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2017 US OPEN Flushing, New York, USA | August 28-September 10, 2017 Draw Size: S-128, D-64 | $50.4 million | Hard www.usopen.org DAY 11 MEDIA NOTES | Thursday, September 7, 2017

FEATURED MEN’S DOUBLES SEMI-FINALS

GRANDSTAND

[1] / vs. [12] Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau Kontinen/Peers Leads 2-1 [11] Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez vs. [5] / Lopez/Lopez Leads 2-1

DAY 11 HIGHLIGHTS

• The spotlight turns to doubles at the US Open on Thursday with four former champions in the semi- finals. Five-time US Open champions Bob and Mike Bryan are back in the ‘Final Four,’ where they will meet Feliciano and Marc Lopez in a rematch of the 2016 US Open quarter-finals. The Spaniards (unrelated) defeated the American twins in that match and the 2016 Roland Garros final, but lost to them on August 16 at Cincinnati.

• Mike Bryan broke a tie with on Tuesday and became the winningest doubles player of the Open Era with his 1,052nd victory. Mike owns 14 more wins than Bob because he earned two victories with and 13 victories with other partners while Bob played singles qualifying at the Grand Slams in 2002. Bob owns one Davis Cup win with . The Bryans have played in 23 straight US Opens (1995-Present) and 75 straight Grand Slams overall (1999 Roland Garros-Present). The No. 5 seeds have not won a Grand Slam title since the 2014 US Open, their longest drought since capturing their first of 16 majors at 2003 Roland Garros. Individually, the Bryans are trying to tie for the most Grand Slam men’s doubles titles with 17.

• World No. 1 Henri Kontinen and No. 2 John Peers, who beat the Bryans in the 2017 final, meet 2015 Wimbledon champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in the other men’s doubles semi-final. Rojer/Tecau and Kontinen/Peers went 5-0 en route to titles at the Nitto ATP Finals in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Like Lopez and Lopez, Kontinen and Peers have not dropped a set thus far at the US Open. The Finn and Aussie can rise to No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to , which serves as team rankings, by winning the US Open title. Rojer and Tecau have won 16 of 17 sets since August 21, capturing their 15th title at Winston-Salem.

EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON MOST DOUBLES WINS OF OPEN ERA

1 Lukasz Kubot/* 6,910 1 Mike Bryan* 1,052 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers* 5,650^ 2 Daniel Nestor* 1,051 3 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,355^ 3 Bob Bryan* 1,038 4 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/ 4,215 4 782 5 / 4,160 5 * 746 6 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 3,295^ 6 744 7 / 3,060 7 * 742 8 / 2,720 8 728 9 / 2,705 9 Jonas Bjorkman 712 10 /Mate Pavic 2,490 10 Nenad Zimonjic* 703 11 Juan Sebastian Cabal/ 2,270 11 687 12 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez 2,040^ 12 Tomas Smid 660 * Qualified ^ Add 480 points for SF win * Active Player NOTE: Top 8 teams qualify for Nitto ATP Finals

2017 US OPEN – Day 11 Media Notes Thursday, September 7, 2017 Page 2 of 2

GRANDSTAND

[1] Henri Kontinen (FIN)/John Peers (AUS) vs Kontinen/Peers Leads 2-1 [12] Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/Horia Tecau (ROU) 16 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R16 Kontinen/Peers 6-2 6-3 17 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard SF Rojer/Tecau 7-6(8) 6-3 17 ATP Masters 1000 Hard R16 Kontinen/Peers 6-4 7-5

[1] HENRI KONTINEN/JOHN PEERS Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings: Kontinen 1, Peers 2 Career-High Rankings: Kontinen 1 (4/3/17), Peers 2 (4/3/17) Tour-Level Debut: 2016 Brisbane Champions (d. Duckworth/Guccione) Grand Slams: 20-6 ( Champions) : 30-13 with 2 titles (Australian Open, Washington) Career: 73-32 with 7 titles

[12] JEAN-JULIEN ROJER/HORIA TECAU Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings: Rojer 28, Tecau 27 Career-High Rankings: Rojer 3 (11/23/15), Tecau 2 (11/23/15) Tour-Level Debut: 2014 Brisbane 1st Round (l. to Federer/Mahut) Grand Slams: 37-14 (2015 Wimbledon Champions) Season: 33-18 with 3 titles (Dubai, Geneva, Winston-Salem) Career: 150-78 with 15 titles

[11] Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/Marc Lopez (ESP) vs Lopez/Lopez Leads 2-1 [5] Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) 16 Roland Garros () Clay F Lopez/Lopez 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 16 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard QF Lopez/Lopez 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 17 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Hard R16 Bryan/Bryan 6-2 6-3

[11] FELICIANO LOPEZ/MARC LOPEZ Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings: F. Lopez 24, M. Lopez 21 Career-High Rankings: F. Lopez 9 (11/7/16), M. Lopez 3 (1/28/13) Tour-Level Debut: 2004 Valencia Finalists (l. to Etlis/Rodriguez) Grand Slams: 17-5 (2016 Roland Garros Champions) Season: 13-15 with 0 titles Career: 46-38 with 2 titles

[5] BOB BRYAN/MIKE BRYAN Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings: B. Bryan 9, M. Bryan 9 Career-High Rankings: B. Bryan 1 (9/8/03), M. Bryan 1 (9/8/03) Tour-Level Debut: 1995 US Open 1st Round (l. to Connell/Galbraith) Grand Slams: 269-62 (16-time Champions) Season: 34-14 with 2 titles (Eastbourne, ) Career: 1,037-327 with 114 titles

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