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Tokyo Final Fast Facts RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 SUNDAY, 6 OCTOBER MEDIA NOTES Ariake Tennis Forest Park | Tokyo, Japan | 30 September – 6 October 2019 | First Held: 1972 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,895,290 | Surface: Hard ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com rakutenopen.com Richard Evans: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @rakutenopen Mr. Yuichi Tani: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @rakutenjapanopen TV & Radio: TennisTV.com TOKYO FINAL FAST FACTS • World No. 1 Novak Djokovic meets qualifier John Millman in the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships final on Sunday. Djokovic has a 2-0 head-to-head advantage on Millman. • Following his semi-final win over David Goffin, Djokovic moved into a tie with Roger Federer for the third-most match wins on the ATP Tour this season to date: 2019 Match Wins Leaders W-L Titles 1. Daniil Medvedev 54-17 3 2. Rafael Nadal 48-6 4 3 (tie). Roger Federer 45-7 3 3 (tie). Novak Djokovic 45-8 3 5. Stefanos Tsitsipas 42-20 2 • Djokovic aims to win a title in a tournament debut for the 10th time in his career. The 9 times he has done this are: o 2006 Amersfoort o 2006 Metz o 2007 Adelaide o 2007 Estoril o 2007 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal o 2009 Belgrade o 2009 Beijing o 2009 Basel o 2017 Eastbourne • Millman is going for his first-ever ATP Tour singles title. Players trying to win their first ATP Tour singles title are 14- 18 in finals this season. The 14 first-time ATP singles champions thus far are the most since 1999, when there were 16. There were 13 first-time ATP singles champions last year. First-Time ATP Champions in 2019 Age Tournament o Alex de Minaur 19 Sydney o Tennys Sandgren 27 Auckland o Juan Ignacio Londero 25 Cordoba o Laslo Djere 23 Rio de Janeiro o Reilly Opelka 21 New York o Radu Albot 28 Delray Beach o Guido Pella 28 Sao Paulo o Cristian Garin 22 Houston o Adrian Mannarino 30 ‘s-Hertogenbosch o Taylor Fritz 21 Eastbourne o Lorenzo Sonego 24 Antalya o Nicolas Jarry 23 Bastad o Dusan Lajovic 29 Umag o Hubert Hurkacz 22 Winston-Salem • This will be Millman’s first match against a player currently ranked World No. 1. Millman is 1-15 against Top 10 players in his career. His previous Top 10 victory came against then-No. 2 Federer in the round of 16 at the 2018 US Open. • Millman seeks to become the 5th Australian to win the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships title, after Ken Rosewall (1973), John Newcombe (1974), Lleyton Hewitt (2001), and Nick Kyrgios (2016). For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2019 Day 7 – Sunday, 6 October 2019 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPTour.com • Millman has become the fifth qualifier to reach an ATP Tour final this season, and aims to be the first qualifier to win an ATP Tour singles title in 2019 (qualifiers went 8-4 in singles finals last season). He is the second qualifier in a row to reach the Tokyo final, after Daniil Medvedev won the title as a qualifier last year. Qualifiers in 2019 ATP Tour Finals Tournament o Brayden Schnur New York (l. to Opelka) o Daniel Evans Delray Beach (l. to Albot) o Filip Krajinovic Budapest (l. to Berrettini) o Attila Balazs Umag (l. to Lajovic) (Medvedev is the most recent qualifier to win an ATP Tour singles title: 2018 Tokyo) ATP RACE TO LONDON STANDINGS (going into Sunday) Singles Player Points Scenario 1 Rafael Nadal* 9,225 Not playing this week 2 Novak Djokovic* 7,565 Add 200 points with Tokyo F win 3 Roger Federer* 5,510 Not playing this week 4 Daniil Medvedev* 4,875 Not playing this week 5 Dominic Thiem* 4,145 Add 200 points with Beijing F win 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 3,370 Add 200 points with Beijing F win 7 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,395 Lost in Beijing 1R 8 Alexander Zverev 2,255 Lost in Beijing SF 9 David Goffin 2,235 Lost in Tokyo SF 10 Matteo Berrettini 2,185 Lost in Beijing 1R 11 Kei Nishikori 2,180 Not playing this week 12 Gael Monfils 2,125 Lost in Beijing 1R 13 Fabio Fognini 2,055 Lost in Beijing QF 14 Diego Schwartzman 1,850 Lost in Beijing 2R 15 Stan Wawrinka 1,670 Not playing this week 16 John Isner 1,670 Lost in Beijing QF * Qualified for Nitto ATP Finals (10-17 November) Bold indicates still active in Tokyo tournament. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [Q] John Millman (AUS) Djokovic Leads 2-0 18 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-1 18 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 6-4 Djokovic 2019 Summary | Age: 32 | World No. 1 | 45-8 in 2019 (Aus. Open, Madrid, Wimbledon Titles) | 4-0 at Tokyo (2019 F) • 75-34 record in ATP Tour singles finals. Seeking to win a title in a tournament debut for 10th time in his career. • World No. 1 for 271st overall week, passing Lendl (270) and 3rd all-time behind Federer (310) and Sampras (286). • Saved 2 championship points to defeat Federer in longest Wimbledon final on record (4 hours, 55 minutes). • Became 1st Wimbledon champion to save championship point since Bob Falkenburg saved 3 MPs in 1948 final. • Also saved 2 MPs to defeat Federer in both 2010 US Open SF and 2011 US Open SF. Leads H2H 26-22. • Prior to 5th Wimbledon title, captured record 7th Aus. Open title (d. Nadal). Third all-time with 16 Grand Slam titles. • Became 1st player in history to win 3+ straight Grand Slam titles on 3 occasions (also 2011-12, 2015-16). • Also 1st player to win a Grand Slam final over Nadal in straight sets. Spaniard has reached 26 Grand Slam finals. • Won 26 straight Grand Slam matches until Roland Garros SF (l. to Thiem in 5 sets). • Retired vs. Wawrinka in US Open 4R (left shoulder) -- 6th Grand Slam and 13th tour-level retirement of career. • Earned 200th win vs. Top 10 to capture 33rd ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d. Tsitsipas). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Del Potro en route to 9th Rome and 49th ATP Masters 1000 final (l. to Nadal). For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2019 Day 7 – Sunday, 6 October 2019 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPTour.com Millman 2019 Summary | Age: 30 | World No. 80 | 20-24 in 2019 (Tokyo Final) | 4-0 at Tokyo (2019 F) • Attempting to become the first qualifier to win an ATP Tour singles title since Medvedev at this very event last year. • 2nd ATP Tour singles final of his career, after 2018 Budapest (l. to [LL] Cecchinato). • Projected to reach No. 58 in the ATP Rankings on Monday, and projected to move to No. 38 with a title. • Advanced to QFs at Sydney (l. to Simon), Acapulco (l. to Isner in 3 TBs) and Winston-Salem (l. to Johnson). • Snapped 5-match losing streak en route to Wimbledon 3R (d. Dellien and Djere, l. to Querrey). • Lost 5-setters to Bautista Agut in Australian Open 2R and A. Zverev in Roland Garros 1R. • One of 3 Aussies to earn 1st Davis Cup win in Australia’s 4-0 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina (d. Dzumhur). • Withdrew from Marrakech and retired in Estoril 2R vs. Domingues due to left foot injury. INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Rakuten Japan Open Tennis [1] Novak Djokovic [Q] John Millman Championships 2019 Aces 32 17 1st-Serve Percentage 63% (129 of 204) 64% (168 of 264) 1st-Serve Points Won 84% (108 of 129) 77% (130 of 168) 2nd-Serve Points Won 61% (46 of 75) 52% (50 of 96) Service Games Won 95% (35 of 37) 91% (39 of 43) Break Points Saved 80% (8 of 10) 69% (9 of 13) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 37% (58 of 155) 35% (57 of 164) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 58% (61 of 106) 52% (43 of 82) Return Games Won 39% (14 of 36) 33% (13 of 40) Break Points Converted 39% (14 of 36) 46% (13 of 28) BOLD: Leads all players at Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2019. Nikola Mektic (CRO) / Franko Skugor (CRO) vs First Meeting [2] Nicolas Mahut (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) Mektic/Skugor Summary | Team Debut: 2013 Ostrava Challenger | 22-15 Tour-Level team record | 1 team ATP Tour title • 2nd ATP Tour final of the year as a pairing, having won the title at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo in their first event together in 18 months (d. Haase/Koolhof in final). They have a 17-13 win-loss record for the season as a duo. • No. 16 Mektic (career-high No. 5) is 7-5 in ATP Tour doubles finals. He is 3-0 in finals this season, winning at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (w/ Zeballos) and Sofia (w/ J. Melzer) along with the Monte-Carlo title. • No. 31 Skugor is 5-2 in doubles finals (2-0 this season). Along with the Monte-Carlo title, he won the Marrakech title (w/ J. Melzer). Monte-Carlo was his first ATP Masters 1000 final and title. Mahut/Roger-Vasselin Summary | Team Debut: 2002 France F15 | 48-17 Tour-Level team record | 6 team ATP Tour titles • Teamed up to reach the Wimbledon final this year (l.
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