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MERCEDESCUP: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, June 6, 2016 TC Weissenhof, Stuttgart, Germany | June 6 – 12, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €675,645 | Surface: Grass ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.mercedescup.de Martin Dagahs: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @MercedesCup #MercedesCup Press Room: +49 711 32095705 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/mercedescup MERCEDESCUP TALKING POINTS SPOTLIGHT ON STUTTGART: The first edition of the tournament in Stuttgart was held in 1898, with Mercedes-Benz assuming the role of title sponsor in 1979. It is one of the longest-running title sponsors on the ATP World Tour. The top four seeds are: Federer, who is making his Stuttgart debut, Cilic, a semi-finalist last year, Roland Garros semi-finalist Dominic Thiem and Gilles Simon. The other seeds are: Feliciano Lopez, who won the Roland Garros doubles crown (w/M. Lopez), last year’s runner-up Viktor Troicki, German No. 1 Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Lucas Pouille. There are two former champions in the field: wild card Juan Martin del Potro (2008) and Mikhail Youzhny (2002). Troicki (2015) and Kohlschreiber (2013) are former finalists. DAY 1 PREVIEW: There are two main draw singles, four final round qualifying and two doubles matches on Monday’s schedule. In the opening main draw singles match on Center Court, Germans Matthias Bachinger and Florian Mayer meet in a final round qualifying match. In the first main draw match of the tournament, big-serving Sam Groth and Illya Marchenko square off for the second time. Marchenko won the previous meeting in the 1R in Memphis in February. In the next match on, Malek Jaziri and wild card Michael Berrer battle it out for the first time. Jaziri is a career-high No. 63 this week in the Emirates ATP Rankings while Berrer is a two-time quarter- finalist (2008, ’13) in his hometown tournament. ROGER RETURNS, EYES MILESTONE: Federer is making his tournament debut and returns to action for the first time since losing in the 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Thiem). The 34-year- old Federer withdrew from Roland Garros, breaking his record 65 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments played. This is only Federer’s fifth tournament of the season (11-4). He withdrew from Madrid due to a back injury and a left knee injury sidelined him after the Aust. Open. Federer is one match win away from tying Ivan Lendl on the Open Era career match wins list. Federer has 1,070 wins and Lendl 1,071. Jimmy Connors is the all-time leader with 1,256 wins. GERMAN TITLE HOPES: It’s been 25 years since a German lifted the champion’s trophy in Stuttgart (Michael Stich in 1991). The host country has five players in the main draw (at least one qualifier), led by No. 1 German Philipp Kohlschreiber, who was runner-up in 2013. Other Germans in the main draw are: wild cards Michael Berrer and 19-year-old Jan Choinski along with Jan- Lennard Struff. Choinski is making his ATP World Tour debut. THIEM BREAKS TOP 10: The newest member in the Top 10 Emirates ATP Rankings will be Austrian Dominic Thiem, who advanced to his first career Grand Slam semi-final at Roland Garros (l. to Djokovic). The 22-year-old jumped from No. 15 to No. 7 after his impressive run in Paris. Thiem has a 41-11 match record on the season with three ATP World Tour titles. This is his seventh career grass court event (2-6). Last year he lost in the 1R in Stuttgart (l. to M. Zverev). MercedesCup Day 1 – Monday, June 6, 2016 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com FORMER MERCEDESCUP CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS (Since 2000): Bold = Those in draw YEAR WINNER FINALIST SCORE 2015 Rafael Nadal Viktor Troicki 7-6(3), 6-3 2014 Roberto Bautista Agut Lukas Rosol 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 2013 Fabio Fognini Philipp Kohlschreiber 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 2012 Janko Tipsarevic Juan Monaco 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 2011 Juan Carlos Ferrero Pablo Andujar 6-4, 6-0 2010 Albert Montanes Gael Monfils 6-2, 1-2 RET 2009 Jeremy Chardy Victor Hanescu 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 2008 Juan Martin del Potro Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-5 2007 Rafael Nadal Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5 2006 David Ferrer Jose Acasuso 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-4 2005 Rafael Nadal Gaston Gaudio 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 2004 Guillermo Canas Gaston Gaudio 5-7, 6-2, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 2003 Guillermo Coria Tommy Robredo 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 2002 Mikhail Youzhny Guillermo Canas 6-3, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 2001 Gustavo Kuerten Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 2000 Franco Squillari Gaston Gaudio 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 FORMER MERCEDESCUP DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (Since 2000): YEAR WINNER YEAR WINNER 2015 Rohan Bopanna & Florin Mergea 2007 Frantisek Cermak & Leos Friedl 2014 Mateusz Kowalczyk & Artem Sitak 2006 Gaston Gaudio & Max Mirnyi 2013 Facundo Bagnis & Thomaz Bellucci 2005 Jose Acasuso & Sebastian Prieto 2012 Jeremy Chardy & Lukasz Kubot 2004 Jiri Novak & Radek Stepanek 2011 Jurgen Melzer & Philipp Petzschner 2003 Tomas Cibulec & Pavel Vizner 2010 Carlos Berlocq & Eduardo Schwank 2002 Joshua Eagle & David Rikl 2009 Frantisek Cermak & Michal Mertinak 2001 Guillermo Canas & Rainer Schuettler 2008 Christopher Kas & Philipp Kohlschreiber 2000 Jiri Novak & David Rikl SEEDS TO WATCH THIS WEEK SINGLES: SEED PLAYER RECORD BEST FINISH 1. Roger Federer (SUI) 0-0 Debut 2 Marin Cilic (CRO) 3-2 SF- 2015 3 Dominic Thiem (AUT) 0-1 R32-2015 4 Gilles Simon (FRA) 4-5 R16-2005 5 Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 8-6 SF-2007,’03 6 Viktor Troicki (SRB) 4-1 F- 2015 7 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 10-9 F-2013 8 Lucas Pouille (FRA) 0-0 Debut MercedesCup Day 1 – Monday, June 6, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com WILDCARDS (3): YOUNGEST: Michael Berrer (GER) Taylor Fritz (USA) – 18 years, 7 months Jan Choinski (GER) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) OLDEST: Michael Berrer (GER) – 35 years, 11 months QUALIFIERS (4): To be completed Monday TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN: Germany (4), France (3), Australia (2), Serbia (2), USA (2). Does not include qualifiers DOUBLES: SEED PLAYER BEST FINISH 1. Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan TEAM DEBUT 2. Florin Mergea & Horia Tecau TEAM DEBUT 3. John Peers & Bruno Soares TEAM DEBUT 4. Lukasz Kubot & Alexander Peya TEAM DEBUT WHAT’S AT STAKE? EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY W F SF QF R16 R32 SINGLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 20 0 SINGLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 107,900 56,830 30,790 17,540 10,335 6,120 DOUBLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 0 — DOUBLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 32,800 17,230 9,340 5,340 3,130 — DAY 1 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play Centre Court Sam Groth (AUS) vs Illya Marchenko (UKR) Marchenko Leads 1-0 16 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Illya Marchenko 7-6(4) 7-6(2) Groth 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 2-10 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 19, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 115 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (QF - 2015) • Advanced to 2R at Australian Open (d. Mannarino, l. to No. 2 Murray) and Miami (d. Estrella Burgos, l. to Thiem) • Fell to Isner in opening rubber of Davis Cup 1R (USA d. AUS 3-1) • Held 3 MPs vs. Rubin in Delray Beach 1R before losing 64 46 76(6) • In doubles, served as partner to Hewitt in countryman’s last match at Australian Open (l. to Pospisil/Sock in 3R) • At Challengers w/Paes, won Busan, KOR title (d. Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana) and reached Leon, MEX final (l. to S. Gonzalez/Pavic) • Retired in Seoul, KOR Challenger QF (right wrist) and Bangkok, THA Challenger 1R (neck) MercedesCup Day 1 – Monday, June 6, 2016 Page 4 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com Marchenko 2016 FastFacts: SF: Doha (l Nadal); QF: Acapulco (l Tomic) YTD W-L: 10-11 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 8, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 73 Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): First Appearance • Advanced to 3rd ATP World Tour SF – 1st since 2010 – at Doha (d. No. 7 Ferrer in 1R, l. to No. 5 Nadal). Win over Ferrer was 1st of career over a Top 10 player (1-6 overall) • Reached Acapulco QF (d. Paul and Harrison, l. to Tomic) • Has already won 10 tour-level matches this season, most since winning 18 in 2010 Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [WC] Michael Berrer (GER) First Meeting Jaziri 2016 FastFacts: QF: Barcelona (l Paire) YTD W-L: 6-10 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 20, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 63 (Career-high) Stuttgart W-L (Best Result): First Appearance • Best result of season came in Barcelona where he reached QF (d. Chung, Olivo and A. Zverev; l. to Paire) • Comes in with career-high No. 63 in Emirates ATP Rankings • Snapped 8-match losing streak by beating Youzhny in Dubai 1R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 2R) • Fell to Robredo 8-6 in 5th of Australian Open 1R after holding 1 MP • Won Challenger titles at Guadalajara, MEX (d. Pouille, Zeballos, Robert) and Le Gosier, GUD (d. Fritz, Kozlov) • Played 6 tie-breaks, 15 sets and 168 games in Davis Cup Group II tie vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH d. 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    TOURNAMENT NOTES as of August 1, 2013 THE COMERICA BANK CHALLENGER APTOS, CA • AUGUST 3–11 USTA PRO CIRCUIT RETURNS TO APTOS TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Comerica Bank Challenger is returning to Aptos for the 26th year. It is the second- Site: Seascape Sports Club – Aptos, Calif. longest running men’s event on the USTA Pro Circuit, trailing only Little Rock, Ark., which Websites: www.seascapesportsclub.com Bo Mon Kwon has been taking place for 32 years. The procircuit.usta.com tournament increased its prize money from Facebook: USTA $100,000 Seascape $75,000 to $100,000 last year and is one Comerica Bank Challenger of six $100,000 Challengers on the USTA Pro Circuit calendar this year. It is also one of Twitter: @ssconline nine USTA Pro Circuit men’s events held in Qualifying Draw Begins: Saturday, August 3 California. The tournament is the last USTA Pro Circuit event before the US Open. Main Draw Begins: Monday, August 5 Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Aptos is also the last of four consecutive men’s hard-court tournaments—joining Surface: Hard / Outdoor $50,000 Challengers in Binghamton, Prize Money: $100,000 N.Y., and Lexington, Ky., and a $100,000 Challenger in Vancouver, Canada, all held Tournament Director: over the previous three weeks—that are Judy Welsh, (831) 251-0004 part of a series of events that will determine A two-time NCAA singles champion for USC, [email protected] the recipient of a men’s singles wild card Steve Johnson is the defending champion in Aptos. In 2012, he reached the third round of Tournament Press Contact: into the 2013 US Open.
  • Federer, Mike Bryan Seek Milestone Wins on Friday

    Federer, Mike Bryan Seek Milestone Wins on Friday

    MERCEDES CUP: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, June 10, 2016 TC Weissenhof, Stuttgart, Germany | June 6-12, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €606,525 | Surface: Grass ATP Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.mercedescup.de Martin Dagahs: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @MercedesCup Press Room: +49 711 32095705 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/MercedesCup FEDERER, MIKE BRYAN SEEK MILESTONE WINS ON FRIDAY QUARTER-FINAL PREVIEW: No. 1 seed Roger Federer could pass Hall-of-Famer Ivan Lendl on Friday and move into second place in the Open Era with 1,072 victories. Federer faces Florian Mayer in the Mercedes Cup quarter-finals, and with a win would trail only Jimmy Connors among the winningest players since the spring of 1968. Federer has a 6-0 FedEx ATP Head 2 Head record against Mayer, including straight-set wins on German grass at the Gerry Weber Open in 2005, 2012 and 2015. Federer is not the only man with a milestone on the line in Stuttgart. Mike Bryan seeks his 1,000th doubles win when he and twin brother Bob face Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin in a semi-final match on Court 1. Only Federer, Lendl, Connors and Daniel Nestor have earned at least 1,000 victories in singles or doubles. Bob Bryan has 985 doubles wins individually. As a team, the Bryans are 984-300. Also in action are a pair of players who won their first ATP World Tour title in Stuttgart: 2002 champion Mikhail Youzhny and 2008 champion Juan Martin del Potro.