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Home , 2016 Memphis Open, Fernando Verdasco, Florian Mayer, Karen Khachanov, Lucas Pouille, Roberto Bautista Agut

: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, October 2, 2016

Sichuan International Center, Chengdu, China | September 26-October 2, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $840,915 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

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RAMOS-VINOLAS LOOKS FOR SECOND ATP TITLE, KHACHANOV FIRST

FINAL PREVIEW: The Chengdu Open championship Sunday features No. 5 seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas, and unseeded #NextGen star , who is appearing in his first ATP World Tour final. This is the third meeting between the Spaniard and Russian (tied 1-1). Both previous meetings went to a decisive third set with Khachanov winning the first contest in the 1R of 2013 Moscow. In April, Ramos-Vinolas rallied from a set down in the 2R of Istanbul.

Ramos-Vinolas is appearing in his first career ATP World Tour final on hard courts and third final overall (1-1). Prior to this year, he was runner-up in 2012 Casablanca (l. to Andujar). The 28-year-old Spaniard captured his first ATP World Tour title in Bastad (d. Verdasco) in July. He is one of seven different Spanish winners this year. En route to the final, he posted his third career Top 10 win over No. 10/ top seed in the quarter- finals on Friday. In the semi-finals, he beat No. 3 seed in a third set tie-break.

Khachanov is the first Russian to reach an ATP World Tour final since won Valencia in Oct. 2013. En route to his maiden ATP World Tour final, has posted wins over No. 7 seed Joao Sousa in 1R, No. 4 Feliciano Lopez in QF and No. 6 in SF. The 20-year-old Moscow native is trying to become ninth first-time ATP World Tour winner this season and third #NextGen winner (behind and ). The big Russian has held serve 40 of 43 games (93%) en route to the final, saving six of nine break points.

 INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: Tournament statistics entering the championship match

Statistic Albert Ramos-Vinolas Karen Khachanov

Aces 25 34

1st-Serve Percentage 62% 59% 1st-Serve Points Won 71% 82% 2nd-Serve Points Won 53% 56%  Service Games Won 80% (45 of 56) 93% (40 of 43)  Break Points Saved 67% (22 of 33) 67% (6 of 9)  1st-Serve Return Points Won 24% 32%  2nd-Serve Return Points Won 58% 50%  Return Games Won 22% (12 of 54) 28% (12 of 43) Break Points Converted 32% (12 of 37) 44% (12 of 27)

 EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Chengdu Open Champion Finalist Singles Ranking Points 250 150 $148,860 $78,400 Singles Prize Money

Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 Doubles Prize Money $45,220 $23,770 Chengdu Open Day 7 – Sunday, October 2, 2016 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com

FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS: CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH [5] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS) Series Tied 1-1 13 Moscow (Russia) Hard R32 Karen Khachanov 6-2 3-6 6-4 16 Istanbul (Turkey) Clay R16 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 4-6 6-1 6-0

Ramos-Vinolas 2016 FastFacts: W: Bastad (d Verdasco); SF: Quito (l Estrella Burgos); QF(3): Istanbul (l Delbonis); Roland Garros (l Wawrinka); Gstaad (l Mathieu) YTD W-L: 30-25 (9-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 (Career-high)

• Tournament Note: Appearing in first hard court final after wins over [Q] 64 57 63 in 1R, 76(4) 36 64 over Yen-Hsun Lu in 2R, 61 64 over top seed/No. 10 Thiem in QF and 76 16 76 over [3] Dimitrov in SF. Has held serve 45 of 56 games (80%) and won 12 of 54 return games (22%) • Will finish in Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings for first time in career. Previous best year-end ranking was No. 51 in 2012. His 30 match wins this season is a career-high, surpassing 25 in 2012 • Captured 1st ATP World Tour title at Båstad, beating countrymen Carballes Baena, Ferrer and Verdasco in straight sets • Appeared in 3R, 4R and QF of a for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. No. 9 Raonic, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Achieved career-high No. 31 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 18 • Advanced to Quito SF (d. Lajovic, Ram and Lopez; l. to Estrella Burgos) • Reached 3R at Indian Wells (d. Kyrgios, l. to Monfils) and Wimbledon (d. Troicki in 5 sets, l. to No. 10 Gasquet) • In ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R, saved 1 MP to beat A. Gonzalez 76 in 3rd (l. to No. 10 Gasquet in 2R) • Held 1 MP before falling to Mathieu in 1st match of season at Doha • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Toronto due to foot injury

SPANISH WINNERS: has a 9-7 record in ATP World Tour finals this season. Seven players have won titles, including Ramos-Vinolas in Bastad, the most of any nation in 2016. Here are the Spanish winners: 2 – Auckland, Sofia 2 – ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo, Barcelona Nicolas Almagro 1 – Estoril Roberto Carreno Busta 1 – Winston-Salem Feliciano Lopez 1 – Gstaad Albert Ramos-Vinolas 1 – Bastad 1 – Bucharest

Khachanov 2016 FastFacts QF: Kitzbühel (l. to Lajovic) YTD W-L: 10-7 (5-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 101

• Tournament Note: Has posted three wins over seeds en route to maiden ATP World Tour final: on Tuesday opened with 76(3) 63 win over [7] Joao Sousa, followed with 36 63 61 victory over Mannarino on Wednesday, 63 64 triumph over [4] Lopez in QF and 63 75 win over [6] Troicki. Has held serve 40 of 43 games (93%) and No. 3 in aces (34) • First Russian to reach an ATP World Tour final this year and first since Oct. 2013 when Mikhail Youzhny won Valencia title (d. No. 3 Ferrer) • Broke into Top 100 on June 6 and achieved personal-best No. 81 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 12. Will move from 101 to a new career-high around No. 70 by reaching final and to around No. 55 if he wins title • In July, advanced to 2nd career ATP World Tour QF at Kitzbühel (d. Volandri and Kohlschreiber, l. to Lajovic) • Made winning Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open as Q (d. Fabbiano, l. to No. 7 Nishikori in 2R) • Qualified and advanced to 3R at Barcelona, saving 1 MP vs. Bedene, then beating Bautista Agut (l. to Dolgopolov) • Fell to countryman Donskoy in Båstad 1R 36 76(4) 63 after holding 2 MPs • Captured 2nd Challenger title at Samarkand, UZB (d. Ramirez Hidalgo, who is 18+ years older) • Reached Challenger final at Jonkoping, SWE (d. Krajinovic and Struff, l. to Golubev after holding 4 MPs) Chengdu Open Day 7 – Sunday, October 2, 2016 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com

FIRST-TIME ATP WINNERS (8): Khachanov is trying to become the ninth first-time winner on the ATP World Tour this year: Age Tournament Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 20 Marseille (ARG) 23 Istanbul (USA) 26 Nottingham Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)28 Bastad (ITA) 34 Kitzbuehel Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 25 Winston-Salem Alexander Zverev (GER) 19 St. Petersburg (FRA) 22 Metz

2016 ATP WORLD TOUR & ATP CHALLENGER TOUR WINNERS (3): Khachanov is looking to become the fourth player to win an ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour title(s) this season: Player ATP World Tour Title ATP Challenger Tour Title Paolo Lorenzi Kitzbuehel Canberra & Caltanissetta Halle Portoroz & Meerbusch Diego Schwartzman Istanbul Barranquilla

OUTSIDE TOP 50 WINNERS (7): Khachanov, who is No. 101 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, is trying to become the eighth ATP World Tour winner this season ranked outside the Top 50 to win a title. If he wins, he would be the third- lowest ranked champion on the ATP World tour this season: Winner Tournament Ranking Florian Mayer Halle No. 192 Juan Houston No. 148 Diego Schwartzman Istanbul No. 87 Fernando Verdasco Bucharest No. 86 Nicolas Almagro Estoril No. 71 Delray Beach No. 61 Victor Estrella Burgos Quito No. 58

[1] (RSA)/ (USA) vs First Meeting [4] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/ (POL)

• Klaasen/Ram have not dropped a set en route to their third ATP World Tour final of season (1-1) • South African and American have a 27-16 match record this season and 43-27 lifetime • Own 2-3 record in finals, winning 2015 Halle title (d. Bopanna/Mergea) and repeating in Halle in June (d. Kubot/Peya) • In April, ended 4-match losing streak to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami final (d. J. Murray/Soares in 1R, l. to Herbert/Mahut) • Advanced to QF (d. Bryan/Bryan, l. to eventual champions J. Murray/Soares 76 in 3rd) and Wimbledon SF (l. to Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin) • Also reached Geneva final (l. to Johnson/Querrey) and Chennai SF (l. to eventual champions Marach/Martin) • Klaasen has a 10-9 career record in ATP World Tour level doubles finals and trying to win a second title this season. Has won at least two titles in each of past three years. Ram is 9-6 in ATP World Tour doubles finals • They are No. 7 in Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings and looking to earn a spot in Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London

• Carreno Busta/Fyrstenberg have only lost one set en route to final (in 1R) and playing together for first time this week • Carreno Busta is appearing in his fifth career ATP World Tour doubles final (1-3), all coming this season. His maiden title came in Quito in February (w/Duran). He also was runner-up in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo (w/Marrero) and US Open (w/Garcia-Lopez). In singles, won first ATP World Tour title in Winston-Salem (d. countryman Bautista Agut) • Fyrstenberg is making his second appearance in an ATP World Tour final this season. In February, repeated title in Memphis (w/S. Gonzalez). Has an 18-25 career record in finals and last title in Asia came in 2009 Kuala Lumpur (w/Matkowski)