VTB KREMLIN CUP: 21 OCTOBER MEDIA NOTES Olympic Stadium | Moscow, Russia | 15-21 October 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $856,445 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com KremlinCup.ru Brendan Gilson: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @TennisRussia Press Officer: [email protected] Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @KremlinCup TV & Radio: TennisTV.com SINGLES FINAL Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [3/WC] Karen Khachanov (RUS) Khachanov Leads 2-0 16 Chengdu (China) Hard R16 Karen Khachanov 3-6 6-3 6-1 17 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Karen Khachanov 6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 6-3 Other Meeting 15 Mouilleron Le Captif CH (France) Hard QF Adrian Mannarino 2-6 6-2 7-5 Mannarino 2018 Summary | 30 years old | World No. 49 | 25-27 in 2018 (Antalya Final) | 6-2 in Moscow (2018 Final) • Frenchman has made second final of season, and seeks 1st ATP World Tour singles title in 6th career final (0-5). • No. 2 in service games won this week (94%, 44 of 47 held), only behind final opponent Khachanov. • Advanced to 2nd straight Antalya final, but fell to 0-5 in ATP World Tour championship matches (l. to Dzumhur). • Reached QF-or-better at 6 events, including run to New York SF (l. to Querrey in 3 sets). • Appeared in Australian Open 3R for 1st time (l. to Thiem) and Wimbledon 4R for 3rd time (l. to Federer). • Suffered 6-match losing streaks from 26 April through 18 June and 15 August through 14 October. • Achieved career-high No. 22 in ATP Rankings on 19 March. Khachanov 2018 Summary | 22 yrs old | World No. 26 | 38-21 in 2018 (Marseille Title) | 5-3 in Moscow (2018 Final) • No. 2 Russian def. No. 1 Russian Medvedev in 3-set semi-final to reach third career ATP final (2-0 record in finals). • Leads event in service games won (35 of 36, 97%) and break pts. saved (12 of 13, 92%), and tied-1st in aces (34). • Captured 2nd ATP title at Marseille (d. Berdych and Pouille). Lost rematch to Pouille 3 days later in Dubai 2R. • Equaled career-best win over No. 9 Isner en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Toronto (l. to No. 1 Nadal). • Earned 5-set wins over Baghdatis and Tiafoe to advance to Wimbledon 4R (l. to Djokovic). • Reached Roland Garros 4R for 2nd straight year (d. Pouille, l. to A. Zverev after leading 2 sets to 1). • Lost in 4 sets to No. 1 Nadal in US Open 3R after 4 hours, 23 minutes. • Advanced to QFs at Auckland (l. to Del Potro), Montpellier (l. to Goffin) and Halle (l. to Bautista Agut). • Achieved career-high No. 24 in ATP Rankings on 17 September. Ranked as low as No. 49 on 29 January. • Played in 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at ATP Masters 1000 Miami w/Rublev (l. to Bryan/Bryan). INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS VTB Kremlin Cup Adrian Mannarino [3/WC] Karen Khachanov Aces 28 34 1st-Serve Percentage 64% (186 of 291) 72% (163 of 226) 1st-Serve Points Won 78% (146 of 186) 79% (129 of 163) 2nd-Serve Points Won 58% (61 of 105) 57% (36 of 63) Service Games Won 94% (44 of 47) 97% (35 of 36) Break Points Saved 73% (8 of 11) 92% (12 of 13) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 29% (60 of 206) 31% (41 of 134) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 51% (55 of 108) 49% (42 of 85) Return Games Won 20% (9 of 46) 24% (8 of 34) Break Points Converted 30% (9 of 30) 57% (8 of 14) BOLD: Leads all players at VTB Kremlin Cup. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. VTB Kremlin Cup 21 October Media Notes Page 2 of 2 www.ATPWorldTour.com 11 First-Time ATP Champions in 2018: Players trying to win their first ATP World Tour title are 11-17 in 2018 finals. Adrian Mannarino is attempting to join this list: Age Tournament Daniil Medvedev 21 Sydney Roberto Carballes Baena 24 Quito Mirza Basic 26 Sofia Frances Tiafoe 20 Delray Beach Marco Cecchinato 25 Budapest Taro Daniel 25 Istanbul Marton Fucsovics 26 Geneva Mischa Zverev 30 Eastbourne Matteo Berrettini 22 Gstaad Nikoloz Basilashvili 26 Hamburg Yoshihito Nishioka 23 Shenzhen DOUBLES FINAL [3] Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) vs First Meeting [2] Austin Krajicek (USA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) • Defending champions Mirnyi and Oswald are 34-22 as a team (25-19 this year). They won their first title together in Moscow last year, and added 2 titles this year, at Houston and New York Open. Former World No. 1 Mirnyi (No. 52 currently) has won 52 career doubles titles and reached 45 additional finals. World No. 47 Oswald (career-high No. 37) has won 8 career doubles titles and made 4 other finals. • Mirnyi is a 5-time Moscow champion, going undefeated in Moscow doubles finals, with 5 different partners (also 2001 w/Stolle, 2002 w/Federer, 2003 w/Bhupathi, and 2005 w/Youzhny). • Krajicek and Ram are playing just their 2nd Tour-level event together (also 2015 Newport, reached SF). World No. 56 Krajicek (career-high No. 53) seeks his 1st ATP World Tour title in his 4th doubles final (3rd this year). World No. 39 Ram (career-high No. 11) has won 15 career doubles titles (including Munich this year, w/Dodig) and has reached 12 other finals. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. VTB KREMLIN CUP: 20 OCTOBER MEDIA NOTES Olympic Stadium | Moscow, Russia | 15-21 October 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $856,445 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com KremlinCup.ru Brendan Gilson: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @TennisRussia Press Officer: [email protected] Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @KremlinCup TV & Radio: TennisTV.com SINGLES SEMI-FINALS Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA) Seppi Leads 4-3 All previous seven matches have been in straight sets…The Italian won the last meeting 64 64 last week in 1R at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai…He is 2-1 on hard courts although the Frenchman won the only previous indoor hard court meeting in 2008 Metz in their first encounter. Mannarino 2018 Summary | 30 years old | World No. 49 | 24-27 in 2018 (Antalya Final) | 5-2 in Moscow(2017-18 SF) • Frenchman is appearing in third semi-final of season and trying to reach sixth career ATP World Tour final (0-5). • This week leads tournament in 2nd serve pts. won (61%) and No. 2 in service games won (94%, 33 of 35 held). • Advanced to 2nd straight Antalya final, but fell to 0-5 in ATP World Tour championship matches (l. to Dzumhur). • Reached QF-or-better at 6 events, including run to New York SF (l. to Querrey in 3 sets). • Appeared in Australian Open 3R for 1st time (l. to Thiem) and Wimbledon 4R for 3rd time (l. to Federer). Seppi 2018 Summary | 34 years old | World No. 46 | 23-21 in 2018 (3 SFs) | 14-4 in Moscow (2012 Champion) • Italian No. 3 is appearing in third SF of season (0-2) and third in Moscow (1-1), first since 2013. Trying to reach ninth career ATP World Tour final (3-5), first since 2015 Halle (l. to Federer). Last title came in 2012 Moscow (d. Bellucci). • This week has won all six sets (four in tie-breaks) and has broken opponents a tournament-high 11 times (11 of 33). • Advanced to SFs at Rotterdam as LL (d. A. Zverev in 2R, l. to Federer) and Budapest (l. to Cecchinato). • Also advanced to QFs at Geneva (l. to Gojowczyk) and Halle (l. to Coric). • Reached Australian Open 4R for 4th time (d. Karlovic 9-7 in 5th, l. to Edmund). Fell to 0-6 in Grand Slam 4R overall. [3/WC] Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs [2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) Medvedev Leads 1-0 This is first time since 2008 there are two Russians in the Moscow SFs…That year Kunitsyn beat Safin in the final… The last Russian winner in Moscow was Youzhny in 2009…The only previous pro meeting between top two Russians came in last year’s inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Medvedev won 2-4 4-3(6) 4-3(3) 4-2 in round robin play. Khachanov 2018 Summary | 22 years old | World No. 26 | 37-21 in 2018 (Marseille Title) | 4-3 in Moscow (2018 SF) • No. 2 Russian is appearing in his third SF of season (1-1) and trying to reach third career ATP final (2-0). • Leads in service games won (20 of 21, 95%), break pts. saved (12 of 13, 92%), No. 2 in aces (26), 1st serve pts. won (80%) • Captured 2nd ATP title at Marseille (d. Berdych and Pouille). Lost rematch to Pouille 3 days later in Dubai 2R. • Equaled career-best win over No. 9 Isner en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Toronto (l. to No. 1 Nadal). • Reached 4R at Roland Garros (d. Pouille, l. to A. Zverev in 5 sets) and Wimbledon (l. to Djokovic). • Achieved career-high No. 24 in ATP Rankings on 17 September. Ranked as low as No. 49 on 29 January. Medvedev 2018 Summary | 22 years old | Career-High No. 21 | 39-21 in 2018 (3 Titles) | 6-2 in Moscow (2018 SF) • Top Russian is 3-0 in SF matches in 2018 and each time he went on to win the title (on three different continents).