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bet-at-home Open: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, August 2, 2015 Hamburg Sports & Entertainment, Hamburg, Germany | July 27 – August 2, 2015 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: €1,507,960| Surface: Outdoor Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.bet-at-home-open.com Martin Dagahs: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @Am_Rothenbaum #BAHO2015 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/TennisAmRothenbaum Press Room: +49 40 524724141 NADAL FACES FOGNINI FOR HAMBURG TITLE Day 7: Top seed and 2008 champion Rafael Nadal will have revenge on his mind when he clashes against No. 8 seed and 2013 winner Fabio Fognini for the bet-at-home Open title on Sunday. Nadal will square off against Fognini for the third time this season, seventh overall (Nadal leads 4-2) with the Italian claiming a pair of wins in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona. He is just the second player to defeat Nadal multiple times on clay in a single season (Djokovic 2011, '15). Rafa Continues Quest: Nadal is looking to extend his streak of having won at least one European ATP World Tour clay court title every year since 2004 when he captured his maiden ATP World Tour crown in Sopot. He captured his 46th career clay title in Buenos Aires in February (d. Monaco). Nadal Second Best On Clay: With his clay court title in Buenos Aires in February, Nadal has won 46 career clay court titles, which is second-most in the Open Era (since 1968): 1. Guillermo Vilas 49 2. Rafael Nadal 46 3. Thomas Muster 40 4. Bjorn Borg 30 Manuel Orantes 30 6. Ivan Lendl 28 Ilie Nastase 28 Nadal Clay Court Losses by Season: Nadal has lost six times on clay this year – which equals his most clay losses in a season since 2003. He has lost just 30 matches on clay at Tour-level in his career overall. His clay court losses by season are: Year Losses on clay Year Losses on clay 2002 1 2009 2 2003 6 2010 0 2004 3 2011 2 2005 2 2012 1 2006 0 2013 2 2007 1 2014 3 2008 1 2015 6 Italians in Hamburg Final: Fognini is one of three Italians to reach the final here in the Open Era. He is one of two winners and only one to reach the final twice. Italians finals results are: 2013 Fabio Fognini d. Federico Delbonis 1977 Paolo Bertolucci d. Manuel Orantes 1972 Adriano Panatta l. to Manuel Orantes bet-at-home Open Day 7 – Sunday, August 2, 2015 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com Beating Rafa Three or More Times on Clay: Fognini is attempting to become the third player to defeat Rafa three times or more on clay. Novak Djokovic (6-14 vs Nadal life-time on clay) and Gaston Gaudio (3-3 vs Nadal life-time on clay). The only players to beat Rafa twice on clay in a season are Djokovic 2011 & '15 and Fognini 2015. Fognini is trying to post three wins this season: Djokovic def. Nadal on clay in same season at: 2011 ATP Masters 1000 Rome F - d. Nadal 64 64 2011 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid F - d. Nadal 75 64 2015 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo - d. Nadal 63 63 2015 Roland Garros QF - d. Nadal 75 63 61 Fognini def. Nadal on clay same season at: 2015 Barcelona 2R – d. Nadal 64 76(6) 2015 Rio de Janiero SF – d. Nadal 16 62 75 WHAT’S AT STAKE – Here is a breakdown of the points and prize money: Winner: € 311,775 and 500 Emirates ATP Ranking points Runner-up: € 140,560 and 300 Emirates ATP Ranking points FINALS HISTORY – Nadal Appearing in his 96th career ATP World Tour level final...66-29 (46-8 on clay) in finals Fognini Appearing in his 10th career ATP World Tour level final…3-6 (3-5 on clay) in finals SUNDAY CHAMPIONSHIP FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS Center Court (1-WC) Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs (8) Fabio Fognini (ITA) Nadal Leads 4-2 13 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3 13 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Rafael Nadal 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 13 Beijing (China) Hard QF Rafael Nadal 2-6 6-4 6-1 14 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2 15 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay SF Fabio Fognini 1-6 6-2 7-5 15 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Fabio Fognini 6-4 7-6(6) Rafael Nadal Fabio Fognini Sets Won: 10 5 Tiebreak Sets Won: 1 1 Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 2 2 Hard: 2 0 A glance at the finalists this week: Nadal Fognini Aces 3 7 1st Serve percentage 77% (No. 2) 63% 1st Serve points won 66% 74% 2nd Serve points won 50% 50% Service games won 28 of 37, 76% 42 of 49, 86% (No. 6) Break points saved 11 of 20, 55% 16 of 23, 70% Break points converted 23 of 44, 52% (No. 9) 16 of 39, 41% bet-at-home Open Day 7 – Sunday, August 2, 2015 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com Nadal FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W(2): Buenos Aires (d Monaco); Stuttgart (d Troicki); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Murray); SF(2): Rio de Janeiro (l Fognini); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); QF(4): Australian Open (l Berdych); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Raonic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Wawrinka); Roland Garros (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: 38-12 (25-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 66 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 Emirates 2015 ATP Ranking: 10 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): 15-2 (Winner 2008) The 29-year-old Spaniard reached his third final here with a 61 62 win over No. 4 seed Andreas Seppi on Saturday. Opened with a 36 61 61 win over countryman Fernando Verdasco on Tuesday and followed with a 64 76(2) win over Jiri Vesely on Thursday. He advanced to the SF with a 63 62 win over Pablo Cuevas on Friday. The 2008 champion accepted a wild card into Hamburg and he is making his fourth tournament appearance, the first since capturing the title seven years ago (d. Federer). He also reached the final in ’07 (l. to Federer). Nadal has a 15-2 record in Hamburg Has reached the QF or better nine times this year, including capturing titles in Buenos Aires (d. Monaco) and Stuttgart (d. Troicki) – his first grass-court title since 2010 Wimbledon Appearing in his 96th career ATP World Tour final (66-29 record) and 55th on clay (46-8 mark). Trying to win an ATP World Tour European clay title for 12th straight year (since 2004) Playing in his first tournament since falling to qualifier Dustin Brown in the 2R at Wimbledon on July 2. It was the first time he had lost to a qualifier at a Grand Slam (20-1) In Grand Slam play (9-3 record), reached QF at Australian Open (l. to Berdych) and Roland Garros (l. to Djokovic) – loss broke 39-match winning streak in Paris. Fell in 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Brown) Best ATP Masters 1000 result was reaching the final at Madrid (l. to Murray) in May Fognini FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Rio de Janeiro (l Ferrer); QF(3): Sao Paulo (l Giraldo); Barcelona (l Andujar); Umag (l Sousa) YTD W-L: 20-16 (19-10 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 /Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): 14-5 (Winner 2013) The 28-year-old Italian knocked off French qualifier Lucas Pouille 62 76(2) to reach the final here for the second time. Defeated Aljaz Bedene 64 75 to reach the SF. He knocked off Albert Ramos-Vinolas 62 36 63 to reach the QF. Advanced to the 2R with a 63 67(5) 64 win over Jeremy Chardy on Tuesday. The 2013 champion (d. Delbonis) is playing here for the sixth time. Has a 14-5 tournament record Appearing in his 10th career ATP World Tour final (3-6 record, 3-5 on clay) Snapped Nadal’s 52-match winning streak in clay-court semi-finals with a 16 62 75 win at Rio de Janeiro. He fell to Ferrer in the final On April 23, beat Nadal in 3R at Barcelona; his 6th Top 10 win and second over a member of the Top 5 (also Nadal at 2015 Rio de Janeiro). He became the third player to beat Nadal on clay at least two times in a row (also Gaudio and Djokovic) On May 13, defeated Grigor Dimitrov 76(9) 46 60 in the second round at ATP Masters 1000 Rome for his 200th career win Won his first Grand Slam doubles title (w/Bolelli) at the Australian Open (d. Herbert-Mahut). It was their ninth time they teamed up in a major championship as a team. They were the first all-Italian pairing to win a Grand Slam doubles title since Pietrangeli and Sirola lifted the 1959 Roland Garros crown Has a 6-35 career record vs Top 10 opponents (2-2 in 2015 with both wins over Nadal) bet-at-home Open Day 7 – Sunday, August 2, 2015 Page 4 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com DOUBLES FINAL – MURRAY / PEERS MEET CABAL / FARAH FOR DOUBLES TITLES In the doubles final, No. 3 seeds Jamie Murray of Great Britain and John Peers of Australian meet the Colombian tandem of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.
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