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J. SAFRA SARASIN SWISS OPEN GSTAAD: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, July 23, 2016 Roy Emerson Arena, Gstaad, Switzerland | July 18 – 24, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €463,520 | Surface: Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com http://www.jsafrasarasinswissopengstaad.ch Fabienne Benoit: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @swissopengstaad Press Room: + 41335665219 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/SwissOpenGstaad LOPEZ-BROWN, MATHIEU-HAASE, SQUARE OFF IN SEMI-FINALS DAY 6 PREVIEW: The semi-finals on Saturday at the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open at Roy Emerson Arena begin with top seed Feliciano Lopez against Dustin Brown in a first-time meeting. The next match follows with No. 8 Paul-Henri Mathieu against Robin Haase in a first-time meeting on the ATP World Tour. All four players are trying to earn their first ATP World Tour title of the season. In the opening match of the day, Lopez is trying to return to the Swiss Open final for the first time in 10 years. The 34-year-old Spaniard is appearing in his third ATP World Tour semi-final of the season and he’s trying to reach his 14th career ATP World Tour final (4-9). His last title came in Eastbourne in June 2014. Brown is making his second career ATP World Tour semi-final showing, the first since Montpellier in February (l. to Gasquet). The 31-year-old German has beaten two former Swiss Open champions in his last two matches, two-time winner Thomaz Bellucci in the second round and 2013 champ Mikhail Youzhny in the quarter-finals. In the next match, Mathieu, who captured his last ATP World Tour title here in 2007 (d. Seppi), takes on 2013 finalist Haase. In their last meeting in the final at the 2015 Aix en Provence Challenger, Haase won 76 62. Mathieu is appearing in his second ATP World Tour semi-final of the season, the first since February when he reached the final in Montpellier (l. to Gasquet). Haase is making his first ATP World Tour semi-final showing of the season and the 29-year-old Dutchman leads the tournament in service games won this week, holding 36 of 37 games. He is also the aces leader with 28. DAY SIX FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play CENTER COURT [1] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Dustin Brown (GER) First Meeting Lopez 2016 FastFacts: SF(2): Dubai (l Baghdatis); Houston (l Monaco); QF: Quito (l Ramos-Vinolas) YTD W-L: 19-16 (9-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: September 20, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 18-9 (2006 Finalist) Tournament Note: The 34-year-old Spaniard is making his 10th tournament appearance, having reached 2006 final (QF d. No. 4 Ljubicic, l. to Gasquet); last year reached SF for second straight appearance (l. to eventual champ Thiem; 2013 l. to Haase). Opened with 76 64 win over Q Mertl and followed with a 64 76 victory over Ymer. Leads tournament in 1st serve pts. won (89%) and has held 21 of 22 service games (95%) Trying to reach 14th career ATP World Tour final (4-9) and last title came in 2014 Eastbourne Earned 2nd win vs. World No. 1 when Djokovic retired with eye problem in Dubai QF (l. to Baghdatis in SF) Defeated Garcia-Lopez for 400th career singles win in Dubai 1R on February 22 Reached 3R at Aus. Open (l. to Isner), Roland Garros (l. to Ferrer) and Wimbledon (d. Fognini in 5 sets, l. to Kyrgios) J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad Day 6 – Saturday, July 23, 2016 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com Participated in 58 straight Grand Slam main draws, most among active players and 7 behind Federer’s Open Era record Beat Bautista Agut 76 67 64 in 3h16m to reach ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R (l. to Djokovic) Upset No. 1 seeds and last 3 Roland Garros doubles champions to win 1st Grand Slam title in Paris w/M. Lopez (d. Herbert/Mahut, Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin after saving 6 MPs, Dodig/Melo and Bryan/Bryan) Captured 1st doubles title since 2004 at Doha w/M. Lopez (d. J. Murray/Soares and Peya/Petzschner) Held 2 MPs in Dubai doubles final w/M. Lopez before falling 14-12 in Match TB to Bolelli/Seppi Retired down 75 43 in Quito QF vs. Ramos-Viñolas due to fatigue Brown 2016 FastFacts: SF: Montpellier (l Gasquet); QF: Bastad (l Ferrer) YTD W-L: 11-7 (6-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: December 8, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 99 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 4-4 (2016 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: The 31-year-old German is making his first semi-finals appearance after beating Monaco 62 75 in 1R, No. 4 seed/two-time champ Bellucci 26 76 61 (saved 2 match pts.) and No. 7/ 2013 champ Youzhny 64 64. Has held serve 30 of 34 games this week (88%), saving 16 of 20 BPs Reached maiden ATP World Tour SF at Montpellier as Q (d. Simon in 2R, l. to No. 10 Gasquet) Last week reached QF in Bastad (d. Munoz de la Nava, Bedene, l. to Ferrer) Beat Bemelmans in Montpellier to end 0-8 start to career in ATP QFs Also qualified at Doha (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 1R) and Roland Garros (d. Sela for 1st 5-set win, l. to Sock in 2R) Won 5-setter over Lajovic before losing 5-setter to Kyrgios as Wimbledon WC Also reached Wimbledon 2R in doubles with countryman Struff as Q (l. to Marray/Shamasdin) Captured 7th Challenger title at Manchester, GBR (d. Ram, M. Zverev, J. Ward, Gojowczyk and Lu) [8] Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs Robin Haase (NED) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 10 Basel Q (Switzerland) Hard -- Robin Haase 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7) 15 Aix en Provence CH (France) Clay F Robin Haase 7-6(1) 6-2 Mathieu 2016 FastFacts: F: Montpellier (l Gasquet); QF(2): Marrakech (l Coric); Hamburg (l Cuevas) YTD W-L: 17-13 (10-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: January 12, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 60 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 13-8 (2007 Champion) Tournament Note: The 34-year-old Frenchman, who won the title here in 2007 (d. Seppi), is making his 10th appearance. Also reached SF in 2012 (l. to Tipsarevic); last visit came in 2013 (l. 1R to Youzhny). This week has wins over Swiss players: 75 61 over Chiudinelli and 61 64 over Laaksonen and No. 3 seed Ramos-Vinolas 46 63 64. Has held serve 30 of 34 games (88%) this week and leads in return games won (11 of 31, 35%) Appearing in second SF of season and last week reached QF in Hamburg (l. to Cuevas). Also QF at Marrakech (l. to Coric) in April Fell short of 1st ATP World Tour title since 2007 Gstaad with loss in Montpellier final in February (d. Paire in 2R, l. to No. 10 Gasquet) On a 5-match losing streak in finals (4-6) and 22-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents (10-59) Improved to 11-12 in 5-set matches with win over Giraldo in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Bautista Agut) Saved 1 MP in 63 46 76(7) win over Ramos-Viñolas in Doha 1R (l. to Chardy in 2R) Fell to 1-9 in Challenger finals with 3-set loss to Rublev in Quimper, FRA championship match Conceded w/o in London/Queen’s Club 2R (wrist) and W/D from Nottingham (wrist) J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad Day 6 – Saturday, July 23, 2016 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com Haase 2016 FastFacts: QF(2): Acapulco (l Dolgopolov); Bucharest (l Verdasco) YTD W-L: 12-16 (5-4 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 6, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 95 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 11-3 (2013 Finalist) Tournament Note: The 29-year-old Dutchman, who reached the final in 2013 (l. to Youzhny), opened with 1R win over fellow Dutchman de Bakker 67(4) 63 61 and followed with a 76 64 victory over Zeballos on Thursday and 76 75 over qualifier Monteiro. Leads tournament in aces (28), service games won (36 of 37, 97%) and break pts. saved (7 of 8, 88%) Trying to reach fifth career ATP World Tour final (2-2), first since 2013 Vienna (l. to Haas) His last title came in 2012 Kitzbuhel (d. Kohlschreiber) Advanced to QFs at Acapulco (l. to Dolgopolov) and Bucharest (d. Tomic, l. to Verdasco) Also reached 2R at Doha, Auckland, Marseille, Indian Wells and Wimbledon (d. Schwartzman in 5 sets, l. to Sock) Fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Basic) and Roland Garros (l. to Sock in 5 sets) Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Miami due to knee injury POTENTIAL FINAL FEDEX HEAD 2 HEADS Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Tied 5-5 03 Kitzbuhel (Austria) Clay R16 Feliciano Lopez 3-6 6-3 3-0 ret 03 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 6-4 3-6 7-5 03 Moscow (Russia) Carpet R32 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-1 6-4 05 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 6-0 6-7(5) 6-4 07 London / Queen's Club (GBR) Grass R64 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 07 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R16 Paul-Henri Mathieu 4-6 6-4 7-6(4) 10 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard R64 Feliciano Lopez 3-6 6-3 6-4 12 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Paul-Henri Mathieu 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 12 Stockholm (Sweden) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-2 13 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Feliciano Lopez 6-3 5-1 ret Other meeting: 02 Tunis CH (Tunisia) Clay R16 Feliciano Lopez 7-5 7-6(3) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Robin Haase (NED) Haase Leads 3-1 11 Kitzbühel (Austria) Clay R16 Robin Haase 1-6 6-4 6-3 12 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Feliciano Lopez 6-3 7-5 6-2 13 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay SF Robin Haase 4-6 6-1 6-4 15 Estoril (Portugal) Clay R16 Robin Haase 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 Other meeting: 06 Mons CH (Belgium) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 4-6 7-6(7) 6-2 Dustin Brown (GER) vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) First Meeting Dustin Brown (GER) vs Robin Haase (NED) Haase Leads 1-0 15 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Robin Haase 4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 Other meeting: 10 Rhodes CH (Greece) Hard R32 Dustin Brown 6-1 6-4 .