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Fayez Sarofim & Co. Us Men's Clay Court Championship FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO. U.S. MEN’S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP: 14 APRIL MEDIA NOTES River Oaks Country Club | Houston, TX, USA | 8-14 April 2019 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $583,585 | Surface: Clay ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com MensClayCourt.com Joshua Rey: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @MensClayCourt Pete Holtermann: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @MensClayCourt TV & Radio: TennisTV.com SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS Casper Ruud (NOR) vs Christian Garin (CHI) Garin Leads 1-0 19 Sao Paulo (BRA) Clay SF Christian Garin 6-4 6-4 Ruud (20 years old) vs. Garin (22 years old) is the youngest U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship final since 2000 Orlando (Fernando Gonzalez, 19, vs. Nicolas Massu, 20). Ruud 2019 Summary | Age: 20 | World No. 95 | 9-3 in 2019 (Sao Paulo SF) | 4-0 at event (2019 Finalist) • Tournament Note: #NextGenATP Norwegian lost just one set en route to 1st ATP Tour singles final, beating Dellien 76 64 in 1R, [4] Opelka 46 64 64 in 2R, Granollers 61 60 in QF, and [Q] Galan 75 62 in SF. He is the youngest U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship finalist since Andy Roddick, 19, won the title in 2002. • Becomes the 2nd ATP Tour singles finalist on record from Norway, after his father, Christian, who made 1 ATP Tour singles final, at Bastad in 1995 (l. to Meligeni). Christian also won River Oaks title in 1996 (non-ATP Tour event). • Broke into Top 100 and achieved career-high No. 94 in ATP Rankings on 4 March. Projected to climb to a new personal-best No. 68 (and to around No. 58 if he wins the title). • First Norwegian in Top 100 since his father Christian was No. 99 on 12 June 2000 (career-high No. 39). • In his last clay court tournament, did not drop a set en route to 2nd career ATP Tour SF at Sao Paulo (l. to Garin). • Qualified and reached Rio de Janeiro QF (l. to eventual champion Djere). • Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Auger-Aliassime in 1R). Garin 2019 Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 73 | 11-5 in 2019 (Sao Paulo Final) | 4-0 at event (2019 Finalist) • Tournament Note: Top Chilean made River Oaks debut by beating Cuevas 46 64 62 in 1R, then beat [2] Chardy 36 76(4) 76(7) in 2R, saving 5 match pts. in a 3h, 5m battle (4th longest in tourney since ‘91). Defeated [Q] Laaksonen 63 62 in QF to become first Chilean semi-finalist at U.S. Clay since Fernando Gonzalez beat countryman Nicolas Massu in 2000 final (in Orlando). Beat [8] Querrey 76 62 in SF to reach 2nd singles final of season and career. • Becomes the first U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship finalist from Chile since all-Chilean final at Orlando in 2000 (Gonzalez d. Nicolas Massu). • Bidding to become 1st Chilean ATP Tour singles champion in 10+ years (Fernando Gonzalez, 2009 Vina del Mar). • Achieved career-high No. 70 in ATP Rankings on 18 March. Projected to reach new career-high of No. 62 (and to around No. 46 with a title). • Advanced to 1st ATP Tour QF, SF, and final at Sao Paulo (def. Ruud in SF, l. to Pella) • Earned 1st ATP Tour win in 6 years at Buenos Aires (d. Auger-Aliassime in 1R, l. to Cecchinato in 2R). • Clinched Chile’s 3-2 road win over Austria in Davis Cup Qualifiers (d. Rodionov). Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Casper Ruud Christian Garin Clay Court Championship Aces 9 23 1st-Serve Percentage 67% (174 of 258) 61% (197 of 324) 1st-Serve Points Won 78% (135 of 174) 73% (144 of 197) 2nd-Serve Points Won 64% (54 of 84) 53% (67 of 127) Service Games Won 93% (40 of 43) 83% (40 of 48) Break Points Saved 79% (11 of 14) 75% (24 of 32) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 31% (48 of 156) 31% (59 of 191) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 50% (49 of 98) 54% (93 of 171) Return Games Won 31% (13 of 42) 30% (15 of 50) Break Points Converted 59% (13 of 22) 36% (15 of 42) BOLD: Leads all players at Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship Day 7 – Sunday, 14 April 2019 Page 2 of 2 www.ATPTour.com First-Time ATP Champions: There have already been 7 first-time singles champions on the ATP Tour this season. Ruud or Garin will become the eighth. Player Age Tournament Alex de Minaur 19 Sydney Tennys Sandgren 27 Auckland Juan Ignacio Londero 25 Cordoba Laslo Djere 23 Rio de Janeiro Reilly Opelka 21 New York Open Radu Albot 28 Delray Beach Guido Pella 28 Sao Paulo Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs First Meeting [4] Ken Skupski (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR) Gonzalez/Qureshi Summary | Team Tour-Level Debut: 2016 Vienna | 10-11 team record | 2nd Tour-Level final as a team • Into 2nd ATP Tour final as a pairing in 12th Tour-level main draw together. Also reached New York Open final earlier this year (l. to Krawietz/Mies). Won ATP Tour Challenger title together at Belo Horizonte, BRA, way back in 2008. • Gonzalez was a finalist at this event in 2016 (w/Estrella Burgos, l. to Bryan/Bryan). • No. 51 Gonzalez is 12-11 in finals. Most recent title is 2018 Antalya (w/Demoliner). 2017 French Open finalist (w/Young). • No. 58 Qureshi (career-high No. 8) is 16-19 in finals. He reached the US Open final in 2010 (w/Bopanna) and has won 2 ATP Masters 1000 titles (2011 Paris w/Bopanna and 2013 Miami w/Rojer). Skupski/Skupski Summary | Team Tour-Level Debut: 2013 Moscow | 46-44 record as a team | 1 Tour-level title as a team • Brothers won the Montpellier title in 2018 and made 4 other finals as a team, most recently this year at Delray Beach (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Reached QF at this event last year (l. to Bryan/Bryan). • Older brother Ken is ranked No. 59 and is 4-8 in finals. Most recent title is his Montpellier title with Neal. • Younger brother Neal is ranked No. 37 and is 2-4 in finals. He most recently won Vienna in 2018 (w/Salisbury). For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO. U.S. MEN’S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP: 13 APRIL MEDIA NOTES River Oaks Country Club | Houston, TX, USA | 8-14 April 2019 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $583,585 | Surface: Clay ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com MensClayCourt.com Joshua Rey: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @MensClayCourt Pete Holtermann: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @MensClayCourt TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SATURDAY’S QF & SF SINGLES MATCHES [Q] Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) vs [7] Jordan Thompson (AUS) First Meeting QF TO FINISH – Tied 6-1, 4-6, 3-3 (Winner will advance to their first ATP Tour SF) Galan 2019 Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 241 | 3-0 in 2019 | 2-0 at event (2019 QF) • Tournament Note: Colombian needed a WC to get into qualifying draw and has won four matches so far, including in main draw over Lorenzi 76 64 and [1] two-time champion Johnson 63 63 to reach first career ATP Tour QF. • Trying to become first Colombian in an ATP Tour SF since Giraldo in 2015 Geneva. Also looking to become first qualifier to reach SF in Houston since Michael Russell in 2012 (l. to Monaco). • Coming into this week played in three ATP Challenger Tour events (2-3) w/3R in Morelos and 2R in Monterrey, MEX • Played in Davis Cup tie vs. Sweden and beat M. Ymer in straight sets. Lost in 1R qualifying at Aust. Open,Acapulco. • Last year had three tour level wins, all in Davis Cup play. Best result was title at San Benedetto, ITA Challenger and SF at San Luis Potosi and Mexico City Challengers. Finished No. 226 in ATP Rankings last season. Qualifiers in QFs – No. 241 Daniel Elahi Galan and No. 126 Henri Laaksonen are the 1st qualifier duo to reach US Clay QFs since three straight years (1998-2000) in Orlando with two qualifiers in QFs: 2000: Ramon Delgado, Fernando Gonzalez 1998: Marcio Carlsson, Andrew Ilie 1999: Max Mirnyi, Gabriel Trifu Thompson 2019 Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 67 | 13-8 in 2019 | 2-1 at event (2019 QF) • Tournament Note: Aussie opened with 75 62 win over Serbian [Q] Krstin on Tuesday and followed with 46 76 75 win over [Q] Giraldo in 2h, 54m.. Last year in debut lost 61 61 to Fratangelo • Has an 8-1 record in 1R matches this season and only opening round loss came to Tiafoe in Acapulco. Appearing in third ATP Tour QF of the season. Advanced to QFs at Sydney (l. to de Minaur) and New York (l. to Isner). Trying to reach his first career ATP Tour SF. Also lost to de Minaur in Brisbane 2R. • Defeated Khachanov and Dimitrov in straight sets to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami 4R (l. to Anderson). • Achieved career-high No. 60 in ATP Rankings on 4 February. • Has 13 tour-level wins in 2019 (13-8) equals a career-best in 2017. Posted only 1 tour-level win in 2018 (1-11).
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