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ATP CUP TALKING POINTS - SATURDAY 4 JANUARY 2020

• World No. 1 (ESP), No. 2 (SRB) and No. 4 (AUT) make their ATP Cup debuts Saturday as the second match of the night session in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney respectively.

• Thiem takes on Borna Coric (CRO) at Arena in Sydney. Though Thiem has yet to break into the Top 3 of the FedEx ATP Rankings, he has at least four wins over Nadal, Djokovic and No. 3 . o 4-9 vs Nadal Wins at 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019 o 4-6 vs Djokovic Wins at 2017 & 2019 Roland Garros, 2018 Monte-Carlo and 2019 Nitto ATP Finals o 5-2 vs Federer Wins at Rome & in 2016 and Indian Wells, Madrid & ATP Finals in 2019

• Only three other players have at least four wins over each member of the -- 34-year-old Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 32-year-old and 31-year-old Juan Martin del Potro. Thiem is 26 years old and his .433- win percentage against the Big Three is better than Murray’s (.341), Tsonga’s (.291) and Del Potro’s (.274).

• Despite Thiem’s emergence, the 2010s were a decade dominated from start to finish by Djokovic and Nadal.

2010-19 Statistics Player Grand Slams Weeks as ATP No. 1 Year-End No. 1 Finishes Novak Djokovic 15 275 2011-12, 2014-15, 2018 Rafael Nadal 13 159 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019 Roger Federer 5 47 ---- Andy Murray 3 41 2016 Others 4 0 ----

• Nadal opens against (GEO) at RAC Arena in Perth. Meanwhile at Arena in Brisbane, Djokovic meets (RSA) in a rematch of his championship win at 2018 Wimbledon.

• Both Nadal and Djokovic are scheduled for doubles following their respective singles matches. On Friday, three of the 12 doubles teams on the order of play were changed by captains following the second singles match. Most notably, Bulgarian playing captain inserted himself into his team’s win over Great Britain.

• All three day-session doubles matches are scheduled to feature a men’s doubles champion. o Two-time Grand Slam champion Lukasz Kubot leads against in Sydney. o In Brisbane, boasts two Grand Slam winners in and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. o Former Roland Garros champion partners his younger brother Martin Cuevas in Perth.

• The oldest of the 118 players at the ATP Cup is expected to compete on Saturday. , a 41- year-old from , is scheduled to team with Ben McLachlan, 27, against the Cuevas brothers in Perth.

• Matsui is currently No. 759 in the FedEx ATP Rankings and No. 177 in the FedEx ATP Doubles Rankings. He is the oldest of the 1,927 ranked singles players and the eighth-oldest of the 2,247 ranked doubles players.

• Matsui played collegiately at BYU-Hawaii (1997-2000). He lists German captain as his tennis idol.

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ATP CUP - TEAM LINEUPS

SYDNEY - GROUP C (BEL, GBR, BUL, MDA) and GROUP E (AUT, CRO, ARG, POL) Great Britain Moldova Daniel Evans Grigor Dimitrov (PC) (PC) Egor Matvievici Sander Gille Vladimir Albot (C) (C)

Austria Croatia Argentina Poland Dominic Thiem Borna Coric Marin Cilic Viktor Galovic Kacper Zuk Jurgen Melzer Nikola Mektic Andres Molteni Maximo Gonzalez Lukasz Kubot (C) Luka Kutanjac (C) Gaston Gaudio (C) (C)

BRISBANE - GROUP A (SRB, FRA, RSA, CHI) and GROUP F (GER, GRE, CAN, AUS) France South Africa Novak Djokovic Gael Monfils Kevin Anderson Cristian Garin Dusan Lajovic Benoit Paire Nicolas Jarry Nikola Milojevic (PC) Alejandro Tabilo Nicolas Mahut Khololwam Montsi Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera Nikola Cacic Edouard Roger-Vasselin Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Nenad Zimonjic (C) (C) (C)

Germany Australia Jan-Lennard Struff Felix Auger-Aliassime Mats Moraing Alexandros Skorilas Boris Becker (C) Apostolos Tsitsipas (C) Adriano Fuorivia (C) (C)

PERTH - GROUP B (ESP, JPN, GEO, URU) and GROUP D (RUS, ITA, USA, NOR) Japan Rafael Nadal Nikoloz Basilashvili Pablo Cuevas Martin Cuevas Pablo Carreno Busta Toshihide Matsui George Tsivadze Juan Martin Fumeaux Albert Ramos-Vinolas Ben McLachlan Franco Roncadelli Feliciano Lopez Satoshi Iwabuchi (C) Zura Tkemaladze Francisco Roig (C) David Kvernadze (C) Felipe Maccio (C)

Russia USA Norway Lukas Hellum-Lilleengen Herman Hoeyeraal Leyton Rivera (C) Alberto Giraudo (C) David Macpherson (C) Christian Ruud (C)

C: Captain, PC: Playing Captain

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ATP CUP - SYDNEY GROUP E SATURDAY MATCHES

ARGENTINA vs POLAND

Guido Pella (ARG) vs Kamil Majchrzak (POL) First Meeting

Pella 2019 Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 25 (Career-High No. 20) | W-L: 36-25 | Career Titles: 1 W (1): Sao Paulo (d Garin) F (1): Cordoba (l Londero) • Finished as No. 2 Argentine for 1st time in 2019. • Earned career-high 36 wins and achieved career-high No. 20 in ATP Rankings on 19 August. • Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour title in 5th career final at Sao Paulo (d. Garin). • Let 6-3 4-2 lead against countryman Londero slip away in Cordoba final. • Reached SFs at Buenos Aires (d. Munar after saving 4 MPs, l. to Cecchinato) and Los Cabos (l. to Schwartzman). • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF at Wimbledon (d. 2018 finalist Anderson and 2016 finalist Raonic, l. to Bautista Agut) and 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal). • Doubles semi-finalist at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid w/J. Sousa (l. to Schwartzman/Thiem) and Roland Garros w/Schwartzman (l. to Krawietz/Mies). • Conceded W/O vs. Cecchinato in 2R (lower back). Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Paris (knee).

Majchrzak 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 101 (Career-High No. 83) | W-L: 3-6 | Career Titles: 0 • Finished as No. 2 Pole for 3rd straight year in 2019. Was No. 1 Pole in 2016. • Advanced to US Open 3R as LL with 5-set wins over Jarry and Cuevas (l. to Dimitrov). • Earned 1st ATP Tour win of career at Newport (d. Gray, l. to eventual champion Isner in 2R). • Qualified at (ret. vs. Nishikori in 1R due to cramping), Wimbledon (l. to Verdasco in 1R), Atlanta (l. to Ebden in 1R) and Antwerp (l. to Sinner in 1R). • Broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 29 July and achieved career-high No. 83 on 23 September. • Went 32-16 on ATP Challenger Tour with titles at St. Brieuc, FRA (d. Janvier) and Ostrava, CZE (d. Sinner). • Withdrew from due to illness.

Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) First Meeting

Schwartzman 2019 Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 14 (Career-High No. 11) | W-L: 40-26 | Career Titles: 3 W (1): Los Cabos (d Fritz) F (2): Buenos Aires (l Cecchinato); Vienna (l Thiem) • Finished as No. 1 Argentine for 1st time in 2019. • Earned career-high 40 wins, highlighted by 3rd ATP Tour title of career at Los Cabos (d. Fritz). • Saved 1 MP vs. Thiem to reach final in hometown of Buenos Aires (l. to Cecchinato). Fell to Thiem in Vienna final. • Beat No. 6 Nishikori for biggest win of career and to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Equaled biggest win of career by beating No. 6 A. Zverev to reach 3rd Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Nadal). • Defeated defending champion Cilic to reach /Queen’s Club QF (l. to Medvedev). • Advanced to Wimbledon 3R for 1st time (l. to Berrettini after holding 3 MPs). • Reached doubles finals w/Thiem at Buenos Aires (l. to M. Gonzalez/Zeballos) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Rojer/Tecau). Also advanced to Roland Garros doubles SF w/Pella (l. to Krawietz/Mies). • Retired in Rio de Janeiro 1R vs. Cuevas due to right leg injury.

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Hurkacz 2019 Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 37 (Career-High No. 33) | W-L: 25-24 | Career Titles: 1 W (1): Winston-Salem (d Paire) QF (3): Dubai (l Tsitsipas); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); Eastbourne (l Fritz) • Finished as No. 1 Pole for 2nd straight year in 2019. • Won 1st title at Winston-Salem (d. Paire). Became 2nd Polish champion of Open Era (Fibak: 15 titles from 1976-82). • Achieved new career-high ranking 10 times last season, peaking at No. 33 on 14 October. • Defeated Nishikori en route to 1st ATP Tour QF at Dubai (l. to Tsitsipas). • Also reached QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Nishikori in 3R; l. to Federer) and Eastbourne (l. to Fritz). • Earned biggest win of career over No. 4 Thiem to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (l. to Auger-Aliassime). • Also reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid as Q (l. to A. Zverev), Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 4 sets), ATP Masters 1000 (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Monfils) and ATP Masters 1000 (d. Monfils, l. to Tsitsipas). • Captured 3rd ATP Challenger Tour title at , AUS (d. Ivashka).

Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) vs First Meeting Hubert Hurkacz / Lukasz Kubot (POL) • Argentines are 0-1 at tour-level, losing 2017 match vs. . Winners of 2 Challenger titles in 4 finals. No. 34 Gonzalez has 7 ATP Tour titles (Career-High No. 22). No. 59 Molteni has 6 ATP Tour titles (Career-High No. 39). • Polish duo is making team debut. Hurkacz is 2-10 lifetime in doubles and ranked No. 253 (Career-High No. 252). Kubot has won 25 titles including 2 Grand Slams. He is ranked No. 6 after becoming 1st World No. 1 from Poland in 2018.

AUSTRIA vs CROATIA

Dennis Novak (AUT) vs Marin Cilic (CRO) First Meeting

Novak 2019 Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 108 (Career-High No. 104) | W-L: 4-7 | Career Titles: 0 • Finished as No. 2 Austrian for 2nd straight year in 2019. • Achieved career-high No. 104 in ATP Rankings on 24 June. • Reached 2R at Bastad (l. to Gasquet) and Kitzbuhel as WC (l. to Cuevas). • Qualified at Wimbledon (l. to Fucsovics in 1R), Gstaad (l. to Andujar in 1R) and Stockholm (l. to Querrey in 1R). • Won 1st ATP Challenger Tour titles of career at Taipei, TPE (d. Stakhovsky) and Bratislava, SVK (d. Dzumhur). • Also reached Ilkley, GBR Challenger final (l. to Koepfer). • Retired in , HUN Challenger 2R vs. Molcan (lower back) and withdrew from US Open qualifying (injury).

Cilic 2019 Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 39 (Career-High No. 3) | W-L: 22-19 | Career Titles: 18 SF (1): (l Rublev) QF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (W/O vs Djokovic); Washington (l Medvedev) • Finished as No. 2 Croat for 2nd time (also 2013). Was No. 1 Croat from 2008-12 and 2014-18. • Defeated countryman Karlovic in Moscow 2R to become 50th player in Open Era with 500 wins (l. to Rublev in SF). • Earned 20+ wins for 12th straight season (2008-19), but failed to win a title for 1st time in last 12 seasons. • Rallied from 2 sets down and saved 2 MPs vs. Verdasco to reach Australian Open 4R (l. to Bautista Agut in 5 sets). • Owns 30 wins in 5th sets – tied with Djokovic and Federer for most among active players. • Saved 4 MPs vs. Klizan in 1R en route to ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF (W/O vs. No. 1 Djokovic -- gastroenteritis). • Also advanced to Washington QF (d. Auger-Aliassime, l. to Medvedev) and US Open 4R (d. Isner, l. to Nadal). • Squandered 1 MP vs. Cuevas in Budapest 2R. • Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 4 November – lowest since No. 41 on 28 October 2013. • Withdrew from Pune, Rotterdam and Metz due to right knee injury.

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Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Thiem Leads 3-1 17 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Borna Coric 6-1 7-5 17 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay QF Dominic Thiem 6-1 6-4 18 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 18 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Dominic Thiem 6-7(3) 6-2 7-5

Thiem 2019 Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 4 (Career-High No. 4) | W-L: 49-19 | Career Titles: 16 W (5): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Federer); Barcelona (d Medvedev); Kitzbuhel (d Ramos-Vinolas); Beijing (d Tsitsipas); Vienna (d Schwartzman) F (2): Roland Garros (l Nadal); Nitto ATP Finals (l Tsitsipas) • Finished as No. 1 Austrian for 6th straight year in 2019. • Tied with Djokovic for ATP Tour-lead with 5 titles. Led ATP with 211 wins from 2016-19 (Nadal 2nd with 210). • Captured biggest of 16 career titles at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. 5-time champion Federer). • Joined 8-time ATP Masters 1000 champion Muster as 2nd Austrian to win an ATP Masters 1000 title. • Defeated Federer and Djokovic en route to Nitto ATP Finals championship match (l. to Tsitsipas in 3rd-set TB). • Won ATP 500 titles at Barcelona (d. Nadal and Medvedev), Beijing (d. Tsitsipas) and Vienna (d. Schwartzman). • Beat Nadal on clay for 4th straight season and became 2nd player to earn 4+ wins over Nadal on clay (Djokovic 7). • Did not drop a set en route to ATP 250 title at Kitzbuhel (d. Ramos-Vinolas). Went 9-0 in Austria last season. • Advanced to 4th straight Roland Garros SF and 2nd straight final (d. No. 1 Djokovic in 5 sets, l. to Nadal). • Earned 3rd career win over player ranked No. 1 and snapped Djokovic’s 26-match Grand Slam win streak. • Saved 2 MPs vs. Federer in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in SF). Now 5-2 vs. Federer overall. • Ranked in Top 10 each week since 6 June 2016 -- 2nd-longest active streak (Nadal since 25 April 2005). • Fell in Buenos Aires SF as 2-time champion (l. to Schwartzman in 3rd-set TB after holding 1 MP). • Saved 3 MPs vs. Shapovalov at before losing to Fritz (Team Europe d. Team World 13-11). • Reached doubles finals w/Schwartzman at Buenos Aires (l. to M. Gonzalez/Zeballos) and Madrid (l. to Rojer/Tecau). • Retired in Australian Open 2R vs. Popyrin (ill). Withdrew from Cordoba (ill), Halle (fatigue) and Cincinnati (ill).

Coric 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 28 (Career-High No. 12) | W-L: 27-22 | Career Titles: 2 F (1): St. Petersburg (l Medvedev); SF (2): Dubai (l Federer); s-Hertogenbosch (l Mannarino); QF (5): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Auger-Aliassime); ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Fognini); Budapest (l Krajinovic); Halle (l Herbert); Zhuhai (l de Minaur) • Finished as No. 1 Croat for 1st time in 2019. • Earned 20+ wins and finished Top 50 for 5th straight season (2015-19). Ended season on 6-match losing streak. • Advanced to 6th career ATP Tour final at St. Petersburg (l. to Medvedev). • Reached SFs at Dubai (l. to Federer) and ’s-Hertogenbosch as WC (d. Garin after saving 1 MP, l. to Mannarino). • Reached ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Miami (l. to Auger-Aliassime) and Monte-Carlo (d. Munar after saving 1 MP in 2R, l. to Fognini). • Advanced to Australian Open 4R for 1st time (l. to Pouille). Entered with 0-4 tournament record. • One of 5 men under 23 to reach Australian Open 4R -- most at a Grand Slam since 2009 Roland Garros (5). • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 4th time in 5 years (l. to Struff 11-9 in 5th). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Gojowczyk in Montreal 1R (l. to Mannarino in 2R). Squandered 2 MPs vs. Federer in Rome 3R. • Retired in Halle QF (hamstring), withdrew from Wimbledon (ab) and conceded W/O in US Open 2R (lower back).

Oliver Marach / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs First Meeting Ivan Dodig / Nikola Mektic (CRO) • Austrians went 17-13 as a team in 2019, winning Hamburg title and reaching Umag final. Own 20-18 career record as a team. Marach owns 23 titles including w/Pavic. Melzer owns 16 titles including 2010 Wimbledon and 2011 US Open w/Petzschner. Marach is No. 32 (Career-High No. 2) and Melzer is No. 36 (Career-High No. 6). • Croatians are 4-3 as a team. Dodig has won 15 titles including 4 in 2019 and Roland Garros w/Melo in 2015. Mektic boasts 7 titles including 3 in 2019. Dodig is No. 12 (Career-High No. 4) and Mektic is No. 15 (Career-High No. 5).

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ATP CUP - BRISBANE GROUP A SATURDAY MATCHES

FRANCE vs CHILE

Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Nicolas Jarry (CHI) Paire Leads 2-0 18 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R64 Benoit Paire 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-4 18 (Japan) Hard R32 Benoit Paire 6-4 7-6(1)

Paire 2019 Summary | Age: 30 | World No. 24 (Career-High No. 18) | W-L: 34-29 | Career Titles: 3 W (2): Marrakech (d Andujar); Lyon (d Auger-Aliassime) F (1): Winston-Salem (l Hurkacz) • Finished as No. 3 Frenchman for 1st time in 2019. • Earned career-high 34 wins, highlighted by clay-court titles at Marrakech (d. Andujar) and Lyon (d. Auger-Aliassime). • Posted 3 wins in 3 sets to reach Winston-Salem final (l. to Hurkacz in 3 sets). • Advanced to 4R at Roland Garros (l. to Nishikori in 5 sets) and Wimbledon (l. to Bautista Agut). • Squandered 2-set lead and 3 MPs vs. Bedene in US Open 2R. • Fell to No. 69 in ATP Rankings on March 4 -- lowest since No. 71 on 1 June 2015. • Returned to Top 30 on 10 June for 1st time since 25 July 2016. • Two weeks before beating him in Marrakech final, lost to Andujar in Marbella, ESP Challenger final.

Jarry 2019 Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 77 (Career-High No. 38) | W-L: 19-21 | Career Titles: 1 W (1): Bastad (d Londero) F (1): Geneva (l A. Zverev) • Finished as No. 2 Chilean for 1st time in 2019. Was No. 1 Chilean in 2017-18. • Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour title at Bastad (d. Londero). Achieved career-high No. 38 on 22 July. • Also did not drop a set en route to Geneva final (l. to A. Zverev after holding 2 MPs). • Saved 1 MP vs. No. 3 A. Zverev for biggest win of career en route to Barcelona QF as LL (l. to Medvedev). • Also advanced to ’s-Hertogenbosch QF (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Gasquet). • Suffered 13 losses in 1R, including at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Carballes Baena in 3rd-set TB after holding 3 MPs). • Following Bastad title, ended season with 9 straight losses (6 tour-level, 3 qualifying). • Won 2nd ATP Tour doubles title of career at Rio de Janeiro w/M. Gonzalez (d. Bellucci/Dutra Silva). • Captured mixed doubles gold medal at Pan American Games in , PER w/Guarachi (d. F. Zeballos/N. Zeballos). • Withdrew from Sydney due to foot injury and Chengdu qualifying due to knee pain.

Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Cristian Garin (CHI) First Meeting

Monfils 2019 Summary | Age: 33 | World No. 10 (Career-High No. 6) | W-L: 37-19 | Career Titles: 8 W (1): Rotterdam (d Wawrinka) SF (4): Sofia (l Medvedev); Dubai (l Tsitsipas); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (W/O vs Nadal); Vienna (l Schwartzman) • Finished as No. 1 Frenchman for 3rd time in 2019 (also 2010 and 2016). • Ended year in Top 10 of ATP Rankings for 2nd time (also 2016) and Top 20 for 7th time (also 2008-11, 2014, 2016). • Captured 8th ATP Tour title at Rotterdam (d. Wawrinka). Reached at least 1 final in 15 straight years (2005-19). • Started season career-best 15-3 before conceding walkover to Thiem in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells QF due to left ankle injury. Also conceded walkover to Nadal in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal SF due to ankle sprain. • Advanced to SFs at Sofia (l. to Medvedev), Dubai (l. to Tsitsipas in 3rd-set TB) and Vienna (l. to Schwartzman). • Reached 4th US Open QF (l. to Berrettini in 5th-set TB) and 8th Roland Garros 4R (l. to Thiem). • Lost to Shapovalov in ATP Masters 1000 Paris QF. Would have qualified for Nitto ATP Finals with a win. • Blew 2 MPs vs Federer in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 3R. Saved 1 MP vs Johnson in Stuttgart 1R (l. to Kudla in 2R). • Retired in Wimbledon 1R vs. Humbert and withdrew from Miami, Monte-Carlo and Washington (left ankle). • Withdrew earlier last season from Auckland due to right leg injury and Marseille due to wrist injury.

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Garin 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 33 (Career-High No. 32) | W-L: 32-24 | Career Titles: 2 W (2): (d Ruud); Munich (d Berrettini) F (1): Sao Paulo (l Pella) • Finished as No. 1 Chilean for 2nd time in 2019 (also 2016). • Achieved career-high No. 32 in ATP Rankings on 10 June and earned career-high 32 tour-level wins. • Saved 5 MPs vs. Chardy en route to 1st ATP Tour title at Houston (d. Ruud). • Saved 2 MPs vs. No. 3 A. Zverev for biggest win of career and en route to 2nd title at Munich (d. Berrettini). • Became 1st Chilean champion on tour since Gonzalez at 2009 Vina del Mar. • Advanced to 1st ATP Tour QF, SF and final at Sao Paulo (l. to Pella). • Reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Paris (d. Chardy after saving 3 MPs, l. to Dimitrov). • Earned 2nd ATP Tour win -- 1st in 6 years -- at Buenos Aires (d. Auger-Aliassime, l. to Cecchinato in 2R). • Snapped 6-match losing streak en route to ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 3R (d. Djere and Isner, l. to Medvedev). • Squandered 1 MP vs. Coric in ’s-Hertogenbosch QF and 2 MPs vs. Seppi in Moscow 1R. • Withdrew from Cordoba due to fatigue and retired in Beijing 1R vs. Norrie due to right ankle injury.

Nicolas Mahut / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs First Meeting Cristian Garin / Nicolas Jarry (CHI) • Frenchmen are 51-18 as a team with 7 titles. Reached 2019 Wimbledon final together. Mahut owns 28 titles including all 4 Grand Slams, 7 ATP Masters 1000s and Nitto ATP Finals w/Herbert. Roger-Vasselin owns 20 titles including 2014 Roland Garros w/Benneteau. Mahut is No. 3 (Career-High No. 1) and Roger-Vasselin is No. 16 (Career-High No. 6). • Chileans are 1-5 as a team with lone win at 2014 Vina del Mar (d. Kas/Sa). Reached 2013 Roland Garros boys’ doubles final. Garin is No. 345 (Career-High No. 298). Jarry owns 2 titles and is ranked No. 69 (Career-High No. 40).

SERBIA vs SOUTH AFRICA

Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs Lloyd Harris (RSA) Harris Leads 1-0 19 Chengdu (China) Hard R16 Lloyd Harris 6-3 6-3

Lajovic 2019 Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 34 (Career-High No. 23) | W-L: 21-27 | Career Titles: 1 W (1): Umag (d Balazs) F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Fognini) • Finished as No. 2 Serbian for 3rd time in 2019 (also 2014, 2018). • Won 1st ATP Tour singles title at Umag (d. Balazs) and 2nd doubles title at Chengdu w/Cacic (d. Erlich/F. Martin). • Earned biggest win of career over No. 5 Thiem and did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour final at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Fognini). World No. 48 became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in 2001. • Also became 2nd player since 2013 to reach 1st career final at an ATP Masters 1000 event (Krajinovic - 2017 Paris). • Achieved career-high No. 23 in ATP Rankings on 29 April and finished year-end high No. 34. • One of 4 Serbians to reach Roland Garros 3R -- most ever in a Grand Slam 3R (l. to A. Zverev in 5 sets). • Withdrew from Budapest due to elbow injury.

Harris 2019 Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 99 (Career-High No. 82) | W-L: 10-13 | Career Titles: 0 SF (1): Chengdu (l Bublik) • Finished as No. 2 South African for 4th straight year in 2019. • Advanced to 1st ATP Tour QF and SF at Chengdu as LL (d. J. Sousa, l. to Bublik). • Broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 4 February and achieved career-high No. 82 on 22 July. • Qualified at Australian Open (l. to Medvedev in 1R) and Budapest (l. to Gojowczyk in 1R). • Took 1st set off 8-time champion and half-South African Federer in Wimbledon 1R. • Saved 2 MPs vs. No. 25 de Minaur for biggest win of career in Tokyo 1R as SE (l. to Millman in 2R). • Did not drop a set en route to 3rd ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Launceston, AUS (d. Giustino).

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Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA) Djokovic Leads 8-2 08 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kevin Anderson 7-6(1) 3-6 6-4 11 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-2 11 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R32 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 11 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 6-2 12 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard R32 Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-3 15 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Novak Djokovic 6-7(6) 6-7(6) 6-1 6-4 7-5 18 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass F Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-2 7-6(3) 18 Laver Cup (U.S.A.) Hard RR Kevin Anderson 7-6(5) 5-7 1-0(6) 18 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 7-6(1) 6-3 18 Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-2

Djokovic 2019 Summary | Age: 32 | World No. 2 (Career-High No. 1) | W-L: 57-11 | Career Titles: 77 W (5): Australian Open (d Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d Tsitsipas); Wimbledon (d Federer); Tokyo (d Millman); ATP Masters 1000 Paris (d Shapovalov) F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal) • Finished as No. 1 Serbian for 15th straight year in 2019. • Saved 2 championship points to defeat Federer in longest Wimbledon final on record (4 hours, 55 minutes). • Became 1st Wimbledon champion to save championship point since Bob Falkenburg saved 3 MPs in 1948 final. • Also saved 2 MPs to defeat Federer in both 2010 US Open SF and 2011 US Open SF. Leads H2H 26-23. • Prior to 5th Wimbledon title, captured record 7th Aus. Open title (d. Nadal). Third all-time with 16 Grand Slam titles. • Became 1st player in history to win 3+ straight Grand Slam titles on 3 occasions (2011-12, 2015-16, 2018-19). • Also 1st player to win a Grand Slam final over Nadal in straight sets. Spaniard has reached 27 Grand Slam finals. • Won 26 straight Grand Slam matches until Roland Garros SF (l. to Thiem in 5 sets). • Retired vs. Wawrinka in US Open 4R (left shoulder) -- 6th Grand Slam and 13th tour-level retirement of career. • Did not drop a set en route to 33rd ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d. Tsitsipas) and 34th at Paris (d. Shapovalov). • Added 12th ATP 500 title at Tokyo (d. Millman). Owns 77 career titles, tied for 5th-most in Open Era with McEnroe. • Saved 2 MPs vs. Del Potro en route to 9th ATP Masters 1000 Rome final (l. to Nadal). • Earned 50+ wins and finished Top 3 for 12th time in last 13 seasons (2007-16, 2018-19). • Now 3rd all-time with 275 weeks as World No. 1, trailing only Federer’s 310 weeks and Sampras’ 286 weeks.

Anderson 2019 Summary | Age: 33 | World No. 91 (Career-High No. 5) | W-L: 11-4 | Career Titles: 6 W (1): Pune (d Karlovic) QF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Federer) • Finished as No. 1 South African for 12th straight year in 2019. • Captured 6th career ATP Tour title as No. 1 seed at Pune (d. Karlovic in 3 TBs). • Win by 6-foot-8 Anderson over 6-foot-11 Karlovic marked tallest final in Open Era. • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. to eventual champion Federer). • Fell to Tiafoe in Australian Open 2R, Simon in London/Queen’s Club 2R and Pella in Wimbledon 3R. • Limited to 5 tournaments in 2019 and underwent season-ending right knee surgery in September.

Novak Djokovic / Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs First Meeting Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse (RSA) • Serbians are 10-10 as a team with lone SF at 2009 Monte-Carlo. Djokovic went on to lone title at 2010 London/Queen’s Club w/Erlich. Troicki has 2 titles. Djokovic is No. 139 (Career-High No. 114) and Troicki is No. 723 (Career-High No. 49). • South Africans are 8-1 as a team (all Davis Cup). Loss was in 2018 to Elias/J. Sousa (POR). Klaasen owns 16 titles. Roelofse seeks 1st ATP win (0-4). Klaasen is No. 8 (Career-High No. 7). Roelofse is No. 231 (Career-High No. 122).

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ATP CUP - PERTH GROUP B SATURDAY MATCHES

JAPAN vs URUGUAY

Go Soeda (JPN) vs Martin Cuevas (URU) First Meeting

Soeda 2019 Summary | Age: 35 | World No. 121 (Career-High No. 47) | W-L: 1-1 | Career Titles: 0 • Finished as Japanese No. 6 in 2019. Was Japanese No. 1 in 2006-07 and No. 2 in 2008-13. • Earned 1st win in 13th Tokyo main draw appearance (d. Struff, l. to eventual champion Djokovic in 2R). • Win over Struff snapped 7-match tour-level losing streak dating back to 2015 Washington (d. D. King in 1R). • Fell in qualifying at all 4 Grand Slam events in 2019 and 10 straight overall beginning with 2017 Wimbledon. • Went 40-22 on ATP Challenger Tour, highlighted by 31st Challenger final of career at Jinan, CHN (l. to Zhang Zh.).

M. Cuevas 2019 Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 523 (Career-High No. 271) | W-L: 0-1 | Career Titles: 0 • Finished as No. 2 Uruguayan for 8th straight year in 2019 and 7th straight year behind older brother Pablo. • Making ATP Tour main draw debut. Owns 4-17 tour-level record with all 21 matches in Davis Cup Groups I and II. • Went 13-18 on ATP Challenger Tour in 2019, highlighted by Parma, ITA Challenger QF (l. to Zeppieri). • Captured Sarasota, USA Challenger doubles title w/Lorenzi (d. Bambridge/O’Mara). • Advanced to , CHI Challenger doubles final w/Arguello (l. to Agamenone/Romboli).

Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU) P. Cuevas Leads 1-0 16 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Pablo Cuevas 7-6(5) 6-1 6-4

Nishioka 2019 Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 73 (Career-High No. 58) | W-L: 19-20 | Career Titles: 1 QF (3): Sydney (l Schwartzman); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (W/O vs Goffin); Stockholm (l Krajinovic) • Finished as Japanese No. 2 for 3rd time in 2019 (also 2016 and 2018). • Earned career-high 19 wins and returned to career-high No. 58 in ATP Rankings on 9 September. • Upset No. 5 Nishikori for biggest career win en route to ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati QF as Q (W/O vs. Goffin - ill). • Advanced to ATP 250 QFs at Sydney as Q (l. to Schwartzman) and Stockholm (l. to Krajinovic). • Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Schwartzman in 1R) and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l. to Struff in 1R). • Reached ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R for 2nd time (d. Auger-Aliassime, ret. vs. Kecmanovic - back). • Defeated Goffin in 3rd-set TB to reach Washington 3R (l. to eventual champion Kyrgios). • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Miami, Houston, Stuttgart Q and Eastbourne Q (back).

P. Cuevas 2019 Summary | Age: 34 | World No. 45 (Career-High No. 19) | W-L: 24-23 | Career Titles: 6 F (1): Estoril (l Tsitsipas) SF (2): Cordoba (l Pella); Rio de Janeiro (l Auger-Aliassime) • Finished as No. 1 Uruguayan for 14th time in 2019 (also 2005-11, 2013-18). • Played in 1st ATP Tour final since 2017 Sao Paulo at Estoril as LL (l. to Tsitsipas). • Advanced to SFs at Cordoba (l. to Pella) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Auger-Aliassime), as well as QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem), Budapest (d. Cilic after saving 1 MP, l. to Berrettini) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ruud). • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 4th time in 5 years (l. to Thiem). • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Tsonga in Q2, l. to Lajovic in 1R) and Beijing (l. to Khachanov in 1R). • Fell to No. 94 in ATP Rankings on 14 January -- lowest since No. 111 on 7 July 2014. • Won 13th ATP Challenger Tour title at Tunis, TUN (d. Domingues) and 14th at Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Halys).

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Toshihide Matsui / Ben McLachlan (JPN) vs First Meeting Martin Cuevas / Pablo Cuevas (URU) • Japanese duo is making team debut. Matsui, 41, is seeking 1st ATP Tour doubles win (0-4). McLachlan owns 4 ATP Tour titles in 8 finals. Matsui is No. 177 (Career-High No. 130) and McLachlan is No. 44 (Career-High No. 18). • Uruguayan brothers are 5-0 as a team in tour-level matches (all Davis Cup). Also won , URU Challenger title in 2013-14. Pablo owns 9 tour-level titles, winning his 1st at 2008 Roland Garros w/Horna. Martin is No. 247 (Career- High No. 153) and Pablo is No. 124 (Career-High No. 14).

SPAIN vs GEORGIA

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO) First Meeting

Bautista Agut 2019 Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 9 (Career-High No. 9) | W-L: 42-22 | Career Titles: 9 W (1): Doha (d Berdych) SF (3): Munich (l Berrettini); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Zhuhai (l de Minaur); • Finished as No. 2 Spaniard for the 2nd time in 2019 (also 2016). • After 275 straight weeks in Top 30, broke into Top 10 on 19 August. Achieved career-high No. 9 on 4 November. • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to Tsitsipas) and 1st Grand Slam SF at Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). Entered 2019 with 0-9 record in Grand Slam 4R matches. • Posted 3 wins in 5 sets at Aus. Open (d. 5-time finalist Murray in 1R, Millman in 2R and 2018 finalist Cilic in 4R). • Earned 2nd win of career over No. 1 Djokovic en route to 9th ATP Tour title at Doha (d. Berdych). • Captured a title in January for 4th straight season (2016 Auckland, 2017 , 2018 Auckland, 2019 Doha). • Defeated No. 1 Djokovic for 3rd time to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. to Isner). • Also reached ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Montreal (l. to Monfils in 3rd-set TB) and Cincinnati (l. to Gasquet). • Won 40+ matches for 5th time in last 6 seasons (2014-17, 2019). • Withdrew from Auckland (left foot) and Rotterdam (illness). Conceded W/O to Fucsovics in Sofia QF (illness). Retired in Beijing 1R vs. Querrey (abdominal strain).

Metreveli 2019 Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 678 (Career-High No. 264) | W-L: 1-1 | Career Titles: 0 • Finished as No. 2 Georgian for 7th time in 2019 (also 2012-16, 2018). • Making ATP Tour main draw debut. Owns 1-1 tour-level record with both matches in Davis Cup Group II. • In 2019, went 4-5 on ATP Challenger Tour and 13-11 on ITF World Tennis Tour. Did not reach a final. • Grandfather, , is a former World No. 9 who beat en route to 1973 Wimbledon final.

MEDIA NOTES

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) Nadal Leads 3-0 17 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Rafael Nadal 6-0 6-1 6-0 18 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4 19 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R16 Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-0

Nadal 2019 Summary | Age: 33 | World No. 1 (Career-High No. 1) | W-L: 58-7 | Career Titles: 84 W (4): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (d Djokovic); Roland Garros (d Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (d Medvedev); US Open (d Medvedev) F (1): Australian Open (l Djokovic) • Finished as No. 1 Spaniard for 15th straight year in 2019. • Clinched year-end No. 1 for 5th time and became oldest year-end No. 1 in ATP Rankings history at age 33. • Won 12th Roland Garros (d. Thiem) and 4th US Open titles (d. Medvedev). Owns 19 Grand Slam titles (Federer 20). Improved to 24-0 in Roland Garros SFs and finals, 93-2 overall at Roland Garros and 118-2 in best-of-5-sets on clay. • Became 1st men’s or women’s player to win a Grand Slam event 12 times. Margaret Court won Aus. Open 11 times. • Oldest champion at Roland Garros since Gimeno, 34, in 1972 and US Open since Rosewall, 35, in 1970. • Captured ATP Masters 1000 titles at Rome (d. No. 1 Djokovic) and Montreal (d. Medvedev). • Now owns ATP Masters 1000 records for titles (35), finals (51) and wins (384). • Earned 30+ victories for 16th straight season (2004-19) -- longest active streak on ATP Tour. • Set an Open Era record by winning a title for 16th straight season (2004-19) -- breaking tie with Federer (2001-15). • Ranked in Top 10 for 767 consecutive weeks (25 April 2005 - 6 January 2020) -- 2nd only to Connors (789). • Did not drop a set en route to 5th Australian Open final. Did not win a set for only time in 27 Grand Slam finals (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). Defeated #NextGenATP players de Minaur in 3R, Tiafoe in QF and Tsitsipas in SF. • Five weeks after defeating Federer in Roland Garros SF, lost to him in Wimbledon SF. Owns 24-16 H2H lead. • Reached all 4 Grand Slam SFs in a season for 2nd time in career (also 2008). • Saved 1 MP vs. Medvedev and defeated eventual champion Tsitsipas at Nitto ATP Finals (2-1 in RR). • Squandered 3 MPs and lost 3rd-set TB to eventual champion Kyrgios in 2R. • Conceded W/Os to Federer in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells SF (right knee) and Shapovalov in ATP Masters 1000 Paris SF (abdominal). Withdrew from Brisbane (thigh strain), ATP Masters 1000 Miami (right knee), ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (fatigue) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (left hand). Did not play on Day 3 of Laver Cup (left hand).

Basilashvili 2019 Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 26 (Career-High No. 16) | W-L: 28-24 | Career Titles: 3 W (1): Hamburg (d Rublev) SF (1): Lyon (l Auger-Aliassime) • Finished as No. 1 Georgian for 11th straight year in 2019. • Saved 2 MPs vs. No. 5 A. Zverev en route to successful Hamburg title defense (d. Rublev). • Achieved career-high No. 16 on 27 May after reaching Lyon SF as No. 1 seed (d. Tsonga, l. to Auger-Aliassime). • Advanced to QFs at Doha (l. to No. 1 Djokovic), Dubai (d. Bautista Agut, l. to Coric), Budapest (l. to Djere) and Metz (ret. vs. Tsonga due to right shoulder injury). • Reached ATP Masters 1000 R16 at Miami (l. to Auger-Aliassime), Rome (l. to Nadal), Montreal (l. to A. Zverev) and Shanghai (l. to Thiem). • Earned 5-set wins in Australian Open 2R (d. Travaglia, l. to Tsitsipas in 3R), Wimbledon 1R (d. Ward, l. to Evans in 2R) and US Open 1R (d. Fucsovics, l. to Koepfer in 3R). Owns 5-1 career record in 5th sets with 4 straight wins. • Squandered 3 MPs vs. Fucsovics in Stuttgart 2R.

Pablo Carreno Busta / Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs First Meeting Aleksandre Bakshi / George Tsivadze (GEO) • Spaniards are 6-1 as a team including 2016 Beijing title. Carreno Busta owns 3 titles and reached 2016 US Open final w/Garcia-Lopez. Nadal owns 11 titles, winning ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells twice and 2016 Rio Olympics w/M. Lopez. Carreno Busta is No. 114 (Career-High No. 16). Nadal is unranked (Career-High No. 26). • are making tour-level debut as a team. Played 7 ITF tournaments as partners, winning a Georgian Futures title in 2018. Bakshi is unranked in doubles (Career-High No. 1,036) and Tsivadze is No. 555 (Career-High No. 471).