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Featured Men's Singles Championship 2017 US OPEN Flushing, New York, USA | August 28-September 10, 2017 Draw Size: S-128, D-64 | $50.4 million | Hard www.usopen.org DAY 14 MEDIA NOTES | Sunday, September 10, 2017 FEATURED MEN’S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Nadal Leads 4-0 DAY 14 HIGHLIGHTS • The US Open championship on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium matches World No. 1 Rafael Nadal against No. 28 seed Kevin Anderson, who is making his Grand Slam final debut. Nadal has won the four previous meetings (9-1 in sets), including a third round match in Barcelona in April. In their lone Grand Slam tournament meeting, Nadal won 75 61 64 in the Round of 16 at the 2015 Australian Open. • The champion will be the fifth straight Grand Slam winner 30 & over going back to last year’s US Open where Stan Wawrinka (31) captured the title. Since then, Roger Federer (35) won the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and Nadal (31) earned the Roland Garros crown. This is just the seventh time in the Open Era that a Grand Slam final has been contested by a pair of players 30 & over. This is the first 30 & over US Open final since 2002 when Pete Sampras (31) defeated Andre Agassi (32). • The Big Four of Nadal, Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray has won 45 of the last 50 Grand Slam tournament titles. Anderson is trying to become only the fourth player to break through and join former US Open champions Juan Martin del Potro, Marin Cilic and Wawrinka during that stretch. Wawrinka has won three Grand Slam titles. Since 2005 Roland Garros, Nadal and Federer have both captured 15 Grand Slam titles (Djokovic-12, Murray-3). • Nadal is appearing in his 4th US Open final (2-1), the first since capturing the 2013 title. His 3 previous US Open finals came against Novak Djokovic, beating the Serb in 2010 and falling in the 2011 title match. Nadal is making his 3rd Grand Slam tournament final showing of the season with a runner-up at the Australian Open (l. to Federer) and capturing a 10th Roland Garros crown (d. Wawrinka). The 31-year-old Spaniard is 15-7 lifetime in Grand Slam finals. His last Slam title on hard courts came here in Flushing Meadows in 2013. Nadal is attempting to win at least two Grand Slam tournament titles in a season for the 4th time in his career (3 in 2010, 2 in 2008, 2013). He is trying to win his 1st hard court singles title since January 2014 in Doha. He has played 34 hard-court tournaments, reaching eight hard-court finals since his last title on the surface. Nadal has not faced a Top 20 opponent at the US Open and the last Grand Slam tournament champion to do that was Pete Sampras at 2000 Wimbledon. • Anderson is the first South African to reach the US Open final in the Open Era (since 1968). Cliff Drysdale was runner-up at the US Championships in 1965 (l. to Santana). Anderson is the first South African in a Grand Slam singles final since Kevin Curren (l. to Wilander) at the 1984 Australian Open. Curren represented the USA when he reached the 1985 Wimbledon final (l. to Becker). Johan Kriek is the last South African Grand Slam singles champion at the 1981 Australian Open (d. Denton). Kriek represented the USA when he won the 1982 Aust. Open. The 31- year-old Anderson is the oldest first-time Grand Slam tournament finalist since Nikola “Niki” Pilic (33) at 1973 Roland Garros (l. to Nastase). The oldest first-time Slam champion in the Open Era is Andres Gimeno (34) at 1972 Roland Garros. The World No. 32 Anderson is the lowest-ranked Grand Slam finalist since No. 38 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2008 Australian Open (l. to Djokovic). Anderson is also the lowest-ranked US Open finalist since the inception of the Emirates ATP Rankings in 1973. The previous lowest-ranked US Open finalist was No. 22 Mark Philippoussis in 1998 (l. to Rafter). No. 20-ranked Andre Agassi is the lowest-ranked US Open champion in 1994. Anderson is trying to become the lowest-ranked Grand Slam champion since No. 44 Gaston Gaudio at 2004 Roland Garros. Emirates ATP Race to London (Top 8 players qualify for Nitto ATP Finals, Nov. 12-19) 1 Rafael Nadal* 8,565^ 2 Roger Federer* 7,505 3 Alexander Zverev 4,220 4 Dominic Thiem 3,715 5 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 6 Grigor Dimitrov 3,105 7 Marin Cilic 2,995 8 Pablo Carreno Busta 2,595 9 Novak Djokovic 2,585 10 Sam Querrey 2,435 11 Kevin Anderson 2,335^ * Qualified ^ Add 800 points for Final win 2017 US OPEN – Day 14 Media Notes Sunday, September 10, 2017 Page 2 of 5 [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Nadal Leads 4-0 10 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-6(6) 15 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-1 6-4 15 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 17 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4 [1] RAFAEL NADAL vs [28] KEVIN ANDERSON 31 (6/3/86) Age (Birthdate) 31 (5/18/86) No. 1 (No. 1 on 8/18/08) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 32 (No. 10 on 10/12/15) Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Residence Gulf Stream, FL, USA 55-9 (28-7) 2017 Record (on hard) 29-15 (15-7) 861-183 (409-124) Career Record (on hard) 268-195 (189-128) 4 / 73 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 3 225-33 Career Grand Slam Record 56-33 52-10 (2010, 2013 Champion) US Open Record (Best Result) 19-7 (2017 Finalist) 19-10 (2-2) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 10-8 (1-1) 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 211-136 (11-5) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 154-131 (18-12) $86,289,532 Career Prize Money $8,272,183 Toni Nadal and Carlos Moya Coach Neville Godwin STATS COMPARISON: Tournament statistics entering the championship: Statistic Nadal Anderson Aces (Double Faults) 28 (18) 114 (18) 1st-Serve Percentage 67% 66% 1st-Serve Points Won 76% 83% 2nd-Serve Points Won 64% 57% Service Games Won 92% (85 of 92) 95% (103 of 108) Break Points Saved 72% (18 of 25) 77% (17 of 22) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 39% 30% 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 56% 49% Return Games Won 43% (37 of 90) 23% (23 of 102) Break Points Converted 41% (37 of 91) 39% (23 of 59) Time on Court 14:12 15:09 [1] RAFAEL NADAL Grand Slam History • Second all-time in Grand Slam titles (15) and finals (23), behind Federer (19 titles in 29 finals) • One of 3 men to win a Grand Slam title in teens, 20s and 30s (also Sampras, Rosewall) • Only man or woman in Open Era to win a Grand Slam event 10 times (Roland Garros) • Owns records of 79-2 at Roland Garros and 102-2 in best-of-five-set matches on clay • Dropped 35 games en route to 2017 Roland Garros title (d. Wawrinka), fewest for Grand Slam champion since Borg at 1978 Roland Garros (32) • Won 2005 Roland Garros title in tournament debut as 19-year-old and remains youngest Slam champion since Chang, 17, at 1989 Roland Garros • As 24-year-old at 2010 US Open, became youngest man in Open Era to complete career Grand Slam (d. Djokovic). One of 2 players to win all 4 Grand Slams and Olympic singles gold medal (also Agassi). • Owns 9-3 Grand Slam W-L vs. Federer, including 5-set wins for 2008 Wimbledon and 2009 Australian Open titles • Won at least 1 Grand Slam and 1 ATP Masters 1000 title each year from 2005 through 2014 For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, please follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. 2017 US OPEN – Day 14 Media Notes Sunday, September 10, 2017 Page 3 of 5 • Missed 9 Grand Slams due to injury: Australian Open in 2006 (left foot) and 2013 (stomach virus); Roland Garros in 2003 (elbow) and 2004 (left ankle); Wimbledon in 2004 (left ankle), 2009 (knee tendinitis) and 2016 (left wrist); and US Open in 2012 (left knee) and 2014 (right wrist) 2017 Highlights W (4): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (d Ramos-Vinolas); Barcelona (d Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d Thiem); Roland Garros (d Wawrinka) F (3): Australian Open (l Federer); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Federer) QF (3): Brisbane (l Raonic); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Kyrgios) Hard-Court Summer (3-2) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 3rd Round (l Shapovalov) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: Quarter-finals (l Kyrgios) 2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Appearing in 4th US Open final (2-1), first since 2013 (d. Djokovic) and 23rd Grand Slam final (15-7). Trying to win his second Grand Slam title in a season for fourth time in career (3 in 2010, 2 in 2008, 2013) • Returned to No. 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 21 (4th stint and 144 total weeks as World No. 1) • Won 10th titles at Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and Roland Garros. Only player with 10+ titles at an event in Open Era. • Passed Sampras for 2nd all-time with 15 Grand Slam titles and Djokovic for 2nd all-time with 22 Slam finals (now 23) • One of 3 men to win Grand Slam title in teens, 20s and 30s (also Sampras, Rosewall) • Lost 35 games in 7 wins at Roland Garros, fewest for Grand Slam champion since Borg at 1978 Roland Garros (32) • Beat Wawrinka in final to become oldest Roland Garros champion since 34-year-old Andres Gimeno in 1972 • Qualified for 13th straight Nitto ATP Finals, where he has yet to win title in 7 prior appearances (DNP 5 times) • Tied Djokovic for all-time record with 30th ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d.
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