AEGON OPEN NOTTINGHAM: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, June 19, 2016 Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain | June 19-25, 2016 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: €648,255 | Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.lta.org.uk Mark Epps: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @BritishTennis #AegonOpen Press Room: +44 333 011 1030 Facebook: ATP World Tour Facebook: British Tennis AEGON OPEN NOTTINGHAM TALKING POINTS TOURNAMENT PREVIEW: The 2016 Aegon Open returns to Nottingham, boasting the second- largest grass-court field in men’s tennis behind Wimbledon. World No. 20 Kevin Anderson heads the 48-man draw, which includes 2015 champion Denis Istomin and runner-up Sam Querrey. Four players who’ve reached the quarter-finals or better at Wimbledon are also in action: No. 9 seed Marcos Baghdatis, No. 11 seed Vasek Pospisil, No. 14 seed Fernando Verdasco and Mikhail Youzhny. Keep an eye on 2011 champion Andreas Seppi and ’s-Hertogenbosch finalist Gilles Muller, who saved 10 match points to defeat John Isner and reach the Aegon Championships quarter-finals last week. Six of the Top 8 British players in the Emirates ATP Rankings will be looking to make a run in Nottingham, led by Aegon Championships quarter-finalist Kyle Edmund. DAY 1 PREVIEW: Four main draw singles matches will be played Sunday at the Aegon Open Nottingham. First up, 18-year-old ‘Next Generation’ star Taylor Fritz returns to the scene of his first ATP World Tour match and meets Adrian Mannarino. As a 761st-ranked wild card, Fritz debuted with a win over Pablo Carreño Busta at Nottingham in 2015. Brits Daniel Evans and Liam Broady will meet for the first time in the second match on Centre Court, followed by an All-Russian affair between Mikhail Youzhny and Teymuraz Gabashvili. Another Russian, Evgeny Donskoy, plays on Court 1 against Denis Kudla, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2015. EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Aegon Open Nottingham W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 Singles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 20 10* 0 Singles Prize Money (€) €86,850 €49,430 €28,530 €16,795 €9,790 €5,950 €3,620 Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 0 --- --- Doubles Prize Money (€) €35,630 €18,730 €10,150 €5,800 €3,400 --- --- * Singles players who receive first-round byes and lose in the second round earn 0 points. Aegon Open Nottingham Day 1 – Sunday, June 19, 2016 Page 2 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEK SINGLES SEED PLAYER W-L BEST FINISH 1 Kevin Anderson (RSA) 1-3 2011 Round of 16 2 Pablo Cuevas (URU) 1-1 2015 Round of 16 3 Joao Sousa (POR) 1-1 2015 Round of 16 4 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 7-4 2010, 2015 Semi-finalist 5 Sam Querrey (USA) 9-5 2015 Runner-up 6 Steve Johnson (USA) 0-1 2015 Round of 64 7 Andreas Seppi (ITA) 16-7 2011 Champion 8 Gilles Muller (LUX) 0-0 2016 Debut 9 Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 5-2 2015 Semi-finalist 10 Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 0-1 2015 Round of 64 11 Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 0-2 2012 Round of 32 12 Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 0-0 2016 Debut 13 Guido Pella (ARG) 0-0 2016 Main Draw Debut 14 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-2 2008 Runner-up 15 Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 1-4 2011 Round of 16 16 Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 0-0 2016 Debut QUALIFIERS (4) OLDEST PLAYER YOUNGEST PLAYER TBD on Sunday Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) Taylor Fritz (USA) 35 years, 10 months 18 years, 8 months WILD CARDS (4) Liam Broady (GBR) TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Brydan Klein (GBR) Great Britain (6), United States (5), Argentina (3), Russia (3) Alexander Ward (GBR) James Ward (GBR) DOUBLES SEED TEAM W-L BEST FINISH Dodig: 0-1 Dodig: 2013 Round of 16 1 Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo Melo: 6-7 Melo: 2008, 2010, 2011 Semi-finalist Inglot: 5-3 Inglot: 2014 Champion 2 Dominic Inglot/Daniel Nestor Nestor: 5-4 Nestor: 1998 Runner-up Huey: 4-2 Huey: 2014 Champion 3 Treat Huey/Max Mirnyi Mirnyi: 4-3 Mirnyi: 2015 Semi-finalist Cabal: 0-3 Cabal: 2013, 2014, 2015 Round of 16 4 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah Farah: 0-2 Farah: 2013, 2015 Round of 16 Aegon Open Nottingham Day 1 – Sunday, June 19, 2016 Page 3 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com PAST FINALISTS SINGLES YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2015 Denis Istomin Sam Querrey 76(1) 76(6) 2014 Feliciano Lopez Richard Gasquet 64 62 2013 Feliciano Lopez Gilles Simon 76(2) 67(5) 60 2012 Andy Roddick Andreas Seppi 63 62 2011 Andreas Seppi Janko Tipsarevic 76(5) 36 53 ret 2010 Michael Llodra Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 75 62 2009 Dmitry Tursunov Frank Dancevic 63 76(5) 2008 Ivo Karlovic Fernando Verdasco 75 67(4) 76(8) 2007 Ivo Karlovic Arnaud Clement 36 64 64 2006 Richard Gasquet Jonas Bjorkman 64 63 2005 Richard Gasquet Max Mirnyi 62 63 2004 Paradorn Srichaphan Thomas Johansson 16 76(4) 63 2003 Greg Rusedski Mardy Fish 63 62 2002 Jonas Bjorkman Wayne Arthurs 62 67(5) 62 2001 Thomas Johansson Harel Levy 75 63 2000 Sebastien Grosjean Byron Black 76(7) 63 1999 Cedric Pioline Kevin Ullyett 63 75 1998 Jonas Bjorkman Byron Black 63 62 1997 Greg Rusedski Karol Kucera 64 75 1996 Jan Siemerink Sandon Stolle 63 76(0) 1995 Javier Frana Todd Woodbridge 76(4) 63 BOLD: Players in 2016 singles draw NOTE: Tournament held in Eastbourne 2009-14 DOUBLES YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2015 Chris Guccione/Andre Sa Pablo Cuevas/David Marrero 62 75 2014 Treat Huey/Dominic Inglot Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares 75 57 10-8 2013 Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares Colin Fleming/Jonathan Marray 36 63 10-8 2012 Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins Jamie Delgado/Ken Skupski 64 63 2011 Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram Grigor Dimitrov/Andreas Seppi 63 63 2010 Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski Colin Fleming/Ken Skupski 63 57 10-8 2009 Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski Travis Parrott/Filip Polasek 64 64 2008 Bruno Soares/Kevin Ullyett Jeff Coetzee/Jamie Murray 62 76(5) 2007 Eric Butorac/Jamie Murray Josh Goodall/Ross Hutchins 46 63 10-5 2006 Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram Igor Kunitsyn/Dmitry Tursunov 63 62 2005 Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram Simon Aspelin/Todd Perry 46 63 75 2004 Paul Hanley/Todd Woodbridge Rick Leach/Brian MacPhie 64 63 2003 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan Joshua Eagle/Jared Palmer 76(3) 46 76(4) 2002 Mike Bryan/Mark Knowles Donald Johnson/Jared Palmer 06 76(3) 64 2001 Donald Johnson/Jared Palmer Paul Hanley/Andrew Kratzmann 64 62 2000 Donald Johnson/Piet Norval Ellis Ferreira/Rick Leach 16 64 63 1999 Patrick Galbraith/Justin Gimelstob Marius Barnard/Brent Haygarth 57 75 63 1998 Justin Gimelstob/Byron Talbot Sebastien Lareau/Daniel Nestor 75 67 64 1997 Ellis Ferreira/Patrick Galbraith Danny Sapsford/Chris Wilkinson 46 76 76 1996 Mark Petchey/Danny Sapsford Neil Broad/Piet Norval 67 76 64 1995 Luke Jensen/Murphy Jensen Patrick Galbraith/Danie Visser 63 57 64 BOLD: Players in 2016 Nottingham doubles draw NOTE: Tournament held in Eastbourne 2009-14 Aegon Open Nottingham Day 1 – Sunday, June 19, 2016 Page 4 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 1 MAIN DRAW FIRST-ROUND MATCHES Centre Court Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) First Meeting Mannarino 2016 FastFacts SF: Nice (l. to Thiem); QF (3): Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut); Delray Beach (l. to Dimitrov); ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Karlovic) YTD W-L: 16-14 (3-2 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 57 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2015 Round of 16) • Tournament Note: Received 1R bye then beat Bedene 76(4) 64 before falling to Bolelli 36 64 64 in 2015 • Advanced to SF at Nice (l. to Thiem) and QFs at Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut), Delray Beach (l. to Dimitrov) and ’s- Hertogenbosch (l. to Karlovic) • Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000s in Indian Wells (d. Paire, l. to Isner) and Miami (d. Querrey, l. to Kuznetsov) • Qualified at London/Queen’s Club and advanced to 2R (d. Garcia-Lopez, l. to Johnson) • Also reached Australian Open doubles SF w/Pouille (d. Bolelli/Fognini and Rojer/Tecau, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Entered Melbourne with 1-9 Grand Slam doubles record and 0-1 record overall w/Pouille • Captured 11th ATP Challenger Tour title to start season at Noumea, CAL (d. Falla) Fritz 2016 FastFacts F: Memphis (l. to Nishikori); QF: Acapulco (l. to Querrey) YTD W-L: 9-10 (1-2 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 28, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 63 (Career-High) Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2015 Round of 32) • Tournament Note: In ATP World Tour debut, defeated Carreño Busta 61 64 then lost to Lopez 63 63 in 2015 • Reached 1st ATP final in 3rd tour-level event at Memphis as WC (d. Berankis in 3 sets, l. to No. 7 Nishikori) • At 18 years, 109 days, became youngest ATP finalist since Nishikori won 2008 Delray Beach (18 years, 50 days) • Also youngest American in an ATP final since 17-year-old Chang won 1989 Wembley • Advanced to 2nd ATP QF at Acapulco as Q (d. Chardy and Estrella Burgos, l. to Querrey) • Youngest player in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings, rising to career-high No. 63 on June 13 • Saved 1 MP to beat Martin in Stuttgart 1R before falling to No.