BASEL: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, October 27, 2015

St. Jakobshalle, Basel, | October 26 – November 1, 2015 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: €1,575,295 | Surface: Indoor Hard

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FEDERER RETURNS; LONDON SPOTS ON THE LINE; NADAL PLAYS DOUBLES

 DAY 2 PREVIEW: An all-star lineup awaits at the Swiss Indoors Basel on Tuesday, led by hometown hero and No. 1 seed . After serving as a ballboy at the event, Federer has taken the Swiss Indoors Basel by storm as a player, winning six titles in 11 finals (see chart below). The reigning champion seeks his 10th straight finals appearance at Basel this week in front of fans, friends and family. He begins his campaign Tuesday against . Also in action on Centre Court is No. 5 seed , who remains in slim contention for one of two vacant spots at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Gasquet must win the title this week, then follow with another at ATP Masters 1000 Paris to have any hope of passing and/or in the Emirates ATP Race to London. First things first, the Frenchman takes on Jiri Vesely in the opening round of Basel on Tuesday night. Play begins with a doubles match featuring , who has won four of his nine ATP World Tour doubles titles with his partner in Basel, Marc Lopez. The Spaniards meet the first-time team of Borna Coric and at 2 pm.

MOST FINALS IN ROGER FEDERER’S CAREER

Tournament Finals Champion Runner-up Basel 11 (6-5) 2006-08, 2010-11, 2014 2000-01, 2009, 2012-13 Halle 10 (8-2) 2003-06, 2008, 2013-15 2010, 2012 Wimbledon 10 (7-3) 2003-07, 2009, 2012 2008, 2014-15 Dubai 9 (7-2) 2003-05, 2007, 2012, 2014-15 2006, 2011 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 9 (6-2)* 2003-04, 2006-07, 2010-11 2005, 2012, 2014 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 7 (7-0) 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2012, 2014-15 US Open 7 (5-2) 2004-08 2009, 2015 * Walkover in 2014 does not count towards W-L record

 INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: World No. 3 Roger Federer ranks in the Top 5 of four Infosys ATP Scores & Stats categories this season. Please note that statistics do not include matches, percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number, and ties favor the player who has competed in more ATP World Tour matches this season. For complete Infosys ATP Scores & Stats leaderboards of all 10 categories, please visit ATPWorldTour.com.

ROGER FEDERER’S BEST STATS OF 2015

Statistic Rank Pct. Won Total 1st- Points Won 5 80 2,253 2,817 2nd-Serve Points Won 2 58 913 1,567 Service Games Won 4 93 693 749 1st-Serve Return Points Won 4 33 991 3,002

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 EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: With 13 days remaining in the Emirates ATP Race to London, two spots are still up for grabs at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. The Top 8 players in the race on Nov. 9 will compete at the year-end championships. Six players have qualified so far: , , Roger Federer, , Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych. David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori are next in line to qualify, and the Spaniard can earn his berth by capturing the championship this week. Only No. 10 Richard Gasquet is capable of passing either player. Gasquet must win titles at Basel (Oct. 26-Nov. 1) and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (Nov. 2-8) for any shot of playing at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Race Player Points Event 2R QF SF F W 1 Novak Djokovic* 14,285 ------2 Andy Murray* 7,870 ------3 Roger Federer* 6,750 Basel 6,795 6,840 6,930 7,050 7,250 4 Stan Wawrinka* 6,140 Basel 6,140 6,185 6,275 6,395 6,595 5 Tomas Berdych* 4,440 ------6 Rafael Nadal* 4,330 Basel 4,330 4,330 4,330 4,450 4,650 7T David Ferrer 3,945 Valencia 3,945 3,945 3,945 3,945 4,015 7T Kei Nishikori 3,945 ------9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,545 ------10 Richard Gasquet 2,535 Basel 2,535 2,580 2,670 2,790 2,990 11 Marin Cilic 2,395 Basel 2,395 2,395 2,485 2,605 2,805 12 2,385 Basel 2,385 2,385 2,475 2,595 2,795 13 2,315 Basel 2,315 2,315 2,405 2,525 2,725 14 2,170 ------15 2,055 ------16 Feliciano Lopez 1,680 Valencia 1,680 1,680 1,725 1,785 1,885 17 1,670 Basel 1,670 1,715 1,805 1,925 2,125 18 1,630 Valencia 1,630 1,630 1,675 1,735 1,835 19 1,555 Basel 1,555 1,600 1,690 1,810 2,010 20 Benoit Paire 1,508 Valencia 1,508 1,533 1,578 1,638 1,738 * Qualified

 EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: The Top 8 teams in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London on Nov. 9 will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. As is the case in singles, two spots remain. Seven of the Top 12 teams in the race are competing at Swiss Indoors Basel, including No. 7 /Nenad Zimonjic and No. 9 /. The race within this race, however, is between No. 1 / and No. 2 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau. With the Bryans off this week, Wimbledon champions Rojer and Tecau can take over as the No. 1 team in the race by reaching the Basel final.

Race Team Points Event QF SF F W 1 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan* 6,285 ------2 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau* 6,040 Basel 6,130 6,220 6,340 6,540 3 /* 5,335 Basel 5,425 5,515 5,635 5,835 4 /* 5,140 ------5 /* 4,895 ------6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/* 4,765 ------7 Marcin Matkowski/Nenad Zimonjic 4,200 Basel 4,290 4,380 4,500 4,700 8 / 3,455 Basel ------9 Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares 2,920 Basel 2,920 3,010 3,130 3,330 10 / 2,820 ------11 Juan Sebastian Cabal/ 2,735 Basel 2,735 2,825 2,945 3,145 12 /Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,440 Basel 2,530 2,620 2,740 2,940 * Qualified Swiss Indoors Basel Day 2 – Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Page 3 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

DAY 2 FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

CENTRE COURT

Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) vs (BUL) Series Tied 1-1 11 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 6-2 6-4 14 Bucharest () Clay QF Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-4

Stakhovsky 2015 FastFacts SF: Marseille (l. to Simon); QF (2): Rotterdam (l. to Raonic); Dubai (l. to Berdych) YTD W-L: 20-26 (15-17 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: January 6, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 62 Basel W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• No. 2 Ukrainian reached Rotterdam QF (l. to No. 6 Raonic), Marseille SF (d. No. 7 Wawrinka, l. to Simon) and Dubai QF (l. to No. 8 Berdych) during 3-week stretch in February • Only won back-to-back matches at 2 other tournaments, advancing to Nottingham 3R (l. to Istomin) and US Open 3R (l. to Tsonga) • Other results: 2R (l. to No. 10 Ferrer), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Johnson) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to Coric 9-7 in 5th) • Owns an 8-4 Challenger record in 2015, reaching final at Istanbul, TUR (l. to Khachanov) • Lost to Przysiezny and Janowicz during July Davis Cup tie (POL d. UKR 3-1)

Dimitrov 2015 FastFacts SF (2): Brisbane (l. to Federer); Istanbul (l. to Cuevas); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Monfils); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Nadal); Kuala Lumpur (l. to Becker); Stockholm (l. to Berdych) YTD W-L: 30-20 (17-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 28 Basel W-L (Best Result): 6-3 (2012-14 Quarter-finalist)

• No. 1 Bulgarian enjoyed best stretch from April 13-May 10 with 2 wins over No. 9 Wawrinka en route to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF, Istanbul SF and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF • Has a 13-12 record since reaching ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF (l. to No. 4 Nadal) • Seeking 1st ATP World Tour final appearance since finishing runner-up to No. 7 Berdych at 2014 Stockholm • Posted best Grand Slam result by reaching Australian Open 4R (l. to No. 6 Murray) • At other majors, fell in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Sock), Wimbledon 3R (l. to Gasquet) and US Open 2R (l. to Kukushkin) • In July, won singles and doubles match in BUL's 5-0 sweep of LUX in Davis Cup Group II tie

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[1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) Federer Leads 2-0 11 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Roger Federer 7-6(2) 6-4 6-2 14 SUI vs. KAZ WG QF (Switzerland) Hard RR Roger Federer 6-4 6-4 6-2

Federer 2015 FastFacts W (5): Brisbane (d. Raonic); Dubai (d. Djokovic); Istanbul (d. Cuevas); Halle (d. Seppi); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Djokovic); F (4): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Djokovic); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); US Open (l Djokovic); QF: Roland Garros (l Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 53-9 (29-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 5 / Career Titles: 87 Date of Birth: August 8, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 3 Basel W-L (Best Result): 56-9 (2006-08, ’10-11, ’14 Champion)

• No. 1 Swiss and 6-time Basel champion lost to Djokovic in finals of ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, ATP Masters 1000 Rome, Wimbledon and US Open. Has a 5-4 record in finals this season • At US Open, became oldest Grand Slam finalist since 35-year-old at 2005 US Open. Entered US Open final having won 28 straight sets overall, tied for 3rd-longest streak of career • Won his 7th Cincinnati title and 24th ATP Masters 1000 crown overall (d. No. 2 Murray and No. 1 Djokovic) • Also won 7th Dubai title (d. Djokovic) and 8th Halle title (d. Seppi), along with maiden titles at Brisbane (d. Raonic) and Istanbul (d. Cuevas) • Win over Raonic in Brisbane final was 1,000th victory of ATP career, making him 1 of only 3 players to reach 1,000 wins in Open Era (Connors 1,254; Lendl 1,071; Federer 1,049) • At other Grand Slams, reached Roland Garros QF (l. to Wawrinka) and Australian Open 3R (l. to Seppi), matching earliest exit of career in Melbourne (also 2000 and 2001 3R)

Kukushkin 2015 FastFacts F: Sydney (l. to Troicki); QF: Kuala Lumpur (l. to Ferrer) YTD W-L: 19-23 (14-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: December 26, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 64 Basel W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2011 Quarter-finalist)

• No. 1 Kazakh reached Sydney final as a qualifier (d. del Potro, l. to fellow qualifier Troicki) in January • Advanced to US Open 3R (d. Dimitrov, l. to No. 9 Cilic in 5 sets) and Kuala Lumpur QF (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) • Lost in 1R or 2R at 16 straight tour-level events between Sydney and US Open, including Australian Open 1R (l. to Jaziri), Roland Garros 1R (l. to Sela) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to No. 3 Murray) • In Davis Cup play, went 2-0 in singles vs. ITA in 1R (d. Seppi and Bolelli) and 1-1 vs. AUS in QF (d. Kokkinakis, l. to Groth) • Captured ATP Challenger Tour title on home soil at Astana, KAZ (d. Donskoy) • Has a 2-21 career record vs. Top 10 opponents (1-4 this year), with wins over No. 10 Youzhny in ’10 St. Petersburg final and over No. 4 Wawrinka last year here in 1R

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Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs [6] John Isner (USA) Gulbis Leads 3-2 08 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 7-5 7-5 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 13 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R64 Ernests Gulbis 4-6 6-2 6-3 13 Valencia () Hard R32 John Isner 7-6(4) 7-6(2) 14 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard QF John Isner 7-6(4) 7-6(3) 15 Vienna () Hard R16 Ernests Gulbis 6-4 4-6 6-4

Gulbis 2015 FastFacts SF: Vienna (l. to Johnson); QF (2): Nice (l. to Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Montréal (l. to Djokovic) YTD W-L: 11-23 (7-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: August 30, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 82 Basel W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (2010, ’14-15 1st Round)

• No. 1 Latvian ended 5-match losing streak by reaching Vienna SF (d. Isner and Karlovic, l. to Johnson) • Had not beaten a player ranked as high as No. 13 Isner since run to 2014 Roland Garros SF (d. No. 4 Federer in 4R and No. 6 Berdych in QF) • At ATP Masters 1000 Montréal, qualified and saved 2 MPs to beat Thiem in 1R en route to QF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 3 sets) • Also reached Nice QF (bye, d. Dolgopolov, l. to Thiem) • Started 1-11 and has suffered 3 losing streaks of 5-or-more matches this season • Lone Grand Slam win came at Roland Garros (d. Sijsling, l. to Mahut in 2R)

Isner 2015 FastFacts W: Atlanta (d. Baghdatis); F: Washington (l. to Nishikori); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Djokovic); Nice (l. to Thiem); QF (5): Memphis (l. to Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Berdych); London/Queen's Club (l. to Troicki); ATP Masters 1000 Montréal (l. to Chardy); Beijing (l. to Djokovic) YTD W-L: 42-23 (28-14 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 14 Basel W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2009-10 2nd Round)

• No. 1 American is 10-10 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals after winning 3rd straight Atlanta title (d. Baghdatis) and finishing as Washington runner-up (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) • Eclipsed 40 wins for 2nd time in career (45-21 in 2012) and will finish in Top 20 Emirates ATP Rankings for sixth consecutive year • Started 5-6 before defeating No. 6 Raonic and No. 5 Nishikori en route to ATP Masters 1000 Miami SF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Reached 3R at Wimbledon (l. to Cilic 12-10 in 5th), matching best result at All England Club (also 2014) • Other Grand Slam results: Australian Open 3R (l. to Muller), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Chardy) and US Open 4R (l. to No. 2 Federer) • Fell to No. 111 Ward 15-13 in 5th and No. 5 Murray during Davis Cup 1R (GBR d. USA 3-2) • Lost last 9 matches vs. Top 10 opponents since defeating No. 5 Nishikori in Miami QF (16-44 overall)

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[5] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE) First Meeting

Gasquet 2015 FastFacts W (2): Montpellier (d. Janowicz); Estoril (d. Kyrgios); SF (2): Wimbledon (l. to Djokovic); Stockholm (l. to Sock); QF (4): Doha (l. to Berdych); Dubai (l. to Federer); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Murray); US Open (l. to Federer) YTD W-L: 38-15 (22-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 11 Basel W-L (Best Result): 7-4 (2012 Semi-finalist)

• No. 2 Frenchman improved to 12-12 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals by winning titles at Montpellier (d. Janowicz) and Estoril (d. Kyrgios) • Enjoyed 2nd Wimbledon SF run of career (also 2007) by winning QF over No. 4 Wawrinka 11-9 in 5th (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Reached Roland Garros 4R (l. to Djokovic), matching best result in Paris (also 2011-13) • Advanced to US Open QF (d. No. 6 Berdych, l. to No. 2 Federer) and Australian Open 3R (l. to Anderson) • Owns 21-6 record against Frenchmen since 2010 US Open (6 straight wins) • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events at Miami (back), Monte-Carlo (back) and (illness)

Vesely 2015 FastFacts W: Auckland (d. Mannarino); F: Bucharest (l. to Garcia-Lopez); SF: Casablanca (l. to Gimeno-Traver); QF: Shenzhen (l. to Berdych) YTD W-L: 24-28 (14-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: July 10, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 38 Basel W-L (Best Result): Debut

• No. 2 Czech reached 1st 2 ATP World Tour singles finals of career, winning Auckland title as a qualifier (d. No. 13 Gulbis in 2R, No. 16 Anderson in SF, Mannarino in F) and falling at Bucharest (l. to Garcia-Lopez) • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 35 on April 27 • After Auckland title, suffered 7-match losing streak until reaching Casablanca SF (l. to Gimeno-Traver) • Won 5th Challenger title of career on home soil in Prostejov, CZE (d. Djere) • Best Grand Slam result was US Open 3R (d. Karlovic 76 in 5th, l. to Isner) • In Davis Cup, clinched CZE's 3-1 World Group Play-off win over IND (d. Bhambri)

COURT 2

Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs [8] David Goffin (BEL) Goffin Leads 1-0 15 Beijing () Hard R32 David Goffin 6-2 6-3

[Q] (POL) vs (GER) Kohlschreiber Leads 2-1 12 ATP Masters 1000 Paris () Hard R64 Jerzy Janowicz 7-6(5) 6-4 14 ATP Masters 1000 Rome () Clay R64 Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 15 Stuttgart () Grass R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 6-4

Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs [Q] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) Dolgopolov Leads 1-0 14 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 3-6 6-0 7-6(5)