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CORDOBA OPEN – ATP MEDIA NOTES PREVIEW & DAY 1 – MONDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2020 Kempes Stadium | Cordoba, Argentina | 3-9 February 2020 ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com cordobaopen.com Edward La Cava: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATPTour @CordobaOpen Lucia Rodriguez Bosch: [email protected] (Press Officer) Facebook: @ATPTour @cordobaopen TV & Radio: TennisTV.com CORDOBA OPEN SINGLES SEED PLAYER 2019 W-L (BEST FINISH) CORDOBA W-L (BEST FINISH) 1 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 40-26 (Los Cabos Champion) 1-1 (2019 QF) 2 Guido Pella (ARG) 36-25 (Sao Paulo Champion) 4-1 (2019 Finalist) 3 Cristian Garin (CHI) 32-24 (Munich, Houston Champion) 0-0 (Debut) 4 Laslo Djere (SRB) 20-22 (Rio de Janeiro Champion) 0-0 (Debut) 5 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 30-24 (Gstaad Champion) 1-1 (2019 2R) 6 Pablo Cuevas (URU) 24-23 (Estoril Finalist) 3-1 (2019 SF) 7 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 26-27 (4 QFs) 0-0 (Debut) 8 Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 22-21 (Cordoba Champion) 5-0 (2019 Champion) Singles Final Sunday 9 February not before 7:00 p.m. Qualifiers (4) Facundo Bagnis (ARG), Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG), Pedro Martinez (ESP), Carlos Taberner (ESP) Wild Cards (3) Pedro Cachin (ARG), Francisco Cerundolo (ARG), Cristian Garin (CHI) #NextGenATP (1) Corentin Moutet (20) Oldest Player Fernando Verdasco (36) COUNTRY BREAKDOWN (11) Argentina (10) Facundo Bagnis, Pedro Cachin, Francisco Cerundolo, Federico Coria, Federico Delbonis, Juan Pablo Ficovich, Juan Ignacio Londero, Leonardo Mayer, Guido Pella, Diego Schwartzman Spain (7) Pablo Andujar, Roberto Carballes Baena, Pedro Martinez, Jaume Munar, Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Carlos Taberner, Fernando Verdasco Italy (3) Marco Cecchinato, Gianluca Mager, Lorenzo Sonego Bolivia (1) Hugo Dellien Brazil (1) Thiago Monteiro Chile (1) Cristian Garin France (1) Corentin Moutet Hungary (1) Attila Balazs Serbia (1) Laslo Djere Slovakia (1) Andrej Martin Uruguay (1) Pablo Cuevas ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Cordoba Open W F SF QF R16 R32 Singles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 20 0 Singles Prize Money ($) 91,625 50,710 28,540 16,250 9,320 5,450 Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 0 -- Doubles Prize Money ($) 30,900 15,840 8,580 4,910 2,880 -- * Singles players who receive byes and lose in R16 earn 0 ranking points. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Cordoba Open Preview & Day 1 – Monday 3 February 2020 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPTour.com CLAY-COURT WIN LEADERS (LAST 52 WEEKS) PLAYER WIN-LOSS WIN TITLES RECORD PERCENTAGE Dominic Thiem (AUT) 23-7 0.767 2 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 22-12 0.647 1 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 21-3 0.875 2 Guido Pella (ARG) 21-9 0.700 1 Cristian Garin (CHI) 20-9 0.690 2 Pablo Cuevas (URU) 20-12 0.625 0 Casper Ruud (NOR) 19-8 0.704 0 Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 18-11 0.621 1 Laslo Djere (SRB) 17-9 0.654 1 Alexander Zverev (GER) 16-8 0.667 1 CORDOBA OPEN TALKING POINTS • The four-week-long “Golden Swing” through Latin America begins with the second edition of the Cordoba Open. Six of the top ten clay-court win leaders over the last 52 weeks (see chart above) will contest the event. • Inaugural champion Juan Ignacio Londero returns to try to defend his title. Londero, who hails from nearby Jesus Maria, Argentina, captured his first ATP Tour singles title as a 112th-ranked wild card at Cordoba last year. He became the first player since Steve Darcis at 2007 Amersfoort to win a title without having won a Tour-level match when the tournament started. • All four Argentines in the Top 100 of the FedEx ATP Singles Rankings are in the main draw, led by top Argentine Diego Schwartzman, the World No. 14. 2019 finalist and World No. 22 Guido Pella, World No. 50 Londero, and World No. 74 Federico Delbonis are the Top 100 players who are also in the mix on home soil. • Ten Argentines in total are found in the 28-player main draw this year. Last year, the all-Argentine final between Londero and Pella was preceded by a semi-final lineup which had three out of the four players from the home country (adding Delbonis). Five out of the eight 2019 quarter-finalists were from Argentina as well (adding Schwartzman and 2020 wild card Pedro Cachin). • Londero was one of the 15 players who won their first ATP Tour singles title in 2019, which is the most first-time winners in a season since 1999, when there were 16. Four more of those first-time winners are also in Cordoba – Laslo Djere (Rio de Janeiro), Pella (Sao Paulo), Cristian Garin (Houston), and Lorenzo Sonego (Antalya). • Maximo Gonzalez, a doubles finalist last year, aims to go one step further in 2020, pairing with Fabrice Martin as the top seeds. Gonzalez’s partner from 2019, Horacio Zeballos, is one of his first-round foes this edition. Andres Molteni, who won the title last season with Roman Jebavy, teams up with Leonardo Mayer this year. CORDOBA OPEN DOUBLES SEED TEAM 2019 W-L (BEST FINISH) CORDOBA W-L (BEST FINISH) Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 34-19 (Buenos Aires, Rio, Sao Paulo Champion) 2-1 (2019 Finalist) 1 Fabrice Martin (FRA) 31-20 (Marseille, Estoril Champion) 0-0 (Debut) Sander Gille (BEL) 28-13 (Bastad, Gstaad, Zhuhai Champion) 2-1 (2019 SF) 2 Joran Vliegen (BEL) 31-16 (Bastad, Gstaad, Zhuhai Champion) 2-1 (2019 SF) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) 25-21 (Moscow Champion) 0-1 (2019 1R) 3 Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 26-26 (Moscow Champion) 0-0 (Debut) Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 13-13 (Australian Open, Umag SF) 0-1 (2019 1R) 4 Andres Molteni (ARG) 18-21 (Cordoba Champion) 4-0 (2019 Champion) Doubles Final: Sunday 9 February at 5:00 p.m. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Cordoba Open Preview & Day 1 – Monday 3 February 2020 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPTour.com CORDOBA OPEN SINGLES FINALS YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2019 Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) Guido Pella (ARG) 3-6 7-5 6-1 BOLD: Player in 2020 Cordoba Open singles draw. CORDOBA OPEN DOUBLES FINALS YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2019 Roman Jebavy/Andres Molteni Maximo Gonzalez/Horacio Zeballos 6-4 7-6(4) BOLD: Player in 2020 Cordoba Open doubles draw. Gonzalez/Zeballos is not an intact team this year. FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: MONDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES CANCHA CENTRAL Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs Attila Balazs (HUN) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 17 Cordenons CH (Italy) Clay R32 Lorenzo Sonego 6-2 3-6 6-3 Sonego Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 52 | 20-23 in 2019 (Antalya Title) | 1-1 at Cordoba (2019 2R) • In 2020, suffered 1R losses at Doha (l. to Djere), Auckland (l. to Hurkacz) and Australian Open (l. to Kyrgios). • Lost his last 8 tour-level matches and 9 matches overall dating back to Metz last September (d. Otte in 1R). • In 2019, saved championship point to win 1st ATP Tour title at Antalya (d. Kecmanovic). Entered on 6-match losing streak and with 0-2 career record on grass. Hit career-high ATP Ranking of No. 46 on 1 July. • Saved 8 MPs vs. Delbonis and 1 MP vs. Carballes Baena en route to 2nd ATP Tour SF at Kitzbuhel (l. to Thiem). • Qualified and reached back-to-back QFs at Marrakech (l. to Tsonga) and ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Lajovic). Defeated No. 12 Khachanov in Monte-Carlo 2R for biggest win of career. • Earned career-high 20 tour-level wins, but ended season on 5-match losing streak. • Captured 3rd ATP Challenger Tour title at Genova, ITA (d. Davidovich Fokina in 3rd-set TB). Balazs Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 108 (Career-High) | 7-3 in 2019 (Umag Final) | Cordoba Debut • In 2020, won his 2nd ATP Challenger Tour title (his first since 2010) at Bangkok, THA (def. Karatsev in final). • Obtained new career-high ranking of No. 108 on 3 February. • In 2019, qualified and saved 7 MPs vs. Galovic en route to 1st ATP Tour final at Umag (l. to Lajovic). • Also reached Budapest QF as WC (def. Hurkacz and Millman, l. to Herbert). • Reached 2 ATP Challenger Tour finals in 3 weeks, at Prostejov, CZE (l. to Andujar) and Bratislava, SVK (l. to Gombos). [6] Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Federico Delbonis (ARG) Series Tied 2-2 14 Vina del Mar (Chile) Clay R32 Federico Delbonis 6-3 6-4 15 Bastad (Sweden) Clay R16 Pablo Cuevas 6-4 6-7(6) 6-0 16 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay QF Pablo Cuevas 6-4 7-6(4) 19 Bastad (Sweden) Clay R16 Federico Delbonis 6-4 6-4 Other Meeting 10 Montevideo CH (Uruguay) Clay QF Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-4 Cuevas Summary | Age: 34 | World No. 48 | 24-23 in 2019 (Estoril Final) | 3-1 at Cordoba (2019 SF) • In 2020, snapped 6-match tour-level losing streak by saving 3 MPs vs. Opelka in Auckland 1R (l. to Paul in 2R). • Went 0-3 in singles at ATP Cup, including loss to No. 1 Nadal. Lost his last 8 matches vs. Top 10 opponents. • Fell to Simon in Australian Open 1R. • In 2019, played in 1st ATP Tour final since 2017 Sao Paulo at Estoril as LL (l. to Tsitsipas). • Advanced to SFs at Cordoba (l. to Pella) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Auger-Aliassime), as well as QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem), Budapest (d.