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AEGON OPEN : PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, June 19, 2016

Nottingham Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain | June 19-25, 2016 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: €648,255 | Surface: Grass

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AEGON OPEN NOTTINGHAM TALKING POINTS

 TOURNAMENT PREVIEW: The 2016 Aegon Open returns to Nottingham, boasting the second- largest grass-court field in men’s tennis behind Wimbledon. World No. 20 heads the 48-man draw, which includes 2015 champion and runner-up . Four players who’ve reached the quarter-finals or better at Wimbledon are also in action: No. 9 seed , No. 11 seed , No. 14 seed and . Keep an eye on 2011 champion and ’s-Hertogenbosch finalist Gilles Muller, who saved 10 match points to defeat and reach the Aegon Championships quarter-finals last week. Six of the Top 8 British players in the Emirates ATP Rankings will be looking to make a run in Nottingham, led by Aegon Championships quarter-finalist .

 DAY 1 PREVIEW: Four main draw singles matches will be played Sunday at the Aegon Open Nottingham. First up, 18-year-old ‘Next Generation’ star returns to the scene of his first ATP World Tour match and meets . As a 761st-ranked , Fritz debuted with a win over Pablo Carreño Busta at Nottingham in 2015. Brits Daniel Evans and will meet for the first time in the second match on Centre Court, followed by an All-Russian affair between Mikhail Youzhny and . Another Russian, , plays on Court 1 against , who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2015.

EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Aegon Open Nottingham W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 Singles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 20 10* 0 Singles Prize Money (€) €86,850 €49,430 €28,530 €16,795 €9,790 €5,950 €3,620 Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 0 ------Doubles Prize Money (€) €35,630 €18,730 €10,150 €5,800 €3,400 ------* Singles players who receive first-round byes and lose in the second round earn 0 points.

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WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEK

SINGLES

SEED PLAYER W-L BEST FINISH 1 Kevin Anderson (RSA) 1-3 2011 Round of 16 2 (URU) 1-1 2015 Round of 16 3 Joao Sousa (POR) 1-1 2015 Round of 16 4 (UKR) 7-4 2010, 2015 Semi-finalist 5 Sam Querrey (USA) 9-5 2015 Runner-up 6 (USA) 0-1 2015 Round of 64 7 Andreas Seppi (ITA) 16-7 2011 Champion 8 Gilles Muller (LUX) 0-0 2016 Debut 9 Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 5-2 2015 Semi-finalist 10 Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 0-1 2015 Round of 64 11 Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 0-2 2012 Round of 32 12 (ITA) 0-0 2016 Debut 13 (ARG) 0-0 2016 Main Draw Debut 14 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-2 2008 Runner-up 15 (KAZ) 1-4 2011 Round of 16 16 Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 0-0 2016 Debut

QUALIFIERS (4) OLDEST PLAYER YOUNGEST PLAYER TBD on Sunday Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) Taylor Fritz (USA) 35 years, 10 months 18 years, 8 months WILD CARDS (4) Liam Broady (GBR) TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN (GBR) Great Britain (6), (5), (3), (3) (GBR) (GBR)

DOUBLES

SEED TEAM W-L BEST FINISH Dodig: 0-1 Dodig: 2013 Round of 16 1 / Melo: 6-7 Melo: 2008, 2010, 2011 Semi-finalist Inglot: 5-3 Inglot: 2014 Champion 2 / Nestor: 5-4 Nestor: 1998 Runner-up Huey: 4-2 Huey: 2014 Champion 3 / Mirnyi: 4-3 Mirnyi: 2015 Semi-finalist Cabal: 0-3 Cabal: 2013, 2014, 2015 Round of 16 4 Juan Sebastian Cabal/ Farah: 0-2 Farah: 2013, 2015 Round of 16

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PAST FINALISTS

SINGLES

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2015 Denis Istomin Sam Querrey 76(1) 76(6) 2014 Feliciano Lopez 64 62 2013 Feliciano Lopez 76(2) 67(5) 60 2012 Andreas Seppi 63 62 2011 Andreas Seppi Janko Tipsarevic 76(5) 36 53 ret 2010 Michael Llodra Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 75 62 2009 63 76(5) 2008 Ivo Karlovic Fernando Verdasco 75 67(4) 76(8)

2007 Ivo Karlovic Arnaud Clement 36 64 64

2006 Richard Gasquet Jonas Bjorkman 64 63

2005 Richard Gasquet Max Mirnyi 62 63

2004 16 76(4) 63 2003 63 62 2002 Jonas Bjorkman 62 67(5) 62 2001 Thomas Johansson 75 63 2000 Sebastien Grosjean 76(7) 63 1999 Cedric Pioline 63 75 1998 Jonas Bjorkman Byron Black 63 62 1997 Greg Rusedski Karol Kucera 64 75 1996 63 76(0) 1995 76(4) 63

BOLD: Players in 2016 singles draw NOTE: Tournament held in Eastbourne 2009-14

DOUBLES

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2015 /Andre Sa Pablo Cuevas/ 62 75 2014 Treat Huey/Dominic Inglot / 75 57 10-8 2013 Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares / 36 63 10-8 2012 Colin Fleming/ / 64 63 2011 / /Andreas Seppi 63 63 2010 / Colin Fleming/Ken Skupski 63 57 10-8 2009 Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski /Filip Polasek 64 64 2008 Bruno Soares/Kevin Ullyett / 62 76(5) 2007 /Jamie Murray Josh Goodall/Ross Hutchins 46 63 10-5 2006 Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram /Dmitry Tursunov 63 62 2005 Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram / 46 63 75 2004 /Todd Woodbridge /Brian MacPhie 64 63 2003 / / 76(3) 46 76(4) 2002 Mike Bryan/ /Jared Palmer 06 76(3) 64 2001 Donald Johnson/Jared Palmer Paul Hanley/Andrew Kratzmann 64 62 2000 Donald Johnson/ /Rick Leach 16 64 63 1999 / / 57 75 63 1998 Justin Gimelstob/ Sebastien Lareau/Daniel Nestor 75 67 64 1997 Ellis Ferreira/Patrick Galbraith Danny Sapsford/ 46 76 76 1996 /Danny Sapsford /Piet Norval 67 76 64 1995 / Patrick Galbraith/ 63 57 64

BOLD: Players in 2016 Nottingham doubles draw NOTE: Tournament held in Eastbourne 2009-14 Aegon Open Nottingham Day 1 – Sunday, June 19, 2016 Page 4 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS: DAY 1 MAIN DRAW FIRST-ROUND MATCHES

Centre Court

Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) First Meeting

Mannarino 2016 FastFacts SF: Nice (l. to Thiem); QF (3): Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut); Delray Beach (l. to Dimitrov); ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Karlovic) YTD W-L: 16-14 (3-2 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 57 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2015 Round of 16)

• Tournament Note: Received 1R bye then beat Bedene 76(4) 64 before falling to Bolelli 36 64 64 in 2015 • Advanced to SF at Nice (l. to Thiem) and QFs at Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut), Delray Beach (l. to Dimitrov) and ’s- Hertogenbosch (l. to Karlovic) • Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000s in Indian Wells (d. Paire, l. to Isner) and Miami (d. Querrey, l. to Kuznetsov) • Qualified at /Queen’s Club and advanced to 2R (d. Garcia-Lopez, l. to Johnson) • Also reached doubles 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)

Fritz 2016 FastFacts F: Memphis (l. to Nishikori); QF: Acapulco (l. to Querrey) YTD W-L: 9-10 (1-2 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 28, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 63 (Career-High) Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2015 Round of 32)

• Tournament Note: In ATP World Tour debut, defeated Carreño Busta 61 64 then lost to Lopez 63 63 in 2015 • Reached 1st ATP final in 3rd tour-level event at Memphis as WC (d. Berankis in 3 sets, l. to No. 7 Nishikori) • At 18 years, 109 days, became youngest ATP finalist since Nishikori won 2008 Delray Beach (18 years, 50 days) • Also youngest American in an ATP final since 17-year-old Chang won 1989 Wembley • Advanced to 2nd ATP QF at Acapulco as Q (d. Chardy and Estrella Burgos, l. to Querrey) • Youngest player in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings, rising to career-high No. 63 on June 13 • Saved 1 MP to beat Martin in Stuttgart 1R before falling to No. 3 Federer in 3 sets • Rallied from 04 down in 3rd to beat M. Zverev and qualify for 1st major at Australian Open (l. to Sock in 1R) • Started season by capturing 3rd ATP Challenger Tour title at Happy Valley, AUS (d. Sela)

Daniel Evans (GBR) vs [WC] Liam Broady (GBR) First Meeting

Evans 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 0-3 (0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 23, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 92 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (2011, 2014 Round of 32)

• Tournament Note: Lost in qualifying 2007-09 before receiving WCs in 2011 (l. to Dimitrov) and 2014 (l. to Kamke) • Qualified at Aus. Open (l. to Lopez), fell to No. 6 Nishikori in and lost to Mathieu at London/Queen’s Club • Achieved career-high No. 86 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 9 • Won Challenger singles titles at Drummondville, CAN (d. Corrie) and Taipei, TPE (d. Berankis and Kravchuk) • Also reached Challenger finals at Dallas, USA (d. Ito, l. to Edmund) and Busan, KOR (d. Millman, l. to Kravchuk) • Advanced to Challenger doubles final at Drummondville, CAN w/Glasspool (l. to Cerretani/Schnur) Aegon Open Nottingham Day 1 – Sunday, June 19, 2016 Page 5 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Broady 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 4, 1994 Emirates ATP Ranking: 234 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (2016 Main Draw Debut)

• Tournament Note: Seeking 2nd win of career after rallying from 2 sets down to beat Matosevic at 2015 Wimbledon • Played exclusively on ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Circuit in 2016 until Nottingham • Advanced to Taipei, TPE Challenger SF (l. to Kravchuk) and Busan, KOR Challenger QF (l. to Millman) • Won 7th Futures title of career at , GBR (d. Bossel)

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) Gabashvili Leads 2-1 07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Mikhail Youzhny 3-6 6-3 6-3 08 (Russia) Hard R32 Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-5 4-6 7-6(1) 09 () Hard R32 Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3 6-4

Youzhny 2016 FastFacts QF: Stuttgart (l. to Thiem) YTD W-L: 5-7 (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 70 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-3 (2001 Round of 16)

• Tournament Note: Reached 2R in tournament debut 15 years ago (l. to Ferreira) and lost 1R in 2003 and 2009 • Reached 1st ATP QF since 2015 Zagreb at Stuttgart (d. Lopez and Stakhovsky, l. to Thiem 75 in 3rd) • Won 30 of 32 sets to sweep 3 consecutive ATP Challenger Tour titles in January • Captured 2 titles in , THA (d. Soeda and Pavlasek), followed by title at Manila, PHI (d. Chiudinelli) • Advanced to 2R at Indian Wells (w/o vs. Bautista Agut), Miami (l. to Paire) and (l. to Fognini) • Qualified at Dubai before losing to Jaziri in 1R • Illness forced walkover vs. Bautista Agut in Indian Wells 2R and retirement vs. Bellucci in 1R

Gabashvili 2016 FastFacts SF: Sydney (l. to Troicki) YTD W-L: 11-17 (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 23, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 95 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2007 Round of 16)

• Tournament Note: Reached 2R in tournament debut 9 years ago (l. to Clement) and lost 1R in 2009 • Snapped 0-16 start to career in ATP World Tour QFs by reaching Sydney SF (d. Tomic, l. to Troicki) • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 3rd time (d. Young and Paire, l. to Isner in 5 sets) • Saved 3 MPs to upset defending champion Simon in Marseille 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R) • Also saved 2 MPs to defeat Almagro in Barcelona 1R (l. to Paire in 2R) • Achieved career-high No. 43 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 1 • Defeated Windahl and Arvidsson to help Russia sweep Sweden 5-0 in Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Court 1

Denis Kudla (USA) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) First ATP Meeting Other Meeting: 11 US Open Q (U.S.A.) Hard 2R Denis Kudla 1-6 6-3 7-6(5)

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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: REMAINING FIRST-ROUND MATCHES

[PR] (FRA) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO) Dodig Leads 1-0 13 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Ivan Dodig 6-4 6-2

Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs (USA) First ATP Meeting Other Meetings: 14 Memphis Q (U.S.A.) Hard 3R Rajeev Ram 6-3 6-7(1) 6-4 14 Morelos CH (Mexico) Hard SF Victor Estrella Burgos 6-4 7-6(4)

Denis Istomin (UZB) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) First Meeting

Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs (AUS) First Meeting

Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs (GER) First Meeting

Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [WC] James Ward (GBR) Ward Leads 1-0 11 Davis Cup Group II 1R (Great Britain) Hard RR James Ward 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 8-6

Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE) First Meeting

Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs Kyle Edmund (GBR) Edmund Leads 1-0 16 Bucharest (Romania) Clay R32 Kyle Edmund 7-6(4) 7-6(5)