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IF OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, October 17, 2016

Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden | October 17-23, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €566,525 | Surface: Indoor Hard

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IF TALKING POINTS

 TOURNAMENT PREVIEW: The 48th-annual If Stockholm Open returns to the ATP World Tour this week with four former champions in the field: No. 1 seed Gael Monfils (2011), No. 2 seed (2013), No. 3 seed Ivo Karlovic (2007) and No. 8 seed (2009). Monfils enters at a career-high No. 7 in the Emirates ATP Rankings and is next in line to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Should Monfils win three matches at the If Stockholm Open, he will set a personal best with 47 victories during the 2016 season.

Monfils, Dimitrov and Karlovic are among the hottest players on tour. The Frenchman Monfils is 23-5 following his first-round loss at Wimbledon, highlighted by the biggest title of his career at the ATP World Tour 500 event in Washington. Since suffering a six-match losing streak from May 1 to June 26, Dimitrov is 18-9, including a run to the ATP World Tour 500 final in Beijing. Karlovic lost eight straight matches, including six to start the 2016 season, before winning ATP World Tour 250 titles at Newport and Los Cabos as part of a 27-13 stretch.

Also arriving in Stockholm with momentum is No. 4 seed . The 19-year-old reached a career- high No. 20 today, making him the youngest player in the Top 20 since was No. 16 on November 13, 2006. Zverev has 10 wins over Top 20 opponents this season, including an upset of US Open champion for his first title in St. Petersburg. Rounding out the seeded players are Americans , and . Sock fell to Tomas Berdych in the 2015 If Stockholm Open final.

Wild cards went to former World No. 4 Juan Martin del Potro and Swedish siblings Elias and . Del Potro rose from outside the Top 1000 on February 15 to inside the Top 100 on September 12 during his comeback from three left-wrist surgeries. Among his 23 victories this season are wins over Wawrinka, , Novak Djokovic and , whom he defeated to help Argentina reach the final. , 20, reached his first ATP quarter-final at Gstaad in July, while his 18-year-old brother Mikael will be playing just his second ATP match this week. He lost 7-6(9), 6-7(5), 6-4 to Zverev in Stockholm last year.

 DAY 1 PREVIEW: Americans Steve Johnson, and will be in action on opening day of the 2016 If Stockholm Open. Johnson, the No. 5 seed, captured his first singles title, doubles title and Olympic medal earlier this season, earning career-high rankings in singles and doubles along the way. He meets on following Young’s match against , while Harrison faces fellow qualifier Adam Pavlasek on Court 1. Harrison, Radek Stepanek and have qualified at nine tour-level events in 2016, tied for the most in a single season since 1990.

No. 8 seed and 2009 Stockholm champion Marcos Baghdatis faces in the only other singles match on Monday. Anderson is ranked 48th, his lowest mark since he was No. 59 on January 31, 2011. In doubles, Swedish brothers Elias and Mikael Ymer meet and Jean-Julien Rojer. Separated by 29 months, the Ymers never played doubles together as juniors and have yet to do so as professionals. Former teammates at UCLA, Matkowski and Rojer ended 2002 as the No. 1 doubles team in college . They were partners for the first time on tour last week at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai.

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EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON (Updated Entering Monday’s Matches)

Position Player Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Novak Djokovic* 10,600 27-10: 5 titles in 9 appearances (2008, 2012-15) 2 Andy Murray* 9,685 11-11: 3 SFs in 7 appearances (2008, 2010, 2012) 3 Stan Wawrinka* 5,060 6-6: 2013-15 Semi-finalist 4 * 4,690 0-2: 2014 Round Robin 5 * 4,360 3-4: 2014 Semi-finalist, 2015 Round Robin 6 Gael Monfils 3,625 Never Qualified 7 Rafael Nadal 3,300 16-12: 2 finals in 7 appearances (2010, 2013) 8 Dominic Thiem 3,205 Never Qualified _ 9 Tomas Berdych 2,880 6-13: 2011 Semi-finalist; 2010, 2012-15 Round Robin 10 2,645 Never Qualified 11 Marin Cilic 2,590 0-3: 2014 Round Robin 12 2,460 Never Qualified 13 2,340 Never Qualified 14 2,130 52-12: 6 titles in 14 apps. (2003-04, 2006-07, 2010-11) 15 2,106 Never Qualified 16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,070 4-7: 2011 Runner-up; 2008, 2012 Round Robin

Key Bold: Player competing at If Stockholm Open * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain)

EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON (Updated Entering Monday’s Matches)

Position Team Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/* 7,075 1-2: 2015 Round Robin 2 /* 7,070 Never Qualified as a Team 3 /* 6,070 35-20: 4 titles in 13 apps. (2003-04, 2009, 2014) 4 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez* 4,170 Never Qualified as a Team 5 /* 4,130 8-5: 2014 Finalists; 2013, 2015 Semi-finalists 6 / 3,600 Never Qualified as a Team 7 / 3,310 Never Qualified as a Team 8 / 3,065 Never Qualified as a Team _ 9 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 2,680 5-3: 2015 Champions, 2014 Round Robin 10 Juan Sebastian Cabal/ 2,320 Never Qualified as a Team 11 / 2,190 Never Qualified as a Team 12 /Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,190 2-2: 2014 Semi-finalists 13 / 2,105 Never Qualified as a Team 14 / 2,100 3-2: 2015 Finalists 15 /Jack Sock 2,010 Never Qualified as a Team 16 Mate Pavic/ 1,990 Never Qualified as a Team

Key Bold: Team competing at If Stockholm Open * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain) If Stockholm Open Day 1 – Monday, October 17, 2016 Page 3 of 7 www.ATPWorldTour.com

EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

If Stockholm Open W F SF QF R16 R32 Singles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 20* 0 Singles Prize Money (€) 100,800 53,085 28,755 16,380 9,650 5,720 Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 0 --- Doubles Prize Money (€) 30,620 16,100 8,720 4,990 2,920 --- * Singles players who receive first-round byes and lose in the second round earn 0 points.

WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEK

SINGLES

SEED PLAYER W-L BEST FINISH 1 Gael Monfils (FRA) 4-1 2011 Champion 2 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 12-4 2013 Champion 3 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 4-1 2007 Champion 4 Alexander Zverev (GER) 1-1 2015 2nd Round 5 Steve Johnson (USA) 0-0 Debuting 6 Jack Sock (USA) 7-3 2015 Finalist 7 John Isner (USA) 0-0 Debuting 8 Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 10-4 2009 Champion

QUALIFIERS (4) OLDEST PLAYER YOUNGEST PLAYER Ryan Harrison (USA) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) Mikael Ymer (SWE) Tobias Kamke (GER) 37 years, 8 months 18 years, 1 month Adam Pavlasek (CZE) Jurgen Zopp (EST)

WILD CARDS (3) TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) USA 5, Germany 4, Croatia 2, France 2, Spain 2, Sweden 2 Elias Ymer (SWE) Mikael Ymer (SWE)

DOUBLES

SEED TEAM W-L BEST FINISH Melo: 10-4 Melo: 2012 Champion 1 Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares Soares: 14-3 Soares: 2009, 2012 Champion Bopanna: 6-1 Bopanna: 2011 Champion 2 Rohan Bopanna/Treat Huey Huey: 3-1 Huey: 2014 Finalist Matkowski: 0-0 Matkowski: Debuting 3 Marcin Matkowski/Jean-Julien Rojer Rojer: 10-4 Rojer: 2010, 2013 Champion Pavic: 3-1 Pavic: 2015 Finalist 4 Mate Pavic/Michael Venus Venus: 3-1 Venus: 2015 Finalist

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PAST FINALISTS (since 2004)

SINGLES

YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2015 Tomas Berdych (CZE) Jack Sock (USA) 7-6(1) 6-2 2014 Tomas Berdych (CZE) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 5-7 6-4 6-4 2013 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (ESP) 2-6 6-3 6-4 2012 Tomas Berdych (CZE) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 4-6 6-4 6-4 2011 Gael Monfils (FRA) (FIN) 7-5 3-6 6-2 2010 Roger Federer (SUI) (GER) 6-4 6-3 2009 Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) (BEL) 6-1 7-5 2008 (ARG) Robin Soderling (SWE) 6-2 5-7 6-3 2007 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) (SWE) 6-3 3-6 6-1 2006 (USA) Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-4 6-2 2005 James Blake (USA) (THA) 6-1 7-6(6) 2004 Thomas Johansson (SWE) (USA) 3-6 6-3 7-6(4)

BOLD: Player in 2016 singles draw

DOUBLES

YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2015 /Jack Sock Mate Pavic/Michael Venus 7-5 6-2 2014 /Raven Klaasen Treat Huey/Jack Sock 6-4 6-3 2013 Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi/Jean-Julien Rojer Jonas Bjorkman/ 6-2 6-2 2012 Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares Robert Lindstedt/Nenad Zimonjic 6-7(4) 7-5 [10-6] 2011 Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares 6-1 6-3 2010 Eric Butorac/Jean-Julien Rojer Johan Brunstrom/Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-4 2009 Bruno Soares/ / 6-4 7-6(4) 2008 Jonas Bjorkman/Kevin Ullyett Johan Brunstrom/ 6-1 6-3 2007 Jonas Bjorkman/Max Mirnyi Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra 6-4 6-4 2006 Paul Hanley/Kevin Ullyett Olivier Rochus/ 7-6(2) 6-4 2005 /Paul Hanley /Nenad Zimonjic 5-3 5-3 2004 Feliciano Lopez/ Wayne Arthurs/Paul Hanley 6-4 6-4

BOLD: Player in 2016 doubles draw

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 1 FIRST-ROUND MATCHES

CENTRE COURT

Donald Young (USA) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Young Leads 1-0 15 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Donald Young 6-3 7-6(9) Other Meeting: 09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Q (U.S.A.) Hard Q1 Adrian Mannarino 6-4 7-6(6)

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Young 2016 Summary SF: Newport (l. to Muller); QF (2): Memphis (l. to Berankis); (l. to Opelka) YTD W-L: 17-19 (10-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 23, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 82 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2014 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Lost 1R to L. Mayer 64 64 in only other Stockholm appearance 2 years ago • Defeated countrymen Donaldson, Kozlov and Johnson en route to Newport SF (l. to Muller) • Saved 2 MPs to beat Krajicek en route to Atlanta QF (l. to Opelka) • Won 1 main draw match at Auckland, Memphis, Delray Beach, Acapulco, Houston, Nice as Q, London/Queen’s Club as Q, Wimbledon, Washington, ATP Masters 1000 Toronto, Winston-Salem and US Open • Reached Challenger SF at Savannah, USA (l. to Donaldson) and QF at Tallahassee, USA (l. to Tiafoe) • Held 2 MPs w/Kudla before falling to eventual doubles champions Bryan/Bryan in Houston 1R • Advanced to US Open doubles 3R w/Monroe (d. Dodig/Melo and Lajovic/Troicki, l. to Carreño Busta/Garcia-Lopez)

Mannarino 2016 Summary SF: Nice (l. to Thiem); QF (4): Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut); Delray Beach (l. to Dimitrov); 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Karlovic); Newport (l. to Muller) YTD W-L: 25-25 (13-15 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 53 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2014 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Won 3-setters over Baghdatis and Dolgopolov to reach 2014 Stockholm QF (l. to Bachinger) • Advanced to SF at Nice (l. to Thiem) and QFs at Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut), Delray Beach (l. to Dimitrov), ’s- Hertogenbosch (l. to Karlovic) and Newport (l. to Muller) • Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000s in Indian Wells (d. Paire, l. to Isner) and Miami (d. Querrey, l. to Kuznetsov) • Qualified and reached 2R at London/Queen’s Club (l. to Johnson) and Beijing (l. to No. 4 Nadal) • In doubles, reached SF w/Pouille (d. Bolelli/Fognini and Rojer/Tecau, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Entered with 1-9 doubles record and 0-1 record overall w/Pouille • Captured 11th ATP Challenger Tour title to start season at Noumea, CAL (d. Falla)

Radu Albot (MDA) vs [5] Steve Johnson (USA) First Meeting

Albot 2016 Summary YTD W-L: 3-10 (1-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 11, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 103 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debuting)

• Qualified at Wimbledon and earned 1st Grand Slam win of career (d. Elias, l. to Tomic in 2R) • Also qualified at Delray Beach (l. to Becker in 1R), (l. to Verdasco in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Paire in 1R), Winston-Salem (l. to Jaziri in 1R) and St. Petersburg (l. to Sousa in 1R) • Advanced to Rio Olympics 2R (d. Gabashvili in 3 sets, l. to Cilic) • In US Open 1R, led Troicki by 2 sets before falling to Serbian player 76 in 5th • Captured Challenger titles at Furth, GER (d. Struff); Fergana, UZB (d. Kravchuk) and Poznan, POL (d. Geens)

Johnson 2016 Summary W: Nottingham (d. Cuevas); SF: Washington (l. to Karlovic); QF (4): London/Queen's Club (l. to Cilic); Newport (l. to Young); Rio Olympics (l. to Murray); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 29-25 (17-16 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 24 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debuting) If Stockholm Open Day 1 – Monday, October 17, 2016 Page 6 of 7 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Captured 1st ATP titles in singles at Nottingham (d. Cuevas) and doubles at Geneva w/Querrey (d. Klaasen/Ram) • Rio Olympics doubles bronze medalist w/Sock (d. Nestor/Pospisil) and singles quarter-finalist (l. to Murray 76 in 3rd) • Reached 1st Grand Slam 4R at Wimbledon (d. Dimitrov, l. to No. 3 Federer) and 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (d. No. 10 Tsonga, l. to Dimitrov) • Achieved career-high No. 21 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 25 and became No. 1 American on August 22 • Beat Isner 76(7) 76(15) to reach Washington SF (l. to Karlovic) • Snapped 0-13 start to career vs Top 10 players at London/Queen’s Club (d. No. 10 Gasquet in 1R, l. to Cilic in QF) • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 2nd straight season (d. Bedene and Bellucci, l. to No. 8 Ferrer) • Saved 6 MPs vs Donskoy in US Open 1R and 1 MP vs Millman in Delray Beach 1R before losing in 2R both times • Advanced to Memphis doubles final w/Querrey (l. to Fyrstenberg/S. Gonzalez)

[8] Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA) Series Tied 1-1 11 Vienna (Austria) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 6-2 7-6(5) 13 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Marcos Baghdatis 6-2 6-2 6-2

Baghdatis 2016 Summary F: Dubai (l. to Wawrinka); SF: Newport (l. to Karlovic); QF (4): Montpellier (l. to Gasquet); Houston (l. to Sock); Halle (l. to A. Zverev); Nottingham (l. to Cuevas) YTD W-L: 25-20 (16-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: June 17, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 10-4 (2009 Champion)

• Tournament Note: 2009 champion (d. Rochus) also reached SFs in 2012 (ret vs Tsonga) and 2015 (ret vs Berdych) • Finished as Dubai runner-up, falling to 4-9 in ATP singles finals with 5 straight losses (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Earned 300th win over Muller at Roland Garros on May 24 (l. to No. 7 Tsonga in 2R after leading by 2 sets) • Extended Davis Cup singles win streak to 36 matches with 4 victories March 2-5, passing Borg for all-time record • Reached 1st Grand Slam 4R since at US Open (d. Bagnis, Paire and Harrison; l. to Monfils) • Advanced to Newport SF in tournament debut (d. Baker and Sela, l. to Karlovic) • Beat Schwartzman 60 60 en route to Houston QF (l. to Sock) -- 1st double-bagel of season • Also reached QFs at Montpellier (l. to No. 10 Gasquet), Halle (d. No. 8 Berdych in 1R, l. to A. Zverev) and Nottingham (d. Querrey after saving 2 MPs, l. to Cuevas after holding 1 MP)

Anderson 2016 Summary QF (5): Auckland (l. to Sock); Nice (l. to Sousa); Nottingham (l. to Johnson); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l. to Wawrinka); Chengdu (l. to Troicki) YTD W-L: 15-19 (11-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 48 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 2-4 (2011 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Lost 4 straight matches in Stockholm since beating Haas to reach 2011 QF (l. to No. 10 Monfils) • Fell to 0-7 in ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Toronto (d. Troicki, No. 9 Thiem and Tomic; l. to No. 5 Wawrinka) • Also advanced to Chengdu QF, saving 2 MPs to beat Kyrgios in 2R (l. to Troicki) • Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to No. 2 Murray) and US Open (l. to Tsonga) • As World No. 20, qualified at London/Queen’s Club (l. to Tomic in 1R) • Lost to Vesely in opening match as defending champion at Winston-Salem • In Wimbledon 1R, suffered 4th loss of career from 2 sets up after holding 1 MP vs Istomin • Also held 2 MPs in Atlanta 2R vs Opelka before falling 75 in 3rd • Dropped to No. 48 in Emirates ATP Rankings on October 17 – lowest ranking since No. 59 on January 31, 2011 • Retired from 2 matches and withdrew from 8 events due to left knee, right shoulder and ankle injuries

COURT 1

[Q] Adam Pavlasek (CZE) vs [Q] Ryan Harrison (USA) First Meeting If Stockholm Open Day 1 – Monday, October 17, 2016 Page 7 of 7 www.ATPWorldTour.com

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: REMAINING FIRST-ROUND MATCHES

Gastao Elias (POR) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO) First Meeting

Gilles Muller (LUX) vs (GER) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings: 14 Guadalajara CH (Mexico) Hard QF Gilles Muller 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 14 Leon CH (Mexico) Hard R32 Dustin Brown 7-6(4) 7-6(5)

Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [6] Jack Sock (USA) First Meeting

[Q] Tobias Kamke (GER) vs [WC] Elias Ymer (SWE) First Meeting

[7] John Isner (USA) vs [WC] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) del Potro Leads 4-2 08 Washington (U.S.A.) Hard QF Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 6-4 09 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Juan Martin del Potro 7-6(4) 7-6(3) 11 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 6-3 13 Washington (U.S.A.) Hard F Juan Martin del Potro 3-6 6-1 6-2 13 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard SF John Isner 6-7(5) 7-6(9) 6-3 16 London/Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 John Isner 7-6(2) 6-4

Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Almagro Leads 1-0 12 Chennai (India) Hard QF Nicolas Almagro 4-6 7-6(8) 6-4

[WC] Mikael Ymer (SWE) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) First Meeting

Benjamin Becker (GER) vs [Q] Jurgen Zopp (EST) First Meeting