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148 For more information please visit Date of Birth: March 18, 1984 Turned Pro: 2004 Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, USA Residence: Carmel, Indiana, USA Height: 6’4” (1.93m) Weight: 180lbs (81kg) Plays: Right-handed One-handed backhand emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 89 (7-6), 2014: 140 (3-7), 2013: 127 (4-11), 2012: 134 (7-9), 2011: 149 (2-3), 2010: 185 (6-18), 2009: 79 (8-6), 2008: 195 (2-4), 2007: 234 (0-1), 2006: 202 (0-1), 2005: 199 (2-2), 2004: 290 (1-3), 2003: 385 (1-1), 2002: 838 (0-1), 2001: T1379 (0-0) 2015 HigHLigHts Prize money: $464,032 Matches won-lost: 7-6 (singles), 24-23 (doubles) Challenger: 17-5 (singles), 11-4 (doubles) Singles winner: Newport Doubles winner: Halle Finalist: Kuala Lumpur(both w/Klaasen) Semi-finalist: Delray Beach(w/Butorac), Newport(w/ Krajicek), Metz(w/Klaasen) Career HigHLigHts > The American has finished in Top 100 twice (2009, ’15). Achieved career-high singles ranking of No. 78 on Nov. 16, 2009 after winning Aachen, GER Challenger title (d. Brown 76 67 76). Reached career-high doubles ranking of No. 30 on July 20, 2015 following run to Newport SF w/Krajicek (l. to Marray/Qureshi) > Captured 2 ATP World Tour singles titles – both at Newport. As No. 181 in ’09, entered as LL and beat Querrey in 3-set final. As No. 161 in ’15, won 3 matches 76 in 3rd, edging Isner in 1R (saved 1 MP), Mannarino in QF (saved 2 MPs) and Karlovic in final. Also has 8 doubles titles, including ’09 Newport w/Kerr (d. Kohlmann/Wassen) and most recently ’15 Halle w/Klaasen (d. Rojer/Tecau and Bopanna/Mergea). Owns 7 singles and 27 doubles titles on ATP Challenger Tour > Has reached 2R of Grand Slam 4 times in singles, most recently at ’15 US Open (d. Harrison, l. to Troicki). In doubles, advanced to 1st Grand Slam SF at ’14 US Open w/ Lipsky (d. J. Murray/Peers, Nestor/Zimonjic and Butorac/ Klaasen; l. to Bryan/Bryan in 3 sets). Also reached 5 other major QFs, falling to Bryans in 5 sets at ’12 Wimbledon w/ Lipsky and 76 in 3rd at ’10 Australian Open w/Butorac. As a junior, advanced to ’02 Wimbledon doubles final w/B. Baker (l. to Mergea/Tecau) > Yet to win a singles match at ATP Masters 1000 level (0-8). In doubles, reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at ’15 Miami w/Harrison as WC (l. to Melo/Soares). Also advanced to QF at ’15 Paris w/Klaasen (d. J. Murray/Peers, l. to Inglot/ Lindstedt) > Owns singles records of 16-5 at Newport and 27-68 at all other ATP events. Never beaten a Top 10 player (0-6) or won more than 8 tour-level singles matches in a season (8-6 in ’09). Made ATP singles debut near hometown at ’02 Indianapolis as WC (l. to Massu) and earned 1st win at ’03 Indianapolis as WC (d. I. Levine) CAREER TITLES (2): 2015 (1) – Newport(G); 2009 (1) – Newport(G). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (8). FINALIST (4). granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 0-4) Career 15 13 12 10 09 08 05 04 Aus.Open 1-3 — 2nd — 1st — 1st — RolandGarros 0-1 — 1st — Wimbledon 1-3 — 2nd — 1st 1st — USOpen 2-6 2nd 2nd 1st — 1st — 1st 1st atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History (Career W-L: 0-8) Career 15 14 13 12 10 08 06 IndianWells 0-2 — 1st — — 1st — Miami 0-3 — 1st 1st 1st — Toronto/Montréal 0-1 — 1st Cincinnati 0-2 1st — — 1st — PersonaL > Began playing tennis at age 4 > Father, Raghav, is a biologist, mother, Sushma, is a scientific technician > Played at Carmel (Indiana) High School, earning All-State honors and winning state singles title > In college, helped University of Illinois to 32-0 season and NCAA team title in ’03. Also won ’03 NCAA doubles title w/ Wilson (d. Maiberger/Redondo of San Diego State) > Says biggest moments of his career are winning NCAA team title and capturing first ATP World Tour singles title in Newport in July 2009 > Admired play of Boris Becker and Pete Sampras growing up > Considers strengths as serve and attacking style and favorite surface is grass > Enjoys playing golf and table tennis > Coached by Bryan Smith RAJEEV RAM (USA) www.entourajforkids.org @RajeevRam Rajeev Ram Career Win-Loss: 43-73 Career Prize Money: $2,621,502 Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 2/0 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-6 Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 78 (November 16, 2009) Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 30 (July 20, 2015)

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Page 1: RAJEEV RAM (USA)...2009 after winning Aachen, GER Challenger title (d. Brown 76 67 76). Reached career-high doubles ranking of No. 30 on July 20, 2015 following run to Newport SF w/Krajicek

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Date of Birth: March 18, 1984Turned Pro: 2004Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, USAResidence: Carmel, Indiana, USAHeight: 6’4” (1.93m)Weight: 180lbs (81kg)Plays: Right-handedOne-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 89 (7-6), 2014: 140 (3-7), 2013: 127 (4-11), 2012: 134 (7-9), 2011: 149 (2-3), 2010: 185 (6-18), 2009: 79 (8-6), 2008: 195 (2-4), 2007: 234 (0-1), 2006: 202 (0-1), 2005: 199 (2-2), 2004: 290 (1-3), 2003: 385 (1-1), 2002: 838 (0-1), 2001: T1379 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $464,032Matches won-lost: 7-6 (singles), 24-23 (doubles) Challenger: 17-5 (singles), 11-4 (doubles)Singles winner: NewportDoubles winner: HalleFinalist: Kuala Lumpur(both w/Klaasen)Semi-finalist: Delray Beach(w/Butorac), Newport(w/Krajicek), Metz(w/Klaasen)

Career HigHLigHts> The American has finished in Top 100 twice (2009, ’15).

Achieved career-high singles ranking of No. 78 on Nov. 16, 2009 after winning Aachen, GER Challenger title (d. Brown 76 67 76). Reached career-high doubles ranking of No. 30 on July 20, 2015 following run to Newport SF w/Krajicek (l. to Marray/Qureshi)

> Captured 2 ATP World Tour singles titles – both at Newport. As No. 181 in ’09, entered as LL and beat Querrey in 3-set final. As No. 161 in ’15, won 3 matches 76 in 3rd, edging Isner in 1R (saved 1 MP), Mannarino in QF (saved 2 MPs) and Karlovic in final. Also has 8 doubles titles, including ’09 Newport w/Kerr (d. Kohlmann/Wassen) and most recently ’15 Halle w/Klaasen (d. Rojer/Tecau and Bopanna/Mergea). Owns 7 singles and 27 doubles titles on ATP Challenger Tour

> Has reached 2R of Grand Slam 4 times in singles, most recently at ’15 US Open (d. Harrison, l. to Troicki). In doubles, advanced to 1st Grand Slam SF at ’14 US Open w/Lipsky (d. J. Murray/Peers, Nestor/Zimonjic and Butorac/Klaasen; l. to Bryan/Bryan in 3 sets). Also reached 5 other major QFs, falling to Bryans in 5 sets at ’12 Wimbledon w/Lipsky and 76 in 3rd at ’10 Australian Open w/Butorac. As a junior, advanced to ’02 Wimbledon doubles final w/B. Baker (l. to Mergea/Tecau)

> Yet to win a singles match at ATP Masters 1000 level (0-8). In doubles, reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at ’15 Miami

w/Harrison as WC (l. to Melo/Soares). Also advanced to QF at ’15 Paris w/Klaasen (d. J. Murray/Peers, l. to Inglot/Lindstedt)

> Owns singles records of 16-5 at Newport and 27-68 at all other ATP events. Never beaten a Top 10 player (0-6) or won more than 8 tour-level singles matches in a season (8-6 in ’09). Made ATP singles debut near hometown at ’02 Indianapolis as WC (l. to Massu) and earned 1st win at ’03 Indianapolis as WC (d. I. Levine)

CAREER TITLES (2): 2015 (1) – Newport(G); 2009 (1) – Newport(G). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (8). FINALIST (4).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 0-4) Career 15 13 12 10 09 08 05 04 Aus.Open 1-3 — 2nd — 1st — 1st — —RolandGarros 0-1 — — — 1st — — — —Wimbledon 1-3 — 2nd — 1st 1st — — —USOpen 2-6 2nd 2nd 1st — 1st — 1st 1st

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 0-8) Career 15 14 13 12 10 08 06 IndianWells 0-2 — 1st — — 1st — —Miami 0-3 — — 1st 1st 1st — —Toronto/Montréal 0-1 — — — — — — 1stCincinnati 0-2 1st — — — — 1st —

PersonaL> Began playing tennis at age 4> Father, Raghav, is a biologist, mother, Sushma, is a

scientific technician> Played at Carmel (Indiana) High School, earning All-State

honors and winning state singles title> In college, helped University of Illinois to 32-0 season and

NCAA team title in ’03. Also won ’03 NCAA doubles title w/Wilson (d. Maiberger/Redondo of San Diego State)

> Says biggest moments of his career are winning NCAA team title and capturing first ATP World Tour singles title in Newport in July 2009

> Admired play of Boris Becker and Pete Sampras growing up > Considers strengths as serve and attacking style and

favorite surface is grass> Enjoys playing golf and table tennis> Coached by Bryan Smith

RAJEEV RAM (USA)www.entourajforkids.org @RajeevRam Rajeev Ram

Career Win-Loss: 43-73Career Prize Money: $2,621,502Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 2/0Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-6Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 78 (November 16, 2009)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 30 (July 20, 2015)

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Date of Birth: January 17, 1988Turned Pro: 2007Birthplace: Barcelona, SpainResidence: Mataro, SpainHeight: 6’2” (1.88m)Weight: 177lbs (80kg)Plays: Left-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 54 (16-23), 2014: 63 (13-20), 2013: 82 (20-23),2012: 51 (25-30), 2011: 66 (13-16), 2010: 123 (2-4),2009: 168 (0-0), 2008: 452 (0-0), 2007: 707 (0-0),2006: T779 (0-0), 2005: T1254 (0-0), 2004: T1447 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $536,502Matches won-lost: 16-23 (singles), 1-11 (doubles)Challenger: 17-5 (singles), 0-2 (doubles)Singles quarter-finalist: Auckland, Geneva

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Spaniard has finished 5 straight seasons in Top 100

(2011-15). Achieved career-high ranking of No. 38 on May 21, 2012 after qualifying at ’12 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Nalbandian). Broke into Top 100 on June 13, 2011 and won Milan, ITA Challenger title later that week (d. Korolev). Cracked Top 50 on Apr. 16, 2012 after reaching Casablanca final. As a junior, peaked at No. 9 on Mar. 27, 2006

> Reached 1st ATP World Tour singles final at ’12 Casablanca (d. Andreev, l. to Andujar) and 1st doubles final at ’13 Båstad w/Berlocq (d. Marrero/Verdasco in QF, l. to Monroe/Stadler). Winner of 7 Challenger and 4 Futures singles titles, most recently sweeping all 10 sets at ’15 San Benedetto, ITA Challenger (d. Giannessi)

> Advanced to 2R at 3 of the 4 majors: ’11 Roland Garros as Q (d. Marti in 5 sets, l. to No. 5 Soderling), ’12 US Open (d. Ginepri, l. to Verdasco) and ’15 Wimbledon (d. Istomin, l. to Tsonga). Lost 1R in other 14 Grand Slam appearances

> Reached R16 twice at ATP Masters 1000 events: ’13 Miami (d. Blake, l. to Melzer) and ’15 Shanghai as Q (d. No. 3 Federer, l. to Tsonga). Win over Federer was 1st vs. Top 10 player. Also reached 3R at ’12 Indian Wells (d. Gasquet, l. to Andujar), ’12 Miami (d. F. Lopez, l. to Gasquet) and ’15 Indian Wells (d. Benneteau, l. to No. 1 Djokovic)

> Posted double-digit ATP win totals in 5 straight seasons (2011-15), highlighted by 25-win effort in ’12. Owns 100+

wins at Challengers (135-64) and Futures (103-71). Made winning ATP debut at ’10 Barcelona as Q (d. Russell and F. Gonzalez, l. to Gulbis in 3R)

CAREER FINALIST (1): 2012 (1) – Casablanca(CL).CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (1).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 1-3) Career 15 14 13 12 11 Aus. Open 0-4 1st 1st 1st 1st — Roland Garros 1-5 1st 1st 1st 1st 2ndWimbledon 1-3 2nd — 1st 1st —US Open 1-5 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 21-20) Career 15 14 13 12 11 Indian Wells 5-3 3rd — 2nd 3rd — Miami 6-3 2nd — 4th 3rd —Monte-Carlo 3-4 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st —Madrid 2-3 2nd 2nd — 1st —Rome 1-2 — — 2nd 1st —Cincinnati 0-1 — — — 1st —Shanghai 3-3 3rd — — 1st 2ndParis 1-1 — — — 2nd —

PERSONAL> Started playing tennis at age 5 because of his father, who

played at the local club in Mataro> Father, Guzman, is a dentist; mother, Leonor; has an older

brother, Eduard, who works in a sports shop and a younger sister, Anna, who is a student

> Favourite surface is clay and favourite shot is forehand> When not on the tour, he enjoys most spending time with

friends and family> Big fan of FC Barcelona and likes to go to Camp Nou when

he gets a chance> Is following an online business administration degree> Idol growing up was Alex Corretja> Coached by Jose Maria Diaz and Noe Losmozos

ALBERT RAMOS-VIÑOLAS (ESP) @albertramos88 Albert Ramos @albertramosvinolas

Career Win-Loss: 89-116Career Prize Money: $2,404,247Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/1 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 1-16Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 38 (May 21, 2012)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 202 (November 4, 2013)

Ramos-Viñolas was one of five left-handed Spaniards to finish in theTop 100 Emirates ATP Rankings in 2015:

LEFT-HANDED SPANIARDS IN TOP 100 EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS

No. 5 Rafael NadalNo. 17 Feliciano Lopez No. 49 Fernando Verdasco

No. 54 Albert Ramos-ViñolasNo. 75 Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava

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Date of Birth: December 27, 1990Turned Pro: 2008Birthplace: Podgorica, MontenegroResidence: Monte-Carlo, MonacoHeight: 6’5” (1.96m)Weight: 216lbs (98kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 14 (33-16), 2014: 8 (49-20), 2013: 11 (45-21), 2012: 13 (45-20), 2011: 31 (31-19), 2010: 156 (4-6), 2009: 377 (0-1), 2008: 923 (0-0), 2007: T1369 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $1,493,503Matches won-lost: 33-16 (singles), 1-3 (doubles)Singles winner: St. PetersburgFinalist: BrisbaneSemi-finalist: Rotterdam, Indian WellsQuarter-finalist: Australian Open, Monte-Carlo, Madrid, London/Queen’s Club

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Canadian ended 4 straight seasons in Top 15 (2012-15).

Reached career-high No. 4 on May 11, 2015, highest ever for a Canadian. Also 1st Canadian to break into Top 10, doing so on Aug. 12, 2013 after reaching ATP Masters 1000 Montréal final

> Became 1st player born in 1990s to qualify for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in ’14, losing to Federer and Murray before withdrawing with thigh injury

> Captured 7 titles entering ’16, most of any player born in 1990s. Also 1st player born in 1990s to win a title at ’11 San Jose (d. Verdasco). Won only ATP World Tour 500 title at ’14 Washington in 1st All-Canadian final (d. Pospisil)

> Emerged as 1st Canadian in a Grand Slam men’s singles SF at ’14 Wimbledon (l. to No. 4 Federer). Also reached QFs at ’14 Roland Garros (l. to No. 2 Djokovic) and ’15 Aus. Open (l. to No. 1 Djokovic)

> Reached ATP Masters 1000 finals at ’13 Montréal (l. to No. 4 Nadal) and ’14 Paris (d. No. 2 Federer and No. 5 Berdych, l. to No. 1 Djokovic). Reached 3 other SFs, most recently at ’15 Indian Wells (d. No. 3 Nadal after saving 3 MPs, l. to No. 2 Federer)

> Earned 30+ wins in 5 straight seasons (2011-15). Made tour-level debut at ’09 Montréal as Q (l. to F. Gonzalez) and earned 1st singles win in Sept. ’10 Davis Cup tie (d. Estrella Burgos 97 in 5th). Enjoyed 1st ATP doubles win at ’10 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto w/Pospisil (d. Djokovic/Nadal)

> Missed ’11 US Open after right hip surgery and ’15 Roland Garros after minor right foot surgery. Also missed 5 weeks in ’14 (ankle) and final 3 weeks of ’15 (back)

CAREER TITLES (7): 2015 (1) – St. Petersburg(IH); 2014 (1) - Washington(H); 2013 (2) – Bangkok(IH), San Jose(IH); 2012 (2) – San Jose(IH), Chennai(H); 2011 (1) – San Jose(IH).

FINALIST (8). CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (1).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 5-4) CAREER 15 14 13 12 11 10 Aus. Open 14-5 QF 3rd 4th 3rd 4th —Roland Garros 8-4 — QF 3rd 3rd 1st —Wimbledon 10-5 3rd SF 2nd 2nd 2nd — US Open 11-5 3rd 4th 4th 4th — 1st

BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS HISTORY Career 14 0-2 RR

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 61-41) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 Indian Wells 11-5 SF QF 4th 3rd 3rd — —Miami* 7-3 4th QF 3rd 3rd 2nd — —Monte-Carlo 7-5 QF QF 2nd 1st 3rd — — Madrid 5-5 QF 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st — —Rome 3-4 — SF 1st 1st 1st — —Toronto/Montréal 8-6 2nd QF RUP QF — 1st 1stCincinnati 8-4 1st SF 3rd QF — — —Shanghai 6-5 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd — — Paris 6-4 — RUP 3rd 3rd 1st — — *W/O in 2013 and 2012 not included as losses

PERSONAL> Started playing tennis at age 8> Moved from Podgorica, Montenegro to Canada at age 3> Parents are Dusan and Vesna (both engineers); sister, Jelena and brother, Momir

> Idol growing up was Sampras: “I video-taped all his matches”> Was among the 1st group of players to join Tennis Canada’s National Training Centre in Montréal when it opened in 2007

> Favourite surface, hard; shots, serve and forehand> Speaks Serbian and English> Enjoys watching movies and spending time with family / friends

> Founded Milos Raonic Foundation in 2012 to help disadvantaged youth through sport

> Fan of FC Barcelona, NBA’s Toronto Raptors and MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays

> Named QMI Agency Canadian Male Athlete of the Year in 2012, Sportsnet’s 2013 Canadian Athlete of the Year, Lionel Conacher Award winnerin 2013 and 2014

> Voted 2011 ATP Newcomer of the Year by his fellow players> Coached by Riccardo Piatti. Fitness trainer is Dalibor Sirola and physiotherapist is Claudio Zimaglia

MILOS RAONIC (CAN)www.milosraonicofficial.com @milosraonic Milos Raonic @mraonic

Career Win-Loss: 207-103Career Prize Money: $8,806,174Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 7/8 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 17-41Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 4 (May 11, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 103 (June 10, 2013)

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Date of Birth: May 1, 1982 Turned Pro: 1998Birthplace: Hostalric, SpainResidence: Sant Cugat del Valles, SpainHeight: 5’11” (1.80m)Weight: 165lbs (75kg)Plays: Right-handedOne-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 42 (24-21), 2014: 17 (43-26), 2013: 18 (36-20),2012: 115 (5-7), 2011: 51 (20-12), 2010: 50 (20-23),2009: 16 (46-25), 2008: 21 (37-23), 2007: 10 (49-26),2006: 7 (49-29), 2005: 20 (44-24), 2004: 13 (43-25),2003: 21 (38-26), 2002: 30 (32-26), 2001: 30 (37-20),2000: 131 (0-2), 1999: 243 (2-2), 1998: 514 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $746,317Matches won-lost: 24-21 (singles), 3-5 (doubles) Singles finalist: BåstadSemi-finalist: ShenzhenQuarter-finalist: Buenos Aires, Barcelona,St. Petersburg

Career HigHLigHts> The Spaniard has ended 13 of last 15 seasons in Top

50 (all but 2011-12). Achieved career-high ranking of No. 5 on Aug. 28, 2006 after reaching ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati SF (l. to Ferrero). Fell to No. 471 on May 14, 2012 before winning Italian Challenger titles in 1st 2 events of season

> Went 1-2 at ’06 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (d. Blake, l. to Nadal and Davydenko)

> Captured 11 of 12 singles titles on clay. Lost to Murray in ’14 Shenzhen and Valencia finals (held 5 MPs in both)

> Reached 7 Grand Slam QFs. En route to ’13 Roland Garros QF, became 2nd player (1st since Cochet at ’27 Wimbledon) to post 3 straight comebacks from 2 sets down (d. Sijsling, Monfils and Almagro). As a junior, won doubles titles at ’00 Aus. Open w/Mahut and Roland Garros w/M. Lopez. Also ’00 Roland Garros singles finalist

> At ATP Masters 1000 level, won ’06 Hamburg singles title (d. Stepanek) and ’08 Monte-Carlo doubles title w/Nadal (d. Bhupathi/Knowles)

> Earned 40+ wins in 6 seasons. Collected 500th win in ’14 Valencia SF (d. Chardy). Owns 2-6 record vs. World No. 1 (d. Hewitt in ’03 Roland Garros 3R and Djokovic in ’14 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 3R). Has 200+ wins on clay (256-121) and hard (232-179). Won ATP debut at ’99 Barcelona as Q (d. Sanguinetti and Safin, l. to No. 8 Martin in 3R)

> In Davis Cup, has a 9-12 record (6-8 singles) and played on ’04 championship team

> Missed 7 months in 2011-12 due to leg injury (surgery in Feb. ’12)

CAREER TITLES (12): 2013 (2) – Umag(CL), Casablanca(CL);2011 (1) – Santiago(CL); 2009 (2) – Costa do Sauipe(CL), Buenos Aires(CL); 2008 (1) – Båstad(CL); 2007 (2) – Sopot(CL), Metz(IH); 2006 (2) – Hamburg(CL), Båstad(CL); 2004 (1) – Barcelona(CL); 2001 (1) – Sopot(CL). FINALIST (11). DOUBLES TITLES (5). FINALIST (5).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 16-5) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01Aus.Open 20-14 4th 4th 1st — 4th 1st 4th 2nd QF 4th 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1stRolandGarros 36-13 2nd 3rd QF — — 1st QF 3rd QF 4th QF 4th QF 3rd 4thWimbledon 14-14 1st 4th 3rd — 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2ndUSOpen 35-14 3rd 4th QF 2nd— 4th4th4th3rd 4th 4th 4th 1st 3rd 4th

BarCLays atP WorLD toUr FinaLs History Career 06 1-2 RR

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 134-99) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01IndianWells* 17-12 4th 3rd 1st — QF QF 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 1st —Miami* 11-10 2nd 4th — — — 3rd 3rd 2nd QF 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd —Monte-Carlo 17-11 3rd 3rd — — 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd QF --- 1st 3rd 1st —Madrid 9-10 — 1st 2nd — — — 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd QF 2nd 2nd —Rome 14-9 — 2nd — — — — 3rd QF QF 1st 1st 2nd 3rd QF —Toronto/Montréal13-11 2nd 3rd — — — 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd —Cincinnati 19-12 3rd QF 3rd — — 1st 1st 2nd 2nd SF 2nd SF 1st 3rd —Shanghai 6-7 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd — — — — — — — —Paris 12-10 — 2nd — — — — 3rd 2nd QF SF QF 2nd 3rd2nd1stHamburg:16-6(WON-2006)*W/OinIndianWells2011andMiami2005notincludedaslossesDoubles (1-1 in finals). Monte-Carlo: WON–2008(w/Nadal);Paris: RUP–2009(w/Granollers)

PersonaL> Began playing at age 5> Father, Angel, tennis coach, was a fan of the The Who and named

his son after the group. Mother, Dolores, assistant tennis coach> Grew up on hard courts at Olot Swimming Club and at age 14 first

played on clay courts in Barcelona> Speaks Catalan, Spanish, French, English and Italian> Supports FC Barcelona and favourite player was Carles Puyol> In 2011 and 2013 received ATP Aces for Charity Grant for “The

Tommy Robredo Foundation,” which promotes sports for people with a disability. Holds an international wheelchair tennis event

> Trains at R.C.T. Barcelona> Coached by Karim Perrona and fitness trainer is Toni Martinez

TOMMY ROBREDO (ESP)www.tommy-robredo.com @TRobredo

Career Win-Loss: 525-337Career Prize Money: $12,787,213Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 12/11Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 22-89Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 (August 28, 2006)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 16 (April 20, 2009)

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Date of Birth: November 28, 1983Turned Pro: 2002Birthplace: Gennevilliers, FranceResidence: Boulogne-Billancourt, FranceHeight: 6’2” (1.88m)Weight: 165lbs (75kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 123 (6-12), 2014: 87 (21-28), 2013: 52 (23-26), 2012: 100 (14-19), 2011: 106 (6-12), 2010: 124 (2-7), 2009: 154 (2-3), 2008: 168 (2-6), 2007: 96 (5-7), 2006: 253 (0-0), 2005: 189 (0-0), 2004: 194 (1-2), 2003: 300 (0-0), 2002: 426 (0-0), 2001: T1379 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $666,132Matches won-lost: 6-12 (singles), 37-16 (doubles) Challenger: 10-6 (singles), 0-1 (doubles)Doubles winner: Bogota(w/Stepanek), Cincinnati(w/Nestor), Metz(w/Kubot)Finalist: Montréal, Beijing(both w/Nestor)Semi-finalist: Sydney(w/Benneteau), Shanghai(w/Nestor)

Career HigHLigHts> The Frenchman ended 6 straight seasons in Top 150 of

singles and 4 straight in Top 50 of doubles, highlighted by No. 7 doubles finish in ’14. Spent 30 weeks of 2013-14 in Top 50 of singles and doubles

> Qualified for ’14 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals w/Benneteau (d. Nestor/Zimonjic and Dodig/Melo, l. to Bryan/Bryan in SF)

> Two-time singles finalist: ’13 Delray Beach (d. Isner, l. to Gulbis) and ’14 Chennai (l. to No. 8 Wawrinka). Owns 11 doubles titles with 7 partners. Won multiple titles each year from 2012-15, most recently 3 in ’15: Bogota with 1st-time partner Stepanek (d. Pavic/Venus), Cincinnati with 2nd-time partner Nestor (d. Matkowski/Zimonjic), and Metz with 1st-time partner Kubot (d. Herbert/Mahut)

> Reached 3R in singles at ’07 Roland Garros as WC (l. to Monaco), ’07 Wimbledon as Q (l. to Gasquet) and ’14 Aus. Open (l. to Anderson). Captured 1st major doubles title at ’14 Roland Garros w/Benneteau (d. Granollers/M. Lopez) – 1st French champions since Leconte/Noah in ’84

> In singles, advanced to ’14 ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (d. Cilic, l. to No. 3 Wawrinka). Reached doubles finals in 1st 2 events w/Nestor, winning title at ’15 Cincinnati (d. Bryan/Bryan in QF and Matkowski/Zimonjic) after reaching final at ’15 Montréal (d. Djokovic/Tipsarevic, l. to Bryan/Bryan)

> Posted 20+ singles and 30+ doubles wins in ’13 and ’14. Biggest singles win by ranking was over No. 5 del Potro in ’09 Tokyo 1R. Snapped 6-match doubles losing streak to Bryan/Bryan in ’15 Cincinnati QF w/Nestor. Earned 1st singles win at ’04 Shanghai as Q (d. Healey) and 1st doubles win at ’04 Roland Garros w/Jeanpierre as WC (d. Boutter/Dupuis)

CAREER FINALIST (2): 2014 (1) – Chennai(H); 2013 (1) – Delray Beach(H); CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (11). FINALIST (4).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 3-6) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07Aus.Open 5-5 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd — — — 1st —RolandGarros 5-7 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd — — 3rdWimbledon 3-7 — 2nd 1st 1st 1st — 1st 1st 3rdUSOpen 1-5 — 1st 2nd 1st 1st — — — 1stDoubles (1-0 in finals).Roland Garros:WON–2014(w/Benneteau)

BarCLays atP WorLD toUr FinaLs History Career 14 2-2 SF(w/Benneteau)

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 6-19) Career 15 14 13 12 11IndianWells 2-2 2nd 2nd — — —Miami 2-4 1st 3rd 2nd 1st —Monte-Carlo 1-3 1st 1st 2nd — —Madrid 0-1 — 1st — — —Rome 0-1 — 1st — — —Toronto/Montréal 0-1 — 1st — — —Cincinnati 0-3 — 1st 1st — 1stShanghai 0-1 — 1st — — —Paris 1-3 2nd 1st 1st — —Doubles (1-1 in finals).Montréal:RUP–2015,Cincinnati:WON–2015(bothw/Nestor)

PersonaL> Nickname is “Doudou”> Began playing as a kid with father, Christophe, who reached

‘83 Roland Garros SF (d. Connors in QF, l. to eventual champion Noah). Mother, Alexandrine Vaduijn, is a painter

> Speaks French, English, and basic Spanish> Favourite surface is grass, shot is volley and tournament is

Roland Garros> Lists football, golf, dinner with friends, movies with wife, as

favourite things to do outside a tennis court> Would be a football or golf player if he wasn’t a tennis player> Fan of FC Nantes football team in France> Goal is to play Davis Cup for national team> Best memory: winning ‘14 Roland Garros doubles title with

Julien Benneteau> Wife, Marine (married September 24, 2011); son, Mateo

(born October 22, 2014)> Trains in Paris at the tennis club Lagardère Paris Racing

(LPR)> Fitness trainers are David Izidore and Vincent Lamarque

EDOUARD ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) ERogerVasselin Edouard Roger-Vasselin Officiel

Career Win-Loss: 82-122Career Prize Money: $4,070,272Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/2Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 2-18Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 (February 10, 2014)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 6 (November 3, 2014)

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Date of Birth: August 25, 1981Turned Pro: 2003Birthplace: CuraçaoResidence: CuraçaoHeight: 6’1” (1.85m)Weight: 180lbs (82kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 3 (51-22), 2014: T16 (48-25), 2013: T15 (31-28), 2012: 13 (41-31), 2011: T20 (42-26), 2010: 41 (28-26), 2009: 43 (18-21), 2008: 84 (6-5), 2007: 187 (1-2), 2006: 175 (1-1), 2005: 251 (1-0), 2004: 241 (0-0), 2003: 261 (0-1), 2002: 1159 (1-0), 2001: N/R (1-1), 2000: 919 (0-0), 1999: 1193(0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $890,346Matches won-lost: 51-22 (doubles) Doubles winner: Rotterdam, Wimbledon, Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - LondonFinalist: Sydney, NiceSemi-finalist: Australian Open, Dubai(all w/Tecau), Munich(w/J. Murray), Roland Garros, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Halle, Beijing , Basel (all w/Tecau)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Dutchman has finished 5 straight seasons in doubles

Top 20 (2011-15), highlighted by career-high No. 3 to end ’15. Also ended ’15 season as No. 1 in team rankings w/Tecau, clinching top spot with SF win over Bryan/Bryan at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Broke into Top 10 on Apr. 1, 2013 after winning ATP Masters 1000 Miami title w/Qureshi

> Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in 2012-15, losing 1st 6 matches w/Qureshi and next 3 w/Tecau. Snapped 9-match losing streak by sweeping 5 matches (10 sets) en route to ’15 title w/Tecau (d. Matkowski/Zimonjic, Dodig/Melo, Herbert/Mahut, Bryan/Bryan and Bopanna/Mergea). First team to win season finale without losing a set since RR play began in ’86. Went 11-0 in London during ’15 season (6-0 at Wimbledon)

> Won 20 ATP doubles titles with 3 partners (Butorac, Qureshi and Tecau), including 2+ each year from 2010-15. Captured career-high 8 titles in ’14 w/Tecau on 4 different surfaces and continents

> Broke through to 1st Grand Slam men’s doubles title at’15 Wimbledon w/Tecau, beating Begemann/Knowle 15-13 in 5th and Bopanna/Mergea 13-11 in 5th en route(d. J. Murray/Peers in final). Previously went 0-5 in Grand Slam men’s doubles SFs. Also won mixed doubles title at ’14 Roland Garros w/Grönefeld (d. Zimonjic/Goerges10-7 in Match TB)

> Won 1st ATP Masters 1000 title at ’13 Miami w/Qureshi (d. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski). Runner-up at ’12 Paris w/Qureshi (d. Cilic/Melo 06 64 11-9 in SF, l. to Bhupathi/Bopanna)

> Earned 40+ wins in 4 of last 5 seasons (all but ’13), highlighted by career-best 51 in ’15. Enters ’16 with 2-17 record vs. Bryan/Bryan, snapping 11-match losing streak in SFs of ’15 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals w/Tecau. Earned 1st tour-level win in ’01 Davis Cup Group II tie for Netherlands Antilles w/Gerth (d. Camacho/Marin 9-7 in 5th). First ATP win came 7+ years later at ’08 Casablanca as WC w/Coria (d. Cermak/Kerr)

CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (20): 2015 (3) – Barclays ATP World Tour Finals-London(IH), Wimbledon(G), Rotterdam(IH); 2014 (8) – Valencia(IH), Beijing(H), Shenzhen(H), Washington(H), ‘s-Hertogenbosch(G), Bucharest(CL), Casablanca(CL), Zagreb(IH) (all w/Tecau); 2013 (2) – Stockholm(IH), Miami(H) (both w/Qureshi); 2012 (2) – Halle(G), Oeiras (CL) (both w/Qureshi); 2011 (3) – Kuala Lumpur(IH), Nice(CL), Estoril(CL) (all w/Butorac); 2010 (2) – Stockholm(IH), Tokyo(IH) (w/Butorac). FINALIST (14).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY Doubles (1-0 in fi nals)Roland Garros: Mixed: WON – 2014 (w/Grönefeld)Wimbledon: WON – 2015 (w/Tecau);

BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS HISTORY Career 15 14 13 12 5-9 WON RR RR RR (‘14-15 w/Tecau, ‘12-13 w/Qureshi)

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORYDoubles (1-1 in fi nals) Miami: WON – 2013; Paris: RUP – 2012 (both w/Qureshi)

PERSONAL> Started playing tennis at age 6 because he wanted to follow

his older brother Jamil. Nickname is “Jules”> Father, Randall, is a dentist, mother, Nazira, is a

pre-school teacher. Older brother Jamil is an oral & maxilofacial surgeon

> Fan of TV shows Entourage, Californication andModern Family

> Left Curaçao at 13 and moved to Miami where he used to practise at Crandon Park. Spent 3 years at UCLA and is 4-time NCAA All-American in singles and doubles

> Speaks Dutch, English and Spanish> Favourite surface is clay> Idol growing up was Jonas Bjorkman> Hobbies are watching and playing sports – loves to play

football, baseball, basketball and supports the Miami Heat> Likes to listen to hip hop before matches to get ‘pumped up’

JEAN-JULIEN ROJER (NED) Jean-Julien Rojer @julrojer

Career Doubles Win-Loss: 270-190Career Prize Money: $2,894,265Career Doubles Titles/Finalist: 20/14 Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 218 (August 15, 2005)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 3 (November 23, 2015)

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Date of Birth: July 24, 1985Turned Pro: 2004Birthplace: Brno, Czech RepublicResidence: Prague, Czech RepublicHeight: 6’5” (1.96m)Weight: 183lbs (83kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 55 (20-30), 2014: 31 (29-29), 2013: 47 (23-27),2012: 74 (19-18), 2011: 70 (6-13), 2010: 164 (0-2), 2009: 148 (0-1), 2008: 178 (1-2), 2007: 261 (0-1), 2006: 321 (0-0), 2005: 627 (0-0), 2004: N/R (0-0), 2003: T1324 (0-0), 2002: T1345 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $821,431Matches won-lost: 20-30 (singles), 11-19 (doubles) Challenger: 1-2 (singles)Singles quarter-finalist: Bucharest, Munich, ViennaDoubles semi-finalist: Marseille(w/Thiem),Umag(w/Junaid)

Career HigHLigHts> The Czech has finished 5 straight seasons in Top 100

(2011-15), highlighted by year-end best No. 31 in ’14. Achieved career-high of No. 26 on Sept. 22, 2014 shortly after winning Winston-Salem title. Broke into Top 100 on June 6, 2011 following run to Roland Garros 3R and cracked Top 50 on Apr. 8, 2013 after posting 2 Davis Cup QF wins over KAZ (d. Korolev and Golubev)

> Won ATP singles titles at ’13 Bucharest (d. Garcia-Lopez) and ’14 Winston-Salem (d. Janowicz after saving 2 MPs). Also reached finals in ’14 at Bucharest (l. to Dimitrov) and Stuttgart (l. to Bautista Agut). Owns 3 ATP doubles titles with 3 partners, most recently at ’14 Umag w/Cermak (d. Lajovic/Skugor). Also winner of 39 combined Challenger and Futures titles in singles and doubles

> Reached 3R of a Grand Slam on 3 occasions: ’11 Roland Garros as Q (d. Roger-Vasselin and No. 8 Melzer in 5 sets, l. to Chela), ’12 Wimbledon (d. No. 2 Nadal, l. to Kohlschreiber) and ’15 Roland Garros (d. Bautista Agut, l. to Gabashvili)

> Advanced to R16 at 2 ATP Masters 1000 events: ’14 Monte-Carlo (l. to No. 4 Federer) and ’15 Indian Wells (d. Haase after saving 1 MP, l. to No. 9 Berdych)

> Earned 20+ wins in 3 straight seasons (2013-15) after posting 19 wins in ’12. Snapped 14-match losing streak vs. Top 10 by beating No. 10 Tsonga in ’15 Vienna 2R. Made ATP debut at ’07 Auckland as Q (l. to No. 9 Ancic) and secured 1st win at ’08 Stuttgart as Q (d. Fischer, l. to Gasquet in 2R)

> Member of Czech Davis Cup team that won titles in ’12 and

’13. Did not play in either final after going 2-0 in ’12 and 3-2 in ’13, including longest rubber ever in ’13 1R w/Berdych (d. Chiudinelli/Wawrinka 24-22 in 5th after 7h1m)

CAREER TITLES (2): 2014 (1) – Winston-Salem(H);2013 (1) – Bucharest(CL). FINALIST (2): 2014 (2) – Stuttgart(CL), Bucharest(CL). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (3).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 5-4) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 Aus.Open 2-4 2nd 1st 2nd 1st — —RolandGarros 6-5 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd —Wimbledon 4-4 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd — —USOpen 1-5 2nd 1st 1st — 1st 1st

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 14-24) Career 15 14 13 12 IndianWells 3-4 4th 2nd 1st 1stMiami 4-4 3rd 1st 2nd 3rdMonte-Carlo 2-2 1st 3rd — —Madrid 0-2 1st 1st — —Rome 1-3 1st 2nd 1st —Toronto/Montréal 1-2 2nd — 1st —Cincinnati 0-2 1st — 1st —Shanghai 1-2 — 1st 2nd —Paris 2-3 2nd 1st 2nd —

PersonaL> Started playing ice hockey at age 4 and tennis with his

parents at age 6> Father, Emil, owns a car parts shop; mother, Diana, is an

ice skating teacher. One older sister, Nicole and 1 older brother, David

> Hobbies include skiing, football and hanging outwith friends

> Follows ice-hockey and is a fan of HC Lev Prague> Likes the mountains, particularly the Swiss and

Austrian Alps> Best tennis memories were defeating Nadal on Centre

Court at Wimbledon and winning the Davis Cup in 2012> Wife, Michaela Ochotska (married July 15, 2015 in Prague), is

a Czech TV presenter; son, Andre (born January 13, 2015)> Coached by countryman and former ATP pro Jaroslav

Levinsky (since October 2015)

lukas ROsOl (CZE) Lukas Rosol - official

Career Win-loss: 98-123Career Prize Money: $3,446,220Career singles Titles/Finalist: 2/2 Career Win-loss vs. Top 10: 3-20Highest Emirates aTP Ranking: 26 (September 22, 2014)Highest Emirates aTP Doubles Ranking: 37 (October 13, 2014)

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Date of Birth: October 20, 1997Turned Pro: 2014Birthplace: Moscow, RussiaResidence: Moscow, RussiaHeight: 6’2” (1.88m)Weight: 144lbs (65kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 174 (8-13), 2014: 517 (1-1), 2013: 808 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $191,601Matches won-lost: 8-13 (singles), 5-1 (doubles)Challenger: 7-8 (singles), 12-5 (doublesDoubles winner: Moscow(w/Tursunov)Semi-finalist: St. Petersburg(w/Youzhny)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Russian teenager finished ’15 as 3rd-youngest player in

Top 200 behind Tiafoe and Fritz. Improved year-end ranking 300+ spots from No. 517 at end of ’14. Achieved career-high ranking of No. 173 on Nov. 2, 2015 following 1R win at Valencia (d. Granollers). Broke into Top 200 on July 13, 2015 after winning a qualifying match at Wimbledon (d. Kovalik). Earned 1st ATP ranking point on July 15, 2013 at age 15 with QF run at Haskovo, BUL Futures (d. Jotovski and Lamasine, l. to Bourgue). Ended ’14 as World No. 1 junior

> Enters ’16 still seeking 1st ATP World Tour singles QF after reaching 2R at 6 events in ’15. In doubles, won 1st ATP title at hometown event of Moscow in ’15 w/Tursunov as WC (d. Albot/Cermak 10-6 in Match TB). Became youngest ATP doubles champion since 17-year-old Nadal at ’04 Chennai. Best Challenger result also came at Moscow, RUS in ’15 (d. Donskoy, l. to Albot in SF). Owns 4 Futures singles titles

> Made Grand Slam main draw debut at ’15 US Open as Q (l. to Anderson in 4 sets). As a junior, won ’14 Roland Garros title (d. Munar) to become 1st Russian boys’ champion in Paris since Korotkov in ’66. Also reached ’14 Wimbledon junior

doubles final w/Kozlov (l. to Luz/Zormann 86 in 3rd)> Earned 1st ATP Masters 1000 win at ’15 Miami as WC (d.

Carreño Busta, l. to Isner in 2R). Also beat Carreño Busta in qualifying 1R at ’15 Rome before falling to Fabbiano in qualifying final

> Secured 8 tour-level wins prior to 18th birthday, 4th-most among active players (Nadal 31, Hewitt 17, Gasquet 9). Earned biggest victory (by ranking) over No. 32 Andujar to clinch 3-2 win for RUS over ESP in ’15 Davis Cup Group I. Also secured 1st tour-level win in Davis Cup Group I play vs. POR in ’14 (d. Silva)

CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (1).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 0-0) Career 15 US Open 0-1 1st

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 1-1) Career 15 Miami 1-1 2nd

PERSONAL> Nickname is “Rubl”> Started playing tennis at age 3> Father, Andrey, is a former boxer, turned businessman,

and mother, Marina, is a tennis coach; one sister, Arina, is also a tennis coach

> Favourite shot is forehand> Hobbies include boxing, basketball and music> Supports Miami Heat (basketball)> Coached by countryman Sergey Tarasevich

ANDREY RUBLEV (RUS) @AndreyRublev97 @andreyrublev

Career Win-Loss: 9-14Career Prize Money: $222,429Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/0Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-1Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 173 (November 2, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 120 (November 2, 2015)

Rublev was one of five teenagers to register at least eight ATP World Tour-level match wins in 2015:

2015 TEENAGE MATCH WINS LEADERS

W-LBorna Coric 26-28Alexander Zverev 14-17Thanasi Kokkinakis 13-19Hyeon Chung 12-10Andrey Rublev 8-13

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Date of Birth: August 16, 1992Turned Pro: 2010Birthplace: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaResidence: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaHeight: 5’7” (1.70m)Weight: 141lbs (64kg)Plays: Right-handed,Two-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 88 (11-22), 2014: 61 (2-4), 2013: 118 (1-5), 2012: 169 (0-0), 2011: 369 (0-0), 2010: 417 (0-0), 2009: T1029 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $437,342Matches won-lost: 11-22 (singles), 11-15 (doubles) Challenger: 21-8 (singles), 2-1 (doubles)Singles semi-finalist: IstanbulDoubles finalist: São Paulo(w/Lorenzi)Semi-finalist: Buenos Aires(w/Berlocq)

Career HigHLigHts> The Argentine finished 2 straight seasons in Top 100

(2014-15). Achieved a career-high ranking of No. 57 on May 4, 2015 after advancing to Istanbul SF (l. to No. 2 Federer). Broke into Top 100 on June 9, 2014 following 1R win at Roland Garros (d. Elias)

> Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour singles QF and SF at ’15 Istanbul (d. Giraldo 06 62 62, l. to No. 2 Federer 75 in 3rd). Reached 1st ATP doubles final at ’15 São Paulo w/Lorenzi (d. Peya/Soares in 1R, l. to Cabal/Farah). Owner of 29 combined Challenger and Futures titles, including 5 Challenger singles championships in ’14: Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Beck); Prague, CZE (d. Ghem); Porto Alegre, BRA (d. Berlocq); San Juan, ARG (d. Souza); and ATP Challenger Tour Finals (d. Clezar). All 5 wins in Porto Alegre were over countrymen

> Reached 2R of a Grand Slam event 3 times: ’14 Roland Garros as Q (d. Elias, l. to No. 4 Federer), ’15 Roland Garros (d. Haider-Maurer, l. to Monfils in 5 sets) and ’15 US Open (d. E. Ymer, l. to No. 8 Nadal)

> Earned 1st ATP Masters 1000 win at ’15 Indian Wells (d. Janowicz, l. to No. 2 Federer). Qualified at ’15 Monte-Carlo (l. to Chardy in 1R) and ’15 Rome (l. to Bellucci in 1R)

> Secured 11 of 14 career tour-level wins in ’15. All 6 matches

vs. Top 10 players have come against Djokovic, Federer or Nadal (0-6 overall). Owns records of 113-65 at Challengers (112-60 on clay) and 132-55 at Futures (130-54 on clay). Made ATP debut at ’13 Viña del Mar as Q (l. to eventual champion Zeballos) and earned 1st win 2 weeks later at Buenos Aires as WC (d. Bellucci)

> Won title at ’14 ATP Challenger Tour Finals (d. Bolelli in SF and Clezar in final)

CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (1).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 0-1) Career 15 14Aus. Open 0-1 1st —Roland Garros 2-2 2nd 2ndWimbledon 0-1 1st —US Open 1-2 2nd 1st

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 1-4) Career 15 Indian Wells 1-1 2nd Miami 0-1 1st Monte-Carlo 0-1 1st Rome 0-1 1st

PersonaL> Started playing tennis at age 7> Parents are Ricardo and Silvana; has two brothers,

Andres, a travel agent, and Matias, a computer programmer; sister, Natali, is a lawyer

> Favourite surface is clay and shot is backhand> Favourite tournament is Roland Garros> Idols growing up were Juan Román Riquelme (football)

and Rafael Nadal> Hobbies include playing football and watching Boca Juniors> Coached by Sebastian Prieto. Fitness trainer is Nicolas Sac

DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) @dieschwartzman

Career Win-Loss: 14-31Career Prize Money: $910,119Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/0 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-6Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 57 (May 4, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 69 (April 13, 2015)

Schwartzman finished as the No. 5 Argentine in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings in 2015:

ARGENTINES IN TOP 100 EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS

No. 35 Leonardo MayerNo. 52 Federico DelbonisNo. 53 Juan MonacoNo. 74 Guido PellaNo. 88 Diego Schwartzman

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emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 88 (11-22), 2014: 61 (2-4), 2013: 118 (1-5), 2012: 169 (0-0), 2011: 369 (0-0), 2010: 417 (0-0), 2009: T1029 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $437,342Matches won-lost: 11-22 (singles), 11-15 (doubles) Challenger: 21-8 (singles), 2-1 (doubles)Singles semi-finalist: IstanbulDoubles finalist: São Paulo(w/Lorenzi)Semi-finalist: Buenos Aires(w/Berlocq)

Career HigHLigHts> The Argentine finished 2 straight seasons in Top 100

(2014-15). Achieved a career-high ranking of No. 57 on May 4, 2015 after advancing to Istanbul SF (l. to No. 2 Federer). Broke into Top 100 on June 9, 2014 following 1R win at Roland Garros (d. Elias)

> Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour singles QF and SF at ’15 Istanbul (d. Giraldo 06 62 62, l. to No. 2 Federer 75 in 3rd). Reached 1st ATP doubles final at ’15 São Paulo w/Lorenzi (d. Peya/Soares in 1R, l. to Cabal/Farah). Owner of 29 combined Challenger and Futures titles, including 5 Challenger singles championships in ’14: Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Beck); Prague, CZE (d. Ghem); Porto Alegre, BRA (d. Berlocq); San Juan, ARG (d. Souza); and ATP Challenger Tour Finals (d. Clezar). All 5 wins in Porto Alegre were over countrymen

> Reached 2R of a Grand Slam event 3 times: ’14 Roland Garros as Q (d. Elias, l. to No. 4 Federer), ’15 Roland Garros (d. Haider-Maurer, l. to Monfils in 5 sets) and ’15 US Open (d. E. Ymer, l. to No. 8 Nadal)

> Earned 1st ATP Masters 1000 win at ’15 Indian Wells (d. Janowicz, l. to No. 2 Federer). Qualified at ’15 Monte-Carlo (l. to Chardy in 1R) and ’15 Rome (l. to Bellucci in 1R)

> Secured 11 of 14 career tour-level wins in ’15. All 6 matches

vs. Top 10 players have come against Djokovic, Federer or Nadal (0-6 overall). Owns records of 113-65 at Challengers (112-60 on clay) and 132-55 at Futures (130-54 on clay). Made ATP debut at ’13 Viña del Mar as Q (l. to eventual champion Zeballos) and earned 1st win 2 weeks later at Buenos Aires as WC (d. Bellucci)

> Won title at ’14 ATP Challenger Tour Finals (d. Bolelli in SF and Clezar in final)

CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (1).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 0-1) Career 15 14Aus. Open 0-1 1st —Roland Garros 2-2 2nd 2ndWimbledon 0-1 1st —US Open 1-2 2nd 1st

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 1-4) Career 15 Indian Wells 1-1 2nd Miami 0-1 1st Monte-Carlo 0-1 1st Rome 0-1 1st

PersonaL> Started playing tennis at age 7> Parents are Ricardo and Silvana; has two brothers,

Andres, a travel agent, and Matias, a computer programmer; sister, Natali, is a lawyer

> Favourite surface is clay and shot is backhand> Favourite tournament is Roland Garros> Idols growing up were Juan Román Riquelme (football)

and Rafael Nadal> Hobbies include playing football and watching Boca Juniors> Coached by Sebastian Prieto. Fitness trainer is Nicolas Sac

DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) @dieschwartzman

Career Win-Loss: 14-31Career Prize Money: $910,119Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/0 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-6Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 57 (May 4, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 69 (April 13, 2015)

Schwartzman finished as the No. 5 Argentine in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings in 2015:

ARGENTINES IN TOP 100 EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS

No. 35 Leonardo MayerNo. 52 Federico DelbonisNo. 53 Juan MonacoNo. 74 Guido PellaNo. 88 Diego Schwartzman

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Date of Birth: February 21, 1984Turned Pro: 2002Birthplace: Bolzano, ItalyResidence: Caldaro, ItalyHeight: 6’3” (1.90m)Weight: 165lbs (75kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 29 (26-25), 2014: 45 (24-30), 2013: 25 (30-29), 2012: 23 (38-27), 2011: 38 (25-24), 2010: 52 (24-28), 2009: 49 (24-31), 2008: 35 (30-30), 2007: 50 (22-24), 2006: 75 (20-30), 2005: 69 (19-17), 2004: 135 (7-10), 2003: 285 (0-2), 2002: 346 (0-0), 2001: T803 (0-0), 2000: T1126 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $1,110,625Matches won-lost: 26-25 (singles), 3-17 (doubles)Singles finalist: Zagreb, HalleSemi-finalist: Doha, HamburgDoubles semi-finalist: Vienna(w/Marrero)

Career HigHLigHts> The Italian finished Top 30 in 3 of last 4 years (2012-13, ’15)

and Top 75 in 11 straight seasons (2005-15). Broke into Top 20 and achieved career-high ranking of No. 18 on Jan. 28, 2013 after reaching Australian Open 4R. Became 1st Italian in Top 20 since Renzo Furlan on Apr. 22, 1996

> Captured 3 career titles entering ’16, all on different surfaces: ’11 Eastbourne on grass (d. Tipsarevic), ’12 Belgrade on clay (d. Paire) and ’12 Moscow on hard (d. Bellucci). With ’11 Eastbourne title, became 1st Italian man to win a grass-court title. Has 0-6 record in doubles finals with 6 different partners

> Has reached 4R of a Grand Slam 4 times: ’12 Roland Garros (l. to No. 1 Djokovic after leading 2 sets to 0); ’13 Australian Open (d. Cilic in 5 sets, l. to Chardy); ’13 Wimbledon (d. Nishikori in 5 sets, l. to del Potro); and ’15 Australian Open (d. No. 2 Federer, l. to Kyrgios in 5 sets after holding MP). Win over Federer in Melbourne snapped 23-match losing streak vs. Top 10. Entering ’16, played in 42 consecutive Grand Slam main draws

> In 77 ATP Masters 1000 appearances through ’15, has reached QFs-or-better 3 times. Advanced to QF at ’05 Hamburg as Q (d. No. 10 Cañas in 2R, l. to Gasquet); SF at ’08 Hamburg (d. No. 9 Gasquet in 2R, l. to No. 1 Federer); and QF at ’12 Rome (d. No. 10 Isner in 2R, l. to No. 2 Federer)

> Earned 20+ wins each of the last 10 seasons (2006-15). Went 0-5 in ’13 SFs and 0-6 in ’14 QFs before returning to 2

finals in ’15: Zagreb (l. to Garcia-Lopez) and Halle (l. to No. 2 Federer). Made tour-level singles debut at ’03 Kitzbühel as Q (l. to Mutis). Earned 1st win during ’04 Davis Cup tie vs. GEO (d. Chikhladze). Reached 1st QF at ’04 Palermo (l. to Berdych), 1st SF at ’05 Palermo (l. to Andreev) and 1st final at ’07 Gstaad (l. to Mathieu). Led ATP in ’13 with most 5-set wins (7-1)

CAREER TITLES (3): 2012 (2) – Moscow(IH), Belgrade(CL);2011 (1) – Eastbourne(G). FINALIST (5): 2015 (2) – Halle(G), Zagreb(IH); 2012 (2) – Metz(IH), Eastbourne(G);2007 (1) – Gstaad(CL). CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (6).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 20-15) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04Aus.Open 10-10 4th 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st — —RolandGarros 10-10 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st — —Wimbledon 13-11 3rd 1st 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st —USOpen 8-12 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st2nd

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 59-77) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04IndianWells 8-10 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st — —Miami 6-10 — 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st —Monte-Carlo 9-10 1st 3rd 1st 2nd — 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd —Madrid 3-6 — 1st 1st 2nd — 1st 3rd 1st — — — —Rome 7-10 — 1st 1st QF 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd — 1st 2nd 1stToronto/Montréal 2-6 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st — — 1st — — — —Cincinnati 6-8 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st — 2nd 3rd — 1st — —Shanghai 4-4 1st — 2nd 2nd — 3rd — — — — — —Paris 6-9 2nd — 1st 2nd 3rd — 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st —

PersonaL> Nickname is “Andy”> Mother, Marialuise, works in a sporting goods shop; father,

Hugo, works in transport business and; younger sister, Maria> Idol growing up was Yevgeny Kafelnikov> Speaks German (from German-speaking region of Italy),

Italian and English> Hobbies are football and skiing> Considers clay and grass as favourite surfaces and

considers forehand as his best shot> Coached by countryman Massimo Sartori (since 1995)

ANDREAS SEPPI (ita)www.andreasseppi.com

Career Win-Loss: 289-307Career Prize Money: $7,445,187Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 3/5 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 8-74Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 (January 28, 2013)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 50 (April 14, 2014)

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Date of Birth: December 27, 1984Turned Pro: 2002Birthplace: Nice, FranceResidence: Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandHeight: 6’0” (1.83m)Weight: 154lbs (70kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 15 (43-24),2014: 21 (27-25), 2013: 19 (36-24), 2012: 16 (43-25), 2011: 12 (39-27), 2010: 41 (23-18), 2009: 15 (45-29), 2008: 7 (51-27), 2007: 29 (35-26), 2006: 45 (24-24), 2005: 124 (6-6), 2004: 174 (0-1), 2003: 480 (0-0), 2002: T1345 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $1,255,749Matches won-lost: 43-24 (singles), 3-9 (doubles) Singles winner: MarseilleFinalist: MetzSemi-finalist: Rotterdam, London/Queen’s ClubQuarter-finalist: Montpellier, Bucharest, Nottingham, Wimbledon, Tokyo, StockholmDoubles semi-finalist: Tokyo(w/Qureshi)

Career HigHLigHts> The Frenchman has finished 6 seasons in Top 20 (2008-09,

’11-13, ’15), highlighted by year-end best No. 7 in ’08. Broke into Top 10 on Oct. 20, 2008 after reaching ATP Masters 1000 Madrid final, then reached career-high No. 6 on Jan. 5, 2009

> Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in ’08, defeating No. 2 Federer and alternate Stepanek in RR before falling in SF to No. 3 Djokovic 75 in 3rd

> Captured 12 titles entering ’16, including 3 at Bucharest, 2 at Marseille and 2 at Metz. Secured only ATP World Tour 500 title at ’11 Hamburg (d. Almagro). Tied with Gasquet and Tsonga for 2nd-most titles won by Frenchman in Open Era behind Noah’s 23

> Has reached 2 Grand Slam QFs: ’09 Australian Open (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and ’15 Wimbledon (d. No. 6 Berdych, l. to No. 2 Federer). Advanced to 4R on 7 other occasions, most recently at ’15 Roland Garros (l. to eventual champion Wawrinka) and ’14 US Open (l. to eventual champion Cilic in 4h13m)

> At ATP Masters 1000 level, reached finals at ’08 Madrid (d. No. 1 Nadal, l. to No. 4 Murray) and ’14 Shanghai (d. No. 4 Wawrinka and No. 7 Berdych, l. to No. 3 Federer). Advanced to SFs on 3 other occasions, most recently at ’12 Paris (l. to Janowicz)

> Earned 35+ wins in 7 seasons (2007-09, ’11-’13, ’15), highlighted by 51 in ’08. During ’08 season, posted 2 wins over World No. 1, beating Federer in Toronto 2R and Nadal in Madrid SF. Earned 300th career win in ’13 Bangkok 2R over Tomic. Made tour-level debut at ’04 Metz as Q (l. to Gicquel) and secured 1st win at ’05 Marseille as Q (d. T. Johansson)

> Played in ’10 Davis Cup final, falling to No. 3 Djokovic (SRB d. FRA 3-2). Has a 6-10 Davis Cup record

> Missed ’10 Australian Open and Roland Garros with right knee injury, as well as ’13 US Open with hip injury

CAREER TITLES (12): 2015 (1) – Marseille(IH); 2013 (1)– Metz(IH); 2012 (1) – Bucharest(CL); 2011 (2) – Hamburg (CL), Sydney(H); 2010 (1) – Metz(IH); 2009 (1) – Bangkok(IH); 2008 (3) – Bucharest(CL), Indianapolis(H), Casablanca(CL); 2007 (2) – Bucharest(CL), Marseille(IH). FINALIST (6).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 17-10) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05Aus.Open 17-9 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd — QF 3rd 1st 3rd —RolandGarros 16-10 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th — 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1stWimbledon 16-10 QF 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 2nd 1st —USOpen 16-9 1st 4th — 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd —

BarCLays atP WorLD toUr FinaLs History Career 08 2-2 SF

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 100-80) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05IndianWells 12-9 4th 2nd 4th QF 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd — —Miami 13-10 4th 2nd QF 4th QF 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 1st —Monte-Carlo 10-9 3rd 1st 1st SF 3rd — 2nd 1st 1st 3rd —Madrid 12-6 — 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd — 3rdRUP — — —Rome 11-8 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd — 3rd 2nd 3rd — —Toronto/Montréal 8-9 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd SF — 1st —Cincinnati 10-9 1st 2nd 1st — QF 1st QF 2nd — 2nd 2ndShanghai 11-7 3rdRUP 1st 2nd 3rd 1st QF — — — —Paris 9-10 3rd 2nd 3rd SF 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st —

PersonaL> Nickname is “Gilou”. Began playing tennis at age 6> Father, Daniel, works for an insurance company; mother Mireille, is a doctor. Brother, Jean-Marie, is an engineer

> Inspired by Michael Chang, saying: “He showed me that you don’t have to be tall in order to be a great player”

> Favourite French player is Cédric Pioline> Considers backhand his best shot> If he could choose a tournament to win one day, it would be Roland Garros

> Best moment in his career so far was beating No. 1 Nadal in the Madrid SF in Oct. ‘08

> Hobbies include video games, rollerblading and movies> Member of ATP Player Council from June 2012-16> Fiancée, Carine; 2 sons, Timothé (born Sept. 2, 2010) and Valentin (born Sept. 9, 2013)

> Coached by Jan de Witt. Fitness trainer is Paul Quetin

Gilles simon (FRA) @GillesSimon84

Career Win-loss: 372-256Career Prize money: $10,510,871Career singles Titles/Finalist: 12/6 Career Win-loss vs. Top 10: 29-68Highest emirates ATP Ranking: 6 (January 5, 2009)Highest emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 117 (January 28, 2008)

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Date of Birth: December 30, 1987Turned Pro: 2006Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAResidence: Tampa, Florida, USAHeight: 5’9” (1.75m)Weight: 160lbs (72kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 110(5-13), 2014: 115 (7-12), 2013: 89 (8-11), 2012: 130 (3-6), 2011: 273 (3-6), 2010: 171 (1-4), 2009: 281 (0-0), 2008: 346 (0-1), 2007: 703 (0-0), 2006: 570 (0-0), 2005: T1165 (0-0),2004: T1175 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $308,928Matches won-lost: 5-13 (singles), 0-2 (doubles) Challenger: 25-9 (singles), 0-1 (doubles)

Career HigHLigHts> The American finished 4 straight seasons in Top 150,

highlighted by career-best year-end ranking of No. 89 in ’13. Achieved career-high ranking of No. 68 on Apr. 6, 2015 after winning 1R match at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Menendez-Meceiras). Broke into Top 100 on Sept. 30, 2013 following run to Napa, USA Challenger SF (l. to Young). Peaked at No. 14 in junior rankings on Jan. 10, 2005

> Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour singles QF at ’11 San Jose as WC (d. Farah and Nishikori in 3 sets, l. to Monfils). Reached 1st ATP doubles final at ’13 Newport w/Williams (d. Karlovic/Sharan, l. to Mahut/Roger-Vasselin). Owns 5 ATP Challenger Tour singles titles, including 2 in ’15: Dallas, USA (d. Ram) and Tiburon, USA (d. Kudla 76 in 3rd)

> Reached Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at ’13 US Open as WC (d. Bogomolov in 5 sets, l. to Granollers 75 in 5th). Finished as final American man in the draw. Qualified and advanced to 2R at ’12 US Open (d. Reynolds, l. to Nishikori) and ’15 Australian Open (d. Saville, l. to No. 3 Nadal 75 in 5th). With Nadal serving for match at 65, 30-Love in 5th, allowed Spaniard a 1st serve after fan screamed during toss to cause fault

> Won 1R match 5 times at an ATP Masters 1000 event, most recently at ’15 Indian Wells as WC (d. Becker, l. to Kohlschreiber) and ’15 Miami (d. Menendez-Maceiras, l. to Tsonga). Qualified at Indian Wells in ’10, ’11 and ’12, as well as at Miami in ’13 and Toronto in ’14

> Owns records of 140-100 at Challengers and 57-42 at

Futures. Made ATP debut at ’08 San Jose as Q (l. to Fish). Won 8 matches to gain entry into main draw (5 pre-qualifying, 3 qualifying). Earned 1st ATP win at ’10 Los Angeles as Q (d. Gabashvili, l. to No. 4 Murray in 3 sets)

CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (1).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 2-2) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10Aus.Open 2-3 2nd 1st 2nd — — —RolandGarros 0-2 1st — — — 1st —Wimbledon 0-1 1st — — — — —USOpen 4-5 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd — 1st

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 5-9) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10IndianWells 3-6 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1stMiami 1-2 2nd — 1st — — —Toronto/Montréal 1-1 — 2nd — — — —

PersonaL> Began playing tennis at age 3 when his older brother

started taking tennis lessons> Father, Phil, is an engineer; mother, Jan, works at a

tennis shop. Brother, Alec, is a lawyer; sister, Lauren, is a grad student

> Considers hard court as his favourite surface and backhand his favourite shot

> Favourite tournament is US Open> Enjoys playing golf. Says if he wasn’t a tennis player he

would be a golfer> Played the violin until he was 14> Goal in tennis is to break into the Top 50, cement his

place there> Best tennis memory is playing on Rod Laver Arena at the

2015 Australian Open> Wife, Ana (married Nov. 21, 2015)> Trains at Saddlebrook in Tampa> Coached by Billy Heiser (since August 2012), who also

works with Denis Kudla

TIM SMYCZEK (USA)www.timsmyczektennis.com @timsmyczek Tim Smyczek

Career Win-Loss: 27-53Career Prize Money: $1,252,637Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/0 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-4Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 68 (April 6, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 160 (February 24, 2014)

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Date of Birth: September 24, 1992Turned Pro: 2011Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska, USAResidence: Kansas City, Missouri, USAHeight: 6’3” (1.91m)Weight: 185lbs (84kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 26 (35-18), 2014: 42 (27-20), 2013: 104 (10-13), 2012: 150 (5-7), 2011: 382 (1-2), 2010: 870 (0-1), 2009: 699 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $1,413,560Matches won-lost: 35-18 (singles), 30-13 (doubles) Singles winner: HoustonFinalist: StockholmSemi-finalist: Newport, BaselQuarter-finalist: Washington, BeijingDoubles winner: Indian Wells, Beijing (both w/Pospisil), Stockholm(w/Monroe)Finalist: Miami, Paris(both w/Pospisil)Semi-finalist: Rome(w/Kyrgios)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The American climbed up singles rankings for 5th straight

season in ’15, finishing at year-end best No. 26. Achieved career-high singles ranking of No. 25 on Nov. 2, 2015 thanks to strong fall season that included 2 live-rubber wins in Davis Cup debut (1st American to do so since McEnroe in ’78). Achieved career-high doubles ranking of No. 6 on May 11, 2015 after reaching ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF w/Pospisil (l. to Granollers/M. Lopez)

> Captured 1st ATP World Tour singles title in 1st final at ’15 Houston (d. Querrey 76 76), then reached 2nd final at ’15 Stockholm (d. Simon and Gasquet, l. to No. 5 Berdych). Won 4 ATP doubles titles w/Pospisil and 1 each with Blake (’13 Delray Beach) and Monroe (’15 Stockholm)

> Broke through to 1st Grand Slam 4R in singles at ’15 Roland Garros (d. Dimitrov in 1R, l. to No. 7 Nadal). In doubles, teamed w/Pospisil to win ’14 Wimbledon (d. Bryan/Bryan 75 in 5th), becoming 1st duo since Hewitt/Mirnyi at ’00 US Open to capture Grand Slam title in team debut. Also made championship debut w/Oudin, winning ’11 US Open mixed doubles title (d. Schwank/Dulko). As a junior, played exclusively in USA and won ’10 US Open title (d. Kudla)

> Reached R16 at 3 ATP Masters 1000 events, including return from injury at ’15 Indian Wells (l. to No. 2 Federer). In doubles, has reached 4 ATP Masters 1000 finals, highlighted by title at ’15 Indian Wells (d. Bryan/Bryan in QF and Bolelli/Fognini in final)

> Increased win total in each of last 5 seasons (2011-15), highlighted by career-high 35 in ’15. Made tour-level debut at ’10 US Open as WC (l. to Chiudinelli) after winning USTA Boys’ 18s Nationals (d. van Overbeek). Earned 1st ATP win at ’11 US Open as WC (d. Gicquel, l. to Roddick in 2R). Played

1st event outside USA at ’12 Vancouver, CAN Challenger (l. to Dancevic in 2R). Enters ’16 with 1-14 record vs. Top 10 opponents (d. No. 6 Nishikori in ’14 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai 2R)

> Underwent surgery for torn pelvic muscle on Dec. 16, 2014, missing ’15 Australian Open and making ’15 season debut at Indian Wells

CAREER TITLES (1): 2015 (1) – Houston(CL). FINALIST (1): 2015 (1) – Stockholm(IH). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (6). FINALIST (5).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 0-0) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10Aus. Open 1-1 — 2nd — — — —Roland Garros 6-3 4th 3rd 2nd — — —Wimbledon 1-2 1st 2nd — — — — US Open 6-6 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st Doubles (1-0 in fi nals). Wimbledon: WON – 2014 (w/Pospisil). US Open: Mixed: WON – 2011 (w/Oudin)

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 15-18) Career 15 14 13 12 11 Indian Wells 3-4 4th 1st 1st 1st — Miami 3-3 3rd 2nd — — 1st Madrid 1-1 2nd — — — —Rome 0-1 1st — — — —Toronto/Montréal 3-2 3rd 2nd — — — Cincinnati 1-3 2nd 1st 1st — — Shanghai 3-2 2nd 3rd — — —Paris 1-2 1st 2nd — — — Doubles (1-3 in fi nals). Indian Wells: WON -2015; Cincinnati: RUP – 2014; Miami: RUP – 2015, Paris: RUP – 2015 (all w/Pospisil)

PERSONAL> Nicknames are “J. Sizzle” and “Showtime”> Began playing tennis at age 8 when he found his

mother’s racquet> Father, Larry, is a financial advisor; mother, Pam, is a

housewife. Older brother, Eric, played on Univ. of Nebraska’s tennis team

> Graduated from Blue Valley North High School in Kansas in May 2011. Compiled an 80-0 record in his high school career, winning 4 consecutive state championships

> Fan of Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) and Brooklyn Nets (NBA)> Enjoys playing golf and hanging out with friends> Favourite surfaces are clay and hard, and considers

forehand his best shot > Favourite tournament is US Open> Coached by Troy Hahn

JACK SOCK (USA) @JackSock Jack Sock @jack.sock

Career Win-Loss: 78-61Career Prize Money: $3,021,771Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 1/1 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 1-14Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 25 (November 2, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 6 (May 11, 2015)

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Date of Birth: March 30, 1989Turned Pro: 2005Birthplace: Guimaraes, PortugalResidence: Barcelona, SpainHeight: 6’1” (1.85m)Weight: 161lbs (73kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 33 (38-31), 2014: 54 (24-36), 2013: 49 (16-14),2012: 99 (5-5), 2011: 193 (2-2), 2010: 242 (1-1), 2009: 445 (2-0), 2008: 598 (2-2), 2007: T966 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $ 919,928 Matches won-lost: 38-31 (singles), 9-11 (doubles) Singles winner: ValenciaFinalist: Geneva, Umag, St. PetersburgSemi-finalist: MontpellierQuarter-finalist: Gstaad

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> Highest-ranked Portuguese player in Open Era has

finished 4 straight seasons in Top 100 (2012-15), highlighted by career-high No. 33 to end ’15. Broke into Top 100 on Oct. 15, 2012 and cracked Top 50 on Oct. 7, 2013, one week after winning Kuala Lumpur title

> Became 1st Portuguese ATP champion by winning ’13 Kuala Lumpur title (d. No. 4 Ferrer in QF and Benneteau in final after saving 1 MP). Snapped a 5-match losing streak in finals with 2nd title at ’15 Valencia (d. Bautista Agut). Saved 4 MPs in ’15 Geneva QF win over Andujar en route to final (l. to Bellucci) and 1 MP in ’15 Umag QF win over Fognini en route to final (l. to Thiem). Winner of 5 Challenger and 7 Futures titles

> Has reached 3R of a Grand Slam 2 times: ’13 US Open (d. Dimitrov and Nieminen in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and ’15 Australian Open (l. to No. 6 Murray)

> Won back-to-back main draw matches once at an ATP Masters 1000 event, beating Carreño Busta and Simon en route to ’14 Miami 3R (l. to Berdych)

> Increased win total for 5th straight season in ’15, earning a career-high 38 victories. Approaching 100 wins on ATP World Tour (90-91) and ATP Challenger Tour (80-56) after passing 100 on ITF Futures Circuit (108-75). Enters ’16 on 16-match losing streak vs. Top 10 players since beating No. 4 Ferrer en route to ’13 Kuala Lumpur title (1-18 overall). Victorious in ATP debut on home soil at ’08 Estoril as Q (d. Marach, l. to Gil)

CAREER TITLES (2): 2015 (1) - Valencia(IH); 2013 (1) – Kuala Lumpur(IH). FINALIST (5): 2015 (3) – St. Petersburg(IH), Umag(CL), Geneva(CL); 2014 (2) – Metz(IH), Båstad(CL).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 3-3) Career 15 14 13 12 Aus. Open 3-3 3rd 1st 2nd — Roland Garros 2-4 2nd 1st 2nd 1st Wimbledon 0-2 1st 1st — — US Open 3-3 1st 2nd 3rd —

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 7-18) Career 15 14 13 Indian Wells 1-2 1st 2nd — Miami 2-3 1st 3rd 1st Monte-Carlo 1-2 2nd 1st — Madrid 1-2 2nd 1st — Rome 0-2 1st 1st — Toronto/Montréal 0-2 1st 1st — Cincinnati 2-2 2nd 2nd — Shanghai 0-2 1st 1st — Paris 0-1 — 1st —

PERSONAL> Began playing tennis at age 7 with his father Armando, who

is a judge, at a local club; mother, Adelaide, is a banker. Has a younger brother, Luis

> Moved to Barcelona at age 15 to pursue his dream and become a professional tennis player

> Growing up, he admired Juan Carlos Ferrero, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer

> Speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, English, Frenchand Italian

> Hobbies include playing and watching football, reading books, going to the cinema and hanging out with friends

> If he wasn’t a tennis player, he would have loved to becomea football player or a doctor

> Considers forehand as best shot and clay hisfavourite surface

> Trains at BTT Academy in Barcelona, supervised by Francisco Roig and coached by countrymanFrederico Marques

JOAO SOUSA (POR) @joaosousa30 João Sousa @joaosousaoficial

Career Win-Loss: 90-91Career Prize Money: $2,435,816Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 2/5 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 1-18Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 33 (November 9, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 76 (March 23, 2015)

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Date of Birth: January 6, 1986Turned Pro: 2003Birthplace: Kiev, UkraineResidence: Kharkov, UkraineHeight: 6’4” (1.93m)Weight: 176lbs (80kg)Plays: Right-handedOne-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 62 (20-27), 2014: 58 (20-20), 2013: 99 (11-17),2012: 101 (16-28), 2011: 62 (25-27), 2010: 46 (27-25),2009: 60 (16-14), 2008: 74 (9-4), 2007: 262 (2-3),2006: 180 (1-6), 2005: 185 (3-3), 2004: 369 (0-1),2003: 534 (0-0), 2002: T1345 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $689,618Matches won-lost: 20-27 (singles), 5-12 (doubles)Challenger: 11-6 (singles), 8-4 (doubles)Singles semi-finalist: MarseilleQuarter-finalist: Rotterdam, DubaiDoubles semi-finalist: Zagreb(w/Troicki)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Ukrainian has finished 7 of last 8 seasons in Top 100

(No. 101 in ’12). Achieved career-high ranking of No. 31 on Sept. 27, 2010 soon after reaching US Open 3R. Broke into Top 100 on Aug. 18, 2008 following run to Istanbul, TUR Challenger SF (l. to Gil). Cracked Top 50 on June 21, 2010 after sweeping 10 sets en route to ’s-Hertogenbosch title (d. Tipsarevic). In ’08, became 1st Ukrainian in year-end Top 100 since No. 58 Medvedev in ’00

> Owns 4-0 singles and 3-0 doubles records in ATP World Tour Finals, most recently capturing ’10 New Haven singles title (d. Istomin) and ’11 Dubai doubles title w/Youzhny (d. Chardy/F. Lopez). Won 1st ATP title at ’08 Zagreb as LL (d. Karlovic, Troicki, Tipsarevic, Bolelli and Ljubicic). One of 2 LLs to win an ATP title since Miniussi at ’91 São Paulo (also Ram at ’09 Newport). Owns 4 singles and 12 doubles titles on ATP Challenger Tour

> Advanced to 3R at all 4 majors, highlighted by biggest victory of career (by ranking) in ’13 Wimbledon 2R (d. No. 3 Federer 67 76 75 76). Snapped Federer’s record streak of 36 straight Grand Slam QFs. Most recently reached ’15 US Open 3R (l. to Tsonga). Ended junior career by playing in ’04 US Open final (l. to Murray)

> Reached R16 at an ATP Masters 1000 event for 1st time at ’11 Madrid (d. Isner, l. to No. 6 Ferrer)

> Earned 20+ wins in 4 of last 6 seasons (2010-11, ’14-15). Was 0-20 vs. Top 10 before beating defending champion and 7-time winner Federer at ’13 Wimbledon (now 3-29). Owns 156-119 Challenger record. Made ATP debut at ’04 Moscow as Q (l. to Davydenko) and earned 1st win at ’05 Milan (d. C. Rochus and Ancic, l. to Soderling in QF)

CAREER TITLES (4): 2010 (2) – New Haven(H), ’s-Hertogenbosch(G); 2009 (1) – St. Petersburg(IH);2008 (1) – Zagreb(IH).CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (3).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 9-6) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Aus. Open 4-7 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st —Roland Garros 5-7 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd —Wimbledon 5-7 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st — 1stUS Open 4-7 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st —

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 17-27) Career 15 14 12 11 10 09Indian Wells 5-5 2nd 2nd 2nd — 2nd 2nd Miami 3-6 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st Monte-Carlo 1-2 2nd — — 1st — — Madrid 2-2 — — 1st 3rd — — Rome 1-1 — — — 2nd — — Toronto/Montréal 3-4 2nd — 1st 2nd 2nd — Cincinnati 0-4 1st — 1st 1st 1st — Shanghai 0-1 — — — — 1st — Paris 2-2 — — — 2nd 2nd —

PERSONAL> Began playing at age 6 in Kiev Olympic Stadium> Father, Eduard, is a urology professor; mother, Olga, is a

retired university economics teacher. Has 1 olderbrother, Aleksandr, a doctor; and 1 younger brother, Leonard, who also plays tennis

> Supports Ukraine Institute of Cancer> Speaks Ukrainian, Slovak, Czech, Russian and English> Enjoys reading Russian classics with some easy reading

mixed in. Favourite writers are Bulgakov, Sinkevich and Dominik Dan

> Also enjoys football, basketball, table tennis, swimming, cinema, bowling and playing billards

> Favourite players were Patrick Rafter and Pete Sampras> Also admired countryman Andrei Medvedev> Member of ATP Player Council from June 2012-16> Wife, Anfisa Bulgakova (married Sept. 24, 2011); daughter,

Tasia (born March 28, 2014); son, Nikifor (born October 16, 2015)

> Coached by former French ATP pro Fabrice Santoro (since November 2014)

SERGIY STAKHOVSKY (UKR)www.sergiy-stakhovsky.com @Stako_tennis Sergiy Stakhovsky @stako_s

Career Win-Loss: 150-175Career Prize Money: $4,102,092Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 4/0 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 3-29Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 (September 27, 2010)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 33 (June 6, 2011)

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Date of Birth: April 25, 1990Turned Pro: 2009Birthplace: Warstein, GermanyResidence: Warstein, GermanyHeight: 6’5” (1.96m)Weight: 192lbs (87kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 108 (5-19), 2014: 59 (15-17), 2013: 110 (4-9), 2012: 167 (0-0), 2011: 238 (0-0), 2010: 357 (0-0), 2009: 703 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $349,053Matches won-lost: 5-19 (singles), 4-10 (doubles) Challenger: 19-8 (singles), 7-6 (doubles)

Career HigHLigHts> The German finished 4 straight seasons in Top 200

(2012-15), highlighted by No. 59 to end ’14. Achieved career-high No. 46 on Oct. 27, 2014 soon after run to Vienna QF (d. Stakhovsky 76 in 3rd, l. to Murray). Broke into Top 100 on Aug. 12, 2013 after reaching San Marino, SMR Challenger SF (l. to Cecchinato)

> Advanced to 1st 3 ATP World Tour SFs in ’14 at Marseille (d. Llodra, l. to Tsonga), Munich as Q (d. Berankis, l. to Fognini) and Metz (d. Kohlschreiber, l. to Goffin). Owns 3 Challenger and 6 Futures titles, most recently capturing Challenger championships at ’15 Szczecin, POL (d. Smirnov) and ’15 Orleans, FRA (d. Janowicz). Went 0-8 in 1st 8 Challenger finals

> Won 1R matches at 3 Grand Slam events: ’13 Wimbledon as Q (d. Kavcic, l. to Chardy), ’14 Roland Garros (d. Olivetti, l. to Monfils) and ’14 US Open (d. Kukushkin in 5 sets, l. to Isner)

> Saved 3 MPs to earn 1st ATP Masters 1000 win of career at ’15 Miami over countryman Becker (l. to Garcia-Lopez in 2R)

> After posting career-high 15 wins in ’14, ended ’15 with 12 straight losses in tour-level matches. Went 0-7 on clay and

0-3 on grass in ’15. Approaching 100 career wins at Challengers (98-63) and Futures (99-41). Made tour-level debut at ’13 Barcelona as LL (l. to Ramos-Viñolas) and earned 1st win at ’13 Wimbledon as Q (d. Kavcic). Prior to reaching main draw at ’13 Roland Garros and Wimbledon, lost in qualifying draw of 20 straight tour-level events from Jun. 2009 to May 2013

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 1-4) Career 15 14 13 Aus.Open 0-2 1st 1st —RolandGarros 1-3 1st 2nd 1stWimbledon 1-3 1st 1st 2ndUSOpen 1-2 — 2nd 1st

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 1-3) Career 15 IndianWells 0-1 1stMiami 1-1 2ndMonte-Carlo 0-1 1st

PersonaL> Nickname is “Struffi”> Began playing tennis at age 6 with his parents, Dieter and

Martina, who are both tennis coaches > Favourite surface is clay and shot is backhand> Favourite tournament is Roland Garros> Idol growing up was Pete Sampras> Hobbies include football and watching television and movies> Supports Borussia Dortmund (football)> Coached by Ute Strakerjahn and Christoph Reichert

JAN-LENNARD STRUFF (GER)www.janlennardstruff.com Jan-Lennard Struff

Career Win-Loss: 24-45Career Prize Money: $1,136,727Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/0Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-1Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 46 (October 27, 2014)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 129 (August 17, 2015)

Struff finished as the No. 4 German in the Emirates ATP Rankings in 2015:

GERMANS IN TOP 125 EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS

No. 34 Philipp KohlschreiberNo. 83 Alexander ZverevNo. 97 Benjamin BeckerNo. 108 Jan-Lennard StruffNo. 115 Michael BerrerNo. 118 Dustin Brown

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Date of Birth: January 19, 1985Turned Pro: 2003Birthplace: Constanta, RomaniaResidence: Constanta, RomaniaHeight: 6’4” (1.93m)Weight: 190lbs (86kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 2 (49-22), 2014: T16 (50-23), 2013: 23 (34-23),2012: 9 (48-23), 2011: 12 (47-28), 2010: 19 (33-23),2009: 47 (17-20), 2008: 88 (3-8), 2007: 158 (2-3),2006: 283 (1-2), 2005: 439 (0-0), 2004: 242 (0-1),2003: 492 (1-0), 2002: 1536 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $886,584Matches won-lost: 49-22 (doubles)Doubles winner: Rotterdam, Wimbledon, Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - LondonFinalist: Sydney, NiceSemi-finalist: Australian Open, Dubai, Roland Garros, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Halle, Beijing , Basel (all w/Rojer)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Romanian has finished 6 straight seasons in doubles

Top 25 (2010-15), highlighted by career-high No. 2 to end ’15. Also ended ’15 season as No. 1 in team rankings w/Rojer, clinching top spot with SF win over Bryan/Bryan at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Broke into Top 10 on Aug. 8, 2011 after reaching Washington final w/Lindstedt (l. to Llodra/Zimonjic). Ended ’02 season as co-No. 1 in junior doubles w/Mergea

> Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in 2011-12 w/Lindstedt and 2014-15 w/Rojer. Went 2-4 w/Lindstedt and 0-3 w/Rojer before sweeping 5 matches (10 sets) en route to ’15 title (d. Matkowski/Zimonjic, Dodig/Melo, Herbert/Mahut, Bryan/Bryan and Bopanna/Mergea). First team to win season finale without losing a set since RR play began in ’86. Went 11-0 in London during ’15 season (6-0 at Wimbledon)

> Won 27 ATP doubles titles with 6 partners, including 3+ each year from 2010-15. Captured career-high 8 titles in ’14 w/Rojer on 4 different surfaces and continents. Champion 4 times at ’s-Hertogenbosch and 3 times at Båstad, Bucharest and Casablanca

> Broke through to 1st Grand Slam men’s doubles title at ’15 Wimbledon w/Rojer, beating Begemann/Knowle 15-13 in 5th and Bopanna/Mergea 13-11 in 5th en route (d. J. Murray/Peers in final). Went 0-3 in 2010-12 Wimbledon finals w/Lindstedt. Won mixed doubles title at ’12 Australian Open w/Mattek-Sands (d. Paes/Vesnina 10-3 in Match TB) and was runner-up at ’14 Australian Open w/Mirza (l. to Nestor/Mladenovic). As a junior, won Wimbledon titles in ’02 (d. B. Baker/Ram) and ’03 (d. Feeney/Guccione) and fell in ’02 (w/o vs. Henry/Reid) and

’03 (l. to Oudsema/Simmonds) Australian Open finals – all w/Mergea

> Won 1st ATP Masters 1000 title at ’12 Cincinnati w/Lindstedt (d. Bryan/Bryan and Bhupathi/Bopanna). Runner-up at ’12 Madrid w/Lindstedt (l. to Fyrstenberg/Matkowski)

> Earned 40+ wins in 4 of last 5 seasons (all but ’13), highlighted by career-best 50 in ’14. Enters ’16 with 2-12 record vs. Bryan/Bryan, snapping 6-match losing streak in SFs of ’15 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals w/Rojer. Earned 1st tour-level win in ’03 Davis Cup tie vs. ECU w/Mergea (d. Lapentti/Lapentti 13-11 in 5th). First ATP win came 4 years later at ’07 Bucharest as WC w/Mergea (d. F. Mayer/Scherrer)

CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (27): 2015 (3) – Barclays ATP World Tour Finals-London(IH), Wimbledon(G), Rotterdam(IG); 2014 (8) – Valencia(IH), Beijing(H), Shenzhen(H), Washington(H), ‘s-Hertogenbosch(G), Bucharest(CL), Casablanca(CL), Zagreb(IH) (all w/Rojer); 2013 (3) – Beijing(H), ‘s-Hertogenbosch(G), Bucharest(CL) (all w/Mirnyi); 2012 (4) – Cincinnati(H), Båstad(CL), ‘s-Hertogenbosch(G), Bucharest(CL) (all w/Lindstedt); 2011 (4) –Båstad(CL), Casablanca(CL) (both w/Lindstedt), Acapulco(CL) (w/Hanescu), Zagreb(IH) (w/Norman); 2010 (5) – New Haven(H), Båstad(CL), ‘s-Hertogenbosch(G), Casablanca(CL) (all w/Lindstedt), Auckland(H) (w/Daniell). FINALIST (16).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY Doubles (1-3 in fi nals)Aus. Open: Mixed: WON – 2012 (w/Mattek-Sands);Wimbledon:WON – 2015 (w/Rojer); RUP – 2012, 2011, 2010 (w/Lindstedt).

BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS HISTORY Career 15 14 12 11 7-7 WON RR RR RR (‘14-15 w/Rojer, ‘11-12 w/Lindstedt)

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORYDoubles (1-1 in fi nals) Cincinnati: WON – 2012; Madrid: RUP – 2012; (both w/Lindstedt)

PERSONAL> Started playing tennis at age 7> Father, Romeo, works in police office; mother, Dorinela,

works for electric company. Older brother, Andrei,works in bank

> Favourite surface is hard courts> Favourite players are Pete Sampras and Roger Federer> Likes basketball and football, goes to games when he can> Favourite football teams are FC Barcelona and AC Milan

HORIA TECAU (ROU)

Career Doubles Win-Loss: 288-176Career Prize Money: $3,123,293Career Doubles Titles/Finalist: 27/16 Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 326 (April 4, 2005)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 2 (November 23, 2015)

Horia Tecau @horiatecau

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Date of Birth: September 3, 1993Turned Pro: 2011Birthplace: Wiener Neustadt, AustriaResidence: Lichtenwörth, AustriaHeight: 6’1” (1.85m)Weight: 180lbs (82kg)Plays: Right-handedOne-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 20 (36-28), 2014: 39 (22-23), 2013: 121 (4-2),2012: 405 (1-2), 2011: 640 (1-3), 2010: T915(0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $1,123,704Matches won-lost: 36-28 (singles), 4-16 (doubles)Challenger: 1-1 (singles)Singles winner: Nice, Umag, GstaadSemi-finalist: Kitzbühel, St. PetersburgQuarter-finalist: Marseille, Miami, MunichDoubles semi-finalist: Marseille(w/Rosol)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Austrian improved his year-end ranking for 5th straight

season in ’15, finishing at year-end high No. 20. Achieved career-high ranking of No. 18 on Aug. 10, 2015 after reaching SF at Kitzbühel (l. to Kohlschreiber). Broke into Top 100 on Feb. 17, 2014 after qualifying at Rotterdam (l. to No. 6 Murray in 2R) and cracked Top 50 on July 21, 2014 following 3R run at Hamburg (l. to L. Mayer)

> Captured 1st 3 singles titles of career in ’15 – all on clay: Nice (d. L. Mayer 76 in 3rd), Umag (d. Sousa) and Gstaad (d. Goffin). Gstaad win avenged loss in ’14 Kitzbühel final to Goffin. Also won 2 Challenger and 5 Futures titles. Ended junior career in ’11 with 3 straight titles and 18 straight wins at Yucatan Cup, Eddie Herr and Orange Bowl

> Enjoyed best Grand Slam result at ’14 US Open by reaching 4R (d. Gulbis and F. Lopez, l. to No. 7 Berdych). Made Grand Slam debut at ’14 Australian Open as Q (d. Sousa in 1R, l. to Anderson in 2R). As a junior, reached ’11 Roland Garros final (l. to Fratangelo 86 in 3rd)

> Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at ’15 Miami (l. to No. 4 Murray in 3 sets). Entering ’16, only Top 10 win of career came in ’14 Madrid 2R over No. 3 Wawrinka (1-9 overall)

> Enjoyed career-best 36 tour-level wins in ’15, including 10 straight during summer – all on clay. In ’14, led ATP by qualifying into 7 main draws with 17-1 qualifying record (only loss to Goffin 76 in 3rd at Acapulco). Reached 1st 2 QFs in Austria at ’13 Kitzbühel (l. to Montañes) and ’13 Vienna (l. to Tsonga). Made tour-level debut at ’11 Kitzbühel (l. to Gimeno-Traver) and earned 1st win at ’11 Vienna (d. 44-year-old former No. 1 Muster)

CAREER TITLES (3): 2015 (3) – Gstaad(CL), Umag(CL), Nice(CL). FINALIST (1): 2014 (1) – Kitzbühel(CL)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 1-2) Career 15 14Aus. Open 1-2 1st 2nd Roland Garros 2-2 2nd 2ndWimbledon 1-2 2nd 1stUS Open 5-2 3rd 4th

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 15-15) Career 15 14 Indian Wells 2-2 1st 3rd Miami 5-2 QF 2nd Monte-Carlo 0-2 1st 1stMadrid* 2-0 — 3rdRome 2-1 3rd — Toronto/Montréal 0-2 1st 1stCincinnati 0-2 1st 1st Shanghai 2-2 2nd 2ndParis 2-2 2nd 2nd*W/O in 2014 not included as loss

PERSONAL> Nicknamed “Dominator”> Started playing tennis aged 6, but grew up on the courts> Parents are Wolfgang and Karin, who are both

professional tennis coaches; 1 younger brother, Moritz, who goes to school and plays international junior tournaments, dreaming of a pro career

> Idols growing up were countrymen Stefan Koubek and Jürgen Melzer

> Favourite shot is forehand and favorite surface is clay> Favourite tournaments are Vienna and Kitzbühel> Big football fan and supports Chelsea FC> Also enjoys and follows ski jump competitions> Favourite food is sushi> Joined Austrian military service from Nov. 2014 - Apr.

2015 (did not miss any tournaments)> Coached by countryman Günter Bresnik in Vienna (since

2014)

DOMINIC THIEM (AUT) @ThiemDomi Dominic Thiem @domithiem

Career Win-Loss: 64-58Career Prize Money: $2,009,504Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 3/1 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 1-9Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 (August 10, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 199 (June 8, 2015)

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Date of Birth: January 20, 1998Turned Pro: 2015Birthplace: Hyattsville,Maryland, USA Residence: Boca Raton, Florida, USA Height: 6’2” (1.88m) Weight: 170lbs (77kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 180 (1-5), 2014: 1136 (0-1)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $117,352Matches won-lost: 1-5 (singles), 0-1 (doubles) Challenger: 20-12 (singles), 0-2 (doubles)

Career HigHLigHts> The youngest player in the Top 200 rose nearly 1,000 spots

in year-end rankings from No. 1,136 in ’14 to No. 180 in ’15. Broke into Top 200 on Nov. 16, 2015 after reaching Knoxville, USA Challenger final. Earned 1st ATP ranking point shortly after 16th birthday on Feb. 10, 2014 thanks to QF run at Palm Coast, USA Futures as Q (d. Krainik and Eriksson, l. to Sakamoto). Peaked in junior rankings at No. 2 on April 14, 2014

> Secured 1st ATP singles win at ’15 Winston-Salem as Q (d. Duckworth 76 in 3rd, l. to Bellucci 76 in 3rd). Reached Challenger finals at ’15 Tallahassee, USA (d. Sandgren 76 in 3rd, l. to Arguello in 3 sets) and ’15 Knoxville, USA (d. Novikov, l. to Evans in 3 sets). Captured 1st pro title at ’15 Bakersfield, USA Futures as WC (d. Tabatruong). Won ’13 Orange Bowl junior title at age 15 to become youngest champion in tournament history (d. Kozlov in 3 sets)

> Made Grand Slam main draw debut at ’15 Roland Garros as WC (l. to Klizan). Earned WC by winning USTA Har-Tru Wild Card Challenge. Also received WC at ’15 US Open (l. to Troicki) after winning USTA Boys’ 18s National Championship (d. Kozlov in 5 sets). In doubles, enjoyed 1st tour-level win at ’14 US Open w/Mmoh as WC (d. Estrella

Burgos/Gabashvili in 1R, l. to Lipsky/Ram in 2R). Also at ’14 US Open, fell in singles qualifying 1R (l. to Ito in 3 sets) and reached juniors SF (d. Rublev, l. to Halys 76 in 3rd)

> Yet to play in an ATP Masters 1000 main draw, falling to Mahut in 1R of qualifying at ’15 Cincinnati

> In ’15, posted combined singles record of 52-26 across qualifying and main draws at Futures, Challengers and tour-level events. Made ATP debut near hometown at ’14 Washington as WC (l. to Donskoy)

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 0-0) Career 15 Roland Garros 0-1 1st US Open 0-1 1st

PersonaL> Started playing tennis at age 3 with twin brother Franklin> Father, Constant; mother, Alphina> A product of Junior Tennis Champions Center in College

Park, Md., a USTA Certified Regional Training Center, where his father, an immigrant from Sierra Leone, helped construct tennis facility in 1999 and became Head of Maintenance soon after; the twins would often come to work with their father and spend the entire day at tennis center. His mother helped boys with schooling while their father worked

> Big fan of Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA) and Washington Redskins (NFL)

> Moved to Boca Raton, Fla. in May 2015 to train with USTA coaching staff. Will also train during year at his hometown in College Park, Md.

> Coached by Jose Higueras from USTA

FRANCES TIAFOE (USA) @FTiafoe

Career Win-Loss: 1-6Career Prize Money: $139,241Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/0 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-0Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 178 (November 23, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 521 (September 22, 2014)

Tiafoe was the youngest of 10 teenagers to finish in the Top 200 Emirates ATP Rankings in 2015:TEENAGERS IN TOP 200

Age + Age +No. 180 Frances Tiafoe 17 yrs., 10 mons. No. 135 Jared Donaldson 19 yrs., 1 mons.No. 177 Taylor Fritz 18 yrs., 1 mons. No. 152 Karen Khachanov 19 yrs., 6 mons.No. 174 Andrey Rublev 18 yrs., 1 mons. No. 51 Hyeon Chung 19 yrs., 6 mons.No. 83 Alexander Zverev 18 yrs., 7 mons. No. 80 Thanasi Kokkinakis 19 yrs., 7 mons.No. 44 Borna Coric 19 yrs. No. 137 Elias Ymer 19 yrs., 7 mons.+ Based on year-end Emirates ATP Rankings (Nov. 30, 2015)

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Date of Birth: October 21, 1992 Turned Pro: 2008Birthplace: Stuttgart, GermanyResidence: Monte-Carlo, MonacoHeight: 6’5” (1.96m)Weight: 201lbs (91kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 18 (40-27), 2014: 56 (17-15), 2013: 51 (25-22),2012: 52 (26-27), 2011: 42 (16-15), 2010: 208 (4-6),2009: 285 (1-3), 2008: 772 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $1,188,195Matches won-lost: 40-27 (singles), 4-8 (doubles) Singles winner: Bogotá Semi-finalist: Delray BeachQuarter-finalist: Brisbane, Sydney, Memphis,Acapulco, Stuttgart, ShanghaiDoubles semi-finalist: Delray Beach(w/Troicki)

Career HigHLigHts> The year-end No.1 Aussie finished ’15 at career-high No. 18,

which he reached after advancing to ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai QF. Has finished 5 straight seasons in Top 60 (2011-15). Earned 1st ATP ranking point as 15-year-old on Jan. 28, 2008 after Australian Open 1R qualifying win (d. Wang)

> Captured 3 titles entering ’16, including back-to-back at Bogotá in ’14 (d. Karlovic) and ’15 (d. Mannarino). Won 1st title on home soil at ’13 Sydney (d. Anderson)

> Reached lone Grand Slam QF at ’11 Wimbledon as 18-year-old Q (d. No. 5 Soderling in 3R, l. to eventual champion Djokovic). Has advanced to 4R of major on 3 other occasions, most recently at ’15 Australian Open (l. to No. 7 Berdych). Saved 2 MPs in ’15 US Open 2R win over countryman Hewitt. Remains youngest Australian Open boys’ champion ever, winning title as 15-year-old in ’08 (d. Yang). Also as a junior, won ’09 Wimbledon title (d. Buchanan)

> Defeated No. 8 Ferrer en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QFs of career at ’15 Indian Wells (w/o vs. Djokovic) and ’15 Shanghai (l. to No. 1 Djokovic)

> Earned personal-best 40 wins in ’15, including 100th career victory over Troicki in Delray Beach 2R. Made tour-level debut at ’09 Brisbane as 16-year-old WC (l. to Verdasco) and earned 1st win a week later at ’09 Australian

Open as WC(d. Starace, l. to Muller in 2R)> Underwent double hip surgery following ’14 Australian

Open and played only 1 event over next 16 weeks. Hip injury also was cause of w/o to No. 5 Ferrer in ’14 US Open 2R

CAREER SINGLES TITLES (3): 2015 (1) – Bogota(H);2014 (1) – Bogota(H); 2013 (1) – Sydney(H).FINALIST (1): 2014 (1) – Sydney(H).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 7-2) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 Aus.Open 12-7 4th 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 2nd 2ndRolandGarros 2-6 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st — 1st Wimbledon 10-6 3rd 2nd 4th 1st QF 1st —USOpen* 6-4 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd — — *W/Oin‘14notincludedasloss

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 24-32) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 IndianWells* 5-3 QF — 2nd 1st 2nd — Miami 3-5 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st — Monte-Carlo 2-4 2nd — 1st 2nd — 1st Madrid 0-3 1st — 1st 1st — —Rome 1-2 1st — — 2nd — —Toronto/Montréal 4-5 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd —Cincinnati 3-3 2nd 1st — 3rd — —Shanghai 5-5 QF 1st 1st 1st 3rd —Paris 1-2 2nd — 1st — — —*W/Oin2015notincludedasloss

PersonaL> Started playing tennis at age 7> Father, John, started work driving taxis; mother, Ady, was a

biomedical scientist; sister, Sara, also plays tennis> Favourite surface is grass> Idols growing up were Pete Sampras, Ian Thorpe and

Michael Jordan> Hobbies include basketball, football and table tennis> Likes Eminem and 50 Cent> Coached by his father John

BeRnaRD Tomic (AUS)www.bernardtomic.com

career Win-Loss: 129-115career Prize money: $3,601,931career Singles Titles/Finalist: 3/1 career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 6-32Highest emirates aTP Ranking: 18 (October 19, 2015)Highest emirates aTP Doubles Ranking: 145 (August 5, 2013)

In 2015, Tomic was the second-youngest player to finish in the Top 20 Emirates ATP Rankings:YOUNGEST IN TOP 20 EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS

Age +No. 20 Dominic Thiem 22 yrs., 2 mons.No. 18 Bernard Tomic 23 yrs., 1 mon.No. 14 Milos Raonic 24 yrs., 11 mons.

Age +No. 16 David Goffin 24 yrs., 11 mons.No. 8 Kei Nishikori 25 yrs., 11 mons.

+ Based on year-end Emirates ATP Rankings (Nov. 30, 2015)

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Date of Birth: February 10, 1986Turned Pro: 2006Birthplace: Belgrade, SerbiaResidence: Belgrade, SerbiaHeight: 6’4” (1.93m)Weight: 189lbs (86kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 22 (35-28), 2014: 102 (8-4), 2013: 74 (19-19),2012: 38 (26-29), 2011: 22 (40-26), 2010: 28 (37-30),2009: 29 (32-29), 2008: 57 (21-20), 2007: 122 (5-7),2006: 207 (1-1), 2005: 343 (0-0), 2004: T795 (0-0),2003: T958 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $1,179,128Matches won-lost: 35-28 (singles), 7-22 (doubles) Singles winner: SydneyFinalist: StuttgartSemi-finalist: London/Queen’s ClubQuarter-finalist: Zagreb, AcapulcoDoubles semi-finalist: Zagreb(w/Stakhovsky),Delray Beach(w/Tomic)

Career HigHLigHts> The Serb improved his year-end ranking from No. 102 in

’14 to No. 22 in ’15. Achieved career-high ranking of No. 12 on June 6, 2011 after reaching Roland Garros 4R (l. to No. 4 Murray 75 in 5th). Broke into Top 100 on May 12, 2008 and Top 50 on Feb. 2, 2009

> Captured singles titles at ’10 Moscow (d. Baghdatis) and at ’15 Sydney as Q (d. Kukushkin). Fell to Tipsarevic at ’11 Moscow in 1st All-Serbian final

> Advanced to 4R of Grand Slam 3 times, most recently at ’15 Wimbledon (l. to Pospisil). As a junior, reached ’04 Wimbledon doubles final w/Haase (l. to Evans/Oudsema). Beat Monfils in ’04 US Open 3R to prevent him from completing calendar junior Grand Slam

> Best ATP Masters 1000 result is QF at ’11 Monte-Carlo (l. to No. 6 Ferrer). Owns 1-9 record in R16 matches at ATP Masters 1000 events, most recently falling to No. 6 Nishikori at ’15 Rome and No. 4 Wawrinka at ’15 Paris

> Earned 30+ wins in 4 seasons (2009-11, ’15). Won ATP debut at ’06 Tokyo as Q (d. Vicente in 1R, l. to No. 1 Federer 76 76 in 2R). During 2nd-half of ’14, went 21-6 on ATP Challenger Tour with titles at Como, ITA as Q (d. Sorensen) and Banja Luka, BIH (d. Ramos Viñolas)

> Served 12-month anti-doping suspension from July ’13 to July ’14 after failing to submit sample during ’13 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo. Advanced to ’14 Gstaad QF in

return as 847th-ranked WC (d. Thiem in 1R, l. to Verdasco). Also reached ’14 Shenzhen QF as Q (d. No. 5 Ferrer, l. to Giraldo) and ’14 Vienna SF as Q (l. to Murray), helping him end year at No. 102

> In Davis Cup, has an 18-12 record (14-10 singles),clinching ’10 title for Serbia with 62 62 63 win over Llodra (SRB d. FRA 3-2)

CAREER TITLES (2): 2015 (1) – Sydney(H); 2010 (1) – Moscow(IH). FINALIST (5): 2015 (1) – Stuttgart(G); 2011 (2) – Moscow(IH), Sydney(H); 2009 (1) – Bangkok(IH); 2008 (1) – Washington(H). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (1). FINALIST (1).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 12-13) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Aus.Open 7-7 3rd — 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1stRolandGarros 11-7 2nd — 4th 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 1stWimbledon 13-7 4th — 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2ndUSOpen 5-6 3rd — — 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 43-51) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07IndianWells 5-7 1st — 1st 2nd 4th 4th 3rd — 1stMiami 9-7 3rd — 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 4th 2nd —Monte-Carlo 6-6 2nd — 1st 2nd QF 2nd 1st — —Madrid 2-6 1st — 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st — —Rome 7-6 3rd — 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd — —Toronto/Montréal 4-5 1st — — 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st — —Cincinnati 3-5 1st — — 3rd 1st 2nd 1st — —Shanghai 3-4 2nd — — 2nd 1st — 2nd — —Paris 4-5 3rd — — 1st 3rd — 2nd 1st —

PersonaL> Nicknamed “Vik”> Began playing tennis at age 5 with countryman Nenad

Trifunovic as his coach> Father, Aleksandar, whose family is Russian, is a lawyer;

and mother, Mila, an economist> Inspired by Andre Agassi who was his childhood idol> Lived and practiced in Boca Raton, Florida from age 13-15> When he was younger, he used to play football> Fan of Partizan Belgrade team> Favourite shot is serve and favourite surface is hard> Coached by Jack Reader (since late November 2012)

VIKTOR TROICKI (SRB)www.viktortroicki.com @troicki_viktor Viktor Troicki

Career Win-Loss: 224-193Career Prize Money: $5,837,489Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 2/5 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 7-55Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 12 (June 6, 2011)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 49 (October 25, 2010)

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Date of Birth: April 17, 1985Turned Pro: 2004Birthplace: Le Mans, FranceResidence: Gingins, SwitzerlandHeight: 6’2” (1.88m)Weight: 200lbs (91kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 10 (32-16), 2014: 12 (36-19), 2013: 10 (39-16), 2012: 8 (55-25), 2011: 6 (55-24), 2010: 13 (31-16), 2009: 10 (53-20), 2008: 6 (34-14),2007: 43 (14-10 ), 2006: 212 (0-0), 2005: 345 (0-1),2004: 157 (2-2), 2003: 386 (0-0), 2002: 504 (0-0), 2001: 898 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $2,213,690Matches won-lost: 32-16 (singles), 2-6 (doubles)Singles Winner: MetzFinalist: ShanghaiSemi-finalist: Roland GarrosQuarter-finalist: Montréal, US Open

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Frenchman has ended 6 of 8 seasons in Top 10 (all but

‘10 and ‘14) and 8 straight in Top 15 (2008-15). Been Top 25 each week since ’08 Aus. Open final, including 10 weeks at career-high No. 5 in ’12

> Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in 2008 and ’11-12. Reached ’11 final (d. No. 2 Nadal in RR, l. to No. 4 Federer)

> Won 6 of 12 titles in FRA (3 Metz, 2 Marseille, 1 ATP Masters 1000 Paris)

> Reached ’08 Aus. Open final (d. No. 9 Murray, No. 8 Gasquet and No. 2 Nadal; l. to No. 3 Djokovic). One of 3 men to beat Djokovic, Murray, Federer and Nadal at majors (also Berdych, Wawrinka). Won ’03 US Open junior title (d. Baghdatis)

> Won ATP Masters 1000 titles at ’08 Paris (d. No. 3 Djokovic, No. 7 Roddick and No. 8 Nalbandian) and ’14 Toronto (d. No. 1 Djokovic, No. 9 Murray, No. 8 Dimitrov and No. 3 Federer)

> Earned 30+ wins in 8 straight seasons (2008-15), with 300th win in ’14 Rome 2R (d. Anderson). One of 3 players to beat Djokovic, Federer and Nadal when each were No. 1 (also del Potro, Murray). Won ATP singles debut at ’04 Beijing as Q (d. No. 6 Moya in 1R)

> In Davis Cup, has 21-7 record (16-6 singles), helping FRA to ’14 final (l. to SUI 3-1). At ’12 London Olympics, earned doubles silver medal w/Llodra (d. Ferrer/F. Lopez 18-16 in 3rd of SF, l. to Bryan/Bryan)

> Missed ’15 Aus. Open (right forearm), ’10 and ’13 US Open (left knee), and ’08 Roland Garros and Wimbledon (right knee surgery). Limited in 2005-06 with back, shoulder and abdominal injuries

CAREER TITLES (12): 2015 (1) – Metz(IH); 2014 (1) – Toronto(H); 2013 (1) – Marseille(IH), 2012 (2) – Metz(IH), Doha(H); 2011 (2) – Metz(IH), Vienna(IH); 2009 (3) – Tokyo(H), Marseille(IH), Johannesburg(H); 2008 (2) – Paris(IH), Bangkok(IH). FINALIST (10). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (4). FINALIST (4).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 16-6) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 05Aus. Open 27-8 — 4th QF 4th 3rd SF QF RUP 1st —Roland Garros 25-8 SF 4th SF QF 3rd 4th 4th — — 1stWimbledon 24-8 3rd 4th 2nd SF SF QF 3rd — 4th —US Open 19-7 QF 4th — 2nd QF — 4th 3rd 3rd —

BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS HISTORY Career 12 11 08 4-7 RR RUP RR

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 103-60) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 04Indian Wells 10-7 — 2nd QF 4th 2nd 4th 3rd 4th — —Miami 16-8 3rd 4th 4th QF 3rd QF QF 3rd — —Monte-Carlo 11-6 3rd QF SF QF 2nd 3rd — — — —Madrid 10-8 3rd 2nd QF 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd — —Rome 8-8 2nd 3rd 2nd QF 2nd QF 1st 1st — —Toronto/Montréal 16-4 QF WON — 2nd SF — SF — — —Cincinnati 1-4 1st 1st — — 2nd — 2nd — — —Shanghai 14-6 RUP — SF QF 2nd QF 3rd — — —Paris 16-8 3rd 3rd 2nd QF RUP — QF WON 2nd 2nd

PERSONAL> Nicknamed “Ali”> Father, Didier, is a former handball player (European

handball) and chemistry teacher; mother, Evelyne, is a teacher; one older sister, Sarah; and one youngerbrother, Enzo

> Says he got strength from his father, kindness fromhis mother

> Voted 2007 ATP Newcomer of the Year and 2008 Most Improved Player of the Year by his fellow players

> The 2008 ATP Masters 1000 Paris final against Nalbandian was 2nd-highest audience on French TV Canal+ in 2008 for a Sunday sports program, peaking at 1.3 million viewers on match point

> In 2011 was presented with an ATP Aces for Charitygrant for his foundation “Attrap’ La Balle”, which provides underprivileged children in Congo with access tosports activities

> Coached by Thierry Ascione

JO-WILFRIED TSONGA (FRA)www.jowiltsonga.fr @tsonga7 Jo Wilfried Tsonga @tsongaofficiel

Career Win-Loss: 351-163Career Prize Money: $16,686,474Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 12/10 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 38-71Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 (February 27, 2012)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 33 (October 26, 2009)

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Date of Birth: June 4, 1985Turned Pro: 2006Birthplace: Castel del Piano, ItalyResidence: Foiano della Chiana, ItalyHeight: 6’6” (1.98m)Weight: 207lbs (93kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

emirates atP ranking History (W-L) 2015: 107 (4-9), 2014: 151 (0-0), 2013: 847 (0-0),2012: 304 (0-0), 2011: 387 (0-0), 2010: 370 (0-0), 2009: 719 (0-0), 2008: 358 (0-0), 2007: 704 (0-0), 2006: 669 (0-0)

2015 HigHLigHtsPrize money: $239,133Matches won-lost: 4-9 (singles), 0-1 (doubles) Challenger: 19-15 (singles), 5-7 (doubles)Singles finalist: São Paulo

Career HigHLigHts> The Italian finished ’15 at a year-end best No. 107. Achieved

career-high No. 100 on May 11, 2015 after qualifying and reaching ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R. Rose nearly 700 places from No. 847 to No. 151 in ’14, breaking into Top 200 for 1st time on July 21, 2014 after winning 7 Futures titles in ITA and reaching Kaohsiung, TPE Challenger final (l. to No. 47 Lu)

> Reached 1st ATP World Tour 2R, QF, SF and final at ’15 São Paulo (d. de Bakker, Lajovic and Souza; l. to Cuevas 76 in 3rd after serving for title at 54). Entered event with 0-2 tour-level record and was bidding to become 1st player since Darcis at ’07 Amersfoort to capture an ATP title having previously never won a match. After winning 16 Futures singles titles in career, captured 1st Challenger singles title at ’15 Portoroz, SLO (d. Zemlja)

> Made Grand Slam debut at ’15 Roland Garros as Q (l. to Tomic in 1R). Won all 3 qualifying matches in 3 sets, including Q1 win over Ungur 64 67 16-14. Also played at ’15 Wimbledon as LL (l. to Ward in 1R). Fell to Saville in final qualifying match after leading by 2 sets

> Made ATP Masters 1000 debut at ’15 Madrid as Q (d. Tomic 76 in 3rd, l. to Bolelli in 2R). Beat Berlocq and Mahut in

qualifying. Also played at ’15 Rome as WC (l. to Almagro in 1R)

> Posted 1st 4 ATP wins of career in ’15 – 3 in São Paulo and 1 in Madrid. Received 1R bye in São Paulo after taking over spot in draw of No. 1 seed F. Lopez, who withdrew (hamstring). Owns records of 42-51 at Challengers and 263-150 at Futures. At age 29, made ATP debut at ’15 Chennai as Q (l. to Berankis 75 in 3rd)

CAREER FINALIST (1): 2015 (1) - São Paulo(ICL).

granD sLam History (Career 5-set record: 0-0) Career 15RolandGarros 0-1 1stWimbledon 0-1 1st

atP WorLD toUr masters 1000 History(Career W-L: 1-2) Career 15 Madrid 1-1 2ndRome 0-1 1st

PersonaL> Nickname is “Lucone”> Started playing tennis at age 9 “for fun”> Father, Luciano, a furniture business owner; mother,

Luciana; sister, Sara; two uncles played Italian Serie A volleyball

> Favourite shot is serve> Favourite tournament is São Paulo> Idol growing up was Marat Safin> Hobbies include movies, music, football and spending

time with friends> Coached by Fabio Gorietti. Fitness trainer is

Gianfranco Palini

LUCA VANNI (ITA)

Career Win-Loss: 4-9Career Prize Money: $384,582Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/1Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-0Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 100 (May 11, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 204 (July 9, 2012)

Vanni finished as the No. 6 Italian in the Top 125 Emirates ATP Rankings in 2015:

ITALIANS IN TOP 125 EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS

No. 21 Fabio FogniniNo. 29 Andreas SeppiNo. 58 Simone BolelliNo. 68 Paolo LorenziNo. 90 Marco CecchinatoNo. 107 Luca Vanni

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Date of Birth: November 15, 1983Turned Pro: 2001Birthplace: Madrid, SpainResidence: Madrid, SpainHeight: 6’2” (1.88m)Weight: 194lbs (88kg)Plays: Left-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 49 (24-26), 2014: 33 (26-20), 2013: 30 (29-23),2012: 24 (32-22), 2011: 24 (36-24), 2010: 9 (43-22),2009: 9 (52-25), 2008: 16 (47-27), 2007: 26 (34-28),2006: 35 (32-26) 2005: 33 (35-28), 2004: 36 (31-25),2003: 107 (7-12),2002: 173 (1-2), 2001: 462 (0-0), 2000: T1334 (0-0),1999: T1031 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $819,607Matches won-lost: 24-26 (singles), 11-9 (doubles) Singles semi-finalist: Quito, HoustonDoubles semi-finalist: Doha(w/Marrero)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Madrid native has ended 12 straight seasons in singles

Top 50 (2004-15). Broke into singles Top 10 after reaching ’09 Australian Open SF and doubles Top 10 after winning ’13 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals

> Won Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles title in ’13 w/Marrero (d. Bryan/Bryan 10-7 in Match TB). Struck forehand at 117 mph during final. In ’09, lost all 3 RR singles matches in 3 sets (l. to No. 1 Federer, No. 5 del Potro and No. 4 Murray). Only active player to qualify in both singles and doubles, and 1st since Bjorkman (’97 singles; ’94, ’96 and ’03-08 doubles)

> Winner of 6 singles and 7 doubles titles, with 1st in both coming in ’04: Valencia (d. Montañes) and Stockholm w/F. Lopez (d. Arthurs/Hanley). Went 4 years between 5th and 6th singles title, snapping 0-6 run in finals with win at ’14 Houston (d. Almagro), and 7+ years between 1st and 2nd doubles title (’12 Buenos Aires w/Marrero d. Mertinak/Sa)

> Reached 1st Grand Slam SF at ’09 Australian Open, beating No. 4 Murray and No. 7 Tsonga en route (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 5h14m). Also reached QFs at ’09 US Open (l. to No. 4 Djokovic), ’10 US Open (d. Ferrer 76 in 5th, l. to No. 1 Nadal) and ’13 Wimbledon (l. to eventual champion Murray after leading by 2 sets). Played in 50 straight majors entering ’16, 3rd-longest active streak

> At ATP Masters 1000 level, reached ’10 Monte-Carlo singles final (d. No. 2 Djokovic, l. to No. 3 Nadal) and ’13 Shanghai doubles final w/Marrero (l. to Dodig/Melo)

> Earned 20+ wins in 12 straight seasons (2004-15). Secured 400th victory in ’14 US Open 1R (d. Rola). Enters ’16 with 20-82 record vs. Top 10 (0-10 vs. No. 1). Made ATP debut at ’02 Estoril as Q (l. to Voinea) and got 1st win at ’02 Sopot as Q (d. Puerta)

> Played on Davis Cup championship teams in 2008-09 and ’11. Clinched ’08 title with 5-set win over Acasuso (ESP d. ARG 3-1) and ’09 title by teaming w/ F. Lopez for doubles win (ESP d. CZE 5-0). Has an 18-13 record overall (9-5 singles)

CAREER TITLES (6): 2014 (1) – Houston(CL); 2010 (2) – Barcelona(CL), San Jose(IH); 2009 (1) – New Haven(H); 2008 (1) – Umag(CL); 2004 (1) – Valencia(CL). FINALIST (13). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (7). FINALIST (5).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 21-18) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03Aus. Open 20-12 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 4th 4th SF 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st —Roland Garros 23-12 2nd 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th 2nd 1st 2nd —Wimbledon 22-13 3rd 1st QF 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 4th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 1stUS Open 26-13 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd QF QF 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd

BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS HISTORY Career 09 0-3 RRDoubles (1-0 in finals) - WON - 2013 (w/Marrero)

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 100-99) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03Indian Wells 13-12 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd QF 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st —Miami 14-13 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd QF QF 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rdMonte-Carlo 8-10 1st — 1st 3rd 2nd RUP QF 1st 1st 1st 1st — —Madrid 15-13 3rd 2nd 3rd QF 1st 3rd QF 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1stRome 14-10 — 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd SF QF 3rd 1st 2nd QF — —Toronto/Montréal 9-8 1st — — — 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd — 1st —Cincinnati 7-10 2nd 2nd — — 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 1st — 1st 1stShanghai 4-6 1st — 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd — — — — — —Paris 8-12 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st —Doubles (0-1 in finals). Shanghai: RUP – 2013 (w/Marrero)

PERSONAL> Began playing at age 4 with father, Jose, at their home, which

had 2 hard courts in the backyard. Father and mother, Olga, own a restaurant in Madrid. Has 2 sisters, Sara and Ana

> Favourite football team is Real Madrid> Considers forehand best shot> His favourite non-tennis destination is Miami > Posed nude for Cosmopolitan Magazine in July 2008 issue to

raise awareness of male cancer for Everyman Campaign> Featured in Esquire Latinoamerica in 2013 with Almagro,

Monaco and F. Lopez> Coached by David Sanchez and Sergio Perez. Fitness

trainers are Jesus Rivera-Huidobro and Claudio Soliva

FERNANDO VERDASCO (ESP) @FerVerdasco7 Fernando Verdasco @ferverdasco

Career Win-Loss: 429-310Career Prize Money: $12,245,234Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 6/13Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 20-82Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 7 (April 20, 2009)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 8 (November 11, 2013)

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Date of Birth: July 10, 1993Turned Pro: 2009Birthplace: Pribran, Czech RepublicResidence: Breznice, Czech RepublicHeight: 6’6” (1.98m)Weight: 198lbs (90kg)Plays: Left-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 41 (24-30), 2014: 66 (16-17), 2013: 84 (0-7), 2012: 260 (0-0), 2011: 604 (0-0), 2010: 862 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $754,614Matches won-lost: 24-30 (singles), 7-16 (doubles)Challenger: 8-1 (singles), 0-1 (doubles)Singles winner: AucklandFinalist: BucharestSemi-finalist: CasablancaQuarter-finalist: ShenzhenDoubles semi-finalist: São Paulo(w/Cermak)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The No. 2 Czech climbed up year-end rankings for 5th

straight season in ’15, finishing at No. 41. Achieved career-high ranking of No. 35 on Apr. 27, 2015 after reaching Bucharest final. Two days before 20th birthday, broke into Top 100 at No. 89 on July 8, 2013 after reaching Braunschweig, GER Challenger final (l. to F. Mayer). Finished ‘13 season as youngest player in the Top 100. Ended ’11 as No. 1 junior in world

> Reached 1st 2 ATP World Tour singles finals of career in ’15, winning Auckland as Q (d. Mannarino) and finishing runner-up at Bucharest (l. to Garcia-Lopez). As 21-year-old, won doubles title at ’14 Moscow with 37-year-old countryman Cermak (d. Groth/Guccione). Winner of 5 Challenger and 9 Futures singles titles, most recently claiming title at ’15 Prostejov, CZE Challenger (d. Djere)

> Has reached Grand Slam 3R twice: ’14 Wimbledon (d. No. 21 Monfils, l. to Kyrgios) and ’15 US Open (d. No. 21 Karlovic, l. to Isner). As a junior, swept ’11 Australian Open titles in singles (d. Saville) and doubles w/Horansky (d. Wagland/Whittington). Also reached finals of ’10 US Open doubles w/Golding (l. to Beretta/Quiroz), ’11 Wimbledon doubles w/Golding (l. to Morgan/Pavic) and ’11 US Open singles (l. to Golding)

> Reached 3R in ATP Masters 1000 debut at ’14 Indian Wells (l. to No. 6 Murray)

> Improved tour-level win total from 0 in ’13 to 16 in ’14 and 24 in ’15. Made tour-level debut at ’13 Davis Cup 1R tie vs. SUI (l. to Laaksonen). Snapped 7-match losing streak to start career with 1st tour-level singles win at ’14 Chennai (d. Nedunchezhiyan)

CAREER TITLES (1): 2015 (1) – Auckland(H). FINALIST (1): 2015 (1) – Bucharest(CL). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (1).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 2-2) Career 15 14 13 Aus. Open 0-2 1st 1st — Roland Garros 1-3 1st 2nd 1st Wimbledon 3-2 2nd 3rd — US Open 2-3 3rd 1st 1st

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 4-9) Career 15 14 Indian Wells 2-2 1st 3rd Miami 1-2 1st 2nd Monte-Carlo 0-1 1st — Madrid 0-1 1st — Rome 1-1 2nd — Cincinnati 0-1 1st — Paris 0-1 1st —

PERSONAL> Started playing tennis at age 4 on his own at home against

the wall after watching his father play> Father, Jiri, is a tennis coach; mother, Irena, is a shoe

company manager. Has 2 younger sisters, Aneta and Natalie, who go to school and play tennis for fun

> Moved to Germany at age 2 and spent 10 years in German cities Wolfsburg and Göttingen, where his father Jiri worked as a tennis coach, before moving back to Czech Republic. Went to German school until 6th grade

> Speaks Czech, English and German> Idols growing up were Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych> Favourite surfaces are hard and clay courts, favourite shot

is serve> If he wasn’t a tennis player, he would do something related

to sports> Fan of Slavia Prague football team> Named ATP Star of Tomorrow presented by Emirates in

November 2013 for being the youngest player to finish in the Top 100

> Coached by Tomas Krupa (since December 2015). Fitness coach is Jozef Ivanko (since 2008)

JIRI VESELY (CZE) @jiri_vesely Jirí Veselý @veselyjiri

Career Win-Loss: 40-54Career Prize Money: $1,459,145Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 1/1 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-8Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 (April 27, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 94 (June 8, 2015)

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Date of Birth: March 28, 1985Turned Pro: 2002Birthplace: Lausanne, SwitzerlandResidence: St. Barthelemy, SwitzerlandHeight: 6’0” (1.83m)Weight: 179lbs (81kg) Plays: Right-handedOne-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 4 (55-18), 2014: 4 (39-17), 2013: 8 (51-23), 2012: 17 (35-20),2011: 17 (35-20), 2010: 21 (36-19), 2009: 21 (31-20),2008: 13 (38-21),2007: 36 (21-24), 2006: 30 (33-24), 2005: 55 (16-16), 2004: 162 (0-7) , 2003: 169 (2-4),2002: 690 (0-0), 2001: T1044 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $6,547,877Matches won-lost: 55-18 (singles), 5-5 (doubles) Singles winner: Chennai, Rotterdam, Roland Garros, TokyoSemi-finalist: Australian Open, Rome, US Open, Paris, Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - LondonQuarter-finalist: Marseille, Geneva, Wimbledon,Cincinnati, Shanghai

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The Swiss finished 2 straight seasons at No. 4 and 3 straight

in Top 10 (2013-15). Reached career-high No. 3 on Jan. 27, 2014 after winning Aus. Open title. Broke into Top 10 on May 12, 2008 after run to Rome final

> Reached 3 straight SFs at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (2013-15). Held 4 MPs in ’14 SF (l. to No. 2 Federer 76 in 3rd)

> Captured 11 singles titles entering ’16, including wins in 7 straight finals since start of ’14 season

> Two-time Grand Slam champion beat No. 2 Djokovic (QF) and No. 1 Nadal (F) for ’14 Aus. Open title, and No. 2 Federer (QF) and No. 1 Djokovic (F) for ’15 Roland Garros title. At 30, oldest Roland Garros champion since Gomez in ’90. As 28-year-old at ’14 Aus. Open, oldest 1st-time major champ since Ivanisevic at ’01 Wimbledon. One of 2 players to reach QFs or better at all 4 majors in ’15 (also Djokovic). As a junior, won ’03 Roland Garros title (d. B. Baker)

> Won 1st ATP Masters 1000 title at ’14 Monte-Carlo over Federer in 1st All-Swiss final since Rosset beat Federer at ’00 Marseille. Also finalist at ’08 Rome (l. to Djokovic) and ’13 Madrid (l. to Nadal), and doubles finalist at ’11 Indian Wells w/Federer (d. M. Lopez/Nadal, l. to Dolgopolov/Malisse)

> Earned 30+ wins in 8 straight seasons (2008-15). Clinched 300th career win in ’14 Chennai QF (d. Bedene). Made ATP debut at ’03 Gstaad as WC (l. to Lisnard). Enjoyed 1st win 1 week later at ’03 Amersfoort as Q (d. Armando)

> In Davis Cup, helped SUI to ’14 title (d. FRA). In ’13, played longest Davis Cup rubber w/Chiudinelli in 7h1m (l. to Berdych/Rosol 24-22 in 5th). Won 1st career doubles title w/Federer at ’08 Beijing Olympics (d. Aspelin/T. Johansson)

> Entering ’16, competed in 43 straight majors since ’05 Roland Garros. Sidelined Feb.-May ’07 (right knee surgery)

CAREER TITLES (11): 2015 (4) – Tokyo(H), Roland Garros(CL), Rotterdam(IH), Chennai(H); 2014 (3) – Monte-Carlo(CL), Australian Open(H), Chennai(H); 2013 (1) – Oeiras(CL);2011 (1) – Chennai(H); 2010 (1) – Casablanca(CL); 2006 (1) – Umag(CL). FINALIST (9). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (2). FINALIST (4).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 22-18, 2-0 in fi nals) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05Aus. Open 28-9 SF WON 4th 3rd QF 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd —Roland Garros 27-10 WON 1st QF 4th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rdWimbledon 17-11 QF QF 1st 1st 2nd 1st 4th 4th 1st 3rd 1stUS Open 31-11 SF QF SF 4th 2nd QF 1st 4th 4th 3rd 3rd

BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS HISTORY Career 15 14 13 6-6 SF SF SF

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 119-80, 1-2 in fi nals) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 Indian Wells 15-8 2nd 4th 4th 3rd QF — 4th QF — 2nd —Miami 7-7 3rd 4th — — 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd — 2nd —Monte-Carlo 17-7 3rd WON QF QF — 3rd SF 1st — 1st —Madrid 13-9 3rd 2nd RUP 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st — —Rome* 20-10 SF 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd QF 3rd RUP 1st 1st 2ndToronto/Montréal 10-9 2nd 3rd 2nd — QF 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd — 1stCincinnati 12-9 QF QF 2nd SF 1st 2nd 1st — 1st 3rd —Shanghai 11-7 QF 2nd QF 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd — — — —Paris 13-11 SF 3rd QF 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd*W/O in 2013 not included as lossDoubles (0-1 in fi nals). Indian Wells: RUP – 2011 (w/Federer)

PERSONAL> Nicknamed ”Stan the Man” and “Stanimal”> Began playing at 8, stopped school at 15 to focus on tennis> Surname is Polish, but he is only Polish by ancestry> Father, Wolfram, is German; mother, Isabelle, is Swiss both

work on an organic farm, helping handicapped people. Older brother, Jonathan; younger sisters, Djanaee and Naella

> Enjoys movies and music. Fan of Lausanne ice hockey club> Considers clay best surface and backhand his best shot> Swiss flag carrier at London ’12 Olympics opening ceremony> Named 2013 “Swiss of the Year” by his country’s TV audience> Appeared in ESPN The Magazine Body Issue in 2015> Supports the “Let it Beat” foundation> Member of ATP Player Council from June 2014-16> Daughter, Alexia (born Feb. 12, 2010)> Coached by former World No. 2 Magnus Norman (since May

’13). Also works and travels some weeks of the year with Yannick Fattebert. Fitness trainer is Pierre Paganini

Career Win-Loss: 392-233Career Prize Money: $20,947,676Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 11/9 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 44-78Highest Emirates ATP Ranking:3 (January 27, 2014)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 88 (February 2, 2015)

STAN WAWRINKA (SUI)www.stanwawrinka.com @stanwawrinka Stan Wawrinka @stanwawrinka85

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Date of Birth: April 10, 1996Turned Pro: 2014Birthplace: Skara, SwedenResidence: Stockholm, SwedenHeight: 6’0” (1.83m) Weight: 173lbs (78kg)Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 137 (4-9), 2014: 232 (2-5), 2013: 801 (1-2)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $232,70Matches won-lost: 4-9 (singles) Challenger: 14-15 (singles), 4-6 (doubles)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The year-end No. 1 Swede finished ’15 as No. 6 teenager

and improved year-end ranking for 2nd straight season (2014-15). Achieved career-high ranking of No. 127 on Sept. 21, 2015 following run to Istanbul, TUR Challenger QF (l. to Mertens). Broke into Top 200 on Feb. 2, 2015 after qualifying at Australian Open. Reached career-high No. 5 in ITF junior rankings on Jan. 1, 2013

> Enjoyed most successful ATP World Tour event of young career at ’15 Barcelona as WC, beating de Bakker in 3 sets and fellow teen Kyrgios 76 in 3rd (saved 2 MPs) before falling to No. 8 Ferrer in 3R. Captured 1st ATP Challenger Tour title at ’15 Caltanissetta, ITA (d. Fratangelo). Also won 5 ITF Futures titles in ’14, including championship on home soil of Båstad, SWE (d. Rosenholm 76 in 3rd)

> In ’15, made history as 2nd man in Open Era to qualify for all 4 Grand Slam events, joining Dancevic in ’11. Went 12-0 in qualifying rounds at majors with wins over Paire, Chung, Rola, Pella, Struff and Montañes among others. Went 0-4 in main draw matches, including 5-set loss to Soeda at Australian Open and 4-set loss to Karlovic at Wimbledon. Failed to qualify in 4 other attempts at ATP events during ’15 season

> Fell in qualifying at 3 ATP Masters 1000 events: ’14 Miami

(l. to Goffin in Q1), ’15 Miami (l. to Krajicek in Q2) and ’15 Monte-Carlo (l. to Kudla in Q2)

> Posted career-high 4 ATP victories in ’15. Made ATP debut at ’13 Båstad (l. to Dimitrov in 3 sets). Earned 1st tour-level win to cap Davis Cup debut, clinching ’13 tie vs. DEN in decisive rubber over Pedersen. Secured 1st ATP victory at ’14 Båstad (d. Kukushkin). Won 28 of 30 Futures matches from Mar. 31, 2014 to Jun. 22, 2014 (5 titles)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 1-2) Career 15Aus. Open 0-1 1st Roland Garros 0-1 1st Wimbledon 0-1 1st US Open 0-1 1st

PERSONAL> Nickname is “Eli”> Began playing tennis at age 4, father used to watch

Michael Chang play and introduced him to the sport> Father, Wondwosen, was a professional runner and is

now an industry worker; mother, Kelem, is a doctor; younger brothers, Mikael and Rafael, both play tennis

> Used to run as well but didn’t like to compete> Speaks Ethiopian, Swedish and English> Favourite shot is forehand and favourite surface is clay> Favourite tournament is Stockholm> Idol growing up was Mike Tyson> Enjoys watching movies> If he wasn’t a tennis player he would be a football player> Best memory in tennis so far was first ATP win in Båstad> First goal is to break into the Top 100> Works with Fredrik Rosengren (also Swedish Davis Cup

captain) since Dec. 2015

ELIAS YMER (SWE)

Career Win-Loss: 7-16Career Prize Money: $285,155Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/0Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-1Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 127 (September 21, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 659 (November 23, 2015)

@eliasymer Elias Ymer @eliasymer

In 2015, Ymer became only the second player (Dancevic in 2011) in the Open Era to qualify in all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year:

GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT QUALIFYING KING

Final Round Qualifying Win 1R Main Draw OpponentAustralian Open d. Hyeon Chung l. to Go Soeda in 5 sets Roland Garros d. Roberto Carballes Baena l. to Lukas Rosol in 3 setsWimbledon d. Guido Pella l. to Ivo Karlovic in 4 setsUS Open d. Albert Montañes l. to Diego Schwartzman in 3 sets

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Date of Birth: July 23, 1989Turned Pro: 2005Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USAResidence: Atlanta, Georgia, USAHeight: 6’0” (1.83m)Weight: 175lbs (79kg)Plays: Left-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 48 (22-23), 2014: 57 (18-22), 2013: 96 (2-3), 2012: 190 (5-24), 2011: 39 (19-17), 2010: 128 (3-6), 2009: 194 (0-4), 2008: 140 (8-20), 2007: 98 (2-3), 2006: 484 (0-3), 2005: 571 (0-7), 2004: T1253 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $726,168Matches won-lost: 22-23 (singles), 11-7 (doubles) Singles finalist: Delray BeachSemi-finalist: MemphisQuarter-finalist: Auckland, BaselDoubles finalist: Memphis(w/Sitak)Semi-finalist: Atlanta(w/Eubanks)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The American has improved year-end ranking 3 straight

years (2013-15). As 18-year-old, broke into Top 100 on Nov. 19, 2007 and finished season as youngest player in Top 100. Cracked Top 50 on Oct. 3, 2011 following run to Bangkok final. Fell from career-high No. 38 to No. 80 during 17-match losing streak in ’12. Earned 1st ranking point 10 days after 15th birthday on Aug. 2, 2004. As a junior, ended ’05 as World No. 1

> Advanced to ATP World Tour singles finals at ’11 Bangkok (d. No. 9 Monfils 76 in 3rd, l. to No. 4 Murray) and ’15 Delray Beach (d. Tomic, l. to Karlovic). Also reached SFs at ’11 Washington (d. Baghdatis, l. to Stepanek), ’14 Washington (d. Anderson, l. to No. 7 Raonic) and ’15 Memphis (d. Tomic, l. to Anderson). Won 3 of 8 Challenger titles in ’13 at Leon, MEX (d. Wang); Napa, USA (d. Ebden) and Sacramento, USA (d. Smyczek)

> Reached US Open 4R in ’11 (d. No. 14 Wawrinka 76 in 5th of 2R, l. to No. 4 Murray) and ’15 (l. to No. 5 Wawrinka). Posted his 1st 2 comebacks from 2 sets down at ’15 US Open (d. No. 11 Simon in 1R and No. 22 Troicki in 3R). Has played the US Open main draw for 11 straight years (2005-15). As a junior, won titles at ’05 Australian Open (d. Kim) and ’07 Wimbledon (d. Ignatik). Also captured ’05 US Open doubles title w/Clayton (d. Ball/de Bakker) and reached ’05 Australian Open doubles final w/de Bakker (l. to Kim/Yi)

> At ATP Masters 1000 level, reached R16 for 1st time at ’15 Montréal as Q (d. No. 6 Berdych, l. to Gulbis). Earned biggest win of career (by ranking) at ’11 Indian Wells over No. 5 Murray in 2R

> Earned career-high 22 tour-level wins in ’15. Owns 151-75 record on ATP Challenger Tour (8-8 in finals). Made tour-level debut at ’05 San Jose (l. to Ginepri) and secured 1st win at ’07 New Haven (d. Delic)

CAREER FINALIST (2): 2015 (1) – Delray Beach(H);2011 (1) – Bangkok(IH). CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (1).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 5-2) Career 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05Aus.Open 5-6 2nd 3rd — 2nd 1st 2nd — 1st — — —Roland Garros 2-4 1st 3rd — 1st — — — 1st — — —Wimbledon 0-5 1st 1st — 1st 1st — — 1st — — —US Open 8-11 4th 1st 2nd 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 12-30) Career 15 14 12 11 10 08 06 05 Indian Wells 6-7 3rd 1st 1st 3rd — 3rd 1st 1stMiami 2-6 2nd 2nd 1st 1st — — 1st 1stMonte-Carlo 0-1 — — 1st — — — — —Madrid 0-2 1st — 1st — — — — —Rome 0-2 1st — 1st — — — — —Toronto/Montréal 3-4 3rd 2nd 1st — — 1st — — Cincinnati 0-3 — — 1st — 1st 1st — — Shanghai 1-3 1st 1st — 2nd — — — — Paris 0-2 — 1st — 1st — — — —

PERSONAL> Began playing tennis at age 3 with mother, Illona, and

father, Donald, Sr., who serve as his coaches> Parents run the South Fulton Tennis Center in College

Park, Georgia, after Donald Sr. took over operations infall of 2003

> Writes right-handed> Favourite athletes are Michael Jordan, Pete Sampras and

Tiger Woods. Also a fan of Atlanta Falcons (NFL)> Enjoys playing table tennis and board games like Monopoly > Only sports figure in Newsweek Magazine’s “Who’s Next?”

feature on Dec. 27, 2004

DONALD YOUNG (USA) @Yimlife1313 @donaldyoungjr

Career Win-Loss: 79-132 Career Prize Money: $2,780,958Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/2 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 3-18Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 38 (February 27, 2012)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 100 (September 28, 2015)

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Date of Birth: June 4, 1976Turned Pro: 1995Birthplace: Belgrade, SerbiaResidence: Belgrade, SerbiaHeight: 6’3” (1.90m)Weight: 200lbs (91kg)Plays: Right-handedOne-handed backhand

emirates atP doubles ranking History (W-l) 2015: 15 (41-28), 2014: 3 (48-22), 2013: 14 (31-22), 2012: 20 (39-26), 2011: 6 (50-22), 2010: 3 (59-23), 2009: 3 (61-17), 2008: 1 (49-18), 2007: 5 (49-18), 2006: 11 (43-21), 2005: 11 (33-22), 2004: 18 (32-24), 2003: 32 (31-21), 2002: 51 (20-15), 2001: 32 (33-20), 2000: 29 (32-21), 1999: 86 (14-12), 1998: 116 (1-2), 1997: 203 (1-1), 1996: 254 (2-0), 1995: 364 (0-0), 1994: 474 (0-0), 1993: 981 (0-0)

2015 HigHligHtsPrize money: $7,934,606Matches won-lost: 41-28 (doubles) Doubles finalist: Dubai(w/Qureshi), Madrid, London / Queen’s Club, CincinnatiSemi-finalist: Indian Wells, Monte-Carlo, Stuttgart, Washington, Beijing(all w/Matkowski)

Career HigHligHts> The Serb has compiled 12 straight Top 20 seasons, including

6 Top 10 finishes. Ended ’08 as No. 1, clinching top spot after teaming w/Nestor to win Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Spent 43 weeks at No. 1. Broke into Top 10 on Oct. 24, ’05 after reaching Madrid final w/Paes (l. to Knowles/Nestor)

> Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 8 times with 5 different partners, winning title w/Nestor in ’08 (d. Bryan/Bryan) and ’10 (d. Bhupathi/Mirnyi)

> Winner of 53 doubles titles with 15 partners, including 27 w/Nestor. Ranks 5th among active players behind M. Bryan’s 111, B. Bryan’s 109, Nestor’s 88 and Paes’ 55. Went without title in ’15 after clinching 3+ each year from 2006-14 and 1+ from 1999-2014

> Owns 8 Grand Slam doubles titles, including 3 w/Nestor: ’08 Wimbledon (d. Dlouhy/Paes 86 in 5th and Bjorkman/Ullyett), ’09 Wimbledon (d. Blake/Fish 10-8 in 5th and Bryan/Bryan) and ’10 Roland Garros (d. Dlouhy/Paes). Also won 5 mixed doubles titles with 4 partners

> Has captured 15 ATP Masters 1000 titles, most recently back-to-back w/Nestor at ’14 Madrid (d. Bryan/Bryan) and Rome (d. Bryan/Bryan and Haase/F. Lopez). Finalist at 8 of 9 ATP Masters 1000 events during career (all but Miami). Won 1st ATP Masters 1000 title at ’04 Monte-Carlo in only event w/Henman

> Earned 30+ victories in 13 consecutive seasons (2003-15). Owns 669 career wins, 11th-most in Open Era and 6th among active players. Enters ’16 with 23-25 career record vs. Bryan/Bryan. Earned biggest singles win over No. 6 Agassi in ’04 St. Polten 1R. Secured 1st tour-level doubles

win in ’96 Davis Cup Group II match w/Vemic vs. SVK (d. Kroslak/Kucera)

> Played in 2 Davis Cup finals, losing doubles matches in ’10 (SRB d. FRA 3-2) and ’13 (CZE d. SRB 3-2)

CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (53). FINALIST (38).

grand slam History Doubles (3-4 in finals)Aus. Open RUP – 2010 (w/Nestor). Mixed: WON – 2008 (w/Sun), 2004 (w/Bovina)Roland Garros WON –2010 (w/Nestor); RUP – 2008 (w/Nestor). Mixed: WON – 2010, 2006 (w/Srebotnik); Wimbledon WON –2009, 2008 (w/Nestor);

RUP – 2006 (w/Santoro), 2004 (w/Knowle). Mixed: WON – 2014 (w/Stousur)

barClays atP World tour Finals History Career 15 14 11 10 09 08 06 05 16-14 RR RR RR WON RR WON RR RUP (‘15 w/Matkowski; ‘08-10, ‘14 w/Nestor; ‘11 w/Llodra; ‘06 w/Santoro; ‘05 w/Paes)

atP World tour masters 1000 HistoryDoubles (15-13 in finals). Indian Wells: RUP – 2010, ‘08 (both w/Nestor); Monte-Carlo: WON – 2013 (w/ Benneteau), ‘10, ‘09 (both w/Nestor), ‘05 – (w/Paes),‘04 (w/Henman), RUP – 2006 (w/Santoro); Madrid: WON – 2014, ‘09 (both w/Nestor),RUP – 2015 (w/ Matkowski); 2011 (w/Llodra), ‘10 (w/Nestor), ‘05 (w/Paes);Rome: WON – 2014, ‘09 (both w/Nestor), ‘07 (w/Santoro), RUP – 2008 (w/Nestor); Hamburg: WON – 2008 (w/Nestor); Montréal/Toronto: WON – 2011 (w/Llodra),‘08 (w/Nestor);Cincinnati: WON – 2009 (w/Nestor); RUP – 2015 (w/ Matkowski);2011 (w/Llodra); Shanghai: RUP – 2011 (w/Llodra); Paris: WON – 2009 (w/Nestor),RUP – 2007 (w/Nestor), ‘06 (w/Santoro). Hamburg: WON - 2008 (w/Nestor).

Personal> Nicknames include “Ziki”, “Zimo” and “Zimone”> Began playing at age 9> Father, Mirko, is a civil engineer; mother, Nevenka, is a bank

employee. Has older brother, Igor> Played soccer, track, basketball and handball as kid> Childhood heroes were Michael Jordan and Carl Lewis> Enjoys music of U2, Dire Straits and Seal> Considers fast clay and hard court as favourite surfaces and

best shot is serve> Credits former pro Robert Seguso with providing assistance

and guidance early in career> Elected to ATP Player Council from June 2010 to June 2012> Wife, Mina (married May 24, 2008 in Belgrade). Twins, Leon

(son) born 3:11 p.m. and Luna (daughter) two minutes later on Dec. 3, 2008

> Fitness coach is Vlade Kaplarevic

NENAD ZIMONJIC (SRB)www.nenadzimonjic.com @nenadzim

Career Doubles Win-Loss: 669-355Career Prize Money: $7,934,606Career Doubles Titles/Finalist: 53/38 Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 176 (March 29, 1999)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 1 (November 17, 2008)

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Date of Birth: April 20, 1997Turned Pro: 2013Birthplace: Hamburg, GermanyResidence: Hamburg, GermanyHeight: 6’6” (1.98m)Weight: 189lbs (86kg) Plays: Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) 2015: 83 (14-17), 2014: 137 (4-6), 2013: 699 (0-1),2012: T1163 (0-0)

2015 HIGHLIGHTSPrize money: $372,891Matches won-lost: 14-17 (singles), 3-6 (doubles) Challenger: 11-4 (singles), 2-2 (doubles)Singles semi-finalist: BåstadQuarter-finalist: WashingtonDoubles finalist: Munich(w/M. Zverev)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS> The young German finished ’15 at No. 83, improving

year-end ranking for 3rd straight season. Youngest player in year-end Top 100 and 1 of 4 teenagers with No. 44 Coric, No. 51 Chung and No. 80 Kokkinakis. Achieved career-high No. 74 on June 29, 2015 after reaching Nottingham 3R (d. Bellucci, l. to Baghdatis). Broke into Top 100 on May 18, 2015 following Heilbronn, GER Challenger title. Earned 1st ATP ranking point as 15-year-old on Aug. 27, 2012 after 1st Futures win at Karlsruhe, GER as WC (d. Lichtenegger). Finished ’13 as World No. 1 junior

> Two-time ATP singles semi-finalist: ’14 Hamburg as WC (d. Haase, Youzhny, Giraldo and Kamke; l. to Ferrer) and ’15 Båstad (d. Reister, Monaco and Bellucci; l. to Robredo). Also advanced to ’15 Washington QF (d. Nishioka, Anderson and Dolgopolov; l. to No. 8 Cilic), becoming youngest quarter-finalist at event since Roddick in ’00. Reached ’15 Munich doubles final with older brother Mischa (d. J. Murray/Peers in QF, l. to Peya/Soares). Owns Challenger titles at ’14 Braunschweig, GER as WC (d. Mathieu) and ’15 Heilbronn, GER (d. Pella)

> Made Grand Slam main draw debut at ’15 Wimbledon (d. Gabashvili 97 in 5th, l. to Kudla in 2R). Qualified at ’15 US Open (1R: l. to Kohlschreiber in 5 sets). Fell in qualifying at ’14 US Open, ’15 Australian Open and ’15 Roland Garros.

As a junior, won ’14 Australian Open title (d. Chung in QF and Kozlov in final) and reached ’13 Roland Garros final (l. to Garin)

> Qualified for ATP Masters 1000 events at ’15 Miami (d. Groth, l. to Rosol in 2R) and ’15 Cincinnati (1R: l. to Coric 76 in 3rd)

> Earned 14 of 18 tour-level wins in ’15. Owns records of 22-16 at Challengers and 20-16 at Futures. Went 96-35 on ITF Juniors Circuit. Made ATP debut at ’13 Hamburg as WC (l. to Bautista Agut) and earned 1st 4 wins en route to ’14 Hamburg SF as WC)

CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (1).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 1-1) Career 15Wimbledon 1-1 2nd US Open 0-1 1st

ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY(Career W-L: 1-2) Career 15 Miami 1-1 2nd Cincinnati 0-1 1st

PERSONAL> Nickname is “Sascha”> Began playing tennis at age 5> Father, Alexander, was a former pro player and is now his

coach; mother, Irena, is a tennis coach; older brother, Mischa, is also a pro. Family moved to Germany in 1991

> Speaks German, Russian and English > Idol growing up was Roger Federer> Enjoys watching NBA basketball, favourite sporting

personality is LeBron James> Named ATP Star of Tomorrow presented by Emirates for

being the youngest player to finish in the Top 100> Trains in Hamburg and Saddlebrook, Florida> Fitness trainer is Jez Green (since 2013)

ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER)

Career Win-Loss: 18-24Career Prize Money: $561,300Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 0/0 Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-3Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: 74 (June 29, 2015)Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 237 (June 8, 2015)

@alexzverev123

Zverev was one of four teenagers to finish in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings in 2015:

TEENAGERS IN TOP 100 EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS

Age +No. 83 Alexander Zverev 18 yrs., 7 mons.No. 44 Borna Coric 19 yrs.No. 51 Hyeon Chung 19 yrs., 6 mons.No. 80 Thanasi Kokkinakis 19 yrs., 7 mons.+ Based on year-end Emirates ATP Rankings (Nov. 30, 2015)

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JANUARYCuevas Pablo 1-86Dodig Ivan 2-85Saville Luke 2-94Stakhovsky Sergiy 6-86Edmund Kyle 8-95Podlipnik-Castillo Hans 9-88Mathieu Paul-Henri 12-82Bemelmans Ruben 14-88Matkowski Marcin 15-81Ramos-Viñolas Albert 17-88Demoliner Marcelo 18-89Tecau Horia 19-85Jaziri Malek 20-84Farah Robert 20-87Tiafoe Frances 20-98Mahut Nicolas 21-82Duckworth James 21-92Ungur Adrian 22-85Andujar Pablo 23-86Oswald Philipp 23-86Smith John-Patrick 24-89Lapentti Giovanni 25-83Mergea Florin 26-85Daniel Taro 27-93Muñoz-de la Nava Daniel 29-82Millot Vincent 30-86

febRUARYBerlocq Carlos 3-83Dutra Silva Rogerio 3-84Gonzalez Alejandro 7-89Coppejans Kimmer 7-94Sitak Artem 8-86Ward James 9-87Troicki Viktor 10-86Chardy Jeremy 12-87Devvarman Somdev 13-85Murray Jamie 13-86Nedovyesov Aleksandr 15-87Przysiezny Michal 16-84Seppi Andreas 21-84Kuznetsov Andrey 22-91Kravchuk Konstantin 23-85Basilashvili Nikoloz 23-92Pouille Lucas 23-94

Gonzalez Santiago 24-83Soares Bruno 27-82Bagnis Facundo 27-90Krajinovic Filip 27-92Karlovic Ivo 28-79Donati Matteo 28-95

mARchBopanna Rohan 4-80Kavcic Blaz 5-87Lamasine Tristan 5-93Inglot Dominic 6-86Marray Jonathan 10-98Darcis Steve 13-84Molteni Andres 15-88Olivo Renzo 15-92Qureshi Aisam-Ul-Haq 17-80Ram Rajeev 18-84Herbert Pierre-Hugues 18-91Lindstedt Robert 19-77Haider-Maurer Andreas 22-87Carballes Baena Roberto 23-93Petzschner Philipp 24-84Wawrinka Stan 28-85Monaco Juan 29-84Zopp Jurgen 29-88Sousa Joao 30-89Laaksonen Henri 31-92

APRILFerrer David 2-82Sarkissian Alexander 3-90Sela Dudi 4-85Erlich Jonathan 5-77Samper-Montana Jordi 5-90Haase Robin 6-87Marrero David 8-80Skupski Ken 9-83Kokkinakis Thanasi 10-96Ymer Elias 10-96Monroe Nicholas 12-82Granollers Marcel 12-86Bautista Agut Roberto 14-88Tsonga Jo-Wilfried 17-85Koolhof Wesley 17-89Thompson Jordan 20-94Zverev Alexander 20-97

Cabal Juan Sebastian 25-86Struff Jan-Lennard 25-90Isner John 26-85Zeballos Horacio 27-85Kyrgios Nick 27-95Knowle Julian 29-74Bryan Bob 29-78Bryan Mike 29-78

mAYRobredo Tommy 1-82Kowalczyk Mateusz 3-87Sa Andre 6-77Kretschmer Gero 6-85Harrison Ryan 7-92Paire Benoit 8-89Muller Gilles 9-83Donskoy Evgeny 9-90Draganja Marin 13-91Murray Andy 15-87Mayer Leonardo 15-87Kubot Lukasz 16-82Dimitrov Grigor 16-91Pella Guido 17-90Anderson Kevin 18-86Ito Tatsuma 18-88Chung Hyeon 19-96Dzumhur Damir 20-92Khachanov Karen 21-96Melzer Jurgen 22-81Butorac Eric 22-81Dustov Farrukh 22-86Djokovic Novak 22-87Shamasdin Adil 23-82Gabashvili Teymuraz 23-85Evans Daniel 23-90Fognini Fabio 24-87Junaid Rameez 25-81Fabbiano Thomas 26-89Souza Joao 27-88Ghem Andre 29-82De Schepper Kenny 29-87

JUNeDjere Laslo 2-95Nadal Rafael 3-86Zimonjic Nenad 4-76

Garcia-Lopez Guillermo 4-83Vanni Luca 4-85Duran Guillermo 6-88Ilhan Marsel 11-87Millman John 14-89Becker Benjamin 16-81Krajicek Austin 16-90Paes Leander 17-73Baghdatis Marcos 17-85Gasquet Richard 18-86Kontinen Henri 19-90Berankis Ricardas 21-90Pospisil Vasek 23-90Youzhny Mikhail 25-82Peya Alexander 27-80Mannarino Adrian 29-88Lajovic Dusan 30-90

JULYBerrer Michael 1-80Zhang Ze 4-90Bhambri Yuki 4-92Pavic Mate 4-93Mirnyi Max 6-77Fyrstenberg Mariusz 8-80Vesely Jiri 10-93Klizan Martin 11-89Begemann Andre 12-84Carreño Busta Pablo 12-91Basic Mirza 12-91Melzer Gerald 13-90Gojowczyk Peter 15-89Marach Oliver 16-80Brands Daniel 17-87Bedene Aljaz 18-89Fratangelo Bjorn 19-93Gonzalez Maximo 20-83Siljestrom Andreas 21-81Young Donald 23-89Rosol Lukas 24-85Peers John 25-88Guccione Chris 30-85Lopez Marc 31-82

AUgUstEstrella Burgos Victor 2-80Arguello Facundo 4-92

player birthdays

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Gimeno-Traver Daniel 7-85Federer Roger 8-81Fleming Colin 13-84Gombos Norbert 13-90Lipsky Scott 14-81Lu Yen-Hsun 14-83Schwartzman Diego 16-92Kicker Nicolas 16-92Kudla Denis 17-92Sijsling Igor 18-87Almagro Nicolas 21-85Zverev Mischa 22-87Rojer Jean-Julien 25-81Huey Treat 28-85Gulbis Ernests 30-88

SEPTEMBERMonfi ls Gael 1-86Middelkoop Matwe 3-83Thiem Dominic 3-93Nestor Daniel 4-72Karatsev Aslan 4-93Volandri Filippo 5-81Soeda Go 5-84Istomin Denis 7-86Marchenko Illya 8-87Martin Fabrice 11-86

Bury Aliaksandr 14-87Berdych Tomas 17-85Sugita Yuichi 18-88de Bakker Thiemo 19-88Lopez Feliciano 20-81Skugor Franko 20-87Martin Andrej 20-89Melo Marcelo 23-83Sock Jack 24-92Nishioka Yoshihito 27-95Cilic Marin 28-88Zemlja Grega 29-86Cecchinato Marco 30-92

OCTOBERZelenay Igor 2-82Delbonis Federico 5-90Rola Blaz 5-90Querrey Sam 10-87Bolelli Simone 8-85Pavlasek Adam 8-94Donaldson Jared 9-96Elgin Mikhail 14-81Betov Sergey 15-87Klaasen Raven 16-82Kohlschreiber Philipp 16-83Venus Michael 16-87

Moriya Hiroki 16-90Copil Marius 17-90Groth Sam 19-87Myneni Saketh 19-87Rublev Andrey 20-97Tomic Bernard 21-92Kudryavtsev Alexander 26-85Menendez-MaceirasAdrian 28-85Fritz Taylor 28-97

NOVEMBERLacko Lukas 3-87Novikov Dennis 6-93Dolgopolov Alexandr 7-88Daniell Marcus 9-89Albot Radu 11-89Gerasimov Egor 11-92Satschko Alexander 12-80Janowicz Jerzy 13-90Cermak Frantisek 14-76Falla Alejandro 14-83Coric Borna 14-96Verdasco Fernando 15-83Sancic Antonio 23-88Elias Gastao 24-90Montañes Albert 26-80

Ebden Matthew 26-87Stepanek Radek 27-78Giraldo Santiago 27-87Roger-Vasselin Edouard 28-83Cervantes Iñigo 30-89

DECEMBERRaja Purav 7-85Goffi n David 7-90Guez David 8-82Brown Dustin 8-84Lorenzi Paolo 15-81Johnson Steve 24-89Kukushkin Mikhail 26-87Simon Gilles 27-84Arnaboldi Andrea 27-87Raonic Milos 27-90Nishikori Kei 29-89Bellucci Thomaz 30-87Smyczek Tim 30-87Klein Brydan 31-89Clezar Guilherme 31-92

PLAYER BIRTHDAYS

INCLUDED IN THE 2016 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES SECTION(PAGES 34- 178) ARE:

TOP 114 – of the year-end Emirates ATP RankingsTOP 10 – 20-and-under of the year-end Emirates ATP RankingsTOP 4 – 18-and-under of the year-end Emirates ATP RankingsTOP 20 – of the year-end Emirates ATP Doubles RankingsTOP 8 – of the year-end Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings

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