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ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL presented by HSBC: FINAL MEDIA NOTES Saturday, February 27, 2016

Acapulco Princess Mundo Imperial, Acapulco, Mexico | February 22-27, 2016 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,413,600 | Surface: Hard

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THIEM, TOMIC TO PLAY FOR BIGGEST TITLE OF YOUNG CAREERS

 FINALS PREVIEW: No. 4 seed and No. 5 seed Bernard Tomic will play in the first ATP World Tour 500 final of their respective careers when they clash for the Abierto Mexicano Telcel title on Saturday. Thiem, 22, saved match points in a pair of matches at Buenos Aires en route to his fourth title on February 14 (all on clay). Tomic, 23, seeks his fourth championship after winning Sydney in 2013 and back-to-back Bogotá titles in 2014 and 2015 (all on hard).

Thiem and Tomic have never met before. They are the youngest players in the Top 32 of the Emirates ATP Rankings and contesting the youngest Acapulco final since 18-year-old beat 24-year-old Albert Montãnes for the 2005 title. The 15th-ranked Thiem is attempting to become the fourth player to capture multiple titles in 2016 (Djokovic, Wawrinka, Bautista Agut). Tomic, the World No. 21, is trying to beat a seeded player for the first time at this week’s event.

In the doubles final, No. 3 seeds and take on No. 4 seeds and . Petzschner and Peya are playing in their fourth ATP World Tour final as a team. The German and Austrian are still seeking their first championship, finishing as runners- up at Doha and Rotterdam earlier this season and at in 2008. Likewise, Huey and Mirnyi are contending for their first team title. Mirnyi, a former World No. 1 and six-time men’s doubles champion, has not won a tour-level doubles title since 2013 Beijing with Horia Tecau.

 INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: Tournament statistics entering Saturday’s championship match

Statistic [4] Dominic Thiem [5] Bernard Tomic Aces 22 20 1st-Serve Percentage 64% (165 of 257) 61% (173 of 285) 1st-Serve Points Won 78% (129 of 165) 71% (123 of 173) 2nd-Serve Points Won 55% (51 of 92) 54% (60 of 112) Service Games Won 89% (39 of 44) 83% (38 of 46) Break Points Saved 62% (8 of 13) 65% (15 of 23) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 40% (83 of 208) 25% (38 of 155) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 48% (56 of 117) 61% (75 of 123) Return Games Won 36% (16 of 44) 31% (14 of 45) Break Points Converted 43% (16 of 37) 41% (14 of 34) BOLD: Leads tournament Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC Day 6 – Saturday, February 27, 2016 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com

 EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Abierto Mexicano Telcel Champion Finalist Singles Ranking Points 500 300 Singles Prize Money $321,625 $151,050 Doubles Ranking Points 500 300 Doubles Prize Money $94,800 $44,800

FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS: THE FINALS

[4] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs [5] Bernard Tomic (AUS) First Meeting

Thiem 2016 FastFacts W: Buenos Aires (d. Almagro); SF (2): Brisbane (l. to Federer); Rio de Janeiro (l. to Pella) YTD W-L: 17-4 (9-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 15 (Career-High) Acapulco W-L (Best Result): 4-0 (2016 Finalist)

• Beat Dzumhur 76(3) 63 in 1R, Tursunov 67(5) 63 64 in 2R, [7] Dimitrov 75 62 in QF & Querrey 62 62 in SF • Projected to rise to No. 14 in Emirates ATP Rankings regardless of final result • Currently at a career-high No. 15 and the youngest player in Top 32 • Owns 4-1 record in ATP World Tour finals (all on clay), including titles in 2015 at Nice, Umag and Gstaad • Leads ATP World Tour with 17 victories in 2016 • Earned 17th win in 2015 on May 25 at Roland Garros and in 2014 on August 1 at Kitzbühel • Saved 1 MP in Buenos Aires 2R (d. Elias) and SF (d. No. 5 Nadal 76 in 3rd) en route to 4th ATP title (d. Almagro 76 in 3rd) • Win over Nadal snapped 8-match losing streak vs. Top 10. Also beat No. 6 Ferrer in Rio de Janeiro QF • Won 2+ matches at 5 of 6 events in 2016, beginning with SF run at Brisbane (d. Cilic, l. to No. 3 Federer) • Reached 3R for 1st time in career (l. to Goffin)

Tomic 2016 FastFacts SF: Brisbane (l. to Raonic); QF (2): Sydney (l. to Gabashvili); Quito (l. to Lorenzi) YTD W-L: 12-5 (11-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: October 21, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Acapulco W-L (Best Result): 6-1 (2016 Finalist)

• Beat Ram 75 63 in 1R, Mannarino 64 64 in 2R, Marchenko 75 75 in QF and Dolgopolov 16 64 63 in SF • Projected to rise to No. 16 in Emirates ATP Rankings with a win in the final and No. 20 with a loss • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 17 on January 11 • Owns 3-1 record in ATP finals with titles at Sydney in 2013 and Bogotá in 2014 and 2015 (all on hard) • Playing in 1st final since winning 2015 Bogotá title (d. Mannarino) • Went 7-3 in native to start 2016 season, reaching Brisbane SF (d. No. 8 Nishikori, l. to Raonic), Sydney QF (l. to Gabashvili) and Australian Open 4R (l. to No. 2 Murray) • Matched career-best performance in Melbourne, also advancing to 4R in 2012 and 2015 Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC Day 6 – Saturday, February 27, 2016 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com

2016 ATP WORLD TOUR MATCH WINS LEADERS

Rank Player W-L Titles 1 Dominic Thiem 17-4 Buenos Aires 2 16-4 Auckland, Sofia 3 14-1 Doha, Australian Open 4 13-2 Chennai, Dubai 5T Bernard Tomic 12-5 None 5T 12-5 None 5T 12-5 Sydney Note: is 11-3 entering São Paulo semi-finals on Saturday.

[3] Philipp Petzschner (GER)/Alexander Peya (AUT) vs First Meeting [4] Treat Huey (PHI)/Max Mirnyi (BLR)

• Petzschner/Peya beat [WC] Ramirez/Reyes-Varela 63 57 12-10 in 1R, Erlich/Fleming 64 62 in QF and Marach/Martin 61 63 in SF • German and Austrian are 11-6 in 2016 and 32-21 lifetime on ATP World Tour • Playing in their 4th ATP final as a team (0-3), falling at 2008 Vienna (l. to Mirnyi/A. Ram), 2016 Doha (l. to Lopez/Lopez) and 2016 Rotterdam (l. to Mahut/Pospisil) • Beat Wimbledon and Barclays ATP World Tour Finals champions Rojer/Tecau in Doha and Rotterdam SFs • Won 6 ATP Challenger Tour titles from 2005 to 2009 • Debuted at 2005 Wolfsburg, GER Challenger and won title without dropping a set (d. Qureshi/Zovko) • World No. 43 Petzschner is 6-5 in ATP doubles finals, highlighted by Grand Slam titles w/Melzer at 2010 Wimbledon (d. Lindstedt/Tecau) and 2011 US Open (d. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski) • World No. 25 Peya is 14-22 in ATP doubles finals, finishing as 2013 US Open runner-up w/Soares (l. to Paes/Stepanek)

• Huey/Mirnyi beat Guccione/Tomic 46 63 14-12 in 1R, Fyrstenberg/S. Gonzalez 75 62 in QF and [1] Cabal/Farah 46 63 10-7 in SF • Filipino and Belarusian are 8-4 as a team since debuting at 2016 Auckland • Reached Australian Open QF (d. Bopanna/Mergea, l. to Nestor/Stepanek) and Delray Beach SF (l. to Marach/Martin) • Playing in their 1st ATP World Tour final as a team • World No. 35 Huey is 6-9 in ATP finals, capturing titles in 2015 at Estoril w/Lipsky (d. M. Lopez/Marrero), St. Petersburg w/Kontinen (d. Knowle/Peya) and Kuala Lumpur w/Kontinen (d. Klaasen/R. Ram) • World No. 29 Mirnyi is 48-43 in ATP finals, highlighted by six Grand Slam men’s doubles titles • Former World No. 1 Mirnyi is seeking 1st title since 2013 Beijing w/Tecau (d. Fognini/Seppi)