IF STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, October 22, 2016 Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden | October 17-23, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €566,525 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.StockholmOpen.se Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @IfSthlmOpen Press Room: +46 72 5836088 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour Facebook: @IfStockholmOpen DIMITROV, DEL POTRO, ZVEREV AND SOCK CLASH IN SEMI-FINAL DAY 6 PREVIEW: Saturday's singles semi-final matches feature three of the top six seeds and one wild card, setting up an interesting final four at the If Stockholm Open. First up on Centre Court is wild card Juan Martin del Potro versus No. 2 seed and former champion Grigor Dimitrov. The Argentine owns a 3-0 record against Dimitrov, but both have done well on serve this tournament. Del Potro leads the field having not yet lost serve all week (30-0), while Dimitrov is a close second, having won 23 of 25 service games. The Bulgarian also leads the field in second-serve points won with 73 percent, followed by del Potro at 68 percent. The last time these two players met was on the grass courts of Stuttgart, where del Potro conceded only six games to claim the win. But before he can stretch his lead to 4-0 and continue his return from injury, he must first get past the 2013 champion who is eager for another title. The second semi-final between No. 4 Alexander Zverev and No. 6 Jack Sock is a first career meeting between the world No. 20 and 23, respectively. The Stockholm semi-finals are familiar territory for Sock, who finished as runner-up at last year's event. This is the seventh time this season that Zverev has reached at least the semi-finals of a tournament. Neither Zverev nor Sock have yet faced a seeded player this week in Stockholm, so Saturday's test will be a challenging match-up for both players. EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON (going into Saturday) Position Player Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Novak Djokovic* 10,600 27-10: 5 titles in 9 appearances (2008, 2012-15) 2 Andy Murray* 9,685 11-11: 3 SFs in 7 appearances (2008, 2010, 2012) 3 Stan Wawrinka* 5,060 6-6: 2013-15 Semi-finalist 4 Milos Raonic* 4,690 0-2: 2014 Round Robin 5 Kei Nishikori* 4,360 3-4: 2014 Semi-finalist, 2015 Round Robin 6 Gael Monfils 3,625 Never Qualified 7 Rafael Nadal 3,300 16-12: 2 finals in 7 appearances (2010, 2013) 8 Dominic Thiem 3,205 Never Qualified _ 9 Tomas Berdych 2,880 6-13: 2011 Semi-finalist; 2010, 2012-15 Round Robin 10 David Goffin 2,690 Never Qualified 11 Marin Cilic 2,590 0-3: 2014 Round Robin 12 Nick Kyrgios 2,460 Never Qualified 13 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,340 Never Qualified 14 Roger Federer 2,130 52-12: 6 titles in 14 apps. (2003-04, 2006-07, 2010-11) 15 Lucas Pouille 2,106 Never Qualified 16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,070 4-7: 2011 Runner-up; 2008, 2012 Round Robin Key: Bold: Player competing at If Stockholm Open (plays Thurs.) * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals If Stockholm Open Day 6 – Saturday, October 22, 2016 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON Position Team Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut* 7,165 1-2: 2015 Round Robin 2 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares* 7,070 Never Qualified as a Team 3 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan* 6,070 35-20: 4 titles in 13 apps. (2003-04, 2009, 2014) 4 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez* 4,170 Never Qualified as a Team 5 Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo* 4,130 8-5: 2014 Finalists; 2013, 2015 Semi-finalists 6 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 3,600 Never Qualified as a Team 7 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 3,310 Never Qualified as a Team 8 Treat Huey/Max Mirnyi 3,065 Never Qualified as a Team _ 9 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 2,680 5-3: 2015 Champions, 2014 Round Robin 10 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,470 Never Qualified as a Team 11 Oliver Marach/Fabrice Martin 2,195 Never Qualified as a Team 12 Pablo Cuevas/Marcel Granollers 2,190 Never Qualified as a Team 13 Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,190 2-2: 2014 Semi-finalists 14 Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea 2,100 3-2: 2015 Finalists 15 Mate Pavic/Michael Venus 2,140 Never Qualified as a Team 16 Vasek Pospisil/Jack Sock 2,010 Never Qualified as a Team Key Bold: Team competing at If Stockholm Open * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain) FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 6 SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT [WC] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs [2] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) del Potro Leads 3-0 13 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard SF Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 6-4 13 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Juan Martin del Potro 3-6 6-3 6-4 16 Stuttgart (Germany) Grass R32 Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 6-2 del Potro 2016 Summary F: Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (l. to Murray); SF(2): Delray Beach (l. to Querrey); Stuttgart (l. to Kohlschreiber); QF(2): Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber); US Open (l. to Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 26-11 (18-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 18 Date of Birth: September 23, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 63 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2016 Semi-final) • Tournament Note: Has defeated two seeds en route to SF, including No. 7 seed John Isner in 1R and No. 3 seed Ivo Karlovic in QF. Has not yet dropped a set or lost serve • As World No. 141, upset No. 1 Djokovic and No. 5 Nadal en route to Rio Olympics final (l. to No. 2 Murray in 4h2m) • Became lowest-ranked player to defeat Djokovic since No. 319 Krajinovic in 2010 Belgrade QF • Also lowest-ranked player to beat a World No. 1 since No. 144 Kyrgios upset No. 1 Nadal in 2014 Wimbledon 4R • Rose from No. 142 to No. 64 following US Open QF run (d. No. 10 Thiem, l. to eventual champ Wawrinka in 4 sets) • Lowest-ranked player to reach US Open QF since No. 174 Connors advanced to SF in 1991 • Advanced to Wimbledon 3R (d. Robert and No. 5 Wawrinka, l. to Pouille in 4 sets) • Avenged Olympic loss by beating No. 2 Murray in 5 sets after 5h7m during Davis Cup SF tie (ARG d. GBR 3-2) • Also helped Argentina win QF tie by teaming w/Pella to defeat Fognini/Lorenzi in 5 sets (ARG d. ITA 3-1) If Stockholm Open Day 6 – Saturday, October 22, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Withdrew from Rome & Roland Garros due to left wrist injury, which also sidelined him from Mar. 2015 to Feb. 2016 Dimitrov 2016 Summary F(3): Sydney (l. to Troicki); Istanbul (l. to Schwartzman); Beijing (l. to Murray); SF(3): Delray Beach (l. to Ram); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Cilic); Chengdu (l. to Ramos-Vinolas); QF(3): Brisbane (l. to Federer); Acapulco (l. to Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l. to Nishikori) YTD W-L: 38-23 (32-15 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 Emirates 2016 ATP Ranking: 18 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 14-4 (2013 Champion) • Tournament note: Defeated Kevin Anderson 76 57 62 to reach SF. Has reached QF or better in last five appearances since 2011 • Defeated Johnson, Pouille and No. 4 Nadal en route to Beijing final (l. to No. 2 Murray) • Held 1 MP in Sydney final (l. to Troicki 76 in 3rd) and led 76 52 in Istanbul final (l. to Schwarzman 60 in 3rd) • Advanced to 3rd ATP Masters 1000 SF of career at Cincinnati (d. No. 4 Wawrinka in 3R, l. to Cilic 75 in 3rd) • Also advanced to SF at Delray Beach (l. to Ram) and QFs at Brisbane (l. to No. 3 Federer in 3 sets), Acapulco (l. to Thiem) and ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l. to No. 6 Nishikori in 3 sets) • Reached 4R at US Open (l. to No. 2 Murray) and 3R at Aus. Open (l. to No. 3 Federer) and Wimbledon (l. to Johnson) • Snapped 7-match losing streak vs Top 10 opponents by beating No. 2 Murray in Miami 3R (l. to Monfils in 4R) • Suffered 6-match losing streak overall from May 1 to June 27 • Fell to No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 18 – lowest ranking since No. 41 on February 11, 2013 [6] Jack Sock (USA) vs [4] Alexander Zverev (GER) First Meeting Sock 2016 Summary F(2): Auckland (l. to Bautista Agut); Houston (l. to Monaco); QF(2): Washington (l. to Karlovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Simon) YTD W-L: 32-18 (22-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 24, 1992 Emirates 2016 ATP Ranking: 23 Stockholm W-L (Best Result): 10-3 (2015 Runner-up) • Tournament Note: Path to SF includes wins over Malek Jaziri, Dustin Brown and Gastao Elias. Finished as last year’s finalist (l. to No. 5 Berdych) • Comes in as No. 1 American for first time at No. 23 after reaching first ATP Masters 1000 QF in Shanghai (d.