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2021 WIMBLEDON
DAY 5 MEN’S NOTES
Friday 2 July
3rd Round – Top Half
No. 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) v (Q) Denis Kudla (USA)
No. 5 Andrey Rublev (RUS) v No. 26 Fabio Fognini (ITA)
No. 8 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) v Dominik Koepfer (GER)
No. 9 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
No. 10 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v (WC) Andy Murray (GBR)
No. 17 Cristian Garin (CHI) v Pedro Martinez (ESP)
No. 22 Daniel Evans (GBR) v Sebastian Korda (USA)
No. 25 Karen Khachanov (RUS) v Frances Tiafoe (USA)
On court today…
• British No. 1 Daniel Evans makes his first appearance on Centre Court this year this afternoon – he takes on
USA’s Sebastian Korda in the 2nd match of the day. Evans has looked in fine form during wins against Feliciano
Lopez and Dusan Lajovic in the opening 2 rounds here and he will hope for another victory against the unseeded
American today. Should Evans win, he will become the 12th British player to reach the round of 16 of the men’s
singles at Wimbledon in the Open Era. But Korda, who is making his debut at SW19 this year, has enjoyed a rapid
rise in recent months and is aiming to follow in the footsteps of his older sister Nelly, who became the world
No. 1 golfer this week after winning her first major title at the Women’s PGA Championship on Sunday.
• Andy Murray’s match-up with Denis Shapovalov follows the match between Evans and Korda on Centre Court –
and Murray will hope that the home fans will inspire him to another victory today after 2 dramatic wins already this
week. It is Murray’s first meeting with a Top 20 player at Wimbledon since he defeated 4 Top 20 opponents to win
the title here in 2016. Shapovalov has never previously faced a British player at Wimbledon – but he has a perfect
record against players at their home Grand Slams, having won both of his matches against American players at
the US Open, and won his only match against an Australian player at the Australian Open and against a French
player at Roland Garros. Victory today will see him advance to the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 3rd time.
• Novak Djokovic cruised into the 3rd round with a win over Kevin Anderson on Wednesday, and the top seed will
hope for a similarly smooth display when he faces qualifier Denis Kudla on No. 1 Court this afternoon. Djokovic
won in straight sets when the pair met in the 2nd round here in 2019 – but the world No. 1 will take nothing for
granted against Kudla, who is a strong grass court player. The American finished runner-up at the first Nottingham
Challenger last month and has reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon before, as a wild card in 2015. Djokovic,
however, has a perfect record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams, having won all 20 matches he has played
against qualifiers at the majors.
• Korda is one of 2 Wimbledon debutants in action today – along with Pedro Martinez, who plays No. 17 seed
Cristian Garin on Court 12. If either Korda or Martinez reach the round of 16 here, they will become the 5th
Wimbledon debutants to reach the round of 16 in the last decade – after Brian Baker (2012), Nick Kyrgios (2014),
Mackenzie McDonald (2018) and Ugo Humbert (2019). If both Korda and Martinez win today and advance to the
last 16, it will be the first time that multiple Wimbledon debutants have reached the last 16 since 2004, when
Joachim Johansson and Florian Mayer both reached the round of 16 here.
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2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notesNO. 1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) v (Q) DENIS KUDLA (USA)
Head-to-head: Djokovic leads 2-0
2019 Wimbledon Grass (O) R64 Djokovic 63 62 62
2019 US Open Hard (O) R32 Djokovic 63 64 62
A 3rd meeting for Djokovic and Kudla – the pair met at back-to-back Grand Slams in 2019, with Djokovic winning
in straight sets in the 2nd round at Wimbledon and in the 3rd round at the US Open.
Djokovic has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 114 Kudla once before – when he fell to
No. 117 Denis Istomin in the 2nd round at the 2017 Australian Open. The lowest-ranked player to have defeated
Djokovic at Wimbledon is No. 75 Marat Safin in the 2nd round in 2008.
Djokovic is bidding to maintain his perfect record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams. He has won all 20 matches
he has played against qualifiers at the Grand Slams, including all 4 of his previous matches against qualifiers at
Wimbledon. He is also bidding to extend an 18-match winning streak against qualifiers at Tour-level, having not
lost to a qualifier since falling to Martin Klizan in the 2nd round at 2018 Barcelona. He has an 84-6 win-loss record
against qualifiers at Tour-level overall.
DJOKOVIC v KUDLA
34 Age 28
1 ATP Ranking 114
84 Titles 0
312-45 Career Grand Slam Record 15-23
74-10 Wimbledon Record 8-6
963-195 Career Record 55-99
97-18 Career Record - Grass 24-21
29-3 2021 Record 3-2
2-0 2021 Record - Grass 2-0
35-10 Career Five-Set Record 5-7
6 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 3
269-149 Career Tiebreak Record 26-36
7-8 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-2
• Two-time defending champion DJOKOVIC is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 13th time and claim
sole ownership of 3rd place on the Open Era list for most round of 16 appearances at Wimbledon, ahead of Boris
Becker. Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors are the only men in the Open Era to have reached the round of 16
here more often than Djokovic. This is Djokovic’s 16th consecutive Wimbledon appearance.
Most Wimbledon men’s singles round of 16 appearances (Open Era)
Player No. of appearances
Roger Federer 18??
Jimmy Connors 16
Novak Djokovic 13??
Boris Becker 12
Andy Murray 12??
John McEnroe 11
• Djokovic is also bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 55th time. He is in 2nd place on the
Open Era list for most round of 16 appearances at the Grand Slams, behind Federer. This is his 65th Grand
Slam appearance.
Most Grand Slam men’s singles round of 16 appearances (Open Era)
Player No. of appearances
Roger Federer 69??
Novak Djokovic 55??
Rafael Nadal 50
Jimmy Connors 43
Andre Agassi 42
Ivan Lendl 42
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• Djokovic advanced to the 3rd round after defeating wild card Jack Draper 46 61 62 62 in the 1st round on Monday
and Kevin Anderson 63 63 63 in the 2nd round on Wednesday.
• Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals or better on 10 of his last 11 Wimbledon appearances. He has failed
to reach the quarterfinals here once since 2009 – in 2016, when he fell to Sam Querrey in the 3rd round.
• 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
also the first man to win the Wimbledon title having saved a match point at any stage of the tournament since
Neale Fraser in 1960, who saved 5 match points in the quarterfinals.
• Djokovic is bidding to win his 6th Wimbledon title and claim sole ownership of 4th place on the all-time list for
the most Wimbledon men’s singles titles won, ahead of Bjorn Borg and Laurie Doherty. Federer (8 Wimbledon
titles), William Renshaw and Pete Sampras (both 7) are the only men to have won more Wimbledon singles titles
than Djokovic.
• Djokovic is also bidding to win his 3rd consecutive Wimbledon title and become the 4th man in the Open Era
to record a streak of 3 consecutive Wimbledon titles – after Federer, Bjorn Borg and Sampras. It would be the 3rd
time in his career that he has recorded a streak of 3 consecutive titles at a Grand Slam event – he has won 3
consecutive Australian Open titles on 2 occasions, in 2013-15 and 2019-21.
• Djokovic is bidding to win his 20th Grand Slam title and equal Federer and Rafael Nadal’s record for most Grand
Slam men’s singles titles.
• Djokovic is bidding to become the 5th man in history to win the first 3 Grand Slam tournaments of the season
– after Jack Crawford (1933), Don Budge (1938), Lew Hoad (1956) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969). Of the 4
men who have previously won the opening 3 Grand Slam tournaments of the season, 2 (Budge and Laver) have
gone on to win the Grand Slam, with Laver doing so in both 1962 and 1969.
• Djokovic is also bidding to become the 12th man in history to win back-to-back Roland Garros and
Wimbledon titles – and the first since Nadal achieved the feat for the 2nd time in 2010.
• Djokovic won his 9th Australian Open title in February this year, defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final. He
became the 2nd player to win 9 singles titles at a Grand Slam tournament after Nadal (13 Roland Garros titles)
and Margaret Court (9 Australian Championships/Open titles).
• 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 313th 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.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• 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
• 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.
• Qualifier KUDLA is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam result.
This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance and his 24th Grand Slam overall.
• Kudla advanced to the 3rd round after defeating No. 30 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 57 46 76(4) 63 63 in
the 1st round and Andreas Seppi 62 64 62 in the 2nd round. It is the 3rd time in his 24 Grand Slam main draw
appearances that he has advanced beyond the 2nd round.
• As No. 6 seed, Kudla defeated Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) 64 62, Kacper Zuk (POL) 76(1) 64 and No. 25 seed
Federico Gaio (ITA) 62 75 64 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the 3rd time he has successfully qualified
at Wimbledon on his 5th attempt and the 8th time he has successfully qualified at a Grand Slam on his 22nd
attempt.
• At 2019 Wimbledon, Kudla reached the 2nd round (d. Malek Jaziri, l. Djokovic).
• Kudla’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 as a wild card here in 2015, where he defeated Pablo
Cuevas, Alexander Zverev and Santiago Giraldo before falling to Marin Cilic.
• In Grand Slam play this, Kudla reached the 2nd round of qualifying at both the Australian Open, where he
defeated Eliot Benchetrit before giving a walkover to Dane Sweeny due to illness, and Roland Garros (d. Mikael
Torpegaard, l. Evan Furness). His last main draw appearance at the Grand Slams came at the US Open last year,
where he fell to Marin Cilic in 5 sets in the 1st round despite holding a 2-0 lead.
• Prior to coming here, Kudla competed at the Challenger events at Nottingham (GBR). He finished runner-up at
the first Nottingham Challenger (l. Frances Tiafoe) and reached the quarterfinals at the second Nottingham
Challenger (l. Kamil Majchrzak).
• Kudla is bidding to record his 4th Tour-level match-win of 2021. In addition to his 2 victories here, his only other
Tour-level match-win this season came in a 2nd round finish at Miami-1000 (d. Jeremy Chardy, l. Hubert Hurkacz).
He fell in the 1st round at his only other Tour-level appearance this year – as a lucky loser at Acapulco (l. Botic
van de Zandschulp).
• Kudla has played mainly at Challenger-level this season. His best results are reaching the final at both the
Orlando Challenger (USA) (l. Jenson Brooksby) and the first Nottingham Challenger and reaching the semifinals
at the Tallahassee Challenger (USA) (l. Bjorn Fratangelo).
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• Kudla’s best Tour-level grass court results are reaching the semifinals as a qualifier at 2018 Halle (l. Roger
Federer), the quarterfinals as a direct acceptance at 2013 Queen’s (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) and the round of 16 as
a wild card here in 2015. He also won the title on grass at the 2015 Ilkley Challenger (GBR) (d. Matthew Ebden).
• Kudla is facing a No. 1-ranked player for the 4th time. He lost all 3 of his previous meetings with world No. 1s
– falling to No. 1 Federer in the semifinals at 2018 Halle and to No. 1 Djokovic in both the 2nd round here in 2019
and in the 3rd round at the 2019 US Open. The highest-ranked player at Tour-level he has defeated is No. 16
Gael Monfils in the 2nd round at 2019 Stuttgart and the highest-ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam
is No. 23 Cuevas in the 1st round here in 2015.
• Kudla’s victory against Davidovich Fokina in the 1st round here was his 3rd successful comeback from 0-2
down, having also recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Cuevas in the 1st round at 2015 Wimbledon and Marc
Polmans in the 1st round at the 2019 Australian Open. He has a 4-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at
Wimbledon and a 5-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.
• Kudla reached a career-high ranking of No. 53 in May 2016. He plays here at No. 114.
• Kudla was a successful junior. He finished runner-up in the boys’ singles at the 2010 US Open (l. Jack Sock)
and was a member of the USA team that won the 2008 Junior Davis Cup title. His best result in the boys’ singles
at Wimbledon was a quarterfinal finish in 2010 (l. Facundo Arguello).
• Kudla is coached by Robert Lindstedt.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notesNO. 5 ANDREY RUBLEV (RUS) v NO. 26 FABIO FOGNINI (ITA)
Head-to-head: Fognini leads 5-2
2015 Barcelona Clay (O) R32 Fognini 36 64 61
2015 Davis Cup (WG-PO) Hard (I) R2 Fognini 76(8) 62 62
2017 Umag Clay (O) QF Rublev 67(5) 62 76(2)
2018 Beijing Hard (O) R16 Fognini 64 63
2019 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) R64 Fognini 46 75 64
2019 Beijing Hard (O) R16 Fognini 63 64
2021 ATP Cup Hard (O) FR Rublev 61 62
An 8th meeting for Rublev and Fognini, but their first at a Grand Slam and their first on grass. Fognini has won 5
of their 7 previous meetings – but Rublev won their most-recent meeting, dropping just 3 games in the first match
of the ATP Cup final this year, with Russia going on to defeat Italy 2-0.
RUBLEV v FOGNINI
23 Age 34
7 ATP Ranking 31
9 Titles 9
29-15 Career Grand Slam Record 64-50
4-2 Wimbledon Record 16-11
167-99 Career Record 380-329
10-4 Career Record - Grass 22-19
35-10 2021 Record 17-14
6-1 2021 Record - Grass 3-1
7-5 Career Five-Set Record 23-13
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 8
52-61 Career Tiebreak Record 143-113
10-9 2021 Tiebreak Record 10-3
• RUBLEV is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the first time. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his
16th Grand Slam overall.
• If Rublev, Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev all reach the round of 16 here, it would be the first time that 3
Russian men have reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon in the Open Era. It would also be the 3rd time in the
Open Era that 3 Russian men have reached the last 16 at a Grand Slam – after 2007 Roland Garros (Igor Andreev,
Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny) and the Australian Open this year (Medvedev, Rublev and Aslan
Karatsev).
• Rublev advanced to the 3rd round here after defeating Federico Delbonis 46 64 61 62 in the 1st round on Monday
and Lloyd Harris 61 62 75 in the 2nd round on Wednesday.
• With Rublev, Khachanov and Medvedev all through to the 3rd round here, it is the first time that 3 Russian men
have reached the 3rd round at Wimbledon since 2008, when Youzhny, Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov all
reached the 3rd round here.
• At 23 years 264 days, Rublev is bidding to become the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles champion since
Novak 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 Rafael Nadal won the title here in 2008 aged 22 years 33
days. (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament)
• By reaching the 3rd round here, Rublev has recorded his best Wimbledon performance. He reached the 2nd
round on his 2 other appearances here – as a qualifier on his debut here in 2017 (d. Stefano Travaglia, l. Albert
Ramos-Vinolas) and as a direct acceptance in 2019 (d. Cristian Garin, l. Sam Querrey).
• 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).
• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play this year, Rublev fell to Jan-Lennard Struff in 5 sets in the 1st round at Roland
Garros.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• 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 36th Tour-level match win of 2021. He is in 2nd place on the list for most Tour-
level match-wins in 2021, behind Tsitsipas (39-10).
• Rublev has contested 2 five-set matches at Wimbledon – both of which came on his debut here in 2017, when
he defeated Travaglia in 5 sets before falling to Ramos-Vinolas, also in 5 sets. He has a 3-4 win-loss record in
5-set matches at Tour-level overall.
• 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.
• 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.
• FOGNINI is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the first time. This is his 12th Wimbledon appearance and
his 52nd Grand Slam overall.
• Fognini advanced to the 3rd round here after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 76(4) 62 64 in the 1st round on
Monday and Laslo Djere 63 64 06 64 in the 2nd round on Wednesday.
• By reaching the 3rd round here, Fognini has equalled his best Wimbledon result. He has reached the 3rd round
here on 5 other occasions – in 2010 (l. Julien Benneteau), 2014 (l. Kevin Anderson), 2017 (l. Andy Murray), 2018
(l. Jiri Vesely) and 2019 (l. Tennys Sandgren).
• Fognini’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in 2011, where he became the
first Italian man to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Davide Sanguinetti reached the last 8 at 1998
Wimbledon. He gave a walkover to Novak Djokovic in his quarterfinal match with a thigh strain – the first time a
player had given a walkover in the quarterfinals of the men’s singles at a Grand Slam since Stefan Edberg pulled
out of his quarterfinal match with Thomas Muster at the 1989 Australian Open.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Fognini reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open (l. Rafael Nadal) and the
3rd round at Roland Garros (l. Federico Delbonis).
• Prior to coming here, Fognini reached the 2nd round at Queen’s (d. Yen-Hsun Lu, l. Marin Cilic).
• Fognini’s best result in 2021 is reaching the quarterfinals on clay at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Casper Ruud).
• Fognini’s best grass court performances are reaching the quarterfinals at Eastbourne in 2012 (l. Andy Roddick)
and 2013 (l. Ivan Dodig).
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• Fognini is bidding to end a 5-match losing streak against Top 10 players at the Grand Slams. He has not
defeated a Top 10 player at a Grand Slam since defeating No. 8 Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round at the 2015 US
Open. He has a 2-11 win-loss record against Top 10 players at the Grand Slams – with his other victory coming
against No. 9 Fernando Verdasco in the 1st round here in 2010.
• Fognini has won one of his last 11 matches against Top 10 opposition at Tour-level. His only victory in that
time came against No. 9 Karen Khachanov in the 3rd round at 2019 Shanghai-1000. He has a 15-65 win-loss
record against Top 10 opposition at Tour-level overall.
• Fognini has won 11 of the last 12 five-set matches he has contested. His only defeat in a 5-set match in that
time came against Marin Cilic in the round of 16 at 2018 Roland Garros. He has a 5-2 win-loss record in 5-set
matches at Wimbledon and a 23-13 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Fognini has won 9 Tour-level singles titles, most-recently at 2019 Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Dusan Lajovic).
• Fognini broke the Top 10 for the first time in June 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 9 the following
month. He plays here at No. 31 – his lowest-ranking since July 2017, when he was also ranked No. 31.
• Fognini has played Davis Cup for Italy since 2008 and has a 32-15 win-loss record in the competition. He won
the only match he contested in Italy’s victory over Korea, Republic in the Qualifiers last year. Italy will compete
alongside USA and Colombia in Group E at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Fognini is coached by Albert Mancini.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notesNO. 8 ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) v DOMINIK KOEPFER (GER)
Head-to-head: Bautista Agut leads 1-0
2020 Hamburg Clay (O) R16 Bautista Agut 63 36 63
A 2nd meeting for Bautista Agut and Koepfer but their first at a Grand Slam or on grass.
Bautista Agut has won both of his previous matches against lefthanded players at Wimbledon, having defeated
Ruben Bemelmans in the 1st round in 2015 and Guido Pella in the quarterfinals in 2019. He has an 11-5 win-loss
record against lefthanders at the Grand Slams and a 38-22 win-loss record against lefthanders at Tour-level
overall.
Bautista Agut has lost a Tour-level match on grass to a player ranked as low as No. 62 Koepfer once before –
when he fell to No. 97 Nicolas Mahut in the 2nd round at 2015 ’s-Hertogenbosch. The lowest-ranked played to
have defeated Bautista Agut at Wimbledon is No. 19 Bernard Tomic in the 3rd round in 2016.
BAUTISTA AGUT v KOEPFER
33 Age 27
10 ATP Ranking 62
9 Titles 0
64-33 Career Grand Slam Record 10-7
17-6 Wimbledon Record 3-1
329-195 Career Record 24-27
34-15 Career Record - Grass 3-3
22-15 2021 Record 13-14
3-2 2021 Record - Grass 2-2
12-8 Career Five-Set Record 1-0
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
107-104 Career Tiebreak Record 13-10
6-10 2021 Tiebreak Record 5-7
• BAUTISTA AGUT is is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 4th time. This is his 7th Wimbledon
appearance and his 34th Grand Slam overall.
• Bautista Agut advanced to the 3rd round here after defeating John Millman 62 36 63 76(4) in the 1st round Miomir
Kecmanovic 63 63 67(3) 36 63 in the 2nd round. He has won both of the 5-set matches he has contested at
Wimbledon, including his victory against Kecmanovic here this year, and has a 12-8 win-loss record in 5-set
matches 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.
• 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 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.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• Bautista Agut is coached by Pepe Vendrell.
• Lefthander KOEPFER is bidding to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon for the first time and equal his best Grand
Slam result. This is his 2nd Wimbledon appearance and his 8th Grand Slam overall.
• If Koepfer and Alexander Zverev both reach the round of 16 here, it will be the first time that 2 German men
have reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon since 2012, when Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer both
reached the last 16. Koepfer is bidding to become the 20th German man to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon
in the Open Era.
• Koepfer advanced to the 3rd round here after defeating No. 27 seed Reilly Opelka 64 76(3) 62 in the 1st round
and Soonwoo Kwon 63 67(8) 76(2) 57 63 in the 2nd round. His victory against Kwon was the first 5-set match
he has contested at Tour-level. He lost the only other 5-set match he has contested, at any level, falling to
Norbert Gombos in 5 sets in the final round of qualifying here in 2018.
• By reaching the 3rd round here, Koepfer has recorded his best Wimbledon performance. On his only previous
appearance here, as a wild card in 2019, he reached the 2nd round (d. Filip Krajinovic, l. Diego Schwartzman).
• Koepfer’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 at the 2019 US Open where, as a qualifier, he
defeated Jaume Munar, Reilly Opelka and Nikoloz Basilashvili before falling to Daniil Medvedev.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Koepfer reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros, where he defeated (l. Roger
Federer), and the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. Hugo Dellien, l. Dominic Thiem).
• Prior to coming here, Koepfer fell in the 1st round at both Stuttgart (l. Jurij Rodionov) and Halle (l. Zverev).
• Koepfer’s best results in 2021 are reaching the semifinals at Acapulco (l. Alexander Zverev) and the
quarterfinals at Geneva (l. Casper Ruud).
• Koepfer is bidding to record his 4th Tour-level match-win on grass. His only Tour-level grass court victories
have come at Wimbledon in 2019 and 2021. His best performance on grass below Tour-level is winning the title
at the 2019 Ilkley Challenger (GBR) (d. Dennis Novak).
• Koepfer is bidding to defeat a Top 10 player at a Grand Slam for the first time on his 4th attempt. The highest-
ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili at the 2019 US Open.
• Koepfer is also bidding to end a 5-match losing streak against Top 10 players at Tour-level. Since recording
his first victory against a Top 10 player by defeating No. 9 Gael Monfils in the 2nd round at Rome-1000 last year,
he has lost all 5 matches he has played against Top 10 players. He has a 1-6 win-loss record against Top 10
opposition at Tour-level overall.
• Koepfer broke the Top 50, at No. 50, for the first time in May this year. He plays here at No. 62.
• Koepfer played college tennis at Tulane University in 2013-16 and was named NCAA All-American in 2015 and
2016.
• Koepfer entered the men’s doubles here alongside Ricardas Berankis. The pair defeated Romain Arneodo/Igor
Zelenay 76(4) 36 96 in the 1st round on Thursday and will play No. 14 seeds Raven Klaasen/Ben McLachlan in
the 2nd round.
• Koepfer is coached by Billy Heiser and Rhyne Williams.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notesNO. 9 DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) v MARTON FUCSOVICS (HUN)
Head-to-head: Schwartzman leads 1-0
2019 Roland Garros Clay (O) R128 Schwartzman 63 36 76(7) 26 62
A 2nd meeting for Schwartzman and Fucsovics. Schwartzman won their only previous match in 5 sets, in the 1st
round at Roland Garros 2 years ago.
SCHWARTZMAN v FUCSOVICS
28 Age 29
11 ATP Ranking 48
4 Titles 1
45-27 Career Grand Slam Record 19-16
5-5 Wimbledon Record 3-3
186-154 Career Record 103-93
7-10 Career Record - Grass 7-11
18-11 2021 Record 19-12
2-0 2021 Record - Grass 3-2
6-5 Career Five-Set Record 7-4
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
49-57 Career Tiebreak Record 43-48
2-1 2021 Tiebreak Record 11-10
• SCHWARTZMAN is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the first time. This is his 6th appearance here and
his 28th Grand Slam overall.
• Schwartzman is bidding to become the 9th Argentinian man in the Open Era to reach the round of 16 at
Wimbledon – after Juan Martin del Potro (4 Wimbledon round of 16 appearances), David Nalbandian (3),
Guillermo Vilas (2), and Guilermo Canas, Jose Luis Clerc, Guillermo Coria, Leonardo Mayer and Guido Pella
(all one).
• Schwartzman advanced to the 3rd round here defeating Benoit Paire 63 64 60 in the 1st round on Monday and
wild card Liam Broady 46 62 61 64 in the 2nd round on Wednesday.
• By reaching the 3rd round here, Schwartzman has equalled his best Wimbledon performance. He also reached
the 3rd round here in 2019, when 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 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.
• By reaching the 3rd round here, Schwartzman has recorded back-to-back Tour-level match-wins on grass
for the 3rd time. He also recorded back-to-back victories on grass by reaching the 3rd round here in 2019 and
the quarterfinals at 2019 Queen’s, when he defeated Alexander Bublik and Marin Cilic before falling to Daniil
Medvedev.
• 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.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• 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.
• FUCSOVICS is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the first time and equal his best Grand Slam performance.
This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his 17th Grand Slam overall.
• Fucsovics is bidding to become the 3rd Hungarian man in the Open Era to reach the round of 16 at
Wimbledon – after Szabolcs Baranyi (1973) and Balazs Taroczy (1980).
• Fucsovics is also bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 4th time and claim sole ownership of
2nd place on the Open Era list for most round of 16 appearances by a Hungarian player, man or woman
– ahead of Istvan Gulyas, Andrea Temesvari and Agnes Szavay. Taroczy, who reached the round of 16 at a
Grand Slam on 5 occasions, is the only Hungarian player to have reached the last 16 at the Grand Slams more
often than Fucsovics.
• Fucsovics advanced to the 3rd round after defeating No. 19 seed Jannik Sinner 57 63 75 63 in the 1st round on
Monday and after Jiri Vesely retired due to a lower back injury with Fucsovics leading 63 5-4 in their 2nd round
match.
• By reaching the 3rd round here, Fucsovics has recorded his best Wimbledon performance. His previous best
performance here was reaching the 2nd round in 2019, when he defeated Dennis Novak for his first Wimbledon
match-win before falling to Fabio Fognini in 5 sets.
• Fucsovics’ best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 on 3 occasions – at the Australian Open
in 2018 and 2020, falling to Roger Federer on both occasions, and at Roland Garros last year (l. Andrey Rublev).
He is the only Hungarian man to have reached the round of 16 at a Grand Slam since Taroczy reached the last
16 at 1984 Roland Garros.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Fucsovics reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Marc
Polmans and Stan Wawrinka – both in 5 sets – before falling to Milos Raonic, and the 2nd round at Roland Garros
(d. Gilles Simon, l. Fognini).
• Prior to coming here, Fucsovics reached the 2nd round at Eastbourne (d. Aljaz Bedene, l. Soonwoo Kwon) but
fell to Ugo Humbert in the 1st round at Stuttgart.
• Fucsovics’ best result in 2021 is reaching the final as a qualifier at Rotterdam, where he fell to Rublev in straight
sets. He also reached the quarterfinals at Doha, where he gave a walkover to Rublev due to a lower back injury,
and Dubai, falling again to Rublev. He also fell to Rublev in the 3rd round at Miami-1000 – the 4th consecutive
tournament that he had exited following a defeat or walkover against Rublev.
• Fucsovics’ best Tour-level result on grass is reaching the quarterfinals at 2019 Stuttgart, where he
defeated Jaume Munar and Nikoloz Basilashvili before falling to Milos Raonic. His only other Tour-level match-
wins on grass came in 2nd round finishes at 2018 Stuttgart (d. Denis Kudla, l. Raonic), at 2019 Wimbledon and
at Eastbourne this year.
• Fucsovics has won one of the last 6 matches he has contested against Top 20 players. His only victory
against a Top 20 player in that time came against No. 15 Pablo Carreno Busta in the 2nd round at Duabi this
year. He has an 11-32 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level overall.
• Fucsovics lost the only match he has previously contested against a Top 20 player at Wimbledon – when
he fell to No. 10 Fognini in the 2nd round in 2019. He has a 5-10 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at the
Grand Slams overall.
• Fucsovics has won one Tour-level title – on clay at 2018 Geneva (d. Peter Gojowczyk). He became the first
Hungarian man to win a Tour-level title since Balazs Taroczy at 1982 Hilversum.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• Fucsovics lost the only 5-set match he has contested at Wimbledon – to Fognini in the 2nd round in 2019. He
has a 7-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Fucsovics reached a career-high ranking of No. 31 in March 2019. He plays here at No. 48.
• Fucsovics is one of 3 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions through to the 3rd round from the 8 who
began the men’s main draw here this year. He won the boys’ singles title here in 2010 (d. Benjamin Mitchell) and
also reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles at the Australian Open (l. Sean Berman) and the US Open (l. Jack
Sock) in the same year.
• Fucsovics has played Davis Cup for Hungary since 2010 and has a 29-16 win-loss record in the competition. He
won both singles matches he contested as Hungary defeated Belgium in the Qualifiers in March last year,
securing Hungary’s place at the next Davis Cup Finals, where the team will compete alongside Croatia and
Australia in Group D.
• Fusovics has entered the men’s doubles here with Stefano Travaglia. The pair defeated Radu
Albot/Nikoloz Basilashvili 36 62 62 in the 1st round on Thursday and will play either No. 6 seeds Rajeev Ram/Joe
Salisbury or Laslo Djere/Gianluca Mager in the 2nd round.
• Fucsovics is coached by Zoltan Nagy and Miklos Jancso.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notesNO. 10 DENIS SHAPOVALOV (CAN) v (WC) ANDY MURRAY (GBR)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Shapovalov won his only previous meeting with a wild card at the Grand Slams, defeating Sebastian Korda in the
1st round at the US Open last year. He has a 6-6 win-loss record against wild cards at Tour-level overall.
Shapovalov has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 118 Murray once before – on his
Grand Slam debut here in 2017, when he fell to No. 141 Jerzy Janowicz in the 1st round.
Shapovalov is facing a British player at Wimbledon for the first time. He has a 5-4 win-loss record against British
players at Tour-level, but lost his most-recent match against a British player, falling to Cameron Norrie in the
semifinals at Queen’s last month.
Shapovalov is bidding to maintain his perfect record against players at their home Grand Slams. He has won all
4 of his previous matches against players at their home Grand Slams – having won both of his matches against
American players at the US Open, and won his only match against an Australian player at the Australian Open
and against a French player at Roland Garros.
Shapovalov is bidding to become the 2nd lefthanded player to defeat Murray at Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal is the
only lefthanded player to have defeated Murray here – in the quarterfinals in 2008 and in the semifinals in both
2010 and 2011. Murray has a 5-3 win-loss record against lefthanders at Wimbledon, a 27-10 win-loss record
against lefthanders at the Grand Slams and an 82-26 win-loss record against lefthanders at Tour-level overall.
SHAPOVALOV v MURRAY
22 Age 34
12 ATP Ranking 118
1 Titles 46
20-14 Career Grand Slam Record 192-47
2-3 Wimbledon Record 59-10
123-100 Career Record 680-203
8-11 Career Record - Grass 110-22
19-13 2021 Record 4-3
5-2 2021 Record - Grass 3-1
5-6 Career Five-Set Record 25-12
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 10
53-62 Career Tiebreak Record 205-125
5-9 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-1
• Lefthander SHAPOVALOV is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the first time. This is his 4th Wimbledon
appearance and his 15th Grand Slam appearance overall.
• Shapovalov is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 3rd time and move ahead of Vasek Pospisil
and Jack Wright on the all-time list for most Grand Slam round of 16 appearances by a Canadian man. Felix
Auger-Aliassime is also bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 3rd time here this year.
Most Grand Slam round of 16 appearances by a Canadian man (all-time)
Player No. of appearances
Milos Raonic 19
Robert Powell 4
Felix Auger-Aliassime 3??
Denis Shapovalov 3??
Vasek Pospisil 2
Jack Wright 2
• Shapovalov advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber 64 46 63 57 64 in the 1st round and
after Pablo Andujar gave a walkover due to a rib injury in the 2nd round. His victory over Kohlschreiber was the
first 5-set match he has contested at Wimbledon. He has a 5-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level
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).
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• By reaching the 3rd round here, Shapovalov has recorded his best Wimbledon result. He previous best result
here is reaching the 2nd round in 2018 when, 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 7 lefthanders through to the 2nd round from the 18 who started the men’s main draw at
Wimbledon this year. The last lefthander to win the title here was Rafael Nadal in 2010.
• Shapovalov has won one Tour-level title – on hard courts at 2019 Stockholm (d. Filip Krajinovic).
• Shapovalov reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 after reaching the semifinals at Rome-1000 in September
2020. He plays here 2 places lower at No. 12.
• Shapovalov is one of 3 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions through to the 3rd round from the 8 who
began the men’s main draw here this year. He won the boys’ singles title here in 2016, defeating Alex de Minaur
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.
• Two-time Wimbledon champion MURRAY is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 12th time and climb the
Open Era list for most round of 16 appearances at Wimbledon. Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors, Novak Djokovic
and Boris Becker are the only men in the Open Era to have reached the round of 16 here more often than Murray.
Most Wimbledon men’s singles round of 16 appearances (Open Era)
Player No. of appearances
Roger Federer 18??
Jimmy Connors 16
Novak Djokovic 13??
Boris Becker 12
Andy Murray 12??
John McEnroe 11
• Murray is also bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 39th time. He is in 7th place on the Open
Era list for most round of 16 appearances at the Grand Slams. Federer (68 Grand Slam round of 16
appearances), Djokovic (54), Rafael Nadal (50), Connors (43), and Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl (both 42) are
the only men in the Open Era to have reached the round of 16 at the Grand Slams more often than Murray.
• If Murray, Daniel Evans and Cameron Norrie all reach the round of 16 here this year, it would be the first time in
the Open Era that 3 British men have reached the round of 16 at a Grand Slam.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• If 2 British men reach the round of 16 here this year, it will be the first time that 2 British men have reached
the last 16 at Wimbledon since 2002, when Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski both reached the round of 16
here. It would also be the 12th time in the Open Era that 2 British men have reached the last 16 at a Grand Slam
– and first time since the 2017 Australian Open, when Murray and Evans both reached the round of 16.
• Murray advanced to the 3rd round after defeating No. 24 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili 64 63 57 63 in the 1st round
on Monday and qualifier Oscar Otte 63 46 46 64 62 in the 2nd round on Wednesday.
• With Murray, Evans and Norrie all reaching the 3rd round here this year, it is the first time that 3 British men
have reached the 3rd round at Wimbledon since 1999, when Henman, Rusedski and Danny Sapsford all
reached the 3rd round here. It is also the first time that 3 British men have reached the 3rd round at a Grand Slam
since the 2016 US Open, when Murray, Evans and Kyle Edmund all reached the 3rd round.
• Murray has lost in the 3rd round here once before – as a wild card on his Grand Slam debut in 2005, when he
fell to David Nalbandian in 5 sets. He has reached at least the round of 16 on his 11 other appearances here.
• Murray is contesting his first Grand Slam event since Roland Garros last year, when he fell to Stan Wawrinka
in the 1st round. He missed the Australian Open due to illness and withdrew from Roland Garros this year due to
a groin injury.
• Murray is making his first Wimbledon singles appearance since 2017, when he reached the quarterfinals
before falling to Sam Querrey in 5 sets. He missed the 2018 event due to ongoing recovery from hip surgery and
competed only in men’s doubles and mixed doubles here in 2019, reaching the 2nd round of the men’s doubles
alongside Pierre-Hugues Herbert and the 3rd round of the mixed doubles alongside Serena Williams.
• Murray is a 3-time Grand Slam champion. He won the 2012 US Open title and became the first British man to
win the Wimbledon singles title in 77 years in 2013, defeating Djokovic in the final on both occasions. He won a
2nd Wimbledon title in 2016 (d. Milos Raonic). He is one of 4 Grand Slam champions in the men’s draw here this
year.
• Murray is making his 13th Wimbledon singles appearance this year, equalling John Feaver in 5th place on the
list for most Wimbledon appearances by a British man in the Open Era.
Most Wimbledon men’s singles appearances by a British player (Open Era)
Player Wimbledon appearances
Jeremy Bates 15
Tim Henman 14
John Lloyd 14
Greg Rusedski 14
John Feaver 13
Andy Murray 13
Mark Cox 12
Roger Taylor 12
Richard Lewis 11
Mark Petchey 11
• Murray is contesting his 51st Grand Slam event here, extending his record for most Grand Slam appearances
by a British man in the Open Era. He claimed sole ownership of the record, ahead of Tim Henman, by contesting
his 50th Grand Slam event at Roland Garros last year.
• Murray holds the record for most Grand Slam matches won by a British player, with a 191-47 win-loss record
at the Grand Slams. He is in 3rd place on the list for most Wimbledon match-wins by a British player, with a
59-10 win-loss record here – behind Arthur Gore (64-26) and Josiah Ritchie (62-24).
• Prior to coming here, Murray reached the 2nd round as a wild card at Queen’s (d. Benoit Paire, l. Matteo
Berrettini).
• Murray is contesting his 5th event, at any level, of the season. In addition to his 2nd round finish at Queen’s he
also reached the 2nd round as a wild card at Rotterdam (d. Robin Haase, l. Andrey Rublev) but fell in the 1st
round as a wild card at Montpellier (l. Egor Gerasimov). He also competed as a wild card at the Biella Challenger
(ITA), where he finished runner-up to Illya Marchenko. It was just his 2nd appearance at Challenger-level since
2005, having also competed at the 2019 Mallorca Challenger (ESP).
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notes• Murray is bidding to extend a 4-match winning streak against Top 20 opposition at Wimbledon – he is facing
a Top 20 player here for the first time since 2016, when he defeated No. 18 Nick Kyrgios, No. 12 Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga, No. 9 Tomas Berdych and No. 7 Raonic from the round of 16 through the final. His last defeat to a Top
20 player at Wimbledon came against No. 2 Federer in the semifinals in 2015. He has a 15-9 win-loss record
against Top 20 opposition at Wimbledon and a 43-36 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at the Grand
Slams overall.
• Murray has won one of his last 4 matches against Top 20 players at Tour-level. Since the resumption of play
following the Tour’s hiatus between March and August last year, his only victory against a Top 20 player came
against No. 7 Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round at Cincinnati-1000 last year. He has a 194-122 win-loss record
against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level overall.
• Murray has won 5 of the 7 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon – including his victory against Otte
in the 2nd round this year. He has a 25-12 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Murray has won 46 Tour-level titles – most recently at 2019 Antwerp (d. Wawrinka). He has won 8 Tour-level
titles on grass – in addition to his 2 Wimbledon titles, he has also won 6 titles at Queen’s.
• Murray is a former world No. 1. He became the 26th man, and first British man, to reach the No. 1 ranking in
October 2016. He remained at No. 1 for 41 weeks, surrendering the top ranking in August 2017. He plays here at
No. 118.
• Murray became the first player in history to successfully defend an Olympic singles gold medal after defeating
Juan Martin del Potro in the final at the 2016 Rio Olympic Tennis Event. He defeated Federer in the final at the
2012 London Tennis Event. He also won a silver medal in mixed doubles at London alongside Laura Robson,
falling to Victoria Azarenka/Max Mirnyi in the final.
• Murray has played Davis Cup since 2005 and has a 40-8 win-loss record in the competition. He led Great Britain
to their first title since 1936 in 2015, defeating Belgium in the final. He won the only singles match he contested
as Great Britain reached the semifinals last year. Great Britain will compete alongside France and Czech Republic
in Group C at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Murray is coached by Jamie Delgado.
2021 Wimbledon day 5 men’s match notesNO. 17 CRISTIAN GARIN (CHI) v PEDRO MARTINEZ (ESP)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Garin has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 107 Martinez. The lowest-ranked
player to have defeated Garin at a Grand Slam is No. 90 Mikhail Kukushkin in the 2nd round at the US Open last
year. The lowest-ranked player to have defeated Garin at Wimbledon is No. 79 Andrey Rublev in the 1st round in
2019.
GARIN v MARTINEZ
25 Age 24
20 ATP Ranking 107
5 Titles 0
11-10 Career Grand Slam Record 8-6
2-3 Wimbledon Record 2-0
75-61 Career Record 16-21
4-5 Career Record - Grass 2-0
15-9 2021 Record 7-9
2-0 2021 Record - Grass 2-0
5-3 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
34-33 Career Tiebreak Record 6-6
5-7 2021 Tiebreak Record 3-3
• GARIN is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the first time and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is his
4th Wimbledon appearance and his 11th Grand Slam overall.
• Garin is bidding to become the 6th Chilean man in history to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon – after Luis
Ayala (who reached the round of 16 here in 1955-56 and 1959-61), Jaime Fillol (1974), Ricardo Acuna (1985),
Marcelo Rios (1997) and Fernando Gonzalez (2005).
• Garin is also bidding to become the 6th Chilean man in history to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam on
multiple occasions – after Ayala (12 Grand Slam round of 16 appearances), Gonzalez (11), Rios (10), Fillol (7)
and Hans Gildemeister (4).
• Garin advanced to the 3rd round after defeating qualifiers Bernabe Zapata Miralles 67(6) 63 36 63 62 and Marc
Polmans 62 75 46 61 for his first Wimbledon match-wins in the opening 2 rounds here.
• Garin lost in the 1st round on all 3 of his previous appearances here – as a qualifier in both 2017 (l. Jack
Sock) and 2018 (l. Adrian Mannarino), and as a direct acceptance in 2019 (l. Andrey Rublev).
• Garin recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the round of 16 at Roland Garros this year, where he
became the first Chilean man to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam since Gonzalez at the 2010 Australian
Open. He defeated Juan Ignacio Londero, Mackenzie McDonald and Marcos Giron before falling to Daniil
Medvedev.
• Garin’s best result in 2021 is winning the title on clay at Santiago (d. Facundo Bagnis), where he became the
first Chilean player to win a Tour-level event on home soil since Gonzalez won the title at 2009 Vina del Mar. He
also reached the quarterfinals at Madrid-1000 (l. Matteo Berrettini). He missed the Australian Open this year due
to a left wrist injury. Prior to coming here, all 13 of his Tour-level victories in 2021 had come on clay.
• Garin is bidding to record his 5th Tour-level match-win on grass. In addition to his 2 victories here, his only
other Tour-level match-wins on grass came in quarterfinal finish at 2019 ’s-Hertogenbosch, where he defeated
Salvatore Caruso and Robin Haase before falling to Borna Coric. He did not contest a grass court event prior to
Wimbledon this year.
• Garin’s 5-set victory over Zapata Miralles in the 1st round was the first 5-set match he has contested in the
main draw at Wimbledon. He contested a 5-set match in the final round of qualifying here in 2017, defeating
John-Patrick Smith 46 76(7) 64 46 12-10. He has a 5-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.
• Garin has won 5 Tour-level singles titles. In addition to victory at Santiago this season, he also won the titles at
Houston (d. Casper Ruud) and Munich (d. Berrettini) in 2019, and at Cordoba (d. Diego Schwartzman) and Rio
de Janeiro (d. Gianluca Mager) in 2020.
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