BNP PARIBAS OPEN: 17 MARCH MEDIA NOTES Indian Wells Tennis Garden | Indian Wells, CA, USA | 7-17 March 2019 Draw: S-96, D-32 | Prize Money: $8,359,455 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com BNPParibasOpen.com Edward La Cava: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour @BNPParibasOpen Matt Van Tuinen: [email protected] (Press Officer) Facebook: @ATPTour @BNPParibasOpen TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDERER AIMS FOR 28TH ATP MASTERS 1000 TITLE, THIEM SEEKS FIRST • Five-time Indian Wells champion Roger Federer and first-time Indian Wells finalist Dominic Thiem face off for the first ATP Masters 1000 title of the 2019 season in the BNP Paribas Open singles final on Sunday. Federer and Thiem have evenly split their four previous meetings, but Federer has won both of their clashes on hard courts without dropping a set, including their most recent encounter during the round-robin portion of last year’s Nitto ATP Finals. • No. 4 seed Federer moved into his ninth Indian Wells final after longtime rival Rafael Nadal had to withdraw prior to their semi-final tilt due to severe right knee pain. Federer still added four match victories this fortnight to his commanding win-loss record at Indian Wells, which now stands at 66-12. The Swiss maestro dropped serve only once during his run to the final, and he leads the entire field in percentage of break points saved, fending off 15 of the 16 break points he faced. Having completed his quest to obtain his 100th career singles title two weeks ago in Dubai, Federer now aims for his 28th ATP Masters 1000 title, which would also make him the first player to earn two singles titles in 2019. • Meanwhile, No. 7 seed Thiem is seeking a first-ever ATP Masters 1000 title, having two finalist showings at Madrid in the last two seasons as his best prior results at this level. Like Federer, Thiem has been excellent at protecting his serve throughout this event, being broken just twice out of his 46 service games. The Austrian did not lose serve during his semi-final victory over 2016 Indian Wells finalist Milos Raonic, and faced only a single break point in that match (in the final game). Thiem’s run kickstarts his year after coming into Indian Wells with a 3-4 win-loss record on the season. INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS BNP Paribas Open [7] Dominic Thiem [4] Roger Federer Aces 13 16 1st-Serve Percentage 72% (199 of 276) 61% (141 of 232) 1st-Serve Points Won 79% (157 of 199) 82% (115 of 141) 2nd-Serve Points Won 60% (46 of 77) 59% (54 of 91) Service Games Won 96% (44 of 46) 97% (38 of 39) Break Points Saved 82% (9 of 11) 94% (15 of 16) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 30% (51 of 170) 36% (50 of 140) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 48% (56 of 115) 51% (47 of 93) Return Games Won 24% (11 of 45) 31% (11 of 36) Break Points Converted 52% (11 of 21) 37% (11 of 30) BOLD: Leads all players at BNP Paribas Open. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. BNP Paribas Open Day 11 – Sunday, 17 March 2019 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPTour.com • ATP MASTERS 1000 CHAMPIONS: This season marks the 30th year of ATP Masters 1000 tennis. 66 ATP Masters 1000 champions have been crowned in 261 events since the series began in 1990. PLAYER # PLAYER # PLAYER # Rafael Nadal 33 Andrei Chesnokov 2 Tommy Haas 1 Novak Djokovic 32 Guillermo Coria 2 Tim Henman 1 Roger Federer 27 Alex Corretja 2 John Isner 1 Andre Agassi 17 Wayne Ferreira 2 Thomas Johansson 1 Andy Murray 14 Guy Forget 2 Karen Khachanov 1 Pete Sampras 11 Lleyton Hewitt 2 Petr Korda 1 Thomas Muster 8 Goran Ivanisevic 2 Ivan Ljubicic 1 Michael Chang 7 Richard Krajicek 2 Felix Mantilla 1 Boris Becker 5 David Nalbandian 2 Magnus Norman 1 Jim Courier 5 Patrick Rafter 2 Karel Novacek 1 Gustavo Kuerten 5 Michael Stich 2 Andrei Pavel 1 Marcelo Rios 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 Mikael Pernfors 1 Andy Roddick 5 Juan Aguilera 1 Mark Philippoussis 1 Marat Safin 5 Tomas Berdych 1 Cedric Pioline 1 Stefan Edberg 4 Guillermo Canas 1 Albert Portas 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 4 Roberto Carretero 1 Tommy Robredo 1 Andrei Medvedev 4 Marin Cilic 1 Greg Rusedski 1 Nikolay Davydenko 3 Albert Costa 1 Emilio Sanchez 1 Thomas Enqvist 3 Juan Martin del Potro 1 Jack Sock 1 Carlos Moya 3 Grigor Dimitrov 1 Robin Soderling 1 Alexander Zverev 3 David Ferrer 1 Stan Wawrinka 1 Sergi Bruguera 2 Sebastien Grosjean 1 Chris Woodruff 1 • 2019 SINGLES TITLISTS: Dominic Thiem is aiming to become the 19th different singles champion of 19 tour-level events thus far in 2019. That would extend the record already set in 2019 for most tour-level events with different champions to begin a season since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990. Roger Federer (2019 Dubai champion) would end the streak at 18 with a victory in the final. PLAYER EVENT Roberto Bautista Agut Doha Kei Nishikori Brisbane Kevin Anderson Pune Alex de Minaur Sydney (1st career singles title) Tennys Sandgren Auckland (1st career singles title) Novak Djokovic Australian Open Juan Ignacio Londero Cordoba (1st career singles title) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Montpellier Daniil Medvedev Sofia Gael Monfils Rotterdam Reilly Opelka New York (1st career singles title) Marco Cecchinato Buenos Aires Laslo Djere Rio de Janeiro (1st career singles title) Stefanos Tsitsipas Marseille Radu Albot Delray Beach (1st career singles title) Roger Federer Dubai Nick Kyrgios Acapulco Guido Pella Sao Paulo (1st career singles title) For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. BNP Paribas Open Day 11 – Sunday, 17 March 2019 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPTour.com • FIRST-EVER MASTERS: Dominic Thiem is bidding to become the seventh player to win his first ATP Masters 1000 title over the last 15 series events. The other six are Alexander Zverev (2017 Rome), Grigor Dimitrov (2017 Cincinnati), Jack Sock (2017 Paris), Juan Martin del Potro (2018 Indian Wells), John Isner (2018 Miami) and Karen Khachanov (2018 Paris). In the 86 ATP Masters 1000 events prior to 2017 Rome, seven players won their first ATP Masters 1000 title: Andy Murray (2008 Cincinnati), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2008 Paris), Ivan Ljubicic (2010 Indian Wells), Robin Soderling (2010 Paris), David Ferrer (2012 Paris), Stan Wawrinka (2014 Monte-Carlo) and Marin Cilic (2016 Cincinnati). During the stretch from 2007 Paris through 2017 Madrid, Novak Djokovic (28), Rafael Nadal (21), Andy Murray (14) and Roger Federer (12) combined to capture 75 of the 86 ATP Masters 1000 titles (87.2%). FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SINGLES FINAL [7] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs [4] Roger Federer (SUI) Series Tied 2-2 16 Brisbane (Australia) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-1 6-4 16 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem 7-6(2) 6-4 16 Stuttgart (Germany) Grass SF Dominic Thiem 3-6 7-6(7) 6-4 18 Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Roger Federer 6-2 6-3 Thiem 2019 Summary | Age: 25 | World No. 8 | 7-4 in 2019 (Buenos Aires SF) | 12-5 at Indian Wells (2019 Final) • Tournament Notes: After 1R bye, def. Thompson 64 75 in 2R, [27] Simon 63 61 in 3R, and Karlovic 64 63 in 4R. Received walkover from [18] Monfils in QF (Achilles injury) to advance to first-ever Indian Wells SF. In SF, def. [13] Raonic 76 67 64 without dropping serve (faced and saved 1 break point, which came in final game of match). Held serve in 44 out of 46 service games (96%) in the tournament overall. • Career record in finals: 11-7 (0-2 in ATP Masters 1000 finals). • Advanced to Buenos Aires SF as 2-time champion (l. to Schwartzman in 3rd-set TB after holding 1 MP). • Defeated Paire in 5 sets to reach Australian Open 2R (ret. vs. Popyrin due to illness). • Reached 2nd ATP Tour doubles final at Buenos Aires w/Schwartzman (l. to M. Gonzalez/Zeballos). • Withdrew from Cordoba due to illness. Thiem in ATP Masters 1000 finals (0-2): 2017 Madrid – lost to Rafael Nadal 76 64 2018 Madrid – lost to Alexander Zverev 64 64 Federer 2019 Summary | Age: 37 | World No. 4 | 12-1 in 2019 (Dubai Title) | 66-12 at Indian Wells (5-time Champion) • Tournament Notes: Following bye in 1R, def. Gojowczyk 61 75 in 2R, Wawrinka 63 64 in 3R, [22] Edmund 61 64 in 4R, and Hurkacz 64 64 in QF. Scheduled to play [2] Nadal in SF for their 39th meeting, before receiving walkover (Nadal knee injury) to advance to 9th Indian Wells final without dropping a set during the event. Leads entire tournament field in break points saved (15 of 16, 94%) and has held serve in 38 out of 39 service games (97%). • Career record in finals: 100-52 (27-21 in ATP Masters 1000 finals). Has not won an ATP Masters 1000 event since 2017 Shanghai (0-2 in ATP Masters 1000 finals in 2018). • Currently on 9-match winning streak since 4R loss to Tsitsipas at Australian Open. • Captured 8th Dubai and 100th overall title (d. Tsitsipas). Trails only Connors’ 109 titles in Open Era. • At age 37, became oldest player on record to win a tour-level title since Riessen, 37, at 1979 Lafayette. • Win over Tsitsipas marked 1st title of career as World No.