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MERCEDESCUP: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, June 13, 2015

TC Weissenhof, , | June 8 – 14, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €642,070 | Surface: Grass

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THREE OF TOP FOUR SEEDS NADAL, CILIC, MONFILS IN SEMI-FINALS

 DAY 6 PREVIEW: The MercedesCup semi-finals on Saturdday feature top seed , No. 2 Marin Cilic, No. 4 Gael Monfils and No. 8 . In the first match on, Nadal brings a 10-2 head-to-head advantage against Monfils. This is their first meeting on grass. Nadal won the last two meetings in the opening month of the 2014 season ( Final, Aust. Open 3R). Nadal is trying to reach his third final in Stuttgart, having won the title in 2005 and ’07. He is trying to reach his 95th career final (65-29) and seventh on grass (3-3). Monfils is attempting to advance to his first grass court final and 23rd overall (5-17). In the second match, Cilic has a 5-3 head-to-head record against Troicki but the Serb has won the last three meetings.This is also their first meeting on grass. Cilic is trying to reach his third grass court final (1-1) and 23rd career final (13-9). Troicki is looking to reach his seventh career ATP World Tour final (2-4) and first on grass.

 GRASS COURT TITLE LEADERS – Nadal is among the grass court title leaders among active players on the ATP World Tour. has the most grass court titles in the Open Era with 14 followed by , and Nadal. Here are the active grass court title winners on the ATP World Tour: No. Titles - Roger Federer 14 2003-07,’09,’12 Wimb.;2003-06,‘08,’13-14 Halle - Lleyton Hewitt 8 2000-02, ’06 Queen’s; ’01 ‘s-Hertogenbosch; ‘02 Wimbledon; ’10 Halle; ’14 Newport - Andy Murray 5 2009, ’11, ’13 Queen’s; ’12 Olympics; ’13 Wimbledon - Rafael Nadal 3 2008 Queen’s, 08, ’10 Wimbledon

Nadal, who is 3-3 in grass finals, is appearing in his first grass semi-final since 2011 Wimbledon where he finished runner-up (l. to Djokovic). His last grass title came at Wimbledon in 2010.

DAY 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play Center Court

(1) Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs (4) Gael Monfils (FRA) Nadal Leads 10-2 05 ATP Masters 1000 Clay R64 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2 06 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2 08 ATP Masters 1000 Paris () Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2 09 Doha () Hard QF Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4 09 () Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 09 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 6-3 10 ATP Masters 1000 () Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3 10 Tokyo () Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-1 7-5 11 (Spain) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2 12 Doha (Qatar) Hard SF Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4 14 Doha (Qatar) Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 14 () Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-2 6-3 MercedesCup Day 6 – Saturday, June 13, 2015 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Rafael Nadal Gael Monfils Sets Won: 22 6 Tiebreak Sets Won: 0 2

Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 4 0 Hard: 6 2

Nadal FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W: (d ); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Murray); SF(2): Rio de Janeiro (l Fognini); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); QF(4): Australian Open (l Berdych); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Raonic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Wawrinka); Roland Garros (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: 31-10 YTD Titles: 1 Career Titles: 65 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 10 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 15-2 (Winner – 2005,’07)

 Nadal, 29, opened (after a bye) on Thursday with a 76 67 62 win in 2h,40m over , saving 10 of 12 break points. Followed with 64 67 63 win over No. 5 , hitting 14 aces and saving eight of nine break pts. Has held 29 of 32 games (91%), saving 18 of 21 break pts. (86%)  Has a 15-2 career record in Stuttgart, winning titles in 2005 (d. Gaudio) and ’07 (d. Wawrinka). Made debut here in ’03 (l. to Gonzalez in 2R) and following year reached QF (l. to Ferrer)  Comes in this week ranked No. 10, his lowest since April 18, 2005, last time outside Top 10 at No. 11. Fell out of Top 5 on May 11 (at No. 7) for first time since May 2, ’05 (No. 7)  The Spaniard has a 31-10 match record on the season and his lone ATP World Tour title came in Buenos Aires in February (d. Monaco). Also runner-up at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Murray) and SF in Rio de Janeiro (l. to Fognini) and ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Djokovic) th  Trying to reach his 95 career final (65-29) on the ATP World Tour and his seventh on grass (3-3). His last grass final came at Wimbledon in 2011 (l. to Djokovic) and last grass title came at All England Club previous year (d. Berdych)

Monfils FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: (l Simon); SF(3): (l Gasquet); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Berdych); (l Garcia-Lopez); QF: Rotterdam (l Berdych) YTD W-L: 24-9 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: September 1, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 16 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (Finalist – 2010)

 Monfils, 28, opened (after a bye) with a 76 76 win over Andreas Haider-Maurer, hitting 18 aces and saving all three break points he faced. Then beat No. 6 75 36 63, hitting 17 aces. No. 2 in aces this week (35) behind Groth (54) and has held 25 of 27 games (93%). Appearing in second SF here (runner-up in ’10, ret. vs. Montanes). Also QF in ’13 (l. to Kohlschreiber)  The No. 3 Frenchman (behind No. 12 Tsonga, No. 13 Simon) is appearing in fifth ATP World Tour SF of the season and trying to reach his second final. His last semi-final came in Bucharest in April (l. to Garcia-Lopez) nd  His best result came in February when he advanced to his 22 career ATP World Tour final, falling to countryman  Has a 27-58 career record vs. Top 10 opponents (1-4 this year) and his last win came over No. 2 Federer in 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo. Has 1-2 record on grass and his lone win came over No. 4 Ivan Ljubicic in 3R at Queen’s Club in 2006 rd  Looking to reach his first career grass court final and 23 of career (5-17)  Countryman Jeremy Chardy is the last Frenchman to win the MercedesCup title in 2009 MercedesCup Day 6 – Saturday, June 13, 2015 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

(8) Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs (2) Marin Cilic (CRO) Cilic Leads 5-3 08 () Hard R32 Marin Cilic 3-6 7-6(6) 6-1 08 New Haven (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Marin Cilic 2-1 ret 09 () Hard SF Marin Cilic 6-2 7-5 09 () Hard R16 Marin Cilic 7-6(7) 6-7(8) 7-6(6) 10 CRO vs. SRB WG QF (Croatia) Hard RR Marin Cilic 6-4 7-5 6-2 10 ATP Masters 1000 () Hard R64 Viktor Troicki 6-4 7-6(2) 11 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard QF Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-3 13 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Viktor Troicki 7-6(12) 6-4 7-5

Viktor Troicki Marin Cilic Sets Won: 9 10 Tiebreak Sets Won: 3 3

Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 1 0 Hard: 2 5

Troicki FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W: (d Kukushkin); QF (2): Zagreb (l Garcia-Lopez); (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 22-12 YTD Titles: 1/Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 28 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (SF – 2015)

 Troicki, 29, playing in Stuttgart for the first time, has posted wins over teenagers Borna Coric 62 60 and 63 67 63, along with 76 61. Has held serve 32 of 33 games (97%) this week, saving three of four break pts. No. 5 in 1st serve pts. won (85%) and 2nd srv pts. won (60%)  No. 2 Serb (behind Djokovic) is appearing in his second ATP World Tour semi-final of the season, first since second week of the year in Sydney where he qualified and captured second career ATP World Tour title (d. Kukushkin)  Trying to reach seventh career ATP World Tour final (2-4) and first on grass  Has a 4-51 career record (0-5 on grass) against Top 10 opponents (0-3 this year) and his last win came over No. 5 Ferrer in 2R in Shenzhen last September  Countryman Janko Tipsarevic won the title here in 2012

Cilic FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF (2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); Geneva (l Giraldo) YTD W-L: 9-7 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 13 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 9 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (SF – 2015)

 Cilic, 26, is appearing in his first Stuttgart semi-final and first ATP World Tour semi-final of the season after a 1R bye, defeated German 76 63 on Thursday and followed with a 46 76 76 victory over qualifier . Has hit 30 aces this week (No. 3) and No. 2 in first serve pts. won (88%). Has held serve 25 of 28 games (89%), saving 9 of 12 break pts.  In previous Stutgart visit in 2007, lost in 2R as a qualifier  The top Croat at No. 9 in the Emirates ATP Rankings returned from a right shoulder injury in March and his best results have come on clay at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Djokovic) in April and in Geneva last month (l. to Giraldo). Reached Round of 16 at Roland Garros (l. to Ferrer)  Has a 13-9 career record in finals (1-1 on grass) and his lone grass title came at Queen’s Club in 2012 (d. Nalbandian)  His last final/ATP World Tour title came in (d. Bautista Agut) last October  Coach Goran Ivanisevic is the last Croatian to win the MercedesCup in 1990 (d. Perez-Roldan) MercedesCup Day 6 – Saturday, June 13, 2015 Page 4 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

POTENTIAL FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS –

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) Nadal Leads 4-0 08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Rafael Nadal 7-6(3) 7-5 6-1 08 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3 6-0 10 Doha (Qatar) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3 10 Tokyo (Japan) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7)

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Marin Cilic (CRO) Nadal Leads 2-1 09 () Hard SF Marin Cilic 6-1 6-3 11 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-4 6-3 11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome ()Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3

Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) Monfils Leads 4-0 11 ATP Masters 1000 (Canada) Hard R16 Gael Monfils 3-6 7-6(0) 7-6(5) 12 Doha (Qatar) Hard QF Gael Monfils 6-2 6-3 12 () Hard R16 Gael Monfils 7-5 7-5 15 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay R64 Gael Monfils 6-2 6-0

Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Marin Cilic (CRO) Monfils Leads 1-0 09 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard QF Gael Monfils 3-6 6-4 6-4