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11 August Media Notes (Day 7) COUPE ROGERS: 11 AUGUST MEDIA NOTES (DAY 7) IGA Stadium | Montreal, Canada | 5-11 August 2019 Draw: S-56, D-32 | Prize Money: $5,701,945 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com CoupeRogers.com Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @CoupeRogers Valerie Tetreault: [email protected] (Press Officer) Facebook: @ATPTour @CoupeRogers TV & Radio: TennisTV.com NADAL, MEDVEDEV FACE OFF FOR FIRST TIME IN MONTREAL FINAL • Two Top 10 players will square off for the very first time on one of the biggest stages in tennis, as No. 1 seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal meets No. 8 seed Daniil Medvedev in Sunday’s Coupe Rogers final. Nadal is the all-time leader with 34 ATP Masters 1000 titles, one more than Novak Djokovic’s 33, and will try to pick up his 35th trophy at this level at an event he has already won four times (2005, 2008, 2013, and 2018). He has also reached a record-breaking 51st ATP Masters 1000 final this week, moving one ahead of Roger Federer’s 50. Nadal did not have to play a semi-final match, as Gael Monfils withdrew from their Saturday night clash after suffering injury during the Frenchman’s lengthy Saturday afternoon quarter-final win over Roberto Bautista Agut. • To extend his lead in the all-time ATP Masters 1000 title standings, Nadal will have to overcome Medvedev, a player who will be contesting his first-ever ATP Masters 1000 final. However, despite that disparity in experience at this level, Medvedev has proven to be a formidable competitor on hardcourts. Medvedev led the ATP Tour in hardcourt victories last year (38) and is the leader so far this year as well, with 25 hardcourt match-wins. Medvedev defeated his fellow 23-year-old Muscovite Karen Khachanov in the semi-finals, meaning Medvedev will replace Khachanov as Russian No. 1 in the ATP Rankings on Monday. If Medvedev can defeat Nadal to win his fifth career singles title on Sunday (all coming on hardcourts), he would become the ninth player to win a maiden ATP Masters 1000 title over the last 20 events in the series. • The team debut of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos has gone perfectly this week, as they have reached the Coupe Rogers final, defeating defending champions Henri Kontinen and John Peers en route. To end the week as an undefeated team, Granollers and Zeballos would need to beat Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof in the final. The Dutchmen reached the final at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo earlier this year, and Koolhof had another ATP Masters 1000 finalist showing in 2019, at Miami with Stefanos Tsitsipas. Haase and Koolhof are each seeking a first ATP Masters 1000 crown. STATS OF THE DAY o Most Wins on ATP Tour in 2019 . Rafael Nadal 40 . Daniil Medvedev 38 . Roger Federer 38 . Stefanos Tsitsipas 37 . Novak Djokovic 35 o Russians to Reach ATP Masters 1000 Canada Final in Tournament History (Open Era) . Andrei Chesnokov 1991 - Champion (d. Korda) . Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1999 - Finalist (l. to Johansson) . Marat Safin 2000 - Champion (d. Levy) . Daniil Medvedev 2019 - Final vs. Nadal o Rafael Nadal has an 82-37 career record in ATP Tour singles finals, and is 167-89 against players ranked inside the Top 10. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Coupe Rogers Day 7 – Sunday, 11 August 2019 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPTour.com o Daniil Medvedev has a 4-4 career record in ATP Tour singles finals, and is 6-12 against players ranked inside the Top 10 (including his wins over Dominic Thiem and Karen Khachanov this week). o On 10 June, Khachanov became the first Russian in Top 10 since Mikhail Youzhny on 7 February 2011. Five weeks later, Khachanov and Medvedev became the first Russian duo in Top 10 since Youzhny and Nikolay Davydenko on 11 October 2010. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES FINAL [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [8] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) First Meeting Nadal 2019 Summary | Age: 33 | World No. 2 | 40-6 in 2019 (Rome, Roland Garros Titles) | 37-8 at Canada (4 Titles) • Captured 12th Roland Garros and 18th Grand Slam title overall (d. Federer and Thiem). Improved to 24-0 in Roland Garros SFs and finals, 93-2 overall at Roland Garros and 118-2 in best-of-5-set matches on clay. • Became 1st men’s or women’s player to win a Grand Slam event 12 times. Margaret Court won Aus. Open 11 times. • At age 33, became oldest Roland Garros champion since 34-year-old Gimeno in 1972. • At ATP Masters 1000 Rome, ended longest title drought to start a season since 2004 (d. No. 1 Djokovic). • Captured record 9th Rome and 34th ATP Masters 1000 title in record-tying 50th ATP Masters 1000 final. • Set an Open Era record by winning title for 16th straight season (2004-19) -- breaking tie with Federer (2001-15). • Ranked in Top 10 for 746 consecutive weeks (25 April 2005-12 August 2019) -- surpassing Federer’s longest run from 2002-16. Connors holds record of 789 consecutive weeks in Top 10 (23 August 1973-3 October 1988). • Did not drop a set en route to 5th Australian Open final. Did not win a set for 1st time in 26 Grand Slam finals (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). Defeated #NextGenATP players de Minaur in 3R, Tiafoe in QF and Tsitsipas in SF. • Four weeks after defeating Federer in Roland Garros SF, lost to him in Wimbledon SF. Owns 24-16 H2H lead. • Squandered 3 MPs and lost 3rd-set TB to eventual champion Kyrgios in Acapulco 2R. • Conceded walkover in Indian Wells SF vs. Federer and withdrew from Miami due to right knee injury. • Withdrew from Brisbane due to thigh strain. Medvedev 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 9 (Career-High) | 38-15 in 2019 (Sofia Title) | 6-2 at Canada (2019 Final) • Broke into Top 10 of ATP Rankings on 15 July and achieved career-high No. 9 on 22 July. • Captured 4th ATP Tour title -- all on hard courts -- at Sofia (d. Monfils and Fucsovics). • Advanced to finals at Brisbane (l. to Nishikori), Barcelona (d. Nishikori, l. to Thiem) and Washington (l. to Kyrgios). • Upset World No. 1 and 2-time champion Djokovic to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Lajovic). • Also reached SFs at Rotterdam (l. to Monfils) and London/Queen’s Club (l. to Simon). • Lost to eventual champion in 4R at Aus. Open (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Federer). • One of 5 men under 23 to reach Australian Open 4R -- most at a Grand Slam since 2009 Roland Garros (5). • Beat Laaksonen in opening rubber of Russia’s 3-1 road win over Switzerland in Davis Cup Qualifiers. • Withdrew from Sydney due to right shoulder injury and Geneva due to right adductor injury. INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Coupe Rogers [1] Rafael Nadal [8] Daniil Medvedev Aces 21 20 1st-Serve Percentage 60% (120 of 200) 61% (115 of 187) 1st-Serve Points Won 82% (98 of 120) 89% (103 of 115) 2nd-Serve Points Won 49% (39 of 80) 51% (37 of 72) Service Games Won 85% (28 of 33) 91% (31 of 34) Break Points Saved 50% (5 of 10) 50% (3 of 6) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 31% (41 of 133) 39% (48 of 122) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 60% (37 of 62) 64% (57 of 88) Return Games Won 32% (10 of 31) 50% (17 of 34) Break Points Converted 43% (10 of 23) 65% (17 of 26) BOLD: Leads all players at 2019 Coupe Rogers. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Coupe Rogers Day 7 – Sunday, 11 August 2019 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPTour.com ATP MASTERS 1000 HISTORY • TITLES: This season marks the 30th year of ATP Masters 1000 tennis. Sixty-eight ATP Masters 1000 champions have been crowned in 266 events since the series began in 1990. PLAYER # PLAYER # PLAYER # Rafael Nadal 34 Guillermo Coria 2 Tim Henman 1 Novak Djokovic 33 Alex Corretja 2 John Isner 1 Roger Federer 28 Wayne Ferreira 2 Thomas Johansson 1 Andre Agassi 17 Guy Forget 2 Karen Khachanov 1 Andy Murray 14 Lleyton Hewitt 2 Petr Korda 1 Pete Sampras 11 Goran Ivanisevic 2 Ivan Ljubicic 1 Thomas Muster 8 Richard Krajicek 2 Felix Mantilla 1 Michael Chang 7 David Nalbandian 2 Magnus Norman 1 Boris Becker 5 Patrick Rafter 2 Karel Novacek 1 Jim Courier 5 Michael Stich 2 Andrei Pavel 1 Gustavo Kuerten 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 Mikael Pernfors 1 Marcelo Rios 5 Juan Aguilera 1 Mark Philippoussis 1 Andy Roddick 5 Tomas Berdych 1 Cedric Pioline 1 Marat Safin 5 Guillermo Canas 1 Albert Portas 1 Stefan Edberg 4 Roberto Carretero 1 Tommy Robredo 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 4 Marin Cilic 1 Greg Rusedski 1 Andrei Medvedev 4 Albert Costa 1 Emilio Sanchez 1 Nikolay Davydenko 3 Juan Martin del Potro 1 Jack Sock 1 Thomas Enqvist 3 Grigor Dimitrov 1 Robin Soderling 1 Carlos Moya 3 David Ferrer 1 Dominic Thiem 1 Alexander Zverev 3 Fabio Fognini 1 Stan Wawrinka 1 Sergi Bruguera 2 Sebastien Grosjean 1 Chris Woodruff 1 Andrei Chesnokov 2 Tommy Haas 1 • MAIDEN MASTERS: Eight players have won their first ATP Masters 1000 title over the last 19 series events. In the 92 series events prior to 2017 Rome, eight players won their first ATP Masters 1000 title.
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