ROLEX MONTE-CARLO MASTERS: DAY 8 MEDIA NOTES

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1 ROLEX MONTE-CARLO MASTERS: DAY 8 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, 22 April 2018 Monte-Carlo Country Club Monte Carlo, Monaco April 2018 Draw: S-56, D-24 Prize Money: 4,872,105 Surface: Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com MonteCarloTennisMasters.com Nanette Duxin: Press Room: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com NADAL SEEKS 11 th MONTE-CARLO TITLE AGAINST RESURGENT NISHIKORI World No. 1 and top seed Rafael Nadal of Spain will attempt to win a staggering 11th Rolex Monte- Carlo Masters championship on Sunday when he meets familiar foe Kei Nishikori of Japan in the title match, while the Japanese player hopes to win the first ATP Masters 1000 title of his career. Nadal leads the head-to-head 9-2, and has a 3-0 advantage on clay. Nishikori, however, won their most recent meeting, in the bronze-medal match at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Moreover, Nishikori had Nadal on the ropes in their only previous ATP Masters 1000 final, where he led Nadal by a set on the clay courts of Madrid before retiring in the third set. Nadal has hit a career-best 34 consecutive sets won on clay following his straight-set semi-final defeat of World No. 5 Grigor Dimitrov. The current top-ranked player has dropped only 16 games in four matches this week, including two Top 10 victories over Dimitrov and World No. 7 Dominic Thiem. This is the sixth time Nadal has not dropped a set en route to the Monte-Carlo final, and he has won this title four times without dropping a set ( and 2012). Nadal has improved his lifetime clay-court win-loss record to (.919), and is 67-4 at Monte-Carlo, where he now aims for his 11th title in 12 championship match appearances (his only prior final-round loss was to Novak Djokovic in 2013). The Spaniard is currently tied with Djokovic for the most ATP Masters 1000 titles, with 30 apiece, and is one match-win away from claiming the lead outright with a 31st trophy. Additionally, Nadal must win the title to retain the World No. 1 ranking and prevent Roger Federer from reclaiming the top spot on Monday. After an injury absence which extended from August 2017 into January of this year, Nishikori has made his first ATP World Tour singles final since his return, and his first final overall since Buenos Aires in February The top-ranked Japanese player is into the fourth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final of his career, after runner-up finishes at Madrid in 2014 (l. to Nadal) and Miami and Toronto in 2016 (l. both to Djokovic). Nishikori is trying to become the fourth straight first-time ATP Masters 1000 champion, and the first unseeded ATP Masters 1000 champion since David Nalbandian won at Paris-Bercy in Nishikori is also bidding to become the first player to win an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title and an ATP Challenger Tour title in the same season, after prevailing at the Challenger event in Dallas, TX, USA in February. If Nishikori wins, he would also become the second player to win on both the ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour this year, after Pablo Andujar went back-to-back at Alicante, Spain, and Marrakech earlier this month. The two teams leading the 2018 ATP Doubles Race to London will square off in the Rolex Monte- Carlo Masters doubles final, as Australian Open champions Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic take on Miami Open victors Bob and Mike Bryan. Marach and Pavic kicked off the season with a 17-match winning streak, including their first men s doubles Grand Slam title in Melbourne, and find themselves as the top point-getters of the year so far. Close behind in the Race are the Bryan twins, who picked up the 37th ATP Masters 1000 event of their storied career in Miami last month.

2 Day 8 Sunday, 22 April 2018 Page 2 of 3 INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters [1] Rafael Nadal Kei Nishikori Aces st-Serve Percentage 66% (120 of 181) 55% (227 of 410) 1st-Serve Points Won 74% (89 of 120) 71% (162 of 227) 2nd-Serve Points Won 70% (43 of 61) 58% (106 of 183) Service Games Won 94% (31 of 33) 84% (54 of 64) Break Points Saved 60% (3 of 5) 66% (19 of 29) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 43% (45 of 105) 33% (74 of 225) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 61% (58 of 95) 54% (112 of 206) Return Games Won 55% (17 of 31) 35% (22 of 63) Break Points Converted 49% (17 of 35) 42% (22 of 52) BOLD: Leads all players at Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Champion Finalist Ranking Points (Singles and Doubles) Singles Prize Money ( ) 935, ,640 Doubles Prize Money ( ) 289, ,820 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nadal Leads London/Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R16 Rafael Nadal Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Rafael Nadal Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-6(3) (3) 14 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal ret 15 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard QF Kei Nishikori ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard QF Rafael Nadal Barcelona (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal Rio Olympics (Brazil) Hard BRZ Kei Nishikori (1) 6-3 Nadal 2018 Summary F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo; QF (1): Australian Open (l. Cilic) YTD W-L: 10-1 (6-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 75 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-High) Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 67-4 ( , Champion)

3 Day 8 Sunday, 22 April 2018 Page 3 of 3 Tournament Note: Moved into 12th Monte-Carlo final with 2-set win over World No. 5 Dimitrov on Saturday (10-1 in previous Monte-Carlo finals). Hit career-best streak of 34 consecutive sets won on clay following SF victory. Regained No. 1 ranking for 5th time on 2 April. Spent 170 total weeks at No tied for 6th all-time w/mcenroe. Advanced to 10th Australian Open QF in only prior tournament appearance of season (ret. vs. Cilic in 5th set). Swept Kohlschreiber and A. Zverev in straight sets to lead Spain to 3-2 win over Germany in Davis Cup QF. Broke all-time record with 24 straight Davis Cup singles and doubles wins since Improved to 24-1 overall in Davis Cup singles. Suffered only loss in Davis Cup debut vs. Jiri Novak to open 1R tie in 2004 (ESP d. CZE 3-2). Retired in Australian Open QF vs. Cilic and withdrew from Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami due to right hip injury. Withdrew from Brisbane due to right knee injury. Retired, withdrew or conceded walkover at 8 straight tournaments from 2017 Basel through 2018 Miami. Nishikori 2018 Summary F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo; SF (1): New York (l. Anderson) YTD W-L: 9-3 (5-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 36 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 7-1 (2018 Finalist) Tournament Note: Entered 4th ATP Masters 1000 final of career (0-3 in prior ATP Masters 1000 finals) with SF win over World No. 4 A. Zverev. Seeking 1st ATP World Tour singles title since February 2016 (Memphis). Advanced to New York SF (l. to eventual champion Anderson in 3rd-set TB). Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald). Returned from 5-month injury absence at Newport Beach, USA Challenger as WC (l. to Novikov in 1R). Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 40 on 10 October Also fell to No. 2 Asian behind Chung on 19 March -- 1st week not No. 1 Asian since 18 July 2011 behind Golubev. Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open (right wrist), as well as Indian Wells (illness). [4] Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) vs Marach/Pavic Lead 2-1 [3] Oliver Marach (AUT)/Mate Pavic (CRO) 17 Stuttgart (Germany) Grass SF Marach/Pavic 7-6(3) US Open (United States) Hard R16 Bryan/Bryan Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Marach/Pavic Bryan and Bryan own a record 1,063 wins and 115 titles as a team, including a record 37 ATP Masters 1000 titles. This is the 57th ATP Masters 1000 final of the 39-year-old twins career. Only team or singles player to sweep all 4 Grand Slams, 9 ATP Masters 1000s, Nitto ATP Finals and Olympics. After runner-up finishes at Acapulco (l. to Murray/Soares) and Indian Wells (l. to Isner/Sock), won first title of season at Miami (def Khachanov/Rublev in final). Followed up with SF showing at Houston (l. to Mirnyi/Oswald). Finished No. 1 in ATP Doubles Team Rankings 10 times (2003, , ). Broke back into Top 10 of ATP Doubles Rankings at No. 9T on 19 March 2018 after 19 weeks outside Top 10. Bob lives in Miami (Sunny Isles Beach) with wife, Michelle; daughter, Micaela; and sons, Bobby Jr. and Richie. Marach and Pavic have a win-loss record as a pairing, including 4 titles over the last 2 years. Despite having reached 2 of the last 3 Grand Slam finals, this is the 1st ATP Masters 1000 final for either player. They opened the season with a 17-match winning streak as a team, including consecutive titles at Doha, Auckland, and the Australian Open the first Grand Slam title in men s doubles for both players, individually and as a team. Their winning streak ended in the final at Rotterdam (l. to Herbert/Mahut). This is their first final since then. Marach has won 20 doubles titles in his career overall, while Pavic has claimed 11 doubles titles. 24-year-old Pavic is also a 2-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at 2016 US Open (w/siegemund) and 2018 Australian Open (w/dabrowski). He is currently ranked No. 5 after reaching a career-high of No. 3 two weeks ago. 37-year-old Marach is currently sitting at his career-high ATP World Tour doubles ranking of World No. 6.

4 ROLEX MONTE-CARLO MASTERS: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, 21 April 2018 Monte-Carlo Country Club Monte Carlo, Monaco April 2018 Draw: S-56, D-24 Prize Money: 4,872,105 Surface: Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com MonteCarloTennisMasters.com Nanette Duxin: Press Room: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com NADAL CONTINUES CLAY CRUSADE IN MONTE-CARLO SEMI-FINALS Rafael Nadal has set ATP World Tour records by winning 92% of his matches on clay, 53 claycourt championships, and 10 titles each at three clay-court events. From 2005 through 2007, he enjoyed an 81-0 run on the surface. The World No. 1 can add another line to his clay-court resume on Saturday against No. 4 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the Monte-Carlo semi-finals. Nadal has won 32 straight sets on clay, equaling his personal-best run that ended in the 2011 Monte-Carlo semi-finals. Nadal has lost 11 games in three matches this week, highlighted by a 6-0, 6-2 win over World No. 7 Dominic Thiem. That tied the fewest games allowed by Nadal in 237 matches against Top 10 opponents. The Spaniard also lost two games against then-no. 4 David Ferrer and then-no. 5 Tomas Berdych in Dimitrov, the World No. 5, is 7-1 in his last eight meetings with Top 10 players. But the Bulgarian is 1-10 lifetime against Nadal and 1-9 against players ranked No. 1. In the other semi-final, No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev faces unseeded Kei Nishikori. Both men have earned three wins in three sets en route to the semi-finals. Nishikori is seeking his first final since February 2017 at Buenos Aires and his first title since February 2016 at Memphis. Zverev celebrated his 21st birthday on Thursday by beating Richard Gasquet in two hours and 39 minutes. The World No. 4 is 1-0 against Nishikori and 3-0 in ATP Masters 1000 semi-finals. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES SEMI-FINALS [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [4] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) Nadal Leads Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay QF Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Rafael Nadal (3) 7-6(7) ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay SF Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay QF Rafael Nadal Basel (Switzerland) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal Beijing (China) Hard QF Grigor Dimitrov Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Rafael Nadal (5) 6-7(4) Beijing (China) Hard SF Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard QF Rafael Nadal (4) 6-3 Nadal 2018 Summary QF (1): Australian Open (l Cilic) YTD W-L: 9-1 (5-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 75 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-High) Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 66-4 ( , Champion)

5 Day 7 Saturday, 21 April 2018 Page 2 of 3 Tournament Note: Playing in 13th SF in last 14 years at Monte-Carlo (11-1). Missed SF in 2014 (l. to Ferrer in QF). Regained No. 1 ranking for 5th time on 2 April. Spent 170 total weeks at No tied for 6th all-time w/mcenroe. Advanced to 10th Australian Open QF in only tournament appearance of season (ret. vs. Cilic in 5th set). Swept Kohlschreiber and A. Zverev in straight sets to lead Spain to 3-2 win over Germany in Davis Cup QF. Broke all-time record with 24 straight Davis Cup singles and doubles wins since Improved to 24-1 overall in Davis Cup singles. Suffered only loss in Davis Cup debut vs. Novak to open 1R tie in 2004 (ESP d. CZE 3-2). Retired in Australian Open QF vs. Cilic and withdrew from Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami due to right hip injury. Withdrew from Brisbane due to right knee injury. Retired, withdrew or conceded walkover at 8 straight tournaments from 2017 Basel through 2018 Miami. Dimitrov 2018 Summary F (1): Rotterdam (l Federer); SF (1): Brisbane (l Kyrgios); QF (1): Australian Open (l Edmund) YTD W-L: 14-6 (3-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 (26) ATP Ranking: 5 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 12-5 (2018 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Appearing in 5th ATP Masters 1000 SF (1-3). Won 2017 Cincinnati title (d. Isner in SF). Defeated Goffin before falling to Federer in Rotterdam final. Advanced to Brisbane SF as defending champion (d. Millman after saving 2 MPs in 2R, l. to Kyrgios). Reached Australian Open QF for 3rd time (d. Kyrgios, l. to Edmund). Withdrew from Sofia as defending champion due to shoulder injury. [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN) Zverev Leads Washington (U.S.A.) Hard SF Alexander Zverev Zverev 2018 Summary F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); SF (1): Acapulco (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: 17-6 (4-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 (21) ATP Ranking: 4 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 6-2 (2018 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Reached 4 SFs in last 8 ATP Masters 1000 events. Owns 3-0 SF record at this level. Advanced to 3rd ATP Masters 1000 final at Miami (d. Kyrgios, Coric and Carreno Busta, l. to Isner in 3 sets). Did not drop a set en route to Acapulco SF (l. to eventual champion Del Potro). Suffered 3rd Grand Slam loss from 2 sets to 1 up in Australian Open 3R (l. to Chung). Beat Ferrer in straight sets before falling to No. 1 Nadal in Davis Cup QF (ESP d. GER 3-2). Defeated de Minaur from 2 sets to 1 down and Kyrgios to lead Germany in Davis Cup 1R (GER d. AUS 3-1). Nishikori 2018 Summary SF (1): New York (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 8-3 (4-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 36 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 6-1 (2018 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Appearing in 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF since 2016 Toronto. Seeking 1st ATP Masters 1000 title. Advanced to New York SF (l. to eventual champion Anderson in 3rd-set TB). Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald). Returned from 5-month injury absence at Newport Beach, USA Challenger as WC (l. to Novikov in 1R). Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 40 on 10 October Also fell to No. 2 Asian behind Chung on 19 March -- 1st week not No. 1 Asian since 18 July 2011 behind Golubev. Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open (right wrist), as well as Indian Wells (illness).

6 Day 7 Saturday, 21 April 2018 Page 3 of 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: POTENTIAL FINALS [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) Nadal Leads ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-7(8) Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal (5) ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R16 Rafael Nadal ESP vs. GER WG QF (Spain) Clay RR Rafael Nadal [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nadal Leads London/Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R16 Rafael Nadal Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Rafael Nadal Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-6(3) (3) 14 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal ret 15 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard QF Kei Nishikori ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard QF Rafael Nadal Barcelona (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal Rio Olympics (Brazil) Hard BRZ Kei Nishikori (1) 6-3 [4] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) Zverev Leads Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Grigor Dimitrov ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Alexander Zverev ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Alexander Zverev [4] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R64 Kei Nishikori ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Kei Nishikori 7-6(1) ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard QF Kei Nishikori Brisbane (Australia) Hard F Grigor Dimitrov

7 ROLEX MONTE-CARLO MASTERS: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Friday, 20 April 2018 Monte-Carlo Country Club Monte Carlo, Monaco April 2018 Draw: S-56, D-24 Prize Money: 4,872,105 Surface: Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com MonteCarloTennisMasters.com Nanette Duxin: Press Room: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com TOP 6 SEEDS IN MONTE-CARLO QUARTERS FOR 1ST TIME SINCE 2008 The Top 6 seeds and seven former ATP Masters 1000 finalists will play in the Monte-Carlo quarterfinals on Friday. Ten-time champion Rafael Nadal is into his 14th straight Monte-Carlo quarter-final and the only player to reach this round in both 2008 and He meets No. 5 seed Dominic Thiem, who beat him in the 2017 Rome quarter-finals. Nadal has won 11 straight matches and 30 straight sets on clay since then, including a victory over Thiem in the Roland Garros semi-finals. The top seed is 5-2 against Thiem with all seven meetings on clay. Thiem is trying to become the 10th player overall and first on clay to defeat Nadal and Novak Djokovic at the same tournament. If that happens, Nadal will relinquish the No. 1 ranking back to Roger Federer on Monday. Nadal and John McEnroe are currently tied for sixth all-time with 170 total weeks atop the ATP Rankings. Awaiting the winner of Nadal vs. Thiem will be either No. 4 seed Grigor Dimitrov or No. 6 seed David Goffin. Born less than six months apart, Dimitrov and Goffin have crossed paths at all three levels of pro tennis (ATP, Challenger, Futures). They met in the biggest final of both men s careers last November at the Nitto ATP Finals, where Dimitrov prevailed after two hours and 30 minutes. It was a Dimitrov forehand in February that ricocheted off Goffin s frame and into his left eye, forcing the Belgian to retire from the Rotterdam semi-finals. That accident bonded Dimitrov and Goffin, who are through to the Monte-Carlo doubles quarter-finals in their first tournament as a team. Goffin is the only player remaining in the singles draw who has yet to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final. On the bottom half of the draw, No. 2 seed Marin Cilic meets Kei Nishikori in a rematch of the 2014 US Open final and No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev celebrates his 21st birthday against Richard Gasquet. Zverev saved three match points to defeat Gasquet en route to his second ATP Masters 1000 title at Montreal last August. On Thursday, Gasquet became the first Frenchman in ATP World Tour history to reach 500 wins. His first win came as a 15-year-old at 2002 Monte-Carlo, and he remains the youngest player to earn a victory since Tommy Ho, 15, at 1988 Rye Brook. Wins Over Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic Most Weeks at No. 1 in ATP Rankings Juan Martin del Potro 2016 Rio Olympics Roger Federer 308 Stan Wawrinka 2014 Australian Open Pete Sampras 286 Roger Federer 2010 ATP Finals Ivan Lendl 270 Ivan Ljubicic 2010 Indian Wells Jimmy Connors 268 Robin Soderling 2009 ATP Finals Novak Djokovic 223 Nikolay Davydenko 2009 Shanghai John McEnroe 170 Andy Roddick 2008 Dubai Rafael Nadal 170 David Ferrer 2007 Tennis Masters Cup David Nalbandian 2007 Madrid Most Wins by Active Frenchmen Richard Gasquet 500 Gilles Simon 432 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 430 Gael Monfils 424

8 Day 6 Friday, 20 April 2018 Page 2 of 4 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS [4] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [6] David Goffin (BEL) Dimitrov Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Grigor Dimitrov Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Grigor Dimitrov Sofia (Bulgaria) Hard F Grigor Dimitrov Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard QF David Goffin Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Grigor Dimitrov Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard F Grigor Dimitrov Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard SF Grigor Dimitrov ret Other Meetings 10 Germany F9 (Germany) Clay F Grigor Dimitrov Germany F10 (Germany) Clay SF Grigor Dimitrov (3) 10 Geneva CH (Switzerland) Clay SF Grigor Dimitrov Dimitrov 2018 Summary F (1): Rotterdam (l Federer); SF (1): Brisbane (l Kyrgios); QF (1): Australian Open (l Edmund) YTD W-L: 13-6 (2-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 (26) ATP Ranking: 5 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 11-5 (2013, 2015, 2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Rallied from set down to defeat [Q] Herbert in 2R and Kohlschreiber in 3R. Defeated Goffin before falling to Federer in Rotterdam final. Advanced to Brisbane SF as defending champion (d. Millman after saving 2 MPs in 2R, l. to Kyrgios). Reached Australian Open QF for 3rd time (d. Kyrgios, l. to Edmund). Withdrew from Sofia as defending champion due to shoulder injury. Goffin 2018 Summary SF (2): Montpellier (l Gasquet); Rotterdam (l Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 9-4 (2-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 10 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 9-5 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Reached doubles QF in team debut w/dimitrov. Faced Dimitrov at all 3 levels (ATP, CH, FU). Advanced to back-to-back SFs at Montpellier (l. to Gasquet) and Rotterdam (ret. vs. Dimitrov). Suffered 2nd straight loss to Benneteau in Australian Open 2R. Extended Davis Cup singles win streak to 11 matches by beating Balazs and Fucsovics in 1R tie (BEL d. HUN 3-2). Retired in Rotterdam SF and withdrew from Marseille and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells due to eye injury. [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [5] Dominic Thiem (AUT) Nadal Leads Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Rafael Nadal Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay SF Dominic Thiem (4) 16 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R16 Rafael Nadal Barcelona (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-6(8) ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay QF Dominic Thiem Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal Nadal 2018 Summary QF (1): Australian Open (l Cilic) YTD W-L: 8-1 (4-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 75 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-High) Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 65-4 ( , Champion)

9 Day 6 Friday, 20 April 2018 Page 3 of 4 Tournament Note: Appearing in 14th straight Monte-Carlo QF (12-1). Only missed QF in 2003 (l. to Coria in 3R). Regained No. 1 ranking for 5th time on 2 April. Spent 170 total weeks at No tied for 6th all-time w/mcenroe. Advanced to 10th Australian Open QF in only tournament appearance of season (ret. vs. Cilic in 5th set). Swept Kohlschreiber and A. Zverev in straight sets to lead Spain to 3-2 win over Germany in Davis Cup QF. Retired in Australian Open QF vs. Cilic and withdrew from Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami due to right hip injury. Withdrew from Brisbane due to right knee injury. Retired, withdrew or conceded walkover at 8 straight tournaments from 2017 Basel through 2018 Miami. Thiem 2018 Summary W (1): Buenos Aires (d Bedene); SF (1): Doha (w/o vs Monfils); QF (2): Rio de Janeiro (l Verdasco); Acapulco (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: 19-4 (10-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 9 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 (24) ATP Ranking: 7 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 5-4 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Rallied from set down to defeat Rublev in 2R and [9] Djokovic in 3R. Saved 1 MP vs. Rublev. Did not drop a set en route to 2nd Buenos Aires and 9th ATP World Tour title (d. Bedene). Also did not drop a set en route to Doha SF (w/o vs. Monfils due to viral infection). Reached back-to-back QFs at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Verdasco) and Acapulco (l. to eventual champion Del Potro). Rallied from 2 sets down vs. Kudla en route to Australian Open 4R for 2nd straight year (l. to Sandgren in 5 sets). Went 2-0 for Austria during Davis Cup Group I tie (AUT d. BLR 5-0). Retired vs. Cuevas in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Miami (right ankle). Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [2] Marin Cilic (CRO) Nishikori Leads ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Marin Cilic US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kei Nishikori (6) (3) Chennai (India) Hard R32 Kei Nishikori US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Marin Cilic (3) Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard QF Kei Nishikori Brisbane (Australia) Hard QF Kei Nishikori Barcelona (Spain) Clay QF Kei Nishikori US Open (U.S.A.) Hard F Marin Cilic Washington (U.S.A.) Hard SF Kei Nishikori Tokyo (Japan) Hard QF Kei Nishikori Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Marin Cilic ret 16 Basel (Switzerland) Hard F Marin Cilic (5) 16 ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Marin Cilic Nishikori 2018 Summary SF (1): New York (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 7-3 (3-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 36 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Defeated Seppi on Thursday and has reached 8 of 9 ATP Masters 1000 QFs (all but Cincinnati). Advanced to New York SF (l. to eventual champion Anderson in 3rd-set TB). Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald). Returned from 5-month injury absence at Newport Beach, USA Challenger as WC (l. to Novikov in 1R). Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 40 on 10 October Also fell to No. 2 Asian behind Chung on 19 March -- 1st week not No. 1 Asian since 18 July 2011 behind Golubev. Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open (right wrist), as well as Indian Wells (illness).

10 Day 6 Friday, 20 April 2018 Page 4 of 4 Cilic 2018 Summary F (1): Australian Open (l Federer); SF (1): Pune (l Simon) YTD W-L: 15-5 (4-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 17 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 3 (Career-High) Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 13-9 (2015, Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Defeated Verdasco 63 76(4) on Wednesday in between 1R bye and 3R walkover vs. [14] Raonic. Defeated No. 1 Nadal in 5 sets en route to 3rd Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. to Federer in 5 sets). Achieved career-high No. 3 in ATP Rankings on 29 January following run to Australian Open final. Became 16th World No. 3 since 25 July Only Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray have been in Top 2. Opened season by reaching Pune SF (l. to eventual champion Simon in 3 sets). Dropped only 8 games in 6 sets to beat Popko and Kukushkin during Davis Cup QF (CRO d. KAZ 3-1). Withdrew from Buenos Aires (fatigue) and Acapulco (stomach muscle strain). Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) Zverev Leads Montpellier (France) Hard F Alexander Zverev 7-6(4) Halle (Germany) Grass SF Alexander Zverev ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard R32 Alexander Zverev (3) Gasquet 2018 Summary F (1): Montpellier (l Pouille); SF (1): Marrakech (l Edmund) YTD W-L: 13-7 (5-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 34 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 18-9 (2005 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Earned 500th win on Thursday 16+ years after 1st win at 2002 Monte-Carlo (d. Squillari). Advanced to 6th consecutive Montpellier final, falling to 3-3 in title matches (d. Goffin, l. to Pouille). Became 1st Frenchman in Open Era to reach 6 straight finals at a tour-level event. Did not drop a set en route to Marrakech SF (l. to Edmund). Suffered 9th loss in a row to Federer in Australian Open 3R. Fell to No. 38 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 38 on 6 September Defeated Haase to help France beat The Netherlands 3-1 in Davis Cup 1R. Retired in Rotterdam 1R vs. Herbert (groin) and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (knee). Zverev 2018 Summary F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); SF (1): Acapulco (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: 16-6 (3-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 (21) ATP Ranking: 4 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 5-2 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Needed 3 sets to beat both Muller in 2R and countryman Struff in 3R. Advanced to 3rd ATP Masters 1000 final at Miami (d. Kyrgios, Coric and Carreno Busta, l. to Isner in 3 sets). Did not drop a set en route to Acapulco SF (l. to eventual champion Del Potro). Suffered 3rd Grand Slam loss from 2 sets to 1 up in Australian Open 3R (l. to Chung). Beat Ferrer in straight sets before falling to No. 1 Nadal in Davis Cup QF (ESP d. GER 3-2). Defeated de Minaur from 2 sets to 1 down and Kyrgios to lead Germany in Davis Cup 1R (GER d. AUS 3-1).

11 ROLEX MONTE-CARLO MASTERS: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, 19 April 2018 Monte-Carlo Country Club Monte-Carlo, Monaco April 2018 Draw: S-56, D-24 Prize Money: 4,872,105 Surface: Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com MonteCarlotennismasters.com Nanette Duxin: Press Room: Isabelle Andrieux: pressesmett@gmail.com RolexMonteCarloMasters TV & Radio: TennisTV.com TOP SIX SEEDS, LED BY NADAL, CILIC, A. ZVEREV, DIMITROV IN 3rd RD The top six seeds are in the third round at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Thursday with World No. 1 and 10-time Monte-Carlo champion Rafael Nadal, No. 2 seed Marin Cilic, No. 3 Alexander Zverev, No. 4 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 5 Dominic Thiem and No. 6 David Goffin leading the way. In addition, No. 9 seed/two-time winner Novak Djokovic is also among the last 16, which is represented by 12 countries.. In the opening match, Jan-Lennard Struff takes on No. 3 Zverev, who has won both previous ATP World Tour meetings along with a Challenger match. Struff is attempting to reach his first career ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final and earn his second Top 10 victory (1-7). His lone Top 10 win came over No. 3 Wawrinka at 2016 Paris-Bercy. Zverev is one of a tournament-high four Germans left and he has won six in a row vs. countrymen since losing to F. Mayer in the 2016 Halle final. Last season the 20-year-old Hamburg native (turns 21 on Friday) reached the quarter-finals or better in four ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, winning titles in Rome and Montreal. In the next match on, Djokovic brings a 5-1 head-to-head record (2-1 on clay) against No. 5 Thiem, who won the last meeting in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros last year. Djokovic, who won titles here in 2013 and 2015, is trying to reach the quarter-finals in Monte-Carlo for the ninth time in 12 years. This is the first time he s playing a Top 10 opponent while ranked outside the Top 10 since the final at 2007 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells where he was No. 13 (l. to No. 2 Nadal). Thiem comes in with a 9-1 record on clay this season and he s trying to reach his first QF here. In the third match on, Nadal meets Russian No. 2 Karen Khachanov, who lost both previous meetings last season at Wimbledon and Beijing. Nadal, who is playing his first tournament since the Australian Open QF in January, improved his Monte-Carlo record to 64-4 on Wednesday with a win over Bedene. The Spaniard had been sidelined with a hip injury before returning April 6-8 to help Spain to a 3-2 Davis Cup win over Germany. Nadal has won 14 consecutive matches vs. Russians since falling to Nikolay Davydenko in the SFs at 2011 Doha. Nadal has reached the Monte-Carlo QFs or better 13 years in a row since losing in the 3R in his 2003 debut (l. to Coria). In the final match, No. 14 seed Milos Raonic and Cilic meet for the fourth time (Cilic leads 2-1). Their last meeting came in the 2017 Istanbul final with Cilic winning That was also their first clay court match. Both players are looking to continue their Monte-Carlo quarter-final streaks. The Croat has reached the QFs in his last two appearances (2015, 2017) while Raonic has advanced to the QFs in his last three visits ( ). Raonic is 2-14 lifetime on clay against Top 10 foes with both wins coming in Spain (2016 Madrid 3R, d. No. 7 Tsonga;2012 Barcelona QF, d. No. 4 Murray). On Court Des Princes, No. 11 Roberto Bautista Agut brings a 2-1 head-to-head record against Goffin, who reached the semi-finals here last year. In the next match on, Dimitrov looks for his second win against Philipp Kohlschreiber (2017 Madrid). Both players are trying to reach their third Monte-Carlo quarter-final. Next on is Mischa Zverev and Richard Gasquet, who won the only previous meeting in 2016 Shenzhen. With a victory Gasquet will become the first Frenchman in the Open Era with 500 career singles wins. In the last match on, qualifier Andreas Seppi and Kei Nishikori meet for the fifth time (tied 2-2), the first on clay. The winner will reach his first QF here.

12 Day 5 Thursday, 19 April 2018 Page 2 of 7 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY 3rd ROUND SINGLES MATCHES COURT RAINIER III Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) Zverev Leads Barcelona (Spain) Clay R64 Alexander Zverev Munich (Germany) Clay QF Alexander Zverev (3) 7-6(5) Other meeting: 15 Heilbronn CH (Germany) Clay SF Alexander Zverev (2) Struff 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 5-9 (2-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 61 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 4-3 ( rd Round) Tournament Note: Opened fourth straight year on Tuesday with a win over Sugita and followed with victory over [13] Fognini. Last year as a qualifier beat Ruud and No. 11 Dimitrov (l. to Schwartzman in 3R). Qualified in 2016 (l. to Thiem in 1R). Trying to reach first career ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final. Snapped 11-match losing streak at Grand Slams by reaching Australian Open 2R (d. Kwon, l. to Federer). Also reached 2R at Doha (l. to eventual champion Monfils in 3 sets) and Dubai (l. to Sugita). Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour final with 1st-time doubles partner Troicki at Sydney (l. to Kubot/Melo). Reached 1st Grand Slam SF in team debut w/mclachlan at Aus. Open (d. Kubot/Melo in 3rd-set TB, l. to eventual champion Marach/Pavic in 3rd-set TB). Also reached ATP Masters 1000 Miami SF w/mclachlan (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Teamed with Puetz to defeat Ebden/Peers in 5 sets during Davis Cup 1R (GER d. AUS 3-1). Withdrew from Marseille due to hip injury. Zverev 2018 Summary F(1) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); SF(1): Acapulco (l Del Potro) YTD W-L: 15-6 (2-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 (20, turns 21 on Friday) ATP Ranking: 4 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 4-2 ( rd Round) Tournament Note: Opened with win over Muller on Tuesday. Last year reached 3R (d. Seppi, Lopez, l. to eventual champion Nadal). Made debut in 2016 (d. Rublev, l. to Granollers in 2R). Advanced to 3rd ATP Masters 1000 final at Miami (d. Kyrgios, Coric and Carreno Busta, l. to Isner in 3 sets). Did not drop a set en route to Acapulco SF (l. to eventual champion Del Potro). Suffered 3rd Grand Slam loss from 2 sets to 1 up in Australian Open 3R (l. to Chung). Yet to reach a Grand Slam QF in 11 main draw appearances. Defeated de Minaur from 2 sets to 1 down and Kyrgios to lead Germany in Davis Cup 1R (GER d. AUS 3-1). In QF tie earlier this month, beat Ferrer and lost to Nadal as Spain prevailed 3-2. [9] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [5] Dominic Thiem (AUT) Djokovic Leads ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Novak Djokovic ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Novak Djokovic Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Novak Djokovic 6-7(10) ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay SF Novak Djokovic Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Dominic Thiem 7-6(5) Djokovic 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 5-3 (2-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 68 Date of Birth: 22 May 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 13 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 32-9 (2013, 2015 Champion)

13 Day 5 Thursday, 19 April 2018 Page 3 of 7 Tournament Note: Opened on Monday with win in 57 minutes over countryman [Q ] Lajovic and followed with victory over Coric in 2h, 16m. Two-time champion in 2013 (def. Nadal in F) and 2015 (def. Berdych in F) also reached 2 other finals in 2009 and 2012 (l. to Nadal both times). Returned from 6-month injury absence and reached Australian Open 4R (l. to Chung). Upset by No. 109 Daniel in Indian Wells 2R -- worst ATP Masters 1000 loss since 2008 Miami 2R (l. to No. 122 Anderson). Also lost in Miami 2R, ending 16-match tournament winning streak (l. to Paire). Fell to No. 14 in ATP Rankings on 8 January -- lowest since No. 14 on 26 February Underwent small medical intervention on right elbow shortly after Australian Open. Thiem 2018 Summary W(1): Buenos Aires (d Bedene); SF(1): Doha (W/O vs Monfils); QF(2): Rio (l Verdasco); Acapulco (l del Potro) YTD W-L: 18-4 (9-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 9 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 (24) ATP Ranking: 7 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 4-4 ( rd Round) Tournament Note: After losing in 1R in first two appearances in 2014 (l. to Mahut) and 2015 (l. to Pouille), reached 3R in 2016 (l. to No. 5 Nadal), last year ((l. to Goffin) and on Tuesday (d. Rublev , saving 1 MP). Retired vs. Cuevas in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Miami (right ankle). In February, did not drop a set en route to 2nd Buenos Aires and 9th ATP World Tour title (d. Bedene). Also did not drop a set en route to Doha SF (w/o vs. Monfils due to viral infection). Reached back-to-back QFs at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Verdasco) and Acapulco (l. to eventual champion Del Potro). Rallied from 2 sets down vs. Kudla en route to Australian Open 4R for 2nd straight year (l. to Sandgren in 5 sets). Went 2-0 for Austria during Davis Cup Group I tie (AUT d. BLR 5-0). [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS) Nadal Leads Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Rafael Nadal (3) 17 Beijing (China) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal Nadal 2018 Summary QF(1): Australian Open (l Cilic) YTD W-L: 7-1 (3-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 75 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 1 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 64-4 ( , Champion) Tournament Note: Spaniard opened with win over Bedene on Wednesday. He is making 15th appearance in 16 years (except 2004) and last year became first player in Open Era to win 10 titles (d. Ramos-Vinolas). Won eight straight titles from and had a 46-match winning streak snapped by Djokovic in 2013 final. Then lost in 2014 QF (l. to Ferrer) and 2015 SF (l. to Djokovic) before winning last two years. Advanced to 10th Australian Open QF in only tournament appearance of season (ret. vs. Cilic in 5th set). Lost No. 1 ranking to Federer on 19 February, then regained it for 5th time on 2 April. This is 170th week at No. 1. Retired in Australian Open QF vs. Cilic and withdrew from Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami due to right hip injury. Withdrew from Brisbane due to right knee injury. Open Era Clay Court Leaders: Nadal has the best match winning percentage on clay in the Open Era. Here are the leaders (min. 200 matches played): W-L Pct. 1) Rafael Nadal ) Bjorn Borg ) Ivan Lendl ) Guillermo Vilas ) Novak Djokovic

14 Day 5 Thursday, 19 April 2018 Page 4 of 7 Khachanov 2018 Summary W (1): Marseille (d. Pouille); QF (2): Auckland (l. del Potro); Montpellier (l. Goffin) YTD W-L: 14-7 (2-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 38 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2018 3rd Round) Tournament Note: Opened on Sunday with win over [WC] Kokkinakis and followed with victory over [WC] Simon on Wednesday. Made main draw debut last year, def. Mahut 1R and l. to Carreno Busta 2R. Captured 2nd ATP World Tour singles title at Marseille (d. Berdych and Pouille). Second player born in 1996 or later to win 2+ ATP titles (also A. Zverev). Lost rematch to Pouille 3 days later in Dubai 2R. Advanced to QFs at Auckland (l. to Del Potro) and Montpellier (l. to Goffin). Reached 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at ATP Masters 1000 Miami w/rublev (l. to Bryan/Bryan). [14] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs [2] Marin Cilic (CRO) Cilic Leads Valencia (Spain) Hard R32 Marin Cilic ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Milos Raonic Istanbul (Turkey) Clay F Marin Cilic 7-6(3) 6-3 Raonic 2018 Summary SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. del Potro); QF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. del Potro) YTD W-L: 9-5 (2-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: December 27, 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 22 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 12-6 ( Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Fired 22 aces in win over local [WC] Katarina on Monday and followed with 16 aces in victory over [Q] Cecchinato on Wednesday. Lost to eventual champion Wawrinka in 2014 and to eventual finalist Berdych in 2015, both times in QF. Reached 3rd consecutive QF in 2016 before falling to Murray.DNP last year Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells SF and ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. both to Del Potro). Fell to Lacko in Australian Open 1R, snapping 23-match win streak in Grand Slam 1R. Dropped to No. 40 in ATP Rankings on 26 February -- lowest since No. 59 on 14 February Cilic 2018 Summary F(1): Australian Open (l Federer); SF(1): Pune (l Simon) YTD W-L: 15-5 (4-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 17 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 3 (Career-high) Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 13-9 (2015, 2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with win over Verdasco on Wednesday. After not getting past 3R from , QF in 2015 (l. to Djokovic) and 2017 (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). Did not play in Defeated No. 1 Nadal in 5 sets in QF en route to 3rd Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. to Federer in 5 sets). Achieved career-high No. 3 in ATP Rankings on 29 January following run to Australian Open final. Became 16th World No. 3 since 25 July Only Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray have been in Top 2 since. Opened season by reaching Pune SF (l. to eventual champion Simon in 3 sets). Withdrew from Buenos Aires (fatigue) and Acapulco (stomach muscle strain).

15 Day 5 Thursday, 19 April 2018 Page 5 of 7 COURT DES PRINCES [11] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [6] David Goffin (BEL) Bautista Agut Leads Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut ret 17 Sofia (Bulgaria) Hard SF David Goffin (3) Other meeting: 12 Quimper CH (France) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut Bautista Agut 2018 Summary W (2): Auckland (d. del Potro); Dubai (d. Pouille) YTD W-L: 13-6 (2-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 16 Montre-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 9-5 ( , rd Round) Tournament Note: Appearing in 3R for third time ( ) after wins over Gojowczyk and Lopez Lost in 3R in 2015 to eventual finalist Berdych and to No. 3 Federer in same round in Captured 8th and biggest title of career at ATP World Tour 500 event in Dubai (d. Pouille). Defeated Del Potro to win 2nd Auckland title. Fell to countryman Verdasco in Australian Open 1R, snapping 20-match win streak in Grand Slam 1R. Let 2-set lead slip away in loss to No. 114 Norrie during Davis Cup 1R tie (ESP d. GBR 3-1). Withdrew from Rotterdam due to illness. Goffin 2018 Summary SF(2): Montpellier (l Gasquet); Rotterdam (l Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 8-4 (1-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 /Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 10 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: No. 1 Belgian is making sixth straight appearance and opened with win over [Q] Tsitsipas on Tuesday. After going 0-2 in , has progressed in each of past three years. In 2015, reached 2R (l. to Tsonga), then 3R in 2016 (l. to Granollers) and SF last year (d. No. 9 Thiem in 3R, No. 2 Djokovic in QF, l. to eventual champion Nadal). Advanced to back-to-back SFs at Montpellier (l. to Gasquet) and Rotterdam (ret. vs. Dimitrov). Suffered 2nd straight loss to Benneteau in Australian Open 2R. Extended Davis Cup singles win streak to 11 matches by beating Balazs and Fucsovics in 1R tie (BEL d. HUN 3-2). Retired in Rotterdam SF and withdrew from Marseille and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells due to eye injury. [4] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Dimitrov Leads ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(7) 6-4 Dimitrov 2018 Summary F(1): Rotterdam (l Federer); SF(1): Brisbane (l Kyrgios); QF(1): Australian Open (l Edmund) YTD W-L: 12-6 (1-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 (26) ATP Ranking: 5 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 10-5 (2013, 2015 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with win over [Q] Herbert on Tuesday. Making sixth straight appearance and best result is QF in 2013 (l. to No. 5 Nadal) and 2015 (d. No. 9 Wawrinka in 3R, l. to Monfils). Last year suffered first opening round loss (1R bye, l. to Struff in 2R). Defeated Goffin before falling to Federer in Rotterdam final. Advanced to Brisbane SF as defending champion (d. Millman after saving 2 MPs in 2R, l. to Kyrgios). Reached Australian Open QF for 3rd time (d. Kyrgios, l. to Edmund). Withdrew from Sofia as defending champion due to shoulder injury.

16 Day 5 Thursday, 19 April 2018 Page 6 of 7 Kohlschreiber 2018 Summary QF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l del Potro) YTD W-L: 7-9 (2-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 40 Montre-Carlo W-L (Best Result): (2007, 2010 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Has opened with wins over Sandgren and last year s finalist [15] Ramos-Vinolas Trying to reach third Monte Carlo QF. In 2007 debut, qualified and beat No. 12 Nalbandian in 2R (l. to No. 2 Nadal in QF) and 2010 (d. No. 4 Murray in 2R, l. to Ferrer). First time in 3R since 2013 (l. to Nadal). All 10 losses have come to Top 20 opponents, including seven to Top 10 foes. Snapped 12-match losing streak vs. Top 10 players, beating No. 3 Cilic en route to Indian Wells QF (l. to Del Potro). Reached 2R at Rotterdam (d. Khachanov, l. to Federer) and Dubai (l. to Tsitsipas). Started year 0-3 with losses in Sydney 1R (l. to Medvedev), Aus. Open 1R (l. to Nishioka) and Sofia 2R (l. to Basic). Mischa Zverev (GER) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA) Gasquet Leads Shenzhen (China) Hard QF Richard Gasquet 7-6(4) 7-6(2) M. Zverev 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 6-10 (3-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 22, 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 55 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2018 3rd Round) Tournament Note: Won 1R on Sunday over #NextGenATP [WC] Auger-Aliassime and followed on Tuesday with victory over [7] Pouille.. Last year made debut and lost in 1R to Vesely. Played in qualifying draw from and went 1-4. Trying to reach first quarter-final this season and third career ATP Masters 1000 QF (2009 Rome, 2016 Shanghai). Advanced to 2R at Brisbane (l. to Mmoh), Marseille (l. to Khachanov) and Indian Wells (l. to Querrey). Snapped 5-match losing streak with win over Kavcic in Marseille 1R. Only player to retire in Australian Open 1R (ret. vs. Chung due to viral illness). Ended 11-match doubles losing streak at Miami w/a. Zverev (d. S. Gonzalez/Verdasco, l. to Marach Pavic in 2R). Gasquet 2018 Summary F(1): Montpellier (l Pouille); SF(1): Marrakech (l Edmund) YTD W-L: 13-7 (5-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 34 Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 17-9 (2005 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: In his 10th appearance since 2002, opened on Tuesday with a win over [Q] Chardy and followed with victory over [10] Schwartzman. Best result is SF in 2005 debut (d. No. 1 Federer in SF, l. to eventual champ Nadal). Also QF in 2007 and Last week opened clay court circuit with SF in Marrakech (l. to Edmund) and one win away from becoming first Frenchman in Open Era with 500 career singles wins Advanced to 6th consecutive Montpellier final, falling to 3-3 in title matches (d. Goffin, l. to Pouille). Became 1st Frenchman in Open Era to reach 6 straight finals at a tour-level event. Suffered 9th loss in a row to Federer in Australian Open 3R. Fell to No. 37 in ATP Rankings on 26 February -- lowest since No. 38 on 6 September Defeated Haase to help France beat The Netherlands 3-1 in Davis Cup 1R. Retired in Rotterdam 1R vs. Herbert (groin) and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (knee).