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NEXT GEN ATP FINALS: SATURDAY, 9 NOVEMBER MEDIA NOTES Allianz Cloud | Milan, Italy | 5-9 November 2019 | First Held: 2017 Draw: S-8 | Prize Money: $1,400,000 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com NextGenATPFinals.com Edward La Cava: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATPTour @NextGenFinals Angelo Mancuso: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @NextGenFinals TV & Radio: TennisTV.com CHAMPIONSHIP FAST FACTS The Next Gen ATP Finals championship on Saturday features two of the rising stars on the ATP Tour with top seed Alex de Minaur and No. 8 Jannik Sinner. This will be a first-time meeting. Both players won their individual groups with de Minaur going 3-0 and Sinner 2-1. The 20-year-old Aussie is the first player to reach back-to-back finals in Milan. Last year he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas. Sinner leads the tournament in service games won (40 of 44, 91%) while de Minaur leads in return games won (19 of 41, 46%). What’s at Stake: de Minaur has earned $295,000 thus far and if he wins the title, he will finish with the biggest payday of his career ($429,000). Sinner has earned $262,000 this week and with $110,000 he will surpass his career earnings of $274,470 entering Milan. Milan to Melbourne Success: The past two Next Gen ATP Finals champions have gone on to reach their first Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open less than three months later. Hyeon Chung won the inaugural Milan tourney in 2017 and reached the Australian Open SFs in 2018 (d. Zverev, Djokovic, ret. vs. Federer). Last year’s Milan winner Stefanos Tsitsipas made it to the SFs in Melbourne (d. Federer,Bautista Agut, l. to Nadal). A Look Back at the Finals: The past two finals went four sets: 2018 Final: Tsitsipas d. De Minaur 24 41 43[3] 43[3] 2017 Final: Chung d. Rublev 34(5) 43(2) 42 42 Serving Stats: Here is a look at the serving stats of the finalists going into the championship: Seed Aces 1st Serve Pts. Won 2nd Serve Pts. Won Service Games Won Break Pts. Saved 1) de Minaur 19 76% + 62% 86% (32 of 37) 62% (8 of 13) 8) Sinner + 27 + 80% 56% + 91% (40 of 44) + 82% (18 of 22) + Leads the tournament 2019 ATP Tour Title Leaders: The Aussie star is the only player outside the Top 5 to win three titles in 2019: Novak Djokovic 5 Dominic Thiem 5 Roger Federer 4 Daniil Medvedev 4 Rafael Nadal 4 Alex de Minaur 3 [1] Alex de Minaur (AUS) vs [8-WC] Jannik Sinner (ITA) First Meeting de Minaur 2019 Summary | Age: 20 | World No. 18 | 38-19 in 2019 (3 Titles) | 8-1 at Next Gen ATP Finals (2018-19 F) • Won 1st title in hometown of Sydney at age 19 (d. Seppi). Youngest Sydney champion since Hewitt, 19, in 2001. • Did not face a break point en route to 2nd title at Atlanta (d. Fritz). Became 3rd player to win a title without facing a break point since stats started being kept in 1991 (Haas at 2007 Memphis, Isner at 2017 Newport). • Added 3rd ATP 250 hard-court title of season at Zhuhai (d. Millman, Murray, Coric, Bautista Agut and Mannarino). • Achieved career-high No. 18 on 28 October after reaching 1st ATP 500 final at Basel as WC (l. to Federer). • Defeated No. 7 Nishikori for biggest win of career and to reach 1st Grand Slam 4R at US Open (l. to Dimitrov). • Snapped 5-match losing streak with win in Roland Garros 1R (d. Klahn, l. to Carreno Busta in 2R). Sinner 2019 Summary | Age: 18 | World No. 95 | 10-10 in 2019 (Milan Final) | 3-1 at Next Gen ATP Finals (2019 Final) • Advanced to Antwerp SF as 18-year-old WC (d. No. 13 Monfils in 2R for biggest win of career, l. to Wawrinka). • Youngest ATP Tour semi-finalist since Coric, 17, at 2014 Basel. Youngest player in Top 300 of ATP Rankings. • Achieved career-high No. 93 on 28 October. Broke into Top 500, Top 400, Top 300, Top 200 and Top 100 in 2019. • Made winning ATP Tour debut at Budapest as LL (d. Valkusz, l. to Djere in 2R). • Saved 1 MP vs. Johnson in ATP Masters 1000 debut at Rome as WC (l. to Tsitsipas in 2R). • Qualified at Lyon (l. to Lamasine in 1R), ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Jarry in 1R) and US Open (l. to Wawrinka in 1R). • Captured ATP Challenger Tour titles at Bergamo, ITA as WC (d. Marcora) and Lexington, USA (d. Bolt). For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. NEXT GEN ATP FINALS: FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER MEDIA NOTES Allianz Cloud | Milan, Italy | 5-9 November 2019 | First Held: 2017 Draw: S-8 | Prize Money: $1,400,000 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com NextGenATPFinals.com Edward La Cava: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATPTour @NextGenFinals Angelo Mancuso: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @NextGenFinals TV & Radio: TennisTV.com SEMI-FINAL FAST FACTS The semi-finals on Friday at the Next Gen ATP Finals are headlined by the Top 2 seeds of Alex de Minaur and Frances Tiafoe along with No. 5 Miomir Kecmanovic and No. 8 Jannik Sinner. Group A winner de Minaur is 1-0 in his head-to-head against Tiafoe and Group B winner Sinner is facing Kecmanovic for the first time. In the opening match, De Minaur is into the semi-finals in Milan for the second straight year. He’s trying to become the first player to reach the final twice in the tournament’s three-year history. The 20-year-old Aussie defeated Tiafoe 64 60 57 62 in their only previous main draw meeting in the 2R of the 2018 US Open. De Minaur won his group with a 3-0 record (9-2 in sets). Tiafoe went 2-1 (7-4 in sets) in Group B. The 21-year-old Maryland native is the first American to reach the semi-finals in the tournament’s short history. In the second match, Sinner won Group B with a 2-1 record (7-4 in sets) and he will face Kecmanovic, who went 2-1 in Group A (7-3 in sets). Sinner won the group with his head-to-head win over Tiafoe. The 18-year-old Italian is the youngest player and first from his country to reach the Next Gen semi-finals. The 20-year-old Kecmanovic is the first Serbian player to reach the semi-finals in Milan. A Look Back at the Semi-finals/Finals: Three of the four past semi-final matches have gone five sets: 2018 Semi-finals: Tsitsipas d. Rublev 43[3] 34[5] 40 24 43[2]; De Minaur d. Munar 34[5] 41 41 34[4] 42 Final: Tsitsipas d. De Minaur 24 41 43[3] 43[3] 2017 Semi-finals: Rublev d. Coric 41 43(6) 41; Chung d. Medvedev 41 41 34(4) 14 40 Final: Chung d. Rublev 34(5) 43(2) 42 42 20 or Younger Semi-finalists: Three of the four semi-finalists (in bold) are 20 and younger, which means they will be eligible to qualify for the tournament in 2020. De Minaur became the first player born in 1999 (or later) to earn his first ATP Tour title (won three titles). Here is the group of players born in 1999 or later in the Top 100: Player (Born in 1999 or Later) ATP Ranking Age 2019 W-L 2019 Best Finish (Tour-Level) Denis Shapovalov No. 15 20 35-26 Stockholm Title Alex de Minaur No. 18 20 37-19 Sydney, Atlanta, Zhuhai Titles Felix Auger-Aliassime No. 21 19 33-22 Rio, Lyon, Stuttgart Finals Miomir Kecmanovic No. 60 20 24-21 Antalya Final Corentin Moutet No. 82 20 5-10 Roland Garros 3R Alejandro Davidovich Fokina No. 87 20 3-10 Estoril SF Jannik Sinner No. 95 18 9-10 Antwerp SF Alexei Popyrin No. 96 20 12-19 Atlanta QF Serving Stats: Here is a look at the serving stats of the semi-finalists this week: Seed Aces 1st Serve Pts. Won 2nd Serve Pts. Won Service Games Won Break Pts. Saved 1) de Minaur 11 79% + 64% 89% (24 of 27) 67% (6 of 9) 2) Tiafoe 10 75% 53% + 91% (29 of 32) 75% (9 of 12) 5) Kecmanovic 7 + 82% 51% 82% (23 of 28) 71% (12 of 17) 8) Sinner 22 + 82% 51% + 91% (29 of 32) + 77% (10 of 13) + Leads the tournament 2019 Ranking Climbers: Sinner has made the biggest jump into the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings this season: No. Player 2018 Year-End Current ATP Ranking Rise 1 Jannik Sinner No. 763 No. 95 668 2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga No. 259 No. 29 230 3 Mikael Ymer No. 281 No. 74 207 4 Soonwoo Kwon No. 253 No. 85 168 5 Daniel Evans No. 199 No. 42 157 For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Next Gen ATP Finals Day 4 – Friday, 8 November 2019 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPTour.com For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Next Gen ATP Finals Day 4 – Friday, 8 November 2019 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPTour.com FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SEMI-FINAL MATCHES [1] Alex de Minaur (AUS) vs [2] Frances Tiafoe (USA) de Minaur Leads 1-0 18 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Alex de Minaur 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-2 Other meeting: 17 Brisbane Q (Australia) Hard -- Alex de Minaur 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 de Minaur 2019 Summary | Age: 20 | World No.