INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA: DAY 8 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, May 21, 2017 Foro Italico | Rome, Italy | May 14-21, 2017 Draw: S-56, D-24 | Prize Money: €4,273,775 | Surface: Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com InternazionaliBNLdItalia.com Edward La Cava: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @InteBNLdItalia Press Room: +39 0698 3723 46 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @InternazionaliBNLdItalia ZVEREV LOOKS FOR 1ST ATP MASTERS 1000 TITLE, DJOKOVIC 31ST • No. 16 seed Alexander Zverev and No. 2 Novak Djokovic meet for the first time in Sunday’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia championship. The 20-year-old Zverev, who leads the Emirates ATP Race to Milan for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals, is appearing in his first ATP Masters 1000 championship. Djokovic, who celebrates his 30th birthday on Monday, is attempting to capture his fifth title in Rome and record 31st ATP Masters 1000 title. • This is the 13th consecutive year (since 2005) Djokovic and/or Nadal have reached the Rome final. Djokovic is appearing in his eighth title match (4-3), the first without having lost a set. He and Nadal have combined to win 11 of the past 12 titles. Nadal has won a record seven titles. • Zverev is the youngest (20) Rome finalist since 2006 when Nadal (19) won the title. He is also the youngest ATP Masters 1000 finalist since Djokovic (19), who won 2007 Miami. Zverev is the first German to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final since Nicolas Kiefer in 2008 Toronto (l. to Nadal) and the first German to reach the Rome final since Tommy Haas in 2002 (l. to Agassi). Haas is the last German to win an ATP Masters 1000 title at 2001 Stuttgart-indoor. If Zverev captures his fourth career ATP World Tour title, the third in 2017, he will become the first player born in the 1990s to earn an ATP Masters 1000 title. He will also move from No. 17 to No. 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. If Zverev loses, he will rank a career-high No. 14. • Djokovic is appearing in his fourth straight Rome championship. He won titles in 2008, 2011, 2014- 15 and was runner-up in 2009, 2012 and 2016. Djokovic is tied with Nadal for the most ATP Masters 1000 titles and is 30-12 in finals. He is 67-29 overall in finals and his last final/title came in Doha in the opening week of 2017 (d. Murray). He is trying to win a Masters 1000 title for the seventh straight year and 10th time in 11 years (except 2010). He has won at least one clay Masters 1000 title the past four years. A member of the Big Four has won 24 of the last 25 ATP Masters 1000 titles since 2015 Cincinnati with the only exception Marin Cilic last year in Cincinnati. INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Internazionali BNL d’Italia Alexander Zverev Novak Djokovic Aces 29 16 1st-Serve Percentage 69% 69% 1st-Serve Points Won 79% 74% 2nd-Serve Points Won 60% 54% Service Games Won 92% (54 of 59) 92% (33 of 36) Break Points Saved 64% (9 of 14) 73% (8 of 11) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 31% 41% 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 55% 58% Return Games Won 29% (16 of 56) 44% (15 of 34) Break Points Converted 43% (16 of 37) 58% (15 of 26) NOTE: Bold indicates tournament leader Internazionali BNL d’Italia Day 8 – Sunday, May 21, 2017 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Internazionali BNL d’Italia Champion Finalist Ranking Points 1,000 600 Singles Prize Money €820,035 €402,080 Doubles Prize Money €253,950 €124,330 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SUNDAY SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRALE [16] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) First Meeting Zverev 2017 Summary W (2): Montpellier (d Gasquet); Munich (d Pella); QF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Kyrgios); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Cuevas) YTD W-L: 26-9 (15-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 17 (Career-High) Rome W-L (Best Result): 6-1 (2017 in Final) • Tournament Note: The 20-year-old German is youngest to reach Rome final since Nadal (19) won title in 2006 and also first German in final since Tommy Haas in 2002 (l. to Agassi).. Has posted wins over [Q] Anderson 64 46 64 in 1R, Troicki 63 64 in 2R, Fognini 63 63 in 3R, [5] Raonic 76 61 in QF and Isner 64 67 61 in SF.Has held serve 54 of 59 games (92%). while winning 16 of 56 return games (29%). Last year in debut (d. Dimitrov, l. to Federer in 2R) • He is first German to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final since Nicolas Kiefer in 2008 Toronto (l. to Nadal). Last German to win an ATP Masters 1000 title was Haas in 2001 Stuttgart-indoor (d. Mirnyi) • Came in a career-high No. 17 in Emirates ATP Rankings after reaching QFs in Madrid last week (d. Verdasco, No. 7 Cilic and Berdych, l. to Cuevas). Will move to No. 14 with final and will break Top 10 at No.10 if he wins title. Haas was last German in Top 10 the week of Oct. 29, 2007 at No. 10 • Swept singles and doubles title at Montpellier -- 1st to win both titles at an event since Hewitt at 2014 Newport • Beat Gasquet and F. Martin/Nestor w/M. Zverev in finals -- 1st brothers to sweep since Murrays at 2011 Tokyo • Captured 3rd ATP singles title -- 1st in Germany -- at Munich (d. Chardy, Struff, Bautista Agut and Pella) • Saved 3 MPs against Isner and upset No. 3 Wawrinka en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Miami (l. to Kyrgios) • Won 5-setter over Haase in Australian Open 1R before falling in 3R to Nadal in 5-setter • Together with M. Zverev, 1st brothers to reach Grand Slam 3R since Byron and Wayne Black at 1998 Aus. Open • Has a 7-12 career record (3-3 this year) vs Top 10 opponents. After starting 0-8, has a 7-4 record since June 2016 GERMANS TO WIN ATP MASTERS 1000 TITLES: Zverev is trying to become the fourth German to win an ATP Masters 1000 title, the first since Tommy Haas in 2001 Stuttgart-indoor. The other three all ranked No. 1 or 2 during their career on the ATP World Tour. Here is a look at the Germans to win an ATP Masters 1000 title (since 1990): Tommy Haas (1) 2001 Stuttgart-indoor Boris Becker (5) 1996 Stuttgart-indoor, 1994 Stockholm, 1992 Paris, 1991 Stockholm 1990 Stockholm Michael Stich (2) 1993 Stockholm, 1993 Hamburg ATP MASTERS 1000 BREAKTHROUGH: This is the 10th time in the past 14 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (since 2016) a player is trying to breakthrough to win a first Masters 1000 title. The lone champion was Cilic in 2016 Cincinnati: 2017 Rome Alexander Zverev vs. Djokovic 2016 Cincinnati Marin Cilic def. Murray 2017 Madrid Dominic Thiem l. to Nadal 2016 Toronto Kei Nishikori l. to Djokovic 2017 Monte-Carlo Albert Ramos-Vinolas l. to Nadal 2016 Monte-Carlo Gael Monfils l. to Nadal 2016 Paris John Isner l. to Murray 2016 Miami Kei Nishikori l. to Djokovic 2016 Shanghai Roberto Bautsta Agut l. to Murray 2016 Indian Wells Milos Raonic l. to Djokovic Internazionali BNL d’Italia Day 8 – Sunday, May 21, 2017 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com Djokovic 2017 Summary W (1): Doha (d Murray); SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); QF (2): Acapulco (l Kyrgios); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Goffin) YTD W-L: 20-5 (8-2 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 67 Date of Birth: May 22, 1987 (turns 30 on Monday) Emirates ATP Ranking: 2 Rome W-L (Best Result): 42-6 (2008, 2011, 2014-15 Champion) • Tournament Note: Four-time champion is appearing in his eighth final (4-3) and this is first time he enters championship without having dropped a set. Has posted wins over [Q] Bedene 76 62 in 2R, Bautista Agut 64 64 in 3R, del Potro 61 64 in QF and [5] Thiem 61 60 in SF • Looking to win his 31st ATP Masters 1000 title, first Masters 1000 since Toronto last July (d. Nishikori) and extend his streak to seven straight years (10 of last 11) with at least one Masters 1000 title. Has won at least one clay Masters 1000 title since 2013 and trying to extend that streak • Won an ATP World Tour title for 12th straight season by defending Doha championship (d. No. 1 Murray in 3 sets). Has won at least two titles going into Roland Garros past six years and trying to extend streak to seven with his second title in 2017 • Saved 5 MPs vs Verdasco in Doha SF before improving to 20-0 vs Murray after winning 1st set • Six-time champ lost to 117th-ranked Istomin in Australian Open 2R after 4h48m, squandering 2-sets-to-1 lead for 1st time since 2010 Roland Garros QF vs J. Melzer. Fell to 33-1 against opponents outside Top 100 at Grand Slams • Snapped streaks of 33 straight Grand Slam 3R appearances and 10 straight Australian Open 4R appearances • Together with Murray’s 4R loss, 1st time neither Top 2 seed reached Grand Slam QF since 2004 Roland Garros • Lost 50th meeting with Nadal in Madrid SF, ending win streaks of 7 matches and 15 sets against Spaniard • Fell to Kyrgios in Acapulco QF (aced 25 times) and Indian Wells 4R (ended event-record 19-match win streak) • Defeated del Potro in Indian Wells 3R to become 3rd player with 300 victories at ATP Masters 1000 events • Passed Sampras for 10th all-time with 763rd victory during Serbia’s Davis Cup QF win vs Spain (d.