GSTAAD: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, July 28, 2015

The Roy Emerson Arena, Gstaad, Switzerland | July 27 – August 2, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €494,301 | Surface: Clay

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FOUR SEEDS, TWO FORMER CHAMPIONS IN ACTION ON DAY 2

 Day 2: Four seeds and two former champions are in action on Tuesday at the Swiss Open Gstaad. Leading off play on centre court is a first time meeting between Stephane Robert of France and Joao Souza of . Following two-time champion of Brazil opens his bid for a hat-trick of Gstaad titles when he faces Kimmer Coppejans of Belgium for the first time. In the third match No. 7 seed Pablo Carreno Busta looks to even his head-to-head at 1-all with 2013 champion . No. 6 seed Joao Sousa takes on local wildcard for the first time on the ATP World Tour. On Court 1 No. 8 seed Giraldo squares off against . All together there are 11 matches scheduled (8 singles, 3 doubles). .  Switzerland Second Home: In May, Brazilian left-hander Thomaz Bellucci captured his third (of four) career ATP World Tour title in Switzerland by winning in Geneva (d. Sousa). He is making his sixth Gstaad appearance in the past seven years (except ’11) and has a 12-3 career record. In 2009, Bellucci qualified into the main draw and captured his first ATP World Tour title (d. A. Beck). Three years ago, he won the title again (d. No. 8 Tipsarevic). Last year he lost in the quarter-finals.

 Sousa Reaches 2nd Final of Year: On Sunday Joao Sousa, who is making his tournament debut, reached his 5th career ATP World Tour final (2nd of the year) at Umag (l. to Thiem). Sousa was the first Portuguese to reach the final at Umag. In May he also reached the finals at Geneva (l. to Bellucci). Sousa has a 23-20 match record this year (14-8 on clay).

 Home Hopes: With Marco Chiudinelli falling in the first round to on Monday, 23- year-old wildcard Henri Laaksonen is only Swiss player left in the draw. Laaksonen enters with a career 7-10 record (2-0 in 2015). Both of his wins this year came in first round against Belgium (d. Darcis in 5-sets), d. Bemelmans in 5-sets). The last Swiss winner here was in 2004.

 Spaniards in Top 100: Four (in bold) of the 12 Spaniards in the Top 100 Emirates ATP World Rankings are playing here this week, with Pablo Carreno Busta and in action on Tuesday.

No. 7 No. 41 No. 10 No. 49 Pablo Andujar No. 18 Feliciano Lopez No. 55 Albert Ramos-Vinolas No. 21 No. 60 Pablo Carreno Busta No. 23 No. 69 Daniel Gimeno-Travere No. 28 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez No. 73 Marcel Granollers

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TUESDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play

Centre Court

Stephane Robert (FRA) vs Joao Souza (BRA) First Meeting

Robert FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 0-5 (0-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 17, 1980 Emirates ATP Ranking: 375 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): Debut

Souza FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Sao Paulo (l Vanni); QF: Rio de Janeiro (l Haider-Maurer) YTD W-L: 7-13 (6-10 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 27, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 86 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 0-2 (1R 2011, ’13)

Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) vs (5) Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) First Meeting

Coppejans FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 1-2 (1-2 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 7, 1994 Emirates ATP Ranking: 104 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): Debut

Bellucci FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W: Geneva (d Sousa); SF: Quito (l Estrella Burgos); QF(2): Istanbul (l Cuevas); Bastad (l Zverev) YTD W-L: 19-18 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: December 30, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 39 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 12-3 (Winner 2009, ’12)

(7) Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Youzhny Leads 1-0 14 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Mikhail Youzhny 3-6 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-0

Carreno Busta FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Estoril (l Kyrgios) YTD W-L: 8-17 (6-10 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 12, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 60 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): Debut

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Youzhny FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF: Zagreb (l Baghdatis) YTD W-L: 6-16 (3-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 101 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 13-8 (Winner 2013)

(WC) Henri Laaksonen (SUI) vs (6) Joao Sousa (POR) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 12 Tampere CH (Finland) Clay SF Joao Sousa 7-6(5) 6-1

Laaksonen FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 2-0 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: March 31, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 337 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-3 (2R 2014)

Sousa FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F(2): Geneva (l Bellucci); Umag (l Thiem); SF: Montpellier (l Janowicz) YTD W-L: 23-20 (14-8 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 43 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): Debut

Court 1

Blaz Kavcic (SLO) vs (GER) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 09 Constanta CH (Romania) Clay F Blaz Kavcic 3-6 6-3 6-4 09 Eckental CH (Germany) Carpet R32 Blaz Kavcic 7-6(6) 4-6 6-2 13 Seoul CH (Korea) Hard SF Julian Reister 0-6 6-3 6-1

(8) (COL) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 09 San Luis Potosi CH (Mexico) Clay F Santiago Giraldo 6-2 6-7(3) 6-2 10 Pereira CH (Colombia) Clay F Santiago Giraldo 6-3 6-3

Robin Haase (NED) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP) Granollers Leads 2-1 10 Casablanca (Morocco) Clay R32 Marcel Granollers 7-6(7) 7-6(5) 13 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay QF 5-7 6-3 7-6(5) 13 Kitzbühel (Austria) Clay SF Marcel Granollers 7-6 3-6 6-4

Marsel Ilhan (TUR) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 12 Nottingham-2 CH (Great Britain) Grass R32 Andrey Kuznetsov 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 13 Helsinki CH (Finland) Hard R16 Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5 7-6(2) 14 Kazan CH (Russia) Hard SF Marsel Ilhan 0-6 6-3 7-5