BMW Open by FWU AG: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, April 25, 2016

MTTC Iphitos, , | April 25-May 1, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €463,520 | Surface: Clay

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BMW OPEN by FWU AG TALKING POINTS

 TOURNAMENT PREVIEW: Three of the hottest players on the ATP World Tour headline the 2016 BMW Open by FWU AG. No. 1 seed is 18-7 on the season, highlighted by back-to- back ATP Masters 1000 semi-finals at Indian Wells and Miami. No. 2 seed Gael Monfils is coming off a run to the ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo final, defeating countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semis for his 20th win of 2016. Both Goffin and Monfils are looking up at No. 3 seed in terms of wins this season. The Austrian is second behind World No. 1 with 26 victories, including titles at and Acapulco. Also receiving a first-round bye is No. 4 seed , who owns a 24-9 Munich record with titles in 2007 and 2012.

 DAY 1 PREVIEW: German wild card plays twice on opening day of the BMW Open by FWU AG. Coming off a clay-court Challenger title at Sarasota, USA, the 28-year-old Zverev takes to at 11 am against Giraldo. Following vs. , Zverev will return alongside his 19-year-old brother Alexander for a first-round doubles match against Marco Cecchinato and of Italy. The Zverevs upset and en route to the 2015 Munich final, which they lost in a match tiebreak to and . In the last match of the day, 2010 Munich champion meets No. 6 seed , who is on a seven-match losing streak.

 NINE GERMANS IN FIELD: Next Generation star is one of nine Germans playing singles at the 2016 BMW Open by FWU AG. The No. 8 seed enters at a career-high ranking of No. 49, making him the youngest player in the Top 50 of the Emirates ATP Rankings. He is joined in the draw by four-time finalist Philipp Kohlschreiber, who reached the Barcelona semi- finals last week. Former World No. 18 meets fellow German qualifier in his first tour-level match since the US Open. Other Germans in action are , Maximilian Marterer, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Jan-Lennard Struff and Mischa Zverev.

 DEL POTRO RETURNS TO CLAY: Wild card Juan Martin del Potro will play his first clay-court match in nearly three years against Dustin Brown in the first round. Since falling to Benoit Paire at ATP Masters 1000 Rome on May 16, 2013, del Potro has endured three surgeries to his left wrist. The former World No. 4 began his latest comeback by advancing to the Delray Beach semi-finals in February. Del Potro reached the 2008 Munich quarter-finals in his only previous appearance.

 MUSICAL CHAIRS IN DOUBLES: A month marked by many doubles partner changes concludes with the first-time team of and Jean-Julien Rojer seeded first in Munich. A year ago, Melo won Roland Garros with Ivan Dodig and Rojer won Wimbledon with Horia Tecau, but neither of those teams has reached a final in 2016. Tecau is playing in the Bucharest final Monday with countryman , while Dodig is present in singles and absent from doubles in Munich. Reigning Munich doubles champion Alexander Peya is teaming with 2005 champion after his regular partner, , underwent right knee surgery on April 12. BMW Open by FWU AG Day 1 – Monday, April 25, 2016 Page 2 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

 MUNICH SINGLES CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS (since 2004)

YEAR WINNER FINALIST SCORE

2015 Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(4), 5-7, 7-6(4) 2014 Martin Klizan Fabio Fognini 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

2013 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-6(3)  2012 Philipp Kohlschreiber Marin Cilic 7-6(8), 6-3

2011 Florian Mayer 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 

2010 Mikhail Youzhny Marin Cilic 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

2009 Tomas Berdych Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5)

2008 Fernando Gonzalez 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 6-3 2007 Philipp Kohlschreiber Mikhail Youzhny 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

2006 6-4, 6-2 2005 6-4, 6-1

2004 Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 7-5

Bold = Players in this year’s draw

 MUNICH DOUBLES CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS (since 2004)

YEAR WINNER FINALIST SCORE 2015 Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares Alexander Zverev/Mischa Zverev 46 61 10-5 2014 Jamie Murray/John Peers / 64 62 2013 / / 61 64 2012 Frantisek Cermak/Filip Polasek Xavier Malisse/ 64 75 2011 Simone Bolelli/ / 76(3) 64 2010 /Santiago Ventura Eric Butorac/ 57 63 16-14 2009 /Ivo Minar / 64 64 2008 /Rainer Schuettler / 75 36 10-8 2007 Philipp Kohlschreiber/Mikhail Youzhny Jan Hajek/Jaroslav Levinsky 61 64 2006 Andrei Pavel/ Alexander Peya/Bjorn Phau 64 62 2005 Mario Ancic/Julian Knowle Florian Mayer/Alexander Waske 63 16 63 2004 / Julian Knowle/Nenad Zimonjic 62 64

Bold = Players in this year’s draw

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 WHO TO WATCH IN SINGLES

SEED PLAYER RECORD BEST FINISH 1 David Goffin (BEL) 1-2 2015 Quarter-finalist 2 Gael Monfils (FRA) 1-2 2013 Round of 16 3 Dominic Thiem (AUT) 2-1 2015 Quarter-finalist 4 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 24-9 2007, 2012 Champion 5 Fabio Fognini (ITA) 4-2 2014 Runner-up 6 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 2-1 2014 Quarter-finalist 7 (CAN) 0-1 2015 Round of 32 8 Alexander Zverev (GER) 1-2 2015 Round of 16

 WILD CARDS (3)  YOUNGEST Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Alexander Zverev (GER) - 19 years, 5 days Maximilian Marterer (GER)

Mischa Zverev (GER)  OLDEST

Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) - 35 years, 9 months  QUALIFIERS (4) Matthias Bachinger (GER)  TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Florian Mayer (GER) Germany (9), Italy (2), Russia (2) Igor Sijsling (NED)

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER)

WHO TO WATCH IN DOUBLES

SEED TEAM BEST FINISH Melo: 2016 Debut 1 Marcelo Melo/Jean-Julien Rojer Rojer: 2015 Semi-finalist 2 Juan Sebastian Cabal/ 2012-13 Semi-finalists Kontinen: 2014 Round of 16 3 /John Peers Peers: 2014 Champion Knowle: 2005 Champion 4 Julian Knowle/Alexander Peya Peya: 2015 Champion

 EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

W F SF QF R16 R32 SINGLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 20 0 SINGLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 82,450 43,430 23,525 13,400 7,900 4,680 DOUBLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 0 -- DOUBLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 25,070 13,170 7,140 4,080 2,390 --

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DAY 1 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play

CENTRE COURT

[WC] Mischa Zverev (GER) vs (COL) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 08 ATP Masters 1000 Miami Q (U.S.A.) Hard 1R Santiago Giraldo 7-5 6-3 10 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai Q (China) Hard 2R Mischa Zverev 6-1 6-3

M. Zverev 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 1-2 (0-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 22, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 129 Munich W-L (Best Result): 1-3 (2015 Round of 16)

• Tournament Note: Qualified and beat Struff at 2015 Munich before falling to No. 3 Murray in 2R • Qualified and reached 2R at Marseille, retiring vs. Goffin due to neck injury • Also qualified at Houston, losing in 1R to Kudla 76 in 3rd • Led Fritz 40 in 3rd before falling in final round of qualifying • Captured 5th Challenger title at Sarasota, USA (d. G. Melzer) • Advanced to Montpellier doubles final w/A. Zverev (d. Bhupathi/Marray, l. to Pavic/Venus)

Giraldo 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 5-8 (3-4 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 27, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 97 Munich W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2012 Round of 16)

• Tournament Note: Defeated Darcis to reach 2012 Munich 2R (l. to Youzhny in 3 sets) • Won 1R matches at Australian Open, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and ATP Masters 1000 Miami • Reached Australian Open 2R for 5th time in career (d. Young, l. to Sousa) • Advanced to Canberra, AUS Challenger QF (d. Sela in 1R, l. to Dodig)

Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) Dodig Leads 2-1 09 (Croatia) Hard R16 Ivan Dodig 7-6(3) 6-4 11 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Ivan Dodig 6-3 7-6(3) 14 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Ernests Gulbis 7-6(8) 7-6(4)

Dodig 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 3-6 (1-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 2, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 75 Munich W-L (Best Result): 3-3 (2013 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Defeated Davydenko, Cilic and Dolgopolov en route to 2013 Munich SF (l. to Haas) • Qualified and reached 2R at Brisbane (l. to Raonic in 3 sets) and Rotterdam (l. to Kohlschreiber) • Beat Gimeno-Traver, Giraldo and Muñoz de la Nava en route to Canberra, AUS Challenger final (l. to Lorenzi) • Also reached Irving, USA Challenger SF (d. Kovalik, Marchenko and Schwartzman; l. to Granollers) • Retired with back injury down 5-0 in 3rd vs. in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R • Owns an 8-8 doubles record on the season (6-6 w/Melo) • Helped Croatia to 3-2 win over in 1R, teaming w/Skugor to beat Bemelmans/Goffin

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Gulbis 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 2-7 (0-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: August 30, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 83 Munich W-L (Best Result): 2-4 (2012-13 Round of 16)

• Tournament Note: Reached Munich 2R in 2012 (d. Malisse, l. to Kohlschreiber) and 2013 (d. Nieminen, l. to Haas) • Lost to Gasquet in 2R at Montpellier (d. Halys in 1R) and Marseille (d. De Schepper in 1R) • Fell to Chardy 13-11 in 5th set of Australian Open 1R after 4 hours, 43 minutes • Qualified at Rotterdam (l. to Monfils in 1R). Lost in qualifying at Brisbane and Sydney • Withdrew from Marrakech due to wrist injury

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs [6] Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) Series Tied 3-3 09 Tokyo (Japan) Hard R32 Mikhail Youzhny 6-2 6-3 11 RUS vs BRA WG Play-Offs (Russia) Hard RR Mikhail Youzhny 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 14-12 12 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Mikhail Youzhny 6-2 3-6 6-3 12 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R16 Thomaz Bellucci 4-6 6-2 6-4 14 Valencia () Hard R32 Thomaz Bellucci 7-5 6-3 15 Istanbul (Turkey) Clay R32 Thomaz Bellucci 7-6(5) 6-3

Youzhny 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 3-3 (1-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 76 Munich W-L (Best Result): 21-10 (2010 Champion)

• Tournament Note: Munich finalist in 2007 (l. to Kohlschreiber), 2009 (l. to Berdych) and 2010 (d. Cilic) • Won 30 of 32 sets to sweep 3 consecutive ATP Challenger Tour titles in January • Captured 2 titles in Bangkok, THA (d. Soeda and Pavlasek), followed by title at Manila, PHI (d. Chiudinelli) • Beat Bedene, then conceded w/o to Bautista Agut in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R due to illness • Also advanced to 2R at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Gulbis, l. to Paire) and Barcelona (d. Ram, l. to Fognini) • Qualified at Dubai before losing to Jaziri in 1R

Bellucci 2016 FastFacts F: Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos) YTD W-L: 4-10 (3-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: December 30, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 Munich W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2014 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Qualified and reached QFs at 2014 Munich (d. Dodig and Delbonis, l. to Fognini) • Reached 7th ATP World Tour singles final at Quito, coming within 3 points of title before falling to Estrella Burgos • Also advanced to Quito doubles final w/Demoliner (l. to Carreño Busta/Duran) • On a 7-match losing streak in singles since beating Lorenzi in Quito SF • Only singles win outside of Quito came in Australian Open 1R (d. Thompson, l. to Johnson in 2R) • Retired after splitting sets in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R vs. Kukushkin due to dehydration

COURT 1

Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs (UZB) Rosol Leads 2-1 10 (Germany) Clay R64 Denis Istomin 3-6 6-4 6-3 12 (Russia) Hard R16 Lukas Rosol 4-6 6-4 6-3 15 Shenzhen (China) Hard R32 Lukas Rosol 7-6(4) 6-4 Other meeting: 16 Irving CH (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Lukas Rosol 6-2 1-6 7-6(5) BMW Open by FWU AG Day 1 – Monday, April 25, 2016 Page 6 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

OTHER FIRST-ROUND FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS

[Q] Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) vs Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) First Meeting

Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [8] Alexander Zverev (GER) Jaziri Leads 1-0 16 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 7-6(5) 6-4

[7] Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) Pospisil Leads 1-0 14 ’s-Hertogenbosch () Grass R16 Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-2

[WC] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs Dustin Brown (GER) First Meeting

[Q] Matthias Bachinger (GER) vs [Q] Florian Mayer (GER) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 09 Heilbronn CH (Germany) Carpet R16 Florian Mayer 7-6(8) 1-6 6-4

[5] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs [WC] Maximilian Marterer (GER) First Meeting

Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 07 St. Petersburg Q (Russia) Carpet -- 6-2 6-3 09 Penza CH (Russia) Hard R32 Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 09 Saransk CH (Russia) Clay R32 Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 4-6 6-3 14 Beijing Q (China) Hard -- Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-2 15 Astana CH (Kazakhstan) Hard F Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2 6-2

Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs [Q] Igor Sijsling (NED) Sijsling Leads 1-0 14 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Igor Sijsling 7-6(4) 7-5