GRAND PRIX HASSAN II: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, April 9, 2016

Royal Club de Marrakech, Marrakech, | April 4 – 10, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €520,070 | Surface: Clay

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DEBUTANT CORIC, FINALIST MONTANES JOIN DELBONIS, VESELY IN SEMIS

DAY 6 PREVIEW: A new champion will be crowned on Sunday as debutant and No. 3 seed Borna Coric and 2007 finalist Albert Montanes are joined in the semi-finals by and Jiri Vesely, two players with final four experience at the Grand Prix Hassan II.

The doubles final will open the action on Centre Court, where and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi take on Argentine duo Guillermo Duran and Maximo Gonzalez. Draganja and Qureshi, who knocked out top seeds Inglot and Lindstedt in the quarter-finals, may be playing their first tournament in tandem but arrive with a wealth of ATP World Tour experience, with a combined 15-17 record in finals. Duran and Gonzalez dispatched both the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds to reach their first final in their second ATP event together, but have a 30-8 career record on the Challenger Tour including five titles.

No. 4 seed and 2014 semi-finalist Delbonis faces Montanes in the first of the singles semi-finals, with both players hoping to end lengthy waits for their next final appearance. Delbonis, who comes into the match with a 2-0 head-to-head lead. last reached an ATP World Tour final in May 2014 in Nice (l. to Gulbis). Montanes, at 35 the oldest player in the Marrakech draw, last reached a semi-final at Nice in 2014, having reached his last final there in 2013 (d. Monfils). He is the only player to have previously reached the final in Morocco (2007, l. to Mathieu).

Fresh from beating former champions in the quarter-finals, No. 8 seed Vesely faces Coric, the No. 3 seed and tournament debutant. Vesely, who arrived in Marrakech with a solitary ATP match win in 2016 (Rotterdam 1R d. Rosol), matched his 2015 run to the semis by beating 2014 champion Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the quarter-finals. Coric played his first match in Marrakech in the quarters, beating 2007 champion Paul-Henri Mathieu after a first-round bye and a second-round walkover from (left knee injury). The Croat, who reached the Chennai final in January (l. to Wawrinka), is chasing his first ATP World Tour title.

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CENTRE COURT

Marin Draganja (CRO)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs First Meeting Guillermo Duran (ARG)/Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)

• Draganja/Qureshi made team debut this week with wins over Erlich/Fleming 46 64 10-6 in 1R, [1] Inglot/Lindstedt 63 76(2) in QF and Bopanna/Istomin 76(5) 76(5) in SF • World No. 86 Draganja is 4-3 in ATP doubles finals, going 1-3 in 2014 (won Hamburg w/Mergea) and 3-0 in 2015 (won Zagreb, Marseille, Barcelona, all w/Kontinen) • World No. 47 Qureshi is 11-14 in ATP doubles finals, highlighted by ATP Masters 1000 titles at Paris 2011 (w/Bopanna) and Miami 2013 (w/Rojer) and US Open final appearance in 2010 (w/Bopanna) • Duran/Gonzalez defeated Gabashvili/Marray 64 76(7) in 1R, [2] Lopez/Marrero 64 64 in QF and [3] Pavic/Venus 57 64 10-7 in SF • Argentines playing second ATP World Tour event together (also Nice 2015, SF l. to Rojer/Tecau) • 5-1 lifetime on ATP World Tour; playing first final together • Also posted 5-3 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals (30-8 record) • World No. 58 Duran is 1-0 in ATP doubles finals, winning Quito title in February w/Carreno Busta (d. Bellucci/Demoliner) • World No. 60 Gonzalez is 2-1 in ATP doubles finals, winning Umag 2015 w/Sa (d. Fyrstenberg/S Gonzalez) and Valencia 2008 w/Monaco (d. Parrott/Polasek) Grand Prix Hassan II Day 6 – Saturday, April 9, 2016 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com

[4] Federico Delbonis (ARG) vs Albert Montañes (ESP) Delbonis Leads 2-0 13 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R16 Federico Delbonis 6-1 6-4 14 São Paulo (Brazil) Clay QF Federico Delbonis 6-4 6-3 Other meeting: 15 Rome 2 CH (Italy) Clay QF Federico Delbonis 7-5 6-1

Delbonis 2016 FastFacts: QF(2): Rio de Janeiro (l Cuevas); Sao Paulo (l Cervantes) YTD W-L: 13-7 (6-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: October 5, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 47 Tournament W-L (Best Result-Year): 5-2 (SF-2014, ’16)

• The 25-year-old Argentine is making his third tournament appearance and two years ago advanced to SF (l. to Granollers), his last outing in Morocco. Made debut in 2012 and lost to Chardy in 1R • Reached first SF of 2016 with 64 64 win over de Bakker in 2R, beat Carreno Busta 75 62 in QF (1R bye) • Aiming to reach first final since Nice 2014 (QF d. No. 11 Isner, F l. to Gulbis) and fourth of career (also Sao Paulo 2014, Hamburg 2013) – all on clay • Has won at least 1 match in all 8 events during 2016 season • Earned biggest win of career over No. 2 Murray 76 in 3rd en route to Indian Wells 4R (l. to Monfils) • Reached 3R for 1st time in 10th major at (d. Karlovic and Olivo, l. to Simon) • Advanced to back-to-back QFs at Rio de Janeiro (d. Sock, l. to Cuevas) and São Paulo (l. to Cervantes) on clay

Montanes 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 4-2 (4-2 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: November 26, 1980 Emirates ATP Ranking: 123 Tournament W-L (Best Result-Year): 13-8 (F 2007)

• The 35-year-old Spaniard, the oldest player in the singles draw, is making his ninth tournament appearance since his debut in 2003 (l. 1R to El Aynaoui), and first since 2014 (l. 2R to Paire). Fourth SF here: reached final in 2007 (l. to Mathieu) and SFs in 2009 (l. to Serra) and 2010 (l. to Andujar) • Opened with 64 64 win over Skugor in 1R, beat Gimeno-Traver 63 64 in 2R and Bagnis 61 75 in QF • Playing first ATP World Tour SF since May 2014 in Nice (l. to Gulbis); aiming for first final since Nice 2013 (F d. Monfils) • Playing third ATP World Tour tournament of the year – reached 2R at Quito (l. to Bellucci) and, as qualifier, fell 1R at Buenos Aires (l. to Almagro) • Reached SF at San Luis Potosi CH (l. to Krstin)

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[8] Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs [3] Borna Coric (CRO) Coric Leads 1-0 16 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Borna Coric 6-4 6-4

Vesely 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 4-7 (3-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: July 10, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 Tournament W-L (Best Result-Year): 6-2 (SF-2015, ’16)

• The 22-year-old Czech Republic native opened on Tuesday with a 61 63 win over Spaniard Inigo Cervantes before 67(4) 63 76(5) win over qualifier Nikola Mektic and 64 76(2) win over No. 1 seed Guillermo Garcia Lopez. Last year reached SF (l. to Gimeno-Traver) • First tournament of 2016, and first back-to-back wins; posted only 1 singles win in 1st 3 months of season, beating countryman Rosol in Rotterdam 1R • First ATP SF since April 2015 in Bucharest, also his last final appearance (SF d. Gimeno-Traver, F l. to Garcia-Lopez) • As defending champion, lost to eventual champion Bautista Agut in Auckland 1R • Fell to 0-3 lifetime at Australian Open with 5-set loss to Olivo in 1R

Coric 2016 FastFacts: F: Chennai (l Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 10-9 (2-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 48 Tournament W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (SF-2016)

• The 19-year-old Croat is making his tournament debut; beat Mathieu 67(6) 63 64 in QF after being given a 2R walkover by Bolelli, who has a left knee injury (1R bye) • Began season by reaching 1st ATP World Tour final at Chennai (d. Bautista Agut 76 in 3rd, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka). Became 1st teen to play in an ATP final since countryman Cilic at 2008 New Haven (d. Fish). Spent 9 hours, 29 minutes on court en route to final, nearly 3 times Wawrinka’s 3 hrs., 16 mins. • Reached ATP Masters 1000 3R for 1st time at Indian Wells (d. Pouille and Bellucci, l. to No. 7 Berdych) • After falling to Goffin in 5 sets, clinched Croatia’s 3-2 win over Belgium in 1R (d. Coppejans) • Suffered 4-match losing streak after Chennai SF win over Bedene

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[4] Federico Delbonis (ARG) vs [8] Jiri Vesely (CZE) Delbonis Leads 1-0 15 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Federico Delbonis 7-6(4) 3-6 7-5 Other meeting: 13 Liberec CH (Czech Republic) Clay F Jiri Vesely 6-7(2) 7-6(7) 6-4

[4] Federico Delbonis (ARG) vs [3] Borna Coric (CRO) First Meeting

Albert Montañes (ESP) vs [8] Jiri Vesely (CZE) First Meeting

Albert Montañes (ESP) vs [3] Borna Coric (CRO) First Meeting