GERMAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 STORYLINES
Hamburg Sports and Entertainment GmbH | Hamburg, Germany | July 24-30, 2017
Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: €1,499,940 | Surface: Clay
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10 THINGS TO WATCH IN HAMBURG
1) 500 Time: This is the eighth ATP World Tour 500 level tournament of the season and the top four
seeds are Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Pablo Cuevas, Karen Khachanov and Gilles Simon. This is
the fourth ATP World Tour tournament of the year in Germany (Munich, Stuttgart, Halle).
2) Former Champions: The lone former champion in the field is 2011 winner Simon. Cuevas (2016),
David Ferrer (2014), Federico Delbonis (2013) and Tommy Haas (2012) are former finalists.
3) German Title Hopes: The last German champion in Hamburg was current tournament director
Michael Stich in 1993. There are eight Germans in the draw, led by Philipp Kohlschreiber,
Florian Mayer, wild cards Daniel Altmaier, Haas and Maximilian Marterer, and Jan-Lennard
Struff and qualifiers Rudolf Molleker and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe.
4) Haas Anniversary: It was 20 years ago that 39-year-old Haas made his hometown tournament
debut, reaching the SFs (l. to Mantilla). He has an 18-11 record with a runner-up in 2012 (l. to
Monaco). His last appearance was in 2013 when he reached the QFs (l. to Fognini).
5) Ramos-Vinolas Top Seed: Ramos-Vinolas is the top seed in an ATP World Tour tournament for
the first time in his career. The Spaniard is making his seventh Hamburg visit (5-6 record) with his
best result the QFs in 2012. He is a two-time finalist this year (Sao Paulo, ATP Masters 1000
Monte-Carlo) and 22 of his 27 wins in 2017 have come on clay.
6) Ferrer Breaks Drought: Ferrer, who has a 17-8 record in Hamburg with a runner-up in 2014,
comes in after winning the title in Bastad, his first ATP crown since Vienna in October 2015.
7) One to Watch: Last year’s finalist Cuevas has a 10-4 record in Hamburg, reaching the SFs in his
2009 main draw debut and the QFs in 2015. Of his 18 wins this season, 14 have come on clay.
8) #NextGenATP Stars: Russians Khachanov and Andrey Rublev, who earned his first ATP World
Tour title in Umag, are making their Hamburg debut. Khachanov picked up his career-best 20th win
of the season in Bastad where he reached the QFs (l. to Dolgopolov).
9) Kohli Looks to Breakthrough: Kohlschreiber is making his 13th Hamburg appearance (12-12
record) and he is looking to get past the SFs (2014) for the first time. The 33-year-old German has
won five of his seven ATP World Tour titles in Germany (Munich three times, Halle, Duesseldorf).
10) Doubles Draw: The seeded teams are Croats Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic, Pablo Cuevas and
Marc Lopez, Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos, Marcin Matkowski and Nenad Zimonjic, who
is attempting to win his 700th career doubles match.
J. SAFRA SARASIN SWISS OPEN GSTAAD STORYLINES
Roy Emerson Arena | Gstaad, Switzerland | July 24-30, 2017
Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €482,060 | Surface: Clay
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10 THINGS TO WATCH IN GSTAAD
1) Scenic Gstaad: This is the 102nd anniversary of the picturesque tournament and this year’s field
features four of the Top 30 players, led by David Goffin, Roberto Bautista Agut, defending
champion Feliciano Lopez and Fabio Fognini.
2) Goffin Returns: Goffin, who reached the final here two years ago (l. to Thiem) in his previous
appearance, is playing his second straight week (QFs in Umag). He suffered a right ankle injury at
Roland Garros that forced him to miss the entire grass-court swing. In February, he became the
first Belgian to break into the Emirates ATP Rankings Top 10.
3) Former Champs: Besides Lopez, there are two other former champions in the field: Mikhail
Youzhny (2013) and Thomaz Bellucci (2009, 2012).
4) Reigning Champion: Lopez is making his 11th visit to Gstaad. Last year he won his first title (d.
Haase), 10 years after reaching the final (l. to Gasquet). He has a 20-9 record in Gstaad. This
season Lopez won his biggest career ATP title at Queen’s Club/London (d. Cilic). He also was
runner-up in Stuttgart (l. to Pouille).
5) Switzerland Second Home: Bellucci has captured three (of four) career ATP World Tour title in
Switzerland, the last coming in Geneva in May 2016 (d. Sousa). He is making his eighth Gstaad
appearance in the past nine years (except ’11) and has a 15-5 record. In 2009, he qualified and
captured his first ATP World Tour title (d. A. Beck). In 2012, he won the title again (d. Tipsarevic).
6) Fognini Makes Debut Fognini is making his main draw debut 10 years after losing in the final
round of qualifying. The No. 1 Italian reached 20 match wins on the season for the seventh
consecutive year by reaching the QFs in Umag.
7) Dolgo on a Roll Top Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, who is making his Gstaad debut, hopes to
come in with his second ATP title of the season. He is playing in the Bastad final (vs. Ferrer). He
has never won two ATP World Tour titles in a season.
8) Wild Cards: Fognini joins Swiss natives Marco Chiudinelli and Antoine Bellier as wild cards.
Chiudinelli is 2-7 in Gstaad and Bellier is making his second straight showing (1R last year)
9) Swiss Title Hopes: Swiss No. 3 Henri Laaksonen is the highest-ranked local player in the draw.
This past week he broke the Top 100 for the first time in the Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 100 and
he reached his first ATP World Tour QF in Bastad. Federer was the last Swiss champion in 2004.
10) Doubles Draw: The top seeds are Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner and No. 2 are the
Austrian duo of Oliver Marach and Philipp Oswald. Marach is playing his first tournament since
reaching the Wimbledon final (w/Pavic).
BB&T ATLANTA OPEN STORYLINES
Atlantic Station | Atlanta, GA, USA | July 24-30, 2017
Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $642,750 | Surface: Hard
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10 THINGS TO WATCH IN ATLANTA
1) Hard Court Circuit Opens: The first ATP World Tour North American summer hard court
tournament is led by the top two Americans in the Emirates ATP Rankings Jack Sock and threetime champion John Isner. The other seeds with 1R byes are Gilles Muller and Ryan Harrison.
2) Sock Top Seed: This is the second time (2017 Houston SF) Sock is the No. 1 seed in an ATP
World Tour tournament. Sock is 5-4 in Atlanta, advancing to the SFs in 2014 and QFs in 2012 (l. to
Isner in both). Sock comes in with a 23-10 record and two ATP World Tour titles this season.
3) Isner Eyes Fourth Title: Isner, who is making his eighth straight Atlanta appearance (23-4 record),
has never lost before the SFs. He won titles in 2013-14-15 and reached finals in 2010-11 and last
year. On Sunday, Isner captured his third Newport title (d. Ebden) and he went through his four
matches without facing a break point. It was his first ATP World tour title since 2015 Atlanta.
4) Muller Moving Up: Muller comes into Atlanta with a 27-13 match record on the season, including
11-2 on grass and 11-7 on hard courts. He reached the QFs at Wimbledon (d. Nadal, l. to Cilic) and
afterwards jumped to a career-high ranking of No. 22. He is 11-4 in Atlanta with a runner-up in 2012
(l. to Roddick) and SF in 2011 and 2015.
5) #NextGenATP in ATL: Nine #NextGenATP players are in the draw, including wild cards Reilly
Opelka and Taylor Fritz, who reached the QFs last year. The others are Hyeon Chung, Jared
Donaldson, Ernesto Escobedo, Frances Tiafoe and qualifiers Quentin Halys, Stefan Kozlov
and Tommy Paul. Donaldson-Escobedo, Halys- Kozlov and Chung-Paul all meet in the 1R.
6) Opelka Breakthrough: Last year Opelka came into Atlanta ranked No. 837 and en route to his first
ATP World Tour semi-final he beat No. 28 Kevin Anderson and Donald Young before falling to Isner
in three sets. Last month he reached a career-high No. 125.
7) Local Watch: No. 6 seed Donald Young and wild card Christopher Eubanks, who will be a
senior at Georgia Tech Univ., are two Atlanta residents in the draw. Young reached the QFs last
year and Eubanks is looking for his first career ATP singles match win (0-2).
8) Ryan Time: Two-time ATL semi-finalist (2011, 2013) Harrison is compiling his best pro season with
his first ATP singles title in Memphis and first Grand Slam doubles crown at Roland Garros.
9) Special Exempts: By reaching the SFs in Newport last week, Bjorn Fratangelo and Peter
Gojowczyk earned a spot in the main draw as special exempts.
10) Brotherly Love: Bob and Mike Bryan, who won the doubles title two years ago in their Atlanta
debut, are the top seeds. Another brothers duo, wild cards Eric and Jack Sock, will make their pro
debut together. The Ratiwatana brothers are also in the draw, with different partners (Sanchai with
John Millman and Sonchai with Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi).