SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden | July 11-17, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €463,520 | Surface: Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com men.swedishopen.org Mark Epps: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @Swedish_Open Press Room: +46 734 336806 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour Facebook: @SwedishOpen FIVE SPANIARDS ON CENTRE COURT WEDNESDAY DAY 3 PREVIEW: Second round play begins Wednesday at the SkiStar Swedish Open, featuring five Spaniards on Centre Court. Two are guaranteed to reach the quarter-finals with No. 3 seed Albert Ramos-Viñolas meeting 23-year-old countryman Roberto Carballes Baena and No. 5 seed Fernando Verdasco facing 35-year-old fellow Spaniard Albert Montañes. A fifth Spaniard, No. 4 seed Marcel Granollers, opens against Facundo Bagnis of Argentina. There are 12 Spaniards in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, matching 12 Frenchmen for the most of any nation. Six more are ranked between No. 101 and No. 200, including Carballes Baena and Montañes. Carballes Baena is the youngest Spaniard in the Top 200 at a career-high No. 106 this week. He is seeking his third career ATP World Tour quarter-final against Ramos-Viñolas, who upset Milos Raonic en route to the Roland Garros quarter-finals. The former World No. 7 Verdasco has reached only one quarter-final in 15 tournaments this season, going all the way to the title at Bucharest. He has a 4-0 FedEx ATP Head 2 Head record against his opponent on Wednesday, the Marrakech semi-finalist Montañes. Granollers and Bagnis are meeting for the first time on the ATP World Tour, as are No. 8 seed Evgeny Donskoy and Andrea Arnaboldi, who contest the fourth and final match on Centre Court. MOST PLAYERS IN TOP 200 OF EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS Country # Oldest Youngest France 19 No. 83 Stephane Robert (36) No. 137 Quentin Halys (19) Spain 18 No. 125 Albert Montañes (35) No. 106 Roberto Carballes Baena (23) USA 17 No. 69 Rajeev Ram (32) No. 169 Stefan Kozlov (18) Argentina 15 No. 87 Carlos Berlocq (33) Two Players (23)* Germany 11 No. 119 Michael Berrer (36) No. 27 Alexander Zverev (19) * No. 70 Diego Schwartzman and No. 144 Nicolas Kicker were both born on August 16, 1992. SkiStar Swedish Open Day 3 – Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 3 SECOND-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES Facundo Bagnis (ARG) vs [4] Marcel Granollers (ESP) First Meeting Bagnis 2016 FastFacts QF: Marrakech (l. to Montañes) YTD W-L: 5-8 (5-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 27, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 93 Båstad W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2016 Round of 16) • Tournament Note: Saved all 10 break points he faced in 61 67(5) 61 win over Zopp in 1R on Monday • Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF at Marrakech (d. Ouahab and Sousa, l. to Montañes) • Reached Roland Garros 2R for 2nd time (d. De Schepper, l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Qualified at Buenos Aires (l. to Olivo in 1R), Rio de Janeiro (l. to Cuevas in 1R) and São Paulo (l. to Cuevas in 2R) • Achieved career-high No. 89 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 11 • Won Challenger titles at Buenos Aires, ARG (d. De Greef); Rio de Janeiro, BRA (d. Clezar) and Santiago, CHI (d. Dutra Silva) • Also captured Challenger doubles title at Buenos Aires, ARG w/M. Gonzalez (d. Galdos/Lindell) • In 1st match all season off of clay, fell to Becker 63 63 61 in Wimbledon 1R on June 28 Granollers 2016 FastFacts QF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Monfils); Istanbul (l. to Karlovic) YTD W-L: 13-16 (8-8 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 12, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 45 Båstad W-L (Best Result): 0-3 (2008-10 Round of 32) • Tournament Note: Yet to win a set at Båstad with 1R losses to Bjorkman (2008), Vliegen (2009) and Seppi (2010) • Advanced to QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo as LL (d. Goffin, l. to Monfils) and Istanbul (l. to Karlovic) • Replaced countryman Ferrer and became 1st lucky loser to reach Monte-Carlo QF in tournament history • Received retirement from Mahut and walkover from No. 5 Nadal en route to Roland Garros 4R (l. to Thiem) • Reached 2R at ATP Masters 1000s in Indian Wells (l. to Murray), Miami (l. to Goffin) and Madrid (l. to Sousa) • Captured 4th ATP Challenger Tour title at Irving, USA (d. Giraldo, M. Zverev, Rosol, Dodig and Bedene) • In doubles w/Cuevas, reached Barcelona final (d. Dodig/Melo in 1R, l. to Bryan/Bryan), Australian Open SF (d. Dodig/Melo in 3R, l. to Nestor/Stepanek) and Roland Garros QF (d. Rojer/Tecau in 2R, l. to Kubot/Peya) [3] Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) First ATP Meeting Other Meetings: 14 Kenitra CH (Morocco) Clay SF Albert Ramos-Viñolas 4-6 6-4 6-3 15 Caltanissetta CH (Italy) Clay R16 Albert Ramos-Viñolas 6-4 6-0 15 Cordenons CH (Italy) Clay QF Roberto Carballes Baena 4-6 6-2 6-3 Ramos-Viñolas 2016 FastFacts SF: Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos); QF (2): Istanbul (l. to Delbonis); Roland Garros (l. to Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 20-19 (14-12 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 Båstad W-L (Best Result): 5-4 (2012-13 Quarter-finalist) SkiStar Swedish Open Day 3 – Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Event Note: Won 1st match in each of last 4 years, reaching QFs in 2012 (l. to Dimitrov) and 2013 (l. to Berlocq) • Appeared in 3R, 4R and QF of a Grand Slam for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. No. 9 Raonic, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Achieved career-high No. 32 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 6 • Advanced to Quito SF (d. Lopez, l. to Estrella Burgos) and Istanbul QF (d. Khachanov, l. to Delbonis) • Reached 3R at Indian Wells (d. Kyrgios, l. to Monfils) and Wimbledon (d. Troicki in 5 sets, l. to No. 10 Gasquet) • In ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R, saved 1 MP to beat A. Gonzalez 76 in 3rd (l. to No. 10 Gasquet in 2R) • Held 1 MP before falling to Mathieu in 1st match of season at Doha Carballes Baena 2016 FastFacts QF: São Paulo (l. to Carreño Busta) YTD W-L: 5-7 (5-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: March 23, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 106 (Career-High) Båstad W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2016 Round of 16) • Event Note: Won 71% of points on 1st serve and 75% on 2nd serve in 75 75 win over Berrer in 1R on Tuesday • Reached 2nd ATP World Tour QF at São Paulo as LL (d. Daniel and Bellucci, l. to Carreño Busta) • Also reached 2R at Quito (d. Krajicek, l. to Tomic in 3 sets) and Istanbul (d. Ilhan, l. to Vesely) • Qualified and lost in 1R at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Gasquet) and Roland Garros (l. to Pavlasek in 5 sets) • Achieved career-high No. 106 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 29 • Did not drop a set en route to Båstad, SWE Challenger final (l. to Zeballos) [5] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Albert Montañes (ESP) Verdasco Leads 4-0 04 Valencia (Spain) Clay F Fernando Verdasco 7-6(5) 6-3 07 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Hard R64 Fernando Verdasco 6-1 6-1 09 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Fernando Verdasco 4-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(2) 10 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay QF Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-7(4) 6-0 Verdasco 2016 FastFacts W: Bucharest (d. Pouille) YTD W-L: 19-14 (11-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 59 Båstad W-L (Best Result): 13-8 (2013 Runner-up) • Tournament Note: Saved all 5 break points he faced in 63 62 win over [Q] Laaksonen in 1R on Tuesday • Captured 7th ATP World Tour singles title in a Monday final at Bucharest (d. Pouille) • Fell in 5-setters in Roland Garros 3R (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to Tomic) • Appeared in 53 straight majors, 2nd-longest streak among active players to Lopez’ 58 • Beat No. 5 Nadal at Aus. Open (l. to Sela in 2R) and No. 5 Wawrinka at London/Queen’s Club (l. to Tomic in 2R) • Lost to No. 5 Nadal 60 76(9) in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R after holding 5 set points in 2nd-set TB • Held 1 MP vs. Zeballos in Miami 3R and 1 MP vs. Goffin in Monte-Carlo 2R -- lost both 76 in 3rd • Fell to 0-11 lifetime against World No. 1 with 62 62 loss to Djokovic in Doha 2R • Withdrew from Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro due to neck injury Montañes 2016 FastFacts SF: Marrakech (l. to Delbonis) YTD W-L: 7-6 (7-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: November 26, 1980 Emirates ATP Ranking: 125 Båstad W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2002, 2016 Round of 16) • Tournament Note: Won 72% of points on both 1st and 2nd serves in 64 62 win over Ymer in 1R on Tuesday • Advanced to Marrakech SF (d.