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CITI OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, August 6, 2015

William H.G. FitzGerald Center, Washington D.C., USA | August 3 – 9, 2015 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,753,020| Surface: Outdoor Hard

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US OPEN FINALISTS, TOP FOUR AMERICANS FEATURED IN ROUND OF 16

 Day 4: Last year’s US Open finalists and the top four Americans are featured on Thursday at the Citi Open. In the second match on Stadium Court 2014 US Open runner-up looks to reach his 11th ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year when he faces Argentinian / No. 16 seed. . Following the No. 2 American looks for his first win in his fourth meeting with last year’s US Open champion Marin Cilic. The third match features No. 4 seed vs No. 15 in a first-time meeting. In the last match of the evening on Stadium Court, top American looks to even his head-to-head at 2-2 when he faces last year’s runner-up . On Grandstand American faces of , All together there are 11 matches (8 singles and 3 doubles).

 Top Seed Falls: With falling to in his opening match on Wednesday evening it marked the first time a top seed has lost in an opening round match in Washington since in 1993 (l. to ). It was also Murray’s first opening round loss on hard courts (non round robin) since 2012 Indian Wells (l. to Garcia-Lopez).

 US Open Finalists Eye QF: US Open champion Marin Cilic is looking to reach his 5th ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year, while finalist Kei Nishikori is looking to reach his 11th. Cilic is playing in his first tournament since reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the second straight year (l. to eventual champ Djokovic again). Cilic is also the first reigning US Open champion to play in Washington since in 2000. He is playing here for the third time and first time since reaching the semi-finals in 2010 (l. to eventual champion Nalbandian) and has a 4-2 tournament record. Nishikori is also returning to action for the first time since Wimbledon where he withdrew from the 2R due to a calf injury. Nishikori is 5-4 in Washington, reaching the quarter-finals last year.

 Americas in Top 100: Seven (in bold) of the 8 Americans in the Top 100 Emirates ATP World Rankings are playing here this week, with the top foursome of Isner, Querrey, Sock, and Johnson reaching the third round and in action on Thursday.

No. 18 John Isner No. 75 (l. to Pospisil in 2R) No. 32 Sam Querrey No. 79 (Career-high) (l.to Rola in 1R) No. 37 Jack Sock No. 80 (l. to Dolgopolov in 1R) No. 55 Steve Johnson No. 89

 Teenage Match Wins Leaders: Coric has the most match wins (19) among teenagers on the ATP World Tour this year, while Zverev has the second most (12). Here are the teenage wins leaders (ATP World Tour, only):

W L Coric, Borna CRO 19 17 Zverev, Alexander GER 12 11 Kokkinakis, Thanasi AUS 9 12 Rublev, Andrey RUS 5 7 Citi Open Day 4 – Thursday, August 6, 2015 Page 2 of 8 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Kyrgios, Nick AUS 5 4 Chung, Hyeon KOR+ 4 5 Ymer, Elias SWE 3 6 Donaldson, Jared USA 3 4 Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN++ 2 3 + Chung lost in the 2R here (l. to Cilic) ++ Nishioka lost in the 1R here (l. to Zverev)

THURSDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

Stadium Court

(16) Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs (2) Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads 2-0 13 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Kei Nishikori 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2 14 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-2 6-3

Mayer FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Nice (l Thiem); SF: Sydney (l Kukushkin); QF(2): Sao Paulo (l Souza); Nottingham (l Istomin) YTD W-L: 23-15 (6-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 15, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (3R 2015 – 1R bye)

 The 28-year-old Argentinian opened with a 76(2) 67(3) 64 win over Blaz Rola in his tournament debut on Wednesday  Has reached the QF or better four times this year on the ATP World Tour, highlighted by reaching third career ATP World Tour final at Nice (l. to Thiem). Also reached SF at Sydney (l. to Kukushkin) and QF at Sao Paulo (l. to Souza) and Nottingham (l. to Istomin)  In helped Argentina reach the Davis Cup SFs for the 10th time in the past 14 years with 4-1 win over ...Beat Krajinovic in singles and partnered Berlocq to doubles win.  In Davis Cup 1R vs Brazil won the fourth rubber versus Souza 76(4) 76(5) 57 57 15-13….It was the longest singles match in Davis Cup history at six hours and 43 minutes, and levelled the tie at 2-2 in Buenos Aires  In Grand Slam play (5-3 record), reached 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Cilic) and at Wimbledon (l. to Anderson), fell in 2R at (l. to Troicki)

Nishikori FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W (2): Memphis (d Anderson); Barcelona (d Andujar); F: Acapulco (l Ferrer); SF(3): Brisbane (l Raonic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Murray); Halle (l Seppi); QF(4): Australian Open (l Wawrinka); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Roland Garros (l Tsonga) YTD W-L: 39-9 (22-5) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 9 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 5-4 (QF 2014)

 The 25-year-old from Japan opened with a 67(8) 61 64 win over Aussie on Tuesday. He is making his 5th appearance here and his best result was QF last year (1R bye, l. to Gasquet). Has a 5-4 tournament record  Playing first match since pulling out of his 2R at Wimbledon (vs. Giraldo) due to a left calf injury. Also retired in SFs in Halle (vs. Seppi) due to same injury Citi Open Day 4 – Thursday, August 6, 2015 Page 3 of 8 www.ATPWorldTour.com

 Has reached QF or better 10 times this year, highlighted by titles in Memphis (d. Anderson) for the third straight year and defended his title at Barcelona (d. Andujar). Also reached finals at Acapulco (l. to Ferrer)  In Grand Slam play (8-2 record), reached QF at Australian Open (d. Ferrer in 4R, l. to Wawrinka) and at Roland Garros (w/o vs. Becker in 3R, l. to Tsonga), reached 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Giraldo)  Best ATP Masters 1000 result was SF at Madrid (l. to Murray), also reached QF at Miami (l. to Isner) and Rome (l. to eventual champion Djokovic)

(13) Sam Querrey (USA) vs (3) Marin Cilic (CRO) Cilic Leads 3-0 09 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Marin Cilic 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 12 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass SF Marin Cilic 6-3 3-6 6-3 12 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Marin Cilic 7-6(6) 6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(3) 17-15

Querrey FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F (2): Houston (l Sock); Nottingham (l Istomin); SF: Memphis (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: 17-16 (5-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 7, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 7-6 (SF 2012)

 The 27-year-old American opened with a 63 57 64 win over on Wednesday. He is playing here for the seventh time and has a 7-6 tournament record. His best result was SF in 2012 (l. to eventual champion Dolgopolov)  The No. 2 American (behind No. 18 Isner) reached his 14th career ATP World Tour final (7-7) at Nottingham (l. to Istomin). Also reached final at Houston (l. to Sock) in April  In February, reached SF in Memphis (l. to eventual champion Nishikori)  In Grand Slam play (1-3 record), reached 2R in Wimbledon (l. to Federer), fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Pospisil in 5-sets) and Roland Garros (l. to Coric)

Cilic FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Stuttgart (l Troicki); QF(3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (l Djokovic); Geneva (l Giraldo); Wimbledon (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: 15-10 (1-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 13 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 4-2 (SF 2010)

 The 26-year-old Croat opened with a 76(2) 63 win over Hyeon Chung on Wednesday. He is playing here for the third time and first time since reaching the SFs in 2010 (l. to eventual champion Nalbandian). Has a 4-2 tournament record  Playing in his first tournament since reaching the QF at Wimbledon for the second straight year (l. to eventual champion Djokovic)  Has reached the QFs or better four times this year. Best result was SF on grass at Stuttgart (l. to Troicki)  In Grand Slam play (7-2 record), reached QF at Wimbledon (l. to Djokovic)  Best ATP Masters 1000 result was QF at Monte Carlo (l. to eventual champion) and 4R at Roland Garros (l. to Ferrer)

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(4) Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs (15) Jack Sock (USA) First Meeting

Gasquet FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W(2): Montpellier (d Janowicz); Estoril (d Kyrgios); SF: Wimbledon (l Djokovic); QF: Doha (l Berdych); Dubai (l Federer) YTD W-L: 27-9 (11-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 13 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 4-2 (SF 2014)

 The 29-year-old Frenchman is playing here for the third time. His best result was SF last year (d. Nishikori in QF, l. to Pospisil). Opened on Wednesday night with a 57 64 64 win over Gilles Muller. Has a 4-2 tournament record  Playing his first event since falling to eventual champion Djokovic in SF at Wimbledon  Captured his 12th career ATP World Tour singles title at Estoril (d. Kyrgios), also won his third Montpellier (d. Janowicz, ret. due to illness at 03 in first set) title  On 15 June, recorded his 400th match win versus Bolelli in London-Queen's Club 1R...Became only the third Frenchman to achieve the feat in the Open Era, joining Noah (476) and Santoro (470)  In Grand Slam play (10-3 record), reached SF at Wimbledon (d. Wawrinka in QF, l. to Djokovic), reached 4R at Roland Garros (l. to Djokovic) and 3R at Australian Open (l. to Anderson)

Sock FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W: Houston (d Querrey); SF: Newport (l Karlovic) YTD W-L: 17-9 (5-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 24, 1992 Emriates ATP Ranking: 37 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-2 (2R 2013-14)

 The 22-year-old American is playing here for the third straight year. He has fallen in the 2R on both occasions – 2013 (l. to Nishikori) and 2014 (l. to eventual champion Raonic)  The American No. 3 (behind No. 18 Isner, No. 33 Querrey) has a 17-9 match record on the season with maiden title run on the clay of Houston in April (d. Querrey). He is one of three Americans to win an ATP title this year – Ram won at Newport (d. Karlovic) and Isner won at Atlanta (d. Baghdatis). Also reached SF at Newport (l. to Karlovic)  Reached first ATP Masters 1000 fourth round in Indian Wells this year (l. to Federer) and first Grand Slam fourth round in Roland Garros (l. to Nadal)  In Grand Slam play (3-2 record), reached 4R at Roland Garros (d. No.11 Dimitrov in 1R, l. to Nadal), fell in 1R at Wimbledon (l. to Groth) and did not play Australian Open  With Pospisil captured their third ATP World Tour doubles title at ATP masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Bolelli / Fognini)

(12) Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs (8) John Isner (USA) Pospisil Leads 2-1 11 Valencia (Spain) Hard R32 Vasek Pospisil 6-3 3-6 7-6(9) 13 San Jose (U.S.A.) Hard R16 John Isner 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 13 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal () Hard R64 Vasek Pospisil 5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(4)

Pospisil FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF (2): Wimbledon (l Murray); Atlanta (l Baghdatis) YTD W-L: 15-14 (10-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Citi Open Day 4 – Thursday, August 6, 2015 Page 5 of 8 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Date of Birth: June 23, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 5-1 (RUP 2014)

 The 25-year-old Canadian defeated American Donald Young 75 63 on Tuesday. Last year in his tournament debut reached the final (1R bye, d. Berdych in 3R, d. Gasquet in SF, l. to Raonic)  Last week reached QF at Atlanta (l. to Baghdatis). It was his first event since reaching first career Grand Slam singles QF at Wimbledon (l. to Murray). Had been attempting to become the third Canadian to reach a Grand Slam SF after Powell (1908 Wimbledon) and Raonic (2014 Wimbledon)  With Sock captured their third ATP World Tour team title at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Bolelli / Fognini). Saw his nine-match winning streak come to an end with Sock in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami final (l. to Bryans 10-8 in Match TB).  In Grand Slam play (6-3 record), reached QF at Wimbledon (l. to Murray), 3R and Australian Open (d. Querrey in 1R, l. to Garcia-Lopez), fell in 1R at Roland Garros (l. to Sousa)

Isner FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W: Atlanta (d Baghdatis); SF (2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic); Nice (l Thiem); QF(3): Memphis (l Querrey); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Berdych); London / Queen's Club (l Troicki) YTD W-L: 28-16 (14-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 20-7 (RUP 2007, 13)

 The 30-year-old American opened with a 63 76(5) win over Dominican Victor Estrella Burgos on Wednesday. He is a two-time finalist here – 2007 (l. to Roddick) and 2013 (l. to del Potro). He is making his 8th appearance here and has a 20-7 tournament record  Last week captured his 10th career ATP World Tour title and third in a row at Atlanta (d. Baghdatis)). With the win he became the 8th active player to achieve a three-peat on the ATP World Tour. He also became the 16th 30 and over winner on the ATP World Tour this year  The No. 1 American has a 28-16 record this year (14-7 on hard). Reached SF at ATP Masters 1000 SF at Miami (l. to eventual champion Djokovic). Also reached SF at Nice (l. to eventual champion Thiem)  Reached QF at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Berdych). He became first American to reach a clay court ATP Masters 1000 QF since Roddick at 2008 Madrid  In Grand Slam play (5-3 record), reached 3R at Australian Open (l. to Muller) and Wimbledon (l.to Cilic), fell in 2R at Roland Garros (l. to Seppi)

Grandstand 1

(7) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs (AUS) Tied 1-1 15 Houston (U.S.A.) Clay R16 Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-3 15 Stuttgart (Germany) Grass R16 Sam Groth 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

Lopez FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Quito (l Estrella Burgos); SF: Gstaad (l Thiem); QF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Murray); Houston (l Querrey) YTD W-L: 20-17 (8-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: September 20, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-3 (3R 2006-1R bye, ’15-1R bye)

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 The 33-year-old Spaniard defeated 46 75 63 in the 2R on Wednesday. He is playing here for the fourth time and has a 2-3 tournament record. His previous result was also 3R (1R bye, l. to Murray) in his tournament debut  Last week reached his second ATP World Tour SF of the year at Gstaad (l. to Thiem)  Reached 12th career ATP World Tour final at Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos)…dropped to 4-8 in finals (0-3 on clay)  In 2R his 67(5) 76(9) 67(4) loss to Isner at London / Queen’s Club, he struck 29 aces to Isner’s 36 aces for the most combined aces struck in a best-of-three sets match since the ATP World Tour began tracking aces in 1991  In Grand Slam play (4-3 record), reached 4R at Australian (l. to Raonic), 2R at Wimbledon (l to Basilashvili), fell in 1R at Roland Garros (l.to Gabashvili)  Best ATP Masters 1000 result was QF at Indian Wells (1R bye, d, Nishikori in 4R, l. to Murray)  Playing second tournament as a newlywed. On July 17, married Alba Carrillo in his hometown of Toledo, Spain. Several of the guests included , Alex Corretja, Alberto Berasategui, ,

Groth FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF(2): Brisbane (l Raonic); Stuttgart (l Troicki) YTD W-L: 16-17 (9-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 19, 1987 Emirates 2015 ATP Ranking: 62 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 3-2 (3R 2015)

 The 27-year-old Aussie opened with a 76(8) 46 63 win over on Monday. Followed with a 63 64 win over No. 9 seed on Tuesday. He is playing here for the third time (3-2 tournament record) and his previous best result was reaching the 2R as a qualifier in 2013 (l. to Raonic)  He enters with a career-high in match wins 16-17 (9-11 on hard), previous best was 10-13 last year. Has reached QFs at Brisbane (l. to Raonic) and Stuttgart (l. to Troicki)  Helped to reach the Davis Cup semi-finals for the first time since 2006 with two wins. In doubles he teamed with Lleyton Hewitt to defeat Golubev / Nedovyesov 64 76(4) 62 and then defeated 63 76(6) 46 76(6) in the fourth rubber on Sunday  In Grand Slam play (4-3 record), reached 3R at Australian Open (d. Kokkinakis in 2R in 5-sets, l. to Tomic) and Wimbledon (l. to Federer)., fell in 1R at Roland Garros (l. to Cuevas)

Steve Johnson (USA) vs (6) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) Dimitrov Leads 1-0 15 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(8) 6-2 7-6(2)

Johnson FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF(3): Auckland (l Anderson); Memphis (l Anderson); Delray Beach (l Karlovic) YTD W-L: 23-19 (15-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 5-3 (QF 2014)

 The 25-year-old American opened with a 75 63 win over Lukas Lacko on Tuesday. Followed with a 67(7) 64 62 win over No. 11 seed on Wednesday. He is playing here for the fourth consecutive year. His best result was QF last year (d. Isner in 2R, d. Karlovic in 3R, l. to eventual champion Raonic) and has a 5-3 tournament record  Has reached QF three times this year – Auckland (l. to Anderson), Memphis (l. to Anderson) and Delray Beach (l. to eventual champion Karlovic). His 22 match wins is a career-high Citi Open Day 4 – Thursday, August 6, 2015 Page 7 of 8 www.ATPWorldTour.com

 In Grand Slam play (5-3 record), reached 3R for the first time in his career at Australian Open (l. to Nishikori) and Roland Garros (l. to eventual champion Wawrinka), fell in 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Dimitrov).  Best ATP Masters 1000 results was 3R at Indian Wells (d. Granollers in 1R, d. Karlovic in 2R, l. to Berdych). Just the second time in his career reaching the 3R at an ATP Masters 1000 event (also 2014 Cincinnati)

Dimitrov FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF(2): Brisbane (l Federer); Istanbul (l Cuevas); QF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Monfils); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal) YTD W-L: 23-13 (10-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 16 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 5-2 (QF 2013)

 The 24-year-old Bulgarian defeated Argentinian qualifier 76(1) 64 is opening match on Wednesday. He is making his third visit to Washington (5-2 tournament record) and two years ago he reached the QF (l. to Haas)  Has reached the QFs or better four times this year. Highlighted by reaching the SF at Brisbane (l. to eventual champion Federer) and Istanbul (l. to Cuevas)  In Grand Slam play (5-3 record), reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to Murray), 3R at Wimbledon (l. to Gasquet) and fell in 1R at Roland Garros (l. to Sock  Best ATP Masters 1000 result was QF at Monte Carlo (d. Wawrinka in 3R, l. to Monfils) and at Madrid (d. Wawrinka in 3R, l. to Nadal)

Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) vs Ricardas Berankis (LTU) Series Tied 1-1 Other meetings; 10 Helsinki CH (Finland) Hard R32 Ricardas Berankis 6-3 6-2 14 Beijing Q (China) Hard -- Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6(3) 6-2

Gabashvili FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF: Houston (l Verdasco) YTD W-L: 10-13 (3-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 23, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 53 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-0 (3R 2015)

 The 30-year-old Russian opened with a 46 61 63 win over on Monday in his tournament debut. Followed with his 4th career win over a Top 10 opponent with a 64 46 76(4) win over top seed Andy Murray on Wednesday  Playing in his first event since falling in the 1R at Wimbledon (l. to Zverev in 5-sets)  Reached QF at Houston (l. to Verdasco). With Berankis captured his first career ATP World Tour doubles title (d. Bryans in QF, d. Huey / Lipsky)  In Grand Slam play (3-3 record), reached 4R at Roland Garros (l. to Nishikori), fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Baghdatis) and Wimbledon (l. to Zverev in 5-sets)  Has a career 4-22 record vs Top 10 opponents (1-3 in 2015). Prior to defeating No. 3 Andy Murray in 2R on Wednesday das lost 6 straight since last win was over No, 5 David Ferrer at 2014 Barcelona, also defeated No. 8 at 2010 Roland Garros and No. 7 Fernando Gonzalez at 2007 US Open

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Berankis FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF: Zagreb (l Seppi); Atlanta (l Isner) YTD W-L: 10-14 (9-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 21, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 86 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 3-3 (3R 2015)

 The 25-year-old Lithuanian opened with a 76(1) 63 win over Yen-Hsun Lu on Monday. Followed with a 63 63 win over No. 14 seed on Wednesday. His playing here for the fourth time (3-3 tournament record), previous best result was 2R in 2012 (l. to Fish)  Looking to reach 13th career ATP World Tour QF (1-11 record) and third of the year. Last week reached QF at Atlanta (l. to eventual champion Isner) and in February, reached QF at Zagreb (l. to Seppi). Lone career QF win came en route to only career ATP World Tour final at Los Angeles (d. Mahut in QF, d. Matosevic in SF, l. to Querrey)  In Grand Slam play (2-3 record), reached 2R at Australian Open (l. to Anderson) and Wimbledon (l. to Cilic), fell in 1R at Roland Garros (l. to Stakhovsky)  Captured first career ATP World Tour doubles title at Houston w/Gabashvili (d. Bryans in QF, d. Huey / Lipsky in F)  Two-weeks ago reached 9th career Challenger final at Recanati, Italy (l. to Basic). Has a career 111-68 record in Challengers (7-5 in 2015) with four titles in 9 finals

Grandstand 2

Alexander Zverev (GER) vs (UKR) First Meeting