CHINA OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, October 8, 2015

National Center, , China | October 5-11, 2015 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $3,944,715 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

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ACE RECORD ON KARLOVIC’S RACQUET; WORLD NO. 1 vs. CHINA NO. 1

 DAY 4 PREVIEW: History is in the making at the China Open on Thursday, where 6-foot-11 Ivo Karlovic stands 16 aces shy of tying countryman Goran Ivanisevic -- and 17 away from passing him -- for the most aces hit in ATP World Tour history (stats kept since 1991 and do not include matches). Entering his second-round match against on Thursday, Karlovic has struck 10,221 career aces. In 2015, he is averaging a career-high 23 aces per match, so odds are that a new record will be set on Lotus Court. Meanwhile on National Tennis Stadium, World No. 1 looks to extend his 25-0 Beijing record versus China No. 1 Ze Zhang.

 EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: Of the Top 20 players in the Emirates ATP Race to London, 18 are competing this week at ATP World Tour 500 events in Tokyo or Beijing. The Top 8 players in the race on Nov. 9 will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. Four men are already in: Novak Djokovic, , and .

With second-round wins in Beijing on Thursday, can move up to No. 10 and Ivo Karlovic can jump to No. 20. Meanwhile in Tokyo, Marin Cilic will rise from No. 13 to No. 12 in the race if he defeats Steve Johnson on Thursday. Cilic, Isner and Gilles Simon are all capable of rising as high as No. 9 in the race by the end of the week.

Race Player Points Event Update 1 Novak Djokovic*^ 12,830 Beijing 2R on Thursday 2 Andy Murray* 7,510 ------3 Roger Federer* 6,740 ------4 Stan Wawrinka* 5,550 Tokyo QF on Friday 5 Tomas Berdych 4,100 Beijing Lost in 1R 6 3,770 Tokyo QF on Friday 7 3,760 Beijing QF on Friday 8 3,345 Beijing QF on Friday 9 2,355 Tokyo Lost in 1R 10 2,205 Tokyo Lost in 1R 11 John Isner^ 2,180 Beijing 2R on Thursday 12 2,080 Beijing Lost in 1R 13 Marin Cilic^ 2,055 Tokyo 2R on Thursday 14 Gilles Simon 1,965 Tokyo QF on Friday 15 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1,900 Beijing Lost in 1R 16 ^ 1,625 Beijing 2R on Thursday 17 Feliciano Lopez 1,590 Tokyo Lost in 1R 18 1,510 Beijing Lost in 1R 19 1,450 Tokyo Lost in 1R T20 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 1,410 Beijing Lost in 1R T20 Gael Monfils 1,410 ------22 Ivo Karlovic^ 1,385 Beijing 2R on Thursday * Qualified ^ Gains 45 points with win on Thursday

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 EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: As is the case in singles, the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London is heating up this week with seven of the Top 10 teams competing in Tokyo or Beijing. The Top 8 doubles teams in the race on Nov. 9 will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. Two teams have already secured their spots: World No. 1s Bob and and Wimbledon champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.

The Bryans were upset in the Tokyo first round by Juan Sebastian Cabal and , opening the door for Beijing No. 1 seeds Rojer and Tecau in the race for year-end No. 1. Should they win the Beijing title, Rojer and Tecau will inch within 15 race points of the Bryans. Among the other teams looking to add race points this week are Beijing No. 2 seeds and Nenad Zimonjic and Tokyo No. 2 seeds Pierre Hugues-Herbert and .

Race Team Points Event Update 1 /Mike Bryan* 6,285 Tokyo Lost in 1R 2 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau*^ 5,860 Beijing QF on Thursday 3 / 5,140 ------4 / 5,035 ------5 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut^ 4,585 Tokyo QF on Thursday 6 / 4,295 Beijing Lost in 1R 7 Marcin Matkowski/Nenad Zimonjic 3,930 Beijing SF on Fri. or Sat. 8 / 3,455 ------9 /^ 2,740 Tokyo QF on Thursday 10 /^ 2,410 Beijing QF on Thursday * Qualified ^ Gain 90 points with win on Thursday

DAY 4 FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM

[7] David Goffin (BEL) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) First Meeting

Goffin 2015 FastFacts F (2): ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Mahut); Gstaad (l. to Thiem); SF: Chennai (l. to Wawrinka); QF (2): Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Ferrer) YTD W-L: 33-20 (16-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 17 Beijing W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2015 2nd Round)

• No. 1 Belgian defeated Seppi 62 63 in Beijing debut on Monday • Has a career-high 33 wins, including runs to finals of 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Mahut) and Gstaad (l. to Thiem) • Led Belgium to Davis Cup final by winning deciding rubber in 1R vs. SUI (d. Bossel), adding another victory in QF vs. CAN (d. Peliwo), and sweeping 6 singles sets in SF vs. ARG (d. Delbonis and Schwartzman) • Reached 4R at Wimbledon (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), matching best result at major (also 2012 Roland Garros) • Other results: 2R (l. to Baghdatis), Roland Garros 3R (l. to Chardy) and US Open 3R (ret. vs. Bautista Agut up 2 sets to 1) • Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Rome (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) • Achieved a career-high Emirates ATP Ranking of No. 14 on July 13

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Fognini 2015 FastFacts F (2): Rio de Janeiro (l. to Ferrer); Hamburg (l. to Nadal); QF (4): Sao Paulo (l. to Giraldo); Barcelona (l. to Andujar); Umag (l. to Sousa); Kitzbühel (l. to Kohlschreiber) YTD W-L: 27-21 (6-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 28 Beijing W-L (Best Result): 4-5 (2013 Quarter-finalist)

• No. 2 Italian defeated Klizan 62 61 in 1R on Monday and is vying for 2nd QF in Beijing (also 2013) • Teamed with countryman Bolelli to win Australian Open doubles title (d. Herbert/Mahut) • Italians also reached final at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to Pospisil/Sock) and Monte-Carlo (l. to Bryan/Bryan), as well as SF at Roland Garros (l. to Bryan/Bryan) • Posted best Grand Slam result at US Open, snapping 9-match hard-court losing streak en route to 4R (d. No. 8 Nadal in 5 sets, l. to F. Lopez) • Reached 2 ATP World Tour 500 clay-court singles finals: Rio de Janeiro (d. No. 3 Nadal, l. to No. 9 Ferrer) and Hamburg (l. to Nadal) • Also beat Nadal in Barcelona 3R, becoming just 3rd player to defeat Spaniard twice in a row on clay (Djokovic, Gaudio) • In Davis Cup, accounted for 3 wins in Italy's 4-1 Play-off victory over Russia (d. Rublev and Gabashvili in singles, w/Bolelli d. Donskoy/Kravchuk in doubles)

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [WC] Ze Zhang (CHN) First Meeting

Djokovic 2015 FastFacts W (7): Australian Open (d. Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (d. Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d. Berdych); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (d. Federer); Wimbledon (d. Federer); US Open (d. Federer); F (4): Dubai (l. to Federer); Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (l. to Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Federer); QF: Doha (l. to Karlovic) YTD W-L: 64-5 (41-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 7 / Career Titles: 55 Date of Birth: May 22, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 1 Beijing W-L (Best Result): 25-0 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Champion)

• World No. 1 improved to 25-0 lifetime in Beijing with 61 61 win over qualifier Bolelli in 1R on Tuesday • With win on Thursday, will tie Connors for 2nd-best start at an ATP event in Open Era (see chart below) • Also playing in doubles QF on Thursday with 20-year-old brother Djordje after defeating fellow wild cards Gong/Venus in team debut on Tuesday. Owns 0-5 doubles record with 24-year-old brother Marko • Clinched year-end No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings for 4th time in last 5 years (2011-12, ’14-15) and will pass McEnroe on Nov. 2 for 5th all-time with 171 total weeks at No. 1 (see chart below) • Won 8th, 9th and 10th Grand Slam singles titles at Australian Open (d. Murray), Wimbledon (d. Federer) and US Open (d. Federer) respectively. Fell short of calendar Grand Slam in Roland Garros final (l. to Wawrinka) • Became 1 of 3 players to play in all 4 major finals in a single year during Open Era (also Laver and Federer) • Has reached career-high 11 straight finals since falling in Doha QF to start season (l. to Karlovic). Last player to reach 10 or more consecutive finals in a season was Federer (11 in ‘06, 17 dating back to ‘05) • Also captured titles at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo and Rome, moving into a tie with Federer for 2nd all-time with 24 ATP Masters 1000 championships (Nadal 27) • Along with 2014 title, won 30 straight matches at ATP Masters 1000 events before falling to Murray in Montreal final. Also lost to Federer in Cincinnati final

Rank Player Tournament Start Finish Titles 1 Rafael Nadal Roland Garros 31-0 70-2* 9: 2005-08, ’10-14 2 Jimmy Connors Birmingham (USA) 26-0 26-0 6: 1974-77, ’79-80 3 Novak Djokovic Beijing 25-0 25-0* 5: 2009-10, ’12-14 T4 Mats Wilander Barcelona 23-0 27-3 3: 1982-84 T4 John McEnroe Milan 23-0 26-2 4: 1979-81, ’85 * Active W-L record China Open Day 4 – Thursday, October 8, 2015 Page 4 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Rank Player Weeks at No. 1 1 Roger Federer 302 2 Pete Sampras 286 3 270 4 Jimmy Connors 268 5 John McEnroe 170 6 Novak Djokovic* 167 * Will surpass McEnroe on Nov. 2 with 171 weeks

Zhang 2015 FastFacts YTD W-L: 3-3 (3-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 4, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 219 Beijing W-L (Best Result): 4-3 (2012 Quarter-finalist)

• No. 1 player from China defeated qualifier Istomin 63 16 63 in 1R on Monday • Trying to become 1st Chinese player to reach an ATP World Tour QF since he did so at 2012 Beijing (d. Gasquet, l. to F. Mayer). Only other Chinese ATP quarter-finalist in Open Era was Bing Pan at ’95 Seoul • Played just one prior match vs. Top 10 opponent, losing to No. 7 Tsonga 63 64 in 2011 Beijing 2R • In 2015, owns singles records of 2-1 in Davis Cup, 19-14 in Challengers and 7-1 in Futures • As a WC, fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Hewitt) and Shenzhen (l. to Vesely) • Winner of 12 career ITF Futures titles (8 singles, 4 doubles), including 8 in China

LOTUS COURT

Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU) Karlovic Leads 1-0 09 ATP Masters 1000 Paris () Hard R64 Ivo Karlovic 7-6(3) 6-4

Karlovic 2015 FastFacts W: Delray Beach (d. Young); F: Newport (l. to Ram); SF (3): Doha (l. to Ferrer); Halle (l. to Federer); Bogota (l. to Mannarino); QF (4): Acapulco (l. to Harrison); (l. to Vesely); ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Haase); Kuala Lumpur (l. to Kyrgios) YTD W-L: 33-20 (21-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: February 28, 1979 Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 Beijing W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2006 and 2015 2nd Round)

• No. 2 Croat hit 19 aces to defeat Garcia-Lopez 75 76(1) in 1R on Wednesday • The 36-year-old is oldest player in Top 20 since 37-year-old Jimmy Connors during week of Feb. 19, 1990 • Surpassed 10,000 career aces at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal and now stands at 10,221, 2nd only to countryman Ivanisevic's 10,237 (Ace statistics since 1991 and not including Davis Cup) • Captured 6th career title at Delray Beach (d. Young) to become oldest champion on ATP World Tour since Connors, 37, won 1989 Tel Aviv • 1 of only 4 players to defeat Djokovic in 2015 and only man to do it before a final (Doha QF) • Hit 45 aces in Halle QF win over No. 6 Berdych, most ever in best-of-3 sets (l. to No. 2 Federer in SF) • Posted best Grand Slam result of season by reaching Wimbledon 4R (l. to Murray in 4 sets)

Rank Player Aces Matches Average 1 Goran Ivanisevic 10,237 895 11.44 2 Ivo Karlovic 10,221 535 19.10 3 Roger Federer 9,386 1,236 7.59 4 9,074 780 11.63 5 Pete Sampras 8,858 961 9.22

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Cuevas 2015 FastFacts W: Sao Paulo (d. Vanni); F: Istanbul (l. to Federer); SF: Bastad (l. to Paire); QF (3): Rio de Janeiro (l. to Nadal); Buenos Aires (l. to Monaco); Hamburg (l. to Nadal) YTD W-L: 25-21 (4-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: January 1, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 37 Beijing W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2014 and 2015 2nd Round)

• No. 1 player from Uruguay earned 2nd Top 10 win by beating No. 5 Berdych 64 64 in 1R (2-6 overall) • Attempting to reach 7th QF of season (1st on hard court after 6 on clay) • Won 3rd singles title of career at Sao Paulo (d. Vanni 7-6 in 3rd) • Also reached Istanbul final (d. Dimitrov, l. to No. 2 Federer) • Has won career-high 25 matches this season • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 21 on March 23 • Rio de Janeiro QF loss to Nadal ended at 3:18 am -- second latest finish on ATP World Tour • In doubles with Marrero, won ATP Masters 1000 Rome title (d. Granollers/M. Lopez), reached Nottingham final (l. to Guccione/Sa) and fell in Australian Open QF (l. to Bolelli/Fognini)

[Q] (AUS) vs [6] John Isner (USA) First Meeting

Millman 2015 FastFacts YTD W-L: 4-7 (3-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 14, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 76 Beijing W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2015 2nd Round)

• No. 5 Aussie qualified, then earned 6th win of career (3rd over Robredo) 46 61 60 in 1R on Tuesday • Attempting to reach 1st ATP World Tour QF and post biggest win of career (by ranking) over No. 13 Isner • Qualified and reached 2R at Wimbledon (d. No. 19 Robredo, l. to Baghdatis in 5 sets) • Started season by reaching 2R at hometown tournament in Brisbane (l. to Federer in 3 sets) • Fell in Australian Open 1R (l. to L. Mayer), Roland Garros qualifying (l. to Smith) and US Open 1R (l. to Stakhovsky) • Compiled 20-11 record on ATP Challenger Tour with back-to-back titles at Lexington, USA (d. Uchiyama) and Aptos, USA (d. Krajicek) • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 71 on August 17. Was ranked No. 1,101 on August 18, 2014

Isner 2015 FastFacts W: Atlanta (d. Baghdatis); F: Washington (l. to Nishikori); SF (2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Djokovic); (l. to Thiem); QF (4): Memphis (l. to Querrey); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Berdych); London / Queen's Club (l. to Troicki); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l. to Chardy) YTD W-L: 38-20 (24-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 13 Beijing W-L (Best Result): 8-3 (2010 Semi-finalist)

• No. 1 American defeated Thiem 75 61 in 1R on Tuesday and is vying for 4th Beijing QF in as many appearances (also 2010, 2013 and 2014) • In back-to-back weeks, won 3rd straight Atlanta title (d. Baghdatis) and reached Washington final (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) • Started 5-6 before defeating No. 6 Raonic and No. 5 Nishikori en route to ATP Masters 1000 Miami SF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Lost to No. 111 Ward 15-13 in 5th and No. 5 Murray during Davis Cup 1R (GBR d. USA 3-2) • Reached 3R at Wimbledon (l. to Cilic 12-10 in 5th), matching best result at All England Club (also 2014 3R) • Other Grand Slam results: Australian Open 3R (l. to Muller), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Chardy), US Open 4R (l. to No. 2 Federer)