IF STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden | October 19-25, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €537,050 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.stockholmopen.se Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @IfSthlmOpen Press Room: Facebook: facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/ifstockholmopen +46 73 4336806 SIMON SET FOR DEBUT; IN-FORM TOMIC MEETS 2009 CHAMPION BAGHDATIS DAY 3 PREVIEW: No. 3 seed Gilles Simon makes his If Stockholm Open debut on Wednesday when second-round singles play gets underway in the Swedish capital. The World No. 15 has surpassed 40 wins in a season for the fourth time in his career. Should he defeat Leonardo Mayer on Wednesday, he will improve to 42-22 in 2015. Like Simon, No. 4 seed Bernard Tomic is enjoying an exceptional year. He enters Stockholm with a career-best 39 victories on the season and a career-high ranking of No. 18. Tomic plays for his 40th win of 2015 against 2009 Stockholm champion Marcos Baghdatis. Both Simon and Tomic are attempting to end the season among the 10 winningest players on tour (see chart below). Five first-round doubles matches are also on tap Wednesday, including No. 4 seeds Jonathan Marray and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi against 2010 finalists Johan Brunström and Jarkko Nieminen, who is retiring at the end of the If Stockholm Open. On Tuesday, Nieminen was anything but lucky against lucky loser Nicolas Almagro, falling in the final singles match of his career. Almagro, who replaced fellow Spaniard Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava in the draw, earned his fifth consecutive win over Nieminen (5-1 FedEx Head 2 Head overall). 2015 ATP WORLD TOUR WINS LEADERS Rank Player W-L Titles 1 Novak Djokovic 73-5 9 2 Andy Murray 64-11 4 3 Roger Federer 53-9 5 T4 Kei Nishikori 52-13 3 T4 Rafael Nadal 52-17 3 6 Tomas Berdych 51-18 1 7 Stan Wawrinka 50-14 4 8 David Ferrer 48-12 4 T9 Kevin Anderson 42-21 1 T9 John Isner 42-22 1 11 Gilles Simon 41-22 1 12 Bernard Tomic39-24 1 Bold denotes player competing on tour this week INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: No. 3 seed Gilles Simon, who makes his Stockholm debut on Wednesday, ranks fifth among all players on the ATP World Tour in return games won this season. Coming into the week, Simon has won 30% of the return games in his 59 matches (not including Davis Cup). Please note that percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number and ties favor the player who has competed in more ATP World Tour matches this season. For Infosys ATP Scores & Stats leaderboards of all 10 categories, please visit ATPWorldTour.com. Rank Player Pct. Games Won Total Games Matches 1 David Ferrer 35 236 675 57 2 Novak Djokovic 34 329 958 77 3 Rafael Nadal 32 260 814 68 4 Andy Murray 31 276 889 69 5 Gilles Simon 30 227 754 59 If Stockholm Open Day 3 – Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: With three weeks remaining in the Emirates ATP Race to London, two spots are still up for grabs at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. The Top 8 players in the race on Nov. 9 will compete at the year-end championships. Six players have qualified so far: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych. As of Wednesday, 990 race points separate No. 8 David Ferrer from No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. In Stockholm, No. 10 Richard Gasquet could gain as many as 250 race points by winning the title. Also underway are an ATP World Tour 500 event in Vienna and an ATP World Tour 250 event in Moscow. A maximum of 1,500 race points are on the line after the If Stockholm Open at an ATP World Tour 250 event in Valencia (Oct. 26-Nov. 1); an ATP World Tour 500 event in Basel (Oct. 26-Nov. 1); and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (Nov. 2-8). Race Player Points This Week 2R QF SF F W 1 Novak Djokovic* 14,285 -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2 Andy Murray* 7,870 -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 3 Roger Federer* 6,750 -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 4 Stan Wawrinka* 6,140 -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 5 Rafael Nadal* 4,330 -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 6 Tomas Berdych* 4,280 Stockholm ------- 4,280 4,280 4,340 4,440 7 Kei Nishikori 3,945 -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 8 David Ferrer 3,490 Vienna ------- 3,535 3,625 3,745 3,945 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,500 Vienna 2,545 2,590 2,680 2,800 3,000 10 Richard Gasquet 2,445 Stockholm ------- 2,490 2,535 2,595 2,695 11 Kevin Anderson 2,385 Vienna 2,385 2,385 2,475 2,595 2,795 12 John Isner 2,315 Vienna ------- 2,315 2,405 2,525 2,725 13 Marin Cilic 2,190 Moscow ------- 2,190 2,235 2,295 2,395 14 Milos Raonic 2,170 -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 15 Gilles Simon 2,055 Stockholm ------- 2,055 2,055 2,115 2,215 16 Feliciano Lopez 1,680 -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 17 David Goffin 1,670 -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 18 Bernard Tomic 1,630 Stockholm ------- 1,630 1,675 1,735 1,835 19 Dominic Thiem 1,555 Vienna ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 20 Fabio Fognini 1,460 Vienna 1,460 1,505 1,595 1,715 1,915 * Qualified DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play John Millman (AUS) vs [8] Gilles Muller (LUX) First Meeting Millman 2015 FastFacts YTD W-L: 5-8 (4-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 14, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 76 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2015 2nd Round) • No. 5 Aussie defeated Becker 76(2) 63 in 1R on Monday • Qualified and reached 2R at Wimbledon (d. No. 19 Robredo, l. to Baghdatis in 5 sets) and Beijing (d. Robredo, l. to Isner) • Defeated Robredo for 3 of 7 tour-level wins in career (also 2013 Sydney 1R) • Started season by reaching 2R at hometown tournament in Brisbane (l. to Federer in 3 sets) • Fell in Australian Open 1R (l. to L. Mayer), Roland Garros qualifying (l. to Smith) and US Open 1R (l. to Stakhovsky) • Compiled 20-11 record on ATP Challenger Tour with back-to-back titles at Lexington, USA (d. Uchiyama) and Aptos, USA (d. Krajicek) • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 71 on Aug. 17. Was ranked No. 1,101 on Aug. 18, 2014 If Stockholm Open Day 3 – Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com Muller 2015 FastFacts SF (4): Sydney (l. to Troicki); ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Goffin); Atlanta (l. to Baghdatis); Tokyo (l. to Wawrinka); QF (5): Chennai (l. to Wawrinka); Rotterdam (l. to Wawrinka); Estoril (l. to Carreño Busta); London/Queen's Club (l. to Murray); Metz (l. to Simon) YTD W-L: 32-22 (24-16 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 9, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 37 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2015 2nd Round) • No. 1 player from Luxembourg defeated qualifier M. Zverev 63 67(2) 61 in 1R on Tuesday • Has earned a career-best 32 wins in 2015 (previous-best 22 in 2012) • Snapped a 10-match losing streak vs. Top 10 players by beating No. 10 Simon in Tokyo QF • Reached QF or better on outdoor hard (Sydney, Tokyo and Atlanta SFs; Chennai QF), indoor hard (Rotterdam and Metz QFs), clay (Estoril QF) and grass ('s-Hertogenbosch SF and London/Queen’s Club QF) • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 34 on Feb. 16 • Advanced to Australian Open 4R (d. Isner, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) -- the best finish of his career in Melbourne • Other Grand Slam results: Roland Garros 2R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic), Wimbledon 1R (l. to Tsonga) and US Open 1R (l. to Bemelmans) [4] Bernard Tomic (AUS) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) First Meeting Tomic 2015 FastFacts W: Bogota (d. Mannarino); SF: Delray Beach (l. to Young); QF (7): Brisbane (l. to Nishikori); Sydney (l. to Muller); Memphis (l. to Young); Acapulco (l. to Ferrer); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (w/o vs. Djokovic); Stuttgart (l. to Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Djokovic) YTD W-L: 39-24 (33-14 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: October 21, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 (Career-High) Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 4-3 (2014 Semi-finalist) • No. 1 Aussie reached ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai QF last week with wins over No. 8 Ferrer and No. 11 Gasquet (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Enters Stockholm at a career-high No. 18 in Emirates ATP Rankings • Won 2nd straight Bogota title and 3rd ATP World Tour title overall in July (d. Mannarino) • Has secured career-best 39 victories (previous-best 26 in 2012) • In US Open 2R, saved 2 MPs in 5-set win over countryman Hewitt (l. to Gasquet in 3R) • Other Grand Slam results: Australian Open 4R (l. to No. 7 Berdych), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Kokkinakis), Wimbledon 3R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Started season 20-6 with 1 SF (Delray Beach) and 5 QFs (Brisbane, Sydney, Memphis, Acapulco and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells) • Suffered 5-match losing streak in April-May • Has a 15-3 career record in Davis Cup singles after defeating Evans, falling to Murray in Australia's 3-2 SF loss to Great Britain • Has lost 3 times this season after holding MPs: 4 vs.