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2015 US OPEN Flushing Meadows, , USA | August 31 – September 13, 2015 Draw Size: S-128, D-64 | $42.3 million | Hard www.usopen.org DAY FIVE NOTES | Friday, September 4, 2015

FEATURED MEN’S MATCHES – In Order of Play by Court

Arthur Ashe Stadium: (1) (SRB) vs. (25) (ITA) Djokovic Leads 10-0 (8) (ESP) vs (32) (ITA) Nadal Leads 5-2

Louis Armstrong Stadium: (9) Marin Cilic (CRO) vs. (KAZ) Tied 1-1 (7) (ESP) vs. (27) Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Ferrer Leads 7-1

Grandstand: (19) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs. (UKR) Tsonga Leads 4-0 (10) (CAN) vs. (18) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Tied 3-3

Court 17: (26) (ESP) vs. Benoit Paire (FRA) Paire Leads 2-1 (14) (BEL) vs. (23) (ESP) Bautista Agut Leads 1-0

DAY FIVE HIGHLIGHTS  The third round of the US Open begins on Friday with three players in action who have yet to be broken during the tournament: No. 1 Novak Djokovic (24 service games), No. 10 seed Milos Raonic (36 games) and No. 19 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (26 games). Also on the schedule are two-time champion Rafael Nadal, two-time semi- finalist David Ferrer and ‘13 quarter-finalist Tommy Robredo, who are three of six Spaniards in the third round.

 On Ashe, Djokovic takes a near-perfect record against Italian opponents (30-1) into his 3R match with No. 25 seed Andreas Seppi. The 2011 US Open champion is 10-0 vs. Seppi and he’s won 30 consecutive matches against Italians since losing to in his ATP World Tour debut at Umag in 2004.

 Nadal has also dominated Italians through the years, winning 19 of his last 21 matches against players with “ITA” next to their names. The two losses were to his opponent in tonight’s match on Ashe, No. 32 seed Fabio Fognini, who beat Nadal at Rio de Janeiro and earlier this season. No. 8 Nadal has since avenged those losses with a win over Fognini in the final. Fognini is 0-17 lifetime against Top 10 opponents on a hard court.

 On Armstrong, reigning champion Marin Cilic defends his title against World No. 56 Mikhail Kukushkin, who upset No. 17 seed in the second round. Cilic has won 16 straight sets at the US Open since his five-set victory over in the fourth round last year. Kukushkin, on the other hand, had lost in the first or second round of 16 consecutive tournaments before beating Dimitrov in five sets on Wednesday.

 Later on Armstrong, Ferrer takes a 7-1 head-to-head lead into his meeting with No. 27 seed Jeremy Chardy. Out with an elbow injury throughout the summer, Ferrer fought past Filip Krajinovic on Wednesday by winning 85% of his first serve points despite hitting only one . At one of the tournaments that Ferrer missed, ATP Masters 1000 , Chardy saved nine match points (in two matches) en route to the semi-finals (l. to Djokovic).

 On Grandstand, Tsonga continues his quest to reach the only semi-final that has eluded him. The Frenchman faces unseeded Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky, who is bidding for his first 4R berth at a major in his 28th Grand Slam appearance. Following that match, Raonic and No. 18 seed Feliciano Lopez meet for the second time in less than three weeks. Lopez beat Raonic at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati to even their head-to- head at 3-3. The Spaniard, who has never cracked the Top 10, owns 32 career wins against Top 10 players.

 On Court 17, No. 26 seed Robredo meets Benoit Paire in a rematch of the Bastad final won by the Frenchman, then No. 14 seed David Goffin of faces No. 23 seed Roberto Bautista Agut. Goffin is trying to reach his third career Grand Slam tournament 4R (’12 Roland Garros, ’15 Wimbledon) while Bautista Agut is looking to reach the 4R at Flushing Meadows for the second straight year.

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[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [25] Andreas Seppi (ITA) Djokovic Leads 10-0 06 () Hard R32 Novak Djokovic 6-2 2-6 7-5 07 (Austria) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-3 08 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-6(3) 08 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-2 09 () Clay SF Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-1 6-2 09 ATP Masters 1000 () Clay R16 Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 12 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo () Clay R32 Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-4 12 Roland Garros () Clay R16 Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5 6-3 12 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Novak Djokovic 7-6(4) 6-2 13 (U.A.E.) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-3

Novak Djokovic Andreas Seppi Sets Won: 21 4 Tiebreak Sets Won: 2 1 Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 4 0 Hard: 6 0

 Djokovic has won 30 consecutive matches against Italians (30-1 overall). His only tour-level loss to an Italian opponent came in his ATP debut at Umag in 2004. The 17-year-old qualified and lost in 1R to Filippo Volandri.  Seppi has an 8-72 career record vs. Top 10 opponents (2-6 this year) and he posted his first and only Grand Slam Top 10 win (1-6) at the in January (d. No. 2 Federer in 3R)

DJOKOVIC Vs. SEPPI 28 (May 22, 1987) Age (Birthdate) 31 (February 21, 1984) 1 (1 on July 4, 2011) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 25 (18 on Jan. 28, 2013) Belgrade, Serbia Birthplace , Monte Carlo, Monaco Residence Caldaro, Italy 58-5 (35-4) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 25-19 (16-10) 662-145 (425-85) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 286-301 (129-154) 6/54 YTD Titles / Career Titles 0/3 202-34 Career Grand Slam Record 41-42 52-9 (Champion 2011) US Open W-L (Best Result) 8-11 (3R 2008, ’13, ‘15) 25-8 (3-0) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 20-15 (2-1) 4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 4 184-110 (13-9) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 105-135 (8-11) $83,066,648 Career Prize Money $7,199,208 Marian Vajda & Coach Massimo Sartori

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 28-year-old Serb has converted 12 of 20 break chances this week and has not faced a break point in 24 service games in wins over Joao Souza (61 61 61) and Andreas Haider-Maurer (64 61 62)  He is making his 11th straight US Open appearance. Has a 52-9 record and comes in as No. 1 seed for fourth time in five years (No. 2 in ’12). Last year lost in semi-finals to Nishikori  In 2013, reached fourth consecutive final and fifth overall. Federer is last player to reach four (more) finals here from 2004-09, winning five titles in six years  Won title in 2011 (d. Nadal) and reached finals in 2013 (l. to Nadal in four sets), 2012 (l. to Murray in five sets), 2010 (l. to Nadal in four sets) and 2007 (l. to Federer in straight sets)

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Grand Slam History:  The 9-time Grand Slam champion – Australian Open (5), Wimbledon (3) and US Open (1) is appearing in his 44th consecutive major tournament. Has won 8 of last 19 Grand Slam tournaments (since beginning of 2011)  Trying to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a season for first time in career  No. 8 all-time in Slam titles and No. 7 in Grand Slam match wins with a 202-34 match record  Has advanced to quarter-finals (better) in last 24 Grand Slam tournaments since 3R at ’09 Roland Garros (l. to Kohlschreiber). Also SF (better) in 20 of last 21 Slams (QF at ’14 AO)  In July, won his third Wimbledon title, topping Federer in four sets. His three titles equals coach Boris Becker, who won in 1985-86, ‘89  Began year by capturing his fifth Australian Open crown (d. Murray), most in Open Era, one short of Aussie ’s all-time record of six  At Roland Garros, was denied the career Grand Slam by reaching third final (l. to Wawrinka in four sets)

2015 Highlights: W(6): Australian Open (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Berdych); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (d Federer); Wimbledon (d Federer); F(4): Dubai (l Federer); Roland Garros (l Wawrinka); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer); QF: (l Karlovic)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (8-2): o Cincinnati: Finalist (l. to Federer) o Montreal: Finalist (l. to Murray)  The Serb is trying to finish No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings for 4th time in 5 years (2011-12, ’14) This is 162nd week in his career he is No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, 6th all-time  World No. 1 won 8th and 9th Grand Slam singles titles at Australian Open (d. Murray) and Wimbledon (d. Federer) respectively. Fell in Roland Garros final for 3rd time (l. to Wawrinka). It ended a 28-match winning streak, tied second-longest of career (43 in 2010-11, 28 in 2013-14)  Leads ATP World Tour with 6 titles and has reached a career-high 10 straight finals since falling in Doha QF to start season (l. to Karlovic). Last player to reach 10 or more consecutive finals in a season was Federer (11 in 2006, 17 dating back to 2005)  Also captured titles at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo and Rome, moving into a tie with Federer for 2nd all-time with 24 ATP Masters 1000 championships (Nadal 27). Has a 29-2 record in ATP Masters 1000 play this year  Along with 2014 Paris title, won 30 straight matches at ATP Masters 1000 events before falling to Murray in Montreal final. Also lost to Federer in Cincinnati final  Enters 3R with 58-5 overall record and 35-4 on hard, 16-1 on clay, 7-0 on grass. Has a 19-4 record against Top 10 opponents, including wins over all 9 other members of Top 10

Career in Review: Singles Titles (54), Finalist (26); Doubles Titles (1), Finalist (1)  Owns 54 titles overall, 3rd-most among active players (behind Federer (87), Nadal (67)  Along with Federer (5 times) and Nadal (3 times), only players to finish No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings since 2004. 7th player to finish No.1 at least 3 times  Began working with ‘89 US Open champ Boris Becker in 2014. He also works with Marian Vajda (since June ‘06)

2015 MATCH WINS LEADERS ON ATP WORLD TOUR RANK PLAYER WINS TITLES T1 Novak Djokovic 58 6 T1 58 4 3 47 5 4 46 3 T5 Rafael Nadal 44 3 T5 Tomas Berdych 44 0 T7 David Ferrer 38 3 T7 38 3 9 37 1 10 36 1 Bold denotes player still remaining Previews, Daily Media Notes, Rankings and other information available at: www.ATPWorldTour.com 2015 US OPEN Friday, September 4, 2015 Page 4 of 19

SEPPI FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The Italian hit 22 aces and 2 double faults in his 36 63 76 61 2R win over after hitting 6 aces and 6 double faults in 64 60 75 victory over in 1R  Has an 8-11 career record and appearing in 3R for 3rd time. Began 1-4 in Flushing Meadows before reaching 3R in ’08 (l. to Roddick). Then lost 4 straight 1R matches from 2009-12 before 3R in ’13 (l. to Istomin in 5 sets)

Grand Slam History:  Looking to even his career Grand Slam record (41-42) and reach 4R at each Slam tournament  Has advanced to 4R 4 times: at ’12 Roland Garros, ’13 Wimbledon, ’13 and ‘15 Australian Open

2015 Highlights: F(2): (l Garcia-Lopez); Halle (l Federer); SF(2): Doha (l Berdych); Hamburg (l Nadal)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (1-2): o Cincinnati 2R (l. to Lopez) o Montreal 1R (l. to Simon)  Top Italian has reached ATP World Tour finals in Zagreb (l. to Garcia-Lopez) in February and Halle (d. No. 5 Nishikori-ret., l. to No. 2 Federer) in June  Started season 10-4, highlighted by 1st win in 13 tries against Federer in Australian Open 3R (l. to Kyrgios 8-6 in 5th set in 4R), matching career-best showing at a Grand Slam (also ‘12 Roland Garros, ‘13 Aust. Open and ‘13 Wimbledon). Other Grand Slam results: Roland Garros 1R (l. to Isner), Wimbledon 3R (l. to No. 3 Murray)  Missed ATP Masters 1000 events at Miami (non-medical), Madrid (hip) and Rome (hip)  Enters 3R with records of 16-10 on hard, 2-5 on clay, 7-4 on grass and 2-6 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (3), Finalist (5); Doubles Finalist (6)  The Italian veteran has won at least 20 matches in each of last 9 seasons while finishing in Top 75 for 10 years in a row. Has a 3-5 career record in ATP World Tour finals with a title on each surface: ’12 (hard), ’12 Belgrade (clay) and ’11 Eastbourne (grass)  In 2014, No. 2 Italian (behind No. 20 Fognini) put together a 4th Top 50 season in succession and 7th overall with 6 QFs: (l. to Haas), Düsseldorf (l. to Istomin), Kitzbühel (l. to Monaco), Winston-Salem (l. to Lu), Shenzhen (l. to Robredo) and Moscow (l. to Gulbis). In , helped Italy reach SF for 1st time in 16 years with victory over in decisive 5th rubber vs. Great Britain. Lost to in SF  In 2013, broke Top 20 on Jan. 28, becoming 1st Italian in Top 20 since Renzo Furlan on Apr. 22, ’96. Advanced to 5 SFs – (l. to Tomic), Oeiras (l. to Ferrer), Eastbourne (l. to Simon), Umag (l. to Robredo) and Moscow (l. to Kukushkin). Had most 5-set wins (7-1) and earned a career-high $1,077,787

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[7] David Ferrer (ESP) vs [27] Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Ferrer Leads 7-1 06 Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 David Ferrer 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-1 09 Johannesburg () Hard SF Jeremy Chardy 1-6 7-6(9) 7-6(4) 09 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R32 David Ferrer 3-6 6-4 6-4 10 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 David Ferrer 6-3 7-6(2) 10 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 David Ferrer 7-5 6-3 4-6 3-6 7-5 14 Australian Open () Hard R32 David Ferrer 6-2 7-6(5) 6-2 14 Rio de Janeiro () Clay R32 David Ferrer 6-2 6-3 14 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (Monaco) Clay R32 David Ferrer 6-3 6-0

David Ferrer Jeremy Chardy Sets Won: 18 6 Tiebreak Sets Won: 2 2 Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 4 0 Hard: 2 1 Grass: 1 0

 Ferrer has won 4 straight matches against Frenchmen and 12 of 13 since 2013  Chardy has an 8-40 career record (0-8 this year) vs. Top 10 opponents and trying to break a 12-match losing streak since last win over No. 4 Federer at ATP Masters 1000 Rome last year

FERRER Vs. CHARDY 33 (April 2, 1982) Age (Birthdate) 28 (February 12, 1987) 7 (3 on Jul. 8, 2013) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 27 (25 on Jan. 28, 2013) Javea, Spain Birthplace Pau, France , Spain Residence Liege, Belgium 38-9 (19-3) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 21-20 (14-10) 640-303 (289-157) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 183-181 (91-97) 3/24 YTD Titles / Career Titles 0/1 130-50 Career Grand Slam Record 39-30 30-12 (SF 2007, 2012) US Open W-L (Best Result) 8-6 (3R 2012, ‘15) 20-11 (1-0) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 8-2 (0-0) 4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 144-128 (10-7) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 95-95 (10-10) $26,675,834 Career Prize Money $5,341,409 Francisco Fogues Coach Magnus Tideman

FERRER FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The Spaniard hit only 1 ace in his 75 75 76(4) 2R win over Filip Krajinovic and still won 85% of 1st serve points (58 of 68). Opened on Monday with a 46 75 61 60 win over . Has a 30-12 career record and playing in Flushing Meadows for 13rd straight year  Looking to reach 4R-better for 5th time in 6 years. Last year lost in 3R (l. to Simon, his earliest exit since 2R in ’09)  Best result is SF in 2007 (d. No. 2 Nadal in 4R, l. to Djokovic) and 2012 (d. No. 9 Tipsarevic, l. to Djokovic)

Grand Slam History:  Has a 130-50 career record in Grand Slam play and made break through to reach first final at Roland Garros in 2013 (d. No. 8 Tsonga in SF, l. to Nadal). Did not drop a set en route to final  His streak of 50 consecutive majors played (since ’03 Aus. Open) came to an end with his Wimbledon withdrawal  Last year his streak of 10 straight Grand Slam QFs (since ’12 Aus. Open) was snapped with 2R five-set loss to Andrey Kuznetsov at Wimbledon  This year reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) and QF at Roland Garros (d. No. 10 Cilic, l. to No. 3 Murray)

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2015 Highlights: W (3): Doha (d Berdych); Rio de Janeiro (d Fognini); Acapulco (d Nishikori); SF(2): Barcelona (l Andujar); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); QF(4): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nishikori); Roland Garros (l Murray)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (0-0, first tournament)  The No. 1 Spaniard is playing in his first tournament since Nottingham in June prior to Wimbledon. Lost in opening round after a bye (l. to Baghdatis). Withdrew from Wimbledon, Montreal and Cincinnati due to right elbow Absence from Wimbledon snapped a streak of 50 straight Grand Slam main draw appearances  Began season with a 19-1 record and titles in Doha (d. No. 7 Berdych), Rio de Janeiro (d. Fognini) and Acapulco (d. No. 5 Nishikori)  Reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) and QF at Roland Garros (d. No. 10 Cilic, l. to No. 3 Murray)  In ATP Masters 1000 play, advanced to SF of Rome (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and QF of Miami, Monte-Carlo and Madrid  Enters 3R with records of 19-3 on hard, 19-5 on clay, 0-1 on grass and 3-6 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (24), Finalist (25); Doubles Titles (2), Finalist (1)  The Spaniard has 10 straight Top 20 seasons, including 4 Top 5 finishes. Has won at least 1 title in past 6 years (and 9 of 10 yrs, except ’09)  In 2013, finished a year-end best No. 3 after winning at least 55 matches for 4th straight season. Played in most singles matches (84) during year. Reached a career-high 9 finals, winning 3rd straight title in Auckland (d. Kohlschreiber) and defended title in (d. Wawrinka), 20th title of his career

CHARDY FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 28-year-old Frenchman has converted 11 of 17 break point opportunities (65%) in wins over (62 61 67 62) and Martin Klizan (75 64 76)  Has an 8-6 career record and appearing in 3R for second time. In ’12, beat Volandri and Ebden (l. to Klizan)

Grand Slam History:  Has a 39-30 career record in Grand Slam play and achieved career best result by advancing to QF at Australian Open in 2013 (d. No. 7 del Potro in 5 sets, l. to Murray)  Trying to reach 4R at all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in career. Besides Australian Open, 4R at Roland Garros in ’08 and this year, Wimbledon last year

2015 Highlights: SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Djokovic); QF(2): (l Simon); (l Anderson)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (4-2): o Cincinnati 2R (l. to Nadal) o Montreal SF (l. to Djokovic)  No. 5 Frenchman reached 1st career ATP Masters 1000 SF at Montreal after saving 9 match points (2 vs. L. Mayer in 2R, 7 vs. Isner in QF). Lost to No. 1 Djokovic in SF  Advanced to Roland Garros 4R with Top 20 wins over No. 16 Isner and No. 18 Goffin (l. to No. 3 Murray), matching career-best showing in Paris (also 2008 4R)  Other Grand Slam results: Australian Open 2R (l. to Seppi) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to No. 6 Berdych)  Won 3rd career doubles title at Bastad (w/Kubot)  Teamed with Anderson to defeat World No. 1s Bryan-Bryan en route to ATP Masters 1000 Rome SF  Enters 3R with records of 14-10 on hard, 7-8 on clay, 0-2 on grass and 0-8 against Top 10 opponents

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Career in Review: Singles Titles (1), Finalist (1); Doubles Titles (3), Finalist (6).  Has finished in Top 100 in 6 of last 7 seasons. Has an 80-60 career record in Challengers with 5 titles in 8 finals. Won lone ATP World Tour title in in 2009 (d. Hanescu)  In 2014, finished in Top 30 for 1st time at a year-end high No. 29, reaching QF-better 7 times. Best results were SF in Brisbane (l. to Federer) and Valencia (l. to Robredo). Also QF in Viña del Mar (l. to Fognini), Buenos Aires (l. to Almagro), ATP Masters 1000 Rome (d. No. 4 Federer in 2R, l. to Raonic), Eastbourne (l. to F. Lopez) and (l. to Nishikori). Put together a 7-4 record in Grand Slam play, reaching 4R at Wimbledon for 1st time (l. to Cilic). Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (l. to Ferrer) and 2R at both Roland Garros (l. to Djokovic) and US Open (l. to Kavcic)  In 2013, ranked a personal-best No. 25 in January after 1st Grand Slam QF at Aus. Open (d. No. 7 del Potro, l. to No. 3 Murray). Best result was SF in Viña del Mar (l. to Nadal). Also QF in Valencia (l. to Tursunov) and ‘s- Hertogenbosch (l. to Wawrinka)

FRENCHMEN IN TOP 50: Chardy is one of seven Frenchmen in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings:

No. 11 Gilles Simon No. 12 No. 16 Gael Monfils No. 18 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga No. 27 Jeremy Chardy No. 35 No. 41 Benoit Paire

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[8] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [32] Fabio Fognini (ITA) Nadal Leads 5-2 13 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3 13 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Rafael Nadal 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 13 Beijing (China) Hard QF Rafael Nadal 2-6 6-4 6-1 14 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2 15 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay SF Fabio Fognini 1-6 6-2 7-5 15 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Fabio Fognini 6-4 7-6(6) 15 Hamburg () Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-5

Rafael Nadal Fabio Fognini Sets Won: 12 5 Tiebreak Sets Won: 1 1 Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 3 2 Hard: 2 0

 Nadal is trying to reach 4R at US Open for 8th straight appearance (DNP in ’12 & ’14). Has a 22-1 US Open record since losing in 2009 SF (l. to Djokovic in ’11 F). Looking to win a Grand Slam for 11th straight year  Nadal is 19-2 against Italians (since April ’08), with only 2 losses coming to Fognini this season at Rio de Janeiro in February and Barcelona in April  Fognini is trying to become 1st Italian to reach US Open 4R since in 2005  Fognini is 6-36 lifetime (0-17 on hard) against Top 10 opponents (2-3 this year with both wins over Nadal)  Nadal is 1 of 5 Spaniards in 3R in top half of draw (9 of 12 Spaniards in draw reached 2R)

NADAL Vs. FOGNINI 29 (June 3, 1986) Age (Birthdate) 28 (May 24, 1987) 8 (1 on Aug. 18, 2008) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 32 (13 on Mar. 31, 2014) Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Birthplace Sanremo, Italy Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Residence Arma di Taggia, Italy 44-14 (13-6) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 23-20 (2-7) 750-154 (346-101) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 211-207 (54-89) 3/67 YTD Titles / Career Titles 0/3 198-28 Career Grand Slam Record 30-29 43-8 (Champion 2010, 2013) US Open W-L (Best Result) 6-7 (3R 2012, ‘15) 17-5 (1-0) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 9-9 (0-1) 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 4 186-115 (9-8) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 78-63 (8-9) $73,724,279 Career Prize Money $6,513,904 Coach Jose Perlas

NADAL FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The two-time champion (2010, ’13) lost a total of 5 net points in wins over Borna Coric (63 62 46 64) and (76 63 75), winning 86% of the rallies when he moved forward (31 of 36)  He is playing here for the first time since winning the title two years ago (d. Djokovic in four sets). Did not play last year due to right wrist injury and in ’12 (left knee)  Playing here for 12th time and has a career tournament record of 43-8. Also reached final in 2011 (l. to Djokovic) and SF in 2008 (l. to Murray) and ‘09 (l. to eventual champion del Potro ) and QF in ’06 (l. to Youzhny)  Comes in as No. 8 seed and first time outside a Top 3 seed since 2004 when he was unseeded  His earliest exit in Flushing Meadows was 2R in first two visits in 2003 (l. to El Aynaoui) and ’04 (l. to Roddick)

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Grand Slam History:  The 14-time Grand Slam tournament champion – Roland Garros (9), Wimbledon (2), US Open (2) and Australian Open (1) is tied No. 2 (w/Sampras) all-time in Slam titles behind Federer (17)  Became first man to win same Grand Slam tournament eight times with his straight-sets win over countryman David Ferrer at ’13 Roland Garros (70-2 career record at RG). Has won a Slam title a record 10 years in a row but needs to win US Open to extend streak. Has a 198-28 career record in Grand Slam play  He is one of only seven players to have won 10 or more Grand Slam titles. Also is the youngest of the seven players to win a career Grand Slam while joining Agassi as the only players with a career “Golden Slam”

2015 Highlights: W (3): Buenos Aires (d Monaco); Stuttgart (d Troicki); Hamburg (d Fognini); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Murray); SF(2): Rio de Janeiro (l Fognini); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); QF(5): Australian Open (l Berdych); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Raonic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Wawrinka); Roland Garros (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Nishikori)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (4-2): o Cincinnati: 3R (l. to Lopez) o Montreal: QF (l. to Nishikori)  The No. 2 Spaniard (behind No. 7 Ferrer) has won 3 titles this season: Buenos Aires (d. Monaco), Stuttgart (d. Troicki) and Hamburg (d. Fognini)  Denied a 10th Roland Garros title by No. 1 Djokovic in QF and saw his 39-match winning streak come to an end in Paris (70-2 record at RG). Also reached Australian Open QF (l. to No. 7 Berdych)  Suffered 4th straight pre-QF exit at Wimbledon, falling to No. 102 Brown in 2R  Failed to win an ATP Masters 1000 title on clay for 1st time since 2004 (Monte-Carlo SF, Madrid F, Rome QF)  Won his 750th career match on Wednesday (750-154). Stands No. 10 on Open Era match wins list  Enters 3R with records of 13-6 on hard, 26-6 on clay, 5-2 on grass and 2-7 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (67), Finalist (29); Doubles Titles (9), Finalist (4)  Going into this year, the Spaniard has finished in Top 5 in 8 straight seasons and in Top 2 in 8 of last 10 seasons (No. 4 in ‘12 and No. 3 in ‘14), winning at least 3 titles in each. He is 1 of only 7 players to have won 10 or more Grand Slam titles. Also is youngest of 7 players to win a career Slam while joining Agassi with a career Golden Slam. One of 9 players to hold No. 1 ranking for more than 100 weeks (141 total, 6th most). Has won 14 Grand Slam titles and a record 27 ATP Masters 1000 titles (since ‘05). His 67 career titles is 5th in Open Era, 2nd among active players (Federer 87)  Member of Spain Davis Cup Team 2004-06, 2008-09, 2011 (champions in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011), Spain Olympic Team 2008 (singles gold medal)

ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM MATCH WINS LEADERS: Nadal is closing in on his 200th career Grand Slam match win. Here are the Top 10 Grand Slam match wins leaders (players in this year’s US Open in bold):

W-L Titles 1) Roger Federer 293-48 17 2) 233-49 8 3) 224-53 8 4) 222-49 8 5) Roy Emerson 209-48 12 6) 203-38 14 7) Novak Djokovic 202-34 9 8) Rafael Nadal 198-28 14

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FOGNINI FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 28-year-old Italian snapped a 9-match hard-court losing streak going back to last year by beating 26 63 64 76(2) in 1R on Monday. Then beat 63 64 64 in 2R on Wednesday. In first two matches, won 80% of net points (45 of 56)  In 2012, reached 3R for 1st time (l. to Roddick). Has a 6-7 career record

Grand Slam History:  Has a 30-29 career record in Grand Slam tournaments with his best result QFs at Roland Garros in 2011 (W/O vs. No. 2 Djokovic). Also 4R at Australian Open last year (l. to Djokovic)

2015 Highlights: F (2): Rio de Janeiro (l. to Ferrer); Hamburg (l. to Nadal); QF (4): Sao Paulo (l. to Giraldo); Barcelona (l. to Andujar); Umag (l. to Sousa); Kitzbühel (l. to Kohlschreiber)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (0-2): o Cincinnati 1R (l. to Kokkinakis) o Montreal 1R (l. to Monfils)  No. 2 Italian (behind No. 25 Seppi) has reached 2 ATP World Tour 500 clay-court singles finals: Rio de Janeiro (d. No. 3 Nadal, l. to No. 9 Ferrer) and Hamburg (l. to No. 10 Nadal)  Also beat Nadal in Barcelona 3R, becoming just 3rd player to defeat Spaniard twice in a row on clay (Djokovic, Gaudio)  Here are his Grand Slam singles results: Australian Open 1R (l. to A. Gonzalez), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Paire) and Wimbledon 2R (l. to Pospisil). Teamed with countryman Bolelli to win Australian Open doubles title (d. Herbert/Mahut). They also reached final at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to Pospisil/Sock) and Monte-Carlo (l. to Bryan/Bryan), as well as SF at Roland Garros (l. to Bryan/Bryan)  Came into US Open without a hard court win (0-7) before winning first 2 rounds. Also 20-12 on clay, 1-1 on grass and 2-3 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (3), Finalist (7); Doubles Titles (3), Finalist (7)  The Italian has finished in Top 100 for 8 consecutive years and 3-7 in ATP World Tour singles finals. Also 3-7 in doubles finals  In 2014, finished in Top 20 for 2nd consecutive year and 1st Italian to accomplish feat since in 1977-78. Best performances came on clay, with 3rd career title in Viña del Mar (d. L. Mayer), runner-up in Buenos Aires (d. No. 17 Robredo in SF, l. to Ferrer) and Munich (l. to Klizan), and SF in Stuttgart (l. to Bautista Agut) and Umag (l. to Cuevas). In Grand Slam play, reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Djokovic), 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Monfils) and Wimbledon (l. to Anderson) and 2R at US Open (l. to Mannarino). Led Italy to Davis Cup SF for 1st time since ’98, defeating Ward and No. 8 Murray in 3-2 defeat of Great Britain  In 2013, was 1st Italian to finish in Top 20 since Barazzutti was No. 10 in ‘78. Captured back-to-back titles in Germany en route to personal-high 13-match winning streak. Won titles in Stuttgart (d. Kohlschreiber) – his 1st Tour-level title – and Hamburg (d. Delbonis), before reaching final in Umag (l. to Robredo)

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[9] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) Tied 1-1 08 St. Petersburg () Hard R32 Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6) 14 Moscow (Russia) Hard SF Marin Cilic 4-6 6-3 6-2

 Cilic has won 16 straight sets at US Open since losing 4th set vs. Simon in 4R last year  Cilic has been in Top 10 Emirates ATP Rankings all but one week (Feb. 23, 2015) since jumping from No. 16 to No. 9 on Sept. 8 last year after his maiden Grand Slam crown  Kukushkin is attempting to post his 1st career Top 10 win in a Grand Slam tournament (0-5) and 3rd overall (2-19). His last win came over No. 4 Wawrinka in 2R of last year  He is trying to become first player from to reach 4R at US Open

CILIC VS. KUKUSHKIN 26 (September 28, 1988) Age (Birthdate) 27 (Dec. 26, 1987) 9 (8 on Oct. 13, 2014) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 56 (48 on July 21, 2014) Medjugorje, Bosnia- Birthplace , Russia Herzegovina Monte-Carlo, Monaco Residence Astana, Kazakhstan 20-13 (6-4) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 16-19 (11-8) 327-180 (197-98) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 88-111 (58-60) 0/13 YTD Titles / Career Titles 0/1 72-29 Career Grand Slam Record 13-18 22-5 (Champion 2014) US Open W-L (Best Result) 5-5 (3R 2013, ’15) 21-9 (2-0) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 6-4 (1-0) 4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 120-105 (19-4) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 37-45 (8-11) $12,257,624 Career Prize Money $2,502,196 Goran Ivanisevic Coach Anastasia Kukushkin (wife)

CILIC FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 26-year-old Croat has won 16 sets in a row going back to last year and has posted wins over Argentine qualifier 63 76(3) 76(3) and Russian qualifier 62 63 75 to improve his US Open record to 22-5. Has held serve 30 of 32 games (saving 4 of 6 break points). His service percentages in 2R were all down from 1R (1st serves: 53%, 1st serve points: 76%, 2nd serve points: 57%)  Last year en route to title posted straight set wins over No. 7 ranked Berdych (QF), No. 3 Federer (SF) and No. 11 Nishikori (F). Ranked No. 16 (15 seed) and afterwards jumped to No. 9  Last repeat champion was Federer, who won five straight from 2004-08  Prior to last year, his best result was QF in 2009 (l. to eventual champ No. 6 del Potro) and ‘12 (l. to eventual winner No. 3 Murray)

Grand Slam History:  The Croat is appearing in his 31st Grand Slam tourney and has a 72-29 career record  Prior to last year, his previous best Grand Slam result was a SF finish as No. 14 seed at , ousting Tomic in five sets, Wawrinka in four sets, No. 4 del Potro in five sets, No. 7 Roddick in five (l. to Murray)  This year reached QF at Wimbledon for second straight year (l. to Djokovic again)

2015 Highlights: SF (2): Stuttgart (l Troicki); Washington (l Nishikori); QF (3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); Geneva (l Giraldo); Wimbledon (l Djokovic)

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2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (4-3): o Cincinnati 3R (l. to Gasquet) o Montreal 2R after bye (l. to Tomic) o Washington SF (l. to Nishikori)  The reigning US Open champion is still seeking 1st final of season and comes into 3R with a 20-13 match record. Has posted a 16-7 record since starting 4-6  Played only 1 tournament in 1st 3 months (ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells) due to right shoulder injury  Reached 4R at Roland Garros (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and QF at Wimbledon for second straight year (d. Isner 12-10 in 5th, l. to No. 1 Djokovic)  Lost to No. 5 Nishikori in Washington SF in a rematch of last year’s US Open final  Enters 3R with records of 6-4 on hard, 7-6 on clay, 7-3 on grass and 0-4 against Top 10 opponents. Has an impressive 19-4 mark in tie-breaks this season

Career in Review: Singles Titles (13), Finalist (9); Doubles Finalist (1)  Coming into this season, the Croat has finished in Top 25 in 6 of last 7 years and in 2010 became 4th Croat to break into Top 10. Last season finished a year-end best No. 9 and won more than 50 matches for 1st time (54), capturing a personal-high 4 titles and 1st Croat in year-end Top 10 since Ljubicic in ‘06  Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and went 0-3 in RR

KUKUSHKIN FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The top player from Kazakhstan is making only 52% of his 1st serves (99 of 190) thus far in first two rounds, but still managed to upset No. 17 seed Grigor Dimitrov 63 76 26 46 64 on Wednesday  Has a 5-5 career record in Flushing Meadows and appearing in 3R for second time. Two years ago, qualified and lost to No. 4 Ferrer in 4 sets

Grand Slam History:  Has a 13-18 career record in Grand Slam tournaments and his best result is 4R at Australian Open in 2012 (d. No. 23 Troicki in 2R, No. 15 Monfils in 3R, both in 5 sets, ret. vs. Murray due hip injury)  Also 3R at Wimbledon last year (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 4 sets) and US Open in ‘13

2015 Highlights: F: Sydney (l Troicki)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (1-1): o Winston-Salem 2R (l. to Anderson) o Cincinnati 1R qualifying (l. to Youzhny)  The 27-year-old from Kazakhstan reached Sydney final as a qualifier in 2nd week of season (d. del Potro, l. to fellow qualifier Troicki)  Lost in 1R or 2R of last 16 tour-level events since Sydney, including Australian Open 1R (l. to Jaziri), Roland Garros 1R (l. to Sela) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to No. 3 Murray)  In Davis Cup play, went 2-0 in singles vs. ITA (d. Seppi and Bolelli) and 1-1 vs. AUS (d. Kokkinakis, l. to Groth)  Captured ATP Challenger Tour title at Astana, Kazakhstan (d. Donskoy)  Has tour-level records: 11-8 on hard, 3-6 on clay, 2-5 on grass and 0-2 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (1), Finalist (2).  Coming into 2015, the Kazakhstan resident has compiled double-digit wins in 4 of past 5 seasons, Has put together a 136-67 career Challenger record and is 10-5 in finals at that level  In 2014, finished in Top 100 for 4th time in 5 years at No. 70. Season highlighted by SF in Moscow in October (d. No. 19 Fognini, Youzhny; l. to eventual champion Cilic in 3 sets). Highest-ranked win came over No. 4 Wawrinka in Basel 1R. In Grand Slam play, advanced to 3R at Wimbledon for 1st time (l. to Nadal) and reached 2R at Roland Garros (l. to Isner). In limited Challenger play, posted an 8-3 record, finishing runner-up in Aptos in August (l. to Baghdatis). Earned a career-high $621,390

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[10] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs [18] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Tied 3-3 11 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Feliciano Lopez 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 13 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Milos Raonic 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 6-4 13 () Hard QF Milos Raonic 6-4 6-3 14 ATP Masters 1000 (Canada) Hard QF Feliciano Lopez 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 15 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 Milos Raonic 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3 15 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Feliciano Lopez 7-6(4) 6-4

 Raonic has a 15-3 record against Spaniards going back to ’13 US Open and lost his last meeting vs. Lopez in 2R two weeks ago at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati. In that match, Lopez hit 12 aces and saved only break pt. faced and Raonic fired 15 aces (2 of 3 BPs saved)  Lopez has a 32-82 career record against Top 10 opponents (3-3 this season with last win over Raonic)  Lopez is trying to reach 4R at US Open for third time (’07, ’10)

RAONIC Vs. LOPEZ 24 (December 27, 1990) Age (Birthdate) 33 (September 20, 1981) 10 (6 on Jul. 7, 2014) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 18 (12 on Mar. 2, 2015) Podgorica, Montenegro Birthplace Toledo, Spain Monte Carlo, Monaco Residence Madrid, Spain 27-13 (19-9) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 25-20 (13-8) 201-100 (144-61) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 389-356 (215-203) 0/6 YTD Titles / Career Titles 0/4 43-18 Career Grand Slam Record 79-55 11-4 (4R 2012-14) US Open W-L (Best Result) 21-13 (4R 2007, 2010) 5-4 (1-1) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 20-11 (2-2) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 3 131-84 (18-16) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 242-206 (19-11) $8,420,169 Career Prize Money $10,558,011 Ivan Ljubicic & Ricardo Piatti Coach Jose Clavet

RAONIC FASTFACTS

US Open History:  Has an 11-4 career record and playing here for fifth time in six years (missed 2011 with right hip injury)  In first two wins has held serve all 36 games (saving 10 break pts.), defeating 64 76(8) 61 and 62 64 67(5) 76(1)  Trying to reach 4R for 4th consecutive year: in 2012 (l. to No. 4 Murray), ‘13 (l. to No. 9 Gasquet 7-5 in 5th) and ‘14 (l. to Nishikori 6-4 in 5th)  Made debut in 2010 as a qualifier (l. to Ball in four sets)

Grand Slam History:  The Canadian has a 43-18 career match record in Grand Slam tournaments, reaching SF last year at Wimbledon (l. to No. 4 Federer) and becoming 1st Canadian man in Open Era to reach a Grand Slam SF. Also reached QF at Roland Garros for first time (l. to Djokovic) and at Australian Open this year (l. to Djokovic)

2015 Highlights: F: Brisbane (l. to Federer); SF (2): Rotterdam (l. to Wawrinka); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Federer); QF (5): Australian Open (l. to Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Berdych); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Murray); London/Queen's Club (l. to Simon)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (0-2): o Cincinnati 1R (l. to Lopez) o Montreal 2R after bye (l. to Karlovic)  The 24-year-old Canadian opened season at Brisbane with 14th career ATP World Tour final appearance (d. No.  No. 5 Nishikori, l. to No. 2 Federer).Followed with best result at Aussie Open by reaching QF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) Previews, Daily Media Notes, Rankings and other information available at: www.ATPWorldTour.com 2015 US OPEN Friday, September 4, 2015 Page 14 of 19

 Earned 1st win in 6 tries vs. Nadal in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells QF (l. to No. 2 Federer in SF)  Withdrew from Roland Garros following right foot surgery on May 13 and suffered 3R loss to Kyrgios at Wimbledon  Enters 3R with records of 19-9 on hard, 4-2 on clay, 4-2 on grass and 2-7 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (6), Finalist (8). Doubles Finalist (1)  Has compiled 3 Top 20 seasons in a row while winning 6 titles. Has improved year-end ranking last 7 years. Has most titles by any player born in 1990s  In 2014, became 1st player from his country to end season in Top 10 after winning a personal-best 49 matches and capturing a 6th career title - 1st at ATP 500 level - in Washington (d. Pospisil in 1st all-Canadian ATP final). Was 1st Canadian to surpass $2m in a season, earning a career-high $3,514,743  in Flushing Meadows, for 6th straight year

LOPEZ FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The Madrid native has shown off a strong return in first two wins with 11 breaks (converting 11 of 20 break pts.) in wins over 76(5) 61 63) and 26 63 16 75 63 for his 20th career 5-set win  He is making his 14th consecutive US Open appearance (21-13 record) and trying to reach 4R for 3rd time. His previous 4R showings came in 2007 (l. to No. 1 Federer in 4 sets) and ‘10 (l. to No. 1 Nadal)

Grand Slam History:  Achieved best Grand Slam result of career by advancing to QF at Wimbledon in 2005, ‘08 and ‘11  Appearing in 55th straight Grand Slam main draw -- 2nd among active players behind Federer 64  Has a 79-55 career record in Grand Slam tournaments

2015 Highlights: F: Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos); SF: Gstaad (l. to Thiem); QF (3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Murray); Houston (l. to Querrey); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Federer)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (4-3): o Cincinnati QF (d. No. 10 Raonic in 1R, No. 8 Nadal in 3R, l. to Federer) o Montreal 1R (l. to Robredo) o Washington 3R after bye (l. to Groth)  The No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 7 Ferrer, No. 8 Nadal) fell short of 5th career title in Quito in February, falling to 4-8 lifetime in finals (l. to Estrella Burgos 7-6 in 3rd)  Achieved career-high ranking of No. 12 on March 2  Reached Australian Open 4R (l. to No. 8 Raonic in 5 sets), matching best result in (also 2012 4R)  Advanced to QF of ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (d. No. 5 Nishikori, l. to No. 4 Murray) and Cincinnati (d. No. 8 Nadal, l. to No. 3 Federer)  Upset in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Gabashvili) and Wimbledon 2R (l. to Basilashvili)  Enters 3R with records of 13-8 on hard, 9-8 on clay, 3-4 on grass and 3-3 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (4), Finalist (8); Doubles Titles (1), Finalist (6)  The Spaniard has 11 Top 50 finishes in past 12 years, winning at least 20 matches in 10 of those seasons  In 2014, No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 3 Nadal, No. 10 Ferrer) finished in Top 15 for 1st time at a year-end high No. 14, winning a personal-best 39 matches. Defended Eastbourne title (d. Gasquet) and finished runner-up at London/Queen’s Club (l. to Dimitrov in 3 TBs after holding MP)

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[19] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) Tsonga Leads 4-0 10 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-4 6-4 11 Marseille (France) Hard R16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5-7 6-4 6-2 12 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(1) 6-4 12 () Hard QF Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-4   Tsonga has won 3 straight matches against and 5 of 6 dating back to 2011 ATP Masters 1000 Miami  Tsonga is attempting to reach 4R at US Open for 4th time in last 5 appearances (DNP in ’10, ’13)  Stakhovsky has lost 5 consecutive tour-level matches to Frenchmen since 2014 Sydney (d. Benneteau)  Stakhovsky is looking to reach his first 4R in a Grand Slam tournament (0-5 in 3R matches) and was last Ukrainian in 4R at US Open in 2011

TSONGA Vs. STAKHOVSKY 30 (April 17, 1985) Age (Birthdate) 29 (Jan. 6, 1986) 18 (5 on Feb. 27, 2012) Emirates ATP Ranking (High) 60 (31 on Sept. 27, 2010) Le Mans, France Birthplace Kiev, Gingins, Switzerland Residence Kharkov, Ukraine 19-11 (8-4) YTD Won-Loss (on hard) 19-23 (14-14) 338-158 (220-100) Career Won-Loss (on hard) 147-171 (97-98) 0/11 YTD Titles / Career Titles 0/4 93-30 Career Grand Slam Record 18-27 17-6 (QF 2011) US Open W-L (Best Result) 4-6 (3R 2010, ‘15) 13-6 (2-0) Career 5-Set Record (YTD) 8-6 (1-1) 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 161-113 (7-10) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 75-72 (6-11) $15,396,139 Career Prize Money $3,908,879 Thierry Ascione Coach

TSONGA FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 30-year-old Frenchman has converted 10 of 19 break point chances this week and has not faced a break point in 26 service games in wins over (63 61 61) and (63 64 63)  Has a 17-6 career record in Flushing Meadows and trying to reach 4R for 2nd straight year and 4th overall  Best result was QF in 2011 when rallied past No. 8 Fish in five sets before falling to No. 3 Federer in straight sets  Last year lost to No. 9-ranked Murray in 4R in straight sets

Grand Slam History:  Achieved best Grand Slam result of career by advancing to final (d. No. 9 Murray, No. 8 Gasquet and No. 2 Nadal, l. to No. 3 Djokovic)  Has a 93-30 career record in Grand Slam tournaments and SF-better in 3 of 4 Slams (except US Open)  Has reached SFs 5 other times: 2010 Australian Open (l. to Federer), 2013 (l. to Ferrer) and this year Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka) and 2011 Wimbledon (l. to Djokovic ) and ’12 (l. to Murray)

2015 Highlights: SF: Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l. to Murray)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (4-3): o Winston-Salem 3R after bye (l. to Johnson) o Cincinnati 1R (l. to Verdasco) o Montreal QF (l. to Murray)

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 The No. 4 Frenchman (behind No. 11 Simon, No. 12 Gasquet, No. 16 Monfils, No. 18 Tsonga) began season 6-5 going into Roland Garros where he reached SF (def. No. 4 Berdych and No. 5 Nishikori, l. to eventual champ Wawrinka), matching best career result in Paris (also 2013)  Missed 1st 11 weeks with an arm injury before making season debut at Miami in March.  Fell in 3R of Wimbledon (l. to Karlovic)  Lost to No. 3 Murray in Davis Cup QF and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal QF  Enters 3R with records of 7-4 on hard, 10-5 on clay, 2-2 on grass and 2-5 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review: Singles Titles (11), Finalist (9); Doubles Titles (4), Finalist (4)  The Frenchman has 5 Top 10 finishes in last 7 years, including No. 6 in 2008 and ’11. Has won more than 50 matches 3 times. Has 11 career ATP World Tour titles in 20 finals  In 2014, finished in Top 15 for 7th year in a row, highlighted by winning a 2nd career ATP Masters 1000 title in Toronto. Became 1st player from his country to win Canadian title in tournament history (since 1881) – making him 7th active player to win multiple ATP Masters 1000 titles (also Paris ‘08). Beat No. 1 Djokovic (3R), No. 9 Murray (QF), No. 8 Dimitrov (SF) and No. 3 Federer (F) en route to title, also becoming 1st ATP Masters 1000 winner ranked outside Top 10 since No. 26 Ljubicic at Indian Wells in 2010. 1st player to beat 4 straight Top 10 opponents at an ATP Masters 1000 since Cañas in Toronto 2002

STAKHOVSKY FASTFACTS

US Open History:  The 29-year-old Ukrainian has saved 20 of 26 total break points faced (77%) in 4-set wins over (61 36 76 64) and countryman (64 76 46 64)  Appearing in his second 3R at US Open, 1st since main draw debut in 2010 (d. Luczak, Harrison in 5 sets, ret. vs. Lopez). Has a 4-6 career record in Flushing Meadows and lost in 1R last 4 years

Grand Slam History:  Has an 18-27 career record in Grand Slam tournaments and his best results are 3R at each Slam a total of 6 times (’10, ’15 US Open; ’11 Aust. Open & Roland Garros; ’13-14 Wimbledon)  Posted his 1st career Top 10 win over No. 3 Federer in 2R at ’13 Wimbledon after 20 consecutive losses. Next year at All England Club, beat No. 10 Gulbis in 2R

2015 Highlights: SF: Marseille (l. to Simon); QF (2): Rotterdam (l. to Raonic); Dubai (l. to Berdych)

2015 in Review:  Leading into the US Open (1-3): o Winston-Salem 1R (l. to Herbert) o Cincinnati 1R (l. to Tomic) o Montreal 2R (l. to Nadal)  No. 2 Ukrainian (behind No. 39 Dolgopolov) is looking to reach 4R at a Grand Slam tournament for first time in his career. Has an 0-5 career mark in 3R matches. This season in Slams: Australian Open 2R (l. to No. 10 Ferrer), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Johnson) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to Coric 9-7 in 5th)  Best stretch came during 3-week stretch in February, reached Rotterdam QF (l. to No. 6 Raonic), Marseille SF (d. No. 7 Wawrinka, l. to Simon) and Dubai QF (l. to No. 8 Berdych)  Only won back-to-back matches at one other tournament (l. to Istomin in Nottingham 3R)  Has records this season: 14-14 on hard, 3-5 on clay, 2-4 on grass and 1-7 against Top 10 opponents

Career in Review Singles Titles (4), Finalist (0). Doubles Titles (3), Finalist (0)  The Kiev native has a 4-0 record in ATP World Tour singles finals and 4-6 in Challenger finals. Also 3-0 in ATP doubles finals. Has finished in Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings in 6 of last 7 years (No. 101 in ’12) with year-end best No. 46 in 2010 and won personal-high 27 matches  In 2014, No. 2 Ukrainian (behind No. 23 Dolgopolov) finished in Top 60 for 1st time since 2010 and 3rd time overall, with 2nd-best year-end ranking. Best result of season was SF as a qualifier in Sydney in January (l. to Tomic in 3 sets). Also QF in in April (l. to eventual champion Dimitrov). Advanced to 3R at Wimbledon for 2nd season in a row, posting lone Top 10 win of year over No. 10 Gulbis in 2R (l. to Chardy). In Challenger play, compiled a 21-5 mark, winning titles in Binghamton in July (d. Odesnik) and Orleans in September (d. Bellucci). Also runner-up in Tashkent in October (l. to Lacko) Previews, Daily Media Notes, Rankings and other information available at: www.ATPWorldTour.com 2015 US OPEN Friday, September 4, 2015 Page 17 of 19

OTHER FRIDAY THIRD ROUND HEAD 2 HEADS

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Benoit Paire (FRA) vs [26] Tommy Robredo (ESP) Paire Leads 2-1 13 () Clay QF Tommy Robredo 7-6(4) 2-6 6-0 15 Bastad (Sweden) Clay F Benoit Paire 7-6(7) 6-3 15 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R16 Benoit Paire 2-6 6-3 7-5

Paire 2015 FastFacts: W: Bastad (d. Robredo); QF: Hamburg (l. to Pouille) YTD W-L: 18-12 (5-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 41 US Open Record (Best Result): 5-4 (3R in 2015)

• Paire missed more than half of his 1st serves against Marsel Ilhan in the 2nd round after making 64% of his 1st serves to upset No. 4 seed Kei Nishikori • The 26-year-old Frenchman has already defeated Tommy Robredo twice this summer, beating the Spaniard 76(7) 63 to capture his 1st career ATP World Tour title at Bastad on July 26, then again 3 days later 26 63 75 in the Hamburg 2R • Attempting to reach 4R of a Grand Slam for 1st time in 20 main draw appearances (6 times in 3R) • Worked his way back into Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings by winning titles at Futures, Challenger and ATP World Tour level -- 1st player to accomplish feat in a season since in 2007 • Finished out of Top 100 last year due to left knee injury. In opening month of season, won France #2 Futures title and in February captured Bergamo Challenger title (d. Nedovyesov). Continued success in March with runner-up at Cherbourg (l. to Gombos) and title at Quimper (d. Barrere) • In Grand Slam play (3-2), best result was 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Berdych), fell in 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Bautista Agut), failed to qualify at Australian Open (l. to Ymer in Q1) • 2015 tour-level records: 5-4 on hard, 12-6 on clay, 1-2 on grass and 1-3 against Top 10 opponents

FIRST-TIME CHAMPIONS ON ATP WORLD TOUR IN 2015 PLAYER EVENT FINAL OPPONENT US OPEN RESULTS Jiri Vesely Auckland Adrian Mannarino d. Lorenzi, d. [21] Karlovic Victor Estrella Burgos Quito Feliciano Lopez l. to [28] Sock in 1R [28] Houston d. Estrella Burgos, l. to Bemelmans in 2R [20] Nice d. Gimeno-Traver, d. Istomin Nottingham Sam Querrey d. Becker, l. to [20] Thiem in 2R Benoit Paire Bastad Tommy Robredo d. [4] Nishikori, d. Ilhan * Bold denotes player in US Open 3R

Robredo 2015 FastFacts: F: Bastad (l. to Paire); QF (2): Buenos Aires (l. to Almagro); Barcelona (l. to Klizan) YTD W-L: 20-16 (8-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: May 1, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 26 US Open Record (Best Result): 35-13 (QF in 2013)

• Robredo hit 70 winners, made only 17 unforced errors, and was broken just once in all en route to straight-set wins over and • The 33-year-old Spaniard is bidding for 10th US Open 4R appearance, most of any major (1-8 in 4R-d. Federer in ’13) • Won only 1 Grand Slam match going into US Open, falling in Australian Open 1R (l. to Roger-Vasselin), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Coric in 5 sets) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to Millman) • Missed action this season with injuries to left leg and foot, including ATP Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome • Lost to 1st-time ATP World Tour champion Paire in Bastad final • Returned to Davis Cup for 1st time in 5+ years, going 1-1 in Spain's 3-2 Group I loss to Russia in July • 2015 records: 8-6 on hard, 11-8 on clay, 1-2 on grass and 0-4 against Top 10 opponents Previews, Daily Media Notes, Rankings and other information available at: www.ATPWorldTour.com 2015 US OPEN Friday, September 4, 2015 Page 18 of 19

ROBREDO BEST GRAND SLAM RESULTS

GRAND SLAM 4R W-L BEST FINISH BIGGEST WIN (BY RANKING) Australian Open 4-1 2007 QF d. No. 9 Gasquet in 2014 3R Roland Garros 5-3 5 QFs d. No. 1 Hewitt in 2003 3R Wimbledon 0-1 2014 4R d. No. 25 Janowicz in 2014 3R US Open 1-8 2013 QF d. No. 5 Ferrero in 2001 3R

[23] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [14] David Goffin (BEL) Bautista Agut Leads 1-0 13 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 7-5 Other meeting: 12 Quimper CH (France) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 2-6 6-3 6-4

Bautista Agut 2015 FastFacts: SF (4): (l. to Bedene); Marseille (l. to Monfils); Munich (l. to Murray); Umag (l. to Sousa); QF: Barcelona (l. to Nishikori) YTD W-L: 28-22 (12-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 23 US Open Record (Best Result): 6-2 (4R in 2014)

• Bautista Agut hit more double faults (14) than aces (13) in total during his wins over Pablo Carreño Busta and Pierre- Hugues Herbert earlier this week • The 27-year-old Spaniard reached Wimbledon 4R (l. to No. 2 Federer), matching career-best showing at a Grand Slam (also and US Open 4R) • Held match points and lost on 4 occasions: 4 vs. Bedene in Chennai SF, 1 vs. Gasquet in Dubai 2R, 3 vs. Verdasco in London/Queen's Club 1R, and 1 vs. Tsonga in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R • Went 0-4 in SF matches at Chennai (l. to Bedene), Marseille (l. to Monfils), Munich (l. to No. 3 Murray) and Umag (l. to Sousa) • Lost in 2R at Australian Open (I. to Muller) and Roland Garros (l. to Rosol) • 2015 records: 12-10 on hard, 13-9 on clay, 3-3 on grass and 0-6 against Top 10 opponents

SPANIARDS IN TOP 50

SPANIARD RANKING US OPEN RESULTS David Ferrer 7 d. Albot, d. Krajinovic Rafael Nadal 8 d. Coric, d. Schwartzman Feliciano Lopez 19 d. [Q] Basilashvili, d. Fish Roberto Bautista Agut 23 d. [WC] Herbert, d. Carreño Busta Tommy Robredo 26 d. [Q] Berrer, d. Groth Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 31 d. Tipsarevic, d. Mahut Fernando Verdasco 42 d. Haas, l. to [10] Raonic in 2R Pablo Andujar 49 l. to Gabashvili in 1R * Bold denotes player in US Open 3R

Goffin 2015 FastFacts: F (2): ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Mahut); Gstaad (l. to Thiem); SF: Chennai (l. to Wawrinka); QF (2): Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Ferrer) YTD W-L: 30-19 (13-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 15 US Open Record (Best Result): 4-3 (3R in 2014, 2015)

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• Goffin, who stands 5-foot-11, hit 35 total aces and won 89% of his 1st serve points (90 of 101) against and Ricardas Berankis in the 1st 2 rounds • The 24-year-old Belgian has a career-high 30 wins, including runs to the final at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Mahut) and Gstaad (l. to Thiem) • Reached 4R at Wimbledon (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), matching best result at a Grand Slam (also 2012 Roland Garros 4R) • Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Rome (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) • Led Belgium to Davis Cup SF by winning deciding rubber in 1R vs. SUI (d. Bossel) and adding another victory in QF vs. CAN (d. Peliwo) • Currently ranked one spot below career-high ranking of No. 14, attained on July 13 • 2015 records: 13-9 on hard, 11-7 on clay, 6-3 on grass and 0-7 against Top 10 opponents

BELGIANS TO REACH US OPEN 4TH ROUND IN OPEN ERA

BELGIAN YEAR 4R RESULT 2005 l. to No. 7 Andre Agassi in 5 sets 2004 l. to No. 23 Dominik Hrbaty in 5 sets Xavier Malisse 2003 l. to No. 4 in 3 sets Xavier Malisse 2001 l. to No. 103 in 3 sets

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