GENERALI OPEN - KITZBÜHEL: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, July 21, 2016 Kitzbühel Tennis Club, Kitzbühel, Austria | July 18-23, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €520,070 Surface: Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.generaliopen.com Florent Girod, [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Facebook: Generali Open Kitzbühel Press Room: +43 5356 6432011 Facebook: facebook.com/ATPWorldTour MELZER BROTHERS COLLIDE IN QUARTER-FINALS ON THURSDAY DAY 4 PREVIEW: The Melzer brothers collide on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Generali Open- Kitzbühel. Seven of the eight quarter-finalists have never won an ATP World Tour title. The first quarter- final of the day is a first-time meeting between No. 6 seed Dusan Lajovic and Karen Khachanov. Following is No. 4 seed Paolo Lorenzi and No. 8 Jan-Lennard Struff, who also meet for the first time. The 35-year-old Jurgen Melzer’s opponent in the third quarter-final on Center Court will be his little brother Gerald Melzer. The brothers have played once before, with Jurgen coming out on top in the first round of qualifying at Wimbledon last year. The elder brother is appearing in his first ATP World Tour quarter-final since reaching the semi-finals at 2014 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to eventual champion Bautista Agut). The younger brother is appearing in his second career ATP World Tour quarter-final, the first since reaching his maiden semi-final last year at Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber). On Grandstand, Nikoloz Basilashvili and Adam Pavlasek, who are meeting for the first time, are both appearing in their first career ATP World Tour quarter-final. BROTHERS COLLIDE: Here are the main draw brother match-ups in ATP World Tour tournaments since 1976: Emilio & Javier Sanchez Emilio leads 10-2 Tim & Tom Gullikson Tied 2-2 Gene & Sandy Mayer Gene leads 3-0 John & Patrick McEnroe John leads 3-0 Ashok & Vijay Amritraj Tied 1-1 Chris & Tim Mayotte Tim leads 2-0 Christophe & Olivier Rochus Olivier leads 2-0 Vijay & Anand Amritraj Vijay leads 1-0 Heinz & Markus Gunthardt Heinz leads 1-0 Byron & Wayne Black Wayne leads 1-0 Hans & Stefan Simonsson Stefan leads 1-0 Jeff & Russell Simpson Russell leads 1-0 DAY FOUR FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: In Order of Play by Court Center Court [6] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS) First Meeting Lajovic 2016 FastFacts: SF: Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); QF: Buenos Aires (l Thiem) YTD W-L: 12-14 (10-8 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 30, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 83 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 4-1 (QF 2015-16) Generali Open - Kitzbühel Day 4 – Thursday, July 21, 2016 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Tournament Note: The 26-year-old Serb opened with a 76(7) 61 win over Rogerio Dutra Silva on Tuesday and followed with a 64 64 win over Mischa Zverev on Wednesday to reach the QF for the 2nd year in a row. Last year in tournament main draw debut fell to Nicolas Almagro in QF • Appearing in 10th career ATP World Tour QF (1-8 record) • Reached 1st ATP World Tour SF by beating Elias at São Paulo, improving to 1-8 lifetime in QFs • Also defeated 2015 finalist Vanni and No. 1 seed Paire en route to SF (l. to eventual champion Cuevas) • Saved 1 MP to defeat Isner 76(10) 46 76(6) in Buenos Aires 2R (l. to eventual champion Thiem in QF) • Trailed by 2 sets in Australian Open 1R before opponent Querrey retired at 2 sets all (l. to Bautista Agut in 2R) • Led Ramos-Viñolas 43 before retiring in Rio de Janeiro 1R due to left foot injury • Retired after 3 sets in Roland Garros 2R against countryman Troicki due to cramping Khachanov 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 5-4 (5-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 104 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-0 (QF 2016) • Tournament Note: The 20-year-old Russian upset defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber 64 64 on Wednesday. Knocked off qualifier Filippo Volandri 62 64 in his tournament debut on Monday • Appearing in 2nd career ATP World Tour QF and first since reaching maiden QF at 2013 Moscow (l. to Karlovic) • Qualified and advanced to 3R at Barcelona, saving 1 MP vs. Bedene, then beating Bautista Agut (l. to Dolgopolov) • Beat Bedene in 3 sets again to reach Istanbul 2R • Broke into Top 100 on June 6 and achieved career-high No. 96 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 13 • Captured 2nd Challenger title at Samarkand, UZB (d. Ramirez Hidalgo, who is 18+ years older) • Reached Challenger final at Jonkoping, SWE (d. Krajinovic and Struff, l. to Golubev after holding 4 MPs) • Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Montpellier, Marseille, Monte-Carlo, Roland Garros and Wimbledon [4] Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs [8] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) First Meeting Lorenzi FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: SF: Quito (l Bellucci); QF(2): Buenos Aires (l Nadal); Bucharest (l Pouille) YTD W-L: 13-15 (13-10 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: December 15, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 48 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 3-1 (QF 2014, ’16) • Tournament Note: The 34-year-old Italian reached the QF here for the 2nd time with a 62 62 win over Roberto Carballes Baena on Wednesday. Also reached QF in tournament main draw debut in 2014 (l. to Goffin) • Appearing in 12th career ATP World Tour QF (2-9 mark) and looking to reach 3rd SF • Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour singles SF of career at Quito (d. Tomic, l. to Bellucci) • Reached QFs at Buenos Aires (d. Schwartzman, l. to No. 5 Nadal) and Bucharest (d. Daniel, l. to Pouille) • Achieved career-high No. 48 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 13 • Played in 3rd ATP doubles final at Buenos Aires w/Cervantes (l. to Cabal/Farah) • Won 17th Challenger title at Canberra, AUS (d. Dodig) and 18th at Caltanissetta, ITA (d. Donati after saving 6 MPs) • Also reached Challenger final at Bucaramanga, COL (l. to G. Melzer) • Saved 3 MPs to beat Chiudinelli in Davis Cup 1R opening rubber after 4 hours, 43 minutes (ITA d. SUI 5-0) • Won longest tiebreak in history of Davis Cup World Group, taking 1st set against Chiudinelli 76(14) Struff 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 5-10 (3-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 86 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-2 (QF 2016) Generali Open - Kitzbühel Day 4 – Thursday, July 21, 2016 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Tournament Note: The 26-year-old German advanced to his first QF of the year after a 75 75 win over Daniel Munoz de la Nava on Wednesday. He saved all five break points faced and needed just 52 minutes to advance past wild card Akira Santillan 62 62 in the 1R on Tuesday. Playing here for third year in row (1-2 mark), fell in 1R in previous two attempts 2014 (l. to Vesely) and 2015 (Kohlschreiber) as qualifier • Appearing in 5th career ATP World Tour QF (3-1 mark) and first since 2014 Vienna (l. to eventual champion Murray). Looking to reach 1st SF since 2014 Metz (l. to eventual champion Goffin) • Snapped 13-match losing streak by beating Mahut in Montpellier 1R (l. to Bemelmans in 2R) • Also reached Munich 2R (d. Pospisil, l. to del Potro) and Stuttgart 2R (d. Baghdatis, l. to Simon) • Qualified and lost in 1R at Monte-Carlo (l. to Thiem), Barcelona (l. to A. Zverev) and Roland Garros (l. to Tsonga) • Reached Wimbledon 2R in doubles with countryman Brown as Q (l. to Marray/Shamasdin) • Fell to 3-11 in Challenger finals with RUP finishes at Heilbronn, GER (l. to Basilashvili) and Furth, GER (l. to Albot) • Also advanced to Jonkoping, SWE Challenger SF (l. to Khachanov 76 in 3rd) [WC] Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Gerald Melzer (AUT) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 15 Wimbledon Q (Great Britain) Grass -- Jurgen Melzer 6-1 6-4 J. Melzer 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 3-0 (2-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 22, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 421 Kitzbühel W-L (Best Result-Year): 11-10 (RUP 2008) • Tournament Note: The 35-year-old Austrian recorded his first Top 10 win in more than five years on Wednesday after upsetting top seed/No. 9 Dominic Thiem 63 75. He captured his first tour-level win in nearly a year with a 64 76(4) victory over Taro Daniel in the 1R on Tuesday. He is appearing in Kitzbühel for the 11th time (10-10 record). He was runner-up in 2008 (l. to del Potro) • Appearing in 1st ATP World Tour QF since reaching the SF at 2014 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to eventual champion Bautista Agut) • Playing in his first tournament since qualifying into the US Open last year (l. to Berdych in 2R). He has been side-lined with a left shoulder injury • Last week in Davis Cup vs Ukraine in 2R of Europe / Asia Group 1 won two points. In doubles, teamed w/Oswald and d. Molchanov / Smirnov and d. Marchenko 36 63 36 75 63 in 4th rubber (Ukraine won tie 3-2) • Improved to 13-60 vs Top 10 opponents with win over No. 9 Dominic Thiem on Wednesday. Had lost last 15 matches against Top 10 foes, since defeating No.