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POUILLE, BAUTISTA AGUT FACE OFF FOR 2ND TITLE OF THE YEAR IN DUBAI

• A busy week at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships will close with a championship match between No. 2 seed Lucas Pouille of France and No. 3 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain. The victor will claim his second ATP World Tour singles title of 2018. Additionally, a win for Pouille is projected to put him into the Top 10 of the ATP World Tour singles rankings for the first time in his career.

• Pouille has now reached his second final in as many weeks, and, indeed, he was only a couple of games away from coming into Dubai with two titles on the season already in hand. However, Pouille fell to Karen Khachanov in the Marseille final last week, with the Russian prevailing 7-5 in the final set. The arduous final did not end well for the Frenchman, but he still came to Dubai undeterred. This week, after eliminating former Top 10 player Ernests Gulbis in the first round, Pouille exacted revenge on Khachanov in the second round with a three-set win over the Russian. A come-from-behind win over No. 8 seed Yuichi Sugita in the quarter-finals was followed by a two-hour and 19-minute semi-final win over Filip Krajinovic. Pouille defeated Krajinovic for the second time in two weeks, this time in a final-set tiebreak. The Frenchman served 16 of his tournament- leading 44 aces to nudge him over the line in the semi-final, which was the second-longest match of the event. Pouille is now into his third final of the year, looking for his sixth career title, and his second of 2018 after triumphing at Montpellier. Moreover, if Pouille does win the title, he is projected to make his Top 10 debut, one week after turning 24 years old.

• Bautista Agut is also attempting to clinch a second ATP World Tour singles title of the year, after winning at Auckland in January. Between Auckland and Dubai, however, Bautista Agut hit a rough patch, and went winless in three matches. After 20 straight Grand Slam events where he won at least one match, the Spaniard fell in the first round of the Australian Open to compatriot Fernando Verdasco in straight sets. Bautista Agut then dropped a Davis Cup match against Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie despite leading two sets to none, and then fell in his opening match at Marseille to Julien Benneteau. But the World No. 23 is back in fine form this week, surviving the longest match of the tournament against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the second round (2 hours and 21 minutes), and using that momentum to claim straight-set wins over Borna Coric in the quarter-finals and Malek Jaziri in the semi-finals. Bautista Agut is now going for the eighth ATP World Tour singles title of his career, hoping to bookend that minor losing streak with a pair of trophies.

• Defending champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau have returned to the Dubai final, aiming for their 17th doubles title as a pairing. They will square off against the wild card team of Jamie Cerretani and Leander Paes, who are making their ATP World Tour debut as a team. Although Rojer and Tecau have achieved tremendous results as partners over the last five years, Cerretani and Paes have also already served notice that they can succeed together, backing up their ATP Challenger Tour title at Newport Beach, CA, USA from last month with their first Tour-level final in only their second event as a duo. 44-year-old Paes has also proven that he can win this event, having claimed the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title 20 years ago, in 1998 (with Mahesh Bhupathi), and 15 years ago, in 2003 (with David Rikl).

ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Champion Finalist Championships Ranking Points 500 300 Singles Prize Money ($) 565,530 277,255 Doubles Prize Money ($) 170,270 83,360

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INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS

Dubai Duty Free Tennis [3] Roberto [2] Lucas Pouille Championships Bautista Agut Aces 11 44 1st-Serve Percentage 65% (173 of 267) 57% (211 of 368) 1st-Serve Points Won 75% (130 of 173) 80% (168 of 211) 2nd-Serve Points Won 60% (56 of 94) 48% (75 of 157) Service Games Won 89% (41 of 46) 89% (48 of 54) Break Points Saved 72% (13 of 18) 77% (20 of 26) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 34% (65 of 187) 25% (47 of 187) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 54% (61 of 113) 54% (74 of 136) Return Games Won 30% (13 of 43) 23% (12 of 53) Break Points Converted 34% (13 of 38) 55% (12 of 22)

BOLD: Leads all 32 players at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

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[3] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [2] Lucas Pouille (FRA) Bautista Agut Leads 2-1 15 St. Petersburg (Russia) Hard QF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-3 15 Moscow (Russia) Hard QF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-2 16 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Lucas Pouille 3-6 7-5 2-6 7-5 6-1

Bautista Agut Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Auckland (d. del Potro); F (1): Dubai YTD W-L: 9-4 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: 14 April 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 23 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 10-5 (2018 Finalist)

• Tournament Note: Reached 2nd final of season with SF victory over wild card Jaziri, who had eliminated No. 1 seed Dimitrov in 1R; first time in Dubai SF with wins over F. Mayer, Herbert, and Coric; won at least one match in Dubai each year from 2013 to the present, but had only gone beyond 2R once before this year (QF in 2016). • Captured 2nd Auckland title and 7th ATP World Tour title overall (d. Del Potro) in January. • Notched 3rd straight loss in Marseille last week (l. to Benneteau 2R after 1R bye). • Fell to countryman Verdasco in Australian Open 1R, snapping 20-match win streak in Grand Slam 1R. • Lost to Norrie from 2 sets up at Davis Cup tie in Marbella vs. GBR. • Also lost opening match at Pune (l. to eventual champion Simon in 2R following 1R bye). • In 2017, captured 5th and 6th ATP titles respectively at Chennai (d. Medvedev) and Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur). • Achieved career-high ATP Ranking of No. 13 on 17 October 2016.

Pouille Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Montpellier (d. Gasquet); F (2): Marseille (l. Khachanov); Dubai YTD W-L: 11-3 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: 23 February 1994 (24) ATP Ranking: 15 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 7-3 (2018 Finalist)

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• Tournament Note: Entered 2nd final in last two weeks with SF victory over Krajinovic (also def. Krajinovic last week in Marseille QF); reached SF for 2nd straight year with victories over qualifier Gulbis, Khachanov (avenged last week’s loss in Marseille final), and No. 8 seed Sugita; broke through last year with SF run (def. Donskoy in QF, l. to No. 1 Murray) after qualifying for main draw but falling in 1R in both 2015 and 2016. • Captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title earlier this month by claiming the Montpellier crown (d. Gasquet). • Reached Marseille final for 2nd straight year, but fell to Khachanov 5-7 in 3rd set; dropped to 5-3 in ATP World Tour singles finals in his career; was first loss in France during February of 2018 (7-0 previously). • Fell to 0-5 lifetime at Australian Open with 5th straight 1R loss at event (l. to Bemelmans). • Lost to Rublev in 1R at Rotterdam. • Only player to win titles on 3 surfaces in 2017, highlighted by biggest title of career at Vienna (d. Tsonga). • In 2017, saved 1 MP to beat Struff in 2R en route to 1st grass-court title at Stuttgart (d. Lopez). • Last year, also saved 2 MPs to beat Vesely in 2R en route to 1st clay-court title at Budapest (d. Bedene). • Achieved career-high No. 13 in ATP Rankings on 8 May 2017.

DOUBLES FINAL

[WC] Jamie Cerretani (USA)/Leander Paes (IND) vs First Meeting [2] Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/Horia Tecau (ROU)

• Cerretani and Paes have teamed up on the ATP World Tour for the first time at Dubai. Their career ATP World Tour win-loss record stands at 3-0 after their three main draw wins here. • Last month, in their first (and only prior) event together, they won the ATP Challenger Tour event in Newport Beach, CA, USA as the No. 2 seeds, defeating Treat Huey and Denis Kudla in the final in straight sets. • 44-year-old Paes won this event in 1998 with Mahesh Bhupathi (def. Johnson/Montana in F) and in 2003 with David Rikl (def. Black/Ullyett in F). He also has been a runner-up in Dubai in 2004 (partnering Jonas Bjorkman, l. to Bhupathi/Santoro) and 2010 (partnering Lukas Dlouhy, l. to Aspelin/Hanley). • Paes has won 55 men’s doubles titles over his career, including 8 Grand Slam titles and 13 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events. He has also won 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, and has been ranked World No. 1 for 39 weeks during his extensive career. He is currently ranked World No. 52 in doubles. • 36-year-old Cerretani has won 4 ATP World Tour men’s doubles titles in his career, with 4 different partners. This is the 6th doubles final of his career. His most recent title came last year in Quito, partnering Philipp Oswald. His current doubles ranking is World No. 90.

• No. 2 seed Rojer and Tecau are the defending champions in Dubai. They defeated Bopanna/Matkowski in last year’s final, 4-6 6-3 [10-3]. • Rojer and Tecau teamed up in 2014 and have been regular partners on the ATP World Tour since then. Their career win-loss record on the ATP World Tour is 165-88. • In 2018, they have reached the semi-finals at Sydney and Rotterdam, and fell 2R at the Australian Open (l. to Groth/Hewitt 5-7 in final set). Their record for the season is 8-3, and this is their 1st final of the year. • As a tandem, they have won 16 doubles titles, including 2 Grand Slam titles at 2015 Wimbledon (def. J. Murray/Peers in F) and 2017 US Open (def. F. Lopez/M. Lopez in F). Together, they have also won the 2015 ATP Finals and the 2016 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Madrid (both over Bopanna/Mergea in F). • Tecau is a former doubles World No. 2 who is currently ranked No. 11. He has won 33 ATP World Tour doubles titles and this is his 52nd career final. He also won the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati in 2012 (w/ Robert Lindstedt) and claimed the Australian Open mixed doubles title the same year, with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. • Rojer is currently ranked 10th in the world and has a career-high ranking of No. 3. He has won 25 previous doubles titles and will contest his 42nd doubles final in Dubai. He claimed the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Miami in 2013 (w/Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi) and partnered Anna-Lena Groenefeld to the Roland Garros mixed doubles title in 2014.

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POUILLE-KRAJINOVIC, BAUTISTA AGUT-JAZIRI FACE OFF FOR FINAL IN DUBAI

• Three seeded players have made it to the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, and each of them seek their first appearance in the Dubai title match. They are joined by a wild card who is a veteran of the event, playing the main draw for the sixth straight year and posting a career-best result at Dubai in 2018.

• Singles play kicks off on Friday with the first semi-final, between No. 2 seed Lucas Pouille of France and No. 7 seed Filip Krajinovic from Serbia. The two will face off for the second time in as many weeks, following Pouille’s tough three-set victory over the Serb in the Marseille quarter-finals last Friday. Pouille has made it into the Dubai semi-finals for the second straight year after some challenging victories: he exacted revenge over Karen Khachanov in the second round after the Russian had beaten him just days before in the Marseille final, and then was pushed to three sets for the second straight match in his comeback quarter-final win over 8th- seeded Yuichi Sugita. Krajinovic was initially tested in his opening round, dropping his first set of the event 0-6 to Thomas Fabbiano, but then reeled off six sets in a row to reach the final four in his tournament debut.

• The second singles semi-final will feature 3rd-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut taking on wild card Malek Jaziri of Tunisia. The 34-year-old Tunisian has been the sensation of the event since he stunned No. 1 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the opening round to claim the first Top 10 win of his career. Having backed up that victory with triumphs over Robin Haase and Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jaziri finds himself in the Dubai semi-finals for the first time, in his sixth straight appearance in the main draw. Bautista Agut, however, appears to have rounded back into form after suffering a three-match losing streak between his title in Auckland and this week. The Spaniard survived the longest match of the event so far, a two-hour and 21-minute victory over Pierre- Hugues Herbert, but he won that match 6-1 in the third, and has not dropped a set in his other two wins here.

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[7] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) vs [2] Lucas Pouille (FRA) Pouille Leads 1-0 18 Marseille (France) Hard QF Lucas Pouille 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4 Other Meeting 13 Karshi CH (Uzbekistan) Hard R32 Filip Krajinovic 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3

Krajinovic Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (1): Dubai; QF (1): Marseille (l. Pouille) YTD W-L: 6-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 27 February 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 34 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2018 Semi-finals)

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• Tournament Note: In tournament debut, has made semi-final with wins over Fabbiano (after dropping 1st set 0-6), wild card Baghdatis, and last year’s quarter-finalist Donskoy. • Reached 1st QF of season at Marseille, def. Sousa and 2-time champion Simon, l. to eventual finalist Pouille. • Lost to Gojowczyk in Doha 1R and to No. 4 Dimitrov in 2R of Rotterdam • Withdrew from Sydney due to left Achilles injury and Australian Open due to ankle injury. • In 2017, qualified and defeated Querrey and Isner before losing 3-setter to Sock in 1st ATP World Tour final at Paris. • Became 1st qualifier to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final since Janowicz at 2012 Paris. • As World No. 77, became lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 finalist since No. 98 Fish at 2008 Indian Wells. • Last year, went 47-15 in ATP Challengers, incl. 40-10 on clay and 5-0 in finals: Heilbronn, GER as Q (d. Gombos); Marburg, GER (d. Stebe); Biella, ITA (d. Caruso); Rome, ITA (d. Gimeno-Traver) and Almaty, KAZ (d. Djere).

Pouille Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Montpellier (d. Gasquet); F (1): Marseille (l. Khachanov); SF (1): Dubai YTD W-L: 10-3 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: 23 February 1994 (24) ATP Ranking: 15 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 6-3 (2017, 2018 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: Into SF for 2nd straight year with victories over qualifier Gulbis, Khachanov (avenged last week’s loss in Marseille final), and No. 8 seed Sugita; broke through last year with SF run (def. Donskoy in QF, l. to No. 1 Murray) after qualifying for main draw but falling in 1R in both 2015 and 2016. • Captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title earlier this month by claiming the Montpellier crown (d. Gasquet). • Reached Marseille final for 2nd straight year, but fell to Khachanov 5-7 in 3rd set; dropped to 5-3 in ATP World Tour singles finals in his career; was first loss in France during February of 2018 (7-0 previously). • Fell to 0-5 lifetime at Australian Open with 5th straight 1R loss at event (l. to Bemelmans). • Lost to Rublev in 1R at Rotterdam. • Only player to win titles on 3 surfaces in 2017, highlighted by biggest title of career at Vienna (d. Tsonga). • In 2017, saved 1 MP to beat Struff in 2R en route to 1st grass-court title at Stuttgart (d. Lopez). • Last year, also saved 2 MPs to beat Vesely in 2R en route to 1st clay-court title at Budapest (d. Bedene). • Achieved career-high No. 13 in ATP Rankings on 8 May 2017.

[WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [3] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 09 Spain F11 (Spain) Clay R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 4-6 6-4 6-2

Jaziri Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (1): Dubai YTD W-L: 6-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 20 January 1984 (34) ATP Ranking: 117 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 6-5 (2018 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: Stunned No. 1 seed and World No. 4 Dimitrov in 1R for first Top 10 win (0-10 vs. Top 10 and 0-5 vs. Top 5 previously), then followed up with wins over Haase and Tsitsipas to make 1st Dubai SF and 3rd career ATP World Tour SF; contesting Dubai main draw for 6th consecutive year. • Rallied from 2 sets down to defeat Caruso and reach Australian Open 2R (l. to Muller in 5 sets). • Won both Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II matches vs. Finland (d. Heliovaara and Ruusuvuori). • Fell in 1R at Sofia (l. to Marterer), Doha (l. to Bedene), and Marseille (l. to Benneteau). • Advanced to the R16 at Cherbourg, FRA Challenger (l. to Kamke). • In 2017, advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 2nd time at Australian Open (d. Soeda and Bublik, l. to M. Zverev). • Also last year at ATP Masters 1000 events, reached Indian Wells 4R (l. to Sock 75 in 3rd) and Miami 3R (l. to Wawrinka). • Reached a career-high No. 47 in ATP Rankings on 13 February 2017.

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Bautista Agut Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Auckland (d. del Potro); SF (1): Dubai YTD W-L: 8-4 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: 14 April 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 23 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 9-5 (2018 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: First time in Dubai SF with wins over F. Mayer, Herbert, and Coric; won at least one match in Dubai each year from 2013 to the present, but had only gone beyond 2R once before this year (QF in 2016). • Captured 2nd Auckland title and 7th ATP World Tour title overall (d. Del Potro) in January. • Notched 3rd straight loss in Marseille last week (l. to Benneteau 2R after 1R bye). • Fell to countryman Verdasco in Australian Open 1R, snapping 20-match win streak in Grand Slam 1R. • Lost to Norrie from 2 sets up at Davis Cup tie in Marbella vs. GBR. • Also lost opening match at Pune (l. to eventual champion Simon in 2R following 1R bye). • In 2017, captured 5th and 6th ATP titles respectively at Chennai (d. Medvedev) and Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur). • Achieved career-high ATP Ranking of No. 13 on 17 October 2016.

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[WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [7] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) Krajinovic Leads 1-0 14 Moscow (Russia) Hard R32 Filip Krajinovic 6-4 6-2

[WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [2] Lucas Pouille (FRA) Pouille Leads 1-0 17 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Lucas Pouille 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 7-6(2) Other Meeting 16 Guadalajara CH (Mexico) Hard QF Malek Jaziri 3-6 6-3 7-5

[3] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [7] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) Bautista Agut Leads 1-0 13 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 4-6 7-6(5) 6-0

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FIRST-TIME FINALISTS GUARANTEED IN DUBAI AS FIELD REACHES QUARTERS

• The quarter-final matches at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships will all take place on Thursday. The Dubai event will see new names added to its roll of honor, as none of the eight remaining competitors have previously made it to the championship match.

• The first match on Centre Court will see No. 3 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain take on Croatia’s Borna Coric. Bautista Agut, now a two-time quarter-finalist in Dubai, is into the final eight of a tournament for the first time since his title run in Auckland in the second week of the season. The Spaniard has won three of his four meetings with Coric, but the Croatian has had success in Dubai since his first appearance at the event, when he ousted Andy Murray as a lucky loser in 2015. Coric picked up another upset this year, eliminating No. 5 seed Richard Gasquet in the first round.

• Second up on Centre Court is a matchup between two wild cards at differing ends of the experience spectrum, 34-year-old Malek Jaziri of Tunisia and 19-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece. Jaziri claimed the first Top 10 win of his career in the first round, when he shocked World No. 4 and top seed Grigor Dimitrov en route to his second Dubai quarter-final. Meanwhile, Tsitsipas, the youngest player in the draw, outlasted No. 6 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber yesterday to advance to the first ATP World Tour 500 quarter-final of his career.

• Following that match, No. 2 seed Lucas Pouille from France will square off against 8th-seeded Yuichi Sugita of Japan. Pouille defeated Karen Khachanov in the previous round, exacting revenge for the Russian’s win over Pouille in the Marseille final last week. While Pouille is hoping to make Dubai his second title of the season, after winning at Montpellier, Sugita would like to claim the second title of his career, to go with his championship trophy from Antalya last year.

• Rounding out singles play on Thursday will be the match between No. 7 seed Filip Krajinovic of Serbia and Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy. Both the Serb and the Russian had surprising runs at ATP World Tour events last season which made headlines. Krajinovic raced to the first and heretofore only singles final of his career at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Paris, as a qualifier ranked No. 77 in the world. Donskoy’s moment of notoriety during 2017 came right here in Dubai, when he earned the biggest win of his career in the second round over Roger Federer, coming back from deficits in the second set, the third set, and the decisive tiebreak.

FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY QUARTER-FINAL SINGLES MATCHES

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[3] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Bautista Agut Leads 3-1 15 Umag (Croatia) Clay QF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-3 15 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-4 16 Chennai (India) Hard QF Borna Coric 3-6 6-4 7-6(1) 16 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-3 6-3

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Bautista Agut Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Auckland (d. del Potro); QF (1): Dubai YTD W-L: 7-4 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: 14 April 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 23 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (2016, 2018 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: Defeated F. Mayer in 1R and Herbert in 2R to reach QF for 2nd time; won at least one match in Dubai each year from 2013 to the present, but had only gone beyond 2R once before this year (in 2016). • Captured 2nd Auckland and 7th ATP World Tour title overall (d. Del Potro) in January. • Notched 3rd straight loss in Marseille last week (l. to Benneteau 2R after 1R bye). • Fell to countryman Verdasco in Australian Open 1R, snapping 20-match win streak in Grand Slam 1R. • Lost to Norrie from 2 sets up at Davis Cup tie in Marbella vs. GBR. • Also lost opening match at Pune (l. to eventual champion Simon in 2R following 1R bye). • In 2017, captured 5th and 6th ATP titles respectively at Chennai (d. Medvedev) and Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur). • Achieved career-high ATP Ranking of No. 13 on 17 October 2016.

Coric Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (2): Doha (l. Rublev); Dubai YTD W-L: 6-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 14 November 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 50 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 6-2 (2015 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: Upset No. 5 seed Gasquet in 1R and beat 2nd straight Frenchman with win over Paire in 2R; in tournament debut in 2015 as a lucky loser, ousted No. 3-ranked Murray in QF, before losing to No. 2 Federer in SF. • Opened season by saving 3 MPs against No. 2 seed Carreno Busta in Doha 1R (l. to Rublev in QF). • Suffered 4th straight 1R loss at Australian Open (l. to Millman). • Claimed wins over Shapovalov and Pospisil in Croatia’s 3-1 Davis Cup World Group victory over Canada. • Last season, saved 5 championship points to defeat Kohlschreiber for 1st ATP World Tour title at Marrakech. • Also in 2017, got biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF as LL (l. to Thiem). Became first lucky loser to def. World No. 1 since Canas beat Federer in 2007 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R. • Last year, upset No. 8 Thiem in Miami 2R (l. to Mannarino in 3R) and No. 6 A. Zverev in US Open 2R (l. to Anderson in 3R). • In 2017, went 3-0 en route to Next Gen ATP Finals SF (d. Donaldson, Medvedev & Khachanov in RR; l. to Rublev).

[WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [WC] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) First Meeting

Jaziri Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Dubai YTD W-L: 5-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 20 January 1984 (34) ATP Ranking: 117 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 5-5 (2014, 2018 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: Stunned No. 1 seed and World No. 4 Dimitrov in 1R, for first Top 10 win (0-10 vs. Top 10 and 0-5 vs. Top 5 previously); 2R win over Haase matches best previous result of QF in 2014; contesting Dubai main draw for 6th consecutive year. • Rallied from 2 sets down to defeat Caruso and reach Australian Open 2R (l. to Muller in 5 sets). • Won both Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II matches vs. Finland (d. Heliovaara and Ruusuvuori). • Fell in 1R at Sofia (l. to Marterer), Doha (l. to Bedene), and Marseille (l. to Benneteau). • Advanced to the R16 at Cherbourg, FRA Challenger (l. to Kamke). • In 2017, advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 2nd time at Australian Open (d. Soeda and Bublik, l. to M. Zverev). • Also last year at ATP Masters 1000 events, reached Indian Wells 4R (l. to Sock 75 in 3rd) and Miami 3R (l. to Wawrinka). • Reached a career-high No. 47 in ATP Rankings on 13 February 2017.

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Tsitsipas Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (2): Doha (l. Thiem); Dubai YTD W-L: 4-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 12 August 1998 (19) ATP Ranking: 82 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: In tournament debut, overcame Kukushkin in 3 sets in 1R, then upset No. 6 seed Kohlschreiber in 2R to reach 3rd ATP World Tour QF of career. • Dropped 1R matches at Montpellier (I. to Chardy 7-5 in 3rd set) and Marseille (l. to Mahut 7-5 7-6). • Between Montpellier and Marseille, fell in 1R of qualifying at Rotterdam (l. to former champion Klizan 7-6 in 3rd set). • Qualified for 6th ATP World Tour event since September at Doha, reaching 2nd QF of career (l. to Thiem). • Reached SF of Quimper, FRA Challenger Tour event (l. to eventual champion Halys 76 in final set). • Lost in 1R at Auckland (l. to Lacko) and Australian Open (l. to Shapovalov). • Broke into Top 100 of ATP rankings on 23 October 2017, becoming the first Greek player to do so.

[8] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs [2] Lucas Pouille (FRA) First Meeting

Sugita Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Dubai YTD W-L: 4-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 18 September 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 42 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: In first-ever Dubai match, eliminated Ivashka in 1R, then followed with win over Struff in 2R. • Earned 1st Top 10 win of career to reach Australian Open 2R (d. Sock, l. to Karlovic 12-10 in 5th). • Fell in 1R at Auckland (l. to Khachanov), at Montpellier (l. to Millman), and at Rotterdam (l. to Dimitrov). • In 2017, captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and following 1st SF at Antalya (d. Baghdatis and Mannarino). • Later in 2017, appeared in 2nd ATP World Tour SF at Chengdu (l. to Istomin). • Last year, advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (d. Sock, Sousa and Khachanov; l. to Dimitrov). • Also last season, reached QFs at Barcelona (l. to Thiem), Tokyo (l. to Mannarino) and Stockholm (l. to del Potro). • Last season, earned 1st Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Klein, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets).

Pouille Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Montpellier (d. Gasquet); F (1): Marseille (l. Khachanov); QF (1): Dubai YTD W-L: 9-3 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: 23 February 1994 (24) ATP Ranking: 15 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 5-3 (2017 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: In 2R, avenged last week’s loss in Marseille final to Khachanov; broke through last year with SF run (def. Donskoy in QF, l. to No. 1 Murray) after qualifying for main draw but falling in 1R in both 2015 and 2016. • Captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title earlier this month by claiming the Montpellier crown (d. Gasquet). • Reached Marseille final for 2nd straight year, but fell to Khachanov 5-7 in 3rd set; dropped to 5-3 in ATP World Tour singles finals in his career; was first loss in France during February of 2018 (7-0 previously). • Fell to 0-5 lifetime at Australian Open with 5th straight 1R loss at event (l. to Bemelmans). • Lost to Rublev in 1R at Rotterdam. • Only player to win titles on 3 surfaces in 2017, highlighted by biggest title of career at Vienna (d. Tsonga). • In 2017, saved 1 MP to beat Struff in 2R en route to 1st grass-court title at Stuttgart (d. Lopez). • Last year, also saved 2 MPs to beat Vesely in 2R en route to 1st clay-court title at Budapest (d. Bedene). • Achieved career-high No. 13 in ATP Rankings on 8 May 2017.

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[7] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) Krajinovic Leads 1-0 10 Belgrade (Serbia) Clay R32 Filip Krajinovic 5-7 7-6(7) 6-1

Krajinovic Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (2): Marseille (l. Pouille); Dubai YTD W-L: 5-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 27 February 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 34 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: Beat Fabbiano in 1R after dropping 1st set 0-6, then ousted wild card Baghdatis in 2R. • Reached 1st QF of season at Marseille, def. Sousa and 2-time champion Simon, l. to eventual finalist Pouille. • Lost to Gojowczyk in Doha 1R and to No. 4 Dimitrov in 2R of Rotterdam • Withdrew from Sydney due to left Achilles injury and Australian Open due to ankle injury. • In 2017, qualified and defeated Querrey and Isner before losing 3-setter to Sock in 1st ATP World Tour final at Paris. • Became 1st qualifier to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final since Janowicz at 2012 Paris. • As World No. 77, became lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 finalist since No. 98 Fish at 2008 Indian Wells. • Last year, went 47-15 in ATP Challengers, incl. 40-10 on clay and 5-0 in finals: Heilbronn, GER as Q (d. Gombos); Marburg, GER (d. Stebe); Biella, ITA (d. Caruso); Rome, ITA (d. Gimeno-Traver) and Almaty, KAZ (d. Djere).

Donskoy Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (2): Delray Beach (l. Johnson); Dubai YTD W-L: 6-6 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 9 May 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 74 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2017, 2018 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: Upset No. 4 seed Dzumhur in 2R to reach QF for 2nd straight year; in 2017, earned biggest win of career over No. 10 Federer 36 76(7) 76(5) in 2R of Dubai after saving 3 MPs and trailing 5-2 in 2nd-set TB, 5-2 in 3rd set, and 5-1 in 3rd-set TB (l. to Pouille in QF in 3rd-set TB). • Reached 1st QF of year at Delray Beach (def. D. King and Young, l. to Johnson). • Advanced to Australian Open 2R (d. F. Mayer, l. to Fognini). • Reached 2R at New York (def. Estrella Burgos, l. to Nishikori). • Suffered 1R losses at Sofia (l. to Lacko), Doha (l. to Thiem), and Sydney as Q (l. to Mannarino). • In 2017, won 10th and 11th Challenger titles last year, at Zhuhai, CHN (d. Fabbiano) and Kaohsiung, TPE (d. Copil).

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POUILLE, BAUTISTA AGUT TRY TO CLOSE IN ON 2ND TITLE OF YEAR ON DAY 3

• All eight second-round matches are in play on Wednesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The top two seeds remaining, Lucas Pouille of France and Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain, are each looking to maneuver their way through a difficult field, in hopes of claiming a second ATP World Tour singles title of 2018.

• No. 2 seed Pouille has a stern test in the second round, as he will face the man who defeated him in the Marseille final three days prior: Russian Karen Khachanov, who outlasted Pouille in three grueling sets to claim the second singles title of his career. Pouille had a 7-0 win-loss record in France this month before running into Khachanov in the Marseille championship match, and the 21-year-old Russian, like Pouille, will view the Dubai draw as an opportunity to clinch a second title of the season.

• 3rd-seeded Bautista Agut, the Auckland champion in January, will have to defeat France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert if he hopes to reach his first quarter-final since his triumph in New Zealand. Bautista Agut has a 2-0 win-loss record against Herbert at Tour level. The Frenchman just barely made it into the second round, having to stave off multiple match points in a final-set tiebreak against Joao Sousa in his opening round.

• Two matches featuring wild cards round out the day on Centre Court, after the Bautista Agut-Herbert and Pouille-Khachanov matches. First, Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus will square off against No. 7-seeded Serbian Filip Krajinovic. The Cypriot, who reached the final here in 2016, put his wild card to use with a first-round win over another Serbian, Viktor Troicki. Another wild card, Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri, will play Robin Haase of the Netherlands in the final match on Centre Court. Jaziri is one day removed from his stunning opening-round upset of top seed Grigor Dimitrov, which was the Tunisian’s first win over a Top 10 opponent in 11 tries.

• In a battle between two of last year’s quarter-finalists, 4th-seeded Bosnian Damir Dzumhur faces Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy on Court 1. Of course, Donskoy’s path to the final eight last year contained the biggest win of his career: a massive comeback victory over Roger Federer in the second round. Another of last year’s quarter- finalists, No. 6 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, follows them on Court 1 when he plays Greek wild card Stefanos Tsitsipas, the youngest player in the draw at age 19. Kohlschreiber has had solid success in Dubai recently, reaching the quarter-finals in the last two years, as well as the semi-finals in 2014.

• Earlier in the day on Court 1, No. 8 seed Yuichi Sugita of Japan takes on Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, and France’s Benoit Paire plays Croatian Borna Coric. Coric upset No. 5 seed Richard Gasquet in the opening round.

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[3] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) Bautista Agut Leads 2-0 15 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-2 7-6(7) 15 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R64 Roberto Bautista Agut 4-6 6-3 6-2 Other Meeting 12 Marseille Q (France) Hard Q-1R Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 3-6 6-3

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Bautista Agut Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Auckland (d. del Potro) YTD W-L: 6-4 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: 14 April 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 23 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 7-5 (2016 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: Defeated F. Mayer in 1R; won at least one match in Dubai each year from 2013 to the present, but has only gone beyond 2R once, in 2016. • Captured 2nd Auckland and 7th ATP World Tour title overall (d. Del Potro) in January. • Notched 3rd straight loss in Marseille last week (l. to Benneteau 2R after 1R bye). • Fell to countryman Verdasco in Australian Open 1R, snapping 20-match win streak in Grand Slam 1R. • Lost to Norrie from 2 sets up at Davis Cup tie in Marbella vs. GBR. • Also lost opening match at Pune (l. to eventual champion Simon in 2R following 1R bye). • In 2017, captured 5th and 6th ATP titles respectively at Chennai (d. Medvedev) and Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur). • Achieved career-high ATP Ranking of No. 13 on 17 October 2016.

Herbert Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Pune (l. Cilic) YTD W-L: 6-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 18 March 1991 (26) ATP Ranking: 99 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: In Dubai debut, got 1R win over Sousa 7-6 in 3rd set, saving 3 MPs during the final-set tiebreak. • Advanced to Pune singles QF (l. to Cilic) and doubles final with 1st-time partner Simon (l. to Haase/Middelkoop). • Lost to Istomin in Australian Open 1R and to eventual runner-up Gasquet in Montpellier 2R. • Reached 2R in Rotterdam (l. to Medvedev) and Marseille (l. to eventual runner-up Pouille). • In 2017, earned biggest win of career over No. 8 Thiem to reach Rotterdam SF as a qualifier (l. to Goffin). • Achieved career-high No. 63 in ATP Rankings on 14 August 2017. • Career-high World No. 2 in doubles; has won 2 Grand Slams and 6 ATP Masters 1000s (all with Mahut).

Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs [2] Lucas Pouille (FRA) Khachanov Leads 1-0 18 Marseille (France) Hard F Karen Khachanov 7-5 3-6 7-5

Khachanov Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Marseille (d. Pouille); QF (2): Auckland (l. del Potro); Montpellier (l. Goffin) YTD W-L: 11-4 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 21 May 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 41 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: Defeated Istomin in 2 tiebreak sets in 1R for first Dubai win; fell 1R to Bautista Agut last year in tournament debut. • Won 2nd career title at Marseille (def. Berdych in SF and Pouille in F); 1st title and final since Chengdu in 2016. • Advanced to Auckland QF (d. Sugita and Cuevas, l. to Del Potro). • Reached 2nd QF of season at Montpellier (d. Ferrer and Berankis, l. to No. 7 Goffin). • Also lost to Del Potro in Australian Open 2R, and to Kohlschreiber in 1R at Rotterdam. • Last year, qualified for inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals (d. Donaldson, l. to Medvedev and Coric in RR). • During 2017, achieved career-high ranking 10 times, peaking at No. 29 on 21 August.

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Pouille Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Montpellier (d. Gasquet); F (1): Marseille (l. Khachanov) YTD W-L: 8-3 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: 23 February 1994 (24) ATP Ranking: 15 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 4-3 (2017 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: Ousted qualifier Gulbis in 1R; after qualifying for main draw but falling in 1R in both 2015 and 2016, broke through last year with SF run (def. Donskoy in QF, l. to No. 1 Murray). • Captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title earlier this month by claiming the Montpellier crown (d. Gasquet). • Reached Marseille final for 2nd straight year, but fell to Khachanov 5-7 in 3rd set; dropped to 5-3 in ATP World Tour singles finals in his career; was first loss in France during February of 2018 (7-0 previously). • Fell to 0-5 lifetime at Australian Open with 5th straight 1R loss at event (l. to Bemelmans). • Lost to Rublev in 1R at Rotterdam. • Only player to win titles on 3 surfaces in 2017, highlighted by biggest title of career at Vienna (d. Tsonga). • In 2017, saved 1 MP to beat Struff in 2R en route to 1st grass-court title at Stuttgart (d. Lopez). • Last year, also saved 2 MPs to beat Vesely in 2R en route to 1st clay-court title at Budapest (d. Bedene). • Achieved career-high No. 13 in ATP Rankings on 8 May 2017.

[7] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) vs [WC] Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) First Meeting

Krajinovic Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Marseille (l. Pouille) YTD W-L: 4-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 27 February 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 34 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: Beat Fabbiano in 1R after dropping 1st set 0-6. • Reached 1st QF of season at Marseille, def. Sousa and 2-time champion Simon, l. to eventual finalist Pouille. • Lost to Gojowczyk in Doha 1R and to No. 4 Dimitrov in 2R of Rotterdam • Withdrew from Sydney due to left Achilles injury and Australian Open due to ankle injury. • In 2017, qualified and defeated Querrey and Isner before losing 3-setter to Sock in 1st ATP World Tour final at Paris. • Became 1st qualifier to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final since Janowicz at 2012 Paris. • As World No. 77, became lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 finalist since No. 98 Fish at 2008 Indian Wells. • Last year, went 47-15 in ATP Challengers, incl. 40-10 on clay and 5-0 in finals: Heilbronn, GER as Q (d. Gombos); Marburg, GER (d. Stebe); Biella, ITA (d. Caruso); Rome, ITA (d. Gimeno-Traver) and Almaty, KAZ (d. Djere).

Baghdatis Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Sofia (l. Kovalik) YTD W-L: 4-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: 17 June 1985 (32) ATP Ranking: 112 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 9-7 (2016 Finalist)

• Tournament Note: Defeated Troicki in 1R; lost to No. 4 Wawrinka in 2016 final, and also made SF in 2010 (l. to No. 2 Djokovic). • Last direct acceptance into Australian Open, where he reached 2R (d. Bhambri, l. to Rublev). • Reached 1st QF of season at Sofia (def. Caruso and Mannarino, l. to qualifier Kovalik) • Fell to No. 123 in ATP Rankings on 15 January -- lowest ranking since No. 132 on 2 June 2014. • Last year, suffered 6th straight loss in a final at Chengdu (ret. vs Istomin). Still seeking 1st title since 2010 Sydney. • Also in 2017, advanced to SFs at Auckland (l. to Sousa) and Antalya (ret. vs Sugita). • 2006 Australian Open runner-up (l. to No. 1 Federer); peaked at career high of World No. 8 on 21 August 2006.

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[WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs Robin Haase (NED) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 15 Aix en Provence CH (France) Clay SF Robin Haase 6-3 2-0 ret.

Jaziri Summary: YTD W-L: 4-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 20 January 1984 (34) ATP Ranking: 117 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 4-5 (2014 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: Stunned No. 1 seed and World No. 4 Dimitrov in 1R, for first Top 10 win (0-10 vs. Top 10 and 0-5 vs. Top 5 previously); in main draw for 6th consecutive year; best result was QF in 2014 (def. Sijsling and Devvarman, l. to Kohlschreiber). • Rallied from 2 sets down to defeat Caruso and reach Australian Open 2R (l. to Muller in 5 sets). • Won both Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II matches vs. Finland (d. Heliovaara and Ruusuvuori). • Fell in 1R at Sofia (l. to Marterer), Doha (l. to Bedene), and Marseille (l. to Benneteau). • Advanced to the R16 at Cherbourg, FRA Challenger (l. to Kamke). • In 2017, advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 2nd time at Australian Open (d. Soeda and Bublik, l. to M. Zverev). • Also last year at ATP Masters 1000 events, reached Indian Wells 4R (l. to Sock 75 in 3rd) and Miami 3R (l. to Wawrinka). • Reached a career-high No. 47 in ATP Rankings on 13 February 2017.

Haase Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (1): Auckland (l. Bautista Agut); QF (2): Pune (l. Paire); Rotterdam (l. Federer) YTD W-L: 8-7 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 6 April 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 43 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2017 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: Eliminated qualifier Halys in 1R; reached SF in tournament debut last year (def. Istomin, Berdych, and Dzumhur, l. to Verdasco). • Reached QF of Rotterdam for 1st time in 10 years (def. compatriots de Bakker and T. Griekspoor, l. to Federer). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Ruud en route to Auckland SF (l. to eventual champion Bautista Agut). • Defeated Kavcic and Jarry to reach Pune QF (l. to Paire). • Suffered 8th Australian Open 1R loss in last 9 years (l. to Sonego); also fell 1R in Sofia to eventual runner-up Copil. • Captured 3rd ATP World Tour doubles title at Pune with countryman Middelkoop (d. Herbert/Simon). • Won 4th ATP World Tour doubles title at Sofia, also with Middelkoop (d. Mektic/Peya). • In 2017, made 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Montreal (l. to Federer). • Last year, earned biggest win of career over No. 4 A. Zverev to reach ATP Masters 1000 Paris 3R (l. to del Potro).

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Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Coric Leads 1-0 16 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Borna Coric 1-6 6-3 6-4

Paire Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (2): Pune (l. Anderson); Sydney (l. de Minaur); QF (1): Montpellier (l. Pouille) YTD W-L: 8-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 8 May 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 46 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round)

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• Tournament Note: Claimed 1st match win in Dubai with 1R victory over Nishioka; in debut last year, was defeated in straight sets by Federer in 1R. • Fell to Garcia-Lopez in Australian Open 1R. • Advanced to SFs at Pune (d. Fucsovics after saving 5 MPs in 2R, l. to Anderson) and Sydney (l. to de Minaur). • Reached QF at Montpellier (l. to eventual champion Pouille). • Lost 10 of last 11 ATP World Tour SFs since reaching biggest final of career at 2015 Tokyo. • In 2017, earned biggest win of career by beating No. 3 Wawrinka in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R. • Obtained career-high ranking of No. 18 on 11 January 2016.

Coric Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Doha (l. Rublev) YTD W-L: 5-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 14 November 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 50 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 5-2 (2015 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: Upset No. 5 seed Gasquet in 1R; in tournament debut in 2015 as a lucky loser, ousted No. 3- ranked Murray in QF, before losing to No. 2 Federer in SF. • Opened season by saving 3 MPs against No. 2 seed Carreno Busta in Doha 1R (l. to Rublev in QF). • Suffered 4th straight 1R loss at Australian Open (l. to Millman). • Claimed wins over Shapovalov and Pospisil in Croatia’s 3-1 Davis Cup World Group victory over Canada. • Last season, saved 5 championship points to defeat Kohlschreiber for 1st ATP World Tour title at Marrakech. • Also in 2017, got biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF as LL (l. to Thiem). Became first lucky loser to def. World No. 1 since Canas beat Federer in 2007 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R. • Last year, upset No. 8 Thiem in Miami 2R (l. to Mannarino in 3R) and No. 6 A. Zverev in US Open 2R (l. to Anderson in 3R). • In 2017, went 3-0 en route to Next Gen ATP Finals SF (d. Donaldson, Medvedev & Khachanov in RR; l. to Rublev).

[8] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 15 Valencia Q (Spain) Hard Q-2R Yuichi Sugita 2-6 6-3 6-4

Sugita Summary: YTD W-L: 3-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 18 September 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 42 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: In first-ever Dubai match, eliminated Ivashka in 1R. • Earned 1st Top 10 win of career to reach Australian Open 2R (d. Sock, l. to Karlovic 12-10 in 5th). • Fell in 1R at Auckland (l. to Khachanov), at Montpellier (l. to Millman), and at Rotterdam (l. to Dimitrov). • In 2017, captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and following 1st SF at Antalya (d. Baghdatis and Mannarino). • Later in 2017, appeared in 2nd ATP World Tour SF at Chengdu (l. to Istomin). • Last year, advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (d. Sock, Sousa and Khachanov; l. to Dimitrov). • Also last season, reached QFs at Barcelona (l. to Thiem), Tokyo (l. to Mannarino) and Stockholm (l. to del Potro). • Last season, earned 1st Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Klein, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets).

Struff Summary: YTD W-L: 3-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 25 April 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 56 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round)

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• Tournament Note: In tournament debut last year, fell 1R to Copil. • Snapped 11-match losing streak at Grand Slams by reaching Australian Open 2R (d. Kwon, l. to Federer). • Also reached 2R at Doha (d. Berdych in 3rd-set TB, l. to eventual champion Monfils in 3 sets). • Fell to Dzumhur in Sydney 1R. • Made Australian Open doubles SF with 1st-time doubles partner McLachlan (l. to eventual champions Marach/Pavic). • Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour doubles final with 1st-time partner Troicki at Sydney (l. to Kubot/Melo). • In 2017, earned career-high 28 wins and achieved career-high No. 44 in ATP Rankings on 8 May 2017. • Last year, fell to 0-5 in ATP SFs at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) and St. Petersburg (d. Tsonga, l. to Dzumhur). • Also last season, advanced to QFs at Marrakech (l. to Kohlschreiber), Munich (l. to A. Zverev) and Vienna (l. to Edmund).

Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) vs [4] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) First Meeting

Donskoy Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Delray Beach (l. Johnson) YTD W-L: 5-6 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 9 May 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 74 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2017 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: In 2017, earned biggest win of career over No. 10 Federer 36 76(7) 76(5) in 2R of Dubai after saving 3 MPs and trailing 5-2 in 2nd-set TB, 5-2 in 3rd set, and 5-1 in 3rd-set TB (l. to Pouille in QF in 3rd-set TB). • Reached 1st QF of year at Delray Beach (def. D. King and Young, l. to Johnson). • Advanced to Australian Open 2R (d. F. Mayer, l. to Fognini). • Reached 2R at New York (def. Estrella Burgos, l. to Nishikori). • Suffered 1R losses at Sofia (l. to Lacko), Doha (l. to Thiem), and Sydney as Q (l. to Mannarino). • In 2017, won 10th and 11th Challenger titles last year, at Zhuhai, CHN (d. Fabbiano) and Kaohsiung, TPE (d. Copil).

Dzumhur Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (2): Montpellier (l. Gasquet); Marseille (l. Berdych) YTD W-L: 8-6 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 20 May 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 30 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2017 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: Reached QF upon debut last year, shocking No. 3 Wawrinka in 1R and following up with win over Granollers in 2R (l. to Haase). • Reached Grand Slam 3R for 4th time at Australian Open (d. Lorenzi in 1R after trailing by 2 sets, l. to No. 1 Nadal). • Made QF at Montpellier (l. to 3-time champion and eventual 2018 runner-up Gasquet) and Marseille (l. to Berdych). • Lost to Rublev in Rotterdam 2R. • Advanced to Sydney 2R (ret. vs. de Minaur due to left hamstring strain); fell in 1R at Brisbane (l. to Istomin). • In 2017, went 10-0 in Russia and won 1st 2 ATP World Tour titles at St. Petersburg (d. Fognini) and Moscow (d. Berankis). • Became 1st player to ever sweep titles at St. Petersburg (est. 1995) and Moscow (est. 1990). • Also last year, advanced to 1st ATP World Tour final at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut).

[WC] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [6] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) First Meeting

Tsitsipas Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Doha (l. Thiem) YTD W-L: 3-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 12 August 1998 (19) ATP Ranking: 82 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round)

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• Tournament Note: In tournament debut this year, overcame Kukushkin in 3 sets in 1R. • Dropped 1R matches at Montpellier (I. to Chardy 7-5 in 3rd set) and Marseille (l. to Mahut 7-5 7-6). • Between Montpellier and Marseille, fell in 1R of qualifying at Rotterdam (l. to former champion Klizan 7-6 in 3rd set). • Qualified for 6th ATP World Tour event since September at Doha, reaching 2nd QF of career (l. to Thiem). • Reached SF of Quimper, FRA Challenger Tour event (l. to eventual champion Halys 76 in final set). • Lost in 1R at Auckland (l. to Lacko) and Australian Open (l. to Shapovalov). • Broke into Top 100 of ATP rankings on 23 October 2017, becoming the first Greek player to do so.

Kohlschreiber Summary: YTD W-L: 2-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: 16 October 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 33 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 11-8 (2014 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: SF in 2014 (l. to Berdych) and QF appearances the last 2 years (l. to eventual champions both times: No. 4 Wawrinka in 2016 and to No. 1 Murray in 2017). • Won first match of year in Rotterdam over Khachanov 7-6 in 3rd set; fell to eventual champion Federer in 2R. • Suffered 1R losses at Sydney (l. to eventual champion Medvedev) and Australian Open (l. to Nishioka). • After 1R bye, lost 3rd straight match of 2018 in 2R of Sofia to eventual champion Basic. • Last year, captured 2nd Kitzbuhel and 8th ATP World Tour title overall (d. Fognini and Sousa). • In 2017, claimed 30+ wins for 11th straight year -- 4th-longest streak among active players (Nadal 14, Berdych 13, Djokovic 12). • Earned 400th win of career on 11 March 2017 in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R (d. Dolgopolov, l. to Wawrinka in 3R).

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DIMITROV, POUILLE KICK OFF CAMPAIGNS ON DAY 2 IN DUBAI

• The top two seeds, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria and Lucas Pouille of France, lead a busy Tuesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, as ten first-round singles matches take place. No. 1 seed Dimitrov, making his first appearance at Dubai since 2011, will meet Tunisian wild card Malek Jaziri in the opening round. Jaziri is playing the main draw here for the sixth consecutive year, with a quarter-final run in 2014 as his best showing. Dimitrov is still looking for his first title this year; he was able to make the final of his most recent tournament in Rotterdam before falling to Roger Federer.

• 2nd-seeded Pouille has made two finals in his home country during the month of February, claiming the title in Montpellier over countryman Richard Gasquet, before falling to Karen Khachanov in the Marseille title match on Sunday. Pouille, a semi-finalist here last year, will take on former Top 10 player Ernests Gulbis, after the Latvian made it through qualifying to reach an ATP World Tour main draw for the second time this month.

• Gasquet and Khachanov are also in action on Tuesday. The 5th-seeded Gasquet, a two-time semi-finalist in Dubai, will take on Borna Coric of Croatia. Coric made a strong debut in Dubai in 2015, when he took out Andy Murray in the quarter-finals as a lucky loser, before losing to Roger Federer in the semi-finals. Meanwhile, Khachanov is on a five-match winning streak after claiming his second career title in Marseille last week. The Russian will attempt to keep that streak going against Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin, although Istomin has won their only career meeting, in Chengdu last year, when Khachanov was defending champion.

• Three more seeds will open their tournaments as well. On Centre Court, No. 4 seed Damir Dzumhur from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a Dubai quarter-finalist last year, will face off against German qualifier Yannick Maden. No. 7 seed Filip Krajinovic of Serbia will make his Dubai debut against Italian Thomas Fabbiano on Court 1. Then, on Court 3, 8th-seeded Yuichi Sugita of Japan will contest the Dubai draw for the first time, when he squares off against Belarusian Ilya Ivashka, who received a special exempt into the field after making the first ATP World Tour semi-final of his career in Marseille last week.

• Finally, Evgeny Donskoy makes his return to Dubai after his exploits from last year, when he earned the biggest win of his career with a massive comeback victory over Roger Federer in the second round, before falling to Pouille in the quarter-finals. The Russian will play Slovenian lucky loser Blaz Kavcic in the first round on Tuesday. In additional first-round encounters, Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer will square off against Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff, and Joao Sousa of Portugal takes on Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES

CENTRE COURT

Borna Coric (CRO) vs [5] Richard Gasquet (FRA) Gasquet Leads 1-0 16 CRO vs.FRA WG SF (Croatia) Hard RR Richard Gasquet 6-2 7-6(5) 6-1

Coric Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Doha (l. Rublev) YTD W-L: 4-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 14 November 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 50 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 4-2 (2015 Semi-finals)

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• Tournament Note: In tournament debut in 2015 as a lucky loser, ousted No. 3-ranked Murray in QF, before losing to No. 2 Federer in SF. • Opened season by saving 3 MPs against No. 2 seed Carreno Busta in Doha 1R (l. to Rublev in QF). • Suffered 4th straight 1R loss at Australian Open (l. to Millman). • Claimed wins over Shapovalov and Pospisil in Croatia’s 3-1 Davis Cup World Group victory over Canada. • Last season, saved 5 championship points to defeat Kohlschreiber for 1st ATP World Tour title at Marrakech. • Also in 2017, got biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF as LL (l. to Thiem). Became first lucky loser to def. World No. 1 since Canas beat Federer in 2007 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R. • Last year, upset No. 8 Thiem in Miami 2R (l. to Mannarino in 3R) and No. 6 A. Zverev in US Open 2R (l. to Anderson in 3R). • In 2017, went 3-0 en route to Next Gen ATP Finals SF (d. Donaldson, Medvedev & Khachanov in RR; l. to Rublev).

Gasquet Summary: 2018 Highlights: F (1): Montpellier (l. Pouille) YTD W-L: 8-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: 18 June 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 37 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (2009, 2011 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: Advanced to SF in 2009 due to QF walkover from No. 4 Murray (l. to Ferrer); also reached SF in his next Dubai appearance in 2011 (l. to No. 2 Federer). • Reached 6th consecutive final in Montpellier – def. No. 7 Goffin in SF, but 3-time champ lost in F for 2nd straight year (l. to Pouille). • Following Montpellier exploits, retired from 1R match against Herbert in Rotterdam with groin injury. • Suffered 9th straight loss to Federer in Australian Open 3R. • Lost to #NextGenATP player Tsitsipas in Pune 2R. • In 2017, reached 4 other QFs beyond Montpellier, including ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Federer) and Vienna (d. Thiem, l. to Pouille). • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 7 on 9 July 2007.

[Q] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs [2] Lucas Pouille (FRA) Pouille Leads 1-0 16 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Lucas Pouille 3-6 6-4 7-5 Other Meetings 16 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid Q (Spain) Clay Q-1R Lucas Pouille 7-6(2) 7-6(4)

Gulbis Summary: YTD W-L: 0-1 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: 30 August 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 195 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2011 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: Made main draw with straight-set victories in qualifying over No.101 Lacko and No.119 Travaglia. • Qualified at Sofia, lost 1R to Troicki in 3 sets. • Two wins and three losses on the Challenger Tour this year. • In 2017, earned 1st tour-level wins since 2016 Roland Garros to reach Wimbledon 3R (d. del Potro in 2R). • Then-No. 589 became lowest-ranked player in Wimbledon 3R since unranked Kiefer in 2007 (l. Djokovic). • Later in the year, advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF since 2015 Vienna at Gstaad (d. Lorenzi, l. to Fognini). • Broke into Top 10 at No. 10 on 9 June 2014 after advancing to maiden Grand Slam SF at Roland Garros.

Pouille Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Montpellier (d. Gasquet); F (1): Marseille (l. Khachanov) YTD W-L: 7-3 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: 23 February 1994 (24) ATP Ranking: 15 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 3-3 (2017 Semi-finals)

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• Tournament Note: After qualifying for main draw but falling in 1R in both 2015 and 2016, broke through last year with SF run (def. Donskoy in QF; l. to No. 1 Murray). • Captured his fifth career ATP World Tour title earlier this month by claiming the Montpellier crown (d. Gasquet). • Reached Marseille final for 2nd straight year, but fell to Khachanov 5-7 in 3rd set; dropped to 5-3 in ATP World Tour singles finals in his career; became first loss in France during February of 2018 (7-0 previously). • Fell to 0-5 lifetime at Australian Open with 5th straight 1R loss at event (l. to Bemelmans). • Lost to Rublev in 1R at Rotterdam. • Only player to win titles on 3 surfaces in 2017, highlighted by biggest title of career at Vienna (d. Tsonga). • In 2017, saved 1 MP to beat Struff in 2R en route to 1st grass-court title at Stuttgart (d. Lopez). • Last year, also saved 2 MPs to beat Vesely in 2R en route to 1st clay-court title at Budapest (d. Bedene). • Achieved career-high No. 13 in ATP Rankings on 8 May 2017.

[1] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) First Meeting

Dimitrov Summary: 2018 Highlights: F (1): Rotterdam (l. Federer); SF (1): Brisbane (l. Kyrgios); QF (1): Australian Open (l. Edmund) YTD W-L: 10-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: 16 May 1991 (26) ATP Ranking: 4 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2011 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: First appearance since debut in 2011: fell 1R to Gasquet after winning 2 matches in qualifying. • Def. Sugita, Krajinovic, Rublev, and No. 7 Goffin to reach 1st final of year in Rotterdam; fell to then-No. 2 Federer. • Reached Australian Open QF for 3rd time in career (d. No. 17 Kyrgios in 4R, l. to Edmund in QF). • Advanced to Brisbane SF as defending champion (d. Millman after saving 2 MPs in 2R, l. to Kyrgios). • Finished 2017 at career-high No. 3 after posting 5-0 record for biggest title of career at Nitto ATP Finals (d. Goffin). • First Bulgarian to qualify for Nitto ATP Finals in history and 1st debutante to win title since Corretja in 1998. • Last year, held in 52 of 53 service games en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 title at Cincinnati (d. Kyrgios). • Win over Kyrgios marked 1st ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals or Grand Slam final between players born in 1990s. • Also in 2017, reached 2nd Grand Slam SF at Australian Open (d. Goffin, l. to Nadal in 5 sets after 4h56m). • Last year, ended 2.5-year title drought with titles at Brisbane (d. Thiem, Raonic, and Nishikori) and Sofia (d. Goffin).

Jaziri Summary: YTD W-L: 3-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 20 January 1984 (34) ATP Ranking: 117 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 3-5 (2014 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: In main draw for 6th consecutive year; best result was QF in 2014 (def. Sijsling and Devvarman, l. to Kohlschreiber). • Rallied from 2 sets down to defeat Caruso and reach Australian Open 2R (l. to Muller in 5 sets). • Won both Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II matches vs. Finland (d. Heliovaara and Ruusuvuori). • Fell in 1R at Sofia (l. to Marterer), Doha (l. to Bedene), and Marseille (l. to Benneteau). • Advanced to the R16 at Cherbourg, FRA Challenger (l. to Kamke). • In 2017, advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 2nd time at Australian Open (d. Soeda and Bublik, l. to M. Zverev). • Also last year at ATP Masters 1000 events, reached Indian Wells 4R (l. to Sock 75 in 3rd) and Miami 3R (l. to Wawrinka). • Reached a career-high No. 47 in ATP Rankings on 13 February 2017.

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[Q] Yannick Maden (GER) vs [4] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) First Meeting

Maden Summary: YTD W-L: 0-1 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 28 October 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 138 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

• Tournament Note: Making tournament debut after qualifying with straight-set wins over Galovic and Bhambri. • This week, has obtained career-high ranking of No. 138. • Successfully qualified at Montpellier, then lost 1R in main draw to Simon; fell in qualifying at Marseille. • 6 wins and 3 losses on Challenger Tour in 2018 to date. • As lucky loser, claimed first ATP World Tour main draw win at 2017 Metz over Kicker. • In 2017, reached Challenger finals at Prague, CZE (l. to A. Martin) and Mouilleron le Captif, FRA (l. to E. Ymer).

Dzumhur Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (2): Montpellier (l. Gasquet); Marseille (l. Berdych) YTD W-L: 7-6 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 20 May 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 30 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Quarter-finals)

COURT 1

[PR] Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) Series Tied 1-1 14 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R32 Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2 1-0 ret. 15 Casablanca (Morocco) Clay R32 Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2 6-7(0) 7-6(5)

Haider-Maurer Summary: YTD W-L: 0-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 22 March 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 417 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main draw debut)

• Tournament Note: Only prior appearance at Dubai was a loss in the 1R of qualifying in 2013. • Used PR of No. 63 to enter Doha (l. to Basic in 1R) and Australian Open (l. to Dolgopolov in 1R). • Continued to use protected ranking for Buenos Aires (l. to Schwartzman in 1R) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Bedene 1R). • After missing 19 months, returned from right heel injury at Prostejov, CZE Challenger in June 2017 (l. to A. Gonzalez in Q1). • In 2017, fell in 1R at Wimbledon (l. to Bautista Agut), Hamburg (l. to Schwartzman) and US Open (ret. vs Donskoy). • Last year, advanced to 15th ATP Challenger Tour final at Meerbusch, GER (d. F. Mayer in QF, l. to Ojeda Lara). • Last season, played an ITF Futures Circuit event for 1st time since March 2011 at Cornaiano, ITA (l. to Safwat in 2R). • Unranked in ATP Rankings from 17 October 2016 to 25 June 2017.

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Struff Summary: YTD W-L: 2-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 25 April 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 56 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2017 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: In tournament debut last year, fell 1R to Copil. • Snapped 11-match losing streak at Grand Slams by reaching Australian Open 2R (d. Kwon, l. to Federer). • Also reached 2R at Doha (d. Berdych in 3rd-set TB, l. to eventual champion Monfils in 3 sets). • Fell to Dzumhur in Sydney 1R. • Made Australian Open doubles SF with 1st-time doubles partner McLachlan (l. to eventual champions Marach/Pavic). • Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour final with 1st-time doubles partner Troicki at Sydney (l. to Kubot/Melo). • In 2017, earned career-high 28 wins and achieved career-high No. 44 in ATP Rankings on 8 May 2017. • Last year, fell to 0-5 in ATP SFs at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) and St. Petersburg (d. Tsonga, l. to Dzumhur). • Also last season, advanced to QFs at Marrakech (l. to Kohlschreiber), Munich (l. to A. Zverev) and Vienna (l. to Edmund).

[7] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) vs Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 13 Marseille Q (France) Hard Q-FR Filip Krajinovic 6-4 3-6 6-3 16 Guangzhou CH (China) Hard R32 Thomas Fabbiano 7-6(2) 6-4

Krajinovic Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Marseille (l. Pouille) YTD W-L: 3-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 27 February 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 34 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

• Reached 1st QF of season at Marseille, def. Sousa and 2-time champion Simon, l. to eventual finalist Pouille. • Lost to Gojowczyk in Doha 1R and to No. 4 Dimitrov in 2R of Rotterdam • Withdrew from Sydney due to left Achilles injury and Australian Open due to ankle injury. • In 2017, qualified and defeated Querrey and Isner before losing 3-setter to Sock in 1st ATP World Tour final at Paris. • Became 1st qualifier to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final since Janowicz at 2012 Paris. • As World No. 77, became lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 finalist since No. 98 Fish at 2008 Indian Wells. • Last year, went 47-15 in ATP Challengers, incl. 40-10 on clay and 5-0 in finals: Heilbronn, GER as Q (d. Gombos); Marburg, GER (d. Stebe); Biella, ITA (d. Caruso); Rome, ITA (d. Gimeno-Traver) and Almaty, KAZ (d. Djere).

Fabbiano Summary: YTD W-L: 1-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 26 May 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 78 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2016 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: In first Dubai appearance in 2016, qualified and then ousted L. Mayer in 1R (l. to Berdych in 2R). • Obtained 1st Tour-level win of season over Auger-Aliassime in 1R at Marseille (l. to Dzumhur 7-6 6-7 6-7 in 2R). • Suffered 1R losses at Doha (l. to Basilashvili) and Australian Open (l. to A. Zverev). • Failed to get out of qualifying round at Rotterdam (l. to Van Rijthoven in Q1). • Last season, achieved career-high No. 70 in ATP Rankings on 18 September. • In 2017, earned 1st 2 Grand Slam wins of career to reach US Open 3R (d. Smith and Thompson, l. to Lorenzi). • Also last year, won Challenger titles at Quanzhou, CHN (d. Berrettini), Gimcheon, KOR (d. Gabashvili), and Seoul, KOR (d. Kwon) in 2017.

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Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs Denis Istomin (UZB) Istomin Leads 1-0 17 Chengdu (China) Hard R16 Denis Istomin 6-3 6-2

Khachanov Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Marseille (d. Pouille); QF (2): Auckland (l. del Potro); Montpellier (l. Goffin) YTD W-L: 10-4 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 21 May 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 41 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2017 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Fell 1R to Bautista Agut last year in tournament debut. • Won 2nd career title at Marseille (def. Berdych in SF and Pouille in F); 1st title and final since Chengdu in 2016. • Advanced to Auckland QF (d. Sugita and Cuevas, l. to Del Potro). • Reached 2nd QF of season at Montpellier (d. Ferrer and Berankis, l. to No. 7 Goffin). • Also lost to Del Potro in Australian Open 2R, and to Kohlschreiber in 1R at Rotterdam. • Last year, qualified for inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals (d. Donaldson, l. to Medvedev and Coric in RR). • During 2017, achieved career-high ranking 10 times, peaking at No. 29 on August 21.

Istomin Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Brisbane (l. Harrison) YTD W-L: 4-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 7 September 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 81 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-4 (2015 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: Lone main draw win came in 2015 over then-No. 14 Gulbis (l. to Stakhovsky in 2R). • Made 37th straight Grand Slam main draw appearance at Australian Open (l. to Edmund in 2R). • Advanced to Brisbane QF (d. Dzumhur and Donaldson, ret. vs. Harrison due to left hip strain). • Reached 2R at Sofia (l. to Troicki); fell in qualifying at Rotterdam (l. to Bemelmans). • Last year, captured 2nd ATP World Tour title at Chengdu (d. Baghdatis 32 ret.). • In 2017, as World No. 117, upset 6-time champion Djokovic, from 2-sets-to-1 down, in Aus. Open 2R after 4h48m. • Reached career-high ranking of No. 33 on 13 August 2012.

Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) vs [LL] Blaz Kavcic (SLO) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 14 Portoroz CH (Slovenia) Hard SF Blaz Kavcic 6-4 6-2 16 Brescia CH (Italy) Carpet R32 Blaz Kavcic 6-4 4-6 6-3 17 Shenzhen CH (China) Hard QF Blaz Kavcic 2-6 7-5 6-3

Donskoy Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Delray Beach (l. Johnson) YTD W-L: 4-6 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 9 May 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 74 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Quarter-finals)

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Kavcic Summary: YTD W-L: 1-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 5 March 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 116 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2013 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: In only previous appearance, lost 1R to Youzhny in 2013. • Suffered consecutive 1R losses in New York (l. to Gojowczyk) and Marseille (l. to M. Zverev). • Reached the 2R at Sofia for only Tour-level win of season (d. Djere, l. to Copil). • Fell in 1R at Pune (l. to Haase) and Australian Open (l. to Gasquet). • In 2017, broke back into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on July 17 for 1st time since June 15, 2015 • Defeated Polansky for 15th and 16th ATP Challenger Tour titles respectively at Winnipeg, CAN and Granby, CAN last season.

COURT 3

Joao Sousa (POR) vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) First Meeting

Sousa Summary: YTD W-L: 3-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 30 March 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 72 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2015 2nd Round)

Herbert Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Pune (l. Cilic) YTD W-L: 5-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 18 March 1991 (26) ATP Ranking: 99 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

[8] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs [SE] Ilya Ivashka (BLR) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 17 Quanzhou CH (China) Hard R32 Ilya Ivashka 5-7 6-1 6-4

Sugita Summary: YTD W-L: 2-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 18 September 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 42 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

Ivashka Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (1): Marseille (l. Pouille) YTD W-L: 4-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 24 February 1994 (24) ATP Ranking: 147 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

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10 THINGS TO WATCH IN DUBAI

1) Grigor Leads Field: World No. 4 Grigor Dimitrov is the top seed in this year’s tournament and he is making his first appearance in Dubai since 2011 when he came in ranked No. 81 as a qualifier. He is 10-3 this season with a runner-up in Rotterdam, SF in Brisbane and QF at the Aust. Open.

2) Pouille Quick Starter: No. 2 seed Lucas Pouille is coming off a runner-up on home soil in Marseille (l. to Khachanov). Earlier this month the Frenchman won his fifth career ATP World Tour title in Montpellier. He is 3-3 in Dubai, reaching the SFs last year (l. to eventual champion Murray).

3) RBA Back Again: No. 3 seed Roberto Bautista Agut is making his sixth straight appearance in Dubai (6-5 record) and his best result is the QFs in 2016. Last month the Spaniard won the Auckland title (d. Del Potro) but since then has lost three matches in a row.

4) Special K Time: Karen Khachanov enters Dubai fresh off his second career ATP World Tour title in Marseille (d. Pouille). The 21-year-old Russian, who played in the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals last year, is off to a 10-4 start this season. Last year he didn’t win his 10th match until May in Lyon.

5) French Connection: There are a tournament-high six Frenchmen in the main draw, led by Pouille and No. 5 seed Richard Gasquet, who is 8-5 in Dubai with a SF showing in 2009 and 2011. The last Frenchman to win the Dubai title was Fabrice Santoro in 2002 (d. El Aynaoui).

6) Belarusian Breakthrough: Belarus native Ilya Ivashka advanced to his first ATP World Tour SF in Marseille (l. to Pouille) to earn a special exempt into Dubai. The 24-year-old is the first player from Belarus to reach the SFs in singles on the ATP World since Max Mirnyi at 2005 Nottingham.

7) Nishioka Returns: Yoshihito Nishioka, who suffered an ACL left knee injury last March in Miami, makes his Dubai debut.with a protected ranking of No. 66. He reached a career-high No. 58 on March 20. This is Nishioka’s second tour level event of the season after a 2R at the Aust. Open.

8) Gulbis Eyes Win: Ernests Gulbis qualified into his second ATP event of the season (Sofia) and he is looking to win his first tour level win since last year’s US Open (d. Giannessi, l. to Anderson).

9) Wild Cards: Marcos Baghdatis, who reached the final in his last Dubai visit two years ago (l. to Wawrrinka), is one of three wild cards. The Cypriot is 8-7 in Dubai. The other wild cards are #NextGenATP Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas and Tunisian Malek Jaziri, who is making his sixth straight main draw appearance (3-5).

10) Strong Doubles Draw: The top four seeds are the 2016 No. 2 duo of Henri Kontinen and John Peers, reigning champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram and Marseille champions Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus.

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WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEK

SINGLES

SEED PLAYER W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH 1 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 0-1 2011 1st Round 2 Lucas Pouille (FRA) 3-3 2017 Semi-finalist 3 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 6-5 2016 Quarter-finalist 4 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 2-1 2017 Quarter-finalist 5 Richard Gasquet (FRA) 8-5 2009, 2011 Semi-finalist 6 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 10-8 2014 Semi-finalist 7 Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 0-0 Debut 8 Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 0-0 Debut

QUALIFIERS (4) OLDEST PLAYER YOUNGEST PLAYER Ernests Gulbis (LAT) Florian Mayer (GER) Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) Quentin Halys (FRA) 34 years, 4 months 19 years, 6 months Yannick Maden (GER) Gleb Sakharov (FRA) WILD CARDS (3) TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) France 6, Germany 4, Japan 2, LUCKY LOSER (1) Malek Jaziri (TUN) Russia 2, Serbia 2 Blaz Kavcic (SLO) Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)

DOUBLES

SEED TEAM W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH Henri Kontinen (FIN) 2-2 2017 Semi-finalist 1 John Peers (AUS) 3-4 2017 Semi-finalist Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 6-4 2017 Champion 2 Horia Tecau (ROU) 7-3 2017 Champion Ivan Dodig (CRO) 0-3 2014, 2016, 2017 1st Round 3 Rajeev Ram (USA) 2-2 2013 Semi-finalist Raven Klaasen (RSA) 0-1 2015 1st Round 4 Michael Venus (NZL) 0-0 Debut

ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Dubai Duty Free Tennis W F SF QF R16 R32 Championships Singles Ranking Points 500 300 180 90 45 0 Singles Prize Money ($) 565,530 277,255 139,510 70,950 36,845 19,435 Doubles Ranking Points 500 300 180 90 0 --- Doubles Prize Money ($) 170,270 83,360 41,810 21,460 11,090 ---

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PAST FINALISTS

SINGLES (since 2008)

YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 Andy Murray (GBR) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-3 6-2 2016 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-4 7-6(13) 2015 Roger Federer (SUI) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 6-3 7-5 2014 Roger Federer (SUI) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 3-6 6-4 6-3 2013 Novak Djokovic (SRB) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7-5 6-3 2012 Roger Federer (SUI) Andy Murray (GBR) 7-5 6-4 2011 Novak Djokovic (SRB) Roger Federer (SUI) 6-3 6-3 2010 Novak Djokovic (SRB) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 7-5 5-7 6-3

2009 Novak Djokovic (SRB) David Ferrer (ESP) 7-5 6-3 2008 Andy Roddick (USA) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-7(8) 6-4 6-2

BOLD: Player in 2018 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships singles draw.

DOUBLES (since 1998)

YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau Rohan Bopanna/Marcin Matkowski 4-6 6-3 [10-3] 2016 Simone Bolelli/Andreas Seppi Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez 6-2 3-6 [14-12] 2015 Rohan Bopanna/Daniel Nestor Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi/Nenad Zimonjic 6-4 6-1 2014 Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic 6-4 6-3 2013 Mahesh Bhupathi/Michael Llodra Robert Lindstedt/Nenad Zimonjic 7-6(6) 7-6(6) 2012 Mahesh Bhupathi/Rohan Bopanna Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski 6-4 3-6 [10-5] 2011 Sergiy Stakhovsky/Mikhail Youzhny Jeremy Chardy/Feliciano Lopez 4-6 6-3 [10-3] 2010 Simon Aspelin/Paul Hanley Lukas Dlouhy/Leander Paes 6-2 6-3 2009 Rik de Voest/Dmitry Tursunov Martin Damm/Robert Lindstedt 4-6 6-3 [10-5] 2008 Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner 7-5 7-6(7) 2007 Fabrice Santoro/Nenad Zimonjic Mahesh Bhupathi/Radek Stepanek 7-5 6-7(3) [10-7] 2006 Paul Hanley/Kevin Ullyett Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor 1-6 6-2 [10-1] 2005 Martin Damm/Radek Stepanek Jonas Bjorkman/Fabrice Santoro 6-2 6-4 2004 Mahesh Bhupathi/Fabrice Santoro Jonas Bjorkman/Leander Paes 6-2 4-6 6-4 2003 Leander Paes/David Rikl Wayne Black/Kevin Ullyett 6-3 6-0 2002 Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor Joshua Eagle/Sandon Stolle 3-6 6-3 [13-11] 2001 Joshua Eagle/Sandon Stolle Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic 6-4 6-4 2000 Jiri Novak/David Rikl Robbie Koenig/Peter Tramacchi 6-2 7-5 1999 Wayne Black/Sandon Stolle David Adams/John-Laffnie de Jager 4-6 6-1 6-4 1998 Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes Donald Johnson/Francisco Montana 6-2 7-5

BOLD: Player in 2018 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships doubles draw. The following teams are not currently intact: Bopanna/Nestor, Bopanna/Matkowski, and Nestor/Zimonjic.

FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: MONDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES

CENTRE COURT

[Q] Gleb Sakharov (FRA) vs [6] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) First Meeting

Sakharov Summary: YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 10 June 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 159 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

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• Tournament Note: In 1st Dubai appearance, qualified for main draw with straight-set wins over Ram and Kavcic. • Obtained career-high singles ranking of No. 153 on 8 January of this year. • Fell in 2R of Australian Open qualifying (def. Leshem, l. to Ramanathan). • Reached SF of ATP Challenger at Noumea, New Caledonia (def. Ruud in QF; l. to eventual champion Rubin). • Last year, won first match in ATP World Tour main draw at Gstaad (def. No. 714 wild card Bellier; l. to Bautista Agut in 2R). • Also in 2017, reached SF at Challenger events in St. Brieuc, FRA, and Mouilleron Le Captif, FRA. • Also last season, won 2 Futures events in France.

Kohlschreiber Summary: YTD W-L: 1-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: 16 October 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 33 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 10-8 (2014 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: SF in 2014 (l. to Berdych) and QF appearances the last 2 years (l. to eventual champions both times: No. 4 Wawrinka in 2016 and to No. 1 Murray in 2017) • Won first match of year in Rotterdam over Khachanov 7-6 in 3rd set; fell to eventual champion Federer in 2R. • Suffered 1R losses at Sydney (l. to eventual champion Medvedev) and Australian Open (l. to Nishioka). • After 1R bye, lost 3rd straight match of 2018 in 2R of Sofia to eventual champion Basic. • Last year, captured 2nd Kitzbuhel and 8th ATP World Tour title overall (d. Fognini and Sousa). • In 2017, claimed 30+ wins for 11th straight year -- 4th-longest streak among active players (Nadal 14, Berdych 13, Djokovic 12). • Earned 400th win of career on 11 March 2017 in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R (d. Dolgopolov, l. to Wawrinka in 3R).

[3] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Florian Mayer (GER) Series Tied 1-1 13 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay R32 Florian Mayer 5-7 6-4 6-4 15 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-1 6-3

Bautista Agut Summary: 2018 Highlights: W (1): Auckland (d. del Potro) YTD W-L: 5-4 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: 14 April 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 23 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 6-5 (2016 Quarter-finals)

• Tournament Note: Won at least one match in Dubai in each of the last 5 years, but has only gone beyond 2R once, in 2016. • Captured 2nd Auckland and 7th ATP World Tour title overall (d. Del Potro) in January. • Still has not won a match after Auckland title, notching 3rd straight loss in Marseille last week (l. to Benneteau 2R after 1R bye). • Fell to countryman Verdasco in Australian Open 1R, snapping 20-match win streak in Grand Slam 1R. • Lost to Norrie from 2 sets up at Davis Cup tie in Marbella vs. GBR. • Also lost opening match at Pune (l. to eventual champion Simon in 2R following 1R bye). • In 2017, captured 5th and 6th ATP titles respectively at Chennai (d. Medvedev) and Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur). • Achieved career-high ATP Ranking of No. 13 on October 17, 2016.

Mayer Summary: YTD W-L: 0-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 5 October 1983 (34) ATP Ranking: 70 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2011 Quarter-finals)

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• Tournament Note: Lost to eventual champion Djokovic in 2011 QF. • Suffered 9th Grand Slam 1R loss in last 11 appearances at Australian Open (l. to Donskoy). • Also fell in 1R at Doha (l. to Tsitsipas). • Advanced to Canberra, AUS Challenger QF (l. to Estrella Burgos). • In 2017, as World No. 101, reached 2nd ATP World Tour 500 final and 7th final overall at Hamburg (l. to No. 138 L. Mayer); 1st ATP final between players ranked outside Top 100 since 2013 Bogota (No. 155 Karlovic d. No. 122 Falla). • Also last season, reached Halle QF as defending champion (d. Paire and Pouille, l. to eventual champion Federer). • Last year, ended 9-match Grand Slam losing streak, but lost to Cilic in Wimbledon 2R and US Open 2R.

[WC] Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) Baghdatis Leads 4-3 10 Sydney (Australia) Hard R16 Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-3 10 Moscow (Russia) Hard F Viktor Troicki 3-6 6-4 6-3 11 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Hard SF Marcos Baghdatis 6-3 6-1 11 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Marcos Baghdatis 4-6 7-6(8) 6-2 16 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Marcos Baghdatis 7-6(2) 6-2 16 Chengdu (China) Hard R16 Viktor Troicki 6-3 4-6 6-2 17 Istanbul (Turkey) Clay R32 Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-4 Other Meeting 14 Geneva CH (Switzerland) Hard R16 Marcos Baghdatis 6-2 6-3

Baghdatis Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Sofia (l. Kovalik) YTD W-L: 3-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: 17 June 1985 (32) ATP Ranking: 112 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 8-7 (2016 Finalist)

• Tournament Note: Lost to No. 4 Wawrinka in 2016 final, and also made SF in 2010 (l. to No. 2 Djokovic). • Last direct acceptance into Australian Open, where he reached 2R (d. Bhambri, l. to Rublev). • Reached 1st QF of season at Sofia (def. Caruso and Mannarino, l. to qualifier Kovalik) • Fell to No. 123 in ATP Rankings on 15 January -- lowest ranking since No. 132 on 2 June 2014. • Last year, suffered 6th straight loss in a final at Chengdu (ret. vs Istomin). Still seeking 1st title since 2010 Sydney. • Also in 2017, advanced to SFs at Auckland (l. to Sousa) and Antalya (ret. vs Sugita). • 2006 Australian Open runner-up (l. to No. 1 Federer); peaked at career high of World No. 8 on 21 August 2006.

Troicki Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Sofia (l. Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 4-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: 10 February 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 66 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-6 (2010 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: Only win in 6 main draw appearances came over then No. 92-ranked Schuettler in 2010, then lost to No. 2 Djokovic in 3 sets in 2R. • Earned 6th win from 2 sets down and 6th straight victory in a 5-setter at Australian Open (d. Bolt, l. to Kyrgios in 2R). • Reached 1st QF of season at Sofia (def. Gulbis and Istomin, l. to Wawrinka for 9th time in 9 matches). • Fell to Berdych in 2R at Rotterdam. • Lost 3-setters in 1R at Doha (l. to Berrettini) and Sydney (l. to Dolgopolov). • Advanced to Sydney doubles final in team debut w/Struff (d. Rojer/Tecau, l. to Kubot/Melo). • Last year, clinched Serbia’s 4-1 Davis Cup wins over Russia in 1R (d. Khachanov in 4h30m after saving 1 MP, w/Zimonjic d. Kravchuk/Kuznetsov) and Spain in QF (d. Carreno Busta, w/Zimonjic d. Carreno Busta/M. Lopez). • Obtained career-high ranking of No. 12 on 6 June 2011.

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[PR] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs Benoit Paire (FRA) First Meeting

Nishioka Summary: YTD W-L: 1-1 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 27 September 1995 (22) ATP Ranking: 179 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

• Tournament Note: Making tournament debut via protected ranking due to return from injury. • Defeated Kohlschreiber in 5 sets to reach Australian Open 2R for 2nd straight year (l. to Seppi). • Returned at Playford, AUS Challenger for 1st match since tearing left ACL (l. to Schnur in 1R). • On 24 March 2017, tore his left ACL during ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R vs Sock. • Last year, saved 1 MP to beat Berdych and reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 R16 at Indian Wells as LL (l. to Wawrinka 76 in 3rd). • Also last season, qualified and reached 1st ATP World Tour 500 QF at Acapulco (d. Sock in 1R, l. to Nadal). • Achieved career-high No. 58 in ATP Rankings on 20 March 2017.

Paire Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (2): Pune (l. Anderson); Sydney (l. de Minaur); QF (1): Montpellier (l. Pouille) YTD W-L: 7-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 8 May 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 46 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2017 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: In debut last year, was defeated in straight sets by Federer in 1R. • Fell to Garcia-Lopez in Australian Open 1R. • Advanced to SFs at Pune (d. Fucsovics after saving 5 MPs in 2R, l. to Anderson) and Sydney (l. to de Minaur). • Reached QF at Montpellier (l. to eventual champion Pouille). • Lost 10 of last 11 ATP World Tour SFs since reaching biggest final of career at 2015 Tokyo. • In 2017, earned biggest win of career by beating No. 3 Wawrinka in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R. • Obtained career-high ranking of No. 18 on 11 January 2016.

COURT 1

[WC] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) First Meeting

Tsitsipas Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Doha (l. Thiem) YTD W-L: 2-5 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 12 August 1998 (19) ATP Ranking: 82 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

• Tournament Note: Looking for 1st Tour-level win since Doha in 1st week of season. • Dropped 1R matches at Montpellier (I. to Chardy 7-5 in 3rd set) and Marseille (l. to Mahut 7-5 7-6). • Between Montpellier and Marseille, fell in 1R of qualifying at Rotterdam (l. to former champion Klizan 7-6 in 3rd set). • Qualified for 6th ATP World Tour event since September at Doha, reaching 2nd QF of career (l. to Thiem). • Reached SF of Quimper, FRA Challenger Tour event (l. to eventual champion Halys 76 in final set). • Lost in 1R at Auckland (l. to Lacko) and Australian Open (l. to Shapovalov). • Broke into Top 100 of ATP rankings on 23 October 2017, becoming the first Greek player to do so.

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Kukushkin Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Pune (l. Anderson) YTD W-L: 3-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 26 December 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 88 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2016 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: Claimed lone Dubai win over Istomin in 2016 (l. to Kyrgios in 2R). • Fell in Marseille 1R to Dzumhur despite holding 4 match points. • Defeated Albot and Djere to reach Pune QF (l. to Anderson). • Suffered 7th Australian Open 1R loss in 8 appearances (l. to Gojowczyk). • Retired in Canberra, AUS Challenger 1R vs. Beale due to illness. • Won his Davis Cup World Group 1R match vs. Switzerland (d. Bodmer). • Last season, advanced to 1st ATP World Tour SF since 2015 Sydney at Memphis (d. Johnson, l. to Basilashvili). • Also in 2017, qualified at US Open and reached 3R for 3rd time (d. Ferrer in 1R, l. to Pouille).

Robin Haase (NED) vs [Q] Quentin Halys (FRA) First Meeting

Haase Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (1): Auckland (l. Bautista Agut); QF (2): Pune (l. Paire); Rotterdam (l. Federer) YTD W-L: 7-7 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 6 April 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 43 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2017 Semi-finals)

• Tournament Note: Reached SF in tournament debut last year (def. Istomin, Berdych, and Dzumhur, l. to Verdasco). • Reached QF of Rotterdam for 1st time in 10 years (def. compatriots de Bakker and T. Griekspoor, l. to Federer). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Ruud en route to Auckland SF (l. to eventual champion Bautista Agut). • Defeated Kavcic and Jarry to reach Pune QF (l. to Paire). • Suffered 8th Australian Open 1R loss in last 9 years (l. to Sonego); also fell 1R in Sofia to eventual runner-up Copil. • Captured 3rd ATP World Tour doubles title at Pune with countryman Middelkoop (d. Herbert/Simon). • Won 4th ATP World Tour doubles title at Sofia, also with Middelkoop (d. Mektic/Peya). • In 2017, made 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Montreal (l. to Federer). • Last year, earned biggest win of career over No. 4 A. Zverev to reach ATP Masters 1000 Paris 3R (l. to del Potro).

Halys Summary: YTD W-L: 0-1 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: 26 October 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 115 Dubai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

• Tournament Note: In 1st Dubai appearance, qualified for main draw with straight-set wins over Bachinger and Popyrin. • Qualified for Australian Open main draw, and lost 1R to Ruud 9-11 in 5th set. • Won 2nd career ATP Challenger title, and 1st since 2016, at Quimper, FRA (def. Tsitsipas in SF and Vatutin in F). • Recently hit career-high singles ranking of No. 102 on 5 February. • Last year, qualified and reached 2R in back-to-back weeks at Atlanta (l. to Muller) and Los Cabos (d. Karlovic, ret. vs. Dzumhur). • Also last season, fell in 1R as WC at Australian Open and Roland Garros (l. to Trungelliti). • In 2017, advanced to Challenger finals at Bergamo, ITA (l. to Janowicz) and Anning, CHN (l. to Tipsarevic). • Also last year, captured Challenger doubles titles at Noumea, CAL w/Lamasine (d. Menendez-Maceiras/Napolitano) and Recanati, ITA w/Eysseric (d. Ocleppo/Vavassori).

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FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: REMAINING FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES

[1] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) First Meeting

Joao Sousa (POR) vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) First Meeting

Borna Coric (CRO) vs [5] Richard Gasquet (FRA) Gasquet Leads 1-0 16 CRO vs.FRA WG SF (Croatia) Hard RR Richard Gasquet 6-2 7-6(5) 6-1

[Q] Yannick Maden (GER) vs [4] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) First Meeting

[8] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs [SE] Ilya Ivashka (BLR) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 17 Quanzhou CH (China) Hard R32 Ilya Ivashka 5-7 6-1 6-4

Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs Denis Istomin (UZB) Istomin Leads 1-0 17 Chengdu (China) Hard R16 Denis Istomin 6-3 6-2

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