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IF STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, October 23, 2016 Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden | October 17-23, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €566,525 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.StockholmOpen.se Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @IfSthlmOpen Press Room: +46 72 5836088 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour Facebook: @IfStockholmOpen DEL POTRO FACES SOCK, WILD CARD YMER BROTHERS TAKE ON PAVIC/VENUS DAY 6 PREVIEW: Wild cards are in contention for both the singles and doubles titles at the IF Stockholm Open, where Juan Martin del Potro will look to end his 33-month title drought when he takes on No. 6 seed and 2015 Stockholm finalist Jack Sock. First up on Centre Court at the Kungliga Tennishallen, Swedish brothers Elias and Mikael Ymer face No. 4 seeds Mate Pavic and Michael Venus for the doubles title. It has been an impressive team debut for Elias, aged 20, and 18-year-old Mikael, playing his first ATP tour-level doubles event the same week he registered his first tour-level singles win over Fernando Verdasco in the first round. The duo saved three match points to beat No. 3 seeds Marcin Matkowski and Jean-Julien Rojer in the first round and ousted No. 2 seeds Rohan Bopanna and Treat Huey in the semi-finals to become the third brothers to reach a doubles final in 2016 (also Alexander/Mischa Zverev and Bob/Mike Bryan). Pavic and Venus denied the Zverev brothers victory in the Montpellier final and are chasing their fifth title of 2016 (also Auckland, Marseille and s-Hertogenbosch). Wild card del Potro has reached his second final of 2016 (also Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, l. to Murray) without dropping a set. The Argentine is bidding to win the 19th title of his career, and first since Sydney 2014 (d. Tomic) against Jack Sock, who won their only previous encounter at the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid in May. While del Potro’s route to the final has featured just two breaks of serve, both against Dimitrov in the semi- finals, newly-installed U.S. No. 1 Sock has battled his way to the final, spending a cumulative 8 hours, 35 minutes on court – almost 3 hours longer than del Potro – including the longest match of the tournament against Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals. Sock, back in the final for a second straight year (2015 l. to Berdych) is bidding to become the first American to win the Stockholm title since James Blake in 2006 (d. Srichaphan), while del Potro is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Argentine 2008 champion David Nalbandian (d. Soderling). EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON Position Player Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Novak Djokovic* 10,600 27-10: 5 titles in 9 appearances (2008, 2012-15) 2 Andy Murray* 9,685 11-11: 3 SFs in 7 appearances (2008, 2010, 2012) 3 Stan Wawrinka* 5,060 6-6: 2013-15 Semi-finalist 4 Milos Raonic* 4,690 0-2: 2014 Round Robin 5 Kei Nishikori* 4,360 3-4: 2014 Semi-finalist, 2015 Round Robin 6 Gael Monfils 3,625 Never Qualified 7 Rafael Nadal 3,300 16-12: 2 finals in 7 appearances (2010, 2013) 8 Dominic Thiem 3,205 Never Qualified _ 9 Tomas Berdych 2,880 6-13: 2011 Semi-finalist; 2010, 2012-15 Round Robin 10 David Goffin 2,660 Never Qualified 11 Marin Cilic 2,590 0-3: 2014 Round Robin 12 Nick Kyrgios 2,460 Never Qualified 13 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,340 Never Qualified 14 Roger Federer 2,130 52-12: 6 titles in 14 apps. (2003-04, 2006-07, 2010-11) 15 Lucas Pouille 2,106 Never Qualified 16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,070 4-7: 2011 Runner-up; 2008, 2012 Round Robin Key: Bold: Player competing at If Stockholm Open *Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals If Stockholm Open Day 7 – Sunday, October 23, 2016 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON Position Team Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut* 7,165 1-2: 2015 Round Robin 2 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares* 7,070 Never Qualified as a Team 3 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan* 6,070 35-20: 4 titles in 13 apps. (2003-04, 2009, 2014) 4 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez* 4,170 Never Qualified as a Team 5 Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo* 4,130 8-5: 2014 Finalists; 2013, 2015 Semi-finalists 6 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 3,600 Never Qualified as a Team 7 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 3,310 Never Qualified as a Team 8 Treat Huey/Max Mirnyi 3,065 Never Qualified as a Team _ 9 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 2,680 5-3: 2015 Champions, 2014 Round Robin 10 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,470 Never Qualified as a Team 11 Oliver Marach/Fabrice Martin 2,195 Never Qualified as a Team 12 Pablo Cuevas/Marcel Granollers 2,190 Never Qualified as a Team 13 Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,190 2-2: 2014 Semi-finalists 14 Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea 2,100 3-2: 2015 Finalists 15 Mate Pavic/Michael Venus 2,140 Never Qualified as a Team 16 Vasek Pospisil/Jack Sock 2,010 Never Qualified as a Team Key Bold: Team competing at If Stockholm Open * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain) • INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: Tournament statistics entering Sunday’s championship match Statistic Jack Sock Juan Martin del Potro Aces 16 22 1st-Serve Percentage 62% (236 of 379) 65% (154 of 238) 1st-Serve Points Won 72% (169 of 236) 78% (120 of 154) 2nd-Serve Points Won 57% (81 of 143) 62% (52 of 84) Service Games Won 83% (48 of 58) 95% (39 of 41) Break Points Saved 71% (24 of 34) 75% (6 of 8) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 32% (77 of 243) 30% (53 of 174) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 47% (80 of 170) 53% (39 of 74) Return Games Won 22% (13 of 58) 24% (10 of 41) Break Points Converted 31% (13 of 42) 43% (10 of 23) • EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY IF Stockholm Open Champion Finalist Singles Ranking Points 250 150 Singles Prize Money €100,800 €53,085 Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 Doubles Prize Money €30,620 €16,100 If Stockholm Open Day 7 – Sunday, October 23, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 7 SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS CENTRE COURT [4] Mate Pavic (CRO) / Michael Venus (NZL) vs First Meeting [WC] Elias Ymer (SWE) / Mikael Ymer (SWE) • Pavic/Venus defeated Skupski/Skupski 76(5) 64 in 1R, wild cards Arvidsson/Simonsson 64 36 10-8 in QF and No. 1 seeds Melo/Soares 62 64 in SF • Croatian/Kiwi duo have a 36-15 ATP World Tour record together in 2016 and 51-26 since their tour-level debut at Bucharest 2015; this is their 32nd ATP tournament together. • Playing 10th final together (5-5 record) and 8th of 2016 (4-3 record); title wins at Auckland (d. Butorac/Lipsky), Montpellier (d. Zverev/Zverev), Marseille (d. Erlich/Fleming) and s-Hertogenbosch (d. Inglot/Klaasen) • Have lost last two finals: runners-up at Nice (l. to Cabal/Farah), Gstaad and Metz (l. both to Peralta/Zeballos) • Fell in 1R at Brisbane, Australian Open, Acapulco, Roland Garros, Nottingham, Hamburg and Beijing • Pavic is at a career-high No. 29 in the ATP doubles rankings this week. The 23-year-old is 5-9 in doubles finals and 3-6 in hard court finals • Venus, the world No. 38, is 5-5 in ATP doubles finals, all with Pavic; the 29-year-old has a 3-3 record in hard court finals • Wild cards Ymer/Ymer beat No. 3 seeds Matkowski/Rojer 76(2) 16 11-9 in 1R, Fleming/Lipsky 63 46 11-9 in QF and No. 2 seeds Bopanna/Huey 63 64 in SF • The Swedish brothers are playing their 1st ATP Tournament together. This is Elias Ymer’s 2nd tour-level doubles tournament (also Bastad 2014 w/ Windahl, l. 1R to Kretschmer/Satschko) and Mikael Ymer’s 1st ATP doubles tournament • Elias Ymer, aged 20, is ranked No. 161 in singles and No. 954 in doubles. As a wild card he lost his singles 1R match to qualifier Kamke 64 60 • Mikael Ymer, aged 18, is ranked No. 549 in singles and currently unranked in doubles. As a wild card he claimed his first tour-level singles match win over Verdasco 62 61 in 1R before losing 46 64 64 to No. 3 seed Karlovic in 2R. He made his tour-level debut at Stockholm in 2015, also as a wild card (l. 1R to Alexander Zverev) [6] Jack Sock (USA) vs [WC] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Sock Leads 1-0 16 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R32 Jack Sock 6-4 7-6(2) Sock 2016 Summary F(2): Auckland (l. to Bautista Agut); Houston (l. to Monaco); QF(2): Washington (l. to Karlovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Simon) YTD W-L: 33-18 (23-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 24, 1992 Emirates 2016 ATP Ranking: 23 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 11-3 (2015, 2016 Finalist) • Tournament Note: Path to F includes wins over Malek Jaziri, Dustin Brown, Gastao Elias and No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev. Finished as last year’s beaten finalist (l.