2021 Wimbledon day 4 men's match notes

2021 Wimbledon day 4 men’s match notes

2021 WIMBLEDON DAY 4 MEN’S NOTES

Thursday 1 July 2nd round

Featured matches – top half No. 13 Gael Monfils (FRA) v Pedro Martinez (ESP) No. 8 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) v Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) – to be completed; Bautista Agut leads 63 63 67(3) 3-2 Featured matches – bottom half No. 2 Daniil Medvedev v (WC) Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) No. 4 Alexander Zverev v Tennys Sandgren (USA) No. 6 Roger Federer (SUI) v Richard Gasquet (FRA) No. 7 Matteo Berrettini (ITA) v (LL) Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) No. 16 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) v Mikael Ymer (SWE) No. 18 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v Alexander Bublik (KAZ) No. 29 Cameron Norrie (GBR) v (WC) Alex Bolt (AUS) No. 32 Marin Cilic v (Q) Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) Gianluca Mager (ITA) v Nick Kyrgios (AUS) Kei Nishikori (JPN) v Jordan Thompson (AUS) On court today…

• This week has already proved tough for French sportsmen facing Swiss opposition – and Roger Federer will look to compound the misery for France when he takes on Richard Gasquet in the 3rd match on Centre Court today. Federer is facing a French opponent for the 2nd straight round, having scraped past Adrian Mannarino, who retired due to a right knee injury after the 4th set of their 1st round match on Tuesday. Federer has won his last 17 matches against French players at Tour-level, having not lost a match to a Frenchman since falling to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals at 2016 Monte Carlo-1000. He is also bidding to extend a personal winning streak against Gasquet, having won the pair’s last 10 matches.

• 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz has enjoyed a rapid rise up the rankings in recent months – and he could write yet more history when he faces No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd match on No. 1 Court today. The Spanish wild card is bidding to become the youngest man to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon since 2005, when a pair of future Wimbledon champions reached the 3rd round at the age of 18 – Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. If he is to progress today, he will need to record a career-best victory, having lost his only previous match against a Top 5 opponent, falling to No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the 2nd round at Madrid-1000 earlier this year.

 

• Before Alcaraz and Medvedev take to court, British No. 2 Cameron Norrie will face fellow lefthander Alex Bolt in the opening match of the day on No. 1 Court. Norrie has lost both of his previous Grand Slam matches against lefthanded players – but both of them have come against Rafael Nadal, at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year. Having reached his first Tour-level grass court final at Queen’s last month, and defeated Lucas Pouille in the 1st round here, Norrie will be in confident mood today. But Bolt is also in fine form – he ended a 9-match losing streak in style at the Nottingham Challenger in June, qualifying for the main draw before going on to win the title, and will seek to record his 9th consecutive victory at all levels today.

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NO. 2 DANIIL MEDVEDEV (RUS) v (WC) CARLOS ALCARAZ (ESP)

Head-to-head: first meeting Medvedev has lost Grand Slam matches to players ranked as low as No. 75 Alcaraz on 3 occasions – on his first 3 Grand Slam main draw appearances. He fell to No. 131 Ernesto Escobedo in the 1st round at the 2017 Australian Open, retired due to cramping while trailing No. 266 Benjamin Bonzi in the 1st round at 2017 Roland Garros and fell to No. 124 Ruben Bemelmans in the 2nd round at 2017 Wimbledon. Medvedev is facing a wild card in the main draw at Wimbledon for the first time. He has a 2-1 win-loss record against wild cards at the Grand slams and an 11-6 win-loss record against wild cards at Tour-level overall. (NB Medvedev played wild card Marcus Willis in the final round of qualifying here in 2016, losing in 4 sets) MEDVEDEV v ALCARAZ 25 Age 18 2 ATP Ranking 75 12 Titles 0 36-17 Career Grand Slam Record 4-2 6-3 Wimbledon Record 1-0 188-93 Career Record 11-10 23-13 Career Record - Grass 1-0 27-7 2021 Record 10-9 5-1 2021 Record - Grass 1-0 1-6 Career Five-Set Record 1-0 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 56-41 Career Tiebreak Record 4-6 3-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 2-6

• MEDVEDEV is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 3rd time and equal his best Wimbledon performance. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his 18th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Medvedev advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Jan-Lennard Struff 64 61 46 76(3) in the 1st round on Tuesday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Medvedev equalled his best Wimbledon performance by reaching the 3rd round before falling to David Goffin in 5 sets. He also reached the 3rd round here in 2018, falling to Adrian Mannarino in 5 sets.

• Medvedev reached his 2nd Grand Slam final at the Australian Open this year, where he fell to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. The defeat ended a 20-match winning streak, which had seen Medvedev win the titles at 2020 Paris-1000, the 2020 ATP Finals, and win all 4 singles matches he contested at the 2021 ATP Cup. He also finished runner-up at the 2019 US Open, where he fell to Rafael Nadal in 5 sets.

• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play this year, Medvedev reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas). He had never previously advanced beyond the 1st round at Roland Garros.

• Prior to coming here, Medvedev won his first Tour-level title on grass title at Mallorca, defeating Sam Querrey in the final. It was his 11th Tour-level title – his previous 10 titles all came on hard courts. He also fell competed at Halle, where he fell to Struff in the 1st round.

• Medvedev’s other highlights in 2021 are winning the title at Marseille (d. Pierre-Hugues Herbert) and leading Russia to victory at the ATP Cup, with the team defeating Italy in the final. He also reached the quarterfinals at Miami-1000 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut).

• Medvedev recorded his first victory in a 5-set match at the Australian Open this year, defeating Filip Krajinovic in 5 sets in the 3rd round. He has a 1-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall and has lost all 3 of the 5-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon.

• Medvedev rose to a career-high ranking of No. 2 on 15 March, becoming the first player other than Djokovic, Nadal, Roger Federer or Andy Murray to have been ranked inside the Top 2 since Lleyton Hewitt was ranked No. 2 in July 2005. He plays here at the same ranking.

• Medvedev reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 13 in January 2014. His best performance in the boys’ singles here was reaching the 2nd round in 2013 (d. Hong Seong Chan, l. Nikola Milojevic).


• Medvedev made his Davis Cup debut in February 2017 and has a 4-3 win-loss record in the competition. He defeated Henri Laaksonen in Russia’s 3-1 victory against Switzerland in the Davis Cup Qualifiers in February. Russia will compete in Group B against 2018 champion Croatia and host Spain in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Medvedev is coached by Gilles Cervara.

• Wild card ALCARAZ is bidding to reach the 3rd round on his Wimbledon debut and equal his best Grand Slam performance. This his 3rd Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Aged 18 years 67 days, Alcaraz is bidding to become the youngest man to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon since 2005, when Novak Djokovic (18 years 42 days) and Andy Murray (18 years 49 days) both reached the 3rd round here. By winning his opening match, he also became the youngest man to reach the 2nd round here since Djokovic and Murray in 2005. (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament)

• Alcaraz advanced to the 2nd round after defeating lucky loser Yasutaka Uchiyama 63 67(4) 62 36 63 in the 1st round on Wednesday. It was the first 5-set match he has contested and also the first match he has contested on grass at any level as a professional.

• Alcaraz’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 3rd round at Roland Garros this year, where, as a qualifier, he defeated Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Nikoloz Basilashvili before falling to Jan-Lennard Struff. Aged 18 years 39 days, he became the youngest man to reach the 3rd round at Roland Garros since Andrei Medvedev (17 years 281 days) in 1992 and the youngest man to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam since Rafael Nadal (17 years 243 days) at the 2004 Australian Open.

• Alcaraz made his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at the Australian Open this year. He reached the 2nd round of the main draw (d. Botic van de Zandschulp, l. Mikael Ymer).

• Alcaraz’s best result in 2021 is reaching the semifinals as a wild card at Marbella (l. Jaume Munar). He also reached the 3rd round at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne (l. Thiago Monteiro) and the 2nd round at Madrid-1000 (d. Adrian Mannarino, l. Nadal). He fell in the 1st round as a wild card at Barcelona (l. Frances Tiafoe) and as a qualifier at Estoril (l. Marin Cilic).

• Also in 2021, Alcaraz won his 4th Challenger title – at Oeiras (POR) (d. Facundo Bagnis). He has won all 4 of his titles at Challenger-level since play resumed following the Tour’s hiatus between March and August last year.

• Alcaraz is bidding to defeat a Top 5 player for the first time on his 2nd attempt. He lost his only previous match against a Top 5 opponent, against No. 2 Nadal in the 2nd round at Madrid-1000 this year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated is No. 14 David Goffin in the 2nd round at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne this year.

• Alcaraz broke the Top 100 for the first time in May and reaching a career-high ranking of No. 75 last week. He plays here at the same ranking.

• Alcaraz led Spain to victory at the 2018 Junior Davis Cup Finals in Budapest, defeating France in the title match. He also reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Martin Damm) and reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 22 in January last year.

• Alcaraz is coached by former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, who reached the quarterfinals here in 2007 and 2009.


NO. 4 ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) v TENNYS SANDGREN (USA)

Head-to-head: Zverev leads 1-0 2017 Washington Hard (O) R16 Zverev 75 75

ZVEREV v SANDGREN

24 Age 29 6 ATP Ranking 68

15 Titles 1 56-23 Career Grand Slam Record 16-15 9-5 Wimbledon Record 4-2 276-135 Career Record 44-65 26-15 Career Record - Grass 7-6 25-10 2021 Record 5-9

2-1 2021 Record - Grass 2-1 16-8 Career Five-Set Record 5-1 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 108-75 Career Tiebreak Record 29-41 11-6 2021 Tiebreak Record 2-3

• ZVEREV is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 4th time. This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance and his 24th Grand Slam overall. 

• Zverev advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating qualifier Tallon Griekspoor 63 64 61 in the 1st round on Tuesday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Zverev fell to Jiri Vesely in the 1st round. It was the first time he had fallen in the 1st round here and one of 4 occasions where he has lost in the 1st round at a Grand Slam. 

• Zverev’s best Wimbledon performance is reaching the round of 16 in 2017, when he fell to Milos Raonic in 5 sets. He has a 3-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 16-8 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall. 

• At 24 years 82 days, Zverev is bidding to become the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles champion since Novak Djokovic won the title here in 2011 aged 24 years 42 days. (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament) 

• Zverev reached his first Grand Slam final at the US Open last year, where he fell to Dominic Thiem in 5 sets, despite holding a 2-0 lead. He became the first German man to reach a Grand Slam final since Rainer Schuettler finished runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open. 

• In Grand Slam play this year, Zverev reached the semifinals at Roland Garros, falling to Stefanos Tsitsipas in 5 sets. He also reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open (l. Djokovic). 

• Prior to coming here, Zverev reached the 2nd round at Halle (d. Dominik Koepfer, l. Ugo Humbert).  

• Zverev’s best results in 2021 are winning the titles at Acapulco (d. Tsitsipas) and Madrid-1000 (d. Matteo Berrettini). He also reached the quarterfinals at both Munich (l. Ilya Ivashka) and Rome-1000 (l. Rafael Nadal), but lost in the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. David Goffin). 

• Zverev has won 15 Tour-level singles titles – but none have come on grass. His best results on grass are reaching the finals at Halle in 2016 (l. Florian Mayer) and 2017 (l. Roger Federer). 

• Zverev reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in November 2017, becoming the youngest player to break the Top 3 since Djokovic in 2007. He plays here at No. 6.

• Zverev is a former junior world No. 1. He was named 2013 ITF Junior World Champion and went on to win the boys’ singles title at the 2014 Australian Open (d. Stefan Kozlov). He also finished runner-up in the boys’ singles at 2013 Roland Garros (l. Cristian Garin) and helped Germany reach the 2013 Junior Davis Cup Final (l. Spain). He reached the 3rd round on his only appearance at Junior Wimbledon in 2013 (l. Kozlov). 

• Zverev is coached by his father, Alexander Zverev Sr. 


• SANDGREN is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his 16th Grand Slam overall.

• Sandgren advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Norbert Gombos 64 67(5) 61 63 in the 1st round on Tuesday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Sandgren recorded his best Wimbledon result by reaching the round of 16. He defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama for his 1st Wimbledon match-win, Gilles Simon and Fabio Fognini before falling to Sam Querrey. He fell to Novak Djokovic in the 1st round on his only other appearance here in 2018.

• Sandgren’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 2018, (l. Hyeon Chung) and 2020 (l Roger Federer).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Sandgren fell in the 1st round at both the Australian Open (l. Alex de Minaur) and Roland Garros (l. Djokovic).

• Sandgren is bidding to record his 6th Tour-level match-win of 2021. In addition to his 1st round win here, his only other match-wins at Tour-level this year have come in 2nd round finishes at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne (d. John-Patrick Smith, l. Salvatore Caruso), Miami-1000 (d. Pedro Martinez, l. Andrey Rublev), Geneva (d. Caruso, l. Casper Ruud), and on grass at Mallorca (d. Jaume Munar, l. Casper Ruud).

• Sandgren is bidding to end a 4-match losing streak against Top 10 players at Tour-level. He has not recorded a victory against a Top 10 player at Tour-level since defeating No. 8 Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round at the 2020 Australian Open. He has a 4-9 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Sandgren won the only Tour-level match he has played against a Top 10 opponent on grass, defeating No. 10 Fabio Fognini in straight sets in the 3rd round here in 2019. He has a 4-4 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at the Grand Slams overall.

• Sandgren has won 5 of the 6 five-set matches he has contested, including his victory against Simon in the 2nd round here in 2019. His only defeat in a 5-set match came against Federer in the quarterfinals at the 2020 Australian Open.

• Sandgren reached a career-high ranking of No. 41 in January 2019 after winning his only Tour-level title to date at Auckland (d. Cameron Norrie). He plays here at No. 68.  

• Sandgren played college tennis. He helped the University to Tennessee to the 2010 NCAA team final and was also an NCAA singles semifinalist in 2011, losing to teammate Rhyne Williams. 

• Sandgren is currently without a permanent coach.


NO. 6 ROGER FEDERER (SUI) v RICHARD GASQUET (FRA)

Tour-level head-to-head: Federer leads 18-2 2005 AMS Monte Carlo Clay (O) QF Gasquet 67(1) 62 76(8) 2005 AMS Hamburg Clay (O) FR Federer 63 75 76(4) 2006 AMS Indian Wells Hard (O) R16 Federer 63 64 2006 Halle Grass (O) R16 Federer 76(7) 67(7) 64 2006 Wimbledon Grass (O) R128 Federer 63 62 62 2006 AMS Toronto Hard (O) FR Federer 26 63 62 2007 Wimbledon Grass (O) SF Federer 75 63 64 2010 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R32 Federer 64 64 2011 Dubai Hard (O) SF Federer 62 75 2011 Rome-1000 Clay (O) R16 Gasquet 46 76(2) 76(4) 2011 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R16 Federer 62 64 2012 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) R16 Federer 63 62 2013 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) RR Federer 64 63 2014 Miami-1000 Hard (O) R16 Federer 61 62 2014 Davis Cup (WG-FR) Clay (I) R4 Federer 64 62 62 2015 Dubai Hard (O) QF Federer 61 0-0 ret. (lower back pain) 2015 US Open Hard (O) QF Federer 63 63 61 2017 Hopman Cup Hard (I) RR Federer 61 64 2017 Shanghai-1000 Hard (O) QF Federer 75 64 2018 Australian Open Hard (O) R32 Federer 62 75 64 2019 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) R32 Federer 62 63 A 21st Tour-level meeting between Federer and Gasquet – but their first at Wimbledon for 14 years. Federer has won all 4 of their Grand Slam meetings in straight sets. Gasquet is bidding to end a 10-match Tour-level losing streak against Federer that spans more than 10 years, having not recorded a victory against Federer since the 3rd round at 2011 Rome-1000. Federer is facing a French opponent for the 2nd straight round, having advanced to the 2nd round here after Adrian Mannarino retired due to a right knee injury after the 4th set of their 1st round match on Tuesday. Federer is bidding to extend a 17-match winning streak against French players at Tour-level, having not lost a match to a Frenchman since falling to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals at 2016 Monte Carlo-1000. He is also bidding to extend an 11-match winning streak against French players at the Grand Slams, having not lost a Grand Slam match to a Frenchman since falling to Tsonga in the quarterfinals at 2013 Roland Garros. He has a 44-4 win-loss record against French players at the Grand Slams and a 135-27 win-loss record against French players at Tour-level overall. FEDERER v GASQUET

39 Age 35 8 ATP Ranking 56

103 Titles 15 366-39 Career Grand Slam Record 109-61 102-13 Wimbledon Record 29-14 1248-274 Career Record 557-337 189-28 Career Record - Grass 71-34

6-3 2021 Record 9-7 2-1 2021 Record - Grass 1-0

32-23 Career Five-Set Record 11-13 10 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 465-246 Career Tiebreak Record 200-166

5-2 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-4

• FEDERER is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 18th time and claim sole ownership at the top of the Open Era list for most 3rd round appearances here, ahead of Jimmy Connors.

• At 39 years 337 days, Federer is bidding to become the oldest man to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon since Ken Rosewall (40 years 245 days) in 1975. (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament)

• Federer advanced to the 2nd round after Adrian Mannarino retired due to a right knee injury with the score level at 64 67(3) 36 62 in their 1st round match on Tuesday.


• At 2019 Wimbledon, Federer reached his 12th final here, falling to Novak Djokovic 76(5) 16 76(4) 46 13-12(3), despite holding 2 championship points at 8-7 in the final set. It was the first men's singles match to be decided with a final set tiebreak and, at 4 hours 55 minutes, it was the longest Wimbledon men's singles final on record.

• Federer is bidding to win his 9th Wimbledon title. By defeating Marin Cilic in the final to win his 8th title here in 2017, he took sole ownership of the all-time record for most Wimbledon men’s singles titles, ahead of William Renshaw and Pete Sampras. He also won the titles here in 2003 (d. Mark Philippoussis), 2004 (d. Andy Roddick), 2005 (d. Roddick), 2006 (d. Rafael Nadal), 2007 (d. Nadal), 2009 (d. Roddick) and 2012 (d. Andy Murray).

• Federer is bidding to become the 2nd player in history to win 9 Wimbledon singles titles – after Martina Navratilova, who won 9 women’s singles titles here between 1978 and 1990.

• Federer is also bidding to close the gap on Nadal and Djokovic on the list for the most men’s singles titles at any one event. Nadal tops the list having won 13 titles at Roland Garros, while Djokovic claimed sole ownership of 2nd place on the list, ahead of Federer, by winning his 9th title at the Australian Open this year.

• Federer is bidding to win his 21st Grand Slam title and reclaim sole ownership of the all-time record for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles, ahead of Nadal. Nadal equalled Federer’s mark of 20 Grand Slam titles by winning the title at Roland Garros last year. It was also the first time in their rivalry that Federer and Nadal had won an equal number of Grand Slam titles.

• Federer is also bidding to close the gap on Steffi Graf in 3rd place on the list for most Grand Slam singles titles. Margaret Court (24 major titles), Serena Williams (23) and Graf (22) are the only players to have won more Grand Slam singles titles than Federer or Nadal.

• Federer is looking to become the 3rd man to win 5 Grand Slam titles after turning 30. Since turning 30 on 8 August 2011, Federer has won 4 Grand Slam titles – at Wimbledon in 2012 and 2017, and at the Australian Open in 2017 and 2018. Djokovic and Nadal have, respectively, won 7 and 6 Grand Slam titles since turning 30.

• Federer is also bidding to become the first player aged 38 or older to win a Grand Slam men’s singles title in the Open Era. Ken Rosewall is the oldest winner of a Grand Slam men’s singles title in the Open Era – he won the title at the 1972 Australian Open aged 37 years 62 days.

• Federer is the oldest player in the men’s singles draw at Wimbledon this year. He is 21 years 270 days older than Carlos Alcaraz (18 years 67 days), who is the youngest player in the men’s draw this year.

• Federer is making his 22nd consecutive Wimbledon appearance this year, having made his debut here in 1999. He claimed sole ownership of the Open Era record for most appearances at Wimbledon, ahead of Jimmy Connors, by competing here for the 21st time in 2019.

• Federer is contesting his 81st Grand Slam here. He holds the all-time record for most Grand Slam men’s singles appearances, ahead of Feliciano Lopez, who is contesting his 78th Grand Slam here.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Federer reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros. He defeated Denis Istomin, Cilic and Dominik Koepfer before giving a walkover to Matteo Berrrettini due to fatigue. It was his first Grand Slam appearance since he fell to Djokovic in the semifinals at the 2020 Australian Open.

• Federer did not compete during the 2020 season after reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open. He underwent 2 right knee surgeries in 2020 and returned to action at Dubai this year.

• Prior to coming here, Federer competed at Halle, where he defeated Ilya Ivashka in the 1st round before falling to Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd round.

• Federer is contesting his 10th match of the 2021 season. In addition to his appearances at Roland Garros and Halle, he reached the quarterfinals after receiving a bye through the 1st round at Dubai (d. Daniel Evans, l. Nikoloz Basilashvili) and lost his opening match on clay at Geneva (l. Pablo Andujar).

• Federer holds the Open Era record for the most Tour-level grass court titles with 19 titles on grass. In addition to 8 titles at Wimbledon, he has won 10 titles at Halle (in 2003-06, 2008, 2013-15, 2017 and 2019) and one title at Stuttgart (in 2018).

• Federer is the most successful active player on grass with a 189-28 career win-loss record.


• Federer is one of 8 Wimbledon boys’ singles champions to start the main draw here this year. He defeated Irakli Labadze to win the boys’ title here in 1998. He is one of just 4 boys’ singles champions who have gone on to win the men’s singles title.

• Federer is coached by former world No. 3 Ivan Ljubicic, who reached the 3rd round here in 2006-07 and 2011, and Severin Luthi.

• GASQUET is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 9th time. This is his 15th Wimbledon appearance and his 63rd Grand Slam overall.

• Gasquet advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Yuichi Sugita 76(4) 46 62 61 for his first Wimbledon match-win since 2016 – when he won his opening 3 matches before retiring due to a back injury against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the round of 16 – in the 1st round on Tuesday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Gasquet fell in the 1st round to Lucas Pouille. He also fell in the 1st round here in 2017 (l. David Ferrer) and 2018 (l. Gael Monfils).

• Gasquet’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals here in 2007 (l. Federer and 2015 (l. Novak Djokovic) and at the 2013 US Open (l. Rafael Nadal).

• Gasquet is bidding to record his 110th Grand Slam match-win today. He is in 3rd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam match-wins by a Frenchman. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (121 Grand Slam match-wins) and Gael Monfils (112 Grand Slam match-wins) are the only Frenchmen to have recorded more Grand Slam match-wins than Gasquet.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Gasquet reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Hugo Gaston, l. Rafael Nadal). He withdrew from the Australian Open due to a foot injury.

• Prior to coming here, Gasquet reached the quarterfinals at the Nottingham Challenger (GBR), where he retired due to a lower back injury in the final set of his match against Alex Bolt. It was his first appearance at Challenger-level since September 2017.

• Gasquet’s best results in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals at both Lyon (l. Karen Khachanov) and Parma (l. Jaume Munar).

• Wimbledon is Gasquet’s most successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 29-14 win-loss record here, compared to 28-18 at Roland Garros, 28-15 at the US Open and 24-14 at the Australian Open.

• Gasquet has won 6 of his last 7 five-set matches. His only defeat in a 5-set match in that time came in the 2nd round here in 2014, when he fell to Nick Kyrgios despite holding a 2-0 lead. He has not contested a 5-set match since he defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis in the 1st round at the 2015 US Open. He has a 3-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and an 11-13 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Gasquet has 15 Tour-level singles titles, one of which has come on grass – his most recent title, at 2018 ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Jeremy Chardy).

• Gasquet is a former Top 10 player, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 7 in July 2007. He plays here at No. 56.

• Gasquet was named ITF Junior World Champion in 2002 after winning the boys’ singles at Roland Garros (d. Laurent Recouderc) and the US Open (l. Marcos Baghdatis). He never played at Junior Wimbledon.

• Gasquet has played Davis Cup for France since 2005, compiling an 18-12 overall win-loss record. He was a member of the French team that defeated Belgium 3-2 in the 2017 Final to win the title for the first time since 2001. France will compete alongside Great Britain and Czech Republic in Group C at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Gasquet is coached by Julien Cassaigne and Thierry Ascione.


NO. 7 MATTEO BERRETTINI (ITA) v (LL) BOTIC VAN DE ZANDSCHULP

(NED)

Head-to-head: first meeting

Berrettini won his only previous match against a lucky loser at the Grand Slams – defeating Oscar Otte in the 1st

round at 2018 Roland Garros. He has a 2-1 win-loss record against lucky losers at Tour-level overall.

Berrettini has not lost a Tour-level match on grass to a player ranked as low as No. 139 Van de Zandschulp. The

lowest-ranked player to have defeated Berrettini in a Tour-level match on grass is No. 53 Gilles Simon in the 2nd

round here in 2018.

BERRETTINI v VAN DE ZANDSCHULP

25 Age 25

9 ATP Ranking 139 5 Titles 0

25-12 Career Grand Slam Record 2-2 5-2 Wimbledon Record 1-0 98-57 Career Record 5-5 19-5 Career Record - Grass 1-0 27-6 2021 Record 5-4

6-0 2021 Record - Grass 1-0 3-1 Career Five-Set Record 1-1

1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 49-38 Career Tiebreak Record 4-4 12-4 2021 Tiebreak Record 4-4

• BERRETTINI is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his 14th Grand Slam overall.

• Berrettini advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Guido Pella 62 36 64 60 in the 1st round on Wednesday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Berrettini recorded his best Wimbledon performance by reaching the round of 16. He became the 5th Italian man to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon in the Open Era – after Adriano Panatta (1979), Davide Sanguinetti (1998), Gianluca Pozzi (2000) and Andreas Seppi (2013).

• Berrettini’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at the 2019 US Open (l. Rafael Nadal), where he became the 4th Italian man in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam semifinal – after Panatta (1973, 1975, 1976 Roland Garros), Corrado Barazzutti (1977 US Open, 1978 Roland Garros) and Marco Cecchinato (2018 Roland Garros).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Berrettini reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros (l. Novak Djokovic) and the round of 16 at the Australian Open, where he gave a walkover to Stefanos Tsitsipas due to an abdominal injury. By reaching at least the round of 16 at both Grand Slam events this year, he became the first Italian man in history to reach the round of 16 at all 4 Grand Slam tournaments.

• Prior to coming here, Berrettini won the title at Queen’s, defeating Cameron Norrie in the final. He became the first Italian player to win the title at Queen’s and the first player to win the title at Queen's on his debut at the event since Boris Becker in 1985. It was his 2nd Tour-level title on grass, having also won the title at 2019 Stuttgart.

• Berrettini’s other highlights in 2021 are winning the title at Belgrade I (d. Aslan Karatsev) and reaching his first Masters-1000 final at Madrid-1000 (l. Alexander Zverev). He also reached the quarterfinals at Antalya (l. Alexander Bublik) and won 3 of the 4 singles matches he contested as Italy reached the final at the ATP Cup, falling to Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the final.

• Berrettini is one of 10 Italian men competing here this year – the highest-number of Italian players to compete in the men’s singles at Wimbledon in the Open Era. He is also one of 4 Italian seeds – Italy has the joint-highest number of seeded players in the men’s draw here this year, along with Russia.


• Berrettini has won 3 of the 4 five-set matches he has contested – including both 5-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon, defeating Jack Sock in the 1st round in 2018 and Diego Schwartzman in the 3rd round in 2019. His only defeat in a 5-set match came against Tennys Sandgren in the 2nd round at the 2020 Australian Open.

• Berrettini has won 5 Tour-level singles titles. In addition to his victories at Belgrade I and Queen’s this year and at 2019 Stuttgart, he also won the titles at 2018 Gstaad (d. Roberto Bautista Agut) and 2019 Budapest (d. Filip Krajinovic).

• Berrettini reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 in November 2019, becoming the highest-ranked Italian man since No. 8 Barazzutti in 1978. He plays here one place lower at No. 9.

• Berrettini made his Davis Cup debut in February 2019 during Italy’s victory against India in the Qualifiers. He also competed in the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid, losing both singles matches he contested, falling to Denis Shapovalov and Taylor Fritz. He has a 2-3 overall win-loss record in the competition. Italy will compete alongside USA and Colombia in Group E at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Berrettini is coached by Vincenzo Santopadre, Marco Gulisano and Umberto Rianna.

• Lucky loser VAN DE ZANDSCHULP is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Wimbledon debut. This is his 3rd Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Van de Zandschulp advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating qualifier Gregoire Barrere 62 67(4) 61 76(3) for his first Wimbledon match-win in the 1st round on Wednesday.

• Van de Zandschulp, as No. 23 seed, defeated Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 75 63 and Altug Celikbilek (TUR) 62 63 before falling to Marco Trungelliti (ARG)) 36 64 67(5) 57 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. He was one of 2 lucky losers to begin the men’s main draw here.

• Van de Zandschulp’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 2nd round as a qualifier at this year’s Roland Garros. He came from 0-2 sets down to defeat Hubert Hurkacz in the 1st round for his 1st Grand Slam match-win before falling to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round.

• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2021, Van de Zandschulp made his Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open. He lost to fellow qualifier Carlos Alcaraz in the 1st round of the main draw.

• Van de Zandschulp is bidding to record his 2nd Tour-level match win on grass. His victory against Barrere in the 1st round here was his first Tour-level match-win on grass and only his 6th match on grass at any level. In addition to contesting the 3 rounds of qualifying here, his only other appearances on grass came in the 1st round of qualifying at 2018 ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. Alex Bolt) and Queen’s (l. James Ward) this year.

• Van de Zandschulp is bidding to record his 6th Tour-level match win. In addition to his 1st round victories at Roland Garros and here this year, all 3 of Van de Zandschulp’s other match-wins at Tour-level came in a quarterfinal finish at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne this year (l. Karen Khachanov). He fell in the 1st round as a wild card at Rotterdam this year (l. Borna Coric) and as a qualifier at the Australian Open. His only Tour-level match prior to this year came during Netherlands’ loss to Kazakhstan in the group stages of the 2019 Davis Cup Finals (l. Mikhail Kukushkin).

• Van de Zandschulp has attempted to qualify at 8 Tour-level events this year – but only successfully qualified at the Australian Open and Roland Garros. He fell in qualifying at Montpellier, Acapulco, Barcelona, Estoril, Queen’s and here. At Challenger-level, he reached the quarterfinals at Zagreb (CRO) (l. Juan Manuel Cerundolo).

• Van de Zandschulp is facing a Top 10 player for the first time today. The highest-ranked player he has defeated is No. 20 Hurkacz in the 1st round at Roland Garros this year.

• Van de Zandschulp plays here at a career-high ranking of No. 139.

• Van de Zanschulp made his Davis Cup debut for Netherlands at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, but lost the only match he contested, falling to Kazakhstan’s Kukushkin. Netherlands will play away to Uruguay in a World Group I tie in September.

• Van de Zandschulp is currently without a permanent coach.


NO. 8 ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) v MIOMIR KECMANOVIC (SRB)

Head-to-head: Bautista Agut leads 2-0 2019 Cincinnati-1000 Hard (O) R16 Bautista Agut 61 62 2020 US Open Hard (O) R64 Bautista Agut 63 36 63 64 A 3rd meeting for the pair, their 2nd at a Grand Slam, but their first on grass. Bautista Agut has not lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 49 Kecmanovic at Wimbledon. He has lost to a player ranked as low as Kecmanovic on grass on 4 occasions at Tour-level overall, most recently against No. 60 Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals at Mallorca this year. BAUTISTA AGUT v KECMANOVIC 33 Age 21 10 ATP Ranking 49




• BAUTISTA AGUT is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 6th time. This is his 7th Wimbledon appearance and his 34th Grand Slam overall.  

• Bautista Agut advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating John Millman 62 36 63 76(4) in the 1st round on Monday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Bautista Agut recorded his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the semifinals, where he fell to No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic in 4 sets. He became the 6th Spanish man in history to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon. 

• In Grand Slam play this year, Bautista Agut reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Mario Vilella Martinez, l. Henri Laaksonen), but fell to Radu Albot in the 1st round at the Australian Open.

• Bautista Agut’s best results in 2021 are finishing runner-up at both Montpellier (l. David Goffin) and Doha (l. Nikoloz Basilashvili). He also reached the semifinals at Miami-1000 (l. Jannik Sinner). 

• Prior to coming here, Bautista Agut reached the quarterfinals at Mallorca after receiving a bye through the 1st round (d. Stefano Travaglia, l. Sam Querrey), but fell to Sebastian Korda in the 1st round at Halle. 

• Bautista Agut has won one Tour-level title on grass – at 2014 ’s-Hertogenbosch where he defeated Benjamin Becker in the final. He has won 9 Tour-level singles titles, most recently at 2019 Doha.  

• Bautista Agut has lost the last 3 five-set matches he has contested, having not recorded a victory in a 5-set match since defeating Marin Cilic in 5 sets in the round of 16 at the 2019 Australian Open. He won the only 5-set match he has contested at Wimbledon – recovering from 0-2 down to defeat Benoit Paire in the 2nd round in 2015 – and has an 11-8 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall. 

• Bautista Agut broke the Top 10 for the first time in August 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 9 in November that year. He plays here one place lower at No. 10.  

• Bautista Agut has played Davis Cup for Spain since 2014 and has an 8-6 win-loss record in the competition. He won 2 of the 3 matches he contested at the 2019 Finals – including defeating Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first match of the final – as Spain won the Davis Cup title for the 6th time. Spain will compete alongside the Russian Tennis Federation team and Ecuador in Group A at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.  

• Bautista Agut is coached by Pepe Vendrell.  


• KECMANOVIC is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 1st time and record his best Grand Slam result. This is his 2nd appearance at Wimbledon and his 10th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Kecmanovic advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Facundo Bagnis 64 36 63 76(1) in the 1st round on Monday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, on his debut here, Kecmanovic reached the 2nd round, defeating Roberto Carballes Baena in the 1st round before withdrawing from his 2nd round match agaist Benoit Paire due to a right ankle injury while trailing 67(5) 46.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Kecmanovic equalled his best Grand Slam result by reaching the 2nd round at both the Australian Open (d. Kamil Majchrzak, l. Adrian Mannarino) and Roland Garros (d. Daniel Evans, Laslo Djere). He has reached the 2nd round at the Grand Slams on 3 other occasions – at 2019 Roland Garros (d. Denis Kulda, l. David Goffin), and at the US Open in both 2019 (d. Djere, l. Paolo Lorenzi) and 2020 (d. Gianluca Mager, l. Bautista Agut).

• Kecmanovic’s best result in 2021 is reaching the semifinals at Buenos Aires (l. Diego Schwartzman. He also reached the quarterfinals at Great Ocean Road in Melbourne (l. Jannik Sinner) and Belgrade (l. Novak Djokovic).

• Prior to coming here, Kecmanovic fell to Ugo Humbert in the 1st round at Mallorca.

• Kecmanovic’s best Tour-level result on grass is reaching the final at 2019 Antalya (l. Lorenzo Sonego).

• Kecmanovic is bidding to defeat a Top 10 player for the 2nd time on his 7th attempt. He has a 1-5 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition, with his only victory against a Top 10 opponent coming against No. 6 Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round at 2019 Cincinnati-1000. He is competing against a Top 10 opponent at a Grand Slam for the first time today.

• Kecmanovic has lost the only 5-set match he has contested this year, against Djere in the 2nd round at Roland Garros. He has a 2-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Kecmanovic has won one Tour-level title – on clay at 2020 Kitzbuhel (d. Yannick Hanfmann).

• Kecmanovic reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 in March this year. He plays here at No. 49.

• Kecmanovic is a former junior world No. 1. He became the first player to win back-to-back titles at the Orange Bowl since Billy Martin in 1973-74, winning the title in both 2015 (d. Stefanos Tsitsipas) and 2016 (d. Wu Yibing). He also reached the final at the 2016 US Open (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime) and was named ITF Junior World Champion that year. He reached the boys’ singles semifinals at Roland Garros in the last junior event he contested in 2017 (l. Nicola Kuhn).

• Kecmanovic is coached by David Nalbandian, who reached the quarterfinals here in 2005.


NO. 13 GAEL MONFILS (FRA) v PEDRO MARTINEZ (ESP)

Head-to-head: first meeting Monfils has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 107 Martinez once before – when he retired due to a lower back injury while trailing No. 120 Illya Marchenko in the 1st round at the 2015 US Open. The lowest-ranked player to have defeated Monfils at Wimbledon is No. 105 Igor Kunitsyn in the 1st round in 2006. MONFILS v MARTINEZ 34 Age 24 17 ATP Ranking 107 10 Titles 0 112-55 Career Grand Slam Record 7-6 17-11 Wimbledon Record 1-0 496-289 Career Record 15-21 41-30 Career Record - Grass 1-0 3-8 2021 Record 6-9 1-2 2021 Record - Grass 1-0 18-17 Career Five-Set Record 0-0 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 198-147 Career Tiebreak Record 5-6 2-2 2021 Tiebreak Record 2-3

• MONFILS is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 8th time. This is his 12th Wimbledon appearance and his 56th Grand Slam overall.

• Monfils advanced to the 2nd round here for the 9th time after defeating qualifier Christopher O’Connell 46 62 76(5) 46 64 in a 1st round match which began on Monday and finished on Wednesday. It was Monfils’ first victory in a 5-set match at Wimbledon – he had previously lost all 5 five-set matches he had contested here. He has a 18-17 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Monfils retired due to a left ankle injury while trailing Ugo Humbert 67(6) 36 64 75 3-0 in the 1st round. He also fell in the 1st round here in 2006 (l. Igor Kunitsyn) and 2016 (l. Jeremy Chardy)

• Monfils’ best Wimbledon performance is reaching the round of 16 in 2018, when he defeated Richard Gasquet, Paolo Lorenzi and Sam Querrey before falling to Kevin Anderson.

• Monfils’ best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals on 2 occasions. He reached the last 4 at 2008 Roland Garros, where ranked No. 59 he lost to Roger Federer, and at the 2016 US Open (l. Novak Djokovic).

• Monfils is bidding to record his 113th Grand Slam match-win. He is in 2nd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam match-wins by a Frenchman. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (121 Grand Slam match-wins) is the only Frenchman to have recorded more Grand Slam match-wins than Monfils.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Monfils reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, l. Mikael Ymer) but fell to Emil Ruusuvuori in 5 sets in the 1st round at the Australian Open.

• Prior to coming here, Monfils lost his opening match at both Halle (l. Lloyd Harris) and Eastbourne (l. Max Purcell). He is bidding to end a 5-match losing streak on grass, having not recorded a grass court match-win since reaching the 2nd round at 2019 Stuttgart (d. Steve Johnson, l. Denis Kudla).

• Monfils is bidding to record his 4th Tour-level match-win since the Tour resumed following the hiatus between March and August last year. Since returning to competition at Rome-1000 last September, his only match-wins in addition to his 1st round victory here have come in a 2nd round finishes at Lyon (d. Thiago Seyboth Wild, l. Yoshihito Nishioka) and Roland Garros this year. He has lost his opening match at the other 9 individual events he has contested since last September, and lost the only singles match he contested at the ATP Cup.

• Wimbledon is Monfils’ weakest Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 17-11 win-loss record here, compared to 37-15 at Roland Garros, 29-16 at the Australian Open and 29-13 at the US Open.

• Monfils reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in November 2016. He dropped out of the Top 10 after Roland Garros last year and plays here at No. 17.


• Monfils narrowly missed out on achieving the Junior Grand Slam in 2004 after winning the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon. His preparation for the Junior US Open that year was hampered by a knee injury and he lost in the 3rd round to Viktor Troicki. He was named 2004 ITF Junior World Champion. Monfils is one of 8 former Wimbledon junior singles champions to start in the men’s main draw.

• Monfils is coached by Gunter Bresnik and Richard Ruckelshausen.

• MARTINEZ is bidding to 3rd round on his Wimbledon debut and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is his 7th Grand Slam overall.

• Martinez advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Stefano Travaglia 63 26 64 64 for his first Tour-level grass court match-win in the 1st round on Monday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Martinez reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Filip Horansky, l. Evgeny Karlovskiy).

• Martinez’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round on 2 occasions - as a qualifier at 2020 Roland Garros, where he defeated Aleksandar Vukic and Mikhail Kukushkin before falling to Sebastian Korda, and as a direct acceptance at the Australian Open this year, where he defeated Yoshihito Nishioka and Emil Ruusuvuori before falling to Dusan Lajovic.

• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play this year, Martinez reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Korda, l. Stefanos Tsitsipas).

• Martinez is contesting his 3rd grass court event, at any level, here this year. In addition to his appearance in qualifying here in 2019, he also competed in qualifying at Mallorca prior to coming here, falling to Nicola Kuhn in the 1st round.

• Martinez is bidding to record his 7th Tour-level match-win of the season. In addition to his 2 victories at the Australian Open and his 1st round victories at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, he reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at both Estoril (d. Alexander Bublik, l. Cameron Norrie) and at Parma (d. Gilles Simon, l. Richard Gasquet).

• Martinez is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the first time on his 5th attempt. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at Tour-level is No. 43 Bublik in the 1st round at Estoril this year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 50 Korda in the 1st round at Roland Garros this year.

• Martinez broke the Top 100 for the first time after reaching the 3rd round at Roland Garros last year. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 82 in November last year and plays here at No. 107.

• Martinez reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 16. He was a member of the Spanish team that won the Junior Davis Cup title in 2013, defeating Germany. He competed in the boys’ singles at Wimbledon in 2014, reaching the 2nd round (d. Hong Seong Chan, l. Stefan Kozlov).

• Martinez is coached by Daniel Gimeno-Traver and Sergio Gallego.


NO. 16 FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME (CAN) v MIKAEL YMER (SWE)

Head-to-head: first meeting A first meeting for Auger-Aliassime and Ymer as professionals. The pair met once at junior-level – in the 2nd round at the 2014 Canadian Junior Open, with Ymer winning 62 62. AUGER-ALIASSIME v YMER 20 Age 22 19 ATP Ranking 98 0 Titles 0 9-8 Career Grand Slam Record 7-6 3-1 Wimbledon Record 1-0 83-65 Career Record 27-35 15-5 Career Record - Grass 1-1 21-13 2021 Record 7-8 7-2 2021 Record - Grass 1-1 0-1 Career Five-Set Record 5-1 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 45-31 Career Tiebreak Record 6-12 6-10 2021 Tiebreak Record 2-2

• AUGER-ALIASSIME is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time. This is his on his 2nd Wimbledon appearance and his 9th Grand Slam overall.

• Auger-Aliassime advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Thiago Monteiro 63 63 63 in the 1st round.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, on his debut here, Auger-Aliassime reached the 3rd round. He defeated Vasek Pospisil and Corentin Moutet before falling to Ugo Humbert.

• Auger-Aliassime’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 at both the US Open last year (l. Dominic Thiem and at the Australian Open this year (l. Aslan Karatsev).

• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play this year, Auger-Aliassime fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l. Andreas Seppi).

• Prior to coming here, Auger-Aliassime reached his 8th Tour-level singles final at Stuttgart (l. Marin Cilic) and the semifinals at Halle (l. Humbert). Auger-Aliassime is yet to win his first title and has lost all 8 Tour-level finals he has contested in straight sets. He also reached the final at 2019 Stuttgart (l. Matteo Berrettini), his only previous Tour-level final on grass.

• Auger-Aliassime’s best results in 2021 are reaching the final at the Murray River Open in Melbourne (l. Daniel Evans) and Stuttgart. He also reached the quarterfinals at both Acapulco and Barcelona, falling to Stefanos Tsitsipas on both occasions.

• Auger-Aliassime broke the Top 20 for the first time in August 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 17 in October that year. He plays here 2 places lower at No. 19.

• Auger-Aliassime was a successful junior. He won the boys’ singles title at the 2016 US Open (d. Miomir Kecmanovic) and finished runner-up in the boys’ singles at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Geoffrey Blancaneaux). He reached the quarterfinals in the boys’ singles here in 2016 (l. Alex De Minaur) and also reached the final in the boys’ doubles with Denis Shapovalov that year losing to Kenneth Raisma/Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. He was also part of Canadian teams that reached back-to-back Junior Davis Cup Finals in 2015-16, defeating Germany to win the title in 2015 but finishing runner-up to Russia in 2016.

• Auger-Aliassime made his Davis Cup debut in 2019, as the Canadian team reached the final for the first time. He fell to Roberto Bautista Agut in the first match of the final and has a 1-3 win-loss record in the competition overall. As runners-up in 2019, Canada have secured a place at the 2020 Davis Cup Finals, which have been rearranged for 2021.

• Auger-Aliassime is coached by Frederic Fontang and Toni Nadal.


• YMER is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the 3rd time and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is his Wimbledon debut and his 7th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Ymer advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 75 67(4) 57 64 63 his first Wimbledon match-win in the 1st round. It improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches to 5-1.

• Ymer’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round at the both the Australian Open (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas) and Roland Garros (l. Jannik Sinner) this year. By reaching the 3rd round at this year’s Australian Open, he became the first Swedish man to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam since Robin Soderling at 2011 Wimbledon.

• Prior to coming here, Ymer fell in the 1st round as a qualifier at Eastbourne (l. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina). He also fell in the 1st round at the Nottingham Challenger (GBR) (l. Anton Matusevich).

• Ymer’s best results in 2021 are reaching the 3rd round at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Miami-1000 (l. Emil Ruusuvuori). He fell in the 1st round at the 5 other Tour-level events he contested this year – at the Murray River Open in Melbourne (l. Adrian Mannarino), Montpellier (l. Jiri Vesely), and as a qualifier at Lyon (l. Arthur Rinderknech), Parma (l. Jaume Munar) and Eastbourne.

• Ymer is bidding to record his 2nd Tour-level match-win on grass. He made his Tour-level grass court debut at Eastbourne this year.

• Ymer is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the 2nd time on his 8th attempt. He has a 1-6 win-loss record against Top 20 opponents, with his only victory against a Top 20 player coming against No. 15 Gael Monfils in the 2nd round at Roland Garros this year.

• Ymer broke the Top 100 for the first time in September 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 67 in March last year. He plays here at No. 98. 

• Ymer has won one Tour-level doubles title. In 2016, he and brother Elias won the title as a wild card team at Stockholm (d. Mate Pavic/Michael Venus), becoming the first Swedish pair to win the Stockholm title since Nicklas Kulti/Mikael Tillstrom in 1998.

• Ymer had a successful junior career. He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 3 and reached the final of the boys’ singles here in 2015 (l. Reilly Opelka) and the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles at the US Open in 2014 (l. Jan Choinski) and 2015 (l. Chung Yunseong).

• Ymer has played Davis Cup for Sweden since 2015 and has a 11-4 win-loss in the competition. He won both singles matches he contested in Sweden’s victory over Chile in the Davis Cup Qualifiers last year. Sweden will compete alongside Canada and Kazakhstan in Group B at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Ymer is coached by Frederik Nielsen and Kalle Norberg. 


NO. 18 GRIGOR DIMITROV (BUL) v ALEXANDER BUBLIK (KAZ)

Head-to-head: Bublik leads 1-0 2019 Chengdu Hard (O) QF Bublik 57 76(9) 76(3) A 2nd meeting for Dimitrov and Bublik, but their first at a Grand Slam or on grass. Bublik won their only previous meeting, in the quarterfinals at 2019 Chengdu, in a final-set tiebreak. DIMITROV v BUBLIK 30 Age 24 21 ATP Ranking 38 8 Titles 0 69-42 Career Grand Slam Record 7-10 16-10 Wimbledon Record 1-2 342-221 Career Record 56-56 36-26 Career Record - Grass 8-6 12-9 2021 Record 23-16 1-0 2021 Record - Grass 4-2 10-9 Career Five-Set Record 2-0 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 142-129 Career Tiebreak Record 23-27 3-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 5-9

• DIMITROV is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 5th time. This is his 11th Wimbledon appearance and his 43rd Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Dimitrov advanced to the 2nd round here for the 8th time after defeating Fernando Verdasco 36 63 64 64 in the 1st round on Wednesday. It was his first Wimbledon match-win since 2017, when he won his opening 3 matches before falling to Roger Federer in the round of 16 – he fell in the 1st round here in both 2018 (l. Stan Wawrinka) and 2019 (l. Corentin Moutet).

• Dimitrov is bidding to record his 17th Wimbledon match-win and claim sole ownership of 2nd place on the list for most Wimbledon match-wins by a Bulgarian player, ahead of Katerina and Manuela Maleeva. (NB Manuela Maleeva represented Switzerland for part of her career)

Most Wimbledon match-wins by Bulgarian players (all-time)

Player Wimbledon win-loss

Magdalena Maleeva 21-13

Grigor Dimitrov Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva

16-10 16-10 16-10

Tsvetana Pironkova 15-12

• Dimitrov’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals on 3 occasions – including once at Wimbledon, in 2014 (l. Novak Djokovic). He also reached the semifinals at the 2017 Australian Open (l. Rafael Nadal) and the 2019 US Open (l. Daniil Medvedev).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Dimitrov reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open (l. Aslan Karatsev), but retired due to a lower back injury while leading Marcos Giron 62 64 57 0-3 in the 1st round at Roland Garros.

• Dimitrov’s best results in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals at the Murray River Open in Melbourne (l. Moutet), the Australian Open, Acapulco (l. Lorenzo Musetti) and Geneva (l. Pablo Cuevas). He did not contest a grass court event prior to coming here.

• Dimitrov has lost 2 of the 3 five-set matches that he has contested at Wimbledon – he defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov in 5 sets in the 3rd round here in 2014, but lost 5-set matches to Grega Zemlja in the 2nd round in 2013 and to Moutet in the 1st round in 2019. He has a 10-9 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Dimitrov has won 8 Tour-level singles titles, one of which came on grass – at 2014 Queen’s (d. Feliciano Lopez).

• Dimitrov reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 after winning the title at the 2017 ATP Finals (d. David Goffin). He plays here at No. 21.


• Dimitrov is one of 8 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions to begin the men’s main draw here this year. He won the boys’ singles titles here (d. Henri Kontinen) and at the US Open (d. Devin Britton) in 2008 and finished the year at No. 3 in the ITF Junior Rankings.

• Dimitrov was part of the ITF 14 & Under European Team in Europe in 2004-05 and the ITF 16 & Under European A Team in Europe in 2006, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund.

• Dimitrov is coached by Dante Bottini.

• BUBLIK is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time and equal his best Grand Slam performance. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his 11th Grand Slam overall.

• Bublik advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 64 62 61 for his first Wimbledon match-win in the 1st round on Wednesday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Bublik fell to Gregoire Barrere in the 1st round. He also fell in the 1st round on his only other main draw appearance here, as a lucky loser in 2017 (l. Andy Murray).

• Bublik’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 3rd round at the 2019 US Open, where he defeated both Santiago Giraldo and Thomas Fabbiano in 5 sets, before falling to Pablo Andujar. They are the only 2 five-set matches he has contested at Tour-level.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Bublik reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. Aljaz Bedene, l. Dusan Lajovic) but fell to Daniil Medvedev in the 1st round at Roland Garros.

• Prior to coming here, Bublik reached the quarterfinals at Eastbourne, where he defeated Kukushkin and Egor Gerasimov before falling to Lorenzo Sonego. He also reached the 2nd round at Queen’s (d. Jeremy Chardy, l. Jack Draper).

• Bublik’s best results in 2021 are reaching his 3rd and 4th Tour-level finals – at Antalya (l. Alex de Minaur) and Singapore (l. Alexei Popyrin), respectively. He also reached the quarterfinals on hard courts at Miami-1000 (l. Jannik Sinner) and on clay at Madrid-1000 (l. Casper Ruud).

• Bublik’s best grass court result is reaching the final at 2019 Newport (l. John Isner). It was his first appearance in a Tour-level final.

• Bublik reached a career-high ranking of No. 37 in May this year. He plays here one place lower at No. 38.

• Bublik made his Davis Cup debut in 2019 and has a 5-2 win-loss record in the competition. He defeated both Tallon Griekspoor and Robin Haase as Kazakhstan defeated Netherlands in the Qualifiers last year. Kazakhstan will compete alongside Canada and Sweden in Group B at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Bublik was a recipient of an International Player Grand Slam Grant, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund, in 2019.

• Bublik is coached by Artem Suprunov.


NO. 29 CAMERON NORRIE (GBR) v (WC) ALEX BOLT (AUS)

Tour-level head-to-head: first meeting 2015 Surbiton Challenger Qualifying Draw Grass (O) R16 Bolt 75 46 64 A first Tour-level meeting for Norrie and Bolt. Their only previous meeting, at any level, came in qualifying at the Surbiton Challenger (GBR) in 2015, with Bolt winning in 3 sets. Norrie and Bolt are 2 of the 7 lefthanders to reach the 2nd round from the 18 who began the men’s singles draw here this year. Norrie is bidding to defeat a lefthanded players at a Grand Slam for the first time, having lost both of his previous matches against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams – against Rafael Nadal at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year. Norrie has a 13-12 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level overall. Bolt is facing a lefthanded player at Tour-level for the 4th time. He has a 1-2 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level, having defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the 2020 Australian Open, but fallen to Yoshihito Nishioka at the 2017 Australian Open and to Guido Pella at 2019 Indian Wells-1000. NORRIE v BOLT

25 Age 28 34 ATP Ranking 149 0 Titles 0 11-14 Career Grand Slam Record 5-6 2-3 Wimbledon Record 1-1 81-73 Career Record 11-19 10-10 Career Record - Grass 2-4 30-13 2021 Record 4-2 5-1 2021 Record - Grass 1-0 2-4 Career Five-Set Record 2-2 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 23-34 Career Tiebreak Record 6-8 5-4 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-3

• NORRIE is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his 15th Grand Slam overall.

• Norrie advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Lucas Pouille 67(6) 75 62 75 in the 1st round on Wednesday.

• By reaching the 2nd round here, Norrie has equalled his best Wimbledon result. He also reached the 2nd round here in 2019 – defeating Denis Istomin before falling to Kei Nishikori.

• Norrie’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round on 3 occasions – including at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year, falling to Rafael Nadal on both occasions. He also reached the 3rd round at the US Open last year (l. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina).

• Prior to coming here, Norrie reached his first Tour-level final on grass at Queen’s (l. Matteo Berrettini). It was his 4th Tour-level final. He withdrew from Eastbourne due to fatigue.

• Norrie’s other highlights in 2021 are reaching the finals at Estoril and Lyon, falling to Stefanos Tsitsipas on both occasions. He also reached the semifinals at Delray Beach (l. Sebastian Korda) and the quarterfinals at Acapulco (l. Dominik Koepfer) and at Barcelona (l. Nadal).

• Norrie has won 2 of the 6 five-set matches he has contested. Both of his victories in 5-set matches were comebacks from 0-2 down – against Roberto Bautista Agut in Great Britain’s 2018 Davis Cup World Group first round defeat to Spain and against Diego Schwartzman in the 1st round at the US Open last year. He has never contested a 5-set match at Wimbledon.

• Norrie rose to a new career-high ranking of No. 34 after reaching the final at Queen’s this month and plays here at the same ranking.


• Norrie played college tennis. He represented Texas Christian University and finished his college career in 2017 as the NCAA’s top-ranked male player. He compiled a 77-20 win-loss record in singles in college tennis from 2014 to 2017.

• Norrie was a good junior, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 10 in March 2013. He fell in the 1st round on his only appearance in the boys’ singles event here in 2013 (l. Laslo Djere).

• Norrie made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in 2018 and has a 2-2 overall win-loss record in the competition. Great Britain will compete alongside France and Czech Republic in Group C at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Norrie was born in Johannesburg but brought up in New Zealand by his British parents. At the age of 16, he switched his nationality from New Zealand to Great Britain.

• Norrie is coached by Facundo Lugones.

• Wild card BOLT is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is his 2nd Wimbledon appearance his 7th Grand Slam overall.

• Bolt advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Filip Krajinovic 76(5) 64 75 for his first Wimbledon match-win in the 1st round here.

• Bolt’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round at the Australian in 2019. As a wild card he defeated Jack Sock and Gilles Simon for his first Grand Slam match-wins before falling to Alexander Zverev in straight sets.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Bolt fell in the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Jannik Sinner, l. Dennis Novak). On his only previous main draw appearance here, as a qualifier in 2018, he fell to Kyle Edmund in the 1st round.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Bolt reached the 2nd round as a wild card at the Australian Open (d. Norbert Gombos, l. Grigor Dimitrov). He fell in the 1st round of qualifying at Roland Garros (l. Marc Polmans).

• Prior to coming here, Bolt won his 3rd Challenger title as a qualifier at the second Nottingham Challenger (GBR) defeating Kamil Majchrzak in the final. It was his first Challenger title on grass.

• Bolt is bidding to extend an 8-match winning streak at all levels. He has not lost since falling to Liam Broady in the 1st round at the first Nottingham Challenger. His victories at the second Nottingham Challenger ended a 9-match losing streak at all levels, having previously not won a match at any level since his 2nd round finish at the Australian Open this year.

• Bolt is bidding to record his 5th Tour-level match win in 2021. He reached the 3rd round at Murray River in Melbourne, defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis and Mackenzie McDonald before falling to Stan Wawrinka, in addition to his 2nd round finish at the Australian Open and his 1st round win here. These were the only Tour-level events he has contested in 2021.

• Bolt reached a career-high ranking of No. 125 in March 2019. He plays here at No. 149.

• Bolt is coached by Jaymon Crabb.


NO. 32 MARIN CILIC (CRO) v (Q) BENJAMIN BONZI (FRA)

Head-to-head: first meeting Cilic has lost Grand Slam matches to players ranked as low as No. 119 Bonzi on 5 occasions – most-recently against No. 166 Marco Trungelliti in the 1st round at 2016 Roland Garros. He has lost a Wimbledon match to a player ranked as low as Bonzi once before – to No. 145 Arnaud Clement in the round of 16 here in 2008. Cilic has won all 3 of his previous matches against qualifiers at Wimbledon – against Edouard Roger-Vasselin in 2008, Hiroki Moriya in 2015 and Lukas Lacko in 2016. He has a 14-3 win-loss record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams and a 70-18 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall. CILIC v BONZI 32 Age 25 37 ATP Ranking 119 19 Titles 0 126-51 Career Grand Slam Record 3-4 30-12 Wimbledon Record 1-1 532-294 Career Record 5-8 76-30 Career Record - Grass 1-1 18-11 2021 Record 2-4 8-1 2021 Record - Grass 1-0 33-17 Career Five-Set Record 1-0 8 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 215-189 Career Tiebreak Record 1-3 9-9 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-2

• CILIC is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 8th time. This is his 14th Wimbledon appearance and his 54th Grand Slam overall.

• Cilic advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Salvatore Caruso 76(5) 76(1) 61 in the 1st round on Wednesday.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, as No. 13 seed, Cilic reached the 2nd round (d. Adrian Mannarino, l. Joao Sousa). He has a 6-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 30-17 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Cilic’s best Wimbledon result is finishing runner-up in 2017, falling to Roger Federer in straight sets. By reaching the final, he became just the 2nd Croatian player – man or woman – to reach multiple Grand Slam finals after Goran Ivanisevic.

• Cilic won his only Grand Slam title to date at the 2014 US Open, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final. He was the first Croatian to win a Grand Slam title since Ivanisevic at 2001 Wimbledon. He also reached the final at the 2018 Australian Open (l. Federer).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Cilic reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Arthur Rinderknech, l. Federer) but fell to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the 1st round at the Australian Open.

• Prior to coming here, Cilic won his 19th Tour-level singles title – and first since 2018 – at Stuttgart (d. Felix Auger-Aliassime). He also reached the quarterfinals at Queen’s (l. Alex de Minaur).

• Cilic’s other highlights in 2021 are reaching the semifinals at Singapore (l. Alexander Bublik) and Estoril (l. Cameron Norrie) and the round of 16 at Miami-1000 (l. Andrey Rublev).

• Cilic has won 3 Tour-level titles on grass. In addition to his victory at Stuttgart this year, he also won the title at Queen’s in 2012, where he was trailing 76(3) 3-4 when David Nalbandian was defaulted for unsportsmanlike conduct, and as No. 1 seed in 2018 (d. Novak Djokovic).

• Cilic is in 4th place on the all-time list for most 5-set matches won at the Grand Slams. He has a 6-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon, a 27-12 win-loss record in 5-set matches at the Grand Slams and a 33-17 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall. (see table overleaf)


Most 5-set matches won at the Grand Slams (all-time)

Player 5-set match win-loss

Novak Djokovic 32-9

Roger Federer 30-17

Pete Sampras 29-9

Marin Cilic 27-12

Lleyton Hewitt 26-19

• Cilic reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in January 2018 following his runner-up finish at the Australian Open. He dropped to No. 47 in May this year– his lowest ranking since October 2013 when he was also ranked at No. 47 – but rose to 10 places to No. 37 after winning the title at Stuttgart in June and plays here at the same ranking.

• Cilic reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles at 2005 Wimbledon (l. Robin Haase). He finished the year at No. 2 in the ITF Junior Rankings behind Donald Young after winning Junior Roland Garros (d. Antal van der Duim) and reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the US Open.

• Cilic became a Davis Cup champion after leading Croatia to the title in 2018. He won 6 of the 7 matches he contested during 2018 and defeated Lucas Pouille in the 4th match of the Final to seal Croatia’s 2nd Davis Cup title. He has a 39-17 win-loss record in the competition and won both his singles matches in Croatia’s victory over India in the 2020 Davis Cup Qualifiers. Croatia will compete alongside Australia and Hungary in Group D at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Cilic is coached by Vedran Martic and Vilim Visak.

• Qualifier BONZI is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 2nd Wimbledon appearance and his 5th Grand Slam overall.

• Bonzi advanced to the 2nd round after defeating fellow qualifier Marco Trungelliti 61 16 46 63 64 for his first Tour-level match-win on grass in the 1st round on Wednesday. It was the first 5-set match he has contested.

• As No. 9 seed, Bonzi defeated Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG) 75 61, Daniel Altmaier (GER) 64 63 and Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR) 67(4) 64 64 75 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the 2nd time he has successfully qualified at Wimbledon and the 3rd time he has successfully qualified at a Grand Slam on his 6th attempt.

• Bonzi fell in the 1st round on his only previous appearance at Wimbledon – as a qualifier in 2018 (l. Lukas Lacko).

• By reaching the 2nd round here, Bonzi has equalled his best Grand Slam result. He has reached the 2nd round at a Grand Slam on 2 occasions, both of which came at Roland Garros – as a wild card in 2017 (d. Daniil Medvedev, l. Albert Ramos-Vinolas) and as a qualifier last year (d. Emil Ruusuvuori, l. Jannik Sinner).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Bonzi competed as a wild card at Roland Garros, where he fell to Facundo Bagnis in the 1st round. He fell in the 1st round of qualifying at the Australian Open (l. Quentin Halys).

• Prior to coming here, Bonzi reached the semifinals at the Nottingham Challenger (GBR) (l. Kamil Majchrzak). He is contesting his 3rd grass court event, at any level, at Wimbledon this year, with his only other grass court appearances as a professional coming here in 2018 and at the Nottingham Challenger this year.

• Bonzi is bidding to record his 3rd Tour-level match-win of 2021. In addition to his victory in the 1st round here, his only other Tour-level match-win this year came in a 2nd round finish as a wild card at Montpellier (d. Lucas Pouille, d. David Goffin). He fell in the 1st round at the 3 other Tour-level events he has contested this year – as a wild card at Marseille (l. Matthew Ebden), Lyon (l. Karen Khachanov) and Roland Garros.

• Bonzi won his first 2 titles at Challenger-level this season – at Potchefstroon (RSA) (d. Liam Broady) and Ostrava (CZE) (d. Renzo Olivo). He also finished runner-up at the Istanbul Challenger (TUR) (l. Arthur Rinderknech).

• Bonzi reached a career-high ranking of No. 115 in May this year. He plays here 4 places lower at No. 119.

• Bonzi reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 27 in January 2014. He won the boys’ doubles title at 2014 Roland Garros alongside Halys, defeating Lucas Miedler/Akira Santillan in the final. He fell to Miedler in the 1st round in his only appearance in the boys’ singles at Wimbledon in 2013.


• Bonzi is coached by Lionel Zimbler.


GIANLUCA MAGER (ITA) v NICK KYRGIOS (AUS)

Head-to-head: first meeting

MAGER v KYRGIOS

26 Age 26 77 ATP Ranking 60 0 Titles 6 2-4 Career Grand Slam Record 43-26 1-0 Wimbledon Record 14-6 15-19 Career Record 166-97 1-0 Career Record - Grass 23-14 9-11 2021 Record 5-2 1-0 2021 Record - Grass 1-0 0-1 Career Five-Set Record 9-3 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 12-9 Career Tiebreak Record 117-79 4-4 2021 Tiebreak Record 3-0

• MAGER is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Wimbledon debut. This is his 5th Grand Slam overall.

• Mager advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Juan Ignacio Londero 76(3) 60 46 63 in the 1st round on Wednesday for his first Wimbledon match-win.

• Mager’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 2nd round at this year’s Roland Garros, where he defeated Peter Gojowczyk for his first Grand Slam match-win before falling to Jannik Sinner in the 2nd round.

• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2021, Mager fell in straight sets to Aslan Karatsev in the 1st round at the Australian Open.

• Mager’s best results in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals at Delray Beach (l. Christian Harrison) and at Belgrade I (l. Karatsev).

• At Challenger-level in 2021, Mager won the title at the Marbella Challenger (ESP) (d. Jaume Munar). He also reached the semifinals at the Prostejov Challenger (CZE) (l. Alex Molcan) and the quarterfinals at the Zadar Challenger (CRO) (l. Lukas Klein).

• Mager is one of 10 Italian men to enter the men’s draw here this year – the highest-number of Italian players to compete in the men’s singles at Wimbledon in the Open Era. With 4 Italian seeds, Italy also has the joint-highest number of seeded players in the men’s draw here this year, along with Russia.

• Mager has reached one Tour-level final – as a qualifier at 2020 Rio de Janeiro (l. Cristian Garin). He had recorded just 2 Tour-level singles match-wins prior to the tournament.

• Mager broke the Top 100 for the first time after reaching the final at Rio de Janeiro in February last year, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 77. He plays here at the same ranking.

• Mager made his Davis Cup debut in March last year, defeating Nam Ji-Sung in Italy’s victory over Korea, Republic in the Qualifiers. Italy will compete alongside USA and Colombia in Group E at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Mager is coached by his girlfriend, Valentine Confalonieri, and Matteo Civarolo.

• KYRGIOS is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 5th time. This is his 7th Wimbledon appearance and his 27th Grand Slam overall.

• Kyrgios advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Ugo Humbert 64 46 36 61 97 in the 1st round on Wednesday. He improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon to 4-0 and improved his overall win-loss record in 5-set matches to 9-3.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Kyrgios reached the 2nd round, defeating Jordan Thompson in 5 sets before falling to Rafael Nadal.


• Kyrgios’ best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals on 2 occasions – including on his Wimbledon debut in 2014 (l. Milos Raonic), when he became the first man to reach the last 8 on his Wimbledon debut since Florian Mayer in 2004. Ranked No. 144, he defeated world No. 1 Nadal in the round of 16 to become the lowest-ranked player to defeat a world No. 1 at a Grand Slam since No. 193 Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Jim Courier in the 3rd round at 1992 Wimbledon. He also reached the quarterfinals at the 2015 Australian Open (l. Andy Murray).

• Kyrgios is contesting his 3rd event of the 2021 season here. His only appearances, at any level, so far this year came in 3rd round finishes at both the Murray River Open (l. Borna Coric) and the Australian Open, where he defeated Frederico Ferreira Silva and Humbert before falling to Dominic Thiem in 5 sets despite holding a 2-0 lead. He also played just 3 events in 2020, after deciding not to travel from March onwards due to concerns related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Kyrgios rose to a career-high ranking of No. 13 in October 2016. He plays here at No. 60.

• Kyrgios has won 6 Tour-level singles titles – most recently at 2019 Washington (d. Daniil Medvedev). All 6 of his titles have come on hard courts.

• Kyrgios is a 2-time Wimbledon junior doubles champion, winning the title in 2012 (with Andrew Harris) and 2013 (with Thanasi Kokkinakis). He also won the 2012 Junior Roland Garros doubles title (with Harris) and the 2013 Junior Australian Open singles title (d. Kokkinakis).

• Kyrgios has played Davis Cup for Australia since 2013 and has an 11-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. He won both matches he contested at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid as Australia reached the quarterfinals. Australia will compete alongside Croatia and Hungary in Group D at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Kyrgios has entered the mixed doubles here with Venus Williams. The pair will face Austin Krajicek/Sabrina Santamaria in the 1st round.

• Kyrgios is currently without a permanent coach.


KEI NISHIKORI (JPN) v JORDAN THOMPSON (AUS)

Head-to-head: Nishikori leads 1-0 2017 Brisbane Hard (O) QF Nishikori 61 61 NISHIKORI v THOMPSON 31 Age 27 53 ATP Ranking 78




• NISHIKORI is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 8th time. This is his 12th Wimbledon appearance and his 42nd Grand Slam overall.

• In the 1st round here, Nishikori defeated Alexei Popyrin 64 64 64 and recorded his 100th Grand Slam match-win, becoming only the 12th active player and the 51st player in history to record 100 Grand Slam men’s singles match-wins. Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Cilic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Verdasco, Gael Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Tommy Robredo are the other active players to have recorded 100 Grand Slam men’s singles match-wins.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Nishikori equalled his best Wimbledon result by reaching the quarterfinals (l. Roger Federer). He is one of 47 men – and the only Japanese man – to have reached the quarterfinals at all 4 Grand Slam events.

• Nishikori’s best Grand Slam performance came at the 2014 US Open, when he became the first Asian male to contest a Grand Slam final after defeating three Top 10 players – Milos Raonic, Wawrinka and Djokovic – in consecutive matches before falling to Cilic in the title match.

• Nishikori is one of 6 men competing here this year who has reached a Grand Slam final without winning a major title, alongside Kevin Anderson, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Tsonga and Alexander Zverev.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Nishikori reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros (l. Alexander Zverev), but fell in the 1st round at the Australian Open (l. Pablo Carreno Busta).

• Nishikori’s best results in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals at Rotterdam (l. Borna Coric) and Dubai (l. Lloyd Harris).

• Prior to coming here, Nishikori competed at Halle, where he defeated Ricardas Berankis in the 1st round before falling to Sebastian Korda in the 2nd round.

• Nishikori has won 12 Tour-level singles titles – but has never won a grass court title. Michael Stich, Andre Agassi and Djokovic are the only 3 men in the Open Era to have won their first career grass court titles at Wimbledon, in 1991, 1992 and 2011 respectively.

• Nishikori has lost just one of the last 12 5-set matches he has contested. His only defeat in that time came against Roger Federer in the round of 16 at the 2017 Australian Open. He has a 2-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and a 26-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Nishikori is the highest-ranked Japanese man in ATP World Tour Rankings history (since 1973). He had the nickname ‘Project 45’ as a major goal was to get him to No. 45 in the rankings, which would be one spot better than the highest by any Japanese man (Shuzo Matsuoka). He reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 in March 2015 but plays here at No. 53.


• Nishikori reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 7 in July 2006. He reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles at both the Australian Open (l. Alexandre Sidorenko) and Roland Garros (l. Petru-Alexandru Luncanu) that year, and also won the Roland Garros boys’ doubles title in 2006 with Emiliano Massa.

• Nishikori is coached by Michael Chang, who reached the quarterfinals here in 1994, and Max Mirnyi.

• THOMPSON is bidding to record his first Wimbledon match-win on his 5th appearance here. This is his 24th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Thompson recorded his first Wimbledon match-win and advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating No. 12 seed Casper Ruud 76(6) 76(3) 26 26 62 in the 1st round. It was his first 5-set match win here taking his win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon to 1-1. He has a 3-8 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• At Wimbledon in 2019, Thompson lost in the 1st round (l. Nick Kyrgios). He also lost in the 1st round in his previous 3 appearances here, in 2016 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut), 2017 (l. Albert Ramos-Vinolas) and 2018 (l. Sam Querrey).

• Thompson’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 at the US Open last year. He defeated Stefano Travaglia, Egor Gerasimov and Mikhail Kukushkin before falling to Borna Coric in straight sets.

• At the Grand Slams in 2021, Thompson retired due to a shoulder injury while trailing 36 36 1-2 against Ruud in the 1st round at the Australian Open, and also fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l. Jaume Munar).

• Thompson warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the quarterfinals at Mallorca (l. Pablo Carreno Busta), and the 2nd round at both Stuttgart (d. Guido Pella, l. Alex De Minaur) and Halle (d. Daniel Altmaier, l. Andrey Rublev).

• Thompson’s best result in 2021 is reaching the quarterfinals at Great Ocean Road in Melbourne (l. Thiago Monteiro). He reached the 2nd round at Miami-1000 (d. Federico Delbonis, l. Milos Raonic) and Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Benoit Paire, l. Fabio Fognini).

• Thompson’s best Tour-level result on grass is reaching the final at 2019 s’Hertogenbosch where he fell to Adrian Mannarino in the final. He also reached the semifinals at 2019 Antalya (l. Miomir Kecmanovic).

• Thompson broke the Top 50 for the first time in June 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 43 the following month. He plays here at No. 78.

• Thompson made his Davis Cup debut in 2017 and has a 7-4 overall win-loss record in the competition. He defeated Thiago Monteiro during Australia’s victory over Brazil in last year’s Davis Cup Qualifiers. Australia will compete alongside Croatia and Hungary in Group D at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Thompson is coached by Jaymon Crabb.

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