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ATP CUP TALKING POINTS - SUNDAY 12 JANUARY 2020

• The greatest rivalry in the Open Era is renewed on Sunday when World No. 1 of faces World No. 2 of in the inaugural ATP Cup final. Nadal and Djokovic are meeting for a 15th consecutive season and an Open Era-record 55th time overall. Djokovic leads 28-26 (19-7 on hard courts). Members of the Big 3 -- including World No. 3 -- will have now played one another 144 times.

Most Meetings in Open Era Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal 55 Djokovic leads 28-26 Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer 49 Djokovic leads 26-23 Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal 40 Nadal leads 24-16

• Nadal and Djokovic have met in all four finals and five times at the Nitto ATP Finals. They’ve also played at eight of the nine ATP Masters 1000 events, as well as at the and in .

• On hard courts, Djokovic is 8-0 in matches and 17-0 in sets against Nadal since their 2013 US Open final. Djokovic handed Nadal his only straight-set loss in 27 Grand Slam finals at the 2019 .

• This is the ninth meeting between Nadal and Djokovic when the Spaniard is No. 1 and the Serbian is No. 2. Nadal is 1-7 with his lone win in the 2014 Roland Garros final. Djokovic owns 13 wins overall against No. 1s.

No. 1 Nadal vs No. 2 Djokovic 2011 Miami No. 2 Djokovic 2013 Nitto ATP Finals No. 2 Djokovic 2011 Madrid No. 2 Djokovic 2014 Miami No. 2 Djokovic 2011 Rome No. 2 Djokovic 2014 Rome No. 2 Djokovic 2011 Wimbledon No. 2 Djokovic 2014 Roland Garros No. 1 Nadal

• Djokovic and Nadal are also scheduled to meet in doubles. Djokovic and broke a 1-1 tie against on Monday. Nadal and Pablo Carreno Busta did the same against in Friday’s quarter-finals.

• Nadal is 2-0 against Djokovic in doubles with a win at 2009 Montreal alongside his ATP Cup captain Francisco Roig (d. Djokovic/Vemic in 1R). His other victory came with Juan at 2015 Doha (d. Djokovic/Krajinovic in SF). Did you know? Nadal and Djokovic were doubles partners at 2010 (l. to Pospisil/Raonic in 1R).

• Nadal hopes to win his third team championship in the last four months (2019 , 2019 Davis Cup).

• Djokovic is one of two players who is 5-0 in singles during the ATP Cup. The other is Spanish No. 2 , who is 10-0 in sets and leads all players at the event with 56% return games won (22 of 39).

• Bautista Agut, the World No. 10, is 34-6 in the month of January since 2016. He hopes to add the 2020 ATP Cup team title to individual January titles won at 2016 Auckland, 2017 Chennai, 2018 Auckland and 2019 Doha.

• Serbian No. 2 is 4-1 at the ATP Cup with a pair of wins against higher-ranked opponents. The World No. 34 defeated No. 21 Felix Auger-Aliassime and No. 17 in his last two matches.

• Lajovic, 29, is attempting to earn five tour-level wins at an event for the second time in his career (2019 Monte- Carlo). Bautista Agut, 31, is attempting to earn six tour-level wins at an event for the first time in his career.

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ATP CUP - TEAM LINEUPS

Serbia (5-0) Group A Winner Spain (5-0) Group B Winner Novak Djokovic 5-0 Singles, 1-0 Doubles Rafael Nadal 4-1 Singles, 2-0 Doubles Dusan Lajovic 4-1 Singles Roberto Bautista Agut 5-0 Singles Viktor Troicki 4-1 Doubles Pablo Carreno Busta 5-0 Doubles Nikola Cacic 3-1 Doubles Feliciano Lopez 3-0 Doubles Nikola Milojevic Albert Ramos-Vinolas Nenad Zimonjic (Captain) Francisco Roig (Captain)

ATP CUP - FINAL

SERBIA vs SPAIN

Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Bautista Agut Leads 3-0 16 Australian Open () Hard R64 Roberto Bautista Agut 4-6 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-1 17 Winston-Salem (USA) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-3 18 () Hard R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7(6) 6-3 6-3 Other Meetings 12 Rome CH () Clay SF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-1 12 Orbetello CH (Italy) Clay F Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-1

Lajovic 2019 Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 34 (Career-High No. 23) | 2019 W-L: 21-27 | Career Titles: 1 W (1): Umag (d Balazs) F (1): ATP Masters 1000 (l Fognini) • Owns 4-1 record at ATP Cup with wins over Harris (RSA), Jarry (CHI), Auger-Aliassime (CAN) and Khachanov (RUS). • Finished as No. 2 Serbian for 3rd time in 2019 (also 2014, 2018). Achieved career-high No. 23 on 29 April. • Won 1st ATP Tour singles title at Umag (d. Balazs) and 2nd doubles title at Chengdu w/Cacic (d. Erlich/F. Martin). • Earned biggest win of career over No. 5 Thiem and did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour final at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Fognini). World No. 48 became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in 2001. • One of 4 Serbians to reach Roland Garros 3R -- most ever in a Grand Slam 3R (l. to A. Zverev in 5 sets).

Bautista Agut 2019 Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 10 (Career-High No. 9) | 2019 W-L: 42-22 | Career Titles: 9 W (1): Doha (d Berdych) SF (3): Munich (l Berrettini); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Zhuhai (l de Minaur) • Owns 5-0 ATP Cup record. Beat Metreveli (GEO), Roncadelli (URU), Soeda (JPN), Coppejans (BEL) & Kyrgios (AUS). • Member of 2019 Spanish Davis Cup championship team (d. Auger-Aliassime in final). • Finished as No. 2 Spaniard for the 2nd time in 2019 (also 2016). Won 40+ matches for 5th time (2014-17, 2019). • After 275 straight weeks in Top 30, broke into Top 10 on 19 August. Achieved career-high No. 9 on 4 November. • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to Tsitsipas) and 1st Grand Slam SF at Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). Entered 2019 with 0-9 record in Grand Slam 4R matches. • Posted 3 wins in 5 sets at Aus. Open (d. 5-time finalist Murray in 1R, Millman in 2R and 2018 finalist Cilic in 4R). • Earned 2nd win of career over No. 1 Djokovic en route to 9th ATP Tour title at Doha (d. Berdych). • Captured a title in January for 4th straight season (2016 Auckland, 2017 Chennai, 2018 Auckland, 2019 Doha). • Defeated No. 1 Djokovic for 3rd time to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. to Isner). • Also reached ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Montreal (l. to Monfils in 3rd-set TB) and Cincinnati (l. to Gasquet).

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Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) Djokovic Leads 28-26 06 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 ret 07 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA) Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5 07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 07 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3 07 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-4 6-2 07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-1 4-1 ret 07 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal () Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3 07 Nitto ATP Finals (China) Hard RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 08 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2 08 ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg () Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 2-6 6-2 08 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-2 7-6(3) 08 /Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass F Rafael Nadal 7-6(6) 7-5 08 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (USA) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-5 08 Beijing Olympics (China) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 1-6 6-4 09 Davis Cup 1R (Spain) Clay RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 6-1 09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 2-6 6-1 09 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-6(2) 6-2 09 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(9) 09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (USA) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-4 09 ATP Masters 1000 (France) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-3 09 Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-3 10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 10 Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-2 11 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA) Hard F Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-2 11 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard F Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) 11 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay F Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-4 11 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay F Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 11 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass F Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 11 US Open (USA) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1 12 Australian Open (Australia) Hard F Novak Djokovic 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5 12 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-1 12 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-3 12 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 13 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay F Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-6(1) 13 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-7(3) 9-7 13 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) 13 US Open (USA) Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-1 13 Beijing (China) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 13 Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 14 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-3 14 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay F Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-3 14 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 15 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-3 15 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3 6-1 15 Beijing (China) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-2 15 Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-3 16 Doha (Qatar) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-2 16 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-2 16 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay QF Novak Djokovic 7-5 7-6(4) 17 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-4 18 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-6(4) 6-3 18 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Novak Djokovic 6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 3-6 10-8 19 Australian Open (Australia) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2 6-3 19 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-0 4-6 6-1

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Djokovic 2019 Summary | Age: 32 | World No. 2 (Career-High No. 1) | 2019 W-L: 57-11 | Career Titles: 77 W (5): Australian Open (d Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d Tsitsipas); Wimbledon (d Federer); (d Millman); ATP Masters 1000 Paris (d Shapovalov) F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal) • Owns 5-0 ATP Cup record. Beat Anderson (RSA), Monfils (FRA), Garin (CHI), Shapovalov (CAN) & Medvedev (RUS). • Won team titles at 2010 Davis Cup (d. Simon and Monfils in final) and 2018 Laver Cup (l. to Anderson). • Finished as No. 1 Serbian for 15th straight year in 2019. Earned 50+ wins for 12th time (2007-16, 2018-19). • Saved 2 championship points to defeat Federer in longest Wimbledon final on record (4 hours, 55 minutes). • Became 1st Wimbledon champion to save championship since saved 3 MPs in 1948 final. • Prior to 5th Wimbledon title, captured record 7th Aus. Open title (d. Nadal). Third all-time with 16 Grand Slam titles. • Became 1st player in history to win 3+ straight Grand Slam titles on 3 occasions (2011-12, 2015-16, 2018-19). • Also 1st player to win a Grand Slam final over Nadal in straight sets. Spaniard has reached 27 Grand Slam finals. • Fell to Thiem in Roland Garros SF, ending Slam win streak at 26. Retired vs. Wawrinka in US Open 4R (left shoulder). • Did not drop a set en route to 33rd ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d. Tsitsipas) and 34th at Paris (d. Shapovalov). • Added 12th ATP 500 title at Tokyo (d. Millman). Owns 77 career titles, tied for 5th-most in Open Era with McEnroe. • Now 3rd all-time with 275 weeks as World No. 1, trailing only Federer’s 310 weeks and Sampras’ 286 weeks.

Nadal 2019 Summary | Age: 33 | World No. 1 (Career-High No. 1) | 2019 W-L: 58-7 | Career Titles: 84 W (4): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (d Djokovic); Roland Garros (d Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (d Medvedev); US Open (d Medvedev) F (1): Australian Open (l Djokovic) • Owns 4-1 ATP Cup singles record. Beat Basilashvili (GEO), P. Cuevas (URU), Nishioka (JPN) and de Minaur (AUS). • Helped Spain to Davis Cup titles in 2004, 2009, 2011 & 2019 and Team to Laver Cup titles in 2017 & 2019. • Finished as No. 1 Spaniard for 15th straight year in 2019. Earned 30+ victories for 16th consecutive season. • Clinched year-end No. 1 for 5th time and became oldest year-end No. 1 in FedEx ATP Rankings history at age 33. • Won 12th Roland Garros (d. Thiem) and 4th US Open titles (d. Medvedev). Owns 19 Grand Slam titles (Federer 20). Improved to 24-0 in Roland Garros SFs and finals, 93-2 overall at Roland Garros and 118-2 in best-of-5-sets on clay. • Became 1st men’s or women’s player to win a Grand Slam event 12 times. won Aus. Open 11 times. • Oldest champion at Roland Garros since Gimeno, 34, in 1972 and US Open since Rosewall, 35, in 1970. • Captured ATP Masters 1000 titles at Rome (d. No. 1 Djokovic) and Montreal (d. Medvedev). • Now owns ATP Masters 1000 records for titles (35), finals (51) and wins (384). • Set an Open Era record by winning a title for 16th straight season (2004-19) -- breaking tie with Federer (2001-15). • Ranked in Top 10 for 768 consecutive weeks (25 April 2005 - 13 January 2020) -- 2nd only to Connors (789). • Did not drop a set en route to 5th Australian Open final. Did not win a set for only time in 27 Grand Slam finals (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). Defeated #NextGenATP players de Minaur in 3R, Tiafoe in QF and Tsitsipas in SF. • Five weeks after defeating Federer in Roland Garros SF, lost to him in Wimbledon SF. Owns 24-16 H2H lead. • Reached all 4 Grand Slam SFs in a season for 2nd time in career (also 2008). • Saved 1 MP vs. Medvedev and defeated eventual champion Tsitsipas at Nitto ATP Finals (2-1 in RR). • Conceded walkovers to Federer in Indian Wells SF (right knee) and Shapovalov in Paris SF (abdominal).

Novak Djokovic / Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs First Meeting Pablo Carreno Busta / Rafael Nadal (ESP) • Serbians are 11-10 as a team with win on Monday over Wimbledon finalist Mahut/Roger-Vasselin (FRA). Djokovic won his only doubles title at 2010 London/Queen’s Club w/Erlich. Troicki owns 2 doubles titles including 2017 with his ATP Cup captain Zimonjic. Djokovic is No. 157 (Career-High No. 114) and Troicki is No. 713 (Career-High No. 49). • Spaniards are 8-1 as a team including ATP Cup QF clincher over Gille/Vliegen (BEL). Won 2016 Beijing title together. Carreno Busta owns 3 titles and reached 2016 US Open final w/Garcia-Lopez. Nadal owns 11 titles including 2016 Rio Olympics w/M. Lopez. Carreno Busta is No. 111 (Career-High No. 16). Nadal is unranked (Career-High No. 26). • All 4 men have won Davis Cup championships. Troicki clinched 2010 Davis Cup title for Serbia with straight-set win over Llodra in deciding rubber. Carreno Busta made 1 appearance for Spain at 2019 Davis Cup Finals (l. to Pella).

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