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Home , Daniel Nestor, Dominic Inglot, Ivan Dodig, Lucas Pouille, Marcelo Melo, Nicolas Mahut

AEGON OPEN : DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, June 25, 2016

Nottingham Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain | June 19-25, 2016 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: €648,255 | Surface: Grass

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CUEVAS, JOHNSON TO MEET FOR 1ST GRASS-COURT CHAMPIONSHIP

 FINALS PREVIEW: No. 2 seed and No. 6 seed meet for their first grass- court championship in the Aegon Open Nottingham final on Saturday. Johnson seeks his first ATP World Tour singles title overall, coming as close as a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 loss to then-No. 8 in the 2015 Vienna final. At No. 38 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, Johnson is the fourth highest-ranked player yet to win a title. A two-time singles and four-time team champion at the University of Southern , Johnson captured his first ATP World Tour doubles title at Geneva on May 21 with .

Cuevas arrived in Nottingham with two grass-court wins in his career. The World No. 25 has added four more, beating Stephane Robert before toughing out three-setters against Daniel Evans, No. 9 seed and No. 8 seed Gilles Muller. A win by Cuevas in the final would mark the seventh time this season that a player saved match point en route to a title. Baghdatis held a match point on Cuevas in the quarter-finals. The Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo champion would be the fourth player to win three or more titles in 2016, joining (6), (4) and (3).

The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds will meet for the doubles title as and take on Great Britain’s and 43-year-old Canadian . Dodig and Melo are appearing in their first final of 2016 after capturing three titles as a team in 2015. Inglot and Nestor are partnering for the second time following a first-round loss last week at /Queen’s Club to eventual champions Pierre- Hugues Herbert and . Nestor is attempting to win an ATP title for the 23rd straight year.

HIGHEST-RANKED PLAYERS WITHOUT A SINGLES TITLE 28 2016 Nice and 2016 Halle Runner-up 29 2016 Bucharest Runner-up 36 Albert Ramos-Viñolas 2012 Casablanca Runner-up 38 Steve Johnson 2015 Vienna Runner-up 41 Gilles Muller 2004 Washington, 2005 Los Angeles, 2012 Atlanta and 2016 ’s-Hertogenbosch Runner-up

2016 CHAMPIONS WHO SAVED MATCH POINT Auckland 1 MP vs. Tsonga in SF Sydney 1 MP vs. Dimitrov in final Rotterdam Martin Klizan 5 MP vs. Bautista Agut in QF and 3 MP vs. Mahut in SF Buenos Aires Dominic Thiem 1 MP vs. Elias in 2R and 1 MP vs. Nadal in SF Istanbul 1 MP vs. Dzumhur in QF Stuttgart Dominic Thiem 2 MP vs. Federer in SF

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EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Aegon Open Nottingham Champion Finalist Singles Ranking Points 250 150 Singles Prize Money €86,850 €49,430 Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 Doubles Prize Money €35,630 €18,730

INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS

Statistic [6] Steve Johnson [2] Pablo Cuevas Aces 46 57 1st-Serve Percentage 68% (191 of 279) 61% (243 of 398) 1st-Serve Points Won 83% (159 of 191) 77% (188 of 243) 2nd-Serve Points Won 52% (46 of 88) 54% (83 of 155) Service Games Won 94% (44 of 47) 90% (53 of 59) Break Points Saved 63% (5 of 8) 78% (21 of 27) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 28% (52 of 184) 17% (34 of 205) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 50% (57 of 114) 47% (69 of 147) Return Games Won 19% (9 of 47) 13% (8 of 60) Break Points Converted 60% (9 of 15) 44% (8 of 18) NOTE: Johnson leads Cuevas in 7 of 10 categories.

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – Singles and Doubles Finals

[6] Steve Johnson (USA) vs [2] Pablo Cuevas (URU) First Meeting

Johnson 2016 FastFacts QF: London/Queen's Club (l. to Cilic) YTD W-L: 12-15 (6-2 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 38 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2016 Finalist)

• Tournament Note: Lost 7 of 8 matches entering London/Queen's Club before turning season around on grass • Snapped 0-13 start to career vs. Top 10 players at London/Queen’s Club (d. No. 10 Gasquet in 1R, l. to Cilic in QF) • Advanced to 3R for 2nd straight season (d. Bedene and Bellucci, l. to No. 8 Ferrer) • Achieved career-high No. 29 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 8 • Saved 1 MP to defeat Millman in Delray Beach 1R before squandering 75 40 lead vs. Becker in 2R • Fell to Top 10 players in 3R losses at Indian Wells (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and Miami (l. to No. 7 Berdych) • Captured 1st ATP World Tour doubles title at Geneva w/Querrey (d. Klaasen/Ram) • Also advanced to Memphis doubles final w/Querrey (l. to Fyrstenberg/S. Gonzalez)

Cuevas 2016 FastFacts W (2): Rio de Janeiro (d. Pella); São Paulo (d. Carreño Busta); QF: Buenos Aires (l. to Ferrer) YTD W-L: 24-10 (4-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: January 1, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 25 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2016 Finalist) Aegon Open Nottingham Day 7 – Saturday, June 25, 2016 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Tournament Note: Saved 1 MP to beat [9] Baghdatis in QF (4 wins this week after 2 entire career on grass) • Captured back-to-back titles at Rio de Janeiro (d. Pella) and São Paulo (d. Carreño Busta) • First player to beat only lefties en route to a title (d. Bagnis, Monteiro, Delbonis, No. 5 Nadal and Pella in Rio) • Owns 12-1 record against left-handed players and 12-9 record against right-handed players in 2016 • Advanced to Roland Garros 3R for 2nd straight year (d. Kamke and Halys, l. to No. 8 Berdych) • Beat both Kohlschreiber and Monfils 76 in 3rd to reach ATP Masters 1000 R16 for 1st time in (l. to Kyrgios) • In doubles w/Granollers, reached final (d. Dodig/Melo in 1R, l. to Bryan/Bryan), Australian Open SF (d. Dodig/Melo in 3R, l. to Nestor/Stepanek) and Roland Garros QF (d. Rojer/Tecau in 2R, l. to Kubot/Peya)

[1] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) vs First Meeting [2] Dominic Inglot (GBR)/Daniel Nestor (CAN)

• Dodig/Melo beat [WC] Marray/Shamasdin 63 62, Lindstedt/Qureshi 63 67(4) 10-5 and Marach/Martin 57 63 10-6 • Croat and Brazilian are 15-9 this season and 123-71 lifetime as a team • Own 4-7 record in finals, winning titles at Shanghai in 2013 and Acapulco, Roland Garros and Paris in 2015 • Appearing in 1st final of 2016 after SFs at Monte-Carlo (d. Huey/Mirnyi, l. to J. Murray/Soares), Madrid (d. Pospisil/Sock, l. to Bopanna/Mergea after 1 MP) and Roland Garros (d. Bopanna/Mergea, l. to Lopez/Lopez 75 in 3rd) • Both Dodig and Melo have played with 4 other partners this season: Dodig with Groth, Draganja, Skugor and Ram; Melo with Nestor, Soares, Rojer and del Potro • Melo, who was ranked No. 1 for 17 weeks earlier this season, seeks an ATP doubles title for 10th straight year

• Inglot/Nestor beat Erlich/Fleming 76(6) 61 in 1R, Monroe/Sitak 64 76(6) in QF and Gonzalez/Lipsky 76(4) 64 in SF • Brit and Canadian are 3-1 since joining forces at London/Queen’s Club last week (l. to Herbert/Mahut in 1R) • Inglot owns 4-8 record in finals, including 2014 Aegon Open title w/Huey (d. Peya/Soares 10-8 in Match TB) • Two weeks ago, Inglot reached ’s-Hertogenbosch final w/Klaasen (l. to Pavic/Venus 11-9 in Match TB) • Nestor owns 88-58 record in finals, finishing as 1998 Aegon Open runner-up w/Lareau (l. to Gimelstob/Talbot) • Earlier this year, Nestor reached Aus. Open final w/Stepanek (d. Cuevas/Granollers, l. to J. Murray/Soares 75 in 3rd) • Nestor, 43, and Stepanek, 37, became oldest team to reach a men’s doubles final in Open Era • Canadian also became 1st player to achieve 1,000 doubles wins in Sydney 1R w/Melo (d. Paes/Chardy) • Seeking an ATP World Tour doubles title for 23rd straight season and with an 11th different partner