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2020 Roland Garros day 6 men’s match notes

2020 ROLAND GARROS DAY 6 MEN’S NOTES

Friday 2 October 3rd Round Bottom Half

No. 2 Rafael Nadal (ESP) v Stefano Travaglia (ITA) No. 3 Dominic Thiem (AUT) v No. 28 Casper Ruud (NOR) No. 6 Alexander Zverev (GER) v (Q) Marco Cecchinato (ITA) No. 12 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) v Norbert Gombos (SVK) No. 16 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) v (WC) Hugo Gaston (FRA) No. 27 Taylor Fritz (USA) v Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) Federico Coria (FRA) v Jannik Sinner (ITA) (Q) Pedro Martinez (ESP) v (Q) Sebastian Korda (USA) On court today…

• The first match between 2 seeded players in the men’s singles here this year takes place on Court Philippe-Chatrier today, with No. 3 seed Dominic Thiem facing No. 28 seed Casper Ruud. Thiem has looked comfortable in his opening 2 matches here, dispatching a pair of former Top 10 players – Marin Cilic and Jack Sock – in straight sets. Ruud was pushed to 5 sets by Tommy Paul in the 2nd round on Wednesday, but he will be confident ahead of this match – the Norwegian has won more Tour-level clay court matches than anyone else this year. Should he defeat Thiem today, he would become just the 2nd man from Norway to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam, after his father, Christian, who reached the last 16 at the 1997 Australian Open.

• Alexander Zverev is in action again today, after maintaining his perfect record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros with a hard-fought victory over Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the 2nd round. Zverev plays 2018 semifinalist Marco Cecchinato in the 3rd match on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. He will be wary of the threat posed by the Italian – while Cecchinato has fallen in the 1st round at 12 of his 13 previous Grand Slam appearances, on the one occasion he did not, he defeated Novak Djokovic and reached the semifinals (at 2018 Roland Garros). Cecchinato has won 5 consecutive matches here, having come through qualifying, and will be optimistic of causing another upset in Paris today.

• Wild card Hugo Gaston is the last Frenchman standing here this year. He will have to produce a performance for the ages if he is to progress any further – he is up against 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka in the 2nd match on Lenglen today. Should world No. 239 Gaston win today, he will become the lowest-ranked player to reach the round of 16 here since another French wild card, No. 283 Arnaud di Pasquale, in 2002. But Wawrinka has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as Gaston, and has also won 9 of the 10 matches he has played against Frenchmen at Roland Garros.

• Qualifiers Pedro Martinez and Sebastian Korda meet in the 2nd match on Court 7 today, with both looking to the reach the last 16 at a major for the first time. The winner of the match will become the first qualifier to reach the last 16 at Roland Garros since Alejandro Falla in 2011 – and should either Cecchinato or fellow qualifier Daniel Altmaier, who plays his 3rd round match on Saturday, join the winner of Martinez and Korda in the next round, it will be the first time that multiple qualifiers have reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros since 1998, when Jens Knippschild and Marat Safin both reached the last 16 here.

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NO. 2 RAFAEL NADAL (ESP) v STEFANO TRAVAGLIA (ITA)

Head-to-head: first meeting Nadal has lost clay court matches to players ranked as low as No. 74 Travaglia on 2 occasions – when he fell to No. 76 Nicolas Lapentti in the quarterfinals at 2003 Bastad and to No. 113 Olivier Mutis in the 2nd round at 2004 Palermo. Nadal has lost Grand Slam matches to players ranked as low as Gerasimov on 4 occasions – in 4 consecutive years at Wimbledon from 2012 to 2015. He fell to No. 100 Lukas Rosol in 2012, No. 135 Steve Darcis in 2013, No. 144 Nick Kyrgios in 2014 and No. 102 Dustin Brown in 2015. NADAL v TRAVAGLIA 34 Age 28 2 ATP Ranking 74 85 Titles 0 277-39 Career Grand Slam Record 4-8 95-2 Roland Garros Record 2-1 994-201 Career Record 16-24 440-40 Career Record - Clay 9-7 17-4 2020 Record 7-6 4-1 2020 Record - Clay 5-1 22-12 Career Five-Set Record 1-3 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 242-156 Career Tiebreak Record 11-16 4-5 2020 Tiebreak Record 6-5

• Three-time defending champion NADAL is bidding to win his 20th Grand Slam title and equal Roger Federer’s all-time record for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles.

• Nadal is also bidding to become the 5th player, man or woman, to win 20 Grand Slam titles – after Margaret Court (24 major titles), Serena Williams (23), Steffi Graf (22) and Federer (20).

• Nadal advanced to the 3rd round here after defeating Egor Gerasimov 64 64 62 and Mackenzie McDonald 61 60 63 in the opening 2 rounds here.

• By winning his 12th Roland Garros title here last year, Nadal claimed sole ownership of the record for most singles titles at the same Grand Slam tournament, moving ahead of Court, who won 11 women’s singles titles at the Australian Championships/Open. He defeated Dominic Thiem in 4 sets in the final.

• Nadal is also 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 3 straight titles here in 2017-19.

• Nadal is also bidding to become the first player in the Open Era to win 13 singles titles at any Tour-level event. The only other player to have won 12 singles titles at one event is Martina Navratilova, who won 12 singles titles at Chicago between 1978 and 1992.

• Aged 34 years 140 days, Nadal is bidding to win his 6th Grand Slam title since turning 30 and claim sole ownership of the Open Era record for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles won after the age of 30, ahead of Djokovic. Since celebrating his 30th birthday on 3 June 2016, Nadal has won the titles at Roland Garros in 2017-19, and at the US Open in 2017 and 2019. (NB age calculated at the end of the tournament)

• Nadal has a 120-2 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 improved to a 95-2 win-loss record at Roland Garros having won his 1st round match, ahead of Federer (70-17), Djokovic (69-14) and Guillermo Vilas (58-17). This is Nadal’s 16th consecutive appearance at Roland Garros and his 60th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Nadal is also bidding to become the 4th player – and 2nd man – to win Grand Slam singles titles in 3 different decades in the Open Era. Nadal has won Grand Slam titles in both the 2000s and the 2010s. Serena Williams


(who won at least one major title in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s), Martina Navratilova (1970s, 1980s and 1990s) and Djokovic (2000s, 2010s and 2020s) are the only 3 players who have achieved the feat in the Open Era.

• Nadal has played one event since the resumption of play in August, reaching the quarterfinals at Rome-1000. He defeated Pablo Carreno Busta and Dusan Lajovic before falling to Diego Schwartzman in the last 8. It is the first time in his career that he has not won a clay court title prior to Roland Garros.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Nadal reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, where he fell to Thiem in 4 sets. He did not compete at the US Open.

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Nadal won the title at Acapulco (d. Taylor Fritz) and won 4 of the 6 matches he contested as Spain finished runners-up to Serbia at the ATP Cup.

• Nadal is bidding to win his 60th 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).

• 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 22-12 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Nadal is seeded No. 2 at Roland Garros for the 7th time in his career. He has won the title here as No. 2 seed in 2006-08, 2010, 2012 and 2019. It is the 25th time in his career he has been seeded No. 2 at a Grand Slam.

• Nadal will remain at No. 2 when the new rankings are released on Monday 12 October – unless Thiem wins the title, in which case he will drop to No. 3, his lowest ranking since he was ranked at No. 4 in May 2017. He has spent a total of 209 weeks as world No. 1, having first reached the top ranking in August 2008.

• Nadal is a 4-time Davis Cup champion. He made his debut in the competition in 2004 and was part of the Spanish teams which won the title in 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2019 – among active players, he holds the record for most Davis Cup titles, alongside Feliciano Lopez. At last year’s Davis Cup Finals in Madrid, he won all 8 matches he contested as Spain won their 6th title. As defending champions, Spain qualified automatically for the next Davis Cup Finals, which have been rearranged for 2021.

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

• TRAVAGLIA is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 2nd appearance at Roland Garros and his 9th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Travaglia advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Pablo Andujar 63 64 64 and Kei Nishikori 64 26 76(7) 46 62 in the opening 2 rounds here for his first Roland Garros match-wins.

• Travaglia is one of 5 Italian men to reach the 3rd round here – and Open Era record for most Italian men to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam. It is the first time in the Open Era that more than 3 Italian men have reached the 3rd round at a Grand Slam. The record for most Italian men in the round of 16 at a Grand Slam is 2, which has happened on 7 occasions – most recently at 2018 Roland Garros, when Fabio Fognini and Marco Cecchinato both reached the last 16 here.

• By reaching the 3rd round here, Travaglia has recorded his best Grand Slam performance. His previous best performances at the Grand Slams were reaching the 2nd round at as a qualifier at both the 2017 US Open (d. Fabio Fognini, l. Viktor Troicki) and the Australian Open last year (d. Guido Andreozzi, l. Nikoloz Basilashvili).

• Last year here, Travaglia qualified for the main draw to make his Roland Garros debut, but fell to Adrian Mannarino in 5 sets in the 1st round. Prior to his victory against Nishikori in the 2nd round here this year, he had lost all 3 five-set matches that he had contested at Tour-level.

• In Grand Slam play in 2020, Travaglia lost in the 1st round at both the Australian Open (l. Cristian Garin) and the US Open (l. Jordan Thompson).

• Since the resumption of play in August, in addition to his 1st round defeat at the US Open, Travaglia reached the 3rd round at Rome-1000 (l. Matteo Berrettini), but failed to qualify at Cincinnati-1000, falling to Norbert Gombos in the 1st round of qualifying. He also reached the semifinals at the Prostejov Challenger (CZE) (l. Andujar).

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Travaglia’s only Tour-level match-wins came while representing Italy at the ATP Cup, where he won 2 of the 3 matches he contested, and in the Davis Cup Qualifiers,


where he won the dead 4th match of Italy’s victory against Korea, Republic. At Challenger-level, he reached the final at the Bendigo Challenger (AUS) (l. Steve Johnson) and reached the semifinals at the Bengaluru Challenger (IND) (l. Benjamin Bonzi).

• Travaglia is bidding to defeat a Top 10 opponent for the 2nd time on his 3rd attempt. He has 1-1 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition, with his only victory coming when No. 9 Fabio Fognini retired due to a right leg injury in the 2nd set of their 2nd round match at 2019 Umag. He fell to No. 8 Berrettini in the 3rd round at Rome-1000 this year in his only other meeting with a Top 10 player.

• Travaglia broke the Top 100 for the first time in June 2019. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 73 earlier this month and plays here one place lower at No. 74.

• Travaglia made his Davis Cup debut for Italy in the Qualifiers in March. He won the dead 4th match of the tie as Italy defeated Korea, Republic 4-0 to secure their place at the next Davis Cup Finals, which have been rearranged for 2021.

• Travaglia is coached by Simone Vagnozzi and Davide Cassinello.


NO. 3 DOMINIC THIEM (AUT) v NO. 28 CASPER RUUD (NOR)

Head-to-head: first meeting Thiem has never lost to a player ranked as low as No. 25 Rudd at Roland Garros. The lowest-ranked player to have defeated Thiem here is No. 23 Pablo Cuevas in the 2nd round in 2015. THIEM v RUUD 27 Age 21 3 ATP Ranking 25 17 Titles 1 69-25 Career Grand Slam Record 8-8 26-6 Roland Garros Record 5-2 293-153 Career Record 64-47 140-46 Career Record - Clay 47-23 18-5 2020 Record 22-9 4-1 2020 Record - Clay 17-4 9-7 Career Five-Set Record 4-2 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 113-96 Career Tiebreak Record 12-24 12-6 2020 Tiebreak Record 4-7

• US Open champion THIEM is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 5th consecutive year. This is his 7th straight Roland Garros appearance and his 27th Grand Slam overall.

• Thiem advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Marin Cilic 64 63 63 and qualifier Jack Sock 61 63 76(6) in the opening 2 rounds here.

• Last year here, Thiem finished runner-up for the 2nd straight year, falling to Nadal in 4 sets. He became the first Austrian player to reach multiple Grand Slam finals, having also lost to Nadal in the final here in 2018.

• Thiem is bidding to become the first Austrian player – man or woman – in history to win multiple Grand Slam titles. Thomas Muster, who won the title here in 1995, is the only other Austrian player to have won a Grand Slam title.

• Thiem won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open this year. He defeated Alexander Zverev 26 46 64 63 76(6) in the final, becoming the first man to win the US Open final from 0-2 down since Pancho Gonzales recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Ted Schroeder in 1949. He became the first new Grand Slam men’s singles champion since Cilic won the title at the 2014 US Open and the first man born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title.

• Thiem is bidding to become the 10th different man in history to win the US Open and Roland Garros titles in the same year. He would become the only one to do so in back-to-back majors, due to the changes to the calendar this year.

• Also in Grand Slam play this year, Thiem became the first Austrian player to reach the final at the Australian Open, where he fell to Djokovic in 5 sets.

• Since the resumption of play in August, in addition to victory at the US Open, Thiem competed at Cincinnati-1000, where he lost his opening match to Filip Krajinovic.

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, in addition to his runner-up finish at the Australian Open, Thiem reached the quarterfinals on clay at Rio de Janeiro (l. Gianluca Mager) and won one of the 3 singles matches he contested while representing Austria at the ATP Cup.

• Clay is Thiem’s best surface in terms of matches won. He has a 140-46 win-loss record on clay, compared to 138-92 on hard courts and 14-14 on grass.

• Thiem reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in March this year and plays here at the same ranking. He will rise to No. 2 if he wins the title here.

• Thiem won the only 5-set match he has contested at Roland Garros, defeating Djokovic in 5 sets in the semifinals here last year. He has a 9-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.


• Thiem is a former junior world No. 2. He reached the boys’ singles final at Roland Garros as No. 14 seed in 2011, losing to Bjorn Fratangelo. As well as reaching the Roland Garros boys’ singles final, Thiem’s best junior result is winning the 2011 Orange Bowl (d. Patrick Ofner).

• Thiem joined the Austrian military as part of the country’s mandatory national service for 6 months from November 2014-April 2015 but continued to play on Tour during that time.

• Thiem is coached by Nicolas Massu, who competed at Roland Garros on 9 occasions, reaching the 3rd round in 2004 and 2006.

• RUUD is bidding to reach the round of 16 and become just the 2nd Norwegian player, man or woman, to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam – after his father, Christian, who reached the last 16 at the 1997 Australian Open.

• Ruud advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Yuichi Sugita 61 63 61 and Tommy Paul 61 16 63 16 63 in the opening 2 rounds here. This is his 3rd appearance at Roland Garros and his 9th Grand Slam overall.

• By reaching the 3rd round here, Ruud has equalled his best Grand Slam performance. He has reached the 3rd round at a Grand Slam on 2 previous occasions – at Roland Garros last year (l. Roger Federer) and at the US Open this year (l. Matteo Berrettini).

• By reaching the 3rd round here for the 2nd time, Ruud has become the 2nd Norwegian player, man or woman, to reach the 3rd round at Roland Garros on multiple occasions – after his father, Christian, who reached the 3rd round here in 1995 and 1999. Last year, he became the 5th Norwegian player to reach the 3rd round at a major – after Christian Ruud, who reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open in 1997 and 1999 in addition to his 2 appearances in the 3rd round here, Sverre Lie (1950 Wimbledon), Thorvald Moe (1962 Wimbledon) and Tone Schirmer (1960 Wimbledon).

• Also in Grand Slam play in 2020, Ruud lost in the 1st round at the Australian Open, falling to Egor Gerasimov in 5 sets. He won the 5-set match he has contested at Roland Garros – against Jordan Thompson in the 1st round here in 2018 – and has a 3-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Since the resumption of play in August, in addition to reaching the 3rd round at the US Open, Ruud reached the semifinals on clay at both Rome-1000 (l. Novak Djokovic) and Hamburg (l. Andrey Rubev). He also fell in the 1st round at Cincinnati-1000 (l. Diego Schwartzman).

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Ruud became the first Norwegian player to win a Tour-level title, defeating Pedro Sousa in the final on clay at Buenos Aires. He also reached the final at Santiago (l. Thiago Seyboth Wild). He fell in the 1st round at Auckland (l. Ugo Humbert), Rio de Janeiro (l. Gianluca Mager) and the Australian Open.

• Ruud is bidding to record his 18th Tour-level clay court match win of 2020. He is top of the list for most Tour-level match-wins on clay this season – ahead of Cristian Garin (15 clay court match-wins) and Schwartzman (12).

• Ruud is bidding to defeat a Top 5 opponent for the first time on his 4th attempt. He has lost all 3 of his previous matches against Top 5 opposition. The highest-ranked player he has defeated is No. 8 Matteo Berrettini in the quarterfinals at Rome-1000 this year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 31 Berrettini in the 2nd round here last year.

• Clay is Ruud’s best surface, and the only surface on which he has a positive win-loss record. He has a 47-23 Tour-level win-loss record on clay – compared to 14-23 on hard courts and 0-1 on grass.

• Ruud reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 this week, after reaching the semifinals at Rome-1000. He surpassed his father Christian, who reached a career-high ranking of No. 39, as Norway’s highest-ranked player in history after rising to No. 34 following his title win at Buenos Aires.

• Ruud entered the men’s doubles here with Miomir Kecmanovic. The pair fell to No. 11 seeds John Peers/Michael Venus 46 63 62 in the 1st round.

• Ruud has played Davis Cup for Norway since 2015 and has a 16-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. He won his only singles match as Norway defeated Barbados 4-0 in the World Group I Play-offs in March. Norway will host Uzbekistan in a World Group I tie in either March or September 2021.


• Ruud is coached by his father, Christian.


NO. 6 ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) v (Q) MARCO CECCHINATO (ITA)

Head-to-head: Zverev leads 1-0 2016 Australian Open Hard (O) R128 Zverev 64 76(4) 63

A 2nd meeting for the pair, and their 2nd at a Grand Slam, but their first on clay. Zverev won their only previous meeting, at the 2016 Australian Open, in straight sets. Zverev has won 4 of the 6 matches he has contested against qualifiers at Grand Slams – with both his defeats coming at Wimbledon, in 2018 (l. Ernests Gulbis) and last year (l. Jiri Vesely). He won his only previous meeting with a qualifier at Roland Garros, defeating Mikael Ymer in the 2nd round here last year. He has a 24-9 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall Zverev has never lost a Roland Garros match to a player ranked as low as No. 110 Cecchinato. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Zverev here is No. 37 Fernando Verdasco in the 1st round in 2017. He has lost Grand Slam matches to players ranked as low as Cecchinato on 2 occasions, both of which have come at Wimbledon – to No. 138 Gulbis in 2018 and to No. 124 Vesely last year. ZVEREV v CECCHINATO 23 Age 28 7 ATP Ranking 110 11 Titles 3 45-20 Career Grand Slam Record 7-13 12-4 Roland Garros Record 7-3 237-121 Career Record 43-80 76-32 Career Record - Clay 33-43 14-7 2020 Record 4-9 2-0 2020 Record - Clay 3-5 15-7 Career Five-Set Record 1-3 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 89-65 Career Tiebreak Record 30-30 7-6 2020 Tiebreak Record 5-3

• ZVEREV is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 3rd time. This is his 5th Roland Garros appearance and his 21st Grand Slam overall.

• Zverev advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Dennis Novak 75 62 64 and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 26 64 76(5) 46 64 in the opening 2 rounds here. His victory against Herbert maintained his perfect record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros. He has won all 6 five-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros and a 15-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Last year here, Zverev equalled his best result at Roland Garros by reaching the quarterfinals (l. Novak Djokovic). He also reached the quarterfinals in 2018 (l. Dominic Thiem).

• Zverev reached his first Grand Slam final at this year’s US Open, falling to Thiem in 5 sets despite holding a 2-0 lead. Aged 23 years 146 days, he became the youngest man to reach a major final since Djokovic finished runner-up at the 2010 US Open aged 23 years 113 days.

• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2020, Zverev reached the semifinals at the Australian Open (l. Thiem).

• At 23 years 174 days, Zverev is looking to become the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles champion since Juan Martin del Potro won the 2009 US Open aged 20 years 355 days. He is also bidding to become the youngest Roland Garros men’s singles champion since Rafael Nadal won the title here in 2008 aged 22 years 5 days. (NB Ages calculated at the end of the tournament)

• Since the resumption of play in August, in addition to his runner-up finish at the US Open, Zverev fell to Andy Murray in the 1st round at Cincinnati-1000.

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, in addition to his semifinal finish at the Australian Open, Zverev reached the 2nd round at Acapulco (d. Jason Jung, l. Tommy Paul), but lost all 3 singles matches he contested while representing Germany at the ATP Cup – falling to Alex De Minaur, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov.


• Zverev is contesting his 3rd Tour-level clay court match this year – prior to coming here he had not competed on clay since he reached the semifinals at Hamburg last year (l. Nikoloz Basilashvili).

• Zverev has won 11 career titles, including 5 on clay. He is the 5th active player, after the ‘Big 4’ of Djokovic, Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, to win 3 or more Masters-1000 titles, having won the titles at 2017 Rome-1000, 2017 Montreal-1000 and 2018 Madrid-1000.

• Zverev rose to 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. 7.

• 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). As well as finishing runner-up in the boys’ singles at 2013 Roland Garros (l. Cristian Garin), he helped Germany reach the 2013 Junior Davis Cup Final (l. Spain).

• Zverev is coached by 2013 Roland Garros runner-up David Ferrer and his father, Alexander Zverev Sr.

• Qualifier CECCHINATO is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 2nd time. This is this 4th appearance at Roland Garros and his 14th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• If Cecchinato wins today and joins the winner of the match between qualifiers Pedro Martinez and Sebastian Korda in the round of 16, it would be the 5th time in the Open Era that multiple qualifiers have reached the round of 16 in the men’s singles at Roland Garros. Multiple qualifiers reached the last 16 here in 1991 (Todd Martin, Christian Miniussi), 1992 (Andrei Medvedev, Diego Perez), 1995 (Scott Draper, Younes El Aynaoui, Adrian Voinea) and 1998 (Jens Knippschild, Marat Safin).

• Cecchinato advanced to the 3rd round here for the 2nd time after defeating No. 25 seed Alex De Minaur 76(9) 64 60 and Juan Ignacio Londero 63 62 57 62 in the opening 2 rounds.

• As No. 5 seed Cecchinato defeated Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 63 75, Constant Lestienne (FRA) 62 63 and Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 61 62 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the first time that he has successfully qualified at a Grand Slam on his 10th attempt. It was also the first time that he has contested qualifying at a Grand Slam since the 2018 Australian Open.

• Cecchinato is one of 4 qualifiers to have reached the 3rd round here this year – the highest number of qualifiers through to this stage at Roland Garros sine 2011, when there were 6 qualifiers in the 3rd round here.

• Cecchinato is one of 5 Italian men to reach the 3rd round here – and Open Era record for most Italian men to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam. It is the first time in the Open Era that more than 3 Italian men have reached the 3rd round at a Grand Slam. The record for most Italian men in the round of 16 at a Grand Slam is 2, which has happened on 7 occasions – most recently at 2018 Roland Garros, when Fabio Fognini and Cecchinato both reached the last 16 here.

• Last year here, as No. 16 seed, Cecchinato lost in the 1st round in 5 sets to Nicolas Mahut. He had won his only previous 5-set match at Roland Garros, recovering from 0-2 dwon against Marius Copil in the 1st round in 2018. He has a 1-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Cecchinato’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals at here in 2018. He defeated No. 10 seed Pablo Carreno Busta, No. 8 seed David Goffin and No. 20 seed Djokovic before falling to No. 7 seed Dominic Thiem in the last 4. At No. 72 he was the lowest-ranked man to reach the semifinals at Roland Garros since No. 100 Andrei Medvedev in 1999.

• Prior to reaching the 2nd round here this week, Cecchinato had lost in the 1st round on 12 of his 13 previous Grand Slam main draw appearances – his semifinal finish at 2018 Roland Garros was the only occasion he had previously progressed beyond the 1st round at a major.

• At the Grand Slams in 2020, Cecchinato fell in the 1st round at both the Australian Open (l. Zverev) and the US Open (l. Lloyd Harris).

• Since the resumption of play in August, in addition to his 1st round defeat at the US Open, Cecchinato reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at Rome-1000 (d. Kyle Edmund, l. Filip Krajinovic). At Challenger-level, he reached the quarterfinals at the Todi Challenger (ITA) (l. Yannick Hanfmann) and the 2nd round at the Aix En Provence Challenger (FRA) (d. l. Alejandro Tabilo).


• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Cecchinato’s only Tour-level match-win came in a 2nd round finish at Auckland (d. Leonardo Mayer, l. Ugo Humbert). He fell in the 1st round at the other Tour-level events he contested – at Doha (l. Pierre-Hugues Herbert), the Australian Open, Cordoba (l. Juan Ignacio Londero), Buenos Aires (l. Roberto Carballes Baena), Rio De Janeiro (l. Dusan Lajovic) and Santiago (l. Hugo Dellien). At Challenger-level, he reached the final of the Punta del Este Challenger (URU) on clay (l. Thiago Monteiro).

• Cecchinato is bidding to defeat a Top 10 opponent for the 2nd time on his 8th attempt. He has a 1-6 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition, with his only victory against a Top 10 opponent coming against No. 9 Goffin in the round of 16 here in 2018.

• Clay is Cecchinato’s best surface. Of his 43 Tour-level match-wins, 33 have come on clay – compared to 8 on hard courts and 2 on grass.

• Cecchinato has won 3 Tour-level titles, all of which have come on clay – at 2018 Budapest (d. Budapest), 2018 Umag (d. Guido Pella) and 2019 Buenos Aires (d. Diego Schwartzman).

• Cecchinato broke the Top 20 for the first time in October 2018 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16 in February 2019. He dropped outside the Top 100 for the first time since March 2018 in February this year and plays here at No. 110.

• Cecchinato is coached by Massimo Sartori.


NO. 12 DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) v NORBERT GOMBOS (SVK)

Head-to-head: first meeting Schwartzman has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 106 Gombos on one previous occasion – falling to No. 142 Juan Martin Del Potro in the 1st round at the 2016 US Open. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Schwartzman at Roland Garros is No. 68 Leonardo Mayer in the 2nd round last year. SCHWARTZMAN v GOMBOS 28 Age 30 14 ATP Ranking 106 3 Titles 0 34-24 Career Grand Slam Record 3-5 11-6 Roland Garros Record 2-0 160-137 Career Record 15-33 80-61 Career Record - Clay 5-8 17-9 2020 Record 5-5 12-3 2020 Record - Clay 2-0 5-5 Career Five-Set Record 0-2 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 43-54 Career Tiebreak Record 9-14 6-3 2020 Tiebreak Record 1-2

• SCHWARTZMAN is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 2nd time. This is his 7th appearance at Roland Garros and his 25th Grand Slam overall.

• Schwartzman advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 60 61 63 and qualifier Lorenzo Giustino 61 75 60 in the opening 2 rounds here.

• Last year here, Schwartzman reached the 2nd round (d. Marton Fucsovics, l. Leonardo Mayer).

• Schwartzman’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals on 3 occasions – including once at Roland Garros, having reached the last 8 here in 2018 (l. Rafael Nadal). He has also reached the quarterfinals at the US Open in both 2017 (Pablo Carreno Busta) and last year (l. Nadal).

• At the Grand Slams in 2020, Schwartzman reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open (l. Novak Djokovic) but fell to Cameron Norrie in 5 sets in the 1st round at the US Open. He has contested a total of 10 five-set matches, 5 of which have come at Roland Garros. He has a 3-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and a 5-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Schwartzman reached his first Masters-1000 final last month, finishing runner-up at Rome-1000. He defeated Nadal in the quarterfinals – his first victory against Nadal on his 10th attempt – and Denis Shapovalov in the semifinals before falling to Djokovic in the final. Since the resumption of play in August, in addition to his 1st round defeat at the US Open, he also reached the quarterfinals on clay at Kitzbuhel (l. Laslo Djere), and the 2nd round at Cincinnati-1000 (d. Casper Ruud, l. Reilly Opelka).

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Schwartzman’s best results both came on clay courts, reaching the final at Cordoba (l. Cristian Garin) and the semifinals at Buenos Aires (l. Pedro Sousa). He withdrew from clay court events at Rio de Janeiro and Santiago due a left leg injury. Prior to the Australian Open, he represented Argentina at the ATP Cup, winning one of his 4 singles matches as Argentina reached the quarterfinals.

• Schwartzman has won 3 Tour-level singles titles, including 2 on clay – at Istanbul in 2016 (d. Grigor Dimitrov) and Rio De Janeiro in 2018 (d. Fernando Verdasco). He also won the title on hard courts at Los Cabos last year (d. Taylor Fritz).

• Schwartzman reached a career-high ranking of No. 11 after reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in 2018. He plays here 3 places lower at No. 14.

• Schwartzman entered the men’s doubles here with Federico Coria. The pair defeated Artem Sitak/Igor Zelenay 76(4) 36 64 in the 1st round on Tuesday, but fell to defending champions and No. 8 seeds Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies 62 60 in the 2nd round on Thursday.


• 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 Belarus in a World Group I tie, due to be played in either March or September 2021.

• Schwartzman is coached by former world No. 15 Juan Ignacio Chela and Leonardo Olguin.

• GOMBOS is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Roland Garros debut. This is his 6th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Gombos reached the 3rd round here after defeating No.24 seed Borna Coric 64 36 63 64 and qualifier Jurij Rodionov 62 26 76(4) 64 in the opening 2 rounds.

• By reaching the 3rd round here, Gombos has recorded his best Grand Slam result. His previous best result at a major was reaching the 2nd round at the US Open this year (d. Radu Albot, l. Marin Cilic). He fell in the 1st round on his 4 other Grand Slam appearances – including at the Australian Open this year where, as a qualifier, he fell to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in 5 sets.

• Last year here, Gombos fell in the 1st round of qualifying (l. Salvatore Caruso). He had failed to qualify for Roland Garros for 6 consecutive years (2014-19) before playing in the main draw here this year as a direct acceptance.

• Since the resumption of play in August, in addition to his 1st round defeat at the US Open, Gombos qualified at Cincinnati-1000 but fell to Marton Fucsovics in the 1st round.

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Gombos’ best result was reaching the quarterfinals at Montpellier, defeating Pablo Carreno Busta and Emil Ruusuvuori before falling to Gael Monfils. He fell in the 1st round in both of the other Tour-level events he contested prior to the hiatus – as a qualifier at Marseille (l. Jannik Sinner) and the Australian Open.

• Gombos is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the first time on his 6th attempt. He has lost all 5 of his previous matches against Top 20 opponents, including his only previous meeting with a Top 20 player at a Grand Slam, having fallen to No. 8 Kevin Anderson in the 1st round at 2018 Wimbledon. The highest-ranked player he has defeated is No. 27 Coric, in the 1st round here this year.

• Gombos reached a career-high ranking of No. 80 in October 2017. He dropped out the Top 100 later that month and has been ranked outside the Top 100 since then. He plays here at No. 106.

• Gombos has played Davis Cup for Slovakia since 2014 and has a 5-11 win-loss record in the competition. Slovakia will host Chile in a World Group I tie in either March or September in 2021.

• Gombos is coached by Tibor Toth.


NO. 16 STAN WAWRINKA (SUI) v (WC) HUGO GASTON (FRA)

Head-to-head: first meeting Wawrinka has won 9 of his 10 previous matches against French players at Roland Garros, with his only defeat to a French player here coming against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the round of 16 in 2012. He has a 15-5 win-loss record against French players at the Grand Slams and a 46-30 win-loss record against French players at Tour-level overall. Wawrinka has a 15-3 win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slams. In addition to his 9-1 win-loss record against Frenchman at Roland Garros, he has a 5-1 win-loss record against Americans at the US Open, a 1-0 win-loss record against Australians at the Australian Open and a 0-1 win-loss record against Brits at Wimbledon. Wawrinka has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 239 Gaston. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Wawrinka at a Grand Slam is No. 165 Juan Martin del Potro in the 2nd round at 2016 Wimbledon. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Wawrinka at Roland Garros is No. 67 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the 1st round in 2018. Wawrinka is contesting his 2nd match against a wild card at Roland Garros this year, having never previously faced a wild card here. He has won 4 of his previous 5 matches against wild cards at the Grand Slams – including his victory against Andy Murray in the 1st round here on Sunday – with his only defeat to a wild card at the majors coming against Donald Young at the 2011 US Open. He has a 43-8 win-loss record against wild cards at Tour-level overall. Wawrinka is contesting his 2nd match against a lefthander at Roland Garros this year, having defeated Dominik Koepfer in the 2nd round. He has won 17 of his last 18 matches against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams – with his only defeat to a lefthander in that time coming against Rafael Nadal in the final here in 2017. He has a 26-7 win-loss record against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams and a 65-43 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level overall. WAWRINKA v GASTON 35 Age 20 17 ATP Ranking 239 16 Titles 0 150-56 Career Grand Slam Record 2-1 44-14 Roland Garros Record 2-0 525-303 Career Record 2-2 184-92 Career Record - Clay 2-0 10-4 2020 Record 2-1 2-1 2020 Record - Clay 2-0 29-22 Career Five-Set Record 0-0 6 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 231-202 Career Tiebreak Record 2-0 2-3 2020 Tiebreak Record 2-0

• 2015 champion WAWRINKA is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 9th time. This is his 16th appearance at Roland Garros and his 60th Grand Slam overall.

• Wawrinka advanced to the 3rd round after defeating wild card Andy Murray 61 63 62 and Dominik Koepfer 63 62 36 61 in the opening 2 rounds here.

• Wawrinka’s victory over Koepfer in the 2nd round here was his 150th Grand Slam match-win. He became the 15th man in history to record 150 victories at the majors.

• Last year here, Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals, falling to Roger Federer in 4 sets. It was his first Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance since finishing runner-up here in 2017.

• 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) – his only defeat in a Grand Slam final.


• Wawrinka has won 3 Grand Slam titles at 3 different majors. He also won the titles at 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.

• Wawrinka is looking to become the 6th man in the Open Era to win 3 or more Grand Slam titles after turning 30. Djokovic, Federer, Rod Laver, Nadal and Ken 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 to start in the men’s draw here.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, falling to Alexander Zverev in 4 sets. He did not compete at the US Open.

• Since the resumption of play in August, Wawrinka played just one Tour-level match prior to coming here, falling to qualifier Lorenzo Musetti in the 1st round at Rome-1000. He also competed at 2 Challenger events at Prague (CZE) – his first appearances at Challenger-level since 2010. He won the title at the first Prague Challenger (d. Aslan Karatsev), but gave a walkover to Karatsev in the quarterfinals at the second Prague Challenger due to a left foot injury.

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Wawrinka competed in 3 events. In addition to his quarterfinal finish at the Australian Open, he also reached the semifinals at Doha (l. Corentin Moutet) and the quarterfinals at Acapulco (l. Grigor Dimitrov).

• Wawrinka is bidding to record his 45th Roland Garros match-win. Roland Garros is his joint-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won. He has a 44-14 win-loss record here and a 44-13 win-loss record at the US Open – compared to 42-14 at the Australian Open and 20-15 at Wimbledon.

• Wawrinka has won 4 of his last 5 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 in 2018. He has a 9-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and 29-22 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. 17.

• 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. He is one of 3 former Roland Garros boys’ singles champions through to the 3rd round from the 8 who started the main draw here this year.

• Wawrinka is coached by Dani Vallverdu.

• Wild card GASTON is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Roland Garros debut. This is his 2nd Grand Slam appearance overall.

• At No. 239, Gaston is bidding to become the first player ranked outside the Top 200 to reach the round of 16 in the men’s singles at Roland Garros since No. 283 Arnaud di Pasquale reached the last 16 here in 2002. (NB No. 210 Sebastian Korda could also reach the round of 16 here if he defeats Pedro Martinez today.)

• Gaston advanced to the 3rd round after defeating wild card Maxime Janvier 76(5) 64 63 and Yoshihito Nishioka 64 76(4) 36 62 in the opening 2 rounds here for his first Tour-level match-wins.

• Gaston is the only Frenchman through to the 3rd round from the 18 who began the men’s main draw here this year. It is the first time that only one Frenchman has made it through to the 3rd round here since 2010, when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the only home player to reach this stage.

• Gaston made his Grand Slam debut as a wild card at the Australian Open this year, where he fell to Jaume Munar in 4 sets in the 1st round. He was ranked too low to compete at the US Open.

• Last year here, as a wild card in qualifying, Gaston reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Marco Trungelliti, l. Alexey Vatutin). He also lost as a wild card in qualifying here in 2018, falling to Jurgen Zopp in the 1st round of qualifying.

• Since the resumption of play in August, Gaston’s only match-wins at any level came in qualifying at the Aix En Provence Challenger (FRA), where he defeated Janvier and Ruben Bemelmans to qualify for the main draw before falling to Roberto Cid Subervi in the 1st round. He fell in the 1st round at both the Todi Challenger (ITA) (l. Facundo Bagnis) and the Trieste Challenger (ITA) (l. Maximilian Marterer), and fell in the 1st round of qualifying at the Cordenons Challenger (FRA) (l. Andrea Pellegrino).


• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Gaston’s best result was reaching his first semifinal at Challenger-level, at the Bergamo Challenger (ITA) (l. Ilya Marchenko). He also reached the 3rd round at the Pau Challenger (FRA) (l. Harold Mayot). His only other victory at any level prior to the hiatus came in a 2nd round finish at the Noumea Challenger (CAL) (d. Yan Bai, l. Thomas Fabbiano).

• Gaston is contesting his 3rd Tour-level event here. His only other Tour-level appearances came as a wild card at the Australian Open this year, and as a wild card at 2018 Marseille, where he fell to Stefano Travaglia in the 1st round.

• Prior to coming here, Gaston’s best clay court result at any level was winning the title at an ITF World Tennis Tour event – at M25 Santa Margherita di Pula in 2019 (d. David Pilcher). He reached 3 other clay court finals at ITF World Tennis Tour level in 2019.

• Gaston is facing a Top 50 player for the first time at any level. The highest-ranked player he has previously faced is No. 51 Juan Ignacio Londero, whom he defeated in the 1st round of qualifying at 2019 Paris-1000.

• Gaston is one of the 17 lefthanders who began the main draw here this year. Rafael Nadal is the only lefthanded player to win the title here since Thomas Muster in 1995.

• Gaston entered the men’s doubles here as a wild card with Ugo Humbert. The pair fell to Pablo Cuevas/Feliciano Lopez 64 61 in the 1st round on Wednesday.

• Gaston was a successful junior, reaching a career-high junior ranking of No. 2 in October 2018. He won the gold medal in boys’ singles at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, defeating Facundo Diaz Acosta in the final. He fell in the 1st round on both of his appearances in the main draw of the boys’ singles here – in 2017 (l. Trent Bryde) and 2018 (l. Nick Hardt).

• Gaston is coached by Marc Barbier.


NO. 27 TAYLOR FRITZ (USA) v LORENZO SONEGO (ITA)

Tour-level head-to-head: Fritz leads 1-0 2018 Queen's Qualifying Draw Grass (O) R16 Fritz 62 36 61 2018 Wimbledon Grass (O) R128 Fritz 36 63 62 62 A 2nd Tour-level meeting for Fritz and Sonego, whose previous meetings – at both Tour-level and below – both came on grass in London in 2018, with Frtiz winning in both qualifying at Queen’s and in the 1st round at Wimbledon. FRITZ v SONEGO 22 Age 25 30 ATP Ranking 46 1 Titles 1 14-16 Career Grand Slam Record 5-8 3-3 Roland Garros Record 2-1 95-94 Career Record 30-40 16-15 Career Record - Clay 19-21 13-10 2020 Record 5-10 2-2 2020 Record - Clay 5-5 3-5 Career Five-Set Record 2-0 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 54-45 Career Tiebreak Record 23-25 4-8 2020 Tiebreak Record 3-8

• FRITZ is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 4th appearance at Roland Garros and his 17th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• If Fritz and Sebastian Korda, who plays Pedro Martinez in the 3rd round, both win today and reach the round of 16 here, it will be the first time multiple American men have reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros since 2001, when Andre Agassi and Michael Russell both reached the last 16.

• Fritz advanced to the 3rd round here for the first time after defeating qualifier Tomas Machac 75 76(2) 16 26 63 and Radu Albot 63 62 64 in the opening 2 rounds. His 1st round victory over Machac was his first victory in a 5-set match at Roland Garros, having lost the only previous 5-set match he had contested here to Guido Andreozzi in the 1st round in 2018. He has a 3-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• By reaching the 3rd round here, Fritz has recorded his best Roland Garros performance. His previous best performance here was reaching the 2nd round last year (d. Bernard Tomic, l. Roberto Bautista Agut). He lost in the 1st round on his 2 other appearances here – in 2016 (l. Borna Coric) and 2018 (l. Andreozzi).

• By reaching the 3rd round here, Fritz has also equalled his best Grand Slam performance. He has reached the 3rd round at a Grand Slam on 4 previous occasions – at the US Open in 2018 (l. Dominic Thiem) and this year (l. Denis Shapovalov), and at the Australian Open in 2019 (l. Roger Federer) and this year (l. Thiem).

• Since the resumption of play in August, in addition to his 3rd round finish at the US Open, Fritz reached the 2nd round at Cincinnati-1000 (d. Lloyd Harris, l. Aljaz Bedene). He lost both matches he contested on clay prior to coming here, falling in the 1st round at both Rome-1000 (l. Stefano Travaglia) and Hamburg (l. Pablo Cuevas).

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Fritz’s best result was reaching the final at Acapulco (l. Rafael Nadal). He fell in the 1st round at both Adelaide (l. Alexander Bublik) and Delray Beach (l. Cameron Norrie). He also contested the Newport Beach Challenger (USA), reaching the 3rd round after receiving a bye through the 1st round (d. Agustin Velotti, l. Mitchell Krueger).

• Fritz reached a career-high ranking of No. 24 in March this year. He plays here 6 places lower at No. 30.

• Fritz is a former junior world No. 1. He was named 2015 ITF Junior World Champion after winning the boys’ singles title at the 2015 US Open (d. Tommy Paul). He also finished as runner-up in the boys’ singles at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Paul).

• Fritz made his Davis Cup debut at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid. He won one of his 2 matches at the Finals, and defeated Sanjar Fayziev during USA’s victory over Uzbekistan in the Qualifiers this year. USA have qualified for the next Davis Cup Finals, which have been rearranged for 2021.


• Both of Fritz’s parents were professional tennis players. His mother, Kathy, is a former Top 10 player.

• Fritz is coached by Paul Annacone and David Nainkin.

• SONEGO is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 2nd appearance at Roland Garros and his 9th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Sonego advanced to the 3rd round after defeating qualifier Emilio Gomez 67(6) 63 61 67(4) 63 and Alexander Bublik 76(8) 61 75 in the opening 2 rounds here. His 5-set victory over Gomez maintained his winning record in 5-set matches, having won the only other 5-set match he has contested, against Gilles Muller in the 1st round at the 2018 US Open.

• By reaching the 3rd round here, Sonego has recorded his best Grand Slam performance. His previous best result at the Grand Slams was reaching the 2nd round on 3 occasions – as a qualifier on his Grand Slam debut at the 2018 Australian Open (d. Robin Haase, l. Richard Gasquet), and at the US Open as a lucky loser in 2018 (d. Gilles Muller, l. Karen Khachanov) and as a direct acceptance last year (d. Marcel Granollers, l. Pablo Andujar).

• Sonego is one of 5 Italian men to reach the 3rd round here – and Open Era record for most Italian men to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam. It is the first time in the Open Era that more than 3 Italian men have reached the 3rd round at a Grand Slam. The record for most Italian men in the round of 16 at a Grand Slam is 2, which has happened on 7 occasions – most recently at 2018 Roland Garros, when Fabio Fognini and Marco Cecchinato both reached the last 16 here.

• Last year here, on his Roland Garros debut, Sonego fell to Roger Federer in straight sets in the 1st round.

• In Grand Slam play in 2020, Sonego lost in the 1st round at both the Australian Open (l. Nick Kyrgios) and the US Open (l. Adrian Mannarino).

• Since the resumption of play in August, Sonego reached the 2nd round at Rome-1000 (d. Nikoloz Basilashvili, l. Casper Ruud) but fell in the 1st round at Cincinnati-1000 (l. Tennys Sandgren), the US Open and Hamburg (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime).

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Sonego recorded just 2 Tour-level match-wins – in a quarterfinal finish at Rio de Janeiro, where he defeated Leonardo Mayer and Dusan Lajovic before falling to Borna Coric. He fell in the 1st round at the 5 other events he contested – on hard courts at Doha (l. Laslo Djere), Adelaide (l. Hubert Hurkacz) and the Australian Open, and on clay at Cordoba (l. Attila Balazs) and Buenos Aires (l. Pablo Cuevas).

• Sonego has won one of his last 9 matches against Top 30 opponents. His only victory against a Top 30 player in that time came against No. 23 Lajovic in the 2nd round at Rio de Janeiro this year. He has a 4-11 win-loss record against Top 30 opposition at Tour-level.

• Sonego is bidding to defeat a Top 30 opponent at a Grand Slam for the first time on his 4th attempt. He has lost all 3 of his previous matches against Top 30 opposition at the majors. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 43 Haase in the 1st round at the 2018 Australian Open.

• Sonego has won one Tour-level title – on grass at 2019 Antalya. As a qualifier, he defeated Miomir Kecmanovic in the final.

• Sonego broke the Top 50 for the first time in July last year after winning the title at Antalya, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 46 the same month. He plays here at the same ranking.

• Sonego is coached by Gipo Arbino.


FEDERICO CORIA (ARG) v JANNIK SINNER (ITA)

Head-to-head: first meeting CORIA v SINNER 28 Age 19 99 ATP Ranking 75 0 Titles 0 3-1 Career Grand Slam Record 3-3 2-0 Roland Garros Record 2-0 7-6 Career Record 15-17 6-5 Career Record - Clay 8-6 6-5 2020 Record 8-8 5-4 2020 Record - Clay 5-2 1-0 Career Five-Set Record 0-1 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 6-1 Career Tiebreak Record 4-9 6-1 2020 Tiebreak Record 4-3

• CORIA is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Roland Garros debut. This is his 2nd Grand Slam main draw appearance.

• Coria advanced to the 3rd round after defeating lucky loser Jason Jung 75 76(6) 76(3) and No. 23 seed Benoit Paire 76(3) 46 63 61 in the opening 2 rounds here.

• By reaching the 3rd round here, Coria has recorded his best Grand Slam result. He reached the 2nd round on his only other Grand Slam appearance at the US Open this year. He defeated Jung in the 1st round, advancing when Jung retired due to cramping in the 5th set of their match, but fell to Cameron Norrie in straight sets in the 2nd round. His victory against Jung was the only 5-set match he has contested.

• Prior to making his appearance at the US Open this year, Coria had competed in qualifying at the Grand Slams on 5 occasions, but failed to qualify each time – including at the Australian Open this year, where he reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Ramkumar Ramanathan, l. Ernests Gulbis). He has never competed in qualifying at Roland Garros.

• Coria is contesting his 6th event, at all levels, since the resumption of play in August. In addition to his 2nd round finish at the US Open, he reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at Rome-1000 (d. Jan-Lennard Struff, l. Matteo Berrettini), but fell in qualifying at Cincinnati-1000 (l. Thiago Monteiro). At Challenger-level, he reached the 2nd round at the Forli Challenger (ITA) (d. Tseng Chung Hsin, l. Guilherme Clezar) but lost in the 1st round at the Aix En Provence Challenger (FRA) (l. Daniel Altmaier).

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Coria’s best result was reaching the quarterfinals as a qualifier at Rio de Janeiro, where he defeated Corentin Moutet and Carlos Alcaraz before falling to Cristian Garin – the only occasion where he has recorded back-to-back Tour-level match-wins. He fell in the 1st round on his 2 other appearances at Tour-level – at Cordoba (l. Andrej Martin) and Santiago (l. Juan Ignacio Londero).

• Coria is bidding to record his 8th Tour-level match-win. Of his 6 Tour-level match-wins to date, 6 have come in 2020 – in his quarterfinal finish at Rio de Janeiro, his 2nd round finishes at the US Open and Rome-1000, and his 2 victories here. Prior to this year, he had recorded just one match-win at Tour-level – in a 2nd round finish as a lucky loser at 2018 Lyon (d. Nicolas Kicker, l. Mikhail Kukushkin).

• Coria has contested all but 21 of the matches he has played as a professional on clay. Of the 754 matches that Coria has contested at all levels as a professional, 733 have come on clay. He has a 468-265 win-loss record at all levels on clay courts – compared to 6-13 on hard courts and 0-2 on grass.

• Coria broke the Top 100 for the first time earlier this month, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 98. He plays here one place lower at No. 99.

• Coria entered the men’s doubles here with Diego Schwartzman. The pair defeated Artem Sitak/Igor Zelenay 76(4) 36 64 in the 1st round on Tuesday, before falling to defending champions and No. 8 seeds Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies 62 60 in the 2nd round on Thursday.


• Coria’s brother, Guillermo, is a former world No. 3 who reached the final here in 2004, falling to Gaston Gaudio.

• Coria is coached by Diego Junqueira and Leonardo Olguin.

• SINNER is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Roland Garros debut. This is his 4th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Sinner advanced to the 3rd round after defeating No. 11 seed David Goffin 75 60 63 and qualifier Benjamin Bonzi 62 64 64 in the opening 2 rounds here. His victory against Goffin was his 4th match-win against a Top 20 opponent.

• Sinner is one of 5 Italian men to reach the 3rd round here – and Open Era record for most Italian men to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam. It is the first time in the Open Era that more than 3 Italian men have reached the 3rd round at a Grand Slam. The record for most Italian men in the round of 16 at a Grand Slam is 2, which has happened on 7 occasions – most recently at 2018 Roland Garros, when Fabio Fognini and Marco Cecchinato both reached the last 16 here.

• By reaching the 3rd round here, Sinner has recorded best Grand Slam result. His previous best result at a major was reaching the 2nd round at the Australian Open this year (d. Max Purcell, l. Marton Fucsovics). He fell in the 1st round on his two other Grand Slam appearances – at the US Open as a qualifier in 2019 (l. Stan Wawrinka) and as a direct acceptance this year, falling to Karen Khachanov in the first 5-set match of his career.

• Since the resumption of play in August, Sinner reached the 3rd round as a wild card on clay at Rome-1000, defeating Benoit Paire and No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas before falling to Grigor Dimitrov. He also reached the 2nd round on clay at Kitzbuhel (d. Philipp Kohlschreiber, l. Laslo Djere). Prior to the US Open, he fell in the 1st round of qualifying at Cincinnati-1000 (l. Salvatore Caruso).

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Sinner’s best result was reaching the quarterfinals at Rotterdam (l. Pablo Carreno Busta). He also reached the 2nd round at Marseille (d. Norbert Gombos, l. Daniil Medvedev) and the Australian Open, but fell in the 1st round at Auckland (l. Benoit Paire) and Montpellier (l. Mikael Ymer).

• Sinner reached a career-high ranking of No. 68 after his quarterfinal finish at Rotterdam earlier this year. He plays here at No. 75.

• Sinner won the title at the 2019 NextGen ATP Finals where, as a wild card, he defeated Alex De Minaur in the final. He was voted by players ATP Newcomer of the Year for 2019 after beginning the season ranked No. 553 and ending it inside the Top 80, at No. 78. His best Tour-level result was reaching the semifinals as a wild card at Antwerp (l. Wawrinka).

• Also in 2019, Sinner won 3 titles at Challenger-level. He won his first title as a wild card at the Bergamo Challenger (ITA), defeating Roberto Marcora in the final – it was just the 4th Challenger event he had contested, and he had won just one match at Challenger-level prior to the tournament. He also won the titles at the Lexington Challenger (USA) (d. Alex Bolt) and the Ortisei Challenger (ITA) (d. Sebastian Ofner).

• Sinner reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 133 and did not contest the boys’ singles events at any of the Grand Slam tournaments. His best result as a junior was reaching the quarterfinals as a wild card at the Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio event in Milan in 2018 (l. Naoki Tajima).

• Sinner is coached by Riccardo Piatti and Andrea Volpini.


(Q) PEDRO MARTINEZ (ESP) v (Q) SEBASTIAN KORDA (USA)

Head-to-head: first meeting Along with Marco Cecchinato, who plays No. 6 seed Alexander Zverev today, and Daniel Altmaier, who plays either No. 7 seed Matteo Berrettini on Saturday, Martinez and Korda are 2 of the 4 qualifiers to have reached the 3rd round here this year – the highest number of qualifiers through to this stage at Roland Garros stage since 2011, when there were 6 qualifiers in the 3rd round here. With Martinez and Korda facing each other in the 3rd round, there will be a qualifier in the round of 16 in the men’s singles at Roland Garros for the first time since 2011, when Alejandro Falla reached the last 16 here. Should either Cecchinato or Altmaier join the winner of today’s match in the round of 16, it would be the 5th time in the Open Era that multiple qualifiers have reached the round of 16 in the men’s singles at Roland Garros. Multiple qualifiers reached the last 16 here in 1991 (Todd Martin, Christian Miniussi), 1992 (Andrei Medvedev, Diego Perez), 1995 (Scott Draper, Younes El Aynaoui, Adrian Voinea) and 1998 (Jens Knippschild, Marat Safin). MARTINEZ v KORDA 23 Age 20 105 ATP Ranking 213 0 Titles 0 3-3 Career Grand Slam Record 2-1 2-1 Roland Garros Record 2-0 9-11 Career Record 2-3 7-8 Career Record - Clay 2-0 9-7 2020 Record 2-2 7-4 2020 Record - Clay 2-0 0-0 Career Five-Set Record 0-0 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 3-3 Career Tiebreak Record 0-1 2-2 2020 Tiebreak Record 0-1

• MARTINEZ is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 2nd appearance at Roland Garros and 4th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Martinez advanced to the 3rd round after defeating qualifier Aleksandar Vukic 75 64 60 and Mikhail Kukushkin 63 61 60 in the opening 2 rounds here for his first Roland Garros match-wins.

• As No. 2 seed, Martinez defeated Daniel Masur (GER) 75 36 63, Robin Haase (NED) 64 64 and Ulises Blanch (USA) 62 63 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the 3rd time he has successfully qualified at a Grand Slam in 8 attempts.

• Last year here, Martinez qualified for the main draw at a Grand Slam for the first time to make his Grand Slam debut. He fell to Henri Laaksonen in 4 sets in the 1st round of the main draw.

• By reaching the 3rd round here, Martinez has recorded his best Grand Slam result. His previous best result at a major was a 2nd round finish as a qualifier at the Australian Open this year (d. Dominik Koepfer, l. Daniil Medvedev). He lost in the 1st round on his 2 other Grand Slam main draw appearances – as a qualifier here last year and as a direct acceptance at the US Open this year (l. Jan-Lennard Struff).

• Since the resumption of play in August, in addition to his 1st round defeat at the US Open, Martinez’s only other Tour-level appearance came as a qualifier at Rome-1000, where he reached the 2nd round (d. Sam Querrey, l. Denis Shapovalov). He fell in the 2nd round of qualifying at Cincinnati-1000 (d. Steve Johnson, l. Marton Fucsovics) and reached the 2nd round at the Prostejov Challenger (CZE) (d. Steven Diez, l. Martin Klizan).

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Martinez’s best result was reaching the quarterfinals as a qualifier at Rio de Janeiro, where he defeated Hugo Dellien and Pablo Andujar before falling to Attila Balazs. He also reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at the Australian Open, Cordoba (d. Federico Gaio, l. Laslo Djere) and Buenos Aires (d. Joao Domingues, l. Dusan Lajovic), and reached the 2nd round as a special exempt at Acapulco (d. Radu Albot, l. Stan Wawrinka). He has qualified at 6 Tour-level events this year – more than any other player.


• Martinez had never recorded a Tour-level match-win prior to 2020. He lost in the 1st round at all 4 Tour-level events he had contested prior to this year – as a qualifier at Marrakech (l. Joao Sousa) and as a wild card at Barcelona (l. Lajovic) in 2018, and as a qualifier at both Sao Paulo (l. Dellien) and Roland Garros last year.

• Martinez reached a career-high ranking of No. 105 in August this year and plays here at the same ranking.

• Martinez entered the men’s doubles here with Cristian Garin. They retired after losing the 1st set against No. 12 seeds Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau in the 1st round on Thursday.

• Martinez reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 16. He was a member of the Spanish team that won the Junior Davis Cup title in 2013, defeating Germany. He fell in the 1st round on his only appearance in the boys’ singles here in 2014 (l. Marc Polmans).

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

• KORDA is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Roland Garros debut. This is his 2nd Grand Slam main draw appearance.

• If Korda and Taylor Fritz, who plays Lorenzo Sonego in the 3rd round, both win today and reach the round of 16 here, it will be the first time multiple American men have reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros since 2001, when Andre Agassi and Michael Russell both reached the last 16.

• At No. 213, Korda is bidding to become the first player ranked outside the Top 200 to reach the round of 16 in the men’s singles at Roland Garros since No. 283 Arnaud di Pasquale reached the last 16 here in 2002. (NB No. 239 Hugo Gaston could also reach the round of 16 here if he defeats Stan Wawrinka today.)

• Korda advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Andreas Seppi 62 46 63 63 and No. 21 seed John Isner 64 64 26 64 in the opening 2 rounds here for his first Tour-level match-wins.

• Korda defeated Mitchell Krueger (USA) 61 64, Brayden Schnur (CAN) 64 64 and No. 7 seed Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 75 62 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the first time he has successfully qualified at a Grand Slam on his 4th attempt.

• Korda made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open this year. As a wild card he fell to Denis Shapovalov in 4 sets in the 1st round.

• Korda is contesting his 4th Tour-level event here. He fell in the 1st round on his 3 previous Tour-level appearances – as a wild card at 2018 New York (l. Frances Tiafoe), and as a qualifier at Cincinnati-1000 (l. Emil Ruusuvuori) and a wild card at the US Open this year. His appearances at Cincinnati-1000 and the US Open were the only events he has contested since the resumption of play in August.

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus between March and August, Korda’s best result was reaching the quarterfinals at the Drummondville Challenger (CAN) (l. Christopher O’Connell). He also reached the 3rd round at 3 other Challenger events – at Newport Beach (USA) (l. Bradley Klahn), Cleveland (USA) (l. Denis Kudla) and Indian Wells (USA) (l. Krueger).

• Korda’s victories over Seppi and Isner in the opening 2 rounds here were his first Tour-level clay court matches. His best results on clay at all levels are reaching the quarterfinals as a wild card at the 2019 Sarasota Challenger (USA) (l. Marcos Giron) and finishing runner-up at 3 ITF World Tennis Tour M15 clay court events last year.

• Korda is a former junior world No. 1. He won the boys’ singles title at the 2018 Australian Open (d. Tseng Chun Hsin) and reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles here in the same year (l. Tseng).

• 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.

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