ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, September 24, 2017 Sibur Arena St. Petersburg, Russia September 18-24, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $1,000,000 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com SPBOpen.ru Mark Epps: mepps@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @Formula_TX Press Room: +7 905 7944 494 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @FormulaTX FIRST TITLES AT STAKE FOR FOGNINI, DZUMHUR No. 3 seed Fabio Fognini and unseeded Damir Dzumhur meet in the St. Petersburg Open championship on Sunday. Fognini has won both previous meetings on clay in 2015-16 Umag. Fognini is trying to win his first career ATP World Tour singles hard court title while Dzumhur is attempting to earn his maiden ATP World Tour title. Fognini saved two match points in his semi-final win over top seed Roberto Bautista Agut to reach his second St. Petersburg final (2012) and third career on hard courts. He was runner-up here five years ago (l. to Klizan) and last year in Moscow (l. to Carreno Busta). He is trying to become the first Italian to win the singles crown in tournament history. In July, he captured his fifth career ATP title (all on clay) in Gstaad. The only time Fognini won two singles titles in a season came in 2013. Dzumhur has only dropped one set en route to his second career ATP World Tour final. He is playing the best tennis of his career with a 14-3 record in tour-level matches since July 31, reaching his first semi-final at Los Cabos and first ATP World Tour final at Winston-Salem last month (l. to Bautista Agut). He is trying to become the first player from Bosnia and Herzegovina to win an ATP World Tour singles title. He is trying to become the sixth or seventh first-time champion on the ATP World Tour this season. Peter Gojowczyk is in the Metz final on Sunday and he s trying to become a first-time winner. EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY St. Petersburg Open Champion Finalist Ranking Points 250 150 Singles Prize Money $178,480 $94,000 Doubles Prize Money $54,220 $28,505 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP [3] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Fognini Leads 2-0 15 Umag (Croatia) Clay R16 Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-5 16 Umag (Croatia) Clay QF Fabio Fognini 4-6 6-1 6-1 Fognini 2017 Summary W (1): Gstaad (d Hanfmann); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Kitzbuehel (l Kohlschreiber); QF (2): Sao Paulo (l Carreno Busta); Umag (l Rublev) YTD W-L: 30-18 (12-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (2012, 2017 Finalist)
Day 7 Sunday, September 24, 2017 Page 2 of 3 Tournament Note: Has held serve 34 of 39 games (87%) so far in wins over 2004 champion and 3-time finalist Youzhny 64 46 64 in 2R and 63 60, Berankis in QF and [1] Bautista Agut 26 76 76 (saving 2 MPs) in SF Appearing in14th career ATP World Tour final (5-8), 3rd on hard courts (2012 St. Petersburg, 2016 Moscow) Captured 5th ATP World Tour title -- all on clay -- at Gstaad (d. Hanfmann) in July Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R (l. to A. Zverev in 3R) Advanced to 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Miami (d. Nishikori, l. to Nadal) In 1st match as a father, beat Tiafoe 60 in 5th at Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka in 3R) Reached Kitzbuehel SF (l. to Kohlschreiber), Umag QF (l. to Rublev) and Sao Paulo QF (l. to Carreno Busta) Snapped 8-match losing streak vs Top 10 by beating Tsonga in Indian Wells 2R (l. to Cuevas in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down vs Pella to clinch Italy s 3-2 Davis Cup 1R win over Argentina in 4 hours, 15 minutes MATCH POINT(S) SAVED CHAMPIONS (11): Fognini is looking to become the 12th or 13th champion on the ATP World Tour this season to save a match point(s). Benoit Paire, who is in the Metz final, saved one match point in his QF win on Friday. Player Tournament/Opponent Round M.P. Saved Novak Djokovic Doha d. Fernando Verdasco SF Saved 5 M.P. Gilles Muller Sydney d. Alexandr Dolgopolov 1R Saved 1 M.P. Victor Estrella Burgos Quito d. Ivo Karlovic 2R Saved 3 M.P. Quito d. Paolo Lorenzi F Saved 1 M.P. Andy Murray Dubai d. Philipp Kohlschreiber QF Saved 7 M.P. Roger Federer Miami d. Tomas Berdych QF Saved 2 M.P. Borna Coric Marrakech d. Philipp Kohlschreiber F Saved 5 M.P. Lucas Pouille Budapest d. Jiri Vesely 2R Saved 2 M.P. Lucas Pouille Stuttgart d. Jan-Lennard Struff 2R Saved 1 M.P. Feliciano Lopez London/Quen s Club - d. Tomas Berdych QF Saved 1 M.P. London/Queen s Club - d. Marin Cilic F Saved 1 M.P. David Ferrer Bastad d. Henri Laaksonen QF Saved 2 M.P. Alexander Zverev Montreal d. Richard Gasquet 2R Saved 3 M.P. Dzumhur 2017 Summary F (1): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); SF (1): Los Cabos (l Querrey); QF (2): Memphis (l Harrison); Dubai (l Haase) YTD W-L: 26-20 (22-11 on hard) Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 (Career-High) St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 4-0 (2017 Finalist) Tournament Note: Has dropped one set en route to his second ATP World Tour final. Owns a 26-7 record at all levels since June 19 and 14-3 in tour level matches since July 31. Has won a tournament-best 20 return games (20 of 48, 42%) and converted 20 of 36 break pts. (56%). Has held serve 33 of 46 games (72%), saving 19 of 32 BPs (59%) Last month advanced to maiden ATP World Tour final at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) Achieved career-high No. 55 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11 and will become first player from Bosnia and Herzegovina to break Top 50 on Monday at around No. 43. Will move to around No. 40 if wins title Earned biggest win of career over No. 3 Wawrinka en route to Dubai QF (l. to Haase in 3 sets) Advanced to Los Cabos SF (d. Lopez after saving 3 MPs, l. to Querrey) and Memphis QF (l. Harrison) Made 3rd run to Grand Slam 3R at US Open (d. Cuevas in 1R, l. to Rublev) Saved 5 MPs to beat Chung in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R) Qualified at Hamburg (l. to Stebe in 1R) Won Challenger title at Blois, FRA (d. Hemery) and reached final at Santo Domingo, DOM (l. to Estrella Burgos). Has 9-2 record in Challengers
Day 7 Sunday, September 24, 2017 Page 3 of 3 FIRST-TIME ATP CHAMPIONS (5): Dzumhur is trying to become the sixth or seventh first-time champion on the ATP World Tour this season. Peter Gojowczyk is in the Metz final on Sunday. Here are the first-time champions in 2017: Age Tournament Gilles Muller 33 Sydney Ryan Harrison 24 Memphis Borna Coric 20 Marrakech Yuichi Sugita 28 Antalya Andrey Rublev 19 Umag DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP [1] Julio Peralta (CHI) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Roman Jebavy (CZE) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) First Meeting Peralta/Zeballos have rallied twice from a set down to reach their seventh career ATP World Tour final together They have a 38-19 career record and 4-2 finals mark. Last month they were finalists at Winston-Salem (l. to Rojer/Tecau) In April, they won on clay in Houston and defeated Bryan/Bryan in SFs and Brown/Tiafoe in final Peralta is 4-2 in ATP World Tour doubles finals and all four of his titles have come with Zeballos Zeballos is 7-5 in ATP World Tour finals and last year he won a career-high four titles (three w/peralta) Jebavy/Middelkoop are teaming together for the second time (Gstaad in SF in July) and they have only lost one set en route to their first final Jebavy is appearing in his second career ATP World Tour final. In May he won his maiden title in Istanbul (w/vesely) Middelkoop is appearing in his sixth career ATP World Tour doubles final (3-2), fourth this season (1-2). He won in Sydney (w/koolhof) in January and was runner-up in Rotterdam (w/koolhof) and Bastad (w/arends)
ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, September 23, 2017 Sibur Arena St. Petersburg, Russia September 18-24, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $1,000,000 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com SPBOpen.ru Mark Epps: mepps@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @Formula_TX Press Room: +7 905 7944 494 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @FormulaTX BAUTISTA AGUT TO MEET FOGNINI, DZUMHUR TO FACE STRUFF Top seed Roberto Bautista Agut and No. 3 seed Fabio Fognini headline semi-final action at the St. Petersburg Open on Saturday. Fognini leads the head-to-head 5-2 (2-1 on hard courts) and their first meeting came in the St. Petersburg quarter-finals in 2012 with the Italian winning 64 76. The Spaniard is appearing in the semi-finals here for the third straight year and he s trying to reach his first final and the third (2-0) this season. Fognini was a finalist here in 2012 (l. to Klizan). He is trying to reach his second ATP World Tour final in 2017. He won the Gstaad title in July. In the opening semi-final, unseeded Damir Dzumhur takes on No. 8 seed Jan-Lennard Struff for the first time on the ATP World Tour. Struff won their previous meeting in the semi-finals at the Alphen Challenger in the Netherlands last year. Dzumhur is playing the best tennis of his career with a 13-3 record in tour-level matches since July 31, reaching his first semi-final at Los Cabos and first ATP World Tour final at Winston-Salem. Struff, who was a semi-finalist in Winston-Salem last month, is attempting to advance to his maiden ATP World Tour final. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES SEMI-FINALS Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs [8] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 16 Alphen CH (Netherlands) Clay SF Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1 4-6 4-0 ret Dzumhur 2017 Summary F (1): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); SF (1): Los Cabos (l Querrey); QF (2): Memphis (l Harrison); Dubai (l Haase) YTD W-L: 25-20 (21-11 on hard) Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 (Career-High) St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Owns a 25-7 record at all levels since June 19. Trying to reach his 2nd ATP World Tour final Last month advanced to maiden ATP World Tour final at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) Achieved career-high No. 55 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11 and is projected to break the Top 50 on Monday at No. 48. Will move to around No. 43 if he reaches final and to around No. 40 if wins title Earned biggest win of career over No. 3 Wawrinka en route to Dubai QF (l. to Haase in 3 sets) Advanced to Los Cabos SF (d. Lopez after saving 3 MPs, l. to Querrey) and Memphis QF (l. Harrison) Made 3rd run to Grand Slam 3R at US Open (d. Cuevas in 1R, l. to Rublev) Saved 5 MPs to beat Chung in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R) Qualified at Hamburg (l. to Stebe in 1R) Won Challenger title at Blois, FRA (d. Hemery) and reached final at Santo Domingo, DOM (l. to Estrella Burgos)
Day 6 Saturday, September 23, 2017 Page 2 of 3 Struff 2017 Summary SF (1): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); QF (2): Marrakech (l Kohlschreiber); Munich (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: 23-22 (11-8 on hard) Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 54 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Has saved a tournament-high 17 of 23 BPs (74%) this week and beat [2] Tsonga 36 63 62 in QFs Has earned career-high 23 wins and achieved career-high No. 44 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8. Will move back into Top 50 on Monday from 54 to No. 46 and to around No. 43 if reaches final and to around No. 40 if wins title Fell to 0-4 in ATP World Tour SFs at Winston-Salem (l. to eventual champion Bautista Agut) Advanced to Marrakech QF (l. to Kohlschreiber), Munich QF (l. to A. Zverev) and Miami 3R (l. to Delbonis) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo (l. to Schwartzman in 3R) and Rome (l. to Querrey in 2R) Clinched Germany s Davis Cup Play-off win over Portugal (d. Sousa in 5 sets after saving 1 MP) 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 eventual champion Pouille, then lost to Frenchman again in Halle 1R 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) [1] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [3] Fabio Fognini (ITA) Fognini Leads 5-2 12 St. Petersburg (Russia) Hard QF Fabio Fognini 6-4 7-6(1) 13 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-0 2-6 6-4 3-6 6-1 13 Stuttgart (Germany) Clay SF Fabio Fognini 6-1 6-3 14 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Fabio Fognini 4-6 6-3 6-3 14 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco)Clay R32 Fabio Fognini 7-6(6) 6-4 14 Stuttgart (Germany) Clay SF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-4 17 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay SF Fabio Fognini 5-7 6-2 6-3 Other meeting: 10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris Q (France) Carpet -- Fabio Fognini 6-2 6-4 Bautista Agut 2017 Summary W (2): Chennai (d Medvedev); Winston-Salem (d Dzumhur); SF (3): Sofia (l Goffin); Munich (l A. Zverev); Gstaad (l Fognini); QF (2): Halle (l A. Zverev); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Federer) YTD W-L: 43-16 (27-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 13 (Career-High) St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 10-4 (2015-16-17 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Appearing in St. Petersburg SFs for 3rd straight year and QF-or-better in all 5 visits (2012-13 QF, 2015-17 SF). No. 2 in return games won this week (11 of 20, 55%), converting 11 of 20 BPs Trying to win a personal-best 3rd ATP World Tour title of season. Captured 5th and 6th career ATP titles respectively, at Chennai (d. Medvedev) and Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur). Will move to career-high No. 12 if wins title Advanced to SFs at Sofia (l. to Goffin 76 in 3rd), Munich (l. to A. Zverev) and Gstaad (l. to Fognini) Reached 4R at Aus. Open (l. to Raonic), Roland Garros (l. to Nadal) and Wimbledon (d. Nishikori, l. to Cilic) Appeared in 3rd ATP Masters 1000 QF at Montreal (d. Monfils after saving 1 MP, l. to Federer) Held 4 MPs before falling to Karlovic 76 67 76 after 3 hours, 1 minute in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R Conceded walkover vs Carreno Busta in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R due to abdominal muscle injury Withdrew from Auckland due to stomach virus and Rotterdam due to right elbow injury Fognini 2017 Summary W (1): Gstaad (d Hanfmann); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Kitzbuehel (l Kohlschreiber); QF (2): Sao Paulo (l Carreno Busta); Umag (l Rublev) YTD W-L: 29-18 (11-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 7-4 (2012 Finalist)
Day 6 Saturday, September 23, 2017 Page 3 of 3 Tournament Note: Has held serve 21 of 24 games (91%) so far in wins over 2004 champion and 3-time finalist Youzhny 64 46 64 in 2R and 63 60 over Berankis in QF Trying to reach 14th career ATP World Tour final (5-8), 3rd on hard courts (2012 St. Petersburg, 2016 Moscow) Captured 5th ATP World Tour title -- all on clay -- at Gstaad (d. Hanfmann) Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R (l. to A. Zverev in 3R) Advanced to 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Miami (d. Nishikori, l. to Nadal) In 1st match as a father, beat Tiafoe 60 in 5th at Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka in 3R) Reached Kitzbuehel SF (l. to Kohlschreiber), Umag QF (l. to Rublev) and Sao Paulo QF (l. to Carreno Busta) Snapped 8-match losing streak vs Top 10 by beating Tsonga in Indian Wells 2R (l. to Cuevas in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down vs Pella to clinch Italy s 3-2 Davis Cup 1R win over Argentina in 4 hours, 15 minutes POTENTIAL FINAL FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Bautista Agut Leads 1-0 17 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard F Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-4 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) Fognini Leads 2-0 15 Umag (Croatia) Clay R16 Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-5 16 Umag (Croatia) Clay QF Fabio Fognini 4-6 6-1 6-1 Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Bautista Agut Leads 2-0 17 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1 6-3 17 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-4 Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) Fognini Leads 1-0 14 Munich (Germany) Clay SF Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-1
ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, September 22, 2017 Sibur Arena St. Petersburg, Russia September 18-24, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $1,000,000 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com SPBOpen.ru Mark Epps: mepps@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @Formula_TX Press Room: +7 905 7944 494 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @FormulaTX TOP 3 SEEDS TO PLAY IN ST. PETERSBURG OPEN QUARTER-FINALS Top 3 seeds Roberto Bautista Agut, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Fabio Fognini are in quarter-final action at the St. Petersburg Open on Friday. Bautista Agut meets No. 7 seed Viktor Troicki for the fourth time on a hard court since the start of the 2016 season. The Spaniard is 3-0 against Troicki, including a wild three-set win in the 2016 Winston-Salem semi-finals after leading by a set and 5-0. Tsonga bids for his 30th win of 2017 against No. 8 seed Jan-Lennard Struff. Both men clinched Davis Cup victories on Sunday -- Tsonga sending France into the 2017 final and Struff propelling Germany into the 2018 World Group. Tsonga is trying to win at least 30 matches for the 10th straight season. The Frenchman s consistency is only matched at the moment by six other players. While Bautista Agut is 3-0 against Troicki and Tsonga is 3-0 against Struff, Fognini is 2-0 against his quarter-final opponent, Ricardas Berankis. Play begins on Friday with in-form Damir Dzumhur taking on first-time ATP World Tour quarter-finalist Liam Broady. Dzumhur is 12-3 in tour-level matches since July 31, reaching his first semi-final at Los Cabos and first final at Winston-Salem. LONGEST ACTIVE STREAKS OF 30+ WINS Rafael Nadal 14 2004-17 Tomas Berdych 13 2005-17 David Ferrer 12 2005-16* Novak Djokovic 12 2006-17 Andy Murray 11 2006-16* Philipp Kohlschreiber 10 2007-16* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 9 2008-16* * 2017 wins: Tsonga 29, Kohlschreiber 29, Murray 25, Ferrer 22 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs [Q] Liam Broady (GBR) First Meeting Dzumhur 2017 Summary F (1): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); SF (1): Los Cabos (l Querrey); QF (2): Memphis (l Harrison); Dubai (l Haase) YTD W-L: 24-20 (20-11 on hard) Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 (Career-High) St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2017 Quarter-finalist)
Day 5 Friday, September 22, 2017 Page 2 of 4 Tournament Note: Hit 1 ace thus far this week in St. Petersburg. Owns 24-7 record at all levels since June 19. Reached 1st ATP World Tour final at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) Achieved career-high No. 55 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11 Earned biggest win of career over No. 3 Wawrinka en route to Dubai QF (l. to Haase in 3 sets) Advanced to Los Cabos SF (d. Lopez after saving 3 MPs, l. to Querrey) and Memphis QF (l. Harrison) Made 3rd run to Grand Slam 3R at US Open (d. Cuevas in 1R, l. to Rublev) Saved 5 MPs to beat Chung in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R) Qualified at Hamburg (l. to Stebe in 1R) Won Challenger title at Blois, FRA (d. Hemery) and reached final at Santo Domingo, DOM (l. to Estrella Burgos) Broady 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 2-1 (2-0 on hard) Date of Birth: January 4, 1994 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 242 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Qualifier is into 1st ATP QF. Defeated former World No. 10 Gulbis 63 60 in 1R and No. 4 seed Mannarino 26 64 60 in 2R. Only other tour-level win came at 2015 Wimbledon (d. Matosevic from 2 sets down) Entered London/Queen s Club as LL (l. to Chardy in 1R) Advanced to 2nd ATP Challenger Tour final at Aptos, USA as Q (d. Fritz, l. to Bublik) Challenger quarter-finalist at Gimcheon, KOR as Q (l. to Kravchuk) and Vancouver, CAN (d. Sela, l. to De Loore) Reached Antalya, TUR Futures singles and doubles finals (l. to Majchrzak, w/l. Johnson l. to Durasovic/Serdarusic) [1] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [7] Viktor Troicki (SRB) Bautista Agut Leads 3-0 16 Sofia (Bulgaria) Hard F Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-4 16 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5 6-7(2) 6-2 16 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-3 Bautista Agut 2017 Summary W (2): Chennai (d Medvedev); Winston-Salem (d Dzumhur); SF (3): Sofia (l Goffin); Munich (l A. Zverev); Gstaad (l Fognini); QF (2): Halle (l A. Zverev); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Federer) YTD W-L: 42-16 (26-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 13 (Career-High) St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 9-4 (2015-16 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Reached QF-or-better in all 5 St. Petersburg appearances (2012-13 QF, 2015-16 SF, 2017 QF) Captured 5th and 6th ATP titles respectively at Chennai (d. Medvedev) and Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur) Advanced to SFs at Sofia (l. to Goffin 76 in 3rd), Munich (l. to A. Zverev) and Gstaad (l. to Fognini) Reached 4R at Aus. Open (l. to Raonic), Roland Garros (l. to Nadal) and Wimbledon (d. Nishikori, l. to Cilic) Appeared in 3rd ATP Masters 1000 QF at Montreal (d. Monfils after saving 1 MP, l. to Federer) Held 4 MPs before falling to Karlovic 76 67 76 after 3 hours, 1 minute in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R Conceded walkover vs Carreno Busta in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R due to abdominal muscle injury Withdrew from Auckland due to stomach virus and Rotterdam due to right elbow injury Troicki 2017 Summary SF (2): Sydney (l Muller); Istanbul (l Raonic); QF (1): Sofia (l Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 20-21 (13-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 47 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 4-4 (2016-17 Quarter-finalist)
Day 5 Friday, September 22, 2017 Page 3 of 4 Tournament Note: Owns 3-0 record in TBs this week, beating Kuznetsov 76(6) 76(2), then Pella 76(3) 46 64 Reached Sydney SF (l. to Muller), Istanbul SF (l. to Raonic) and Sofia QF (l. to Dimitrov) Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (d. Dzumhur and Lorenzi in 5 sets, l. to Wawrinka) and US Open (d. Gombos in 5 sets, l. to Dolgopolov). Win over Gombos snapped 6-match losing streak. Saved 1 MP vs countryman Tipsarevic in London/Queen s Club 1R (l. to Young in 2R) Captured 2nd ATP World Tour doubles title at Sofia w/zimonjic (d. Elgin/Kuznetsov) Clinched Serbia s 4-1 Davis Cup wins over Russia in 1R (d. Khachanov in 4h30m after saving 1 MP, w/zimonjic d. Kravchuk/Kuznetsov) and Spain in QF (d. Carreno Busta, w/zimonjic d. Carreno Busta/M. Lopez) Withdrew from Geneva (hamstring tear), as well as Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuehel (lower back) Retired in Wimbledon 1R vs F. Mayer due to right shoulder injury [8] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs [2/WC] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) Tsonga Leads 3-0 14 Marseille (France) Hard SF Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(4) 7-5 15 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R64 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 6-4 16 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-4 6-4 Struff 2017 Summary SF (1): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); QF (2): Marrakech (l Kohlschreiber); Munich (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: 22-22 (10-8 on hard) Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 54 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Saved 4/6 BPs to beat Coric 36 62 64 in 1R and 11/13 BPs to beat Fabbiano 61 64 in 2R Earned career-high 22 wins and achieved career-high No. 44 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8 Fell to 0-4 in ATP World Tour SFs at Winston-Salem (l. to eventual champion Bautista Agut) Advanced to Marrakech QF (l. to Kohlschreiber), Munich QF (l. to A. Zverev) and Miami 3R (l. to Delbonis) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo (l. to Schwartzman in 3R) and Rome (l. to Querrey in 2R) Clinched Germany s Davis Cup Play-off win over Portugal (d. Sousa in 5 sets after saving 1 MP) 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 eventual champion Pouille, then lost to Frenchman again in Halle 1R 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) Withdrew from Montpellier due to illness Tsonga 2017 Summary W (3): Rotterdam (d Goffin); Marseille (d Pouille); Lyon (d Berdych); SF (1): Montpellier (l A. Zverev); QF (2): Doha (l Berdych); Australian Open (l Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 29-11 (19-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: April 17, 1985 (32) Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Hit 16 aces and won 90% of 1st-serve points to beat 2015 finalist Sousa in St. Petersburg debut Ended 17-month drought with titles at Rotterdam (d. Goffin), Marseille (d. Pouille) and Lyon (d. Berdych) Rotterdam SF win over Berdych on February 18 marked 400th victory of career Reached Montpellier SF (l. to A. Zverev), as well as QFs at Doha (l. to Berdych) and Aus. Open (l. to Wawrinka) Fell in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Olivo), snapping 34-match win streak in Grand Slam 1R matches Owns 1-4 record at ATP Masters 1000 events with opening-match losses at Indian Wells (l. to Fognini), Monte-Carlo (l. to Mannarino), Montreal (l. to Querrey) and Cincinnati (l. to Karlovic) Gave w/o to Ferrer in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Rome (right shoulder)
Day 5 Friday, September 22, 2017 Page 4 of 4 [3] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs [PR] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) Fognini Leads 2-0 08 Umag (Croatia) Clay R32 Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-2 16 Moscow (Russia) Hard R32 Fabio Fognini 6-1 6-2 Fognini 2017 Summary W (1): Gstaad (d Hanfmann); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Kitzbuehel (l Kohlschreiber); QF (2): Sao Paulo (l Carreno Busta); Umag (l Rublev) YTD W-L: 28-18 (10-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 6-4 (2012 Finalist) Tournament Note: Saved 4/5 BPs to defeat 2004 champion and 3-time finalist Youzhny 64 46 64 in 2R Captured 5th ATP World Tour title -- all on clay -- at Gstaad (d. Hanfmann) Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R (l. to A. Zverev in 3R) Advanced to 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Miami (d. Nishikori, l. to Nadal) In 1st match as a father, beat Tiafoe 60 in 5th at Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka in 3R) Reached Kitzbuehel SF (l. to Kohlschreiber), Umag QF (l. to Rublev) and Sao Paulo QF (l. to Carreno Busta) Snapped 8-match losing streak vs Top 10 by beating Tsonga in Indian Wells 2R (l. to Cuevas in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down vs Pella to clinch Italy s 3-2 Davis Cup 1R win over Argentina in 4 hours, 15 minutes Berankis 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 1-4 (1-2 on hard) Date of Birth: June 21, 1990 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 177 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 4-4 (2012, 2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Received w/o from [5] Kohlschreiber. Playing 1st ATP QF since reaching 2016 Memphis SF. Missed 1st 4+ months of season following hip surgery Lost in 1R at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Winston-Salem and US Open In 2nd tournament back, captured 8th ATP Challenger Tour title at Shymkent, KAZ (d. Hanfmann) Did not drop a set en route to Jinan, CHN Challenger final (l. to Lu) Fell to No. 244 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 1 -- lowest since No. 255 in February 8, 2010
ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, September 21, 2017 Sibur Arena St. Petersburg, Russia September 18-24, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $1,000,000 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com SPBOpen.ru Mark Epps: mepps@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @Formula_TX Press Room: +7 905 7944 494 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @FormulaTX TSONGA MAKES ST. PETE DEBUT, KOHLSCHREIBER SEEKS 30TH WIN Four days after leading France to the Davis Cup final, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga makes his St. Petersburg Open debut against 2015 runner-up Joao Sousa. Tsonga is both a wild card and the No. 2 seed, seeking his fourth ATP World Tour title of the season. The 32-year-old is playing in Russia for the first time since 2010, when he lost to Viktor Troicki in the Moscow second round. No. 1 seed Roberto Bautista Agut and No. 3 seed Fabio Fognini are also playing their opening matches on Thursday after receiving first-round byes. Bautista Agut, a 2015 and 2016 St. Petersburg semi-finalist, begins his 2017 campaign against Rogerio Dutra Silva. Fognini, the 2012 St. Petersburg runner-up, meets 2004 champion and last-remaining Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Also on Centre Court, No. 5 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber bids for his 30th victory of 2017 against Ricardas Berankis. Kohlschreiber is trying to win at least 30 matches for the 11th straight year. He fell to No. 60 on July 3 -- his lowest ranking in more than a decade -- before capturing his eighth title at Kitzbuehel. Kohlschreiber s consistency is only matched at the moment by five other players. LONGEST ACTIVE STREAKS OF 30+ WINS Rafael Nadal 14 2004-17 Tomas Berdych 13 2005-17 David Ferrer 12 2005-16* Novak Djokovic 12 2006-17 Andy Murray 11 2006-16* Philipp Kohlschreiber 10 2007-16* * 2017 wins: Kohlschreiber 29, Murray 25, Ferrer 22 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY 2R SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT [1] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) Bautista Agut Leads 2-0 14 Davis Cup Play-Off (Brazil) Clay RR Roberto Bautista Agut 6-0 6-1 6-3 17 Chennai (India) Hard R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-2 Bautista Agut 2017 Summary W (2): Chennai (d Medvedev); Winston-Salem (d Dzumhur); SF (3): Sofia (l Goffin); Munich (l A. Zverev); Gstaad (l Fognini); QF (2): Halle (l A. Zverev); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Federer) YTD W-L: 41-16 (25-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 13 (Career-High) St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (2015-16 Semi-finalist)
Day 4 Thursday, September 21, 2017 Page 2 of 4 Tournament Note: Reached QF-or-better in all 4 St. Petersburg appearances (2012-13 QF, 2015-16 SF) Captured 5th and 6th ATP titles respectively at Chennai (d. Medvedev) and Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur) Advanced to SFs at Sofia (l. to Goffin 76 in 3rd), Munich (l. to A. Zverev) and Gstaad (l. to Fognini) Reached 4R at Aus. Open (l. to Raonic), Roland Garros (l. to Nadal) and Wimbledon (d. Nishikori, l. to Cilic) Appeared in 3rd ATP Masters 1000 QF at Montreal (d. Monfils after saving 1 MP, l. to Federer) Held 4 MPs before falling to Karlovic 76 67 76 after 3 hours, 1 minute in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R Conceded walkover vs Carreno Busta in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R due to abdominal muscle injury Withdrew from Auckland due to stomach virus and Rotterdam due to right elbow injury Dutra Silva 2017 Summary QF (1): Umag (l Giannessi) YTD W-L: 9-18 (3-5 on hard) Date of Birth: February 5, 1984 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 73 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Broke serve 6 times in 1R win over [LL] Albot. Seeking 1st ATP hard-court QF of career. Achieved career-high No. 63 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 24 Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour QF at Umag (d. Monfils, l. to Giannessi) Reached 2R at Australian Open (l. to Simon) and Roland Garros (d. Youzhny after saving 2 MPs, l. to Raonic) Qualified at Buenos Aires (l. to Giannessi in 1R after holding 2 MPs) and Winston-Salem (l. to Young in 1R) Squandered 4 MPs in both Kitzbuehel 1R vs Zeballos and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 1R vs Shapovalov Captured 1st ATP doubles title in hometown of Sao Paulo with 1st-time partner Sa (d. Daniell/Demoliner) Won 9th and 10th Challenger titles respectively at Santiago, CHI (d. Jarry) and Panama City, PAN (d. Krstin) Also advanced to Bordeaux, FRA Challenger final (l. to Darcis) Retired in Geneva 2R vs Wawrinka (right ankle) and withdrew from Hamburg (right leg) [PR] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) vs [5] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) First Meeting Berankis 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 1-4 (1-2 on hard) Date of Birth: June 21, 1990 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 177 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 4-4 (2012 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Earned 1st tour-level win of season over [Q] Masur. Seeking 1st ATP QF since 2016 Memphis. Missed 1st 4+ months of season following hip surgery Lost in 1R at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Winston-Salem and US Open In 2nd tournament back, captured 8th ATP Challenger Tour title at Shymkent, KAZ (d. Hanfmann) Did not drop a set en route to Jinan, CHN Challenger final (l. to Lu) Fell to No. 244 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 1 -- lowest since No. 255 in February 8, 2010 Kohlschreiber 2017 Summary W (1): Kitzbuehel (d Sousa); F (1): Marrakech (l Coric); SF (1): Hamburg (l F. Mayer); QF (3): Sydney (l Troicki); Dubai (l Murray); Stuttgart (l Pouille) YTD W-L: 29-17 (14-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 34 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 4-3 (2007 Quarter-finalist)
Day 4 Thursday, September 21, 2017 Page 3 of 4 Tournament Note: Seeks 30th ATP World Tour win of 2017, which would be 11th straight season with 30+ victories Captured 2nd Kitzbuehel and 8th ATP World Tour title overall (d. Fognini and Sousa) Earned 400th win of career on March 11 in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R (d. Dolgopolov, l. to Wawrinka in 3R) Advanced to Hamburg SF (ret vs F. Mayer due to left leg adductor strain) Fell to 0-4 in US Open 4R and 1-9 in Grand Slam 4R with 12th loss in as many meetings with Federer Held 7 MPs for 1st win in 10 tries against World No. 1 before falling to Murray 67(4) 76(18) 61 in Dubai QF -- 2nd-set TB tied 5 others for longest TB at a tour-level singles match since ATP started recording TB scores in 1991 Also held 5 MPs in Marrakech final against Coric before falling 57 76(3) 75 Dropped to No. 60 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 3 -- lowest since No. 60 on April 2, 2007 Conceded w/o in Sydney QF (back). Withdrew from Sofia (back), Monte-Carlo (leg), Rome (leg) and Umag (ankle). [3] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Fognini Leads 2-1 13 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Mikhail Youzhny 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(5) 14 ATP Masters 1000 Canada (Canada) Hard R64 Fabio Fognini 6-4 6-3 16 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Fabio Fognini 3-6 6-0 6-1 Fognini 2017 Summary W (1): Gstaad (d Hanfmann); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Nadal); Kitzbuehel (l Kohlschreiber); QF (2): Sao Paulo (l Carreno Busta); Umag (l Rublev) YTD W-L: 27-18 (9-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 5-4 (2012 Finalist) Tournament Note: Defeated Bautista Agut 64 76(1) en route to 2012 St. Petersburg final (l. to Klizan) Captured 5th ATP World Tour title -- all on clay -- at Gstaad (d. Hanfmann) Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R (l. to A. Zverev in 3R) Advanced to 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Miami (d. Nishikori, l. to Nadal) In 1st match as a father, beat Tiafoe 60 in 5th at Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka in 3R) Reached Kitzbuehel SF (l. to Kohlschreiber), Umag QF (l. to Rublev) and Sao Paulo QF (l. to Carreno Busta) Snapped 8-match losing streak vs Top 10 by beating Tsonga in Indian Wells 2R (l. to Cuevas in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down vs Pella to clinch Italy s 3-2 Davis Cup 1R win over Argentina in 4 hours, 15 minutes Youzhny 2017 Summary QF (1): Chennai (l Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: 10-19 (7-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 (35) Emirates ATP Ranking: 112 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 34-13 (2004 Champion) Tournament Note: Extended tournament record with 34th St. Petersburg win on Tuesday over [Q] Smith Advanced to Chennai QF (d. Myneni and Olivo, l. to Bautista Agut after leading 62 41) Qualified at Halle (d. Karlovic, l. to Rublev in 2R) and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 1R) Snapped 6-match losing streak at US Open (l. to Federer in 2R after leading 2 sets to 1). Now 0-17 vs Federer. Squandered 2 MPs in Roland Garros 1R vs Dutra Silva Retired in Australian Open 1R vs Baghdatis due to illness and Rotterdam Q1 vs Donskoy due to right elbow injury
Day 4 Thursday, September 21, 2017 Page 4 of 4 Joao Sousa (POR) vs [2/WC] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) First Meeting Sousa 2017 Summary F (2): Auckland (l Sock); Kitzbuehel (l Kohlschreiber); SF (1): Sao Paulo (l Ramos-Vinolas); QF (2): Buenos Aires (l Nishikori); Gstaad (l Hanfmann) YTD W-L: 22-25 (7-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 57 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 10-3 (2015 Finalist) Tournament Note: 2015 finalist snapped 5-match losing streak by beating [WC] Donskoy in 1R on Wednesday Fell to 2-7 in ATP finals with runner-up finishes at Auckland (l. to Sock) and Kitzbuehel (l. to Kohlschreiber) Advanced to Sao Paulo SF (l. to Ramos-Vinolas after holding 1 MP) Also advanced to QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Nishikori) and Gstaad (l. to Hanfmann) Reached ATP Masters 1000 2R at Indian Wells (l. to M. Zverev), Miami (l. to Fognini), Monte-Carlo (l. to Cuevas) and Cincinnati as Q (l. to Sugita) Suffered 6-match losing streak from April 18 to May 29 and 5-match losing streak from August 16 to September 19 Fell to No. 63 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17 -- lowest since No. 77 on September 23, 2013 Went 0-3 in Davis Cup Play-off tie vs Germany, including 5-set loss to Struff after holding 1 MP (GER d. POR 3-2) Tsonga 2017 Summary W (3): Rotterdam (d Goffin); Marseille (d Pouille); Lyon (d Berdych); SF (1): Montpellier (l A. Zverev); QF (2): Doha (l Berdych); Australian Open (l Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 28-11 (18-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: April 17, 1985 (32) Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debuting) Ended 17-month drought with titles at Rotterdam (d. Goffin), Marseille (d. Pouille) and Lyon (d. Berdych) Rotterdam SF win over Berdych on February 18 marked 400th victory of career Reached Montpellier SF (l. to A. Zverev), as well as QFs at Doha (l. to Berdych) and Aus. Open (l. to Wawrinka) Fell in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Olivo), snapping 34-match win streak in Grand Slam 1R matches Owns 1-4 record at ATP Masters 1000 events with opening-match losses at Indian Wells (l. to Fognini), Monte-Carlo (l. to Mannarino), Montreal (l. to Querrey) and Cincinnati (l. to Karlovic) Gave w/o to Ferrer in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Rome (right shoulder) COURT 1 Guido Pella (ARG) vs [7] Viktor Troicki (SRB) Pella Leads 1-0 13 Dusseldorf (Germany) Clay QF Guido Pella 7-6(5) 7-5 [8] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 11 Wolfsburg CH Q (Germany) Carpet Q1 Jan-Lennard Struff 6-7(5) 6-1 6-1
ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Sibur Arena St. Petersburg, Russia September 18-24, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $1,000,000 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com SPBOpen.ru Mark Epps: mepps@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @Formula_TX Press Room: +7 905 7944 494 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @FormulaTX #NEXTGENATP PLAYERS CORIC, MEDVEDEV OPEN CAMPAIGNS The Top 7 players in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan will qualify for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals November 7-11. Russian Daniil Medvedev and Croat Borna Coric are on pace in the race, but No. 8 Hyeon Chung is only 22 points behind Medvedev and 181 points behind Coric among the 21-and-under players in contention. Medvedev and Coric look to gain ground on Chung beginning with their first-round matches at the St. Petersburg Open on Wednesday. Coric challenges No. 8 seed Jan-Lennard Struff, then Medvedev meets unseeded Thomas Fabbiano. Struff saved a match point against Joao Sousa on Sunday to clinch Germany s place in the 2018 Davis Cup World Group. Both Struff and Sousa flew from Lisbon to St. Petersburg, where Sousa begins his campaign on Wednesday against Russian wild card Evgeny Donskoy. In other firstround matches, Dusan Lajovic meets Guido Pella and Rogerio Dutra Silva faces Jiri Vesely. Before the first round concludes, the second round commences at 1 pm when Damir Dzumhur meets Marcos Baghdatis. Baghdatis is down to No. 122 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, while Dzumhur is up to a career-high No. 55. Dzumhur, a first-time ATP finalist at Winston-Salem, is 23-7 at all levels since June 19. Also in second-round action is No. 4 seed Adrian Mannarino, who is 16-7 since June 26. Mannarino meets qualifier Liam Broady, who seeks his first ATP quarter-final. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: WEDNESDAY SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT 2R: Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) Dzumhur Leads 1-0 15 Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Damir Dzumhur 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-2 Dzumhur 2017 Summary F (1): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); SF (1): Los Cabos (l Querrey); QF (2): Memphis (l Harrison); Dubai (l Haase) YTD W-L: 23-20 (19-11 on hard) Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 (Career-High) St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Defeated [6] Lorenzi 75 75 on Monday in 1st hard-court match of season with 0 total aces Reached 1st ATP World Tour final at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) Achieved career-high No. 55 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11 Earned biggest win of career over No. 3 Wawrinka en route to Dubai QF (l. to Haase in 3 sets) Advanced to Los Cabos SF (d. Lopez after saving 3 MPs, l. to Querrey) and Memphis QF (l. Harrison) Made 3rd run to Grand Slam 3R at US Open (d. Cuevas in 1R, l. to Rublev) Saved 5 MPs to beat Chung in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R) Qualified at Hamburg (l. to Stebe in 1R) Won Challenger title at Blois, FRA (d. Hemery) and reached final at Santo Domingo, DOM (l. to Estrella Burgos)
Day 3 Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Page 2 of 4 Baghdatis 2017 Summary SF (2): Auckland (l Sousa); Antalya (l Sugita) YTD W-L: 13-14 (9-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: June 17, 1985 (32) Emirates ATP Ranking: 122 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2015, 2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Hit 18 aces, made 70% of 1st serves and saved 6/6 BPs to beat 2009 finalist Zeballos 75 64 Advanced to SFs at Auckland (l. to Sousa) and Antalya (ret vs Sugita) Reached 3R at Washington (l. to Raonic) and Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) Record 36-match singles win streak in Davis Cup ended April 7 with Group II loss to No. 799 Echargui of Tunisia Suffered 8-match losing streak in tour-level and Challenger matches from January 19 to June 26 Fell to No. 122 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11 -- lowest since No. 132 on June 2, 2014 Retired in Doha 1R (ankle strain), Stuttgart 1R (back) and Antalya SF (dehydration) Withdrew from Sofia, Rotterdam, Dubai, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells and ATP Masters 1000 Miami (right foot) Also withdrew from qualifying at Halle (back), as well as ATP Masters 1000s at Montreal and Cincinnati (arm) 1R: [8] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Struff Leads 1-0 17 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard QF Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 7-6(2) Struff 2017 Summary SF (1): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); QF (2): Marrakech (l Kohlschreiber); Munich (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: 20-22 (8-8 on hard) Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 54 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2013 1st Round) Tournament Note: Lost in 3 sets to Golubev in 2013 St. Petersburg 1R Earned career-high 20 wins and achieved career-high No. 44 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8 Fell to 0-4 in ATP World Tour SFs at Winston-Salem (l. to eventual champion Bautista Agut) Advanced to Marrakech QF (l. to Kohlschreiber), Munich QF (l. to A. Zverev) and Miami 3R (l. to Delbonis) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo (l. to Schwartzman in 3R) and Rome (l. to Querrey in 2R) Clinched Germany s Davis Cup Play-off win over Portugal (d. Sousa in 5 sets after saving 1 MP) 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 eventual champion Pouille, then lost to Frenchman again in Halle 1R 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) Withdrew from Montpellier due to illness Coric 2017 Summary W (1): Marrakech (d Kohlschreiber); QF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Thiem); Winston-Salem (l Struff) YTD W-L: 19-20 (10-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 56 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debuting) 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) Defeated Young and Isner to reach Winston-Salem QF (l. to Struff) Snapped 6-match losing streak by beating fellow #NextGenATP player Khachanov at Rotterdam (l. to Cilic in 2R) Withdrew from Umag and Hamburg (neck). Replaced in Umag by fellow #NextGenATP player Rublev, who won title.
Day 3 Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Page 3 of 4 1R: Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 15 Shanghai CH (China) Hard QF Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-4 Medvedev 2017 Summary F (1): Chennai (l Bautista Agut); SF (1): Eastbourne (l Djokovic); QF (5): Montpellier (l Tsonga); Marseille (l Pouille); 's-hertogenbosch (l Karlovic); London/Queen's Club (l Dimitrov); Washington (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: 20-20 (12-12 on hard) Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (21) Emirates ATP Ranking: 62 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2016 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Qualified and reached 2R at 2016 St. Petersburg (d. Bublik, l. to A. Zverev) Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour SF and final at Chennai (d. Sela after saving 1 MP, l. to Bautista Agut) On grass, reached Eastbourne SF (l. to Djokovic) and Wimbledon 2R (d. No. 3 Wawrinka, l. to Bemelmans) First player to earn 1st Grand Slam win over Top 3 opponent since Karlovic beat No. 2 Hewitt at 2003 Wimbledon Reached QFs at Montpellier (l. to Tsonga), Marseille (l. to Pouille), s-hertogenbosch as Q (l. to Karlovic), London/Queen s Club (l. to Dimitrov) and Washington (d. Opelka after saving 1 MP and Dimitrov, l. to A. Zverev) Achieved new career-high 7 times, peaking at No. 48 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 24 Suffered tour-level losing streaks of 6 matches from February 28 to June 13 and 5 matches from August 4 to present Fabbiano 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 3-9 (2-7 on hard) Date of Birth: May 26, 1989 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 70 (Career-High) St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debuting) Achieved career-high No. 70 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 18 Earned 1st 2 Grand Slam wins of career to reach US Open 3R (d. Smith and Thompson, l. to Lorenzi) Qualified at Australian Open (l. to Young in 1R), Eastbourne (l. to Johnson in 2R) and Montreal (l. to Harrison in 1R) Won Challenger titles at Quanzhou, CHN (d. Berrettini); Gimcheon, KOR (d. Gabashvili) and Seoul, KOR (d. Kwon) Advanced to Challenger finals at Zhuhai, CHN (l. to Donskoy) and Nottingham, GBR (l. to Sela) Reached Challenger doubles final at Seoul, KOR w/sela (l. to Hsieh/Peng) 1R: Joao Sousa (POR) vs [WC] Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) Donskoy Leads 1-0 14 Davis Cup Group I (Russia) Hard RR Evgeny Donskoy 7-6(7) 6-4 3-6 6-1 Other Meetings 11 Szczecin CH (Poland) Clay R32 Evgeny Donskoy 6-3 6-3 12 Australian Open Q (Australia) Hard Q1 Joao Sousa 6-3 7-5 Sousa 2017 Summary F (2): Auckland (l Sock); Kitzbuehel (l Kohlschreiber); SF (1): Sao Paulo (l Ramos-Vinolas); QF (2): Buenos Aires (l Nishikori); Gstaad (l Hanfmann) YTD W-L: 21-25 (6-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 57 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 9-3 (2015 Finalist) Tournament Note: Reached QF-or-better in all 3 St. Petersburg appearances (2013 SF, 2015 Final, 2016 QF) Fell to 2-7 in ATP finals with runner-up finishes at Auckland (l. to Sock) and Kitzbuehel (l. to Kohlschreiber) Advanced to Sao Paulo SF (l. to Ramos-Vinolas after holding 1 MP) Reached ATP Masters 1000 2R at Indian Wells (l. to M. Zverev), Miami (l. to Fognini), Monte-Carlo (l. to Cuevas) and Cincinnati as Q (l. to Sugita) Suffered 6-match losing streak from April 18 to May 29 and 5-match losing streak from August 16 to present Fell to No. 63 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17 -- lowest since No. 77 on September 23, 2013 Went 0-3 in Davis Cup Play-off tie vs Germany, including 5-set loss to Struff after holding 1 MP (GER d. POR 3-2)
Day 3 Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Page 4 of 4 Donskoy 2017 Summary QF (1): Dubai (l Pouille) YTD W-L: 4-10 (4-4 on hard) Date of Birth: May 9, 1990 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 88 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 3-5 (2010, 2013, 2015 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Earned 1st ATP World Tour win of career at 2010 St. Petersburg as Q (d. Kuznetsov) Qualified at Rotterdam, Marseille and Dubai, where he earned biggest win of career over No. 10 Federer 36 76(7) 76(5) in 2R after saving 3 MPs and trailing 5-2 in 2nd-set TB, 5-2 in 3rd set and 5-1 in 3rd-set TB (l. to Pouille in QF) Following Federer win, lost 7 straight tour-level matches before US Open (d. Haider-Maurer, l. to Kukushkin in 2R) One week after Dubai, captured 10th ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Zhuhai, CHN (d. Fabbiano) Advanced to Chengdu, CHN Challenger final (l. to Lu) Won Challenger doubles title at Rennes, FRA w/elgin (d. Knowle/Marray 11-9 in Match TB) Conceded walkover to Berankis in Jinan, CHN Challenger SF due to illness 2R: [Q] Liam Broady (GBR) vs [4] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 14 Knoxville CH (U.S.A.) Hard SF Adrian Mannarino 6-0 6-4 Broady 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 1-1 (1-0 on hard) Date of Birth: January 4, 1994 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 242 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Earned 2nd tour-level win of career by beating 2013 champion Gulbis 63 60 on Tuesday Entered London/Queen s Club as LL (l. to Chardy in 1R) Advanced to 2nd ATP Challenger Tour final at Aptos, USA as Q (d. Fritz, l. to Bublik) Challenger quarter-finalist at Gimcheon, KOR as Q (l. to Kravchuk) and Vancouver, CAN (d. Sela, l. to De Loore) Reached Antalya, TUR Futures singles and doubles finals (l. to Majchrzak, w/l. Johnson l. to Durasovic/Serdarusic) Mannarino 2017 Summary F (1): Antalya (l Sugita); QF (2): Los Cabos (l Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Shapovalov) YTD W-L: 24-21 (14-12 on hard) Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2011 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Advanced to 2011 St. Petersburg QF in tournament debut (d. Simon and Rosol, l. to Youzhny) Advanced to 3rd ATP World Tour final at Antalya (l. to Sugita) Avenged loss to Sugita and beat countryman Monfils in 5 sets to reach Wimbledon 4R for 2nd time (l. to Djokovic) Reached US Open 3R for 3rd time, capping 16-7 run from June 26 through September 2 (l. to Thiem) Defeated Raonic en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Montreal (l. to Shapovalov) Also at ATP Masters 1000s, reached Miami 4R (l. to Berdych) and Cincinnati 3R (d. Haase after saving 1 MP, l. to Thiem). Qualified at Monte-Carlo (ret vs Pouille in 3R), Madrid (l. to Donaldson in 1R) and Rome (l. to Cuevas in 1R). Snapped 8-match tour-level losing streak by beating Fritz in Acapulco 1R (l. to Thiem in 2R) Won 12th and 13th Challenger titles respectively at Noumea, CAL (d. Milojevic) and Quimper, FRA (d. Gojowczyk) Retired in Monte-Carlo 3R and withdrew from Budapest, Munich, Geneva and Atlanta (hip), as well as Houston (ill) COURT 1 1R: Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs Guido Pella (ARG) First Meeting 1R: Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE) First Meeting
ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Sibur Arena St. Petersburg, Russia September 18-24, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $1,000,000 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com SPBOpen.ru Mark Epps: mepps@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @Formula_TX Press Room: +7 905 7944 494 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @FormulaTX FORMER CHAMPIONS YOUZHNY, GULBIS TAKE TO CENTRE COURT The winningest player in St. Petersburg Open history returns on Tuesday. Mikhail Youzhny is 33-13 and making his 16th straight appearance at the tournament (2001-13, 2015-17), which did not take place in 2014. The former World No. 8 is the last Russian runner-up (2010) and champion (2004), also reaching the final as a 20-year-old in 2002. He opens his 2017 campaign against John-Patrick Smith, a qualifier at three straight events (Cincinnati, US Open, St. Petersburg). All four qualifiers are in action on Centre Court, including 2013 champion Ernests Gulbis. The Latvian broke into the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings less than nine months after winning the St. Petersburg title. Following a recurring right wrist injury, Gulbis is ranked 212th this week and faces fellow qualifier Liam Broady on Tuesday. Broady is bidding for his second tour-level win. Also on Centre Court, 22-year-old German qualifier Daniel Masur seeks his first tour-level victory against Ricardas Berankis, who has not won an ATP match since undergoing hip surgery during the offseason. Singles play concludes with No. 7 seed Viktor Troicki against Andrey Kuznetsov. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES [PR] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) vs [Q] Daniel Masur (GER) First Meeting Berankis 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-4 (0-2 on hard) Date of Birth: June 21, 1990 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 177 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 3-4 (2012 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Owns 5-match tour-level losing streak and seeks 1st win since 2016 Basel (d. Raonic in 1R) Missed 1st 4+ months of season following hip surgery Fell in 1R at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Winston-Salem and US Open In 2nd tournament back, captured 8th ATP Challenger Tour title at Shymkent, KAZ (d. Hanfmann) Did not drop a set en route to Jinan, CHN Challenger final (l. to Lu) Fell to No. 244 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 1 -- lowest since No. 255 in February 8, 2010 Masur 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-1 (0-0 on hard) Date of Birth: November 6, 1994 (22) Emirates ATP Ranking: 296 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut)
Day 2 Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Page 2 of 3 Tournament Note: Seeks 1st tour-level win in 2nd tour-level match (l. to Struff in 2017 Munich 1R) Achieved career-high No. 203 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 19 Lost ATP World Tour main draw debut at Munich as WC (l. to Struff) Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Sofia, Barcelona, Roland Garros, Stuttgart, Halle, Wimbledon and US Open Advanced to 3rd ATP Challenger Tour SF at Koblenz, GER (l. to Langer) Reached 8th ITF Futures Circuit final at Nussloch, GER (l. to Moraing) [Q] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs [Q] Liam Broady (GBR) First Meeting Gulbis 2017 Summary QF (1): Gstaad (l Fognini) YTD W-L: 6-6 (1-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: August 30, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 212 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 13-6 (2013 Champion) Tournament Note: 2013 champion qualified by beating Russians Vasilenko 46 63 62 and Nedelko 62 61 Earned 1st tour-level wins since 2016 Roland Garros to reach Wimbledon 3R (d. del Potro in 2R, l. to Djokovic) Then-No. 589 became lowest-ranked player in Wimbledon 3R since unranked Kiefer in 2007 Fell to No. 589 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 3 -- lowest since No. 670 on October 24, 2005 Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF since 2015 Vienna at Gstaad (d. Lorenzi, l. to Fognini) Squandered 2 MPs vs Khachanov in Bastad 2R Lost in qualifying at Rotterdam, Indian Wells, Miami, Barcelona, Estoril and Cincinnati Withdrew from qualifying at Montpellier (right wrist), Marseille (right wrist) and Geneva (left calf) Broady 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-1 (0-0 on hard) Date of Birth: January 4, 1994 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 242 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Tournament Note: Seeks 2nd tour-level win after earning 1st at 2015 Wimbledon (d. Matosevic from 2 sets down) Entered London/Queen s Club as LL (l. to Chardy in 1R) Advanced to 2nd ATP Challenger Tour final at Aptos, USA as Q (d. Fritz, l. to Bublik) Challenger quarter-finalist at Gimcheon, KOR as Q (l. to Kravchuk) and Vancouver, CAN (d. Sela, l. to De Loore) Reached Antalya, TUR Futures singles and doubles finals (l. to Majchrzak, w/l. Johnson l. to Durasovic/Serdarusic) [Q] John-Patrick Smith (AUS) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Youzhny Leads 1-0 15 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Mikhail Youzhny 6-1 3-6 7-5 7-6(4) Other Meeting 15 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal Q (Canada) Hard Q1 Mikhail Youzhny 6-1 7-6(6) Smith 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-2 (0-2 on hard) Date of Birth: January 24, 1989 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 185 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Tournament Note: Seeks 6th tour-level win and 1st since 2016 Newport (d. Thompson in 1R) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Gasquet in 1R) and US Open (l. to Fabbiano in 1R) Reached Drummondville, CAN Challenger SF (l. to Bemelmans) Played in 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at Newport w/reid (d. Hsieh/Peng 22-20 in Match TB, l. to Qureshi/Ram) Advanced to 1st Grand Slam doubles QF at US Open w/monroe (l. to Kontinen/Peers) Won San Francisco, USA Challenger doubles title w/reid (d. Gong/Zhang) Challenger doubles finalist at Drummondville, CAN w/reid (l. to Groth/Shamasdin); Guadalajara, MEX w/saville (l. to S. Gonzalez/Sitak) and Nottingham, GBR w/reid (l. to Skupski/Skupski)
Day 2 Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Page 3 of 3 Youzhny 2017 Summary QF (1): Chennai (l Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: 9-19 (6-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 (35) Emirates ATP Ranking: 112 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 33-13 (2004 Champion) Tournament Note: Winningest player in tournament history returns for 16th straight appearance (2001-13, 2015-17) Advanced to Chennai QF (d. Myneni and Olivo, l. to Bautista Agut after leading 62 41) Qualified at Halle (d. Karlovic, l. to Rublev in 2R) and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 1R) Snapped 6-match losing streak at US Open (l. to Federer in 2R after leading 2 sets to 1). Now 0-17 vs Federer. Squandered 2 MPs in Roland Garros 1R vs Dutra Silva Retired in Australian Open 1R vs Baghdatis due to illness and Rotterdam Q1 vs Donskoy due to right elbow injury Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) vs [7] Viktor Troicki (SRB) Troicki Leads 2-1 13 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Viktor Troicki 6-4 6-3 6-4 16 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Viktor Troicki 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3 16 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4 6-4 Kuznetsov 2017 Summary SF (3): Sydney (l Evans); Geneva (l Wawrinka); Bastad (l Dolgopolov); QF (1): Budapest (l Lorenzi) YTD W-L: 14-20 (5-10 on hard) Date of Birth: February 22, 1991 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 87 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2009, 2016 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Earned 1st ATP World Tour win at 2009 St. Petersburg as WC (d. Granollers in 3 sets) Ended 0-10 start to career in ATP World Tour QFs by beating Carreno Busta to reach Sydney SF (l. to Evans) Also advanced to SFs at Geneva (l. to Wawrinka) and Bastad (l. to Dolgopolov) Defeated Fognini 76 in 3rd to reach Budapest QF (l. to Lorenzi) Qualified for ATP Masters 1000 events at Monte-Carlo (l. to Berdych in 1R) and Madrid (l. to Tsonga in 1R) Suffered 6-match tour-level losing streak before beating Istomin in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R (l. to Karlovic in 2R) Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at Sofia w/elgin (l. to Troicki/Zimonjic) Troicki 2017 Summary SF (2): Sydney (l Muller); Istanbul (l Raonic); QF (1): Sofia (l Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 18-21 (11-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 47 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 2-4 (2016 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Defeated Elias and Lajovic en route to 2016 St. Petersburg QF (l. to Wawrinka) Reached Sydney SF (l. to Muller), Istanbul SF (l. to Raonic) and Sofia QF (l. to Dimitrov) Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (d. Dzumhur and Lorenzi in 5 sets, l. to Wawrinka) and US Open (d. Gombos in 5 sets, l. to Dolgopolov). Win over Gombos snapped 6-match losing streak. Saved 1 MP vs countryman Tipsarevic in London/Queen s Club 1R (l. to Young in 2R) Captured 2nd ATP World Tour doubles title at Sofia w/zimonjic (d. Elgin/Kuznetsov) Clinched Serbia s 4-1 Davis Cup wins over Russia in 1R (d. Khachanov in 4h30m after saving 1 MP, w/zimonjic d. Kravchuk/Kuznetsov) and Spain in QF (d. Carreno Busta, w/zimonjic d. Carreno Busta/M. Lopez) Withdrew from Geneva (hamstring tear), as well as Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuehel (lower back) Retired in Wimbledon 1R vs F. Mayer due to right shoulder injury
ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, September 18, 2017 Sibur Arena St. Petersburg, Russia September 18-24, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $1,000,000 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com SPBOpen.ru Mark Epps: mepps@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @Formula_TX Press Room: +7 905 7944 494 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @FormulaTX 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN ST. PETERSBURG 1) Into the Indoors: As the season changes from summer to fall, the ATP World Tour transitions from outdoor to indoor hard courts with the St. Petersburg Open and Moselle Open. One million dollars is on the line in St. Petersburg, the third-largest purse of the 40 ATP World Tour 250 events behind the season-opener in Doha ($1,237,190) and next week s tournament in Chengdu ($1,028,885). 2) #NextGenATP Duo: Russian Daniil Medvedev and Croat Borna Coric are among the Top 7 players in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan. But No. 8 Hyeon Chung is only 22 points behind Medvedev and 181 points behind Coric among the 21-and-unders trying to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals. Medvedev and Coric will look to gain ground on Chung this week in St. Petersburg. 3) Milestone Year: Medvedev, 21, reached his first final at Chennai, while Coric, 20, won his first title at Marrakech. Both earned Top 10 wins at Grand Slams, with Medvedev ending Stan Wawrinka s year at Wimbledon and Coric upsetting Race to Milan leader Alexander Zverev at the US Open. 4) Simply the Best: Medvedev s countryman Mikhail Youzhny returns as the winningest player in St. Petersburg Open history. Youzhny is 33-13 and making his 16th straight appearance at the tournament (2001-13, 2015-17), which did not take place in 2014. The former World No. 8 is the last Russian finalist (2010) and champion (2004), also reaching the final as a 20-year-old in 2002. 5) Hero s Welcome: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga makes his St. Petersburg debut as a wild card and the No. 2 seed. Tsonga swept Laslo Djere and Dusan Lajovic of Serbia this past weekend to lead France into the Davis Cup final. The 32-year-old has won titles at Rotterdam, Marseille and Lyon in 2017. 6) Consistency is Key: No. 1 seed Roberto Bautista Agut has also captured multiple titles this year (Chennai, Winston-Salem). The 29-year-old Spaniard is 41-16 in 2017, surpassing 40 wins for the fourth straight season. Bautista Agut is up to a career-high No. 13 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. 7) Trio to Watch: No. 3 seed Fabio Fognini, No. 4 seed Adrian Mannarino and No. 5 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber are in form entering St. Petersburg. Fognini won the Gstaad title on July 30 and Kohlschreiber captured the Kitzbuehel title six days later. Mannarino is 16-7 since June 26. 8) Record-Setter: No. 6 seed Paolo Lorenzi made history at the US Open earlier this month. The 35- year-old Italian became the oldest player in the Open Era to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time. Lorenzi is also the oldest first-time champion in ATP history (2016 Kitzbuehel). 9) On the Rise: Lorenzi s first-round opponent Damir Dzumhur is 22-7 overall since June 19, highlighted by his first ATP World Tour final at Winston-Salem, second semi-final at Los Cabos and seventh Challenger title at Blois, France. Dzumhur also advanced to the US Open third round. 10) Double the Russians: The only Russians in the doubles draw will meet in the first round when Youzhny and Evgeny Donskoy face fellow wild cards Mikhail Elgin and Alexander Kudryavtsev.