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GENERALI OPEN - KITZBÜHEL: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, August 3, 2015

Kitzbühel Club, Kitzbühel, | August 3 – 8, 2015

Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €494,310| Surface: Clay

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KITZBÜHEL TALKING POINTS

 Generali Open - Kitzbühel (Kitzbühel): The final tournament of the season and one of two Austrian events () on the ATP World Tour, takes place in this picturesque venue. Leading the way is top seed and No.1 Austrian , who was runner-up last year. The other seeds are No. 2 , No. 3 , No.4 Martin Klizan, 2007 winnner/No. 5 Juan Monaco, No. 6 , No. 7 Jiri Vesely and No. 8 Albert Ramos-Vinolas. The other former winner in the field is two-time champion (2011-12) . Kohlschreiber was runner-up in 2012. Former Top 10 Austrian Jurgen Melzer reached the final in 2008.

 Day 1: The Generali Open-Kitzbühel opens with six singles matches and two doubles matches on Monday’s Schedule. Headlining the day’s play is a meeting of former champions. In the third match on Centre ourt the 2007 champion / No. 5 seed Juan Monaco faces the two-time champion Robin Haase (2011-12) of the Netherlands. Also in action is 21-year-old Austrian wild card Dennis Novak, who is looking to capture his first tour-level win, when he faces Brit Aljaz Bedene. The only other seed in action today is No. 8 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who takes on Argentinian .

 Thiem Top Seed: For the first time in his career, Dominic Thiem, last year’s Kitzbühel finalist, is the top seed in an ATP World Tour tournament. The 21-year-old Austrian is enjoying the best tennis of his career. In May, he captured his maiden ATP World Tour title in Nice. On Sunday, he captured his second ATP World Tour title in as many weeks in Gstaad (d. Goffin). Thiem is the seventh player with three or more titles on the ATP World Tour this season:

Novak Djokovic 6 4 3 3 3 Dominic Thiem 3 3

 Melzer Brothers in Draw: Brothers Gerald and Jurgen Melzer received two of the three main draw wild cards. Gerald, who is ranked No. 167, is making his second main draw appearance (1R last year). Jurgen, who is ranked No. 130, is appearing in Kitzbühel for the 10th time (8-9 record). He was runner-up in 2008 (l. to del Potro). The other wild card is No. 256-ranked Austrian Denis Novak, who is playing in his second career ATP World Tour main draw. Two years ago he qualified and lost in 1R.

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 Former Champions Meet: The two former champions in the field, 2011-12 winner Robin Haase and ’07 titleholder Juan Monaco, meet in the first round. Haase has a 12-2 career record in Kitzbühel. Along with his two titles, he also reached the semi-finals two years ago. Monaco has 14- 5 record in Kitzbühel and he was runner-up two years ago (l. to Granollers). Last year he lost in the semi-finals.

 Italian Seeds: The No. 2 (Andreas Seppi) and No. 3 (Fabio Fognini) seeds are the top two players from Italy. Both are coming off solid results in Hamburg. Fognini reached the final (l. to Nadal) while Seppi was coming off a semi-final (l. to Nadal). Neither have advanced further than the QFs in Kitzbühel. Seppi was a QF in 2007, ’11 and last year. Fognini’s best result was the 3R in 2007.

FORMER KITZBÜHEL CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS (Since 2004):

YEAR WINNER FINALIST Bold = Denotes those in this year’s draw 2014 Dominic Thiem

2013 Juan Monaco

2012 Robin Haase Philipp Kohlschreiber

2011 Robin Haase Albert Montanes 2010 TOURNAMENT NOT HELD —

2009 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 2008 Juan Martin del Potro Jurgen Melzer

2007 Juan Monaco 2006 Agustin Calleri

2005 Gaston Gaudio

2004 Nicolas Massu Gaston Gaudio

FORMER KITZBÜHEL DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (Since 2004):

YEAR WINNER YEAR WINNER 2014 & 2008 & Victor Hanescu 2013 & 2007 & Potito Starace 2012 Frantisek Cermak & * 2006 Philipp Kohlschreiber & 2011 & Santiago Gonzalez 2005 Leos Friedl & 2010 TOURNAMENT NOT HELD 2004 Frantisek Cermak & Leos Friedl 2009 & Andre Sa *not playing together here this week

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SEEDS TO WATCH THIS WEEK

SINGLES:

SEED PLAYER RECORD BEST FINISH

1. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 6-4 RU 2014 2. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-7 QF 2007, ’11, ’14 3. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 2-2 R16 2007, ‘11 4. Martin Klizan (SVK) 3-1 SF 2012 5. Juan Monaco (ARG) 14-5 W 2007 6. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 8-7 RUP 2012 7. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 1-1 R16 2014 8. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 2-3 R16 2011-12, ‘14

 WILDCARDS (3):  YOUNGEST: Gerald Melzer (AUT) Dominic Thiem (AUT) – 21 years, 11 months Jurgen Melzer (AUT) Dennis Novak (AUT)  OLDEST: Jurgen Melzer (AUT) – 34 years, 2 months  QUALIFIERS (4): (FRA)  TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN: Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) Austria (5), Spain (5), (3), Brazil (2), Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) France (2), Germany (2), Italy (2), Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Countries in total: 14

DOUBLES:

SEED PLAYER BEST FINISH 1. & TEAM DEBUT 2. & Lukasz Kubot TEAM DEBUT 3. & Santiago Gonzalez TEAM DEBUT 4. Jurgen Melzer & TEAM DEBUT

WHAT’S AT STAKE?

EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

W F SF QF R16 R32 SINGLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 20 0 SINGLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 80,000 42,100 22,800 12,990 7,655 4,535 DOUBLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 0 — DOUBLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 24,280 12,760 6,920 3,960 2,320 —

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MONDAY FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court Center Court

Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs (8) Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) First Meeting

Schwartzman FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Istanbul (l Federer) YTD W-L: 7-18 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 16, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 68 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-1 (2R 2014)

Ramos-Vinolas FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF(2): Auckland (l Pouille); Geneva (l Bellucci) YTD W-L: 14-18 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 54 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-3 (2R 2011-12(1R bye), ’14)

(WC) Dennis Novak (AUT) vs Aljaz Bedene (GBR) First Meeting

Novak FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 28, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 256 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 0-1 (1R 2013)

Bedene FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Chennai (l Wawrinka); QF(2): Casablanca (l Vesely); Hamburg (l Fognini) YTD W-L: 11-8 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 18, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 57 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 0-1 (1R 2013)

(5) Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Robin Haase (NED) Monaco Leads 3-2 07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Juan Monaco 6-4 6-4 08 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Juan Monaco 6-2 6-4 11 (Australia) Hard R64 Robin Haase 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-2 12 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R64 Robin Haase 7-5 0-6 2-3 ret 14 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay SF Juan Monaco 6-3 7-6(4)

Monaco FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: (l Nadal); QF(3): Rio de Janeiro (l Ferrer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Berdych); Nice (l Mayer) YTD W-L: 21-18 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: March 29, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 40 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 14-5 (Winner 2007) Generali Open - Kitzbühel Day 1 – Monday, August 3, 2015 Page 5 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Haase FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: s-Hertogenbosch (l Mahut); QF: Estoril (l Kyrgios) YTD W-L: 11-16 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 6, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 78 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 12-2 (Winner 2011-12)

Grandstand

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs (ARG) Delbonis Leads 1-0 15 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R32 Federico Delbonis 7-6(2) 3-0 ret

(Q) Kenny De Schepper (FRA) vs (Q) Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) First Meeting

Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs (Q) Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) Giraldo Leads 1-0 15 Houston (U.S.A.) Clay R32 6-2 6-2 Other meetings: 04 Colombia F1 (Colombia) Clay R16 Rogerio Dutra Silva 5-7 6-4 5-4 ret 05 Colombia F4 (Colombia) Clay R32 Santiago Giraldo 6-1 6-4 06 Brazil F5 (Brazil) Clay F Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-4 6-1 07 Bogota CH (Colombia) Clay QF Santiago Giraldo 6-3 6-4

OTHER FIRST ROUND FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Draw Order

Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) vs Joao Souza (BRA) Haider-Maurer Leads 1-0 15 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay QF Andreas Haider-Maurer 7-6(4) 1-6 6-4

(WC) Gerald Melzer (AUT) vs (LL) Albert Montanes (ESP) First Meeting

(Q) Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs (6) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Struff Leads 2-1 14 (Germany) Clay R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 6-3 14 Metz (France) Hard QF Jan-Lennard Struff 5-0 ret 15 Doha (Qatar) Hard R32 Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(3) 4-6 6-1

(7) Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs (PR) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) First Meeting

(WC) Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) Melzer Leads 3-1 09 Båstad (Sweden) Clay R16 Jurgen Melzer 6-2 6-2 10 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Jurgen Melzer 6-3 7-6(2) 11 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R32 Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-6(8) 6-3 11 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Jurgen Melzer 6-3 5-7 6-1

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB) First Meeting