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2021 WIMBLEDON
DAY 1 MEN’S NOTES
Monday 28 June
1st Round – Top Half
Featured matches
No. 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) v (WC) Jack Draper (GBR)
No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) v Frances Tiafoe (USA)
No. 5 Andrey Rublev (RUS) v Federico Delbonis (ARG)
No. 8 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) v John Millman (AUS)
No. 9 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) v Benoit Paire (FRA)
No. 10 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
No. 13 Gael Monfils (FRA) v (Q) Christopher O’Connell (AUS)
No. 15 Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Sebastian Korda (USA)
No. 19 Jannik Sinner (ITA) v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
No. 22 Daniel Evans (GBR) v Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
No. 24 Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) v (WC) Andy Murray (GBR)
No. 26 Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)
Marco Cecchinato (ITA) v (WC) Liam Broady (GBR)
On court today…
• In the first match of the tournament on Centre Court, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic begins his title defence against
British wild card Jack Draper, who is making his Grand Slam debut today. Djokovic has never lost a Grand Slam
match to a player ranked as low as world No. 253 Draper – but he will be cautious of the 19-year-old, who broke
through to the quarterfinals at Queen’s with victories over Jannik Sinner and Alexander Bublik earlier this month.
Should Draper record the most sensational upset against Djokovic today, it would be just the 3rd time in history
that the defending men’s singles champion has lost in the 1st round here.
• The 3rd match on Centre Court today sees the Wimbledon return of Andy Murray, who will play his first match
here in 4 years when he takes on No. 24 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili. Murray has never lost in the 1st round at
Wimbledon, but he will have to play well if he is to maintain that record today – Basilashvili has won 2 titles this
season and reached his first grass court semifinal at Halle earlier this month. The Georgian is facing a British
opponent at Wimbledon for his 3rd consecutive match, having defeated James Ward before falling to Daniel
Evans in his 2 matches here in 2019.
• On No. 1 Court, Stefanos Tsitsipas will bid to bounce back from his defeat to Djokovic in the Roland Garros final
a fortnight ago – but he has been handed a difficult 1st round draw here, with Frances Tiafoe his opponent today.
The American enters Wimbledon in good form, having reached the quarterfinals at Queen’s and won the title on
grass at the Nottingham Challenger in the last 3 weeks. Tsitsipas has won more matches than any other player
on Tour this year and will need to be at his best to record his 40th victory of the 2021 season today.
• Another title-contended in action today is No. 5 seed Andrey Rublev, who plays Federico Delbonis in the 2nd
match on No. 2 Court. Rublev is 2nd to Tsitsipas on the list for most Tour-level match-wins so far this year – but
for all his success on the Tour over the last 2 years, he is still yet to progress beyond the quarterfinals at a Grand
Slam. He will expect a comfortable victory against Delbonis today – the Argentinian enjoyed a strong clay court
season but has never won a match on grass at any level.
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2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notesNO. 1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) v (WC) JACK DRAPER (GBR)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Djokovic has lost a Tour-level match to a player ranked as low as No. 253 Draper once before – when he retired
due to illness while trailing No. 319 Filip Krajinovic in the quarterfinals at 2010 Belgrade. The lowest-ranked player
to have defeated Djokovic at a Grand Slam is No. 117 Denis Istomin in the 2nd round at the 2017 Australian Open
and the lowest-ranked player to have defeated Djokovic at Wimbledon is No. 75 Marat Safin in the 2nd round in
2008.
Djokovic has won 10 of the 11 matches he has played against wild cards at the Grand Slams, with his only defeat
coming against Istomin at the 2017 Australian Open. He has a 34-6 win-loss record against wild cards at Tour-
level overall.
Djokovic has won 22 of the last 23 matches he has played against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams. Since
falling to Rafael Nadal in the final at 2014 Roland Garros, his only defeat to a lefthanded player at the Grand
Slams came against Nadal in the final at Roland Garros last year. He has a 35-12 win-loss record against
lefthanded players at the Grand Slams and a 123-38 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level
overall.
Draper is bidding to become the 4th British player to defeat Djokovic – after Andy Murray, who has recorded 11
victories against Djokovic, and Kyle Edmund and Daniel Evans, who have each recorded one victory against
Djokovic. Djokovic has a 37-13 win-loss record against British players at Tour-level overall.
Draper is also bidding to become the 2nd British player to defeat Djokovic at a Grand Slam – after Murray, who
defeated Djokovic in the finals at both the 2012 US Open and 2013 Wimbledon. Djokovic has a 2-1 win-loss
record against British players at Wimbledon and a 13-2 win-loss record against British players at the Grand Slams
overall.
Djokovic has a 23-1 win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slams. In addition to his 2-1 win-loss
record against British players here, he has won all 10 matches he has played against American players at the US
Open, all 9 matches he has played against French players at Roland Garros and both matches he has played
against Australian players at the Australian Open.
DJOKOVIC v DRAPER
34 Age 19
1 ATP Ranking (28 June) 253
84 Titles 0
310-45 Career Grand Slam Record 0-0
72-10 Wimbledon Record 0-0
961-195 Career Record 2-2
95-18 Career Record - Grass 2-1
27-3 2021 Record 2-2
0-0 2021 Record - Grass 2-1
35-10 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
6 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
269-149 Career Tiebreak Record 4-0
7-8 2021 Tiebreak Record 4-0
• Two-time defending champion DJOKOVIC is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round
here. This is his 16th consecutive Wimbledon appearance and his 65th Grand Slam overall.
• Djokovic has lost in the 1st round at a Grand Slam on just 2 occasions – at the Australian Open in 2005
(l. Marat Safin) and 2006 (l. Paul Goldstein).
• Djokovic is bidding to avoid becoming only the 3rd defending champion to lose in the 1st round at Wimbledon
– and the first since Lleyton Hewitt fell to Ivo Karlovic in 2003. The only other defending champion to lose in the
1st round here was Manuel Santana, who lost to Charlie Pasarell in 1967.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Djokovic won his 5th title here, defeating Roger Federer 76(5) 16 76(4) 46 13-12(3) in the
final. It was the first men's singles match to be decided with a final set tiebreak and, at 4 hours 55 minutes, it was
the longest Wimbledon men's singles final on record. He saved 2 championship points during the final set, making
him the first man to win the Wimbledon title from championship point down since Bob Falkenburg in 1948. He was
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notesalso the first man to win the Wimbledon title having saved a match point at any stage of the tournament since
Neale Fraser in 1960, who saved 5 match points in the quarterfinals.
• Djokovic is bidding to win his 6th Wimbledon title and claim sole ownership of 4th place on the all-time list for
the most Wimbledon men’s singles titles won, ahead of Bjorn Borg and Laurie Doherty. Federer (8 Wimbledon
titles), William Renshaw and Pete Sampras (both 7) are the only men to have won more Wimbledon singles titles
than Djokovic.
• Djokovic is also bidding to win his 3rd consecutive Wimbledon title and become the 4th man in the Open Era
to record a streak of 3 consecutive Wimbledon titles – after Federer, Bjorn Borg and Sampras. It would be the 3rd
time in his career that he has recorded a streak of 3 consecutive titles at a Grand Slam event – he has won 3
consecutive Australian Open titles on 2 occasions, in 2013-15 and 2019-21.
• Djokovic is bidding to win his 20th Grand Slam title and equal Federer and Rafael Nadal’s record for most Grand
Slam men’s singles titles.
• Djokovic is bidding to become the 5th man in history to win the first 3 Grand Slam tournaments of the season
– after Jack Crawford (1933), Don Budge (1938), Lew Hoad (1956) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969). Of the 4
men who have previously won the opening 3 Grand Slam tournaments of the season, 2 (Budge and Laver) have
gone on to win the Grand Slam, with Laver doing so in both 1962 and 1969.
• Djokovic is also bidding to become the 12th man in history to win back-to-back Roland Garros and
Wimbledon titles – and the first since Nadal achieved the feat for the 2nd time in 2010.
• Djokovic won his 9th Australian Open title in February this year, defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final. He
became the 2nd player to win 9 singles titles at a Grand Slam tournament after Nadal (13 Roland Garros titles)
and Margaret Court (9 Australian Championships/Open titles).
• Djokovic also won his 2nd Roland Garros title in June this year, becoming the 3rd man in history (after Laver
and Roy Emerson) to win all 4 Grand Slam tournaments twice. He recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Stefanos
Tsitsipas in 5 sets in the final. Having also recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Lorenzo Musetti in the round of 16,
it was the first time that a Grand Slam champion had recovered from 0-2 down twice en route to winning the title
since Ted Schroeder at 1949 Wimbledon. He defeated Nadal in the semifinals – it was Djokovic’s 2nd victory
against Nadal at Roland Garros and just Nadal’s 3rd defeat at Roland Garros.
• Djokovic is bidding to record his 311th Grand Slam match-win. By defeating Milos Raonic in the round of 16 at
the Australian Open this year, he became the 2nd player to record 300 men’s singles match-wins at the Grand
Slams, after Federer.
• Also in 2021, Djokovic won the title at Belgrade II the week before Roland Garros, defeating Alex Molcan in the
final. He became the first man to win a Grand Slam title having won a Tour-level event the week before since
Patrick Rafter won back-to-back titles at Long Island and the US Open in 1998. He also reached the final at Rome-
1000 (l. Nadal), the semifinals at Belgrade I (l. Aslan Karatsev) and the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l.
Daniel Evans).
• Djokovic did not contest the singles at a grass court event prior to coming here. He is one of just 7 men in
the Open Era to have won the title here without playing a warm-up event on grass, achieving the feat in 2011,
2014-15 and 2019. He did compete in doubles at Mallorca, where he and Carlos Gomez-Herrera reached the
final before giving a walkover to Simone Boelli/Maximo Gonzalez due to Gomez-Herrera’s right ankle injury.
• Djokovic has a 9-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon, with his only defeat in a 5-set match coming
against Mario Ancic in the round of 16 in 2006. He has a 35-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• By defeating Musetti and Tsitsipas in 5 sets at Roland Garros this year, Djokovic claimed sole ownership of the
all-time record for most 5-set matches won at the Grand Slams, ahead of Federer.
Most 5-set matches won at the Grand Slams (all-time)
Player 5-set match win-loss
Novak Djokovic 32-9
Roger Federer 30-17
Pete Sampras 29-9
Marin Cilic 27-12
Lleyton Hewitt 26-19
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notes• Of Djokovic’s 84 Tour-level singles titles, 6 have come on grass – in addition to his 5 Wimbledon titles, he also
won the title on grass at 2017 Eastbourne (d. Gael Monfils). He has won 61 titles on hard courts and 17 titles on
clay.
• Djokovic has held the world No. 1 ranking for a total of 327 weeks (including this week) and holds the record for
most weeks ranked No. 1, having surpassed Federer’s mark of 310 weeks as world No. 1 on 8 March 2021.
Djokovic is guaranteed to remain at No. 1 unless Medvedev wins the title or Medvedev reaches final and Djokovic
loses prior to the final.
• Djokovic has played Davis Cup for Serbia since 2004, has a 37-11 win-loss record in the competition and led
Serbia to their only title in the competition to date in 2010. He won all 3 singles matches he contested as Serbia
reached the quarterfinals last year (l. Russia). Serbia will compete alongside Germany and Austria in Group F the
2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Djokovic is coached by Marian Vajda and 2001 Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic.
• Wild card DRAPER is making his Grand Slam singles debut today.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, as a wild card at qualifying, Draper fell to Yasutaka Uchiyama in the 1st round of qualifying.
He also fell in the 1st round on his only other appearance in qualifying at Wimbledon, in 2018 (l. Mohamed Safwat).
• Draper made his Tour-level debut as a wild card at Miami-1000 this year, where he retired due to lower back
pain while trailing Mikhail Kukushkin in the 1st round.
• Prior to coming here, Draper recorded his first Tour-level match-wins by reaching the quarterfinals as a wild
card at Queen’s. He defeated Jannik Sinner and Alexander Bublik before falling to Cameron Norrie.
• Draper has played mainly on the ITF World Tennis Tour this year. His best result is reaching the final at M25
Prague (CZE) (l. Manuel Guinard). He also reached the quarterfinals at M15 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) (l. Hsu Yu
Hsiou) and M25 Jablonec nad Nisou (CZE) (l. Vitaliy Sachko).
• Draper is facing a Top 10 player for the first time. The highest-ranked player he has previously faced, at any
level, is No. 23 Sinner in the 1st round at Queen’s this year.
• Draper is one of 18 lefthanders to begin the men’s main draw here this year. Rafael Nadal is the last lefthanded
player to win the men’s title here in 2010.
• At 19 years 201 days, Draper is the 3rd-youngest player to contest the men’s singles here this year and one
of 5 teenagers in the men’s main draw. Carlos Alcaraz (18 years 67 days) and Lorenzo Musetti (19 years 130
days) are the only 2 men competing here who are younger than Draper.
• Draper rose to a career-high ranking of No. 250 after reaching the quarterfinals at Queen’s earlier this month.
He plays here 3 places lower at No. 253.
• Draper finished runner-up in the boys’ singles at 2018 Wimbledon, falling to No. 1 seed Tseng Chun-Hsin 61
67(2) 64 in the final. He had defeated Nicolas Mejia 76(5) 67(6) 19-17 in a semifinal match lasting 4 hours 23
minutes. He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 7 in December 2018.
• Draper is coached by Ryan Jones. He is a member of the LTA’s Pro Scholarship Programme, an initiative for the
most-talented British players aged 16-24.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notesNO. 3 STEFANOS TSITSIPAS (GRE) v FRANCES TIAFOE (USA)
Tour-level head-to-head: Tsitsipas leads 1-0
2017 Tokyo Qualifying Draw Hard (O) QF Tsitsipas 64 62
2018 NextGen ATP Finals Hard (I) RR Tsitsipas 43(3) 43(5) 42
2019 Hopman Cup Hard (I) RR Tsitsipas 63 67(3) 63
A 2nd Tour-level meeting for Tsitsipas and Tiafoe. The pair’s only previous meeting at Tour-level came in the
group stages at the 2018 NextGen ATP Finals. Tsitsipas won on that occasion, and also won both of their
meetings below Tour-level.
TSITSIPAS v TIAFOE
22 Age 23
4 ATP Ranking (28 June) 57
7 Titles 1
31-15 Career Grand Slam Record 14-20
3-3 Wimbledon Record 3-3
174-85 Career Record 81-107
8-7 Career Record - Grass 8-9
39-9 2021 Record 12-12
0-0 2021 Record - Grass 2-2
5-5 Career Five-Set Record 2-10
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
75-54 Career Tiebreak Record 51-58
10-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 8-11
• TSITSIPAS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and
his 16th Grand Slam overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Tsitispas fell to Thomas Fabbiano in the 1st round. He also lost in the 1st round as a qualifier
on his debut here in 2017 (l. Dusan Lajovic).
• At 22 years 333 days, Tsitsipas is bidding to become the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles champion since
Juan Martin del Potro won the title at the 2009 US Open aged 20 years 355 days. He would also become the
youngest Wimbledon men’s singles champion since Rafael Nadal won the title here in 2008 aged 22 years 33
days. (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament)
• Tsitsipas’ best Wimbledon performance is reaching the round of 16 in 2018. As No. 31 seed he defeated
Gregoire Barrere, Jared Donaldson and Fabbiano before falling to John Isner in straight sets. He became the first
Greek man to reach the last 16 at a Grand Slam since Nicky Kalogeropoulos at 1964 Wimbledon.
• Tsitsipas reached his first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros this year, falling to Novak Djokovic in 5 sets despite
holding a 2-0 lead. He became the first Greek player in history to reach a Grand Slam final and, aged 22 years
305 days, also became the youngest Grand Slam finalist since Andy Murray (22 years 261 days) at the 2010
Australian Open.
• Also in Grand Slam play in 2021, Tsitsipas reached the semifinals at the Australian Open. He recovered from
0-2 down to defeat Nadal in 5 sets in the quarterfinals before falling to Daniil Medvedev in straight sets in the
semifinals.
• Tsitsipas’ best results in 2021 are winning the titles at Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Andrey Rublev) and Lyon
(d. Cameron Norrie). His victory at Monte Carlo was his first title at Masters-1000-level. He also finished
runner-up at Acapulco (l. Alexander Zverev), Barcelona (l. Nadal) and Roland Garros, reached the semifinals at
Rotterdam (l. Rublev) and the quarterfinals at Marseille (l. Pierre-Hugues Herbert), Miami-1000 (l. Hubert Hurkacz)
and Rome-1000 (l. Djokovic).
• Tsitsipas did not contest a grass court event prior to coming here. Just 7 men in the Open Era to have won
the title here without playing a warm-up event on grass – most recently Djokovic in 2011, 2014-15 and 2019.
• Tsitsipas is bidding to record his 40th Tour-level match win of 2021. He is top of the list for most Tour-level
match-wins in 2021 – he has a 39-9 win-loss record this year, ahead of Rublev (33-10) and Norrie (29-13).
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notes• Tsitsipas has won one of the 2 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon, defeating Donaldson in 5 sets
in the 2nd round in 2018 but falling to Fabbiano in 5 sets in the 1st round in 2019. He has a 5-5 win-loss record
in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.
• Tsitsipas rose to a new career-high ranking of No. 4 after reaching the final at Roland Garros this year. He plays
here at the same ranking.
• Tsitsipas is a former junior world No. 1. His best Grand Slam singles results as a junior were reaching the
semifinals at both Wimbledon (l. Denis Shapovalov) and the US Open (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime) in 2016. He also
won the boys’ doubles title alongside Kenneth Raisma at 2016 Wimbledon (d. Auger-Aliassime/Shapovalov).
• Tsitsipas made his Davis Cup debut for Greece at the 2019 Europe Group III event in Athens and has a 6-1
overall win-loss record in the competition. He won both matches he contested as Greece defeated Philippines in
the World Group II play-offs in March last year. Greece play at home to Lithuania in a World Group II tie in
September.
• Tsitsipas has entered the men’s doubles here as a wildcard alongside his brother Petros Tsitsipas. The pair will
face Jaume Munar/Norrie in the 1st round.
• Tsitsipas is coached by his father, Apostolos Tsitsipas.
• TIAFOE is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd time. This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his
21st Grand Slam overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Tiafoe fell to Fabio Fognini in 5 sets in the 1st round. He has lost both 5-set matches he
has contested at Wimbledon and has a 2-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Tiafoe’s best Wimbledon result is reaching the 3rd round in 2018 when he defeated Fernando Verdasco and
Julien Benneteau in the opening 2 rounds before falling to Karen Khachanov in 5 sets despite having led 2-0.
• Tiafoe’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2019 Australian Open. He defeated 2 seeded
players – No. 5 seed Kevin Anderson and No. 20 seed Grigor Dimitrov – before falling to Rafael Nadal in the last
8. Aged 21 years 7 days, he became the youngest American man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Andy
Roddick (20 years 310 days) at 2003 Wimbledon.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Tiafoe reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. Stefano Travaglia,
l. Novak Djokovic) but fell to Steve Johnson in 5 sets in the 1st round at Roland Garros.
• Prior to coming here, Tiafoe reached the quarterfinals at Queen’s (l. Denis Shapovalov), but fell to Liam Broady
in the 1st round at Eastbourne.
• Also on grass in 2021, Tiafoe won his 6th Challenger title – and his first title at any level on grass – at the
Nottingham Challenger (GBR), defeating Denis Kudla in the final.
• Tiafoe’s best results in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals at Delray Beach (l. Cameron Norrie) and Queen’s,
and the round of 16 at Miami-1000 (l. Daniil Medvedev).
• Tiafoe is bidding to defeat a Top 5 player for the first time on his 12th attempt. He has lost all 11 of his previous
Tour-level matches against Top 5 players, including 6 defeats to Top 5 players at the Grand Slams. The highest-
ranked player he has defeated is No. 6 Anderson in the 2nd round at the 2019 Australian Open.
• Tiafoe reached a career-high ranking of No. 29 in February 2019. He plays here at No. 57.
• Tiafoe had a successful junior career. Aged just 15, he won the 2013 Orange Bowl (d. Stefan Kozlov), becoming
the youngest boys’ singles winner in the event’s history. He also reached the boys’ singles semifinals at the 2014
US Open (l. Quentin Halys) and achieved a career-high junior ranking of No. 2. He reached the 3rd round on his
only appearance in the boys’ singles here in 2014 (l. Noah Rubin).
• Tiafoe is coached by Wayne Ferreira, who reached the quarterfinals here in 1994, and Zack Evenden.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notesNO. 5 ANDREY RUBLEV (RUS) v FEDERICO DELBONIS (ARG)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Rublev has won 6 of his last 7 Tour-level matches against lefthanded players, with his defeat to Ugo Humbert in
the final at Halle this month ending a 6-match winning streak against lefthanded players. He has a 2-2 win-loss
record against lefthanders at the Grand Slams, and a 20-9 win-loss record against lefthanders at Tour-level
overall.
RUBLEV v DELBONIS
23 Age 30
7 ATP Ranking (28 June) 47
9 Titles 2
27-15 Career Grand Slam Record 11-27
2-2 Wimbledon Record 0-5
165-99 Career Record 149-165
8-4 Career Record - Grass 0-9
33-10 2021 Record 19-12
4-1 2021 Record - Grass 0-0
7-5 Career Five-Set Record 4-5
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2
52-61 Career Tiebreak Record 69-84
10-9 2021 Tiebreak Record 4-8
• RUBLEV is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is
his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his 16th Grand Slam overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Rublev equalled his best Wimbledon performance by reaching the 2nd round (d. Cristian
Garin, l. Sam Querrey). He also reached the 2nd round on his only other appearance here – as a qualifier on his
debut in 2017, defeating Stefano Travaglia in 5 sets before falling to Albert Ramos-Vinolas, also in 5 sets.
• At 23 years 264 days, Rublev is bidding to become the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles champion since
Djokovic won the title at the 2011 Australian Open aged 23 years 253 days. He would also become the youngest
Wimbledon men’s singles champion since Nadal won the title here in 2008 aged 22 years 33 days. (NB ages
calculated at the end of the tournament)
• Rublev’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals on 4 occasions – at the US Open in 2017
(l. Rafael Nadal) and 2020 (l. Daniil Medvedev), at 2020 Roland Garros (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas), and at the
Australian Open this year (l. Medvedev).
• Also in Grand Slam play this year, Rublev fell to Jan-Lennard Struff in 5 sets in the 1st round at Roland
Garros. He has a 3-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.
• Prior to coming here, Rublev reached his first Tour-level final on grass at Halle, falling to Ugo Humbert in
straight sets. He is contesting his 5th Tour-level event on grass here this year – in addition to his appearances at
Halle this year and at Wimbledon in 2017 and 2019, he also reached the quarterfinals as a wild card at Halle in
2017 (l. Karen Khachanov).
• Rublev’s best result in 2021 is winning the title at Rotterdam (d. Marton Fucsovics). He also reached his first
Masters-1000 final at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Tsitsipas), and reached the semifinals at Doha (l. Roberto
Bautista Agut), Dubai (l. Aslan Karatsev) and Miami-1000 (l. Hubert Hurkacz) and the quarterfinals at Barcelona
(l. Jannik Sinner) and Rome-1000 (l. Lorenzo Sonego).
• Rublev is bidding to record his 34th Tour-level match win of 2021. He is in 2nd place on the list for most Tour-
level match-wins in 2021, behind Tsitsipas (39-9).
• Rublev has won 8 Tour-level singles titles, including his victory at Rotterdam this year. He won 5 titles in 2020,
more than any other player on Tour – at Doha (d. Corentin Moutet), Adelaide (d. Lloyd Harris), Hamburg
(d. Tsitsipas), St Petersburg (d. Borna Coric) and Vienna (d. Sonego).
• Rublev broke the Top 10 for the first time in October last year and finished the season ranked at No. 8. He
reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in April this year and plays here at the same ranking.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notes• Rublev is a former junior world No. 1 having topped the boys’ rankings for the first time in June 2014 after
winning the boys’ singles title at 2014 Roland Garros (d. Jaume Munar). He also won two medals at the Youth
Olympic Tennis Event in Nanjing later that year, winning boys’ singles bronze and boys’ doubles silver
with Khachanov. He was named 2014 ITF Junior World Champion. He reached the 3rd round on his only
appearance in the boys’ singles here in 2014 (l. Tim van Rijthoven).
• Rublev has played Davis Cup since 2014 and has a 14-9 win-loss record in the competition. He won all 4 singles
matches he contested at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid. The Russian Tennis Federation team will compete
alongside Spain and Ecuador in Group A at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Rublev is coached by Fernando Vicente.
• Lefthander DELBONIS is bidding to record his 150th Tour-level match-win today.
• Delbonis is bidding to record his first Wimbledon match-win. This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance and his
28th Grand Slam overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Delbonis fell to Daniel Evans in the 1st round. He also fell in the 1st round on his 4 other
appearances here – on his debut in 2014 (l. Jarkko Nieminen), and in 2015 (l. Grigor Dimitrov), 2016 (l. Fabio
Fognini) and 2018 (l. Feliciano Lopez).
• Delbonis’ best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 at Roland Garros this year, when he
defeated Radu Albot, Pablo Andujar and Fognini before falling to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. He missed the
Australian Open this year due to a back injury.
• Delbonis is bidding to record his first grass court match win at any level. He has lost all 9 of the grass court
matches he has contested – at all levels – in his career. He did not contest a grass court event prior to coming
here.
• Delbonis’ best results in 2021 are reaching the semifinals at Santiago (l. Facundo Bagnis) and Belgrade II (l.
Alex Molcan) and the quarterfinals at Belgrade I (l. Taro Daniel) and as a qualifier at Rome-1000 (l. Reilly Opelka).
• Delbonis is bidding to defeat a Top 10 player at a Grand Slam the first time on his 3rd attempt. He has lost
both his previous matches against Top 10 opposition at the Grand Slams – falling to No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the
2nd round at the 2020 Australian Open and to No. 5 Daniil Medvedev in the 1st round at the 2020 US Open. The
highest-ranked player he has defeated at the Grand Slams is No. 24 Ivo Karlovic in the 1st round at the 2016
Australian Open.
• Delbonis is also bidding to end a 12-match losing streak against Top 10 players at Tour-level. He has not
recorded a victory against a Top 10 opponent since defeating No. 2 Andy Murray in the 3rd round at 2016 Indian
Wells-1000. He has an 3-17 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at Tour-level overall.
• Delbonis is one of 18 lefthanders to start in the men’s main draw at this year’s Wimbledon. The last lefthander to
win the title here was Rafael Nadal in 2010.
• Delbonis lost the only 5-set match he has contested at Wimbledon – to Fognini in the 1st round in 2016. He has
a 4-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Delbonis has won 2 Tour-level singles titles – on clay at 2014 Sao Paulo (d. Paolo Lorenzi) and 2016 Marrakech
(d. Borna Coric). He has also won 2 Tour-level doubles titles – on clay at Sao Paulo in 2018 and 2019, partnering
Maximo Gonzalez on both occasions.
• Delbonis reached a career-high ranking of No. 33 in May 2016. He re-entered the Top 50 for the first time since
March 2017 in May this year and plays here at No. 47.
• Delbonis defeated Karlovic in the decisive 5th match of the 2016 Davis Cup Final, helping Argentina to a 3-2
victory over Croatia to win the Davis Cup title for the first time. He has a 5-4 overall win-loss record in the
competition. Argentina host Belarus in a World Group I tie in September.
• Delbonis has entered the men’s doubles here with Artem Sitak. The pair play Jeremy Chardy/Fabrice Martin in
the 1st round.
• Delbonis is currently without a permanent coach.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notesNO. 8 ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) v JOHN MILLMAN (AUS)
Tour-level head-to-head: Bautista Agut leads 5-0
2009 Spain F7 Futures Clay (O) R32 Millman 46 63 63
2016 Chennai Hard (O) R16 Bautista Agut 64 61
2016 Beijing Hard (O) R32 Bautista Agut 64 36 63
2017 Roland Garros Clay (O) R128 Bautista Agut 62 62 06 61
2019 Australian Open Hard (O) R64 Bautista Agut 63 61 36 67(6) 64
2019 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) R64 Bautista Agut 36 61 61
A 6th Tour-level meeting for the pair and their 3rd at a Grand Slam, but their first on grass. Bautista Agut has won
all 5 of the pair’s previous meetings at Tour-level.
BAUTISTA AGUT v MILLMAN
33 Age 32
10 ATP Ranking (28 June) 43
9 Titles 1
62-33 Career Grand Slam Record 19-23
15-6 Wimbledon Record 6-5
327-195 Career Record 95-117
32-15 Career Record - Grass 12-15
20-15 2021 Record 10-14
1-2 2021 Record - Grass 2-2
11-8 Career Five-Set Record 2-8
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
106-103 Career Tiebreak Record 44-53
7-3 2021 Tiebreak Record 7-0
• BAUTISTA AGUT is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 7th
Wimbledon appearance and his 34th Grand Slam overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Bautista Agut recorded his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the semifinals,
where he fell to No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic in 4 sets. He became the 6th Spanish man in history to reach
the semifinals at Wimbledon.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Bautista Agut reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Mario Vilella Martinez,
l. Henri Laaksonen), but fell to Radu Albot in the 1st round at the Australian Open. He has lost in the 1st round on
5 of his previous 33 Grand Slam appearances.
• Bautista Agut’s best results in 2021 are finishing runner-up at both Montpellier (l. David Goffin) and Doha
(l. Nikoloz Basilashvili). He also reached the semifinals at Miami-1000 (l. Jannik Sinner).
• Prior to coming here, Bautista Agut reached the quarterfinals at Mallorca after receiving a bye through the 1st
round (d. Stefano Travaglia, l. Sam Querrey), but fell to Sebastian Korda in the 1st round at Halle.
• Bautista Agut has won one Tour-level title on grass – at 2014 ’s-Hertogenbosch where he defeated Benjamin
Becker in the final. He has won 9 Tour-level singles titles, most recently at 2019 Doha.
• Bautista Agut has lost the last 3 five-set matches he has contested, having not recorded a victory in a 5-set
match since defeating Marin Cilic in 5 sets in the round of 16 at the 2019 Australian Open. He won the only 5-set
match he has contested at Wimbledon – recovering from 0-2 down to defeat Benoit Paire in the 2nd round in 2015
– and has an 11-8 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Bautista Agut broke the Top 10 for the first time in August 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 9 in
November that year. He plays here one place lower at No. 10.
• Bautista Agut has played Davis Cup for Spain since 2014 and has an 8-6 win-loss record in the competition. He
won 2 of the 3 matches he contested at the 2019 Finals – including defeating Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in
the first match of the final – as Spain won the Davis Cup title for the 6th time. Spain will compete alongside the
Russian Tennis Federation team and Ecuador in Group A at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Bautista Agut is coached by Pepe Vendrell.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notes• MILLMAN is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 5th time. This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance and his
24th Grand Slam overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Millman equalled his best Wimbledon result by reaching the 3rd round, when he defeated
Hugo Dellien and Laslo Djere before falling to Sam Querrey. He also reached the 3rd round here in 2016 (l. Andy
Murray).
• Millman’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2018 US Open. He recorded a career-best
victory by defeating No. 2 Roger Federer in the round of 16 before falling Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the
last 8.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Millman fell to Corentin Moutet in 5 sets in the 1st round at the Australian Open.
He withdrew from Roland Garros due to a lower back injury.
• Prior to coming here, Millman reached the 2nd round at both Queen’s (d. Reilly Opelka, l. Alex de Minaur) and
Eastbourne (d. Jay Clarke, l. Lorenzo Sonego).
• Millman’s best result in 2021 is reaching the quarterfinals at Munich, where he defeated Alexei Popyrin and
Guido Pella before falling to Casper Ruud. It is the only time he has recorded back-to-back match-wins this
season.
• Millman’s best grass court results are reaching the quarterfinals at 2018 Eastbourne (l. Marco Cecchinato) and
the 3rd round here in 2016 and 2019.
• Millman is bidding to defeat a Top 10 player for the 2nd time on his 21st attempt. He has a 1-19 win-loss record
against Top 10 players at Tour-level, with his only victory against a Top 10 player coming against No. 2 Federer
in the round of 16 at 2018 US Open. He has a 1-7 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at the Grand Slams.
• Millman has lost the last 6 five-set matches he has contested. He has not won a 5-set match since defeating
Albert Montanes in the 1st round at 2016 Wimbledon. He has a 1-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon
and a 2-8 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Millman reached a career-high ranking of No. 33 in October 2018. He plays here at No. 43.
• Millman has played Davis Cup for Australia since 2017 and has a 3-2 win-loss record in the competition. He won
both matches he contested as Australia defeated Brazil in the 2020 Qualifiers. Australia will compete alongside
Croatia and Hungary in Group D at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Millman has entered the men’s doubles here with Pella. The pair play Ricardas Berankis/Dominik Koepfer in the
1st round.
• Millman is coached by Peter Luczak.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notesNO. 9 DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) v BENOIT PAIRE (FRA)
Tour-level head-to-head: tied 1-1
2015 Rome-1000 Qualifying Draw Clay (O) R16 Schwartzman 75 46 62
2018 Rome-1000 Clay (O) R32 Paire 26 64 62
2019 Munich Clay (O) R32 Schwartzman 64 16 61
A 3rd Tour-level meeting between Schwartzman and Paire and their first at a Grand Slam. Their previous
meetings, at all levels, have all come on clay.
SCHWARTZMAN v PAIRE
28 Age 32
11 ATP Ranking (28 June) 46
4 Titles 3
43-27 Career Grand Slam Record 42-40
3-5 Wimbledon Record 14-9
184-154 Career Record 226-255
5-10 Career Record - Grass 23-24
16-11 2021 Record 2-16
0-0 2021 Record - Grass 0-1
6-5 Career Five-Set Record 11-10
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1
49-57 Career Tiebreak Record 114-112
2-1 2021 Tiebreak Record 2-5
• SCHWARTZMAN is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd time. This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance
and his 28th Grand Slam overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Schwartzman recorded his best Wimbledon performance by reaching the 3rd round. He
defeated Matthew Ebden and Dominik Koepfer before falling to Matteo Berrettini in 5 sets. He has lost both 5-set
matches he has contested at Wimbledon and has a 6-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Schwartzman’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros last year, falling to
eventual champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Schwartzman reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros (l. Nadal) and the 3rd
round at the Australian Open (l. Aslan Karatsev).
• Schwartzman’s best result in 2021 is winning the title on clay at Buenos Aires (d. Francisco Cerundolo), where
he became the first Argentinian champion at the event since David Nalbandian in 2008. It was also his first Tour-
level title on home soil.
• Schwartzman’s other highlights this year are reaching the quarterfinals at Cordoba (l. Albert Ramos-Vinolas),
Barcelona (l. Pablo Carreno Busta) and Roland Garros and the round of 16 at Miami-1000 (l. Sebastian Korda).
• Scwartzman did not contest a grass court event prior to coming here. Just 7 men in the Open Era have won
the title here without playing a warm-up event on grass – most recently Novak Djokovic in 2011, 2014-15 and
2019.
• Schwartzman broke the Top 10 for the first time after reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros in October last
year, rising to a career-high ranking of No. 8. He plays here 3 places lower at No. 11.
• Schwartzman has won 4 Tour-level singles titles. In addition to his victory at Buenos Aires this year, he also
won the titles on clay at 2016 Istanbul (d. Grigor Dimitrov), 2018 Rio de Janeiro (d. Fernando Verdasco) and
2019 Los Cabos (d. Taylor Fritz).
• Schwartzman has played Davis Cup for Argentina since 2015 and has a 5-6 overall win-loss record in the
competition. He won one of the 3 matches he contested as Argentina reached the quarterfinals at the 2019 Davis
Cup Finals in Madrid. Argentina will next play at home to Belarus in a World Group I tie in September 2021.
• Schwartzman is coached by former world No. 15 Juan Ignacio Chela and Alejandro Fabbri.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notes• PAIRE is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 8th time. This is his 10th Wimbledon appearance and his
41st Grand Slam appearance overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Paire equalled his best Grand Slam result by reaching the round of 16 (l. Roberto Bautista
Agut). He has reached the round of 16 at a Grand Slam on 3 other occasions – at the 2015 US Open (l. Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga), 2017 Wimbledon (l. Andy Murray) and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Kei Nishikori).
• In Grand Slam play this year, Paire lost in the 1st round at both the Australian Open (l. Egor Gerasimov) and
Roland Garros (l. Casper Ruud).
• Paire is bidding to record his 3rd Tour-level match-win this year. His only Tour-level match-wins in 2021 came
in a quarterfinal finish at Cordoba after receiving a bye through the 1st round (d. Nicolas Jarry, l. Federico Coria)
and in a 2nd round finish at Madrid-1000 (d. Nikoloz Basilashvili, l. Stefanos Tsitsipas).
• Paire has lost his opening match at 12 of the 14 individual events he has contested in 2021 – including his
only match on grass prior to coming here, in the 1st round at Queen’s (l. Murray). He also lost both matches he
contested while representing France at the ATP Cup.
• Paire has won one of his last 21 matches against Top 20 players at Tour-level, with his only victory against
a Top 20 player in that time coming against No. 15 John Isner in the 3rd round at 2019 Washington. He has a
1-16 win-loss record against Top 20 players at the Grand Slams, with his only victory coming against No. 4
Nishikori in the 1st round at the 2015 US Open, and a 20-71 win-loss record against Top 20 players at Tour-level
overall.
• Paire is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player on grass for the first time on his 8th attempt. The highest-ranked
player he has defeated on grass is No. 21 Alexandr Dolgopolov in the 2nd round here in 2012.
• Wimbledon is Paire’s best Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 14-9 win-loss record here, compared
to 12-12 at Roland Garros, 10-9 at the US Open and 6-10 at the Australian Open.
• Paire has won one of the 2 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon – defeating Franko Skugor in the
1st round here in 2016 but falling to Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round in 2015. He has a 11-10 win-loss
record in 5-set matches overall.
• Paire reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in January 2016. He plays here at No. 46 – his lowest ranking
since May 2019, when he was ranked No. 51.
• Paire has entered the men’s doubles here with Lorenzo Musetti. The pair will face No. 3 seeds Juan Sebastian
Cabal/Robert Farah in the 1st round.
• Paire is currently without a permanent coach.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notesNO. 10 DENIS SHAPOVALOV (CAN) v PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER (GER)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Kohlschreiber has won 12 of his last 13 matches against lefthanded players. Since falling to Rafael Nadal during
Germany’s 2018 Davis Cup quarterfinal defeat to Spain, his only defeat to a lefthanded player came against
Dominik Koepfer in the 1st round at Munich this year. He has a 70-39 win-loss record against lefthanded players
at Tour-level – he has won 64% of his Tour-level matches against lefthanded players, compared to 54% of his
Tour-level matches against righthanded players.
Kohlschreiber has also won 6 of his last 7 Grand Slam matches against lefthanded players. Since falling to Nadal
in the round of 16 at the 2013 US Open, his only defeat to a lefthanded player at a Grand Slam came against
Yoshihito Nishioka in the 1st round at the 2018 Australian Open. He has a 13-9 win-loss record against lefthanded
players at the Grand Slams – he has won 59% of his Grand Slam matches against lefthanded players, compared
to 52% of his Grand Slam matches against righthanded players.
SHAPOVALOV v KOHLSCHREIBER
22 Age 37
12 ATP Ranking (28 June) 115
1 Titles 8
19-14 Career Grand Slam Record 75-64
1-3 Wimbledon Record 13-15
122-100 Career Record 474-377
7-11 Career Record - Grass 60-39
18-13 2021 Record 4-3
4-2 2021 Record - Grass 2-1
5-5 Career Five-Set Record 16-14
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2
53-62 Career Tiebreak Record 192-189
5-9 2021 Tiebreak Record 3-1
• Lefthander SHAPOVALOV is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 4th Wimbledon
appearance and his 15th Grand Slam appearance overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Shapovalov fell to Ricardas Berankis in the 1st round. He also fell in the 1st round as a wild
card on his Grand Slam debut here in 2017 (l. Jerzy Janowicz).
• Shapovalov’s best Wimbledon result is reaching the 2nd round in 2018. As No. 26 seed, he defeated Jeremy
Chardy before falling to Benoit Paire.
• Shapovalov recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the quarterfinals at the US Open last year. He
defeated Sebastian Korda, Soonwoo Kwon, Taylor Fritz and David Goffin, before falling to Pablo Carreno Busta
in 5 sets in the last 8. Shapovalov was the first Canadian man in history to reach the quarterfinals at the US
Open.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Shapovalov reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Felix Auger-
Aliassime). He missed Roland Garros due to a shoulder injury.
• Prior to coming here, Shapovalov reached his first Tour-level semifinal on grass at Queen’s (l. Cameron Norrie).
He also reached the quarterfinals at Stuttgart (l. Marin Cilic).
• Shapovalov’s best result in 2021 is finishing runner-up at Geneva (l. Casper Ruud). He also reached the
semifinals at Dubai (l. Lloyd Harris) and the quarterfinals at Doha (l. Taylor Fritz).
• Shapovalov is one of 18 lefthanders to start in the men’s main draw at Wimbledon this year. The last lefthander
to win the title here was Rafael Nadal in 2010.
• Shapovalov has won one Tour-level title – on hard courts at 2019 Stockholm (d. Filip Krajinovic).
• Shapovalov reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 after reaching the semifinals at Rome-1000 in September
2020. He plays here 2 places lower at No. 12.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notes• Shapovalov is one of 8 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions to begin the men’s main draw here this
year. He won the boys’ singles title here in 2016, defeating Alex de Minaur in the final. He reached a career-high
junior ranking of No. 2 in July 2016 and was also a member of the Canadian team that defeated Germany to win
the 2015 Junior Davis Cup title.
• Shapovalov was part of the Canadian team which reached the Davis Cup final for the first time in November
2019. He won 3 of his 5 singles matches and 2 of his 3 doubles matches at the Finals in Madrid, falling to Rafael
Nadal in the 2nd match of the final. He made his debut in the competition in 2016 and has a 12-7 overall Davis
Cup win-loss record. Canada will compete alongside Kazakhstan and Sweden in Group B at the 2021 Davis Cup
Finals.
• Shapovalov is coached by his mother, Tessa Shapovalova, and Mikhail Youzhny, who reached the quarterfinals
here in 2012.
• KOHLSCHREIBER is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 7th time. He has lost in the 1st round on 4 of
his last 5 Wimbledon appearances.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Kohlschreiber fell to No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic in the 1st round.
• Kohlschreiber’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals here in 2012, where he fell to
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. It was his 33rd Grand Slam appearance – putting him in 5th place on the Open Era list for
most attempts before reaching the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam.
• Kohlschreiber is making his 16th Wimbledon appearance. He is in joint-8th place on the Open Era list for most
Wimbledon men’s singles appearances, alongside Djokovic, Tommy Haas and Andreas Seppi.
• Kohlschreiber is making his 66th Grand Slam appearance, equalling Lleyton Hewitt in 6th place on the all-time
list for most Grand Slam men’s singles appearances. Roger Federer (81 Grand Slam appearances), Feliciano
Lopez (78), Fabrice Santoro (70) and Fernando Verdasco and Mikhail Youzhny (both 69) are the only men to
have made more Grand Slam appearances than Kohlschreiber.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Kohlschreiber reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros. He defeated Fernando
Verdasco and Aslan Karatsev to end a 7-match Tour-level losing streak, having previous not recorded a victory
at Tour-level since reaching the 2nd round at 2020 Dubai (d. Mohamed Safwat, l. Djokovic). He fell to Diego
Schwartzman in straight sets in the 3rd round.
• Kohlschreiber has struggled with a hip injury in recent months – he did not compete following his 1st round
defeat at Roland Garros last year until making his return at the Belgrade Challenger in April. He missed the
Australian Open for the first time since 2014.
• Prior to coming here, Kohlschreiber reached the quarterfinals as a wild card at Halle, where he defeated Jurij
Rodionov and Corentin Moutet before falling to Andrey Rublev.
• Also in 2021, Kohlschreiber reached the quarterfinals at the Heilbronn Challenger (GER), defeating Maxime
Janvier and Brandon Nakashima before falling to Daniel Elahi Galan, and the 2nd round at the Belgrade
Challenger (SRB) (d. Maxime Cressy, l. Damir Dzumhur). He fell to Teymuraz Gabashvili in the 1st round of
qualifying at Parma.
• Kohlschreiber is bidding to end an 8-match Tour-level losing streak against Top 20 players. He has not
recorded a victory against a Top 20 player since defeating No. 19 Marco Cecchinato in the 2nd round at 2019
Rome-1000. He has a 63-165 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level overall.
• Kohlschreiber is also bidding to end an 11-match Tour-level losing streak against Top 20 players on grass.
He has not recorded a victory against a Top 20 player on grass since defeating No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the
quarterfinals at 2012 Halle. He has a 6-22 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition on grass at Tour-level.
• Kohlschreiber is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player at Wimbledon for the first time on his 11th attempt. The
highest-ranked player he has defeated here is No. 50 Haas in the 1st round in 2012. He has an 8-36 win-loss
record against Top 20 opposition at the Grand Slams overall.
• Wimbledon is Kohlschreiber’s least successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 13-15 win-loss
record here, compared to 24-18 at the US Open, 22-14 at the Australian Open and 16-17 at Roland Garros.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notes• Kohlschreiber has won 8 career singles titles, one of which has come on grass – at 2011 Halle, when his
opponent Philipp Petzschner retired in the final with a lower back injury with Kohlschreiber leading 76(5) 2-0.
• Kohlschreiber has lost his last 4 five-set matches. He has not recorded a 5-set match-win since defeating Lukas
Rosol in Germany’s Davis Cup World Group first round tie against Czech Republic. He has a 3-2 win-loss record
in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 16-14 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Kohlschreiber is a former Top 20 player. He reached a career-best ranking of No. 16 in July 2012. In February
this year, he dropped outside the Top 100 for the first time since February 2006 and plays here at No. 115. He
entered the tournament using a protected ranking of No. 96.
• Kohlschreiber has played Davis Cup for Germany since 2007. He has a 24-17 win-loss record in the competition,
but lost his most-recent match, falling to Egor Gerasimov in Germany’s victory over Belarus in the Qualifiers last
year. Germany will compete alongside Serbia and Austria in Group F at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Kohlschreiber is coached by Markus Hipfl.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notesNO. 13 GAEL MONFILS (FRA) v (Q) CHRISTOPHER O’CONNELL (AUS)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Monfils is bidding to extend an 8-match winning streak against qualifiers at the Grand Slams. He has not lost to a
qualifier at a Grand Slam since retiring due to a lower back injury while trailing Illya Marchenko in the 1st round at
the 2015 US Open. He has won 2 of his 3 matches against qualifiers at Wimbledon, defeating Noam Okun in the
1st round in 2005 and Daniel Brands in the 1st round in 2017 but falling to Lukasz Kubot in the 3rd round in 2011.
He has an 18-2 win-loss record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams and a 68-22 win-loss record against
qualifiers at Tour-level overall.
Monfils has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 130 O’Connell. The lowest-ranked
player to have defeated Monfils at a Grand Slam is No. 120 Marchenko at the 2015 US Open. The lowest-ranked
player to have defeated Monfils at Wimbledon is No. 105 Igor Kunitsyn in the 1st round in 2006.
MONFILS v O’CONNELL
34 Age 27
17 ATP Ranking (28 June) 130
10 Titles 0
111-55 Career Grand Slam Record 2-5
16-11 Wimbledon Record 0-0
495-289 Career Record 3-11
40-30 Career Record - Grass 0-0
2-8 2021 Record 2-7
0-2 2021 Record - Grass 0-0
17-17 Career Five-Set Record 0-1
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
197-147 Career Tiebreak Record 7-6
1-2 2021 Tiebreak Record 5-4
• MONFILS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 9th time. This is his 12th Wimbledon appearance and his
56th Grand Slam overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Monfils retired due to a left ankle injury while trailing Ugo Humbert 67(6) 36 64 75 3-0 in the
1st round. He also fell in the 1st round here in 2006 (l. Igor Kunitsyn) and 2016 (l. Jeremy Chardy)
• Monfils’ best Wimbledon performance is reaching the round of 16 in 2018, when he defeated Richard Gasquet,
Paolo Lorenzi and Sam Querrey before falling to Kevin Anderson.
• Monfils’ best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals on 2 occasions. He reached the last 4 at 2008
Roland Garros, where ranked No. 59 he lost to Roger Federer, and at the 2016 US Open (l. Novak Djokovic).
• Monfils is bidding to record his 112th Grand Slam match-win. He is in 2nd place on the all-time list for most
Grand Slam match-wins by a Frenchman. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (121 Grand Slam match-wins) is the only
Frenchman to have recorded more Grand Slam match-wins than Monfils.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Monfils reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas,
l. Mikael Ymer) but fell to Emil Ruusuvuori in 5 sets in the 1st round at the Australian Open.
• Prior to coming here, Monfils lost his opening match at both Halle (l. Lloyd Harris) and Eastbourne (l. Max
Purcell). He is bidding to end a 5-match losing streak on grass, having not recorded a grass court match-win since
reaching the 2nd round at 2019 Stuttgart (d. Steve Johnson, l. Denis Kudla).
• Monfils is bidding to record his 3rd Tour-level match-win since the Tour resumed following the hiatus
between March and August last year. Since returning to competition at Rome-1000 last September, his only
match-wins have come in a 2nd round finishes at Lyon (d. Thiago Seyboth Wild, l. Yoshihito Nishioka) and Roland
Garros this year. He has lost his opening match at the other 9 individual events he has contested since last
September, and lost the only singles match he contested at the ATP Cup.
• Monfils has lost all 5 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon. He has a 17-17 win-loss record in
5-set matches overall.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notes• Wimbledon is Monfils’ weakest Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 16-11 win-loss record here,
compared to 37-15 at Roland Garros, 29-16 at the Australian Open and 29-13 at the US Open.
• Monfils reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in November 2016. He dropped out of the Top 10 after Roland
Garros last year and plays here at No. 17.
• Monfils narrowly missed out on achieving the Junior Grand Slam in 2004 after winning the Australian Open,
Roland Garros and Wimbledon. His preparation for the Junior US Open that year was hampered by a knee injury
and he lost in the 3rd round to Viktor Troicki. He was named 2004 ITF Junior World Champion. Monfils is one of
8 former Wimbledon junior singles champions to start in the men’s main draw.
• Monfils is coached by Gunter Bresnik and Richard Ruckelshausen.
• Qualifier O’CONNELL is bidding to reach the 2nd round at a Grand Slam for the 3rd time on his Wimbledon debut.
This is his 6th Grand Slam overall.
• As No. 16 seed, O’Connell defeated Filip Horansky (SVK) 36 61 97, Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 67(3) 63 75 and
No. 27 seed Tomas Machac (CZE) 76(6) 64 76(4) in the 3 rounds of Wimbledon qualifying last week. It was his
first appearance at Wimbledon qualifying and was the first time he has successfully qualified at a Grand Slam on
his 2nd attempt – he fell to Elias Ymer in the 1st round of qualifying at Roland Garros last year on his only previous
attempt to qualify at a Grand Slam.
• O’Connell’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 2nd round on 2 occasions – at the 2020 US Open, where he
defeated Laslo Djere for his first Tour-level match-win before falling to Daniil Medvedev, and as a wild card at the
Australian Open this year (d. Jan-Lennard Struff, l. Radu Albot).
• In Grand Slam play this year, in addition to his 2nd round finish at the Australian Open, O’Connell competed as
a wild card at Roland Garros, where he fell to Tommy Paul in 5 sets in the 1st round. It was the first 5-set match
he has contested.
• Prior to coming here, O’Connell competed in qualifying at both Stuttgart and Halle. He reached the 2nd round
of qualifying at Halle (d. Albot, l. Arthur Rinderknech), but retired due to a right ankle injury while trailing Albot in
the 1st round of qualifying at Stuttgart.
• O’Connell’s best results at Tour-level in 2021 are 2nd round finishes at the Great Ocean Road Open in
Melbourne (d. Dominik Koepfer, l. Alexander Bublik) and at the Australian Open. He has lost in the 1st round at
the 5 other Tour-level events he has contested this year.
• O’Connell is bidding to record his 4th Tour-level match-win. His only Tour-level match-wins have come in 2nd
round finishes at the 2020 US Open, and at both the Great Ocean Road Open and the Australian Open this year.
He lost in the 1st round at the 8 other Tour-level events he has contested.
• O’Connell is contesting his first Tour-level match on grass. Below Tour-level, his best grass court result is
reaching the semifinals at M25 Albury (AUS) in 2019 (l. Matthew Romios).
• O’Connell reached a career-high ranking of No. 111 in September last year. He plays here at No. 130.
• O’Connell is coached by Fernando Ibarrola.
2021 Wimbledon day 1 men’s match notesNO. 15 ALEX DE MINAUR (AUS) v SEBASTIAN KORDA (USA)
Head-to-head: first meeting
22 Age 20*
15 ATP Ranking (28 June) 50
5 Titles 1
19-15 Career Grand Slam Record 3-3
3-2 Wimbledon Record 0-0
104-71 Career Record 21-13
12-8 Career Record - Grass 2-1
20-13 2021 Record 18-9
8-2 2021 Record - Grass 2-1
4-3 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
44-34 Career Tiebreak Record 3-4
4-4 2021 Tiebreak Record 3-3
*Turns 21 on 5 July
• DE MINAUR is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 3rd Wimbledon
appearance and his 16th Grand Slam overall.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, De Minaur reached the 2nd round. He defeated Marco Cecchinato before falling to Steve
Johnson in 5 sets. It was the first 5-set match he has contested at Wimbledon. He has a 3-3 win-loss record in
5-set matches at Tour-level overall.
• De Minaur’s best Wimbledon performance is reaching the 3rd round on his debut here in 2018, when he
defeated Cecchinato and Pierre-Hugues Herbert before falling to Rafael Nadal.
• De Minaur recorded his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2020 US Open,
falling to eventual champion Dominic Thiem in straight sets.
• In Grand Slam play this year, De Minaur reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated
Tennys Sandgren and Pablo Cuevas before falling to Fabio Fognini, and the 2nd round at Roland Garros
(d. Stefano Travaglia, l. Cecchinato).
• Prior to coming here, De Minaur won his first Tour-level title on grass at Eastbourne (d. Lorenzo Sonego). He
also reached the semifinals at Queen’s (l. Matteo Berrettini) and the quarterfinals at Stuttgart (l. Jurij Rodionov)
• De Minaur is bidding to record his 9th Tour-level grass court match-win of 2021. He is in joint-first place on the
list for most Tour-level matches won on grass this season alongside Halle champion Ugo Humbert.
• Also in 2021, De Minaur won the title at Antalya, winning the final when Alexander Bublik retired due to a right
ankle injury. He is one of 9 players to have won multiple Tour-level titles in 2021. He has won 5 Tour-level titles
in total, having also won 3 titles in 2019 – at Sydney (d. Andreas Seppi), Atlanta (d. Taylor Fritz) and Zhuhai
(d. Adrian Mannarino).
• De Minaur plays here at a new career-high ranking of No. 15. He broke the Top 20 for the first time in October
2019.
• De Minaur reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 2 in February 2016. He finished runner-up in the boys’
singles event here in 2016 (l. Denis Shapovalov) and reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles at the 2015 US
Open (l. Tommy Paul) and the 2016 Australian Open (l. Jurabek Karimov).
• De Minaur made his Davis Cup debut in 2018 and has a 4-3 win-loss record in the competition. Australia will
compete alongside Croatia and Hungary in Group D at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• De Minaur has entered the men’s doubles here with Matt Reid. The pair play wild cards Luke Johnson/Anton
Matusevich in the 1st round.
• De Minaur is coached by Adolfo Gutierrez.
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