SKISTAR : DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, July 25, 2015

Båstad Tennisstadion, Båstad, Sweden | July 20 – 26, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €494,301 | Surface: Clay

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CUEVAS, PAIRE, ROBREDO, ZVEREV EYE BASTAD FINAL

 Day 6: Two-time champion (2006, ’08), defending champion , Frenchman Benoit Paire and 18-year-old Alexander Zverev eye a spot in the final at the Skistar Swedish Open. In the first semi-final Zverev looks to reach his first ATP World Tour final when he meets the veteran Robredo for the first time. The other semi-final is also a first-time meeting between Cuevas and Paire.

 Tommy Eyes 3rd Bastad Final: No. 2 seed Tommy Robredo is making his 15th appearance in Bastad. The 33-year-old Spaniard won the title in 2006 and ’08 and reached the semi-finals five other times. Prior to defeating countryman Albert Ramos-Vinolas 64 64 on Thursday he had lost his opening round match the last two years since reaching the quarter-finals in 2012. He has a 30-12 career record, the most match wins of any player in the field. The 33-year-old Spaniard has a career record of 254-119 with 11 titles.

 Title Defense Continues: Last year No. 3 seed Cuevas came in ranked No. 111 and he defeated Joao Sousa 62 61 in the final to capture his maiden ATP World Tour title. He also won the Umag title two weeks later. He opened with a 64 67(6) 60 win over on Thursday and followed with a 63 64 win over Steve Darcis on Friday. This is the Uruguayan’s third appearance (9- 1 record) in Bastad and he was also quarter-finalist in his 2010 debut. In February, Cuevas captured his third career title in Sao Paulo (d. Vanni) and in May was runnere -up in Istanbul (l. to Federer). He has a 21-15 match record on the season (18-8 on clay) and is ranked No. 25 after reaching a career-high No. 21 on Mar. 23.

 Teenage Match Wins Leaders: Zverev is looking to become the first teen-ager to reach the final in Bastad since 2005 when defeated Tomas Berdych in a battle of 19-year-olds. Zverev has the second-most match wins among teenagers on the ATP World Tour this season. Here are the 2015 match wins leaders (not including Davis Cup):

W L Coric, Borna CRO + 19 17 Zverev, Alexander GER 10 9 Kokkinakis, Thanasi AUS 9 12 Rublev, Andrey RUS 5 6 Kyrgios, Nick AUS 5 4 Ymer, Elias SWE 3 6 Chung, Hyeon KOR 3 4 Donaldson, Jared USA 2 3 Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN 2 2 + Lost in quarter-finals at Umag on Friday

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 LOOKING AHEAD: Cuevas is the only semi-finalist to reach an ATP World Tour final this year. Here is a look at all four players career records in ATP World Tour Finals:

Player Career Finals Record Zverev 0-0 Robredo 12-10 (11-6 on clay)

Paire 0-2 (0-1 on clay) Cuevas 3-1 (3-1 on clay)

SATURDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play

Centre Court

Alexander Zverev (GER) vs (2) Tommy Robredo (ESP) First Meeting

A glance at the semi-finalists this week:

Zverev Robredo Aces 16 (No. 2) 8 1st Serve percentage 64% 57% 1st Serve points won 66% 67% 2nd Serve points won 50% 59% (No. 4) Service games won 33 of 40, 83% (No. 6) 17 of 19, 89% (No. 2) Break points saved 23 of 30, 77% (No. 3) 12 of 14, 86% (No. 1) Break points converted 14 of 25, 56% 7 of 14, 50%

Zverev FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 10-9 (4-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 123 Bastad W-L (Best Result-Year): 3-0 (SF 2015)

 The 18-year-old German advanced to his second career ATP World Tour SF with a 57 64 62 win over No. 6 seed Thomaz Bellucci on Friday. He opened with a 67 64 63 win over qualifier Julian Reister and followed up with a 64 62 win over No. 4 seed Juan Monaco on Wednesday. He is playing here for the first time.  Looking to reach his first career ATP World Tour final and last teenager(s) to reach Bastad final was in 2005 when Nadal defeated Berdych (both were 19). The last teenager to win an ATP World Tour title was Marin Cilic in New Haven in August 2008  Appearing in his second career ATP World Tour SF, first since reaching his maiden ATP World Tour SF a year ago in Hamburg (l. to Ferrer). Reached a career-high No. 74 on June 29 before falling to No. 123 after Hamburg points dropped on Monday  Previous best result this year as 3R at Nottingham (l. to Baghdatis)  In Grand Slam play (1-1 record), reached 2R at Wimbledon at (l. to Kudla), fell in qualifying at Australian Open (l. to Smith in Q1) and Roland Garros (l. to Sijsling in Q2)

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Robredo FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF(2): Buenos Aires (l Almagro); Barcelona (l Klizan) YTD W-L: 13-12 (9-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: May 1, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Bastad W-L (Best Result-Year): 30-12 (Winner 2006, ’08)

 The 33-year-old Spaniard advanced to his 8th SF in Bastad with a 63 63 win over Paul-Henri Mathieu. Advanced to the QF with a 64 64 win over Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Thursday. He won the title in 2006 (d. Davydenko) and ’08 (d. Berdych) and reached the semi-finals five other times. Has a 30-12 tournament record  Appearing in his first ATP World Tour SF of the year and first since reaching the final last year at Valencia (l. to Murray)  Looking to reach his 23rd career ATP World Tour final and 18th on clay (12-10 career record, 11- 6 on clay)  Reached QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Almagro) and Barcelona (l. t Klizan)  In Grand Slam play (1-3 record), best result was 2R at Roland Garros (l. to Coric), fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Roger-Vasselin) and Wimbledon (l. to Millman)  Best ATP Masters 1000 result was 4R at Indian Wells (l. to Raonic)

Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (3) Pablo Cuevas (URU) First Meeting

A glance at the semi-finalists this week:

Paire Cuevas Aces 17 (No. 1) 11 1st Serve percentage 59% 58% 1st Serve points won 79% (No. 1) 71% 2nd Serve points won 49% 60% Service games won 26 of 29, 90% (No. 1) 19 of 23, 83% (No. 5) Break points saved 4 of 7, 57% 11 of 15, 73% (No. 4) Break points converted 10 of 15, 67% (No. 4) 11 of 16, 69% (No. 3)

Paire FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 11-9 (8-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 59 Bastad W-L (Best Result-Year): 3-0 (SF-2015)

 The 26-year-old Frenchman advanced to his first ATP World Tour SF of the year with a 64 62 win over Denis Istomin. Advanced to the QF with a 62 63 win over top seed David Goffin on Thursday. In his tournament debut he knocked off Swedish wild card Markus Eriksson 76(4) 63  Appearing in his7th career ATP World Tour SF (2-4 record) and first since in 2013 (l. to Dimitrov)  Looking to reach his 3rd career ATP World Tour final (0-2 record) and first since 2013 Montpellier (l. to Gasquet), also fell in final at 2012 Belgrade (l. to Seppi)  Previous best tour-level result was 3R at Barcelona (l. to Kohlschreiber)  In Grand Slam play (3-2), best result was 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Berdych), fell in 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Bautista Agut), failed to qualifying at Australian Open (l. to Ymer in Q1)

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Cuevas FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W: Sao Paulo (d Vanni); F: Istanbul (l Federer); QF (2): Rio de Janeiro (l Nadal); Buenos Aires (l Monaco) YTD W-L: 21-15 (18-8 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: January 1, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 25 Bastad W-L (Best Result-Year): 9-1 (Winner 2014)

 The 29-year-old Uruguayan and defending champion knocked off Steve Darcis 63 64 to reach his third ATP World Tour SF of the year. Defeated Federico Delbonis 64 67(6) 60 to reach the QF. This is his third appearance (9-1 record) here and he was a quarter-finalist in his 2010 debut  Appearing in his 3rd ATP World Tour SF of the year (2-0mark)  Looking to reach his 5th career ATP World Tour final (3-1 record) all on clay  Became the first Uruguayan to reach the final in Sao Paulo and improved to 3-0 in tour-level title matches after a 7-6(4) third set win over qualifier Vanni  Also reached the final at Istanbul (l. to Federer) and QF at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Nadal) and Buenos Aires (l. to Monaco)  With Marrero, captured ATP Masters 1000 Rome doubles title (d. Granollers-Lopez), improved to 5-5 in ATP World Tour doubles finals  In Grand Slam play (2-3 record), best result was 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Monfils), fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Bachinger) and Wimbledon (l. to Kudla)

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS

Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Alexander Zverev (GER) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 14 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Q (U.S.A.) Hard -- Benoit Paire 6-1 6-3

Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (2) Tommy Robredo (ESP) Robredo Leads 1-0 13 Casablanca (Morocco) Clay QF Tommy Robredo 7-6(4) 2-6 6-0

(3) Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Alexander Zverev (GER) First Meeting

(3) Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (2) Tommy Robredo (ESP) Cuevas Leads 1-0 14 Umag (Croatia) Clay F Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-4