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2015 US OPEN Flushing Meadows, New York, USA | August 31 – September 13, 2015 Draw Size: S-128, D-64 | $42.3 million | Hard www.usopen.org DAY SEVEN NOTES | Sunday, September 6, 2015

FEATURED MEN’S MATCHES – In Order of Play by Court

Arthur Ashe Stadium: (9) Marin Cilic (CRO) vs. (27) Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Tied 1-1 (1) (SRB) vs. (23) (ESP) Djokovic Leads 2-0

Louis Armstrong Stadium: (19) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs. Benoit Paire (FRA) Tsonga Leads 2-0 (18) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. (32) (ITA) First Meeting

DAY SEVEN HIGHLIGHTS  The round of 16 in the top half of the draw on Sunday is headlined by World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 9/reigning champion Marin Cilic. They are the only Top 10 seeds left after three (No. 7 Ferrer, No. 8 Nadal, No. 10 Raonic) were eliminated on Friday. Three of the Open Era tournament record four Frenchmen in the RD 16 still remaining are also on the schedule. No. 19 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes on countryman Benoit Paire and No. 27 Jeremy Chardy faces Cilic. The other Frenchman, No. 12 , plays on Monday.

 In the opening match on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Cilic brings a 10-match US Open winning streak against Chardy, who is coming off his first Top 10 win of the season (1-8) over No. 7 Ferrer. Cilic is coming off a five-set marathon win (4h,11m) over and he’s trying to reach his fourth career quarter-final at the US Open. Chardy is attempting to advance to his second tournament QF. Two years ago at the he upset No. 7 and ’09 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro en route to the QFs (l. to Murray).

 Under the lights on Ashe, Djokovic takes a 2-0 record against No. 23 seed Roberto Bautista Agut. Djokovic is trying to reach his 9th straight US Open QF and 26th overall in a Grand Slam tournament, which is 3rd-most in the Open Era (Federer 36, Connors 27). The 28-year-old Serb has not dropped a set thus far and he’s held serve 39 of 41 games. The 27-year-old Spaniard is back in the round of 16 here for the second straight year and he’s trying to reach his first career major quarter-final. Bautista Agut is also attempting to snap a 13-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents (3-19 overall).

 On Armstrong, Tsonga looks to maintain his perfect record (2-0) against Paire. The 30-year-old Frenchman has played nearly flawless so far, holding all 41 service games. He is trying to reach the quarter-finals here for the first time since 2011. Tsonga has played well against his countrymen in majors, compiling an 11-1 record. Paire, who saved two match points in his 1R five-set win over last year’s runner-up , is playing in the round of 16 in a major for the first time. The 26-year-old has climbed from No. 149 on Feb. 2 to No. 41 coming in. In July, he captured his first career ATP World Tour title in Bastad.

 In the next match on Armstrong, No. 18 seed Feliciano Lopez and No. 32 Fabio Fognini square off for the first time. Lopez is in the round of 16 here for the first time since 2010 and he’s trying to advance to his fourth career major QF, the first not on grass. His other three came at Wimbledon (2005, ’08, ’11). Fognini is coming off an incredible comeback win against No. 8 Nadal. The Italian rallied from two sets down for the fifth time in his career and posted his first career Top 10 win on hard courts (1-17). Fognini, who was winless on hard courts (0-7) this season coming into the US Open, hit 70 winners in the match. He is the first Italian to reach the round of 16 here since Davide Sanguinetti in 2005. The last Italian to advance to the US Open quarter-finals was Corrado Barazzutti, who was a semi-finalist at Forest Hills in 1977.

 Looking ahead to the bottom half of the round of 16 on Monday, No. 2 takes on No. 13 , who is trying to reach the quarter-finals at the US Open for the first time since 2011. Federer has won four of the previous five meetings. Donald Young, who is back in the round of 16 for the first time since 2011 after rallying from two sets for the second time in the tournament, plays No. 5 for the third time (tied 1- 1). Young won the first meeting here in the 2R in ’11 in a fifth set tie-break. This is the first time two Americans are in RD16 since 2012. The other matches are No. 6 Tomas Berdych vs. No. 12 Richard Gasquet and No. 15 -No. 20 winner vs. No. 3 -No. 30 winner.

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[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [23] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Djokovic Leads 2-0 13 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-6(4) 14 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-3

 Djokovic has won 10 consecutive matches against Spaniards since losing to Robredo in 3R last year at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati  Djokovic is trying to reach his 9th straight US Open QF and 26th overall in a Grand Slam tournament, which is 3rd- most in Open Era (Federer 36, Connors 27)  Bautista Agut has a 3-19 career record vs. Top 10 opponents (1-6 in majors) and looking to snap a 13-match losing streak since beating No. 5 Berdych in Indian Wells last year. His only Top 10 win in a major was over No. 5 del Potro in 5 sets in 2R of Australian Open last year

DJOKOVIC Vs. BAUTISTA AGUT 28 (May 22, 1987) Age (Birthdate) 27 (April 14, 1988) 1 (1 on July 4, 2011) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 23 (14 on Oct. 20, 2014) Belgrade, Serbia Birthplace Castellon de la Plana, , Monaco Residence Castellon de la Plana, Spain 59-5 (36-4) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 29-22 (56-49) 663-145 (426-85) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 103-79 (13-10) 6/54 YTD Titles / Career Titles 0/2 203-34 Career Grand Slam Record 41-42 53-9 (Champion 2011) US Open W-L (Best Result) 7-2 (4R 2014-15) 25-8 (3-0) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 5-1 (2-0) 4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 184-110 (13-9) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 36-27 (8-10) $83,066,648 Career Prize Money $3,220,662 Boris Becker & Marian Vajda Coach Pepe Vendrell

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 28-year-old Serb is appearing in his 9th consecutive 4R at US Open and has never lost in this round (8-0). Has not lost a set thus far in wins over Brazilian Joao Souza (61 61 61), Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer (64 61 62) and No. 25 seed Italian 63 75 75. Has held serve 39 of 41 games (saving 5 of 7 BPs) and has won 17 of 38 return games (converting 17 of 32 BPs)  Has a 53-9 record and comes in as No. 1 seed for fourth time in five years (No. 2 in ’12). He is making his 11th straight US Open appearance. Last year lost in semi-finals to Nishikori  In 2013, reached fourth consecutive final and fifth overall. Federer is last player to reach four (more) finals here from 2004-09, winning five titles in six years  Won title in 2011 (d. Nadal) and reached finals in 2013 (l. to Nadal in four sets), 2012 (l. to Murray in five sets), 2010 (l. to Nadal in four sets) and 2007 (l. to Federer in straight sets)

Grand Slam History:  Trying to reach his 26th consecutive Grand Slam QF and trails only Federer (36) and Connors (27) in Open Era  Has advanced to quarter-finals (better) in last 25 Grand Slam tournaments since 3R at ’09 Roland Garros (l. to Kohlschreiber). Also SF (better) in 20 of last 21 Slams (QF at ’14 AO)  Also looking to advance to all four Grand Slam finals in a season for first time in career  The 9-time Grand Slam champion – Australian Open (5), Wimbledon (3) and US Open (1) is appearing in his 44th consecutive major tournament. Has won 8 of last 19 Grand Slam tournaments (since beginning of 2011)  No. 8 all-time in Slam titles and No. 7 in Grand Slam match wins with a 203-34 match record  In July, won his third Wimbledon title, topping Federer in four sets. His three titles equals coach Boris Becker, who won in 1985-86, ‘89  Began year by capturing his fifth Australian Open crown (d. Murray), most in Open Era, one short of Aussie Roy Emerson’s all-time record of six  At Roland Garros, was denied the career Grand Slam by reaching third final (l. to Wawrinka in four sets) Previews, Daily Media Notes, Rankings and other information available at: www.ATPWorldTour.com 2015 US OPEN Sunday, September 6, 2015 Page 3 of 10

2015 Highlights: W(6): 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 (d Federer); Wimbledon (d Federer); F(4): Dubai (l Federer); Roland Garros (l Wawrinka); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer); QF: Doha (l Karlovic)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (8-2): o Cincinnati: Finalist (l. to Federer) o Montreal: Finalist (l. to Murray)  The Serb is looking to reach his 12th straight QF this season and 17th in a row going back to last year (3R Cincy)  He is trying to finish No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings for 4th time in 5 years (2011-12, ’14) This is 162nd week in his career he is No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, 6th all-time  World No. 1 won 8th and 9th Grand Slam singles titles at Australian Open (d. Murray) and Wimbledon (d. Federer) respectively. Fell in Roland Garros final for 3rd time (l. to Wawrinka). It ended a 28-match winning streak, tied second-longest of career (43 in 2010-11, 28 in 2013-14)  Leads ATP World Tour with 6 titles and has reached a career-high 10 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 2006, 17 dating back to 2005)  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). Has a 29-2 record in ATP Masters 1000 play this year  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  Enters 4R with 59-5 overall record and 36-4 on hard, 16-1 on clay, 7-0 on grass. Has a 19-4 record against Top 10 opponents, including wins over all 9 other members of Top 10

Career in Review: Singles Titles (54), Finalist (26); Doubles Titles (1), Finalist (1)  Owns 54 titles overall, 3rd-most among active players (behind Federer (87), Nadal (67)  Along with Federer (5 times) and Nadal (3 times), only players to finish No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings since 2004. 7th player to finish No.1 at least 3 times  Began working with ‘89 US Open champ Boris Becker in 2014. He also works with Marian Vajda (since June ‘06)

ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM MATCH WINS LEADERS: Djokovic is tied with with 203 career Grand Slam match wins. If Djokovic reaches the quarter-finals, he will pass Sampras and hold the No. 6 spot alone on the all-time Slam match wins list. Here are the Grand Slam match wins leaders (players remaining in this year’s US Open in bold):

W-L Titles 1) Roger Federer 294-48 17 2) 233-49 8 3) 224-53 8 4) 222-49 8 5) Roy Emerson 209-48 12 6) Novak Djokovic 203-34 9 Pete Sampras 203-38 14 8) 198-29 14 9) 178-47 6 10) Ken Rosewall 171-34 8

BAUTISTA AGUT FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The Spaniard is making his second straight 4R showing in Flushing Meadows after posting wins over Pierre Hugues Herbert 63 62 76(7) in 1R, countryman Pablo Carreno Busta 46 64 60 26 64 in 2R and No. 14 , who retired at 26 57 63 3-1. Has held serve 44 of 54 games (saving 21 of 31 BPs) and has won 14 of 52 return games (converting 14 of 24 BPs)  Has a 7-2 career record and last year came in ranked No. 19 and beat Andreas Haider-Maurer in 5 sets, and before losing to No. 3 Federer in straight sets Previews, Daily Media Notes, Rankings and other information available at: www.ATPWorldTour.com 2015 US OPEN Sunday, September 6, 2015 Page 4 of 10

 Made main debut in ’13 (d. Belllucci, l. to No. 4 Ferrer in 4 sets). In first two visits, lost in 1R qualifying in 2011 and final round qualifying in ‘12

Grand Slam History:  Has a 22-12 career Grand Slam record and looking to advance to first QF.He is appearing in his fourth R16 match in 2014-15. Last year reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov) in 4 sets) and US Open and this year at Wimbledon (l. to No. 2 Federer) and US Open again

2015 Highlights: SF (4): Chennai (l. to Bedene); Marseille (l. to Monfils); (l. to Murray); Umag (l. to Sousa); QF: Barcelona (l. to Nishikori)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (2-2): o Cincinnati 2R (l. to Federer) o Montreal 2R (l. to Tsonga)  The 27-year-old Spaniard reached Wimbledon 4R (l. to No. 2 Federer), matching career-best showing at a Grand Slam (also and US Open 4R). Lost in 2R at Australian Open (I. to Muller) and Roland Garros (l. to Rosol)  Has reached 4 SFs on ATP World Tour, his best result: at Chennai (l. to Bedene), Marseille (l. to Monfils), Munich (l. to No. 3 Murray) and Umag (l. to Sousa)  Held match points and lost on 4 occasions: 4 vs. Bedene in Chennai SF, 1 vs. Gasquet in Dubai 2R, 3 vs. Verdasco in London/Queen's Club 1R, and 1 vs. Tsonga in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R  Has surface records of: 13-10 on hard, 13-9 on clay, 3-3 on grass and 0-6 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (3), Finalist (5); Doubles Finalist (6)  The Spaniard improved his year-end Emirates ATP Ranking in 7 of past 8 years. Has a 2-2 record in ATP World Tour finals. Made improvement in Futures, boasting a career record of 155-86 with 10 titles at that level. Also 82- 55 in Challengers (3-2 in finals)  In 2014, No. 4 Spaniard (behind Nadal, Ferrer, F. Lopez) finished a year-end best No. 15, rising from No. 59 at start of season, and was named ATP Most Improved Player of the Year. Won his 1st ATP titles in ‘s- Hertogenbosch in June (d. Becker) and Stuttgart in July (d. Rosol). Broke Top 20 for 1st time after Stuttgart success and rose to career-high No. 14 on Oct. 20 after reaching 4th career final in Moscow (l. to Cilic). Produced career-best performances at all 4 Grand Slams, reaching 4R at Australian Open (d. No. 5 del Potro, l. to Dimitrov) and US Open (l. to Federer) and 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Berdych) and Wimbledon (l. to Murray). Made debut for Spain in 4-1 loss to Germany in 1R (l. to Kohlschreiber, Brands). Also featured in 3-1 defeat to Brazil in play-off (d. Dutra Silva, l. to Bellucci), which saw Spain relegated from World Group

SPANIARDS IN TOP 50 – Bautista Agut and Lopez are among the eight Spaniards in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings. Here is a look at their US Open results:

Rank US Open Result No. 7 l. to Chardy in 3R No. 8 Rafael Nadal l. to Fognini in 3R No. 19 Feliciano Lopez vs. Fognini in 4R No. 23 Roberto Bautista-Agut vs. Djokovic in 4R No. 26 l. to Paire in 3R No. 31 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez l. to Berdych in 3R No. 42 l. to Raonic in 2R No. 49 Pablo Andujar l. to Gabashvili in 1R

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[9] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [27] Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Tied 1-1 09 Munich (Germany) Clay QF Jeremy Chardy 3-6 7-5 6-4 14 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Marin Cilic 7-6(8) 6-4 6-4

 Cilic has won 10 consecutive matches in Flushing Meadows and trying to reach QFs here for 4th time  Cilic has been in Top 10 Emirates ATP Rankings all but one week (Feb. 23, 2015) since jumping from No. 16 to No. 9 on Sept. 8 last year after his maiden Grand Slam crown  Chardy is appearing in round of 16 here for first time and trying to reach his second career Grand Slam QF (’13 Aust, Open, l. to Murray)  Has a 9-40 career record vs. Top 10 opponents and beat No. 7 Ferrer in 3R, snapping 12-match losing streak

CILIC VS. CHARDY 26 (September 28, 1988) Age (Birthdate) 28 (February 12, 1987) 9 (8 on Oct. 13, 2014) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 27 (25 on Jan. 28, 2013) Medjugorje, Bosnia- Birthplace Pau, Herzegovina Monte-Carlo, Monaco Residence Liege, Belgium 21-13 (7-4) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 22-20 (15-10) 328-180 (198-98) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 184-181 (92-97) 0/13 YTD Titles / Career Titles 0/1 73-29 Career Grand Slam Record 40-30 23-5 (Champion 2014) US Open W-L (Best Result) 9-6 (4R 2015) 22-9 (3-0) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 8-2 (0-0) 4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 121-107 (20-6) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 96-95 (11-10) $12,257,624 Career Prize Money $5,341,409 Goran Ivanisevic Coach Magnus Tideman

CILIC FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 26-year-old reigning champion has won his last 10 matches here and on Friday beat Mikhail Kukushkin 67(5) 76(1) 63 67(3) 61 in 4h,11m (longest match of tourn. so far). Opened on Monday defeating Argentine qualifier 63 76(3) 76(3) and on Wednesday beat Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy 62 63 75. Has held serve 53 of 59 games (.898), saving 9 of 15 BPs. Has converted 14 of 35 BPs (.400)  Last year en route to title posted straight set wins over No. 7 ranked Berdych (QF), No. 3 Federer (SF) and No. 11 Nishikori (F). Ranked No. 16 (15 seed) and afterwards jumped to No. 9  Last repeat champion was Federer, who won five straight from 2004-08  Has a 22-9 career record . Prior to last year, his best result was QF in 2009 (l. to eventual champ No. 6 del Potro) and ‘12 (l. to eventual winner No. 3 Murray)

Grand Slam History:  The Croat is appearing in his 31st Grand Slam tourney and has a 73-29 career record  Prior to last year, his previous best Grand Slam result was a SF finish as No. 14 seed at , ousting Tomic in five sets, Wawrinka in four sets, No. 4 del Potro in five sets, No. 7 Roddick in five (l. to Murray)  This year reached QF at Wimbledon for second straight year (l. to Djokovic again)

2015 Highlights: SF (2): Stuttgart (l Troicki); Washington (l Nishikori); QF (3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); Geneva (l Giraldo); Wimbledon (l Djokovic)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (4-3): o Cincinnati 3R (l. to Gasquet) o Montreal 2R after bye (l. to Tomic) o Washington SF (l. to Nishikori) Previews, Daily Media Notes, Rankings and other information available at: www.ATPWorldTour.com 2015 US OPEN Sunday, September 6, 2015 Page 6 of 10

 The reigning US Open champion is still seeking 1st final of season and comes into 4R with a 21-13 match record. Has posted a 17-7 record since starting 4-6  Played only 1 tournament in 1st 3 months (ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells) due to right shoulder injury  Reached 4R at Roland Garros (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and QF at Wimbledon for second straight year (d. Isner 12-10 in 5th, l. to No. 1 Djokovic)  Lost to No. 5 Nishikori in Washington SF in a rematch of last year’s US Open final  Enters 4R with records of 7-4 on hard, 7-6 on clay, 7-3 on grass and 0-4 against Top 10 opponents. Has an impressive 20-6 mark in tie-breaks this season

Career in Review: Singles Titles (13), Finalist (9); Doubles Finalist (1)  Coming into this season, the Croat has finished in Top 25 in 6 of last 7 years and in 2010 became 4th Croat to break into Top 10. Last season finished a year-end best No. 9 and won more than 50 matches for 1st time (54), capturing a personal-high 4 titles and 1st Croat in year-end Top 10 since Ljubicic in ‘06  Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and went 0-3 in RR

CHARDY FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 28-year-old Frenchman is appearing in 4R for first time in his career after posting wins over wild card Ryan Shane 62 61 67 62, Slovak Martin Klizan 75 64 76 and No. 7 David Ferrer 76(6) 46 63 61. Has held serve 46 of 54 games (.852), saving 9 of 17 BPs and has converted 19 of 29 BPs (.655)  Has a 9-6 career record and his previous best result was 3R in 2012 (d. Volandri, Ebden (l. to Klizan)

Grand Slam History:  Has a 40-30 career record in Grand Slam play and achieved career best result by advancing to QF at Australian Open in 2013 (d. No. 7 del Potro in 5 sets, l. to Murray)  With 4R at US Open, has advanced to 4R at all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in career. Besides Australian Open, 4R at Roland Garros in ’08 and this year, Wimbledon last year

2015 Highlights: SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Djokovic); QF(2): Marseille (l Simon); Houston (l Anderson)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (4-2): o Cincinnati 2R (l. to Nadal) o Montreal SF (l. to Djokovic)  No. 5 Frenchman reached 1st career ATP Masters 1000 SF at Montreal after saving 9 match points (2 vs. L. Mayer in 2R, 7 vs. Isner in QF). Lost to No. 1 Djokovic in SF  Advanced to Roland Garros 4R with Top 20 wins over No. 16 Isner and No. 18 Goffin (l. to No. 3 Murray), matching career-best showing in Paris (also 2008 4R)  Other Grand Slam results: Australian Open 2R (l. to Seppi) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to No. 6 Berdych)  Won 3rd career doubles title at Bastad (w/Kubot)  Teamed with Anderson to defeat World No. 1s Bryan-Bryan en route to ATP Masters 1000 Rome SF  Enters 4R with records of 15-10 on hard, 7-8 on clay, 0-2 on grass and 1-8 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (1), Finalist (1); Doubles Titles (3), Finalist (6).  Has finished in Top 100 in 6 of last 7 seasons. Has an 80-60 career record in Challengers with 5 titles in 8 finals. Won lone ATP World Tour title in Stuttgart in 2009 (d. Hanescu)  In 2014, finished in Top 30 for 1st time at a year-end high No. 29, reaching QF-better 7 times. Best results were SF in Brisbane (l. to Federer) and Valencia (l. to Robredo). Also QF in Viña del Mar (l. to Fognini), Buenos Aires (l. to Almagro), ATP Masters 1000 Rome (d. No. 4 Federer in 2R, l. to Raonic), Eastbourne (l. to F. Lopez) and (l. to Nishikori). Put together a 7-4 record in Grand Slam play, reaching 4R at Wimbledon for 1st time (l. to Cilic). Advanced to 3R at Aus. Open (l. to Ferrer) and 2R at both Roland Garros (l. to Djokovic) and US Open (l. to Kavcic)  In 2013, ranked a personal-best No. 25 in January after 1st Grand Slam QF at Aus. Open (d. No. 7 del Potro, l. to No. 3 Murray)

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[18] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs [32] Fabio Fognini (ITA) First Meeting

 Lopez is appearing in round of 16 at US Open for third time (’07, ’10) and trying to reach his 4th career Grand Slam QF (’05, ’08, ’11 Wimbledon)  Fognini is 1st Italian man to reach US Open round of 16 since Davide Sanguinetti in 2005. Last Italian in QF was Corrado Barazzutti, who advanced to SFs in 1977 in Forest Hills  Fognini posted his first career Top 10 win on hard courts (1-17) over No. 8 Nadal and all 3 Top 10 wins this season have come over the Spaniard

LOPEZ Vs. FOGNINI 33 (September 20, 1981) Age (Birthdate) 28 (May 24, 1987) 18 (12 on Mar. 2, 2015) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 32 (13 on Mar. 31, 2014) Toledo, Spain Birthplace Sanremo, , Spain Residence Arma di Taggia, Italy 26-20 (14-8) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 24-20 (3-7) 390-356 (216-203) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 212-207 (55-89) 0/4 YTD Titles / Career Titles 0/3 80-55 Career Grand Slam Record 31-29 22-13 (4R 2007, ‘10, ‘15) US Open W-L (Best Result) 7-7 (4R 2015) 20-11 (2-2) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 10-9 (1-1) 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 5 243-206 (20-11) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 78-63 (8-9) $10,558,011 Career Prize Money $6,513,904 Jose Clavet Coach Jose Perlas

LOPEZ FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The Madrid native is appearing in the 4R for first time since 2010 and third time overall. Has a 22-13 career record and has posted wins over qualifier 76(5) 61 63), 26 63 16 75 63 for his 20th career 5-set win and No. 10 62 76(4) 63. Has won 44 of 52 service games (.846), saving 18 of 26 BPs (.692), while winning 14 of 50 return games (.280), converting 14 of 33 BPs (.424)  He is making his 14th consecutive US Open appearance (and trying to reach his first QF. His previous 4R showings came in 2007 (l. to No. 1 Federer in 4 sets) and ‘10 (l. to No. 1 Nadal)

Grand Slam History:  Has an 80-55 career record in Grand Slam tournaments and trying to reach 4th career QF in a major  Achieved best Grand Slam result at Wimbledon with QF showings in 2005, ‘08 and ‘11  Appearing in 55th straight Grand Slam main draw -- 2nd among active players behind Federer 64

2015 Highlights: F: Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos); SF: Gstaad (l. to Thiem); QF (3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Murray); Houston (l. to Querrey); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Federer)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (4-3): o Cincinnati QF (d. No. 10 Raonic in 1R, No. 8 Nadal in 3R, l. to Federer) o Montreal 1R (l. to Robredo) o Washington 3R after bye (l. to Groth)  The No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 7 Ferrer, No. 8 Nadal) is trying to reach his 6th QF this season, 1st in a major  In February, fell short of 5th career title in Quito in February, falling to 4-8 lifetime in finals (l. to Estrella Burgos 7-6 in 3rd). Following month, achieved career-high ranking of No. 12 on March 2  Reached Australian Open 4R (l. to No. 8 Raonic in 5 sets), matching best result in Melbourne (also in 2012). Lost early in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Gabashvili) and Wimbledon 2R (l. to Basilashvili)

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 Advanced to QF of ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (d. No. 5 Nishikori, l. to No. 4 Murray) and Cincinnati (d. No. 8 Nadal, l. to No. 3 Federer)  Enters 4R with records of 14-8 on hard, 9-8 on clay, 3-4 on grass and 4-3 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (4), Finalist (8); Doubles Titles (1), Finalist (6)  The Spaniard has 11 Top 50 finishes in past 12 years, winning at least 20 matches in 10 of those seasons  In 2014, No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 3 Nadal, No. 10 Ferrer) finished in Top 15 for 1st time at a year-end high No. 14, winning a personal-best 39 matches. Defended Eastbourne title (d. Gasquet) and finished runner-up at London/Queen’s Club (l. to Dimitrov in 3 TBs after holding MP)

FOGNINI FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 28-year-old Italian snapped a 9-match hard-court losing streak going back to last year by beating 26 63 64 76(2) in 1R on Monday. Then beat 63 64 64 in 2R on Wednesday.Then posted first career Top 10 win on hard courts (1-17) over No. 8 Nadal 36 46 64 63 64, beating Spaniard for third time this year. Has held serve 43 of 58 games (.741), saving 23 of 38 BPs (.605) and has won 20 of 58 return games (.345), converting 20 of 38 BPs (.526). Converted 9 of 16 BPs vs. Nadal (4 of 6 in 5th set)  He is first Italian to reach 4R in Flushing Meadows since Davide Sanguinetti in 2005 (l. to Nalbandian). The last Italian to reach QFs-better was Corrado Barazzutti in 1977 (l. to Connors in SFs) on clay in Forest Hills  In 2012, reached 3R for 1st time (l. to Roddick). Has a 7-7 career record

Grand Slam History:  Has a 31-29 career record in Grand Slam tournaments with his best result QFs at Roland Garros in 2011 (W/O vs. No. 2 Djokovic). Also 4R at Australian Open last year (l. to Djokovic)

2015 Highlights: 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)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (0-2): o Cincinnati 1R (l. to Kokkinakis) o Montreal 1R (l. to Monfils)  No. 2 Italian (behind No. 25 Seppi) has 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 No. 10 Nadal)  Also beat Nadal in Barcelona 3R, becoming just 3rd player to defeat Spaniard twice in a row on clay (Djokovic, Gaudio)  Here are his Grand Slam singles results: Australian Open 1R (l. to A. Gonzalez), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Paire) and Wimbledon 2R (l. to Pospisil). Teamed with countryman Bolelli to win Australian Open doubles title (d. Herbert/Mahut). They 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)  Came into US Open without a hard court win (0-7) before winning first 3 rounds. Also 20-12 on clay, 1-1 on grass and 3-3 against Top 10 opponents (all over Nadal)

Career in Review: Singles Titles (3), Finalist (7); Doubles Titles (3), Finalist (7)  The Italian has finished in Top 100 for 8 consecutive years and 3-7 in ATP World Tour singles finals. Also 3-7 in doubles finals  In 2014, finished in Top 20 for 2nd consecutive year and 1st Italian to accomplish feat since Corrado Barazzutti in 1977-78. Best performances came on clay, with 3rd career title in Viña del Mar (d. L. Mayer), runner-up in Buenos Aires (d. No. 17 Robredo in SF, l. to Ferrer) and Munich (l. to Klizan), and SF in Stuttgart (l. to Bautista Agut) and Umag (l. to Cuevas). In Grand Slam play, reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Djokovic), 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Monfils) and Wimbledon (l. to Anderson) and 2R at US Open (l. to Mannarino). Led Italy to Davis Cup SF for 1st time since ’98, defeating Ward and No. 8 Murray in 3-2 defeat of Great Britain  In 2013, was 1st Italian to finish in Top 20 since Barazzutti was No. 10 in ‘78. Captured back-to-back titles in Germany en route to personal-high 13-match winning streak. Won titles in Stuttgart (d. Kohlschreiber) – his 1st Tour-level title – and Hamburg (d. Delbonis), before reaching final in Umag (l. to Robredo)

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[19] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Benoit Paire (FRA) Tsonga Leads 2-0 11 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1 6-2 12 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(7) 7-5   Tsonga is 11-1 lifetime against his countrymen in Grand Slam tournaments with his only loss coming to Gasquet in 4R at Wimbledon in 2007  Tsonga has not been broken in 41 service games in first three matches (Isner has held serve all 39 games)  Paire is appearing in his first Grand Slam round of 16 match (his previous best result was 3R 5 times)

TSONGA Vs. PAIRE 30 (April 17, 1985) Age (Birthdate) 26 (May 08, 1989) 18 (5 on Feb. 27, 2012) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 41 (24 on Aug. 12, 2013) Le Mans, France Birthplace Avignon, France Gingins, Switzerland Residence Avignon, France 20-11 (9-4) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 19-12 (6-4) 339-158 (221-100) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 93-101 (42-50) 0/11 YTD Titles / Career Titles 1/1 94-30 Career Grand Slam Record 20-19 18-6 (QF 2011) US Open W-L (Best Result) 6-4 (4R 2015) 13-6 (2-0) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 5-4 (2-1) 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 161-113 (7-10) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 45-49 (8-3) $15,396,139 Career Prize Money $2,707,047 Thierry Ascione Coach Lionel Zimbler

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US Open History:  The 30-year-old Frenchman has held all 41 service games (saving both break pts.) en route to 4R with wins over  over Jarkko Nieminen (63 61 61), (63 64 63) and Sergiy Stakhovsky (63 75 62). Has converted 14 of 33 BPs (.424)  Has an 18-6 career record in Flushing Meadows and appearing in 4R for 2nd straight year and 4th overall  Best result was QF in 2011 when rallied past No. 8 Fish in five sets before falling to No. 3 Federer in straight sets  Last year lost to No. 9-ranked Murray in 4R in straight sets

Grand Slam History:  Achieved best Grand Slam result of career by advancing to final (d. No. 9 Murray, No. 8 Gasquet and No. 2 Nadal, l. to No. 3 Djokovic)  Has a 94-30 career record in Grand Slam tournaments and SF-better in 3 of 4 Slams (except US Open). His 94 wins is 3rd-most among Frenchmen all-time behind Jean Borotra (103) and Henri Cochet (97)  Has reached SFs 5 other times: 2010 Australian Open (l. to Federer), 2013 (l. to Ferrer) and this year Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka) and 2011 Wimbledon (l. to Djokovic ) and ’12 (l. to Murray)

2015 Highlights: SF: Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l. to Murray)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (4-3): o Winston-Salem 3R after bye (l. to Johnson) o Cincinnati 1R (l. to Verdasco) o Montreal QF (l. to Murray)  The No. 4 Frenchman (behind No. 11 Simon, No. 12 Gasquet, No. 16 Monfils, No. 18 Tsonga) began season 6-5 going into Roland Garros where he reached SF (def. No. 4 Berdych and No. 5 Nishikori, l. to eventual champ Wawrinka), matching best career result in Paris (also 2013)

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 Missed 1st 11 weeks with an arm injury before making season debut at Miami in March.  Fell in 3R of Wimbledon (l. to Karlovic)  Lost to No. 3 Murray in Davis Cup QF and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal QF  Enters 4R with records of 8-4 on hard, 10-5 on clay, 2-2 on grass and 2-5 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (11), Finalist (9); Doubles Titles (4), Finalist (4)  The Frenchman has 5 Top 10 finishes in last 7 years, including No. 6 in 2008 and ’11. Has won more than 50 matches 3 times. Has 11 career ATP World Tour titles in 20 finals  In 2014, finished in Top 15 for 7th year in a row, highlighted by winning a 2nd career ATP Masters 1000 title in Toronto. Became 1st player from his country to win Canadian title in tournament history (since 1881) – making him 7th active player to win multiple ATP Masters 1000 titles (also Paris ‘08). Beat No. 1 Djokovic (3R), No. 9 Murray (QF), No. 8 Dimitrov (SF) and No. 3 Federer (F) en route to title, also becoming 1st ATP Masters 1000 winner ranked outside Top 10 since No. 26 Ljubicic at Indian Wells in 2010. 1st player to beat 4 straight Top 10 opponents at an ATP Masters 1000 since Cañas in Toronto 2002

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US Open History:  The 26-year-old Frenchman is making his first appearance in RD16 after impressive wins over No. 4/last year’s runner-up Kei Nishikori 64 36 46 76(6) 64, saving 2 MPs, Marsel Ilhan 63 36 64 63 and No. 26/former World No. 5 Tommy Robredo 76(3) 61 61  Has a 6-4 match record in Flushing Meadows and previous best result was 2R three times: in 2010 debut as a qualifier (l. to Lopez in five sets), ’12 (l. to Kohlschreiber in fifth set TB) and last year (l. to Carreno Busta in four). Two years ago lost in fifth set tie-break in 1R (l. to Bogomolov Jr.)

Grand Slam History:  Has a 20-19 career match record and appearing in his first career 4R. His previous best result was 3R five times, last coming at Roland Garros this year (l. to No. 4 Berdych in four sets). Also 3R at Australian Open last year (l. to Bautista Agut), Wimbledon (l. to Kubot) and Roland Garros (l. to Nishikori) in ’13 and Wimbledon in ’12 (l. to Baker)

2015 Highlights: W: Bastad (d Robredo); QF: Hamburg (l Pouille)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (1-2): o Winston-Salem 2R (l. to Chung after bye) o Cincinnati 2R (l. to Djokovic as qualifier)  The Frenchman has worked his way back into Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings by winning titles at Futures, Challenger and ATP World Tour level, 1st player to accomplish feat in a season since in 2007  Finished out of Top 100 last year due to left knee injury. In opening month of season, won France #2 Futures title and in February captured Bergamo Challenger title (d. Nedovyesov). Continued success in March with runner-up at Cherbourg (l. to Gombos) and title at Quimper (d. Barrere)  Has an 11-3 post-Wimbledon record (8-9 prior). In July, biggest career week came in Bastad where he won his maiden ATP World Tour title without dropping a set (d. top seed Goffin in 2R, No. 2 seed Robredo in F). Afterwards jumped from 62 to 42 on July 27  In Grand Slam play, reached 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Berdych), fell in 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Bautista Agut), failed to qualify at Australian Open (l. to Ymer in Q1)

Career in Review:  The Frenchman steadily improved his ranking from 2007-13, finishing a year-end best No. 26 in ’13. Has a career Challenger record of 81-48 and 5-4 in finals (4 on hard) and is 99-48 in Futures with a 6-7 record in finals  In 2014, finished outside Top 100 (at No. 118) for 1st time since ‘10 after a left knee injury forced him to struggle  In 2013, finished in Top 30 with a personal-best 32 match wins. Reached 2nd career ATP World Tour final in Montpellier (d. Darcis in 2R after saving MP, l. to Gasquet). Reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF in Rome (d. No. 7 del Potro in 3R, l. to Federer). In doubles, won 1st ATP title in Chennai (w/Wawrinka)

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