SWISS INDOORS BASEL: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, October 28, 2015 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland | October 26 – November 1, 2015 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: €1,575,295 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.swissindoorsbasel.ch Martin Dagahs: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @_Swiss_Indoors Fabienne Benoit: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/swissindoorsbasel Press Room: +41 61 3196993 EARLY-ROUND SHOWDOWNS AT SWISS INDOORS BASEL ON WEDNESDAY DAY 3 PREVIEW: All eight singles players competing Wednesday on Centre Court at Swiss Indoors Basel have advanced to the tournament quarter-finals (or better) before. Headlining the schedule is a second-round match between No. 3 seed Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov, who each reached the quarters in 2014. Nadal owns a 6-0 FedEx Head to Head record against Dimitrov, including straight-set wins at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome earlier this season. Two-time semi-finalists Stan Wawrinka and Ivo Karlovic have also met six times entering their opening-round match, with the second-seeded Swiss leading 5-1. In other first-round matches on Centre Court, No. 7 seed Marin Cilic meets Basel native Marco Chiudinelli and No. 4 seed Kevin Anderson takes on 2014 semi-finalist Borna Coric. Only one man playing on Wednesday has reached the Swiss Indoors Basel final and he’s not on Centre Court. No. 8 seed David Goffin, the 2014 runner-up, faces qualifier Adrian Mannarino in a second-round match on Court 2. STARS COME OUT ON CENTRE COURT AT SWISS INDOORS BASEL Not Before Round Seed Basel Best Result Opponent Basel Best Result 2 pm 1st [7] Cilic 2009 QF [WC] Chiudinelli 2009 SF 4 pm 1st [4] Anderson 2012 QF Coric 2014 SF 6 pm 1st [2] Wawrinka 2006, 2011 SF Karlovic 2007, 2014 SF 8 pm 2nd [3] Nadal 2014 QF Dimitrov 2012-14 QF BASEL BRINGS CHIUDINELLI AND FEDERER TOGETHER: Wild card Marco Chiudinelli and No. 1 seed Roger Federer were born in Basel 33 days apart, 34 years ago. Good friends since the age of 8, Chiudinelli and Federer grew up in Münchenstein, trained at Old Boys Basel, tweet regularly about FC Basel, and return to St. Jakobshalle this week for the 10th straight season. That’s not all the Swiss veterans have in common. BASEL’S BOYS: MARCO CHIUDINELLI AND ROGER FEDERER o 1993 National 12-and-Under Indoor Finalists (Federer d. Chiudinelli) o 1994 Swiss Indoors Basel Ballboys o 1998 Swiss Indoors Basel Wild Cards (Federer: Main Draw; Chiudinelli: Qualifying) o 2006 and 2009 US Open Singles 3rd Round (Federer won ’06 title and reached ’09 final) o 2009 Swiss Indoors Basel Singles Semi-finalists (Federer d. Chiudinelli 76 63) o 2009 Swiss Indoors Basel Doubles 1st Round (l. to Cerretani/Qureshi 64 63) o 2014 Halle Doubles Finalists (l. to Begemann/Knowle 16 75 12-10) o 2014 Davis Cup Champions (Chiudinelli, Federer, Lammer and Wawrinka) o 2015 Davis Cup Doubles Partners (l. to de Bakker/Middelkoop 76 46 46 64 61) Swiss Indoors Basel Day 3 – Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Page 2 of 7 www.ATPWorldTour.com INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: No. 4 seed Kevin Anderson, No. 6 seed John Isner and Ivo Karlovic all enter Swiss Indoors Basel having eclipsed 1,000 aces in 2015. They are the first trio in ATP World Tour history to hit 1,000 or more aces during the same season (Infosys ATP Scores & Stats have been tracked since 1991). Please note that the statistics below include first-round matches in Basel and Valencia on Tuesday, but do not include Davis Cup matches. Rank Player Height Aces Matches Average 1 Ivo Karlovic 6’11” 1,340 59 23 2 John Isner 6’10” 1,181 64 18 3 Kevin Anderson 6’8” 1,003 66 15 4 Gilles Muller 6’4” 765 55 14 5 Milos Raonic 6’5” 743 47 16 EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: With 12 days 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. David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori are next in line to qualify, and the Spaniard can earn his berth by capturing the Valencia Open championship this week. Only No. 10 Richard Gasquet is capable of passing either player. Gasquet must win titles at Basel (Oct. 26-Nov. 1) and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (Nov. 2-8) for a shot at qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Race Player Points Event 2R QF SF F W 1 Novak Djokovic* 14,285 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2 Andy Murray* 7,870 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 3 Roger Federer* 6,795 Basel 6,795 6,840 6,930 7,050 7,250 4 Stan Wawrinka* 6,140 Basel 6,140 6,185 6,275 6,395 6,595 5 Tomas Berdych* 4,440 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 6 Rafael Nadal* 4,330 Basel 4,330 4,330 4,330 4,450 4,650 7T David Ferrer 3,945 Valencia 3,945 3,945 3,945 3,945 4,015 7T Kei Nishikori 3,945 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,545 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 10 Richard Gasquet 2,535 Basel 2,535 2,580 2,670 2,790 2,990 11 Marin Cilic 2,395 Basel 2,395 2,395 2,485 2,605 2,805 12 Kevin Anderson 2,385 Basel 2,385 2,385 2,475 2,595 2,795 13 John Isner 2,315 Basel 2,315 2,315 2,405 2,525 2,725 14 Milos Raonic 2,170 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 15 Gilles Simon 2,055 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 16 Feliciano Lopez 1,680 Valencia 1,680 1,680 1,725 1,785 1,885 17 David Goffin 1,670 Basel 1,670 1,715 1,805 1,925 2,125 18 Bernard Tomic 1,630 Valencia 1,630 1,630 1,675 1,735 1,835 19 Dominic Thiem 1,555 Basel 1,555 1,600 1,690 1,810 2,010 20 Benoit Paire 1,508 Valencia 1,508 1,533 1,578 1,638 1,738 * Qualified EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: The Top 8 teams in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London on Nov. 9 will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. Only one spot remains after No. 7 Marcin Matkowski/Nenad Zimonjic secured a berth on Monday. Seven of the Top 12 teams in the race are competing at Swiss Indoors Basel, including No. 9 Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares. Swiss Indoors Basel Day 3 – Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Page 3 of 7 www.ATPWorldTour.com The race within this race, however, is between No. 1 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan and No. 2 Jean- Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau. With the Bryans off this week, Wimbledon champions Rojer and Tecau can take over the top spot by reaching the Basel final. Race Team Points Event QF SF F W 1 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan* 6,285 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 2 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau* 6,130 Basel 6,130 6,220 6,340 6,540 3 Jamie Murray/John Peers* 5,335 Basel 5,425 5,515 5,635 5,835 4 Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo* 5,140 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 5 Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini* 4,895 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut* 4,765 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 7 Marcin Matkowski/Nenad Zimonjic 4,200 Basel 4,290 4,380 4,500 4,700 8 Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea 3,455 Basel ------- ------- ------- ------- 9 Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares 2,920 Basel 2,920 3,010 3,130 3,330 10 Vasek Pospisil/Jack Sock 2,820 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 11 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,735 Basel 2,735 2,825 2,945 3,145 12 Daniel Nestor/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,440 Basel 2,530 2,620 2,740 2,940 * Qualified DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court CENTRE COURT 1R [7] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [WC] Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) Cilic Leads 1-0 10 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Marin Cilic 6-3 6-3 Cilic 2015 FastFacts W: Moscow (d. Bautista Agut); SF (4): Stuttgart (l. to Troicki); Washington (l. to Nishikori); US Open (l. to Djokovic); Shenzhen (l. to Garcia-Lopez); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Djokovic); Geneva (l. to Giraldo); Wimbledon (l. to Djokovic); Tokyo (l. to Nishikori) YTD W-L: 33-17 (20-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 13 Basel W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2009 Quarter-finalist) • No. 1 Croat won 1st title of 2015 in 1st final on Oct. 25, repeating as champion at Moscow (d. Bautista Agut) • Advanced to US Open SF as defending champion (d. Tsonga, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Reached Roland Garros 4R (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and Wimbledon QF (d. Isner 12-10 in 5th, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Has posted 29-11 record since starting season 4-6 • On a 10-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents since winning 2014 US Open title • Lost 2014 US Open final rematches to Nishikori in 3-set Washington SF and 3-set Tokyo QF • Played only 1 tournament in 1st 3 months due to right shoulder injury (ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells) Chiudinelli 2015 FastFacts YTD W-L: 1-2 (0-0 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 10, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 313 Basel W-L (Best Result): 5-10 (2009 Semi-finalist) • No.