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ISNER LOOKING FOR A NEWPORT HAT TRICK Top seed John Isner (USA) is seeking his third title in Newport (2011 d. Rochus; 2012 d.

Hewitt) and the 11th title of his career, all in ATP World Tour 250s. It is his first final of the season. If he wins, it would be his first title since 2015 in Atlanta (d. Baghdatis). With his SF win Saturday over Fratangelo, Isner is expected to be back in the Top 20.

Matthew Ebden (AUS) was ranked No. 249 coming into Newport and is playing in his first tour-

level final. He is the lowest-ranked Newport finalist since No. 305 P. Amritraj in 2008, and the lowest-ranked ATP finalist since No. 866 Sluiter in 2009 ‘s-Hertogenbosch. With a win today, he is expected to return to the Top 150 for the first time since June 2016.

Isner has yet to face a break point or drop a set in three matches. He also has won all three

matches without playing a tiebreak set. It is the first time he has reached an ATP World Tour final without playing a tiebreak set.

Ebden had to play his way through qualifying, so he has now played 6 matches in 7 days (15

sets) and has spent more than 9 hours in match play on Newport grass this year. Isner has played 3 matches in 4 days (6 sets) and has spent less than three and half hours on court.

The two finalists have met twice before, with Isner winning both. Their last matchup was in the 2nd Round at 2015 Wimbledon, where Isner won in straight sets. He also won in straight sets in their 2012 4th Round meeting at Indian Wells. Isner went on to reach the finals and lose to Federer in straight sets (6-7(7) 6-3). In their prior meetings, Ebden has a combined 5 break points against Isner’s serve, winning 3 of them, but all in the same game (second set Wimbledon).

This is Isner’s 23rd appearance in an ATP World Tour final, with his record currently sitting at 10-12.

ISNER FINALS BY EVENT # Finals Event W-L Opponents

6 Atlanta (‘10-’11, ‘13-‘16) 3-3 Fish (L); Fish (L); K. Anderson (W); Sela (W); Baghdatis (W); Kyrgios (L)

3 Newport (‘11-’12, ‘17) 2-0 Rochus; Hewitt 3 Washington (’07, ’13, ’15) 0-3 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee Andy

Roddick; Del Potro; Nishikori 2 Winston-Salem (’11-’12) 2-0 Benneteau; Berdych 2 Auckland (’10, ’14) 2-0 Clement; Lu 2 Houston (’12-’13) 1-1 Monaco (L); Almagro (W) 1 Belgrade (’10) 0-1 Querrey 1 Cincinnati Masters (’13) 0-1 Nadal 1 Indian Wells Masters (’12) 0-1 Federer 1 Memphis (’10) 0-1 Querrey 1 Paris Masters (’16) 0-1 Murray

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International Tennis Hall of Fame | Newport, RI, USA | July 17-23, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $535,625 | Surface: Grass

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INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS

Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open [1] John Isner [Q] Matthew Ebden

Aces 48 17

1st-Serve Percentage 66% (97 of 146) 63% (175 of 280)

1st-Serve Points Won 87% (84 of 97) 79% (138 of 175)

2nd-Serve Points Won 61% (30 of 49) 48% (50 of 105)

Service Games Won 100% (28 of 28) 86% (38 of 44)

Break Points Saved No Break Points 60% (9 of 15)

1st-Serve Return Points Won 37% (38 of 103) 33% (48 of 144)

2nd-Serve Return Points Won 46% (42 of 91) 53% (78 of 146)

Return Games Won 29% (8 of 28) 33% (14 of 42)

Break Points Converted 42% (8 of 19) 35% (14 of 40)

Bold: Leads all players at Newport

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EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open Champion Finalist

Ranking Points 250 150

Singles Prize Money $95,495 $50,295

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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SINGLES FINAL

[1] John Isner (USA) vs [Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) Isner Leads 2-0 12 Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA) Hard R16 John Isner 6-4 7-5 15 Wimbledon (GBR) Grass R64 John Isner 6-2 7-6(8) 6-4

Isner 2017 Summary SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l. A. Zverev); QF: Auckland (l. Johnson); Memphis (l. Young); Houston (l. Escobedo); Eastbourne (l. Gasquet) YTD W-L: 19-14 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 (32) Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Newport W-L (Best Result): 18-5 (2011 Champion (d. Rochus); 2012 Champion (d. Hewitt))

• Tournament Note: Made his ATP World Tour debut at Newport in 2007 as a wild card (l. Norman). Since then, he has been seeded No. 1 five times at this tournament. • Fell to Sela in five sets in the 2nd Round of this year’s Wimbledon • Went 7-1 in TBs to reach 1st clay court ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (d. Wawrinka and Cilic, l. to A. Zverev) • Lost 3rd set TBs in QFs at Auckland (l. to Johnson), Memphis (l. to Young) and Houston (l. to Escobedo) • Squandered 2-set lead and 2 MPs vs M. Zverev in Australian Open 2R -- 5th loss of career from 2 sets up • Blew 3 MPs in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R vs A. Zverev -- 7th loss after holding MP since February 2016 • Saved 1 MP and won a 3rd set TB to defeat Jaziri in 1st match of season at Auckland • Advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/F. Lopez (d. Marach/F. Martin 16-14 in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Madrid due to knee injury

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Ebden 2017 Summary QF: Memphis (l. Basilashvili) YTD W-L: 7-3 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 26, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 249 Newport (Best Result): 6-5 (2017 Finalist)

• Tournament Note: Defeated two-time Newport champion Ram in the first round. Was a quarterfinalist here in 2011. Captured 1st of 4 ATP doubles titles that same year w/R. Harrison • Has climbed nearly 450 ranking spots since returning to action in January. Ranked No. 696 at Australian Open qualifying (2R) and comes in a season-high No. 249. A win in the finals would secure a return to the Top 150. • In February, reached 2R in Quito (l. to Lorenzi) and following week qualified in Memphis where he advanced to QFs (l. to Basilashvili) • On grass, qualified at Ilkley, GBR Challenger (l. to Willis) and new ATP tourney in Antalya (l. to eventual champion Sugita in 1R)


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NEWPORT NEWBIES IN SINGLES SEMIFINALS AND DOUBLES FINALS Two of today’s singles semifinalists, Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) and Peter Gojowczyk (GER) are

making their debuts at Newport this year. Meanwhile, both doubles finals teams are playing Newport for the first time, at least in these configurations. The top-seeded team of Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/Rajeev Ram (USA) has not played together in any tournament before Newport, though both players are accomplished doubles players with other partners.

Following the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which kicks off at noon, Gojowczyk will face Matthew Ebden (AUS), who was a quarterfinalist here in 2011. Ebden is playing in his first tour-level semifinal, and is the lowest ranked ATP semifinalist since No. 837 Opelka reached the SF last year in Atlanta. Gojowczyk toppled second seed and 2015 champion Ivo Karlovic (CRO) in a third set tiebreaker, en route to his second ATP semifinal (2014 Doha).

Next, but not before 4:00 p.m., Fratangelo takes on top seed John Isner (USA), who won the title here in 2011 (d. Rochus) and 2012 (d. Hewitt) and has one other semifinal appearance (2013 l. Hewitt). Isner is seeking his first final of the season. He has yet to face a break point in this year’s tournament. By contrast, Fratangelo is playing in his first tour-level semifinal, and has faced 32 break points (saving 21 of them). He has the tournament’s best return games won percentage among the remaining players (30%), but that will be tested against Isner, who leads the tournament in first serve points won percentage (89%).

Isner is known for playing tiebreak sets. Coming into this year’s tournament, Isner had played 20 matches at Newport, and only two of them did not involve at least one tiebreak set (the SF loss to Hewitt in 2013, and a 2nd Round win over Krajicek in 2014). This year, Isner has won both of his matches in straight sets (d. Groth 6-2 6-4; d. Novikov 6-3 6-2), and has yet to play a tiebreak set.

Fratangelo may need to overcome some fatigue in his semifinal. All three of his matches have gone the distance, spending 6h15m on court so far. Isner has played one fewer match, and spent just 2h14m on court.

The doubles final will follow the singles semifinals. Although they previously have not played together as a team, Qureshi/Ram are experienced doubles participants at Newport. Qureshi won the Newport doubles championship in 2015 (w/Marray d. Monroe/M. Pavic) and was a finalist with Bopanna in 2008 (l. Fish/Isner). Ram won the Newport doubles championship in 2009 (w/Kerr d. Kohlmann/Wassen) and reached the QF in 2011 (w/Lipsky). Ram is also the two-time singles champion here (2009 d. Querrey; 2015 d. Karlovic).

Qureshi/Ram’s SF match against Groth/Paes was a nail-biter, with Qureshi/Ram taking the second set in a tiebreak to force a 10-point tiebreak set, where the top seeds prevailed 11-9. Meanwhile, Reid/Smith have been tested in each of their three matches. In the SF, they took out fellow Aussies Bolt/Whittington in a tiebreak set 10-5. In the QF, they defeated the 2nd seed and 2012 Newport champs S.Gonzalez/Lipsky in straight sets, but both sets went to tiebreakers. In their opening round match, Cheng-Peng/Hsien-Yin took the opening set before Reid/Smith pushed the match to a final set tiebreaker that took 42 points to resolve.


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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SINGLES SEMIFINALS

[1] John Isner (USA) vs Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) First Meeting

Isner 2017 Summary SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l. A. Zverev); QF: Auckland (l. Johnson); Memphis (l. Young); Houston (l. Escobedo); Eastbourne (l. Gasquet) YTD W-L: 18-14 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 (32) Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Newport W-L (Best Result): 17-5 (2011 Champion (d. Rochus); 2012 Champion (d. Hewitt))

• Tournament Note: Has yet to face a break point in this year’s tournament. He reaches his first SF in Newport since 2013, where he lost to finalist Hewitt in three sets. This is the fifth time he has been the No. 1 seed at Newport. • Fell to Sela in five sets in the 2nd Round of this year’s Wimbledon • Went 7-1 in TBs to reach 1st clay court ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (d. Wawrinka and Cilic, l. to A. Zverev) • Lost 3rd set TBs in QFs at Auckland (l. to Johnson), Memphis (l. to Young) and Houston (l. to Escobedo) • Squandered 2-set lead and 2 MPs vs M. Zverev in Australian Open 2R -- 5th loss of career from 2 sets up • Blew 3 MPs in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R vs A. Zverev -- 7th loss after holding MP since February 2016 • Saved 1 MP and won a 3rd set TB to defeat Jaziri in 1st match of season at Auckland • Advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/F. Lopez (d. Marach/F. Martin 16-14 in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Madrid due to knee injury

Fratangelo 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 6-7 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 19, 1993 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 142 Newport W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Semifinalist)

• Tournament Note: For the first time in his career has won three consecutive main draw matches and reaches his first career ATP World Tour semifinal. Turned 24 on Wednesday, and celebrated with a win over #NextGenATP player Santillan • Fell in qualifying at Wimbledon (l. Garin) • Earned biggest win of career over 30th-ranked Simon at Budapest as Q (l. to Klizan in 2R) • Also qualified at Australian Open before falling in 1R to fellow American Rubin in 5 sets • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R as WC (d. Tomic, l. to Berdych) • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Miami Q1 vs Bourgue due to viral infection • Withdrew from Dallas, USA Challenger; San Francisco USA Challenger and Memphis Q due to knee injury

[Q] Matthew Ebden (USA) vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER) First Meeting

Ebden 2017 Summary QF: Memphis (l. Basilashvili) YTD W-L: 6-3 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 26, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 249 Newport W-L (Best Result): 5-5 (2017 Semifinalist)



• Tournament Note: With his QF defeat of Kamke (7-6(5) 7-5), reaches his first ATP World Tour semifinal. He dispatched [6] Lacko on Wednesday. He is a previous quarterfinalist at Newport (2011) but lost in the 1st Round in his last four visits (2012-15) • Has climbed nearly 450 ranking spots since returning to action in January. Ranked No. 696 at Australian Open qualifying (2R) and comes in a season-high No. 249 • In February, reached 2R in Quito (l. to Lorenzi) and following week qualified in Memphis where he advanced to QFs (l. to Basilashvili) • On grass, qualified at Ilkley, GBR Challenger (l. to Willis) and new ATP tourney in Antalya (l. to eventual champion Sugita in 1R) Gojowczyk 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 6-3 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 15, 1989 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 131 Newport W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Semifinalist) • Tournament Note: Defeated Karlovic in QF in three tiebreakers. In two tour-level meetings and one other meeting, Gojowczyk has never lost to Karlovic. • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Opelka, l. to Carreno Busta in 2R) • Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Dubai, ATP Masters 1000 Miami and Roland Garros • Retired in Australian Open Q2 (abdomen) and Miami Q1 (right foot), then missed 2+ months of action • Did not drop a set en route 5th ATP Challenger Tour title at Happy Valley, AUS (d. Jasika) • Also advanced to Quimper, FRA Challenger final (l. to Mannarino)

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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: POTENTIAL SINGLES FINALS

[1] John Isner (USA) vs [Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) Isner Leads 2-0 12 Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA) Hard R16 John Isner 6-4 7-5 15 Wimbledon (GBR) Grass R64 John Isner 6-2 7-6(8) 6-4

[1] John Isner (USA) vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER) First Meeting

Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) vs [Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) First Main Draw Meeting Other Meetings: 11 Delray Beach Q (USA) Hard Q1 Matthew Ebden 6-2 6-3 15 Aptos CH (USA.) Hard QF Bjorn Fratangelo 6-4 6-2 6-4 17 Roland Garros Q (FRA) Clay Q1 Bjorn Fratangelo 6-2 6-2

Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) vs Peter Gojowczyk First Meeting

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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DOUBLES FINAL

[1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/Rajeev Ram (USA) vs First Meeting Matt Reid (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

Qureshi/Ram 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 3-0 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Dates of Birth: March 17, 1980 (Qureshi-37)/March 18, 1984 (Ram-33)



Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings: Qureshi (29)/Ram (15) Newport W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Finalists)

• Tournament Note: Double-bageled Estrella Burgos/Maytin in the 1st Round and easily took out Menendez-Maceiras/Reyes-Varela in the 2nd Round (6-1 6-2), before the tough three set QF victory over Groth/Paes (4-6 7-6(6) 11-9). With other partners, Qureshi is now 10-3 in his career at Newport and 25-15 in 2017, while Ram is now 14-10 in his doubles career at Newport and 26-13 in 2017. • Qureshi won the Newport doubles championship in 2015 (w/Marray d. Monroe/M.Pavic) and was a finalist with Bopanna in 2008 (l. Fish/Isner). He also played the doubles event in 2007 (w/P. Amritraj) and 2009 (w/Moser), losing in his initial matches. • Ram won the Newport doubles championship in 2009 (w/Kerr d. Kohlmann/Wassen) and reached the QF in 2011 (w/Lipsky). He also played the doubles event in 2003 (w/P. Amritraj), 2005 (w/Oudsema), 2006 (w/Montgomery) and 2010 (w/Rojer), losing in his initial matches. • Ram won the Newport singles title in 2009, when he played his way through qualifying to defeat Querrey in the final, and in 2015, when he defeated Karlovic in three tight sets (3rd set TB). His career singles record at Newport is 17-7. He dropped his first round singles match this year to semifinalist Ebden (6-1 6-4). After the loss, Ram suggested it may have been the last singles match of his career, choosing to focus on doubles to reduce wear and tear on his body.

Reid/Smith 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 4-2 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Dates of Birth: July 17, 1990 (Reid-27)/January 24, 1989 (Smith-28) Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings: Reid (73)/Smith (85) Newport W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Finalists) • Tournament Note: Reid and Smith have not previously teamed up at Newport. Reid has not played Newport previously. Smith, however, reached the SF in 2014 (w/A. Krajicek), where he lost to fellow Australians Guccione/Hewitt, after having defeated another Australian team (Ebden/Groth) in the QF. Smith also reached the QF in 2013 (w/Shamasdin l. Karlovic/Sharan) and lost his opening doubles match with Dustin Brown in 2015 (l. Bury/Siljestrom) • Prior to Newport, Reid and Smith had played five main draw matches together, with a record of 2-3. Their best previous result was QF in 2016 Brisbane where they defeated M.Pavic/Venus before falling to Inglot/Lindstedt. • Won their 1st Round match at Wimbledon, upsetting F.Lopez/M. Lopez in four sets, before falling to Monroe/Sitak in straight sets in the 2nd Round • Lost in the 1st Round of this year’s Australian Open (l. Guccione/Groth). • Won 2017 Challenger events in San Francisco (USA) and Nottingham (GBR). Also made the finals of the 2017 Drummondville (CAN) Challenger.


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NOVIKOV OUTSERVING ISNER?

23-year-old Dennis Novikov (USA) takes on compatriot [1] John Isner (USA) on the Stadium Court, and while Isner certainly has the ace advantage, it has been Novikov’s serve dominating Newport so far. In his first and second round matches, Novikov has lost only 3 points on his first serve (94%). Isner won 91% of his first serve points in his match against Groth. Novikov saved the only break point he has faced (Dancevic) and Isner has yet to face a break point.

Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) is seeking to make his first ATP-level semifinal, when he takes on [4] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA). This will be only the fourth time Fratangelo has played a main draw match on grass. A win would put him within striking distance of the Top 100 in the Emirates ATP Singles Rankings. His opponent is known as one of the best doubles players in the world, having won the 2016 Wimbledon title and 2015 US Open title (both with Mahut). Herbert is coming off a first round win at Wimbledon (d. Kyrgios 6-3 6-4 Ret) before losing to Paire in straight sets.

Both doubles semifinals will be contested today, with the doubles final played on Saturday. The first match of the day will feature an all Aussie semifinal, as the unseeded team of Matt Reid/John-Patrick Smith faces the unseeded team of Alex Bolt/Andrew Whittington. Bolt/Whittington knocked off former Newport champs [2] Santiago Gonzalez/Scott Lipsky in straight sets Thursday, while Reid/Smith defeated [4] Purav Raja/Divij Sharan in two tiebreak sets.

Later in the day, the top seeded doubles team of Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/Rajeev Ram (USA) will face third-seeded Sam Groth (AUS)/Leander Paes (IND). Newport is Qureshi/Ram’s debut as a doubles team. Paes returned to Newport this year for the first time since 1999, when he paired with Wayne Arthurs to win the doubles title (d. Sargsian/Woodruff).

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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 5 QUARTERFINAL SINGLES MATCHES

STADIUM

[1] John Isner (USA) vs Dennis Novikov (USA) First Meeting

Isner 2017 Summary SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l. A. Zverev); QF: Auckland (l. Johnson); Memphis (l. Young); Houston (l. Escobedo); Eastbourne (l. Gasquet) YTD W-L: 17-14 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 (32) Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Newport W-L (Best Result): 16-5 (2011 Champion (d. Rochus); 2012 Champion (d. Hewitt)

• Tournament Note: Did not face a break point in his 2nd Round match against Groth. He reaches his first QF in Newport since 2014 (l. Sock) • Fell to Sela in five sets in the 2nd Round of this year’s Wimbledon • Went 7-1 in TBs to reach 1st clay-court ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (d. Wawrinka and Cilic, l. to A. Zverev)


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• Lost 3rd-set TBs in QFs at Auckland (l. to Johnson), Memphis (l. to Young) and Houston (l. to Escobedo) • Squandered 2-set lead and 2 MPs vs M. Zverev in Australian Open 2R -- 5th loss of career from 2 sets up • Blew 3 MPs in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R vs A. Zverev -- 7th loss after holding MP since February 2016 • Saved 1 MP and won a 3rd-set TB to defeat Jaziri in 1st match of season at Auckland • Advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/F. Lopez (d. Marach/F. Martin 16-14 in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Madrid due to knee injury

Novikov 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 2-1 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 6, 1993 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 203 Newport W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Quarterfinalist)

• Tournament Note: With his two victories in Newport, should comfortably be back in the Top 200 of the Emirates ATP Singles Rankings. • Fell in qualifying at Wimbledon, Australian Open, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, Houston and Roland Garros • Advanced to Tempe, USA Challenger SF (l. to Sandgren) • Reached Challenger QFs at Tallahassee, USA (l. to Rola) and Savannah, USA (l. to Paul)

[4] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) vs Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) First Meeting

Herbert 2017 Summary SF: Rotterdam (l. Goffin) YTD W-L: 9-12 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: March 18, 1991 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 72 Newport W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Quarterfinalist)

• Tournament Note: In Herbert’s Newport debut, defeated Menendez-Maceiras in a tough three-setter, fending off 11 of 15 break points. • Beat Kyrgios in the 1st Round at 2017 Wimbledon (6-4 6-4 Ret) before falling to Paire in straight sets • Qualified and earned biggest win of career over No. 8 Thiem to reach 2nd singles SF at Rotterdam (l. to Goffin) • Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Pouille, l. to Coric in 2R) • Achieved career-high No. 68 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 20 • Won 4 Match TBs en route to 4th ATP Masters 1000 doubles title at Rome w/Mahut (d. Dodig/Granollers) • Clinched France’s 4-1 win over Japan in Davis Cup 1R w/Mahut (d. Sugita/Uchiyama) • Withdrew from Queen’s Club and Eastbourne Q (back) and conceded walkover in Miami doubles 2R w/Mahut (leg)

Fratangelo 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 5-7 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 19, 1993 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 142 Newport W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2017 Quarterfinalist)

• Tournament Note: For the first time this year, has won two consecutive main draw matches, and achieved it on his 24th birthday against #NextGenATP Santillan (USA) • Fell in qualifying at Wimbledon (l. Garin) • Earned biggest win of career over 30th-ranked Simon at Budapest as Q (l. to Klizan in 2R) • Also qualified at Australian Open before falling in 1R to fellow American Rubin in 5 sets • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R as WC (d. Tomic, l. to Berdych) • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Miami Q1 vs Bourgue due to viral infection • Withdrew from Dallas, USA Challenger; San Francisco USA Challenger and Memphis Q due to knee injury


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REIGNING CHAMP TRIES TO EVEN THE SCORE VS. GERMAN DEBUT

Reigning champion and two-time finalist (2014-15) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) is in action on the Stadium Court against Peter Gojowczyk (GER). Although ranked more than 100 spots lower than Karlovic in the Emirates ATP Singles Rankings, the German emerged victorious in their only head-to-head main draw meeting three years ago on the hard courts in Beijing (6-4 2-6 7-5). This year is Gojowczyk’s first appearance in Newport.

With his 16 aces in yesterday’s victory over Denis Kudla (USA), Karlovic now has 355 aces in his career in Newport alone. His quarterfinal opponent Gojowczyk has 236 aces in his main draw career, at all tournaments, on all surfaces.

Tobias Kamke (GER) made the semifinals at Newport in 2011 (l. Isner 5-7 6-7(4)), and he takes on Matthew Ebden (AUS), who made the Newport quarterfinals that same year (l. Rochus 6-7(5) 3-6). Ebden won their only main draw head-to-head meeting in straight sets at the 2014 US Open.

Thursday’s first match on the Stadium Court features the doubles team of Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) and Scott Lipsky (USA), who won the Newport title in 2012 with a straight sets victory over Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins. This year marks Gonzalez’s and Lipsky’s first return to Newport since their title, both individually and as a team. The veteran duo faces the young Australian team of Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington, each born in 1993.

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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 4 QUARTERFINAL SINGLES MATCHES

STADIUM

[Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs Tobias Kamke (GER) Ebden Leads 1-0 14 US Open (USA) Hard R128 Matthew Ebden 6-4 6-3 7-6(2) Other Meetings 11 Masters 1000 Canada Q (Canada) Hard Q2 Tobias Kamke 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2

Ebden 2017 Summary QF: Memphis (l Basilashvili) YTD W-L: 5-3 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 26, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 249 Newport W-L (Best Result): 4-5 (2017, 2011 Quarterfinalist)

• Tournament Note: With his defeat of [6] Lacko on Wednesday, reached his second quarterfinals at Newport after losing in the 1st Round in his last four visits (2012-15) • Has climbed nearly 450 ranking spots since returning to action in January. Ranked No. 696 at Australian Open qualifying (2R) and comes in a season-high No. 249


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• In February, reached 2R in Quito (l. to Lorenzi) and following week qualified in Memphis where he advanced to QFs (l. to Basilashvili) • On grass, qualified at Ilkley, GBR Challenger (l. to Willis) and new ATP tourney in Antalya (l. to eventual champion Sugita in 1R)

Kamke 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 2-1 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 21, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 185 Newport W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2011 Semifinalist)

• Tournament Note: His defeat of Fritz in the 1st Round and [3] Mannarino in the 2nd Round marks the first time he has won back-to-back ATP main draw matches since October 2016 (Quarterfinalist in Stockholm) • Has a 7-7 record on ATP Challenger Tour this season with runner-up in St. Brieuc, FRA in April (l. to Gerasimov) • Making second ATP World Tour main draw appearance of season. In February, lost in 1R to Medvedev in Montpellier

Peter Gojowczyk (GER) vs [2] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) Gojowczyk Leads 1-0 14 Beijing (China) Hard R32 Peter Gojowczyk 6-4 2-6 7-5 Other Meetings: 13 Doha Q (Qatar) Hard Q1 Peter Gojowczyk 6-4 7-6(5)

Gojowczyk 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 5-3 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 15, 1989 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 131 Newport W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2017 Quarterfinalist)

• Tournament Note: Has won consecutive matches in his tournament debut (d. Kwiatkowski; d. Kravchuk) • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Opelka, l. to Carreno Busta in 2R) • Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Dubai, ATP Masters 1000 Miami and Roland Garros • Retired in Australian Open Q2 (abdomen) and Miami Q1 (right foot), then missed 2+ months of action • Did not drop a set en route 5th ATP Challenger Tour title at Happy Valley, AUS (d. Jasika) • Also advanced to Quimper, FRA Challenger final (l. to Mannarino)

Karlovic 2017 Summary F: s-Hertogenbosch (l. Muller); QF: Doha (l. Verdasco); Budapest (l. Bedene) YTD W-L: 12-13 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: February 28, 1979 (38) Emirates ATP Ranking: 25 Newport W-L (Best Result): 15-5 (2016 Champion d. Muller)

• Tournament Note: With win over Kudla (6-4 6-4) on Wednesday, reached his 5th straight QFs in Newport • Was Finalist in Newport 2014 (l. to Hewitt) and 2015 (l. Ram) • Hit Australian Open-record 75 aces and rallied from 2 sets down in 1R to beat Zeballos 22-20 in 5th after 5h14m • Oldest player to reach Grand Slam 3R (l. to Goffin at Aus. Open) since 38-year-old Connors at 1991 US Open • Lost to Muller, 34, in ’s-Hertogenbosch final -- oldest ATP final since 1977 Hong Kong (Rosewall vs Gorman) • Advanced to QFs at Doha (l. to Verdasco) and Budapest (l. to Bedene) • Saved 4 MPs to beat Bautista Agut 7-6(4) 6-7(9) 7-6(7) in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R (l. to Dimitrov in 2R) • Fell to eventual champion Estrella Burgos 6-7(7) 7-6(5) 7-6(8) in Quito 2R after holding 3 MPs • Snapped 5-match losing streak by reaching ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (d. Kuznetsov, l. to Kyrgios) • Withdrew from Acapulco due to knee injury and ATP Masters 1000 Rome due to back injury

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TOP THREE SEEDS ISNER, KARLOVIC, MANNARINO IN ACTION

There are four second round singles matches on Wednesday’s schedule with the top three seeds

on Stadium, led by 2011-12 champion John Isner, reigning champ Ivo Karlovic and two-time quarter-finalist Adrian Mannarino.

First up is Denis Kudla against Karlovic, who is looking to even his head-to-head record (1-2) against the American. Kudla won the first meeting here in the first round in 2011 en route to the quarter-finals. Last year Karlovic saved three championship points to beat Gilles Muller in three tie-break sets and win the 2016 Newport title. The 38-year-old Croat finished runner-up to Lleyton Hewitt in 2014 and Rajeev Ram in 2015, losing both of those finals in a third-set tiebreak.

In the next match on, Tobias Kamke of Germany and Mannarino square off for the first time. Both players have performed well in Newport with Kamke reaching the semi-finals in 2011 and Mannarino the quarter-finals the past two years.

In the third match on, Isner brings a 2-0 head-to-head record against qualifier Sam Groth, winning both matches in Davis Cup competition in 2016-17. Isner has a 15-5 career record in Newport. Groth was a semi-finalist here in 2014.

In the final match on, American Bjorn Fratangelo takes on 20-year-old Aussie Akira Santillan, who earned his first career ATP World Tour win on Tuesday over Michael Mmoh..Both players are attempting to reach their first career ATP quarter-final.

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 3 SECOND-ROUND MATCHES Stadium Denis Kudla (USA) vs [2] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) Kudla Leads 2-1 11 Newport (U.S.A.) Grass R32 Denis Kudla 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4 13 Moscow (Russia) Hard R32 Ivo Karlovic 6-2 6-3 16 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Denis Kudla 6-7(7) 7-6(5) 7-6(4)

Kudla 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 1-0 (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 17, 1992 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 178 Newport W-L (Best Result): 4-3 (2011 Quarter-finalist)

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• Tournament Note: Opened on Monday with a 64 57 60 victory over countryman Mitchell Krueger. Made breakthrough in 2011 as a wild card (ranked No. 394) with wins over Karlovic and Dimitrov (l. to Yani) • Has 10-8 record on ATP Challenger Tour this season, reaching SF at Happy Valley, AUS in opening week of season (l. to Gojowczyk) and Dallas (l. to Fritz). Also QF at San Francisco (l. to Mmoh) and Sarasota (l. to Sandgren) • Making first ATP World Tour main draw appearance since September last year when he qualified in Chengdu (l. to Mannarino in 1R) • Has lost in final round of qualifying in all three Grand Slam tournaments this season Karlovic 2017 Summary F(1): s-Hertogenbosch (l Muller); QF(2): Doha (l Verdasco); Budapest (l Bedene) YTD W-L: 11-13 (3-3 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: February 28, 1979 (38) Emirates ATP Ranking: 25 Newport W-L (Best Result): 14-5 (2016 Champion) • Reigning champion (d. Muller in three TBs) was runner-up in 2014 (l. to Hewitt) and 2015 (l. Ram). Has a 14-5 record overall • Hit Australian Open-record 75 aces and rallied from 2 sets down in 1R to beat Zeballos 22-20 in 5th after 5h14m • Oldest player to reach Grand Slam 3R (l. to Goffin at Aus. Open) since 38-year-old Connors at 1991 US Open • Lost to Muller, 34, in ’s-Hertogenbosch final -- oldest ATP final since 1977 Hong Kong (Rosewall vs Gorman) • Advanced to QFs at Doha (l. to Verdasco) and Budapest (l. to Bedene) • Saved 4 MPs to beat Bautista Agut 76(4) 67(9) 76(7) in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R (l. to Dimitrov in 2R) • Fell to eventual champion Estrella Burgos 67(7) 76(5) 76(8) in Quito 2R after holding 3 MPs • Snapped 5-match losing streak by reaching ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (d. Kuznetsov, l. to Kyrgios) • Withdrew from Acapulco due to knee injury and ATP Masters 1000 Rome due to back injury Tobias Kamke (GER) vs [3] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) First Meeting Kamke 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 1-1 (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 21, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 185 Newport W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2011 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Opened with a 63 63 win over Taylor Fritz and making second tournament appearance, first since 2011 when he reached SFs (l. to eventual champ Isner) • Has a 7-7 record on ATP Challenger Tour this season with runner-up in St. Brieuc, FRA in April (l. to Gerasimov) • Making second ATP World Tour main draw appearance of season. In February, lost in 1R to Medvedev in Montpellier • Trying to reach first ATP World Tour quarter-final since Stockholm last October Mannarino 2017 Summary F: Antalya (l Sugita) YTD W-L: 15-16 (6-3 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 42 Newport W-L (Best Result): 6-4 (2015-16 Quarter-finalist) • Tournament Note: Fifth straight appearance and reached QFs in 2015 (l. to Ram) and last year (l. to Muller • Fell short of 1st ATP World Tour title in 3rd final at Antalya (l. to Sugita) • Avenged loss to Sugita and beat countryman Monfils in 5 sets to reach Wimbledon 4R for 2nd time (l. to Djokovic) • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Miami 4R for 2nd time in 3 years (d. Coric 76 in 3rd, l. to Berdych) • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo (ret vs Pouille in 3R), Madrid (l. to Donaldson in 1R) and Rome (l. to Cuevas in 1R). Beat No. 10 Tsonga in Monte-Carlo 2R and now owns 2-21 record vs Top 10 opponents. • Snapped 8-match tour-level losing streak by beating Fritz in Acapulco 1R (l. to Thiem in 2R) • Won 12th and 13th Challenger titles respectively at Noumea, CAL (d. Milojevic) and Quimper, FRA (d. Gojowczyk) • Retired in Monte-Carlo 3R (right hip). Withdrew from Budapest, Munich and Geneva (hip), as well as Houston (ill).


[2] John Isner (USA) vs Sam Groth (AUS) Isner Leads 2-0 16 AUS vs. USA WG 1st RD (Australia) Grass RR John Isner 7-6(2) 6-2 6-2 17 AUS vs. USA WG QF (Australia) Hard RR John Isner 7-6(5) 6-3 Isner 2017 Summary SF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l A. Zverev); QF (4): Auckland (l Johnson); Memphis (l Young); Houston (l Escobedo); Eastbourne (l Gasquet) YTD W-L: 16-14 (2-3 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 (32) Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Newport W-L (Best Result): 15-5 (2011-12 Champion) • Tournament Note: Two-time champion in 2011 (d. O. Rochus) and 2012 (d. Hewitt) also reached SFs in 2013 and QFs in 2014. Did not play last year due to Davis Cup QF tie • Went 7-1 in TBs to reach 1st clay-court ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (d. Wawrinka and Cilic, l. to A. Zverev) • Leads ATP World Tour with most tie-breaks won (27) and played (44) this season • Lost 3rd-set TBs in QFs at Auckland (l. to Johnson), Memphis (l. to Young) and Houston (l. to Escobedo) • Squandered 2-set lead and 2 MPs vs M. Zverev in Australian Open 2R -- 5th loss of career from 2 sets up • Blew 3 MPs in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R vs A. Zverev -- 7th loss after holding MP since February 2016 • Saved 1 MP and won a 3rd-set TB to defeat Jaziri in 1st match of season at Auckland • Advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/F. Lopez (d. Marach/F. Martin 16-14 in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Madrid due to knee injury Groth 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 2-4 (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 19, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 201 Newport W-L (Best Result): 6-3 (2014 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Big-serving Aussie fired 23 aces and opened with a 67 76 63 win over fellow [Q] Austin Krajicek. It was his second ATP World Tour match win of season, first since opening contest in Brisbane (d. Herbert, l. to No. 8 Thiem). Best result in Newport is SF in 2014 (l. to Karlovic). Made debut in 2009 as a qualifier (d. Mello l. to eventual champ Ram) • Trying to reach his first ATP World Tour quarter-final since August 2015 in Washington (l. to Nishikori) • Played well during grass court Challenger circuit with back-to-back SFs in Nottingham (l. to Fabbiano) and Ilkley (l. to Bolt). Lost 1R of qualifying at Wimbledon (l. to Bolelli) Akira Santillan (AUS) vs Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) First Meeting

Santillan 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 1-2 (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 22, 1997 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 171 (Career-high) Newport W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: Made debut on Tuesday with 61 62 win over [WC] Mmoh in less than an hour • Young Aussie is making his third ATP World Tour main draw appearance of season (1-2) and lost in 1R in Delray Beach as a qualifier (l. to Fritz) and following week 1R in Sao Paulo (l. to Ruud). Overall 1-4 in his career on Tour • His best results have come on ATP Challenger Tour with maiden title last week in Winnetka, IL (d. Ramanathan). Afterwards jumped from No. 197 to career-high No. 171 in Emirates ATP Rankings * Also SF on home soil in Burnie in February and in Taipei in April. Has an ATP Challenger Tour record of 15-12


Fratangelo 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 4-7 (1-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 19, 1993 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 142 Newport W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: Made debut on Monday with 76 16 64 win over [8] Marchenko • Earned biggest win of career over 30th-ranked Simon at Budapest as Q (l. to Klizan in 2R) • Also qualified at Australian Open before falling in 1R to fellow American Rubin in 5 sets • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R as WC (d. Tomic, l. to Berdych) • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Miami Q1 vs Bourgue due to viral infection • Withdrew from Dallas, USA Challenger; San Francisco USA Challenger and Memphis Q due to knee injury


NEXT GEN ATP TRIO, TWO-TIME CHAMP RAM HEADLINE STADIUM

The remaining six first round matches are on Tuesday’s schedule with a trio of #NextGenATP stars

and two-time singles champion Rajeev Ram on Stadium.

First up is 19-year-old American wild card Michael Mmoh against 20-year-old Aussie Akira Santillan, who is coming off his first career ATP Challenger Tour title in Winnetka on Sunday. Both players are ranked a career-high this week with Mmoh at No. 173 and Santillan at No. 171. Both are also attempting to earn their first career ATP World Tour win. Mmoh is 0-6 and Santillan is 0-4.

In the next match on, No. 6 seed Lukas Lacko of Slovakia and 19-year-old Reilly Opelka meet for the first time. When Opelka played qualifying last year in Newport, he was No. 833 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The 2015 Wimbledon junior champion returns at No. 126 after earning his first three main draw wins en route to the Atlanta semi-finals last August (l. to Isner).

In the final singles match, Ram meets Aussie qualifier Matthew Edbden, who has climbed nearly 450 ranking spots since January. Ram won the Newport title in 2009 as the World No. 181 and 2015 as the World No. 161. He returns this week at No. 235. Ebden reached the quarter-finals in his 2011 Newport debut but he has lost his last four 1R matches (2012-15).

In a doubles match, No. 3 seeds Sam Groth and Leander Paes meet Marco Chiudinelli and Adrian Mannarino. Paes, who won his lone ATP World Tour singles title here in 1998, is playing in Newport for the first time since 1999 when he won the doubles title with Aussie Wayne Arthurs.

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 2 FIRST-ROUND MATCHES Stadium [WC] Michael Mmoh (USA) vs Akira Santillan (AUS) First Meeting Mmoh 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-3 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 10, 1998 (19) Emirates ATP Ranking: 173 (Career-high) Newport W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut • Comes in with a career-high No. 173 in Emirates ATP Rankings • Looking for first ATP World Tour win this season (0-3) and in career (0-6) • Fell in 1R at Auckland as Q (l. to Brown), Australian Open as WC (l. to Simon) and Miami as WC (l. to Mahut) • Has 9-9 Challenger record with SF in San Francisco (d. Sandgren, Kukushkin and Kudla; l. to Pospisil) • Defeated both Pospisil and Paul in 3 sets to reach Maui, USA Challenger QF (l. to eventual champion Chung)


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Santillan 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-2 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 22, 1997 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 171 (Career-high) Newport W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut • Young Aussie is making his third ATP World Tour main draw appearance of season (0-2) and lost in 1R in Delray Beach as a qualifier (l. to Fritz) and following week 1R in Sao Paulo (l. to Ruud). Overall 0-4 in his career on Tour • His best results have come on ATP Challenger Tour with maiden title last week in Winnetka, IL (d. Ramanathan). Afterwards jumped from No. 197 to career-high No. 171 in Emirates ATP Rankings * Also SF on home soil in Burnie in February and in Taipei in April. Has an ATP Challenger Tour record of 15-12 [6] Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs Reilly Opelka (USA) First Meeting Lacko 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 2-4 (0-2 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 3, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 127 Newport W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2015 2nd Round) • Tournament Note: Making third straight appearance and reached 2R in 2015 (d. Desein, l. to Sock). Last year fell to Sela in 1R • Qualified and reached Australian Open 3R for 2nd time (d. Ramos-Vinolas in 1R, l. to Nishikori) • Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to D. King in 1R) and on grass in Stuttgart (l. to Struff in 1R) and Halle (l. to M. Zverev). Fell in final round of qualifying at Wimbledon (l. to Gojowczyk) • Advanced to St. Brieuc, FRA Challenger QF (l. to Sakharov) • Withdrew from Munich qualifying due to right thigh injury Opelka 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 1-4 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 28, 1997 (19) Emirates ATP Ranking: 126 Newport W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut • Tournament Note: Last year came in ranked No. 833 and lost in 1R qualifying to Dancevic in three sets • Achieved career-high in Emirates ATP Rankings 9 times this season, most recently at No. 125 on June 19 • Defeated Donaldson in #NextGenATP showdown at Memphis as WC (l. to Young in 2R) • Qualified at Australian Open and fell in 5-set Grand Slam debut against Goffin • Hit 62 aces and saved 7/7 break points during Australian Open qualifying. Only qualifier not to drop a set. • Advanced to Challenger SF at Aix en Provence, FRA (l. to Tiafoe) and QF at Surbiton, GBR (l. to Thompson) • Conceded walkover in ATP Masters 1000 Miami Q2 vs D. King due to illness

[Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs [WC] Rajeev Ram (USA) Series Tied 1-1 11 Washington (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Matthew Ebden 6-1 3-2 ret 14 Newport (U.S.A.) Grass R32 Rajeev Ram 6-2 7-5 Other meetings: 11 Atlanta Q (USA) Hard -- Rajeev Ram 7-6(4) 6-3 12 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Q (USA) Hard Q2 Matthew Ebden 6-4 6-3

Ebden 2017 Summary QF(1): Memphis (l Basilashvili) YTD W-L: 3-3 (0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 26, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 249 Newport W-L (Best Result): 2-5 (2011 Quarter-finalist)

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• Tournament Note: Qualified into main draw for second time (2015) and looking to break five-match Newport losing streak. Reached QFs in 2011 debut (l. to O. Rochus) but has lost in 1R in last four visits (2012-13-14-15) • Has climbed nearly 450 ranking spots since returning to action in January. Ranked No. 696 at Australian Open qualifying (2R) and comes in a season-high No. 249 • In February, reached 2R in Quito (l. to Lorenzi) and following week qualified in Memphis where he advanced to QFs (l. to Basilashvili) • On grass, qualified at Ilkley, GBR Challenger (l. to Willis) and new ATP tourney in Antalya (l. to eventual champion Sugita in 1R) Ram 2017 Summary QF(1): Quito (l Lorenzi) YTD W-L: 2-1 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: March 18, 1984 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 235 Newport W-L (Best Result): 17-6 (2009, 2015 Champion) • Tournament Note: Two-time champion (2009, 2015) and 2012 SF is making his ninth main draw showing • Advanced to 1st clay-court singles QF at Quito (d. Dolgopolov and Kicker, l. to Lorenzi) • Fell to No. 235 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17 -- lowest since No. 237 on October 31, 2011 • Won 1st ATP Masters 1000 doubles title, 5th title w/Klaasen and 12th title overall at Indian Wells (d. Kubot/Melo) • En route to Indian Wells title, saved 3 MPs to defeat Nadal/Tomic before beating Djokovic/Troicki • Also w/Klaasen, won Delray Beach title (d. Huey/Mirnyi) and reached ’s-Hertogenbosch final (l. to Kubot/Melo) • Achieved career-high No. 11 in Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings on March 20

COURT 1 [Q] Austin Krajicek (USA) vs [Q] Sam Groth (AUS) First Tour Level Meeting 14 Rimouski CH (Canada) Hard SF Sam Groth 6-2 6-3 14 Leon CH (Mexico) Hard QF Sam Groth 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(2) COURT 2 Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) First Meeting

[Q] Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs [7] Tennys Sandgren (USA) First Tour Level Meeting Other meetings: 15 Drummondville CH (Canada) Hard R32 Frank Dancevic 6-3 6-3 15 Tallahassee CH (U.S.A.) Clay R32 Tennys Sandgren 4-6 6-2 6-1 15 Canada F8 (Canada) Hard SF Frank Dancevic 1-6 7-6(5) 6-1 15 Canada F9 (Canada) Clay F Frank Dancevic 7-5 6-3


10 THINGS TO WATCH IN NEWPORT 1) Size Matters: The three tallest players on the ATP World Tour lead the field at the Dell

Technologies Hall of Fame Open, which serves as the final grass-court tournament of the 2017 season. Six-foot-11 Ivo Karlovic is the defending Newport champion, 6-foot-11 Reilly Opelka is making his main draw tournament debut and 6-foot-10 John Isner won the title in 2011 and 2012.

2) Three Straight Finals: Karlovic saved three championship points to beat Gilles Muller in three tiebreak sets and win the 2016 Newport title. The 38-year-old Croat finished runner-up to Lleyton Hewitt in 2014 and Rajeev Ram in 2015, losing both of those finals in a third-set tiebreak.

3) Isner Seeded No. 1: Isner is making his eighth appearance in Newport and fifth as the top seed. He won the title in 2011 and 2012, then fell in the 2014 quarter-finals and 2015 first round, as the No. 1 seed. Isner made his ATP World Tour debut here 10 years ago, losing to Dick Norman.

4) Opelka on the Rise: When Opelka played qualifying last year in Newport, he was No. 833 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The 2015 Wimbledon junior champion returns inside the Top 150 after earning his first three main draw wins en route to the Atlanta semi-finals last August (l. to Isner).

5) First Time for Everything: Opelka is one of nine players seeking his first grass-court win -- not including the four men who qualify on Monday. NCAA champion Thai-Son Kwiatkowski will make his ATP debut as a wild card. No. 7 seed Tennys Sandgren (0-3), Mitchell Krueger (0-1) and #NextGenATP players Akira Santillan (0-4) and Michael Mmoh (0-6) seek their first ATP win on any surface. Bidding for their first grass-court win are Opelka (0-0 on grass), Bjorn Fratangelo (0-1 on grass), Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (0-2 on grass) and Konstantin Kravchuk (0-3 on grass).

6) First-Round Byes: Isner, Karlovic, No. 3 seed Adrian Mannarino and No. 4 seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert receive byes. Mannarino is coming off a fourth-round run at Wimbledon. Herbert will be making his Newport debut. His regular doubles partner, Nicolas Mahut, won the title here in 2013.

7) Raj Returns: Isner isn’t the only two-time champion in the field. Ram won the Newport title in 2009 as the World No. 181 and 2015 as the World No. 161. He returns this week outside of the Top 200.

8) #NextGenATP in Newport: Five #NextGenATP players are in Newport, including Opelka, Santillan and Mmoh. They are joined by American teens Taylor Fritz and Stefan Kozlov. Fritz qualified at Wimbledon before falling to Isner in the first round. Kozlov debuted at 2013 Newport as a 15-year-old and remains the youngest participant in an ATP match since Noam Behr, 14, at 1990 Tel Aviv.

9) By the Dozen: Twelve of the 24 men in the field before the conclusion of qualifying are American, including Denis Kudla, who defeated Grigor Dimitrov to reach the 2011 Newport quarter-finals.

10) First-Time Team: Ram and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi will debut as a doubles team. Ram, the 2009 Newport doubles champion, and Qureshi, the 2015 champion, have combined for five titles in 2017.


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EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open W F SF QF R16 R32

Singles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 20* 0 Singles Prize Money ($) 95,495 50,295 27,245 15,520 9,145 5,420 Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 0 --- Doubles Prize Money ($) 29,010 15,250 8,260 4,730 2,770 ---

* Singles players who receive first-round byes and lose in the second round earn 0 points

SEEDS TO WATCH THIS WEEK

SINGLES SEED PLAYER W-L BEST FINISH 1 John Isner (USA) 15-5 2011-12 Champion 2 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 14-5 2016 Champion 3 Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-4 2015-16 Quarter-finalist 4 Pierre-Hugues Herbert(FRA) 0-0 Main Draw Debut 5 Victor Estrella Burgos(DOM) 1-1 2016 Round of 16 6 Lukas Lacko (SVK) 1-2 2015 Round of 16 7 Tennys Sandgren (USA) 0-0 Main Draw Debut 8 Illya Marchenko (UKR) 0-2 2013, 2015 Round of 32

QUALIFIERS (4) TBD on Monday WILD CARDS (3) Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA) Michael Mmoh (USA) Rajeev Ram (USA)

OLDEST PLAYER Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 38 years, 4 months

YOUNGEST PLAYER Stefan Kozlov (USA) 19 years, 5 months

TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN United States (12), France (2), Germany (2)

DOUBLES SEED TEAM W-L BEST FINISH

1 Aisam-Ul Haq Qureshi/

Rajeev Ram 0-0

Team Debut

2 Santiago Gonzalez/Scott Lipsky

4-2 2012 Champion

3 Sam Groth/Leander Paes 0-0 Team Debut 4 Purav Raja/Divij Sharan 2-1 2016 Semi-finalist


PAST FINALISTS (since 2007)

SINGLES

BOLD: Players in 2017 singles draw

DOUBLES

BOLD: Players in 2017 doubles draw

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 1 MAIN DRAW FIRST-ROUND MATCHES

Stadium Dennis Novikov (USA) vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) First Meeting Novikov 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-1 (0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 6, 1993 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 203 Newport W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2016 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Made debut last year and lost to Estrella Burgos in 1R • Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, Houston, Roland Garros (2R) and Wmb • Advanced to Tempe, USA Challenger SF (l. to Sandgren) • Reached Challenger QFs at Tallahassee, USA (l. to Rola) and Savannah, USA (l. to Paul) • Has a 7-15 record on ATP Challenger Tour this season • Played lone ATP World Tour tournament in s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Mahut in 1R) as a qualifier

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2016 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) Gilles Muller (LUX) 6-7(2),7-6(5),7-6(12) 2015 Rajeev Ram (USA) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-6(5), 5-7, 7-6(2) 2014 Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(3) 2013 Nicolas Mahut (FRA) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 2012 John Isner (USA) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 7-6(1), 6-4 2011 John Isner (USA) Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-3, 7-6(6) 2010 Mardy Fish (USA) Olivier Rochus (BEL) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 2009 Rajeev Ram (USA) Sam Querrey (USA) 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-3 2008 Fabrice Santoro (FRA) Prakash Amritraj (IND) 6-3, 7-5 2007 Fabrice Santoro (FRA) Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-4, 6-4

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2016 Chris Guccione/Sam Groth Jonathan Marray/Ail Shamasdin 6-4, 6-3 2015 Jonathan Marray/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Nicholas Monroe/Mate Pavic 4-6, 6-3, [10-8] 2014 Chris Guccione/Lleyton Hewitt Jonathan Erlich/Rajeev Ram 7-5, 6-4 2013 Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin Tim Smyczek/Rhyne Williams 6-7(4), 6-2, [10-5] 2012 Santiago Gonzalez/Scott Lipsky Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins 7-6(3), 6-3 2011 Matthew Ebden/Ryan Harrison Johan Brunstrom/Adil Shamasdin 4-6, 6-3, [10-5] 2010 Carsten Ball/Chris Guccione Santiago Gonzalez/Travis Rettenmaier 6-3, 6-4 2009 Jordan Kerr/Rajeev Ram Michael Kohlmann/Rogier Wassen 6-7, 7-6, [10-6] 2008 Mardy Fish/John Isner Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 6-4, 7-6(1) 2007 Jordan Kerr/Jim Thomas Nathan Healey/Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 7-5


Chiudinelli 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-2 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 10, 1981 (35) Emirates ATP Ranking: 211 Newport W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2016 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Fell to Mahut 60 76(2) in 1R in 2012 and last year reached QFs (l. to eventual champ Karlovic) • Has 7-8 record on ATP Challenger Tour with QF showings in St. Brieuc, FRA; Taipei, TAI and Gimcheon, KOR • Has 0-2 Tour level record, losing to Sock in 1R Davis Cup and to Brands in Sofia • Has lost in 1R in qualifying in first three Grand Slam tournaments of season Denis Kudla (USA) vs Mitchell Krueger (USA) First Tour Level Meeting Other meeting: 14 Binghamton CH (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Denis Kudla 7-6(3) 6-3 Kudla 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 17, 1992 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 178 Newport W-L (Best Result): 3-3 (2011 Quarter-finalist) • Tournament Note: Has a 3-3 record and made breakthrough in 2011 as a wild card (ranked No. 394) with wins over Karlovic and Dimitrov (l. to Yani) • Has 10-8 record on ATP Challenger Tour this season, reaching SF at Happy Valley, AUS in opening week of season (l. to Gojowczyk) and Dallas (l. to Fritz). Also QF at San Francisco (l. to Mmoh) and Sarasota (l. to Sandgren) • Making first ATP World Tour main draw appearance since September last year when he qualified in Chengdu (l. to Mannarino in 1R) • Has lost in final round of qualifying in all three Grand Slam tournaments this season Krueger 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 12, 1994 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 186 Newport W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2014 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Lost to Ito in 1R in 2014 in only previous appearance • Appearing in first ATP World Tour tournament of season and second of career (2014 Newport, l. to Ito in 1R) • Has 16-13 record on ATP Challenger Tour this season, reaching final at Launceston, AUS (l. to Rubin) in February and SFs in Tallahassee (l. to Rola) in April • Reached career-high No. 169 on May 1 in Emirates ATP Rankings (comes in No. 186) Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Tobias Kamke (GER) First Meeting Fritz 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 5-7 (0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 28, 1997 (19) Emirates ATP Ranking: 120 Newport W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• Earned 1st Top 10 win of career over No. 7 Cilic to reach ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R (l. to Jaziri) • Win over Paire in Indian Wells 1R snapped 13-match losing streak against Top 50 opponents • Saved 3 MPs to defeat Lu in Memphis 1R (l. to Ebden in 2R) • Qualified at Acapulco (l. to Mannarino in 1R) and Wimbledon (l. to Isner in 1R) • Advanced to 5th ATP Challenger Tour final at Dallas, USA (d. Kudla 76 in 3rd, l. to Harrison) • Withdrew from Houston qualifying due to knee injury and did not play during clay-court season


Kamke 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 0-1 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 21, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 185 Newport W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2011 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Making second tournament appearance and in 2011 reached SFs (l. to eventual champ Isner) • Has a 7-7 record on ATP Challenger Tour this season with runner-up in St. Brieuc, FRA in April (l. to Gerasimov) • Making second ATP World Tour main draw appearance of season. In February, lost in 1R to Medvedev in Montpellier

Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) vs [8] Illya Marchenko (UKR) First Meeting Fratangelo 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 3-7 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 19, 1993 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 142 Newport W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut • Earned biggest win of career over 30th-ranked Simon at Budapest as Q (l. to Klizan in 2R) • Also qualified at Australian Open before falling in 1R to fellow American Rubin in 5 sets • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R as WC (d. Tomic, l. to Berdych) • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Miami Q1 vs Bourgue due to viral infection • Withdrew from Dallas, USA Challenger; San Francisco USA Challenger and Memphis Q due to knee injury

Marchenko 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 2-5 (0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 8, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 112 Newport W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (2013, 2015 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Lost in 1R in 2013 (l. to Russell) and in 2015 (l. to Karlovic), both 6-4 in third set • Advanced to 2R at Montpellier (d. Halys, l. to De Schepper) and Marseille (d. Rublev, l. to Tsonga) • Defeated Krajinovic, Becker and Willis to qualify at Wimbledon (l. to Vesely in 1R in five sets) • Owns records of 2-5 on ATP World Tour and 3-8 on ATP Challenger Tour • Yet to defeat a Top 100 player or reach a QF at any level this season • Fell to No. 125 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 1 -- lowest since No. 125 on September 28, 2015

COURT 1 Peter Gojowczyk (GER) vs [WC] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA) First Meeting COURT 2

Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) vs Stefan Kozlov (USA) First Meeting


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Michael Mmoh (USA) vs Akira Santillan (AUS) First Meeting Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs Reilly Opelka (USA) First Meeting Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) First Meeting + Does not included qualifiers

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DELL TECHNOLOGIES HALL OF FAME OPEN: DAY 7 NOTES · Haq Qureshi (PAK)/Rajeev Ram (USA) has not played together in any tournament before Newport, though both players are accomplished