DELRAY BEACH OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, 25 February 2018 Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center | Delray Beach, Florida, USA | 19-25 February 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $556,010 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com YellowTennisBall.com Joshua Rey: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @DelrayBeachOpen Press Room: [email protected] Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @DelrayBeachOpen TV & Radio: TennisTV.com TIAFOE SEEKS FIRST TITLE, FACES GOJOWCZYK IN FINAL Peter Gojowczyk of Germany and American wild card Francis Tiafoe will play for the Delray Beach Open title Sunday. Tiafoe's season thus far has been off to a positive start, as he entered the New York Open with 9 career Tour-level wins, and has since notched 6 wins in the last two weeks alone. Should 20-year-old Tiafoe win the title, he will be the youngest American to win a title since 19-year-old Andy Roddick won at 2002 Houston, and he will be the first #NextGenATP American to win a title. Tiafoe will be the fourth consecutive American opponent standing in Gojowczyk's path to his second career title, after the German defeated John Isner, Reilly Opelka and Steve Johnson en route to the final. The last American to defeat Gojowczyk at any level was Tiafoe, who claimed a win at the 2016 Winnetka Challenger event. Since then, Gojowczyk has held an 8-match Tour-level win streak against American opponents (14 at all levels). The American duo of Jack Sock and Jackson Withrow have stormed through the Delray Beach doubles draw this week to earn a spot in their first final together. Sock and Withrow defeated top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarter-finals, then took out No. 3 seeds Ben McLachlan and Hugo Nys in the semi-finals. On Sunday, they will play No. 4 seeds Nicholas Monroe and John-Patrick Smith, who are also playing in their first final together. Five years ago, Sock won his first doubles title here in Delray Beach, and he is now seeking his 9th career doubles title. INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Delray Beach Open Peter Gojowczyk Francis Tiafoe Aces 46 29 1st-Serve Percentage 48% (163 of 343) 66% (241 of 365) 1st-Serve Points Won 83% (135 of 163) 72% (173 of 241) 2nd-Serve Points Won 63% (114 of 180) 56% (70 of 124) Service Games Won 96% (52 of 54) 87% (49 of 56) Break Points Saved 82% (9 of 11) 79% (26 of 33) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 21% (42 of 196) 29% (61 of 211) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 48% (62 of 130) 48% (62 of 128) Return Games Won 12% (6 of 52) 21% (12 of 56) Break Points Converted 24% (6 of 25) 41% (12 of 29) BOLD: Leads all 32 players at Delray Beach Open. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Delray Beach Open Day 7 – Sunday, 25 February 2018 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Delray Beach Open Champion Finalist Ranking Points 250 150 Singles Prize Money ($) 94,280 49,650 Doubles Prize Money ($) 30,190 15,870 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS STADIUM COURT Peter Gojowczyk (GER) vs [WC] Francis Tiafoe (USA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other meetings: 16 Australian Open Q (Australia) Hard -- Peter Gojowczyk 6-3 6-2 16 Winnetka CH (U.S.A.) Hard SF Frances Tiafoe 6-4 7-6(5) Gojowczyk 2018 Summary: QF: Doha (l Monfils); Auckland (l Haase) YTD W-L: 10-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: July 15, 1989 ATP Ranking: 64 • Tournament note: Defeated Lacko, No. 6 seed Isner, Opelka, and Johnson, and leads the field in service games won (52 of 54) • In 2018, reached back-to-back QFs at Doha (l. to eventual champion Monfils) and Auckland (l. to Haase). • Defeated defending champion and World No. 8 Sock in Auckland 2R for biggest win of career. • Earned 1st Australian Open win in 5th try (d. Kukushkin, l. to A. Zverev in 2R). • Fell in 2R at New York Open (l. to Mannarino) • In 2017, earned 7 wins in 8 days at Metz to capture 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final as a qualifier (d. Paire) • Became 1st qualifier to win an ATP World Tour title since Mahut at 2015 ’s-Hertogenbosch • Achieved career-high No. 60 in Emirates ATP Rankings on November 6 • Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour SF at Newport (d. Karlovic after saving 1 MP, l. to Ebden) Tiafoe 2018 Summary: QF: New York (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 6-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 20, 1998 ATP Ranking: 91 • Tournament note: Defeated Ebden, No. 2 del Potro, No. 8 Chung, and Shapovalov • In 2018, reached QF in New York Open (d. Korda, d. Sela, l. to Anderson) • Suffered 1R losses at Brisbane (l. to Ebden) and Australian Open (l. to Del Potro). • In 2017, achieved new career-high in Emirates ATP Rankings 11 times this season, peaking at No. 60 on July 24 • Earned biggest win of career over then-No. 7 A. Zverev to reach ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 3R (l. to Isner) • Avenged 2R losses to A. Zverev at Australian Open as Q and Wimbledon • Also qualified at Acapulco (l. to del Potro in 1R), Miami (l. to Federer in 2R) and Shanghai (l. to Querrey in 2R) • Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour final at Houston with 1st-time doubles partner Brown (l. to Peralta/Zeballos) • Captured Challenger titles at Sarasota, USA (d. Sandgren) and Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Chardy 76 in 3rd) Delray Beach Open Day 7 – Sunday, 25 February 2018 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com Jack Sock (USA)/Jackson Withrow (USA) vs First Meeting [4] Nicholas Monroe (USA)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS) • Sock and Withrow are 3-3 as a team and playing in their first final together • Sock is 8-10 in doubles finals, having won his first doubles title in Delray Beach with James Blake in 2013 • This is Withrow's second career ATP final. His first came just weeks ago in Quito (w/Krajicek) • Withrow owns four titles at the ATP Challenger level • Monroe and Smith are 9-7 as a team and are playing in their first final together • Monroe is ranked No. 31 in doubles, while Smith is ranked No. 68 • Monroe is 3-6 in finals, owning two titles in Bastad and one in Stockholm, the latter of which he won with Sock • This is Smith's first career doubles final DELRAY BEACH OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, 24 February 2018 Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center | Delray Beach, Florida, USA | 19-25 February 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $556,010 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com YellowTennisBall.com Joshua Rey: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @DelrayBeachOpen Press Room: [email protected] Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @DelrayBeachOpen TV & Radio: TennisTV.com CHUNG-TIAFOE QF CONTINUES, SEMI-FINAL SATURDAY BEGINS Wild card and World No. 91 Francis Tiafoe was just a few points away from securing a quarter-final victory over No. 8 seed Hyeon Chung Friday night when play was suspended due to rain. Tiafoe led Chung 5-7, 6-4, 5-3 with Chung serving Ad.-40. The conclusion of the match resumes today before the start of semi-final singles matches. The winner between Tiafoe and Chung will play 18-year-old Denis Shapovalov in the final match of the day. Should Tiafoe win, it will be the first time these two #NextGenATP stars meet. Chung holds a 1-0 advantage over Shapovalov, with their only meeting coming in round robin play at the 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals. This is the second ATP Tour-level semi-final of Shapovalov's career. In 2017, he defeated Juan Martin del Potro and Rafael Nadal en route to the semis of the Montreal Masters 1000 (l. to Alexander Zverev), making him the youngest ATP Masters 1000 semi-finalist in the series' 28-year history. Peter Gojowczyk of Germany will face his third consecutive American opponent on Saturday when he meets Steve Johnson in their first career meeting. Gojowczyk withstood the big service games of 6- foot-10 John Isner in the second round, then followed with a straight-sets win over 6-foot-11 Reilly Opelka to set up a meeting with Johnson. A semi-finalist here in 2014, Johnson is the only remaining player who has not yet dropped a set all week, winning 27 of 28 service games. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SEMI-FINAL SINGLES MATCHES STADIUM COURT Peter Gojowczyk (GER) vs Steve Johnson (USA) First Meeting Gojowczyk 2018 Summary: QF: Doha (l Monfils); Auckland (l Haase) YTD W-L: 9-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: July 15, 1989 ATP Ranking: 64 • Tournament note: Defeated 6-foot-10 No. 6 seed Isner 76(3) 67(4) 76(5), then followed with win over 6-foot-11 Opelka 76(5) 63 • In 2018, reached back-to-back QFs at Doha (l. to eventual champion Monfils) and Auckland (l. to Haase). • Defeated defending champion and World No. 8 Sock in Auckland 2R for biggest win of career. • Earned 1st Australian Open win in 5th try (d. Kukushkin, l. to A. Zverev in 2R). • Fell in 2R at New York Open (l. to Mannarino) • In 2017, earned 7 wins in 8 days at Metz to capture 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final as a qualifier (d.