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2017 US OPEN Flushing, New York, USA | August 28-September 10, 2017 Draw Size: S-128, D-64 | $50.4 million | Hard www.usopen.org

DAY FOUR MEDIA NOTES | Thursday, August 31, 2017

FEATURED MEN’S SINGLES 2R MATCHES

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM [3] (SUI) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Federer Leads 16-0 [1] (ESP) vs Taro Daniel (JPN) First Meeting

LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (RUS) vs [7] (BUL) First Meeting [WC] (USA) vs [6] (AUT) First Meeting

GRANDSTAND [Q] Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) vs [24] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) First Meeting Donald Young (USA) vs [18] Gael Monfils (FRA) Series Tied 1-1

AMERICANS IN ACTION (3) [30] Adrian Mannarino vs [WC] Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) 2nd Match after 11:00 am on Court 17 [WC] Taylor Fritz (USA) vs [6] Dominic Thiem (AUT) 3rd Match after 11:00 am on Armstrong Donald Young (USA) vs [18] Gael Monfils (FRA) 3rd Match after 11:00 am on Grandstand

DAY FOUR HIGHLIGHTS

• Second round action in the top half of the draw on Thursday features five-time US Open champion Roger Federer, two-time champion Rafael Nadal and 2009 titleholder Juan Martin del Potro. All but Federer and Nadal are back in action for the second straight day. Also on the schedule are No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem and No. 7 seed Grigor Dimitrov, both who reached semi-finals earlier this season at Roland Garros and the , respectively.

• Federer, who defeated #NextGenATP American in five sets on Tuesday night in his opener, brings a 16-0 head-to-head record against Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Federer is also 16-0 in 2R US Open matches. He is looking for his 80th US Open win and take sole possession of 2nd place (tied with Agassi) on the tournament wins list. Jimmy Connors is the record holder with 98. Youzhny reached the US Open semi-finals in 2006 and 2010 and he is attempting to earn his first Top 10 win in play since 2012 Wimbledon (d. No. 8 Tipsarevic in 3R).

• Nadal headlines the night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium against Taro Daniel of Japan in a first-time meeting. Nadal picked up his ATP World Tour-best 50th match win of the season on Tuesday and he is 10-2 in 2R matches at the US Open, winning his last 10. The No. 121st-ranked Daniel is 0-3 lifetime against Top 10 opponents and he’s trying to reach the 3R in a Grand Slam for the first time. He beat in five sets on Wednesday.

• On Louis Armstrong Stadium, Dimitrov takes on #NextGenATP Russian Andrey Rublev and Thiem plays #NextGenATP American wild card Taylor Fritz. Both are first-time meetings. Both teenagers are trying to reach their first Grand Slam 3R appearance. Rublev is 0-3 against Top 10 opponents while Fritz is 1-4. Dimitrov, who won his biggest career title at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Kyrgios), has won 13 consecutive sets. Thiem is trying to reach the 3R at the US Open for the fourth straight year.

• On Grandstand, 31-year-old Spanish qualifier Adrian Menendez-Maceiras meets del Potro for the first time. Menendez-Maceiras qualified for the US Open for the first time in 10 attempts. The 28-year-old Argentine is 6-1 in 2R matches at the US Open. In the next match on, Donald Young, one of three Americans in action on Thursday, squares off with No. 18 seed and last year’s semi-finalist Gael Monfils for the third time (tied 1-1). Young has already equaled his career-high season wins total (22) in 2015.

• Wild card Bjorn Fratangelo, who overcame 46 aces by Ivo Karlovic on Wednesday, defeating the Croat in four sets, takes on No. 30 seed Adrian Mannarino for the second time this month. The Frenchman won their last meeting 61 61 in the 2R of Los Cabos on Aug. 2. Mannarino has reached the 3R in Flushing Meadows twice (2013-14) while the 24-year-old native is trying to reach the 3R of a Grand Slam for the first time.

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ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM

[3] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Federer Leads 16-0 00 Stockholm (Sweden) Hard R32 Roger Federer 5-7 6-4 6-3 02 Halle (Germany) Grass QF Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 03 Munich (Germany) Clay QF Roger Federer 6-2 6-3 03 Halle (Germany) Grass SF Roger Federer 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 04 Halle (Germany) Grass R16 Roger Federer 6-2 6-1 05 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard QF Roger Federer 6-3 7-5 06 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-2 6-3 07 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Roger Federer 6-3 6-3 7-6(5) 07 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Roger Federer 6-4 6-3 07 Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Roger Federer 7-6(3) 6-4 6-4 11 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Roger Federer 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 6-3 12 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard QF Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 12 Halle (Germany) Grass SF Roger Federer 6-1 6-4 12 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass QF Roger Federer 6-1 6-2 6-2 13 Halle (Germany) Grass F Roger Federer 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 15 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Roger Federer 6-3 6-1 Roger Federer Mikhail Youzhny Sets Won: 36 4 Tiebreak Sets Won: 3 2 Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 2 0 Hard: 7 0 Grass: 7 0

[3] ROGER FEDERER vs MIKHAIL YOUZHNY 36 (8/8/81) Age (Birthdate) 35 (6/25/82) No. 3 (No. 1 on 2/2/04) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 101 (No. 8 on 1/28/08) Basel, Switzerland Birthplace Moscow, Russia Switzerland Residence Moscow, Russia 36-3 (24-2) 2017 Record (on hard) 9-18 (6-9) 1,116-248 (692-141) Career Record (on hard) 491-396 (264-209) 5 / 93 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 10 322-51 Career Grand Slam Record 101-63 79-11 (2004-08 Champion) US Open Record (Best Result) 26-14 (2006, 2010 Semi-finals) 28-20 (4-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 21-16 (0-1) 10 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 5 413-220 (18-5) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 181-170 (3-4) $107,780,560 Career Prize Money $13,715,308

[3] ROGER FEDERER

Grand Slam History • All-time winningest men’s player with 19 Grand Slam titles in 29 finals and 322 victories overall • One of 8 men to win all 4 majors, securing career Grand Slam at 2009 Roland Garros (d. Soderling) • Won titles in 2017 at Aus. Open (d. Nadal in 5 sets) and Wimbledon (d. Cilic) to become 2nd-oldest Grand Slam champion in Open Era behind Rosewall (1971-72 Aus. Open) • Owns Open Era records for consecutive Grand Slam finals (10), SFs (23) and QFs (36) • Only player in Open Era to reach all 4 Grand Slam finals in a season more than once (2006-07, 2009) • Holds all-time record for most titles at Wimbledon (8). Tied for most titles in Open Era at US Open (5).

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• Competed in record-breaking Wimbledon finals in 2008 and 2009. Rallied from 2 sets down in 2008 but fell to Nadal 97 in 5th after 4h48m – longest final in event history. Hit career-high 50 aces in 2009 to beat Roddick 16-14 in 5th – longest 5th set in Grand Slam final history. • Became No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings after winning 2004 Australian Open title (d. Safin) • Missed 2016 Roland Garros following arthroscopic left knee surgery on Feb. 3, 2016, snapping Open Era-record streak of 65 straight Grand Slam appearances (69 w/qualifying, 73 w/juniors) • Swept 1998 Wimbledon junior titles in singles (d. Labadze) and doubles w/O. Rochus (d. Llodra/A. Ram)

2017 Highlights W (5): Australian Open (d Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d Nadal); Halle (d A. Zverev); Wimbledon (d Cilic) F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l A. Zverev)

Hard-Court Summer (4-1) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Finalist (l A. Zverev)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Overcame 56 unforced errors to beat Tiafoe in 1R, improving to 5-3 in 5-setters at US Open • Extended all-time record with 18th and 19th Grand Slam titles at Aus. Open (d. Nadal) and Wimbledon (d. Cilic) • Set all-time record with 8th Wimbledon title and Open Era record with 91st Wimbledon win. Joined Borg in 1976 as only Wimbledon champs to not drop set in Open Era. Second Grand Slam won without losing a set (2007 Aus. Open). • Became 2nd-oldest Grand Slam champion in Open Era at 35 behind Ken Rosewall at 1971 and 1972 Aus. Open • Beat Berdych, Nishikori, Wawrinka and Nadal at Aus. Open to become 1st Grand Slam champion to post 4 Top 10 wins since Wilander at 1982 Roland Garros. Victories over Nishikori, Wawrinka and Nadal all came in 5 sets. • Lost 7 sets en route to Aus. Open title, tied for most by Slam champion since Kuerten’s 8 at 1997 Roland Garros • Lowest-ranked Grand Slam champ (No. 17) and 1st with 3 five-set wins since No. 44 Gaudio at 2004 Roland Garros • Did not drop a set en route to record-tying 5th ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells title (d. Nadal in 4R and Wawrinka) • Saved 2 MPs vs Berdych in QF, then beat Nadal for 4th straight time to win 3rd ATP Masters 1000 Miami title • Oldest player in history to win an ATP Masters 1000 title, surpassing 34-year-old Agassi at 2004 Cincinnati • Defeated A. Zverev for 9th Halle title, joining Nadal as only men to win 9+ titles at an event (Nadal: 10 at 3 events) • Earned 1,100th victory of career on June 20 in Halle 1R (d. Sugita). Trails only Connors in Open Era (1,256 wins). • Won 16 straight matches and career-high 32 straight sets at Halle, Wimbledon and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal • Broke tie with Agassi and qualified for record 15th Nitto ATP Finals, where he holds record 6 titles • Fell to Donskoy in Dubai 2R after holding 3 MPs, Haas in Stuttgart 2R after holding 1 MP and A. Zverev in Montreal F • Did not play from April 3 through June 13, then withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati due to back injury

MIKHAIL YOUZHNY

Grand Slam History • Advanced to US Open SFs in 2006 (d. Robredo and Nadal, l. to Roddick) and 2010 (d. Wawrinka in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Nadal) • Reached QFs of all 4 Grand Slams, most recently at 2013 US Open (d. Haas and Hewitt, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Achieved career-high No. 8 on Jan. 28, 2008 following run to Australian Open QF (d. Davydenko, l. to Tsonga) • Played in 1999 Australian Open junior final (l. to Pless)

2017 Highlights QF (1): Chennai (l Bautista Agut)

Hard-Court Summer (0-2) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 1st Round (l Coric) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Ramos-Vinolas)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Owns 2nd-most losses without a win vs Federer among all players (Ferrer 0-17, Youzhny 0-16) • 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) • Suffered 6-match tour-level losing streak after reaching Wimbledon 2R (d. Mahut, l. to Raonic) • 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 Previews, Daily Media Notes, Rankings and other information available at www.ATPWorldTour.com. 2017 US OPEN – Day 4 Media Notes Thursday, August 31, 2017 Page 4 of 22

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Taro Daniel (JPN) First Meeting

[1] RAFAEL NADAL Vs TARO DANIEL 31 (6/3/86) Age (Birthdate) 24 (1/27/93) No. 1 (No. 1 on 8/18/08) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 121 (No. 85 on 4/18/16) Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Birthplace New York, NY, USA Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Residence Valencia, Spain 50-9 (23-7) 2017 Record (on hard) 4-8 (1-2) 856-183 (404-124) Career Record (on hard) 18-37 (7-15) 4 / 73 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 0 220-33 Career Grand Slam Record 3-7 47-10 (2010, 2013 Champion) US Open Record (Best Result) 1-1 (2017 2nd Round) 19-10 (2-2) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 2-3 (1-0) 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 211-135 (11-4) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 12-10 (2-2) $86,289,532 Career Prize Money $802,679

[1] RAFAEL NADAL

Grand Slam History • Second all-time with 15 titles and 22 finals at Grand Slams (Federer: 19 titles, 29 finals) • One of 3 men to win a Grand Slam title in teens, 20s and 30s (also Sampras, Rosewall) • Only man or woman in Open Era to win a Grand Slam event 10 times (Roland Garros) • Owns records of 79-2 at Roland Garros and 102-2 in best-of-five-set matches on clay • Dropped 35 games en route to 2017 Roland Garros title (d. Wawrinka), fewest for Grand Slam champion since Borg at 1978 Roland Garros (32) • Won 2005 Roland Garros title in tournament debut as 19-year-old and remains youngest Slam champion since Chang, 17, at 1989 Roland Garros • As 24-year-old at 2010 US Open, became youngest man in Open Era to complete career Grand Slam (d. Djokovic). One of 2 players to win all 4 Grand Slams and Olympic singles gold medal (also Agassi). • Owns 9-3 Grand Slam W-L vs. Federer, including 5-set wins for 2008 Wimbledon and 2009 Australian Open titles • Won at least 1 Grand Slam and 1 ATP Masters 1000 title each year from 2005 through 2014 • Missed 9 Grand Slams due to injury: Australian Open in 2006 (left foot) and 2013 (stomach virus); Roland Garros in 2003 (elbow) and 2004 (left ankle); Wimbledon in 2004 (left ankle), 2009 (knee tendinitis) and 2016 (left wrist); and US Open in 2012 (left knee) and 2014 (right wrist)

2017 Highlights W (4): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (d Ramos-Vinolas); Barcelona (d Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d Thiem); Roland Garros (d Wawrinka) F (3): Australian Open (l Federer); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Federer) QF (3): Brisbane (l Raonic); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Kyrgios)

Hard-Court Summer (3-2) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 3rd Round (l Shapovalov) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: Quarter-finals (l Kyrgios)

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2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Earned 50th win of 2017 and improved to 13-0 in US Open 1R with 76(6) 62 62 win over Lajovic • Returned to No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 21 (4th stint and will reach 144 total weeks as World No. 1) • Won 10th titles at Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and Roland Garros. Only player with 10+ titles at an event in Open Era. • Passed Sampras for 2nd all-time with 15 Grand Slam titles and Djokovic for 2nd all-time with 22 Grand Slam finals • One of 3 men to win Grand Slam title in teens, 20s and 30s (also Sampras, Rosewall) • Lost 35 games in 7 wins at Roland Garros, fewest for Grand Slam champion since Borg at 1978 Roland Garros (32) • Beat Wawrinka in final to become oldest Roland Garros champion since 34-year-old Andres Gimeno in 1972 • Qualified for 13th straight Nitto ATP Finals, where he has yet to win title in 7 prior appearances (DNP 5 times) • Tied Djokovic for all-time record with 30th ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d. Goffin, Djokovic and Thiem) • Snapped losing streaks of 7 matches and 15 sets vs Djokovic, winning their 50th meeting in Madrid SF • Passed Vilas with record 50th clay-court title at Monte-Carlo (d. Ramos-Vinolas to improve to 15-0 vs ESP in finals) • Defeated Thiem to win Barcelona title, but suffered only clay-court loss of season to Austrian in Rome QF • Won 5-setters over A. Zverev in 4h5m and Dimitrov in 4h56m en route to Aus. Open final (l. to Federer in 5 sets) • Also lost to Federer in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R and ATP Masters 1000 Miami final (0-5 in Miami finals) • Fell to Querrey in Acapulco final, ending streaks of 14 straight matches and 28 straight sets won at tournament • Played 34 hard-court tournaments and 8 hard-court finals since last hard-court title at 2014 Doha (d. Monfils) • Hit career-high 23 aces, rallying from 2 sets down vs Muller in Wimbledon 4R before falling 15-13 in 5th after 4h48m • Withdrew from Rotterdam due to fatigue

TARO DANIEL

Grand Slam History • Advanced to 2R at Roland Garros in 2016 (d. Klizan from 2 sets down, l. to Wawrinka) and 2017 as Q (d. Janowicz, l. to Carreno Busta) • Made Grand Slam debut in birthplace of New York City at 2014 US Open as Q (l. to Raonic in 1R). Won all 3 qualifying matches in 3 sets. • Also qualified at 2015 Roland Garros (l. to Verdasco in 1R) • Reached 2010 US Open juniors 3R (d. Thiem 64 60 in 1R, l. to Vesely)

2017 Highlights QF (1): Estoril (l Muller)

Hard-Court Summer (0-1) Los Cabos: 1st Round (l Dzumhur)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Saved 16/19 BPs to beat [WC] Paul in 5 sets for 1st hard-court win since 2016 Play-off. One of two Japanese players (Sugita in 2R) • Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour QF at Estoril (d. Olivo and Fratangelo, l. to Muller) • Reached Roland Garros 2R as Q (d. Janowicz, l. to Carreno Busta), • Also qualified at Marrakech (l. to Struff in 1R) and Barcelona (l. to Basilashvili in 1R) • Captured 5th ATP Challenger Tour title at Buenos Aires, ARG (d. L. Mayer) • Reached Challenger finals at Maui, USA (l. to Chung) and Lisbon, POR (l. to Otte)

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM

Andrey Rublev (RUS) vs [7] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) First Meeting

ANDREY RUBLEV vs [7] GRIGOR DIMITROV 19 (10/20/97) Age (Birthdate) 26 (5/16/91) No. 53 (No. 49 on 7/24/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 9 (No. 8 on 8/4/14) Moscow, Russia Birthplace Haskovo, Bulgaria Moscow, Russia Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco 12-8 (4-4) 2017 Record (on hard) 35-14 (25-6) 24-27 (13-16) Career Record (on hard) 243-156 (154-97) 1 / 1 2017 Titles / Career Titles 3 / 7 3-4 Career Grand Slam Record 44-28 1-1 (2017 2nd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 8-6 (2014, 2016 4th Round) 1-2 (1-2) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 5-6 (0-1) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 11-13 (6-5) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 100-83 (10-7) $779,103 Career Prize Money $10,017,706

ANDREY RUBLEV

Grand Slam History • Qualified and reached 2R at (d. Lu, l. to No. 1 Murray) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. Travaglia in 5 sets, l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) • Won 2014 Roland Garros juniors title (d. Munar), becoming 1st Russian boys’ champion since Korotkov in 1966 • Also reached 2014 Wimbledon junior doubles final w/Kozlov (l. to Luz/Zormann 86 in 3rd)

2017 Highlights W (1): Umag (d Lorenzi) QF (1): Halle (l Khachanov)

Hard-Court Summer (1-1) Winston-Salem: 2nd Round (l Chung)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Beat Bedene 61 64 64 in 1R, improving to 10-4 in tour-level matches since start of Halle • Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and after 1st SF at Umag as LL (d. Dodig and Lorenzi) • After losing to No. 174 Balazs in Umag Q2, became 1st lucky loser to win an ATP title since Ram at 2009 Newport • Ended 0-10 start to career in 2R matches by reaching 1st ATP QF at Halle as WC (d. Youzhny, l. to Khachanov) • Broke into Top 100 on June 26 and Top 50 on July 24, peaking at career-high No. 49 in Emirates ATP Rankings • Earned 1st Grand Slam main draw win of career at Australian Open as Q (d. Lu, l. to No. 1 Murray in 2R) • Qualified at Marseille (l. to Marchenko in 1R) and Wimbledon (d. Travaglia in 5 sets, l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) • Advanced to 3rd Challenger final of career at Rennes, FRA (l. to Ignatik 76 in 3rd)

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[7] GRIGOR DIMITROV

Grand Slam History • Reached 1st Grand Slam QF and SF of career in 2014, advancing to Australian Open QF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and Wimbledon SF (d. Murray, l. to Djokovic) • Broke into Top 10 on July 7, 2014 after advancing to Wimbledon SF • Also advanced to 2017 Australian Open SF (l. to Nadal in 5 sets after 4h56m) • Returned to Top 10 on July 17, 2017 after reaching Wimbledon 4R (l. to Federer) • Ended junior career in 2008 with back-to-back titles at Wimbledon (d. Kontinen) and US Open (d. Britton) • Reached 2007 US Open junior doubles final w/Pospisil (l. to Eysseric/Inzerillo)

2017 Highlights W (3): Brisbane (d Nishikori); Sofia (d Goffin); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Kyrgios) SF (2): Australian Open (l Nadal); London/Queen's Club (l Lopez) QF (1): Rotterdam (l Goffin)

Hard-Court Summer (7-2) Washington: 3rd Round (l Medvedev) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 3rd Round (l Haase) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: Champion (d Kyrgios)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: First player to reach 25 hard-court wins this season, beating [Q] Safranek 61 64 62 in 1R • Held in 52 of 53 service games en route to biggest title of career at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Kyrgios) • Win over Kyrgios marked 1st ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals or Grand Slam final between players born in 1990s • Began season 16-1 and reached 2nd Grand Slam SF at Australian Open (d. Goffin, l. to Nadal in 5 sets after 4h56m) • Captured 5th and 6th ATP titles respectively at Brisbane (d. Thiem, Raonic and Nishikori) and Sofia (d. Goffin) • Reached London/Queen’s Club SF (l. to Lopez), Rotterdam QF (l. to Goffin) and Wimbledon 4R (l. to Federer) • Broke back into Top 10 of Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17 for 1st time since February 23, 2015 • Suffered 3R losses at Indian Wells (l. to Sock after holding 4 MPs), Madrid (l. to Thiem after holding 5 MPs), Roland Garros (l. to Carreno Busta), Washington (l. to Medvedev) and Montreal (l. to Haase) • Lost to No. 158 Pella in Miami 2R, No. 385 Robredo in Marrakech 2R as WC and No. 155 Janowicz in Stuttgart 2R

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[WC] Taylor Fritz (USA) vs [6] Dominic Thiem (AUT) First Meeting

[WC] TAYLOR FRITZ vs [6] DOMINIC THIEM 19 (10/28/97) Age (Birthdate) 23 (9/3/93) No. 108 (No. 53 on 8/29/16) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 8 (No. 7 on 6/6/16) Rancho Santa Fe, CA, USA Birthplace Wiener Neustadt, Austria Palos Verdes, CA, USA Residence Lichtenworth, Austria 11-11 (11-9) 2017 Record (on hard) 42-19 (16-11) 27-34 (24-25) Career Record (on hard) 164-101 (70-60) 0 / 0 2017 Titles / Career Titles 1 / 8 1-6 Career Grand Slam Record 32-15 1-1 (2017 2nd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 9-3 (2014, 2016 4th Round) 0-2 (0-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 3-3 (0-1) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 13-17 (5-9) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 65-58 (14-9) $827,223 Career Prize Money $8,066,421

[WC] TAYLOR FRITZ

Grand Slam History • Lost 1st 6 matches at Grand Slams, including 5-set losses to Sock at and 2016 US Open • In final round of 2016 Australian Open qualifying, rallied to beat M. Zverev from 04 down in 3rd • Also qualified at 2017 Wimbledon (l. to Isner) • Reached QF-or-better at all 4 junior Grand Slams in 2015, highlighted by US Open title (d. Paul) and Roland Garros final (l. to Paul). Also reached Australian Open QF (l. to Hong) and Wimbledon SF (l. to Opelka), repeating run to 2014 Wimbledon SF (l. to Rubin).

2017 Highlights QF (2): Los Cabos (l Kokkinakis); Winston-Salem (l. Bautista Agut)

Hard-Court Summer (5-3) : 1st Round (l Eubanks) Los Cabos: Quarter-finals (l Kokkinakis) Winston-Salem: Quarter-finals (l Bautista Agut)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: 2015 US Open junior champion earned 1st Grand Slam main draw win over Baghdatis in 1R • Earned 1st Top 10 win of career over No. 7 Cilic to reach ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R (l. to Jaziri) • Win over Paire in Indian Wells 1R snapped 13-match losing streak against Top 50 opponents • Reached QFs at Los Cabos (l. to Kokkinakis) and Winston-Salem as WC (l. to Bautista Agut) • Saved 3 MPs to defeat Lu in Memphis 1R (l. to Ebden in 2R) • Qualified at Acapulco (l. to Mannarino in 1R) and Wimbledon (l. to Isner in 1R) • Advanced to 5th ATP Challenger Tour final at Dallas, USA (d. Kudla 76 in 3rd, l. to Harrison) • Withdrew from Houston qualifying due to knee injury and did not play during clay-court season

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[6] DOMINIC THIEM

Grand Slam History • Reached Roland Garros SFs in 2016 (d. Goffin, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and 2017 (d. Djokovic, l. to Nadal) • Broke into Top 10 and achieved career-high No. 7 on June 6, 2016 after reaching Roland Garros SF • Advanced to 4R-or-better at all 4 Grand Slam events, including 2017 Wimbledon 4R (l. to Berdych in 5 sets) • Made Grand Slam debut at as Q (d. Sousa, l. to Anderson in 2R) • Advanced to 2011 Roland Garros junior final (l. to Fratangelo 86 in 3rd)

2017 Highlights W (1): Rio de Janeiro (d Carreno Busta) F (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal) SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Roland Garros (l Nadal) QF (6): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Sydney (l Evans); Rotterdam (l Herbert); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Ferrer)

Hard-Court Summer (3-3) Washington: 3rd Round (l Anderson) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Schwartzman) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: Quarter-finals (l Ferrer)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Converted 7 of 10 BPs to beat 18-year-old [WC] de Minaur 64 61 61 in 1R • Swept all 10 sets en route to 2nd ATP World Tour 500 title and 8th title overall at Rio de Janeiro (d. Carreno Busta) • Appeared in 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF and final at Madrid (d. Dimitrov after saving 5 MPs in 3R, l. to Nadal) • Earned 1st win over World No. 1 by beating Murray to reach ATP World Tour 500 final at Barcelona (l. to Nadal) • Did not drop a set en route to 2nd straight Roland Garros SF (d. Djokovic 76 63 60, l. to Nadal 63 64 60) • Became 2nd player to post clay-court wins over Murray, Nadal, Djokovic and Federer (also Wawrinka) • Saved 3 MPs vs Querrey and ended Nadal’s 19-match win streak on clay to reach Rome SF (l. to Djokovic 61 60) • Reached Australian Open 4R (l. to Goffin) and Wimbledon 4R (l. to Berdych in 5 sets) • Squandered 1 MP vs Anderson in Washington 3R and 4 MPs vs Schwartzman in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R

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GRANDSTAND

[Q] Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) vs [24] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) First Meeting

[Q] ADRIAN MENENDEZ-MACEIRAS vs [24] JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO 31 (10/28/85) Age (Birthdate) 28 (9/23/88) No. 148 (No. 111 on 6/8/15) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 28 (No. 4 on 1/11/10) Marbella, Spain Birthplace Tandil, Argentina Marbella, Spain Residence Tandil, Argentina 2-2 (1-0) 2017 Record (on hard) 19-11 (11-7) 3-9 (2-4) Career Record (on hard) 365-151 (254-104) 0 / 0 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 19 1-2 Career Grand Slam Record 73-30 1-0 (2017 2nd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 25-7 (2009 Champion) 0-0 Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 6-9 (0-0) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 6-3 (3-0) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 125-97 (8-5) $829,252 Career Prize Money $16,895,529

[Q] ADRIAN MENENDEZ-MACEIRAS

Grand Slam History • Failed to qualify in 1st 11 attempts at Grand Slams and 1st 24 attempts at tour-level events overall before breaking through at 2012 Wimbledon (l. to Russell in 1R) • Qualified again at 2013 Australian Open (l. to Chardy in 1R), then lost in qualifying at next 18 Grand Slam events • Broke drought by qualifying at 2017 US Open (d. De Loore in Q3) • Achieved career-high No. 111 on June 8, 2015 after reaching 3R of qualifying at Roland Garros (l. to Edmund)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: After qualifying for 1st time in 10th attempt at US Open, beat [WC] Kypson for 1st Grand Slam win • Earned 2nd ATP World Tour win of career at Newport (d. Kozlov, l. to Herbert in 2R) • Qualified at Istanbul (l. to Thompson in 1R) • Captured ATP Challenger Tour titles at Leon, MEX as Q (d. Quiroz) and Samarkand, UZB (d. Setkic) • Reached San Luis Potosi, MEX Challenger final (l. to A. Martin) • Went 1-4 in Challenger doubles finals, winning Segovia, ESP w/Stakhovsky (d. Ortega-Olmedo/Vega Hernandez) • Withdrew from Stuttgart qualifying due to abdominal injury

[24] JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO

Grand Slam History • Captured 2009 US Open title, snapping No. 1 Federer’s 40-match tournament win streak in 5-set final after beating Nadal 62 62 62 in SF • Lost longest Wimbledon SF ever in 4h43m to No. 1 Djokovic in 2013 • Also advanced to 2009 Roland Garros SF (l. to Federer in 5 sets) • As World No. 142 in 2016, became lowest-ranked US Open quarter-finalist since No. 174 Connors in 1991

2017 Highlights SF (1): Delray Beach (l Raonic) QF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic)

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Hard-Court Summer (4-3) Washington: 3rd Round (l Nishikori) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Shapovalov) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 3rd Round (l Dimitrov)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: 2009 champion hit 13 fewer winners than Laaksonen in 1R (32 to 45), but still won in straight sets • Owns 0-6 record vs Top 6 this season and 19-5 record against players ranked lower than No. 6 • Defeated defending champion Querrey to reach Delray Beach SF (l. to Raonic) • Lost to Djokovic in Acapulco 2R, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R and ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF • Suffered 3R losses to Federer at ATP Masters 1000 Miami and No. 1 Murray at Roland Garros • Also advanced to 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Dimitrov) • Rose to No. 28 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 21 -- highest since No. 19 on October 6, 2014 • Withdrew from Auckland and Aus. Open (fitness), as well as ’s-Hertogenbosch and London/Queen’s Club (groin)

Donald Young (USA) vs [18] Gael Monfils (FRA) Series Tied 1-1 08 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (USA) Hard R64 Gael Monfils 6-1 6-1 11 Bangkok (Thailand) Hard SF Donald Young 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5)

DONALD YOUNG vs [18] GAEL MONFILS 28 (7/23/89) Age (Birthdate) 30 (9/1/86) No. 57 (No. 38 on 2/27/12) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 22 (No. 6 on 11/7/16) , IL, USA Birthplace Paris, France Atlanta, GA, USA Residence Switzerland 22-18 (17-11) 2017 Record (on hard) 19-13 (11-6) 119-171 (97-123) Career Record (on hard) 410-231 (258-138) 0 / 0 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 6 20-33 Career Grand Slam Record 91-42 10-12 (2011, 2015 4th Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 23-10 (2016 Semi-finals) 5-3 (0-1) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 15-13 (0-1) 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 49-51 (11-4) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 167-118 (9-8) $4,070,833 Career Prize Money $13,600,378

DONALD YOUNG

Grand Slam History • Reached US Open 4R in 2011 (d. Wawrinka 76 in 5th, l. to Murray) and 2015 (l. to Wawrinka) • Posted his 1st 2 comebacks from 2 sets down at 2015 US Open (d. Simon in 1R and Troicki in 3R) • Played US Open main draw in 13 straight seasons (2005-17) • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam final in 2nd doubles event w/S. Gonzalez at 2017 Roland Garros (l. to Harrison/Venus) • Won junior titles at 2005 Australian Open (d. Kim) and 2007 Wimbledon (d. Ignatik) • Also captured 2005 US Open junior doubles title w/Clayton (d. Ball/De Bakker) and reached 2005 Australian Open junior doubles final w/De Bakker (l. to Kim/Yi)

2017 Highlights SF (2): Memphis (l Harrison); Delray Beach (l Sock) QF (2): London/Queen's Club (l Cilic); Eastbourne (l Djokovic)

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Hard-Court Summer (3-5) Atlanta: 2nd Round (l Lacko) Washington: 2nd Round (l Nishikori) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 1st Round (l Paire) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Paul) Winston-Salem: 2nd Round (l Coric)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Making 13th straight US Open appearance, tied career-high in 1R vs Marterer with 22nd win of 2017 • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam final in 2nd doubles event w/S. Gonzalez at Roland Garros (l. to Harrison/Venus) • Lost to eventual champions in back-to-back SFs at Memphis (l. to Harrison) and Delray Beach (l. to Sock) • Reached back-to-back QFs on grass at London/Queen’s Club (l. to Cilic) and Eastbourne (l. to Djokovic) • Beat Pouille en route to 4R at ATP Masters 1000s in Indian Wells (l. to Nishikori) and Miami (l. to Fognini) • Owns 11-4 record in tiebreakers, beating Mannarino and Isner in 3rd-set tiebreakers at Memphis • Suffered 5-match singles losing streak from March 28 to June 19 (0-4 on clay) • Withdrew from Barcelona and Munich due to knee injury

[18] GAEL MONFILS

Grand Slam History • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF and SF at 2008 Roland Garros (d. Ferrer, l. to No. 1 Federer) • Did not drop a set en route to 2016 US Open SF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 4 sets) • Reached 6 other Slam QFs, including 2014 US Open (d. Dimitrov, l. to Federer after holding 2 MPs) • Secured 400th win in 2017 Roland Garros 1R (d. Brown) • Missed 9 Grand Slam events with injuries from 2007 to 2016, including right knee, right shoulder and left wrist • Won junior titles at 2004 Australian Open (d. Ouanna), Roland Garros (d. Al. Kuznetsov) and Wimbledon (d. Kasiri). Lost to Troicki in US Open 3R to end bid for junior calendar Grand Slam.

2017 Highlights F (1): Eastbourne (l Djokovic) QF (2): Marseille (l Gasquet); Dubai (l Verdasco)

Hard-Court Summer (2-2) Washington: 2nd Round (l Bhambri) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 3rd Round (l Bautista Agut)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Ended 2004 as World No. 1 junior, followed by Young ending 2005 as World No. 1 junior • Reached 1st grass-court final of career at Eastbourne as WC (d. Gasquet 76 in 3rd, l. to Djokovic) • Enjoyed 400th win of career over Brown in Roland Garros 1R on May 30 (l. to Wawrinka in 4R) • Also reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Nadal) and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Thiem) • Saved 4 MPs to beat Nishikori in Montreal 2R before squandering 1 MP vs Bautista Agut in 3R • Squandered 2 MPs against countryman Simon in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000s at Miami, Monte-Carlo and Rome (left knee/Achilles tendon), then Cincinnati (ill)

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MEN’S SINGLES 2R MATCHES (OTHER COURTS)

COURT 17

Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs [15] Tomas Berdych (CZE) Berdych Leads 4-1 10 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R16 Tomas Berdych 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 11 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada)Hard R32 Tomas Berdych 4-6 6-2 6-3 13 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada)Hard R32 Tomas Berdych 6-3 6-4 14 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard QF Tomas Berdych 6-4 7-6(3) 15 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (USA) Hard QF 6-4 6-2

ALEXANDR DOLGOPOLOV vs [15] TOMAS BERDYCH 28 (11/7/88) Age (Birthdate) 31 (9/17/85) No. 64 (No. 13 on 1/16/12) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 18 (No. 4 on 5/18/15) Kiev, Ukraine Birthplace Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic Monte Carlo, Monaco Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco 17-17 (4-8) 2017 Record (on hard) 34-16 (16-8) 205-190 (121-110) Career Record (on hard) 615-319 (377-200) 1 / 3 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 13 30-28 Career Grand Slam Record 139-55 7-6 (2011 4th Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 32-13 (2012 Semi-finals) 8-7 (1-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 21-8 (1-0) 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 87-84 (10-7) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 216-177 (17-12) $6,459,006 Career Prize Money $28,085,248

Dolgopolov 2017 in Review W (1): Buenos Aires (d Nishikori) F (1): Bastad (l Ferrer) QF (1): Rio de Janeiro (l Carreno Busta)

• Tournament Note: Defeated Struff in 1R for 1st 5-set win since 2012 US Open 1R (d. Levine). Lost last four 5-setters. • Captured 3rd ATP World Tour title and 1st since 2012 Washington at Buenos Aires (d. Nishikori) • Saved 2 MPs vs Khachanov en route to Bastad final (l. to Ferrer) • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Anderson, l. to Kyrgios in 2R) • Snapped 8-match losing streak by reaching Australian Open 2R (d. Coric, l. to Monfils) • Held 1 MP against eventual champion Muller before falling in Sydney 1R • Fell to No. 89 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 15 -- lowest since No. 101 on February 22, 2010 • Retired in 5 matches this season due to hip, right leg and right ankle injuries, including Wimbledon 1R vs Federer • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Q and Budapest (groin), as well as Halle Q (right ankle)

Berdych 2017 in Review F (1): Lyon (l Tsonga) SF (4): Doha (l Murray); Rotterdam (l Tsonga); Wimbledon (l Federer); Los Cabos (l Kokkinakis) QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Federer); Stuttgart (l Lopez); London/Queen's Club (l Lopez)

• Tournament Note: Did not play at 2016 US Open (appendicitis), snapping streak of 52 straight Grand Slams played • Ended 12-match losing streak vs Djokovic to reach 3rd Wimbledon SF (d. Djokovic 76 20 ret, l. to Federer) • Became 25th player to reach 600 wins by beating Berlocq in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R on May 16 • Snapped 9-match losing streak vs Top 10 opponents to reach Lyon final (d. Raonic, l. to Tsonga) • Suffered 7th straight loss to Murray and 14th straight loss vs World No. 1 in Doha SF • Also advanced to SFs at Rotterdam (l. to eventual champion Tsonga) and Los Cabos (l. to Kokkinakis) • Lost 3-set QFs to Lopez in back-to-back weeks at Stuttgart and London/Queen’s Club, where he held 1 MP • Squandered 1 MP vs Nishioka in Indian Wells 3R and 2 MPs vs Federer in Miami QF • Dropped to No. 19 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 21 -- lowest since No. 20 on March 29, 2010 • Streak of 64 straight ATP Masters 1000 event appearances ended in Montreal, where he withdrew due to rib injury Previews, Daily Media Notes, Rankings and other information available at www.ATPWorldTour.com. 2017 US OPEN – Day 4 Media Notes Thursday, August 31, 2017 Page 14 of 22

[30] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [WC] Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) Mannarino Leads 1-0 17 Los Cabos (Mexico) Hard R16 Adrian Mannarino 6-1 6-1 Other Meeting 15 Noumea CH (New Caledonia) Hard R16 Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-2

[30] ADRIAN MANNARINO vs [WC] BJORN FRATANGELO 29 (6/29/88) Age (Birthdate) 24 (7/19/93) No. 34 (No. 27 on 7/27/15) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 135 (No. 99 on 6/6/16) Soisy-Sous-Montmorency, France Birthplace Pittsburgh, PA, USA Valletta, Malta Residence Orlando, FL, USA 23-20 (13-11) 2017 Record (on hard) 8-10 (3-5) 126-156 (81-101) Career Record (on hard) 14-21 (8-14) 0 / 0 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 0 22-30 Career Grand Slam Record 2-7 7-6 (2013-14 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 1-2 (2017 2nd Round) 5-3 (2-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 0-1 (0-1) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 48-74 (7-12) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 7-5 (5-3) $4,256,471 Career Prize Money $705,248

Mannarino 2017 in Review F (1): Antalya (l Sugita) QF (2): Los Cabos (l Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Shapovalov)

• Tournament Note: Improved to 15-6 since start of Antalya by beating [PR] Berankis 62 64 62 in 1R • 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) • 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 in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Thiem). Qualified at Monte-Carlo (d. Tsonga, ret vs Pouille in 3R due to right hip injury), 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) • Withdrew from Budapest, Munich, Geneva and Atlanta (right hip), as well as Houston (ill)

Fratangelo 2017 in Review SF (1): Newport (l Isner)

• Tournament Note: In 3rd straight year as US Open WC, overcame 46 aces for 1st win at event over Karlovic in 1R • Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF and SF with 1st grass-court wins at Newport (d. Herbert, l. to Isner) • Earned biggest win of career over 30th-ranked Simon at Budapest as Q (l. to Klizan in 2R) • Also qualified at Aus. Open (l. to Rubin in 1R), Estoril (l. to Daniel in 2R) and Roland Garros (l. to Lopez in 1R) • Advanced to Challenger QFs at Panama City, PAN as Q (l. to Estrella Burgos); Aix en Provence, FRA (l. to Chardy); Bordeaux, FRA (l. to De Greef); Nottingham, GBR (l. to Copil) and Ilkley, GBR (l. to Groth) • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Miami Q1 vs Bourgue due to viral infection • Withdrew from Dallas, USA Challenger; San Francisco USA Challenger and Memphis Q due to knee injury

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COURT 5

Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [PR] (AUS) Millman Leads 1-0 16 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 John Millman 6-4 5-7 6-3

MALEK JAZIRI vs [PR] JOHN MILLMAN 33 (1/20/84) Age (Birthdate) 28 (6/14/89) No. 80 (No. 47 on 2/13/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 235 (No. 60 on 5/16/16) Bizerte, Tunisia Birthplace Brisbane, Australia Tunis, Tunisia Residence Brisbane, Australia 16-18 (16-11) 2017 Record (on hard) 2-3 (2-1) 68-90 (50-58) Career Record (on hard) 28-40 (23-32) 0 / 0 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 0 9-16 Career Grand Slam Record 6-10 2-4 (2011, 2017 2nd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 1-2 (2017 2nd Round) 5-6 (1-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 2-3 (0-0) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 28-37 (7-7) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 10-16 (2-1) $2,236,893 Career Prize Money $1,176,906

Jaziri 2017 in Review

• Tournament Note: Earned 16th win of season in 5 sets over Monteiro (16-11 on hard, 0-5 on clay, 0-2 on grass) • Advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 2nd time in career at Australian Open (d. Soeda and Bublik, l. to M. Zverev) • At ATP Masters 1000 events, reached Indian Wells 4R (l. to Sock 75 in 3rd) and Miami 3R (l. to Wawrinka) • Achieved career-high No. 47 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 13 • Snapped 7-match tour-level losing streak by saving 8 MPs vs Opelka in Atlanta 1R (l. to Paul in 2R) • Squandered 1 MP in Auckland 2R (l. to Isner 76 in 3rd) • Withdrew from Rotterdam qualifying due to fatigue

Millman 2017 in Review

• Tournament Note: No. 12 Aussie, using protected ranking of No. 81, beat No. 1 Aussie Kyrgios 63 16 64 61 in 1R • Missed 1st 4+ months with torn tendon in groin that required surgery • Lost to Bautista Agut in Roland Garros 1R and Nadal in Wimbledon 1R • Advanced to Atlanta 2R (d. Tiafoe 76 in 3rd, l. to Harrison after holding 1 MP) • Reached 13th ATP Challenger Tour final at Lexington, USA (l. to Mmoh) • Fell to No. 235 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 28 -- lowest since No. 278 on November 3, 2014

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[9] David Goffin (BEL) vs Guido Pella (ARG) Goffin Leads 1-0 16 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA)Hard R32 David Goffin 4-6 6-3 6-2

[9] DAVID GOFFIN vs GUIDO PELLA 26 (12/7/90) Age (Birthdate) 27 (5/17/90) No. 14 (No. 10 on 2/20/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 72 (No. 39 on 3/21/16) Rocourt, Belgium Birthplace Bahia Blanca, Argentina Monte Carlo, Monaco Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina 35-16 (21-9) 2017 Record (on hard) 12-12 (6-5) 177-120 (112-73) Career Record (on hard) 39-57 (17-27) 0 / 2 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 0 32-20 Career Grand Slam Record 5-12 5-5 (2014-15 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 2-4 (2016-17 2nd Round) 8-4 (1-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 2-4 (0-1) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 49-51 (10-6) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 22-33 (6-4) $6,512,280 Career Prize Money $1,697,409

Goffin 2017 in Review F (2): Sofia (l Dimitrov); Rotterdam (l Tsonga) SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nadal) QF (4): Australian Open (l Dimitrov); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Umag (l Dodig); Gstaad (l Haase)

• Tournament Note: Beat Benneteau in 1R, improving to 4-4 since suffering ankle injury at Roland Garros • Achieved career-high No. 10 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 20 -- 1st Belgian men’s player ever in Top 10 • Tied Simon in 2008 as lightest player in Top 10 (150 lbs) since Coria (145 lbs) and Grosjean (147 lbs) in 2004 • Earned biggest win of career over No. 2 Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF (l. to Nadal in SF) • Advanced to back-to-back finals at Sofia (l. to Dimitrov) and Rotterdam (d. Dimitrov in QF, l. to Tsonga) • Lost last 6 ATP World Tour finals since winning only 2 titles in 2014 at Kitzbuehel (d. Thiem) and Metz (d. Sousa) • Reached 2nd Grand Slam QF at Australian Open by avenging 2016 Roland Garros QF loss to Thiem (l. to Dimitrov) • Also reached ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF (d. Raonic, l. to eventual champion Nadal) • Saved 4 MPs to defeat Albot 26 76(7) 76(7) in Gstaad 2R (l. to Haase in QF) • Defeated Seppi and Lorenzi in straight sets to lead Belgium to 3-2 win over Italy in Davis Cup QF • Retired in Roland Garros 3R vs Zeballos and withdrew from ’s-Hertogenbosch, Queen’s and Wimbledon (right ankle)

Pella 2017 in Review F (1): Munich (l A. Zverev) QF (1): Sao Paulo (l Ramos-Vinolas)

• Tournament Note: Earned most lopsided Grand Slam win of career in 1R, defeating Darcis 61 62 60 • Won 6 matches and advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour final at Munich as Q (l. to A. Zverev) • Also qualified at Roland Garros (l. to del Potro in 1R) • Snapped 7-match losing streak by reaching Sao Paulo QF (d. Clezar and Berlocq, l. to Ramos-Vinolas) • Advanced to 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Dimitrov, l. to Mahut) and Washington (l. to Bhambri) • Held 1 MP before falling in Buenos Aires 1R to Ramos-Vinolas 76 in 3rd • Improved to 12-2 in ATP Challenger Tour finals at Milan, ITA (d. Delbonis) and Floridablanca, COL (d. Arguello) • Dropped to No. 166 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 27 -- lowest since No. 199 on March 30, 2015

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COURT 10

[Q] Stefano Travaglia (ITA) vs (SRB) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 15 Sydney Q (Australia) Hard -- Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-3

[Q] STEFANO TRAVAGLIA vs VIKTOR TROICKI 25 (12/18/91) Age (Birthdate) 31 (2/10/86) No. 144 (No. 139 on 8/7/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 52 (No. 12 on 6/6/11) Ascoli Piceno, Italy Birthplace Belgrade, Serbia Foligno, Italy Residence Belgrade, Serbia 1-1 (1-0) 2017 Record (on hard) 17-20 (10-11) 1-2 (1-0) Career Record (on hard) 275-242 (177-149) 0 / 0 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 3 1-1 Career Grand Slam Record 47-34 1-0 (2017 2nd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 7-7 (2008, 2015 3rd Round) 0-1 (0-1) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 19-14 (4-0) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 5 2-1 (2-0) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 99-100 (8-8) $208,040 Career Prize Money $7,658,443

Travaglia 2017 in Review

• Tournament Note: No. 8 Italian defeated No. 1 Italian Fognini 64 76(8) 36 60 in 1R for 1st tour-level win of career • Achieved career-high No. 139 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 7 • Made Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon as Q (l. to Rublev in 5 sets) • Captured 1st ATP Challenger Tour title in 1st final at Ostrava, CZE (d. Cecchinato) • Won Futures titles at Paguera, ESP (d. Martinez); Hammamet, TUN F7 (d. Brkic) and Madrid, ESP (d. Maden) • Reached Futures final at Hammamet, TUN F10 (l. to Roca Batalla) • Went 1-1 in Futures doubles finals with title at Manacor, ESP w/Leonardi (d. Apostol/Borza)

Troicki 2017 in Review

• Tournament Note: Won 5th straight match decided in 5th set, beating Gombos 36 63 36 64 63 in 1R • Reached Sydney SF (l. to Muller), Istanbul SF (l. to Raonic) and Sofia QF (l. to Dimitrov) • Advanced to Australian Open 3R (d. Dzumhur and Lorenzi in 5 sets, l. to Wawrinka) • Suffering 6-match losing streak since saving 1 MP vs 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

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[33] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Santiago Giraldo (COL) Series Tied 2-2 10 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Santiago Giraldo 1-6 6-2 6-3 14 Barcelona (Spain) Clay QF Santiago Giraldo 6-4 4-3 ret 15 Umag (Croatia) Clay R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-2 15 Kitzbühel (Austria) Clay R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-0 6-2

[33] PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER vs SANTIAGO GIRALDO 33 (10/16/83) Age (Birthdate) 29 (11/27/1987) No. 37 (No. 16 on 7/30/12) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 129 (No. 28 on 9/29/14) Augsburg, Germany Birthplace Pereira, Colombia Kitzbuehel, Austria Residence Pereira, Colombia 26-16 (11-7) 2017 Record (on hard) 5-9 (1-4) 417-319 (201-167) Career Record (on hard) 164-196 (61-93) 1 / 8 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 0 63-52 Career Grand Slam Record 13-32 19-14 (2012-14 4th Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 1-6 (2017 2nd Round) 16-11 (0-1) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 8-10 (2-0) 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 168-163 (10-11) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 58-76 (3-4) $10,320,992 Career Prize Money $4,192,373

Kohlschreiber 2017 in Review W (1): Kitzbuehel (d Sousa) F (1): Marrakech (l Coric) SF (1): Hamburg (l F. Mayer) QF (3): Sydney (w/o vs Troicki); Dubai (l Murray); Stuttgart (l Pouille)

• Tournament Note: Making 15th straight US Open appearance and defeated American qualifier Smyczek in 1R • 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) • 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 • Fell 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).

Giraldo 2017 in Review

• Tournament Note: Collected 1st US Open main draw win (1-6) with 5-set victory over [Q] Millot on Wednesday • Advanced to 2R at Quito (d. Becker, l. to Olivo) and Kitzbuehel as Q (d. Haase, l. to G. Melzer) • Also qualified at Indian Wells (l. to Struff in 1R), Barcelona (l. to Zeballos in 1R) and Roland Garros (l. to Seppi in 1R) • Fell to #NextGenATP player Tsitsipas at back-to-back events in Wimbledon Q1 and Perugia, ITA Challenger 2R • Clinched Colombia’s 3-1 Davis Cup Group I win over Chile (d. Jarry 76 in 4th and Garin in 5 sets) • Withdrew from Estoril Q (sickness). Retired in San Benedetto, ITA Challenger 2R vs Berrettini (right adductor) and Santo Domingo, DOM Challenger 2R vs E. King (gastroenteritis).

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COURT 11

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) Stebe Leads 1-0 17 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3 6-4

DAMIR DZUMHUR vs CEDRIK-MARCEL STEBE 25 (5/20/92) Age (Birthdate) 26 (10/9/90) No. 56 (No. 56 on 8/28/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 107 (No. 71 on 2/13/12) Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Birthplace Muehlacker, Germany Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Residence Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany 21-19 (17-10) 2017 Record (on hard) 5-4 (2-1) 61-61 (36-35) Career Record (on hard) 20-28 (5-11) 0 / 0 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 0 9-13 Career Grand Slam Record 2-6 2-3 (2016-17 2nd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 2-1 (2012, 2017 2nd Round) 4-3 (0-2) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 0-0 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 18-24 (8-6) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 6-4 (1-1) $1,592,865 Career Prize Money $692,739

Dzumhur 2017 in Review F (1): Winston-Salem (l. Bautista Agut) SF (1): Los Cabos (l Querrey) QF (2): Memphis (l Harrison); Dubai (l Haase)

• Tournament Note: Upset [27] Cuevas in 1R to improve to 9-2 in tour-level matches since start of Los Cabos • Reached 1st ATP World Tour final at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) • Achieved career-high No. 56 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 28 • 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) • Qualified at Hamburg (l. to Stebe in 1R) • Saved 5 MPs to beat Chung in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R) • Won Challenger title at Blois, FRA (d. Hemery) and reached final at Santo Domingo, DOM (l. to Estrella Burgos)

Stebe 2017 in Review QF (1): Geneva (l Kuznetsov)

• Tournament Note: Playing in 1st US Open main draw in 5 years and reached 2R with 57 63 61 61 win over Kicker on Wednesday. Coming in here, his last Grand Slam main draw match came at 2013 Australian Open (l. to Wawrinka in 1R) • Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF since 2012 Stuttgart at Geneva as LL (l. to Kuznetsov) • Qualified at Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut in 2R), Munich (l. to Pella in 1R) and Hamburg (l. to Schwartzman) • Win over Gabashvili in Sofia 1R was 1st victory on ATP World Tour since 2013 Halle • Captured Challenger titles at Poprad Tatry, SVK (d. Djere 60 63) and Vancouver, CAN (d. Thompson 60 61) • Reached Challenger final at Marburg, GER (l. to Krajinovic) • Risen from No. 463 to as high as No. 106 in Emirates ATP Rankings this season

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[11] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs (GER) Bautista Agut Leads 2-0 14 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5 4-6 6-3 17 Halle (Germany) Grass R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 1-6 7-6(6) Other Meeting 10 Mons CH (Belgium) Hard R32 Dustin Brown 6-2 7-5

[11] ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT vs DUSTIN BROWN 29 (4/14/88) Age (Birthdate) 32 (12/8/84) No. 13 (No. 13 on 10/17/16) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 116 (No. 64 on 10/10/16) Castellon de la Plana, Spain Birthplace Celle, Germany Castellon de la Plana, Spain Residence Winsen, Germany 40-15 (24-6) 2017 Record (on hard) 10-18 (5-8) 204-124 (130-78) Career Record (on hard) 60-91 (23-41) 2 / 6 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 0 41-20 Career Grand Slam Record 9-18 10-4 (2014-15 4th Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 2-4 (2010, 2017 2nd Round) 7-3 (0-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 2-3 (0-0) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 74-55 (17-12) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 37-48 (7-5) $6,999,061 Career Prize Money $2,524,555

Bautista Agut 2017 in Review 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)

• Tournament Note: Earned 40th victory of season in 1R over Seppi (4th straight year with 40+ wins) • 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

Brown 2017 in Review QF (1): Montpellier (l Paire)

• Tournament Note: Snapped 4-match US Open losing streak with 64 63 62 win over Bellucci in 1R • Earned 4th Top 10 win of career to reach Montpellier QF (d. Cilic, l. to Paire 01 ret) • Advanced to 2R at 7 other events, including Wimbledon (d. Sousa, l. to No. 1 Murray) • Suffered 6-match tour-level singles losing streak from April 13 to June 19 • Teamed with Tiafoe for 1st time and reached Houston doubles final as WC (l. to Peralta/Zeballos) • Reached Challenger SFs at Irving, USA (l. to Kukushkin) and Surbiton, GBR (l. to Thompson) • Also reached Challenger doubles final w/Sancic at Meerbusch, GER (l. to Krawietz/Mies) • Retired in Montpellier QF vs Paire and withdrew from Memphis due to lower back injury

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Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [31] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Series Tied 4-4 04 Kitzbuhel (Austria) Clay QF 6-2 6-3 05 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 7-5 6-3 05 New Haven (USA) Hard QF Feliciano Lopez 6-4 1-6 6-2 08 Sydney (Australia) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco 6-3 4-6 6-2 09 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco 3-6 6-3 6-4 09 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada)Hard R64 Fernando Verdasco 6-1 6-7(5) 6-1 13 Eastbourne (Great Britain) Grass QF Feliciano Lopez 6-4 7-6(6) 15 Quito (Ecuador) Clay SF Feliciano Lopez 7-6(5) 7-6(1)

FERNANDO VERDASCO vs [31] FELICIANO LOPEZ 33 (11/15/83) Age (Birthdate) 35 (9/20/81) No. 43 (No. 7 on 4/20/09) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 35 (No. 12 on 3/2/15) Madrid, Spain Birthplace Toledo, Spain Doha, Qatar Residence Madrid, Spain 23-20 (12-10) 2017 Record (on hard) 22-18 (5-9) 481-356 (219-189) Career Record (on hard) 449-404 (249-234) 0 / 7 2017 Titles / Career Titles 1 / 6 98-57 Career Grand Slam Record 91-63 27-14 (2009-10 Quarter-finals) US Open Record (Best Result) 25-15 (2015 Quarter-finals) 23-20 (1-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 24-11 (1-0) 5 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 4 189-193 (12-8) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 285-240 (13-14) $14,152,332 Career Prize Money $14,185,180

Verdasco 2017 in Review F (1): Dubai (l Murray) SF (2): Doha (l Djokovic); Bastad (l Ferrer) QF (3): Houston (l Johnson); Budapest (l Djere); Antalya (l Mannarino)

• Tournament Note: Playing at 58th straight Grand Slam event, second among active players to Lopez’ 63 • Beat Bautista Agut and Monfils en route to Dubai final, where he fell to 0-12 vs World No. 1 (l. to Murray) • Rose to No. 29 in Emirates ATP Rankings on March 6 -- highest since No. 29 on July 7, 2014 • Lost SFs to eventual champions at Doha (l. to Djokovic after holding 5 MPs) and Bastad (l. to Ferrer) • Reached Roland Garros singles 4R (l. to Nishikori) and doubles SF w/Zimonjic (l. to S. Gonzalez/Young) • Saved 2 MPs to beat Escobedo in Los Cabos 1R, but squandered 1 MP in Budapest QF loss to Djere • Withdrew from Sydney due to fatigue and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal due to right leg injury

Lopez 2017 in Review W (1): London/Queen's Club (d Cilic) F (1): Stuttgart (l Pouille) QF (2): Houston (l Sock); Los Cabos (l Dzumhur)

• Tournament Note: Playing at 16th straight US Open and 63rd straight Grand Slam, 2 shy of Federer’s Open Era record • Saved 1 MP against both Berdych and Cilic to win 6th and biggest singles title of career at London/Queen’s Club • Also on grass, defeated Chardy, Berdych and M. Zverev in 3 sets to reach Stuttgart final (l. to Pouille in 3 sets) • Earned 1st clay-court win over Ferrer in 8th try at Roland Garros (l. to Cilic in 3R) • Saved 1 MP vs Benneteau in Montpellier 1R (l. to Paire in 2R); squandered 3 MPs vs Dzumhur in Los Cabos QF • Dropped to No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 10 -- lowest since No. 43 on June 3, 2013 • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo doubles final w/M. Lopez (d. Herbert/Mahut, l. to Bopanna/Cuevas) • Also advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/Isner (d. Marach/F. Martin 16-14 in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Conceded walkover to Chardy in Auckland 2R (lower back) and retired vs Mannarino in Wimbledon 1R (left foot)

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Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs [LL] (ARG) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 11 Halle Q (Germany) Grass -- Leonardo Mayer 3-6 6-2 6-4

YUICHI SUGITA vs [LL] LEONARDO MAYER 28 (9/18/88) Age (Birthdate) 30 (5/15/87) No. 44 (No. 43 on 7/17/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 59 (No. 21 on 6/22/15) Sendai, Japan Birthplace Corrientes, Argentina Tokyo, Japan Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina 13-9 (4-3) 2017 Record (on hard) 8-3 (1-0) 30-43 (16-27) Career Record (on hard) 138-140 (52-67) 1 / 1 2017 Titles / Career Titles 1 / 2 1-5 Career Grand Slam Record 27-28 1-0 (2017 2nd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 7-6 (2012, 2014 3rd Round) 1-2 (0-2) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 3-3 (0-0) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 14-25 (7-4) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 81-74 (4-3) $1,343,098 Career Prize Money $4,505,035

Sugita 2017 in Review W (1): Antalya (d Mannarino) QF (2): Barcelona (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Dimitrov)

• Tournament Note: After falling in US Open qualifying 8 straight years, won main draw debut over [WC] Blancaneaux • Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and following 1st SF at Antalya (d. Baghdatis and Mannarino) • Won Challenger titles at Yokohama, JPN (d. Kwon); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Kavcic) and Surbiton, GBR (d. Thompson) • First player to win ATP and Challenger titles on grass in same season (Antalya and Surbiton, GBR Challenger) • Achieved career-high No. 43 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17 • Replaced countryman Nishikori and reached 2nd ATP QF at Barcelona as LL (d. Carreno Busta, l. to Thiem) • Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (d. Sock, Sousa and Khachanov; l. to Dimitrov) • Earned 1st Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Klein, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets) • Lost Challenger doubles final at Bangkok, THA w/Wu (l. to Barrere/Eysseric) • Withdrew from Umag and Hamburg due to an elbow injury

L. Mayer 2017 in Review W (1): Hamburg (d F. Mayer)

• Tournament Note: Lucky loser upset [26] Gasquet in 1st hard-court match since 2016 Davis Cup SF (d. Evans) • As World No. 138, won 2nd Hamburg title after losing to No. 923 Molleker in qualifying (d. No. 101 F. Mayer in final) • Joined Rublev one week earlier at Umag as 2nd lucky loser to win an ATP title since Ram at 2009 Newport • First ATP final between players ranked outside Top 100 since 2013 Bogota (No. 155 Karlovic d. No. 122 Falla) • Rose 89 spots in Emirates ATP Rankings to No. 49 on July 31 • Despite not qualifying in singles, qualified in doubles at Hamburg w/Delbonis (l. to Mirnyi/Nestor in 1R) • Qualified at Houston (l. to Isner in 2R) and Bastad (l. to Dolgopolov in 1R) • Reached Challenger singles finals at Buenos Aires, ARG (l. to Daniel) and Bastad, SWE (l. to Lajovic) • Advanced to Tallahassee, USA Challenger doubles final w/M. Gonzalez (l. to Lipsky/Paes) • Retired in Buenos Aires 2R vs Ramos-Vinolas (right leg). Withdrew from Wimbledon Q (right shoulder tendinitis).

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