J. SAFRA SARASIN SWISS OPEN GSTAAD: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, July 22, 2016

Roy Emerson Arena, Gstaad, Switzerland | July 18 – 24, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €463,520 | Surface: Clay

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LOPEZ, RAMOS-VINOLAS, YOUZHNY, MATHIEU LEAD QUARTER-FINALS

DAY 5 PREVIEW: The quarter-finals at the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open at Roy Emerson Arena feature top seed Feliciano Lopez, No. 3 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, No. 7 Mikhail Youzhny and No. 8 Paul-Henri Mathieu. In addition, No. 2 Gilles Simon tries to reach the quarter-finals. He trails Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro 6-2, 4-3 in their second round suspended match.

In the opening match of the day, Dustin Brown and Youzhny square off for the first time. Brown saved two match points in his three-set win over No. 4 seed/two-time champion Thomaz Bellucci on Thursday. The 31-year-old German is appearing in his second straight quarter-final and third of the season. He advanced to his maiden ATP World Tour semi-final in Montpellier in February. Youzhny, who captured the Swiss Open title in 2013, is appearing in his second quarter-final of the season. He reached the QFs in Stuttgart last month (l. to eventual champion Thiem).

Up next is the completion of the second round match between Simon and Monteiro, who led 6-2, 4-3 with Simon serving at love-40. Monteiro’s eight ATP-level matches in 2016 have all come on clay, where he has a 5-3 record. He advanced to his first ATP World Tour quarter-final in Sao Paulo in February.

In the next match, Lopez and Swedish #NextGen star Elias Ymer meet for the first time. The 34-year- old Lopez, who is the oldest player left in the draw, reached the Gstaad final 10 years ago (l. to Gasquet). The 20-year-old Ymer is the youngest player remaining and he is making his ATP World Tour quarter-final debut. The last Swede to reach the quarter-finals on the ATP World Tour was Michael Ryderstedt (QF) and Robin Soderling in 2011 Bastad. Soderling won the title (d. Ferrer).

Dutchman Robin Haase, who reached the final here three years ago (l. to Youzhny), awaits the winner of Simon and Monteiro. Simon has a 4-1 head-to-head advantage over Haase. The Dutchman has never faced Monteiro.

In the final match on, Mathieu, who won his last ATP World Tour title here in 2007, brings a 2-0 head-to- head record against Ramos-Vinolas, who enters with a five-match winning streak after capturing his maiden ATP World Tour title in Bastad last week.

DAY FIVE FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play

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Dustin Brown (GER) vs [7] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) First Meeting

Brown 2016 FastFacts: SF: Montpellier (l Gasquet); QF: Bastad (l Ferrer) YTD W-L: 10-7 (5-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: December 8, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 99 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 3-4 (2016 Quarter-finalist)

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 Tournament Note: The 31-year-old German is making his first quarter-finals appearance after beating Monaco 62 75 in 1R and No. 4 seed/two-time champ Bellucci 26 76 61 (saved 2 match pts.)  Reached maiden ATP World Tour SF at Montpellier as Q (d. Simon in 2R, l. to No. 10 Gasquet)  Last week reached QF in Bastad (d. Munoz de la Nava, Bedene, l. to Ferrer)  Beat Bemelmans in Montpellier to end 0-8 start to career in ATP QFs  Also qualified at Doha (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 1R) and Roland Garros (d. Sela for 1st 5-set win, l. to Sock in 2R)  Won 5-setter over Lajovic before losing 5-setter to Kyrgios as Wimbledon WC  Also reached Wimbledon 2R in doubles with countryman Struff as Q (l. to Marray/Shamasdin)  Captured 7th Challenger title at Manchester, GBR (d. Ram, M. Zverev, J. Ward, Gojowczyk and Lu)

Youzhny 2016 FastFacts: QF: Stuttgart (l Thiem) YTD W-L: 10-9 (3-4 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 66 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 15-9 (2013 Champion)

• Tournament Note: The 34-year-old 2013 champion (d. Haase) is making his 11th main-draw appearance. Opened with 63 62 win over Swiss wild card Nikles on Monday and followed with 75 57 63 victory over Basic on Thursday • Reached 1st ATP QF since 2015 Zagreb at Stuttgart (d. Lopez and Stakhovsky, l. to Thiem 75 in 3rd) • Advanced to Nottingham 3R (l. to Muller) before reaching Wimbledon 2R (l. to A. Zverev in 5 sets) • Won 30 of 32 sets to sweep 3 consecutive ATP Challenger Tour titles in January • Captured 2 titles in Bangkok, THA (d. Soeda and Pavlasek), followed by title at Manila, PHI (d. Chiudinelli) • Illness forced walkover vs. Bautista Agut in Indian Wells 2R and retirement vs. Bellucci in Munich 1R

2R TO FINISH – Monteiro leads 6-2 4-3 [Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) vs [2] Gilles Simon (FRA) First Meeting

Monteiro 2016 FastFacts: QF: Sao Paulo (l Cuevas) YTD W-L: 5-3 (5-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 31, 1994 Emirates ATP Ranking: 110 (Career-high) Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (2016 Second Round)

 Tournament Note: The 22-year-old Brazilian left-hander marked his tournament debut (as qualifier) with a 63 75 1R victory over Swiss wild card Bellier  Defeated 3-time champion Almagro en route to 1st ATP World Tour QF of career at São Paulo as WC (l. to Cuevas)  Made winning ATP debut as 338th-ranked WC at Rio de Janeiro (d. No. 9 Tsonga in 1R, l. to Cuevas in 2R)  Lowest-ranked man to beat a Top 10 player since No. 388 Olivetti beat No. 8 Fish at 2012 Marseille  Achieved career-high No. 123 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 11  Captured 1st ATP Challenger Tour title in 1st final at Aix En Provence, FRA (d. Berlocq in 3 sets)  Also reached Challenger final at Lyon, FRA (l. to Darcis in 3 sets)

Simon 2016 FastFacts: QF(4): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Goffin); Estoril (l Carreno Busta); Nice (l Zverev);Stuttgart(l del Potro) YTD W-L: 19-15 (9-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: December 27, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 30 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 0-1 (2016 Second Round-bye) J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad Day 5 – Friday, July 22, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com

 Tournament Note: The 31-year-old Frenchman is making his second appearance in Gstaad after retiring in his debut match in 2014 (l. 1R to Andujar 26 23 RET)  Advanced to Australian Open 4R for 3rd time (d. Donskoy in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 5 sets after 4h32m)  Owns a 2-0 record against left-handers in 2016 (45-34 career)  Also played 4 hours, 32 minutes vs. Pella in Roland Garros 2R, rallying from 2 sets down (l. to Troicki in 3R)  Reached ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (d. Cilic in 3R and Pouille 60 61 in 4R, l. to Goffin)  Also reached ATP Masters 1000 3R at Monte-Carlo (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) and Madrid (l. to No. 2 Murray)  Helped France to 5-0 sweep of Canada in Davis Cup 1R with straight-set win over Pospisil  Held 3 MPs vs. Gabashvili in Marseille 1R and 2 MPs vs. A. Zverev in Nice QF before losing both 76 in 3rd

[1] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Elias Ymer (SWE) First Meeting

Lopez 2016 FastFacts: SF(2): Dubai (l Baghdatis); Houston (l Monaco); QF: Quito (l Ramos-Vinolas) YTD W-L: 18-16 (8-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: September 20, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 17-9 (2006 Finalist)

 Tournament Note: The 34-year-old Spaniard is making his 10th tournament appearance, having reached 2006 final (QF d. No. 4 Ljubicic, l. to Gasquet); last year reached SF for second straight appearance (l. to eventual champ Thiem; 2013 l. to Haase). Opened with 76 64 win over Q Mertl  Earned 2nd win vs. World No. 1 when Djokovic retired with eye problem in Dubai QF (l. to Baghdatis in SF)  Defeated Garcia-Lopez for 400th career singles win in Dubai 1R on February 22  Reached 3R at Aus. Open (l. to Isner), Roland Garros (l. to Ferrer) and Wimbledon (d. Fognini in 5 sets, l. to Kyrgios)  Participated in 58 straight Grand Slam main draws, most among active players and 7 behind Federer’s Open Era record  Beat Bautista Agut 76 67 64 in 3h16m to reach ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic)  Upset No. 1 seeds and last 3 Roland Garros doubles champions to win 1st Grand Slam title in Paris w/M. Lopez (d. Herbert/Mahut, Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin after saving 6 MPs, Dodig/Melo and Bryan/Bryan)  Captured 1st doubles title since 2004 at Doha w/M. Lopez (d. J. Murray/Soares and Peya/Petzschner)  Held 2 MPs in Dubai doubles final w/M. Lopez before falling 14-12 in Match TB to Bolelli/Seppi  Retired down 75 43 in Quito QF vs. Ramos-Viñolas due to fatigue

Ymer 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 2-4 (2-2 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 10, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 157 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-0 (2016 Quarter-finalist)

 Tournament Note: The 20-year-old Swede is appearing in his first career ATP World Tour QF after wins over Brands 26 76(7) 75 and Kravchuk 26 76(5) 75  Qualified at Montpellier (l. to Mathieu in 1R) and Estoril (l. to Lorenzi in 1R)  Fell in qualifying at Australian Open and Roland Garros after qualifying at all 4 Grand Slams in 2015  Achieved career-high No. 118 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 23 J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad Day 5 – Friday, July 22, 2016 Page 4 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com

 Lost 9 straight tour-level matches dating back to win over Kyrgios in 2015 Barcelona 2R  Captured 2nd Challenger title of career at Barletta, ITA (d. Moriya, Naso, Elias, Zopp and Pavlasek)  Beat Rosol to reach Challenger SFs at Aix en Provence, FRA (l. to Berlocq) and Bordeaux, FRA (l. to Dutra Silva)  Retired in Perugia, ITA Challenger SF vs. Kicker and withdrew from Wimbledon qualifying due to right ankle injury

Robin Haase (NED) vs [Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) First Meeting

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Robin Haase (NED) vs [2] Gilles Simon (FRA) Simon Leads 4-1 08 Zagreb (Croatia) Hard R16 Robin Haase 6-2 6-4 13 Marseille (France) Hard R32 Gilles Simon 7-5 7-5 14 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Gilles Simon 7-6(1) 6-4 6-4 15 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Gilles Simon 6-1 6-3 6-4 16 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Gilles Simon 7-6(5) 6-1

Haase 2016 FastFacts: QF(2): Acapulco (l Dolgopolov); Bucharest (l Verdasco) YTD W-L: 11-16 (4-4 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 6, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 95 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 10-3 (2013 Finalist)

 Tournament Note: The 29-year-old Dutchman, who reached the final in 2013 (l. to Youzhny), opened with 1R win over fellow Dutchman de Bakker 67(4) 63 61 and followed with a 76 64 victory over Zeballos on Thursday  Advanced to QFs at Acapulco (l. to Dolgopolov) and Bucharest (d. Tomic, l. to Verdasco)  Also reached 2R at Doha, Auckland, Marseille, Indian Wells and Wimbledon (d. Schwartzman in 5 sets, l. to Sock)  Fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Basic) and Roland Garros (l. to Sock in 5 sets)  Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Miami due to knee injury

[8] Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs [3] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) Mathieu Leads 2-0 16 Doha (Qatar) Hard R32 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 4-6 7-6(7) 16 Marrakech (Morocco) Clay R32 Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5 6-3 Other meeting: 15 ATP Masters 1000 Paris Q (France) Hard -- Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 6-2

Mathieu 2016 FastFacts: F: Montpellier (l Gasquet); QF(2): Marrakech (l Coric); Hamburg (l Cuevas) YTD W-L: 16-13 (9-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: January 12, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 60 Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 12-8 (2007 Champion)

 Tournament Note: The 34-year-old Frenchman, who won the title here in 2007 (d. Seppi), is making his 10th appearance. Also reached SF in 2012 (l. to Tipsarevic); last visit came in 2013 (l. 1R to Youzhny). This week has wins over Swiss players: 75 61 over Chiudinelli and 61 64 over Laaksonen  Appearing in second straight QF after last week in Hamburg (l. to Cuevas) and fourth this season. Reached QF at Marrakech (l. to Coric) in April  Fell short of 1st ATP World Tour title since 2007 Gstaad with loss in Montpellier final in February (d. Paire in 2R, l. to No. 10 Gasquet)  On a 5-match losing streak in finals (4-6) and 22-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents (10-59) J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad Day 5 – Friday, July 22, 2016 Page 5 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com

 Improved to 11-12 in 5-set matches with win over Giraldo in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Bautista Agut)  Saved 1 MP in 63 46 76(7) win over Ramos-Viñolas in Doha 1R (l. to Chardy in 2R)  Fell to 1-9 in Challenger finals with 3-set loss to Rublev in Quimper, FRA championship match  Conceded w/o in London/Queen’s Club 2R (wrist) and withdrew from Nottingham (wrist) and Madrid Q (left foot)

Ramos-Vinolas 2016 FastFacts: W: Bastad (d Verdasco) SF: Quito (lEstrella Burgos); QF (2): Istanbul (lDelbonis), Roland Garros (l Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 25-19 (19-12 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 (Career-high) Gstaad W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (2016 Quarter-finalist)

 Tournament Note: The 28-year-old Spaniard is making his main-draw debut on his second appearance at Gstaad (2009 l. Q3 to Dustov). Opened on Wednesday with a 64 62 win over French qualifier Lamasine  Last week won first ATP World Tour title at Bastad (d. Verdasco) in second final (2012 Casablanca, l. to Andujar) and comes in ranked a career-high No. 31 and with personal-best 25 wins (also 2012)  Appeared in 3R, 4R and QF of a Grand Slam for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. No. 9 Raonic, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka)  Advanced to Quito SF (d. Lopez, l. to Estrella Burgos) and Istanbul QF (d. Khachanov, l. to Delbonis)  Reached 3R at Indian Wells (d. Kyrgios, l. to Monfils) and Wimbledon (d. Troicki in 5 sets, l. to No. 10 Gasquet)  In ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R, saved 1 MP to beat A. Gonzalez 76 in 3rd (l. to No. 10 Gasquet in 2R)  Held 1 MP before falling to Mathieu in 1st match of season at Doha