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HUNGARIAN OPEN: 28 APRIL MEDIA NOTES Sport11 Sport and Event Center | Budapest, Hungary | 22-28 April 2019 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: € 524,340 | Surface: Clay ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com hungarianopen.org Fabienne Benoit: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @HUNgarianTENNIS Andras Schindler: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @HunTennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEAD: SINGLES FINAL Matteo Berrettini (ITA) vs [Q] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) First Meeting Berrettini 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 55 | 10-9 in 2019 (Sofia SF) | 5-1 at Budapest (2019 Final) • No. 3 Italian seeks 2nd ATP Tour singles title. In only prior singles final, won Gstaad in July 2018 (d. Bautista Agut). • Came into this week having lost five straight ATP Tour-level matches since 1R win in Marseille in February. • Earned biggest win of career over No. 11 Khachanov en route to 2nd ATP Tour SF at Sofia (l. to Fucsovics). • Reached 2R at Auckland (l. to Mayer after holding 3 MPs) and Marseille (l. to Rublev). • Captured 3rd ATP Challenger Tour title of career at Phoenix, USA (d. Kukushkin). • Achieved career-high No. 46 in ATP Rankings on 11 February. • Won Davis Cup debut over Gunneswaran to help Italy defeat India 3-1 in Qualifiers. Krajinovic 2019 Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 105 | 15-5 in 2019 (Montpellier QF) | 4-0 at Budapest (2019 Final) • Serb into 2nd ATP Tour singles final. His previous final came at ATP Masters 1000 Paris in 2017 as a qualifier (l. to Sock). Becomes third qualifier to reach an ATP Tour singles final this season: also Brayden Schnur (l. to Opelka) in New York and Daniel Evans (l. to Albot) in Delray Beach. • Advanced to Montpellier QF (d. Goffin, l. to Berdych after holding 2 MPs). • Beat Goffin again en route to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R as Q (l. to Nadal). • Edged Wawrinka in 3rd-set TB to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (l. to eventual champion Federer). • Rallied from 2 sets down and saved 1 MP vs. Cecchinato en route to Australian Open 3R (l. to Coric). • Reached ATP Challenger Tour final at Sophia Antipolis, FRA (l. to Brown). • Led Serbia to 3-2 win over Uzbekistan in Davis Cup Qualifiers (d. Istomin and Fayziev). First-Time ATP Champions in 2019 (8): Krajinovic will try to add his name to this list on Sunday. Players trying to win their first ATP Tour title are 8-8 this season (13-18 in 2018): Age Tournament Age Tournament Alex de Minaur 19 Sydney Reilly Opelka 21 New York Tennys Sandgren 27 Auckland Radu Albot 28 Delray Beach Juan Ignacio Londero 25 Cordoba Guido Pella 28 Sao Paulo Laslo Djere 23 Rio de Janeiro Cristian Garin 22 Houston INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Hungarian Open Matteo Berrettini [Q] Filip Krajinovic Aces 34 9 1st-Serve Percentage 58% (139 of 238) 66% (192 of 293) 1st-Serve Points Won 88% (122 of 139) 68% (131 of 192) 2nd-Serve Points Won 47% (47 of 99) 60% (61 of 101) Service Games Won 86% (36 of 42) 87% (40 of 46) Break Points Saved 65% (11 of 17) 71% (15 of 21) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 33% (55 of 165) 38% (66 of 172) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 55% (59 of 107) 53% (69 of 129) Return Games Won 32% (13 of 41) 37% (17 of 46) Break Points Converted 39% (13 of 33) 46% (17 of 37) BOLD: Leads all players at Hungarian Open. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Hungarian Open Day 7 – Sunday, 28 April 2019 Page 2 of 2 www.ATPTour.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEAD: DOUBLES FINAL [3] Ken Skupski (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR) vs First Meeting Marcus Daniell (NZL) / Wesley Koolhof (NED) Skupski/Skupski Summary | Team Tour-Level Debut: 2013 Moscow | 49-45 record as a team | 1 ATP Tour title as a team • British brothers won the Montpellier title in 2018 and made 5 other finals as a team, including this year in two most recent events as a pairing: at Delray Beach (l. to Bryan/Bryan) and Houston (l. to S. Gonzalez/Qureshi). • Older brother Ken is ranked No. 56 and is 4-9 in finals. His most recent title is his Montpellier title with Neal. • Younger brother Neal is ranked No. 35 and is 2-5 in finals. His most recent title is Vienna in 2018 (w/Salisbury). Daniell/Koolhof Summary | Team Debut: 2018 London/Queen’s Club | 20-15 record as a team | 1 ATP Tour title as a team • Into 3rd ATP Tour final as a pairing – made a runner-up showing at Stockholm in 2018 (l. to Bambridge/O’Mara) before claiming the Brisbane title in the first week of 2019 season (def. Ram/Salisbury in final). • No. 69 Daniell is 4-6 in finals. He reached 2 finals last year, including at Marseille w/Dominic Inglot. • No. 26 Koolhof (career-high ranking) is 4-9 in finals. Including Budapest, he has reached the final in his last 3 tournaments, with 3 different partners. He is coming off back-to-back finalist showings in ATP Masters 1000 events at Miami (w/Tsitsipas, l. to Bryan/Bryan) and Monte-Carlo (w/Haase, l. to Mektic/Skugor). For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. HUNGARIAN OPEN: 27 APRIL MEDIA NOTES Sport11 Sport and Event Center | Budapest, Hungary | 22-28 April 2019 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: € 524,340 | Surface: Clay ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com hungarianopen.org Fabienne Benoit: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @HUNgarianTENNIS Andras Schindler: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @HunTennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) vs [Q] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) Krajinovic Leads 1-0 19 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard R128 Filip Krajinovic 6-4 6-4 Other meeting: 10 Rennes Q (France) Hard -- Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6(5) 6-4 Herbert 2019 Summary | Age: 28 | World No. 49 | 14-8 in 2019 (Final in Montpellier) |3-0 at Budapest (2019 SF) • Frenchman is appearing in his second ATP Tour semi-final of the season and achieved career-high No. 36 in ATP Rankings on 11 February after reaching third career final in Montpellier (l. to Tsonga). Also finalist at 2018 Shenzhen (l. to Nishioka) and 2015 Winston-Salem (l. to Anderson). • Equaled biggest singles win of career over No. 8 Thiem in Doha 1R (l. to eventual finalist Berdych in QF). • Defeated former Grand Slam semi-finalists Querrey and Chung to reach Australian Open 3R (l. to Raonic). • Completed career Grand Slam in doubles w/Mahut by winning Australian Open title (d. Kontinen/Peers). Krajinovic 2019 Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 105 | 14-5 in 2019 (Montpellier QF) | 3-0 at Budapest (2019 SF) • Serb is appearing in his first ATP Tour SF since 2018 Dubai (l. to Pouille). His previous best result was QF in Montpellier (d. Mahut, Goffin, l. to Berdych after holding 2 MPs). His previous ATP Tour final came at ATP Masters 1000 Paris in 2017 as a qualifier (l. to Sock) • Beat Goffin again en route to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R as Q (l. to Nadal) and 3R in Miami (l. to Federer). • Reached ATP Challenger Tour final at Sophia Antipolis, FRA (l. to Brown). • Led Serbia to 3-2 win over Uzbekistan in Davis Cup Qualifiers (d. Istomin and Fayziev). • Has equaled his personal-best 14 wins from last season (14-17) and trying to become third qualifier to reach an ATP Tour final this season: Brayden Schnur (l. to Opelka) in New York and Daniel Evans (l. to Albot) in Delray Beach. First-Time ATP Champions (8): The winner of Herbert/Krajinovic will try to add their name to this list on Sunday. Players trying to win their first ATP Tour title are 8-8 this season (13-18 in 2018): Age Tournament Alex de Minaur 19 Sydney Reilly Opelka 21 New York Tennys Sandgren 27 Auckland Radu Albot 28 Delray Beach Juan Ignacio Londero 25 Cordoba Guido Pella 28 Sao Paulo Laslo Djere 23 Rio de Janeiro Cristian Garin 22 Houston Matteo Berrettini (ITA) vs [5] Laslo Djere (SRB) First Tour Level Meeting Other meetings: 15 Ortisei CH (Italy) Hard R32 Laslo Djere 6-4 6-3 17 Bergamo CH (Italy) Hard R32 Matteo Berrettini 7-6(6) 7-5 17 San Benedetto CH (Italy) Clay F Matteo Berrettini 6-3 6-4 Berrettini 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 55 |9-9 in 2019 (SF Sofia)| 3-0 at Budapest (’19 SF)|1 ATP Tour Title • No. 3 Italian is making his second SF showing of season after biggest win of career over No. 11 Khachanov en route to 2nd SF at Sofia (l. to Fucsovics). Trying to reach second ATP Tour final.Won Gstaad in July 2018 (d. Bautista Agut) • Came into this week having lost four straight 1R ATP Tour matches and five overall since 1R win in Marseille in Feb. • Achieved career-high No. 46 in ATP Rankings on 11 February • Reached 2R at Auckland (l. to Mayer after holding 3 MPs) and Marseille (l. to Rublev). • Captured 3rd ATP Challenger Tour title of career at Phoenix, USA (d. Kukushkin). • Won Davis Cup debut over Gunneswaran to help Italy defeat India 3-1 in Qualifiers. Djere 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 33 | 12-8 in 2019 (Rio de Janeiro Champion) |6-1 at Budapest(‘17,19 SF) • No.