CORDOBA OPEN – ATP MEDIA NOTES PREVIEW & DAY 1 – MONDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2020

Kempes Stadium | Cordoba, | 3-9 February 2020

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CORDOBA OPEN SINGLES

SEED PLAYER 2019 W-L (BEST FINISH) CORDOBA W-L (BEST FINISH) 1 (ARG) 40-26 (Los Cabos Champion) 1-1 (2019 QF) 2 (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 ( Champion) 0-0 (Debut) 5 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 30-24 (Gstaad Champion) 1-1 (2019 2R) 6 (URU) 24-23 (Estoril Finalist) 3-1 (2019 SF) 7 (ESP) 26-27 (4 QFs) 0-0 (Debut) 8 (ARG) 22-21 (Cordoba Champion) 5-0 (2019 Champion)

Singles Final Sunday 9 February not before 7:00 p.m. Qualifiers (4) (ARG), Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG), Pedro Martinez (ESP), (ESP) Wild Cards (3) Pedro Cachin (ARG), Francisco Cerundolo (ARG), Cristian Garin (CHI) #NextGenATP (1) (20) Oldest Player Fernando Verdasco (36)

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN (11)

Argentina (10) Facundo Bagnis, Pedro Cachin, Francisco Cerundolo, , , Juan Pablo Ficovich, Juan Ignacio Londero, , Guido Pella, Diego Schwartzman (7) Pablo Andujar, Roberto Carballes Baena, Pedro Martinez, , Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Carlos Taberner, Fernando Verdasco (3) , , Lorenzo Sonego Bolivia (1) (1) (1) Cristian Garin France (1) Corentin Moutet Hungary (1) Attila Balazs Serbia (1) Laslo Djere (1) (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.

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CLAY-COURT WIN LEADERS (LAST 52 WEEKS)

PLAYER WIN-LOSS WIN TITLES RECORD PERCENTAGE (AUT) 23-7 0.767 2 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 22-12 0.647 1 (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 (NOR) 19-8 0.704 0 Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 18-11 0.621 1 Laslo Djere (SRB) 17-9 0.654 1 (GER) 16-8 0.667 1

CORDOBA OPEN TALKING POINTS

• The four-week-long “” through 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, , 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 (, 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 (BEL) 31-16 (Bastad, Gstaad, Zhuhai Champion) 2-1 (2019 SF) (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 (, 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.

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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. Cilic after saving 1 MP, l. to Berrettini) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ruud). • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 4th time in 5 years (l. to Thiem). • Fell to No. 94 in ATP Rankings on 14 January -- lowest since No. 111 on 7 July 2014. • Won 13th ATP Challenger Tour title at Tunis, TUN (d. Domingues) and 14th at Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Halys).

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Delbonis Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 74 | 14-20 in 2019 (3 SFs) | 3-1 at Cordoba (2019 SF) • In 2020, ended 6-match tour-level losing streak by beating J. Sousa in Australian Open 1R (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 2R). • Qualified at Adelaide (l. to Duckworth in 1R). Lost opening match at Noumea, CAL Challenger (l. to Lamasine in 2R). • In 2019, snapped 5-match tour-level losing streak en route to Cordoba SF (l. to eventual champion Londero). • Also advanced to SFs at Geneva (l. to eventual champion A. Zverev) and Bastad (l. to eventual champion Jarry). • Ended season on 5-match tour-level losing streak following win over Cecchinato in Hamburg 1R. • Sao Paulo doubles champion w/M. Gonzalez (d. Bambridge/O’Mara). Bastad finalist w/Zeballos (l. to Gille/Vliegen). • Won Challenger title at Perugia, ITA (d. Garcia-Lopez). Reached Challenger final at Montevideo, URU (l. to Munar).

[7] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [Q] Carlos Taberner (ESP) First Meeting

Verdasco Summary | Age: 36 | World No. 49 | 26-27 in 2019 (4 QFs) | Cordoba Debut • In 2020, advanced to Australian Open 3R-or-better for 7th time (d. Basilashvili, l. to A. Zverev in 3R). • Made 67th straight singles appearance at Australian Open -- 2nd-longest streak of all time (Lopez 72). • Reached Doha QF (l. to Moutet). Withdrew from Adelaide due to left knee injury. • In 2019, earned 20+ wins in 16 straight seasons (2004-19). Tied with Nadal for 2nd-longest active streak (Federer 20). • Reached QFs at Sofia (l. to Berrettini), ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Nadal), Eastbourne (l. to Querrey) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Sonego). Played 6 sets in 4 hrs, 54 mins on 16 May at Rome (d. Thiem in 2R and Khachanov in 3R). • Earned 6th career win from 2 sets down in Wimbledon 2R (d. Edmund, l. to Goffin in 4R). • Suffered 5th loss from 2 sets up in Australian Open 3R (l. to Cilic after holding 2 MPs) and 6th loss from 2 sets up in US Open 2R (l. to Chung after holding 1 MP). • Did not play at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami while awaiting birth of son, Miguel, on 26 March.

Taberner Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 198 | 0-0 in 2019 | Cordoba Debut • Contesting first Tour-level match since 2018 Roland Garros 1R (l. to Tsitsipas as Q). 1-2 career record at Tour-level. • In 2020, fell in first round of Australian Open qualifying (l. to Hanfmann). • Dropped opening matches at ATP Challenger Tour events at Noumea, CAL (l. to Marcora) and Punta del Este, URU (l. to M. Cuevas in 2R after 1R bye). • In 2019, made 6 ATP Challenger Tour semi-finals. Year-end ranking of No. 192 was an improvement of 141 spots. • Fell in first round of qualifying at Antwerp (l. to Hoang).

CANCHA 1

[Q] Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG) vs Gianluca Mager (ITA) First Meeting

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: REMAINING FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES

Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs Jaume Munar (ESP) Munar Leads 1-0 19 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R32 Jaume Munar 7-6(5) 6-4

[WC] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) vs Pablo Andujar (ESP) First Meeting

[Q] Facundo Bagnis (ARG) vs [5] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) Ramos-Vinolas Leads 1-0 19 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Clay R32 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1 6-3 Other Meetings 09 Meknes Q (Morocco) Clay Q3 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-2 10 Asuncion CH (Paraguay) Clay R32 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 6-1

Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) vs [Q] Pedro Martinez (ESP) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 18 Marbella CH (Spain) Clay R32 R. Carballes Baena 6-3 6-4 18 CH (Spain) Clay F R. Carballes Baena 1-6 6-3 6-0 19 Barcelona Q (Spain) Clay Q1 R. Carballes Baena 7-5 6-1 19 Lisbon CH () Clay SF R. Carballes Baena 6-3 6-1

Hugo Dellien (BOL) vs [WC] Pedro Cachin (ARG) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 12 Argentina F21 (Argentina) Clay R32 Pedro Cachin 7-6(5) 6-0 14 Argentina F5 (Argentina) Clay QF Pedro Cachin 6-4 7-6(2) 15 CH () Clay R32 Hugo Dellien 7-5 7-6(2)

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Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs [8] Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 14 Mestre CH (Italy) Clay R16 Marco Cecchinato 6-1 6-4 16 Milan CH (Italy) Clay R32 Marco Cecchinato 2-6 7-5 6-0 17 Milan CH (Italy) Clay QF Marco Cecchinato 6-2 6-3

Federico Coria (ARG) vs Andrej Martin (SVK) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 17 Cali CH (Colombia) Clay R16 Andrej Martin 6-3 6-0 19 Guayaquil CH (Ecuador) Clay R16 Federico Coria 6-4 7-6(8)

Corentin Moutet (FRA) vs Thiago Monteiro (BRA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 14 Dominican Republic F2 (Dominican Rep.) Clay QF Thiago Monteiro 6-3 6-2 14 Dominican Republic F3 (Dominican Rep.) Clay R16 Thiago Monteiro 6-4 6-3

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