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COURT GUILLERMO VILAS [LL] Pedro Sousa (POR) vs [8] Casper Ruud (NOR) First Tour-Level Meeting Other meeting 18 Braga CH (Portugal) Clay F Pedro Sousa 6-0 3-6 6-3

Sousa Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 145 | Career-High No. 99 | 3-0 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 3-0 In 2020, became first Portuguese player to reach his first ATP Tour final since Joao Sousa (2013 Kuala Lumpur). Would be Buenos Aires 2nd oldest champion after David Ferrer in 2014. Also, Sousa is trying to become the first Lucky Loser to win an ATP tournament since Cecchinato in 2018. • Failed to qualify in Australian Open (l. Q1 to Mott), Cordoba (l. Q1 to Ficovich) and in Buenos Aires (l. Q2 to Bagnis) but entered in the Argentinian capital draw as a Lucky Loser. • Reached 3R in Punta del Este, URU ATP Tour Challenger (l. to Giannessi). In 2019, fell in career 13th ATP Tour Challenger final in Florence, ITA (l. to Trungelliti). All career finals have been on clay. • Won his 6th career ATP Tour Challenger title in Blois, FRA (d. Coppejans) and his 7th in Meerbusch, GER (d. Krstin) • Reached career-high ranking on 18 February as No. 99. Ruud Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 45 | Career-High No. 45 | 6-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 4-0 • In 2020, will be the Norwegian highest-ranked player ever on Monday next week regardless of the Final outcome. Previous Norwegian highest-ranked player was his father and coach Christian (career-High No. 39). Ruud will try to become the youngest Buenos Aires champion. • Went 2-1 in singles at ATP Cup with 2 biggest wins of career over No. 19 Isner (saved 2 MPs) and No. 12 Fognini. • Fell in 1R at Auckland (l. to eventual champion Humbert) and Australian Open (l. to Gerasimov in 5th-set TB). • In 2019, broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 4 March. • Reached Houston final (l. to Garin), becoming 2nd Norwegian ATP Tour finalist (Christian Ruud at 1995 Bastad). • Also became youngest Houston finalist at age 20 since 19-year-old Roddick in 2002. • Advanced to SFs at Sao Paulo (l. to Garin) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). • Beat No. 31 Berrettini in Roland Garros 2R (l. to Federer in 3R). • Went 1-2 in debut at Next Gen ATP Finals (d. Davidovich Fokina, l. to Kecmanovic and de Minaur). Lucky losers’ best results in Buenos Aires (since 2001) Portuguese ATP Finalists (Open Era) 2020 Pedro Sousa F Joao Sousa 10 (3-7) 2006 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo QF Fred Gil 1 (0-1) 2018 Gastao Elias 2R Pedro Sousa 1 (0-0) 2013 Marco Trungelliti 2R 2005 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 2R Finalists at Buenos Aires debut (since 2002) Youngest Buenos Aires Finalists 2020 Casper Ruud 2001 Jose Acasuso 18Y 4M (F) 2020 Pedro Sousa 2003 Guillermo Coria 21Y 1M (F) 2016 Dominic Thiem 2020 Casper Ruud 21Y 1M 2007 Alessio Di Mauro 2004 Guillermo Coria 22Y 1M (C) 2003 Carlos Moya 2002 Nicolas Massu 22Y 4M (C) 2016 Dominic Thiem 22Y 5M (C)

ARGENTINA OPEN – ATP MEDIA NOTES DAY 7 – SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2020 Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10-16 February 2020

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Lucky losers reaching an ATP final (since 2017) 2020 Pedro Sousa (Buenos Aires) 2019 Pablo Cuevas (Estoril, F) 2018 Marco Cecchinato (Budapest, C) 2017 Leonardo Mayer (Hamburg, C) 2017 Andrey Rublev (Umag, C)

STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN THIS WEEK (coming into final)

Argentina Open Pedro Sousa Casper Ruud

Aces 15 20

1st-Serve Percentage 64,1% 68,2%

1st-Serve Points Won 70,3% 75,2%

2nd-Serve Points Won 52% 62,7%

Service Games Won 86,5% 92,7%

Break Points Saved 80% 72,7%

1st-Serve Return Points Won 34,2% 39,2%

2nd-Serve Return Points Won 50% 55,8%

Return Games Won 22,2% 43,2%

Break Points Converted 32% 59,3%

BOLD: Leads all 28 players at Argentina Open

[1] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Guillermo Duran (ARG) / Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) First Meeting • No. 1 seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos are 16-6 as a team (won their first 10 matches together). The Spaniard and Argentine captured the title in their debut at the 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (d. Haase/Koolhof). Reached the 2019 US Open final (l. to Cabal/Farah). Granollers (33, current ranking 21, highest 4, 18 titles) also finished runner-up in 2014 at Roland Garros and the US Open (both w/M. Lopez). Zeballos (34, current ranking 4, highest 3, 13 titles) was semifinalist at 2013 Roland Garros (w/Cuevas) and 2010 US Open (w/Schwank). He is the only Argentine to crack the Top 10 ATP Doubles Rankings (since 1976).

• Guillermo Duran and Juan Ignacio Londero are playing only their 4th tournament together. They entered the draw having lost all the 3 matches played (2019 Sao Paulo and Wimbledon, l. both to Gille /Vliegen, 2020 Cordoba, l. to Mayer/Molteni). They reached the 2020 Buenos Aires final beating Gille/Vliegen in the QF. Duran (31, current ranking 101, highest 48, 4 titles) last ATP final was Kitzbuhel 2017. He has a spotless record in Finals: 4 out of 4. Londero (26, current ranking 293, highest 209, 0 titles) has played only 19 doubles matches in career (2020 Buenos Aires included) and never went further the QFs.




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COURT GUILLERMO VILAS [8] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) First Tour-Level Meeting Other meeting 16 Lima CH (Peru) Clay R32 Casper Ruud 6-2 6-1 Ruud Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 45 | Career-High No. 45 | 5-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 3-0 • In 2020, went 2-1 in singles at ATP Cup with 2 biggest wins of career over No. 19 Isner (saved 2 MPs) and No. 12 Fognini. • Achieved best ranking on 10 February. Highest-ranked Norwegian since his father Christian was No. 45 on 12 July 1999 (Career-High No. 39). • Fell in 1R at Auckland (l. to eventual champion Humbert) and Australian Open (l. to Gerasimov in 5th-set TB). • In 2019, broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 4 March. • Reached Houston final (l. to Garin), becoming 2nd Norwegian ATP Tour finalist (Christian Ruud at 1995 Bastad). • Also became youngest Houston finalist at age 20 since 19-year-old Roddick in 2002. • Advanced to SFs at Sao Paulo (l. to Garin) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). • Beat No. 31 Berrettini in Roland Garros 2R (l. to Federer in 3R). • Went 1-2 in debut at Next Gen ATP Finals (d. Davidovich Fokina, l. to Kecmanovic and de Minaur). Londero Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 69 | Career-High No. 50 | 5-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 3-1 (2019 1R) In 2020, entered Cordoba as defending champion with two wins and fell to Djere in the QF in the deciding set TB. • Fell in 1R at Adelaide (l. to Evans) and Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov). • Suffered 8-match tour-level losing streak since defeating Querrey last August in US Open 1R. • Did not play as member of Team Argentina at ATP Cup. In 2019, captured 1st ATP Tour title at Cordoba as 112th-ranked WC (d. Pella). • Became 1st player since Darcis at 2007 Amersfoort to win a title without a tour-level victory entering tournament. • Also advanced to Bastad final (l. to Jarry). Earned total of 22 tour-level wins this season. • Broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 11 February and achieved career-high No. 50 on 11 November. • Reached Roland Garros 4R (d. Basilashvili, Gasquet and Moutet; l. to Nadal). Became 1st player to reach 4R in Grand Slam debut since Goffin at 2012 Roland Garros. • Qualified at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Cuevas in 2R), ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Auger-Aliassime in 1R) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Murray in 1R). Semi-finalists at Buenos Aires debut (since 2002) Youngest Buenos Aires Semi-finalists 2020 Casper Ruud, Pedro Sousa 2004 Richard Gasquet 17Y 8M 2018 Gael Monfils 2001 Jose Acasuso 18Y 4M 2016 Dominic Thiem 2002 Feliciano Lopez 20Y 4M 2011 Stan Wawrinka 2003 Guillermo Coria 21Y 1M 2006 Juan Carlos Ferrero 2020 Casper Ruud 21Y 1M 2004 Richard Gasquet 2004 Jose Acasuso 21Y 4M 2002 Feliciano Lopez 2007 Nicolas Almagro 21Y 6M

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[1] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs [LL] Pedro Sousa (POR) First Tour-Level Meeting Other meeting 13 Guayaquil CH (Ecuador) Clay R32 Pedro Sousa 6-2 5-7 7-5 Schwartzman Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 14 | Career-High No. 11 | 9-5 in 2020 (Cordoba Finalist, Australian Open R16) | Tournament W/L 10-6 (2019 Finalist) In 2020, Saved 4 matchpoints in the Buenos Aires quarter-final in what became the longest match ever of the Argentina Open. Defeated Pablo Cuevas 5-7 7-6(11) 7-5 in 3h41m. Also played his longest 3-setter ever (previously 2h54m in Montreal, d. Thiem 6-4 6-7(7) 7-5). • Fell in the final in Cordoba to Garin. Reached his 8th ATP final and reached at least one ATP final for the 5th consecutive year. • Did not drop a set en route to Australian Open 4R (l. to 8-time champion Djokovic). • Went 1-3 for Team Argentina at ATP Cup, which reached Final 8 (d. Coric; l. to Hurkacz, Thiem and Medvedev). In 2019, earned career-high 40 wins, highlighted by 3rd ATP Tour title of career at Los Cabos (d. Fritz). • Saved 1 MP vs. Thiem to reach final in hometown of Buenos Aires (l. to Cecchinato). Fell to Thiem in Vienna final. • Beat No. 6 Nishikori for biggest win of career and to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Equaled biggest win of career by beating No. 6 A. Zverev to reach 3rd Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Nadal). • Defeated defending champion Cilic to reach London/Queen’s Club QF (l. to Medvedev). • Advanced to Wimbledon 3R for 1st time (l. to Berrettini after holding 3 MPs). • Reached doubles finals w/Thiem at Buenos Aires (l. to M. Gonzalez/Zeballos) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Rojer/Tecau). Also advanced to Roland Garros doubles SF w/Pella (l. to Krawietz/Mies). Sousa Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 145 | Career-High No. 99 | 3-0 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 3-0 In 2020, became first Portuguese player to reach an ATP Tour semifinal since Gastao Elias (2016 Bastad). Became the oldest player to reach an ATP Tour semifinal since Victor Estrella Burgos (2014 Bogota). • Failed to qualify in Australian Open (l. Q1 to Mott), Cordoba (l. Q1 to Ficovich) and in Buenos Aires (l. Q2 to Bagnis) but entered in the Argentinian capital draw as a Lucky Loser. • Reached 3R in Punta del Este, URU ATP Tour Challenger (l. to Giannessi). In 2019, fell in career 13th ATP Tour Challenger final in Florence, ITA (l. to Trungelliti). All career finals have been on clay. • Won his 6th career ATP Tour Challenger title in Blois, FRA (d. Coppejans) and his 7th in Meerbusch, GER (d. Krstin) • Reached career-high ranking on 18 February as No. 99. Lucky losers’ best results in Buenos Aires (since 2001) 2020 Pedro Sousa SF 2006 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo QF 2018 Gastao Elias 2R 2013 Marco Trungelliti 2R 2005 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 2R Portuguese ATP Semi-finalists (Open Era) Joao Sousa 19 (10-9) Fred Gil 3 (1-2) Gastao Elias 2 (0-2) Joao Cunha-Silva 1 (0-1) Pedro Sousa 1 (0-0)




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COURT GUILLERMO VILAS [8] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs [3] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) First Meeting Ruud Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 45 | Career-High No. 45 | 4-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 2-0 • In 2020, went 2-1 in singles at ATP Cup with 2 biggest wins of career over No. 19 Isner (saved 2 MPs) and No. 12 Fognini. • Achieved best ranking on 10 February. Highest-ranked Norwegian since his father Christian was No. 45 on 12 July 1999 (Career-High No. 39). • Fell in 1R at Auckland (l. to eventual champion Humbert) and Australian Open (l. to Gerasimov in 5th-set TB). • In 2019, broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 4 March. • Reached Houston final (l. to Garin), becoming 2nd Norwegian ATP Tour finalist (Christian Ruud at 1995 Bastad). • Also became youngest Houston finalist at age 20 since 19-year-old Roddick in 2002. • Advanced to SFs at Sao Paulo (l. to Garin) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). • Beat No. 31 Berrettini in Roland Garros 2R (l. to Federer in 3R). • Went 1-2 in debut at Next Gen ATP Finals (d. Davidovich Fokina, l. to Kecmanovic and de Minaur). Lajovic Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 23 | Career-High No. 23 | 7-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 4-4 (2016 QF) In 2020, went 4-2 to help Team Serbia win ATP Cup title, including wins over Auger-Aliassime in QF and Khachanov in SF. • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 1st time (l. to Schwartzman). In 2019, won 1st ATP Tour singles title at Umag (d. Balazs) and 2nd doubles title at Chengdu w/Cacic (d. Erlich/F. Martin). • Earned biggest win of career over No. 5 Thiem and did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour final at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Fognini). World No. 48 became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in 2001. • Also became 2nd player since 2013 to reach 1st career final at an ATP Masters 1000 event (Krajinovic - 2017 Paris). • Achieved career-high No. 23 in ATP Rankings on 29 April and finished year-end high No. 34. • One of 4 Serbians to reach Roland Garros 3R -- most ever in a Grand Slam 3R (l. to A. Zverev in 5 sets). Quarter-finalists at Buenos Aires debut (since 2011) 2020 Casper Ruud, Pedro Sousa 2019 Jaume Munar (QF) 2018 Gael Monfils (SF) 2017 Thiago Monteiro (QF) 2017 Gerald Melzer (QF) 2016 Dominic Thiem (Champion) 2016 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (QF) 2015 Blaz Rola (QF) 2014 Jeremy Chardy (QF) 2014 Robin Haase (QF) 2013 Julian Reister (QF) 2012 Kei Nishikori (QF) 2011 Stan Wawrinka (SF)

Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) vs [2] Guido Pella (ARG) Londero leads 1-0 19 Cordoba (Argentina) Clay F Juan Ignacio Londero 3-6 7-5 6-1 Other meetings 10 Argentina F13 Clay R16 Guido Pella 6-4 6-1 11 Bolivia F2 Clay F Guido Pella 6-4 6-3 14 Pereira CH (Colombia) Clay R16 Guido Pella 5-7 6-3 6-1

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Londero Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 69 | Career-High No. 50 | 4-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 2-1 (2019 1R) In 2020, entered Cordoba as defending champion with two wins and fell to Djere in the QF in the deciding set TB. • Fell in 1R at Adelaide (l. to Evans) and Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov). • Suffered 8-match tour-level losing streak since defeating Querrey last August in US Open 1R. • Did not play as member of Team Argentina at ATP Cup. In 2019, captured 1st ATP Tour title at Cordoba as 112th-ranked WC (d. Pella). • Became 1st player since Darcis at 2007 Amersfoort to win a title without a tour-level victory entering tournament. • Also advanced to Bastad final (l. to Jarry). Earned total of 22 tour-level wins this season. • Broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 11 February and achieved career-high No. 50 on 11 November. • Reached Roland Garros 4R (d. Basilashvili, Gasquet and Moutet; l. to Nadal). Became 1st player to reach 4R in Grand Slam debut since Goffin at 2012 Roland Garros. • Qualified at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Cuevas in 2R), ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Auger-Aliassime in 1R) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Murray in 1R). Pella Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 27 | Career-High No. 20 | 5-4 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 7-6 (2019 SF) In 2020, lost to Moutet in Cordoba 2R. • Went 2-2 to help Team Argentina reach ATP Cup Final 8 (d. Majchrzak and Cilic, l. to Novak and Khachanov). • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 1st time (l. to Fognini). In 2019, earned career-high 36 wins and achieved career-high No. 20 in ATP Rankings on 19 August. • Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour title in 5th career final at Sao Paulo (d. Garin). • Let 6-3 4-2 lead against countryman Londero slip away in Cordoba final. • Reached SFs at Buenos Aires (d. Munar after saving 4 MPs, l. to Cecchinato) and Los Cabos (l. to Schwartzman). • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF at Wimbledon (d. 2018 finalist Anderson and 2016 finalist Raonic, l. to Bautista Agut) and 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal). • Doubles semi-finalist at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid w/J. Sousa (l. to Schwartzman/Thiem) and Roland Garros w/Schwartzman (l. to Krawietz/Mies). 52 Weeks Deciding Set Leaders (updated to current week tournaments 2R) 1 Guido Pella 19-8 2 Benoit Paire 19-12 3 Borna Coric 18-10 4 Gael Monfils 16-7 5 Andrey Rublev 15-4 6 Dominic Thiem 15-6 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas 15-13 8 Diego Schwartzman 14-9 9 Nikoloz Basilashvili 14-12 10 Fernando Verdasco 14-12

[1] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU) Cuevas leads 3-2 15 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Pablo Cuevas 7-6(4) 6-4 16 Antwerp (Belgium) Hard QF Diego Schwartzman 7-6(8) 6-3 17 Australian Open Hard R128 Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-3 6-0 17 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Clay QF Pablo Cuevas 5-7 6-4 6-4 19 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R32 Pablo Cuevas 6-1 4-1 ret. Other meeting 13 Montevideo CH (Uruguay) Clay SF Diego Schwartzman 6-2 6-2 Schwartzman Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 14 | Career-High No. 11 | 8-5 in 2020 (Cordoba Finalist, Australian Open R16) | Tournament W/L 9-6 (2019 Finalist) In 2020, fell in the final in Cordoba to Garin. Reached his 8th ATP final and reached at least one ATP final for the 5th consecutive year. • Did not drop a set en route to Australian Open 4R (l. to 8-time champion Djokovic). • Went 1-3 for Team Argentina at ATP Cup, which reached Final 8 (d. Coric; l. to Hurkacz, Thiem and Medvedev). In 2019, earned career-high 40 wins, highlighted by 3rd ATP Tour title of career at Los Cabos (d. Fritz). • Saved 1 MP vs. Thiem to reach final in hometown of Buenos Aires (l. to Cecchinato). Fell to Thiem in Vienna final. • Beat No. 6 Nishikori for biggest win of career and to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Equaled biggest win of career by beating No. 6 A. Zverev to reach 3rd Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Nadal). • Defeated defending champion Cilic to reach London/Queen’s Club QF (l. to Medvedev). • Advanced to Wimbledon 3R for 1st time (l. to Berrettini after holding 3 MPs).


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• Reached doubles finals w/Thiem at Buenos Aires (l. to M. Gonzalez/Zeballos) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Rojer/Tecau). Also advanced to Roland Garros doubles SF w/Pella (l. to Krawietz/Mies). Cuevas Summary | Age: 34 | World No. 48 | Career-High No. 19 | 5-6 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 9-9 (2015, 2016, 2019 QF) • In 2020, reached QF in Cordoba (l. to Garin) • Fell to Simon in Australian Open 1R. • Went 0-3 in singles at ATP Cup, including loss to No. 1 Nadal. Lost his last 8 matches vs. Top 10 opponents. • Snapped 6-match tour-level losing streak by saving 3 MPs vs. Opelka in Auckland 1R (l. to Paul in 2R). • In 2019, played in 1st ATP Tour final since 2017 Sao Paulo at Estoril as LL (l. to Tsitsipas). • Advanced to SFs at Cordoba (l. to Pella) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Auger-Aliassime), as well as QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem), Budapest (d. Cilic after saving 1 MP, l. to Berrettini) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ruud). • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 4th time in 5 years (l. to Thiem). • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Tsonga in Q2, l. to Lajovic in 1R) and Beijing (l. to Khachanov in 1R). • Fell to No. 94 in ATP Rankings on 14 January -- lowest since No. 111 on 7 July 2014. • Won 13th ATP Challenger Tour title at Tunis, TUN (d. Domingues) and 14th at Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Halys). Cuevas spotless clay court rivalries vs. Facundo Bagnis 5-0 vs. Thiago Monteiro 4-0 vs. Diego Schwartzman 3-0 vs. Nicolas Almagro 3-0 vs. Thomaz Bellucci 3-0 vs. Joao Sousa 3-0 vs. Pere Riba 3-0

Thiago Monteiro (BRA) vs [LL] Pedro Sousa (POR) Monteiro leads 1-0 19 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R32 Thiago Monteiro 6-3 6-2 Monteiro Summary | Age: 25 | World No. 92 | Career-High No. 74 | 3-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 4-2 (2017 QF) • In 2020, Lost in 1R in Cordoba (to Moutet) • Successfully defended ATP Challenger Tour title at Punta del Este, URU (d. Cecchinato). • Fell to Isner in Australian Open 1R for 6th straight Grand Slam main draw loss. • Qualified at Auckland (l. to Paire in 2R). Fell in qualifying 2R at Doha (l. to Barrere). • In 2019, qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Tomic in 1R), Munich (l. to Fucsovics in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Lajovic in 1R), Wimbledon (l. to Nishikori in 1R) and Hamburg (l. to Struff in 1R). • Went 30-14 on ATP Challenger Tour with titles at Punta del Este, URU (d. Arguello); Braunschweig, GER (d. Kamke) and Lima, PER (d. F. Coria). • Defeated De Greef and lost to Coppejans in Davis Cup Qualifiers (BEL d. BRA 3-1). Sousa Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 145 | Career-High No. 99 | 2-0 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 2-0 In 2020, failed to qualify in Australian Open (l. Q1 to Mott), Cordoba (l. Q1 to Ficovich) and in Buenos Aires (l. Q2 to Bagnis) but entered in the Argentinian capital draw as a Lucky Loser. • Reached 3R in Punta del Este, URU ATP Tour Challenger (l. to Giannessi). In 2019, fell in career 13th ATP Tour Challenger final in Florence, ITA (l. to Trungelliti). All career finals have been on clay. • Won his 6th career ATP Tour Challenger title in Blois, FRA (d. Coppejans) and his 7th in Meerbusch, GER (d. Krstin) • Reached career-high ranking on 18 February as No. 99. Lucky losers’ best results in Buenos Aires (since 2001) 2020 Pedro Sousa QF 2006 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo QF 2018 Gastao Elias 2R 2013 Marco Trungelliti 2R 2005 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 2R




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COURT GUILLERMO VILAS [6] Laslo Djere (SRB) vs Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) Djere leads 1-0 20 Cordoba (Argentina) Clay QF Laslo Djere 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(5) Djere Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 35 | Career-High No. 27 | 5-4 in 2020 | Tournament 1-0 In 2020, fell to Diego Schwartzman in Cordoba SF. Career SF record 0-7 in ATP tournaments. • Snapped 7-match losing streak by beating Sonego in Doha 1R (l. to Herbert in 2R). • Also advanced to 2R at Adelaide (l. to Harris). • Suffered Australian Open 1R loss for 3rd straight season (l. to Nishioka). In 2019, defeated No. 8 Thiem and did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour title at Rio de Janeiro (d. Auger-Aliassime). • Rose from No. 90 to No. 37 in ATP Rankings following title, then achieved career-high No. 27 on 10 June. • Saved 1 MP and equaled biggest win of career vs. No. 8 Del Potro in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R (l. to Cilic in 3R). • Reached SFs at Sao Paulo (d. Auger-Aliassime, l. to Pella), Budapest (l. to Berrettini) and Umag (l. to Balazs). • One of 4 Serbians to reach Roland Garros 3R -- most ever in a Grand Slam 3R (l. to Nishikori 8-6 in 5th). • Earned career-high 20 wins in 2019, but ended season with losing streaks of 7 matches and 15 sets. Londero Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 69 | Career-High No. 50 | 3-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 1-1 (2019 1R) In 2020, entered Cordoba as defending champion with two wins and fell to Djere in the QF in the deciding set TB. • Fell in 1R at Adelaide (l. to Evans) and Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov). • Suffered 8-match tour-level losing streak since defeating Querrey last August in US Open 1R. • Did not play as member of Team Argentina at ATP Cup. In 2019, captured 1st ATP Tour title at Cordoba as 112th-ranked WC (d. Pella). • Became 1st player since Darcis at 2007 Amersfoort to win a title without a tour-level victory entering tournament. • Also advanced to Bastad final (l. to Jarry). Earned total of 22 tour-level wins this season. • Broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 11 February and achieved career-high No. 50 on 11 November. • Reached Roland Garros 4R (d. Basilashvili, Gasquet and Moutet; l. to Nadal). Became 1st player to reach 4R in Grand Slam debut since Goffin at 2012 Roland Garros. • Qualified at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Cuevas in 2R), ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Auger-Aliassime in 1R) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Murray in 1R). Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs [7] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) Cuevas leads 7-1 10 Valencia (Spain) Hard R32 Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-4 15 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 3-6 6-3 6-4 16 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R32 Pablo Cuevas 7-5 6-2 16 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Pablo Cuevas 6-4 7-5 17 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Clay F Pablo Cuevas 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 17 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R32 Pablo Cuevas 6-7(5) 7-6(1) 6-2 18 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R32 Pablo Cuevas 6-1 6-7(2) 6-2 19 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay QF Pablo Cuevas 6-3 3-6 6-3 Other Meeting 10 Valencia Q (Spain) Hard Q2 Pablo Cuevas 7-5 6-3 Cuevas Summary | Age: 34 | World No. 48 | Career-High No. 19 | 4-6 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 8-9 (2015, 2016, 2019 QF) • In 2020, reached QF in Cordoba (l. to Garin) • Fell to Simon in Australian Open 1R. • Went 0-3 in singles at ATP Cup, including loss to No. 1 Nadal. Lost his last 8 matches vs. Top 10 opponents. • Snapped 6-match tour-level losing streak by saving 3 MPs vs. Opelka in Auckland 1R (l. to Paul in 2R).

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• In 2019, played in 1st ATP Tour final since 2017 Sao Paulo at Estoril as LL (l. to Tsitsipas). • Advanced to SFs at Cordoba (l. to Pella) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Auger-Aliassime), as well as QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem), Budapest (d. Cilic after saving 1 MP, l. to Berrettini) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ruud). • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 4th time in 5 years (l. to Thiem). • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Tsonga in Q2, l. to Lajovic in 1R) and Beijing (l. to Khachanov in 1R). • Fell to No. 94 in ATP Rankings on 14 January -- lowest since No. 111 on 7 July 2014. • Won 13th ATP Challenger Tour title at Tunis, TUN (d. Domingues) and 14th at Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Halys). Ramos-Vinolas Summary | Age: 32 | World No. 42 | Career-High No. 17 | 5-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 12-9 (2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 QF). In 2020, lost in QF in Cordoba to finalist Diego Schwartzman. • defeated countryman Munar to reach Adelaide QF (l. to Paul). • Fell in Australian Open 1R to Aussie wild card Bolt in 5 sets. • Did not play as member of Team Spain at ATP Cup. In 2019, earned 30+ wins for 3rd time in last 4 seasons. Went 12-2 from 16 July though 3 August with 2nd ATP Tour title at Gstaad (d. Stebe), 8th ATP Tour final at Kitzbuhel (l. to Thiem) and SF at Bastad (l. to Londero). • Defeated No. 12 Monfils for biggest win of season and to advance to Zhuhai SF (l. to Mannarino). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Ferrer to reach Buenos Aires QF (l. to Schwartzman). Also advanced to QFs at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Cuevas) and Geneva (l. to Delbonis). • Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (d. Cecchinato, l. to Monfils) and Miami (l. to Isner). • Qualified at Barcelona (l. to Medvedev in 2R), Madrid (l. to Chardy in 1R) and Rome (l. to Schwartzman in 2R). • Snapped 5-match tour-level losing streak at Cordoba (d. Dellien, l. to Pella in 2R). • Fell outside Top 100 on 10 June for 1st time since 16 June 2014. Broke back into Top 50 on 19 August. [Q] Facundo Bagnis (ARG) vs [2] Guido Pella (ARG) First Tour-Level Meeting Other meetings 07 Peru F2 Hard R16 Guido Pella 6-4 6-2 08 Bolivia F3 Clay QF Facundo Bagnis 6-1 6-3 08 Bolivia F4 Clay QF Guido Pella 1-6 7-5 6-2 09 Asuncion CH (Paraguay) Clay R32 Facundo Bagnis 6-4 3-6 6-4 10 Bogota CH (Colombia) Clay Q3 Guido Pella 4-6 6-4 6-3 10 Alessandria CH (Italy) Clay Q1 Facundo Bagnis 7-5 6-3 12 Cali CH (Colombia) Clay R16 Guido Pella 4-6 6-2 6-2 13 Bogota CH (Colombia) Clay R16 Guido Pella 6-4 6-3 13 Lima CH (Peru) Clay QF Facundo Bagnis 7-6(4) 6-3 15 Corrientes CH (Argentina) Clay QF Facundo Bagnis 7-6(4) 6-2 15 Montevideo CH (Uruguay) Clay R16 Guido Pella 6-1 6-1 Bagnis Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 134 | Career-High No. 55 | 1-1 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 3-6 (2012, 2015 2R) In 2020, qualified in Cordoba and lost in 1R (Ramos-Vinolas). • Reached the QF in Punta del Este, URU ATP Tour Challenger (l. to Martin) In 2019, added 3 more Challenger finals to reach career 23 played. Lost them all: in Braga, POR (l. to Domingues), in Lisboa, POR) l. to Carballes Baena and in Buenos Aires, ARG (l. to Nagal). • Qualified in ATP Tour tournaments of Cordoba (l. to Cuevas in 1R), Buenos Aires (l. to Marterer in 1R), Sao Paulo (l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 1R) and in Marrakech (l. to Munar in 1R). • Saved 1 MP vs. Klizan en route to Umag QF (l. to Caruso). Pella Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 27 | Career-High No. 20 | 4-4 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 6-6 (2019 SF) In 2020, lost to Moutet in Cordoba 2R. • Went 2-2 to help Team Argentina reach ATP Cup Final 8 (d. Majchrzak and Cilic, l. to Novak and Khachanov). • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 1st time (l. to Fognini). In 2019, earned career-high 36 wins and achieved career-high No. 20 in ATP Rankings on 19 August. • Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour title in 5th career final at Sao Paulo (d. Garin). • Let 6-3 4-2 lead against countryman Londero slip away in Cordoba final. • Reached SFs at Buenos Aires (d. Munar after saving 4 MPs, l. to Cecchinato) and Los Cabos (l. to Schwartzman). • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF at Wimbledon (d. 2018 finalist Anderson and 2016 finalist Raonic, l. to Bautista Agut) and 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal). • Doubles semi-finalist at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid w/J. Sousa (l. to Schwartzman/Thiem) and Roland Garros w/Schwartzman (l. to Krawietz/Mies).


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[1] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Federico Delbonis (ARG) Schwartzman leads 4-2 15 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R32 Federico Delbonis 6-7(8) 7-6(6) 2-1 ret. 16 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Clay R16 Federico Delbonis 3-6 6-4 6-2 16 Istanbul (Turkey) Clay SF Diego Schwartzman 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 17 Rio de Janiero (Brazil) Clay R16 Diego Schwartzman 6-4 7-6(1) 18 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R16 Diego Schwartzman 6-2 6-3 18 US Open Hard R128 Diego Schwartzman 6-2 7-6(6) 6-2 Other Meeting 11 Salinas CH (Ecuador) Clay R32 Federico Delbonis 6-0 6-2 Schwartzman Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 14 | Career-High No. 11 | 7-5 in 2020 (Cordoba Finalist, Australian Open R16) | Tournament W/L 8-6 (2019 Finalist) In 2020, fell in the final in Cordoba to Garin. Reached his 8th ATP final and reached at least one ATP final for the 5th consecutive year. • Did not drop a set en route to Australian Open 4R (l. to 8-time champion Djokovic). • Went 1-3 for Team Argentina at ATP Cup, which reached Final 8 (d. Coric; l. to Hurkacz, Thiem and Medvedev). In 2019, earned career-high 40 wins, highlighted by 3rd ATP Tour title of career at Los Cabos (d. Fritz). • Saved 1 MP vs. Thiem to reach final in hometown of Buenos Aires (l. to Cecchinato). Fell to Thiem in Vienna final. • Beat No. 6 Nishikori for biggest win of career and to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Equaled biggest win of career by beating No. 6 A. Zverev to reach 3rd Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Nadal). • Defeated defending champion Cilic to reach London/Queen’s Club QF (l. to Medvedev). • Advanced to Wimbledon 3R for 1st time (l. to Berrettini after holding 3 MPs). • Reached doubles finals w/Thiem at Buenos Aires (l. to M. Gonzalez/Zeballos) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Rojer/Tecau). Also advanced to Roland Garros doubles SF w/Pella (l. to Krawietz/Mies). Delbonis Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 87 | Career-High No. 33 | 2-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 11-9 (2018 SF) • In 2020, lost in 1R in Cordoba (to Cuevas). • Snapped 6-match tour-level losing streak by beating J. Sousa in Australian Open 1R (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 2R). • Qualified at Adelaide (l. to Duckworth in 1R). • Lost opening match at Noumea, CAL Challenger (l. to Lamasine in 2R). • In 2019, snapped 5-match tour-level losing streak en route to Cordoba SF (l. to eventual champion Londero). • Also advanced to SFs at Geneva (l. to eventual champion A. Zverev) and Bastad (l. to eventual champion Jarry). • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Klizan in 1R) and Barcelona (l. to Kuhn in 1R). • Saved 3 MPs vs. Cecchinato in Hamburg 1R (l. to A. Zverev in 2R). Squandered 8 MPs vs. Sonego in Kitzbuhel 1R. • Ended season on 5-match tour-level losing streak following win over Cecchinato in Hamburg 1R. • Sao Paulo doubles champion w/M. Gonzalez (d. Bambridge/O’Mara). Bastad finalist w/Zeballos (l. to Gille/Vliegen). • Won Challenger title at Perugia, ITA (d. Garcia-Lopez). Reached Challenger final at Montevideo, URU (l. to Munar).




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COURT GUILLERMO VILAS [Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) vs [LL] Pedro Sousa (POR) First Meeting Kovalik Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 129 | Career-High No. 80 | 1-1 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 1-1 (1R 2017) In 2020, completed the career Grand Slam participation with Australian Open 1R (l. to Carreno Busta) after winning three rounds of qualification. In 2019, ended the year triumphing in the Maia, POR ATP Tour Challenger (d. Lestienne) for his 5th career titles. Also captured the title in Szczecin, POL (d. Andreozzi) and obtained season best ranking win d. No. 66 Cecchinato. • Played 1R in Antwerp (l. to Humbert) as last year ATP Tour tournament. Ended the season 1-9 with only win in 1R Kitzbuhel (d. Garcia-Lopez, l. to Verdasco). • Fell in the Barcelona, ESP ATP Tour Challenger final (l. to Caruso). Sousa Summary | Age: 31 | World No. 145 | Career-High No. 99 | 1-0 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 1-0 In 2020, failed to qualify in Australian Open (l. Q1 to Mott), Cordoba (l. Q1 to Ficovich) and in Buenos Aires (l. Q2 to Bagnis) but entered in the Argentinian capital draw as a Lucky Loser. • Reached 3R in Punta del Este, URU ATP Tour Challenger (l. to Giannessi). In 2019, fell in career 13th ATP Tour Challenger final in Florence, ITA (l. to Trungelliti). All career finals have been on clay. • Won his 6th career ATP Tour Challenger title in Blois, FRA (d. Coppejans) and his 7th in Meerbusch, GER (d. Krstin) • Reached career-high ranking on 18 February as No. 99. [Q] Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs [3] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) Lajovic leads 1-0 18 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R64 Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 Martinez Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 142 | Career-High No. 126 | 3-2 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 1-0 In 2020, qualified in Cordoba and reached 2R (l. to Djere) • Won 3 rounds of qualification at the Australian Open and reached 2R (l. to Medvedev) In 2019, fell back to back in QF of Augsburg, GER and Mallorca, ESP challengers (l. twice to Ruusuvuori). Also reached Amersfoort, NED challenger QF (l. to Moraing) and Santiago, CHI challenger QF (l. to Andujar) • Obtained career-high ranking No. 126 in June • Qualified in Roland Garros and lost to Laaksonen in 1R. • Fell in Lisbon, POR challenger SF to Carballes Baena and Marbella, ESP SF to Paire. • Reached his only 2019 challenger final in Alicante, ESP (l. to Andujar). Lajovic Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 23 | Career-High No. 23 | 6-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 3-4 (2016 QF) In 2020, went 4-2 to help Team Serbia win ATP Cup title, including wins over Auger-Aliassime in QF and Khachanov in SF. • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 1st time (l. to Schwartzman). In 2019, won 1st ATP Tour singles title at Umag (d. Balazs) and 2nd doubles title at Chengdu w/Cacic (d. Erlich/F. Martin). • Earned biggest win of career over No. 5 Thiem and did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour final at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Fognini). World No. 48 became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in 2001. • Also became 2nd player since 2013 to reach 1st career final at an ATP Masters 1000 event (Krajinovic - 2017 Paris). • Achieved career-high No. 23 in ATP Rankings on 29 April and finished year-end high No. 34. • One of 4 Serbians to reach Roland Garros 3R -- most ever in a Grand Slam 3R (l. to A. Zverev in 5 sets).

ARGENTINA OPEN – ATP MEDIA NOTES DAY 3 – WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2020 Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10-16 February 2020


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[8] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) Ruud leads 1-0 17 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R16 Casper Ruud 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) Other meeting 17 Sibiu CH (Romania) Clay R16 Casper Ruud 7-5 7-5 18 Braunschweig CH (Germany) Clay R32 Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 5-7 7-6(3) Ruud Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 45 | Career-High No. 45 | 3-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 1-0 • In 2020, went 2-1 in singles at ATP Cup with 2 biggest wins of career over No. 19 Isner (saved 2 MPs) and No. 12 Fognini. • Achieved best ranking on 10 February. Highest-ranked Norwegian since his father Christian was No. 45 on 12 July 1999 (Career-High No. 39). • Fell in 1R at Auckland (l. to eventual champion Humbert) and Australian Open (l. to Gerasimov in 5th-set TB). • In 2019, broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 4 March. • Reached Houston final (l. to Garin), becoming 2nd Norwegian ATP Tour finalist (Christian Ruud at 1995 Bastad). • Also became youngest Houston finalist at age 20 since 19-year-old Roddick in 2002. • Advanced to SFs at Sao Paulo (l. to Garin) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). • Beat No. 31 Berrettini in Roland Garros 2R (l. to Federer in 3R). • Went 1-2 in debut at Next Gen ATP Finals (d. Davidovich Fokina, l. to Kecmanovic and de Minaur). Carballes Baena Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 88 | Career-High No. 72 | 1-1 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 3-2 (2019 QF) • In 2020, suffered straight-set loss to Berankis in Australian Open 1R. • Reached Bendigo, AUS Challenger QF (l. to Giron). Lost opener at Noumea, CAL Challenger (l. to Wolf in 2R). • In 2019, earned career-high 19 tour-level wins in 2019. Also won 16 matches on ATP Challenger Tour. • Advanced to QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Cecchinato), Barcelona as LL (l. to Nishikori), Bastad (l. to Ramos-Vinolas) and Gstaad (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). Lost 5 straight QFs overall since winning 2018 Quito title (d. Ramos-Vinolas). • Saved 3 MPs vs. Jarry in Rio de Janeiro 1R (l. to Dellien in 2R). Squandered 1 MP vs. Sonego in Kitzbuhel 2R. • Captured Challenger titles at Murcia, ESP (d. M. Ymer) and Lisbon, POR (d. Bagnis). [4] Borna Coric (CRO) vs Thiago Monteiro (BRA) First Meeting Coric Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 31 | Career-High No. 12 | 1-3 in 2020 | Tournament debut In 2020, went 1-2 at ATP Cup, defeating No. 4 Thiem for 9th win of career against Top 5 opponents. • Suffered 5th Australian Open 1R loss in 6 appearances (l. to Querrey). In 2019, earned 20+ wins and finished Top 50 for 5th straight season (2015-19). Ended season on 6-match losing streak. • Advanced to 6th career ATP Tour final at St. Petersburg (l. to Medvedev). • Reached SFs at Dubai (l. to Federer) and ’s-Hertogenbosch as WC (d. Garin after saving 1 MP, l. to Mannarino). • Reached ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Miami (l. to Auger-Aliassime) and Monte-Carlo (d. Munar after saving 1 MP in 2R, l. to Fognini). • Advanced to Australian Open 4R for 1st time (l. to Pouille). Entered with 0-4 tournament record. • One of 5 men under 23 to reach Australian Open 4R -- most at a Grand Slam since 2009 Roland Garros (5). • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 4th time in 5 years (l. to Struff 11-9 in 5th). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Gojowczyk in Montreal 1R (l. to Mannarino in 2R). Squandered 2 MPs vs. Federer in Rome 3R. Monteiro Summary | Age: 25 | World No. 92 | Career-High No. 74 | 2-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 3-2 (2017 QF) • In 2020, Lost in 1R in Cordoba (to Moutet) • Successfully defended ATP Challenger Tour title at Punta del Este, URU (d. Cecchinato). • Fell to Isner in Australian Open 1R for 6th straight Grand Slam main draw loss. • Qualified at Auckland (l. to Paire in 2R). Fell in qualifying 2R at Doha (l. to Barrere). • In 2019, qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Tomic in 1R), Munich (l. to Fucsovics in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Lajovic in 1R), Wimbledon (l. to Nishikori in 1R) and Hamburg (l. to Struff in 1R). • Went 30-14 on ATP Challenger Tour with titles at Punta del Este, URU (d. Arguello); Braunschweig, GER (d. Kamke) and Lima, PER (d. F. Coria). • Defeated De Greef and lost to Coppejans in Davis Cup Qualifiers (BEL d. BRA 3-1).




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COURT GUILLERMO VILAS Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) Cecchinato leads 1-0 19 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay QF Marco Cecchinato 7-6(3) 6-4 Other Meeting 11 Spain F28 Clay R16 Roberto Carballes Baena 7-5 6-2 14 Italy F6 Clay SF Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-4 14 Italy F7 Clay F Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-1 Cecchinato Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 73 | Career-High No. 16 | 1-4 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 4-3 (2019 Champion) In 2020, lost to defending champion Londero in Cordoba 1R. • Saved 2 MPs to beat Mayer 7-6(6) 6-7(18) 7-6(2) in Auckland 1R (l. to Humbert in 2R). Ended 6-match losing streak. • Lost 2nd-set TB vs. Mayer 20-18, tying record for longest singles tiebreaker in ATP Tour history (since 1990). • Suffered 1R losses at Doha (l. to Herbert) and Australian Open (l. to A. Zverev). • Advanced to 13th ATP Challenger Tour final of career at Punta del Este, URU (l. to Monteiro). In 2019, did not drop a set en route to 3rd ATP Tour title at Buenos Aires (d. Schwartzman). • Achieved career-high No. 16 in ATP Rankings on 25 February. • Reached SFs at Doha (l. to Berdych) and Munich (d. Fucsovics after saving 1 MP, l. to Garin). • Let 2-set leads slip away in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Krajinovic after holding 1 MP) and Roland Garros (l. to Mahut). • Squandered 3 MPs vs. Delbonis in Hamburg 1R. • Snapped 10-match singles losing streak at Winston-Salem (d. Bublik in 1R). Followed with 5-match losing streak. • Snapped 22-match doubles losing streak at Buenos Aires w/Lajovic (d. Delbonis/Duran in 1R). Followed with 12-match doubles losing streak, which ended at US Open w/Seppi (d. Andujar/Verdasco in 1R). Carballes Baena Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 88 | Career-High No. 72 | 0-1 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 2-2 (2019 QF) In 2020, suffered straight-set loss to Berankis in Australian Open 1R. • Reached Bendigo, AUS Challenger QF (l. to Giron). Lost opener at Noumea, CAL Challenger (l. to Wolf in 2R). In 2019, earned career-high 19 tour-level wins in 2019. Also won 16 matches on ATP Challenger Tour. • Advanced to QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Cecchinato), Barcelona as LL (l. to Nishikori), Bastad (l. to Ramos-Vinolas) and Gstaad (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). Lost 5 straight QFs overall since winning 2018 Quito title (d. Ramos-Vinolas). • Saved 3 MPs vs. Jarry in Rio de Janeiro 1R (l. to Dellien in 2R). Squandered 1 MP vs. Sonego in Kitzbuhel 2R. • Captured Challenger titles at Murcia, ESP (d. M. Ymer) and Lisbon, POR (d. Bagnis).

Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [Q] Pedro Martinez (ESP) First Meeting Verdasco Summary | Age: 36 | World No. 47 | Career-High No. 7 | 4-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 2-3 (2012, 2018 2R) In 2020, lost to countryman Taberner in Cordoba 1R. • Advanced to Australian Open 3R-or-better for 7th time (d. Basilashvili, l. to A. Zverev in 3R). • Made 67th straight Grand Slam singles appearance at Australian Open -- 2nd-longest streak of all time (Lopez 72). • Reached Doha QF (l. to Moutet). • Withdrew from Adelaide due to left knee injury. In 2019, earned 20+ wins in 16 straight seasons (2004-19). Tied with Nadal for 2nd-longest active streak (Federer 20). • Reached QFs at Sofia (l. to Berrettini), ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Nadal), Eastbourne (l. to Querrey) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Sonego). Played 6 sets in 4 hrs, 54 mins on 16 May at Rome (d. Thiem in 2R and Khachanov in 3R).

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• Earned 6th career win from 2 sets down in Wimbledon 2R (d. Edmund, l. to Goffin in 4R). • Suffered 5th loss from 2 sets up in Australian Open 3R (l. to Cilic after holding 2 MPs) and 6th loss from 2 sets up in US Open 2R (l. to Chung after holding 1 MP). • Saved 3 MPs vs. Gerasimov in Marseille 1R (l. to Bachinger in 2R).

Martinez Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 142 | Career-High No. 126 | 2-2 in 2020 | Tournament debut In 2020, qualified in Cordoba and reached 2R (l. to Djere) • Won 3 rounds of qualification at the Australian Open and reached 2R (l. to Medvedev) In 2019, fell back to back in QF of Augsburg, GER and Mallorca, ESP challengers (l. twice to Ruusuvuori). Also reached Amersfoort, NED challenger QF (l. to Moraing) and Santiago, CHI challenger QF (l. to Andujar) • Obtained career-high ranking No. 126 in June • Qualified in Roland Garros and lost to Laaksonen in 1R. • Fell in Lisbon, POR challenger SF to Carballes Baena and Marbella, ESP SF to Paire. • Reached his only 2019 challenger final in Alicante, ESP (l. to Andujar).

[Q] Filip Horansky (SVK) vs Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) First Meeting Horansky Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 182 | Career-High No. 161 | 0-1 in 2020 | Tournament debut In 2020, entered Cordoba as Lucky Loser and lost in 1R to Andujar. Horansky W/L record vs Top100: 1-13 (only win against Joao Sousa in Lyon 2018 1R) • Lost in Australian Open Q2. In 2019, Played the Sopot, POL Challenger final (l. to Travaglia) and the Ludwigshafen, GER Challenger final (l. to Hanfmann) • Reached the Banja Luka, BIH (l. to Nagal), the Bordeaux, FRA (l. to M.Ymer), and Budapest, HUN (l. to Bublik) Challenger semifinals. • Climbed to career-high ranking in May as No. 161 of the FedEx ATP Rankings. Londero Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 69 | Career-High No. 50 | 2-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 0-1 (2019 1R) In 2020, started Cordoba as defending champion with two wins and fell to Djere in the QF in the 3rd set tiebreak. • Fell in 1R at Adelaide (l. to Evans) and Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov). • Suffered 8-match tour-level losing streak since defeating Querrey last August in US Open 1R. • Did not play as member of Team Argentina at ATP Cup. In 2019, captured 1st ATP Tour title at Cordoba as 112th-ranked WC (d. Pella). • Became 1st player since Darcis at 2007 Amersfoort to win a title without a tour-level victory entering tournament. • Also advanced to Bastad final (l. to Jarry). Earned total of 22 tour-level wins this season. • Broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 11 February and achieved career-high No. 50 on 11 November. • Reached Roland Garros 4R (d. Basilashvili, Gasquet and Moutet; l. to Nadal). Became 1st player to reach 4R in Grand Slam debut since Goffin at 2012 Roland Garros. • Qualified at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Cuevas in 2R), ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Auger-Aliassime in 1R) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Murray in 1R). • Suffered 6 straight tour-level losses to end season, including Moscow 1R (l. to Rosol after holding 1 MP).

[WC] Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs [7] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) Series tied 4-4 11 Santiago (Chile) Clay R32 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-4 13 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R16 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 7-6(3) 13 Umag (Croatia) Clay R32 Leonardo Mayer 6-1 6-3 14 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R32 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-0 15 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Clay R16 Leonardo Mayer 6-4 3-6 6-1 17 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R16 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 1-0 ret 17 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Leonardo Mayer 6-7(3) 6-3 7-6(4) 18 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Leonardo Mayer 6-3 6-2 Mayer Summary | Age: 32 | World No. 107 | Career-High No. 21 | 0-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 9-9 (2018 QF) • In 2020, lost to Munar in Cordoba 1R. • Squandered 2 MPs in 7-6(6) 6-7(18) 7-6(2) loss to Cecchinato in Auckland 1R as LL. • Suffered 6th straight tour-level loss in Australian Open 1R (l. to Paul). In 2019, finished in Top 100 of ATP Rankings for 10th time in last 11 seasons (2009-15, 2017-19). • Advanced to Roland Garros 4R for 1st time (l. to Federer). Beat Mahut for 1st win in 6th Roland Garros 3R match. • Reached QFs at Auckland (d. Berrettini after saving 3 MPs, l. to Sandgren), Sao Paulo (l. to Garin) and Umag (l. to Djere). • Defeated countryman Pella to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (l. to Tsitsipas).


Argentina Open Day 2 – Tuesday 11 February 2020



• Upset Klaasen/Venus to reach 1st Grand Slam doubles SF at Australian Open w/J. Sousa (l. to Kontinen/Peers). Ramos-Vinolas Summary | Age: 32 | World No. 42 | Career-High No. 17 | 4-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 11-9 (2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 QF). In 2020, lost in QF in Cordoba to finalist Diego Schwartzman. • defeated countryman Munar to reach Adelaide QF (l. to Paul). • Fell in Australian Open 1R to Aussie wild card Bolt in 5 sets. • Did not play as member of Team Spain at ATP Cup. In 2019, earned 30+ wins for 3rd time in last 4 seasons. Went 12-2 from 16 July though 3 August with 2nd ATP Tour title at Gstaad (d. Stebe), 8th ATP Tour final at Kitzbuhel (l. to Thiem) and SF at Bastad (l. to Londero). • Defeated No. 12 Monfils for biggest win of season and to advance to Zhuhai SF (l. to Mannarino). • Saved 2 MPs vs. Ferrer to reach Buenos Aires QF (l. to Schwartzman). Also advanced to QFs at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Cuevas) and Geneva (l. to Delbonis). • Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (d. Cecchinato, l. to Monfils) and Miami (l. to Isner). • Qualified at Barcelona (l. to Medvedev in 2R), Madrid (l. to Chardy in 1R) and Rome (l. to Schwartzman in 2R). • Snapped 5-match tour-level losing streak at Cordoba (d. Dellien, l. to Pella in 2R). • Fell outside Top 100 on 10 June for 1st time since 16 June 2014. Broke back into Top 50 on 19 August.

ESTADIO 2 [SE] Andrej Martin (SVK) vs [Q] Facundo Bagnis (ARG) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 17 San Luis Potosi CH (Mexico) Clay QF Andrej Martin 2-6 7-6(2) 7-6(6) 19 Sao Paolo Clay Q2 Facundo Bagnis 7-6(4) 6-2 19 Ludwigshafen CH (Germany) Clay R16 Facundo Bagnis 6-1 6-3 20 Punta del Este CH (Uruguay) Clay QF Andrej Martin 6-1 6-3

[WC] Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) vs [5] Cristian Garin (CHI) First Meeting [6] Laslo Djere (SRB) vs [WC] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) First Meeting

ESTADIO 3

Corentin Moutet (FRA) vs [Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) First Meeting




ARGENTINA OPEN SINGLES

SEED PLAYER 2020 W-L (BEST FINISH) TOURNAMENT W-L (BEST FINISH)

1 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 7-5 (Cordoba Finalist) 8-6 (2019 Finalist)

2 Guido Pella (ARG) 4-4 (ATP Cup QF) 6-6 (2019 SF)

3 Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 6-3 (ATP Cup Champion) 3-4 (2016 QF)

4 Borna Coric (CRO) 1-3 0-0 (Debut)

5 Cristian Garin (CHI) 5-5 (Cordoba Champion) 1-2 (2019 2R)

6 Laslo Djere (SRB) 4-4 (Cordoba SF) 0-0 (Debut)

7 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 4-3 (Adelaide, Cordoba QF) 11-9 (2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 QF)

8 Casper Ruud (NOR) 2-3 0-0 (Debut)

Singles Final Sunday 16 February not before 3:00 pm Qualifiers (4) Facundo Bagnis (ARG), Filip Horansky (SVK), Jozef Kovalik (SVK), Pedro

Martinez (ESP), Wild Cards (3) Francisco Cerundolo (ARG), Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG), Leonardo Mayer (ARG) Special Exempt (1) Andrej Martin (SVK) #NextGenATP (2) Facundo Diaz Acosta (19), Corentin Moutet (20) Oldest Champion David Ferrer, 31, in 2014 Youngest Champion Guillermo Coria, 22, in 2004 Most Titles David Ferrer (3) Most Wins Nicolas Almagro (29) Withdrawals (2) Dominic Thiem (fatigue), Matteo Berrettini (groin)

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN (12)

Argentina (8) Facundo Bagnis, Francisco Cerundolo, Federico Delbonis, Facundo Diaz Acosta, Juan Ignacio Londero, Leonardo Mayer, Guido Pella, Diego Schwartzman

Spain (6) Pablo Andujar, Roberto Carballes Baena, Pedro Martinez, Jaume Munar, Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Fernando Verdasco

Slovakia (3) Filip Horansky, Jozef Kovalik, Andrej Martin Italy (2) Marco Cecchinato, Lorenzo Sonego Serbia (2) Laslo Djere, Dusan Lajovic Bolivia (1) Hugo Dellien Brazil (1) Thiago Monteiro Chile (1) Cristian Garin Croatia (1) Borna Coric France (1) Corentin Moutet Norway (1) Casper Ruud Uruguay (1) Pablo Cuevas

FEDEX ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Argentina Open W F SF QF R16 R32

Singles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 20 0

Singles Prize Money ($) 102,535 56,760 31,950 18,180 10,435 6,100

Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 90 45 0 --

Doubles Prize Money ($) 34,580 17,720 9,600 5,490 3,220 --

*Singles players who receive byes and lose in R16 earn 0 ranking points.

ARGENTINA OPEN – ATP MEDIA NOTES PREVIEW & DAY 1 – MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2020 Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10-16 February 2020


Argentina Open Preview & Day 1 – Monday 10 February 2020



GOLDEN SWING WIN LEADERS ON CLAY (SINCE 2010)

PLAYER W-L TITLES

David Ferrer 51-8 7 (Acapulco 3, Buenos Aires 3, Rio de Janeiro 1)

Nicolas Almagro 47-18 6 (Acapulco 2, Costa do Sauipe 2, Buenos Aires 1, Sao Paulo 1)

Albert Ramos-Vinolas 45-33 0

Pablo Cuevas 44-25 4 (Sao Paolo 3, Rio de Janeiro 1)

Fabio Fognini 38-25 2 (Vina del Mar 1, Sao Paulo 1)

Federico Delbonis 34-25 1 (Sao Paulo)

Thomaz Bellucci 32-28 1 (Santiago)

Rafael Nadal 28-4 6 (Acapulco 2, Buenos Aires 1, Costa do Sauipe 1, Rio de Janeiro 1, Sao Paulo 1)

Juan Monaco 28-18 2 (Buenos Aires 1, Vina del Mar 1)

Carlos Berlocq 28-26 0

Diego Schwartzman 24-17 1 (Rio de Janeiro)

Guido Pella 23-19 1 (Sao Paulo)

Santiago Giraldo 23-20 0

Leonardo Mayer 23-27 0

ARGENTINA OPEN TALKING POINTS

• For the 1st time since 2008 (David Nalbandian and Juan Monaco) two Argentinians will be the two main seeds at the Argentina Open. Diego Schwartzman will try to win his 3rd clay court title after Istanbul 2016 (d. Dimitrov) and Rio de Janeiro 2018 (d. Verdasco) while Guido Pella will try to win his 2nd after Sao Paulo 2019 (d. Garin).

• Three of the Golden Swing Top10 Win Leaders of the past decade will appear in the 2020 Argentina Open. Albert Ramos-Vinolas is yet to win a title in the Swing but he is tournament wins leader in the draw with 11 victories.

• 15 of the 28 players already have at least a career title on clay. Casper Ruud is the only seed yet to win an ATP title but clay has been the Norwegian best surface so far with 60% win ratio (29-19).

• Slovakia will be third country for representatives in the draw after Argentina and Spain with two qualifiers (Horansky and Kovalik) and one special exempt (Martin). The last time three Slovakians played in the same draw was October 2014 in Vienna with Lukas Lacko as direct acceptance, Miloslav Mecir as qualifier and Norbert Gombos as lucky loser.

• 2019 champions Maximo Gonzalez and Horacio Zeballos split up and will try to defend their doubles title with two different partners. Gonzalez will team up with the 2019 Roland Garros runner-up Fabrice Martin while Zeballos will continue his successful partnership with two-time Buenos Aires doubles champion Marcel Granollers.

PAST FINALS – SINGLES (Since 2008)

YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE

2019 Marco Cecchinato (ITA) Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 6-1 6-2

2018 Dominic Thiem (AUT) Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-2 6-4

2017 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) Kei Nishikori (JPN) 7-6(4) 6-4

2016 Dominic Thiem (AUT) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(4)

2015 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-4 6-1

2014 David Ferrer (ESP) Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-4 6-3

2013 David Ferrer (ESP) Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4 3-6 6-1

2012 David Ferrer (ESP) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 4-6 6-3 6-2

2011 Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 6-3 3-6 6-4





2010 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) David Ferrer (ESP) 5-7 6-4 6-3

2009 Tommy Robredo (ESP) Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-5 2-6 7-6(5)

2008 David Nalbandian (ARG) Jose Acasuso (ARG) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4

BOLD: Player in 2020 Argentina Open singles draw.

ARGENTINA OPEN DOUBLES

SEED TEAM 2020 W-L (BEST FINISH) TOURNAMENT W-L (BEST FINISH)

1 Marcel Granollers (ESP) Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

2-1 (R16 Australian Open) 2-2 (R16 Australian Open)

9-3 (2009, 2014 Champion) 20-7 (2010, 2018, 2019 Champion)

2 Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) Fabrice Martin (FRA)

8-4 (Adelaide Champion) 7-3 (Adelaide Champion)

10-10 (2019 Champion) 0-0 (Debut)

3 Sander Gille (BEL) Joran Vliegen (BEL)

4-5 (Auckland SF) 4-5 (Auckland SF)

0-1 (2019 1R) 0-1 (2019 1R)

4 Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) Matwe Middelkoop (NED)

4-3 (Cordoba Champion) 4-3 (Cordoba Champion)

2-5 (2015, 2019 QF) 0-0 (Debut)

Doubles Final: Sunday 16 February at 1:00 p.m.

PAST FINALISTS – DOUBLES (Since 2008)

YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE

2019 Maximo Gonzalez/Horacio Zeballos Diego Schwartzman/Dominic Thiem 6-1 6-1

2018 Andres Molteni/Horacio Zeballos Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 6-3 5-7 [10-3]

2017 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah Santiago Gonzalez/David Marrero 6-1 6-4

2016 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah Inigo Cervantes/Paolo Lorenzi 6-3 6-0

2015 Jarkko Nieminen/Andre Sa Pablo Andujar/Oliver Marach 4-6 6-4 [10-7]

2014 Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez Pablo Cuevas/Horacio Zeballos 7-5 6-4

2013 Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini Nicholas Monroe/Simon Stadler 6-3 6-2

2012 David Marrero/Fernando Verdasco Michael Mertinak/Andre Sa 6-4 6-4

2011 Oliver Marach/Leonardo Mayer Franco Ferreiro/Andre Sa 7-6(6) 6-3

2010 Sebastian Prieto/Horacio Zeballos Simon Greul/Peter Luczak 7-6(4) 6-3

2009 Marcel Granollers/Alberto Martin Nicolas Almagro/Santiago Ventura 6-3 5-7 [10-8]

2008 Agustin Calleri/Luis Horna Werner Eschauer/Peter Luczak 6-0 6-7(6) [10-2]

BOLD: Player in 2020 Argentina Open doubles draw.

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: MONDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES

COURT GUILLERMO VILAS Jaume Munar (ESP) vs Thiago Monteiro (BRA) First Meeting Munar Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 95 | Career-High No. 52 | 2-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 2-1 (2019 QF) • In 2020, Reached 2R in Cordoba (l. to Schwartzman) • Advanced to Australian Open 2R (l. to Popyrin). • Also fell in 2R at Adelaide as LL (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). • Reached Bendigo, AUS Challenger QF (l. to Kudla). • In 2019, defeated No. 3 A. Zverev for biggest win of career in Marrakech 2R (l. to eventual champion Paire in QF). • Also advanced to QFs at Pune (l. to eventual champion Anderson), Cordoba (l. to Delbonis), Buenos Aires (d. Fognini, l. to Pella after holding 4 MPs) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Auger-Aliassime).





• Achieved career-high No. 52 in ATP Rankings on 20 May. • Earned 1st ATP Masters 1000 win of career at Miami (d. Gunneswaran, l. to Anderson in 2R). Monteiro Summary | Age: 25 | World No. 92 | Career-High No. 74 | 1-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 2-2 (2017 QF) • In 2020, Lost in 1R in Cordoba (to Moutet) • Successfully defended ATP Challenger Tour title at Punta del Este, URU (d. Cecchinato). • Fell to Isner in Australian Open 1R for 6th straight Grand Slam main draw loss. • Qualified at Auckland (l. to Paire in 2R). Fell in qualifying 2R at Doha (l. to Barrere). • In 2019, qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Tomic in 1R), Munich (l. to Fucsovics in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Lajovic in 1R), Wimbledon (l. to Nishikori in 1R) and Hamburg (l. to Struff in 1R). • Went 30-14 on ATP Challenger Tour with titles at Punta del Este, URU (d. Arguello); Braunschweig, GER (d. Kamke) and Lima, PER (d. F. Coria). • Defeated De Greef and lost to Coppejans in Davis Cup Qualifiers (BEL d. BRA 3-1).

[8] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs Pablo Andujar (ESP) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 19 Prostejov CH (Czech Rep.) Clay SF Pablo Andujar 6-2 6-4

Ruud Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 45 | Career-High No. 45 | 2-3 in 2020 | Tournament debut • In 2020 went 2-1 in singles at ATP Cup with 2 biggest wins of career over No. 19 Isner (saved 2 MPs) and No. 12 Fognini. • Achieved best ranking on 10 February. Highest-ranked Norwegian since his father Christian was No. 45 on 12 July 1999 (Career-High No. 39). • Fell in 1R at Auckland (l. to eventual champion Humbert) and Australian Open (l. to Gerasimov in 5th-set TB). • In 2019, broke into Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 4 March. • Reached Houston final (l. to Garin), becoming 2nd Norwegian ATP Tour finalist (Christian Ruud at 1995 Bastad). • Also became youngest Houston finalist at age 20 since 19-year-old Roddick in 2002. • Advanced to SFs at Sao Paulo (l. to Garin) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). • Beat No. 31 Berrettini in Roland Garros 2R (l. to Federer in 3R). • Went 1-2 in debut at Next Gen ATP Finals (d. Davidovich Fokina, l. to Kecmanovic and de Minaur). Andujar Summary | Age: 34 | World No. 58 | Career-High No. 32 | 1-4 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 3-8 (2014 QF) • In 2020, reached 2R in Cordoba (l. to Ramos-Vinolas) • Suffered 1R losses at Doha (l. to Verdasco), Auckland (l. to Lopez) and Australian Open (l. to Mmoh). • Lost 7 straight tour-level matches since defeating Johnson in Zhuhai 1R last September. • In 2019, did not drop a set en route to 2nd straight Marrakech final (l. to Paire). • Advanced to Gstaad SF (l. to Ramos-Vinolas) and Kitzbuhel QF (l. to Thiem) in consecutive weeks. • Defeated Edmund in 5 sets en route to 1st Grand Slam 4R at US Open (l. to Monfils). • Snapped 7-match tour-level losing streak at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Karlovic, l. to Goffin in 2R). • Lost in 1R at 11 tournaments, including Pune (l. to Donskoy after holding 4 MPs). • Captured back-to-back ATP Challenger Tour titles at Marbella, ESP (d. Paire) and Alicante, ESP (d. Martinez).

Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU) First Meeting Sonego Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 49 | Career-High No. 46 | 0-4 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 1-1 (2019 2R) • In 2020, suffered 1R losses at Doha (l. to Djere), Auckland (l. to Hurkacz), Australian Open (l. to Kyrgios) and Cordoba (l. to Balazs) • Lost his last 9 tour-level matches and 10 matches overall dating back to Metz last September (d. Otte in 1R). • In 2019, saved championship point to win 1st ATP Tour title at Antalya (d. Kecmanovic). Entered on 6-match losing streak and with 0-2 career record on grass. Broke into Top 50 of ATP Rankings and achieved career-high No. 46 on 1 July. • Saved 8 MPs vs. Delbonis and 1 MP vs. Carballes Baena en route to 2nd ATP Tour SF at Kitzbuhel (l. to Thiem). • Qualified and reached back-to-back QFs at Marrakech (l. to Tsonga) and ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Lajovic). Defeated No. 12 Khachanov in Monte-Carlo 2R for biggest win of career. • Also qualified at Buenos Aires (l. to Carballes Baena in 2R), ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Isner in 2R), Munich (l. to Fucsovics in 1R) and Geneva (l. to Albot in 1R). • Earned career-high 20 tour-level wins, but ended season on 5-match losing streak. • Captured 3rd ATP Challenger Tour title at Genoa, ITA (d. Davidovich Fokina in 3rd-set TB). Cuevas Summary | Age: 34 | World No. 48 | Career-High No. 19 | 3-6 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 7-9 (2015, 2016, 2019 QF)





• In 2020, reached QF in Cordoba (l. to Garin) • Fell to Simon in Australian Open 1R. • Went 0-3 in singles at ATP Cup, including loss to No. 1 Nadal. Lost his last 8 matches vs. Top 10 opponents. • Snapped 6-match tour-level losing streak by saving 3 MPs vs. Opelka in Auckland 1R (l. to Paul in 2R). • In 2019, played in 1st ATP Tour final since 2017 Sao Paulo at Estoril as LL (l. to Tsitsipas). • Advanced to SFs at Cordoba (l. to Pella) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Auger-Aliassime), as well as QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem), Budapest (d. Cilic after saving 1 MP, l. to Berrettini) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ruud). • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 4th time in 5 years (l. to Thiem). • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Tsonga in Q2, l. to Lajovic in 1R) and Beijing (l. to Khachanov in 1R). • Fell to No. 94 in ATP Rankings on 14 January -- lowest since No. 111 on 7 July 2014. • Won 13th ATP Challenger Tour title at Tunis, TUN (d. Domingues) and 14th at Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Halys).

Federico Delbonis (ARG) vs Hugo Dellien (BOL) First Meeting Delbonis Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 87 | Career-High No. 33 | 1-3 in 2020 | Tournament W/L 10-9 (2018 SF) • In 2020, lost in 1R in Cordoba (to Cuevas). • Snapped 6-match tour-level losing streak by beating J. Sousa in Australian Open 1R (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 2R). • Qualified at Adelaide (l. to Duckworth in 1R). • Lost opening match at Noumea, CAL Challenger (l. to Lamasine in 2R). • In 2019, snapped 5-match tour-level losing streak en route to Cordoba SF (l. to eventual champion Londero). • Also advanced to SFs at Geneva (l. to eventual champion A. Zverev) and Bastad (l. to eventual champion Jarry). • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Klizan in 1R) and Barcelona (l. to Kuhn in 1R). • Saved 3 MPs vs. Cecchinato in Hamburg 1R (l. to A. Zverev in 2R). Squandered 8 MPs vs. Sonego in Kitzbuhel 1R. • Ended season on 5-match tour-level losing streak following win over Cecchinato in Hamburg 1R. • Sao Paulo doubles champion w/M. Gonzalez (d. Bambridge/O’Mara). Bastad finalist w/Zeballos (l. to Gille/Vliegen). • Won Challenger title at Perugia, ITA (d. Garcia-Lopez). Reached Challenger final at Montevideo, URU (l. to Munar). Dellien Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 77 | Career-High No. 72 | 0-2 in 2020 | Tournament debut • In 2020, lost to Cachin in Cordoba 1R. • Achieved career-high No. 72 in FedEx ATP Rankings on 13 January. Highest-ranked Bolivian since Mario Martinez was No. 67 on 5 December 1983 (Career-High No. 32). • Lost to No. 1 Nadal in Australian Open debut. • Fell to Mmoh in Auckland Q1, snapping 10-match win streak in ATP Tour qualifying matches. • In 2019, earned 1st ATP Tour win of career at age 25 en route to Rio de Janeiro QF as Q (d. Andreozzi in 1R, l. to Bedene). • Became 1st Bolivian to win an ATP Tour or Grand Slam match since Martinez at 1984 Roland Garros. • Also reached QFs at Sao Paulo (l. to Ruud) and Geneva (l. to A. Zverev). • Posted 10 straight qualifying wins to qualify at Barcelona (l. to Struff in 1R), ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Nishikori in 2R), Hamburg (l. to Basilashvili in 1R), Kitzbuhel (l. to Carballes Baena in 1R) and Basel (l. to de Minaur in 1R). • Won Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros (d. Gunneswaran, l. to Tsitsipas in 2R). • Captured ATP Challenger Tour titles at Santiago, CHI (d. T. Wu) and Milan, ITA (d. Petrovic). • Challenger runner-up in singles at Guayaquil, ECU (l. to Seyboth Wild) and doubles w/F. Zeballos at Buenos Aires, ARG (l. to Andreozzi/Molteni).

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: REMAINING FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES [WC] Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs [7] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) Series tied 4-4 11 Santiago (Chile) Clay R32 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-4 13 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R16 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 7-6(3) 13 Umag (Croatia) Clay R32 Leonardo Mayer 6-1 6-3 14 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R32 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-0 15 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Clay R16 Leonardo Mayer 6-4 3-6 6-1 17 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R16 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 1-0 ret 17 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Leonardo Mayer 6-7(3) 6-3 7-6(4) 18 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Leonardo Mayer 6-3 6-2





[WC] Facundo Diaz Acosta vs [5] Cristian Garin (CHI) First Meeting

Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) Cecchinato leads 1-0 19 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay QF Marco Cecchinato 7-6(3) 6-4 Other Meeting 11 Spain F28 Clay R16 Roberto Carballes Baena 7-5 6-2 14 Italy F6 Clay SF Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-4 14 Italy F7 Clay F Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-1

[6] Laslo Djere (SRB) vs [WC] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) First Meeting Corentin Moutet (FRA) vs [Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) First Meeting Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [Q] Pedro Martinez (ESP) First Meeting [Q] Filip Horansky (SVK) vs Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) First Meeting [SE] Andrej Martin (SVK) vs [Q] Facundo Bagnis (ARG) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 17 San Luis Potosi CH (Mexico) Clay QF Andrej Martin 2-6 7-6(2) 7-6(6) 19 Sao Paolo Clay Q2 Facundo Bagnis 7-6(4) 6-2 19 Ludwigshafen CH (Germany) Clay R16 Facundo Bagnis 6-1 6-3 20 Punta del Este CH (Uruguay) Clay QF Andrej Martin 6-1 6-3


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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SUNDAY SINGLES AND DOUBLES …€¦ · • Guillermo Duran and Juan Ignacio Londero are playing only their 4th tournament together. They entered the draw having