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HALL OF FAME CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, July 12, 2016

International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, RI, USA | July 11-17, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $515,025 | Surface: Grass

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BAKER SEEKS 1ST WIN SINCE 2013, KOZLOV RETURNS

 DAY 2 PREVIEW: American qualifier meets countryman on Tuesday when first-round play continues at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. Krajicek earned the first ATP World Tour win of his career at Newport in 2014, qualifying before beating fellow American . Baker’s first tour-level victory came more than a decade earlier at Memphis in 2004.

By that time, Baker had peaked at No. 2 on the ITF Juniors Circuit and beaten five of the Top 20 players in this week’s Emirates ATP Rankings: No. 5 , No. 8 Tomas Berdych, No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 16 , and No. 17 Gael Monfils. He won the prestigious title in 2002 and reached the Roland Garros boys’ singles final the following spring.

Eleven surgeries, however, have caused Baker to miss significant time from the tour, including the entire 2014 and 2015 seasons. Back with a protected ranking of No. 56, Baker is on the provisional entry list for the Rio 2016 Olympics August 6-14. Should he get past Krajicek, the 31-year-old Nashville native will enjoy his first ATP win since defeating at Cincinnati in 2013.

Also on Stadium, 18-year-old wild card Stefan Kozlov meets 35-year-old . Kozlov made his ATP World Tour debut at Newport as a 15-year-old in 2013. Last month, he defeated Newport No. 1 seed en route to his first quarter-final at ’s-Hertogenbosch. In the final singles match on Stadium, faces Canadian qualifier .

BRIAN BAKER’S 11 SURGERIES Feb. 1999 Left Knee Nov. 2005 Left Hip July 2006 Sports Hernia Feb. 2008 Right Elbow (Tommy John) Apr. 2008 Left Hip June 2008 Right Hip Jan. 2013 Right Knee Sep. 2013 Right Knee Jan. 2014 Back Jan. 2014 Right Knee Dec. 2014 Right Knee (DeNovo NT)

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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 2 FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES

Stadium

Benjamin Becker (GER) vs [WC] Stefan Kozlov (USA) First Meeting

Becker 2016 FastFacts QF (2): Memphis (l. to Fritz); Delray Beach (l. to Ram) YTD W-L: 9-13 (4-4 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: June 16, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 96 Newport W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2012 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Qualified and beat Goffin and Raonic en route to 2012 QF (ret vs. Harrison) • Advanced to back-to-back QFs at Memphis (l. to Fritz) and Delray Beach (l. to Ram) • In Delray Beach 2R, rallied from 75 40 down to defeat fellow former NCAA champion Johnson • Qualified at Doha, Auckland, Miami and Halle, where he beat Gulbis before losing to A. Zverev • Reached Puebla, MEX Challenger SF (d. Cachin, Stanek and Souza; l. to Krstin 76 in 3rd) • Retired in Halle 2R and withdrew from Nottingham Q (lower back). Also withdrew from Rome Q (muscle strain)

Kozlov 2016 FastFacts QF: 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Querrey) YTD W-L: 2-1 (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 1, 1998 Emirates ATP Ranking: 169 (Career-High) Newport W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2013 Round of 32)

• Tournament Note: Made ATP World Tour debut as 15-year-old WC in 2013 (l. to Przysiezny in 3 sets) • Achieved career-high No. 176 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 20 • Earned 1st 2 ATP wins of career en route to ’s-Hertogenbosch QF as WC (d. Nishioka and Johnson, l. to Querrey) • Reached 2nd Challenger singles final of career at Le Gosier, GUD (d. Nishioka, l. to Jaziri) • Advanced to Challenger QFs at Tallahassee, USA as Q (d. G. Melzer, l. to McGee) and Vicenza, ITA (l. to Eremin) • Won 2nd Challenger doubles title at Winnetka, USA with 1st-time partner Smith (d. Bangoura/O’Hare) • Captured Futures singles titles at Los Angeles, USA (d. Bester); Sherbrooke, CAN (d. Glasspool) and Little Rock, USA (d. Quigley). Also won Futures doubles title at Gatineau, CAN w/Uchida (d. Fanselow/Sikora)

[Q] Brian Baker (USA) vs Austin Krajicek (USA) First ATP Meeting Other Meeting: 07 Knoxville CH Q (USA) Hard 1R Brian Baker 6-2 6-3 12 Sarasota CH Q (USA) Clay 1R Brian Baker 6-2 6-3

Baker 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 0-6 (0-2 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 30, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 546 Newport W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2004 Round of 16)

• Tournament Note: Returns for 1st time in 12 years after beating Hernych and Klein to qualify • Fell in 1R at , Miami, Nice, Roland Garros, Halle and Wimbledon (8-match losing streak since 2013) • Reached Challenger 2Rs at Savannah, USA (d. Paul, l. to Kudla) and Tallahassee, USA (d. Smyczek, l. to Rubin) • In doubles, reached Roland Garros 3R with 1st-time partner Daniell (d. Kontinen/Peers, l. to Bopanna/Mergea). Also qualified and advanced to QF at Halle with 1st-time partner Istomin (d. Seppi/Sousa, l. to Kubot/Peya) • Captured 1st Challenger doubles title since 2004 at Savannah, USA with Harrison (d. Raja/Sharan) • Making comeback in 2016 after undergoing 11 surgeries during career and last playing on tour at 2013 US Open Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Day 2 – Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Krajicek 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 3-5 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 16, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 129 Newport W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2014 Round of 16)

• Tournament Note: Earned 1st ATP World Tour win as Q in 2014 (d. Smyczek, l. to Isner in 2R) • Defeated No. 14 Anderson 76(3) ret in Delray Beach 1R for biggest win of career by ranking (l. to Querrey in 2R) • Won Australian Open debut over Wu before falling to No. 7 Nishikori in 2R • Reached 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at Chennai with 1st-time partner Paire (l. to Marach/Martin) • Also advanced to Le Gosier, GUD Challenger doubles final w/Krueger (l. to Cerretani/van der Duim) • Retired in Busan, KOR Challenger 1R vs. Millman due to left shoulder injury

[Q] Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs Ryan Harrison (USA) First ATP Meeting Other Meeting: 15 Winnetka CH (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Ryan Harrison 6-7(2) 7-5 7-6(5)

Dancevic 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 2-3 (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 26, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 254 Newport W-L (Best Result): 7-7 (2008 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: 2008 semi-finalist qualified with 3 set wins over Opelka and Weintraub • Appeared in 1st ATP main draw of season at Nottingham as Q (d. A. Ward and Kukushkin, l. to Dolgopolov in 3R) • Advanced to Challenger QFs at Drummondville, CAN (l. to Corrie) and Winnetka, USA (l. to Soeda) • Captured 6th ITF Futures Circuit singles title at Brcko, BIH (d. Mesaros) • Reached Brcko, BIH Futures doubles final w/Peric (l. to Miedler/Pichler) • Lost to Monfils and Tsonga during 1st round (FRA d. CAN 5-0)

Harrison 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 3-4 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 7, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 158 Newport W-L (Best Result): 5-6 (2012 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Fell to Isner in 2012 SF and 2013 1R, losing 1st-set tiebreak in both matches • Qualified and reached 2R at Acapulco (d. Cilic, l. to Marchenko 76 in 3rd) and Indian Wells (d. Lajovic, l. to Cilic) • Saved 4 MPs to defeat Nedovyesov and qualify for Australian Open (l. to Kuznetsov in 1R) • Also saved 1 MP to defeat Tiafoe in Memphis 1R (l. to No. 7 Nishikori in 2R) • Advanced to Tallahassee, USA Challenger SF (d. Rubin, l. to Tiafoe) • Captured Savannah, USA Challenger doubles title w/Baker (d. Raja/Sharan 10-8 in Match TB) • At Irving, USA Challenger, saved 10 MPs vs. Rublev in 1R before falling 76 in 3rd on Russian’s 11th MP

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Court 1

John-Patrick Smith (AUS) vs Jordan Thompson (AUS) First ATP Meeting Other Meeting: 16 Surbiton CH (Great Britain) Grass R16 Jordan Thompson 2-6 7-6(5) 6-3

[WC] (AUS) vs [6] (FRA) First Meeting

[Q] Michal Przysiezny (POL) vs (AUS) First ATP Meeting Other Meetings: 12 Korea F2 (Korea) Hard F Michal Przysiezny 3-6 7-5 6-3 13 Wimbledon Q (Great Britain) Grass 2R Michal Przysiezny 7-6(3) 7-6(8)

Court 2

[Q] Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) First ATP Meeting Other Meeting: 04 Bronx CH (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Alex Kuznetsov 6-2 5-7 6-3

[LL] (ISR) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN) First ATP Meeting Other Meetings: 13 Leon CH (Mexico) Hard QF Amir Weintraub 6-2 6-3 14 Shenzhen CH () Hard R32 Amir Weintraub 6-1 6-2