GERMAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, July 15, 2016 Rothenbaum Tennis Arena, Hamburg, Germany | July 11-17, 2016 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: €1,388,830 | Surface: Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.German-Open-Hamburg.de Martin Dagahs: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @Am_Rothenbaum Fabienne Benoit: [email protected] Facebook: @ATPWorldTour Facebook: @TennisAmRothenbaum Press Room: +49 40 524724141 KOHLSCHREIBER CARRIES GERMAN HOPES INTO QUARTERS DAY 5 PREVIEW: Four seeds remain in contention for the German Tennis Championships title – and all four could advance or be eliminated on quarter-final Friday in Hamburg. Up first on Centre Court is a repeat of the 2009 semi-final, as No. 3 seed Pablo Cuevas takes on France’s Paul- Henri Mathieu, who came out on top against here seven years ago before losing to Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko in the final. Cuevas gained revenge a year later in Bastad, but this is the Uruguayan’s first meeting with Mathieu in almost six years. Up next on Centre Court, No. 8 seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez faces Stephane Robert for the second time this season, some 14 years removed from their first encounter on the Futures circuit in Gran Canaria, Spain. Back then, a 19-year-old Garcia-Lopez lost to Robert, then 22, who in turn lost in the quarter-finals to eventual champion Rafael Nadal, aged 16. Stuttgart champion Philipp Kohlschreiber faces a new opponent but the same flag in the shape of Renzo Olivo – the third Argentine the No. 1 seed has taken on at Am Rothenbaum in succession after beating Carlos Berlocq and Nicolas Kicker to reach the last eight. Should both Kohlschreiber and Cuevas win, the German will have been confronted with a decidedly South American route to his first Hamburg final, while the bottom half of the draw features four European quarter-finalists. Closing out the day’s singles action, No. 7 seed Martin Klizan returns after his 51-minute second- round victory over Germany’s 17-year-old wild card Louis Wessels to face Daniel Gimeno-Traver, who spent far longer on court to edge past qualifier Daniil Medvedev. The Spaniard might have ended the three-hour, eight-minute match a little sooner, had he converted one of two match points on Medvedev’s serve at 5-3 in the third set, only to fail to serve out the match in the next game, finally securing the win in a third-set tie-break. German Tennis Championships 2016 Day 5 – Friday, July 15, 2016 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 5 QUARTER-FINAL SINGLES MATCHES [3] Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Series Tied 1-1 09 Hamburg (Germany) Clay SF Paul-Henri Mathieu 4-6 6-3 7-5 10 Båstad (Sweden) Clay R32 Pablo Cuevas 7-6(2) 7-6(3) Cuevas 2016 FastFacts W (2): Rio de Janeiro (d. Pella); São Paulo (d. Carreño Busta); F: Nottingham (l. to Johnson); QF: Buenos Aires (l. to Ferrer) YTD W-L: 26-12 (19-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: January 1, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 24 Hamburg W-L (Best Result): 8-3 (2009 Semi-finalist) • Tournament Note: Did not face a break point and converted 3 of 15 in 64 63 win over [WC] F. Mayer on Monday; saved one and only break point against [Q] Monteiro, converting 4 of 13, to reach QF with 62 63 win • Captured back-to-back titles at Rio de Janeiro (d. Pella) and São Paulo (d. Carreño Busta) • First player to beat only lefties en route to a title (d. Bagnis, Monteiro, Delbonis, No. 5 Nadal and Pella in Rio) • Owns 13-1 record against left-handed players and 13-11 record against right-handed players in 2016 • Reached 1st grass-court QF, SF and final at Nottingham (d. Baghdatis after saving 1 MP in QF, l. to Johnson) • Advanced to Roland Garros 3R for 2nd straight year (d. Kamke and Halys, l. to No. 8 Berdych) • Beat both Kohlschreiber and Monfils 76 in 3rd to reach ATP Masters 1000 R16 for 1st time in Madrid (l. to Kyrgios) • In doubles w/Granollers, 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) Mathieu 2016 FastFacts F: Montpellier (l. to Gasquet); QF: Marrakech (l. to Coric) YTD W-L: 14-12 (7-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: January 12, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 66 Hamburg W-L (Best Result): 9-8 (2009 Runner-up) • Tournament Note: Converted 5 of 5 break points in 64 76(5) win over G. Melzer in 1R on Monday, and won 12 of the last 13 points to wrap up 46 76(4) 75 victory over No. 6 seed Almagro in 2hr 50min • Fell short of 1st ATP World Tour title since 2007 with loss in Montpellier final (d. Paire in 2R, l. to No. 10 Gasquet) • On a 5-match losing streak in finals (4-6) and 22-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents (10-59) • Improved to 11-12 in 5-set matches with win over Giraldo in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Bautista Agut) • Saved 1 MP in 63 46 76(7) win over Ramos-Viñolas in Doha 1R (l. to Chardy in 2R) • Fell to 1-9 in Challenger finals with 3-set loss to Rublev in Quimper, FRA championship match • Conceded w/o in London/Queen’s Club 2R (wrist) and withdrew from Nottingham (wrist) and Madrid Q (left foot) [8] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Stephane Robert (FRA) Garcia-Lopez Leads 1-0 16 Estoril (Portugal) Clay R16 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 7-6(3) Other meeting: 02 Spain F20 (Spain) Clay R32 Stephane Robert 6-3 6-0 Garcia-Lopez 2016 FastFacts SF: Bucharest (l. to Verdasco); QF (5): Chennai (l. to Wawrinka); Sofia (l. to Muller); Marrakech (l. to Vesely); Estoril (l. to Paire); Geneva (l. to Ferrer) YTD W-L: 19-19 (12-8 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: June 4, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 56 Hamburg W-L (Best Result): 7-7 (2016 Quarter-finalist) German Tennis Championships 2016 Day 5 – Friday, July 15, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Tournament Note: Saved 1 MP against De Schepper in 57 62 76(6) win in 1R (Match time 2hr 32min; also served for match at 5-4 in 3rd set), and won 64% of 2nd serve points against Zemlja in 62 62 2R win • Saved 1 MP to beat Pella in Bucharest QF (l. to Verdasco in SF) • Lost in QFs at Chennai (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), Sofia (l. to Muller), Marrakech (l. to Vesely), Estoril (l. to Paire) and Geneva (l. to Ferrer) • Reached Australian Open 3R (l. to No. 7 Nishikori in 4 sets) and Roland Garros 2R (l. to Thiem) • Made 47th consecutive Grand Slam appearance at Wimbledon, tied with Djokovic for 4th-longest active streak • Fell to fellow Spaniard Ferrer 3 straight weeks in Madrid 1R, Rome 2R and Geneva QF Robert 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 8-7 (5-4 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 17, 1980 Emirates ATP Ranking: 83 Hamburg W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2016 Quarter-finalist) • Tournament Note: Saved 4 of 5 BPs (all in 1st set) during 76(3) 64 victory over Leonardo Mayer in 1R, and saved 10 of 10 in 3rd set (13 of 17 overall) during 75 46 61 victory over Cervantes in 2R • Qualified at Australian Open and reached 3R for 2nd time at a major (d. Ram 75 in 5th, l. to Monfils) • Also qualified at Monte-Carlo (l. to Carreño Busta in 1R), Estoril (l. to Garcia-Lopez in 2R), Rome (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 2R) and Nottingham (l. to Cuevas in 2R) • Received WC and upset No. 20 Anderson in Roland Garros 1R (l. to A. Zverev in 2R) • Returned to Top 100 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 16 after falling as low as No. 558 on May 25, 2015 • Did not drop a set en route to Challenger title at New Delhi, IND (d. Singh, Mitchell, Popko, Cipolla and Myneni) • Reached Challenger finals at Guadalajara, MEX (l. to Jaziri 76 in 3rd) and Prague, CZE (l. to Pavlasek in 3 sets) [1] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Renzo Olivo (ARG) First Meeting Kohlschreiber 2016 FastFacts W: Munich (d. Thiem); F: Stuttgart (l. to Thiem); SF (2): Rotterdam (l. to Monfils); Barcelona (l. to Nadal); QF (3): Sofia (l. to Troicki); Dubai (l. to Wawrinka); Halle (w/o vs. Thiem) YTD W-L: 28-13 (11-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 22 Hamburg W-L (Best Result): 12-11 (2014 Semi-finalist) • Tournament Note: Faced only 1 break point and converted 5 of 19 in 63 67(5) 63 win over Berlocq in 1R on Tuesday before recovering from a set down to beat Kicker 46 61 62 in 2R • Captured 5th ATP title in Germany and 7th overall by beating Thiem 76 in 3rd at Munich • Did not drop a set en route to 10th final in Germany at Stuttgart (d. del Potro, l. to No. 7 Thiem in 3 sets) • Advanced to SFs at Rotterdam (d.