2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

2021 WIMBLEDON DAY 9 MEN’S NOTES

Wednesday 7 July Quarterfinals

No. 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Marton Fucsovics (HUN) No. 6 Roger Federer (SUI) v No. 14 Hubert Hurkacz (POL) No. 7 Matteo Berrettini (ITA) v No. 16 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) No. 10 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v No. 25 Karen Khachanov (RUS) A look at the quarterfinalists…

Player Age Ranking Best Wimbledon

performance Best Grand Slam

performance Tour-level titles

on grass

No. 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 34 1 Won 5 titles Won 19 titles 6

No. 6 Roger Federer (SUI) 39 8 Won 8 titles Won 20 titles 19

No. 7 Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 25 9 Quarterfinals 2021 SF 2019 US Open 2

No. 10 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 22 12 Quarterfinals 2021 QF 2020 US Open, 2021 Wimbledon 0

No. 14 Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 24 18 Quarterfinals 2021 QF 2021 Wimbledon 0

No. 16 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 20 19 Quarterfinals 2021 QF 2021 Wimbledon 0

No. 25 Karen Khachanov (RUS) 25 29 Quarterfinals 2021 QF 2019 Roland Garros,

2021 Wimbledon 0

Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 29 48 Quarterfinals 2021 QF 2021 Wimbledon 0

On court today…

• Of the 8 players to reach the men’s singles quarterfinals here, 6 are contesting their first Wimbledon quarterfinals – equalling the Open Era record for most first-time men’s singles quarterfinalists at Wimbledon. There were also 6 first-time Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinalists in 1991 and 2002. Across both men’s and women’s draws, there are 12 first-time singles quarterfinalists here – a new Open Era record. The previous record of 10 first-time Wimbledon singles quarterfinalists (5 men and 5 women) was set in 2014.

• At the other end of the scale, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have reached the quarterfinals here for the 12th and 18th times, respectively. Between them, the pair have won 13 Wimbledon titles (5 for Djokovic, 8 for Federer), reached 22 Wimbledon semifinals (9 for Djokovic, 13 for Federer) and won 181 Wimbledon matches (76 for Djokovic, 105 for Federer). A victory for both today would bring the pair a step closer to contesting the Wimbledon final for the 4th time.

• Canada is the only nation with multiple representatives through to the men’s singles quarterfinals here this year, with Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime both bidding to reach their first Grand Slam semifinals today. Should they both do so, they will become the 3rd and 4th Canadian men through to the last 4 here – after Robert Powell in 1908 and Milos Raonic in 2016. Aged 20 years 337 days, Auger-Aliassime would also become the youngest man to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon since Djokovic (20 years 47 days) in 2007.

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2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

NO. 1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) v MARTON FUCSOVICS (HUN)

Head-to-head: Djokovic leads 2-0 2018 US Open Hard (O) R128 Djokovic 63 36 64 60 2019 Doha Hard (O) R16 Djokovic 46 64 61 A 3rd meeting for Djokovic and Fucsovics and their 2nd at a Grand Slam, but their first on grass. Djokovic has won both of their previous meetings, but Fucsovics has won one set in each of those matches. Djokovic has lost a Wimbledon match to a player ranked as low as No. 48 Fucsovics once before – when he fell to No. 75 Marat Safin in the 2nd round here in 2008. He has lost Grand Slam matches to players ranked as low as Fucsovics on 6 occasions – most recently against No. 72 Marco Cecchinato in the quarterfinals at 2018 Roland Garros.

Possible semifinal head-to-heads

Shapovalov Khachanov

Djokovic 6-0 4-1

Fucsovics 1-0 1-1

Road to the quarterfinals

DJOKOVIC Time Time FUCSOVICS

d. (WC) Jack Draper 46 61 62 62 2:00 1st round 3:04 d. No. 19 Jannik Sinner 57 63 75 63

d. Kevin Anderson 63 63 63 1:41 2nd round 1:38 d. Jiri Vesely 63 5-4 ret. (lower back)

d. (Q) Denis Kudla 64 63 76(7) 2:17 3rd round 3:19 d. No. 9 Diego Schwartzman 63 63 67(6) 64

d. No. 17 Cristian Garin 62 64 62 1:49 Round of 16 2:41 d. No. 5 Andrey Rublev 63 46 46 60 63

total time on court 7:47 (IBM time) 10:42 total time on court

DJOKOVIC v FUCSOVICS 34 Age 29 1 ATP Ranking 48 84 Titles 1 314-45 Career Grand Slam Record 21-16 76-10 Wimbledon Record 5-3 965-195 Career Record 105-93 99-18 Career Record - Grass 9-11 31-3 2021 Record 21-12 4-0 2021 Record - Grass 5-2 35-10 Career Five-Set Record 8-4 6 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 270-149 Career Tiebreak Record 43-49 8-8 2021 Tiebreak Record 11-11

• DJOKOVIC is bidding to record his 100th Tour-level match-win on grass today.

• Djokovic is bidding to reach his 10th Wimbledon semifinal and claim sole ownership of 3rd place on the all-time list for most Wimbledon men’s singles semifinals, ahead of Boris Becker, Arthur Gore and Herbert Lawford. This is his 16th consecutive Wimbledon appearance.

Most Wimbledon men’s singles semifinal appearances (all-time)

Player No. of appearances

Roger Federer 14??

Jimmy Connors 11

Novak Djokovic 10??

Boris Becker Arthur Gore

Herbert Lawford

9 9 9

• Djokovic is also bidding to reach his 41st Grand Slam semifinal. He is in 2nd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam men’s singles semifinals, behind Roger Federer. This is his 65th Grand Slam appearance. (see table overleaf)

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

Most Grand Slam men’s singles semifinal appearances (all-time)

Player No. of appearances

Roger Federer 47??

Novak Djokovic 41??

Rafael Nadal 35

Jimmy Connors 31

Ivan Lendl 28

• Wimbledon is Djokovic’s 2nd-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of titles won, his 3rd-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won and his joint-3rd most successful Grand Slam event in terms of semifinals reached. By defeating Denis Kudla in the 3rd round here for his 75th Wimbledon match-win, he became the first man to record 75 match-wins at all 4 Grand Slam events.

Grand Slam Titles won Win-loss record Semifinals reached

Australian Open 9 82-8 9

Roland Garros 2 81-15 11

Wimbledon 5 76-10 10??

US Open 3 75-12 11

• Djokovic has reached the semifinals or better on 8 of his last 10 Wimbledon appearances. He has failed to reach the semifinals here twice since 2010 – in 2016, when he fell to Sam Querrey in the 3rd round, and in 2017, when he retired due to a right elbow injury during his quarterfinal match against Tomas Berdych.

• By reaching his 12th Wimbledon quarterfinal, Djokovic has equalled Gore in 3rd place on the all-time list for most Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal appearances. Federer (who is through to his 18th Wimbledon quarterfinal this year) and Jimmy Connors (14 Wimbledon quarterfinal appearances) are the only men in history to have reached the quarterfinals here more often than Djokovic.

• Djokovic is through to his 50th Grand Slam quarterfinal. He is in 2nd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances, behind Federer, who has reached his 58th Grand Slam quarterfinal here this year.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Djokovic won his 5th title here, defeating Federer 76(5) 16 76(4) 46 13-12(3) in the final. 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. He saved 2 championship points during the final set, making him the first man to win the Wimbledon title from championship point down since Bob Falkenburg in 1948. He was also the first man to win the Wimbledon title having saved a match point at any stage of the tournament since Neale Fraser in 1960, who saved 5 match points in the quarterfinals.

• Djokovic is bidding to win his 6th Wimbledon title and claim sole ownership of 4th place on the all-time list for the most Wimbledon men’s singles titles won, ahead of Bjorn Borg and Laurie Doherty. Federer (8 Wimbledon titles), William Renshaw and Pete Sampras (both 7) are the only men to have won more Wimbledon singles titles than Djokovic.

• Djokovic is also bidding to win his 3rd consecutive Wimbledon title and become the 4th man in the Open Era to record a streak of 3 consecutive Wimbledon titles – after Federer, Bjorn Borg and Sampras. It would be the 3rd time in his career that he has recorded a streak of 3 consecutive titles at a Grand Slam event – he has won 3 consecutive Australian Open titles on 2 occasions, in 2013-15 and 2019-21.

• Djokovic is bidding to win his 20th Grand Slam title and equal Federer and Rafael Nadal’s record for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles.

• Djokovic is bidding to become the 5th man in history to win the first 3 Grand Slam tournaments of the season – after Jack Crawford (1933), Don Budge (1938), Lew Hoad (1956) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969). Of the 4 men who have previously won the opening 3 Grand Slam tournaments of the season, 2 (Budge and Laver) have gone on to win the Grand Slam, with Laver doing so in both 1962 and 1969.

• Djokovic is also bidding to become the 12th man in history to win back-to-back Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles – and the first since Nadal achieved the feat for the 2nd time in 2010.

• Djokovic won his 9th Australian Open title in February this year, defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final. He became the 2nd player to win 9 singles titles at a Grand Slam tournament after Nadal (13 Roland Garros titles) and Margaret Court (9 Australian Championships/Open titles).

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

• Djokovic also won his 2nd Roland Garros title in June this year, becoming the 3rd man in history (after Laver and Roy Emerson) to win all 4 Grand Slam tournaments twice. He recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas in 5 sets in the final. Having also recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Lorenzo Musetti in the round of 16, it was the first time that a Grand Slam champion had recovered from 0-2 down twice en route to winning the title since Ted Schroeder at 1949 Wimbledon. He defeated Nadal in the semifinals – it was Djokovic’s 2nd victory against Nadal at Roland Garros and just Nadal’s 3rd defeat at Roland Garros.

• Djokovic is bidding to record his 315th Grand Slam match-win. By defeating Milos Raonic in the round of 16 at the Australian Open this year, he became the 2nd player to record 300 men’s singles match-wins at the Grand Slams, after Federer.

• Also in 2021, Djokovic won the title at Belgrade II the week before Roland Garros, defeating Alex Molcan in the final. He became the first man to win a Grand Slam title having won a Tour-level event the week before since Patrick Rafter won back-to-back titles at Long Island and the US Open in 1998. He also reached the final at Rome-1000 (l. Nadal), the semifinals at Belgrade I (l. Aslan Karatsev) and the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Daniel Evans).

• Djokovic did not contest the singles at a grass court event prior to coming here. He is one of just 7 men in the Open Era to have won the title here without playing a warm-up event on grass, achieving the feat in 2011, 2014-15 and 2019. He did compete in doubles at Mallorca, where he and Carlos Gomez-Herrera reached the final before giving a walkover to Simone Boelli/Maximo Gonzalez due to Gomez-Herrera’s right ankle injury.

• Djokovic is bidding to record his 32nd Tour-level match-win of the season and claim sole ownership of 3rd place on the list for most victories at Tour-level in 2021, ahead of Cameron Norrie.

2021 total win-loss

Rank Player 2021 total win-loss

1. Stefanos Tsitsipas 39-10

2. Andrey Rublev 36-11

3= Novak Djokovic Cameron Norrie

31-3 31-14

5. Matteo Berrettini 30-6

• Djokovic has a 9-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon, with his only defeat in a 5-set match coming against Mario Ancic in the round of 16 in 2006. He has a 35-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• By defeating Musetti and Tsitsipas in 5 sets at Roland Garros this year, Djokovic claimed sole ownership of the all-time record for most 5-set matches won at the Grand Slams, ahead of Federer.

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 27-13

Lleyton Hewitt 26-19

• Of Djokovic’s 84 Tour-level singles titles, 6 have come on grass – in addition to his 5 Wimbledon titles, he also won the title on grass at 2017 Eastbourne (d. Gael Monfils). He has won 61 titles on hard courts and 17 titles on clay.

• Djokovic has held the world No. 1 ranking for a total of 328 weeks (including this week) and holds the record for most weeks ranked No. 1, having surpassed Federer’s mark of 310 weeks as world No. 1 on 8 March 2021. He is guaranteed to remain at No. 1 next week following Medvedev’s defeat in the round of 16 here.

• Djokovic has played Davis Cup for Serbia since 2004, has a 37-11 win-loss record in the competition and led Serbia to their only title in the competition to date in 2010. He won all 3 singles matches he contested as Serbia reached the quarterfinals last year (l. Russia). Serbia will compete alongside Germany and Austria in Group F the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Djokovic is coached by Marian Vajda and 2001 Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic.

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

• FUCSOVICS is bidding to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his 17th Grand Slam overall.

• Fucsovics is bidding to become the 3rd Hungarian player in history, man or woman, to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon – after Jozsef Asboth (who reached the men’s singles semifinals here in 1948) and Zsuzsa Kormoczy (who reached the women’s singles semifinals here in 1958).

• Fucsovics is also bidding to become the 5th Hungarian player in history, man or woman, to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam – and the first since Istvan Gulyas reached the semifinals at 1967 Roland Garros.

Hungarian players in Grand Slam semifinals (all-time)

Player Grand Slam semifinals reached

Jozsef Asboth Istvan Gulyas

2 (1947 Roland Garros, 1948 Wimbledon) 2 (1966-67 Roland Garros)

Marton Fucsovics?? Zsuzsa Kormoczy Otto Szigeti

1?? (2021 Wimbledon??) 1 (1958 Wimbledon) 1 (1939 Roland Garros)

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Fucsovics has become the 3rd Hungarian man in the Open Era – and the 6th in history – to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam. Gulyas (1971 Roland Garros) and Balazs Taroczy (1976, 1981 Roland Garros) are the only other Hungarian men to reach the last 8 at a major in the Open Era.

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Fucsovics has also become the 4th Hungarian player in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon – after Bela von Kehrling (1929), Asboth (1948) and Kormoczy (1953, 1955 and 1958). He has become the first Hungarian player, man or woman, to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Agnes Szavay reached the women’s singles quarterfinals at the 2007 US Open.

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Fucsovics has recorded his best Grand Slam performance. His previous best performances at the Grand Slams were reaching the round of 16 at a Grand Slam on 3 occasions – at the Australian Open in 2018 and 2020, falling to Roger Federer on both occasions, and at Roland Garros last year (l. Andrey Rublev).

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Fucsovics has also recorded his best Wimbledon performance. His previous best performance here was reaching the 2nd round in 2019, when he defeated Dennis Novak for his first Wimbledon match-win before falling to Fabio Fognini in 5 sets.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Fucsovics reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Marc Polmans and Stan Wawrinka – both in 5 sets – before falling to Milos Raonic, and the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Gilles Simon, l. Fognini).

• Prior to coming here, Fucsovics reached the 2nd round at Eastbourne (d. Aljaz Bedene, l. Soonwoo Kwon) but fell to Ugo Humbert in the 1st round at Stuttgart.

• Fucsovics’ best result in 2021 is reaching the final as a qualifier at Rotterdam, where he fell to Rublev in straight sets. He also reached the quarterfinals at Doha, where he gave a walkover to Rublev due to a lower back injury, and Dubai, falling again to Rublev. He also fell to Rublev in the 3rd round at Miami-1000 – the 4th consecutive tournament that he had exited following a defeat or walkover against Rublev.

• Fucsovics’ best Tour-level result on grass prior to Wimbledon this year was reaching the quarterfinals at 2019 Stuttgart, where he defeated Jaume Munar and Nikoloz Basilashvili before falling to Milos Raonic. His only other Tour-level match-wins on grass came in 2nd round finishes at 2018 Stuttgart (d. Denis Kudla, l. Raonic), at 2019 Wimbledon and at Eastbourne this year.

• Fucsovics is bidding to defeat a world No. 1 for the first time on his 2nd attempt. He lost his only previous match against a world No.1 – against Djokovic in the 2nd round at 2019 Doha. He has a 1-7 win-loss record against Top 5 players at Tour-level, with his only victory against a Top 5 player coming against No. 5 Daniil Medvedev in the 1st round at Roland Garros last year.

• Fucsovics has won one Tour-level title – on clay at 2018 Geneva (d. Peter Gojowczyk). He became the first Hungarian man to win a Tour-level title since Balazs Taroczy at 1982 Hilversum.

• Fucsovics’ victory against Rublev in the round of 16 here was his first victory in a 5-set match at Wimbledon. He lost the only other 5-set match he has contested here – to Fognini in the 2nd round in 2019. He has an 8-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

• Fucsovics reached a career-high ranking of No. 31 in March 2019. He plays here at No. 48.

• Fucsovics is one of 3 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions through to the quarterfinals from the 8 who began the men’s main draw here this year. He won the boys’ singles title here in 2010 (d. Benjamin Mitchell) and also reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles at the Australian Open (l. Sean Berman) and the US Open (l. Jack Sock) in the same year.

• Fucsovics has played Davis Cup for Hungary since 2010 and has a 29-16 win-loss record in the competition. He won both singles matches he contested as Hungary defeated Belgium in the Qualifiers in March last year, securing Hungary’s place at the next Davis Cup Finals, where the team will compete alongside Croatia and Australia in Group D.

• Fusovics entered the men’s doubles here with Stefano Travaglia. The pair defeated Radu Albot/Nikoloz Basilashvili 36 62 62 in the 1st round before falling to No. 6 seeds Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury 63 64 in the 2nd round.

• Fucsovics is coached by Zoltan Nagy and Miklos Jancso.

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

NO. 6 ROGER FEDERER (SUI) v NO. 14 HUBERT HURKACZ (POL)

Head-to-head: Federer leads 1-0 2019 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) QF Federer 64 64 A 2nd meeting for Federer and Hurkacz. On their only previous meeting, in the quarterfinals at Indian Wells-1000 2 years ago, Federer won in straight sets.

Possible semifinal head-to-heads

Berrettini Auger-Aliassime

Federer 2-0 0-1

Hurkacz 1-0 0-2

Road to the quarterfinals

FEDERER Time Time HURKACZ

d. Adrian Mannarino 64 67(3) 36 62 ret. (knee) 2:44 1st round 1:50 d. Lorenzo Musetti 64 76(5) 61 d. Richard Gasquet 76(1) 61 64 1:51 2nd round 1:44 d. Marcos Giron 63 62 64 d. No. 29 Cameron Norrie 64 64 57 64 2:35 3rd round 1:24 d. Alexander Bublik 63 64 62 d. No. 23 Lorenzo Sonego 75 64 62 2:11 Round of 16 3:02 d. No. 2 Daniil Medvedev 26 76(2) 36 63 63

total time on court 9:21 (IBM time) 8:00 total time on court

FEDERER v HURKACZ 39 Age 24 8 ATP Ranking 18 103 Titles 3 369-59 Career Grand Slam Record 10-12 105-13 Wimbledon Record 6-2 1251-274 Career Record 70-67 192-28 Career Record - Grass 8-6 9-3 2021 Record 19-11 5-1 2021 Record - Grass 4-2 32-23 Career Five-Set Record 2-4 10 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 466-246 Career Tiebreak Record 32-32 6-2 2021 Tiebreak Record 10-3

• FEDERER is bidding to reach the semifinals here for the 14th time and extend his lead at the top of the all-time list for most Wimbledon semifinal appearances, ahead of Jimmy Connors.

Most Wimbledon men’s singles semifinal appearances (all-time)

Player No. of appearances

Roger Federer 14??

Jimmy Connors 11

Novak Djokovic 10??

Boris Becker Arthur Gore

Herbert Lawford

9 9 9

• Federer is also bidding to reach his 47th Grand Slam semifinal. He is also top of the all-time list for most Grand Slam semifinal appearances, ahead of Novak Djokovic.

Most Grand Slam men’s singles semifinal appearances (all-time)

Player No. of appearances

Roger Federer 47??

Novak Djokovic 41??

Rafael Nadal 35

Jimmy Connors 31

Ivan Lendl 28

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

• At 39 years 337 days, Federer is bidding to become the oldest man to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon in the Open Era. The oldest man to have reached the semifinals here in the Open Era is Ken Rosewall (39 years 224 days) in 1974. (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament)

• Federer is also bidding to become the oldest man to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam since Rosewall reached the semifinals at the January 1977 Australian Open aged 42 years 68 days. Rosewall, who also reached the 1976 Australian Open aged 41 years 63 days, and Pancho Gonzales, who reached the semifinals at 1968 Roland Garros aged 40 years 31 days, are the only men to have reached the last 4 at a Grand Slam in the Open Era aged older than Federer is now.

• Federer is bidding to record his 106th Wimbledon match-win and claim sole ownership of the all-time record for most men’s singles matches won at a Grand Slam event – ahead of Rafael Nadal, who has recorded 105 match-wins at Roland Garros.

• Wimbledon is Federer’s most-successful Grand Slam event in terms of titles and matches won, and his 2nd most-successful Grand Slam event in terms of semifinals reached, behind the Australian Open.

Grand Slam Titles won Win-loss record Semifinals reached

Australian Open 6 102-15 15

Roland Garros 1 72-17 8

Wimbledon 8 105-13 14??

US Open 5 89-14 10

• By reaching his 18th Wimbledon quarterfinal, Federer has extended his Open Era record for most men’s singles quarterfinal appearances at Wimbledon – ahead of Connors, who reached the last 8 here on 14 occasions.

• By reaching his 58th Grand Slam quarterfinal, Federer has also extended his all-time record for most quarterfinal appearances at the Grand Slams – ahead of Djokovic, who has reached his 50th Grand Slam quarterfinal here this year.

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Federer has become the oldest man to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in the Open Era. He has also become the oldest man to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Rosewall reached the quarterfinals at the December 1977 Australian Open aged 43 years 59 days.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Federer reached his 12th final here, falling to 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. 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.

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

• 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. 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 was the youngest player to begin the men’s main draw here 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 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 contested 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 13th 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) but lost his opening match 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 192-28 career win-loss record.

• Federer is one of 3 Wimbledon boys’ singles champions through to the quarterfinals from the 8 who began 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.

• HURKACZ is bidding to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his 13th Grand Slam overall.

• Hurkacz is bidding to become the 2nd Polish man in history to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam – after Jerzy Janowicz, who reached the semifinals here in 2013.

• Hurkacz is also bidding to become the 4th Polish player in history, man or woman, to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam – after Janowicz, Agnieszka Radwanska (who reached 5 Grand Slam semifinals) and Iga Swiatek (who reached her only Grand Slam semifinal to date at Roland Garros last year).

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Hurkacz has become the 5th Polish man in history to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam – after Wojtek Fibak (4 Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances), and Janowicz, Lukasz Kubot and Ignacy Tloczynski (all one Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance).

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Hurkacz has also become the 4th Polish man in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon – after Fibak, who reached the quarterfinals here in 1980, and Janowicz and Kubot, who both reached the quarterfinals here in 2013.

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Hurkacz has recorded his best Grand Slam result. His previous best result at the Grand Slams was reaching the 3rd round here in 2019, when he defeated Dusan Lajovic and Leonardo Mayer before falling to Novak Djokovic.

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

• In Grand Slam play this year, Hurkacz lost 5-set matches in the 1st round at both the Australian Open (l. Mikael Ymer) and Roland Garros (l. Botic van de Zandschulp).

• Prior to coming here, Hurkacz lost his opening match at both Stuttgart (l. Dominic Stephan Stricker) and Halle (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime).

• Hurkacz is bidding to record his 9th Tour-level match win on grass. In addition to his victories here in 2019 and this year, he also reached the quarterfinals at 2019 Eastbourne, where he defeated Marco Cecchinato and Steve Johnson before falling to Taylor Fritz.

• Hurkacz’s best result in 2021 is winning his first Masters-1000 title at Miami-1000 (d. Jannik Sinner), becoming the first Polish player to win a title at Masters-1000 level. He also won the title at Delray Beach (d. Sebastian Korda) and reached the quarterfinals at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne (l. Stefano Travaglia). He has won 3 Tour-level singles titles, all of which have come on hard courts.

• Hurkacz’s victory against Lorenzo Musetti in the 1st round here ended a 6-match Tour-level losing streak – he had previously not won a match since reaching the 2nd round at Monte Carlo-1000 in April (d. Thomas Fabbiano, l. Daniel Evans).

• Hurkacz has is bidding to extend a 3-match winning streak against Top 10 players. He has won his 3 most-recent matches against Top 10 players – having defeated No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals and No. 8 Andrey Rublev in the semifinals at Miami-1000 this year, and No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in the round of 16 here on Tuesday. His victory against Medvedev here was his first victory against a Top 10 player at a Grand Slam on his 5th attempt. He has an 8-11 win-loss record against Top 10 players at Tour-level overall.

• Hurkacz’s victory against Medvedev in the round of 16 here was the first 5-set match he had contested at Wimbledon. He has a 2-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.

• Hurkacz broke the Top 20 for the first time after winning the title at Miami-1000 this year. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 16 and plays here 2 places lower at No. 18.

• Hurkacz has played Davis Cup for Poland since 2016 and has a 8-9 win-loss record in the competition. Poland will next compete in the World Group I play-offs in 2022.

• Hurkacz received an International Player Grand Slam Grant, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund, in 2018

• Hurkacz is coached by Craig Boynton.

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

NO. 7 MATTEO BERRETTINI (ITA) v NO. 16 FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME (CAN)

Head-to-head: Berrettini leads 1-0 2019 Stuttgart Grass (O) FR Berrettini 64 76(11) A 2nd meeting for Berrettini and Auger-Aliassime. Their only previous meeting came on grass in the final at 2019 Stuttgart, with Berrettini winning in straight sets.

Possible semifinal head-to-heads

Federer Hurkacz

Berrettini 0-2 0-1

Auger-Aliassime 1-0 2-0

Road to the quarterfinals

BERRETTINI Time Time AUGER-ALIASSIME

d. Guido Pella 64 36 64 60 2:16 1st round 2:07 d. Thiago Monteiro 63 63 63 d. (LL) Botic van de Zandschulp 63 64 76(4) 2:15 2nd round 2:39 d. Mikael Ymer 64 46 76(4) 61 d. Aljaz Bedene 64 64 64 1:42 3rd round 0:58 d. Nick Kyrgios 26 61 ret. (abdominal) d. Ilya Ivashka 64 63 61 1:47 Round of 16 4:02 d. No. 4 Alexander Zverev 64 76(4) 36 36 64

total time on court 8:00 (IBM time) 9:46 total time on court

BERRETTINI v AUGER-ALIASSIME 25 Age 20 9 ATP Ranking 19 5 Titles 0 28-12 Career Grand Slam Record 12-8 8-2 Wimbledon Record 6-1 101-57 Career Record 86-65 22-5 Career Record - Grass 18-5 30-6 2021 Record 24-13 9-0 2021 Record - Grass 10-2 3-1 Career Five-Set Record 1-1 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 50-38 Career Tiebreak Record 47-31 13-4 2021 Tiebreak Record 8-10

• BERRETTINI is bidding to reach the semifinals here for the first time and equal his best Grand Slam performance. This is his 3rd Wimbledon and his 14th Grand Slam overall.

• Berrettini is bidding to become the 2nd Italian man in history to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon – after Nicola Pietrangeli, who reached the semifinals here in 1960.

• Berrettini is bidding to reach his 2nd Grand Slam semifinal and become the 6th Italian man in history to reach the semifinals at the Grand Slams on multiple occasions. He is one of 2 active Italian men to have reached a Grand Slam semifinal, alongside Marco Cecchinato.

Italian men in Grand Slam semifinals (all-time)

Player Grand Slam semifinals reached

Nicola Pietrangeli 5 (1959-61, 1964 Roland Garros; 1960 Wimbledon)

Adriano Panatta 3 (1973, 1975-76 Roland Garros)

Corrado Barazzutti Matteo Berrettini Giogio de Stefani Giuseppi Merlo

2 (1977 US Open; 1978 Roland Garros) 2?? (2019 US Open, 2021 Wimbledon??) 2 (1932, 1934 Roland Garros) 2 (1955-56 Roland Garros)

Marco Cecchinato Uberto de Morpurgo Orlando Sirola

1 (2018 Roland Garros) 1 (1930 Roland Garros) 1 (1960 Roland Garros)

• Wimbledon is Berrettini’s joint-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won. He is bidding to record his 9th Wimbledon match-win today. (see table overleaf)

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Grand Slam Titles won Win-loss record Semifinals reached

Australian Open 0 4-3 0

Roland Garros 0 8-4 0

Wimbledon 0 8-2 1??

US Open 0 8-3 1

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Berrettini has recorded his best Wimbledon performance. His previous best performance here was reaching the round of 16 in 2019, when he defeated Aljaz Bedene, Marcos Baghdatis and Diego Schwartzman before falling to Roger Federer in straight sets.

• By reaching his first Wimbledon quarterfinal, Berrettini has become the 5th Italian man in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon – after Uberto de Morpurgo (1928), Pietrangeli (1955, 1960), Adriano Panatta (1979) and Davide Sanguinetti (1998).

• By reaching his 3rd Grand Slam quarterfinal, Berrettini has equalled Corrado Barazzutti, Giovanni Cucelli, De Morpurgo and Giuseppe Merlo in 4th place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances by an Italian man. Pietrangeli (10 Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances), Panatta (6) and Giorgio de Stefani (4) are the only Italian men to have reached the quarterfinals at the Grand Slams more often than Berrettini.

• Berrettini’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at the 2019 US Open (l. Rafael Nadal), where he became the 2nd Italian man to reach the semifinals at the US Open after Barazzutti in 1977.

• 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 bidding to record his 31st Tour-level match-win of the season. He is in 5th place on the list for most Tour-level match-wins this season.

2021 total win-loss

Rank Player 2021 total win-loss

1. Stefanos Tsitsipas 39-10

2. Andrey Rublev 36-11

3= Novak Djokovic Cameron Norrie

31-3 31-14

5. Matteo Berrettini 30-6

• 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 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.

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• AUGER-ALIASSIME is bidding to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 2nd Wimbledon appearance and his 9th Grand Slam overall.

• Auger-Aliassime is bidding to become the 3rd Canadian man to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon – after Robert Powell (who reached the All-Comers semifinals here in 1908) and Milos Raonic (2016). Fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov is also bidding to reach his first Wimbledon semifinal today.

• Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov are both bidding to reach their first Grand Slam semifinals. Just 5 Canadian players in history have reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam – most recently Bianca Andreescu, who reached the semifinals and went on to win the title at the 2019 US Open.

Canadian players in Grand Slam semifinals (all-time)

Player Grand Slam semifinals reached

Eugenie Bouchard Milos Raonic

3 (2014 Australian Open, 2014 Roland Garros, 2014 Wimbledon) 3 (2014 Wimbledon, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Wimbledon)

Bianca Andreescu Felix Auger-Aliassime?? Carling Bassett-Seguso Robert Powell Denis Shapovalov??

1 (2019 US Open) 1?? (2021 Wimbledon??) 1 (1984 US Open) 1 (1908 Wimbledon*) 1?? (2021 Wimbledon??)

*Powell reached the All-Comers semifinals in 1908 during the Challenge Round-era at Wimbledon

• If Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov both win today and reach the semifinals here, it will be the first time in history that multiple Canadian men have reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam. It will also be the 2nd time that multiple Canadian players have reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam – after 2014 Wimbledon, when Raonic reached the men’s singles semifinals and Eugenie Bouchard reached the women’s singles semifinals.

• Aged 20 years 337 days, Auger-Aliassime is bidding to become the youngest man to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon since 2007, when Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals here aged 20 years 47 days. By reaching the quarterfinals here, he has become the youngest man to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon since Nick Kyrgios (19 years 70 days) in 2014. (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament)

• Auger-Aliassime is also bidding to become the youngest man to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam since the 2019 Australian Open, when Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the semifinals aged 20 years 168 days. Since Juan Martin del Potro won the title at the 2009 US Open aged 20 years 355 days, Tsitsipas is the only man aged under-21 to have reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam.

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Auger-Aliassime has recorded his best Grand Slam performance. His previous best performances at the Grand Slams were 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). 

• By reaching their first Wimbledon quarterfinals Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov have become the 4th and 5th Canadian men in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon – after Powell (1908, 1910, 1912), Raonic (2014, 2016-18) and Vasek Pospisil (2015).

• With Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov both through to the quarterfinals here, it is the first time in history that multiple Canadian men have reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam. It is the 3rd time in history that multiple Canadian players, men or women, have reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam – after Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2014, when Bouchard and Raonic reached the quarterfinals at both events.

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

• In Grand Slam play this year, in addition to his round of 16 finish at the Australian Open, Auger-Aliassime fell to Andreas Seppi in the 1st round at Roland Garros. 

• 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. His runner-up finish at Stuttgart was his 2nd Tour-level final on grass, having also reached the final at Stuttgart in 2019 (l. Berrettini).  

• 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 Tsitsipas on both occasions.  

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• Auger-Aliassime is bidding to extend a 3-match winning streak against Top 10 players. He has won his 3 most-recent matches against Top 10 players – having defeated No. 10 Diego Schwartzman in the 2nd round at 2021 Rome-1000, No. 8 Roger Federer in the 2nd round at 2021 Halle and No. 6 Alexander Zverev in the round of 16 here on Monday. His victory against Schwartzman ended an 11-match Tour-level losing streak against Top 10 players. He has a 1-1 win-loss record against Top 10 players at the Grand Slams and a 5-15 win-loss record against Top 10 players at Tour-level overall.

• Auger-Aliassime’s 5-set victory against Zverev in the round of 16 here was his first victory in a 5-set match. He lost the only other 5-set match he has contested, falling to Karatsev in 5 sets in the round of 16 at the Australian Open this year despite holding a 2-0 lead.

• 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 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.  

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

NO. 10 DENIS SHAPOVALOV (CAN) v NO. 25 KAREN KHACHANOV (RUS)

Head-to-head: Shapovalov leads 1-0 2019 Davis Cup Finals Hard (I) SF Shapovalov 64 46 64 A 2nd meeting for Shapovalov and Khachanov, but their first at a Grand Slam or on grass. Shapovalov won the only previous match they have contested, during Canada’s semifinal victory against Russia at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid. Khachanov has won 2 of the 3 matches he has contested against lefthanded players at Wimbledon – he defeated Thiago Monteiro in the 2nd round in 2017 and Feliciano Lopez in the 2nd round in 2019, but fell to Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round in 2017. He has a 9-2 win-loss record against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams and a 23-19 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level overall.

Possible semifinal head-to-heads

Djokovic Fucsovics

Shapovalov 0-6 0-1

Khachanov 1-4 1-1

Road to the quarterfinals

SHAPOVALOV Time Time KHACHANOV

d. Philipp Kohlschreiber 64 46 63 57 64 3:35 1st round 2:50 d. (Q) Mackenzie McDonald 36 63 64 76(3) d. Pablo Andujar w/o (rib) 0:00 2nd round 1:48 d. Egor Gerasimov 61 76(3) 63 d. (WC) Andy Murray 64 62 62 2:17 3rd round 1:46 d. Frances Tiafoe 63 64 64 d. No. 8 Roberto Bautista Agut 61 63 75 2:07 Round of 16 3:49 d. Sebastian Korda 36 64 63 57 10-8

total time on court 7:59 (IBM time) 10:13 total time on court

SHAPOVALOV v KHACHANOV 22 Age 25 12 ATP Ranking 29 1 Titles 4 22-14 Career Grand Slam Record 38-18 4-3 Wimbledon Record 11-3 125-100 Career Record 159-127 10-11 Career Record - Grass 19-10 21-13 2021 Record 20-14 7-2 2021 Record - Grass 5-2 6-5 Career Five-Set Record 6-6 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 53-62 Career Tiebreak Record 86-88 5-9 2021 Tiebreak Record 13-9

• Lefthander SHAPOVALOV is bidding to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his 15th Grand Slam overall.

• Shapovalov is bidding to become the 3rd Canadian man to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon – after Robert Powell (who reached the All-Comers semifinals here in 1908) and Milos Raonic (2016). Fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime is also bidding to reach his first Wimbledon semifinal today.

• Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime are both bidding to reach their first Grand Slam semifinals. Just 5 Canadian players in history have reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam – most recently Bianca Andreescu, who reached the semifinals and went on to win the title at the 2019 US Open. (see table overleaf)

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

Canadian players in Grand Slam semifinals (all-time)

Player Grand Slam semifinals reached

Eugenie Bouchard Milos Raonic

3 (2014 Australian Open, 2014 Roland Garros, 2014 Wimbledon) 3 (2014 Wimbledon, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Wimbledon)

Bianca Andreescu Felix Auger-Aliassime?? Carling Bassett-Seguso Robert Powell Denis Shapovalov??

1 (2019 US Open) 1?? (2021 Wimbledon??) 1 (1984 US Open) 1 (1908 Wimbledon*) 1?? (2021 Wimbledon??)

*Powell reached the All-Comers semifinals in 1908 during the Challenge Round-era at Wimbledon

• If Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime both win today and reach the semifinals here, it will be the first time that multiple Canadian men have reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam. It will also be the 2nd time that multiple Canadian players have reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam – after 2014 Wimbledon, when Raonic reached the men’s singles semifinals and Eugenie Bouchard reached the women’s singles semifinals.

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Shapovalov has equalled his best Grand Slam result. He also reached the quarterfinals at the US Open last year, when he defeated Sebastian Korda, Soonwoo Kwon, Taylor Fritz and David Goffin, before falling to Pablo Carreno Busta in 5 sets in the last 8. He became the first Canadian man in history to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open.  

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Shapovalov has recorded his best Wimbledon result. His previous best result here was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 when, as No. 26 seed, he defeated Jeremy Chardy before falling to Benoit Paire.

• By reaching his 2nd Grand Slam quarterfinal, Shapovalov has become the 3rd Canadian man in history to reach the quarterfinals at the Grand Slams on multiple occasions – after Raonic (10 Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances) and Powell (3).

• By reaching their first Wimbledon quarterfinals Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime have become the 4th and 5th Canadian men in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon – after Powell (1908, 1910, 1912), Raonic (2014, 2016-18) and Vasek Pospisil (2015).

• With Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime both through to the quarterfinals here, it is the first time in history that multiple Canadian men have reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam. It is the 3rd time in history that multiple Canadian players, men or women, have reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam – after Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2014, when Bouchard and Raonic reached the quarterfinals at both events.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Shapovalov fell to Ricardas Berankis in the 1st round. He also fell in the 1st round as a wild card on his Grand Slam debut here in 2017 (l. Jerzy Janowicz).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Shapovalov reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Auger-Aliassime). He missed Roland Garros due to a shoulder injury.

• Prior to coming here, Shapovalov reached his first Tour-level semifinal on grass at Queen’s (l. Cameron Norrie). He also reached the quarterfinals at Stuttgart (l. Marin Cilic).

• Shapovalov’s best result in 2021 is finishing runner-up at Geneva (l. Casper Ruud). He also reached the semifinals at Dubai (l. Lloyd Harris) and the quarterfinals at Doha (l. Taylor Fritz).

• Shapovalov is the only lefthanded player through to the quarterfinals from the 18 who started the men’s main draw at Wimbledon this year. The last lefthander to win the title here was Rafael Nadal in 2010.

• Shapovalov’s victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber in the 1st round here was the first 5-set match he has contested at Wimbledon. He has a 6-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.

• Shapovalov has won one Tour-level title – on hard courts at 2019 Stockholm (d. Filip Krajinovic).

• Shapovalov reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 after reaching the semifinals at Rome-1000 in September 2020. He plays here 2 places lower at No. 12.

• Shapovalov is one of 3 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions through to the round of 16 from the 8 who began the men’s main draw here this year. He won the boys’ singles title here in 2016, defeating Alex de Minaur

2021 Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal match notes

in the final. He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 2 in July 2016 and was also a member of the Canadian team that defeated Germany to win the 2015 Junior Davis Cup title.

• Shapovalov was part of the Canadian team which reached the Davis Cup final for the first time in November 2019. He won 3 of his 5 singles matches and 2 of his 3 doubles matches at the Finals in Madrid, falling to Rafael Nadal in the 2nd match of the final. He made his debut in the competition in 2016 and has a 12-7 overall Davis Cup win-loss record. Canada will compete alongside Kazakhstan and Sweden in Group B at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.  

• Shapovalov is coached by his mother, Tessa Shapovalova, and Mikhail Youzhny, who reached the quarterfinals here in 2012.

• KHACHANOV is bidding to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his 19th Grand Slam overall.

• Khachanov is bidding to become the 3rd Russian man in history to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon – after Aleksandr Metreveli (1973) and Marat Safin (2008). (NB Metreveli represented USSR but was born in Georgia)

• Khachanov is bidding to become the 10th Russian man in history to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam. He would become the 3rd active Russian player to reach the last 4 at a Grand Slam, after Daniil Medvedev (3 Grand Slam semifinal appearances) and Aslan Karatsev (who reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open this year)

Russian men in Grand Slam semifinals (all-time)

Player Grand Slam semifinals reached

Marat Safin 7 (2000-01 US Open; 2002, 2004-05 Australian Open; 2002 Roland Garros; 2008 Wimbledon)

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 (1995-96 Roland Garros; 1999-2000 Australian Open; 1999, 2001 US Open)

Nikolay Davydenko 4 (2005, 2007 Roland Garros; 2006-07 US Open)

Daniil Medvedev Aleksandr Metreveli*

3 (2019-20 US Open; 2021 Australian Open) 3 (1972 Australian Open; 1972 Roland Garros; 1973 Wimbledon)

Mikhail Youzhny 2 (2006, 2010 US Open)

Andrei Chesnokov Aslan Karatsev Karen Khachanov?? Alexander Volkov

1 (1989 Roland Garros) 1 (2021 Australian Open) 1?? (2021 Wimbledon??) 1 (1993 US Open)

*Metreveli represented USSR but was born in Georgia

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Khachanov has equalled his best Grand Slam result. He also reached the quarterfinals at 2019 Roland Garros, where he defeated Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Gregoire Barrere, Martin Klizan and Juan Martin del Potro, before falling to Dominic Thiem in straight sets in the last 8.

• By reaching the quarterfinals here, Khachanov has recorded his best Wimbledon result. His previous best result here was reaching the round of 16 here in 2018, when he defeated David Ferrer, Marcos Baghdatis and Frances Tiafoe before falling to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

• By reaching his first Wimbledon quarterfinal, Khachanov has become the 5th Russian man in history to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon – after Metreveli (1972-74), Kafelnikov (1995), Safin (2001, 2008) and Youzhny (2012).

• By reaching his 2nd Grand Slam quarterfinal, Khachanov has become the 11th Russian man in history to reach multiple Grand Slam quarterfinals – after Kafelnikov (13 Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances), Nikolay Davydenko (10), Metreveli and Safin (both 9), Youzhny (6), Andrei Chesnokov, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev (all 4), Andrey Cherkasov (3) and Alexander Volkov (2).

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Khachanov reached the 3rd round. He defeated Soonwoo Kwon and Feliciano Lopez before falling to Bautista Agut. He has reached at least the 3rd round on all 4 of his appearances here.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Khachanov reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Aleksandar Vukic and Ricardas Berankis before falling to Matteo Berrettini, and the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Jiri Vesely, l. Kei Nishikori).

• Prior to coming here, Khachanov reached the 2nd round at Mallorca (d. Lucas Pouille, l. Feliciano Lopez) but fell to Andrey Rublev in the 1st round at Halle.

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• Khachanov’s best results in 2021 are reaching the semifinals at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne (l. Jannik Sinner) and at Lyon (l. Cameron Norrie). He also reached the quarterfinals at Rotterdam (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas) and Marseille (l. Matthew Ebden).

• Khachanov has won one of the last 7 matches he has contested against Top 20 players. His only victory against a Top 20 player in that time came against No. 20 Stan Wawrinka in the 1st round at Rotterdam this year. He has a 21-47 win-loss record against Top 20 players at Tour-level overall.

• Khachanov is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player on grass for the 2nd time on his 6th attempt. He has a 1-4 Tour-level win-loss record against Top 20 players on grass, with his only victory coming in the 2nd round at 2017 Halle, when No. 9 Nishikori retired due to a left hip injury with Khachanov leading 3-2.

• Khachanov is bidding to record his 5th victory against a Top 20 player at a Grand Slam. He has a 4-10 win-loss record against Top 20 players at the Grand Slams, with all 4 of his victories coming at Roland Garros. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at Wimbledon is No. 37 Ferrer in the 1st round here in 2018.

• Khachanov’s 5-set victory against Sebastian Korda in the round of 16 here maintained his perfect record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon. He has won all 4 five-set matches he has contested here and has a 6-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.

• Khachanov has won 4 Tour-level titles – all of which have come on hard courts. He won his first title at 2016 Chengdu (d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas) and won 3 titles during the 2018 season – at Marseille (d. Lucas Pouille), Moscow (d. Adrian Mannarino) and Paris-1000 (d. Djokovic).

• Khachanov dropped outside the Top 20 for the first time since October 2018 in February this year. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 in July 2019 but plays here at No. 29.

• Khachanov was a successful junior, reaching a career-high junior ranking of No. 16. He won the boys’ doubles silver medal alongside Rublev at the 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event in Nanjing, China. The pair fell to Orlando Luz/Marcelo Zormann in the gold medal match. He reached the 2nd round on his only appearance in the boys’ singles here in 2013 (d. Zormann, l. Laslo Djere).

• Khachanov has played Davis Cup since 2013 and has a 9-12 win-loss record in the competition. He won one of the 4 singles matches he contested at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid as Russia reached the semifinals before falling to Canada. The Russian Tennis Federation team will compete alongside Spain and Ecuador in Group A at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Khachanov is coached by Frederik Rosengren and Jose Clavet.