OPEN 13 PROVENCE – ATP MEDIA NOTES DAY 7 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2020 Palais de Sports | Marseille, France | 17 -23 February 2020 ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com Open13.fr Nanette Duxin: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATPTour @Open13 Eli Weinstein: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @Open13 TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS [7] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) vs [2] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) Auger-Aliassime Leads 2-1 19 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 6-2 19 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass QF Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5 6-2 19 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(3) 7-6(3) Auger-Aliassime Summary | Age: 19 | World No. 18 | 12-7 in 2020 (Rotterdam Finalist) | 4-1 at Marseille (2020 Final) • Has made 4 prior ATP Tour singles finals, including last week at Rotterdam. Seeking 1st ATP Tour singles title. • This week, saved 2 MPs in 1R to defeat Travaglia and 3 MPs in 2R to defeat Herbert. • In 2020, reached 4th career ATP Tour final at Rotterdam (youngest finalist in tournament history), losing to Monfils. • Defeated Aussie wild cards Duckworth and Bolt to reach Adelaide SF (l. to eventual champion Rublev in 3 sets). • Went 1-3 in singles and 2-1 in doubles at ATP Cup, helping Canada qualify for Final 8. • Fell to former World No. 10 Gulbis in Australian Open main draw debut. • Advanced to Montpellier 2R (def. Dzumhur, l. to Herbert). • In 2019, began year as No. 108 and achieved career-high ranking 13 times that season, peaking at No. 17 on 14 October. • As an 18-year-old on 27 May, became youngest player ranked in Top 25 since Hewitt, 18, on 13 December 1999. • Reached 1st ATP Tour SF and final at Rio de Janeiro as 104th-ranked WC (d. 2016 champion Cuevas, l. to Djere). • In Rio de Janeiro, became youngest ATP 500 finalist in history of series (since 2009). • Also advanced to finals at Lyon (l. to Paire) and Stuttgart (d. Brown in QF after saving 1 MP, l. to Berrettini). • Youngest 3-time ATP Tour finalist since Nadal age 17 to 18 (2004 Auckland, 2004 Sopot, 2005 Costa do Sauipe). • Qualified and became youngest semi-finalist in 35-year history of Miami Open (d. Basilashvili and Coric, l. to Isner). • In Miami, became 3rd-youngest ATP Masters 1000 semi-finalist (Shapovalov 2017 Montreal, Chang 1990 Toronto). • Earned Top-10 wins over Tsitsipas in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R and London/Queen’s Club QF. Tsitsipas Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 6 | 6-4 in 2020 | 7-2 at Marseille (2019 Champion) • Holds 4-5 record in ATP Tour singles finals. • Since losing in the 1R in his first 2 Marseille appearances (2017 and 2018), has not dropped a set in his last 7 matches at the tournament. • In 2020, lost in Rotterdam 2R (l. to Bedene in straight sets). • Fell to former World No. 3 Raonic in Australian Open 3R. • Went 1-2 in singles for Team Greece at ATP Cup (d. A. Zverev, l. to Shapovalov and Kyrgios). • In 2019, one year after winning Next Gen ATP Finals, won Nitto ATP Finals in tournament debut (d. Thiem in 3rd-set TB). • At age 21, became youngest ATP Finals champion since Hewitt, 20, in 2001 and 6th-youngest in 50-year history. • Saved 11/12 BPs vs. Federer in ATP Finals SF and 12/12 BPs vs. Federer in Australian Open 4R (l. to Nadal in SF). • At age 20, became youngest Grand Slam semi-finalist since Djokovic, 20, at 2007 US Open. • Also became youngest Australian Open semi-finalist since Roddick, 20, in 2003. • Achieved career-high No. 5 on 5 August. First Greek to break into Top 5 and 1st Greek to reach Grand Slam SF. • Earned 54 wins in 2019, including 1st over Nadal to reach ATP Masters 1000 Madrid final (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Youngest player to beat Nadal on clay and youngest of 28 players with wins over Nadal, Djokovic and Federer. • Posted biggest win of career over No. 1 Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai QF (l. to Medvedev in SF). • Champion at Marseille (d. Kukushkin) & Estoril (d. Cuevas). Finalist at Dubai (l. to Federer) & Beijing (l. to Thiem). • Reached Roland Garros 4R, losing to 2015 champion Wawrinka 8-6 in 5th after 5 hours, 9 minutes. • Squandered 1 MP vs. Kyrgios in Washington SF. Played doubles at Washington w/Kyrgios (l. to Cabal/Farah in 1R). Auger-Aliassime and Tsitsipas also met three times on the ITF Junior Circuit, and Auger-Aliassime won all three of those juniors meetings: • 2015 Canadian Open QF Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 • 2015 Eddie Herr SF Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 6-4 • 2016 US Open SF Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-5 For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Open 13 Provence Day 7 – Sunday 23 February 2020 Page 2 of 2 www.ATPTour.com INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Open 13 Provence [7] Felix Auger-Aliassime [2] Stefanos Tsitsipas Aces 43 20 1st-Serve Percentage 71% (248 of 349) 59% (87 of 148) 1st-Serve Points Won 82% (204 of 248) 85% (74 of 87) 2nd-Serve Points Won 44% (44 of 101) 72% (44 of 61) Service Games Won 94% (51 of 54) 97% (28 of 29) Break Points Saved 79% (11 of 14) 67% (2 of 3) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 26% (57 of 223) 36% (40 of 110) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 54% (79 of 146) 55% (37 of 67) Return Games Won 21% (11 of 53) 34% (10 of 29) Break Points Converted 41% (11 of 27) 48% (10 of 21) BOLD: Leads all players at 2020 Open 13 Provence. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs First Meeting [2] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) Mahut/Pospisil Summary | Team Debut: 2015 Rotterdam | 7-1 team Tour-level record | 1 team ATP title • Playing together for the first time in 4 years, and their 3rd event overall. In their most recent prior event as a team, in February 2016, they won the Rotterdam title (def. Peya/Petzschner in final). • Mahut is a 2-time Marseille champion, winning the title in 2012 (w/Roger-Vasselin) and 2017 (w/Benneteau). • World No. 3 Mahut is a former doubles World No. 1, who reached that ranking for the first time on 6 June 2016. He is 29-16 in ATP Tour doubles finals in his career, including pairing with Pierre-Hugues Herbert to become the 8th men’s doubles team in tennis history to complete the Career Grand Slam. In addition to all 4 Grand Slams, he and Herbert have also won the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals and 7 ATP Masters 1000 titles. • World No. 448 Pospisil (career-high No. 4) has won 6 ATP Tour doubles titles, including 2014 Wimbledon and 2015 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (both w/Sock). He has also reached 7 additional doubles finals (5 of those additional finals being at ATP Masters 1000 events w/Sock). Koolhof/Mektic Summary | Team Debut: 2020 Adelaide | 5-3 team Tour-level record | 1st team ATP final • Paired up for the first time at Adelaide last month (l. in QF to Ram/Salisbury) and is now into their 1st team final in their 4th event together. • World No. 16 Koolhof (career-high No. 12) has won 5 ATP Tour doubles titles, including Doha earlier this season (w/Bopanna). He has also reached 13 additional doubles finals, including 3 ATP Masters 1000 finals last year. • World No. 22 Mektic (career-high No. 5) has won 7 ATP Tour doubles titles, including 3 ATP Masters 1000 titles with 3 different partners. He has also reached 6 additional doubles finals in his career. For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. OPEN 13 PROVENCE – ATP MEDIA NOTES DAY 6 – SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2020 Palais de Sports | Marseille, France | 17 -23 February 2020 ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com Open13.fr Nanette Duxin: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATPTour @Open13 Eli Weinstein: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @Open13 TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SATURDAY SEMI-FINAL SINGLES MATCHES COURT CENTRAL Alexander Bublik (KAZ) vs [2] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) First Meeting Bublik Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 55 | 7-5 in 2020 | 3-0 at Marseille (2020 SF) • In 2020, advanced to 2R at Doha (l. to Bedene), Adelaide (l. to Evans), Montpellier (l. to Goffin) and Rotterdam (l. to Rublev). • Suffered straight-set loss to Thompson in Australian Open 1R. • Reached 1st tour-level doubles SF at Australian Open with countryman Kukushkin (l. to Purcell/Saville). • In 2019, earned 4 wins in 3 sets to reach 1st ATP Tour final at Newport (l. to Isner). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Dimitrov en route to 2nd ATP Tour final at Chengdu (l. to Carreno Busta in 3rd-set TB). • Broke into Top 50 of ATP Rankings and achieved career-high No. 48 on 14 October. • Defeated Giraldo and Fabbiano in 5 sets to reach Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at US Open (l. to Andujar). • Qualified and saved 1 MP vs. Sandgren in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R). • Captured ATP Challenger Tour titles at Budapest, HUN (d. Marcora); Pau, FRA (d. Gombos) and Monterrey, MEX (d.