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2021 ROLAND GARROS
DAY 4 MEN’S NOTES
Wednesday 2 June
2nd Round Bottom Half
Featured matches
No. 2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) v Tommy Paul (USA)
No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) v Pedro Martinez (ESP)
No. 6 Alexander Zverev (GER) v (Q) Roman Safiullin (RUS)
No. 11 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) v (Q) Henri Laaksonen (SUI)
No. 12 Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) v (WC) Enzo Couacaud (FRA)
No. 15 Casper Ruud (NOR) v Kamil Majchrzak (POL)
No. 22 Cristian Garin (CHI) v (Q) Mackenzie McDonald (USA)
No. 23 Karen Khachanov (RUS) v Kei Nishikori (JPN)
No. 27 Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
No. 31 John Isner (USA) v Filip Krajinovic (SRB)
On court today…
• Daniil Medvedev returns to action this evening after winning his first Roland Garros match on the 5th attempt on
Monday, with the No. 2 seed facing Tommy Paul in the night session on Court Philippe-Chatrier. The Russian
had reached the final at 2 different Grand Slam tournaments before he managed to win a match at Roland Garros,
but he looked comfortable in victory over Alexander Bublik in the 1st round. But former Roland Garros boys’
singles champion Paul is in good form, having enjoyed a run to the semifinals at Parma last week, and he will be
determined to record his first victory against a Top 5 player and score upset the world No. 2 tonight.
• No. 6 seed Alexander Zverev battled back from 0-2 down to defeat qualifier Oscar Otte in the 1st round on Sunday,
maintaining his unbeaten record against qualifiers at the majors – and his 2nd round match on Court Suzanne-
Lenglen today sees him take on another qualifier, world No. 182 Roman Safiullin. Zverev and Safiullin have never
contested a Tour-level match – but they met 3 times as juniors within the space of a month during the 2013 clay
court season. Zverev won all 3 of their junior-level matches in straight sets, including a victory in the boys’ singles
here, and will hope for further success against the Russian today.
• World No. 177 Enzo Couacaud is the only Frenchman in action today. He faces a challenging encounter against
experienced campaigner Pablo Carreno Busta on Court Simonne-Mathieu today. Couacaud recorded his first
Tour-level victory in the 1st round on Sunday, but will have to play a superb match if he is to defeat Carreno Busta.
The Spaniard reached the quarterfinals here for the 2nd time last year and has continued his good form into 2021,
winning his 5th Tour-level singles title on clay at Marbella in April. Carreno Busta is also bidding to extend an 11-
match winning streak against wild cards at Tour-level.
• The 2nd match on Court 7 today sees Casper Ruud, of Norway, up against Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak, with
No. 15 seed Ruud aiming to reach the 3rd round for the 3rd straight year and equal his best Roland Garros
performance. Both Ruud and Majchrzak are beneficiaries of the Grand Slam Development Fund’s International
Player Grand Slam Grant programme, which aims to support players from developing tennis nations, enabling
them to compete at the highest level. Ruud is now firmly among the sport’s elite players, having broken the world’s
Top 20 earlier this year, while Majchrzak, who is aiming to become the first Polish man to reach the 3rd round
here in 7 years, is edging closer to a return to the world’s Top 100 after struggling with injury in 2020.
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2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notesNO. 2 DANIIL MEDVEDEV (RUS) v TOMMY PAUL (USA)
Head-to-head: first meeting
MEDVEDEV v PAUL
25 Age 24
2 ATP Ranking 52
11 Titles 0
32-16 Career Grand Slam Record 5-7
1-4 Roland Garros Record 2-2
178-91 Career Record 38-40
12-20 Career Record - Clay 11-11
19-5 2021 Record 12-12
2-2 2021 Record - Clay 7-6
1-7 Career Five-Set Record 2-2
0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
55-39 Career Tiebreak Record 15-20
2-3 2021 Tiebreak Record 5-5
• MEDVEDEV is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time. This is his 5th Roland Garros appearance
and his 17th Grand Slam overall.
• Medvedev advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Bublik 63 63 75 in the 1st round on Monday for
his first Roland Garros match-win.
• Last year here, as No. 4 seed, Medvedev fell to Marton Fucsovics in 4 sets in the 1st round. He lost in the 1st
round on all 4 of his previous appearances here - on his debut here in 2017 when he retired due to cramping in
the 4th set of his match against wild card Benjamin Bonzi, and in both 2018 (l. Lucas Pouille) and 2019 (l. Pierre-
Hugues Herbert).
• Medvedev reached his 2nd Grand Slam final at the Australian Open this year, where he fell to Novak Djokovic
in straight sets. The defeat ended a 20-match winning streak, which had seen Medvedev win the titles at 2020
Paris-1000, the 2020 ATP Finals, and win all 4 singles matches he contested at the 2021 ATP Cup. He also
finished runner-up at the 2019 US Open, where he fell to Rafael Nadal in 5 sets.
• Medvedev’s other highlights in 2021 are winning his 10th Tour-level title at Marseille (d. Herbert) and leading
Russia to victory at the ATP Cup, with the team defeating Italy in the final. He also reached the quarterfinals at
Miami-1000 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut).
• Medvedev is bidding to record his 2nd clay court match-win of the 2021 season. His only match-win on clay
this year came at Madrid-1000, where he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina before falling to Cristian
Garin. He lost his opening match at Rome-1000, falling to Aslan Karatsev in straight sets. His victory over
Davidovich Fokina was his first match-win on clay since he defeated Kei Nishikori in the semifinals at 2019
Barcelona and ended a 6-match clay court losing streak.
• Medvedev’s best results on clay are reaching the final at 2019 Barcelona (l. Dominic Thiem) and the semifinals
at 2019 Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Dusan Lajovic). He has an 11-20 win-loss record on clay – compared to 150-59 on
hard courts and 18-12 on grass.
• Medvedev recorded his first victory in a 5-set match at the Australian Open this year, defeating Filip Krajinovic in
5 sets in the 3rd round. He has a 1-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall and lost the only 5-set match he
has contested at Roland Garros, to Herbert in the 1st round in 2019.
• Medvedev rose to a career-high ranking of No. 2 on 15 March, becoming the first player other than Djokovic,
Nadal, Roger Federer or Andy Murray to have been ranked inside the Top 2 since Lleyton Hewitt was ranked
No. 2 in July 2005. He plays here at the same ranking.
• Medvedev reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 13 in January 2014. He reached the 3rd round in his
only appearance in the main draw of the boys’ singles here in 2014 (l. Orlando Luz).
• Medvedev is coached by Gilles Cervara.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notes• PAUL is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is his
3rd Roland Garros appearance and his 8th Grand Slam overall.
• Paul advanced to the 2nd round after defeating wild card Christopher O’Connell 62 64 46 46 10-8 in the 1st round
on Monday. It was his first victory in a 5-set match at Roland Garros and improved his overall win-loss record in
5-set matches to 2-2.
• Last year here, Paul reached the 2nd round. He defeated James Duckworth in the 1st round for his first Roland
Garros match-win before falling to Casper Ruud in 5 sets in the 2nd round. He lost in the 1st round on his only
other appearance here, as a wild card in 2019 (l. Dominic Thiem).
• Paul’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round at the 2020 Australian Open, where he defeated
Leonardo Mayer and Grigor Dimitrov before falling to Marton Fucsovics.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Paul reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. Nikoloz Basilashvili,
l. Ruud).
• Paul’s best result in 2021 is reaching the semifinals at Parma last week (l. Sebastian Korda). He also reached
the quarterfinals on hard courts at Rotterdam in March (l. Fucsovics).
• Also on clay this season, Paul reached the 2nd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Pedro Martinez, l. Roberto
Bautista Agut), Madrid-1000 (d. Martinez, l. Andrey Rublev) and Lyon (d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, l. Stefanos
Tsitsipas). He fell in the 1st round at Sardinia (l. Yannick Hanfmann) and as a qualifier at Rome-1000 (l. Bautista
Agut).
• Paul is bidding to defeat a Top 5 player for the first time on his 3rd attempt. He has lost both of his previous
matches against Top 5 players, falling to No. 4 Thiem in the 1st round here in 2019 and to No. 5 Tsitsipas in the
2nd round at Lyon this year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated is No. 7 Alexander Zverev in the 2nd
round at 2020 Acapulco. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at the Grand Slams is No. 20 Dimitrov in the
2nd round at the 2020 Australian Open.
• Paul reached a career high ranking of No. 51 in March this year. He plays here one place lower at No. 52.
• Paul won the Roland Garros boys’ singles title in 2015, defeating Taylor Fritz in the final. He also finished
runner-up in the boys’ singles at the 2015 US Open (l. Fritz) and reached the quarterfinals at 2016 Junior
Wimbledon (l. Patrik Niklas Salminen). He is one of 5 former Roland Garros boys’ singles champions through to
the 2nd round from the 8 who began the men’s main draw this year.
• Paul made his Davis Cup debut in USA’s victory against Uzbekistan in the 2020 Davis Cup Qualifiers, defeating
Denis Istomin in the only match he contested. USA will compete alongside Italy and Colombia in Group E at the
2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Paul is coached by Brad Stine.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notesNO. 5 STEFANOS TSITSIPAS (GRE) v PEDRO MARTINEZ (ESP)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Tsitsipas has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 102 Martinez. The lowest-ranked
player to have defeated Tsitsipas at a Grand Slam is No. 89 Thomas Fabbiano in the 1st round at 2019
Wimbledon. The lowest-ranked player to have defeated Tsitsipas at Roland Garros is No. 28 Stan Wawrinka in
the round of 16 in 2019.
TSITSIPAS v MARTINEZ
22 Age 24
5 ATP Ranking 103
8 Titles 0
26-14 Career Grand Slam Record 6-5
10-4 Roland Garros Record 3-2
169-84 Career Record 14-20
56-19 Career Record - Clay 10-14
34-8 2021 Record 5-8
17-3 2021 Record - Clay 3-5
5-4 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
72-54 Career Tiebreak Record 5-6
7-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 2-3
• TSITSIPAS is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 3rd straight year. This is his 5th appearance at Roland
Garros and 15th Grand Slam overall.
• Tsitsipas advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Jeremy Chardy 76(6) 63 61 in the 1st round on Sunday.
• 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.
• 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).
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notes• 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.
• MARTINEZ is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is
his 3rd Roland Garros appearance and his 6th Grand Slam overall.
• Martinez advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Sebastian Korda 64 62 62 in the 1st round on Monday.
• Last year here, Martinez recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the 3rd round as a qualifier. He
defeated Aleksandar Vukic and Mikhail Kukushkin before falling to Korda. He also reached the 3rd round at the
Australian Open this year, defeating Yoshihito Nishioka and Emil Ruusuvuori before falling to Dusan Lajovic.
• Martinez is bidding to record his 6th Tour-level match-win of the season. In addition to his 2 victories at the
Australian Open and his 1st round victory here, Martinez reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at both Estoril
(d. Alexander Bublik, l. Cameron Norrie) and at Parma (d. Gilles Simon, l. Richard Gasquet).
• Also on clay this year, Martinez fell in the 1st round at Marbella (l. Ilya Ivashka) and as a wild card Madrid-1000
(l. Tommy Paul), and retired in his 1st round match against Paul as a lucky loser at Monte Carlo-1000. He
contested 2 clay court events at Challenger-level, reaching the quarterfinals at the Zagreb Challenger (CRO)
(l. Sebastian Baez) and the 2nd round at the Oeiras Challenger (POR) (l. Nuno Borges).
• Martinez is bidding to defeat a Top 5 player for the first time on his 2nd attempt. He lost his only previous
meeting against a Top 5 opponent, falling to No. 4 Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd round at the Australian Open last
year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at the Grand Slams is No. 50 Korda in the 1st round here this
year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at Tour-level is No. 43 Bublik in the 1st round at Estoril this year.
• Clay is Martinez’s best surface. He has a 277-136 win-loss record on clay at all levels – compared to 48-38 on
hard courts, 2-2 on carpet and 1-1 on grass.
• Martinez broke the Top 100 for the first time after reaching the 3rd round here last year. He reached a career-
high ranking of No. 82 in November last year and plays here at No. 103.
• Martinez reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 16. He was a member of the Spanish team that won the
Junior Davis Cup title in 2013, defeating Germany.
• Martinez is coached by Daniel Gimeno-Traver and Sergio Gallego.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notesNO. 6 ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) v (Q) ROMAN SAFIULLIN (RUS)
Tour-level head-to-head: first meeting
While they have never contested a match at Tour-level, Zverev and Safiullin contested 3 matches at junior-level.
All 3 of their junior meetings came during the 2013 clay court season – in the semifinals at the Grade 2 event in
Prato (ITA), in the 2nd round at the Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan (ITA), and in the 1st round of the boys’
singles at Roland Garros. Zverev won all 3 of the pair’s junior meetings in straight sets.
Zverev and Safiullin won the boys’ singles title at the Australian Open in back-to-back years, with Zverev defeating
Stefan Kozlov to win the title in 2014 and Safiullin defeating Hong Seong Chan to win the title in 2015.
Zverev has won all 3 of his previous matches against qualifiers at Roland Garros – including his victory against
Oscar Otte in the 1st round here on Sunday. He also defeated Mikael Ymer in the 2nd round in 2019 and Marco
Cecchinato in the 3rd round in 2020. He has a 7-2 win-loss record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams and a
29-10 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. 182 Safiullin. 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 SAFIULLIN
24 Age 23
6 ATP Ranking 182
15 Titles 0
51-22 Career Grand Slam Record 2-1
14-5 Roland Garros Record 1-0
270-133 Career Record 3-4
87-36 Career Record - Clay 1-0
19-8 2021 Record 2-2
10-3 2021 Record - Clay 1-0
16-7 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
106-74 Career Tiebreak Record 2-1
9-5 2021 Tiebreak Record 2-1
• ZVEREV is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 5th time. This is his 6th Roland Garros appearance and
his 23rd Grand Slam overall.
• Zverev advanced to the 2nd round after defeating qualifier Oscar Otte 36 36 62 62 60 in the 1st round on Sunday.
It was the 2nd time in his career he has successfully recovered from 0-2 down, having also recovered from
0-2 down to defeat Pablo Carreno Busta in the semifinals at the US Open last year.
• 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 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. He is one of 5 players competing here
this year who has reached a Grand Slam final without winning a major title, alongside Kevin Anderson, Daniil
Medvedev, Kei Nishikori and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
• 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 Rafael 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 4 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 7 five-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros, including his victory against Otte in
the 1st round here this year. He has won 8 his last 9 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 16-7 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 SAFIULLIN is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Roland Garros
debut. This is his 2nd Grand Slam appearance.
• Safiullin advanced to the 2nd round after defeating fellow qualifier Carlos Taberner 76(4) 16 60 62 in the 1st round
on Sunday for his first Tour-level match-win on clay.
• Safiullin defeated Guido Andreozzi (ARG) 46 64 61, No. 28 seed Liam Broady (GBR) 61 63 and No. 14 seed
Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 61 67(3) 63 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It is the 2nd time he has successfully
qualified at a Grand Slam on his 3rd attempt.
• Last year here, Safiullin reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Bradley Klahn, Jurij Rodionov). It was the first
time he had competed in qualifying at a Grand Slam.
• Safiullin made his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at the Australian Open this year. He reached the 2nd round
of the main draw, defeating Ilya Ivashka for his first Grand Slam match-win before falling to Cameron Norrie.
• Safiullin is bidding to record his 4th Tour-level match-win. Prior to coming here, his only Tour-level match-wins
came in 2nd round finishes as a wild card at 2020 St Petersburg (d. Emilio Gomez, l. Borna Coric) and at the
Australian Open this year.
• Safiullin has played mainly at Challenger-level in 2021. His best result is reaching the quarterfinals on hard
courts at the Lugano Challenger (SUI) (l. Vitaliy Satchko).
• Safiullin’s victory in the 1st round of qualifying here ended a 5-match losing streak. Prior to coming here, he had
not recorded a match-win, at any level, since defeating Jack Sock in the 2nd round at the Lugano Challenger. He
fell in the 1st round of qualifying on clay at Marbella (l. Henri Laaksonen), and lost in the 1st round at 3 clay court
Challenger events – at Ostrava (CZE) (l. Benjamin Bonzi), Prague (CZE) (l. Jiri Lehecka) and Zagreb (CRO)
(l. Thiago Seyboth Wild).
• Safiullin is facing a Top 10 player for the first time. The highest-ranked player he has previously faced, at any
level, is No. 17 Stan Wawrinka in the 2nd round at the 2020 Prague Challenger (CZE), with Wawrinka winning in
3 sets. The highest-ranked player he has defeated, at any level, is No. 90 Lorenzo Sonego in the 1st round of
qualifying at 2018 St Petersburg.
• Safiullin was a successful junior, reaching a career-high junior ranking of No. 2 in May 2014. He won the boys’
singles title in his final junior event at the 2015 Australian Open (d. Hong Seong Chan). He also won the title at
the 2014 Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio event in Milan (ITA) (d. Andrey Rublev). He lost to Zverev in the 1st round on
his only appearance in the boys’ singles here in 2013.
• Safiullin is coached by Mikhail Bril.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notesNO. 11 ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) v (Q) HENRI LAAKSONEN (SUI)
Head-to-head: Bautista Agut leads 1-0
2013 Gstaad Clay (O) R32 Bautista Agut 62 63
A 2nd meeting for Bautista Agut and Laaksonen, but their first since 2013 and their first at a Grand Slam.
Bautista Agut is bidding to maintain his unbeaten record against qualifiers at the Grand Slams, having won all 7
matches he has played against qualifiers at the majors – including 3 victories against qualifiers at Roland Garros,
having defeated Paolo Lorenzi in the 1st round in 2014, Santiago Giraldo in the 2nd round in 2018 and Mario
Vilella Martinez in the 1st round this year. He has a 39-12 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. 150 Laaksonen. 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 LAAKSONEN
33 Age 29
11 ATP Ranking 150
9 Titles 0
62-32 Career Grand Slam Record 4-7
17-8 Roland Garros Record 2-2
326-192 Career Record 38-57
83-56 Career Record - Clay 17-23
19-12 2021 Record 1-4
7-4 2021 Record - Clay 1-2
11-8 Career Five-Set Record 4-1
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1
106-101 Career Tiebreak Record 22-26
5-7 2021 Tiebreak Record 0-1
• BAUTISTA AGUT is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 6th straight year. This is his 9th Roland Garros
appearance and his 33rd Grand Slam overall.
• Bautista Agut advanced to the 2nd round after defeating qualifier Mario Vilella Martinez 64 64 62 in the 1st round
on Sunday.
• 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.
• 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.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notes• 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 LAAKSONEN is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 3rd Roland
Garros appearance and his 8th Grand Slam overall.
• Laaksonen advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 61 63 46 62 in the 1st round on Sunday.
• Laaksonen defeated wild card Luca van Assche (FRA) 75 63, No. 15 seed Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 46 61 75
and No. 29 seed Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) 67(5) 63 76(7) in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the 4th
time he has successfully qualified at a Grand Slam on his 20th attempt.
• Last year here, Laaksonen qualified for the main draw but fell to Pablo Cuevas in the 1st round.
• By reaching the 2nd round here, Laaksonen has equalled his best Grand Slam performance. He has reached
the 2nd round at the Grand Slams on 3 other occasions, including once at Roland Garros – as a lucky loser on
his debut here in 2019 (d. Pedro Martinez, l. Novak Djokovic). He also reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at the
2019 Australian Open (d. Mirza Basic, l. Alex de Minaur) and as a direct acceptance at the 2019 US Open
(d. Marco Cecchinato, l. Denis Shapovalov).
• In Grand Slam play this year, Laaksonen qualified for the main draw at the Australian Open but fell to Salvatore
Caruso in the 1st round.
• Laaksonen victory against Hanfmann in the 1st round here ended a 5-match Tour-level losing streak. He had
not previously recorded a victory at Tour-level since he reached the 2nd round at Cologne I last year (d. Daniel
Altmaier, l. Felix Auger-Aliassime). Prior to coming here, he had fallen in the 1st round at all 4 Tour-level events
he had contested in 2021 – on hard courts at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne (l. Sam Querrey) and
the Australian Open, and as a qualifier on clay at both Marbella (l. Jaume Munar) and Geneva (l. Marton
Fucsovics).
• Also in 2021, Laaksonen reached the semifinals on hard courts at the Nur-Sultan Challenger (KAZ) (l. Mackenzie
McDonald). He recorded just one victory at the 3 clay court Challenger events he has contested, reaching the 2nd
round at the Marbella Challenger (ESP) (d. Roberto Carballes Baena, l. Martin Klizan).
• Laaksonen is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the first time on his 11th attempt. The highest-ranked player
he has defeated is No. 21 Marco Cecchinato in the 1st round at 2018 Basel. The highest-ranked player Laaksonen
has defeated at the Grand Slams is No. 66 Cecchinato in the 1st round at the 2019 US Open.
• Laaksonen has won 4 of the five 5-set matches he has contested. His only defeat in a 5-set match came against
De Minaur in the 2nd round at the 2019 Australian Open. He has never contested a 5-set match at Roland Garros.
• Laaksonen reached a career-high ranking of No. 93 in August 2017 but plays here at No. 150.
• Laaksonen reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 20 in March 2010. He reached the semifinals of the
boys’ singles at 2009 Roland Garros (l. Daniel Berta).
• Laaksonen has played Davis Cup for Switzerland since 2009 and has an 12-14 overall win-loss record in the
competition. Switzerland will play Estonia in a World Group II tie in September.
• Laaksonen is coached by Olli Leppanen
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notesNO. 12 PABLO CARRENO BUSTA (ESP) v (WC) ENZO COUACAUD (FRA)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Carreno Busta is facing a French player at Roland Garros for the 2nd time. He lost his only previous meeting with
a French player here, in 2019, when he retired due to a right thigh injury while trailing Benoit Paire 62 46 76(1) in
the 3rd round. He has a 3-4 win-loss record against French players at the Grand Slams and a 23-25 win-loss
record against French players at Tour-level overall.
Carreno Busta has a 3-2 win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slams. In addition to his 0-1 win-
loss record against French players here, he has a 2-0 win-loss record against American players at the US Open,
a 1-1 win-loss record against Australian players at the Australian Open and has never faced a British player at
Wimbledon.
Carreno Busta is bidding to extend an 11-match winning streak against wild cards at Tour-level. He has not lost
a match to a wild card since falling to Nicolas Mahut in the 2nd round at 2017 Paris-1000. He has a 2-1 win-loss
record against wild cards at the Grand Slams and a 23-7 win-loss record against wild cards at Tour-level overall.
CARRENO BUSTA v COUACAUD
29 Age 26
12 ATP Ranking 177
5 Titles 0
45-28 Career Grand Slam Record 1-0
15-8 Roland Garros Record 1-0
207-172 Career Record 1-1
96-77 Career Record - Clay 1-0
15-6 2021 Record 1-0
11-3 2021 Record - Clay 1-0
6-10 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
91-83 Career Tiebreak Record 1-0
6-1 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-0
• CARRENO BUSTA is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 5th straight year. This is his 9th consecutive
Roland Garros appearance and 29th Grand Slam overall.
• Carreno Busta advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Norbert Gombos 63 64 63 in the 1st round on Sunday.
• 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’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).
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notes• 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
the 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.
• Wild card COUACAUD is bidding to reach the 3rd round here on his Grand Slam debut.
• Couacaud advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Egor Gerasimov (76(3) 64 63 in the 1st round on Sunday
for his first Tour-level match-win.
• Last year here, Couacaud reached the final round of qualifying. He defeated Denis Kudla and Juan Pablo
Ficovich before falling to Steven Diez. He also fell in qualifying here in 2014-15 and 2019.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Couacaud fell to Mitchell Krueger in the 1st round of qualifying at the Australian
Open. He has failed to qualify on all 12 of his appearances in qualifying at the Grand Slams.
• Couacaud is contesting his 2nd Tour-level event here. He made his Tour-level debut as a qualifier at 2020
Montpellier, falling to Filip Krajinovic in the 1st round of the main draw.
• Couacaud has played mainly at Challenger-level this year. His best result is winning the title on clay at the
Gran Canaria Challenger (ESP) (d. Diez). He also reached the final on clay at the Biella Challenger (ITA)
(l. Thanasi Kokkinakis), but has lost in the 1st round at 6 of the 10 Challenger events he has contested this year.
• Couacaud is facing a Top 20 player for the first time. The highest-ranked players he has faced, at any level,
are No. 44 Adrian Mannarino in 1st round at the 2015 Noumea Challenger (CAL) and No. 44 Krajinovic in the 1st
round at 2020 Montpellier – he lost both matches. The highest-ranked player he has defeated, at any level, is
No. 73 Robin Haase in the quarterfinals at the 2014 Rennes Challenger (FRA).
• Couacaud reached a career-high ranking of No. 164 in July 2019. He plays here at No. 177.
• Couacaud was a good junior, reaching a career-high junior ranking of No. 17. He finished runner-up in the boys’
doubles at 2013 Wimbledon alongside Stefano Napolitano, falling to Nick Kyrgios/Kokkinakis. His best result in
the boys’ singles at Roland Garros was a 3rd round finish in 2013 (l. Calvin Hemery).
• Couacaud is coached by Xavier Le Gall.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notesNO. 15 CASPER RUUD (NOR) v KAMIL MAJCHRZAK (POL)
Tour-level head-to-head: first meeting
2016 Spain F3 Futures (ESP) Clay (O) SF Ruud 61 61
2018 Las Vegas Challenger (USA) Hard (O) QF Ruud 75 75
A first Tour-level meeting for Ruud and Majchrzak. They pair met once at Futures-level in 2016 and once at
Challenger-level in 2018, with Ruud winning in straight sets on both occasions.
Ruud has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 126 Majchrzak. The lowest-ranked
player to have defeated Ruud at the Grand Slams is No. 98 Egor Gerasimov in the 1st round at the 2020 Australian
Open. The lowest-ranked player to have defeated Ruud at Roland Garros is No. 36 Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the
2nd round in 2018.
Ruud and Majchrzak have received International Player Grand Slam Grants, funded by the Grand Slam
Development Fund, during their careers. Ruud received one grant in 2018, and Majchrzak received grants in both
2018 and 2019.
RUUD v MAJCHRZAK
22 Age 25
16 ATP Ranking 126
2 Titles 0
12-10 Career Grand Slam Record 3-6
6-3 Roland Garros Record 1-1
85-59 Career Record 15-22
63-29 Career Record - Clay 8-8
21-6 2021 Record 4-4
16-4 2021 Record - Clay 2-2
5-2 Career Five-Set Record 2-2
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
17-28 Career Tiebreak Record 6-8
5-2 2021 Tiebreak Record 1-1
• RUUD is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 3rd straight year and equal his best Roland Garros
performance. This is his 4th Roland Garros appearance and his 11th Grand Slam overall.
• Ruud advanced to the 2nd round here for the 4th straight year after defeating Benoit Paire 57 62 61 76(4) in the
1st round on Monday.
• Last year here, Ruud equalled his best Roland Garros performance by reaching the 3rd round. He defeated
Yuichi Sugita and Tommy Paul before falling to Dominic Thiem in straight sets. He also reached the 3rd round
here in 2019 (l. Roger Federer).
• Ruud recorded his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the round of 16 at the Australian Open this year,
where he defeated Jordan Thompson, Paul and Radu Albot before retiring due to an abdominal injury while trailing
Andrey Rublev 62 76(3) in the last 16. He became the 2nd Norwegian player, man or woman, to reach the round
of 16 at a Grand Slam – after his father, Christian, who reached the last 16 at the 1997 Australian Open.
• Ruud’s best result in 2021 is winning the title on clay at Geneva, where, as No. 3 seed, he defeated Denis
Shapovalov in the final. He also reached the semifinals on clay at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Rublev), Munich
(l. Nikoloz Basilashvili) and Madrid-1000 (l. Matteo Berrettini), and the quarterfinals on clay at Marbella
(l. Alcaraz).
• Also in 2021, Ruud reached the quarterfinals on hard courts at Acapulco, where he gave a walkover to Alexander
Zverev due to a wrist injury. He withdrew from Miami-1000 due to the same injury.
• Ruud has won 2 Tour-level singles titles, both of which have come on clay. In addition to his victory at Geneva
this year, he also won the title at 2020 Buenos Aires (d. Pedro Sousa).
• Clay is Ruud’s best surface, and the only surface on which he has a positive win-loss record. He has a 63-29
Tour-level win-loss record on clay – compared to 20-29 on hard courts and 0-1 on grass.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notes• Ruud has won both 5-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros, defeating Jordan Thompson in the 1st
round in 2018 and Paul in the 2nd round last year. He has a 4-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level
overall.
• Ruud broke the Top 20 for the first time earlier this month and plays here at a career-high ranking of No. 16.
• Ruud is a former junior world No. 1. He reached the No. 1 ranking in January 2016 and is the only Norwegian
player to have held the top junior ranking. His best result in the boys’ singles at Roland Garros was a 3rd round
finish in 2015 (l. Corentin Denolly), with his best junior result coming at the Osaka Mayor’s Cup, where he defeated
Mate Valkusz to win the title.
• Ruud has played Davis Cup for Norway since 2015 and has a 16-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. He
won the only singles match he contested as Norway defeated Barbados 4-0 in the World Group I Play-offs in
March 2020. Norway will host Uzbekistan in a World Group I tie in September.
• Ruud is coached by his father, Christian.
• MAJCHRZAK is bidding to reach the 3rd round here and equal his best Grand Slam performance. This is his 2nd
appearance at Roland Garros and his 7th Grand Slam appearance overall.
• Majchrzak is bidding to become the first Polish man to reach the 3rd round here since Jerzy Janowicz in 2014.
He is also bidding to become the 6th Polish man to reach the 3rd round at Roland Garros in the Open Era – after
Wieslaw Gasiorek (1968-69), Tadeusz Nowicki (1971-72), Wojtek Fibak (1976-82, 1984), Lukasz Kubot
(2011-12) and Janowicz (2013-14).
• Majchrzak advanced to the 2nd round after defeating wild card Arthur Cazaux 64 26 64 64 in the 1st round on
Monday for his first Roland Garros match-win.
• Last year here, on his Roland Garros debut, Majchrzak fell to Karen Khachanov in straight sets in the 1st round.
• Majchrzak recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the 3rd round as a lucky loser at the 2019 US Open.
He defeated both Nicolas Jarry and Pablo Cuevas in 5 sets before falling to Grigor Dimitrov. He has fallen in the
1st round on his 5 other Grand Slam appearances prior to coming here.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Majchrzak fell to Miomir Kecmanovic in straight sets in the 1st round at the
Australian Open.
• Majchrzak is bidding to record his 5th Tour-level match-win this year. In addition to his victory in the 1st round
here, his Tour-level match-wins this year came in 2nd round finishes on hard courts at the Great Ocean Road
Open in Melbourne (d. Laslo Djere, l. Botic van de Zandschulp), as a qualifier on clay at Lyon (d. Joao Sousa,
l. Khachanov), in Poland’s Davis Cup World Group II victory against El Salvador, where he defeated Lluis Miralles
in straight sets.
• Also on clay in 2021, Majchrzak qualified for the main draw at Rome-1000 but fell to Denis Shapovalov in the
1st round. He failed to qualify at Monte Carlo-1000 and Munich and fell in the 1st round at the only clay court
Challenger event he has contested this year, at the Prague Challenger (CZE) (l. Frederico Ferreira Silva).
• Majchrzak is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the first time on his 5th attempt. He has lost all 4 of his
previous matches against Top 20 players, including both of his previous matches against Top 20 players at the
Grand Slams – retiring due to muscle cramping against No. 9 Kei Nishikori in the 1st round at the 2018 US Open
and falling to No. 16 Khachanov in the 1st round here last year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated is No.
53 Cuevas in the 2nd round at the 2019 US Open.
• Clay is Majchrzak’s best surface. He has a 193-102 win-loss record on clay at all levels – compared to 76-54 on
hard courts, 13-7 on grass and 4-5 on carpet.
• Majchrzak reached a career-high ranking of No. 83 in September 2019. He plays here at No. 126 but entered
the tournament using a protected ranking of No. 105.
• As a junior, Majchrzak won the boys’ singles gold medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event in Nanjing,
defeating Orlando Luz in the final. He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 7 and reached the 2nd round
on his only appearance in the boys’ singles at Roland Garros (d. Rafael Matos, l. Lucas Miedler).
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notes• Majchrzak has played Davis Cup for Poland since 2015. He won the only match he contested in Poland’s World
Group II victory over El Salvador in March this year and has a 10-7 win-loss record in the competition. Poland will
play in the World Group I Play-offs in 2022.
• Majchrzak is coached by Joakim Nystrom, who reached the quarterfinals here in 1985.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notesNO. 22 CRISTIAN GARIN (CHI) v (Q) MACKENZIE MCDONALD (USA)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Garin is facing a qualifier at the Grand Slams for the first time. He has a 9-5 win-loss record against qualifiers at
Tour-level.
Garin has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 119 McDonald. The lowest-ranked
player to have defeated Garin at the Grand Slams is No. 90 Mikhail Kukushkin in the 2nd round at the US Open
last year. The lowest-ranked player to have defeated Garin at Roland Garros is No. 28 Stan Wawrinka in the 2nd
round in 2019.
GARIN v MCDONALD
25 Age 26
23 ATP Ranking 119
5 Titles 0
7-9 Career Grand Slam Record 10-10
4-2 Roland Garros Record 2-2
71-60 Career Record 31-43
54-27 Career Record - Clay 5-8
11-8 2021 Record 8-6
11-6 2021 Record - Clay 2-1
3-3 Career Five-Set Record 1-6
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
31-32 Career Tiebreak Record 19-10
2-6 2021 Tiebreak Record 7-1
• GARIN is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam performance. This
is his 2nd Roland Garros appearance and his 10th Grand Slam appearance overall.
• Garin advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Juan Ignacio Londero 36 64 76(6) 62 in the 1st round on Sunday.
• Last year here, Garin recorded his best Grand Slam performance. He defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber and Marc
Polmans before falling to Karen Khachanov.
• 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 Fernando Gonzalez won the title at 2009 Vina
del Mar.
• Also on clay this year, Garin reached the quarterfinals at Madrid-1000 (l. Matteo Berrettini). He also competed
in the quarterfinals at Estoril (l. Cameron Norrie) after receiving a bye through the 1st round and a walkover in the
2nd round. He reached the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas) and the 2nd round at Rome-
1000 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut), but lost his opening matches at both Buenos Aires (l. Sumit Nagal) and Barcelona
(l. Kei Nishikori).
• Garin missed the Australian Open this year due to a left wrist injury. He lost both matches he has contested on
hard courts in 2021, losing his opening match at both Delray Beach (l. Christian Harrison) and Miami-1000
(l. Marin Cilic).
• Clay is Garin’s best surface. He has a 54-27 win-loss record on clay – compared to 15-28 on hard courts and
2-5 on grass.
• Garin has won 5 Tour-level singles titles, all of which have come on clay. In addition to victory at Santiago this
season, he also won the titles at Houston (d. Ruud) and Munich (d. Matteo Berrettini) in 2019, and at Cordoba
(d. Diego Schwartzman) and Rio de Janeiro (d. Gianluca Mager) in 2020.
• Garin has never contested a 5-set match at Roland Garros. He has a 3-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at
Tour-level overall.
• Garin broke the Top 20 for the first time in February last year, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 18 the
same month. He plays here at No. 23.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notes• Garin won the Roland Garros boys’ singles title in 2013, defeating Alexander Zverev in the final. He also
finished runner-up in the boys’ doubles here alongside Nicolas Jarry the same year (l. Kyle Edmund/Frederico
Ferreira Silva). He is one of 5 former Roland Garros boys’ singles champions through to the 2nd round from the
8 who began the men’s main draw this year.
• Garin has played Davis Cup for Chile since 2012 and has a 12-13 overall win-loss record in the competition.
Chile will play away to Slovakia in a World Group I tie in September.
• Garin was a recipient of an International Player Grand Slam Grant, financed by the Grand Slam Development
Fund in May 2017.
• Garin is coached by Franco Davin.
• Qualifier MCDONALD is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time. This is his 3rd Roland Garros
appearance and his 11th Grand Slam overall.
• McDonald advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 46 63 76(4) 63 in the 1st round on Sunday.
• As No. 8 seed, McDonald defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 64 64, Renzo Olivo (ARG) 63 64 and Marco
Trungelliti (ARG) 64 64 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It is the 2nd time he has successfully qualified at a
Grand Slam on his 7th attempt.
• Last year here, McDonald reached the 2nd round. He defeated Steven Diez in the 1st round for his first Roland
Garros match-win before falling to Rafael Nadal.
• McDonald equalled his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the round of 16 at the Australian Open this
year. He defeated Marco Cecchinato, Borna Coric and Lloyd Harris before falling to Daniil Medvedev in straight
sets. He also reached the round of 16 at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Milos Raonic).
• McDonald’s other Tour-level highlights in 2021 are 2nd round finishes on hard courts at the Murray River Open
in Melbourne (d. Richard Gasquet, l. Alex Bolt), Marseille (d. Stefano Travaglia, l. Karen Khachanov) and as a
qualifier at Miami-1000 (d. Vasek Pospisil, l. John Isner), and on clay as a qualifier at Munich (d. Dusan Lajovic,
I. Ilya Ivashka).
• At Challenger-level this year, McDonald won the title on hard courts at Nur-Sultan (KAZ) (d. Jurij Rodionov) and
reached the semifinals on clay at Heilbronn (GER) (l. Daniel Elahi Galan).
• McDonald lost the only 5-set match he has contested at Roland Garros, falling to Yoshihito Nishioka in 5 sets in
the 1st round here in 2019. He has a 1-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches, with his only victory coming against
Nicolas Jarry in the 2nd round at 2018 Wimbledon.
• McDonald reached a career-high ranking of No. 57 in April 2019 but fell to as low as No. 272 in March 2020
after missing 6 months of the 2019 season due to a hamstring injury. He plays here at No. 119.
• McDonald played college tennis at UCLA in 2014-16, winning the 2016 NCAA singles and doubles titles before
turning professional.
• McDonald is coached by Jaime Pulgar and Mat Cloer.
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notesNO. 23 KAREN KHACHANOV (RUS) v KEI NISHIKORI (JPN)
Head-to-head: Nishikori leads 3-2
2016 US Open Hard (O) R64 Nishikori 64 46 64 63
2017 Halle Grass (O) R16 Khachanov 3-2 ret. (left hip)
2018 Halle Grass (O) R16 Khachanov 62 62
2018 Vienna Hard (I) R16 Nishikori 62 62
2021 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) R64 Nishikori 67(6) 62 62
A 6th meeting for Khachanov and Nishikori, their 2nd at a Grand Slam and their 2nd on clay. Nishikori won in 4
sets on their only previous Grand Slam meeting, and also recovered from a set down to win when the pair met on
clay, in the 1st round at Madrid-1000 last month. Both of Khachanov’s victories against Nishikori came on grass.
KHACHANOV v NISHIKORI
25 Age 31
25 ATP Ranking 49
4 Titles 12
34-17 Career Grand Slam Record 97-40
14-4 Roland Garros Record 24-10
154-123 Career Record 416-204
41-32 Career Record - Clay 101-46
15-11 2021 Record 11-10
5-5 2021 Record - Clay 5-3
5-6 Career Five-Set Record 25-7
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 4
83-87 Career Tiebreak Record 133-92
10-8 2021 Tiebreak Record 6-5
• KHACHANOV is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 3rd round here. This is his 5th Roland
Garros appearance and his 18th Grand Slam overall.
• Khachanov advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Jiri Vesely 61 62 63 in the 1st round on Sunday.
• Last year here, Khachanov reached the round of 16. He defeated Kamil Majchrzak, Vesely and Cristian Garin
before falling to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
• Khachanov’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals here in 2019. He defeated Cedrik-Marcel
Stebe, Gregoire Barrere, Martin Klizan and Juan Martin del Potro, before falling to Dominic Thiem in straight sets
in the last 8.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Khachanov reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Matteo Berrettini).
• Khachanov’s best results in 2021 are reaching the semifinals on hard courts at the Great Ocean Road Open in
Melbourne (l. Jannik Sinner) and on clay at Lyon (l. Cameron Norrie). He also reached the quarterfinals on hard
courts at Rotterdam (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas) and Marseille (l. Matthew Ebden).
• Also on clay in 2021, Khachanov reached the 2nd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Laslo Djere, l. Pablo Carreno
Busta) but lost his opening match at Barcelona (l. Norrie), Madrid-1000 (l. Nishikori) and Rome-1000 (l. Federico
Delbonis).
• Khachanov lost the only 5-set match he has contested at Roland Garros – falling to Alexander Zverev in 5 sets
in the round of 16 in 2018. He has a 5-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.
• Khachanov has won 4 Tour-level titles – all of which have come on hard courts. He won his first title at 2016
Chengdu (d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas) and won 3 titles during the 2018 season – at Marseille (d. Lucas Pouille),
Moscow (d. Adrian Mannarino) and Paris-1000 (d. Djokovic).
• Khachanov dropped outside the Top 20 for the first time since October 2018 in February this year. He reached
a career-high ranking of No. 8 in July 2019 but plays here at No. 25.
• Khachanov was a successful junior, reaching a career-high junior ranking of No. 16. He won the boys’ doubles
silver medal alongside Andrey Rublev at the 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event in Nanjing, China. The pair fell to
2021 Roland Garros day 4 men’s match notesOrlando Luz/Marcelo Zormann in the gold medal match. He reached the 3rd round on both of his appearances in
the boys’ singles at Roland Garros – in 2013 (l. Guillermo Nunez) and 2014 (l. Zormann).
• Khachanov has played Davis Cup since 2013 and has a 9-12 win-loss record in the competition. He won one of
the 4 singles matches he contested at the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid as Russia reached the semifinals
before falling to Canada. The Russian Tennis Federation team will compete alongside Spain and Ecuador in
Group A at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
• Khachanov is coached by Frederik Rosengren and Jose Clavet.
• NISHIKORI is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 7th time. This is his 11th Roland Garros appearance
and his 41st Grand Slam overall.
• Nishikori advanced to the 2nd round here for the 10th time after defeating qualifier Alessandro Giannessi 64 67(4)
63 46 64 in the 1st round on Sunday.
• Last year here, Nishikori reached the 2nd round, defeating Daniel Evans in 5 sets before falling to Stefano
Travaglia, also in 5 sets. He has won 9 of the last 10 five-set matches he has contested, with his only defeat in
a 5-set match in that time coming against Travaglia here last year. He has an 8-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches
at Roland Garros and a 25-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Nishikori’s best Roland Garros result is reaching the quarterfinals on 3 occasions – in 2015 (l. Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga), 2017 (l. Andy Murray) and 2019 (l. Rafael Nadal).
• At the 2014 US Open, Nishikori became the first Asian male to contest a Grand Slam final after defeating 3
Top 10 players – Milos Raonic, Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic – in consecutive matches before falling to
Marin Cilic in the title match. He is one of 5 players competing here this year who has reached a Grand Slam final
without winning a major title, alongside Kevin Anderson, Daniil Medvedev, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Alexander
Zverev.
• In Grand Slam play this year, Nishikori fell to Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets in the 1st round at the
Australian Open.
• Nishikori’s best results in 2021 are reaching the quarterfinals at Rotterdam (l. Borna Coric) and Dubai (l. Lloyd
Harris).
• On clay this year, Nishikori reached the 3rd round at both Barcelona, where he defeated Guido Pella and Cristian
Garin before falling to Nadal, and Rome-1000, where he defeated Fabio Fognini and Pablo Carreno Busta before
falling to Zverev. He also reached the 2nd round at Madrid-1000 (d. Khachanov, l. Zverev).
• Nishikori has won 12 Tour-level singles titles, 2 of which have come on clay – at Barcelona in 2014 (d. Santiago
Giraldo) and 2015 (d. Pablo Andujar).
• Nishikori is a former Top 5 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 in March 2015 but plays here at
No. 49 – his lowest-ranking since September 2011, when he has ranked at No. 54.
• Nishikori reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 7 in July 2006. He reached the quarterfinals of the boys’
singles at both the Australian Open (l. Alexandre Sidorenko) and Roland Garros (l. Petru-Alexandru Luncanu)
that year, and also won the Roland Garros boys’ doubles title in 2006 with Emiliano Massa.
• Nishikori is coached by Michael Chang, who won Roland Garros in 1989, and Max Mirnyi.
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