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ERSTE BANK OPEN 500: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, 28 October 2018 Wiener Stadthalle | Vienna, Austria | 22-28 October 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: €2,198,250 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com ErsteBank-Open.com Martin Dagahs: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @ErsteBankOpen Press Officer: [email protected] Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @ErsteBankOpen TV & Radio: TennisTV.com ANDERSON, NISHIKORI MEET FOR VIENNA TITLE WITH LONDON IN SIGHT • No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson and No. 5 seed Kei Nishikori will meet in the final of the Erste Bank Open 500 on Sunday, as they continue their quests to lock up singles spots at the Nitto ATP Finals. Anderson would qualify for London if he wins what would be the biggest title of his career. A title for Nishikori would move him to just 125 points outside of the No. 8 position in the Race to London. • Anderson will try to earn the highest-level ATP World Tour singles title of his career, as his four singles championships have all come at ATP World Tour 250 events. This year’s Wimbledon finalist leads the field in aces this week (56) despite receiving a second-round walkover from wild card Jurgen Melzer and having an abbreviated quarter-final match after No. 6 seed Borna Coric retired during the second set. Anderson would clinch his Nitto ATP Finals debut with a win on Sunday. • Nishikori, meanwhile, is searching for his first ATP World Tour singles title since winning at Memphis in 2016. The Japanese star’s title drought spans eight losses in finals, over 32 months and 48 tournament appearances. Nishikori leads the head-to-head against Anderson by 4 wins to 2, but South Africa’s Anderson claimed a narrow victory in their only meeting this year, which took place in the semi-finals of the New York Open en route to Anderson’s sole 2018 title to date. • The doubles final has two teams who claimed semi-final defeats of the Top 2-seeded pairs. World No. 1 Mike Bryan and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, playing only their second event together, made the final by beating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic, who are No. 1 in the Race to London. Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, also playing just their second event together, ousted Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, No. 3 in the Race to London, to make the final. Marach/Pavic and Kubot/Melo have already qualified for London; they will be joined there by Bryan, who qualified with Jack Sock. ATP RACE TO LONDON ATP RACE TO MILAN No. Player Points No. Player Points 1 Rafael Nadal 7,480 1 Alexander Zverev 4,950 2 Novak Djokovic 7,445 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2,175 3 Roger Federer 5,460* 3 Denis Shapovalov 1,450 4 Juan Martin del Potro 5,300 4 Alex de Minaur 1,308 5 Alexander Zverev 4,905 5 Frances Tiafoe 1,055 6 Kevin Anderson 4,020* 6 Taylor Fritz 974 7 Marin Cilic 3,870 7 Andrey Rublev 760 8 Dominic Thiem 3,535 8 Jaume Munar 661 9 Kei Nishikori 3,210* 9 Hubert Hurkacz 591^ 10 John Isner 3,065 10 Ugo Humbert 582 Race ends on 4 November Race ends on 28 October Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals + 1 WC Tournament held 11-18 November in London Tournament held 6-10 November in Milan Bold: Qualified Bold: Qualified * Add 200 points for Vienna or Basel title ^ Add 45 points for Brest, FRA Challenger title For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Erste Bank Open 500 Day 7 – Sunday, 28 October 2018 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Erste Bank Open 500 [5] Kei Nishikori [2] Kevin Anderson Aces 16 56 1st-Serve Percentage 64% (158 of 248) 68% (152 of 222) 1st-Serve Points Won 74% (117 of 158) 80% (121 of 152) 2nd-Serve Points Won 63% (57 of 90) 59% (41 of 70) Service Games Won 93% (39 of 42) 92% (33 of 36) Break Points Saved 79% (11 of 14) 73% (8 of 11) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 32% (50 of 154) 24% (37 of 157) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 57% (51 of 89) 51% (52 of 102) Return Games Won 34% (14 of 41) 13% (5 of 38) Break Points Converted 52% (14 of 27) 25% (5 of 20) BOLD: Leads all players at Erste Bank Open 500. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Nishikori Leads 4-2 15 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard F Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-4 15 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard SF Kei Nishikori 6-2 3-6 6-3 15 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 7-6(10) 7-6(3) 17 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-3 17 Geneva (Switzerland) Clay QF Kei Nishikori 2-6 6-4 7-6(6) 18 New York (U.S.A) Hard SF Kevin Anderson 6-1 3-6 7-6(4) Other Meeting 10 Washington Q (U.S.A.) Hard Q2 Kei Nishikori 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 Nishikori 2018 Summary: F (2): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nadal); Tokyo (l Medvedev); SF (3): New York (l Anderson); US Open (l Djokovic); Metz (l Bachinger); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Washington (l A. Zverev); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Federer) YTD W-L: 40-17 (24-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 11 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 4-0 (2018 Finalist) • Tournament Note: Claimed 37th Top 10 win of career (5th Top 10 win of 2018) over No. 7 Thiem in QF before defeating Kukushkin in SF to reach 3rd final of season. • Earned Top 5 wins over Cilic and A. Zverev to reach Monte-Carlo final (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Fell to 0-4 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. As World No. 36, became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in 2001. • Suffered 1st loss in 3rd final at Tokyo (l. to Medvedev). Lost 8 straight ATP finals since last title at 2016 Memphis. • Advanced to 3rd Grand Slam SF -- all at US Open with 5-set QF wins over Top 10 players (d. Cilic, l. to Djokovic). • Along with Osaka, 1st Japanese man and woman in history to reach SFs at same Grand Slam event. • At Wimbledon, became 1st Japanese player to complete set of QFs at all 4 Grand Slams (l. to Djokovic). • Reached SFs at New York (l. to Anderson) and Metz (l. to Bachinger), as well as QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Djokovic), Washington (l. to A. Zverev) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Federer). • Posted 30+ wins for 8th straight season (2011-18). • Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 40 on 10 October 2011. • Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since 2010 -- at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald). • Retired in Barcelona 2R vs. Garcia-Lopez due to right leg injury. • Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open (right wrist), as well as ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (ill). For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Erste Bank Open 500 Day 7 – Sunday, 28 October 2018 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com Anderson 2018 Summary: W (1): New York (d Querrey); F (3): Pune (l Simon); Acapulco (l Del Potro); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l Tsitsipas); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Coric); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Carreno Busta); Tokyo (l Gasquet); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: 43-16 (31-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 8 Vienna W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (2018 Finalist) • Tournament Note: Leads field with 56 aces. Seeking first singles title at ATP World Tour 500-level or higher. • Achieved career-high No. 5 on 16 July, becoming highest-ranked South African in ATP Rankings history. • Advanced to 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, where he spent 23h20m on court (l. to Djokovic). • In Wimbledon SF, beat Isner 26-24 in 5th for 300th career win after 6h36m -- 2nd-longest Grand Slam match ever. • In Wimbledon QF, rallied from 2 sets down and saved 1 MP for biggest career win over No. 2 Federer after 4h14m. • Also earned 2 wins in 5 sets en route to US Open 4R (d. Harrison in 1R and Shapovalov in 3R, l. to Thiem). • Beat Escobedo, Nishikori and Querrey in 3rd-set TBs to capture 4th ATP World Tour title at New York. • Also advanced to finals at Pune (l. to Simon) and Acapulco (l. to Del Potro). • Ended 0-10 start to career in ATP Masters 1000 QFs by reaching SFs at Madrid (d. Lajovic, l. to Thiem) and Toronto (d. Dimitrov, l. to Tsitsipas after holding 1 MP). • Lost QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Coric), Miami (l. to Carreno Busta after holding 1 MP) and Shanghai (l. to Djokovic). • Served for match twice before suffering 5th loss of career from 2 sets up vs. Schwartzman in Roland Garros 4R.