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2021 ROLAND GARROS
DAY 1 MEN’S NOTES
Sunday 30 May
1st Round
Featured matches
No. 4 Dominic Thiem (AUT) v Pablo Andujar (ESP)
No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) v Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
No. 6 Alexander Zverev (GER) v (Q) Oscar Otte (GER)
No. 11 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) v (Q) Mario Vilella Martinez (ESP)
No. 12 Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) v Norbert Gombos (SVK)
No. 16 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v Marcos Giron (USA)
No. 19 Hubert Hurkacz (POL) v (Q) Botic van de Zandschulp (NED)
No. 27 Fabio Fognini (ITA) v (WC) Gregoire Barrere (FRA)
Corentin Moutet (FRA) v Laslo Djere (SRB)
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) v Gilles Simon (FRA)
On court today…
• In the first men’s match of the day on Court Philippe-Chatrier, 2-time Roland Garros finalist Dominic Thiem takes
on Pablo Andujar, with the No. 4 seed aiming to maintain his perfect record against the Spaniard. Thiem has won
all 3 matches he has played against Andujar, all of which have come on clay courts – and the Austrian has never
lost in the 1st round in his 7 previous Roland Garros appearances. Andujar defeated Roger Federer in Geneva
earlier this month, but will need to be at the top of his game if he is to overcome the 2020 US Open champion and
record a victory against a Top 5 player for the first time in his career.
• In the final match of the day on Chatrier, No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas faces home favourite Jeremy Chardy, with
the Frenchman bidding for an upset against a player who has won more matches than anyone else in 2021.
Tsitsipas has recorded 33 victories so far this season, including 2 title-wins, on clay at Monte Carlo-1000 and
Lyon. The Greek reached the semifinals here in the autumn and followed that up with another Grand Slam
semifinal finish at the Australian Open in February – and he will be determined to get off to a good start as he
looks to go at least one better this time round.
• On Court Suzanne-Lenglen, No. 6 seed Alexander Zverev begins his campaign with a match-up against fellow
German Oscar Otte, who successfully came through qualifying at a Grand Slam for the first time, having made 2
appearances here as a lucky loser in 2018-19. It is the 14th all-German men’s singles match at Roland Garros in
the Open Era. Zverev will hope for a smooth passage into the 2nd round – he has never lost to a player ranked
as low as No. 152 Otte at the Grand Slams and has won both of his previous matches against qualifiers at Roland
Garros.
• Two unseeded Frenchmen face tricky encounters on Court Simonne-Mathieu today, with before Gilles Simon up
against Marton Fucsovics before Corentin Moutet plays Laslo Djere. In both matches, the Frenchman is ranked
lower than his opponent, and both Simon and Moutet will be hoping that the small number of fans allowed in the
stadium will roar them on to wins. Moutet is looking to bounce back from a 1st round defeat here last year, when
he fell to Lorenzo Giustino in a match that stretched beyond 6 hours and is the 4th-longest Grand Slam singles
match on record. Simon, meanwhile, is aiming to record just his 3rd victory of the year and will need to rediscover
some of the form that took him to the Top 10 in the world over a decade ago.
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2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notesNO. 4 DOMINIC THIEM (AUT) v PABLO ANDUJAR (ESP)
Head-to-head: Thiem leads 3-0
2016 Rio de Janeiro Clay (O) R32 Thiem 63 64
2018 Rio de Janeiro Clay (O) R16 Thiem 4-2 ret. (right shoulder)
2019 Kitzbuhel Clay (O) QF Thiem 76(4) 64
A 4th meeting for Thiem and Andujar, but their first at a Grand Slam. All 3 of their previous meetings have come
on clay, with Thiem winning on all 3 occasions.
Thiem has never lost a Roland Garros match to a player ranked as low as No. 68 Andujar. The lowest-ranked
player to defeat Thiem here is No. 23 Pablo Cuevas in the 2nd round in 2015. He has lost Grand Slam matches
to players ranked as low as Andujar on 6 occasions – most recently at 2019 US Open when he fell to No. 87
Thomas Fabbiano in the 1st round.
THIEM v ANDUJAR
27 Age 35
4 ATP Ranking (24 May) 68
17 Titles 4
74-27 Career Grand Slam Record 18-36
28-7 Roland Garros Record 7-11
309-164 Career Record 149-218
146-50 Career Record - Hard 109-108
9-7 2019 Record 7-10
4-3 2019 Record - Hard 6-7
11-8 Career Five-Set Record 5-6
4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
124-105 Career Tiebreak Record 46-64
4-3 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-3
• THIEM is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 8th straight
Roland Garros appearance and his 29th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Thiem reached the quarterfinals, where he fell to Diego Schwartzman in 5 sets. It was his earliest
defeat here since 2015, when he fell to Pablo Cuevas in the 2nd round – he reached the semifinals in 2016-17
and the final in 2018-19.
• Thiem’s is a 2-time Roland Garros runner-up. He reached the final here in 2018 and 2019, falling to Rafael
Nadal on both occasions. By reaching the final here in 2019, he became the first Austrian player to reach multiple
Grand Slam finals.
• Thiem won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open this year. He defeated Alexander Zverev 26 46 64 63
76(6) in the final, becoming the first man to win the US Open final from 0-2 down since Pancho Gonzales
recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Ted Schroeder in 1949. He became the first new Grand Slam men’s singles
champion since Marin Cilic won the title at the 2014 US Open and the first man born in the 1990s to win a Grand
Slam title.
• Thiem is bidding to become first Austrian player – man or woman – in history to win multiple Grand Slam
titles. Thomas Muster, who won the title here in 1995, is the only other Austrian player to have won a Grand Slam
title.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Thiem reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open, where he fell to Grigor
Dimitrov in straight sets.
• On clay this year, Thiem reached the semifinals at Madrid-1000 (l. Zverev) but fell in the 3rd round at
Rome-1000 (l. Lorenzo Sonego) and lost his opening match at Lyon (l. Cameron Norrie).
• Thiem’s other highlights in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals at Doha (l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and the round
of 16 at the Australian Open. He lost his opening match at Dubai (l. Lloyd Harris) and won one of the 2 matches
he contested while representing Austria at the ATP Cup.
• Thiem reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in March last year. He plays here one place lower at No. 4.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notes• Thiem has won 2 of the 3 five-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros, defeating Djokovic in 5 sets in
the semifinals in 2019 and Hugo Gaston in 5 sets in the round of 16 last year, before falling to Schwartzman in 5
sets in the quarterfinals. He has a 11-8 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Thiem is a former junior world No. 2. He reached the boys’ singles final at Roland Garros as No. 14 seed in
2011, losing to Bjorn Fratangelo. As well as reaching the Roland Garros boys’ singles final, Thiem’s best junior
result is winning the 2011 Orange Bowl (d. Patrick Ofner).
• Thiem is coached by Nicolas Massu, who competed at Roland Garros on 9 occasions, reaching the 3rd round in
2004 and 2006.
• ANDUJAR is bidding to record his 150th Tour-level match-win.
• Andujar is bidding to end a 4-match losing streak at Roland Garros and reach the 2nd round here for the first
time since 2015 and the 7th time overall. He missed the tournament due to injuries in 2016-17 and fell in the 1st
round in 2018-20. This is his 12th Roland Garros appearance and his 37th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Andujar fell to Stefano Travaglia in the 1st round. He has lost in the 1st round here on 4 other
occasions – in 2013 (l. Mikhail Youzhny), 2014 (l. Marin Cilic), 2018 (l. Fabio Fognini) and 2019 (l. Matteo
Berrettini).
• Andujar’s best Roland Garros performance is reaching the 3rd round in 2015, when he defeated Albert Ramos-
Vinolas and Philipp Kohlschreiber before falling to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
• Andujar’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 at the 2019 US Open, where he defeated
Kyle Edmund, Lorenzo Sonego and Alexander Bublik before falling to Gael Monfils.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Andujar reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. Quentin Halys, l. Filip
Krajinovic).
• Andujar’s best result in 2021 is reaching the semifinals on clay at Geneva, where he defeated Jordan Thompson,
Roger Federer and Dominic Stricker before falling to Casper Ruud. He also reached the quarterfinals on clay at
Buenos Aires (l. Francisco Cerundolo) and the 2nd round at the Australian Open and on clay at Barcelona
(d. Gilles Simon, l. Roberto Bautista Agut), but lost his opening match at the 6 other Tour-level events he has
contested this season.
• Andujar is bidding to defeat a Top 5 player for the first time on his 12th attempt. The highest-ranked player he
has defeated at Tour-level is No. 6 Tomas Berdych in the 1st round at 2014 Valencia. The highest-ranked player
he has defeated at the Grand Slams is No. 28 Kohlschreiber in the 2nd round here in 2015.
• Andujar has won the last 4 five-set matches he has contested, having not lost a 5-set match since falling
to Thomaz Bellucci in 5 sets during Spain’s 2014 Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Brazil. He has a
2-1 record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and 5-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Clay is Andujar’s best surface – and is the only surface on which he has a positive win-loss record. He has an
109-108 win-loss record on clay compared to 38-95 on hard courts and 2-15 on grass.
• Andujar has won 4 Tour-level singles titles, all of which have come on clay – at Casablanca in 2011
(d. Potito Starace) and 2012 (d. Albert Ramos), 2014 Gstaad (d. Juan Monaco) and 2018 Marrakech (d. Kyle
Edmund).
• Andujar reached a career-high ranking of No. 32 in July 2015. He plays here at No. 68.
• Andujar won the boys’ doubles title at 2004 Roland Garros (with Marcel Granollers) and reached the
quarterfinals of the boys’ singles (l. Kamil Capkovic). He finished 2004 as No. 7 in the ITF Junior Rankings.
• Andujar is coached by Carlos Calderon-Rodriguez.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notesNO. 5 STEFANOS TSITSIPAS (GRE) v JEREMY CHARDY (FRA)
Tour-level head-to-head: Tsitsipas leads 2-1
2016 Brest Challenger (FRA) Hard (I) R32 Chardy 62 63
2017 Brest Challenger (FRA) Hard (I) QF Tsitsipas 76(5) 64
2018 Montpellier Hard (I) R32 Chardy 46 75 75
2018 Basel Hard (I) R32 Tsitsipas 62 76(3)
2019 Queen's Grass (O) R16 Tsitsipas 46 76(0) 76(4)
A 4th Tour-level meeting for Tsitsipas and Chardy, but their first on clay or at a Grand Slam. They have contested
3 matches on French soil – 2 below Tour-level, at the Brest Challenger in 2016-17, and one at Tour-level at
Montpellier in 2018.
Tsitsipas is facing a French player at Roland Garros for the first time. He has a 14-10 win-loss record against
French players at Tour-level overall.
TSITSIPAS v CHARDY
22 Age 34
5 ATP Ranking (24 May) 58
8 Titles 1
25-14 Career Grand Slam Record 52-51
9-4 Roland Garros Record 18-14
168-84 Career Record 293-297
55-19 Career Record - Clay 107-99
33-8 2021 Record 15-12
16-3 2021 Record - Clay 4-5
5-4 Career Five-Set Record 13-7
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1
71-54 Career Tiebreak Record 148-162
6-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 11-5
• TSITSIPAS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 4th straight year. This is his 5th appearance at Roland
Garros and 15th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Tsitsipas equalled his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the semifinals, where he fell
to Novak Djokovic in 5 sets. He has reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam on 2 other occasions – at the
Australian Open in 2019 (l. Rafael Nadal), where he became the first Greek man in history to reach the semifinals
at a major, and this year, where he fell to Daniil Medvedev in straight sets.
• At 22 years 305 days, Tsitsipas is bidding to become the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles champion since
Juan Martin del Potro won the 2009 US Open aged 20 years 355 days. He is also bidding to become the youngest
Roland Garros men’s singles champion since Nadal won the title here in 2008 aged 22 years 5 days. (NB ages
calculated at the end of the tournament)
• 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.
• Also on clay in 2021, Tsitsipas reached the final at Barcelona (l. Nadal) and the quarterfinals at Rome-1000
(l. Djokovic).
• Tsitsipas’ other highlights in 2021 are reaching the final at Acapulco (l. Alexander Zverev), the semifinals at
Rotterdam (l. Rublev) and the quarterfinals at Marseille (l. Pierre-Hugues Herbert) and Miami-1000 (l. Hubert
Hurkacz).
• Tsitsipas has won 3 of the last 4 five-set matches he has contested, with his only defeat in a 5-set match in that
time coming against Djokovic in the semifinals here last year. He has a 1-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at
Roland Garros and a 4-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.
• Tsitsipas has won 7 Tour-level titles – including 3 on clay. In addition to his titles at Monte Carlo-1000 and Lyon
this year, he also won on clay at 2019 Estoril (d. Pablo Cuevas).
• Tsitsipas broke the Top 10 for the first time in March 2019, and rose to a career-high ranking of No. 5 in August
2019. He plays here at the same ranking.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notes• Tsitsipas is a former junior world No. 1. He reached the boys’ singles quarterfinals here in 2016 (l. Shapovalov),
as well as the boys’ singles quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 2015 (l. Jurabek Karimov) and 2016 (l. Alex de
Minaur).
• Tsitsipas made his Davis Cup debut at the 2019 Europe Group III event in Athens. He won both matches he
contested as Greece defeated Philippines in the World Group II play-offs in March this year. Greece play at home
to Lithuania in a World Group II tie in September.
• Tsitsipas is coached by his father, Apostolos Tsitsipas.
• CHARDY is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 12th time. This is his 15th appearance at Roland Garros
and his 52nd Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Chardy fell to Jurij Rodionov in 5 sets in the 1st round, despite holding a 2-0 lead. He has won 4
of the 7 five-set matches that he has contested at Roland Garros and has a 13-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches
overall.
• Chardy’s best Roland Garros performance is reaching the round of 16 as a wild card in 2008 (l. Nicolas Almagro)
and as a direct acceptance in 2015 (l. Andy Murray).
• Chardy’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2013 Australian Open (l. Murray).
• Chardy is bidding to end a 5-match losing streak at the Grand Slams. He has not recorded a victory at the
majors since reaching the 2nd round at the 2019 US Open (d. Hubert Hurkacz, l. Stan Wawrinka). He fell to Novak
Djokovic in straight sets in the 1st round at the Australian Open this year.
• Chardy’s best results in 2021 are reaching the semifinals at Antalya (l. Alexander Bublik) and the Murray River
Open in Melbourne (l. Daniel Evans). He also reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier at Rotterdam (l. Andrey
Rublev) and as a direct acceptance at Dubai (l. Denis Shapovalov).
• On clay in 2021, Chardy reached the 2nd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Bublik, l. Grigor Dimitrov), Barcelona
(d. Nikoloz Basilashvili, l. Shapovalov), Estoril (d. Jaume Munar, l. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina) and Belgrade II
(d. Tennys Sandgren, l. Dusan Lajovic). He fell to Evans in the 1st round in Madrid.
• Chardy is bidding to defeat a Top 5 player at a Grand Slam for the first time on his 13th attempt. The highest-
ranked players he has defeated at the Grand Slams are No. 7 David Nalbandian in the 2nd round here in 2008,
No. 7 Juan Martin del Potro in the 3rd round at the 2013 Australian Open and No. 7 David Ferrer in the 3rd round
at the 2015 US Open.
• Chardy has won one of his last 6 matches against Top 5 players, with his only victory against a Top 5 opponent
in that time coming against No. 4 Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd round at 2019 Paris-1000. He has a 4-35 win-loss
record against Top 5 players at Tour-level overall.
• Chardy’s only Tour-level singles title came on clay at 2009 Stuttgart (d. Victor Hanescu). Three of his 7 career
doubles titles have also come on clay – with Lukasz Kubot at 2012 Stuttgart and 2015 Bastad and with Fabrice
Martin at 2019 Estoril.
• Chardy reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 in January 2013. He plays here at No. 58.
• Chardy is one of 18 Frenchmen to begin the main draw here this year. Yannick Noah is the only Frenchman to
have won a Grand Slam title in the Open Era – he won the title here in 1983.
• Chardy was a prolific junior. He finished 2005 ranked No. 4 in the ITF Junior Rankings after winning the boys’
singles at Wimbledon (d. Robin Haase) and finishing runner-up in the boys’ singles at the US Open (l. Ryan
Sweeting). He was a runner-up in the boys’ doubles here in 2005 with Sergei Bubka.
• Chardy has played Davis Cup for France since 2009 and has a 5-2 win-loss record in the competition. France
will compete alongside Great Britain and Czech Republic in Group C at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Chardy is coached by Philipp Wagner.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notesNO. 6 ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) v (Q) OSCAR OTTE (GER)
Head-to-head: first meeting
This is the 14th all-German men’s singles match at Roland Garros in the Open Era and the 61st all-German men’s
singles match at the Grand Slams in the Open Era.
Zverev has won just one of his last 4 Tour-level matches against fellow Germans, with his victory against Dominik
Koepfer in the semifinals at Acapulco this year ending a 3-match losing streak against German players. He has
an 18-6 win-loss record against German players at Tour-level and a 2-2 win-loss record against German players
at the Grand Slams.
Otte is contesting his 2nd Tour-level match against a fellow German. He defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in the 1st
round at Cologne I last year in his only previous Tour-level match against a German player.
Zverev has won both of his previous matches against qualifiers at Roland Garros, defeating Mikael Ymer in the
2nd round in 2019 and Marco Cecchinato in the 3rd round in 2020. He has a 6-2 win-loss record against qualifiers
at the Grand Slams and a 28-10 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall.
Zverev has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 152 Otte. The lowest-ranked player
to defeat Zverev at the Grand Slams is No. 138 Ernests Gulbis in the 3rd round at 2018 Wimbledon. The lowest-
ranked player to defeat Zverev at Roland Garros is No. 75 Jannik Sinner in the round of 16 last year.
ZVEREV v OTTE
24 Age 27
6 ATP Ranking (24 May) 152
15 Titles 0
50-22 Career Grand Slam Record 1-2
13-5 Roland Garros Record 1-2
269-133 Career Record 4-7
86-36 Career Record - Clay 1-2
18-8 2021 Record 0-0
9-3 2021 Record - Clay 0-0
15-7 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
106-74 Career Tiebreak Record 0-4
9-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 0-0
• ZVEREV is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 5th time. This is his 6th Roland Garros appearance and
his 23rd Grand Slam overall.
• Zverev has lost in the 1st round at a Grand Slam on 4 previous occasions – including here as No. 9 seed in
2017 (l. Fernando Verdasco). He also fell in the 1st round on his Australian Open debut in 2016 (l. Andy Murray),
as a qualifier at the 2015 US Open (l. Philipp Kohlschreiber) and as No. 6 seed at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Jiri Vesely).
• Last year here, Zverev reached the round of 16, falling to Jannik Sinner in 4 sets.
• Zverev’s best Roland Garros performance is reaching the quarterfinals on 2 occasions – in 2018 (l. Dominic
Thiem) and 2019 (l. Novak Djokovic).
• Zverev reached his first Grand Slam final, at the US Open last year, where he fell to Dominic Thiem in 5 sets,
despite holding a 2-0 lead. Aged 23 years 146 days, Zverev became the youngest man to reach a major final
since Djokovic finished runner-up at the 2010 US Open aged 23 years 113 days.
• At 24 years 54 days, Zverev is bidding to become the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles champion since
Djokovic won the title at 2011 Wimbledon aged 24 years 42 days. He is also bidding to become the youngest
Roland Garros men’s singles champion since Nadal won the title here in 2010 aged 24 years 3 days. (NB ages
calculated at the end of the tournament)
• In Grand Slam play in 2021, Zverev reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, falling to Djokovic in 4
sets.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notes• Zverev’s best results in 2021 are winning the titles on hard courts at Acapulco (d. Stefanos Tsitsipas) and on
clay at Madrid-1000 (d. Matteo Berrettini). He also reached the quarterfinals on clay at both Munich (l. Ilya Ivashka)
and Rome-1000 (l. Nadal), but lost in the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. David Goffin).
• Zverev has won all 6 five-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros. He has won 7 his last 8 five-set
matches, with his only defeat in a 5-set match in that time coming against Thiem at this year’s US Open Final. He
has a 15-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Zverev has won 15 Tour-level titles, including 6 on clay. He is the 5th active player, after the ‘Big 4’ of Djokovic,
Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, to win 3 or more Masters-1000 titles, having won the titles at 2017 Rome-
1000, 2017 Montreal-1000 and at Madrid-1000 in both 2018 and this year.
• Zverev rose to a career-high ranking of No. 3 in November 2017, becoming the youngest player to break the
Top 3 since Djokovic in 2007. He plays here at No. 6.
• Zverev is a former junior world no.1. He was named 2013 ITF Junior World Champion and went on to win the
boys’ singles title at the 2014 Australian Open (d. Stefan Kozlov). As well as finishing runner-up in the boys’
singles at 2013 Roland Garros (l. Cristian Garin), he helped Germany reach the 2013 Junior Davis Cup Final
(l. Spain).
• Zverev is coached by his father, Alexander Zverev Sr.
• Qualifier OTTE is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 3rd Grand Slam main draw
appearance.
• Otte defeated No. 31 seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) 62 62, Danilo Petrovic (SRB) 61 75 and No. 11 seed
Hugo Dellien (BOL) 62 60 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It is the first time he has successfully qualified at
a Grand Slam on his 14th attempt, with both of his previous Grand Slam appearances coming as a lucky loser.
• Last year here, Otte reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Lukas Lacko, l. Dmitry Popko). He also lost in
qualifying here in 2017-19, but entered the main draw as a lucky loser in 2018 and 2019.
• Otte’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 2nd round as a lucky loser here in 2019, when he defeated
Malek Jaziri before falling to Roger Federer. On his only other Grand Slam main draw appearance, as a lucky
loser here in 2018, he fell to Matteo Berrettini in the 1st round.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Otte fell to Roman Safiullin in the 1st round of qualifying at the Australian Open.
• Otte is bidding to record his 5th Tour-level match-win. His only Tour-level victories have come in 2nd round
finishes at 2018 Stockholm (d. Jurgen Zopp, l. Tennys Sandgren), at 2019 Roland Garros, and at both Cologne I
(d. Jan-Lennard Struff, l. Radu Albot) and Cologne II (d. Dennis Novak, l. Diego Schwartzman) in 2020.
• Otte is contesting his first Tour-level event of 2021, having played mainly on the Challenger circuit this season.
His best result is reaching the final on clay at the Prague Challenger (CZE) (l. Tallon Griekspoor).
• Otte is bidding to defeat a Top 10 player for the first time on his 3rd attempt, having fallen to No. 3 Federer in
the 2nd round here in 2019 and to No. 9 Schwartzman in the 2nd round at 2020 Cologne II. The highest-ranked
player he has defeated, at any level, is No. 32 Struff in the 1st round at 2020 Cologne I.
• Clay is Otte’s best surface. Of his 342 career match-wins – at all levels – 177 have come on clay, compared to
98 on hard courts, 62 on carpet and 5 on grass.
• Otte has won 2 Challenger titles, both of which have come on clay – at 2017 Lisbon (POR) (d. Taro Daniel) and
2020 Aix En Provence (FRA) (d. Thiago Seyboth Wild).
• Otte reached a career-high ranking of No. 129 in October 2017. He plays here at No. 152.
• Otte is coached by Peter Moraing.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notesNO. 11 ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) v (Q) MARIO VILELLA MARTINEZ (ESP)
Head-to-head: first meeting
This is the 85th all-German men’s singles match at Roland Garros in the Open Era and the 167th all-Spanish
men’s singles match at the Grand Slams in the Open Era. It is one of 2 all-Spanish match-ups in the 1st round
here this year, with Carlos Alcaraz and Bernebe Zapata Miralles playing their 1st round match on Monday.
Bautista Agut has lost both of his previous meetings with Spanish players at Roland Garros, falling to Rafael
Nadal in the round of 16 in 2017 and to Pablo Carreno Busta in the 3rd round last year. He has a 4-5 win-loss
record against Spanish players at the Grand Slams and a 22-18 win-loss record against Spanish players at Tour-
level overall.
Vilella Martinez is contesting his 3rd Tour-level match against a Spanish player. He faced 2 Spanish players at
Marbella earlier this year, defeating Zapata Miralles in the 1st round before falling to Carreno Busta in the 2nd
round.
Bautista Agut is bidding to maintain his unbeaten record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams, having won all 6
matches he has played against qualifiers at the majors – including 2 victories against qualifiers at Roland Garros,
having defeated Paolo Lorenzi in the 1st round in 2014 and Santiago Giraldo in the 2nd round in 2018. He has a
38-12 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall.
Bautista Agut has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 182 Vilella Martinez. The
lowest-ranked player to defeat Bautista Agut at a Grand Slam is No. 108 Ricardo Mello in the 1st round at the
2012 Australian Open. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Bautista Agut at Roland Garros is No. 43 Lukas Rosol
in the 2nd round in 2015.
BAUTISTA AGUT v VILELLA MARTINEZ
33 Age 25
11 ATP Ranking (24 May) 182
9 Titles 0
61-32 Career Grand Slam Record 0-2
16-8 Roland Garros Record 0-0
325-192 Career Record 3-4
82-56 Career Record - Clay 1-1
18-12 2021 Record 3-3
6-4 2021 Record - Clay 1-1
11-8 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
106-101 Career Tiebreak Record 2-2
5-7 2021 Tiebreak Record 2-1
• BAUTISTA AGUT is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 9th Roland
Garros appearance and his 33rd Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, as No. 10 seed, Bautista Agut reached the 3rd round. He defeated Richard Gasquet and Attila
Balazs before falling to Pablo Carreno Busta.
• Baustista Agut’s best Roland Garros performance is reaching the round of 16 on 2 occasions – in 2016
(l. Novak Djokovic) and 2017 (l. Rafael Nadal).
• Bautista Agut’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at 2019 Wimbledon, where he fell to
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 fell to Radu Albot in the 1st round at the Australian Open. It was the
5th time in 32 Grand Slam appearances that he had lost in the 1st round.
• 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).
• On clay in 2021, Bautista Agut reached the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Andrey Rublev), Barcelona
(l. Jannik Sinner) and Rome-1000 (l. Rublev), but fell to John Isner in the 2nd round at Madrid-1000.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notes• 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 Roland Garros – against Denis Istomin in the 1st round in 2018 – and has an 11-8
win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Bautista Agut has won one Tour-level title on clay, at Stuttgart in 2014 – the last year the event was played on
clay – where he defeated Lukas Rosol 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 2 places lower at No. 11.
• 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.
• Qualifier VILELLA MARTINEZ is bidding to record his first Grand Slam match-win on his Roland Garros debut.
• Vilella Martinez defeated No. 3 seed Dennis Novak (AUT) 16 62 62, Filip Horansky (SVK) 62 63 and No. 18 seed
Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 46 63 62 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It is the 3rd time he has successfully
qualified at a Grand Slam on his 5th attempt.
• Last year here, Vilella Martinez reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Evgeny Donskoy, l. Daniel Elahi Galan).
It was his first attempt to qualify at Roland Garros.
• This is Vilella Martinez’s 3rd Grand Slam main draw appearance. He fell in the 1st round on both of his previous
Grand Slam appearances – as a qualifier at the Australian Open in 2020 (l. Karen Khachanov) and this year,
where he retired due to a back injury while trailing Tomas Machac 67(5) 75 60 3-0.
• Vilella Martinez is bidding to record his 4th Tour-level match-win. His 3 match-wins at Tour-level have all come
this season – in a 3rd round finish at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne, where he defeated Yannick
Hanfmann and Nikoloz Basilashvili before falling to Jordan Thompson, and in a 2nd round finish as a qualifier at
Marbella (d. Bernebe Zapata Miralles, l. Pablo Carreno Busta).
• Vilella Martinez has played mainly at Challenger-level this season. His best result is reaching the semifinals
on clay at the Marbella Challenger (ESP) (l. Jaume Munar).
• Vilella Martinez is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the first time on his 3rd attempt, having fallen to No. 17
Khachanov in the 1st round at the 2020 Australian Open and to No. 15 Carreno Busta in the 2nd round at Marbella
this year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated, at any level, is No. 39 Basilashvili in the 2nd round at the
Great Ocean Road in Melbourne this year.
• Clay is Vilella Martinez’s best surface. Of his 305 career match-wins – at all levels – 256 have come on clay,
compared to 47 on hard courts and 2 on carpet.
• Vilella Martinez has won one Challenger title – on clay at 2019 Prague (CZE) (d. Tseng Chun Hsin).
• Vilella Martinez broke the Top 200 for the first time in August 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of
No. 170 in August 2020. He plays here at No. 182.
• Vilella Martinez is coached by Francisco Martinez Lidon.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notesNO. 12 PABLO CARRENO BUSTA (ESP) v NORBERT GOMBOS (SVK)
Tour-level head-to-head: tied 1-1
2013 Cordenons Challenger (ITA) Clay (O) QF Carreno Busta 67(7) 63 63
2020 Montpellier Hard (I) R32 Gombos 36 64 63
2020 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R16 Carreno Busta 75 62
A 3rd Tour-level meeting for Carreno Busta and Gombos. The pair’s previous 2 meetings at Tour-level both came
on French soil in 2020, with Gombos winning in the 1st round at Montpellier and Carreno Busta winning in the 3rd
round at Paris-1000.
CARRENO BUSTA v GOMBOS
29 Age 30
12 ATP Ranking (24 May) 87
5 Titles 0
44-28 Career Grand Slam Record 3-7
14-8 Roland Garros Record 2-1
206-172 Career Record 22-43
95-77 Career Record - Clay 10-12
14-6 2021 Record 5-7
10-3 2021 Record - Clay 5-3
6-10 Career Five-Set Record 0-2
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
91-83 Career Tiebreak Record 15-18
6-1 2021 Tiebreak Record 4-3
• CARRENO BUSTA is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 7th straight year. This is his 9th consecutive
Roland Garros appearance and 29th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Carreno Busta equalled his best Roland Garros result by reaching the quarterfinals, where he
fell to Novak Djokovic in 4 sets. He also reached the quarterfinals here in 2017 when he retired due to a left
abdominal injury while trailing Rafael Nadal 62 2-0.
• Carreno Busta has lost in the 1st round here on 2 previous occasions – on his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier
in 2013 (l. Roger Federer), and as a direct acceptance in 2014 (l. Mikhail Youzhny).
• Carreno Busta’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals at the US Open on 2 occasions – in 2017
(l. Kevin Anderson) and 2020 (l. Alexander Zverev).
• In Grand Slam play this year, Carreno Busta reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated
Kei Nishikori and Jiri Vesely before retiring due to an abdominal injury while trailing Grigor Dimitrov in the 3rd
round.
• Carreno Busta’s best result in 2021 is winning the title at Marbella, where as No. 1 seed he defeated Jaume
Munar in the final. He also reached the semifinals at Barcelona (l. Nadal) and the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000
(l. Casper Ruud). He reached the 2nd round at Rome-1000, where he defeated Laslo Djere before giving a
walkover to Kei Nishikori in the 2nd round due to a lower back injury, and fell in the 1st round at Madrid-1000
(l. Federico Delbonis).
• Carreno Busta has won one of the 3 five-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros – he defeated Milos
Raonic in 5 sets in the round of 16 here in 2017, but lost 5-set matches to both Youzhny in the 1st round here in
2014 and Aljaz Bedene in the 2nd round here in 2016. He has a 6-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Carreno Busta has won 5 Tour-level titles, including 2 on clay – in addition to his victory at Marbella this year,
he also won the title at 2017 Estoril (d. Gilles Muller). His other 3 titles came on hard courts at 2016 Winston-
Salem (d. Roberto Bautista Agut), 2016 Moscow (d. Fabio Fognini) and 2019 Chegdu (d. Alexander Bublik).
• Carreno Busta broke the Top 10, at No. 10, for the first time in his career after reaching the semifinals at the
US Open in September 2017. He plays here at No. 12, his highest ranking since August 2018, when he was also
ranked No. 12.
• Carreno Busta made his Davis Cup debut in 2016. He has a 3-5 win-loss record the competition. He was a
member of the Spanish team that won their 6th Davis Cup title last year, but lost the only match he contested at
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notesthe Davis Cup Finals, falling to Guido Pella in the first match of Spain’s quarterfinal victory over Argentina. Spain
will compete alongside the Russian Tennis Federation team and Ecuador in Group A at the 2021 Davis Cup
Finals.
• Carreno Busta is coached by Samuel Lopez and Cesar Fagueras.
• GOMBOS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 2nd Roland Garros appearance and
his 8th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, on his Roland Garros debut, Gombos recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the 3rd
round. He defeated Borna Coric and Jurij Rodionov before falling to Diego Schwartzman in straight sets.
• Gombos has lost in the 1st round on 5 of his 7 previous Grand Slam main draw appearances – including at
the Australian Open this year, when he fell to Alex Bolt in 4 sets. In addition to his 3rd round finish here last year,
the only time he has advanced beyond the 1st round at a Grand Slam came in a 2nd round finish at the 2020 US
Open (d. Radu Albot, l. Marin Cilic).
• Gombos’ best results in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals on clay at Marbella (l. Albert Ramos-Vinolas) and
as a lucky loser at both Munich (l. Nikoloz Basilashvili) and Parma (l. Marco Cecchinato). He also reached the
semifinals at the Prague Challenger (CZE) (l. Tallon Griekspoor). Prior to his quarterfinal finish at Marbella, his
only match-win in 2021, at any level, came in qualifying at Rotterdam, where he defeated Jelle Sels before falling
to Marcos Giron.
• Gombos is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the 2nd time on his 10th attempt. He has a 1-8 win-loss record
against Top 20 opposition with his only victory coming against No. 14 David Goffin in the 2nd round at Paris-1000
last year. He has lost both matches he has played against Top 20 opposition at the Grand Slams. The highest-
ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 27 Coric in the 1st round here last year.
• Gombos has lost both 5-set matches he has contested at Tour-level, falling to Viktor Troicki in 5 sets in the 1st
round at the 2017 US Open and to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in 5 sets in the 1st round at the 2020 Australian
Open. He has won one 5-set match below Tour-level, defeating Dominik Koepfer in 5 sets in the final round of
Wimbledon qualifying in 2018.
• Gombos reached a career-high ranking of No. 80 in October 2017. He dropped out the Top 100 later that month,
and did not re-enter the Top 100 until November last year. He has remained inside the Top 100 since then and
plays here at No. 87.
• Gombos has played Davis Cup for Slovakia since 2014 and has a 5-11 win-loss record in the competition.
Slovakia will host Chile in a World Group I tie in September.
• Gombos is coached by Tibor Toth.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notesNO. 16 GRIGOR DIMITROV (BUL) v MARCOS GIRON (USA)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Dimitrov has never lost a Roland Garros match to a player ranked as low as No. 82 Giron. The lowest-ranked
player to defeat Dimitrov here is No. 61 Jeremy Chardy in the 1st round in 2011. Dimitrov has lost Grand Slam
matches to players ranked as low as Giron on 5 occasions – most recently against No. 114 Aslan Karatsev in the
quarterfinals at the Australian Open this year.
DIMITROV v GIRON
30 Age 27
17 ATP Ranking (24 May) 82
8 Titles 0
68-41 Career Grand Slam Record 2-7
12-10 Roland Garros Record 1-1
341-220 Career Record 16-24
82-54 Career Record - Clay 2-4
11-8 2021 Record 4-8
3-4 2021 Record - Clay 1-3
10-9 Career Five-Set Record 2-0
0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
142-129 Career Tiebreak Record 10-14
3-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 5-6
• DIMITROV is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 7th time. This is his 10th appearance at Roland Garros
and his 42nd Grand Slam appearance overall.
• Last year here, Dimitrov recorded his best Roland Garros performance by reaching the round of 16, where he
lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets. He became the 25th active player to reach the round of 16 at all 4 Grand
Slam events.
• Dimitrov’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals on 3 occasions – at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Djokovic),
after which he broke into the Top 10 for the first time, and at the 2017 Australian Open (l. Rafael Nadal) and the
2019 US Open (l. Daniil Medvedev).
• In Grand Slam play this year, Dimitrov reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, where he fell to Aslan
Karatsev in 4 sets.
• Dimitrov’s best results in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals at the Murray River Open in Melbourne (l. Corentina
Moutet), the Australian Open, Acapulco (l. Lorenzo Musetti) and on clay at Geneva (l. Pablo Cuevas).
• Also on clay in 2021, Dimitrov reached the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000, where he defeated Jan-Lennard
Struff and Jeremy Chardy before falling to Rafael Nadal, but lost in the 1st round at both Madrid-1000 (l. Lloyd
Harris) and Rome-1000 (l. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina).
• Dimitrov has won 3 of the 4 five-set matches that he has contested at Roland Garros – including back-to-back
5-set match-wins in 2019, when he defeated both Janko Tipsarevic and Marin Cilic in 5 sets in the opening 2
rounds. He has a 10-9 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Dimitrov has won 8 Tour-level singles titles, but only one has come on clay – at 2014 Bucharest (d. Lukas
Rosol).
• Dimitrov reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 after winning the title at the 2017 ATP Finals (d. David Goffin).
He plays here at No. 17.
• Dimitrov finished 2008 as No. 3 in the ITF Junior Rankings after winning the boys’ singles titles at Wimbledon
(d. Henri Kontinen) and the US Open (d. Devin Britton). He reached the quarterfinals at 2008 Junior Roland Garros
(l. Jerzy Janowicz).
• Dimitrov was part of the ITF 14 & Under European Team in Europe in 2004-05 and the ITF 16 & Under European
A Team in Europe in 2006, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notes• Dimitrov is coached by Dante Bottini.
• GIRON is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is his
2nd Roland Garros appearance and 8th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, on his Roland Garros debut, Giron reached the 2nd round (d. Quentin Halys, l. Thiago Monteiro).
He also reached the 2nd round at the 2020 US Open (d. Marc Polmans, l. Filip Krajinovic), but has lost in the 1st
round on his 5 other previous Grand Slam main draw appearances.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Giron fell to Alexander Zverev in 4 sets in the 1st round at the Australian Open.
• Giron is bidding to record his 2nd Tour-level clay court match-win of the season. His only Tour-level match-
win on clay in 2021 came in a 2nd round finish as a qualifier at Madrid-1000 (d. Pablo Andujar, l. Dominic Thiem).
He lost in the 1st round at both Estoril (l. Corentin Moutet) and Parma (l. Flavio Cobolli) and fell to Federico
Delbonis in the 1st round of qualifying at Rome-1000.
• Giron’s best result in 2021 is reaching the 3rd round at the Murray River Open in Melbourne, where he defeated
Michael Mmoh and Adrian Mannarino before falling to Daniel Evans. He also reached the 2nd round at both
Miami-1000 (d. Tommy Paul, l. Taylor Fritz) and Madrid-1000, but has lost in the 1st round at the 5 other Tour-
level events he has contested this year.
• Giron is bidding to record his 3rd Tour-level match-win on clay. His only Tour-level victories on clay came in his
2nd round finishes here in 2020 and at Madrid-1000 this year. His best result on clay at Challenger-level is a
semifinal finish at the 2019 Savannah Challenger (USA) (l. Tennys Sandgren).
• Giron is bidding to record his 3rd victory against a Top 20 player on his 12th attempt. He has a 2-9 win-loss
record against Top 20 opposition, with his only victories against Top 20 players coming against No. 14 David
Goffin in the 2nd round at 2020 Antwerp and against No. 10 Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round at 2020
Paris-1000. He lost his only previous match against a Top 20 player on clay – falling to No. 4 Thiem in the 2nd
round at Madrid-1000 this year.
• Giron has won both 5-set matches he has contested – he recorded 5-set victories against both Polmans in the
1st round at the US Open and Halys in the 1st round here last year.
• Giron broke the Top 100 for the first time in August 2019 and has remained inside the Top 100 since then. He
reached a career-high ranking of No. 70 in January this year but plays here at No. 82.
• Giron played college tennis. He represented UCLA from 2012-14 and won the 2014 NCAA singles title before
turning professional.
• Giron is coached by Robby Ginepri, who reached the round of 16 here in 2008 and 2010, and Evan Lee.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notesNO. 19 HUBERT HURKACZ (POL) v (Q) BOTIC VAN DE ZANDSCHULP (NED)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Hurkacz is bidding to maintain his unbeaten record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams. He has won both of his
previous matches against qualifiers at the Grand Slams, defeating Stefano Travaglia at the 2018 US Open and
Dennis Novak at the 2020 Australian Open. He has a 9-4 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall.
Hurkacz has never lost a Roland Garros match to a player ranked as low as No. 154 Van de Zandschulp. The
lowest-ranked player to defeat Hurkacz here is No. 47 Tennys Sandgren in the 1st round last year. He has lost a
Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as Van de Zandschulp on one occasion – falling to No. 184 Bernard
Tomic in the 1st round at 2018 Wimbledon.
HURKACZ v VAN DE ZANDSCHULP
24 Age 25
20 ATP Ranking (24 May) 154
3 Titles 0
6-11 Career Grand Slam Record 0-1
1-3 Roland Garros Record 0-0
66-64 Career Record 3-4
12-18 Career Record - Clay 0-0
15-8 2021 Record 3-3
1-3 2021 Record - Clay 0-0
2-3 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
28-30 Career Tiebreak Record 3-1
6-1 2021 Tiebreak Record 3-1
• HURKACZ is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Roland Garros result. This
is his 4th Roland Garros Open appearance and his 12th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Hurkacz fell to Tennys Sandgren in 5 sets in the 1st round. It was the only 5-set match he has
contested at Roland Garros. He has a 1-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.
• Hurkacz’s best Roland Garros result is reaching the 2nd round on his debut here in 2018 (d. Sandgren, l. Marin
Cilic).
• Hurkacz’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round at 2019 Wimbledon. He defeated Dusan Lajovic
and Leonardo Mayer before falling to Novak Djokovic.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Hurkacz fell to Mikael Ymer in 5 sets in the 1st round at the Australian Open. He
has lost in the 1st round on 6 of his previous 11 Grand Slam appearances.
• Hurkacz’s best result in 2021 is winning his first Masters-1000 title at Miami-1000 (d. Jannik Sinner), becoming
the first Polish player to win a title at Masters-1000-level. He also won the title at Delray Beach (d. Sebastian
Korda) and is one of 6 players to have won multiple Tour-level titles this season. He reached the quarterfinals at
the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne (l. Stefano Travaglia).
• Hurkacz is bidding to record his 2nd Tour-level match-win on clay this season. His only match-win on clay in
2021 came in a 2nd round finish at Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Thomas Fabbiano, l. Daniel Evans). He fell in the 1st
round at both Madrid-1000 (l. John Millman) and Rome-1000 (l. Lorenzo Musetti).
• Hurkacz has won 3 Tour-level titles, all of which have come on hard courts. In addition to his victories at Delray
Beach and Miami-1000 this year, he also won the title at 2019 Winston-Salem (d. Benoit Paire).
• Hurkacz broke the Top 20 for the first time after winning the title at Miami-1000 this year. He reached a career-
high ranking of No. 16, but plays here 4 places lower at No. 20.
• Hurkacz has played Davis Cup for Poland since 2016 and has an 8-9 win-loss record in the competition. Poland
will next compete in the World Group I play-offs in 2022.
• Hurkacz was a recipient of an International Player Grand Slam Grant, funded by the Grand Slam Development
Fund, in 2018.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notes• Hurkacz is coached by Craig Boynton.
• Qualifier VAN DE ZANDSCHULP is bidding to record his first Grand Slam match-win on his Roland Garros debut.
This is his 2nd Grand Slam main draw overall.
• Van de Zandschulp defeated Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 26 76(4) 63, wild card Manuel Guinard (FRA) 63 62 and
Illya Marchenko (UKR) 61 62 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the 2nd time he has successfully qualified
at the Grand Slams on his 4th attempt.
• Last year here, Van de Zandschulp reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Paolo Lorenzi, l. Liam Broady). It was
the only previous occasion where he has competed in qualifying here.
• Van de Zandschulp made his Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open this year. He lost to fellow qualifier
Carlos Alcaraz in the 1st round of the main draw.
• Van de Zandschulp is bidding to record his 4th Tour-level match win. All 3 of his match-wins at Tour-level came
in a quarterfinal finish at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne this year, where he defeated Tristan
Schoolkate, Kamil Majchrzak and Reilly Opelka before falling to Karen Khachanov in the last 8. His only other
Tour-level appearances came in a defeat to Mikhail Kukushkin during Netherlands’ 2019 Davis Cup Finals Group
E loss to Kazakhstan, and in 1st round finishes at the Australian Open and as a wild card at Rotterdam (l. Borna
Coric) this year.
• Van de Zandschulp has attempted to qualify at 6 Tour-level events this year – but only successfully qualified
at the Australian Open and Roland Garros. He fell in qualifying at Montpellier, Acapulco, Barcelona and Estoril.
At Challenger-level, he reached the quarterfinals on clay at Zagreb (CRO) (l. Juan Manuel Cerundolo).
• Van de Zandschulp is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the first time on his 3rd attempt. He has lost both
of his previous matches, at all levels, against Top 20 opposition – falling to No. 15 Stan Wawrinka in the 3rd round
at the 2020 Prague Challenger (CZE) and to No. 20 Khachanov in the quarterfinals at the Great Ocean Road
Open in Melbourne this year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at any level is No. 40 Opelka in the 3rd
round at the Great Ocean Road Open this year.
• Van de Zandschulp reached a career-high ranking of No. 145 in February this year. He plays here at No. 154.
• Van de Zanschulp made his Davis Cup debut for Netherlands at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, but lost the only
match he contested, falling to Kazakhstan’s Kukushkin. Netherlands will play away to Uruguay in a World Group
I tie in September.
• Van de Zandschulp is currently without a permanent coach.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notesNO. 27 FABIO FOGNINI (ITA) v (WC) GREGOIRE BARRERE (FRA)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Fognini is bidding to end a 3-match losing streak against Frenchmen at Roland Garros. He won his first 3 matches
against home players here – defeating Gael Monfils in 2010, Stephane Robert in 2011 and Adrian Mannarino in
2012 – before losing his next 3 matches against Frenchmen here, falling to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 2012, Monfils
in 2014 and Benoit Paire in 2015. He has a 7-6 win-loss record against French players at the Grand Slams and a
33-30 win-loss record against French players at Tour-level overall.
Fognini has a 7-8 win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slams. In addition to his 3-3 win-loss record
against Frenchmen here, he has a 2-0 win-loss record against Australians at the Australian Open, a 0-1 win-loss
record against Brits at Wimbledon and a 2-4 win-loss record against Americans at the US Open.
Fognini has never lost a Roland Garros match to a player ranked as low as No. 122 Barrere. The lowest-ranked
player to defeat Fognini here is No. 88 Mikhail Kukushkin in the 1st round last year. He has lost Grand Slam
matches to players ranked as low as Barrere on 2 occasions – to No. 128 Rajeev Ram in the 1st round at the
2013 US Open and to No. 144 Stefano Travaglia in the 1st round at the 2017 US Open.
Fognini is bidding to maintain his unbeaten record against wild cards at the Grand Slams. He has won both
matches he has played against wild cards at the majors, including the only wild card he has faced at Roland
Garros – defeating Mannarino in the 1st round in 2012. He has a 37-19 win-loss record against wild cards at Tour-
level overall.
FOGNINI v BARRERE
34 Age 27
29 ATP Ranking (24 May) 122
9 Titles 0
60-49 Career Grand Slam Record 5-9
21-12 Roland Garros Record 1-4
375-327 Career Record 11-25
214-153 Career Record - Clay 1-6
12-12 2021 Record 1-3
5-6 2021 Record - Clay 0-1
23-13 Career Five-Set Record 1-1
8 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
140-112 Career Tiebreak Record 11-11
7-2 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-1
• FOGNINI is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 10th time. This is his 14th Roland Garros appearance
and his 51st Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, as No. 14 seed, Fognini fell to Mikhail Kukushkin in the 1st round. He has lost in the 1st round
here on 3 other occasions – on his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier in 2007 (l. Juan Monaco), and as a qualifier
in 2009 (l. Igor Andreev) and as No. 32 seed in 2016 (l. Marcel Granollers).
• Fognini recorded his best Grand Slam result here in 2011 when 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 in 2021, Fognini reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open, where he defeated Pierre-
Hugues Herbert, Salvatore Caruso and Alex de Minaur before falling to Rafael Nadal.
• Fognini’s best result in 2021 is reaching the quarterfinals on clay at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Casper Ruud). Also on
clay this year, he reached the 2nd round at Madrid-1000 (d. Carlos Taberner, l. Matteo Berrettini) and Lyon
(d. Guido Pella, l. Laslo Djere), but lost his opening match at Marbella (l. Jaume Munar), Barcelona (l. Bernebe
Zapata Miralles) and Rome-1000 (l. Kei Nishikori).
• Clay is Fognini’s best surface. He has a 215-153 win-loss record on clay, compared to 142-155 on hard courts
and 19-18 on grass.
2021 Roland Garros day 1 men’s match notes• Fognini’s best clay court result is winning the title at 2019 Monte Carlo-1000, where he became the first Italian
player to win a Masters-1000 title, defeating Dusan Lajovic in the final. He defeated defending champion Rafael
Nadal in the semifinals, ending Nadal’s 18-match winning streak at Monte Carlo. He is one of just 4 players –
alongside Djokovic, Gaston Gaudio and Dominic Thiem – to record 3 or more clay court match-wins against Nadal.
• Fognini has won 9 Tour-level singles titles, 8 of which have been on clay. In addition to his victory at 2019 Monte
Carlo-1000, he also won the titles at 2013 Stuttgart, 2013 Hamburg, 2014 Vina Del Mar, 2016 Umag, 2017 Gstaad,
2018 Sao Paulo and 2018 Bastad. His one hard court title came at 2018 Los Cabos.
• 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 here in 2018. He has a 6-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches at
Roland Garros and a 23-13 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• 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. 29 – his lowest-ranking since September 2017, when he was also ranked No. 29.
• Fognini reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles here in 2004, falling to eventual champion Gael Monfils.
He also reached the last 8 at the 2004 Junior Australian Open.
• Fognini has played Davis Cup for Italy since 2008 and has a 32-15 win-loss record in the competition. He won
the only match he contested in Italy’s victory over Korea, Republic in the Qualifiers last year, securing Italy’s place
at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals, in which Italy will compete alongside USA and Colombia in Group E.
• Fognini is coached by Albert Mancini.
• BARRERE is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam performance.
This is his 5th Roland Garros appearance and his 10th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Barrere fell to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the 1st round. He has lost in the 1st round here
on 2 other occasions – as a wild card here in both 2016 (l. David Goffin) and 2018 (l. Radu Albot).
• Barrere’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 2nd round on 5 occasions – including once here, as a
wild card in 2019, when he defeated Matthew Ebden for his first Grand Slam match-win before falling to Karen
Khachanov. He also reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at both 2019 Wimbledon (d. Alexander Bublik, l. Lucas
Pouille) and the 2019 US Open (d. Cameron Norrie, l. Goffin), and as a direct acceptance at both the 2020
Australian Open (d. Mohamed Safwat, l. Guido Pella) and the 2020 US Open (d. Taro Daniel, l. Andrey Rublev).
• In Grand Slam play this year, Barrere reached the final round of qualifying at the Australian Open, defeating
Zdenek Kolar and Maxime Janvier before falling to Frederico Ferreira Silva.
• Barrere is bidding to record his 2nd Tour-level match-win this season. His only match-win at Tour-level in 2021
came in a 2nd round finish as a qualifier at Montpellier (d. Nikoloz Basilashvili, l. Roberto Bautista Agut). He fell
in the 1st round at the 2 other Tour-level events he has contested this year – as a qualifier on hard courts at
Marseille (l. Jannik Sinner) and on clay at Lyon (l. Richard Gasquet).
• Barrere has played mainly at Challenger-level this year. His best result is finishing runner-up on hard courts at
the Lille Challenger (FRA) (l. Zizou Bergs).
• Barrere is bidding to record his 2nd Tour-level match-win on clay. His only previous clay court victory at Tour-
level came in his 2nd round finish here in 2019. He has lost in the 1st round in the 4 other Tour-level events he
has contested on clay – at Roland Garros in 2016 and 2018, and at Lyon in 2018 (l. Mikhail Kukushkin) and this
year.
• Barrere lost the only 5-set match he has contested at Roland Garros – to Albot in the 1st round in 2018. He has
a 1-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level, having defeated Norrie in 5 sets in the 1st round at the 2019
US Open.
• Barrere broke in to the Top 100 for the first time in September 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of No.
80 the following month. He dropped out the Top 100 for the first time in 12 months in September last year and
plays here at No. 122.
• Barrere is one of 18 Frenchmen to begin the main draw at this year’s Roland Garros. Yannick Noah is the only
Frenchman to have won a Grand Slam title Open Era, winning the title here in 1983. The last French finalist at
Roland Garros was Henri Leconte in 1988.
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