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2017 US OPEN Flushing, New York, USA | August 28-September 10, 2017 Draw Size: S-128, D-64 | $50.4 million | Hard www.usopen.org

DAY SIX MEDIA NOTES | Saturday, September 2, 2017

FEATURED MEN’S SINGLES 3R MATCHES

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM [1] (ESP) vs [LL] (ARG) Nadal Leads 3-0 [3] (SUI) vs [31] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Federer Leads 12-0

LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM [30] (FRA) vs [6] (AUT) Thiem Leads 5-0 [9] (BEL) vs [18] Gael Monfils (FRA) Series Tied 1-1

GRANDSTAND (SRB) vs (UKR) Troicki Leads 2-1 [11] (ESP) vs [24] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Series Tied 1-1

COURT 5 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs (RUS) Rublev Leads 1-0

COURT 17 [33] (GER) vs [PR] (AUS) Kohlschreiber Leads 1-0

DAY SIX HIGHLIGHTS

• Three former US Open champions are in third round action on Saturday with five-time titleholder Roger Federer, two-time winner Rafael Nadal and 2009 champ Juan Martin del Potro leading the way Also on the schedule are No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem, No. 9 seed David Goffin and No. 11 seed Roberto Bautista Agut.

• Nadal brings a 3-0 head-to-head record against lucky loser Leonardo Mayer of in the last match of the day session on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Nadal leads the ATP World Tour with 51 wins on the season and he’s trying to reach the 4R at the US Open for the 9th time. He is 8-2 in 3R matches. Mayer, who took the place of in the main draw, is the first lucky loser to reach the 3R in Flushing Meadows since Flavio Cipolla in 2008. Mayer, who won the title on July 30 as a lucky loser, is 1-24 lifetime against Top 10 opponents (0-13 on hard courts and 0-8 in play).

• In the night session, Federer takes a 12-0 record against No. 31 seed Feliciano Lopez. Federer has survived two five-set matches to advance to the 3R in Flushing Meadows for the 17th time. He is 15-1 in 3R matches with his only loss coming in his 2000 debut (l. to Ferrero). Federer is 32-1 in night matches at the US Open, the best record since 1980. Lopez, who will turn 36 on Sept. 20, is playing in his 16th straight US Open and 63rd Grand Slam tournament in a row. Federer is the all-time leader in men’s with 65 consecutive Slam tournaments played, which ended at Roland Garros last year. Lopez was a quarter-finalist here in 2015.

• On Louis Armstrong Stadium, No. 30 seed Adrian Mannarino plays Thiem, who has won all five previous meetings against the Frenchman. Mannarino is 3-22 lifetime against Top 10 opponents (0-9 in Grand Slam play) and he is trying to reach the 4R here for the first time. He advanced to the 4R at Wimbledon twice (2013, 2017). Thiem, who reached the semi-finals for the second year in a row at Roland Garros in June, is aiming to reach the 4R here for the 3rd time in 4 years. In the next match, Goffin and last year’s US Open semi-finalist No. 18 seed Gael Monfils square off for the 3rd time (tied 1-1). They split both of last year’s hard court meetings.

• On Grandstand, unseeded Viktor Troicki brings a 2-1 head-to-head record against Alexandr Dolgopolov, who last reached the 4R at the US Open in 2011. Troicki is trying to reach the 4R for the first time. In the next match on, Bautista Agut and del Potro meet for the third time (tied 1-1). Bautista Agut, who won the Winston-Salem title, is trying to reach his 10th Grand Slam 4R, his best result. The Argentine is 20-5 this season against opponents ranked outside the Top 6 (0-6 vs. Top 6).

• On Court 5, Damir Dzumhur plays NextGenATP Russian teenager Andrey Rublev, who is coming off his first career Top 10 win over Dimitrov. Both players are trying to reach their first 4R in a Grand Slam event. On Court 17, No. 33 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber looks for his second win in as many meetings against John Millman. 2017 US OPEN – Day 6 Media Notes Saturday, September 2, 2017 Page 2 of 17

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [LL] Leonardo Mayer (ARG) Nadal Leads 3-0 12 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA)Hard R64 Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3 13 () Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-1 7-5 14 Roland Garros () Clay R32 Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5 6-2

[1] RAFAEL NADAL vs [LL] LEONARDO MAYER 31 (6/3/86) Age (Birthdate) 30 (5/15/87) No. 1 (No. 1 on 8/18/08) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 59 (No. 21 on 6/22/15) Manacor, Mallorca, Birthplace Corrientes, Argentina Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Residence , Argentina 51-9 (24-7) 2017 Record (on hard) 9-3 (2-0) 857-183 (405-124) Career Record (on hard) 139-140 (53-67) 4 / 73 2017 Titles / Career Titles 1 / 2 221-33 Career Grand Slam Record 28-28 48-10 (2010, 2013 Champion) US Open Record (Best Result) 8-6 (2012, 2014, 2017 3rd Round) 19-10 (2-2) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 3-3 (0-0) 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 211-135 (11-4) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 81-75 (4-4) $86,289,532 Career Prize Money $4,505,035 Uncle Toni Nadal/Carlos Moya Coach Mariano Hood

[1] RAFAEL NADAL

Grand Slam History • Second all-time with 15 titles and 22 finals at Grand Slams (Federer: 19 titles, 29 finals) • One of 3 men to win a Grand Slam title in teens, 20s and 30s (also Sampras, Rosewall) • Only man or woman in Open Era to win a Grand Slam event 10 times (Roland Garros) • Owns records of 79-2 at Roland Garros and 102-2 in best-of-five-set matches on clay • Dropped 35 games en route to 2017 Roland Garros title (d. Wawrinka), fewest for Grand Slam champion since Borg at 1978 Roland Garros (32) • Won 2005 Roland Garros title in tournament debut as 19-year-old and remains youngest Slam champion since Chang, 17, at 1989 Roland Garros • As 24-year-old at 2010 US Open, became youngest man in Open Era to complete career Grand Slam (d. Djokovic). One of 2 players to win all 4 Grand Slams and Olympic singles gold medal (also Agassi). • Owns 9-3 Grand Slam W-L vs. Federer, including 5-set wins for 2008 Wimbledon and 2009 titles • Won at least 1 Grand Slam and 1 ATP Masters 1000 title each year from 2005 through 2014 • Missed 9 Grand Slams due to injury: Australian Open in 2006 (left foot) and 2013 (stomach virus); Roland Garros in 2003 (elbow) and 2004 (left ankle); Wimbledon in 2004 (left ankle), 2009 (knee tendinitis) and 2016 (left wrist); and US Open in 2012 (left knee) and 2014 (right wrist)

2017 Highlights W (4): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (d Ramos-Vinolas); (d Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 (d Thiem); Roland Garros (d Wawrinka) F (3): Australian Open (l Federer); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Federer) QF (3): (l Raonic); ATP Masters 1000 (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Kyrgios)

Hard-Court Summer (3-2) ATP Masters 1000 : 3rd Round (l Shapovalov) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: Quarter-finals (l Kyrgios)

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2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Has wins over Lajovic 76(6) 62 62 and Daniel 46 63 62 62 and in 3R for 11th time (8-2 in 3R) • Leads ATP World Tour with 51 match wins (51-9) and only player with 20+ wins on clay (24-1) and hard (24-7) • Returned to No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 21 (4th stint and will reach 144 total weeks as World No. 1) • Won 10th titles at Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and Roland Garros. Only player with 10+ titles at an event in Open Era. • Passed Sampras for 2nd all-time with 15 Grand Slam titles and Djokovic for 2nd all-time with 22 Grand Slam finals • One of 3 men to win Grand Slam title in teens, 20s and 30s (also Sampras, Rosewall) • Lost 35 games in 7 wins at Roland Garros, fewest for Grand Slam champion since Borg at 1978 Roland Garros (32) • Beat Wawrinka in final to become oldest Roland Garros champion since 34-year-old Andres Gimeno in 1972 • Qualified for 13th straight Nitto ATP Finals, where he has yet to win title in 7 prior appearances (DNP 5 times) • Tied Djokovic for all-time record with 30th ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d. Goffin, Djokovic and Thiem) • Snapped losing streaks of 7 matches and 15 sets vs Djokovic, winning their 50th meeting in Madrid SF • Passed Vilas with record 50th clay-court title at Monte-Carlo (d. Ramos-Vinolas to improve to 15-0 vs ESP in finals) • Defeated Thiem to win Barcelona title, but suffered only clay-court loss of season to Austrian in Rome QF • Won 5-setters over A. Zverev in 4h5m and Dimitrov in 4h56m en route to Aus. Open final (l. to Federer in 5 sets) • Also lost to Federer in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R and ATP Masters 1000 Miami final (0-5 in Miami finals) • Fell to Querrey in Acapulco final, ending streaks of 14 straight matches and 28 straight sets won at tournament • Played 34 hard-court tournaments and 8 hard-court finals since last hard-court title at 2014 (d. Monfils) • Hit career-high 23 aces, rallying from 2 sets down vs Muller in Wimbledon 4R before falling 15-13 in 5th after 4h48m

[LL] LEONARDO MAYER

Grand Slam History • Best result is 4R at 2014 Wimbledon (l. to Dimitrov) • This is 9th other time he’s advanced to a Grand Slam 3R and prior to Flushing Meadows, most recently at 2015 Roland Garros (l. to No. 10 Cilic) and Wimbledon (l. to Anderson) • At US Open, reached 3R in 2012 (l. to No. 8 del Potro) and 2014 (l. to No. 11 Nishikori) • As a junior, won 2005 Roland Garros doubles title w/Massa (d. Bubka/Chardy)

2017 Highlights W (1): Hamburg (d F. Mayer)

Hard-Court Summer Did not play a tournament leading into US Open

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Was top seed in qualifying and lost to Marterer in final round. Replaced Raonic as a lucky loser in main draw and upset [26] Gasquet in 1R in 4 sets and followed with 4-set win over Sugita. This is his first main draw hard court tournament of season. He is first LL to reach 3R at US Open since Flavio Cipolla in 2008. The last LL to reach Grand Slam 4R was Stephane Robert at • As World No. 138, won 2nd Hamburg title after losing to No. 923 Molleker in qualifying (d. No. 101 F. Mayer in final) • Joined Rublev one week earlier at Umag as 2nd lucky loser to win an ATP title since Ram at 2009 Newport • First ATP final between players ranked outside Top 100 since 2013 Bogota (No. 155 Karlovic d. No. 122 Falla) • Rose 89 spots in Emirates ATP Rankings to No. 49 on July 31 • Despite not qualifying in singles, qualified in doubles at Hamburg w/Delbonis (l. to Mirnyi/Nestor in 1R) • Qualified at (l. to Isner in 2R) and Bastad (l. to Dolgopolov in 1R) • Reached Challenger singles finals at Buenos Aires, ARG (l. to Daniel) and Bastad, SWE (l. to Lajovic) • Advanced to Tallahassee, USA Challenger doubles final w/M. Gonzalez (l. to Lipsky/Paes) • Retired in Buenos Aires 2R vs Ramos-Vinolas (right leg). Withdrew from Wimbledon Q (right shoulder tendinitis). • Has 1-24 career record vs. Top 10 opponents (0-13 on hard courts) and lone win came over No. 7 Ferrer in 2014 Hamburg final. Also looking for first Top 10 win in Grand Slam play (0-8)

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[3] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [31] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Federer Leads 12-0 (27-4 sets) 03 Wimbledon (England) Grass R16 Roger Federer 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 03 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Hard QF Roger Federer 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4 04 (U.A.E.) Hard F Roger Federer 4-6 6-1 6-2 05 Doha (Qatar) Hard QF Roger Federer 6-1 6-2 07 US Open (USA) Hard R16 Roger Federer 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 07 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Hard QF Roger Federer 7-6(4) 6-4 08 () Hard SF Roger Federer 6-3 6-2 11 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R32 Roger Federer 7-6(13) 6-7(1) 7-6(7) 11 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) 12 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R16 Roger Federer 7-5 6-3 14 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto () Hard SF Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 15 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (USA) Hard QF Roger Federer 6-3 6-4

[3] ROGER FEDERER vs [31] FELICIANO LOPEZ 36 (8/8/81) Age (Birthdate) 35 (9/20/81) No. 3 (No. 1 on 2/2/04) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 35 (No. 12 on 3/2/15) Basel, Switzerland Birthplace Toledo, Spain Switzerland Residence Madrid, Spain 37-3 (25-2) 2017 Record (on hard) 23-18 (6-9) 1,117-248 (693-141) Career Record (on hard) 450-404 (250-234) 5 / 93 2017 Titles / Career Titles 1 / 6 323-51 Career Grand Slam Record 92-63 80-11 (2004-08 Champion) US Open Record (Best Result) 26-15 (2015 Quarter-finals) 29-20 (5-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 24-11 (1-0) 10 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 4 413-221 (18-6) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 285-240 (13-14) $107,780,560 Career Prize Money $14,185,180 Ivan Ljubicic/Severin Luthi Coach Jose Clavet

[3] ROGER FEDERER

Grand Slam History • All-time winningest men’s player with 19 Grand Slam titles in 29 finals and 323 victories overall. Has won at least 80 matches in 3 of the 4 Slam tournaments: Wimbledon (91), Australian Open (87) and US Open (80) • One of 8 men to win all 4 majors, securing career Grand Slam at 2009 Roland Garros (d. Soderling) • Won titles in 2017 at Aus. Open (d. Nadal in 5 sets) and Wimbledon (d. Cilic) to become 2nd-oldest Grand Slam champion in Open Era behind Rosewall (1971-72 Aus. Open) • Owns Open Era records for consecutive Grand Slam finals (10), SFs (23) and QFs (36) • Only player in Open Era to reach all 4 Grand Slam finals in a season more than once (2006-07, 2009) • Holds all-time record for most titles at Wimbledon (8). Tied for most titles in Open Era at US Open (5). • Competed in record-breaking Wimbledon finals in 2008 and 2009. Rallied from 2 sets down in 2008 but fell to Nadal 97 in 5th after 4h48m – longest final in event history. Hit career-high 50 aces in 2009 to beat Roddick 16-14 in 5th – longest 5th set in Grand Slam final history. • Became No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings after winning 2004 Australian Open title (d. Safin) • Missed 2016 Roland Garros following arthroscopic left knee surgery on Feb. 3, 2016, snapping Open Era-record streak of 65 straight Grand Slam appearances (69 w/qualifying, 73 w/juniors) • Swept 1998 Wimbledon junior titles in singles (d. Labadze) and doubles w/O. Rochus (d. Llodra/A. Ram)

2017 Highlights W (5): Australian Open (d Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d Nadal); Halle (d A. Zverev); Wimbledon (d Cilic) F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l A. Zverev)

Hard-Court Summer (4-1) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Finalist (l A. Zverev)

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2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Has spent 5h, 45m on court and posted back-to-back 5-set wins over Tiafoe and Youzhny to reach 3R for 17th time in as many appearance (missed last year). Has been broken 8 times so far (104 winners, 124 unf. errors) • Extended all-time record with 18th and 19th Grand Slam titles at Aus. Open (d. Nadal) and Wimbledon (d. Cilic) • Set all-time record with 8th Wimbledon title and Open Era record with 91st Wimbledon win. Joined Borg in 1976 as only Wimbledon champs to not drop set in Open Era. Second Grand Slam won without losing a set (2007 Aus. Open). • Became 2nd-oldest Grand Slam champion in Open Era at 35 behind Ken Rosewall at 1971 and 1972 Aus. Open • Beat Berdych, Nishikori, Wawrinka and Nadal at Aus. Open to become 1st Grand Slam champion to post 4 Top 10 wins since Wilander at 1982 Roland Garros. Victories over Nishikori, Wawrinka and Nadal all came in 5 sets. • Lost 7 sets en route to Aus. Open title, tied for most by Slam champion since Kuerten’s 8 at 1997 Roland Garros • Lowest-ranked Grand Slam champ (No. 17) and 1st with 3 five-set wins since No. 44 Gaudio at 2004 Roland Garros • Did not drop a set en route to record-tying 5th ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells title (d. Nadal in 4R and Wawrinka) • Saved 2 MPs vs Berdych in QF, then beat Nadal for 4th straight time to win 3rd ATP Masters 1000 Miami title • Oldest player in history to win an ATP Masters 1000 title, surpassing 34-year-old Agassi at 2004 Cincinnati • Defeated A. Zverev for 9th Halle title, joining Nadal as only men to win 9+ titles at an event (Nadal: 10 at 3 events) • Earned 1,100th victory of career on June 20 in Halle 1R (d. Sugita). Trails only Connors in Open Era (1,256 wins). • Won 16 straight matches and career-high 32 straight sets at Halle, Wimbledon and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal • Broke tie with Agassi and qualified for record 15th Nitto ATP Finals, where he holds record 6 titles • Fell to Donskoy in Dubai 2R after holding 3 MPs, Haas in 2R after holding 1 MP and A. Zverev in Montreal F • Did not play from April 3 through June 13, then withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati due to back injury

[31] FELICIANO LOPEZ

Grand Slam History • Advanced to Wimbledon QF in 2005 (d. Safin, l. to Hewitt), 2008 (l. to Safin) and 2011 (d. Roddick, l. to Murray). Also advanced to 2015 US Open QF (d. Raonic, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Has played at 63 straight Slam tournaments, 2nd to Federer’s 65. Will break record if he plays in next year's Australian Open and Roland Garros • Beat No. 1 seeds and previous 3 champions en route to 2016 Roland Garros doubles title w/M. Lopez (d. Bryan/Bryan) • Reached 1998 Roland Garros junior doubles final w/Ferrero (d. Federer/O. Rochus in 1R, l. to de Armas/F. Gonzalez)

Hard-Court Summer (2-3) Los Cabos: QF (bye, l Dzumhur) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 1st Round (l Chung) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 2nd Round (l Dimitrov)

2017 Highlights W (1): /Queen's Club (d Cilic) F (1): Stuttgart (l Pouille) QF (2): Houston (l Sock); Los Cabos (l Dzumhur)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Has posted 4-set wins over Kuznetsov and countryman Verdasco en route to 3R for 7th time in 8 years. Playing at 16th straight US Open and 63rd straight Grand Slam, 2 shy of Federer’s Open Era record • Saved 1 MP against both Berdych and Cilic to win 6th and biggest singles title of career at London/Queen’s Club • Also on grass, defeated Chardy, Berdych and M. Zverev in 3 sets to reach Stuttgart final (l. to Pouille in 3 sets) • Earned 1st clay-court win over Ferrer in 8th try at Roland Garros (l. to Cilic in 3R) • Saved 1 MP vs Benneteau in 1R (l. to Paire in 2R); squandered 3 MPs vs Dzumhur in Los Cabos QF • Dropped to No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 10 -- lowest since No. 43 on June 3, 2013 • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo doubles final w/M. Lopez (d. Herbert/Mahut, l. to Bopanna/Cuevas) • Also advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/Isner (d. Marach/F. Martin 16-14 in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Conceded walkover to Chardy in 2R (lower back) and retired vs Mannarino in Wimbledon 1R (left foot) • Has a 36-89 career record vs. Top 10 opponents and won last two (d. No. 3 Wawrinka in 1R, No. 7 Cilic in F) at Queen’s Club in London). His last Top 10 win in a Grand Slam came over No. 10 Raonic in 3R at 2015 US Open

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM

[30] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [6] Dominic Thiem (AUT) Thiem Leads 5-0 15 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard R16 Dominic Thiem 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 15 ATP Masters 1000 (France) Hard R64 Dominic Thiem 6-2 5-7 6-2 16 Nice (France) Clay SF Dominic Thiem 6-1 6-3 17 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard R16 Dominic Thiem 7-5 6-3 17 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (USA) Hard R16 Dominic Thiem 7-6(4) 7-6(3)

[30] ADRIAN MANNARINO vs [6] DOMINIC THIEM 29 (6/29/88) Age (Birthdate) 23 (9/3/93) No. 34 (No. 27 on 7/27/15) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 8 (No. 7 on 6/6/16) Soisy-Sous-Montmorency, France Birthplace Wiener Neustadt, Valletta, Malta Residence Lichtenworth, Austria 24-20 (14-11) 2017 Record (on hard) 43-19 (17-11) 127-156 (82-101) Career Record (on hard) 165-101 (71-60) 0 / 0 2017 Titles / Career Titles 1 / 8 23-30 Career Grand Slam Record 33-15 8-6 (2013-14, 2017 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 10-3 (2014, 2016 4th Round) 5-3 (2-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 3-3 (0-1) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 48-75 (7-13) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 65-58 (14-9) $4,256,471 Career Prize Money $8,066,421 Jean-Christophe Faurel Coach Gunther Bresnik

[30] ADRIAN MANNARINO

Grand Slam History • Best result is Wimbledon 4R in 2013 (l. to Kubot) and 2017 (d. Monfils in 5 sets, l. to Djokovic) • Advanced to US Open 3R in 2013 (l. to Federer) and 2014 (l. to Bautista Agut). Fell to Murray in 2015 US Open 2R after leading by 2 sets • Started 1-9 in Grand Slam doubles before reaching SF w/Pouille (d. Bolelli/Fognini and Rojer/Tecau, l. to J. Murray/Soares)

2017 Highlights F (1): Antalya (l Sugita) QF (2): Los Cabos (l Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Shapovalov)

Hard-Court Summer (7-3) Los Cabos: Quarter-finals (l Berdych) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Quarter-finals (l Shapovalov) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 3rd Round (l Thiem)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Beat [PR] Berankis 62 64 62 and [WC] Fratangelo 63 67 61 62 to reach 3R for 1st time since 2014 • Has a 16-6 match record since start of Antalya in late June (8-14 prior to) • Advanced to 3rd ATP World Tour final at Antalya (l. to Sugita) • Avenged loss to Sugita and beat countryman Monfils in 5 sets to reach Wimbledon 4R for 2nd time (l. to Djokovic) • Defeated No. 10 Raonic en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Montreal (l. to Shapovalov) • Also at ATP Masters 1000s, reached Miami 4R (l. to Berdych) and Cincinnati 3R (d. Haase in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Thiem). Qualified at Monte-Carlo (d. No. 10 Tsonga, ret vs Pouille in 3R due to right hip injury), Madrid (l. to Donaldson in 1R) and Rome (l. to Cuevas in 1R). • Snapped 8-match tour-level losing streak by beating Fritz in Acapulco 1R (l. to Thiem in 2R) • Won 12th and 13th Challenger titles respectively at Noumea, CAL (d. Milojevic) and Quimper, FRA (d. Gojowczyk) • Withdrew from , , and (right hip), as well as Houston (ill) • Has a 3-22 career record (0-9 in Grand Slam) vs. Top 10 opponents (2-5 this year)

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[6] DOMINIC THIEM

Grand Slam History • Reached Roland Garros SFs in 2016 (d. Goffin, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and 2017 (d. Djokovic, l. to Nadal) • Broke into Top 10 and achieved career-high No. 7 on June 6, 2016 after reaching Roland Garros SF • Advanced to 4R-or-better at all 4 Grand Slam events, including 2017 Wimbledon 4R (l. to Berdych in 5 sets) • Made Grand Slam debut at 2014 Australian Open as Q (d. Sousa, l. to Anderson in 2R) • Advanced to 2011 Roland Garros junior final (l. to Fratangelo 86 in 3rd)

2017 Highlights W (1): (d Carreno Busta) F (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal) SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Roland Garros (l Nadal) QF (6): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); (l Evans); (l Herbert); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Ferrer)

Hard-Court Summer (3-3) Washington: 3rd Round (l Anderson) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Schwartzman) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: Quarter-finals (l Ferrer)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Converted 7 of 10 BPs to beat 18-year-old [WC] de Minaur 64 61 61 in 1R and followed by saving 16 of 18 BPs in 64 64 46 75 win over 19-year-old [WC] Fritz. Trying to reach 4R for 3rd time in 4 years (except 2015) • Swept all 10 sets en route to 2nd ATP World Tour 500 title and 8th title overall at Rio de Janeiro (d. Carreno Busta) • Appeared in 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF and final at Madrid (d. Dimitrov after saving 5 MPs in 3R, l. to Nadal) • Earned 1st win over World No. 1 by beating Murray to reach ATP World Tour 500 final at Barcelona (l. to Nadal) • Did not drop a set en route to 2nd straight Roland Garros SF (d. Djokovic 76 63 60, l. to Nadal 63 64 60) • Became 2nd player to post clay-court wins over Murray, Nadal, Djokovic and Federer (also Wawrinka) • Saved 3 MPs vs Querrey and ended Nadal’s 19-match win streak on clay to reach Rome SF (l. to Djokovic 61 60) • Reached Australian Open 4R (l. to Goffin) and Wimbledon 4R (l. to Berdych in 5 sets) • Squandered 1 MP vs Anderson in Washington 3R and 4 MPs vs Schwartzman in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R

2017 ATP WORLD TOUR WINS LEADERS - Thiem is No. 3 in match wins this season on the ATP World Tour:

W-L 1) Rafael Nadal 51-9 (playing on Saturday) 2) 47-15 3) Dominic Thiem 43-19 (playing on Saturday) 4) Roberto Bautista Agut 41-15 (playing on Saturday) 5) Roger Federer 37-3 (playing on Saturday)

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[9] David Goffin (BEL) vs [18] Gael Monfils (FRA) Series Tied 1-1 16 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R16 Gael Monfils 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4 16 ATP Masters 1000 (China) Hard R16 David Goffin 4-6 6-4 6-2 Other meeting: 13 Bordeaux CH (France) Clay SF Gael Monfils 5-7 6-1 7-5

[9] DAVID GOFFIN vs [18] GAEL MONFILS 26 (12/7/90) Age (Birthdate) 30 (9/1/86) No. 14 (No. 10 on 2/20/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 22 (No. 6 on 11/7/16) Rocourt, Birthplace Paris, France Monte Carlo, Residence Switzerland 36-16 (22-9) 2017 Record (on hard) 20-13 (12-6) 178-120 (113-73) Career Record (on hard) 411-231 (259-138) 0 / 2 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 6 33-20 Career Grand Slam Record 92-42 6-5 (2014-15, 2017 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 24-10 (2016 Semi-finals) 9-4 (2-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 16-13 (1-1) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 51-52 (12-7) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 167-119 (9-9) $6,512,280 Career Prize Money $13,600,378 Thierry Van Cleemput Coach Mikael Tillstrom

[9] DAVID GOFFIN

Grand Slam History • Advanced to QFs at 2016 Roland Garros (l. to Thiem) and (d. Thiem, l. to Dimitrov) • Reached 4R of a Grand Slam 4 other times, including 2016 Wimbledon (l. to Raonic after leading by 2 set • Made Grand Slam debut at 2012 Roland Garros as LL, coming from 2 sets to 1 down to beat both Stepanek and Clement (l. to Federer in 4R) • One of 2 LLs since 1995 Wimbledon to reach Grand Slam 4R (also Robert at 2014 Australian Open) • Retired in 2017 Roland Garros 3R vs. Zeballos and withdrew from Wimbledon due to right ankle injury

2017 Highlights F (2): (l Dimitrov); Rotterdam (l Tsonga) SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nadal) QF (4): Australian Open (l Dimitrov); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Umag (l Dodig); Gstaad (l Haase)

Hard-Court Summer (1-2) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Chung) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Kyrgios)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Beat Benneteau in 1R and Pella in 5-set marathon (4h,20m) to reach 3R for 3rd time (2014-15) • Has a 5-4 record since suffering ankle injury at Roland Garros • Achieved career-high No. 10 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 20 -- 1st Belgian men’s player ever in Top 10 • Tied Simon in 2008 as lightest player in Top 10 (150 lbs) since Coria (145 lbs) and Grosjean (147 lbs) in 2004 • Earned biggest win of career over No. 2 Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF (l. to Nadal in SF) • Advanced to back-to-back finals at Sofia (l. to Dimitrov) and Rotterdam (d. Dimitrov in QF, l. to Tsonga) • Lost last 6 ATP World Tour finals since winning only 2 titles in 2014 at Kitzbuehel (d. Thiem) and (d. Sousa) • Reached 2nd Grand Slam QF at Australian Open by avenging 2016 Roland Garros QF loss to Thiem (l. to Dimitrov) • Also reached ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF (d. Raonic, l. to eventual champion Nadal) • Saved 4 MPs to defeat Albot 26 76(7) 76(7) in Gstaad 2R (l. to Haase in QF) • Defeated Seppi and Lorenzi in straight sets to lead Belgium to 3-2 win over in QF • Retired in Roland Garros 3R vs Zeballos and withdrew from ’s-Hertogenbosch, Queen’s and Wimbledon (right ankle)

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[18] GAEL MONFILS

Grand Slam History • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF and SF at 2008 Roland Garros (d. Ferrer, l. to No. 1 Federer) • Did not drop a set en route to 2016 US Open SF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 4 sets) • Reached 6 other Slam QFs, including 2014 US Open (d. Dimitrov, l. to Federer after holding 2 MPs) • Secured 400th win in 2017 Roland Garros 1R (d. Brown) • Missed 9 Grand Slam events with injuries from 2007 to 2016, including right knee, right shoulder and left wrist • Won junior titles at 2004 Australian Open (d. Ouanna), Roland Garros (d. Al. Kuznetsov) and Wimbledon (d. Kasiri). Lost to Troicki in US Open 3R to end bid for junior calendar Grand Slam.

2017 Highlights F (1): Eastbourne (l Djokovic) QF (2): (l Gasquet); Dubai (l Verdasco)

Hard-Court Summer (2-2) Washington: 2nd Round (l Bhambri) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 3rd Round (l Bautista Agut)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Opened with straight-sets win over countryman Chardy and followed with 5-set win over Young. Trying to reach 4R for 6th time. Last year turned in his best result with SF. Also QF in 2010 and 2014 • Reached 1st grass-court final of career at Eastbourne as WC (d. Gasquet 76 in 3rd, l. to Djokovic) • Enjoyed 400th win of career over Brown in Roland Garros 1R on May 30 (l. to Wawrinka in 4R) • Also reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Nadal) and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Thiem) • Saved 4 MPs to beat Nishikori in Montreal 2R before squandering 1 MP vs Bautista Agut in 3R • Squandered 2 MPs against countryman Simon in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000s at Miami, Monte-Carlo and Rome (left knee/Achilles tendon), then Cincinnati (ill)

FRENCHMEN IN TOP 50 - Monfils is 1 of 7 Frenchmen in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings. He and Mannarino are trying to join Pouille in the 4th Round.

No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga No. 20 No. 22 Gael Monfils No. 30 No. 34 Adrian Mannarino No. 39 No. 41 Benoit Paire

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GRANDSTAND

Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) Troicki Leads 2-1 10 New Haven (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Viktor Troicki 6-7(4) 7-6(1) 6-2 11 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Viktor Troicki 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 17 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA)Hard R128 Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1 6-4

VIKTOR TROICKI vs ALEXANDR DOLGOPOLOV 31 (2/10/86) Age (Birthdate) 28 (11/7/88) No. 52 (No. 12 on 6/6/11) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 64 (No. 13 on 1/16/12) , Birthplace Kiev, Belgrade, Serbia Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco 18-20 (11-11) 2017 Record (on hard) 18-17 (5-8) 276-242 (178-149) Career Record (on hard) 206-190 (122-110) 0 / 3 2017 Titles / Career Titles 1 / 3 48-34 Career Grand Slam Record 31-28 8-7 (2008, 2015, 2017 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 8-6 (2011 4th Round) 19-14 (4-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 8-7 (1-0) 5 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 100-100 (9-8) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 88-84 (11-7) $7,658,443 Career Prize Money $6,459,006 Jack Reader. Coach Stanislav Khmarskiy

VIKTOR TROICKI

Grand Slam History • Best result is 4R on 5 occasions: 2011 Roland Garros (l. to Murray 75 in 5th), 2012 Wimbledon (d. Granollers and Klizan in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Djokovic), 2013 Roland Garros (d. Cilic, l. to Tsonga), 2015 Wimbledon (l. to Pospisil after leading by 2 sets) and 2016 Roland Garros (d. Dimitrov in 5 sets, l. to Wawrinka) • Reached 2004 Wimbledon junior doubles final w/Haase (l. to Evans/Oudsema). Beat Monfils in 2004 US Open 3R to prevent Frenchman from completing calendar junior Grand Slam

Hard-Court Summer (0-3) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 1st Round (l Kyrgios) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Isner) Winston-Salem: 2nd Round (bye, l Berlocq)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Trying to reach 4R for 1st time and won 5th straight match decided in 5th set, beating Gombos 36 63 36 64 63 in 1R and followed with 76 75 60 victory over [Q] Travaglia in 2R • Reached Sydney SF (l. to Muller), SF (l. to Raonic) and Sofia QF (l. to Dimitrov) • Advanced to Australian Open 3R (d. Dzumhur and Lorenzi in 5 sets, l. to Wawrinka) • Suffering 6-match losing streak since saving 1 MP vs Tipsarevic in London/Queen’s Club 1R (l. to Young in 2R) • Captured 2nd ATP World Tour doubles title at Sofia w/Zimonjic (d. Elgin/Kuznetsov) • Clinched Serbia’s 4-1 Davis Cup wins over in 1R (d. Khachanov in 4h30m after saving 1 MP, w/Zimonjic d. Kravchuk/Kuznetsov) and Spain in QF (d. Carreno Busta, w/Zimonjic d. Carreno Busta/M. Lopez) • Withdrew from Geneva (hamstring tear), as well as Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuehel (lower back) • Retired in Wimbledon 1R vs F. Mayer due to right shoulder injury

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ALEXANDR DOLGOPOLOV

Grand Slam History • Best result is QF at in main draw debut at event (d. Tsonga and Soderling in 5 sets, l. to Murray). Had lost in qualifying every year from 2007 to 2010 • Also advanced to 4R at 2011 US Open (d. Karlovic, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and he's had 3R finishes 6 other times • Missed 2014 US Open following right knee surgery on July 24, 2014 and 2016 Roland Garros (abdominal injury) • Retired in 2016 US Open 1R (nausea) and 2017 Wimbledon 1R (right ankle)

2017 Highlights W (1): Buenos Aires (d Nishikori) F (1): Bastad (l Ferrer) QF (1): Rio de Janeiro (l Carreno Busta)

Hard-Court Summer (1-2) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 2nd Round-qualified (l Kyrgios) Winston-Salem: 1st Round (l Monteiro)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Appearing in 3R for 1st time since 2012 after defeating Struff in 1R in 5 sets and [15] Berdych in 4 sets. His 5-set win broke a 4-match losing streak in 5 setters since 2012 US Open 1R (d. Levine) • Captured 3rd ATP World Tour title and 1st since 2012 Washington at Buenos Aires (d. Nishikori) • Saved 2 MPs vs Khachanov en route to Bastad final (l. to Ferrer) • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Anderson, l. to Kyrgios in 2R) • Snapped 8-match losing streak by reaching Australian Open 2R (d. Coric, l. to Monfils) • Held 1 MP against eventual champion Muller before falling in Sydney 1R • Fell to No. 89 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 15 -- lowest since No. 101 on February 22, 2010 • Retired in 5 matches this season due to hip, right leg and right ankle injuries, including Wimbledon 1R vs Federer • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Q and Budapest (groin), as well as Halle Q (right ankle)

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[11] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [24] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) Series Tied 1-1 14 Australian Open () Hard R64 Roberto Bautista Agut 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 7-5 16 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games () Hard QF Juan Martin del Potro 7-5 7-6(4)

[11] ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT vs [24] JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO 29 (4/14/88) Age (Birthdate) 28 (9/23/88) No. 13 (No. 13 on 10/17/16) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 28 (No. 4 on 1/11/10) Castellon de la Plana, Spain Birthplace Tandil, Argentina Castellon de la Plana, Spain Residence Tandil, Argentina 41-15 (25-6) 2017 Record (on hard) 20-11 (12-7) 205-124 (131-78) Career Record (on hard) 366-151 (255-104) 2 / 6 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 19 42-20 Career Grand Slam Record 74-30 11-4 (2014-15 4th Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 26-7 (2009 Champion) 7-3 (0-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 6-9 (0-0) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 75-55 (18-12) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 126-97 (9-5) $6,999,061 Career Prize Money $16,895,529 Pepe Vendrell Coach Sebastian Prieto

[11] ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT

Grand Slam History • Best result is 4R on 9 different occasions (his last 8 losses in 4R came to Top 10 opponents), including US Open in 2014 (l. to Federer) and 2015 (l. to Djokovic) • Trying to reach 4R in 4th straight Grand Slam this season • Has a 20-1 record in 1R matches in Slam play and lone 1R loss came in debut at 2012 Aus.Open as Q(l. to Mello) • Fell during Grand Slam qualifying in 10 of 11 attempts from 2010 to 2012

2017 Highlights W (2): (d Medvedev); Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur) SF (3): Sofia (l Goffin); Munich (l A. Zverev); Gstaad (l Fognini) QF (2): Halle (l A. Zverev); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Federer)

Hard-Court Summer (8-2) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Quarter-finals (l Federer) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Donaldson) Winston-Salem: Champion (d Dzumhur)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Appearing in 3R for 4th straight year and earned 40th victory of season with 4-set 1R win over Seppi (4th straight year with 40+ wins). Then followed with straight-sets win over Brown • Captured 5th and 6th ATP titles respectively at Chennai (d. Medvedev) and Winston-Salem (d. Dzumhur) • Advanced to SFs at Sofia (l. to Goffin 76 in 3rd), Munich (l. to A. Zverev) and Gstaad (l. to Fognini) • Reached 4R at Aus. Open (l. to Raonic), Roland Garros (l. to Nadal) and Wimbledon (d. Nishikori, l. to Cilic) • Appeared in 3rd ATP Masters 1000 QF at Montreal (d. Monfils after saving 1 MP, l. to Federer) • Held 4 MPs before falling to Karlovic 76 67 76 after 3 hours, 1 minute in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R • Conceded walkover vs Carreno Busta in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R due to abdominal muscle injury • Withdrew from Auckland due to stomach virus and Rotterdam due to right elbow injury

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[24] JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO

Grand Slam History • Captured 2009 US Open title, snapping No. 1 Federer’s 40-match tournament win streak in 5-set final after beating Nadal 62 62 62 in SF • Lost longest Wimbledon SF ever in 4h43m to No. 1 Djokovic in 2013 • Also advanced to 2009 Roland Garros SF (l. to Federer in 5 sets) • As World No. 142 in 2016, became lowest-ranked US Open quarter-finalist since No. 174 Connors in 1991

2017 Highlights SF (1): Delray Beach (l Raonic) QF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic)

Hard-Court Summer (4-3) Washington: 3rd Round (l Nishikori) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Shapovalov) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 3rd Round (l Dimitrov)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: The 2009 champion opened with a straight-sets win over Laaksonen and followed with another straight-sets victory over [Q} Menendez-Maceiras. Has a 4-2 record in 3R matches. Along with title, reached QFs in 2008, 2012 and last year • Owns 0-6 record vs Top 6 this season and 20-5 record against players ranked lower than No. 6 • Defeated defending champion Querrey to reach Delray Beach SF (l. to Raonic) • Lost to Djokovic in Acapulco 2R, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R and ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF • Suffered 3R losses to Federer at ATP Masters 1000 Miami and No. 1 Murray at Roland Garros • Also advanced to 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Dimitrov) • Rose to No. 28 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 21 -- highest since No. 19 on October 6, 2014 • Withdrew from Auckland and Aus. Open (fitness), as well as ’s-Hertogenbosch and London/Queen’s Club (groin)

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COURT 5

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Andrey Rublev (RUS) Rublev Leads 1-0 15 Istanbul (Turkey) Clay R32 Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-3

DAMIR DZUMHUR vs ANDREY RUBLEV 25 (5/20/92) Age (Birthdate) 19 (10/20/97) No. 56 (No. 56 on 8/28/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 53 (No. 49 on 7/24/17) Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Birthplace , Russia Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Residence Moscow, Russia 22-19 (18-10) 2017 Record (on hard) 13-8 (5-4) 62-61 (37-35) Career Record (on hard) 25-27 (14-16) 0 / 0 2017 Titles / Career Titles 1 / 1 9-13 Career Grand Slam Record 4-4 3-3 (2017 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 2-1 (2017 3rd Round) 4-3 (0-2) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 1-2 (1-2) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 18-24 (8-6) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 12-13 (7-5) $1,592,865 Career Prize Money $779,103 Tomovic Strahinja Coach

DAMIR DZUMHUR

Grand Slam History • Appearing in 3rd Round for 3rd time in a Grand Slam and trying to reach 4R for first time • Made successful Slam main draw debut at 2014 Australian Open, reaching 3R as Q (d. Hajek and Dodig, l. to Berdych). Became 1st Bosnian to play in a Grand Slam main draw • Also reached 3R at 2015 Roland Garros (d. Youzhny and Baghdatis, l. to Federer) • Advanced to 3 junior QFs in 2010: Wimbledon singles (l. to Mitchell), Roland Garros doubles w/Zsiga (l. to Arguello/Velotti) and US Open doubles w/Pavic (l. to Clezar/Fernandes).

2017 Highlights F (1): Winston-Salem (l. Bautista Agut) SF (1): Los Cabos (l Querrey) QF (2): Memphis (l Harrison); Dubai (l Haase)

Hard-Court Summer (8-2) Los Cabos: Semi-finals (l Querrey) Winston-Salem: Finalist (l Bautista Agut) Note: Also played Santo Domingo (Dom. Republic) Challenger on clay (R-up) week of Aug. 14

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Upset [27] Cuevas in straight sets in 1R and followed with 4-sets victory over [Q] Stebe to improve to 10-2 in tour-level matches since start of Los Cabos. Trying to equal last season’s personal-best 23 wins (22-19 in 2017) • Became first player from Bosnia & Herzegovina to reach an ATP World Tour singles final at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut). Afterwards achieved career-high No. 56 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 28 • Earned biggest win of career over No. 3 Wawrinka en route to Dubai QF (l. to Haase in 3 sets) • Advanced to Los Cabos SF (d. Lopez after saving 3 MPs, l. to Querrey) and Memphis QF (l. Harrison) • Qualified at Hamburg (l. to Stebe in 1R) • Saved 5 MPs to beat Chung in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R) • Won Challenger title at Blois, FRA (d. Hemery) and reached final at Santo Domingo, DOM (l. to Estrella Burgos)

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ANDREY RUBLEV

Grand Slam History • Appearing in 3R for first time. This season qualified and reached 2R at Australian Open (d. Lu, l. to No. 1 Murray) and Wimbledon (d. Travaglia in 5 sets, l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets). Lost in 1R at Roland Garros as a lucky loser (l. to Schwartzman 9-7 in 5th set) • Won 2014 Roland Garros juniors title (d. Munar), becoming 1st Russian boys’ champion since Korotkov in 1966 • Also reached 2014 Wimbledon junior doubles final w/Kozlov (l. to Luz/Zormann 86 in 3rd)

2017 Highlights W (1): Umag (d Lorenzi) QF (1): Halle (l Khachanov)

Hard-Court Summer (1-1) Winston-Salem: 2nd Round (l Chung)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Beat Bedene 61 64 64 in 1R and followed with first career Top 10 win over No. 9-ranked Dimitrov 75 76 63 to improve to 11-4 in tour-level matches since start of Halle in mid-June • Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and after 1st SF at Umag as LL (d. Dodig and Lorenzi) • After losing to No. 174 Balazs in Umag Q2, became 1st lucky loser to win an ATP title since Ram at 2009 Newport • Ended 0-10 start to career in 2R matches by reaching 1st ATP QF at Halle as WC (d. Youzhny, l. to Khachanov) • Broke into Top 100 on June 26 and Top 50 on July 24, peaking at career-high No. 49 in Emirates ATP Rankings • Earned 1st Grand Slam main draw win of career at Australian Open as Q (d. Lu, l. to No. 1 Murray in 2R) • Qualified at Marseille (l. to Marchenko in 1R) and Wimbledon (d. Travaglia in 5 sets, l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) • Advanced to 3rd Challenger final of career at Rennes, FRA (l. to Ignatik 76 in 3rd)

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COURT 17

[33] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [PR] John Millman (AUS) Kohlschreiber Leads 1-0 15 Metz (France) Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(5) 6-3

[33] PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER vs [PR] JOHN MILLMAN 33 (10/16/83) Age (Birthdate) 28 (6/14/89) No. 37 (No. 16 on 7/30/12) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 235 (No. 60 on 5/16/16) Augsburg, Birthplace Brisbane, Australia Kitzbuehel, Austria Residence Brisbane, Australia 27-16 (12-7) 2017 Record (on hard) 3-3 (3-1) 418-319 (202-167) Career Record (on hard) 29-40 (24-32) 1 / 8 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 0 64-52 Career Grand Slam Record 7-10 20-14 (2012-14 4th Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 2-2 (2017 3rd Round) 16-11 (0-1) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 2-3 (0-0) 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 168-163 (10-11) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 11-16 (3-1) $10,320,992 Career Prize Money $1,176,906 Markus Hipfl Coach

[33] PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER

Grand Slam History • Best result is QF at 2012 Wimbledon (d. Haas in 1R, l. to Tsonga) • Owns 1-8 record in Grand Slam 4R matches and has reached that round in all 4 tournaments • Advanced to US Open 4R three straight years by beating Isner each time, in 2012 3R (l. to Tipsarevic), 2013 3R (l. to Nadal) and 2014 3R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Defeated No. 4 Djokovic in 2009 Roland Garros 3R (l. to Robredo) and No. 6 Roddick in 2008 Australian Open 3R (l. to Nieminen) • Played in 37 straight Grand Slam main draws before missing 2014 Australian Open due to left hamstring injury

2017 Highlights W (1): Kitzbuehel (d Sousa) F (1): Marrakech (l Coric) SF (1): Hamburg (l F. Mayer) QF (3): Sydney (w/o vs Troicki); Dubai (l Murray); Stuttgart (l Pouille)

Hard-Court Summer Did not play a tournament leading into US Open

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: No. 3 German is making his 15th straight US Open appearance and defeated [Q] Smyczek in 1R and followed with 62 61 3-0 ret. win over Giraldo to reach 3R for 7th time. Has a 3-3 record in 3R matches • Captured 2nd Kitzbuehel and 8th ATP World Tour title overall (d. Fognini and Sousa) • Earned 400th win of career on March 11 in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R (d. Dolgopolov, l. to Wawrinka in 3R) • Advanced to Hamburg SF (ret vs F. Mayer due to left leg adductor strain) • Held 7 MPs for 1st win in 10 tries against World No. 1 before falling to Murray 67(4) 76(18) 61 in Dubai QF -- 2nd-set TB tied 5 others for longest TB at a tour-level singles match since ATP started recording TB scores in 1991 • Also held 5 MPs in Marrakech final against Coric before falling 57 76(3) 75 • Fell to No. 60 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 3 -- lowest since No. 60 on April 2, 2007 • Conceded w/o in Sydney QF (back). Withdrew from Sofia (back), Monte-Carlo (leg), Rome (leg) and Umag (ankle).

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[PR] JOHN MILLMAN

Grand Slam History • Advanced to 3R of a Grand Slam for 1st time at 2016 Australian Open (l. to Tomic), then again at 2016 Wimbledon (l. to No. 2 Murray) • Led No. 10 Thiem 2 sets to 1 before falling in 2016 US Open 1R • Fell in qualifying 9 times at Grand Slam events before qualifying at 2015 Wimbledon (d. Robredo, l. to Baghdatis from 2 sets up in 2R) • Missed Australian Open and 1st 4+ months of 2017 season due to groin injury • His last 6 Grand Slam losses have come to Top 20 opponents

Hard-Court Summer (1-1) Atlanta: 2nd Round (l Harrison) Lexington Challenger: Finalist (l Mmoh) Aptos Challenger: 1st Round (l McDonald) Vancouver Challenger: 2nd Round (l Stebe)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: No. 12 Aussie, using protected ranking of No. 81, beat No. 1 Aussie Kyrgios 63 16 64 61 in 1R and followed with a 61 76 61 victory over Jaziri to reach 3R for 1st time • Comes in ranked No. 235 and projected to jump to around No. 182 with his result so far and to around No. 143 if he reaches 4R • Missed 1st 4+ months with torn tendon in groin that required surgery • Lost to Bautista Agut in Roland Garros 1R and Nadal in Wimbledon 1R • Advanced to Atlanta 2R (d. Tiafoe 76 in 3rd, l. to Harrison after holding 1 MP) • Reached 13th ATP Challenger Tour final at Lexington, USA (l. to Mmoh) • Fell to No. 235 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 28 -- lowest since No. 278 on November 3, 2014

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