GENERALI OPEN - KITZBÜHEL: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Kitzbühel Club, Kitzbühel, | July 18-23, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €520,070 Surface: Clay

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AUSTRIAN WILD CARDS TAKE CENTER STAGE ON DAY 2

DAY 2 PREVIEW: Austrian wild cards take center stage on Day 2 of the Generali Open-Kitzbühel with seven singles matches on Tuesday’s schedule. In a re-peat of last year’s first round match Gerald Melzer kicks off the day’s action on Center Court when he takes on the Spaniard Albert Montanes. Last year the Spaniard got the better of the Austrian in straight sets.

In the next match, a first-time meeting between 22-year-old Austrian wild card Dennis Novak and Roberto Carballes Baena of . Novak, who is undefeated in Futures this year with a 15-0 record and three titles in three events, is appearing in his first tour-level event of the year.

The last match on, is a first-time meeting between the 35-year-old Jurgen Melzer and the 23-year-old Taro Daniel of Japan. Melzer, who is ranked No. 414, is playing in his first tournament since qualifying into the US Open last year (l. to Berdych in 2R). He has been sidelined with a left shoulder injury.

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Center Court

Albert Montanes (ESP) vs Gerald Melzer (AUT) Montanes Leads 1-0 15 Kitzbühel (Austria) Clay R32 Albert Montanes 6-4 7-6(5)

Montanes 2016 FastFacts: SF: Marrakech (l Delbonis) YTD W-L: 7-7 (7-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: November 26, 1980 Emirates ATP Ranking: 122 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 9-5 (RUP 2013)

• Tournament Note: The 35-year-old Spaniard is playing here for the sixth time with a 9-5 tournament record. Best result was finals in 2013 (l. to Haase) • Advanced to Marrakech SF (d. Skugor, Gimeno-Traver and Bagnis; l. to Delbonis) • Returned to Top 100 on April 25 following run to 3R (d. Carballes Baena and Sousa, l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Fell in 1R at Roland Garros (l. to Karlovic) and Wimbledon (l. to Millman in 5 sets) • Qualified at with wins over Pereira and Volandri (l. to Almagro in 1R) • Lost in Challenger SFs at San Luis Potosi, MEX (d. Safwat 76 in 3rd, l. to Krstin) and Heilbronn, GER (l. to Struff)

Melzer 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 0-5 (0-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 13, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 107 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 0-2 (1R 2014-15)

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• Tournament Note: The 26-year-old Austrian is making his third main draw appearance (0-2 record) • Qualified for Roland Garros fell in 1R to Bedene, fell in qualifying at Wimbledon (l. to Skugor in Q3) • Fell in 1R at (l. to Mathieu) and (l. to Monaco) • Looking for first tour-level win of the year. Has had solid results in Challengers with a 33-11 (3-2 in finals) record. Won first three finals of the year appeared in at Mendoza, ARG (d. Michon), Bucaramanga, COL (d. Lorenzi) and Morelos, MEX (d. A. Gonzalez); reached finals at Sarasota, FL, USA (l. to M. Zverev) and Poprad Tatry, SVK (l. to Zeballos)

Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) vs [WC] Dennis Novak (AUT) First Meeting

Carballes Baena 2016 FastFacts: QF: Sao Paulo (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: 5-8 (5-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: March 23, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 103 (Career-high) Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): DEBUT

• Tournament Note: The 23-year-old Spaniard is making his tournament debut • Reached 2nd ATP World Tour QF at São Paulo as LL (d. Daniel and Bellucci, l. to Carreño Busta) • Also reached 2R at Quito (d. Krajicek, l. to Tomic in 3 sets) and Istanbul (d. Ilhan, l. to Vesely) • Qualified and lost in 1R at ATP Masters 1000 (l. to Gasquet) and Roland Garros (l. to Pavlasek in 5 sets) • Achieved career-high No. 106 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 29 • Did not drop a set en route to Båstad, SWE Challenger final (l. to Zeballos)

Novak 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 1-2 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 28, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 198 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-2 (2R 2015)

• Tournament Note: The 22-year-old Austrian is playing here for the third time (1-2 record). Best result was 2R last year (l. to Fognini) • Appearing in first tour-level event of the year. Lone win came in vs. Portugal (d. Sousa) in 1R of Europe / Africa Group I • Undefeated in Futures this year with a 15-0 record and three titles in three events – Tunisia F14 (d. Brunner), Turkey F18 (d. Sieber) and Turkey F19 (d. Yuksel) • Best result in Challengers (9-10 this year) was SF at Prague, CZE (d. Robert), also reached QF at Mestre, ITA (l. to Lorenzi) and Happy Valley, AUS (l. to Whittington)

[WC] Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Taro Daniel (JPN) First Meeting

Melzer 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 1-0 (0-0 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 22, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 421 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 9-10 (RUP 2008)

• Tournament Note: The 35-year-old Austrian is appearing in Kitzbühel for the 11th time (9-10 record). He was runner-up in 2008 (l. to del Potro) • Playing in his first tournament since qualifying into the US Open last year (l. to Berdych in 2R). He has been side-lined with a left shoulder injury • Last week in Davis Cup vs in 2R of Europe / Asia Group 1 won two points. In doubles teamed w/Oswald and d. Molchanov / Smirnov 63 76(7) 63 and d. Marchenko 36 63 36 75 63 in 4th rubber (Ukraine won the tie 3-2)

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Daniel 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 6-13 (5-8 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 27, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 113 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): DEBUT

• Tournament Note: The 23-year-old Japanese native is aking tournament debut • Earned 1st win at Roland Garros (d. Klizan 36 46 75 64 30 ret, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka in 2R) • Also earned 1st ATP Masters 1000 win at Monte-Carlo as Q (d. Mannarino, l. to Thiem in 2R) • Reached 2R at Montpellier (l. to Baghdatis), Estoril (l. to Carreño Busta) and Bastad (l. to Elias) • Qualified at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Cervantes in 1R) • Achieved career-high No. 85 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 18

Grandstand

[WC] Akira Santillan (JPN) vs [8] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) First Meeting

[5] Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) First Meeting

[6] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 14 Rio de Janeiro Q () Clay -- Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1

Kuchenmeister

Adam Pavlasek (CZE) vs [Q] Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) First Meeting