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ERSTE BANK OPEN: SUNDAY, 27 OCTOBER MEDIA NOTES Wiener Stadthalle | Vienna, Austria | 21-27 October 2019 | First Held: 1974 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: €2,296,490 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com ErsteBank-Open.com Martin Dagahs: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATPTour @ErsteBankOpen Karlheinz Wieser: [email protected] (Press Officer) Facebook: @ATPTour @ErsteBankOpen TV & Radio: TennisTV.com VIENNA FINAL FAST FACTS • No. 1 seed and top-ranked Austrian Dominic Thiem will face No. 5 seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina for the Erste Bank Open singles title on Sunday. Thiem leads their head-to-head 4-2 overall, but they have split their two meetings in 2019. They have also split their two previous hardcourt clashes. • Thiem is playing at the Erste Bank Open for the 10th straight year (including 2010 qualifying). He began the week with a .500 record (8-8) in his nation’s capital, with his previous best results being quarter-final appearances in 2013 and last year. • World No. 5 Thiem now has the chance to become the first Austrian to claim the championship since Jurgen Melzer earned his second consecutive Vienna title in 2010 by winning an all-Austrian final against Andreas Haider-Maurer. This week, Thiem also became the first Austrian semi-finalist and finalist at the event since 2010. • 26-year-old Thiem is also attempting to become the first player this season to win 5 ATP Tour singles titles. Most Tour-Level Titles in 2019 o Novak Djokovic 4 Matteo Berrettini 2 o Daniil Medvedev 4 Cristian Garin 2 o Rafael Nadal 4 Nick Kyrgios 2 o Dominic Thiem 4 Benoit Paire 2 o Alex de Minaur 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2 o Roger Federer 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 • With his four wins this week, Thiem has now won nine straight matches at ATP 500-level. In his last ATP 500 event, Thiem won the Beijing title earlier this month, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final from a set down. • Schwartzman is seeking his first indoor ATP Tour singles title. Two of his six ATP Tour singles finals have come indoors, but he lost both, at Antwerp in 2016 and 2017. • World No. 15 Schwartzman earned his 39th match-win of 2019 by defeating Gael Monfils in the semi-finals, which ties his career-high for a single season (also 39 wins in 2017). • Schwartzman also remains in contention for the Nitto ATP Finals. He is currently No. 14 in the ATP Race to London, and can move into 12th position with a win in the Vienna final. • 27-year-old Schwartzman would become the second Argentine to win the Vienna title, following Juan Martin del Potro in 2012. Prior to 2012, Argentines had finished as runner-up three times: Guillermo Canas in 2001 and 2004, and del Potro in 2011. • Schwartzman is 7-23 against Top 10 players, but four of those wins came in 2019, including a victory over then-No. 8 Thiem at Buenos Aires. He picked up his fourth Top 10 win of the season this week, when he eliminated No. 9 Karen Khachanov in the quarter-finals. • A win over current World No. 5 Thiem in the Vienna final would be the biggest win of Schwartzman’s career by ranking. This season, he beat two players ranked No. 6 at the time for his current biggest wins by ranking: Kei Nishikori at Rome and Alexander Zverev at the US Open. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Erste Bank Open Day 7 – Sunday, 27 October 2019 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPTour.com ATP RACE TO LONDON STANDINGS Race Player Points Scenario 1 Rafael Nadal* 9,225 Not playing this week 2 Novak Djokovic* 7,945 Not playing this week 3 Roger Federer* 5,990 Add 200 points with Basel F win 4 Daniil Medvedev* 5,875 Not playing this week 5 Dominic Thiem* 4,735 Add 200 points with Vienna F win 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas* 3,820 Lost in Basel SF 7 Alexander Zverev 2,855 Lost in Basel 1R 8 Matteo Berrettini 2,660 Lost in Vienna SF 9 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,530 Lost in Basel QF 10 Gael Monfils 2,350 Lost in Vienna SF 11 David Goffin 2,325 Lost in Basel 2R 12 Fabio Fognini 2,280 Lost in Basel 2R 13 Kei Nishikori 2,180 Season over due to right elbow injury 14 Diego Schwartzman 2,115 Add 200 points with Vienna F win 15 Stan Wawrinka 1,910 Walkover in Basel QF due to lower back injury 16 Karen Khachanov 1,830 Lost in Vienna QF * Qualified for Nitto ATP Finals in London (10-17 November) ATP DOUBLES TEAM RACE TO LONDON STANDINGS Race Team Points Scenario 1 Cabal/Farah* 8,210 2 Kubot/Melo* 4,645 Add 200 points with Vienna F win 3 Klaasen/Venus* 3,640 4 Krawietz/Mies* 3,625 5 Rojer/Tecau 3,385 Add 200 points with Basel F win 6 Bryan/Bryan 3,380 7 Ram/Salisbury 3,290 Add 200 points with Vienna F win 8 Kontinen/Peers 3,000 9 Dodig/Polasek 2,865 10 Chardy/Martin 2,420 11 M. Granollers/Zeballos 2,380 12 Herbert/Mahut*^ 2,360 13 Mahut/Roger-Vasselin 2,210 14 Mektic/Skugor 2,020 15 Marach/Pavic 1,960 16 J. Murray/N. Skupski 1,935 * Qualified for Nitto ATP Finals in London (10-17 November). ^ Herbert/Mahut have qualified via the Grand Slam champion rule. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Erste Bank Open Day 7 – Sunday, 27 October 2019 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPTour.com ATP RACE TO MILAN STANDINGS Race #NextGenATP Player Points Scenario 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas 3,910 Will not play in Milan due to Nitto ATP Finals 2 Alex de Minaur* 1,730 Add 200 points with Basel F win 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime 1,681 Will not play in Milan due to left ankle injury 4 Denis Shapovalov* 1,495 Lost in Vienna 1R 5 Frances Tiafoe* 1,060 Lost in Basel 2R 6 Casper Ruud* 931 Lost in Basel qualifying 2R 7 Miomir Kecmanovic* 901 Lost in Basel 1R 8 Ugo Humbert* 892 Add 40 points with Brest, FRA CH F win 9 Mikael Ymer* 763 Not playing this week 10 Jannik Sinner* 596 Receives Italian wild card in Milan * Playing at Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan (5-9 November) FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS – SINGLES FINAL [1] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs [5] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Thiem Leads 4-2 15 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Dominic Thiem 7-6(0) 7-5 16 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem 7-5 7-5 17 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay QF Dominic Thiem 6-2 6-3 17 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard R32 Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-7(7) 7-5 19 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay SF Diego Schwartzman 2-6 6-4 7-6(5) 19 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-3 Thiem 2019 Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 5 | 44-16 in 2019 (4 Titles) | 12-8 at Vienna (2019 Final) • 15-8 win-loss record in ATP Tour singles finals (4-1 in 2019). Aims to become first player to win 5 titles this season. • Posted 40+ wins and qualified for Nitto ATP Finals in 4 straight seasons (2016-19). • Advanced to 4th straight Roland Garros SF and 2nd straight final (d. No. 1 Djokovic in 5 sets, l. to Nadal). • Earned 3rd career win over player ranked No. 1 and snapped Djokovic’s 26-match Grand Slam win streak. • Captured biggest title of 15 career titles at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. 5-time champion Federer). • Joined 8-time ATP Masters 1000 champion Muster as 2nd Austrian to win an ATP Masters 1000 title. • Also won titles at Barcelona (d. Nadal and Medvedev), Kitzbuhel (d. Ramos-Vinolas) and Beijing (d. Tsitsipas). • Beat Nadal on clay for 4th straight season and became 2nd player to earn 4+ wins over Nadal on clay (Djokovic 7). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Federer in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in SF). Now 4-2 vs. Federer overall. • Ranked in Top 10 each week since 6 June 2016 -- 2nd-longest active streak (Nadal since 25 April 2005). • Fell in Buenos Aires SF as 2-time champion (l. to Schwartzman in 3rd-set TB after holding 1 MP). • Saved 3 MPs vs. Shapovalov at Laver Cup before losing to Fritz (Team Europe d. Team World 13-11). • Reached doubles finals w/Schwartzman at Buenos Aires (l. to M. Gonzalez/Zeballos) and Madrid (l. to Rojer/Tecau). • Retired in Australian Open 2R vs. Popyrin (ill). Withdrew from Cordoba (ill), Halle (fatigue) and Cincinnati (ill). Schwartzman 2019 Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 15 | 39-22 in 2019 (1 Title) | 6-2 at Vienna (2019 Final) • 3-3 win-loss record in ATP Tour singles finals (1-1 in 2019). • Captured 3rd ATP Tour title of career at Los Cabos (d. Fritz). Earned 30+ wins in 3 straight seasons. • Saved 1 MP vs. 2-time champion Thiem to reach final in hometown of Buenos Aires (l. to Cecchinato). • Beat No. 6 Nishikori for biggest win of career and to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Equaled biggest win of career by beating No. 6 A. Zverev to reach 3rd Grand Slam QF at US Open (l.