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[Click Here and Type in Recipient's Full Name] MEDIA NOTES ATP Cup ATP Tour Tennis TV On-Site PR ATPCup.com ATPTour.com TennisTV.com Richard Evans: [email protected] @ATPCup @ATPTour @TennisTV Harriet Rendle: [email protected] ATP CUP TALKING POINTS - SUNDAY 12 JANUARY 2020 • The greatest rivalry in the Open Era is renewed on Sunday when World No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain faces World No. 2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia 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 Roger Federer -- 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 Grand Slam 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 Olympic Games and in Davis Cup. • 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 Australian Open. • 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 Viktor Troicki broke a 1-1 tie against France on Monday. Nadal and Pablo Carreno Busta did the same against Belgium 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 Monaco at 2015 Doha (d. Djokovic/Krajinovic in SF). Did you know? Nadal and Djokovic were doubles partners at 2010 Toronto (l. to Pospisil/Raonic in 1R). • Nadal hopes to win his third team championship in the last four months (2019 Laver Cup, 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 Roberto Bautista Agut, 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 Dusan Lajovic 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 Karen Khachanov 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. MEDIA NOTES 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 (Australia) 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 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7(6) 6-3 6-3 Other Meetings 12 Rome CH (Italy) 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 Monte Carlo (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). MEDIA NOTES 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 (Canada) 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 (Germany) 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 London/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 Paris (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 MEDIA NOTES Djokovic 2019 Summary | Age: 32 | World No.
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