GENERALI OPEN - KITZBÜHEL: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, August 7, 2015

Kitzbühel Club, Kitzbühel, Austria | August 3 – 8, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €494,310| Surface: Clay

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FOUR COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN SEMI-FINALS

 Day 5: Four countries are represented in the semi-finals on Friday at the Generali Open-Kitzbühel. Leading off play on Centre Court French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu and Spaniard Nicolas Almagro. The 33-year-old Mathieu has a 2-1 head-to-head advantage over the 29-year-old Almagro. Following is Austrian top seed , who takes on top German / No. 6 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber for the first time.

 First and Last Time: o Paul-Henri Mathieu is attempting to become the first qualifier to reach the final here in the Open Era o The last qualifier to reach the semi-finals here was Joao Souza 2011 (l. to Haase) o The last and only Austrian to win here in the Open Era was Thomas Muster in 1993 (d. J. Sanchez)

 Born in 1990s Winners: On Sunday, Thiem become the fourth player born in the 1990s to win three or more ATP World Tour titles. At Umag, Thiem became the fifth player born in the 1990s to win multiple ATP World Tour titles. This year Jiri Vesely at Auckland (d. Mannarino), Jack Sock at Houston (d. Querrey) and at Bogota (d. Mannarino) are the other winners born in the 1990s to win an ATP World Tour title. Last year Federico Delbonis (1): Sao Paulo and David Goffin (2): Kitzhbuehel, Metz where two of the five born in 90s winners.

PLAYER Birthdate CURRENT AGE TITLES RANK 6- San Jose 2011-13 Chennai 2012 Milos Raonic (CAN) Dec 27, 1990 24 10 Bangkok 2013 Washington 2014 4- Stockholm 2013 Acapulco 2014 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) May 16 1991 24 16 Bucharest 2014 London/Queen’s 2014 3-Sydney 2013 Bernard Tomic (AUS) Oct 21, 1992 22 26 Bogota 2014-15 3-Nice 2015 Dominic Thiem (AUT) Sept. 3, 1993 21 Umag 2015 21 Gstaad 2015 2-Metz 2014 David Goffin (BEL) Dec 7, 1990 24 15 Kitzbuhel 2014 Federico Delbonis (ARG) Oct 5, 1990 24 1-Sao Paulo 2014 69 Jiri Vesely (CZE) July 10, 1993 22 1-Auckland 2015 44 Jack Sock (USA) Sep 24, 1992 22 1-Houston 2015 37

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 Longest Winning Streaks: Thiem is currently on a 10-match winning streak. The longest winning streaks on tour this year are: Player Matches Duration Novak Djokovic 28 Mar. 7-June 7 Andy Murray 15 Apr. 27-June 5 David Ferrer 11 Feb. 16-Mar. 18 Novak Djokovic 11 Jan. 19-Feb. 28 Roger Federer 10 Feb. 23-Mar. 13 Dominic Thiem 10 July 20-Current

 No. 1 German: Kohlschreiber enters as the No. 1 German on the Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 39. He is one of four Germans ranked in the Top 100 - joined by No. 63 Benjamin Becker, No. 82 Dustin Brown and No. 96 Alexander Zverev. The 31-year-old enters with a 21-18 (15-8 on clay) match record this year and has reached the quarter-finals or better five times, highlighted by reaching his 12th career ATP World Tour final at Munich (l. to Murray). He is playing here for the 8th time and reached the final in 2012 (l. to Haase).

 Almagro Eyes 22nd Career Final: Clay is Almagro’s most successful surface - it is the only surface on which he has a winning match record and the only surface he has ever reached the finals on. All 12 of his singles titles have come on clay (12-9 record in finals) and 258 of his 364 Tour-level victories have also come on the surface (258-127 career mark on clay). He is looking to reach his first final since last year at Houston (l. to Verdasco). The 29-year-old has lost the last four finals he has played since winning at 2012 (d. Baker).

 Qualifiers in 2015: Mathieu is attempting to become the 7th qualifier this year to reach an ATP World Tour final. Qualifiers are 3-3 in finals this year. Qualifiers to reach finals this year are:

Aljaz Bedene at Chennai (l. to Wawrinka) Mikhail Kukushkin at Sydney (l. to Troicki) Nicolas Mahut at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Goffin) Viktor Troicki at Sydney (d. Kukushkin) Luca Vanni at Sao Paulo (l. to Cuevas) Jiri Vesely at Auckland (d. Mannarino)

 LOOKING AHEAD: Thiem is the only semi-finalist win an ATP World Tour title this year. Here is a look at all four players career records in ATP World Tour finals:

Player Career Finals Record Thiem 3-1 (all on clay) Kohlschreiber 5-7 (3-4 on clay)

Mathieu 4-4 (2-2 on clay) Almagro 12-9 (all on clay)

FRIDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court Centre Court

(Q) Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Mathieu Leads 2-1 03 () Clay R16 Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6(6) 3-6 6-3 07 New Haven (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Paul-Henri Mathieu 4-6 6-3 6-2 14 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R64 Nicolas Almagro 6-3 6-2

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Mathieu FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF: Bastad (l Robredo) YTD W-L: 6-8 (5-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: January 12, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 109 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 6-4 (SF 2015)

 The 33-year-old French qualifier defeated Federico Delbonis 63 06 63 to reach the SF here for the first time. He opened with a 62 62 win over fellow countryman and qualifier Kenny de Schepper on Monday and followed with a 63 75 win over No. 4 seed Martin Klizan on Wednesday. He is playing here for the fifth time (6-4 tournament record), previous best result was 3R in his tournament debut in 2003 (l. to Lopez)  Appearing in 1st ATP World Tour SF since Basel in 2012 (l. to Federer)  Looking to reach 9th career ATP World Tour final (4-4 record, 2-2 on clay) and first since 2009 Hamburg (l. to Davydenko)  Prior reaching QF at Bastad (l. to Robredo) his lone tour-level win of the year came at Montpellier (d. Daniel in 1R, l. to Kohlschreiber in 2R)  In Grand Slam play (0-2), fell in 1R at (l. to Kohlschreiber) and Roland Garros (l. to Nishikori), fell in qualifying at Wimbledon (l. to Sijsling in Q3)

Almagro FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Buenos Aires (l Monaco); QF(3): Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); Casablanca (l Klizan); Estoril (l Gasquet) YTD W-L: 15-16 (14-11 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: August 21, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 137 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 5-2 (SF 2015)

 The 29-year-old Spaniard saved all five break points he faced in his 63 64 win over Dusan Lajovic in the quarter-finals. He opened with a 67(2) 75 64 win over No. 7 seed Jiri Vesely and followed with a 76(4) 75 win over Jurgen Melzer on Wednesday. He is playing here for the third time (5-2 record), first time since reaching the 3R in 2007 (1R bye, 2R d. Navarro, l. to Verdasco)  Best tour-level result is SF at Buenos Aires (l. to Monaco), also reached QF three times falling to the eventual champion each time at Estoril (l. to Gasquet), Casablanca (l. to Klizan) and Sao Paulo (l. to Cuevas)  Looking to reach his 22nd career ATP World Tour final (12-9 record, all on clay) and first since reaching the finals last year at Houston (l. to Verdasco). Has lost the last four finals played, the last title he won was at 2012 Nice (d. to Baker).  In Grand Slam play (1-3), best result was 2R at Roland Garros (l. to Nadal), fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Almagro) and Wimbledon (l. to Simon)

(1) Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs (6) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) First Meeting

Thiem FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W (3): Nice (d Mayer); Umag (d Sousa); Gstaad (d Goffin); QF(3): Marseille (l Bautista Agut); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); Munich (l Melzer) YTD W-L: 29-18 (20-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 8-4 (RUP 2014)

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 The 21-year-old Austrian advanced to the SF after Albert Montanes retired due to a left ankle injury when trailing 76(3) 32. He rallied from 1-4 deficit in the third set, winning the final five games, to extended his winning streak to nine in-a-row with a 16 76(6) 64 win over countryman Andreas Haider-Maurer on Wednesday. The 2014 runner-up (l. to Goffin) is playing here for the 5th time and has an 8-4 tournament record  Appearing in his fourth ATP World Tour SF of the year (3-0 record)  Looking to reach his 5th career ATP World Tour final (3-1 record, all on clay) and fourth of the year  Last week captured his third career ATP World Tour title at Gstaad (d. Goffin). With tournament win he become the first Austrian to win at least three ATP World Tour titles in a season since Thomas Muster captured seven in 1996  Two-weeks ago captured his second career ATP World Tour title at Umag (d. Sousa)  Captured his first ATP World Tour title at Nice (d. Isner in SF, d. L. Mayer)  Reached 1st career ATP Masters 1000 QF at Miami (l. to Murray), also reached QF at Marseille (l. to Bautista Agut) and Munich (l. to Melzer)  In Grand Slam play (2-3 record), reached 2R at Roland Garros (l. to Cuevas) and Wimbledon (l. to Verdasco in 5-sets), fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Bautista Agut)

Kohlschreiber FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Munich (l Murray); QF(4): Montpellier (l Sousa); Barcelona (l Ferrer); Stuttgart (l Monfils); Umag (l Monfils) YTD W-L: 21-18 (15-8 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 39 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 11-7 (RUP 2012)

 The 31-year-old German capitalized on four of his six break point chances to defeat the No. 3 seed Fabio Fognini 76(0) 64 on Thursday. He advanced to the QF with a 60 62 win over Santiago Giraldo. Opened with a 63 67(5) 63 win over qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff on Tuesday. He is playing here for the 8th time (11-7 record) and reached the final in 2012 (l. to Haase)  Appearing in his 2nd ATP World Tour SF of the year (1-0)  Looking to reach his 13th career ATP World Tour final (5-7 record, 3-4 on clay)  Reached finals at Munch (l. to Murray)…dropped to 5-7 in ATP World Tour finals  Reached QF at Montpellier (l. to Sousa), Barcelona (l. to Ferrer), Stuttgart (l. to Monfils) and Umag (l. to Monfils)  In Grand Slam play (2-3 record), reached 2R at Australian Open (l. to Tomic) and Roland Garros (l. to Andujar), fell in 1R at Wimbledon (l. to eventual champion Djokovic)

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POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS

(1) Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs (Q) Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Thiem Leads 1-0 14 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Dominic Thiem 6-4 7-6(3) 6-2

(1) Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs (PR) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) First Meeting

(6) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs (Q) Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Kohlschreiber Leads 3-1 03 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R32 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 6-1 09 Metz (France) Hard SF Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(5) 6-4 15 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-2 6-1 15 Montpellier (France) Hard R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4

(6) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs (PR) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Almagro Leads 5-4 05 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Nicolas Almagro 7-6(4) 6-4 6-3 09 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-4 09 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R64 Nicolas Almagro 6-7(2) 6-1 7-6(6) 09 Vienna (Austria) Hard QF Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5 6-4 11 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R16 Nicolas Almagro 6-3 7-5 12 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard QF Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(5) 6-4 12 Hamburg (Germany) Clay QF Nicolas Almagro 7-5 7-5 13 Barcelona (Spain) Clay SF Nicolas Almagro 6-2 6-1 Other meeting; 04 Reggio Emilia CH (Italy) Clay SF Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(7)