SWISS INDOORS BASEL: SUNDAY, 27 OCTOBER MEDIA NOTES St. Jakobshalle | Basel, Switzerland | 21 – 27 October 2019 | First Held: 1975 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: € 2,082,655 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com swissindoorsbasel.ch Fabienne Benoit: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATP_Tour Mägi Blaser: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @swissindoorsbasel TV & Radio: TennisTV.com BASEL FINAL FAST FACTS • The Swiss Indoors Basel singles final on Sunday features top seed and nine-time champion Roger Federer against wild card Alex de Minaur, in their first meeting. Both players seek their 4th ATP Tour singles title of the season. Most Tour-Level Titles in 2019 o Novak Djokovic 4 Matteo Berrettini 2 o Daniil Medvedev 4 Cristian Garin 2 o Rafael Nadal 4 Nick Kyrgios 2 o Dominic Thiem 4 Benoit Paire 2 o Alex de Minaur 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2 o Roger Federer 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 • No. 1-seeded Federer has now reached the Basel final in his last 13 appearances, dating back to 2006 (he did not play the event in 2016). He presently holds a 9-5 win-loss record in Basel finals. • Federer enters the final on a 23-match winning streak at Basel, as he seeks his 10th title at his hometown tournament. Overall, he has compiled a 74-9 record at the Swiss Indoors Basel, with his last loss at the event coming to Juan Martin del Potro in the 2013 final. Roger Federer - Most Titles by Tournament (all are tournament records) o Halle 10 o Basel 9 (10 if he wins final) o Wimbledon 8 o Dubai 8 o Cincinnati 7 • With his semi-final win over Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday, Federer hit 50 match-wins in a season for a record 16th time. Here are the players with the most 50-win seasons: Roger Federer 16 Jimmy Connors 14 Ivan Lendl 12 Novak Djokovic 11 (48 wins this season) Stefan Edberg 10 Rafael Nadal 10 (48 wins this season) Guillermo Vilas 10 • De Minaur started the 2019 season 0-2 in ATP Tour singles finals, but claimed his first ATP Tour singles title in his hometown of Sydney in January, the month before his 20th birthday. He has gone undefeated in finals since then, adding trophies at Atlanta and Zhuhai. He also improved to 4-0 in semi-finals this year after overcoming Reilly Opelka in a final-set tiebreak on Saturday. This would be his first ATP Tour singles title at ATP 500-level or higher. • #NextGenATP player De Minaur is attempting to become the first Australian to win at Basel. The only previous Australian finalist at the event is Mark Philippoussis in 1997 (l. to Greg Rusedski). • De Minaur would also become the third wild card to win the title, following Stefan Edberg in 1988 and Michael Stich in 1993. The last wild card to reach the Basel final was Kei Nishikori in 2011 (l. to Federer). • A win over World No. 3 Federer would give de Minaur the biggest win of his career by ranking and his first-ever Top 5 win. De Minaur lost his first 11 matches against Top 10 opposition, but has won his last two: over No. 7 Nishikori in the 2019 US Open third round, and over No. 10 Roberto Bautista Agut in the Zhuhai semi-finals last month. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Swiss Indoors Basel Day 7 – Sunday, 27 October 2019 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPTour.com ATP RACE TO LONDON STANDINGS Race Player Points Scenario 1 Rafael Nadal* 9,225 Not playing this week 2 Novak Djokovic* 7,945 Not playing this week 3 Roger Federer* 5,990 Add 200 points with Basel F win 4 Daniil Medvedev* 5,875 Not playing this week 5 Dominic Thiem* 4,735 Add 200 points with Vienna F win 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas* 3,820 Lost in Basel SF 7 Alexander Zverev 2,855 Lost in Basel 1R 8 Matteo Berrettini 2,660 Lost in Vienna SF 9 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,530 Lost in Basel QF 10 Gael Monfils 2,350 Lost in Vienna SF 11 David Goffin 2,325 Lost in Basel 2R 12 Fabio Fognini 2,280 Lost in Basel 2R 13 Kei Nishikori 2,180 Season over due to right elbow injury 14 Diego Schwartzman 2,115 Add 200 points with Vienna F win 15 Stan Wawrinka 1,910 Walkover in Basel QF due to lower back injury 16 Karen Khachanov 1,830 Lost in Vienna QF * Qualified for Nitto ATP Finals in London (10-17 November) ATP DOUBLES TEAM RACE TO LONDON STANDINGS Race Player Points Scenario 1 Cabal/Farah* 8,210 2 Kubot/Melo* 4,645 Add 200 points with Vienna F win 3 Klaasen/Venus* 3,640 4 Krawietz/Mies* 3,625 5 Rojer/Tecau 3,385 Add 200 points with Basel F win 6 Bryan/Bryan 3,380 7 Ram/Salisbury 3,290 Add 200 points with Vienna F win 8 Kontinen/Peers 3,000 9 Dodig/Polasek 2,865 10 Chardy/Martin 2,420 11 M. Granollers/Zeballos 2,380 12 Herbert/Mahut*^ 2,360 13 Mahut/Roger-Vasselin 2,210 14 Mektic/Skugor 2,020 15 Marach/Pavic 1,960 16 J. Murray/N. Skupski 1,935 * Qualified for Nitto ATP Finals in London (10-17 November). ^ Herbert/Mahut have qualified via the Grand Slam champion rule. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Swiss Indoors Basel Day 7 – Sunday, 27 October 2019 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPTour.com ATP RACE TO MILAN STANDINGS Race #NextGenATP Player Points Scenario 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas 3,910 Will not play in Milan due to Nitto ATP Finals 2 Alex de Minaur* 1,730 Add 200 points with Basel F win 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime 1,681 Will not play in Milan due to left ankle injury 4 Denis Shapovalov* 1,495 Lost in Vienna 1R 5 Frances Tiafoe* 1,060 Lost in Basel 2R 6 Casper Ruud* 931 Lost in Basel qualifying 2R 7 Miomir Kecmanovic* 901 Lost in Basel 1R 8 Ugo Humbert* 892 Add 40 points with Brest, FRA CH F win 9 Mikael Ymer* 763 Not playing this week 10 Jannik Sinner* 596 Receives Italian wild card in Milan * Playing at Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan (5-9 November) FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS – SINGLES FINAL [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [WC] Alex de Minaur (AUS) First Meeting Federer 2019 Summary | Age: 38 | World No. 3 | 50-8 in 2019 (3 Titles) | 74-9 at Basel (9-Time Champion) • Into 157th ATP Tour final and seeking 103rd ATP Tour singles title (102-54 record in finals) and 10th Basel title. • Played in 1,500th career tour level singles match Monday (now 1,234-268) and has 23-match Basel winning streak. • Won 10th Halle and 102nd title at age 37 (d. Goffin). Oldest champion since Rosewall, 43, at 1977 Hong Kong. • Also won 4th Miami, 28th ATP Masters 1000 and 101st overall title (d. Isner). Played in 50th ATP Masters 1000 final. • Earned 1,200th victory of career in ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (d. Anderson). • Captured 8th Dubai and 100th overall title (d. Tsitsipas). Trails only Connors’ 109 titles and 1,274 wins in Open Era. • Win over Tsitsipas marked 1st title of career as World No. 7 and 50th different opponent defeated in a final. • Defeated Nadal to reach 12th Wimbledon final (l. to Djokovic after holding 2 championship points). • Beat Nishikori in QF for 100th Wimbledon win of career. Became 1st player with 100 wins at a Grand Slam event. • Did not drop a set en route to 9th ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final (l. to Thiem). • Returned to Roland Garros for 1st time since 2015 and reached 8th SF at tournament (l. to Nadal). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Monfils in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 3R (l. to Thiem in QF after holding 2 MPs). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Coric in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 3R (W/O vs. Tsitsipas in QF due to right leg injury). • Earned 20+ wins and advanced to Australian Open 3R-or-better for 20th straight season (l. to Tsitsipas in 4R). • Improved to 6-0 in Laver Cup singles with wins over Kyrgios and Isner (Team Europe d. Team World 13-11) De Minaur 2019 Summary | Age: 20 | World No. 28 | 32-17 in 2019 (3 Titles) | 4-0 at Basel (2019 Final) • 3-2 win-loss record in ATP Tour singles finals (3-0 in 2019). • Won 1st title in hometown of Sydney at age 19 (d. Seppi). Youngest Sydney champion since Hewitt, 19, in 2001. • Did not face a break point en route to 2nd title at Atlanta (d. Fritz). Became 3rd player to win a title without facing a break point since stats started being kept in 1991 (Haas at 2007 Memphis, Isner at 2017 Newport). • Added 3rd ATP 250 hard-court title of season at Zhuhai (d. Millman, Murray, Coric, Bautista Agut and Mannarino). • Achieved career-high No. 24 in ATP Rankings on 4 March -- 23rd career-high ranking since start of 2018. • Defeated No. 7 Nishikori for biggest win of career and to reach 1st Grand Slam 4R at US Open (l. to Dimitrov). • Advanced to 3R for 3rd straight Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. Laaksonen in 5 sets, l. to Nadal). • Snapped 5-match losing streak by reaching Roland Garros 2R (d. Klahn, l. to Carreno Busta). • Squandered 2 MPs vs.