AEGON OPEN NOTTINGHAM: DAY 2 NOTES Monday, June 22, 2015 Nottingham, England | June 21 – 27, 2015 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: €644,065 | Surface: Grass ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.lta.org.uk Thomas Troxler: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @BritishTennis #aegonopen #nottingham Press Room: +44 333 011 1030 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/britishtennislta BRITISH TRIO EDMUND, WARD, BEDENE IN ACTION DAY 2 PREVIEW: There are nine first round and two second round singles matches on Monday’s schedule at the Aegon Open Nottingham. In the opening match on Centre Court, Malek Jaziri of Tunisia takes on British No. 3 Kyle Edmund. In the next match on, big-serving Aussie Sam Groth takes on German qualifier Mischa Zverev. In the third match on, British wild card James Ward plays American Tim Smyczek for the first time. Ward reached the quarter-finals here in 2010. In the final match on, German teenager Alexander Zverev squares off with No. 13 seed Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in the second round. On Court 1, No. 4 Leonardo Mayer of Argentina is the highest seed in action against Korean teenager Hyeon Chung in the other second round match. TEENAGERS IN ACTION – Two of the three teenagers in the main draw won 1R matches on Sunday as Alexander Zverev (18) of Germany and Hyeon Chung (19) of Korea advanced in straight sets. Both are in 2R play on Monday along with American Taylor Harry Fritz (17), who is the No. 1 junior in the world after reaching the Roland Garros boys’ final two weeks ago. Fritz, who is making his main draw debut on the ATP World Tour, takes on Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta in the final match on Court 1. Fritz is No. 761 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. There are four teenagers in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings: Player Rank Age Alexander Zverev GER 76 (C-H) 18 Years, 2 Months Borna Coric CRO 39 (C-H) 18 Years, 7 Months Hyeon Chung KOR 78 19 Years, 1 Month Thanasi Kokkinakis AUS 69 (C-H) 19 Years 2 Months C-H (Career-high) TEENAGE MATCH WINNERS – Zverev and Chung are among the list of teenagers to win multiple ATP World Tour/Grand Slam matches this season. They both won 1R matches on Sunday Player Win Loss Total Borna Coric 16 15 31 Thanasi Kokkinakis 9 11 19 Alexander Zverev 5 7 12 Andrey Rublev 5 5 10 Nick Kyrgios (now 20) 5 4 9 Elias Ymer 3 5 8 Hyeon Chung 3 2 5 Yoshihito Nishioka 2 2 4 Aegon Open Nottingham Day 2 – Monday, June 22, 2015 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com BRITISH DEBUT: Aljaz Bedene is playing in his first British ATP World Tour tournament since becoming a British citizen in March. The 25-year-old Slovenian-born is British No. 2 ranked No. 74, just three spots off his career-high Feb. 25, ‘13. Bedene opens against Argentine Diego Schwartzman in the first match on Court 1. DAY 2 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court CENTRE COURT Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs (WC) Kyle Edmund (GBR) First Meeting Jaziri FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 4-11 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 20, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 83 Tournament W-L (Best Result): Debut Jaziri, 31, is playing in Nottingham for the first time Top player from Tunisia comes in with a 4-11 match record on the ATP World Tour and 5-4 in Challengers. Reached a career-high No. 65 in Emirates ATP Rankings on Feb. 2 (83 this week) His best result was the 3R at the Australian Open in January (d. Kukushkin, Roger-Vasselin, l. to Kyrgios). Also 2R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Ito, l. to Simon) and Bucharest (d. F. Mayer, l. to Vesely) Best Challenger showing was SF at Aix en Provence last month (l. to Haase) Edmund FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 1-2 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 8, 1995 Emirates ATP Ranking: 101 (Career-high) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2R – 2013) Edmund, 20, is playing in the tournament for the third straight year. Two years ago reached 2R (d. De Schepper, l. to Simon) and 1R last year (l. to. Querrey) British No. 3 comes in ranked a career-high No. 101 and he is playing in fourth ATP World Tour level tournament of the season. Qualified at Australian Open (l. to Johnson in 1R) , lost in 1R as wild card at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Haase) and qualified at Roland Garros (d. Robert in five sets, W/O vs . Kyrgios due to stomach muscle injury) Has compiled a 19-7 match record in Challengers, winning Hong Kong in February (d. Ito), reaching SFs in Irving as a qualifier (l. to Bedene) in March and in Le Gosier in April (l. to Roger-Vasselin). In three week span from late April-mid May, reached three straight QFs in Italy: Vercelli, Turin & Rome Sam Groth (AUS) vs (Q) Mischa Zverev (GER) First Meeting Groth FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF(2): Brisbane (l Raonic); Stuttgart (l Troicki) YTD W-L: 8-13 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 19, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 68 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2R – 2008) Aegon Open Nottingham Day 2 – Monday, June 22, 2015 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com Groth, 27, is playing in Nottingham for the second time, the first since 2008 when he qualified (ranked No. 308) and beat Jamie Baker (l. to Simon in three sets) The big-serving Aussie comes in with an 8-13 match record on the season and his best results are quarter-finals in the opening week in Brisbane (l. to Raonic) and in Stuttgart two weeks ago (d. Stakhovsky, Lopez, l. to Troicki) Has played well in Challengers with an 11-2 match record, winning title in Manchester (d. Saville) earlier this month (d. countryman Saville). Also won title in Taipei in May (d. Kravchuk) Zverev FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: QF: Stuttgart (l Cilic) YTD W-L: 3-3 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 22, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 356 Tournament W-L (Best Result): Debut Zverev, 27, qualified into the main draw by winning three matches and he is making his debut here Has qualified for second straight ATP World Tour tournament. Two weeks ago in Stuttgart reached the quarter-finals with wins over No. 7 seed Dominic Thiem and Andreas Seppi (l. to CIlic) Has a 3-3 match record on the ATP World Tour this season. Also qualified in Munich last month (d. Struff, l. to Murray). Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells in March (l. to Mannarino) when he was ranked No. 1,067. Has climbed to No. 356 this week Has compiled a 101-91 career record in Challengers (4-6 in finals) and reached a career-high No. 45 on June 8, 2009 (WC) James Ward (GBR) vs Tim Smyczek (USA) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 09 Savannah CH (U.S.A.) Clay R32 James Ward 6-2 6-4 11 Nottingham CH (Great Britain) Grass R32 James Ward 5-7 6-4 7-6(6) Ward FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 2-6 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 9, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 110 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 3-7 (QF – 2010) Ward, 28, is appearing in the tournament for the eighth straight year (3-7 record) and his best result was QFs in 2010 (d. Lopez, Schuettler, l. to Dolgopolov). Also reached 2R in ’09 (d. Crivoi, l. to Dancevic). Has lost in 1R last four years (l. to Young last year) British No. 4 comes in with a 2-6 match record on the season and won his lone match on ATP World Tour in Zagreb in February (d. Veic, l. to Seppi). Following month helped his country to Davis Cup 1R win over the U.S., beating top American No. 20 John Isner 15-13 in fifth set in second match During grass court circuit, QF at Manchester Challenger (l. to Groth), 1R at Surbiton Challenger (l. to Klein) and 1R at Queen’s Club last week (l. to Raonic in three sets) Smyczek FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 4-7 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: December 30, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 72 Tournament W-L (Best Result): Debut Aegon Open Nottingham Day 2 – Monday, June 22, 2015 Page 4 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com Smyczek, 27, is making his Nottingham debut and one of five Americans in the main draw Comes in with a 4-7 match record on the ATP World Tour and 11-3 in Challengers this season. Reached a career-high No. 68 on April 6 (No. 72 this week) Qualified at Australian Open (d. Saville, l. to No. 3 Nadal 7-5 in fifth set) and also 2R in Delray Beach (l. to Dolgpolov) and at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (d. Becker, l. to Kohlschreiber) and Miami (d. Menendez-Maceiras, l. to Tsonga in three sets) Won Challenger title in Dallas (d. R. Ram) in February and runner-up in Irving following month (l. to Bedene). On clay, advanced to QFs in Savannah (Q) Alexander Zverev (GER) vs (13) Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) First Meeting Zverev FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 5-7 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 76 (Career-high) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2R – 2015) Zverev, 18, made his Nottingham debut on Sunday, defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 60 62 Comes in a career-high No.