TOPSHELF OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, June 11, 2015 Autotron Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands | June 8-14, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €604,155 | Surface: Grass ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.topshelfopen.nl Alice Stenger: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @TopshelfOpen Press Room: +31 617 589 997 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/TopshelfOpen1 FORMER CHAMPS BAUTISTA AGUT, MAHUT MEET; GOFFIN IN ACTION DAY 4 PREVIEW: The final four second round matches on Thursday feature No. 2 seed David Goffin, No. 3 and reigning champion Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 6 Adrian Mannarino and No. 8 Joao Sousa. In the opening match on Center Court, Bautista Agut meets 2013 winner Nicolas Mahut in a rematch of last year’s quarter-final won by the Spaniard in three sets. Mahut, who qualified into the main draw, defeated 2001 Topshelf Open champion Lleyton Hewitt in the first round. In the second men’s match, Austrian Jurgen Melzer brings a 3-1 head-to-head advantage against Goffin, who is looking for his first win here (0-2). The Belgian No. 1 comes in a career-high No. 15 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. There are two other matches on Court 1 with Swiss qualifier Marco Chiudinelli playing Mannarino for the first time on the ATP World Tour and last year’s semi-finalist Sousa facing Ukraine qualifier Illya Marchenko, who won the previous meeting in ’08. REIGNING CHAMP – Last year’s Most Improved Player of the Year on the ATP World Tour, Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, broke through to win his maiden title here (d. Becker). One month later he captured his second title in Stuttgart (d. Rosol), which is also being played this week. He climbed from No. 59 at the end of 2013 to finish a year-end best No. 15 last season. He is the only former champion in the field. This season the 27-year-old Spaniard has compiled an 18-15 match record, reaching the semi-finals in Chennai, Marseille and Munich. QUALIFIERS EYE QUARTERS – Three of the four qualifiers who advanced to the second round are trying to reach the quarter-finals – Marco Chiudinelli, Nicolas Mahut and Illya Marchenko. On Wednesday, Japanese qualifier Tatsuma Ito lost to Ivo Karlovic in two tie-breaks. Qualifiers have enjoyed success here in the past 10 years with Benjamin Becker winning the title in 2009 and Mahut in 2013. Philipp Petzschner was runner-up in 2012 and Peter Wessels in 2007. DAY 4 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court Center Court (3) Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs (Q) Nicolas Mahut (FRA)Bautista Agut Leads 1-0 14 s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) Grass QF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 4-6 6-3 Other meetings: 10 Rennes CH (France) Hard R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4 11 Cherbourg CH (France) Hard QF Nicolas Mahut 6-4 6-4 11 Sarajevo CH (Bosnia & Herz.) Hard R16 Nicolas Mahut 6-4 3-6 6-2 11 Rennes CH (France) Hard QF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 7-5 Bautista Agut FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF (3): Chennai (l Bedene); Marseille (l Monfils); Munich (l Murray); QF: Barcelona (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: 18-15 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 ‘s-Hertogenbosch W-L (Best Result): 7-1 (Winner – 2014) Topshelf Open Day 4 – Thursday, June 11, 2015 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com Mahut FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 3-4 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: January 21, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 97 ‘s-Hertogenbosch W-L (Best Result): 9-2 (Winner – 2013) Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs (2) David Goffin (BEL) Melzer Leads 3-1 12 Valencia (Spain) Hard QF Jurgen Melzer 7-6(7) 6-4 13 Brisbane (Australia) Hard R16 Jurgen Melzer 6-4 7-6(4) 14 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Jurgen Melzer 6-4 5-7 7-5 6-4 14 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard R64 David Goffin 6-3 6-4 Melzer FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 7-9 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: May 22, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 109 ‘s-Hertogenbosch W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (SF – 2014) Goffin FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Chennai (l Wawrinka); QF(2): Munich (l Kohlschreiber); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Ferrer) YTD W-L: 14-12 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 15 (Career-high) ‘s-Hertogenbosch W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (1R – 2012-13) Court 1 (Q) Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) vs (6) Adrian Mannarino (FRA) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 14 Segovia CH (Spain) Hard SF Adrian Mannarino 6-1 6-2 Chiudinelli FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 1-0 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 10, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 339 ‘s-Hertogenbosch W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2R – 2015) Mannarino FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Auckland (l Vesely); SF: Delray Beach (l Karlovic) YTD W-L: 15-13 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 ‘s-Hertogenbosch W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2R – 2015) Topshelf Open Day 4 – Thursday, June 11, 2015 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com (8) Joao Sousa (POR) vs (Q) Illya Marchenko (UKR) Marchenko Leads 1-0 08 UKR vs. POR EA GII 3rd round (Ukraine) Hard RR Illya Marchenko 6-3 6-3 Sousa FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Geneva (l Bellucci); SF: Montpellier (l Janowicz) YTD W-L: 16-15 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 44 ‘s-Hertogenbosch W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (SF – 2014) Marchenko FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 1-3 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 8, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 119 ‘s-Hertogenbosch W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (1R – 2015) .