognini) YTD W-L: (14-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 8, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 40 (Career-high) Vienna W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: In debut has posted wins over [WC] Auger-Aliassime and [7] Fognini to become first Hungarian to reach QF since Balazs Taroczy lost in the SF to Gottfried in 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. 40 on 20 August. Highest-ranked Hungarian since No. 37 Taroczy on 15 October Lost 5 straight tour-level matches before reaching Munich QF (l. to Marterer). Squandered 4 MPs vs. Wawrinka in ATP Masters 1000 Toronto 2R. Also lost to Wawrinka in Cincinnati 3R. Reached 9th ATP Challenger Tour final at Canberra, AUS (l. to Seppi). Withdrew from Marseille qualifying (leg) and Eastbourne (hip). Retired in Halle 1R vs. Kohlschreiber (hip). First-Time ATP Champions (13): Fucsovics is one of 13 first-time ATP Tour winners this year, most since 2004: Age Tournament Daniil Medvedev 21 Sydney Mischa Zverev 30 Eastbourne Roberto Carballes Baena 24 Quito Matteo Berrettini 22 Gstaad Mirza Basic 26 Sofia Nikoloz Basilashvili 26 Hamburg Frances Tiafoe 20 Delray Beach Yoshihito Nishioka 23 Shenzhen Marco Cecchinato 25 Budapest Stefanos Tsitsipas 20 Stockholm Taro Daniel 25 Istanbul Kyle Edmund 23 Antwerp Marton Fucsovics 26 Geneva

3 Day 5 Friday, 26 October 2018 Page 3 of 5 [1] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads Halle (Germany) Grass R32 Kei Nishikori 7-6(4) ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay QF Kei Nishikori Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem Thiem 2018 Summary W(3): Buenos Aires (d Bedene); Lyon (d Simon); St. Petersburg (d Klizan); F(2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Zverev); Roland Garros (l Nadal); SF(1): Doha (W/O vs Monfils); QF(6): Rio de Janeiro (l Verdasco); Acapulco (l del Potro); ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Barcelona (l Tsitsipas); Hamburg (l Jarry); US Open (l Nadal) YTD W-L: (19-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 (25) ATP Ranking: 7 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 8-7 (2013, 2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Top Austrian improved his record to 8-7 with a win over [Q] Bemelmans on Tuesday and victory over Querrey on Thursday to reach his first quarter-final in five years (l. to Tsonga). 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. Fell in US Open QF (d finalist Anderson, l. to 2017 champion Nadal in 5th-set TB at 2:03 am after 4h49m). Reached 12 QFs or better with titles at Buenos Aires (d. Bedene), Lyon (d. Simon) and St. Petersburg (d. Klizan). 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). Conceded walkover to Monfils in Doha SF due to viral infection. Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R vs. Cuevas (right ankle) and Wimbledon 1R vs. Baghdatis (back). Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (right ankle) and Cincinnati (illness) ATP World Tour Wins Leaders Zverev and Thiem lead the ATP World Tour in match wins this season: W-L. Alexander Zverev (in Basel QF) Fabio Fognini Dominic Thiem (in Vienna QF) Rafael Nadal 45-4 Juan Martin del Potro Novak Djokovic Nishikori 2018 Summary F(2): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Tokyo (l Medvedev); SF(3): New York (l Anderson); US Open (l Djokovic); Metz (l Bachinger); QF(4): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Washington (l A Zverev); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer) YTD W-L: (22-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 11 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: The Asian No. 1 and 28-year-old Japanese star made his Vienna debut Tuesday and defeated #NextGenATP American Tiafoe and followed with victory over Khachanov. Appearing in 10th quarterfinal this season and has a 5-4 record in QF matches. 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 Suffered 1st loss in 3rd final at Tokyo (l. to Medvedev). Lost 8 straight ATP finals since last title at 2016 Memphis. 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 SFs at New York (l. to Anderson) and Metz (l. to Bachinger), as well as QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Djokovic) and Washington (l. to A. Zverev). 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). Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open (right wrist), as well as Indian Wells (illness).

4 Day 5 Friday, 26 October 2018 Page 4 of 5 [6] Borna Coric (CRO) vs [2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Anderson Leads Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard QF Kevin Anderson (1) 15 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard QF Borna Coric (3) Coric 2018 Summary W (1): Halle (d. Federer); F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. Djokovic); 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: (24-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 13 (Career-high) Vienna W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: No. 2 Croat on Monday opened with win over Ramos-Vinolas in main draw debut and followed with victory over reigning champion Pouille. In only prior appearance, fell in 1st round of qualifying to Nishioka in Appearing in eighth quarter-final of season and has a 3-4 record in QF matches. Defeated No. 4 Del Potro in 3R (via ret.) and No. 2 Federer in SF to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 final of career at Shanghai (l. to No. 3 Djokovic). Achieved career-high No. 13 in ATP Rankings on 15 October, directly following Shanghai run. Defeated No. 3 A. Zverev and No. 1 Federer en route to 2nd ATP title at Halle. Entered with 2-7 record on grass. Became youngest champion in 26-year Halle tournament history as a 21-year-old. 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). Reached Grand Slam 4R for 1st time at US Open (l. to Del Potro). Anderson 2018 Summary W (1): New York (d. Querrey); F (3): Pune (l. Simon); Acapulco (l. del Potro); Wimbledon (l. Djokovic); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l. Tsitsipas); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. Coric); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. Carreno Busta); Tokyo (l. Gasquet); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. Djokovic) YTD W-L: (29-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 8 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 6-4 (2011 Semi-finals) Tournament Note: Opened on Monday with win over Basilashvili and followed with a W/O over [WC] Melzer who withdrew due to illness Reached SF on debut in 2011 before losing to Del Potro. Also made QF in 2015 (l. to Johnson). Appearing in 11th quarter-final of season and has a 6-4 record in QF matches. Achieved career-high No. 5 on 16 July, becoming highest-ranked South African in ATP Rankings history. Advanced to 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, where he spent 23h20m on court (l. to Djokovic). In Wimbledon SF, beat Isner in 5th for 300th career win after 6h36m -- 2nd-longest Grand Slam match ever. In Wimbledon QF, rallied from 2 sets down and saved 1 MP for biggest career win over No. 2 Federer after 4h14m. Also earned 2 wins in 5 sets en route to US Open 4R (d. Harrison in 1R and Shapovalov in 3R, l. to Thiem). Beat Escobedo, Nishikori and Querrey in 3rd-set TBs to capture 4th ATP World Tour title at New York. Also advanced to finals at Pune (l. to Simon) and Acapulco (l. to Del Potro). Ended 0-10 start to career in ATP Masters 1000 QFs by reaching SFs at Madrid (d. Lajovic, l. to Thiem) and Toronto (d. Dimitrov, l. to Tsitsipas after holding 1 MP). Lost QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Coric), Miami (l. to Carreno Busta after holding 1 MP) and Shanghai (l. to Djokovic). Served for match twice before suffering 5th loss of career from 2 sets up vs. Schwartzman in Roland Garros 4R. Became 1st player since Hewitt in 2002 to follow US Open final with Aus. Open 1R loss (l. to Edmund in 5 sets). Withdrew from Delray Beach (elbow), Barcelona (right knee), Washington (left hand) and Chengdu (knee). Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R vs. Bedene (leg).

5 Day 5 Friday, 26 October 2018 Page 5 of 5 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [SE] Gael Monfils (FRA) Monfils Leads ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R64 Gael Monfils ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Gael Monfils 6-7(4) 7-6(2) Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard QF Gael Monfils 6-7(8) Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard QF Fernando Verdasco Beijing (China) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco (3) 7-6(5) Verdasco 2018 Summary F(1): Rio de Janeiro (l Schwartzman); SF(2): Bastad (l Fognini); Shenzhen (l Nishioka); QF(1): s-hertogenbosch (l Tomic) YTD W-L: (16-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 30 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2008, 2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Madrid native opened with a win over [Q] Herbert in his first match in Vienna in 10 years.then followed with a victory over [8] Edmund. In previous appearance in 2008, reached QFs (l. to Kohlschreiber). Has a 3-1 record in quarter-final matches this season on ATP World Tour. Reached Rio de Janeiro final (l. to Schwartzman) and SFs at Bastad (l. to Fognini) and Shenzhen (l. to Nishioka). Celebrated 500th ATP World Tour win in hometown of Madrid on 8 May (d. Lorenzi, l. to L. Mayer in 2R). Also at ATP Masters 1000 events, defeated Dimitrov to reach Indian Wells 3R (l. to Fritz), advanced to Miami 4R (l. to Carreno Busta) and saved 3 MPs vs. Cuevas in Monte-Carlo 1R (l. to Cilic in 2R). Beat Dimitrov again in Roland Garros 3R, but fell to 0-7 in Roland Garros 4R matches (l. to Djokovic). Made 62nd straight Grand Slam appearance at US Open (d. Lopez and Murray, l. to Del Potro in 3R). Captured 8th doubles title -- 1st since 2013 ATP Finals -- at Rio de Janeiro w/marrero as LL (d. Mektic/Peya). Withdrew from Barcelona due to left calf injury. Monfils 2018 Summary W(1): Doha (d Rublev); F(1): Antwerp (l Edmund); SF(2): Buenos Aires (l Thiem); Antalya (l Mannarino); QF(2): Quito (l Monteiro); Rio de Janeiro (l Schwartzman) YTD W-L: (14-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: September 1, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 33 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 11-4 (2008 Finalist) Tournament Note: Comes in as a special exempt after reaching final on Sunday in Stockholm and opened with a win over Johnson and followed with a victory over [4] Isner. Reached final in Vienna debut in 2008 (l. to Petzschner), SF in 2015 in last visit (l. to Ferrer) and QF in 2009 (l. to Tipsarevic). Trying to win 30th match of season for ninth time in last years. Has a 4-2 record in quarter-final matches this season Captured 1st Doha title (d. Rublev) in 4th final at event and on Sunday reached final in Antwerp (l. to Edmund in third set TB), falling to 7-21 overall in ATP World Tour finals. Advanced to SFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem) and Antalya (l. to Mannarino), as well as QFs at Quito (l. to Monteiro) and Rio de Janeiro (d. Zeballos after saving 1 MP and Cilic, l. to Schwartzman). Reached Wimbledon 4R for 1st time in career, beating Querrey to improve to 1-6 in Wimbledon 3R (l. to Anderson). Saved 1 MP vs. Isner in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R. Squandered 4 MPs vs. Goffin in Roland Garros 3R. Captured Kaohsiung, TPE Challenger title as WC and No. 1 seed (d. Kwon). Returned to ATP Challenger Tour for 1st time since Extended Challenger win streak to 15 matches. Improved record in Challenger finals to 6-0. Retired in Indian Wells 3R vs. Herbert and withdrew from Miami, Marrakech and Monte-Carlo due to back injury. Withdrew from Kitzbuhel, ATP Masters 1000 Toronto and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati due to left hamstring injury. Retired in US Open 2R vs. Nishikori due to right wrist sprain.

6 ERSTE BANK OPEN 500: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, 25 October 2018 Wiener Stadthalle Vienna, Austria October 22-28, 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 2,198,250 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com ErsteBank-Open.com Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com LONDON HOPEFULS THIEM, ISNER, NISHIKORI EYE QUARTER-FINALS The remaining five second round singles matches are on Thursday s schedule with top seed Dominic Thiem, No. 4 John Isner, No. 5 Kei Nishikori and No. 8 Kyle Edmund in action. Thiem, Isner and Nishikori are trying to secure one of the three remaining spots for the seasonending Nitto ATP Finals in London. The trio are No. 8, 9 and 10 in the ATP Race to London. Thiem leads Isner by 470 points for the last spot and is ahead of Nishikori by 535 points. In the opening match on Center Court, top Russian Karen Khachanov brings a 2-1 head-to-head record against Nishikori, who lost the past two meetings on grass in Halle. Next on is Antwerp champion Edmund against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who is trying to reach the Vienna quarter-finals 10 years after doing it for the first time. In the next match, Thiem takes a 2-1 head-to-head record against big-serving American Sam Querrey, who is trying to register his third straight Top 10 win this season. Thiem is trying to reach his first Vienna quarter-final since In the last match on, 2008 finalist Gael Monfils looks for his fourth straight win against Isner, who last beat the Frenchman in the 2013 US Open. Monfils owns a 6-4 overall head-to-head record. ATP RACE TO LONDON ATP RACE TO MILAN No. Player Points No. Player Points 1 Rafael Nadal 7,480 1 Alexander Zverev 4,815* 2 Novak Djokovic 7,445 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2,155^ 3 Juan Martin del Potro 5,300 3 Denis Shapovalov 1,450 4 Roger Federer 5,205* 4 Alex de Minaur 1,308 5 Alexander Zverev 4,770* 5 Frances Tiafoe 1,055 6 Marin Cilic 3,870 6 Taylor Fritz 974< 7 Kevin Anderson 3,810< 7 Andrey Rublev 760* 8 Dominic Thiem 3,535^ 8 Jaume Munar 661> 9 John Isner 3,065* 9 Ugo Humbert Kei Nishikori 3,000^ 10 Michael Mmoh Borna Coric 2,390< 11 Hubert Hurkacz 546 > 12 Fabio Fognini 2, Felix Auger-Aliassime 525 Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals + 1 WC Race ends on 4 November Race ends on 28 October Bold: Qualified Bold: Qualified * Add 45 points for 2R win in Basel or Vienna * Add 45 points for 2R win in Basel or Vienna ^ Add 0 points for Vienna 2R win ^ Add 20 points for Basel 2R win < Add 90 points for Vienna QF win < Add 90 points for Basel QF win > Add 20 points for Brest, FRA Challenger QF win

7 Day 4 Thursday, 25 October 2018 Page 2 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY 2nd ROUND MATCHES CENTER COURT Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) Khachanov Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kei Nishikori Halle (Germany) Grass R16 Karen Khachanov 3-2 ret 18 Halle (Germany) Grass R16 Karen Khachanov Khachanov 2018 Summary W (2): Marseille (d Pouille); Moscow (d Mannarino); SF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l Nadal); QF(3): Auckland (l Del Potro); Montpellier (l Goffin); Halle (l Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: (29-14 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 19 (Career-high) Vienna W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2016 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Top Russian is making third straight appearance and opened with a win over [WC] Novak. Two years ago reached QF in Vienna debut (l. to Karlovic) and 1R last year (l. to Tsonga). Comes in after winning 2nd ATP title of season in Moscow (d. Mannarno) and a career-high No. 19 in ATP Rankings In February won Marseille title (d. Berdych in SF and Pouille in F). Lost rematch to Pouille 3 days later in Dubai 2R. Equaled career-best win over No. 9 Isner en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Toronto (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Advanced to QFs at Auckland (l. to Del Potro), Montpellier (l. to Goffin) and Halle (l. to Bautista Agut). Earned 5-set wins over Baghdatis and Tiafoe to advance to Wimbledon 4R (l. to Djokovic). Reached Roland Garros 4R for 2nd straight year (d. Pouille, l. to A. Zverev after leading 2 sets to 1). Lost in 4 sets to No. 1 Nadal in US Open 3R after 4 hours, 23 minutes. Played in 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at ATP Masters 1000 Miami w/rublev (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Nishikori 2018 Summary F(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Tokyo (l Medvedev); SF(3): New York (l Anderson); US Open (l Djokovic); Metz (l Bachinger); QF(4): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Washington (l A Zverev); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer) YTD W-L: (21-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 11 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: The Asian No. 1 and 28-year-old Japanese star made his Vienna debut Tuesday and defeated #NextGenATP American Tiafoe Trying to reach 10th quarter-final this season. 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 Suffered 1st loss in 3rd final at Tokyo (l. to Medvedev). Lost 8 straight ATP finals since last title at 2016 Memphis. 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 SFs at New York (l. to Anderson) and Metz (l. to Bachinger), as well as QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Djokovic) and Washington (l. to A. Zverev). 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). 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).

8 Day 4 Thursday, 25 October 2018 Page 3 of 6 [8] Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) First Meeting Edmund 2018 Summary W(1): Antwerp (d Monfils); F(1): Marrakech (l Andujar); SF(2): Australian Open (l Cilic); Beijing (l Basilashvili); QF(6): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Estoril (l Sousa); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Shapovalov); Eastbourne (l Kukushkin); Winston- Salem (l Johnson); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l A Zverev) YTD W-L: (20-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 8, 1995 (33) ATP Ranking: 14 (Career-high) Vienna W-L (Best Result): 4-2 (2017 Semi-finals) Tournament Note: British No. 1 opened with a win over Schwartzman on Wednesday. Last year reached SF, l losing to eventual champion Pouille in three sets. Made debut in 2016 and retired in first set vs. Ferrer. Comes in after winning maiden ATP title in Antwerp (d. Monfils) and a career-high No. 14 in ATP Rankings. Earned biggest win of career over No. 3 Dimitrov to reach Australian Open SF (l. to Cilic). Became 4th Brit to reach Australian Open SF and 6th Brit to reach a Grand Slam SF in Open Era. Ended 0-5 start to career in SFs by reaching 1st ATP World Tour final at Marrakech (d. Gasquet, l. to Andujar). Defeated Djokovic and Goffin to advance to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Madrid (l. to Shapovalov). Also reached SF at Beijing (l. to Basilashvili) and QFs at Brisbane (l. to Dimitrov), Estoril (l. to Sousa), Eastbourne (d. Murray, l. to Kukushkin), Winston-Salem (l. to Johnson) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to A. Zverev). Became No. 1 British player on 5 March, ending Murray s 12-year reign. Reached Wimbledon 3R for 1st time in 6th appearance (l. to Djokovic). Did not drop a set en route to 1st doubles title at Estoril with 1st-time partner Norrie (d. Koolhof/Sitak). Withdrew from Auckland (right ankle strain), Buenos Aires (ill), Rio de Janeiro (ill) and Umag (throat infection). First-Time ATP Champions (13): Edmund is one of 13 first-time ATP World Tour winners this year, most since 2004: Age Tournament Daniil Medvedev 21 Sydney Mischa Zverev 30 Eastbourne Roberto Carballes Baena 24 Quito Matteo Berrettini 22 Gstaad Mirza Basic 26 Sofia Nikoloz Basilashvili 26 Hamburg Frances Tiafoe 20 Delray Beach Yoshihito Nishioka 23 Shenzhen Marco Cecchinato 25 Budapest Stefanos Tsitsipas 20 Stockholm Taro Daniel 25 Istanbul Kyle Edmund 23 Antwerp Marton Fucsovics 26 Geneva Verdasco 2018 Summary F(1): Rio de Janeiro (l Schwartzman); SF(2): Bastad (l Fognini); Shenzhen (l Nishioka); QF(1): s-hertogenbosch (l Tomic) YTD W-L: (15-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 30 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2008 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Madrid native opened with a win over [Q] Herbert in his first match in Vienna in 10 years. In previous appearance in 2008, reached QFs (l. to Kohlschreiber). Reached Rio de Janeiro final (l. to Schwartzman) and SFs at Bastad (l. to Fognini) and Shenzhen (l. to Nishioka). Celebrated 500th ATP World Tour win in hometown of Madrid on 8 May (d. Lorenzi, l. to L. Mayer in 2R). Also at ATP Masters 1000 events, defeated Dimitrov to reach Indian Wells 3R (l. to Fritz), advanced to Miami 4R (l. to Carreno Busta) and saved 3 MPs vs. Cuevas in Monte-Carlo 1R (l. to Cilic in 2R). Beat Dimitrov again in Roland Garros 3R, but fell to 0-7 in Roland Garros 4R matches (l. to Djokovic). Made 62nd straight Grand Slam appearance at US Open (d. Lopez and Murray, l. to Del Potro in 3R). Captured 8th doubles title -- 1st since 2013 ATP Finals -- at Rio de Janeiro w/marrero as LL (d. Mektic/Peya). Withdrew from Barcelona due to left calf injury.

9 Day 4 Thursday, 25 October 2018 Page 4 of 6 [1] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Sam Querrey (USA) Thiem Leads Acapulco (Mexico) Hard SF Dominic Thiem Acapulco (Mexico) Hard QF Sam Querrey ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem (7) Thiem 2018 Summary W(3): Buenos Aires (d Bedene); Lyon (d Simon); St. Petersburg (d Klizan); F(2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Zverev); Roland Garros (l Nadal); SF(1): Doha (W/O vs Monfils); QF(6): Rio de Janeiro (l Verdasco); Acapulco (l del Potro); ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Barcelona (l Tsitsipas); Hamburg (l Jarry); US Open (l Nadal) YTD W-L: (18-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 (25) ATP Ranking: 7 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 7-7 (2013 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Top Austrian improved his record to 7-7 with a win over [Q] Bemelmans on Tuesday. His best result in his home tournament is QF in 2013 (l. to Tsonga). 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. Fell in US Open QF (d finalist Anderson, l. to 2017 champion Nadal in 5th-set TB at 2:03 am after 4h49m). Reached 12 QFs or better with titles at Buenos Aires (d. Bedene), Lyon (d. Simon) and St. Petersburg (d. Klizan). 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). Conceded walkover to Monfils in Doha SF due to viral infection. Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R vs. Cuevas (right ankle) and Wimbledon 1R vs. Baghdatis (back). Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (right ankle) and Cincinnati (illness) ATP World Tour Title Leaders Thiem is one of seven players with at least three titles this season: No. Rafael Nadal 5 Novak Djokovic 4 Roger Federer 3 Fabio Fognini 3 Daniil Medvedev 3 Dominic Thiem 3 Alexander Zverev 3 Querrey 2018 Summary F(1): New York (l Anderson); QF(3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Raonic); London / Queen's Club (l Cilic); Chengdu (l Fritz) YTD W-L: (17-15 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: October 7, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 56 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: On Tuesday won his first Vienna match over 2011 champion Tsonga Making second straight appearance after losing in third set TB last year to Ramos-Vinolas. In 2011, lost in 1R qualifying to Hajek No. 5 American achieved career-high No. 11 in ATP Rankings on 26 February. Owns 1-8 record this season in deciding-set tiebreaks, including loss to Anderson in New York final and losses as defending champion to Ebden in Acapulco 1R and Gerasimov in Los Cabos 2R after holding 2 MPs. Reached 1 SF in 20 tournaments, falling in QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Raonic), London/Queen s Club (l. to Cilic) and Chengdu (l. to Fritz). Went 3-0 for American Davis Cup team, including biggest win of season over No. 6 Cilic in SF (CRO d. USA 3-2). Suffered 3rd US Open 1R loss in 4 years, retiring vs. Seppi due to cramps.

10 Day 4 Thursday, 25 October 2018 Page 5 of 6 Gael Monfils (FRA) vs [4] John Isner (USA) Monfils Leads Washington (U.S.A.) Hard SF John Isner 6-7(4) 7-6(1) 7-6(2) 08 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Gael Monfils 6-7(8) ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA) Hard R64 John Isner 6-7(5) Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 John Isner (4) 7-6(5) 10 Montpellier (France) Hard (I) QF Gael Monfils Washington (U.S.A.) Hard SF Gael Monfils (6) 13 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 John Isner (4) 14 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard (I) R32 Gael Monfils (4) 17 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Gael Monfils ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Gael Monfils 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 7-5 Monfils 2018 Summary W(1): Doha (d Rublev); F(1): Antwerp (l Edmund); SF(2): Buenos Aires (l Thiem); Antalya (l Mannarino); QF(2): Quito (l Monteiro); Rio de Janeiro (l Schwartzman) YTD W-L: (13-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: September 1, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 33 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 10-4 (2008 Finalist) Tournament Note: Comes in as a special exempt after reaching final on Sunday in Stockholm and opened with a win over Johnson. Reached final in Vienna debut in 2008 (l. to Petzschner), SF in 2015 in last visit (l. to Ferrer) and QF in 2009 (l. to Tipsarevic). Captured 1st Doha title (d. Rublev) in 4th final at event and on Sunday reached final in Antwerp (l. to Edmund in third set TB), falling to 7-21 overall in ATP World Tour finals. Advanced to SFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem) and Antalya (l. to Mannarino), as well as QFs at Quito (l. to Monteiro) and Rio de Janeiro (d. Zeballos after saving 1 MP and Cilic, l. to Schwartzman). Reached Wimbledon 4R for 1st time in career, beating Querrey to improve to 1-6 in Wimbledon 3R (l. to Anderson). Saved 1 MP vs. Isner in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R. Squandered 4 MPs vs. Goffin in Roland Garros 3R. Captured Kaohsiung, TPE Challenger title as WC and No. 1 seed (d. Kwon). Returned to ATP Challenger Tour for 1st time since Extended Challenger win streak to 15 matches. Improved record in Challenger finals to 6-0. Retired in Indian Wells 3R vs. Herbert and withdrew from Miami, Marrakech and Monte-Carlo due to back injury. Withdrew from Kitzbuhel, ATP Masters 1000 Toronto and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati due to left hamstring injury. Retired in US Open 2R vs. Nishikori due to right wrist sprain. Isner 2018 Summary W(2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d Zverev); Atlanta (d Harrison); SF(2): Wimbledon (l Anderson); Stockholm (l Gulbis); QF(4): Houston (l Johnson); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Zverev); Lyon (l Norrie); US Open (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: (20-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 (33) ATP Ranking: 9 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 4-4 (2016 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Top American, who is making 4th straight visit and 5th overall, saved 2 MPs in his win over [LL] Norrie on Tuesday. Best result is QF in 2016 (l. to No. 2 Murray). Made debut in 2009 (l. to Tipsarevic in 1R), 2R in 2015 (l. to Gulbis) and 1R last year (l. to Kohlschreiber). Last week in first tournament since becoming a father for first time with birth of daughter Hunter, born on Sept. 15., reached SF in Stockholm (d. Klahn, Sandgren, both in 3 set TBs, l. to Gulbis in 3 sets). Moved to No. 9 in ATP Race to London standings and 20 points ahead of No. 10 Nishikori. Saved 2 MPs vs. Bemelmans en route to 1st Grand Slam SF at Wimbledon, hitting tournament-record 214 aces. In Wimbledon SF, lost to Anderson in 5th after 6h36m -- 2nd-longest match in Grand Slam history. Beat Jarry and Raonic in 5 sets en route to 2nd US Open QF (l. to Del Potro). First American to reach 2 straight Grand Slam QFs since Roddick at 2008 US Open and 2009 Australian Open. Achieved career-high No. 8 in ATP Rankings on 16 July after reaching No. 9 on 16 April Defeated No. 3 Cilic, No. 6 Del Potro and No. 5 A. Zverev to capture 1st ATP Masters 1000 singles title at Miami. Became oldest 1st-time ATP Masters 1000 champion at age 32 since series began in 1990.

11 Day 4 Thursday, 25 October 2018 Page 6 of 6 As World No. 17, became lowest-ranked Miami champion since No. 18 Courier in Improved to 31-4 at Atlanta with 5th title in 8th final at tournament (d. Harrison). Hit 10,000th ace during Houston QF loss to Johnson, becoming 4th player to reach milestone since ATP started tracking aces in Stats do not include all Davis Cup matches, as well as Olympic matches prior to Squandered 3 MPs vs. Gojowczyk in Delray Beach 2R and 1 MP vs. Monfils in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R. Did not drop a set en route to 3rd ATP Masters 1000 doubles title -- 2nd w/sock -- at Indian Wells (d. Bryan/Bryan). Helped USA advance to Davis Cup SF with wins over Lajovic in 1R and De Loore in QF. NEXT GEN COURT [Q] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) vs [LL] Andrey Rublev (RUS) Series Tied Moscow (Russia) Hard R32 Mikhail Kukushkin St. Petersburg (Russia) Hard R32 Andrey Rublev ret Kukushkin 2018 Summary SF(1): Eastbourne (l Zverev); QF(2): Pune (l Anderson); Lyon (l Simon) YTD W-L: (16-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: December 26, 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 71 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Rublev 2018 Summary: F (1): Doha (l. Monfils); SF (1): Washington (l. de Minaur); QF (3): Montpellier (l. Tsonga); Rotterdam (l. Dimitrov); Umag (l. Haase) YTD W-L: (15-17 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: October 20, 1997 (21) ATP Ranking: 76 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round)

12 ERSTE BANK OPEN 500: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, 24 October 2018 Wiener Stadthalle Vienna, Austria October 22-28, 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 2,198,250 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com ErsteBank-Open.com Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FIVE SEEDS, LOCAL FAVORITES MELZER, NOVAK HEADLINE DAY 3 There are four remaining first round singles matches and three second round contests on Wednesday s schedule with No. 2 Kevin Anderson, No. 6 Borna Coric and No. 7 Fabio Fognini three of the five seeds in action. All three are trying to reach the quarter-finals. No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov and No. 8 Kyle Edmund are the other seeds playing first round matches. In the opening first round match on Center Court, Frenchman Gael Monfils and American Steve Johnson meet for the second time. Monfils won the previous meeting in three sets at 2017 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal. Both players are former finalists in Vienna with Monfils reaching the 2008 final (l. to Petzschner) and Johnson the 2015 championship match (l. to Ferrer). Next up is a first round meeting between No. 1 Russian Karen Khachanov and wild card Denis Novak. Khachanov comes in after winning his second ATP title of the season in Moscow. In the final opening round match, Dimitrov and qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin square off for the third time (tied 1-1). Kukushkin is 2-33 lifetime against Top 10 opponents and he is trying to break a 16-match losing streak since his last win over No. 4 Wawrinka in 2014 Basel. In second round play, wild card and champion Jurgen Melzer takes on Anderson, who leads 2-1 in their head-to-head meetings. Melzer is trying to reach his first Vienna quarter-final since 2011 and Anderson is looking to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals in London for the first time. In the next match on, Coric and reigning champion Lucas Pouille meet for the second time. Coric won the previous meeting at 2016 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells. ATP RACE TO LONDON ATP RACE TO MILAN No. Player Points No. Player Points 1 Rafael Nadal 7,480 1 Alexander Zverev 4,770 2 Novak Djokovic 7,445 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2,155* 3 Juan Martin del Potro 5,300 3 Denis Shapovalov 1,450 4 Roger Federer 5,205^ 4 Alex de Minaur 1,308 5 Alexander Zverev 4,770* 5 Frances Tiafoe 1,055 6 Marin Cilic 3,870^ 6 Taylor Fritz 929^ 7 Kevin Anderson 3,765^ 7 Andrey Rublev 760^ 8 Dominic Thiem 3,535< 8 Jaume Munar 650< 9 John Isner 3,065^ 9 Ugo Humbert 582> 10 Kei Nishikori 3,000< 10 Michael Mmoh 548~ 11 Borna Coric 2,345^ 11 Hubert Hurkacz 535< 12 Fabio Fognini 2,225< 12 Felix Auger-Aliassime 525 Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals + 1 WC Bold: Qualified Bold: Qualified * Add 0 points for Basel 1R win * Add 0 points for Basel 1R win ^ Add 45 points for 2R win in Basel or Vienna ^ Add 45 points for 2R win in Basel or Vienna < Add 0 points for Vienna 2R win < Add 11 points for Brest, FRA Challenger 2R win > Add 6 points for Brest, FRA Challenger 1R win

13 Day 3 Wednesday, 24 October 2018 Page 2 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: WEDNESDAY 1ST & 2nd ROUND MATCHES CENTER COURT 1R: [SE] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Steve Johnson (USA) Monfils Leads ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard R64 Gael Monfils (1) 6-1 Monfils 2018 Summary W(1): Doha (d Rublev); F(1): Antwerp (l Edmund); SF(2): Buenos Aires (l Thiem); Antalya (l Mannarino); QF(2): Quito (l Monteiro); Rio de Janeiro (l Schwartzman) YTD W-L: (12-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: September 1, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 33 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 9-4 (2008 Finalist) Tournament Note: Comes in as a special exempt after reaching final on Sunday in Stockholm. Reached final in Vienna debut in 2008 (l. to Petzschner), SF in 2015 in last visit (l. to Ferrer) and QF in 2009 (l. to Tipsarevic). Captured 1st Doha title (d. Rublev) in 4th final at event and on Sunday reached final in Antwerp (l. to Edmund in third set TB), falling to 7-21 overall in ATP World Tour finals. Advanced to SFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem) and Antalya (l. to Mannarino), as well as QFs at Quito (l. to Monteiro) and Rio de Janeiro (d. Zeballos after saving 1 MP and Cilic, l. to Schwartzman). Reached Wimbledon 4R for 1st time in career, beating Querrey to improve to 1-6 in Wimbledon 3R (l. to Anderson). Saved 1 MP vs. Isner in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R. Squandered 4 MPs vs. Goffin in Roland Garros 3R. Captured Kaohsiung, TPE Challenger title as WC and No. 1 seed (d. Kwon). Returned to ATP Challenger Tour for 1st time since Extended Challenger win streak to 15 matches. Improved record in Challenger finals to 6-0. Retired in Indian Wells 3R vs. Herbert and withdrew from Miami, Marrakech and Monte-Carlo due to back injury. Withdrew from Kitzbuhel, ATP Masters 1000 Toronto and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati due to left hamstring injury. Retired in US Open 2R vs. Nishikori due to right wrist sprain. 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: (11-14 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 37 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 4-2 (2015 Finalist) Tournament Note: Advanced to final in 2015 debut (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and 1R in 2016 in last visit (l. to Karlovic). Defeated 5 countrymen to become 1st back-to-back champion at Houston since Roddick in (d. Sandgren). After winning only U.S. clay-court event at Houston, won only U.S. grass-court event at Newport (d. Ramanathan). Beat Edmund and Carreno Busta and did not drop a set en route to Winston-Salem final (l. to Medvedev). Advanced to SFs at Delray Beach (d. Raonic in 2R, l. to Gojowczyk) and Geneva (l. to Fucsovics). Reached Roland Garros 3R for 3rd time in last 4 years (l. to Cilic). Squandered 5 MPs in New York 1R vs. Menendez-Maceiras. Returned to ATP Challenger Tour for 1st time since 2014 and reached Irving, USA SF (l. to Kukushkin). Clinched USA s 3-1 win over Serbia in Davis Cup 1R w/harrison (d. Milojevic/Zekic). 1R: Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs [WC] Dennis Novak (AUT) First Meeting Khachanov 2018 Summary W(2): Marseille (d Pouille); Moscow (d Mannarino); SF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l Nadal); QF(3): Auckland (l Del Potro); Montpellier (l Goffin); Halle (l Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: (28-14 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 19 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2016 Quarter-finals)

14 Day 3 Wednesday, 24 October 2018 Page 3 of 6 Tournament Note: Top Russian is making third straight appearance and reached QF in 2016 debut (l. to Karlovic) and 1R last year (l. to Tsonga). Captured 2nd ATP title at Marseille (d. Berdych and Pouille). Lost rematch to Pouille 3 days later in Dubai 2R. Equaled career-best win over No. 9 Isner en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Toronto (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Achieved career-high No. 24 in ATP Rankings on 17 September. Advanced to QFs at Auckland (l. to Del Potro), Montpellier (l. to Goffin) and Halle (l. to Bautista Agut). Earned 5-set wins over Baghdatis and Tiafoe to advance to Wimbledon 4R (l. to Djokovic). Reached Roland Garros 4R for 2nd straight year (d. Pouille, l. to A. Zverev after leading 2 sets to 1). Lost in 4 sets to No. 1 Nadal in US Open 3R after 4 hours, 23 minutes. Played in 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at ATP Masters 1000 Miami w/rublev (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Novak 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 6-4 (1-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 28, 1993 (25) ATP Ranking: 137 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 1-2 ( nd Round) Tournament Note: Qualified last year (d. Fabbiano, l. to Edmund in three TBs). In 2015 as WC (l. to Stepanek in 1R). Qualified at 3 of the 4 Grand Slams, highlighted by run to Wimbledon 3R (d. Pouille in 5 sets, l. to Raonic). Also qualified at Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov in 1R) and US Open (l. to Paire in 1R). Achieved career-high No. 130 in ATP Rankings on 16 July. Earned Davis Cup Group I wins over Shyla (AUT d. BLR 5-0) and Rublev (AUT d. RUS 3-1). Has record on ATP Challenger Tour and advanced to SF at Caltanissetta, ITA (l. to Munar). Reached Antalya, TUR Futures final (l. to Varillas). 1R: [3} Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [Q] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) Series Tied ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Grigor Dimitrov US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Mikhail Kukushkin (2) Other meeting: 12 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) - Q Clay R2 Mikhail Kukushkin Dimitrov 2018 Summary F(1): Rotterdam (l Federer); SF(2): Brisbane (l Kyrgios); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); QF(3): Aust. Open (l Edmund); Barcelona (l Carreno Busta); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l Anderson) YTD W-L: (15-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 (27) ATP Ranking: 10 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Tournament Note: Bulgarian star is making his tournament debut. Defeated Goffin in Rotterdam SF (l. to Federer in final) and Monte-Carlo QF (l. to No. 1 Nadal in SF). As defending champion, fell in Brisbane SF (d. Millman after saving 2 MPs in 2R, l. to eventual champion Kyrgios), withdrew from Sofia (shoulder) and lost in ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 3R (l. to eventual champion Djokovic). Reached QFs at Australian Open (l. to Edmund), Barcelona (d. Jaziri after saving 2 MPs, l. to Carreno Busta) and ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l. to Anderson). Fell short of Roland Garros 4R for 8th time in as many appearances (d. Donaldson in 5 sets, l. to Verdasco in 3R). Lost to Wawrinka in 1R at Wimbledon and US Open. Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai due to ankle injury. Kukushkin 2018 Summary SF(1): Eastbourne (l Zverev); QF(2): Pune (l Anderson); Lyon (l Simon) YTD W-L: (15-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: December 26, 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 71 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut)

15 Day 3 Wednesday, 24 October 2018 Page 4 of 6 Tournament Note: Top player from Kazakhstan qualified with wins over Safranek and Rublev Advanced to SF at Eastbourne (l. to M. Zverev) and QFs at Pune (l. to Anderson) and Lyon (l. to Simon). Reached US Open 3R for 4th time (d. Chung, l. to Millman). Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Madrid (l. to Anderson in 2R) and Shanghai (l. to Anderson in 2R). Squandered 4 MPs in Marseille 1R vs. Dzumhur. Captured 14th ATP Challenger Tour title in 21st final at Irving, USA (d. Berrettini). Has 6-1 match record. Retired in Canberra, AUS Challenger 1R vs. Beale and withdrew from Sofia and Rotterdam Q due to illness. Has a 2-33 career record vs. Top 10 opponents and last win came over No. 4 Wawrinka in 2014 Basel 1R. 2R: [WC] Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs [2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Anderson Leads ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Jurgen Melzer Vienna (Austria) Hard QF Kevin Anderson ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Kevin Anderson Melzer 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 2-0 (2-0 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 22, 1981 (37) ATP Ranking: 426 Vienna W-L (Best Result): ( Champion) Tournament Note: Wild card opened with win over No. 22 Raonic on Monday. Looking to reach seventh QF in Vienna, first since 2011 (l. to Anderson). Trying to post second Top 10 win here after beating No. 2 Haas in 2R in He claimed his second and third ATP World Tour singles titles in his birthplace in 2009 (def. Cilic in final) and 2010 (def. compatriot Haider-Maurer in final). Trying to reach first ATP World Tour QF since 2016 Kitzbuehel (l. to brother Gerald). Returned to action in March at ATP Challenger Tour event in Marbella, ESP (l. to Cecchinato in 1R) first event since withdrawing from 2017 Newport due to elbow injury. Reached final round of qualifying at Wimbledon (l. to Maden). Also fell in qualifying at Roland Garros, US Open, Barcelona, Munich, and Hamburg. Advanced to ATP Challenger Tour quarter-finals at Surbiton, GBR and Santo Domingo, DOM. Ranked No. 586, claimed Davis Cup match win for Austria over No. 85 Donskoy in April tie against Russia. Made 3 ATP World Tour doubles SFs since return (Bastad and Kitzbuhel w/petzschner, and Metz w/marach). Anderson 2018 Summary W (1): New York (d. Querrey); F (3): Pune (l. Simon); Acapulco (l. del Potro); Wimbledon (l. Djokovic); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l. Tsitsipas); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. Coric); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. Carreno Busta); Tokyo (l. Gasquet); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. Djokovic) YTD W-L: (29-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 8 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 6-4 (2011 Semi-finals) Tournament Note: Opened on Monday with win over Basilashvili. Reached SF on debut in 2011 before losing to Del Potro. Also made QF in 2015 (l. to Johnson). Achieved career-high No. 5 on 16 July, becoming highest-ranked South African in ATP Rankings history. Advanced to 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, where he spent 23h20m on court (l. to Djokovic). In Wimbledon SF, beat Isner in 5th for 300th career win after 6h36m -- 2nd-longest Grand Slam match ever. In Wimbledon QF, rallied from 2 sets down and saved 1 MP for biggest career win over No. 2 Federer after 4h14m. Also earned 2 wins in 5 sets en route to US Open 4R (d. Harrison in 1R and Shapovalov in 3R, l. to Thiem). Beat Escobedo, Nishikori and Querrey in 3rd-set TBs to capture 4th ATP World Tour title at New York. Also advanced to finals at Pune (l. to Simon) and Acapulco (l. to Del Potro). Ended 0-10 start to career in ATP Masters 1000 QFs by reaching SFs at Madrid (d. Lajovic, l. to Thiem) and Toronto (d. Dimitrov, l. to Tsitsipas after holding 1 MP). Lost QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Coric), Miami (l. to Carreno Busta after holding 1 MP) and Shanghai (l. to Djokovic). Served for match twice before suffering 5th loss of career from 2 sets up vs. Schwartzman in Roland Garros 4R. Became 1st player since Hewitt in 2002 to follow US Open final with Aus. Open 1R loss (l. to Edmund in 5 sets). Withdrew from Delray Beach (elbow), Barcelona (right knee), Washington (left hand) and Chengdu (knee). Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R vs. Bedene (leg).

16 Day 3 Wednesday, 24 October 2018 Page 5 of 6 2R: [6] Borna Coric (CRO) vs Lucas Pouille (FRA) Coric Leads ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Borna Coric Coric 2018 Summary W (1): Halle (d. Federer); F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. Djokovic); 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: (23-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 13 (Career-high) Vienna W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: No. 2 Croat on Monday opened with win over Ramos-Vinolas in main draw debut. In only prior appearance, fell in 1st round of qualifying to Nishioka in Defeated No. 4 Del Potro in 3R (via ret.) and No. 2 Federer in SF to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 final of career at Shanghai (l. to No. 3 Djokovic). Achieved career-high No. 13 in ATP Rankings on 15 October, directly following Shanghai run. Defeated No. 3 A. Zverev and No. 1 Federer en route to 2nd ATP title at Halle. Entered with 2-7 record on grass. Became youngest champion in 26-year Halle tournament history as a 21-year-old. 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). Reached Grand Slam 4R for 1st time at US Open (l. to Del Potro). Pouille 2018 Summary W(1): Montpellier (d Gasquet); F(2): Marseille (l Khachanov); Dubai (l Bautista Agut); SF(1): Stuttgart (l Raonic) YTD W-L: (17-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: February 23, 1994 (24) ATP Ranking: 23 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 6-1 (2017 Champion) Tournament Note: Reigning champion opened on Tuesday with a win over Kohlschreiber. Last year dropped only one set en route to biggest career title at 500 level event, beating countryman Tsonga in final. Became 5th active Frenchman to break into Top 10 on 19 March (also Gasquet, Monfils, Simon, Tsonga). Reached 3 finals in 4 weeks, highlighted by 5th ATP title at Montpellier (d. Tsonga after saving 2 MPs and Gasquet). Runner-up at Marseille (l. to Khachanov) and Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut). As defending champion, lost in Budapest 2R (l. to Millman) and Stuttgart SF (l. to Raonic). Fell to 0-5 lifetime at Australian Open (l. to Bemelmans in 1R). Withdrew from Miami (back), as well as Hamburg, Metz, Tokyo and Shanghai (upper leg muscle tear). NEXT GEN COURT 1R: [8] Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Schwartzman Leads ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R64 Diego Schwartzman Other meeting: 15 Irving CH (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Kyle Edmund Edmund 2018 Summary W(1): Antwerp (d Monfils); F(1): Marrakech (l Andujar); SF(2): Australian Open (l Cilic); Beijing (l Basilashvili); QF(6): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Estoril (l Sousa); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Shapovalov); Eastbourne (l Kukushkin); Winston- Salem (l Johnson); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l A Zverev) YTD W-L: (19-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 8, 1995 (33) ATP Ranking: 14 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2017 Semi-finals)

17 Day 3 Wednesday, 24 October 2018 Page 6 of 6 Schwartzman 2018 Summary W(1): Rio de Janeiro (d Verdasco); SF(1): Antwerp (l Monfils); QF(3): Buenos Aires (l Bedene); Roland Garros (l Nadal); Hamburg (l Mayer) YTD W-L: (11-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: August 16, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 17 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Quarter-finals) 2R: Marton Fucsovics (HUN) vs [7] Fabio Fognini (ITA) Fognini Leads Beijing (China) Hard QF Fabio Fognini Fucsovics 2018 Summary W(1): Geneva (d Gojowczyk); QF(2): Munich (l Marterer); Beijing (l Fognini) YTD W-L: (13-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 8, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 40 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Fognini 2018 Summary W(3): Sao Paulo (d Jarry); Bastad (d Gasquet); Los Cabos (d del Potro); F(1): Chengdu (l Tomic); SF(5): Sydney (l Medvedev); Rio de Janeiro (l Verdasco); Geneva (l Gojowczyk); Beijing (W/O vs del Potro); Stockholm (l Tsitsipas); QF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal) YTD W-L: (23-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 15 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 5-6 (2013, 2015 Quarter-finals)

18 ERSTE BANK OPEN 500: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Wiener Stadthalle Vienna, Austria October 22-28, 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 2,198,250 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com ErsteBank-Open.com Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com LONDON CONTENDERS THIEM, ISNER, NISHIKORI IN ACTION There are seven first round singles matches on Tuesday s schedule with top seed and hometown favorite Dominic Thiem, No. 4 seed John Isner and No. 5 Kei Nishikori leading the way on Center Court. All three players are trying to secure one of the three remaining spots for the seasonending Nitto ATP Finals in London. Thiem, Isner and Nishikori are No. 8, 9 and 10 in the ATP Race to London. Thiem leads Isner by 515 points for the last spot and is ahead of Nishikori by 535 points. In the first match on Center Court, #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe and Nishikori meet for the first time. Both players are making their Vienna debut. Tiafoe, who is one of 13 players to win a first ATP World Tour title this season, is one of five players to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan. Nishikori has climbed from No. 39 in April to No. 11 this week in the ATP Rankings. His best result this season is a runner-up at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) and on home soil in Tokyo (l. to Medvedev). Next on is British lucky loser Cameron Norrie against Isner, who lost the only previous meeting in the quarter-finals in Lyon in May. That was also Norrie s first career Top 10 win. Isner reached the semi-finals last week in Stockholm which enabled him to pass Nishikori for the No. 9 spot in the ATP Race to London. Next on is Thiem and Belgian qualifier Ruben Bemelmans, who are meeting for the first time. Thiem has a 6-7 record in Vienna with his best result a quarter-final in Bemelmans is making his third appearance in Vienna as a qualifier and his best showing was the quarter-finals, also in He is 0-7 lifetime against Top 10 opponents. In the last singles match on, 2011 champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga brings a 4-3 head-to-head lead against American Sam Querrey, who won the past two meetings last year. Tsonga, who is 15-4 in Vienna, reached the final the past two years. He underwent left knee surgery on April 3 and he missed seven-plus months before returning at Metz last month. He fell out of the Top 100 this week at No. 113 in the ATP Rankings for the first time since July 2, 2007 at No Querrey is making his second straight visit to Vienna after losing in the first round last year. His best result of the season was a runner-up at the inaugural New York Open in February (l. to Anderson). On the Next Gen Court, there are three matches, with Fernando Verdasco leading off against French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Verdasco won both previous meetings last year at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells and Roland Garros. In the next match on, German No. 2 Philipp Kohlschreiber meets reigning Vienna champion Lucas Pouille for the third time (tied 1-1). In the final match on, No. 7 seed Fabio Fognini takes a 2-1 head-to-head advantage against Damir Dzumhur, who won the last meeting in the 2017 St. Petersburg final. Both of Fognini s wins came on clay in Umag in

19 Day 2 Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Page 2 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES CENTER COURT Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) First Meeting Tiafoe 2018 Summary W(1): Delray Beach (d Gojowczyk); F(1): Estoril (l Sousa); QF(2): New York (l Anderson); London / Queen's Club (l Chardy) YTD W-L: (16-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 20, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 45 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main draw debut) Tournament Note: One of five Americans in main draw and he is making his tournament debut. One of five players so far to qualify for first Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, which begins in two weeks. Enjoyed 1st ATP SF, final and title at Delray Beach (d. Ebden, Del Potro, Chung, Shapovalov and Gojowczyk). As 20-year-old, became youngest American champion on tour since Roddick, 19, at 2002 Houston. Forgot to sign up by Delray Beach entry deadline, becoming 1st WC to win title in 26-year tournament history. Went on to reach 2nd ATP World Tour final at Estoril (d. Sandgren in 1R after saving 3 MPs, l. to Sousa). Reached New York QF (l. to Anderson), London/Queen s Club QF (l. to Chardy), Miami 4R (d. Edmund and Berdych in 3rd-set TBs, l. to Anderson) and Toronto 3R (d. Raonic, l. to Dimitrov in 3rd-set TB). Squandered 2-set lead in 1st Grand Slam 3R appearance at Wimbledon (l. to Khachanov). Achieved career-high No. 38 on 13 August. Owns record as a 20-year-old after going 9-31 as a teenager. First-Time ATP Champions (13): Tiafoe is one of 13 first-time ATP World Tour winners this year, most since 2004: Age Tournament Daniil Medvedev 21 Sydney Mischa Zverev 30 Eastbourne Roberto Carballes Baena 24 Quito Matteo Berrettini 22 Gstaad Mirza Basic 26 Sofia Nikoloz Basilashvili 26 Hamburg Frances Tiafoe 20 Delray Beach Yoshihito Nishioka 23 Shenzhen Marco Cecchinato 25 Budapest Stefanos Tsitsipas 20 Stockholm Taro Daniel 25 Istanbul Kyle Edmund 23 Antwerp Marton Fucsovics 26 Geneva Nishikori 2018 Summary F(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Tokyo (l Medvedev); SF(3): New York (l Anderson); US Open (l Djokovic); Metz (l Bachinger); QF(4): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Washington (l Zverev); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer) YTD W-L: (20-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 11 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main draw debut) Tournament Note: The Asian No. 1 and 29-year-old Japanese star is making his tournament debut. 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 Suffered 1st loss in 3rd final at Tokyo (l. to Medvedev). Lost 8 straight ATP finals since last title at 2016 Memphis. 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 SFs at New York (l. to Anderson) and Metz (l. to Bachinger), as well as QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Djokovic) and Washington (l. to A. Zverev). 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). 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).

20 Day 2 Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Page 3 of 6 [LL] Cameron Norrie (GBR) vs [4] John Isner (USA) Norrie Leads Lyon (France) Clay QF Cameron Norrie 7-6(1) 6-4 Norrie 2018 Summary SF(3): Lyon (l Simon); Atlanta (l Harrison); Los Cabos (l Fognini); QF(2): Eastbourne (l Lacko); Shenzhen (l Nishioka) YTD W-L: (11-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 23, 1995 (23) ATP Ranking: 85 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main draw debut) Tournament Note: The British No. 2 (behind No. 14 Edmund) beat Polansky and lost to Herbert in final round of qualifying. He and Rublev were lucky losers, taking the place of Gasquet and Chung who both withdrew. Defeated No. 10 Isner for biggest career win to reach 1st ATP World Tour SF at Lyon (l. to Simon). 1-2 vs. Top 10. Reached back-to-back SFs at Atlanta (d. Kyrgios, l. to Harrison) and Los Cabos (d. Mannarino, l. to Fognini). Advanced to QFs at Eastbourne (l. to Lacko) and Shenzhen (d. Coric, l. to Nishioka). Broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 28 May and achieved career-high No. 66 on 20 August. Qualified at Acapulco (l. to Thiem in 1R), Indian Wells (l. to Daniel in 1R) and Miami (l. to Jarry in 1R). Blew 3 MPs vs. Carballes Baena in Estoril 2R. Won Estoril title w/edmund in ATP doubles debut (d. Koolhof/Sitak). Isner 2018 Summary W(2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d Zverev); Atlanta (d Harrison); SF(2): Wimbledon (l Anderson); Stockholm (l Gulbis); QF(4): Houston (l Johnson); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Zverev); Lyon (l Norrie); US Open (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: (19-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 (33) ATP Ranking: 9 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 3-4 (2016 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Top American is making 4th straight visit and 5th overall. Best result is QF in 2016 (l. to No. 2 Murray). Made debut in 2009 (l. to Tipsarevic in 1R), 2R in 2015 (l. to Gulbis) and 1R last year (l. to Kohlschreiber). Last week in first tournament since becoming a father for first time with birth of daughter Hunter, born on Sept. 15., reached SF in Stockholm (d. Klahn, Sandgren, both in 3 set TBs, l. to Gulbis in 3 sets). Moved to No. 9 in ATP Race to London standings and 20 points ahead of No. 10 Nishikori. Saved 2 MPs vs. Bemelmans en route to 1st Grand Slam SF at Wimbledon, hitting tournament-record 214 aces. In Wimbledon SF, lost to Anderson in 5th after 6h36m -- 2nd-longest match in Grand Slam history. Beat Jarry and Raonic in 5 sets en route to 2nd US Open QF (l. to Del Potro). First American to reach 2 straight Grand Slam QFs since Roddick at 2008 US Open and 2009 Australian Open. Achieved career-high No. 8 in ATP Rankings on 16 July after reaching No. 9 on 16 April Defeated No. 3 Cilic, No. 6 Del Potro and No. 5 A. Zverev to capture 1st ATP Masters 1000 singles title at Miami. Became oldest 1st-time ATP Masters 1000 champion at age 32 since series began in As World No. 17, became lowest-ranked Miami champion since No. 18 Courier in Improved to 31-4 at Atlanta with 5th title in 8th final at tournament (d. Harrison). Hit 10,000th ace during Houston QF loss to Johnson, becoming 4th player to reach milestone since ATP started tracking aces in Stats do not include all Davis Cup matches, as well as Olympic matches prior to Squandered 3 MPs vs. Gojowczyk in Delray Beach 2R and 1 MP vs. Monfils in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R. Did not drop a set en route to 3rd ATP Masters 1000 doubles title -- 2nd w/sock -- at Indian Wells (d. Bryan/Bryan). Helped USA advance to Davis Cup SF with wins over Lajovic in 1R and De Loore in QF.

21 Day 2 Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Page 4 of 6 [1] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs [Q] Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) First Meeting Thiem 2018 Summary W(3): Buenos Aires (d Bedene); Lyon (d Simon); St. Petersburg (d Klizan); F(2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Zverev); Roland Garros (l Nadal); SF(1): Doha (W/O vs Monfils); QF(6): Rio de Janeiro (l Verdasco); Acapulco (l del Potro); ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Barcelona (l Tsitsipas); Hamburg (l Jarry); US Open (l Nadal) YTD W-L: (17-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 (25) ATP Ranking: 7 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 6-7 (2013 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Comes in as top seed for first time and has 6-7 record with best result QF in 2013 (l. to Tsonga). 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. Fell in US Open QF (d finalist Anderson, l. to 2017 champion Nadal in 5th-set TB at 2:03 am after 4h49m). Reached 12 QFs or better with titles at Buenos Aires (d. Bedene), Lyon (d. Simon) and St. Petersburg (d. Klizan). 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). Conceded walkover to Monfils in Doha SF due to viral infection. Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R vs. Cuevas (right ankle) and Wimbledon 1R vs. Baghdatis (back). Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (right ankle) and Cincinnati (illness) ATP World Tour Title Leaders Thiem is one of seven players with at least three titles this season: No. Rafael Nadal 5 Novak Djokovic 4 Roger Federer 3 Fabio Fognini 3 Daniil Medvedev 3 Dominic Thiem 3 Alexander Zverev 3 Bemelmans 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 6-15 (4-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 14, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 134 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2013 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Qualified for third time with wins over [WC] Ofner and Pella In 2012 qualified and lost to Brands in 1R and one year later, beat Hajek and No. 24 Kohlschreiber before losing in QF to Rosol. Also lost in final round of qualifying in 2011 and Looking to post first career Top 10 victory (0-7). Tied Open Era-record by qualifying for 5th time at Wimbledon (l. to Isner in 2R after holding 2 MPs). Has qualified six times overall this season, which is tied 4th-best on the ATP World Tour. Qualified for 3rd time at Australian Open, upsetting Pouille to reach 2R (l. to Basilashvili). Also qualified at Rotterdam (l. to Federer in 1R), Marseille (l. to Khachanov in 1R) and Chengdu (l. to Fognini in 2R). Lucky loser at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to L. Mayer in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Zopp in 2R), US Open (l. to Munar in 1R) and St. Petersburg (l. to Lacko in 1R). Advanced to Le Gosier, GUD Challenger doubles final w/eysseric (l. to N. Skupski/Smith).

22 Day 2 Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Page 5 of 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Sam Querrey (USA) Tsonga Leads ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(7) Valencia (Spain) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 7-6(5) Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2) 6-7(4) ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(6) ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Sam Querrey (5) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard R32 Sam Querrey Tsonga 2018 Summary SF: Montpellier (l Pouille) YTD W-L: 5-4 (5-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 16 Date of Birth: April 17, 1985 (33) ATP Ranking: 113 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 15-4 (2011 Champion) Tournament Note: Making 6th appearance since 2011 debut when he captured title (d. Del Potro). Reached final past two years, losing to No. 2 Murray in 2016 and Pouille last year. Also SF in 2013 (l. to Haase) Squandered 2 MPs before retiring in Montpellier SF vs. Pouille due to left hamstring injury, best result of season. Rallied from 5-2 down in 5th set to beat Shapovalov in Australian Open 2R (l. to Kyrgios in 3R). Withdrew from Doha (left wrist), as well as Rotterdam and Marseille (left hamstring). Underwent left knee surgery on 3 April and missed 7+ months before returning at Metz (l. to Gojowczyk in 1R). Fell out of Top 100 this week at No. 113 in ATP Rankings for first time since July 2, 2007 at No Querrey 2018 Summary F(1): New York (l Anderson); QF(3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Raonic); London / Queen's Club (l Cilic); Chengdu (l Fritz) YTD W-L: (16-15 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: October 7, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 56 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2017 1st Round) Tournament Note: Making second straight appearance after losing in third set TB last year to Ramos-Vinolas. In 2011, lost in 1R qualifying to Hajek No. 5 American achieved career-high No. 11 in ATP Rankings on 26 February. Owns 1-8 record this season in deciding-set tiebreaks, including loss to Anderson in New York final and losses as defending champion to Ebden in Acapulco 1R and Gerasimov in Los Cabos 2R after holding 2 MPs. Reached 1 SF in 20 tournaments, falling in QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Raonic), London/Queen s Club (l. to Cilic) and Chengdu (l. to Fritz). Went 3-0 for American Davis Cup team, including biggest win of season over No. 6 Cilic in SF (CRO d. USA 3-2). Suffered 3rd US Open 1R loss in 4 years, retiring vs. Seppi due to cramps. NEXT GEN COURT Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [Q] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) Verdasco Leads ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Fernando Verdasco 7-6(5) Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Fernando Verdasco Verdasco 2018 Summary F(1): Rio de Janeiro (l Schwartzman); SF(2): Bastad (l Fognini); Shenzhen (l Nishioka); QF(1): s-hertogenbosch (l Tomic) YTD W-L: (14-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 30 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2008 Quarter-finals)

23 Day 2 Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Page 6 of 6 Herbert 2018 Summary F(1): Shenzhen (l Nishioka); QF(2): Pune (l Cilic); Antalya (l Dzumhur) YTD W-L: (18-15 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: March 18, 1991 (27) ATP Ranking: 50 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2017 2nd Round) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Lucas Pouille (FRA) Series Tied Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber Stuttgart (Germany) Grass QF Lucas Pouille Kohlschreiber 2018 Summary F: Munich (l Zverev); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l del Potro); Stockholm (l Tsitsipas) YTD W-L: (10-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 (35) ATP Ranking: 34 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 13-6 ( , 2014, 2017 Semi-finals) Pouille 2018 Summary W(1): Montpellier (d Gasquet); F(2): Marseille (l Khachanov); Dubai (l Bautista Agut); SF(1): Stuttgart (l Raonic) YTD W-L: (16-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: February 23, 1994 (24) ATP Ranking: 23 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2017 Champion) Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs [7] Fabio Fognini (ITA) Fognini Leads Umag (Croatia) Clay R16 Fabio Fognini Umag (Croatia) Clay QF Fabio Fognini St. Petersburg (Russia) Hard F Damir Dzumhur Dzumhur 2018 Summary W(1): Antalya (d Mannarino); SF(1): Los Cabos (l del Potro); QF(4): Montpellier (l Gasquet); Marseille (l Berdych); St. Petersburg (l Wawrinka); Shenzhen (l de Minaur) YTD W-L: (13-18 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 51 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 2-2 ( nd Round) Fognini 2018 Summary W(3): Sao Paulo (d Jarry); Bastad (d Gasquet); Los Cabos (d del Potro); F(1): Chengdu (l Tomic); SF(5): Sydney (l Medvedev); Rio de Janeiro (l Verdasco); Geneva (l Gojowczyk); Beijing (W/O vs del Potro); Stockholm (l Tsitsipas); QF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal) YTD W-L: (22-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 15 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 4-6 (2013, 2015 Quarter-finals)

24 ERSTE BANK OPEN 500: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, 22 October 2018 Wiener Stadthalle Vienna, Austria October 22-28, 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 2,198,250 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com ErsteBank-Open.com Martin Dagahs: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN VIENNA 1) Final 500 Tourney: The last of 13 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments take place this week in Vienna and Basel, where valuable ATP Ranking points are at stake for the ATP Race to London and Milan. The Nitto ATP Finals qualification cut-off is Nov. 5 and the Next Gen ATP Finals cut-off is Oct ) Race for London: There are three spots remaining for the Nitto ATP Finals and seven of the Top 8 seeds are in contention, led by No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson, who is No. 7 in the Race followed by Thiem, John Isner (up to No. 9), Kei Nishikori, Borna Coric, Fabio Fognini and Kyle Edmund. 3) Thiem Top Seed: Austrian star Dominic Thiem is the No. 1 seed in his hometown tournament for the first time. Thiem, who is 6-7 in Vienna with his best result the QF in 2013, is hoping to enjoy the success of top seeds since Since then, five of the past eight champions were top seeds. Thiem is on the season with three titles (Buenos Aires, Lyon, St. Petersburg). 4) Reigning Champion: Unseeded Lucas Pouille is the top Frenchman at No. 23 in the ATP Rankings. Pouille won last year s title over his countryman Tsonga. He is 1-2 in finals this season, winning his fifth career ATP title in Montpellier and finishing runner-up in Marseille and Dubai. 5) Former Champs: Besides Pouille, there are two other former champions in the draw: wild card Jurgen Melzer, who is the last Austrian titleholder in 2010 (also 2009) and 2011 winner Jo- Wilfried Tsonga, who also reached the final the past two years. 6) Next Gen Contender: Wild card Felix Auger-Aliassime is trying to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals. The 18-year-old Canadian is the youngest player in the draw and he is No. 12 in the Race to Milan with a record and two ATP Challenger titles. He is 6-9 on the ATP Tour. Frances Tiafoe, who is No. 5 in the Race to Milan, has already qualified. He is making his Vienna debut. 7) Edmund Eyes Title: No. 8 seed Kyle Edmund, who reached the semi-finals in Vienna last year, just won his first ATP World Tour singles title at Antwerp on Sunday. The British No. 1 was contesting the second final of his career. 8) Monfils Returns: Special exempt Gael Monfils, who lost to Edmund in the Antwerp final, is making his first appearance in Vienna since 2015 when he reached the semi-finals. He reached the final in his Vienna debut in 2008 (l. to Petzschner). Monfils opened the season by winning the Doha title. 9) Basilashvili on the Rise: Nikoloz Basilashvili, who has won 500-level titles at Hamburg (as a Q) and Beijing, has jumped from No. 59 last year to a career-high No. 23 in the ATP Rankings. 10) Doubles Race: The Top 4 teams in the ATP Doubles Team Rankings have already qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals in London and they are the Top 4 seeds in Vienna: Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic, No. 2 Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, the champions, No. 3 Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, and No. 4 Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares.