Nature Valley International: 29 June Media Notes
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL: 29 JUNE MEDIA NOTES Devonshire Park | Eastbourne, Great Britain | 24-29 June 2019 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €684,080 | Surface: Grass ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com LTA.org.uk Mark Epps: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @The_LTA Charlotte James: [email protected] (Press Officer) Facebook: @ATPTour @TheLTA1 TV & Radio: TennisTV.com SINGLES FINAL Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Sam Querrey (USA) Series Tied 2-2 16 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard QF Sam Querrey 2-6 6-4 6-4 18 Delray Beach (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Taylor Fritz 2-6 6-3 7-6(4) 18 Chengdu (China) Hard QF Taylor Fritz 7-6(1) 7-5 18 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 6-3 6-7(4) 7-5 • First All-American final in tournament history (since 1995). First All-American final on ATP Tour since 2018 Atlanta (Isner d. Harrison). First All-American final outside USA since 2010 London/Queen’s Club (Querrey d. Fish). • Winner will be 3rd American champion of tournament (Roddick 2012 Eastbourne, Johnson 2016 Nottingham). Fritz 2019 Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 42 | 17-16 in 2019 (Eastbourne Final) | 5-3 at Eastbourne (2019 Final) • Playing in 2nd ATP Tour final of career. Finished runner-up at 2016 Memphis as 145th-ranked WC (l. to Nishikori). • Made ATP Tour debut at 2015 Nature Valley International in Nottingham as 761st-ranked WC (d. Carreno Busta). • Achieved career-high No. 40 in ATP Rankings on 28 January. • Advanced to Lyon SF (d. Bautista Agut, l. to eventual champion Paire) and Auckland QF (d. Isner, l. to Norrie). • One of 10 men under 23 in Aus. Open 3R (l. to Federer) -- most at a Grand Slam since 2008 Roland Garros (10). • Snapped 5-match tour-level losing streak by reaching ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Successfully defended Newport Beach, USA Challenger title (d. Schnur). Querrey 2019 Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 79 | 13-7 in 2019 (Eastbourne F) | 14-7 at Eastbourne (2015, 2019 F) • Playing in 1st ATP Tour final since 2018 New York (l. to Anderson). Seeking 1st title since 2017 Los Cabos (d. Kokkinakis). Owns 10 career titles. Also reached Nature Valley International final at 2015 Nottingham (l. to Istomin). • Facing a countryman for 8th time in 19 ATP Tour finals. Owns 10-8 record in finals (4-3 vs. Americans). • Advanced to SFs at New York (l. to Schnur) and Houston (l. to Garin). • Suffered 6th Australian Open 1R loss and 21st Grand Slam 1R loss of career (l. to Herbert). • Fell to No. 79 in ATP Rankings on 24 June -- lowest since No. 82 on 7 April 2014. • Reached 2nd Grand Slam doubles SF of career at Australian Open w/Harrison (l. to Herbert/Mahut). • Missed 11 weeks following Houston due to abdominal injury. Sam Querrey’s All-American Finals 2009 Newport l. to Rajeev Ram 2009 Indianapolis l. to Robby Ginepri 2010 Memphis d. John Isner 2010 Belgrade d. John Isner 2010 London/Queen’s Club d. Mardy Fish 2015 Houston l. to Jack Sock 2016 Delray Beach d. Rajeev Ram Nature Valley International Taylor Fritz Sam Querrey Aces 40 62 1st-Serve Percentage 57% (178 of 312) 68% (178 of 261) 1st-Serve Points Won 79% (140 of 178) 88% (156 of 178) 2nd-Serve Points Won 53% (71 of 134) 54% (45 of 83) Service Games Won 91% (41 of 45) 96% (44 of 46) Break Points Saved 81% (17 of 21) 67% (4 of 6) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 29% (52 of 182) 31% (57 of 183) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 54% (55 of 102) 52% (55 of 105) Return Games Won 23% (10 of 44) 24% (10 of 42) Break Points Converted 42% (10 of 24) 31% (10 of 32) BOLD: Leads all 28 players at Nature Valley International For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL: 28 JUNE MEDIA NOTES Devonshire Park | Eastbourne, Great Britain | 24-29 June 2019 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €684,080 | Surface: Grass ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com LTA.org.uk Mark Epps: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @The_LTA Charlotte James: [email protected] (Press Officer) Facebook: @ATPTour @TheLTA1 TV & Radio: TennisTV.com SINGLES SEMI-FINALS AND DOUBLES FINAL Sam Querrey (USA) vs [Q] Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) Querrey Leads 1-0 17 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Sam Querrey 7-6(5) 7-5 6-2 Querrey 2019 Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 79 | 12-7 in 2019 (3 SFs) | 13-7 at Eastbourne (2015 Final) • Seeks 1st ATP Tour final since 2018 New York (l. to Anderson) and 1st title since 2017 Los Cabos (d. Kokkinakis). • Advanced to SFs at New York (l. to Schnur) and Houston (l. to Garin). • Missed 11 weeks following Houston due to abdominal injury. • Fell to No. 79 in ATP Rankings on 24 June -- lowest since No. 82 on 7 April 2014. Fabbiano 2019 Summary | Age: 30 | World No. 102 | 5-9 in 2019 (Eastbourne SF) | 4-1 at Eastbourne (2019 SF) • Qualified at Rotterdam (l. to Tsonga in 1R), Dubai (l. to Verdasco in 1R) and Eastbourne (1st ATP Tour SF). • Entered Eastbourne on 9-match tour-level losing streak dating back to Australian Open. • Withstood 67 aces to defeat Opelka in 5th-set TB and reach Australian Open 3R (l. to Dimitrov). Taylor Fritz (USA) vs [3/WC] Kyle Edmund (GBR) First Meeting Fritz 2019 Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 42 | 16-16 in 2019 (Lyon, Eastbourne SFs) | 4-3 at Eastbourne (2019 SF) • Seeks 2nd ATP Tour final of career. Finished runner-up at 2016 Memphis as 18-year-old WC (l. to Nishikori). • Achieved career-high No. 40 in ATP Rankings on 28 January • Advanced to Lyon SF (d. Bautista Agut, l. to eventual champion Paire) and Auckland QF (d. Isner, l. to Norrie). • Reached 3R at Australian Open (l. to Federer) and ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Successfully defended Newport Beach, USA Challenger title (d. Schnur). Edmund 2019 Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 31 | 8-11 in 2019 (Eastbourne SF) | 5-6 at Eastbourne (2019 SF) • Defeated Evans on Thursday in his 1st ATP Tour QF since winning 2018 Antwerp title (d. Monfils in 3rd-set TB). • Lost to eventual finalist in 4R at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to Federer) and Miami (l. to Isner). • Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title at Indian Wells, USA (d. Rublev). • Retired in Roland Garros 2R vs. Cuevas and withdrew from Sydney, Rotterdam and Marseille due to left knee injury. [1] Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/Robert Farah (COL) vs Gonzalez/Zeballos Leads 1-0 [2] Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 19 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Gonzalez/Zeballos 6-4 3-6 [10-7] Cabal/Farah Summary | Team Debut at 2004 Medellin, COL Futures | 238-141 as a Team | 13-16 Record in Finals • Successfully defended ATP Masters 1000 Rome title (d. Klaasen/Venus). • Also captured Barcelona title (d. J. Murray/Soares) and reached Sydney final (l. to J. Murray/Soares). • Currently No. 1 in ATP Doubles Team Rankings and tied at career-high No. 5 in ATP Doubles Rankings. • Cabal is 14-19 overall in finals (0-1 on grass) and Farah is 13-17 overall in finals (0-0 on grass). Gonzalez/Zeballos Summary | Team Debut at 2010 Moscow | 19-9 as a Team | 1-1 Team Record in Finals • Captured Buenos Aires title (d. Schwartzman/Thiem) one week after reaching Cordoba final (l. to Jebavy/Molteni). • No. 14 in ATP Doubles Team Rankings. Individually, Zeballos is career-high No. 12 and Gonzalez is No. 27. • Gonzalez is 7-2 in finals (all on clay). Won 3 titles in 3 weeks with 3 different partners during 2019 Golden Swing. • Zeballos is 12-8 in finals (none on grass). Won biggest career title at 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells w/Mektic. POTENTIAL SINGLES FINALS [3/WC] Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Sam Querrey (USA) Querrey Leads 2-0 (including 2014 Eastbourne) [3/WC] Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs [Q] Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) Edmund Leads 1-0 Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Sam Querrey (USA) Series Tied 2-2 Taylor Fritz (USA) vs [Q] Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) First Meeting For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL: 27 JUNE 2019 MEDIA NOTES Devonshire Park | Eastbourne, Great Britain | 24 – 29 June 2019 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: € 684,080 | Surface: Grass ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com naturevalleyinternational.co.uk Mark Epps: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @the_LTA Charlotte James: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @thelta1 TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY QUARTER-FINAL MATCHES CENTRE COURT [5] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Sam Querrey (USA) Querrey Leads 4-1 09 New Haven (U.S.A.) Hard F Fernando Verdasco 6-4 7-6(6) 11 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 7-5 6-4 12 Beijing (China) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 5-7 6-3 6-4 12 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R64 Sam Querrey 6-1 1-1 ret 15 Houston (U.S.A.) Clay SF Sam Querrey 7-5 2-6 6-4 Verdasco 2019 Summary | Age: 35 | World No. 36 | 17-14 in 2019 (3 QFs) | 9-3 at event (2008 Finalist) • No.