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COUPE ROGERS: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, August 13, 2017 Uniprix Stadium | Montreal, Canada | August 7-13, 2017 Draw: S-56, D-24 | Prize Money: $4,662,300 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com CoupeRogers.com Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @CoupeRogers Press Room: +1-514-273-1515 Ext. 6219 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @CoupeRogers FEDERER SEEKS MILESTONE TITLE AGAINST ZVEREV • Roger Federer can add another milestone to his memorable season on Sunday when he meets Alexander Zverev for the Coupe Rogers championship. A win would tie Federer with Ivan Lendl for second in the Open Era with 94 ATP World Tour titles. Only Jimmy Connors owns more with 109. Should he win his third Coupe Rogers title, Federer will secure a Top 2 seed at the US Open and control his own destiny in next week’s race for the No. 1 ranking. See below for all scenarios as Federer and Rafael Nadal battle in Cincinnati for the top spot in the Emirates ATP Rankings. IF ROGER FEDERER WINS MONTREAL TITLE Cincinnati DNP 2R 3R QF SF Final Title Federer 7,545 7,555 7,635 7,725 7,905 8,145 8,545 Nadal 7,465 7,475 7,555 7,645 7,825 8,065 8,465 * Note: Federer wins the tiebreaker for No. 1 if both men are tied with 7,555 points. IF ROGER FEDERER LOSES IN MONTREAL FINAL Cincinnati DNP 2R 3R QF SF Final Title Nadal 7,465 7,475 7,555 7,645 7,825 8,065 8,465 Federer 7,145 7,155 7,235 7,325 7,505 7,745 8,145 • Federer is 5-0 in finals and 35-2 overall this season, holding match point in all 37 of his matches. He has earned 16 straight victories to equal his longest win streak since 2012. Zverev is on a nine- match unbeaten run of his own, boosting him to a career-high 45 victories in 2017. The 20-year-old German is 4-1 in 2017 finals, losing only to Federer 6-1, 6-3 in 53 minutes at Halle on June 25. Should he avenge that loss, Zverev would tie Federer for the most ATP World Tour titles this year. • Zverev is the youngest Coupe Rogers finalist since Novak Djokovic won the Montreal title in 2007. He is hoping to join Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as the second active player other than the Big Four of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Andy Murray to win multiple ATP Masters 1000 titles. Zverev is also bidding to become the 11th champion this season who saved match point en route to a title (see page 3). The German fought off three match points against Richard Gasquet in his opener. EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Coupe Rogers Champion Finalist Ranking Points 1,000 600 Singles Prize Money $894,585 $438,635 Doubles Prize Money $277,030 $135,630 Coupe Rogers Day 7 – Sunday, August 13, 2017 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Coupe Rogers [4] Alexander Zverev [2] Roger Federer Aces 30 31 1st-Serve Percentage 62% (200 of 322) 57% (144 of 253) 1st-Serve Points Won 75% (149 of 200) 78% (113 of 144) 2nd-Serve Points Won 56% (68 of 122) 62% (68 of 109) Service Games Won 91% (43 of 47) 88% (38 of 43) Break Points Saved 84% (21 of 25) 75% (15 of 20) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 31% (58 of 190) 29% (44 of 150) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 53% (61 of 116) 58% (65 of 112) Return Games Won 23% (11 of 47) 34% (14 of 41) Break Points Converted 55% (11 of 20) 44% (14 of 32) FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS [2] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [4] Alexander Zverev (GER) Federer Leads 2-1 16 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Roger Federer 6-3 7-5 16 Halle (Germany) Grass SF Alexander Zverev 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3 17 Halle (Germany) Grass F Roger Federer 6-1 6-3 Federer 2017 Summary W (5): Australian Open (d Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d Nadal); Halle (d A. Zverev); Wimbledon (d Cilic) YTD W-L: 35-2 (23-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 5 / Career Titles: 93 Date of Birth: August 8, 1981 (36) Emirates ATP Ranking: 3 Canada W-L (Best Result): 35-9 (2004, 2006 Champion) • Tournament Note: Seeking 94th ATP World Tour title to tie Lendl for 2nd in Open Era behind Connors’ 109 • Extended all-time record with 18th and 19th Grand Slam titles at Aus. Open (d. Nadal) and Wimbledon (d. Cilic) • Set all-time record with 8th Wimbledon title and Open Era record with 91st Wimbledon win. Joined Borg in 1976 as only Wimbledon champs to not drop set in Open Era. Second Grand Slam won without losing a set (2007 Aus. Open). • Became 2nd-oldest Grand Slam champion in Open Era at 35 behind Ken Rosewall at 1971 and 1972 Aus. Open • Beat Berdych, Nishikori, Wawrinka and Nadal at Aus. Open to become 1st Grand Slam champion to post 4 Top 10 wins since Wilander at 1982 Roland Garros. Victories over Nishikori, Wawrinka and Nadal all came in 5 sets. • Lost 7 sets en route to Aus. Open title, tied for most by Slam champion since Kuerten’s 8 at 1997 Roland Garros • Lowest-ranked Grand Slam champ (No. 17) and 1st with 3 five-set wins since No. 44 Gaudio at 2004 Roland Garros • Defeated A. Zverev for 9th Halle title, joining Nadal as only men to win 9+ titles at an event (Nadal: 10 at 3 events) • Earned 1,100th victory of career on June 20 in Halle 1R (d. Sugita). Trails only Connors in Open Era (1,256 wins). • Established new career-high with 32-set winning streak at Halle, Wimbledon and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal • Did not drop a set en route to record-tying 5th ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells title (d. Nadal in 4R and Wawrinka) • Saved 2 MPs vs Berdych in QF, then beat Nadal for 4th straight time to win 3rd ATP Masters 1000 Miami title • Oldest player in history to win an ATP Masters 1000 title, surpassing 34-year-old Agassi at 2004 Cincinnati • Broke tie with Agassi and qualified for record 15th Nitto ATP Finals, where he holds record 6 titles • Fell to No. 116 Donskoy in Dubai 2R after holding 3 MPs and No. 302 Haas in Stuttgart 2R after holding 1 MP • Skipped clay-court season and did not play from April 3 through June 13 ATP WORLD TOUR TITLE LEADERS (OPEN ERA) Jimmy Connors 109 Ivan Lendl 94 Roger Federer 93 John McEnroe 77 Rafael Nadal 73 Coupe Rogers Day 7 – Sunday, August 13, 2017 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com A. Zverev 2017 Summary W (4): Montpellier (d Gasquet); Munich (d Pella); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (d Djokovic); Washington (d Anderson); F (1): Halle (l Federer); SF (1): 's-Hertogenbosch (l Muller); QF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Kyrgios); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Cuevas) YTD W-L: 45-13 (20-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 4 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 (Career-High) Canada W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2017 Finalist) • Tournament Note: Saved 3 MPs vs Gasquet in 2R and ended run of 18-year-old [WC] Shapovalov in SF • Achieved career-high No. 8 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 31 after breaking into Top 10 on May 22, becoming youngest Top 10 player since del Potro on October 20, 2008. Projected to rise to No. 7 on Monday. • Earned biggest win of career over No. 2 Djokovic to capture biggest title of career at ATP Masters 1000 Rome • First player born after September 28, 1988 (Cilic) to win an ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals or Grand Slam title • As 20-year-old, youngest ATP Masters 1000 champion since 19-year-old Djokovic at 2007 Miami • As World No. 17, lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 champion since No. 26 Ljubicic at 2010 Indian Wells • Swept singles and doubles titles at Montpellier -- 1st to win both titles at an event since Hewitt at 2014 Newport • Beat Gasquet and F. Martin/Nestor w/M. Zverev in finals -- 1st brothers to sweep since Murrays at 2011 Tokyo • Also reached both finals at Halle, losing to Federer in singles and Kubot/Melo in doubles w/M. Zverev • Captured 1st title on home soil at Munich (d. Chardy, Struff, Bautista Agut and Pella) • Defeated Anderson at Washington to become youngest player with 4+ titles in a season since del Potro in 2008 • Saved 3 MPs against Isner and upset Wawrinka en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Miami (l. to Kyrgios) • Also advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF (d. Verdasco, Cilic and Berdych; l. to Cuevas) • Reached Grand Slam 4R for 1st time at Wimbledon (l. to Raonic in 5 sets) • Withdrew from Acapulco due to sickness 2017 CHAMPIONS WHO SAVED MATCH POINT(S) Player Tournament Round Opponent MPs Novak Djokovic Doha SF Fernando Verdasco 5 Gilles Muller Sydney 1R Alexandr Dolgopolov 1 Victor Estrella Burgos Quito 2R Ivo Karlovic 3 F Paolo Lorenzi 1 Andy Murray Dubai QF Philipp Kohlschreiber 7 Roger Federer Miami QF Tomas Berdych 2 Borna Coric Marrakech F Philipp Kohlschreiber 5 Lucas Pouille Budapest 2R Jiri Vesely 2 Lucas Pouille Stuttgart 2R Jan-Lennard Struff 1 Feliciano Lopez Queen’s Club QF Tomas Berdych 1 F Marin Cilic 1 David Ferrer Bastad QF Henri Laaksonen 2 [5] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) First Meeting [7] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Ivan Dodig (CRO) • Herbert and Mahut are 19-8 as a team this season (1-0 in finals) and 90-34 overall (8-5 in finals) • Won 4 of 5 ATP Masters 1000 finals with titles at Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo in 2016, then Rome in 2017 • Frenchmen also won titles at 2015 US Open (d.