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2019 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notes

2019 ROLAND GARROS DAY 4 MEN’S NOTES

Wednesday 29 May 2nd Round Bottom Half

Featured matches No. 2 Rafael Nadal (ESP) v (Q) Yannick Maden (GER) No. 3 Roger Federer (SUI) v (LL) Oscar Otte (GER) No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) v Hugo Dellien (GRE) No. 7 Kei Nishikori (JPN) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) No. 11 Marin Cilic (CRO) v Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) No. 24 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) v Cristian Garin (CHI) (WC) Nicolas Mahut (FRA) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Benoit Paire (FRA) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) v Richard Gasquet (FRA)

On court today…

• For the 2nd straight round, defending champion Rafael Nadal takes on a German qualifier named Yannick. Yannick Maden will hope to do better than compatriot Yannick Hanfmann who managed just 6 games against Nadal in the 1st round on Monday – not that there is any shame in that performance. Nadal has defeated all 7 qualifiers he has faced at Roland Garros in straight sets and will be keen to record another emphatic victory today. Should Maden manage an unlikely victory against the Spaniard, he would become just the 2nd qualifier – and the 2nd German – to defeat Nadal at a major after Dustin Brown at 2015 Wimbledon.

• Roger Federer will continue his Roland Garros comeback on Court Phillipe Chatrier today. He is up against Germany’s Oscar Otte, who is competing as a lucky loser here for the 2nd straight year. If Otte is to defeat the 20-time Grand Slam, there will be no luck involved. Federer may only have won one title here, but he has won more men’s singles matches at Roland Garros than anyone other than Nadal and will be keen to record a 67th victory here today.

• Marin Cilic and Grigor Dimitrov face off in a mouth-watering 2nd round clash on Court Simonne Mathieu today. The pair were seeded No. 3 and No. 4 respectively at Roland Garros last year, but both have now fallen outside the Top 10 – Cilic to No. 13 and Dimitrov all the way to No. 46. Both remain big-time players – Cilic is one of the 6 Grand Slam champions in the draw, while Dimitrov is a multiple major semifinalist. The winner of today’s match will hope to use the victory as a springboard back to upper echelons of the men’s game.

• Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, the reigning Roland Garros men’s doubles champions, provided some of the most entertaining match-ups of the 1st round of the singles here. Both successfully recovered from 0-2 down to progress against seeded opposition and will be keen to continue their momentum into the 2nd round. Herbert plays the in-form Benoit Paire, who has won 2 clay court titles in the build-up to Roland Garros, on Lenglen, while Mahut faces fellow veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber on Court 14 in the 2nd match-up between a pair of players aged 35 or older in the men’s singles here this year after 40-year-old Ivo Karlovic defeated 37-year-old Feliciano Lopez in the 1st round on Tuesday.

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NO. 2 RAFAEL NADAL (ESP) v (Q) YANNICK MADEN (GER) Head-to-head: first meeting For the 2nd straight match, Nadal faces a German qualifier named Yannick. His victory against Yannick Hanfmann in the 1st round here improved his win-loss record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams to 21-1. His only defeat to a qualifier at the majors came against Dustin Brown in the 2nd round at 2015 Wimbledon. He has defeated all 7 qualifiers he has faced at Roland Garros in straight sets. He has an 90-5 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall. Nadal’s victory against Hanfmann also improved his win-loss record against German players at the Grand Slams to 17-1 – Brown’s victory over Nadal at 2015 Wimbledon is also the only occasion where a German player has defeated Nadal at a major. Nadal has a 62-7 win-loss record against German opposition at Tour-level overall.

NADAL v HANFMANN 32* Age 29 2 ATP Ranking 114 81 Titles 0 254-37 Career Grand Slam Record 1-2 87-2 Roland Garros Record 1-0 944-194 Career Record 8-13 430-39 Career Record - Clay 4-4 26-5 2019 Record 2-3 15-3 2019 Record - Clay 1-2 21-12 Career Five-Set Record 0-0 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 230-148 Career Tiebreak Record 4-5 4-3 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-1 *Turns 33 on 3 June

• 11-time champion NADAL is bidding to become the first player in history to win 12 singles titles at any Grand Slam event. By winning his 11th Roland Garros title here last year, he equalled Margaret Court’s record of most singles titles at the same Grand Slam tournament. (see Preview page 1)

• Nadal is bidding to further extend his record for the most men’s singles Grand Slam titles at any one event. He won the title here in 2005-08 and 2010-14, making him the only man in history to have won 5 titles in a row at Roland Garros, before winning back-to-back titles here in 2017-18. Last year, he defeated Dominic Thiem in straight sets in the final.

• Nadal advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 62 61 63 in the 1st round on Monday.

• By defeating Hanfmann in the 1st round here, Nadal improved to a 112-2 win-loss record in best-of-five-set matches on clay. His only defeats came at Roland Garros – in the round of 16 in 2009 (l. Robin Soderling) and the quarterfinals in 2015 (l. Novak Djokovic).

• Nadal is the leading performer in Roland Garros history. He has an 87-2 win-loss record at Roland Garros, ahead of Roger Federer (66-16), Djokovic (64-13) and Guillermo Vilas (58-17). This is Nadal’s 15th successive Roland Garros and his 56th appearance at a major.

• Nadal is looking to become the 4th man in the Open Era to win 4 or more Grand Slam titles after turning 30. Federer, Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall are the only men to have won 4 or more Grand Slam titles after turning 30. He is one of 6 Grand Slam champions to start in the men’s draw here. (see Preview page 5)

• Nadal warmed up for Roland Garros by winning his 9th title at Rome-1000, defeating Djokovic in the final. It is just the 2nd year since 2004 that he has failed to win multiple titles prior to Roland Garros. He also won just one title prior to Roland Garros in 2015, when he defeated Juan Monaco to win the title at Buenos Aires.

• Nadal entered Roland Garros with a 14-3 win-loss record on clay this year – it is the highest number of clay court matches he has lost prior to Roland Garros since 2016, when he lost 4 matches on clay. He reached the semifinals at his first 3 clay court tournaments this year – at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Fabio Fognini), Barcelona (l. Dominic Thiem) and Madrid-1000 (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas).


• Nadal is bidding to win his 59th career clay court title at Roland Garros. By winning his 50th clay court title at 2017 Monte Carlo-1000, he set an Open Era record for the most career clay court titles ahead of Guillermo Vilas (49).

• Also in 2019, Nadal reached his 25th Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, but fell to Djokovic in straight sets – the first time he had lost a Grand Slam final in straight sets. He also reached the semifinals at Indian Wells-1000 but gave a walkover to Federer due to a knee injury and the 2nd round at Acapulco (l. Nick Kyrgios).

• Nadal has won both 5-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros – against John Isner in the 1st round in 2011 and against Djokovic in the semifinals in 2013. He has a 21-12 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Nadal is seeded No. 2 at Roland Garros for the 6th time in his career. He has won the title here as No. 2 seed in 2006-08, 2010 and 2012. It is the 23rd time in his career he has been seeded No. 2 at a Grand Slam.

• Nadal has played Davis Cup for Spain since 2004. He has a 29-5 win-loss record in the competition and has won 4 Davis Cup titles – in 2004, 2008-09 and 2011. Spain will compete in Group B against 2018 champion Croatia and Russia in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Nadal is coached by Carlos Moya, who won the title here in 1998, and Francisco Roig.

• Qualifier MADEN is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Roland Garros debut. This is his 3rd Grand Slam overall.

• Maden advanced to the 2nd round here by defeating fellow qualifier Kimmer Coppejans 76(0) 75 63 in the 1st round on Monday for his first Grand Slam match-win. He lost in the 1st round on both of his previous appearances at the Grand Slams – as a qualifier at both 2018 Wimbledon (l. John Isner) and the 2018 US Open (l. Lucas Pouille).

• As No. 8 seed, Maden defeated Jurgen Zopp (EST) 63 62, Mikael Torpegaard (DEN) 64 46 62 and No. 17 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 63 36 61 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the 2nd time he has attempted to qualify here – he fell in the 1st round of qualifying last year (l. Carlos Taberner) on his only previous appearance in qualifying at Roland Garros.

• Maden is bidding to record back-to-back Tour-level match-wins for the 3rd time. He has recorded back-to-back match-wins at Tour-level on 2 previous occasions – in quarterfinal finishes as a lucky loser at both 2018 Budapest, when he defeated Marton Fucsovics and Maximilian Marterer before falling to John Millman, and 2018 Metz, when he defeated Mischa Zverev and Benoit Paire before falling to Matthias Bachinger.

• Maden is bidding to record his 3rd Tour-level match-win of 2019. Other than his victory in the 1st round here, his only other Tour-level match-win this year came in a 2nd round finish as a qualifier at Sofia (d. Adrian Mannarino, l. Fucsovics). He fell in the 1st round on his 2 other Tour-level appearances this year – as a qualifier at both Budapest (l. Pablo Cuevas) and Munich (l. Cristian Garin). He failed to qualify at the Australian Open, falling to Filippo Baldi in the 1st round of qualifying.

• Maden has played mainly on the Challenger circuit in 2019. His best results are reaching back-to-back finals on hard courts at the Drummondville Challenger (CAN) (l. Ricardas Berankis) and the Lille Challenger (FRA) (l. Gregoire Barrere). He also reached the semifinals at the Rennes Challenger (FRA) (l. Berankis) and the quarterfinals at the Indian Wells Challenger (USA) (l. Kyle Edmund). He lost his opening match at both of the clay court Challenger events he contested – at Aix En Provence (FRA) (l. Alexey Vatutin) and Heilbronn (GER) (l. Arthur de Greef).

• Maden is facing a Top 10 player for the 2nd time. He lost his only previous meeting with a Top 10 player – to No. 10 Isner in the 1st round at 2018 Wimbledon. The highest-ranked players he has defeated are No. 46 Yuichi Sugita in the 1st round at 2018 Munich and No. 46 Mannarino in the 1st round at Sofia this year.

• Maden has never contested a 5-set match at Tour-level. The only 5-set match he has contested – at any level – came in the final round of qualifying at 2018 Wimbledon, when recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Jurgen Melzer.

• Maden reached a career-high ranking of No. 104 in April this year. He plays here at No. 114.

• Maden played college tennis. He competed for Clemson University in 2010-13, earning All-American honours in doubles in 2013. His brother, Dominique, was his teammate at Clemson.

• Maden is coached by Fidi Beutel and Markus Wislsperger.


NO. 3 ROGER FEDERER (SUI) v (LL) OSCAR OTTE (GER)

Head-to-head: first meeting Federer has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 144 Otte on one previous occasion – when he fell to No. 154 Mario Ancic in the 1st round at 2002 Wimbledon. Federer is facing a lucky loser at a Grand Slam for the 5th time. He has won all 4 of his previous meetings with lucky losers at the majors, all of which have come at Roland Garros. FEDERER v OTTE 37 Age 25 3 ATP Ranking 144 101 Titles 0 343-55 Career Grand Slam Record 1-1 66-16 Roland Garros Record 1-1 1203-263 Career Record 2-2 219-69 Career Record - Clay 1-1 23-3 2019 Record 1-0 5-1 2019 Record - Clay 1-0 30-21 Career Five-Set Record 0-0 10 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 441-239 Career Tiebreak Record 0-1 6-3 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-0

• 2009 champion FEDERER is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 15th time.

• Federer advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Lorenzo Sonego 62 64 64 in the 1st round on Sunday.

• Federer is making his first appearance at Roland Garros since 2015, when he reached the quarterfinals (l. Stan Wawrinka). He withdrew from the event in 2016 due to a back injury, ending his streak of 65 consecutive appearances at the Grand Slams, and missed the whole clay court seasons in 2017 and 2018 in order to focus on the grass court season. This is his 18th appearance at Roland Garros overall.

• Federer’s best Roland Garros performance is winning the title in 2009, defeating Robin Soderling in straight sets in the final. He became the 6th man in history to win the titles at all 4 Grand Slam events. He has also finished runner-up here on 4 occasions – in 2006-08 and 2011, losing to Rafael Nadal on each occasion.

• Federer is bidding to win a 2nd Roland Garros title 10 years after his first in 2009, and set the record for longest gap between winning a 2nd title at a Grand Slam event in the Open Era. Jimmy Connors currently holds the record with 8 years between his first and 2nd titles at Wimbledon, having won his first Wimbledon title in 1974 and his 2nd Wimbledon title in 1982.

• Federer is also bidding to become the first man in the Open Era – and only the 3rd man in history – to win each of the 4 Grand Slam titles twice. Roy Emerson and Laver are the only players to have won each Grand Slam on 2 or more occasions. (NB While Laver completed the feat in 1969, some of the titles were won before the start of the Open Era)

• Federer is bidding to win his 21st Grand Slam title and close the gap on Steffi Graf in 3rd place on the all-time list for Grand Slam singles titles. By winning his 20th Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open, Federer took sole ownership of 4th place on the list, ahead of Helen Wills Moody. Margaret Court, Serena Williams and Graf are the only other players aside from Federer to have won 20 or more Grand Slams.

• Federer is looking to become the first man to win 5 Grand Slam titles after turning 30. By winning his 4th major title since turning 30 here last year, Federer joined Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall at the top of the list for most Grand Slam titles won after turning 30. (see Preview page 5)

• Federer is playing in his 76th Grand Slam event at this year’s Roland Garros. He holds the all-time record for most Grand Slams contested. (see Preview page 13).

• Federer became the 2nd man in history to win 100 Tour-level titles by winning the title at Dubai this year (d. Stefanos Tsitsipas). Connors, who won 109 Tour-level titles, is the only other man in history to have won at least 100 Tour-level titles.


• Federer warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the quarterfinals at Madrid-1000 (l. Dominic Thiem) and Rome-1000, where he gave a walkover to Tsitsipas due to a right leg injury. They were the first clay court events he has contested since 2016 Rome-1000. He also recorded his 1,200th Tour-level match-win in the 3rd round at Madrid, saving 2 match points before defeating Gael Monfils.

• Also in 2019, Federer won the title at Miami-1000 (d. John Isner) and finished runner-up at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Thiem). He fell to Tsitsipas in the round of 16 at the Australian Open.

• Federer has won 6 of the 7 five-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros. His only defeat in a 5-set match here came against Ernests Gulbis in the round of 16 here in 2014. He has a 30-21 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Federer is coached by Ivan Ljubicic, who reached the semifinals here in 2006, and Severin Luthi.

• Lucky loser OTTE is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 2nd appearance at Roland Garros.

• In the 3 rounds of qualifying here, as No. 23 seed, Otte defeated James Ward (GBR) 61 62 and Stefano Napolitano (ITA) 64 61, before falling to No. 12 seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 36 64 60 in the final round.

• Otte advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Malek Jaziri 63 61 46 60 in the 1st round on Sunday for his first Grand Slam match-win.

• Last year here, Otte fell in the 1st round as a lucky loser to Matteo Berrettini.

• Otte is bidding to record his 3rd Tour-level match-win. Prior to coming here, his only Tour-level match-win came in a 2nd round finish as a qualifier at 2018 Stockholm (d. Jurgen Zopp, l. Tennys Sandgren). His only other Tour-level appearance came as a lucky loser here last year.

• Otte plays mainly on the Challenger circuit. On clay at Challenger-level in 2019, he finished runner-up at Francaville (ITA) (l. Stefano Travaglia), and reached the 3rd round at Barletta (ITA) (l. Stefano Napolitano), Tunis (TUN) (l. Gian Marco Moroni), Bordeaux (FRA) (l. Quentin Halys), Rome (ITA) (l. Filip Horansky) and Heilbronn (GER) (l. Dennis Novak).

• Elsewhere in 2019, Otte finished runner-up on hard courts at the Yokohama Challenger (JPN) (l. Soonwoo Kwon) and reached the semifinals at the Budapest Challenger (HUN) (l. Roberto Marcora). He fell in the final round of qualifying at the Australian Open (l. Rudolf Molleker).

• Otte has won one Challenger title – on clay at 2017 Lisbon (POR) (d. Taro Daniel).

• Clay is Otte’s best surface. Of his 300 career match-wins – at all levels – 151 have come on clay, compared to 84 on hard courts, 61 on carpet and 4 on grass.

• Otte reached a career-high ranking of No. 129 in October 2017. He plays here at No. 144.

• Otte is coached by Peter Moraing.


NO. 6 STEFANOS TSITSIPAS (GRE) v HUGO DELLIEN (BOL)

Head-to-head: first meeting TSITSIPAS v DELLIEN 20 Age 25 6 ATP Ranking 86 3 Titles 0 11-7 Career Grand Slam Record 1-0 1-2 Roland Garros Record 1-0 75-48 Career Record 28-15 24-12 Career Record - Clay 26-11 30-11 2019 Record 8-8 13-4 2019 Record - Clay 8-8 1-0 Career Five-Set Record 1-1 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 35-29 Career Tiebreak Record 8-4 15-5 2019 Tiebreak Record 3-2

• TSITSIPAS is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time. This is his 3rd appearance at Roland Garros and 8th Grand Slam overall.

• Tsitsipas is bidding to become the 3rd Greek man to reach the 3rd round at Roland Garros – after Lazaros Stalios in 1936 and Nicky Kalogeropoulos in 1965 and 1967.

• Tsitsipas advanced to the 2nd round and equalled his best Roland Garros performance by defeating Maximilian Marterer 62 62 76(4) in the 1st round. He also reached the 2nd round here last year (d. Carlos Taberner, l. Dominic Thiem).

• Tsitsipas’ best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open this year, where he defeated Roger Federer in the round of 16 before falling to Rafael Nadal in the last 4. He became the first Greek man in history to reach the semifinals at a major and, at 20 years 168 days, the youngest man to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam since Novak Djokovic (20 years 110 days) at the 2007 US Open.

• At 20 years 301 days, Tsitsipas is bidding to become the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles champion since Djokovic won the 2008 Australian Open title aged 20 years 250 days. He would also become the youngest Roland Garros men’s singles champion since Nadal won the title here in 2006 aged 20 years 8 days. [NB Ages calculated at the end of the tournament]

• Tsitsipas best result on clay in 2019 is winning his first Tour-level clay court title at Estoril (d. Pablo Cuevas). He also reached his first Masters-1000 final at Madrid-1000, where he defeated Nadal in the semifinals before falling to Djokovic in the final. He reached the semifinals at Rome-1000 (l. Nadal) and the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Daniil Medvedev) and Barcelona (l. Jan-Lennard Struff).

• Also in 2019, Tsitsipas won the title at Marseille (d. Mikhail Kukushkin), reached the final at Dubai (l. Federer), the quarterfinals at Sydney (l. Andreas Seppi) and Sofia (l. Gael Monfils), and the round of 16 at Miami-1000 (l. Denis Shapovalov).

• Tsitsipas won the only Tour-level 5-set match that he has contested – defeating Jared Donaldson in the 2nd round at Wimbledon last year. He also won a 5-set match against Joris De Loore during qualifying for 2017 Wimbledon.

• Tsitsipas is seeded No. 6 here – his highest Grand Slam seeding. He was seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time at Wimbledon last year.

• Tsitsipas broke the Top 10 for the first time in March this year. He plays here at a career-high ranking of No. 6. In October 2017, he became the first Greek man in history to break the Top 100.

• Tsitsipas is a former junior world No. 1. He reached the boys’ singles quarterfinals here in 2016 (l. Shapovalov), as well as the boys’ singles quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 2015 (l. Jurabek Karimov) and 2016 (l. Alex de Minaur).


• Tsitsipas is coached by his father, Apostolos Tsitsipas.

• DELLIEN is bidding become only the 2nd Bolivian player in history, man or woman, to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam – after Mario Martinez, at 1983 Roland Garros.

• Dellien advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 61 63 61 in the 1st round on Sunday for his first Grand Slam match-win. He is making his Grand Slam debut here.

• Dellien warmed up for Roland Garros by recording his first Tour-level match wins away from Davis Cup, as a qualifier at Rio de Janeiro, where he reached the quarterfinals, defeating Guido Andreozzi and Roberto Carballes Baena before falling to Aljaz Bedene. He also reached the quarterfinals at both Sao Paulo (l. Casper Ruud) and Geneva (l. Alexander Zverev) and the 2nd round as a qualifier at Madrid-1000 (d. Gilles Simon, l. Kei Nishikori).

• Also on clay in 2019, Dellien lost his opening match as a lucky loser at Cordoba (l. Albert Ramos-Vinolas), as a qualifier at Barcelona (l. Jan-Lennard Struff), and as a direct acceptance at Houston (l. Ruud) and Estoril (l. Andreozzi).

• At Challenger-level in 2019, Dellien won his 4th Challenger title at Santiago (CHI) (d. Wu Tung-Lin), reached the quarterfinals at Punta del Este (URU) (l. Facundo Bagnis) and Heilbronn (GER) (l. Stefano Travaglia) and the 3rd round at Sarasota (USA) (l. Aslan Karatsev).

• Dellien is bidding to record his first match-win against a Top 10 player on his 3rd attempt. The highest-ranked player he has defeated is No. 29 Simon in the 1st round at Madrid-1000 this year.

• Clay is Dellien’s best surface. Of his 28 Tour-level match-wins, 26 have come on clay, with the remaining 2 coming on hard courts.

• Dellien has contested 2 five-set matches – both of which have come on clay. He defeated Christopher Diaz-Figueroa in Bolivia’s 2014 Americas Group II tie against Guatemala and fell to Duilio Beretta in the 2015 Americas Group II tie against Peru.

• Dellien has played Davis Cup for Bolivia since 2010. He has a 26-10 overall win-loss record in the competition. Bolivia will play Guatemala in an Americas Group II tie in September.

• Dellien was a recipient of an International Player Grand Slam grand, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund, in 2018.

• Dellien is coached by Alejandro Fabbri.


NO. 7 KEI NISHIKORI (JPN) v JO-WILFRIED TSONGA (FRA)

Head-to-head: Nishikori leads 5-3 2011 Shanghai-1000 Hard (O) R32 Nishikori 67(1) 64 64 2012 Australian Open Hard (O) R16 Nishikori 26 62 61 36 63 2013 Shanghai-1000 Hard (O) R16 Tsonga 76(5) 60 2013 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R32 Nishikori 16 76(4) 76(7) 2014 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R16 Nishikori 61 46 64 2015 Roland Garros Clay (O) QF Tsonga 61 64 46 36 63 2016 Australian Open Hard (O) R16 Nishikori 64 62 64 2016 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R16 Tsonga 06 63 76(3) A 9th meeting for the 2 players, their 4th at a Grand Slam and their 2nd here. Nishikori leads their head-to-head at the majors 2-1, but Tsonga won their only previous meeting at Roland Garros, winning in 5 sets in the quarterfinals in 2015. This is also the pair’s 5th meeting in Paris – in addition to their quarterfinal match here in 2015, they have also contested 3 matches at Paris-1000, all three of which have also gone to a deciding set. Nishikori has lost Grand Slam matches to players ranked as low as No. 82 Tsonga on 3 previous occasions – to No. 130 Lleyton Hewitt in the 1st round at 2011 Wimbledon, to No. 108 Flavio Cipolla in the 1st round at the 2011 US Open, when he retired due to a lower back injury, and to No. 179 Daniel Evans in the 1st round at the 2013 US Open. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Nishikori at Roland Garros is No. 59 Martin Klizan in the 1st round in 2014. Nishikori is facing a French opponent at Roland Garros for the 2nd straight round and for the 10th time overall. He has won 8 of his previous 9 matches against French opposition here – including his victory over Quentin Halys in the 1st round on Sunday – with his only defeat coming against Richard Gasquet in the round of 16 in 2016. Nishikori has a 12-1 win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slams – in addition to his 8-1 win-loss record against Frenchmen at Roland Garros, he has a 2-0 win-loss record against Australians at the Australian Open, a 2-0 win-loss record against Americans at the US Open and has never faced a Brit at Wimbledon.

NISHIKORI v TSONGA 29 Age 34 7 ATP Ranking 82 12 Titles 17 86-35 Career Grand Slam Record 119-41 19-8 Roland Garros Record 28-10 394-185 Career Record 448-210 91-38 Career Record - Clay 90-50 20-9 2019 Record 17-8 7-4 2019 Record - Clay 6-4 21-6 Career Five-Set Record 16-10 4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 4 123-81 Career Tiebreak Record 219-155 7-3 2019 Tiebreak Record 13-2

• NISHIKORI is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 5th consecutive year.

• Nishikori advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating wild card Quentin Halys 62 63 64 in the 1st round on Sunday.

• Last year here, Nishikori reached the round of 16 falling to Dominic Thiem in 4 sets. This is his 9th appearance at Roland Garros.

• Nishikori’s best Roland Garros performance is reaching the quarterfinals in 2015, where he fell to today’s opponent in 5 sets, and 2017 (l. Andy Murray). He has a 3-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and a 21-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• At the 2014 US Open, Nishikori became the first Asian male to contest a Grand Slam final after defeating 3 Top 10 players – Milos Raonic, Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic – in consecutive matches before falling to Marin Cilic in the title match.


• Nishikori is bidding to win his first Grand Slam title on his 37th main draw appearance at a major. Should he win the title here, he would go 2nd on the list for most Grand Slam appearances before winning a title behind Goran Ivanisevic, who won the title at 2001 Wimbledon on his 48th Grand Slam appearance. (see Preview page 7)

• Nishikori’s best result on clay in 2019 is reaching the semifinals at Barcelona (l. Daniil Medvedev). He also

reached the quarterfinals at Rome-1000 (l. Diego Schwartzman) and the 3rd round at Madrid-1000 (l. Wawrinka), but lost his opening match at Monte Carlo-1000 to Pierre-Hughes Herbert.

• Also in 2019, Nishikori won his 12th Tour-level title at Brisbane (d. Medvedev) and reached the semifinal at Rotterdam (l. Wawrinka). He retired due to a quad strain during his quarterfinal match against Djokovic at the Australian Open.

• Nishikori has won 12 Tour-level singles titles, 2 of which have come on clay – at Barcelona in 2014 (d. Santiago Giraldo) and 2015 (d. Pablo Andujar).

• Nishikori is the highest-ranked Japanese man in ATP World Tour Rankings history (since 1973). He had the nickname ‘Project 45’ as a major goal was to get him to No. 45 in the rankings, which would be one spot better than the highest by any Japanese man (Shuzo Matsuoka). His career-high ranking is No. 4, which he achieved in March 2015 after reaching the final at Acapulco. He plays here ranked No. 7.

• Nishikori has played Davis Cup for Japan since 2008 and has a 20-3 win-loss record in the competition. Japan will compete in Group A against France and Serbia at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Nishikori is coached by Dante Bottini and Michael Chang, who won Roland Garros in 1989.

• TSONGA is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 9th time. This is his 11th appearance at Roland Garros and his 42nd Grand Slam overall.

• Tsonga advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Peter Gojowczyk 76(4) 61 46 63 in the 1st round on Monday for his first Roland Garros match-win since 2016.

• Tsonga missed the tournament last year after he underwent knee surgery in April 2018. He missed more than 7 months of the 2018 season due to the injury. On his last appearance here in 2017 he fell in the 1st round to Renzo Olivo.

• Tsonga’s best Roland Garros performance is reaching the semifinals in 2013 (l. David Ferrer) and 2015 (l. Stan Wawrinka). In 2015 he became the 2nd Frenchman in the Open Era to reach multiple semifinals at Roland Garros after Henri Leconte, who reached the last 4 here in 1986, 1988 and 1992.

• Tsonga’s best Grand Slam result is finishing runner-up at the 2008 Australian Open (l. Novak Djokovic). Unseeded he defeated three Top 10 players en route to the final.

• Tsonga is bidding to record his 120th Grand Slam match-win today. He holds the record for most Grand Slam match-wins by a Frenchman. (see Preview page 8)

• Tsonga warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the semifinals at Marrakech (l. Benoit Paire) and the quarterfinals at Lyon (l. Nikoloz Basilashvili). He lost in the 1st round at both Monte Carlo-1000, where he retired while trailing Taylor Fritz 64 2-0 due to a back injury, and Rome-1000 (l. Fabio Fognini). He also reached the quarterfinals at the Bordeaux Challenger (FRA) (l. Filip Horansky) on his first appearance at Challenger-level since 2007.

• Tsonga’s best result in 2019 is winning his 17th Tour-level title, and his first since 2017, at Montpellier (d. Pierre-Hugues Herbert). He also reached the semifinals at Brisbane (d. Daniil Medvedev) and the quarterfinals at Rotterdam (d. Medvedev) but fell in the 1st round at Marseille (d. Andrey Rublev) and failed to qualify at Miami-1000. At the Australian Open, he reached the 2nd round (d. Martin Klizan, l. Novak Djokovic).

• Tsonga is contesting his 10th match against a Top 10 opponent at Roland Garros – but his first since falling to No. 9 Stan Wawrinka in the semifinals here in 2015. He has a 3-6 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition here.

• Tsonga has won one of his last 8 matches against Top 10 opponents at the Grand Slams. His only victory in that time came when No. 10 Richard Gasquet retired in the first set of their round of 16 match at 2016


Wimbledon. He has a 13-24 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at the Grand Slams and a 43-83 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Tsonga has won 4 of his 6 five-set matches at Roland Garros – including a victory against today’s opponent in 5-sets in the quarterfinals here in 2015. He has a 16-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Tsonga is a former Top 5 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 5 in February 2012. He dropped as low as No. 262 in November last year – his lowest ranking since September 2006 – but re-entered the Top 100 in April and plays here at No. 85.

• Tsonga is one of 13 Frenchmen through to the 2nd round here – the most since 2012 when there were also 13.

• Tsonga had a successful junior career. He won the 2003 US Open boys’ title (d. Marcos Baghdatis) and reached the semifinals at the Australian Open (l. Baghdatis), Roland Garros (l. Brian Baker) and Wimbledon (l. Florin Mergea) the same year. As a result he finished the year at No. 2 in the ITF Junior World Rankings.

• Tsonga has played Davis Cup for France since 2008 and has a 27-10 win-loss record in the competition. He has competed in 3 Davis Cup Finals – including in France’s victory over Belgium in 2017 which ended a 16-year Davis Cup title drought. France will compete in Group A against Serbia and Japan at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Tsonga is coached by Thierry Ascione and Sergi Bruguera, who won the title here in 1993-94.


NO. 11 MARIN CILIC (CRO) v GRIGOR DIMITROV (BUL)

Head-to-head: Cilic leads 4-1 2014 Brisbane Hard (O) R16 Cilic 75 75 2015 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R32 Dimitrov 76(3) 76(2) 2016 Rio Olympic Tennis Event Hard (O) R64 Cilic 61 64 2016 Cincinnati-1000 Hard (O) SF Cilic 46 63 75 2018 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R16 Cilic 76(5) 64 A 6th meeting for the 2 players but their first on clay or at a Grand Slam. It is their 3rd meeting in Paris, having contested 2 matches at Paris-1000, winning one each. Cilic and Dimitrov are both former Top 5 players – they were seeded No. 3 and No. 4 respectively at Roland Garros last year. Cilic dropped out of the Top 5 after Wimbledon last year and plays at No. 13, his lowest ranking since August 2016. Dimitrov was last ranked in the Top 5 in August last year, but plays here at No. 46 – he dropped as low as No. 49 in April, his lowest ranking since October 2012. CILIC v DIMITROV 30 Age 28 13 ATP Ranking 46 18 Titles 8 115-43 Career Grand Slam Record 54-34 25-12 Roland Garros Record 8-8 488-259 Career Record 299-188 122-73 Career Record - Clay 72-47 9-7 2019 Record 10-8 5-3 2019 Record - Clay 4-5 30-16 Career Five-Set Record 8-6 7 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 187-164 Career Tiebreak Record 126-102

4-3 2019 Tiebreak Record 4-7

• CILIC is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 9th time on his 13th Roland Garros appearance. This is his 46th Grand Slam overall.

• Cilic is bidding to record his 26th Roland Garros match-win and take sole ownership of 2nd place on the list for most Roland Garros match-wins by a Croatian man, ahead of Zeljko Franulovic.

Most matches won by a Croatian man at Roland Garros

Rank Player Roland Garros win-loss

1. Niki Pilic* 27-12

2= Marin Cilic Zeljko Franulovic*

25-12 25-17

4. Goran Ivanisevic 21-12

5. Ivan Ljubicic 18-12 * Franulovic and Pilic are both Croatian-born but represented Yugoslavia throughout their careers

• Cilic advanced to the 2nd round here for the 10th time after defeating Thomas Fabbiano 63 75 61 in the 1st round on Sunday.

• Last year here, Cilic equalled his best Roland Garros result by reaching the quarterfinals (l. Juan Martin del Potro). He also reached the quarterfinals here in 2017 (l. Stan Wawrinka).

• Cilic won his first major title at the 2014 US Open, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final. He was the first Croatian to win a Grand Slam title since Goran Ivanisevic at 2001 Wimbledon. He is one of 6 Grand Slam champions in the men’s main draw here, all of whom reached the 2nd round.

• Cilic is bidding to win his 2nd Grand Slam title. Should he win his 2nd major title, 17 Grand Slam appearances after his first, he will go top of Open Era list for most attempts before winning a 2nd major title. (see Preview page 6)


• Cilic is bidding to become the 11th man in the Open Era to reach the final at all 4 Grand Slams. As well as winning the title at the 2014 US Open, he has also reached the final at 2017 Wimbledon and the 2018 Australian Open, falling to Roger Federer on both occasions.

• Cilic warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the quarterfinals at Madrid-1000 where he gave a walkover to Novak Djokovic due to gastroenteritis. He has recorded just one other match-win on clay this year – in a 2nd round finish at Rome-1000 (d. Andrea Basso, l. Jan-Lennard Struff). He lost his opening match at both Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Guido Pella) and Budapest (l. Pablo Cuevas).

• Also in 2019, Cilic reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open (l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and the 3rd round at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Denis Shapovalov), but lost his opening match at both Dubai (l. Gael Monfils) and Miami-1000 (l. Andrey Rublev).

• Cilic has won both of the 5-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros – against Leonardo Mayer in the 3rd round in 2010 and Fabio Fognini in the round of 16 in 2018. He has a 30-16 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Cilic has won 18 career titles including 2 on clay – at 2012 Umag (d. Marcel Granollers) and 2017 Istanbul (d. Milos Raonic).

• Cilic reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 after reaching the final at the 2018 Australian Open. He plays at No. 13, his lowest ranking since August 2016.

• Cilic won the Roland Garros boys’ singles title in 2005 (d. Anton van der Duim) and finished that year at No. 2 in the ITF Junior rankings behind Donald Young, having reached the quarterfinals at the other 3 Grand Slams. He is one of 9 junior champions to start the men’s singles here.

• Cilic has played Davis Cup for Croatia since 2006. He defeated Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and Lucas Pouille in Croatia’s 3-1 victory against France in the Davis Cup Final last year. Croatia is ranked No. 2 in the Davis Cup Nations Ranking and will compete against Spain and Russia in Group B at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Cilic is coached by Ivan Cinkus.

• DIMITROV is bidding to record his 300th Tour-level match-win today.

• Dimitrov is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 4th time and equal his best Roland Garros performance. He has reached the 3rd round here on 3 previous occasions – in 2013 (l. Novak Djokovic), 2017 (l. Pablo Carreno Busta) and last year (l. Fernando Verdasco). This is his 8th appearance at Roland Garros and his 35th appearance at a Grand Slam.

• Dimitrov advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Janko Tipsarevic 63 60 36 67(4) 64 in the 1st round on Sunday. The result improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros to 2-1 and to 8-6 overall.

• Dimitrov’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals at both 2014 Wimbledon (l. Djokovic), breaking into the Top 10 for the first time afterwards at No. 9, and at the 2017 Australian Open, where he fell to Rafael Nadal in 5 sets.

• Dimitrov warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Nadal) and Barcelona (l. Nicolas Jarry). He lost in the 1st round at Madrid-1000 (l. Taylor Fritz), Rome-1000 (l. Jan-Lennard Struff) and as a qualifier at Geneva (l. Federico Delbonis).

• Dimitrov’s best results in 2019 are reaching the quarterfinals at Brisbane (l. Kei Nishikori) and the round of 16 at the Australian Open (l. Frances Tiafoe). He withdrew from Rotterdam, Acapulco and Indian Wells-1000 due to a shoulder injury, making his return at Miami-1000, where he reached the 3rd round (l. Jordan Thompson).

• Dimitrov is bidding to end a 7-match losing streak against Top 20 opposition. He has not defeated a Top 20 player since defeating No. 10 David Goffin in the quarterfinals at 2018 Monte Carlo-1000. He has a 45-83 win-loss record against Top 20 opponents overall.

• Dimitrov is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player at Roland Garros for the first time. He lost both of his previous 2 meetings with Top 20 opposition here – to No. 20 Richard Gasquet in the 2nd round in 2012 and to No. 1 Djokovic in the 3rd round in 2013. The highest-ranked player he has defeated here is No. 51 Donald Young in the 1st round in 2012. He has a 7-14 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at the Grand Slams overall.


• Dimitrov has won 8 Tour-level singles titles, but only one has come on clay – at 2014 Bucharest (d. Lukas Rosol).

• Dimitrov reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 after winning the 2017 ATP Finals (d. David Goffin). He plays here at No. 46. He dropped as low as No. 49 in April this year, his lowest ranking since October 2012.

• Dimitrov finished 2008 as No. 3 in the ITF Junior Rankings after winning the boys’ singles titles at Wimbledon (d. Henri Kontinen) and the US Open (d. Devin Britton). He reached the quarterfinals at 2008 Junior Roland Garros (l. Jerzy Janowicz).

• 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 currently without a permanent coach. He is working with Radek Stepanek on a trial basis during the 2019 clay court season.


NO. 24 STAN WAWRINKA (SUI) v CRISTIAN GARIN (CHI)

Head-to-head: first meeting WAWRINKA v GARIN 34 Age 22 28 ATP Ranking 37 16 Titles 2 136-52 Career Grand Slam Record 1-3 39-13 Roland Garros Record 1-0 498-291 Career Record 30-23 179-90 Career Record - Clay 28-14 16-11 2019 Record 20-7 5-4 2019 Record - Clay 20-6 26-21 Career Five-Set Record 1-2 6 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 217-192 Career Tiebreak Record 15-11 10-8 2019 Tiebreak Record 10-3

• 2015 champion WAWRINKA is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 11th time. This is his 15th appearance at Roland Garros and his 56th Grand Slam overall.

• Wawrinka advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Josef Kovalik 61 67(3) 62 63 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Wawrinka has lost in the 2nd round at Roland Garros once before – in 2007 (d. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, l. Ivan Ljubicic).

• Wawrinka’s best Roland Garros performance is winning the title in 2015, defeating Novak Djokovic in 4 sets in the final. He was the first man to win Roland Garros a year after losing in the 1st round since 2002 champion Albert Costa, who had lost in the 1st round in Paris in 2001. He also finished runner-up here in 2017 (l. Rafael Nadal) when, at 32 years 75 days, he became the oldest man to contest the final at Roland Garros since Niki Pilic in 1973.

• Wawrinka has won 3 Grand Slam titles at 3 different majors. He also won the 2014 Australian Open (d. Nadal) and the 2016 US Open (d. Djokovic). At the Australian Open, he was the first player to defeat the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds en route to a Grand Slam title since Sergi Bruguera won 1993 Roland Garros. At the US Open, aged 31 years 167 days, he became the oldest US Open champion since Ken Rosewall in 1970.

• Wawrinka is looking to become the 6th man in the Open Era to win 3 or more Grand Slam titles after turning 30. Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rod Laver, Nadal and Rosewall are the only men to have won 3 or more Grand Slam titles after turning 30. He is one of 6 Grand Slam champions in the men’s draw here.

• Wawrinka’s best clay court result in 2019 is reaching the quarterfinals at Madrid-1000 (l. Nadal). He also reached the 2nd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Lucas Pouille, l. Marco Cecchinato), but lost his opening match at the other 2 clay court events he has contested this year – at Rome-1000 (l. David Goffin) and Geneva (l. Damir Dzumhur).

• Wawrinka’s best result in 2019 is reaching the final at Rotterdam (l. Gael Monfils). It was his first Tour-level final since he finished runner-up here in 2017. He also reached the quarterfinals at Doha (l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and Acapulco (l. Nick Kyrgios) and the 3rd round at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Federer). He reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. Ernests Gulbis, l. Milos Raonic).

• Wawrinka has won 3 of his last 4 five-set matches as Roland Garros – his only defeat in a 5-set match here in that time came against Garcia-Lopez in the 1st round last year. He has a 9-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and 26-21 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Wawrinka reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in January 2014. He plays here at No. 28.

• Wawrinka, who won the junior title here in 2003, was also the first former boys’ champion to win the title here since Mats Wilander in 1988 and at 30 years 71 days was the oldest male champion since Andres Gomez in 1990. He is one of 9 former Roland Garros boys’ singles champions who started the men’s main draw here.


• Wawrinka is coached by Magnus Norman and Yannick Fattebert.

• GARIN is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time on debut this year. This is his 4th appearance at a Grand Slam.

• Garin advanced to the 2nd round here by defeating Reilly Opelka 76(0) 75 76(7) in the 1st round on Monday to record his first Grand Slam match-win.

• Garin has lost in the 1st round on all 3 of his previous appearances at the Grand Slams – as a qualifier at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Jack Sock) and 2018 (l. Adrian Mannarino), and as a direct acceptance at the Australian Open this year (l. David Goffin).

• Garin’s best results in 2019 are winning his first 2 Tour-level titles – at Houston (d. Casper Ruud) and Munich (d. Matteo Berrettini). He is one of only 2 men to have won two Tour-level clay court titles prior to Roland Garros this year, along with Benoit Paire who won the titles at Marrakech and Lyon. He also reached the final at Sao Paulo (l. Guido Pella).

• Also on clay in 2019, Garin reached the 3rd round at Barcelona (l. Roberto Carballes Baena) and the 2nd round at both Buenos Aires (d. Felix Auger-Aliassime, l. Marco Cecchinato) and Rio de Janeiro (d. Maximillian Marterer, l. Felix Auger-Aliassime).

• Garin has contested 26 of his 27 Tour-level matches in 2019 on clay. His only Tour-level appearance at a hard court event came at the Australian Open. He failed to qualify at Brisbane, Sydney and Miami-1000.

• Garin is on a 4-match winning streak against Top 30 players. He has not lost to a Top 30 opponent since falling to No. 18 Cecchinato in the 2nd round at Buenos Aires this year. He has a 4-6 win-loss record against Top 30 players overall.

• Garin has never contested a 5-set match at a Grand Slam but has won one of the 3 five-set matches he has contested in Davis Cup. He also defeated John-Patrick Smith in 5 sets in the final round of qualifying at 2017 Wimbledon.

• Garin reached a career-high ranking of No. 33 earlier this month following his victory at Munich. He plays here at No. 37.

• Garin has played Davis Cup for Chile since 2012. He has an 11-12 overall win-loss record in the competition and was part of the team that defeated Austria 3-2 in the Davis Cup Qualifiers in February, defeating Jurij Rodionov in the decisive 5th rubber. Chile will compete in Group D against Argentina and Germany at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Garin was a recipient of an International Player Grand Slam Grant, financed by the Grand Slam Development Fund in May 2017.

• Garin is coached by Andres Schneiter and Paul Capdeville.


(WC) NICOLAS MAHUT (FRA) v PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER (GER)

Tour-level head-to-head: Mahut leads 1-0 2003 St Polten Qualifying Draw Clay (O) R16 Kohlschreiber 46 63 60 2016 US Open Hard (O) R128 Mahut 63 75 1-0 ret. (right foot) A 2nd Tour-level meeting for the pair. Mahut won their only previous Tour-level meeting when Kohlschreiber retired due to a right foot injury in the 1st round at the 2016 US Open. Kohlschreiber is facing a French player at Roland Garros for the first time. He has played 100 matches against French players at Tour-level prior to today – and has a win-loss record of 53-47 – and has a 7-8 win-loss record against Frenchmen at the Grand Slams. Kohlschreiber has won 7 of his 8 previous meetings with wild cards at the Grand Slams – his only defeat came against Sam Querrey in the 1st round at thte 2006 US Open. He has a 39-18 win-loss record against wild cards at Tour-level overall. Mahut (37 years 139 days) is the 4th-oldest man in the main draw here this year, while Kohlschreiber (35 years 236 days) is the 6th-oldest. This is the 2nd meeting between 2 players aged 35 or older in the men’s singles here this year, after Ivo Karlovic (40 years 101 days) defeated Feliciano Lopez (37 years 262 days) in the 1st round on Tuesday.

MAHUT v KOHLSCHREIBER 37 Age 35 252 ATP Ranking 54 4 Titles 8 30-50 Career Grand Slam Record 72-58 7-16 Roland Garros Record 14-14 177-222 Career Record 464-358 16-38 Career Record - Clay 174-129 1-1 2019 Record 17-12 1-0 2019 Record - Clay 8-5 6-8 Career Five-Set Record 16-14 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 89-118 Career Tiebreak Record 188-185 0-2 2019 Tiebreak Record 4-7

• Wild card MAHUT is contesting his 400th Tour-level match today.

• Mahut is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 3rd time and equal his best Roland Garros performance. He has reached the 3rd round here in 2012 (l. Roger Federer) and as a wild card in 2015 (l. Gilles Simon).

• Mahut advanced to the 2nd round after defeating No. 16 seed Marco Cecchinato 26 67(6) 64 62 64 in the 1st round on Sunday. It was his 2nd successful comeback from 0-2 down and his first victory in a 5-set match at Roland Garros. He has a 1-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and a 6-8 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Mahut’s victory in the 1st round here ended a 4-match Tour-level losing streak. He had not previously recorded a Tour-level match-win since reaching the 2nd round as a lucky loser at the 2018 US Open (d. Corentin Moutet, l. Alexander Zverev).

• Mahut’s victory in the 1st round here also ended a 6-match losing streak – at all levels – on clay. He had not previously won a clay court match at any level since reaching the 2nd round at 2017 Madrid-1000 (d. Jack Sock, l. Pablo Cuevas). He lost the only clay court match he has contested this year to Viktor Troicki in the 1st round at the Bordeaux Challenger (FRA).

• Last year here, as a wild card, Mahut fell to Juan Martin del Potro in the 1st round. This is his 17th appearance at Roland Garros, putting him in 3rd place among active players on the list for most Roland Garros appearances. (see Preview page 14)

• Mahut received a wild card for Roland Garros this year. It is the 13th occasion he has received a Grand Slam main draw wild card, extending his record for most Grand Slam appearances as a wild card. (see Preview page 17). This is his 51st Grand Slam appearance overall.


• Mahut’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 at 2016 Wimbledon where, on his 43rd Grand Slam appearance, he set the record for most Grand Slam appearances before reaching the round of 16. He fell to Sam Querrey in straight sets.

• Mahut is contesting his 3rd Tour-level match of 2019 today. His only previous appearance at Tour-level this year came as a qualifier at Montpellier, where he fell to Filip Krajinovic in the 1st round.

• Mahut’s best results in 2019 are quarterfinal finishes at the Cherbourg Challenger (FRA), where he gave a walkover to Mats Moraing, and at the Saint Brieuc Challenger (FRA) (l. Maxime Janvier). His only other match-wins – at any level – this year came in qualifying at Montpellier.

• Mahut has won 4 career singles titles – all of which have come on grass. He is a 3-time champion at ’s-Hertogenbosch (2013, 2015-16) and also won the title as a wild card at 2013 Newport (d. Lleyton Hewitt).

• Mahut is a former Top 40 player, having reached a career-high ranking of No. 37 in May 2014. He dropped to No. 254 earlier this month – his lowest ranking since he was No. 270 in February 2003 – and plays here one place higher at No. 253.

• Mahut is one of 13 Frenchmen through to the 2nd round here – the most since 2012 when there were also 13.

• Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert became the 8th men’s doubles team to win all 4 major titles by winning the men’s doubles title at the Australian Open this year. The pair defeated Henri Kontinen/John Peers to win their 4th Grand Slam doubles title and also become the 2nd all-French team to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title after Michael Llodra/Fabrice Santoro in 2003-04.

• In the men’s doubles here last year, Mahut and Herbert became the 3rd all-French pair in the Open Era to win the men’s doubles at Roland Garros – after Henri Leconte/Yannick Noah (1984) and Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (2014). The pair defeated Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic in the final. Mahut will play alongside Jurgen Melzer in the men’s doubles this year.

• Mahut has played Davis Cup for France since 2015 and has an 8-3 win-loss record in the competition overall. He was part of the French team that won its first Davis Cup title in 16 years during the 2017 season, but did not play in the victory against Belgium in the Final. He also was part of the team that finished runner-up to Croatia in 2018, winning the doubles rubber alongside Herbert.

• Mahut is coached by Nicolas Renavand and Nicolas Copin.

• KOHLSCHREIBER is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 5th time – and the first time since 2014. This is his 15th straight appearance at Roland Garros and his 59th Grand Slam overall.

• Kohlschreiber advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Robin Haase 64 64 67(5) 61 to record his first Roland Garros match-win since 2015. He has lost in the 1st round here on his 3 most-recent appearances, including to Borna Coric last year.

• Kohlschreiber’s best Roland Garros performance is reaching the round of 16 on 2 occasions – in 2009 (l. Tommy Robredo) and 2013 (l. Novak Djokovic).

• Kohlschreiber broke through to his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at 2012 Wimbledon (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga). It was his 33rd Grand Slam appearance which put him in 4th place for the most Grand Slam appearances before reaching his first quarterfinal at the majors. It remains his best performance at the Grand Slams.

• Kohlschreiber warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the quarterfinals at Munich (l. Matteo Berrettini) and the 3rd round at Rome-1000 (l. Djokovic). He also reached the 2nd round at Marrakech (d. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, l. Pablo Andujar), Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Taro Daniel, l. Djokovic) and Madrid-1000 (d. Mikhail Kukushkin, l. Frances Tiafoe).

• Kohlschreiber’s best result in 2019 is reaching the semifinals at Auckland (l. Tennys Sandgren). He also reached the round of 16 at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Gael Monfils). He reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. Li Zhe, l. Joao Sousa), but fell in the 1st round at the 4 other events he contested.


• 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 2-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and a 16-14 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Kohlschreiber has won 8 Tour-level singles titles – 6 of which have come on clay. He is a 3-time champion at Munich (2007, 2012 and 2016), a 2-time champion at Kitzbuhel (2015 and 2017) and also won on clay at 2014 Dusseldorf.

• Kohlschreiber is a former Top 20 player. He reached a career-best ranking of No. 16 in July 2012 and finished that year ranked at No. 20 – the only time, to date, that he has ended a year in the world’s Top 20. He plays here at No. 54.

• Kohlschreiber has played Davis Cup for Germany since 2007. He has a 22-15 win-loss record in the competition and won both rubbers he contested in Germany’s 5-0 victory against Hungary in the Davis Cup Qualifiers in February. Germany will compete in Group D against Argentina and Chile in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Kohlschreiber is coached by Tobias Summerer.


BENOIT PAIRE (FRA) v PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT (FRA)

Head-to-head: Paire leads 2-1 2013 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R64 Herbert 62 62 2017 Wimbledon Grass (O) R64 Paire 76(4) 61 64 2019 Marrakech Clay (O) R16 Paire 64 62 A 4th Tour-level meeting for the pair. Paire has won their only previous meetings at both a Grand Slam and on clay – the latter at Marrakech earlier this year. This is the pair’s 2nd meeting in Paris, having contested one match at 2013 Paris-1000, which Herbert won in straight sets. This is the 80th all-French meeting in the men’s singles and Roland Garros in the Open Era, and the first in 2019. It is also the 187th all-French men’s singles match at the Grand Slams in the Open Era. Paire is facing a French opponent at Roland Garros for the first time. He has a 3-1 win-loss record against fellow Frenchmen at the Grand Slams and a 17-28 win-loss record against Frenchmen at Tour-level overall. Herbert is facing a French opponent at Roland Garros for the 2nd time, having defeated Jeremy Chardy in 5 sets in the 2nd round here last year. That victory was his only one against a Frenchman at a Grand Slam – he has a 1-3 win-loss record against fellow Frenchmen at the Grand Slams and a 10-12 win-loss record against Frenchmen at Tour-level overall. Paire and Herbert are 2 of 13 Frenchmen through to the 2nd round here – the most since 2012 when there were also 13.

PAIRE v HERBERT 30 Age 28 38 ATP Ranking 43 3 Titles 0 34-33 Career Grand Slam Record 14-17 9-9 Roland Garros Record 4-4 197-209 Career Record 70-83 77-70 Career Record - Clay 14-15 17-12 2019 Record 16-11 13-3 2019 Record - Clay 8-5 9-7 Career Five-Set Record 3-1 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 94-88 Career Tiebreak Record 42-52 4-5 2019 Tiebreak Record 3-4

• PAIRE is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 3rd time and equal his best Roland Garros performance. He has reached the 3rd round here on 2 previous occasions – in 2013 (l. Kei Nishikori) and 2015 (l. Tomas Berdych).

• Paire advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Marius Copil 64 67(5) 60 61 in the 1st round on Monday. This is his 10th straight Roland Garros performance and his 34th Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here, Paire reached the 2nd round, falling to Nishikori in 5 sets. It was his first defeat in a 5-set match here. He has a 2-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and a 9-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Paire’s best Grand Slam performances is reaching the round of 16 at the 2015 US Open (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) and at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Andy Murray).

• Paire is one of 2 players to win multiple clay-court titles prior to Roland Garros in 2019. He won his 2nd Tour-level title at Marrakech (d. Pablo Andujar) and his 3rd Tour-level title at Lyon (d. Felix Auger-Aliassime). Cristian Garin, who won the titles at Houston and Munich, is the only other player to have won 2 Tour-level clay court titles this year.

• Also on clay in 2019, Paire reached the 3rd round at Barcelona (l. Guido Pella), but lost in the 1st round at Munich (l. Diego Schwartzman) and as a qualifier at Rome-1000 (l. Radu Albot). He failed to qualify at Madrid-1000. At Challenger level, he reached the final on clay at Marbella (ESP) (l. Andujar) but lost his opening match at Sophia Antipolis (FRA) (l. Roberto Marcora).


• Elsewhere in 2019, Paire reached the quarterfinals in Pune (l. Gilles Simon) and the 2nd round at Montpellier (l. Tomas Berdych) and Marseille (l. David Goffin). He fell in the 1st round at the 6 other Tour-level hard court events he has contested this year, including at the Australian Open (l. Dominic Thiem). He reached the quarterfinals on hard courts at the Rennes Challenger (l. Yannick Maden).

• All of Paire’s 3 Tour-level titles have come on clay. In addition to his 2 titles this year, he also won the title on clay at 2015 Bastad (d. Tommy Robredo).

• Paire reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in January 2016. He rose 13 places to No. 38 – his highest ranking since October 2017 – after winning the title at Lyon last week.

• Paire is coached by Morgan Bourbon.

• HERBERT is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd straight year and equal his best Grand Slam performance. This is his 5th Roland Garros appearance and 18th Grand Slam overall.

• Herbert advanced to the 2nd round after defeating No. 12 seed Daniil Medvedev 46 46 63 62 75 in the 1st round on Monday. It was his first successful comeback from 0-2 down and improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level to 3-1. He also won a 5-set match in qualifying at 2015 Wimbledon.

• Last year here, Herbert recorded his best Roland Garros performance by reaching the 3rd round (l. John Isner).

• Herbert’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 3rd round on 4 occasions. In addition to his 3rd round finish here last year, he also reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open as a qualifier in 2016 (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) and as a direct acceptance this year (l. Milos Raonic), and as a direct acceptance at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Nicolas Mahut).

• Herbert warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the semifinals at Budapest (l. Filip Krajinovic). He also reached the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Borna Coric) and the 2nd round at both Marrakech (l. Benoit Paire) and Lyon (l. Steve Johnson), but lost in the 1st round as a qualifier at Madrid-1000 (l. Stan Wawrinka).

• Herbert’s best result in 2019 is reaching his 3rd Tour-level final at Montpellier, where he fell to wild card Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets. He also reached the quarterfinals at Doha (l. Tomas Berdych) but lost in the 1st round at Rotterdam (l. Kei Nishikori), Indian Wells-1000 (l. Philipp Kohlschreiber) and Miami-1000 (l. Krajinovic)

• Herbert broke the Top 50 for the first time in October 2018 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 36 in February this year. He plays here at No. 43.

• Herbert and Mahut became the 8th men’s doubles team to win all 4 major titles by winning the men’s doubles title at the Australian Open this year. The pair defeated Henri Kontinen/John Peers to win their 4th Grand Slam doubles title and also become the 2nd all-French team to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title after Michael Llodra/Fabrice Santoro in 2003-04.

• In the men’s doubles here last year, Herbert and Mahut became the 3rd all-French pair in the Open Era to win the men’s doubles at Roland Garros – after Henri Leconte/Yannick Noah (1984) and Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (2014). The pair defeated Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic in the final. Herbert has not entered the men’s doubles here this year, while Mahut will play alongside Jurgen Melzer.

• Herbert has played Davis Cup for France since 2016 and has an 7-2 win-loss record in the competition overall. He was part of the French team that won its first Davis Cup title in 16 years during the 2017 season, winning the doubles rubber alongside Richard Gasquet as France defeated Belgium 3-2. He also was part of the team that finished runner-up to Croatia in 2018, winning the doubles rubber alongside Mahut.

• Herbert was a good junior player, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 9 in 2009. He won the boys’ doubles title at 2009 Wimbledon with Kevin Krawietz and reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles at the 2009 US Open (l. Bernard Tomic).

• Herbert is coached by Fabrice Santoro, Benjamin Balleret and his father Jean-Roch Herbert.


JUAN IGNACIO LONDERO (ARG) v RICHARD GASQUET (FRA)

Head-to-head: first meeting LONDERO v GASQUET 25 Age 32 78 ATP Ranking 39 1 Titles 15 1-0 Career Grand Slam Record 106-55 1-0 Roland Garros Record 27-15 11-11 Career Record 524-305 11-9 Career Record - Clay 141-82 11-8 2019 Record 3-2 11-8 2019 Record - Clay 3-2 0-0 Career Five-Set Record 11-13 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 4-3 Career Tiebreak Record 183-154 4-2 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-1

• LONDERO is bidding to reach the 3rd round on his Grand Slam debut.

• Londero advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating No. 15 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili 64 61 63 for his first Grand Slam match-win.

• Londero’s best result in 2019 is winning his first Tour-level title as a wild card at Cordoba, defeating Guido Pella in the final. He became the first player to win a Tour-level title without having previously recorded a Tour-level match-win since Steve Darcis at 2007 Amersfoort.

• Londero is bidding to record his 12th Tour-level match-win. All 11 of his Tour-level match-wins have come on clay this year. He reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at Rio de Janeiro (d. Elias Ymer, l. Pablo Cuevas) and as a direct acceptance at Sao Paulo (d. Paolo Lorenzi, l. Hugo Dellien), Marrakech (d. Carlos Berlocq, l. Jiri Vesely), Munich (d. Maximilian Marterer, l. Alexander Zverev) and Geneva (d. Mischa Zverev, l. Radu Albot). He lost in the 1st round at Buenos Aires, Monte Carlo-1000 and Barcelona.

• Londero failed to qualify at the 3 hard court events he has contested in 2019. He fell in the 2nd round of qualifying at the Australian Open (d. Tommy Robredo, l. Oscar Otte), and in the 1st round of qualifying at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Christian Harrison) and Miami-1000 (l. Lukas Lacko).

• Prior to competing at Cordoba this year, Londero had contested just 3 Tour-level events – he fell in the 1st round as a qualifier on hard courts at Bogota in 2013 (l. Ivo Karlovic) and 2014 (l. Victor Estrella Burgos) and on clay at 2018 Bastad (l. Henri Laaksonen).

• Londero is bidding to record his 3rd match-win against a Top 50 player. He has a 2-5 win-loss record against Top 50 opposition at Tour-level, with his 2 victories coming against No. 41 Nicolas Jarry in the 1st round at Cordoba this year and against No. 16 Basilashvili in the 1st round here.

• Londero broke the Top 100 for the first time after winning the title at Cordoba in February. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 64 in March, but plays here at No. 78.

• Londero is coached by Andreas Schneiter.

• GASQUET is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 9th straight year. This is his 16th appearance at Roland Garros and his 57th major overall.

• Gasquet advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Mischa Zverev 63 64 63 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here, Gasquet reached the 3rd round, defeating Andreas Seppi and Malek Jaziri before falling to No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

• Gasquet’s best Roland Garros result is reaching the quarterfinals in 2016 (l. Murray). By reaching the quarterfinals on his 13th appearance here, he went top of the Open Era list for most Roland Garros appearances before reaching the quarterfinals.


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

• Gasquet is bidding to record his 107th Grand Slam match-win today. By recording his 104th Grand Slam match-win in the 1st round at the 2018 US Open, Gasquet claimed sole ownership of 2nd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam match-wins by a Frenchman. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who is bidding to record his 120th Grand Slam match-win today, is the only Frenchman to have recorded more Grand Slam match-wins.

• Gasquet is contesting his 6th Tour-level match of 2019 today. He missed the opening 4 months of the season after undergoing groin surgery in January. Since his return, he has reached the 2nd round at Madrid-1000 (d. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, l. Federer) and Lyon, where he defeated Maxime Janvier before giving a walkover to Taylor Fritz due to back pain, but fell in the 1st round at Rome-1000 (l. Jeremy Chardy).

• Gasquet has won 6 of his last 7 five-set matches. His only defeat in a 5-set match in that time came in the 2nd round at 2014 Wimbledon, when he fell to Nick Kyrgios despite holding a 2-0 lead. He has a 1-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and an 11-13 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Gasquet is unseeded here this year – it is the first time he has been unseeded at a Grand Slam since the 2010 US Open.

• Gasquet is a former Top 10 player, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 7 in July 2007. He fell to No. 39 in April this year – his lowest ranking since he was No. 41 in August 2010 – and plays here at the same ranking.

• Gasquet is one of 13 Frenchmen through to the 2nd round here – the most since 2012 when there were also 13.

• Gasquet won the mixed doubles title here in 2004 with Tatiana Golovin, defeating Cara Black/Wayne Black in the final.

• Gasquet is one of 9 former Roland Garros junior champions who started in this year’s men’s main draw. He won the boys’ title here in 2002 (d. Laurent Recouderc) and was named ITF Junior World Champion the same year.

• Gasquet has played Davis Cup for France since 2005, compiling an 18-12 overall win-loss record. He was a member of the French team that defeated Belgium 3-2 in the 2017 Final to win the title for the first time since 2001. He played during the 2018 season, when France finished runner-up to Croatia, but did not play in the Final. France will compete in Group A alongside Serbia and Japan at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Gasquet is currently without a coach.

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