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Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters: Preview & Day 1

Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters: Preview & Day 1

MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, April 10, 2016

Monte-Carlo Country Club, Monte-Carlo, Monaco | April 10-17, 2016 Draw: S-56, D-24 | Prize Money: €3,748,925 | Surface: Outdoor Clay

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MONTE-CARLO TALKING POINTS

 EUROPEAN CLAY SWING: The European circuit begins with the third ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the season as the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters gets underway Sunday at the Monte-Carlo Country Club. This is the first of three ATP Masters 1000 tournaments played on clay (Madrid, Rome). The outstanding field features nine of the Top 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings (first time since 2009). Overall, there are 15 of the Top 20 in the 56-player draw. It’s also the first time since 2009 the Big Four of , , and are playing together in Monte-Carlo. They have combined to win 90 ATP Masters 1000 titles. There are three former champions in the field: Djokovic (2013, ’15), (2014) and Nadal (2005-12).

 DAY 1 PREVIEW: There are two main draw singles matches on Sunday with Jeremy Chardy, hoping to end a four-match losing streak dating back to the Delray Beach quarter-finals (l. to del Potro), up against Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov, the winner of their two previous encounters in 2016. Another Frenchman, is going up against , who has not won a set against the No. 15 seed in their five previous showdowns. Qualifying also concludes today.

 BIG FOUR DOMINATION: In 50 of the past 54 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (since ’10 Monte- Carlo), one of the Big Four: Djokovic, Murray, Federer and Nadal has lifted the trophy. During that stretch, Djokovic has won 23 titles, Nadal 12, Federer 8 and Murray 7. The only exceptions came at ’10 -Bercy (Soderling), ‘12 Paris-Bercy (Ferrer), ’14 Monte-Carlo (Wawrinka) and ’14 (Tsonga).

 NOVAK ON A ROLL: Reigning champion Djokovic is playing in Monte-Carlo for the 10th time in 11 years (except ’11) and the two-time winner (’13, ’15) has reached the semi-finals or better in his past seven appearances. Overall he has a 28-7 career record. The 28-year-old Serb is off to a 28-1 start this season, winning his 11th career crown at the and capturing the first two ATP Masters 1000 titles in Indian Wells and Miami for the third straight year and fourth overall (’11). Djokovic has won the past four ATP Masters 1000 titles going back to Shanghai last season. Since the beginning of last year Djokovic has compiled a 110-7 match record, winning 15 titles in 19 finals (21 tournaments played).

 WEEKS AT NO. 1: Djokovic is fifth on the No. 1 Emirates ATP Rankings list with 93 consecutive weeks since July 7, 2014. He is also fifth on the overall weeks with 194 at No. 1 (as of April 11):

CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AT NO. 1 OVERALL WEEKS AT NO. 1 1) Roger Federer 237 1) Roger Federer 302 2) 160 2) 286 3) 157 3) Ivan Lendl 270 4) Pete Sampras 102 4) Jimmy Connors 268 5) Novak Djokovic 93 5) Novak Djokovic 194

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 STREAKS ON THE LINE: Djokovic has several streaks entering Monte-Carlo: No. Last Loss/Time - ATP Masters 1000 wins 22 2015 Cincinnati final (l. to Federer) - Overall SF wins 21 2014 Shanghai (l. to Federer) - Overall matches 14 2016 Dubai QF (ret. vs. Lopez) - vs. Top 10 12 2015 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals RR (l. to Federer) - ATP Masters 1000 finals + 11 2014 Shanghai (l. to Federer in SF) + DNP play Madrid in 2015

 ROGER RETURNS: Federer, who is playing in Monte-Carlo for the 13th time in his career, makes his return to the ATP World Tour after undergoing knee surgery on Feb. 3. The 34-year-old Swiss superstar planned to return in Miami but withdrew due to gastroenteritis. Prior to his injury, Federer reached the final in Brisbane (l. to Raonic) and the semi-finals at the Australian Open (l. to Djokovic) on Jan. 28. The four-time finalist (2006-08, 2014) has a 28-12 record in Monte-Carlo. The only other tournament he has played more without winning the title is Rome (15 times).

 APRIL FAVOURITE MONTH FOR RAFA: Nadal’s most productive month is April with 15 of his 67 career titles followed by May (12), June (11) and July (7). Nadal, who won the Monte-Carlo title every year from 2005-12, is seeking his ninth crown. He has a 53-4 career record in Monte-Carlo with a tournament record eight titles. His 46-match Monte-Carlo title winning streak ended with a runner-up in 2013. His last title came in 2012 (d. Djokovic). Over the last three years he is 9-3 with a runner-up in 2013 (l. to Djokovic), QF in 2014 (l. to Ferrer) and SF last year (l. to Djokovic). Nadal comes in with a 12-6 record on the season (4-2 on clay) and he was a semi-finalist in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. This is the fifth time since 2005 that Nadal enters Monte-Carlo without a title on the season. Four times he captured his first title of the year in Monte-Carlo: 2008, 2010-11-12.

 CLAY-COURT TITLE LEADERS: Nadal is two clay-court titles away from equaling ’ all-time record of 49 tournament wins on the surface. The title leaders on clay are:

Player Clay Titles Guillermo Vilas 49 Rafael Nadal 47 40 Bjorn Borg 30 30

 MURRAY BACK IN MONACO: Murray returns to Monte-Carlo for the first time since 2013 when he lost in the 3R (l. to Wawrinka). Murray is a two-time semi-finalist in Monte-Carlo in 2009 and ’11 (l. to Nadal both times). Murray has an 11-7 tournament record. Last year he won his maiden clay title at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid.

 NEXT GENERATION: There are three Next Generation players in the main draw:

Main Draw Rank Age (WC) No. 158 18 yrs., 5 months No. 54 18 yrs., 11 months Borna Coric No. 48 19 yrs., 4 months

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 IVO RETURNS, EYES MILESTONE: The oldest player in the singles draw, 37-year-old Ivo Karlovic, makes his return to the ATP World Tour after being sidelined with a knee injury. Karlovic, who is 0-4 this season, last played in Acapulco on Feb. 23 (l. to Bedene in 1R). Karlovic is also trying to earn his 300th career match win (299-267).

 STRONG DOUBLES FIELD: Eight of the Top 10 teams in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings are entered in the draw, led by No. 1 and Australian Open champions and . The reigning champions are five-time winners Bob & (2007, 2011-12, 2014-15). They were attempting to capture their first title of the season, 110th career in Houston late on Saturday. They have won a record 109 career titles together (35 ATP Masters 1000, 16 Grand Slam). They are making their 10th straight trip to Monte-Carlo and 13th overall. They have a 30-6 career match record. The top seeds are last year’s No. 1 duo Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. Here is a look at the Top 10 teams entered based on the April 4 rankings:

1) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares 2) Pierre-Hugues Herbert & 3) & Radek Stepanek 4) Treat Huey & 5) Juan Sebastian Cabal & 6) Feliciano Lopez & Marc Lopez 7) & 10) & Mike Bryan

 TEAM TO WATCH: The French duo of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings, are trying to become only the second team in ATP Masters 1000 history (since 1990) to win the first three Masters 1000 titles of the season (also Bryans in 2014). They won back-to-back titles in Indian Wells (d. Pospisil/Sock) and Miami (d. Klaasen/R. Ram) and they enter Monte-Carlo on a 10-match winning streak.

 ZIMONJIC AIMS FOR SIX: Tour veteran Nenad Zimonjic is seeking his sixth Monte-Carlo title. The 39-year-old, who is teaming up with Edouard Roger-Vasselin this week, has emerged victorious five times with four different partners – (2013), Daniel Nestor (2009- 10), (2005) and (2004).

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SEEDS TO WATCH THIS WEEK

SINGLES:

SEED PLAYER RECORD BEST FINISH

1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 28-7 W 2013, ’15 2 Andy Murray (GBR) 11-7 SF 2011, ’09 3 Roger Federer (SUI) 28-12 F 2014, ‘08, ‘07, ‘06 4 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 17-7 W 2014 5 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 53-4 W 2005-12 6 Tomas Berdych (CZE) 18-11 F 2015 7 (ESP) 26-11 F 2011 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 11-6 SF 2013 9 (FRA) 14-8 SF 2005 10 (CAN) 7-5 QF 2014-15 11 (BEL) 1-3 R32 2015 12 (AUT) 0-2 R64 2014-15 13 Gael Monfils (FRA) 8-9 SF 2015 14 (ESP) 4-3 R16 2015 15 Gilles Simon (FRA) 10-9 SF 2012 16 Benoit Paire (FRA) 2-3 R32 2013, ’15

 QUALIFIERS (7):  OLDEST:  YOUNGEST: TBC on Sunday Ivo Karlovic – 37 y, 1 m Andrey Rublev – 18 y, 5 m

 WILDCARDS (4):  TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN: Spain (10), (9), Czech Republic (3), Italy (3), Russia (3) Andrey Rublev

DOUBLES:

SEED TEAM BEST FINISH SEED TEAM BEST FINISH

1 Rojer & Tecau 0-2; R16 2015 5 Bryan & Bryan 30-6; W 2015, ’14, ’12, ’11, ’07 2 Dodig & Melo 5-2; F 2014 6 Bopanna & Mergea 0-1; R32 2015 3 Herbert & Mahut TEAM DEBUT 7 Roger-Vasselin & Zimonjic TEAM DEBUT 4 Murray & Soares TEAM DEBUT 8 Kubot & Matkowski TEAM DEBUT

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FORMER MONTE-CARLO SINGLES CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS (Since 1995):

YEAR WINNER FINALIST SCORE

2015 Novak Djokovic Tomas Berdych 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 2014 Stan Wawrinka Roger Federer 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2

2013 Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6(1) 2012 Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-1

2011 Rafael Nadal David Ferrer 6-4, 7-5 2010 Rafael Nadal Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-1

2009 Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-1

2008 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5

2007 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4

2006 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(5)

2005 Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5

2004 Guillermo Coria Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 2003 Guillermo Coria 6-2, 6-2

2002 Juan Carlos Ferrero Carlos Moya 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 2001 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

2000 Cedric Pioline Dominik Hrbaty 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(6) 1999 Gustavo Kuerten Marcelo Rios 6-4, 2-1 ret

1998 Carlos Moya Cedric Pioline 6-3, 6-0, 7-5

1997 Marcelo Rios Alex Corretja 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

1996 Thomas Muster 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

1995 Thomas Muster 4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6, 6-0

Bold = Players in this year’s draw

FORMER MONTE-CARLO DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (Since 1995):

YEAR WINNER YEAR WINNER 2015 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan 2004 Tim Henman & Nenad Zimonjic 2014 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan 2003 & Max Mirnyi 2013 Julien Benneteau & Nenad Zimonjic 2002 Jonas Bjorkman & 2012 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan 2001 Jonas Bjorkman & Todd Woodbridge 2011 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan 2000 & 2010 Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic 1999 Olivier Delaitre & Tim Henman 2009 Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic 1998 & 2008 Rafael Nadal & 1997 & 2007 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan 1996 & 2006 Jonas Bjorkman & Max Mirnyi 1995 Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis 2005 Leander Paes & Nenad Zimonjic

* Bold = Players in this year’s draw

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ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 (HISTORY)

 TITLE LEADERS: There have been 59 different ATP World Tour Masters 1000 winners since 1990. Of those 59 winners, 33 have won at least two. There are eight former ATP Masters 1000 winners playing in Monte-Carlo, and they are also the Top 8 seeds at the tournament (bold):

PLAYER TITLES PLAYER TITLES PLAYER TITLES Novak Djokovic 28 2 1 Rafael Nadal 27 2 Tim Henman 1 Roger Federer 24 Guillermo Coria 2 1 17 Alex Corretja 2 1 Andy Murray 11 Wayne Ferreira 2 Ivan Ljubicic 1 Pete Sampras 11 2 Felix Mantilla 1 Thomas Muster 8 2 1 7 Goran Ivanisevic 2 Karel Novacek 1 Boris Becker 5 2 1 5 2 1 Gustavo Kuerten 5 Patrick Rafter 2 1 Marcelo Rios 5 2 Cedric Pioline 1 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 1 5 1 Tommy Robredo 1 4 Tomas Berdych 1 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 4 Guillermo Cañas 1 Emilio Sanchez 1 4 1 Robin Soderling 1 3 Albert Costa 1 Stan Wawrinka 1 3 David Ferrer 1 1 Carlos Moya 3 Sebastien Grosjean 1

 MATCH-WIN LEADERS: Federer has won the most ATP Masters 1000 matches (327) followed by Nadal (306) and Djokovic (279). Here are the Top 5 ATP Masters 1000 wins leaders:

RANK PLAYER MASTERS 1000 W-L 1 Roger Federer 327-96

2 Rafael Nadal 306-66

3 Novak Djokovic 279-58 4 Andre Agassi 209-73 5 Pete Sampras 190-70

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2015-16 ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 WINNERS

 2015-16 WINNERS:

TOURNAMENT CHAMPION FINALIST ’16 Miami Novak Djokovic

’16 Indian Wells Novak Djokovic Milos Raonic

Paris Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Shanghai Novak Djokovic Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Cincinnati Roger Federer Novak Djokovic Montreal Andy Murray Novak Djokovic

Rome Novak Djokovic Roger Federer

Madrid Andy Murray Rafael Nadal Monte-Carlo Novak Djokovic Tomas Berdych

 2015 MATCH-WIN LEADERS: Djokovic led the way in 2015 with a record six ATP Masters 1000 crowns. The Serb compiled a 39-2 mark at this level, reaching the final at all eight ATP Masters 1000 tournaments he played in (DNP Madrid). Andy Murray was second with a 30-5 match record and two titles. Here are last year’s ATP Masters 1000 match wins leaders:

RANK PLAYER MASTERS 1000 W-L 1 Novak Djokovic 39-2

2 Andy Murray 30-5

3 Tomas Berdych 22-9 4 Rafael Nadal 21-9 5 20-9 6 Roger Federer 16-6 T7 Kei Nishikori 15-7 T7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 15-8 T9 David Ferrer 14-7 T9 14-8

WHAT’S AT STAKE?

EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 SINGLES RANKING POINTS 1,000 600 360 180 90 45 10 SINGLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 717,315 351,715 177,015 90,010 46,740 24,640 13,305 DOUBLES RANKING POINTS 1,000 600 360 180 90 — — DOUBLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 222,150 108,750, 54,550 28,000 14,470 7,640 —

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DAY 1 FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS

COURT RAINIER III

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) Kuznetsov Leads 2-0 16 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R64 Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(5) 16 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4 6-2

Chardy 2016 FastFacts: QF (3): Doha (l Marchenko), Sydney (l Muller), Delray Beach (l del Potro) YTD W-L: 8-8 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 12, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 34 (as of April 9, 2016) Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 2-6 (R32-2014, ’15)

• The 29-year-old Frenchman is making his seventh appearance at the Country Club (2-6 record); has reached 2R for the past two seasons (2014 l. to No. 6 Ferrer, 2015 l. to No. 2 Federer) • Advanced to QFs at Doha (l. to Marchenko), Sydney (l. to Muller) and Delray Beach (l. to del Potro) • Has lost opening matches in last three events: Acapulco (l. to Fritz), ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Kuznetsov) and ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Verdasco). • In Australian Open 1R, defeated Gulbis 13-11 in 5th after 4 hours, 43 minutes (l. to An. Kuznetsov in 2R) • In Rotterdam 1R, saved 1 MP to defeat Donskoy 76 in 3rd (l. to Mahut in 2R) • Highest-ranked of 8 wins in 2016 was over No. 63 Kukushkin in Sydney 1R

Kuznetsov 2016 FastFacts: QF (2): Doha (l Nadal), (l Cilic) YTD W-L: 13-6 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 22, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 45 (Career-High; as of April 9, 2016) Monte-Carlo W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (R64-2015)

• The 25-year-old Russian is making his second appearance after reaching the main draw as a qualifier on debut in 2015 (l. 1R to Monfils) • Advanced to Grand Slam 4R for 1st time in career at Australian Open (d. Chardy in 2R, l. to Monfils) • Also reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Chardy, l. to No. 3 Wawrinka) and 4R at ATP Masters 1000 Miami, his career-best result at Masters event (d. No. 4 Wawrinka, l. to Kyrgios) • Achieved career-high No. 45 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 4 • Reached QFs at Doha (l. to No. 5 Nadal) and Marseille (l. to Cilic) • Improved to 6-0 lifetime in , winning opening rubber of Russia’s 5-0 sweep over Sweden (d. Arvidsson) • Qualified at Rotterdam (l. to Troicki in 1R)

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[15] Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) Simon Leads 5-0 07 Bastad (Sweden) Clay R32 Gilles Simon 6-2 6-3 07 Sopot (Poland) Clay R32 Gilles Simon 6-0 7-6(6) 09 Bangkok (Thailand) Hard F Gilles Simon 7-5 6-3 09 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Gilles Simon 6-3 6-4 11 Sydney (Australia) Hard F Gilles Simon 7-5 7-6(4)

Simon 2016 FastFacts: QF: ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Goffin) YTD W-L: 9-7 (1-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: December 27, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Monte Carlo W-L (Best Result): 10-9 (SF-2012)

• The 31-year-old native is making his 10th main-draw appearance at Monte Carlo (10-9 record); reached SF in 2012 (3R d. No. 8 Tipsarevic, QF d. No. 5 Tsonga, SF l. to No. 2 Nadal). Last year fell in 3R (l. to No. 7 Ferrer) • Advanced to Australian Open 4R for 3rd time (d. Donskoy in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 5 sets); pushed Djokovic to 100 unforced errors over 4 hours, 32 minutes • Helped France to 5-0 sweep of Canada in Davis Cup 1R with straight-set win over Pospisil • As defending champion, held 3 MPs vs. Gabashvili in Marseille 1R before losing 76 in 3rd • Reached QF at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Goffin), best run at ATP Masters 1000 event since Shanghai 2014 (F, l. to Federer)

Troicki 2016 FastFacts: W: Sydney (d Dimitrov); F: Sofia (l Bautista Agut); QF: Rotterdam (l Mahut) YTD W-L: 14-8 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 23 Monte Carlo W-L (Best Result): 6-6 (QF-2011)

• The 30-year-old Serb is making his seventh tournament appearance (6-6 record); reached QF in 2011 (l. to No. 6 Ferrer) and last year fell in 2R (l. to Isner) • Repeated as Sydney champion by saving 1 MP in 26 61 76(7) win over Dimitrov • Three days later, saved 2 MPs in 5-set win over Muñoz de la Nava in Australian Open 1R (l. to Raonic in 3R); also saved 4 MPs against Cervantes in Miami 2R (l. to Goffin in 3R) • Advanced to Sofia final (l. to Bautista Agut) and Rotterdam QF (l. to Mahut) • Clinched ’s 3-2 Davis Cup 1R win over Kazakhstan by beating Nedovyesov in straight sets

OTHER FIRST ROUND FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Draw Order

Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs (RUS) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 13 Orleans CH (France) Hard R32 Jiri Vesely 6-3 6-2

Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs (ITA) Fognini Leads 2-0 13 Oeiras (Portugal) Clay R16 7-6(5) 5-7 6-4 13 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R64 Fabio Fognini 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Other meetings: 07 Furth CH (Germany) Clay QF Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-2 08 Genova CH (Italy) Clay R16 Fabio Fognini 7-5 6-2

Gilles Muller (LUX) vs [13] Gael Monfils (FRA) Muller Leads 1-0 15 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard R32 Gilles Muller 6-3 3-6 7-6(4)

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[11] David Goffin (BEL) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) First Meeting

[WC] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (ARG) Delbonis Leads 1-0 13 Hamburg (Germany) Clay QF Federico Delbonis 6-7(5) 7-6(8) 6-4

Alexander Zverev (GER) vs [WC] Andrey Rublev (RUS) First Meeting

Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) Series Tied 2-2 09 Bangkok (Thailand) Hard R32 6-4 7-6(7) 10 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R32 G. Garcia-Lopez 4-6 6-2 6-1 10 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Thomaz Bellucci 6-4 6-4 13 Kitzbühel Austria) Clay R32 G. Garcia-Lopez 6-7(1) 6-3 7-6(4) Other meeting: 08 Rabat CH (Morocco) Clay SF Thomaz Bellucci 6-4 7-6(4)

Albert Ramos-Viñolas vs [14] Roberto Bautista Agut First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 08 Spain F18 (Spain) Clay R16 Albert Ramos-Viñolas 2-6 6-3 7-5 08 Spain F29 (Spain) Clay SF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-1 09 Spain F9 (Spain) Clay F Albert Ramos-Viñolas 6-4 6-4 09 Spain F10 (Spain) Clay SF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-4 10 San Remo CH (Italy) Clay R16 Albert Ramos-Viñolas 7-5 6-3 11 San Sebastian CH (Spain) Clay QF Albert Ramos-Viñolas 1-6 6-4 6-1

[9] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Series Tied 3-3 10 Acapulco (Mexico) Clay R16 Nicolas Almagro 3-6 7-5 7-6(7) 10 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay F Nicolas Almagro 7-5 6-1 11 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard R16 Nicolas Almagro 7-6(5) 6-3 12 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-4 6-4 13 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Richard Gasquet 6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(3) 15 Estoril (Portugal) Clay QF Richard Gasquet 6-1 7-6(4)

[WC] Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 15 St. Brieuc CH (France) Hard SF Nicolas Mahut 7-5 6-4 16 Rotterdam Q (The Netherlands) Hard 2R Nicolas Mahut 7-6(5) 7-6(5)

Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs Aljaz Bedene (GBR) Rosol Leads 1-0 15 (China) Hard R32 Lukas Rosol 1-6 7-6(6) 6-3 Other meetings: 11 Barletta CH (Italy) Clay SF Aljaz Bedene 6-3 7-5 12 Prague CH (Czech Republic) Clay QF Aljaz Bedene 3-6 6-4 6-1

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Kohlschreiber Leads 1-0 16 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R16 P. Kohlschreiber 6-2 7-6(5)

[WC] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs [10] Milos Raonic (CAN) First Meeting

[16] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Iñigo Cervantes (ESP) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 09 Rabat Q (Morocco) Clay 1R Iñigo Cervantes 7-5 1-6 6-4 10 San Sebastian CH (Spain) Clay R16 Benoit Paire 6-2 5-7 7-5 11 Como CH (Italy) Clay R16 Benoit Paire 3-6 6-3 4-1 ret. 12 Auckland Q (New Zealand) Hard 3R Benoit Paire 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2

Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Joao Sousa (POR) First Meeting

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