QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, 6 January 2018 Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex Doha, Qatar 1-6 January 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,286,675 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com QatarTennis.org Martin Dagahs: mdagahs@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis Press Room: +974 44409621 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com MONFILS SEEKS ELUSIVE TITLE, HISTORY ON LINE FOR RUBLEV Gael Monfils is 6-20 in ATP World Tour finals and 0-3 with the Qatar ExxonMobil Open title on the line. On Saturday against Andrey Rublev, he can start anew with a championship to begin 2018. The Frenchman arrived as a wild card following a four-month hiatus due to a right knee injury. Monfils has found success in familiar territory, falling to then-no. 1 Roger Federer (2006), then-no. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2012) and then-no. 1 Rafael Nadal (2014) in his previous Doha finals. Monfils is one of three wild cards to reach the final in Doha s 26-year tournament history, joining Younes El Aynaoui in 1996 and Nicolas Escude in 2004. Escude, also from France, is the only wild card to win the Doha title. Monfils first final in Doha came as a 19-year-old, but his 20-year-old opponent on Saturday is bidding to become the youngest Qatar ExxonMobil Open champion ever. Rublev is through to the final despite hitting a total of 33 double faults in his four victories this week. INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Qatar ExxonMobil Open [WC] Gael Monfils Andrey Rublev Aces 18 9 1st-Serve Percentage 65% (148 of 226) 61% (188 of 310) 1st-Serve Points Won 76.4% (113 of 148) 75.5% (142 of 188) 2nd-Serve Points Won 46% (36 of 78) 39% (47 of 122) Service Games Won 82% (31 of 38) 80% (35 of 44) Break Points Saved 50% (7 of 14) 64% (16 of 25) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 33% (40 of 123) 36% (60 of 167) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 44% (39 of 88) 55% (52 of 94) Return Games Won 25% (9 of 36) 35% (15 of 43) Break Points Converted 45% (9 of 20) 60% (15 of 25) NOTE: Monfils leads Rublev in 5 of 6 service categories. Rublev leads in all 4 return categories. EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Qatar ExxonMobil Open Champion Finalist Ranking Points 250 150 Singles Prize Money ($) 218,180 114,900 Doubles Prize Money (4) 69,870 36,730 NOTE: Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic defeated Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares in the doubles final Friday.
Day 6 Saturday, 6 January 2018 Page 2 of 2 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES FINAL [WC] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Andrey Rublev (RUS) First Meeting Monfils 2017 Summary F (1): Eastbourne (l Djokovic); QF (2): Marseille (l Gasquet); Dubai (l Verdasco) 2017 W-L: 20-14 (12-7 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: 1 September 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 46 Doha W-L (Best Result): 22-7 (2006, 2012, 2014, 2018 Finalist) Tournament Note: Three-time finalist owns an 8-match win streak against Russians since 2010 US Open Reached 1st grass-court final of career at Eastbourne as WC (d. Gasquet 76 in 3rd, l. to Djokovic) Enjoyed 400th win of career over Brown in Roland Garros 1R on May 30 (l. to Wawrinka in 4R) Also reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Nadal) and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Thiem) Fell to 0-6 in Wimbledon 3R matches with 5-set loss to countryman Mannarino Retired vs Goffin in US Open 3R after suffering season-ending right knee injury Saved 4 MPs vs Nishikori in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R before squandering 1 MP vs Bautista Agut in 3R Squandered 2 MPs against countryman Simon in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R Fell to No. 46 in ATP Rankings on October 16 -- lowest since No. 49 on August 12, 2013 Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events at Miami (left knee), Monte-Carlo (left knee/achilles tendon), Rome (left Achilles tendon), Cincinnati (illness), Shanghai (right knee) and Paris (right knee) Rublev 2017 Summary W (1): Umag (d Lorenzi); QF (3): Halle (l Khachanov); US Open (l Nadal); Beijing (l A. Zverev) 2017 W-L: 21-18 (13-13 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 20 October 1997 (20) ATP Ranking: 39 Doha W-L (Best Result): 4-0 (2018 Finalist) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP player saved 1 MP with 2nd ace of match at 4-5 in 3rd set of SF vs. Pella Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and after 1st SF at Umag as LL (d. Dodig and Lorenzi) After losing to No. 174 Balazs in Umag Q2, became 1st lucky loser to win an ATP title since Ram at 2009 Newport Defeated Quinzi, Shapovalov and Coric en route to final of inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals (l. to Chung) Became youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Roddick in 2001 (d. Dimitrov and Goffin, l. to No. 1 Nadal) Ended 0-10 start to career in 2R matches by reaching 1st ATP QF at Halle as WC (d. Youzhny, l. to Khachanov) Beat Sock and Berdych before falling to former junior doubles partner A. Zverev in Beijing QF Broke into Top 150 on January 30, Top 100 on June 26 and Top 50 on July 24, peaking at No. 35 on October 9 Earned 1st Grand Slam main draw win of career at Australian Open as Q (d. Lu, l. to No. 1 Murray in 2R) Qualified at Marseille (l. to Marchenko in 1R) and Wimbledon (d. Travaglia in 5 sets, l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) Advanced to 3rd Challenger final of career at Rennes, FRA (l. to Ignatik 76 in 3rd)
QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, 5 January 2018 Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex Doha, Qatar 1-6 January 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,286,675 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com QatarTennis.org Martin Dagahs: mdagahs@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis Press Room: +974 44409621 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com NO. 1 SEED THIEM, 3-TIME FINALIST MONFILS TO MEET IN SEMIS Dominic Thiem entered the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with three career wins in Asia and Gael Monfils arrived following a four-month injury hiatus, yet on Friday they will clash in a semi-final showdown. Thiem, the World No. 5, ended a seven-match losing streak in hard-court quarter-finals and is seeking his first final on the surface since 2016 Metz. Monfils, meanwhile, has lost his last seven matches against Top 5 opponents after beating No. 2 Roger Federer at 2015 Monte-Carlo. Monfils, a wild card, is one of three unseeded semi-finalists alongside #NextGenATP player Andrey Rublev and Guido Pella. Both Rublev and Pella made their Doha debuts this week and are bidding for the first hard-court title of their respective careers. Rublev, 20, would be the youngest Doha finalist since Andy Murray in 2007 and the youngest champion in tournament history (since 1993). While only one seed reached the singles quarter-finals in Doha, the Top 2 seeds advanced to Friday s doubles final. Two-time Grand Slam champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares will meet 2017 Wimbledon finalists Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. All four men are playing for their first Doha title. Murray and Soares defeated Marach and Pavic for the Stuttgart title on June 18. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES SEMI-FINALS AND DOUBLES FINAL Guido Pella (ARG) vs Andrey Rublev (RUS) First Meeting Pella 2017 Summary F (1): Munich (l A. Zverev); SF (1): Chengdu (l Baghdatis); QF (1): Sao Paulo (l Ramos-Vinolas) 2017 W-L: 16-18 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 17 May 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 64 Doha W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2018 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Made 81% of 1st serves and won 77% of those points to beat [Q] Basic 62 63 in QF on Thursday Won 6 matches and advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour final at Munich as Q (l. to A. Zverev) Earned biggest win of career over No. 7 Thiem en route to Chengdu SF (l. to Baghdatis) Snapped 7-match losing streak by reaching Sao Paulo QF (d. Clezar and Berlocq, l. to Ramos-Vinolas) Advanced to 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Dimitrov, l. to Mahut) and Washington (l. to Bhambri) Qualified for Roland Garros (l. to Del Potro in 1R) and Vienna (l. to Carreno Busta in 1R) Squandered 1 MP vs Ramos-Vinolas in Buenos Aires 1R and 3 MPs vs Karlovic in Antwerp 1R Improved to 12-2 in ATP Challenger Tour finals at Milan, ITA (d. Delbonis) and Floridablanca, COL (d. Arguello) Dropped to No. 166 in ATP Rankings on February 27 -- lowest since No. 199 on March 30, 2015
Day 5 Friday, 5 January 2018 Page 2 of 3 Rublev 2017 Summary W (1): Umag (d Lorenzi); QF (3): Halle (l Khachanov); US Open (l Nadal); Beijing (l A. Zverev) 2017 W-L: 21-18 (13-13 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 20 October 1997 (20) ATP Ranking: 39 Doha W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2018 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Leads all Doha players in converting 71% of break points (10/14), but has hit 22 DFs this week Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and after 1st SF at Umag as LL (d. Dodig and Lorenzi) After losing to No. 174 Balazs in Umag Q2, became 1st lucky loser to win an ATP title since Ram at 2009 Newport Defeated Quinzi, Shapovalov and Coric en route to final of inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals (l. to Chung) Became youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Roddick in 2001 (d. Dimitrov and Goffin, l. to No. 1 Nadal) Ended 0-10 start to career in 2R matches by reaching 1st ATP QF at Halle as WC (d. Youzhny, l. to Khachanov) Beat Sock and Berdych before falling to former junior doubles partner A. Zverev in Beijing QF Broke into Top 150 on January 30, Top 100 on June 26 and Top 50 on July 24, peaking at No. 35 on October 9 Earned 1st Grand Slam main draw win of career at Australian Open as Q (d. Lu, l. to No. 1 Murray in 2R) Qualified at Marseille (l. to Marchenko in 1R) and Wimbledon (d. Travaglia in 5 sets, l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) Advanced to 3rd Challenger final of career at Rennes, FRA (l. to Ignatik 76 in 3rd) [1] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs [WC] Gael Monfils (FRA) Thiem Leads 3-0 15 Umag (Croatia) Clay SF Dominic Thiem 1-6 6-3 6-1 16 ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Dominic Thiem 6-3 1-6 6-4 17 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-2 Thiem 2017 Summary W (1): Rio de Janeiro (d Carreno Busta); F (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Roland Garros (l Nadal); QF (6): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Sydney (l Evans); Rotterdam (l Herbert); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Ferrer) 2017 W-L: 49-27 (21-19 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: 3 September 1993 (24) ATP Ranking: 5 Doha W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2018 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Did not drop a set en route to Doha SF, snapping 7-match losing streak in hard-court QFs Broke into Top 5 and achieved career-high No. 4 in ATP Rankings on November 6 Swept all 10 sets en route to 2nd ATP World Tour 500 title and 8th title overall at Rio de Janeiro (d. Carreno Busta) Appeared in 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF and final at Madrid (d. Dimitrov after saving 5 MPs in 3R, l. to Nadal) Earned 1st win over World No. 1 by beating Murray to reach ATP World Tour 500 final at Barcelona (l. to Nadal) Did not drop a set en route to 2nd straight Roland Garros SF (d. Djokovic 76 63 60, l. to Nadal 63 64 60) Saved 3 MPs vs Querrey and ended Nadal s 19-match win streak on clay to reach Rome SF (l. to Djokovic 61 60) Became 2nd player to post clay-court wins over Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Murray (also Wawrinka) Reached 4R at Aus. Open (l. to Goffin), Wimbledon (l. to Berdych) and US Open (l. to Del Potro after holding 2 MPs) One of 2 players to reach 2nd week at all 4 Grand Slams in 2017 (also Nadal) Qualified for 2nd straight Nitto ATP Finals, posting 1-2 record in both 2016 and 2017 Squandered 1 MP vs Anderson in Washington 3R and 4 MPs vs Schwartzman in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R Monfils 2017 Summary F (1): Eastbourne (l Djokovic); QF (2): Marseille (l Gasquet); Dubai (l Verdasco) 2017 W-L: 20-14 (12-7 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: 1 September 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 46 Doha W-L (Best Result): 22-7 (2006, 2012, 2014 Finalist)
Day 5 Friday, 5 January 2018 Page 3 of 3 Tournament Note: Three-time finalist seeks biggest win since beating No. 2 Federer in 2015 Monte-Carlo 3R Reached 1st grass-court final of career at Eastbourne as WC (d. Gasquet 76 in 3rd, l. to Djokovic) Enjoyed 400th win of career over Brown in Roland Garros 1R on May 30 (l. to Wawrinka in 4R) Also reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Nadal) and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Thiem) Fell to 0-6 in Wimbledon 3R matches with 5-set loss to countryman Mannarino Retired vs Goffin in US Open 3R after suffering season-ending right knee injury Saved 4 MPs vs Nishikori in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R before squandering 1 MP vs Bautista Agut in 3R Squandered 2 MPs against countryman Simon in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R Fell to No. 46 in ATP Rankings on October 16 -- lowest since No. 49 on August 12, 2013 Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events at Miami (left knee), Monte-Carlo (left knee/achilles tendon), Rome (left Achilles tendon), Cincinnati (illness), Shanghai (right knee) and Paris (right knee) WILD CARDS IN DOHA SEMI-FINALS 2018 Gael Monfils Semi-finalist 2009 Gael Monfils Semi-finalist 2004 Nicolas Escude Champion 1999 Karim Alami Semi-finalist 1996 Younes El Aynaoui Finalist [1] Jamie Murray (GBR)/Bruno Soares (BRA) vs J. Murray/Soares Leads 1-0 [2] Oliver Marach (AUT)/Mate Pavic (CRO) 17 Stuttgart (Germany) Grass F J. Murray/Soares 6-7(4) 7-5 [10-5] Murray and Soares are 90-39 as a team (6-5 in finals) and are seeking 1st title since London/Queen s Club in June Defeated Marach/Pavic 67(4) 75 [10-5] in only meeting to capture Stuttgart title last season Captured 2016 Australian Open title in 3rd tournament as a team (d. Nestor/Stepanek), then added 2016 US Open title (d. Carreno Busta/Garcia-Lopez) Murray is 19-20 in finals overall, winning titles with younger brother Andy at 2010 Valencia and 2011 Tokyo Soares is 26-25 in finals overall, winning titles in 10 straight seasons and with 6 different partners Soares reached 2014 Doha final w/peya (l. to Berdych/Hajek) Marach and Pavic are 33-16 as a team (1-3 in finals), winning their 1st title together at Stockholm in October Began teaming in March 2017 and participated as alternates at Nitto ATP Finals (d. Bryan/Bryan) Advanced to 2017 Wimbledon final (d. Mektic/Skugor 17-15 in 5th, l. to Kubot/Melo 13-11 in 5th) Marach is 17-21 in finals overall, winning titles with 10 different partners and reaching 1+ final in 13 straight years Pavic is 8-13 in finals overall, reaching 19th final since start of 2015 season (8-10 not including 2018 Doha)
QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, 4 January 2018 Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex Doha, Qatar 1-6 January 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,286,675 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com QatarTennis.org Martin Dagahs: mdagahs@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis Press Room: +974 44409621 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com #NEXTGENATP DUO AMONG 7 UNSEEDED DOHA QUARTER-FINALISTS Thursday s Qatar ExxonMobil Open quarter-finals feature players from eight countries, including two qualifiers, two #NextGenATP members, one wild card and just one seed. World No. 5 Dominic Thiem is the lone seed to have survived a string of first- and second-round upsets, marking the only time in Doha s 26-year tournament history that fewer than 2 seeds advanced to the quarter-finals. Thiem s opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas is one of the two qualifiers and one of the two #NextGenATP members remaining. The 19-year-old Greek sensation is the youngest Qatar ExxonMobil Open quarter-finalist since 2006 runner-up Gael Monfils. Twelve years and two more finals later, Monfils has made good on his wild card this week and will meet Peter Gojowczyk in the quarter-finals. Qualifier Mirza Basic opens play against Guido Pella. Two qualifiers are into the Doha quarters for just the second time (Gojowczyk and Dustin Brown in 2014). Never in tournament history have two qualifiers reached the semi-finals. Andrey Rublev and Borna Coric follow in a rematch of the 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals. Rublev, who defeated Coric in the semi-finals, is eligible to return to Milan in 2018. Coric turns 22 this year and therefore is no longer considered a #NextGenATP player. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS [Q] Mirza Basic (BIH) vs Guido Pella (ARG) First Meeting Basic 2017 Summary SF (1): Moscow (l Dzumhur) 2017 W-L: 4-2 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 12 July 1991 (26) ATP Ranking: 138 Doha W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: After edging Seppi 76(3) 67(5) 76(5) to qualify, upset [8] Lopez to reach 2nd ATP World Tour QF Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF and SF at Moscow as Q (d. Medvedev, l. to eventual champion Dzumhur) Captured 2nd ATP Challenger Tour title at Guadalajara, MEX (d. Shapovalov) Fell in Recanati, ITA Challenger final (l. to Galovic) Ended season with back-to-back Challenger SFs at Brescia, ITA (l. to Lacko) and Andria, ITA (l. to Heyman) Lost in qualifying at Doha, Australian Open, Budapest, Istanbul, Roland Garros, Stuttgart, Wimbledon and US Open Went 2-0 in Bosnia s 5-0 Davis Cup Group I win over Poland and 0-2 in Bosnia s 3-1 Group I loss to the Netherlands Pella 2017 Summary F (1): Munich (l A. Zverev); SF (1): Chengdu (l Baghdatis); QF (1): Sao Paulo (l Ramos-Vinolas) 2017 W-L: 16-18 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 17 May 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 64 Doha W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finalist)
Day 4 Thursday, 4 January 2018 Page 2 of 4 Tournament Note: Trailed 53 in 3rd set before rallying for 26 75 75 win over [4] Ramos-Vinolas in 1R Won 6 matches and advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour final at Munich as Q (l. to A. Zverev) Earned biggest win of career over No. 7 Thiem en route to Chengdu SF (l. to Baghdatis) Snapped 7-match losing streak by reaching Sao Paulo QF (d. Clezar and Berlocq, l. to Ramos-Vinolas) Advanced to 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Dimitrov, l. to Mahut) and Washington (l. to Bhambri) Qualified for Roland Garros (l. to Del Potro in 1R) and Vienna (l. to Carreno Busta in 1R) Squandered 1 MP vs Ramos-Vinolas in Buenos Aires 1R and 3 MPs vs Karlovic in Antwerp 1R Improved to 12-2 in ATP Challenger Tour finals at Milan, ITA (d. Delbonis) and Floridablanca, COL (d. Arguello) Dropped to No. 166 in ATP Rankings on February 27 -- lowest since No. 199 on March 30, 2015 Andrey Rublev (RUS) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Rublev Leads 1-0 17 Next Gen ATP Finals (Italy) Hard SF Andrey Rublev 4-1 4-3(6) 4-1 Rublev 2017 Summary W (1): Umag (d Lorenzi); QF (3): Halle (l Khachanov); US Open (l Nadal); Beijing (l A. Zverev) 2017 W-L: 21-18 (13-13 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 20 October 1997 (20) ATP Ranking: 39 Doha W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Overcame 9 DFs and saved 7/11 BPs to defeat [7] Verdasco 64 36 64 in 2R on Wednesday Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and after 1st SF at Umag as LL (d. Dodig and Lorenzi) After losing to No. 174 Balazs in Umag Q2, became 1st lucky loser to win an ATP title since Ram at 2009 Newport Defeated Quinzi, Shapovalov and Coric en route to final of inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals (l. to Chung) Became youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Roddick in 2001 (d. Dimitrov and Goffin, l. to No. 1 Nadal) Ended 0-10 start to career in 2R matches by reaching 1st ATP QF at Halle as WC (d. Youzhny, l. to Khachanov) Beat Sock and Berdych before falling to former junior doubles partner A. Zverev in Beijing QF Broke into Top 150 on January 30, Top 100 on June 26 and Top 50 on July 24, peaking at No. 35 on October 9 Earned 1st Grand Slam main draw win of career at Australian Open as Q (d. Lu, l. to No. 1 Murray in 2R) Qualified at Marseille (l. to Marchenko in 1R) and Wimbledon (d. Travaglia in 5 sets, l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) Advanced to 3rd Challenger final of career at Rennes, FRA (l. to Ignatik 76 in 3rd) Coric 2017 Summary W (1): Marrakech (d Kohlschreiber); QF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Thiem); Winston-Salem (l Struff) 2017 W-L: 24-26 (15-18 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 14 November 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 48 Doha W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Broke [2] Carreno Busta twice when he served for match and saved 3 MPs in 1R win on Tuesday Saved 5 championship points to defeat Kohlschreiber for 1st ATP World Tour title at Marrakech Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF as LL (l. to Thiem) First lucky loser to defeat World No. 1 since Canas beat Federer in 2007 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R Upset No. 8 Thiem in Miami 2R (l. to Mannarino in 3R) and No. 6 A. Zverev in US Open 2R (l. to Anderson in 3R) Went 3-0 en route to Next Gen ATP Finals SF (d. Donaldson, Medvedev and Khachanov in RR; l. to Rublev) Snapped 6-match losing streak by beating fellow #NextGenATP player Khachanov at Rotterdam (l. to Cilic in 2R) Went 0-4 vs Cilic with losses in Rotterdam 2R, Acapulco 2R, Basel 2R and ATP Masters 1000 Paris 2R as Q Withdrew from Umag and Hamburg (neck). Replaced in Umag by fellow #NextGenATP player Rublev, who won title.
Day 4 Thursday, 4 January 2018 Page 3 of 4 [1] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs [Q] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) First Meeting Thiem 2017 Summary W (1): Rio de Janeiro (d Carreno Busta); F (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Roland Garros (l Nadal); QF (6): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Sydney (l Evans); Rotterdam (l Herbert); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Ferrer) 2017 W-L: 49-27 (21-19 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: 3 September 1993 (24) ATP Ranking: 5 Doha W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Only remaining seed enjoyed straight-set wins over Donskoy 76(3) 63 and Bedene 75 64 Broke into Top 5 and achieved career-high No. 4 in ATP Rankings on November 6 Swept all 10 sets en route to 2nd ATP World Tour 500 title and 8th title overall at Rio de Janeiro (d. Carreno Busta) Appeared in 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF and final at Madrid (d. Dimitrov after saving 5 MPs in 3R, l. to Nadal) Earned 1st win over World No. 1 by beating Murray to reach ATP World Tour 500 final at Barcelona (l. to Nadal) Did not drop a set en route to 2nd straight Roland Garros SF (d. Djokovic 76 63 60, l. to Nadal 63 64 60) Saved 3 MPs vs Querrey and ended Nadal s 19-match win streak on clay to reach Rome SF (l. to Djokovic 61 60) Became 2nd player to post clay-court wins over Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Murray (also Wawrinka) Reached 4R at Aus. Open (l. to Goffin), Wimbledon (l. to Berdych) and US Open (l. to Del Potro after holding 2 MPs) One of 2 players to reach 2nd week at all 4 Grand Slams in 2017 (also Nadal) Qualified for 2nd straight Nitto ATP Finals, posting 1-2 record in both 2016 and 2017 Squandered 1 MP vs Anderson in Washington 3R and 4 MPs vs Schwartzman in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R Tsitsipas 2017 Summary SF (1): Antwerp (l Schwartzman) 2017 W-L: 4-10 (4-7 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 12 August 1998 (19) ATP Ranking: 91 Doha W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP qualifier is seeking biggest win of his career over World No. 5 Thiem Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF and SF at Antwerp as Q (d. Goffin 76 in 3rd, l. to Schwartzman) Broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on October 23 and achieved career-high No. 87 on November 6 Became 1st Greek ever in Top 100 and 1st Greek semi-finalist since Kalogeropoulos at 1973 Des Moines Earned 1st ATP World Tour win in 9th try at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai as Q (d. Khachanov, l. to Isner in 2R) Qualified an ATP-best 8 times overall, losing in 1R at Istanbul (l. to Dzumhur), Roland Garros (l. to Karlovic), Wimbledon (l. to Lajovic), Metz (l. to Paire), Chengdu (l. to Donaldson) and Tokyo (l. to Cilic) Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Challenger Tour title at Genoa, ITA (d. Garcia-Lopez) Reached Challenger finals in singles at Brest, FRA (l. to Moutet) and doubles at Scheveningen, NED w/kovalik (l. to Gille/J. Vliegen) TEENAGERS IN DOHA QUARTER-FINALS QUALIFIERS IN DOHA QUARTER-FINALS 2018 Stefanos Tsitsipas Quarter-finalist 2018 Stefanos Tsitsipas Quarter-finalist 2007 Andy Murray Finalist 2018 Mirza Basic Quarter-finalist 2006 Gael Monfils Finalist 2017 Radek Stepanek Quarter-finalist 2005 Rafael Nadal Quarter-finalist 2016 Kyle Edmund Quarter-finalist 2014 Peter Gojowczyk Semi-finalist 2014 Dustin Brown Quarter-finalist 2013 Daniel Brands Semi-finalist 2010 Steve Darcis Quarter-finalist 2003 Andreas Vinciguerra Quarter-finalist 2002 Radek Stepanek Quarter-finalist 2001 Bohdan Ulihrach Finalist 1999 Rainer Schuettler Champion 1996 Nicolas Pereira Quarter-finalist
Day 4 Thursday, 4 January 2018 Page 4 of 4 [WC] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER) Monfils Leads 1-0 14 Davis Cup QF (France) Hard RR Gael Monfils 6-1 7-6(0) 6-2 Monfils 2017 Summary F (1): Eastbourne (l Djokovic); QF (2): Marseille (l Gasquet); Dubai (l Verdasco) 2017 W-L: 20-14 (12-7 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: 1 September 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 46 Doha W-L (Best Result): 21-7 (2006, 2012, 2014 Finalist) Tournament Note: Three-time finalist returned to tour with 3-set wins over Lorenzi 63 36 64 and Struff 63 16 63 Reached 1st grass-court final of career at Eastbourne as WC (d. Gasquet 76 in 3rd, l. to Djokovic) Enjoyed 400th win of career over Brown in Roland Garros 1R on May 30 (l. to Wawrinka in 4R) Also reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Nadal) and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Thiem) Fell to 0-6 in Wimbledon 3R matches with 5-set loss to countryman Mannarino Retired vs Goffin in US Open 3R after suffering season-ending right knee injury Saved 4 MPs vs Nishikori in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R before squandering 1 MP vs Bautista Agut in 3R Squandered 2 MPs against countryman Simon in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R Fell to No. 46 in ATP Rankings on October 16 -- lowest since No. 49 on August 12, 2013 Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events at Miami (left knee), Monte-Carlo (left knee/achilles tendon), Rome (left Achilles tendon), Cincinnati (illness), Shanghai (right knee) and Paris (right knee) WILD CARDS IN DOHA QUARTER-FINALS 2018 Gael Monfils Quarter-finalist 2009 Gael Monfils Semi-finalist 2004 Nicolas Escude Champion 1999 Karim Alami Semi-finalist 1998 Bernd Karbacher Quarter-finalist 1996 Younes El Aynaoui Finalist 1994 Henri Leconte Quarter-finalist Gojowczyk 2017 Summary W (1): Metz (d Paire); SF (1): Newport (l Ebden) 2017 W-L: 14-9 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 15 July 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 60 (Career-High) Doha W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2014 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: 2014 semi-finalist earned straight-set wins over [6] Krajinovic 64 61 and [Q] Berrettini 62 62 Earned 7 wins in 8 days at Metz to capture 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final as a qualifier (d. Paire) Became 1st qualifier to win an ATP World Tour title since Mahut at 2015 s-hertogenbosch Achieved career-high No. 60 in ATP Rankings on November 6 Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour SF at Newport (d. Karlovic after saving 1 MP, l. to Ebden) Reached 2R as Q at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Carreno Busta), Stuttgart (l. to Paire) and Wimbledon (l. to Bautista Agut) and as LL at ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l. to Thiem) Retired in Australian Open Q2 (abdomen) and Miami Q1 (right foot), then missed 2+ months of action Did not drop a set en route 5th ATP Challenger Tour title at Happy Valley, AUS (d. Jasika) Also advanced to Quimper, FRA Challenger final (l. to Mannarino)
QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, 3 January 2018 Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex Doha, Qatar 1-6 January 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,286,675 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com QatarTennis.org Martin Dagahs: mdagahs@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis Press Room: +974 44409621 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FOUR QUALIFIERS JOIN TOP SEED THIEM IN DOHA SECOND ROUND Qualifiers Stefanos Tsitsipas, Mirza Basic, Matteo Berrettini and Stefano Travaglia are off to a dream start in 2018. After qualifying at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on New Year s Eve, all four men advanced to Wednesday s second round. Meanwhile, three of the Top 4 seeds in Doha were upset on Tuesday, creating a wide-open field at the 2017 ATP World Tour 250 Tournament of the Year. Basic, Berrettini and Travaglia are in action on Court 1, while Tsitsipas plays his second straight match on Centre Court against 2013 champion Richard Gasquet. Tsitsipas has picked up in Doha where he left off in 2017. The #NextGenATP Greek led all players by qualifying for eight tour-level events last season, highlighted by a run from the qualies to the semi-finals at Antwerp in October. Another #NextGenATP player, Andrey Rublev, opens play on Centre Court against No. 7 seed Fernando Verdasco. Top seed Dominic Thiem, who avoided an opening-round upset, follows against Aljaz Bedene. Then, three-time finalist Gael Monfils meets Jan-Lennard Struff. In his first match since September 2, Monfils returned from his right knee injury with a victory on Tuesday. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: WEDNESDAY 2ND-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT [7] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Andrey Rublev (RUS) Series Tied 1-1 15 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R64 Andrey Rublev 7-6(4) 6-3 17 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R64 Fernando Verdasco 7-6(1) 7-6(6) Verdasco 2017 Summary F (1): Dubai (l Murray); SF (3): Doha (l Djokovic); Bastad (l Ferrer); Stockholm (l Del Potro); QF (4): Houston (l Johnson); Budapest (l Djere); Antalya (l Mannarino); ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l Sock) 2017 W-L: 29-25 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: 15 November 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 35 Doha W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Saved 9/15 BPs and converted 9/16 BPs to defeat Sela 46 64 60 on Monday Beat Bautista Agut and Monfils en route to Dubai final, where he fell to 0-12 vs World No. 1 (l. to Murray) Rose to No. 29 in ATP Rankings on March 6 -- highest since No. 29 on July 7, 2014 Lost to eventual champions in SFs at Doha (l. to Djokovic after holding 5 MPs), Bastad (l. to Ferrer) and Stockholm (l. to Del Potro), as well as in QFs at Houston (l. to Johnson) and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (d. Thiem, l. to Sock). Reached Roland Garros singles 4R (l. to Nishikori) and doubles SF w/zimonjic (l. to S. Gonzalez/Young) Saved 2 MPs to beat Escobedo in Los Cabos 1R, but squandered 1 MP in Budapest QF loss to Djere Withdrew from Sydney (fatigue), ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (right leg) and Basel (knee)
Day 3 Wednesday, 3 January 2018 Page 2 of 4 Rublev 2017 Summary W (1): Umag (d Lorenzi); QF (3): Halle (l Khachanov); US Open (l Nadal); Beijing (l A. Zverev) 2017 W-L: 21-18 (13-13 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 20 October 1997 (20) ATP Ranking: 39 Doha W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Won 13/13 points on 1st serve and led 61 when opponent Stebe retired on Monday Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and after 1st SF at Umag as LL (d. Dodig and Lorenzi) After losing to No. 174 Balazs in Umag Q2, became 1st lucky loser to win an ATP title since Ram at 2009 Newport Defeated Quinzi, Shapovalov and Coric en route to final of inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals (l. to Chung) Became youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Roddick in 2001 (d. Dimitrov and Goffin, l. to No. 1 Nadal) Ended 0-10 start to career in 2R matches by reaching 1st ATP QF at Halle as WC (d. Youzhny, l. to Khachanov) Beat Sock and Berdych before falling to former junior doubles partner A. Zverev in Beijing QF Broke into Top 150 on January 30, Top 100 on June 26 and Top 50 on July 24, peaking at No. 35 on October 9 Earned 1st Grand Slam main draw win of career at Australian Open as Q (d. Lu, l. to No. 1 Murray in 2R) Qualified at Marseille (l. to Marchenko in 1R) and Wimbledon (d. Travaglia in 5 sets, l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) Advanced to 3rd Challenger final of career at Rennes, FRA (l. to Ignatik 76 in 3rd) [1] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Aljaz Bedene (SLO) Thiem Leads 1-0 15 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 Other Meeting 15 Irving CH (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Aljaz Bedene 6-4 3-6 6-2 Thiem 2017 Summary W (1): Rio de Janeiro (d Carreno Busta); F (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Roland Garros (l Nadal); QF (6): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Sydney (l Evans); Rotterdam (l Herbert); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Ferrer) 2017 W-L: 49-27 (21-19 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: 3 September 1993 (24) ATP Ranking: 5 Doha W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Won 92% of 1st-serve points to defeat Donskoy 76(3) 63 on Monday, improving to 4-12 in Asia Broke into Top 5 and achieved career-high No. 4 in ATP Rankings on November 6 Swept all 10 sets en route to 2nd ATP World Tour 500 title and 8th title overall at Rio de Janeiro (d. Carreno Busta) Appeared in 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF and final at Madrid (d. Dimitrov after saving 5 MPs in 3R, l. to Nadal) Earned 1st win over World No. 1 by beating Murray to reach ATP World Tour 500 final at Barcelona (l. to Nadal) Did not drop a set en route to 2nd straight Roland Garros SF (d. Djokovic 76 63 60, l. to Nadal 63 64 60) Saved 3 MPs vs Querrey and ended Nadal s 19-match win streak on clay to reach Rome SF (l. to Djokovic 61 60) Became 2nd player to post clay-court wins over Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Murray (also Wawrinka) Reached 4R at Aus. Open (l. to Goffin), Wimbledon (l. to Berdych) and US Open (l. to Del Potro after holding 2 MPs) One of 2 players to reach 2nd week at all 4 Grand Slams in 2017 (also Nadal) Qualified for 2nd straight Nitto ATP Finals, posting 1-2 record in both 2016 and 2017 Squandered 1 MP vs Anderson in Washington 3R and 4 MPs vs Schwartzman in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R Bedene 2017 Summary F (1): Budapest (l Pouille); QF (2): Chennai (l Paire); 's-hertogenbosch (l Muller) 2017 W-L: 19-18 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 18 July 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 49 Doha W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round)
Day 3 Wednesday, 3 January 2018 Page 3 of 4 Tournament Note: Representing native Slovenia for 1st time since 2015, defeated [WC] Jaziri 75 61 on Tuesday Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour final at Budapest as Q (l. to Pouille) Also qualified at Rotterdam (l. to Istomin in 1R), Miami (ret vs Struff in 1R) and Rome (l. to Djokovic in 2R) Reached QFs at Chennai (l. to Paire) and s-hertogenbosch (l. to eventual champion Muller) Appeared in Grand Slam 3R for 2nd time at Wimbledon (d. Karlovic 86 in 5th, l. to Muller) Won 16 straight ATP World Tour, ATP qualifying and Challenger matches from April 3-30 Went 15-0 record on ATP Challenger Tour, winning 12th, 13th and 14th titles of his career respectively at Irving, USA (d. Kukushkin); Sophia Antipolis, FRA (d. Paire) and Barletta, ITA (d. Elias) Retired in Miami 1R (hamstring), Beijing 2R (right knee) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai 2R (right knee) Withdrew from London/Queen s Club and Eastbourne (wrist), as well as Antwerp and Basel (right knee) Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs [WC] Gael Monfils (FRA) Monfils Leads 1-0 14 Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Gael Monfils 7-6(4) 6-4 6-1 Struff 2017 Summary SF (2): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); St. Petersburg (l Dzumhur); QF (3): Marrakech (l Kohlschreiber); Munich (l A. Zverev); Vienna (l Edmund) 2017 W-L: 28-29 (16-15 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 25 April 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 53 Doha W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2015 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Won 9 fewer points than Berdych (100-91), but still upset No. 3 seed 64 16 76(4) on Tuesday Earned career-high 28 wins and achieved career-high No. 44 in ATP Rankings on May 8 Fell to 0-5 in ATP SFs at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) and St. Petersburg (d. Tsonga, l. to Dzumhur) Advanced to QFs at Marrakech (l. to Kohlschreiber), Munich (l. to A. Zverev) and Vienna (l. to Edmund) Reached 3R at ATP Masters 100 events in Miami (l. to Delbonis), Monte-Carlo as Q (d. Dimitrov, l. to Schwartzman) and Shanghai (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). Also qualified at Rome (l. to Querrey in 2R) and Paris (l. to Coric). Lost in 1R at Aus. Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open (11-match Grand Slam main draw losing streak) Squandered 1 MP in Stuttgart 2R vs Pouille; saved 3 MPs in Stockholm 1R vs Copil (l. to Del Potro in 2R) Canberra, AUS Challenger singles runner-up (l. to Sela) and doubles champion w/begemann (d. Berlocq/Molteni) Also won Genoa, ITA Challenger doubles title w/puetz (d. Andreozzi/Behar) Clinched Germany s Davis Cup Play-off win over Portugal (d. Sousa in 5 sets after saving 1 MP) Withdrew from Montpellier due to illness Monfils 2017 Summary F (1): Eastbourne (l Djokovic); QF (2): Marseille (l Gasquet); Dubai (l Verdasco) 2017 W-L: 20-14 (12-7 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: 1 September 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 46 Doha W-L (Best Result): 20-7 (2006, 2012, 2014 Finalist) Tournament Note: Three-time finalist defeated Lorenzi 63 36 64 on Tuesday in 1st match since September 2 Reached 1st grass-court final of career at Eastbourne as WC (d. Gasquet 76 in 3rd, l. to Djokovic) Enjoyed 400th win of career over Brown in Roland Garros 1R on May 30 (l. to Wawrinka in 4R) Also reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Nadal) and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Thiem) Fell to 0-6 in Wimbledon 3R matches with 5-set loss to countryman Mannarino Retired vs Goffin in US Open 3R after suffering season-ending right knee injury Saved 4 MPs vs Nishikori in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R before squandering 1 MP vs Bautista Agut in 3R Squandered 2 MPs against countryman Simon in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R Fell to No. 46 in ATP Rankings on October 16 -- lowest since No. 49 on August 12, 2013 Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events at Miami (left knee), Monte-Carlo (left knee/achilles tendon), Rome (left Achilles tendon), Cincinnati (illness), Shanghai (right knee) and Paris (right knee)
Day 3 Wednesday, 3 January 2018 Page 4 of 4 [Q] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [5] Richard Gasquet (FRA) First Meeting Tsitsipas 2017 Summary SF (1): Antwerp (l Schwartzman) 2017 W-L: 4-10 (4-7 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 12 August 1998 (19) ATP Ranking: 91 Doha W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP qualifier hit 10 aces and 0 DFs to defeat F. Mayer 46 75 64 on Monday Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF and SF at Antwerp as Q (d. Goffin 76 in 3rd, l. to Schwartzman) Broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on October 23 and achieved career-high No. 87 on November 6 Became 1st Greek ever in Top 100 and 1st Greek semi-finalist since Kalogeropoulos at 1973 Des Moines Earned 1st ATP World Tour win in 9th try at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai as Q (d. Khachanov, l. to Isner in 2R) Qualified an ATP-best 8 times overall, losing in 1R at Istanbul (l. to Dzumhur), Roland Garros (l. to Karlovic), Wimbledon (l. to Lajovic), Metz (l. to Paire), Chengdu (l. to Donaldson) and Tokyo (l. to Cilic) Fell in 1R as WC at Rotterdam (l. to Tsonga) and Marseille (l. to Youzhny) Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Challenger Tour title at Genoa, ITA (d. Garcia-Lopez) Reached Challenger finals in singles at Brest, FRA (l. to Moutet) and doubles at Scheveningen, NED w/kovalik (l. to Gille/J. Vliegen) Gasquet 2017 Summary F (1): Montpellier (l A. Zverev); SF (3): Marseille (l Pouille); Halle (l A. Zverev); Eastbourne (l Monfils); QF (4): Estoril (l Anderson); Tokyo (l Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer); Vienna (l Pouille) 2017 W-L: 29-18 (20-12 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: 18 June 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 31 Doha W-L (Best Result): 9-3 (2013 Champion) Tournament Note: 2013 champion won 71% of total points to defeat [Alt] Estrella Burgos 60 62 on Tuesday Appeared in 5th straight Montpellier final, falling to A. Zverev as 11-match tournament win streak came to an end Beat Monfils en route to SFs at Marseille (l. to Pouille) and Halle (l. to A. Zverev), but lost to him in Eastbourne SF Reached 4 other QFs, including ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Federer) and Vienna (d. Thiem, l. to Pouille) Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov) and Roland Garros (ret vs Monfils due to right thigh injury) Squandered 3 MPs to eventual champion A. Zverev in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R Dropped to No. 32 in ATP Rankings on October 23 -- lowest since No. 33 on January 24, 2011 Returned to ATP Challenger Tour for 1st time since 2010 and won 9th title on tour at Szczecin, POL (d. F. Mayer) Missed 1st 5 ATP Masters 1000 events of season -- Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo following appendicitis surgery, then Madrid and Rome due to back injury. Also withdrew from Bastad and Hamburg due to back injury. COURT 1 [8] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs [Q] Mirza Basic (BIH) First Meeting [Q] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER) First Meeting [Q] Stefano Travaglia (ITA) vs Guido Pella (ARG) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 15 Caltanissetta CH (Italy) Clay R32 Guido Pella 6-4 6-0 COURT 2 Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Basilashvili Leads 2-0 17 Lyon (France) Clay R32 Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 5-7 6-4 17 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 7-6(5)
QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, 2 January 2018 Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex Doha, Qatar 1-6 January 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,286,675 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com QatarTennis.org Martin Dagahs: mdagahs@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis Press Room: +974 44409621 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @QatarTennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FORMER FINALISTS BERDYCH, GASQUET, MONFILS IN ACTION Former Top 10 players and Qatar ExxonMobil Open finalists Tomas Berdych, Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils are in first-round action Tuesday at the 2017 ATP World Tour 250 Tournament of the Year. They will be joined on Centre Court by No. 2 seed and World No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta, who plays his first singles match of the season against Doha debutant Borna Coric. Carreno Busta reached his first ATP Masters 1000 and Grand Slam semi-finals in 2017 at Indian Wells and the US Open respectively. But after achieving a new career-high ranking 10 times last season, he has lost eight of his last nine matches. Berdych, the 2015 Doha finalist, follows against Jan-Lennard Struff. The 6-foot-5 Czech also reached the Doha semi-finals in 2016 and 2017. Gasquet and Monfils round out the schedule against 37-year-old Victor Estrella Burgos and 36- year-old Paolo Lorenzi respectively. Berdych, Gasquet and Monfils are all seeking their first ATP World Tour title since 2016. Estrella Burgos, on the other hand, captured his third straight Quito title in 2017. The Dominican is 15-0 lifetime in Quito and 29-57 at all other ATP and Grand Slam events. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT Borna Coric (CRO) vs [2] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) Carreno Busta Leads 1-0 15 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard R32 Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4 6-3 Coric 2017 Summary W (1): Marrakech (d Kohlschreiber); QF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Thiem); Winston-Salem (l Struff) 2017 W-L: 24-26 (15-18 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 14 November 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 48 Doha W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Saved 5 championship points to defeat Kohlschreiber for 1st ATP World Tour title at Marrakech Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF as LL (l. to Thiem) First lucky loser to defeat World No. 1 since Canas beat Federer in 2007 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R Upset No. 8 Thiem in Miami 2R (l. to Mannarino in 3R) and No. 6 A. Zverev in US Open 2R (l. to Anderson in 3R) Went 3-0 en route to Next Gen ATP Finals SF (d. Donaldson, Medvedev and Khachanov in RR; l. to Rublev) Snapped 6-match losing streak by beating fellow #NextGenATP player Khachanov at Rotterdam (l. to Cilic in 2R) Went 0-4 vs Cilic with losses in Rotterdam 2R, Acapulco 2R, Basel 2R and ATP Masters 1000 Paris 2R as Q Withdrew from Umag and Hamburg (neck). Replaced in Umag by fellow #NextGenATP player Rublev, who won title.
Day 2 Tuesday, 2 January 2018 Page 2 of 5 Carreno Busta 2017 Summary W (1): Estoril (d Muller); F (1): Rio de Janeiro (l Thiem); SF (4): Buenos Aires (l Dolgopolov); Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Wawrinka); US Open (l Anderson); QF (2): Sydney (l Kuznetsov); Roland Garros (l Nadal) 2017 W-L: 36-26 (16-17 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: 12 July 1991 (26) ATP Ranking: 10 (Career-High) Doha W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2016 1st Round) Tournament Note: Lost to countryman and then-no. 5 Nadal 67(5) 63 61 in 2016 Doha 1R Became 1st player in Open Era to face 4 qualifiers at a Grand Slam en route to US Open SF (l. to Anderson) Earned 1st win in 17th match vs Top 10 to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (d. Raonic, ret vs Nadal) Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF and SF at Indian Wells (d. Cuevas after saving 2 MPs, l. to Wawrinka) Did not drop a set en route to 3rd ATP World Tour singles title at Estoril (d. Robredo, Almagro, Ferrer and Muller) Achieved new career-high 10 times in ATP Rankings, peaking at No. 10 on September 11 Enjoyed run to Rio de Janeiro singles final (l. to Thiem) and won doubles title w/cuevas (d. Cabal/Farah) Saved 1 MP in Rio singles SF (d. No. 208 Ruud 26 75 60) and doubles SF (d. J. Murray/Soares 12-10 in Match TB) Lost 8 of last 9 matches in 2017, including 2 as alternate at Nitto ATP Finals (l. to Thiem and Dimitrov) Defeated Lopez/Lopez en route to Australian Open doubles SF w/garcia-lopez (l. to Bryan/Bryan) Squandered 3 MPs in Davis Cup 1R loss to No. 223 Skugor before clinching tie with win over No. 319 Mektic Retired in Roland Garros QF and Bastad 2R, and withdrew from Halle, Wimbledon and Hamburg (abdomen). Also withdrew from Metz (left hand). [3] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) Berdych Leads 1-0 17 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Tomas Berdych 6-1 6-1 4-6 6-4 Berdych 2017 Summary F (1): Lyon (l Tsonga); SF (4): Doha (l Murray); Rotterdam (l Tsonga); Wimbledon (l Federer); Los Cabos (l Kokkinakis); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Federer); Stuttgart (l Lopez); London/Queen's Club (l Lopez) 2017 W-L: 35-18 (17-10 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 13 Date of Birth: 17 September 1985 (32) ATP Ranking: 19 Doha W-L (Best Result): 10-4 (2015 Finalist) Tournament Note: 2015 Doha finalist also reached SFs in 2016 (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and 2017 (l. to No. 1 Murray) Ended 12-match losing streak vs Djokovic to reach 3rd Wimbledon SF (d. Djokovic 76 20 ret, l. to Federer) Became 25th player to reach 600 wins by beating Berlocq in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R on May 16 Snapped 9-match losing streak vs Top 10 opponents to reach Lyon final (d. Raonic, l. to Tsonga) Suffered 7th straight loss to Murray and 14th straight loss vs World No. 1 in Doha SF Also advanced to SFs at Rotterdam (l. to eventual champion Tsonga) and Los Cabos (l. to Kokkinakis) Lost 3-set QFs to Lopez in back-to-back weeks at Stuttgart and London/Queen s Club, where he held 1 MP Squandered 1 MP vs Nishioka in Indian Wells 3R and 2 MPs vs Federer in Miami QF Dropped to No. 20 in ATP Rankings on October 2 -- lowest since No. 20 on March 29, 2010 Streak of 64 straight ATP Masters 1000 event appearances ended in Montreal, where he withdrew due to rib injury Withdrew from Barcelona due to shoulder injury and suffered season-ending back injury in Beijing 2R (l. to Rublev) Struff 2017 Summary SF (2): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); St. Petersburg (l Dzumhur); QF (3): Marrakech (l Kohlschreiber); Munich (l A. Zverev); Vienna (l Edmund) 2017 W-L: 28-29 (16-15 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 25 April 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 53 Doha W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2015 2nd Round)
Day 2 Tuesday, 2 January 2018 Page 3 of 5 Tournament Note: Defeated countryman Kohlschreiber 76(3) 46 61 in 2015 Doha 1R (l. to Brown in 2R) Earned career-high 28 wins and achieved career-high No. 44 in ATP Rankings on May 8 Fell to 0-5 in ATP SFs at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) and St. Petersburg (d. Tsonga, l. to Dzumhur) Advanced to QFs at Marrakech (l. to Kohlschreiber), Munich (l. to A. Zverev) and Vienna (l. to Edmund) Reached 3R at ATP Masters 100 events in Miami (l. to Delbonis), Monte-Carlo as Q (d. Dimitrov, l. to Schwartzman) and Shanghai (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). Also qualified at Rome (l. to Querrey in 2R) and Paris (l. to Coric). Lost in 1R at Aus. Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open (11-match Grand Slam main draw losing streak) Squandered 1 MP in Stuttgart 2R vs Pouille; saved 3 MPs in Stockholm 1R vs Copil (l. to Del Potro in 2R) Canberra, AUS Challenger singles runner-up (l. to Sela) and doubles champion w/begemann (d. Berlocq/Molteni) Also won Genoa, ITA Challenger doubles title w/puetz (d. Andreozzi/Behar) Clinched Germany s Davis Cup Play-off win over Portugal (d. Sousa in 5 sets after saving 1 MP) Withdrew from Montpellier due to illness [Alt] Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs [5] Richard Gasquet (FRA) Series Tied 1-1 14 Bogota (Colombia) Hard QF Victor Estrella Burgos 6-3 6-4 17 Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Richard Gasquet 6-1 6-0 6-4 Estrella Burgos 2017 Summary W (1): Quito (d Lorenzi) 2017 W-L: 9-10 (2-1 on hard) 2017 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: 2 August 1980 (37) ATP Ranking: 83 Doha W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Saved 3 MPs vs Karlovic in 2R and 1 MP vs Lorenzi in final to capture 3rd consecutive Quito title Only champion in Quito history improved to 15-0 lifetime at tournament with 3-set wins in all 3 finals First player in ATP history to win 3+ titles at one event and 0 titles at all other events Posted 1R wins at Australian Open (d. Bedene), Rio de Janeiro as LL (d. Pella) and Roland Garros (d. Gabashvili) Defeated Dzumhur to capture 7th ATP Challenger Tour title at Santo Domingo, DOM Gasquet 2017 Summary F (1): Montpellier (l A. Zverev); SF (3): Marseille (l Pouille); Halle (l A. Zverev); Eastbourne (l Monfils); QF (4): Estoril (l Anderson); Tokyo (l Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer); Vienna (l Pouille) 2017 W-L: 29-18 (20-12 on hard) 2017 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: 18 June 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 31 Doha W-L (Best Result): 8-3 (2013 Champion) Tournament Note: Did not face a Top 40 opponent en route to 2013 Doha title (d. Davydenko) Appeared in 5th straight Montpellier final, falling to A. Zverev as 11-match tournament win streak came to an end Beat Monfils en route to SFs at Marseille (l. to Pouille) and Halle (l. to A. Zverev), but lost to him in Eastbourne SF Reached 4 other QFs, including ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Federer) and Vienna (d. Thiem, l. to Pouille) Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov) and Roland Garros (ret vs Monfils due to right thigh injury) Squandered 3 MPs to eventual champion A. Zverev in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R Dropped to No. 32 in ATP Rankings on October 23 -- lowest since No. 33 on January 24, 2011 Returned to ATP Challenger Tour for 1st time since 2010 and won 9th title on tour at Szczecin, POL (d. F. Mayer) Missed 1st 5 ATP Masters 1000 events of season -- Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo following appendicitis surgery, then Madrid and Rome due to back injury. Also withdrew from Bastad and Hamburg due to back injury.