2021 Wimbledon day 2 men's match notes - ITF

2021 Wimbledon day 2 men’s match notes

2021 WIMBLEDON DAY 2 MEN’S NOTES

Tuesday 29 June 1st Round

Featured matches – bottom half

No. 2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) No. 4 Alexander Zverev (RUS) v (Q) Tallon Griekspoor (NED) No. 6 Roger Federer (SUI) v Adrian Mannarino (FRA) No. 11 Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) v Sam Querrey (USA) No. 16 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) v Thiago Monteiro (BRA) No. 18 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v Fernando Verdasco (ESP) No. 21 Ugo Humbert (FRA) v Nick Kyrgios (AUS) No. 29 Cameron Norrie (GBR) v Lucas Pouille (FRA)

Featured matches – top half

No. 9 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) v Benoit Paire (FRA) – to be completed; Schwartzman leads 63 64 No. 10 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) No. 13 Gael Monfils (FRA) v (Q) Christopher O’Connell (AUS) – to be completed; level at 46 62 66 No. 15 Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Sebastian Korda (USA) No. 22 Daniel Evans (GBR) v Feliciano Lopez (ESP) No. 26 Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) – to be completed; Fognini leads 76(4) 62

On court today…

• Eight-time champion Roger Federer will begin his quest for a 9th Wimbledon title on Centre Court in his 22nd consecutive appearance here. Federer has defeated his opponent Adrian Mannarino of France in all 6 of their previous meetings, including 3 times here at SW19. Mannarino will be hoping to cause an upset and send Federer crashing out in the 1st round here for the first time since 2003.  

 

• At 39 years 337 days, Federer, is the oldest man in the draw here 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. Alcaraz is also in action today.  

 

• No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev also begins his 2021 Wimbledon campaign today and will be full of confidence having won his first Tour-level title on grass at Mallorca last week. Medvedev has reached the 2nd round on all 3 of his previous appearances here but Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff will be looking to continue his recent form against Medvedev having defeated him on grass at Halle earlier this month.  

 

• Another match that will draw the crowds today is on Court 12 between No. 21 seed Ugo Humbert and Nick Kyrgios. Kyrgios has not played outside of his home nation Australia since February 2020. Humbert, who won the title at Halle prior to coming here, has won 8 Tour-level matches on grass so far in 2021 and is in joint first-place alongside Alex de Minaur (also in action today after his 1st round match against Sebastian Korda was cancelled on Monday) for most Tour-level match-wins on grass in 2021.  

 

• After the rain on Monday, there are 16 first round matches in the top half of the draw still to be completed, in addition to the 32 first round matches in the bottom half. Of the 16 top half matches, 7 are currently in progress with the remaining 9 yet to start.  

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NO. 2 DANIIL MEDVEDEV (RUS) v JAN-LENNARD STRUFF (GER)

Tour-level head-to-head: Medvedev leads 3-1 2016 Hamburg Clay (O) R32 Medvedev 64 57 64 2016 Orleans Challenger (FRA) Hard (I) R32 Medvedev 64 62 2016 Mons Challenger (BEL) Hard (I) SF Struff 76(2) 76(5) 2017 Marseille Hard (I) R16 Medvedev 63 36 76(3) 2019 Cincinnati-1000 Hard (O) R16 Medvedev 62 61 2021 Halle Grass (O) R32 Struff 76(6) 63 A 5th Tour-level meeting for Medvedev and Struff, but their first at a Grand Slam. Medvedev has won 3 of their 4 Tour-level meetings – but Struff won their most-recent meeting, which was their first on a grass court, in the 1st round at Halle this year. MEDVEDEV v STRUFF 25 Age 31 2 ATP Ranking (28 June) 45 11 Titles 0 35-17 Career Grand Slam Record 21-30 5-3 Wimbledon Record 5-7 187-93 Career Record 153-177 22-13 Career Record - Grass 13-22 26-7 2021 Record 17-16 4-1 2021 Record - Grass 1-2 1-7 Career Five-Set Record 9-5 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 3 55-41 Career Tiebreak Record 79-103 2-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 11-8

• MEDVEDEV is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his 18th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• 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 1-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches 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.

• STRUFF is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 4th time. This is his 8th Wimbledon appearance and his 31st Grand Slam appearance overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Struff equalled his best Wimbledon performance by reaching the 3rd round (l. Mikhail Kukushkin). He also reached the 3rd round here in 2018 (l. Roger Federer).

• Struff’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 on 2 occasions – at Roland Garros in 2019 (l. Novak Djokovic) and this year (l. Diego Schwartzman).

• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play this year, Struff fell to wild card Christopher O’Connell in the 1st round at the Australian Open.

• Prior to coming here, Struff reached the 2nd round at Halle, defeating Medvedev in the 1st round before falling to Marcos Giron, but fell in the 1st round at Mallorca (l. Adrian Mannarino).

• Struff’s best result in 2021 is reaching his first Tour-level singles final at Munich (l. Nikoloz Basilashvili). He also reached the quarterfinals at Antalya (l. Jeremy Chardy), Sardinia (l. Basilashvili) and Parma (l. Tommy Paul).

• Struff is bidding to defeat a Top 5 player at a Grand Slam for the first time on his 6th attempt. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 7 Andrey Rublev in the 1st round at Roland Garros this year.

• Struff is bidding to defeat at Top 5 player at Tour-level for the 4th time. He has a 3-13 win-loss record against Top 5 opposition at Tour-level, with his 3 victories coming against No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in the 2nd round at 2016 Paris-1000, No. 3 Alexander Zverev in the 3rd round at 2019 Indian Wells-1000 and No. 2 Medvedev in the 1st round at Halle this year.

• Struff has won the last 7 five-set matches he has contested – including 2 five-set victories in the opening 2 rounds here in 2018, when he defeated both Leonardo Mayer and Ivo Karlovic. He has a 9-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Struff has won 3 Tour-level doubles titles – at 2018 Tokyo and at 2019 Auckland alongside Ben McLachlan, defeating Raven Klaasen/Michael Venus on both occasions, and at 2019 Metz alongside Robert Lindstedt (d. Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin).

• Struff reached a career-high ranking of No. 29 in August 2020. He plays here at No. 45.

• Struff has played Davis Cup for Germany since 2015 and has an 11-5 overall win-loss record in the competition. Germany will compete alongside Serbia and Austria in Group F at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Struff is coached by Carsten Arriens.


NO. 4 ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) v (Q) TALLON GRIEKSPOOR (NED)

Head-to-head: first meeting Zverev has lost 2 of his 3 matches against qualifiers at Wimbledon – falling to Ernests Gulbis in the 3rd round here in 2018 and Jiri Vesely in the 1st round here in 2019. He has an 8-2 win-loss record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams and a 30-10 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall. Zverev has lost Grand Slam matches to a player ranked as low as No. 124 Griekspoor on 2 occasions – both of which came at Wimbledon, against No. 138 Gulbis in 2018 and No. 124 Vesely in 2019. ZVEREV v GRIEKSPOOR 24 Age 24* 6 ATP Ranking (28 June) 124 15 Titles 0 55-23 Career Grand Slam Record 0-1 8-5 Wimbledon Record 0-0 275-135 Career Record 4-11 25-15 Career Record - Grass 0-1 24-10 2021 Record 2-3 1-1 2021 Record - Grass 0-0 16-8 Career Five-Set Record 0-0

2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 108-75 Career Tiebreak Record 3-6 11-6 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-4 *Turns 25 on 2 July

• ZVEREV is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 5th time. This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance here and his 24th Grand Slam overall.

• 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 is 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 on hard courts at Acapulco (d. Tsitsipas) and on clay at Madrid-1000 (d. Matteo Berrettini). He also reached the quarterfinals at both Munich (l. Ilya Ivashka) and Rome-1000 (l. 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.

• Qualifier GRIEKSPOOR is making his Wimbledon debut today.

• As No. 8 seed, Griekspoor defeated Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 76(8) 67(6) 75, Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) 60 61 and Arthur Fery (GBR) 46 36 76(5) 76(5) in the 3 rounds of Wimbledon qualifying. It is the 2nd time he has successfully qualified at a major on his 11th attempt. His victory against Fery was the first 5-set match he has contested at any level.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Griekspoor reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Pedro Cachin, l. Liam Broady). It was his only appearance in Wimbledon qualifying prior to this year.

• Griekspoor is making his 2nd Grand Slam main draw appearance. He lost in the 1st round on his only other main draw appearance at a Grand Slam – as a qualifier at the 2020 Australian Open (l. Taylor Fritz).

• Griekspoor is bidding to record his 5th Tour-level match-win today. His only victories at Tour-level came in 2nd round finishes as a wild card at Rotterdam in both 2018 (d. Stan Wawrinka, l. Robin Haase) and 2019 (d. Karen Khachanov, l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), and as a qualifier at both Montpellier (d. Marcos Giron, l. Ugo Humbert) and Acapulco (d. Denis Kudla, l. Casper Ruud) this year. On his only other Tour-level appearance this year, as a qualifier at Barcelona, he fell to Ilya Ivashka in the 1st round.

• Griekspoor is bidding to record his first Tour-level match-win on grass. He lost the only Tour-level match he has contested on grass, falling to Vasek Pospisil in the 1st round as a wild card at 2017 ’s-Hertogenbosch. The only other matches he has contested on grass, at any level, came during qualifying here in 2019 and this year.

• Griekspoor’s best results in 2021 are winning the titles at the Prague Challenger (CZE) (d. Oscar Otte) and the Bratislava Challenger (SVK) (d. Sebastian Baez).

• Griekspoor is facing a Top 10 player for the first time today. The highest-ranked player he has defeated is No. 11 Khachanov in the 1st round at 2019 Rotterdam.

• Griekspoor reached a career-high ranking of No. 120 earlier this month. He plays here 4 places lower at No. 124.

• Griekspoor made his Davis Cup debut in 2019. He has lost all 3 matches he has contested in the competition – including the only match he played at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, when he fell to Great Britain’s Andy Murray in a final set tiebreak. Netherlands will play away to Uruguay in a World Group I tie in September.

• Griekspoor is coached by Dennis Schenk.


NO. 6 ROGER FEDERER (SUI) v ADRIAN MANNARINO (FRA)

Head-to-head: Federer leads 6-0 2011 Wimbledon Grass (O) R64 Federer 62 63 62 2011 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R32 Federer 62 63 2013 US Open Hard (O) R32 Federer 63 60 62 2013 Basel Hard (I) R32 Federer 64 62 2017 Basel Hard (I) QF Federer 46 61 63 2018 Wimbledon Grass (O) R16 Federer 60 75 64 A 7th meeting for Federer and Mannarino, their 4th at a Grand Slam and 3rd at Wimbledon. Federer has won all their previous meetings at the Grand Slams in straight sets. Federer has won 25 of the last 26 matches he has contested against lefthanded players. The only lefthanded player to have defeated Federer in that time is Rafael Nadal in the semifinals at 2019 Roland Garros. He has a 39-11 win-loss record against lefthanders at the Grand Slams and a 129-37 win-loss record against lefthanders at Tour-level overall. FEDERER v MANNARINO

39 Age 33* 8 ATP Ranking (28 June) 41

103 Titles 1 365-39 Career Grand Slam Record 33-44 101-13 Wimbledon Record 13-9 1247-274 Career Record 212-253 188-28 Career Record - Grass 53-37 5-3 2021 Record 9-17

1-1 2021 Record - Grass 4-3 32-23 Career Five-Set Record 8-3 10 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 465-245 Career Tiebreak Record 87-108

5-1 2021 Tiebreak Record 3-3 *Turns 33 today

• FEDERER is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 18th consecutive time and extend his record for most consecutive Wimbledon 2nd round appearances.

• Federer has not lost in the 1st round at a Grand Slam since 2003 Roland Garros (l. Luis Horna). He has lost in the 1st round here 3 times, on his debut as a wild card in 1999 (l. Jiri Novak), in 2000 (l. Yevgeny Kafelnikov) and as No. 7 seed in 2002 (l. Mario Ancic).

• 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.

• At 39 years 337 days, 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. (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament)

• 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 9th 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 188-28 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.

• Lefthander MANNARINO is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 8th time. This is his 10th Wimbledon appearance and his 45th Grand Slam overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Mannarino fell to Marin Cilic in straight sets in the 1st round. It was his earliest defeat at Wimbledon since falling in the 1st round here on his debut here as a qualifier in 2009 (l. Marc Gicquel).

• Mannarino’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon on 3 occasions – in 2013 (l. Lukasz Kubot), 2017 (l. Novak Djokovic) and 2018 (l. Roger Federer). 

• In Grand Slam play this year, Mannarino reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Dennis Novak and Miomir Kecmanovic before falling to Alexander Zverev, but fell to Aljaz Bedene in the 1st round at Roland Garros.


• Prior to coming here, Mannarino reached the semifinals at Mallorca (l. Sam Querrey). He also reached the 2nd round at Queen’s (d. Liam Broady, l. Daniel Evans), but fell in the 1st round Stuttgart (l. James Duckworth).

• Mannarino’s other highlights in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals at Singapore (l. Radu Albot) and the 3rd round at Miami-1000 (l. Diego Schwartzman)

• Mannarino has won one of his last 9 matches against Top 10 opposition. His only victory against a Top 10 player in that time came against No. 5 Dominic Thiem, who retired due to a right wrist injury during their 2nd round match at Mallorca this year. He has a 6-42 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Mannarino is bidding to defeat at Top 10 player at a Grand Slam for the first time on his 17th attempt. He has lost all 16 matches he has contested against Top 10 players at the Grand Slams – 12 of them in straight sets. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at the Grand Slams is No. 14 Gael Monfils in the 3rd round here in 2018.

• Mannarino is one of 18 lefthanders to start in the men’s main draw here this year. The last lefthander to win the title here was Rafael Nadal in 2010.  

• Mannarino has won the last 5 five-set matches he has contested. He has not lost a 5-set match since falling to Andy Murray in 5 sets in the 2nd round at the 2015 US Open. He has a 4-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and an 8-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Mannarino has won one Tour-level title – on grass at 2019 ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Jordan Thompson). He has reached 9 other Tour-level finals, most recently at 2020 Nur-Sultan (l. John Millman).

• Mannarino reached a career-high ranking of No. 22 in March 2018. He plays here at No. 41.  

• Mannarino made his only Davis Cup appearance to date in France’s 2018 World Group first round victory against Netherlands, where he won one of the 2 matches he contested. France will compete alongside Great Britain and Czech Republic in Group C at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals. 

• Mannarino is coached by Erwann Tortuyaux.  


NO. 9 DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) v BENOIT PAIRE (FRA)

Tour-level head-to-head: tied 1-1 2015 Rome-1000 Qualifying Draw Clay (O) R16 Schwartzman 75 46 62 2018 Rome-1000 Clay (O) R32 Paire 26 64 62 2019 Munich Clay (O) R32 Schwartzman 64 16 61 A 3rd Tour-level meeting between Schwartzman and Paire and their first at a Grand Slam. Their previous meetings, at all levels, have all come on clay. SCHWARTZMAN v PAIRE 28 Age 32 11 ATP Ranking (28 June) 46 4 Titles 3 43-27 Career Grand Slam Record 42-40 3-5 Wimbledon Record 14-9 184-154 Career Record 226-255 5-10 Career Record - Grass 23-24 16-11 2021 Record 2-16 0-0 2021 Record - Grass 0-1 6-5 Career Five-Set Record 11-10 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 49-57 Career Tiebreak Record 114-112 2-1 2021 Tiebreak Record 2-5

• SCHWARTZMAN is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd time. This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance and his 28th Grand Slam overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Schwartzman recorded his best Wimbledon performance by reaching the 3rd round. He defeated Matthew Ebden and Dominik Koepfer before falling to Matteo Berrettini in 5 sets. He has lost both 5-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon and has a 6-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Schwartzman’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros last year, falling to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Schwartzman reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros (l. Nadal) and the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Aslan Karatsev).

• Schwartzman’s best result in 2021 is winning the title on clay at Buenos Aires (d. Francisco Cerundolo), where he became the first Argentinian champion at the event since David Nalbandian in 2008. It was also his first Tour-level title on home soil.

• Schwartzman’s other highlights this year are reaching the quarterfinals at Cordoba (l. Albert Ramos-Vinolas), Barcelona (l. Pablo Carreno Busta) and Roland Garros and the round of 16 at Miami-1000 (l. Sebastian Korda).

• Scwartzman did not contest a grass court event prior to coming here. Just 7 men in the Open Era have won the title here without playing a warm-up event on grass – most recently Novak Djokovic in 2011, 2014-15 and 2019.

• Schwartzman broke the Top 10 for the first time after reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros in October last year, rising to a career-high ranking of No. 8. He plays here 3 places lower at No. 11.

• Schwartzman has won 4 Tour-level singles titles. In addition to his victory at Buenos Aires this year, he also won the titles on clay at 2016 Istanbul (d. Grigor Dimitrov), 2018 Rio de Janeiro (d. Fernando Verdasco) and 2019 Los Cabos (d. Taylor Fritz).

• Schwartzman has played Davis Cup for Argentina since 2015 and has a 5-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. He won one of the 3 matches he contested as Argentina reached the quarterfinals at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid. Argentina will next play at home to Belarus in a World Group I tie in September 2021.

• Schwartzman is coached by former world No. 15 Juan Ignacio Chela and Alejandro Fabbri.


• PAIRE is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 8th time. This is his 10th Wimbledon appearance and his 41st Grand Slam appearance overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Paire equalled his best Grand Slam result by reaching the round of 16 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut). He has reached the round of 16 at a Grand Slam on 3 other occasions – at the 2015 US Open (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), 2017 Wimbledon (l. Andy Murray) and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Kei Nishikori).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Paire lost in the 1st round at both the Australian Open (l. Egor Gerasimov) and Roland Garros (l. Casper Ruud).

• Paire is bidding to record his 3rd Tour-level match-win this year. His only Tour-level match-wins in 2021 came in a quarterfinal finish at Cordoba after receiving a bye through the 1st round (d. Nicolas Jarry, l. Federico Coria) and in a 2nd round finish at Madrid-1000 (d. Nikoloz Basilashvili, l. Stefanos Tsitsipas).

• Paire has lost his opening match at 12 of the 14 individual events he has contested in 2021 – including his only match on grass prior to coming here, in the 1st round at Queen’s (l. Murray). He also lost both matches he contested while representing France at the ATP Cup.

• Paire has won one of his last 21 matches against Top 20 players at Tour-level, with his only victory against a Top 20 player in that time coming against No. 15 John Isner in the 3rd round at 2019 Washington. He has a 1-16 win-loss record against Top 20 players at the Grand Slams, with his only victory coming against No. 4 Nishikori in the 1st round at the 2015 US Open, and a 20-71 win-loss record against Top 20 players at Tour-level overall.

• Paire is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player on grass for the first time on his 8th attempt. The highest-ranked player he has defeated on grass is No. 21 Alexandr Dolgopolov in the 2nd round here in 2012.

• Wimbledon is Paire’s best Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 14-9 win-loss record here, compared to 12-12 at Roland Garros, 10-9 at the US Open and 6-10 at the Australian Open.

• Paire has won one of the 2 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon – defeating Franko Skugor in the 1st round here in 2016 but falling to Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round in 2015. He has a 11-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Paire reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in January 2016. He plays here at No. 46 – his lowest ranking since May 2019, when he was ranked No. 51.

• Paire has entered the men’s doubles here with Lorenzo Musetti. The pair will face No. 3 seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah in the 1st round.

• Paire is currently without a permanent coach.


NO. 10 DENIS SHAPOVALOV (CAN) v PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER (GER)

Head-to-head: first meeting Kohlschreiber has won 12 of his last 13 matches against lefthanded players. Since falling to Rafael Nadal during Germany’s 2018 Davis Cup quarterfinal defeat to Spain, his only defeat to a lefthanded player came against Dominik Koepfer in the 1st round at Munich this year. He has a 70-39 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level – he has won 64% of his Tour-level matches against lefthanded players, compared to 54% of his Tour-level matches against righthanded players. Kohlschreiber has also won 6 of his last 7 Grand Slam matches against lefthanded players. Since falling to Nadal in the round of 16 at the 2013 US Open, his only defeat to a lefthanded player at a Grand Slam came against Yoshihito Nishioka in the 1st round at the 2018 Australian Open. He has a 13-9 win-loss record against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams – he has won 59% of his Grand Slam matches against lefthanded players, compared to 52% of his Grand Slam matches against righthanded players. SHAPOVALOV v KOHLSCHREIBER 22 Age 37 12 ATP Ranking (28 June) 115 1 Titles 8 19-14 Career Grand Slam Record 75-64 1-3 Wimbledon Record 13-15 122-100 Career Record 474-377 7-11 Career Record - Grass 60-39 18-13 2021 Record 4-3 4-2 2021 Record - Grass 2-1 5-5 Career Five-Set Record 16-14 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 53-62 Career Tiebreak Record 192-189 5-9 2021 Tiebreak Record 3-1

• Lefthander SHAPOVALOV is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his 15th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• 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).

• Shapovalov’s best Wimbledon result is reaching the 2nd round in 2018. As No. 26 seed, he defeated Jeremy Chardy before falling to Benoit Paire.

• Shapovalov recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the quarterfinals at the US Open last year. He defeated Sebastian Korda, Soonwoo Kwon, Taylor Fritz and David Goffin, before falling to Pablo Carreno Busta in 5 sets in the last 8. Shapovalov was the first Canadian man in history to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Shapovalov reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Felix 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 one of 18 lefthanders to start in the men’s main draw at Wimbledon this year. The last lefthander to win the title here was Rafael Nadal in 2010.

• 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 8 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions to begin the men’s main draw here this year. He won the boys’ singles title here in 2016, defeating Alex de Minaur 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.

• KOHLSCHREIBER is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 7th time. He has lost in the 1st round on 4 of his last 5 Wimbledon appearances.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Kohlschreiber fell to No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic in the 1st round.

• Kohlschreiber’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals here in 2012, where he fell to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. It was his 33rd Grand Slam appearance – putting him in 5th place on the Open Era list for most attempts before reaching the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam.

• Kohlschreiber is making his 16th Wimbledon appearance. He is in joint-8th place on the Open Era list for most Wimbledon men’s singles appearances, alongside Djokovic, Tommy Haas and Andreas Seppi.

• Kohlschreiber is making his 66th Grand Slam appearance, equalling Lleyton Hewitt in 6th place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam men’s singles appearances. Roger Federer (81 Grand Slam appearances), Feliciano Lopez (78), Fabrice Santoro (70) and Fernando Verdasco and Mikhail Youzhny (both 69) are the only men to have made more Grand Slam appearances than Kohlschreiber.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Kohlschreiber reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros. He defeated Fernando Verdasco and Aslan Karatsev to end a 7-match Tour-level losing streak, having previous not recorded a victory at Tour-level since reaching the 2nd round at 2020 Dubai (d. Mohamed Safwat, l. Djokovic). He fell to Diego Schwartzman in straight sets in the 3rd round.

• Kohlschreiber has struggled with a hip injury in recent months – he did not compete following his 1st round defeat at Roland Garros last year until making his return at the Belgrade Challenger in April. He missed the Australian Open for the first time since 2014.

• Prior to coming here, Kohlschreiber reached the quarterfinals as a wild card at Halle, where he defeated Jurij Rodionov and Corentin Moutet before falling to Andrey Rublev.

• Also in 2021, Kohlschreiber reached the quarterfinals at the Heilbronn Challenger (GER), defeating Maxime Janvier and Brandon Nakashima before falling to Daniel Elahi Galan, and the 2nd round at the Belgrade Challenger (SRB) (d. Maxime Cressy, l. Damir Dzumhur). He fell to Teymuraz Gabashvili in the 1st round of qualifying at Parma.

• Kohlschreiber is bidding to end an 8-match Tour-level losing streak against Top 20 players. He has not recorded a victory against a Top 20 player since defeating No. 19 Marco Cecchinato in the 2nd round at 2019 Rome-1000. He has a 63-165 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Kohlschreiber is also bidding to end an 11-match Tour-level losing streak against Top 20 players on grass. He has not recorded a victory against a Top 20 player on grass since defeating No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals at 2012 Halle. He has a 6-22 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition on grass at Tour-level.

• Kohlschreiber is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player at Wimbledon for the first time on his 11th attempt. The highest-ranked player he has defeated here is No. 50 Haas in the 1st round in 2012. He has an 8-36 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at the Grand Slams overall.

• Wimbledon is Kohlschreiber’s least successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 13-15 win-loss record here, compared to 24-18 at the US Open, 22-14 at the Australian Open and 16-17 at Roland Garros.


• Kohlschreiber has won 8 career singles titles, one of which has come on grass – at 2011 Halle, when his opponent Philipp Petzschner retired in the final with a lower back injury with Kohlschreiber leading 76(5) 2-0.

• Kohlschreiber has lost his last 4 five-set matches. He has not recorded a 5-set match-win since defeating Lukas Rosol in Germany’s Davis Cup World Group first round tie against Czech Republic. He has a 3-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 16-14 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Kohlschreiber is a former Top 20 player. He reached a career-best ranking of No. 16 in July 2012. In February this year, he dropped outside the Top 100 for the first time since February 2006 and plays here at No. 115. He entered the tournament using a protected ranking of No. 96.

• Kohlschreiber has played Davis Cup for Germany since 2007. He has a 24-17 win-loss record in the competition, but lost his most-recent match, falling to Egor Gerasimov in Germany’s victory over Belarus in the Qualifiers last year. Germany will compete alongside Serbia and Austria in Group F at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Kohlschreiber is coached by Markus Hipfl.


NO. 11 PABLO CARRENO BUSTA (ESP) v SAM QUERREY (USA)

Head-to-head: Carreno Busta leads 1-0 2017 Stockholm Hard (I) QF Carreno Busta 46 61 64 A 2nd meeting for the pair, but their first at a Grand Slam and their first on grass. CARRENO BUSTA v QUERREY

29 Age 33 13 ATP Ranking 60 5 Titles 10 47-29 Career Grand Slam Record 60-55

0-5 Wimbledon Record 23-12 211-174 Career Record 380-312

4-9 Career Record - Grass 74-41 19-18 2021 Record 8-9

2-1 2021 Record - Grass 6-3 6-10 Career Five-Set Record 7-11 2 Comebacks from 0-2 1 91-83 Career Tiebreak Record 196-202 6-1 2021 Tiebreak Record 6-6

• CARRENO BUSTA is bidding to record his 1st Wimbledon match-win. This is his 6th appearance here and his 30th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Carreno Busta fell in the 1st round (l. Alexei Popyrin). He also fell in the 1st round on his debut here in 2014 (l. David Ferrer), and in 2015 (Gael Monfils), 2016 (Milos Raonic) and 2018 (l. Radu Albot).

• Carreno Busta’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals at the US Open on 2 occasions – in 2017 (l. Kevin Anderson) and 2020 (l. Alexander Zverev).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Carreno Busta reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas). He also reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Kei Nishikori and Jiri Vesely before retiring due to an abdominal injury while trailing Grigor Dimitrov in the 3rd round.

• Prior to coming here, Carreno Busta reached the semifinals at Mallorca (l. Daniil Medvedev). By reaching the semifinals at Mallorca, he equalled his best result on grass, having also reached the semifinals at 2019 Antalya (l. Lorenzo Sonego). His only Tour-level match-wins on grass have some in his semifinal finishes at these 2 events, he has lost in the opening round at all of the other grass court events he has contested.

• Carreno Busta’s best result in 2021 is winning the title at Marbella, where as No. 1 seed he defeated Jaume Munar in the final. He also reached the semifinals at Barcelona (l. Rafael Nadal) the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Casper Ruud) and the 2nd round at Rome-1000, where he defeated Laslo Djere before giving a walkover to Kei Nishikori in the 2nd round due to a lower back injury. He fell in the 1st round at Madrid-1000 (l. Federico Delbonis).

• Carreno Busta has lost the only five-set match he has contested at Wimbledon – he defeated Albot in 5 sets in the 1st round here in 2018. He has a 6-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Carreno Busta has won 5 Tour-level titles – but has never won a grass court title. In addition to his victory at Marbella this year, he also won the title on clay at 2017 Estoril (d. Gilles Muller). His other 3 titles came on hard courts at 2016 Winston-Salem (d. Roberto Bautista Agut), 2016 Moscow (d. Fabio Fognini) and 2019 Chengdu (d. Alexander Bublik).

• Grass is Carreno Busta’s weakest surface and the only surface on which he has a negative win-loss record. He has a 4-9 win-loss record on grass, compared to 109-87 on hard courts and 98-78 on clay.

• Carreno Busta broke the Top 10, at No. 10, for the first time in his career after reaching the semifinals at the US Open in September 2017. He plays here at No. 13.

• Carreno Busta made his Davis Cup debut in 2016. He has a 3-5 win-loss record the competition. He was a member of the Spanish team that won their 6th Davis Cup title last year, but lost the only match he contested


at the Davis Cup Finals, falling to Guido Pella in the first match of Spain’s quarterfinal victory over Argentina. Spain will compete alongside the Russian Tennis Federation team and Ecuador in Group A at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals. 

• Carreno Busta is coached by Samuel Lopez and Cesar Fagueras.

• QUERREY is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 10th time. This is his 13th Wimbledon appearance and his 56th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Querrey reached the quarterfinals, defeating No. 5 seed Dominic Thiem, Andrey Rublev, John Millman and Tennys Sandgren before falling to No. 3 seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

• Querrey’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals at 2017 Wimbledon. He defeated No. 1 seed Andy Murray in the quarterfinals before falling to Marin Cilic in the last 4. By reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal on his 42nd Grand Slam appearance, he went top of the Open Era list for most attempts before reaching the semifinals at a major. He was the first American man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since Andy Roddick at 2009 Wimbledon.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Querrey fell to Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets in the 1st round at the Australian Open, before falling to John Isner, also in straight sets, in the 1st round at Roland Garros.

• Prior to coming here, Querrey recorded his best result of 2021 by reaching the final on grass at Mallorca (l. Daniil Medvedev). He also reached the semifinals on grass at Stuttgart (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime), but fell in the 1st round at Halle (l. Ugo Humbert).

• Prior to reaching the semifinals at Stuttgart, Querrey had recorded just two Tour-level match-wins in 2021. His only other match-wins at Tour-level this year came in 2nd round finishes at Delray Beach (d. Mackenzie McDonald, l. Gianluca Mager) and at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne (d. Henri Laaksonen, l. Stefano Travaglia). He contested just 2 events between the Australian Open and Roland Garros – falling in the 1st round at both Miami-1000 (l. Yen-Hsun Lu) and Parma (l. Yoshihito Nishioka).

• Querrey has won 10 Tour-level singles titles – including one on grass. He defeated Mardy Fish in the final to win the title on grass at 2010 Queen’s.

• Querrey has recorded 6 victories over Top 20 opposition at the Grand Slams. Four of those victories have come here – against No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round in 2016, No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 3rd round in 2017, No. 1 Andy Murray in the quarterfinals in 2017 and No. 4 Dominic Thiem in the 1st round in 2019. He has a 4-8 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition here and a 6-21 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at the Grand Slams overall.

• Querrey has won just one of his last 7 matches against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level. His only victory in that time came on grass against No. 10 Roberto Bautista Agut in the quarterfinals at Mallorca this year. He has a 46-120 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Wimbledon is Querrey’s most successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 23-12 win-loss record here, compared to 18-14 at the US Open, 14-15 at the Australian Open and 5-14 at Roland Garros.

• Querrey reached a career-high ranking of No. 11 in February 2018. He plays here at No. 54.

• Querrey is coached by Peter Smith.


NO. 13 GAEL MONFILS (FRA) v (Q) CHRISTOPHER O’CONNELL (AUS)

Head-to-head: first meeting Monfils is bidding to extend an 8-match winning streak against qualifiers at the Grand Slams. He has not lost to a qualifier at a Grand Slam since retiring due to a lower back injury while trailing Illya Marchenko in the 1st round at the 2015 US Open. He has won 2 of his 3 matches against qualifiers at Wimbledon, defeating Noam Okun in the 1st round in 2005 and Daniel Brands in the 1st round in 2017 but falling to Lukasz Kubot in the 3rd round in 2011. He has an 18-2 win-loss record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams and a 68-22 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall. Monfils has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 130 O’Connell. The lowest-ranked player to have defeated Monfils at a Grand Slam is No. 120 Marchenko 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 O’CONNELL 34 Age 27 17 ATP Ranking (28 June) 130 10 Titles 0 111-55 Career Grand Slam Record 2-5 16-11 Wimbledon Record 0-0 495-289 Career Record 3-11 40-30 Career Record - Grass 0-0 2-8 2021 Record 2-7 0-2 2021 Record - Grass 0-0 17-17 Career Five-Set Record 0-1 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 197-147 Career Tiebreak Record 7-6 1-2 2021 Tiebreak Record 5-4

• MONFILS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 9th time. This is his 12th Wimbledon appearance and his 56th Grand Slam 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 112th 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 3rd 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 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.

• Monfils has lost all 5 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon. He has a 17-17 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.


• Wimbledon is Monfils’ weakest Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 16-11 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.

• Qualifier O’CONNELL is bidding to reach the 2nd round at a Grand Slam for the 3rd time on his Wimbledon debut. This is his 6th Grand Slam overall.

• As No. 16 seed, O’Connell defeated Filip Horansky (SVK) 36 61 97, Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 67(3) 63 75 and No. 27 seed Tomas Machac (CZE) 76(6) 64 76(4) in the 3 rounds of Wimbledon qualifying last week. It was his first appearance at Wimbledon qualifying and was the first time he has successfully qualified at a Grand Slam on his 2nd attempt – he fell to Elias Ymer in the 1st round of qualifying at Roland Garros last year on his only previous attempt to qualify at a Grand Slam.

• O’Connell’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 2nd round on 2 occasions – at the 2020 US Open, where he defeated Laslo Djere for his first Tour-level match-win before falling to Daniil Medvedev, and as a wild card at the Australian Open this year (d. Jan-Lennard Struff, l. Radu Albot).

• In Grand Slam play this year, in addition to his 2nd round finish at the Australian Open, O’Connell competed as a wild card at Roland Garros, where he fell to Tommy Paul in 5 sets in the 1st round. It was the first 5-set match he has contested.

• Prior to coming here, O’Connell competed in qualifying at both Stuttgart and Halle. He reached the 2nd round of qualifying at Halle (d. Albot, l. Arthur Rinderknech), but retired due to a right ankle injury while trailing Albot in the 1st round of qualifying at Stuttgart.

• O’Connell’s best results at Tour-level in 2021 are 2nd round finishes at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne (d. Dominik Koepfer, l. Alexander Bublik) and at the Australian Open. He has lost in the 1st round at the 5 other Tour-level events he has contested this year.

• O’Connell is bidding to record his 4th Tour-level match-win. His only Tour-level match-wins have come in 2nd round finishes at the 2020 US Open, and at both the Great Ocean Road Open and the Australian Open this year. He lost in the 1st round at the 8 other Tour-level events he has contested.

• O’Connell is contesting his first Tour-level match on grass. Below Tour-level, his best grass court result is reaching the semifinals at M25 Albury (AUS) in 2019 (l. Matthew Romios).

• O’Connell reached a career-high ranking of No. 111 in September last year. He plays here at No. 130.

• O’Connell is coached by Fernando Ibarrola.


NO. 15 ALEX DE MINAUR (AUS) v SEBASTIAN KORDA (USA)

Head-to-head: first meeting 22 Age 20* 15 ATP Ranking (28 June) 50 5 Titles 1 19-15 Career Grand Slam Record 3-3 3-2 Wimbledon Record 0-0 104-71 Career Record 21-13 12-8 Career Record - Grass 2-1 20-13 2021 Record 18-9 8-2 2021 Record - Grass 2-1 4-3 Career Five-Set Record 0-0 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 44-34 Career Tiebreak Record 3-4 4-4 2021 Tiebreak Record 3-3 *Turns 21 on 5 July

• DE MINAUR is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his 16th Grand Slam overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, De Minaur reached the 2nd round. He defeated Marco Cecchinato before falling to Steve Johnson in 5 sets. It was the first 5-set match he has contested at Wimbledon. He has a 3-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.

• De Minaur’s best Wimbledon performance is reaching the 3rd round on his debut here in 2018, when he defeated Cecchinato and Pierre-Hugues Herbert before falling to Rafael Nadal.

• De Minaur recorded his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2020 US Open, falling to eventual champion Dominic Thiem in straight sets.

• In Grand Slam play this year, De Minaur reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Tennys Sandgren and Pablo Cuevas before falling to Fabio Fognini, and the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Stefano Travaglia, l. Cecchinato).

• Prior to coming here, De Minaur won his first Tour-level title on grass at Eastbourne (d. Lorenzo Sonego). He also reached the semifinals at Queen’s (l. Matteo Berrettini) and the quarterfinals at Stuttgart (l. Jurij Rodionov)

• De Minaur is bidding to record his 9th Tour-level grass court match-win of 2021. He is in joint-first place on the list for most Tour-level matches won on grass this season alongside Halle champion Ugo Humbert.

• Also in 2021, De Minaur won the title at Antalya, winning the final when Alexander Bublik retired due to a right ankle injury. He is one of 9 players to have won multiple Tour-level titles in 2021. He has won 5 Tour-level titles in total, having also won 3 titles in 2019 – at Sydney (d. Andreas Seppi), Atlanta (d. Taylor Fritz) and Zhuhai (d. Adrian Mannarino).

• De Minaur plays here at a new career-high ranking of No. 15. He broke the Top 20 for the first time in October 2019.

• De Minaur reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 2 in February 2016. He finished runner-up in the boys’ singles event here in 2016 (l. Denis Shapovalov) and reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles at the 2015 US Open (l. Tommy Paul) and the 2016 Australian Open (l. Jurabek Karimov).

• De Minaur made his Davis Cup debut in 2018 and has a 4-3 win-loss record in the competition. Australia will compete alongside Croatia and Hungary in Group D at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• De Minaur has entered the men’s doubles here with Matt Reid. The pair play wild cards Luke Johnson/Anton Matusevich in the 1st round.

• De Minaur is coached by Adolfo Gutierrez.


• KORDA is bidding to reach the 2nd round at a Grand Slam for the 2nd time on his Wimbledon debut. This is his 3rd Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Korda’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 on his Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros last year. Ranked at No. 213, he qualified for the main draw before defeating Andreas Seppi, John Isner and Pedro Martinez in the opening 3 rounds. He fell to Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the last 16.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Korda fell to Martinez in the 1st round at Roland Garros. He did not compete at the Australian Open.

• Prior to coming here, Korda reached the quarterfinals at Halle. He defeated Roberto Bautista Agut and Kei Nishikori before falling to Ugo Humbert. It was the first grass court event that he had contested as a professional.

• Korda’s best result in 2021 is winning his first Tour-level title at Parma (d. Marco Cecchinato). He also reached the final at Delray Beach (l. Hubert Hurkacz) and the quarterfinals at Miami-1000 (l. Andrey Rublev). He has contested one event at Challenger-level this season, winning the title at the Quimper Challenger (FRA) (d. Filip Horansky).

• Korda is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player at a Grand Slam for the first time on his 3rd attempt. He lost both of his previous meetings with Top 20 players at the Grand Slams, falling to No. 17 Denis Shapovalov in the 1st round at the US Open last year and No. 2 Nadal in the round of 16 at Roland Garros last year. He has a 3-4 win-loss record against Top 20 players at Tour-level overall, and has won 3 of his last 4 matches against Top 20 opposition.

• Korda reached a career-high ranking of No. 50 in May this year and plays here at the same ranking. He broke the Top 100 for the first time in February this year after winning the title at the Quimper Challenger.

• Korda is a former junior world No. 1. He won the boys’ singles title at the 2018 Australian Open (d. Tseng Chun Hsin). He competed in the boys’ singles here on 2 occasions – in 2017, when he reached the 2nd round (d. James Kent Trotter, l. Michael Vrbensky), and 2018, when he fell to Otto Virtanen in the 1st round.

• Korda is coached by his father, Petr Korda, a former world No. 2 and the 1998 Australian Open champion. His mother, Regina Rajchrtova, also played professional tennis and reached a ranking of No. 26, while his sisters, Jessica and Nelly, are professional golfers on the LPGA Tour.


NO. 16 FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME (CAN) v THIAGO MONTEIRO (BRA)

Head-to-head: Auger-Aliassime leads 1-0 2020 US Open Hard (O) R128 Auger-Aliassime 63 67(7) 76(6) 76(6) A 2nd meeting between Auger-Aliassime and Monteiro and their 2nd at a Grand Slam. Auger-Aliassime is facing a lefthanded player at Wimbledon for the first time, he has a 7-4 win-loss record against lefthanded opposition at the Grand Slams and a 16-11 win-loss record against lefthanders at Tour-level overall. AUGER-ALIASSIME v MONTEIRO 20 Age 27 19 ATP Ranking 81 0 Titles 0 8-8 Career Grand Slam Record 6-12 2-1 Wimbledon Record 1-2 82-65 Career Record 53-71 14-5 Career Record - Grass 1-2 20-13 2021 Record 11-10 6-2 2021 Record - Grass 0-0 0-1 Career Five-Set Record 1-3 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 45-31 Career Tiebreak Record 32-32 6-10 2021 Tiebreak Record 4-5

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

• At Wimbledon in 2019, Auger-Aliassime reached the 3rd round on his Wimbledon debut (l. 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 this year’s Australian Open (l. Aslan Karatsev).

• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play this year, Auger-Aliassime fell in the 1st round (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. Ugo 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 semifinals at Halle and 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 is coached by Frederic Fontag and Toni Nadal.

• MONTEIRO is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his 13th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• At Wimbledon in 2019, Monteiro fell in the 1st round as a qualifier (l. Kei Nishikori).


• Monteiro’s best Wimbledon result is reaching the 2nd round in 2017 (d. Andrew Whittington, l. Karen Khachanov).

• Monteiro’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round at Roland Garros last year. He defeated No. 31 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili and Marcos Giron in the opening 2 rounds before falling to Marton Fucsovics.

• Monteiro’s best result in 2021 is reaching the semifinals at Great Ocean Road in Melbourne (l. Stefano Travaglia). He also reached the quarterfinals at Cordoba (l. Juan Manuel Cerundolo) and did not contest a grass-court event prior to coming here.

• Monteiro is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player at a Grand Slam for the first time on his 6th attempt. The highest ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 33 Basilashvili in the 1st round at Roland Garros last year. He has a 1-8 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level, his only victory against a Top 20 player came against No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 1st round at 2016 Rio de Janeiro.

• Monteiro has a 1-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches and has never contested a 5-set match at Wimbledon.

• Monteiro reached a career-high ranking of No. 74 in February 2017. He plays here at No. 81.

• Monteiro made his Davis Cup debut for Brazil in 2016 and has a 7-8 win-loss record in the competition. He lost both matches he contested as Brazil fell to Australia in the Davis Cup Qualifiers last year. Brazil will play away to Lebanon in a World Group I tie in September this year.

• Monteiro is coached by Fabian Blengino and Pablo Fuentes.


NO. 18 GRIGOR DIMITROV (BUL) v FERNANDO VERDASCO (ESP)

Head-to-head: Dimitrov leads 4-3 2013 Bastad Clay (O) SF Verdasco 76(3) 57 75 2014 Beijing Hard (O) R32 Dimitrov 61 36 63 2015 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) R64 Dimitrov 64 46 64 2018 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) R64 Verdasco 76(4) 46 63 2018 Roland Garros Clay (O) R32 Verdasco 76(4) 62 64 2018 Toronto-1000 Hard (O) R32 Dimitrov 46 62 76(5) 2019 Barcelona Clay (O) R32 Dimitrov 62 67(4) 63 An 8th meeting for Dimitrov and Verdasco, and their 2nd at a Grand Slam, but their first on grass. Dimitrov leads the overall head-to-head, but Verdasco won their only previous Grand Slam meeting, in the 3rd round at 2018 Roland Garros, in straight sets. Dimitrov has lost Grand Slam matches to players ranked as low as No. 106 Verdasco on 2 occasions – including once at Wimbledon, when he fell to No. 224 Stan Wawrinka in the 1st round here in 2018. He also fell to No. 114 Aslan Karatsev in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open this year. Dimitrov has won 2 of the 3 Wimbledon matches he has played against lefthanded players – he defeated Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in 2011 and Federico Delbonis in 2015 but fell to Corentin Moutet in 2019. He has a 6-4 win-loss record against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams and a 54-35 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level overall. DIMITROV v VERDASCO 30 Age 37 21 ATP Ranking (28 June) 106 8 Titles 7 68-42 Career Grand Slam Record 113-68 15-10 Wimbledon Record 25-17 341-221 Career Record 554-429 35-26 Career Record - Grass 51-42 11-9 2021 Record 2-6 0-0 2021 Record - Grass 0-0 10-9 Career Five-Set Record 25-23 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 6 142-129 Career Tiebreak Record 214-224 3-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-2

• DIMITROV is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 8th time – and for the first time since 2017. This is his 11th Wimbledon appearance and his 43rd Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Dimitrov has lost in the 1st round on his last 2 Wimbledon appearances – in 2018 (l. Stan Wawrinka) and 2019 (l. Corentin Moutet). He also lost in the 1st round on his debut here as a wild card in 2009 (l. Igor Kunitsyn).

• Dimitrov is bidding to record his 16th Wimbledon match-win and equal Katerina and Manuela Maleeva in 2nd place on the list for most Wimbledon match-wins by a Bulgarian player. (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

Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva

16-10 16-10

Grigor Dimitrov Tsvetana Pironkova

15-10 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.

• Lefthander VERDASCO is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 12th time – and record his first Grand Slam match-win since reaching the 3rd round at the 2020 Australian Open (l. Alexander Zverev).

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Verdasco reached the round of 16. He recorded his first Wimbledon match-wins since 2015 by defeating Kamil Majchrzak, Kyle Edmund and Thomas Fabbiano before falling to David Goffin.

• Verdasco’s best Wimbledon performance is reaching the quarterfinals in 2013, losing to eventual champion Andy Murray in 5 sets despite holding a 2-0 lead. He has a 5-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 25-23 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Verdasco’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at the 2009 Australian Open. He fell to Nadal in 5 sets in 5 hours 14 minutes, the 2nd-longest men’s singles match on record at the Australian Open.

• Verdasco is making his 18th Wimbledon appearance. He has appeared in the men’s singles at every Wimbledon since making his debut here in 2003. He is in joint-4th place on the Open Era list for most Wimbledon men’s singles appearances, alongside Mikhail Youzhny. Roger Federer (22 Wimbledon appearances), Jimmy Connors (20) and Feliciano Lopez (19) are the only men to have made more Wimbledon appearances in the Open Era than Verdasco.

• Verdasco is also making his 69th Grand Slam appearance. He is also in joint-4th place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam men’s singles appearances, alongside Youzhny. Federer (81 Grand Slam appearances), Lopez (78) and Fabrice Santoro (70) are the only men to have made more Grand Slam appearances than Verdasco.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Verdasco fell to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the 1st round at Roland Garros. He did not compete at the Australian Open, beginning his 2021 season at Miami-1000.

• Verdasco is bidding to record his 3rd Tour-level match-win of the season. His only Tour-level victories this season came in a quarterfinal finish at Belgrade II, where he defeated Lucas Pouille and Adrian Mannarino before falling to Alex Molcan. He has lost in the 1st round at the other 5 Tour-level events he has contested in 2021 and did not contest a grass court event prior to coming here.

• Verdasco competed at 2 clay court Challenger events earlier this month – his first appearances at Challenger-level since 2012. He reached the 2nd round at the Lyon Challenger (FRA) (d. Sumit Nagal, l. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune) but fell in the 1st round at the Aix En Provence Challenger (FRA) (l. Mathias Bourgue).

• Verdasco is one of 18 lefthanders who began the men’s singles draw here this year. Rafael Nadal was the most recent lefthander to win the title here in 2010.

• Verdasco has won 7 Tour-level singles titles, most recently at 2016 Bucharest (d. Lucas Pouille). None of his titles have come on grass.


• Verdasco is a former Top 10 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in April 2009. He dropped out the Top 100 for the first time since March 2004 in May this year and plays here at No. 106.

• Verdasco is coached by Diego Dinomo, David Sanchez and Quino Munoz.


NO. 21 UGO HUMBERT (FRA) v NICK KYRGIOS (AUS)

Head-to-head: tied 1-1 2020 Acapulco Hard (O) R32 Humbert 63 ret. (left wrist) 2021 Australian Open Hard (O) R64 Kyrgios 57 64 36 76(2) 64 A 3rd meeting for Humbert and Kyrgios, their 2nd at a Grand Slam, but their first on grass. Kyrgios won in 5 sets when the pair met at the Australian Open earlier this year. Humbert is bidding to become the 2nd lefthanded player to defeat Kyrgios at a Grand Slam. Kyrgios has a 7-2 win-loss record against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams, with Rafael Nadal the only lefthanded player who has defeated Kyrgios at a Grand Slam. He has a 28-15 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level overall. HUMBERT v KYRGIOS 23 Age 26 25 ATP Ranking (28 June) 60 3 Titles 6 6-10 Career Grand Slam Record 42-26 3-1 Wimbledon Record 13-6 58-51 Career Record 165-97 14-5 Career Record - Grass 22-14 15-13 2021 Record 4-2 8-1 2021 Record - Grass 0-0 1-3 Career Five-Set Record 8-3 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 35-31 Career Tiebreak Record 117-79 11-9 2021 Tiebreak Record 3-0

• Lefthander HUMBERT is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 2nd Wimbledon appearance and his 11th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• On his Wimbledon debut in 2019, Humbert recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the round of 16. He defeated Gael Monfils, Marcel Granollers and Felix Auger-Aliassime before falling to Novak Djokovic in the last 16.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Humbert reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama before falling to Kyrgios in 5 sets, but fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l. Ricardas Berankis).

• Prior to coming here, Humbert won his first Tour-level title on grass at Halle, defeating Andrey Rublev in the final. He also reached the quarterfinals at Stuttgart (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime) and the 2nd round at Mallorca, where he defeated Miomir Kecmanovic before giving a walkover to Sam Querrey due to an abdominal injury.

• Humbert is bidding to record his 9th Tour-level grass court match-win of 2021. He is in joint-first place on the list for most Tour-level matches won on grass this season alongside Eastbourne champion Alex de Minaur.

• Humbert’s other highlights in 2021 are reaching the semifinals at Marseille (l. Pierre-Hugues Herbert) and the quarterfinals at Montpellier (l. Roberto Bautista Agut).

• Humbert’s only victory in a 5-set match came at Wimbledon – he recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Monfils in the 1st round here in 2019, with Monfils retiring due to a left ankle injury in the 5th set. He has a 1-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Humbert is one of the 18 lefthanders who began the men’s main draw here this year. Rafael Nadal is the last lefthanded player to win the title here in 2010.

• Humbert has won 3 Tour-level singles titles. In addition to his title at Halle this year, he also won the titles at 2020 Auckland (d. Benoit Paire), where, aged 21, he became the youngest French player to win a Tour-level title since Richard Gasquet at 2007 Mumbai, and at 2020 Antwerp (d. Alex de Minaur).

• Humbert reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 earlier this month and plays here at the same ranking.


• Humbert is coached by Nicolas Copin and Thierry Ascione.

• KYRGIOS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 6th time. This is his 7th Wimbledon appearance and his 27th Grand Slam overall.

• Kyrgios has lost in the 1st round here once before – in 2017, when he retired due to a left hip injury while trailing Pierre-Hugues Herbert 63 64.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Kyrgios reached the 2nd round, defeating Jordan Thompson in 5 sets before falling to Rafael Nadal. He has won all 3 of the 5-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon and has an 8-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• 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.

• Kyrgios is currently without a permanent coach.


NO. 22 DANIEL EVANS (GBR) v FELICIANO LOPEZ (ESP)

Head-to-head: Lopez leads 1-0 2016 Australian Open Hard (O) R128 Lopez 61 60 64 A 2nd meeting for Evans and Lopez. Lopez won their only previous meeting in straight sets in the 1st round at the 2016 Australian Open, dropping just 5 games. Evans is now ranked 63 places higher than Lopez – but at the time of their previous meeting, Lopez was ranked 166 places higher than Evans, with Lopez at No. 19 and Evans at No. 185. Lopez is facing a British player at Wimbledon for the 6th time – but for the first time since 2011, when he fell to Andy Murray in the quarterfinals here. He has a 4-1 win-loss record against British players at Wimbledon, having won his 4 other matches against British players here, a 5-4 win-loss record against British players at the Grand Slams and a 9-16 win-loss record against British players at Tour-level overall. Lopez has a 10-6 win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slam. He has a 4-1 win-loss record against both British players at Wimbledon and against American players at the US Open, a 2-2 win-loss record against Australian players at the Australian Open and a 0-2 win-loss record against French players at Roland Garros. Evans won his only previous match against a lefthanded player at Wimbledon, defeating Federico Delbonis in the 1st round here in 2019. He has a 3-5 win-loss record against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams and a 16-16 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level overall. EVANS v LOPEZ 31 Age 39 26 ATP Ranking (28 June) 89 1 Titles 7 16-18 Career Grand Slam Record 98-77 4-5 Wimbledon Record 34-18 87-93 Career Record 500-467 13-16 Career Record - Grass 85-46 14-11 2021 Record 8-12 2-1 2021 Record - Grass 4-3 3-6 Career Five-Set Record 25-11 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 5 47-45 Career Tiebreak Record 321-272 5-7 2021 Tiebreak Record 6-3

• EVANS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd time. This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance and his 18th Grand Slam overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Evans equalled his best Wimbledon result by reaching the 3rd round. He defeated Federico Delbonis and Nikoloz Basilashvili before falling to Joao Sousa in 5 sets. He also reached the 3rd round here in 2016 (l. Roger Federer).

• Evans’ best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 at the 2017 Australian Open (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga).

• Evans is bidding to end a 4-match Grand Slam losing streak. He has not recorded a victory at the Grand Slams since reaching the 2nd round at the 2020 US Open (d. Thiago Seyboth Wild, l. Corentin Moutet). He fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros both last year (l. Kei Nishikori) and this year (l. Miomir Kecmanovic) and also fell in the 1st round at the Australian Open this year (l. Cameron Norrie).

• Prior to coming here, Evans reached the quarterfinals at Queen’s, where he defeated Alexei Popyrin and Adrian Mannarino before falling to Matteo Berrettini. He also reached the quarterfinals on grass at the Nottingham Challenger (GBR) (l. Denis Kudla).

• Evans’ best result in 2021 is winning his first Tour-level title at the Murray River Open in Melbourne, where he defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime.

• Evans’ other highlights this year are reaching the semifinals at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas) – where he recorded his first victory against a world No. 1 by defeating Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round – and the 3rd round at Madrid-1000 (l. Alexander Zverev).


• Evans lost the only 5-set match he has contested at Wimbledon, against Sousa in the 3rd round in 2019. He has a 3-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Evans reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 earlier this month. He plays here one place lower at No. 26.

• Evans has played Davis Cup for Great Britain since 2009 and has an 8-17 win-loss record in the competition. He won one of the 4 singles matches he contested at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, as Great Britain reached the semifinals. Great Britain will compete alongside France and Czech Republic in Group C at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Evans is coached by Sebastian Prieto.

• Lefthander LOPEZ is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 15th time. He has lost in the 1st round on just 4 of his 18 previous appearances here.

• As a wild card at 2019 Wimbledon, Lopez reached the 2nd round (d. Marcos Giron, l. Karen Khachanov).

• Lopez’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals on 4 occasions. He reached the last 8 at Wimbledon 3 times – as No. 26 seed in 2005 (l. Lleyton Hewitt), as No. 30 seed in 2008 (l. Marat Safin) and unseeded in 2011 (l. Andy Murray). He also reached the quarterfinals at the 2015 US Open (l. Novak Djokovic).

• By appearing in his 77th consecutive Grand Slam event, Lopez has extended his record for most consecutive Grand Slam singles appearances in the Open Era. Lopez has appeared at every Grand Slam event since 2002 Roland Garros. This is his 78th Grand Slam appearance in total, putting him in 2nd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam appearances behind Roger Federer (81 Grand Slam appearances).

• Lopez is also making his 19th Wimbledon appearance. He has appeared in the men’s singles at every Wimbledon since making his debut here in 2002. He is in 3rd place on the Open Era list for most Wimbledon appearances, behind Federer (22 Wimbledon appearances) and Jimmy Connors (20).

• At 39 years 294 days, Lopez is the 2nd-oldest man to start the men’s main draw here this year after Federer (39 years 337 days). Just 8 men in the Open Era have recorded Wimbledon match-wins aged 39 or older – most recently Ivo Karlovic in both 2018 (at 39 years 137 days) and 2019 (at 40 years 136 days). (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament)

• In Grand Slam play this year, Lopez reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Tu Li and Lorenzo Songeo before falling to Andrey Rublev, but fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l. Federico Coria).

• Prior to coming here, Lopez reached the quarterfinals at Mallorca, where he defeated Nicola Kuhn and Khachanov before falling to Adrian Mannarino, and the 2nd round at both Stuttgart (d. Alexei Popyrin, l. Denis Shapovalov) and Queen’s (d. Illya Marchenko, l. Shapovalov). His victory against Khachanov in the 2nd round at Mallorca was his 500th Tour-level match-win.

• Lopez is bidding to record his 9th Tour-level match-win of the season. Apart from his 4 victories on grass this year, his only Tour-level victories in 2021 came in his 3rd round finish at the Australian Open, and in 2nd round finishes at Marbella (d. Taro Daniel, l. Carlos Alcaraz) and Geneva (d. Daniel Altmaier, l. Dominik Koepfer).

• Wimbledon is Lopez’s most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won. He has a 34-18 win-loss record here – compared to 28-19 at the US Open, 24-19 at the Australian Open and 12-21 at Roland Garros.

• Lopez has won his last 6 five-set matches – most recently when he recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Sonego in 5 sets in the 2nd round at the Australian Open this year. His last defeat in a 5-set match came against Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 2nd round here in 2015. He has an 8-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 25-11 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• By recovering from 0-2 down to defeat Sonego in 5 sets at the Australian Open this year, Lopez became the oldest man to record a successful comeback from 0-2 down since Rosewall (39 years 246 days) recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Stan Smith in the semifinals at 1974 Wimbledon. He has recorded 5 successful comebacks from 0-2 down, with the other 4 coming at Wimbledon.

• Of Lopez’s 7 Tour-level singles titles, 4 have come on grass – at Eastbourne in 2013 (d. Gilles Simon and 2014 (d. Richard Gasquet), and at Queen’s in 2017 (d. Marin Cilic) and 2019 (d. Simon).


• Lopez is a former Top 20 player, having reached a career-high ranking of No. 12 in March 2015. In April 2019 he dropped outside the Top 100 for the first time since July 2002, having spent 877 consecutive weeks in the Top 100. He re-entered the Top 100 after winning the title at 2019 Queen’s and has remained inside the Top 100 since then. He plays here at No. 89.

• Lopez is a Grand Slam doubles champion. He won the men’s doubles title alongside Marc Lopez at 2016 Roland Garros (d. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan). The pair became first Spanish pairing to win the Roland Garros men's doubles title since Sergio Casal/Emilio Sanchez in 1990. The pair have entered the men’s doubles here this year and play Andre Goransson/Casper Ruud in the 1st round.

• Lopez has played Davis Cup for Spain since 2003 and has an 17-22 win-loss record in the competition. At the 2019 Finals, he lost the only singles match he contested to Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund, but won 2 decisive doubles matches as Spain won the Davis Cup title for the 6th time. He has been part of 4 Davis Cup title-winning teams – the joint-most among active players, alongside Rafael Nadal. Spain will compete alongside the Russian Tennis Federation team and Ecuador at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Lopez is currently without a permanent coach.


NO. 26 FABIO FOGNINI (ITA) v ALBERT RAMOS-VINOLAS (ESP)

Tour-level head-to-head: Fognini leads 8-2 2009 San Benedetto Challenger Clay (O) SF Fognini 62 62 2011 Santiago Clay (O) R16 Fognini 36 75 64 2012 Eastbourne Grass (O) R32 Fognini 76(2) 67(3) 62 2013 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) R32 Fognini 63 75 2013 Hamburg Clay (O) R32 Fognini 61 63 2014 Valencia Hard (O) R32 Fognini 64 62 2015 Hamburg Clay (O) R16 Fognini 62 36 63 2016 Shanghai-1000 Hard (O) R64 Fognini 75 63 2016 Moscow Hard (I) QF Fognini 62 62 2016 Vienna Hard (I) R32 Ramos-Vinolas 62 62 2017 Rio de Janeiro Clay (O) R16 Ramos-Vinolas 62 63 An 11th Tour-level meeting for Fognini and Ramos-Vinolas, but their first at a Grand Slam and their first for more than 4 years. Fognini won the pair’s first 8 meetings but Ramos-Vinolas won their 2 most-recent matches. Fognini won the pair’s only previous grass court meeting, in the 1st round at Eastbourne 9 years ago. FOGNINI v RAMOS-VINOLAS 34 Age 33 31 ATP Ranking (28 June) 39 9 Titles 3 62-50 Career Grand Slam Record 22-38 14-11 Wimbledon Record 5-7 378-329 Career Record 235-257 20-19 Career Record - Grass 6-14 15-14 2021 Record 18-13 1-1 2021 Record - Grass 0-2 23-13 Career Five-Set Record 7-6 8 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 142-113 Career Tiebreak Record 88-125

9-3 2021 Tiebreak Record 6-8

• FOGNINI is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 10th time. This is his 12th Wimbledon appearance and his 52nd Grand Slam overall.

• Fognini has lost in the 1st round at Wimbledon on 2 occasions – on his debut here in 2008 (l. Marat Safin) and in 2013 (l. Jurgen Melzer).

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Fognini equalled his best Wimbledon result by reaching the 3rd round. He defeated both Frances Tiafoe and Marton Fucsovics in 5 sets before falling to Tennys Sandgren. He has reached the 3rd round here on 4 other occasions – in 2010 (l. Julien Benneteau), 2014 (l. Kevin Anderson), 2017 (l. Andy Murray) and 2018 (l. Jiri Vesely).

• Fognini’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in 2011, where he became the first Italian man to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Davide Sanguinetti reached the last 8 at 1998 Wimbledon. He gave a walkover to Novak Djokovic in his quarterfinal match with a thigh strain – the first time a player had given a walkover in the quarterfinals of the men’s singles at a Grand Slam since Stefan Edberg pulled out of his quarterfinal match with Thomas Muster at the 1989 Australian Open.

• Fognini 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.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Fognini reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open (l. Rafael Nadal) and the 3rd round at Roland Garros (l. Federico Delbonis).

• Prior to coming here, Fognini reached the 2nd round at Queen’s (d. Yen-Hsun Lu, l. Marin Cilic).

• Fognini’s best result in 2021 is reaching the quarterfinals on clay at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Casper Ruud).


• Fognini’s best grass court performances are reaching the quarterfinals at Eastbourne in 2012 (l. Andy Roddick) and 2013 (l. Ivan Dodig).

• Fognini has won 11 of the last 12 five-set matches he has contested. His only defeat in a 5-set match in that time came against Marin Cilic in the round of 16 at 2018 Roland Garros. He has a 5-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 23-13 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Fognini has won 9 Tour-level singles titles, most-recently at 2019 Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Dusan Lajovic).

• Fognini broke the Top 10 for the first time in June 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 9 the following month. He plays here at No. 31 – his lowest-ranking since July 2017, when he was also ranked No. 31.

• Fognini has played Davis Cup for Italy since 2008 and has a 32-15 win-loss record in the competition. He won the only match he contested in Italy’s victory over Korea, Republic in the Qualifiers last year, securing Italy’s place at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals, in which Italy will compete alongside USA and Colombia in Group E.

• Fognini is coached by Albert Mancini.

• RAMOS-VINOLAS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 4th time. This is his 8th Wimbledon appearance and his 37th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Ramos-Vinolas fell to Steve Johnson in straight sets in the 1st round. He also fell in the 1st round here in 2018, losing to Stephane Robert in straight sets, and on his first 2 appearances here in 2012-13.

• Ramos-Vinolas’ best Wimbledon result is reaching the 3rd round on 2 occasions – in 2016 (l. Richard Gasquet) and 2017 (l. Milos Raonic).

• Ramos-Vinolas’ best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Stan Wawrinka).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Ramos-Vinolas fell in the 1st round at both the Australian Open (l. Taylor Fritz) and Roland Garros (l. Gael Monfils). He has lost in the 1st round at 10 of the last 11 Grand Slam events, with his only Grand Slam match-win during that time coming in a 2nd round finish at Roland Garros last year (d. Adrian Mannarino, l. Marton Fucsovics).

• Prior to coming here, Ramos-Vinolas fell in the 1st round at both Queen’s (l. Cameron Norrie) and Eastbourne (l. Emil Ruusuvuori).

• Ramos-Vinolas is bidding to end a 5-match Tour-level grass court losing streak. He has not recorded a match-win on grass since defeating both Jordan Thompson and Andrey Rublev to reach the 3rd round here in 2017. In addition to his 3rd round finishes here in 2016 and 2017, his only other Tour-level match-wins on grass came in 2nd round finishes at 2013 Eastbourne (d. James Blake, l. Fernando Verdasco) and at 2015 Wimbledon (d. Denis Istomin, l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga).

• Ramos-Vinolas’ best result in 2021 is winning the title at Estoril (d. Norrie). He also finished runner-up at Cordoba (l. Juan Manuel Cerundolo) and reached the semifinals at Buenos Aires (l. Francisco Cerundolo) and Marbella (l. Pablo Carreno Busta).

• Ramos-Vinolas won both 5-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon – defeating Viktor Troicki in the 2nd round in 2016 and Rublev in the 2nd round in 2017. He has a 7-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Ramos-Vinolas reached a career-high ranking of No. 17 in May 2018. He plays here at 39.

• Ramos-Vinolas has won 3 Tour-level titles. In addition to his victory at Estoril this year, he also won the titles on clay at 2016 Bastad (d. Fernando Verdasco) and 2019 Gstaad (d. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe).

• Ramos-Vinolas has entered the men’s doubles here with Facundo Bagnis. The pair play No. 2 seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut in the 1st round.

• Ramos-Vinolas is coached by Jose Maria Diaz and Tiago Leivas.


NO. 29 CAMERON NORRIE (GBR) v LUCAS POUILLE (FRA)

Head-to-head: Pouille leads 1-0 2018 Roland Garros Clay (O) R64 Pouille 62 64 57 76(3) A 2nd meeting for Norrie and Pouille. Norrie is now ranked 61 places higher than Pouille – but at the time of their only previous meeting, at 2018 Roland Garros, Pouille was ranked 69 places higher than Norrie, with Pouille at No. 16 and Norrie at No. 85. Pouille is facing a British player at Wimbledon for the first time. He has a 1-1 win-loss record against British players at the Grand Slams, having defeated Norrie in the 2nd round at 2018 Roland Garros but fallen to Daniel Evans in the 2nd round at the 2019 US Open. He has a 7-7 win-loss record against British players at Tour-level overall. Pouille won his only previous match against a lefthanded player at Wimbledon, defeating Donald Young in the 2nd round here in 2016. He has a 6-3 win-loss record against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams and a 24-15 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level overall. NORRIE v POUILLE 25 Age 27 34 ATP Ranking (28 June) 95 0 Titles 5 10-14 Career Grand Slam Record 30-24 1-3 Wimbledon Record 8-5 80-73 Career Record 135-115 9-10 Career Record - Grass 18-14 29-13 2021 Record 3-7 4-1 2021 Record - Grass 0-1 2-4 Career Five-Set Record 9-4 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 23-33 Career Tiebreak Record 75-65 5-3 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-3

• Lefthander NORRIE is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Wimbledon result. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance here and his 15th Grand Slam overall.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Norrie recorded his best Wimbledon result by reaching the 2nd round. He defeated Denis Istomin for his first Wimbledon match-win before falling to Kei Nishikori. He fell in the 1st round on his 2 other appearances here – in 2017 (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) and 2018 (l. Aljaz Bedene).

• 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.

• POUILLE is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 5th time. This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance and his 25th Grand Slam overall.

• Pouille has lost in the 1st round here once before – on his Wimbledon debut in 2015, when he fell to Kevin Anderson.

• At 2019 Wimbledon, Pouille reached the 3rd round. He defeated Richard Gasquet and Gregoire Barrere before falling to Roger Federer in straight sets.

• Pouille’s best Wimbledon performance is reaching the quarterfinals in 2016 (l. Tomas Berdych).

• Pouille’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at the 2019 Australian Open (l. Novak Djokovic). He became the 7th Frenchman to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open in the Open Era.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Pouille fell to Pablo Cuevas in the 1st round at Roland Garros. It was his first Grand Slam appearance since the 2019 US Open. He has struggled with an elbow injury since then and underwent elbow surgery in July last year. He contested just one match at any level in 2020, losing his opening match at the Indian Wells Challenger (USA) to Noah Rubin, and made his first Tour-level appearance since 2019 Shanghai-1000 at Montpellier this year.

• Prior to coming here, Pouille qualified for the main draw at Mallorca after defeating Marc Othman Ktiri and Joao Sousa. He fell to Kevin Anderson in the 1st round of the main draw. He fell in the 1st round of qualifying at both Stuttgart (l. Altug Celikbilek) and Queen’s (l. Viktor Troicki).

• Pouille is bidding to record his 4th Tour-level match-win of 2021. His only Tour-level match-wins so far this season came in a 3rd round finish as a wild card at Monte Carlo-1000, where he defeated Guido Pella and Alexei Popyrin before falling to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, and a 2nd round finish as a direct acceptance at Marseille (d. Alex Molcan, l. Stefanos Tsitsipas).

• Pouille has won one of the 2 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon, defeating Bernard Tomic in 5 sets in the round of 16 here in 2016 but falling to Dennis Novak in the 2nd round in 2018. He has a 9-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Pouille broke the Top 10, at No. 10, in March 2018. He dropped to No. 96 last week – his lowest ranking since June 2015 when he was also ranked at No. 96 – but plays here one place higher at No. 95.

• Pouille reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 23 on the junior circuit. He reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles event at the 2011 Australian Open and was a member of the French team that finished runner-up to USA at the 2008 World Junior Tennis Finals. He never contested the boys’ singles event at Wimbledon.

• Pouille made his Davis Cup debut in 2016 and has a 7-4 win-loss record in the competition. He defeated Belgium’s Steve Darcis in the decisive 5th match of the 2017 Davis Cup Final, which saw France win their first title since 2001. France will compete alongside Great Britain and Czech Republic in Group C at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

• Pouille is coached by Thierry Ascione and Nicolas Renavand.

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