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2019 WIMBLEDON DAY 3 MEN’S NOTES Wednesday 3 July 2nd Round Top Half

Featured matches

No. 1 (SRB) v (USA) No. 4 (RSA) v Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) No. 10 (RUS) v (WC) Feliciano Lopez (ESP) No. 11 (RUS) v (Q) (AUS) No. 15 (CAN) v (NED) No. 19 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) v (Q) (FRA) No. 21 (BEL) v Jeremy Chardy (FRA) No. 22 (SUI) v (USA) No. 26 (ARG) v (ITA) No. 30 (GBR) v (ESP)

On court today…

• Having become the first man born in the 2000s to record a match-win by winning his 1st round match on Monday, No. 19 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime returns to court to face qualifier Corentin Moutet today. 18-year-old Auger-Aliassime and 20-year-old Moutet are the youngest and 4th-youngest men left in the draw here, respectively. While the Canadian is ranked more than 60 places higher than Moutet, he will be wary of the Frenchman, who came back from 0-2 down to defeat former Wimbledon semifinalist in the 1st round here.

• British No. 1 Kyle Edmund will once again take centre stage here today – he goes up against former Top 10 player Fernando Verdasco in the 3rd match on Centre Court. Edmund is one of 7 British players, men and women, to reach the 2nd round here – the highest number of home players through to the 2nd round at Wimbledon since 2006, when there were also 7. Edmund defeated a Spanish player in in the 1st round, but Verdasco, who reached the quarterfinals here in 2013, will present an even greater challenge today.

• No. 10 seed Karen Khachanov plays the wild card and wily campaigner Feliciano Lopez in a mouth- watering clash on No. 1 Court today. Lopez dropped to his lowest ranking in over 17 years earlier this year but, having won the singles and doubles titles at Queen’s last month, is now just outside the Top 50 and will hope to climb even higher with a good performance here too. The Spaniard is a 3-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist – but Khachanov has reached the 3rd round or better in each of his previous appearances here and will be determined to maintain that record with victory today.

• Qualifier Alexei Popyrin is hoping to emulate his compatriot and mentor at Wimbledon this year. The 1987 champion is working with the 19-year-old Australian during the grass court season, and Popyrin will hope that the work they have done together will pay off when he takes on the No. 11 seed Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd match on Court 12 today. Popyrin comes into the tournament on a strong grass court run, having battled through qualifying last week, but Medvedev is among the stand-out performers of the season so far and Popyrin will have to be at his best if he is to prevent the Russian from notching up a 30th Tour-level match-win of 2019.

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2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

NO. 1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) v DENIS KUDLA (USA)

Head-to-: first meeting

Djokovic has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 111 Kudla on just one previous occasion – when he fell to No. 117 in the 2nd round at the 2017 .

Djokovic has lost a grass court match to a player ranked as low as Kudla on just one previous occasion – to No. 128 in the 2nd round at 2006 ’s-Hertogenbosch. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Djokovic at Wimbledon is No. 75 in the 2nd round in 2008.

DJOKOVIC v KUDLA

32 Age 26 1 ATP Ranking 111 74 Titles 0 271-42 Career Grand Slam Record 11-20 66-10 Wimbledon Record 6-5 865-182 Career Record 49-89 89-18 Career Record - Grass 21-19 29-6 2019 Record 8-15 1-0 2019 Record - Grass 3-2 29-10 Career Five-Set Record 4-6 4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 239-136 Career Tiebreak Record 22-32 6-3 2019 Tiebreak Record 4-4

• Defending champion DJOKOVIC is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 14th time

• Djokovic is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 11th consecutive year and claim sole ownership of 2nd place on the list for most consecutive 3rd round appearances at Wimbledon in the Open Era. is at the top of the list, having reached the 3rd round here on 14 straight occasions in 1972-85.

• Djokovic has lost in the 2nd round at Wimbledon on one previous occasion – in 2008, when he fell to No. 75 Marat Safin. It was his earliest exit here.

• Djokovic advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating 63 75 63 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here, Djokovic won his 4th Wimbledon title, defeating Kevin Anderson 62 62 76(3) in the final. At No. 21, he became the lowest-ranked man to win the Wimbledon title since No. 125 Goran Ivanisevic in 2001. This is his 15th consecutive appearance at Wimbledon and his 58th Grand Slam overall.

• Djokovic is bidding to win his 5th Wimbledon title and move into joint-4th place on the list for most Wimbledon titles won in history, alongside Bjorn Borg and Laurie Doherty (see Preview page 1)

• Djokovic is also bidding to win back-to-back Wimbledon titles for the 2nd time in his career, having won consecutive titles here in 2014-15, defeating in the final on both occasions. He defeated to win his first Wimbledon title in 2011, and also reached the final here in 2013 (l. ).

• Djokovic is looking to win his 16th Grand Slam title here. By defeating Nadal to win his 15th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open this year, he claimed sole ownership of 3rd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles, ahead of . Federer (20 major titles) and Nadal (18) are the only men to have won more Grand Slam singles titles than Djokovic. (see Preview page 2)

• Also at the Grand Slams in 2019, Djokovic reached the semifinals at Roland Garros where he fell to in 5 sets, ending a 26-match winning streak at the Grand Slams which began in the 1st round here last year.

• Djokovic did not contest a grass court event prior to coming here. It is the 7th time in the last 10 years that he has entered Wimbledon without playing a grass court event – but the first time since 2016, having played at Eastbourne in 2017 and Queen’s in 2018. He is one of just 7 men in the Open Era to have won the title here without playing a warm- up event on grass, achieving the feat in 2011 and 2014-15. (see Preview page 9)

2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

• Also in 2019, Djokovic won his 74th Tour-level title at -1000 (d. ). His victory against Tsitsipas was his 200th match-win against a Top 10 player. He also finished runner-up at Rome-1000 (l. Nadal), reached the semifinals at Doha (l. ), the quarterfinals at -1000 (l. Daniil Medvedev), the round of 16 at Miami-1000 (l. Bautista Agut) and the 3rd round at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Kohlschreiber).

• This is the 21st Grand Slam at which Djokovic has been seeded No. 1. He was also seeded No. 1 at the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year, having previously not been seeded No. 1 at a Grand Slam since the 2016 US Open.

• Djokovic returned to the world No. 1 ranking for the first time since October 2016 in November last year, and has been ranked No. 1 since then. He is guaranteed to remain at No. 1 when the new rankings are released on Monday 15 July regardless of his performance here.

• Djokovic has an 8-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon, with his only defeat in a 5-set match coming against Mario Ancic in the round of 16 in 2006. He has a 29-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Djokovic has played for since 2004 and has a 34-10 overall win-loss record in the competition. Serbia will compete in Group A against and Japan at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Djokovic is coached by Marian Vajda.

• KUDLA is bidding to record his 50th Tour-level match-win today.

• Kudla is bidding to reach 3rd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 6th Wimbledon appearance and his 21st Grand Slam overall.

• Kudla advanced to the 2nd round here for the 4th time after defeating 64 61 63 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here, as a wild card, Kudla fell to in 4 sets in the 1st round.

• Kudla’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 as a wild card here in 2015, where he defeated , and before falling to Marin Cilic. It is the only occasion where he has progressed beyond the 2nd round in his previous 20 Grand Slam appearances.

• In Grand Slam play in 2019, Kudla reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. , l. ), but fell to Miomir Kecmanovic in 5 sets in the 1st round at Roland Garros.

• Prior to coming here, Kudla reached the quarterfinals at Stuttgart (l. ). He fell in the 1st round as a at Eastbourne (l. Pierre-Hugues Herbert) and failed to qualify at Halle. At Challenger-level, he reached the semifinals at Surbiton (GBR) (l. ).

• Also in 2019, Kudla reached the 2nd round at (d. , l. ), Dubai (d. Berrettini, l. Ricardas Berankis), (d. Kyle Edmund, l. Berrettini) and Geneva (d. , l. Nicolas Jarry). He lost in the 1st round at 9 of the 15 Tour-level events he had contested in 2019 prior to coming here.

• Kudla’s best Tour-level grass court results are reaching the semifinals as a qualifier at 2018 Halle (l. Roger Federer), the quarterfinals as a direct acceptance at 2013 Queen’s (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) and the round of 16 as a wild card here in 2015. On grass at Challenger-level he won the title at 2015 Ilkley (GBR) (d. ) and reached the final at 2015 Surbiton (GBR) (l. Ebden).

• Kudla is facing a No. 1-ranked player for the 2nd time. He lost his only previous meeting with a World No. 1 – falling to Federer in the semifinals at Halle last year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated is No. 16 Gael Monfils in the 2nd round at Stuttgart this year and the highest-ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 23 Pablo Cuevas in the 1st round here in 2015.

• Kudla has lost 6 of the last 7 five-set matches he has contested at any level. His only victory in a 5-set match in that time came against Polmans in the 1st round at the Australian Open this year. He has won 3 of the 4 five-set matches he has contested in the main draw at Wimbledon but lost a 5-set match to Andrew Whittington in the final round of qualifying here in 2017. He has a 4-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level.

• Kudla reached a career-high ranking of No. 53 in May 2016. He dropped out of the Top 100 for the first time since June 2018 last month and plays here at No. 111.

2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

• Kudla was a successful junior. He finished runner-up in the boys’ singles at the 2010 US Open (l. ) and was a member of the USA team that won the 2008 Junior Davis Cup title. His best result at Junior Wimbledon is a quarterfinal finish in 2010 (l. Facundo Arguello).

• Kudla is coached by Dustin Taylor.

2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

NO. 4 KEVIN ANDERSON (RSA) v JANKO TIPSAREVIC (SRB)

Head-to-head: Anderson leads 2-0 2010 Atlanta Hard (O) R32 Anderson 63 75 2013 Miami-1000 Hard (O) R32 Anderson 46 76(5) 60

A 3rd meeting for the pair but their first in over 6 years. It is also their first meeting at a Grand Slam or on grass.

Anderson has never lost a Tour-level match to a player ranked as low as No. 288 Tipsarevic. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Anderson at Tour-level is No. 229 Jean-Rene Lisnard during South Africa’s 3-2 victory against in the Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II 3rd round in 2008.

The lowest-ranked player to defeat Anderson at a Grand Slam is No. 124 Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the 1st round at 2010 Roland Garros. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Anderson at Wimbledon is No. 116 Denis Istomin in the 1st round in 2016.

ANDERSON v TIPSAREVIC

33 Age 35 8 ATP Ranking 288 6 Titles 4 70-39 Career Grand Slam Record 51-49 19-10 Wimbledon Record 11-13 329-224 Career Record 287-253 38-26 Career Record - Grass 37-33 10-3 2019 Record 4-6 2-1 2019 Record - Grass 0-1 14-10 Career Five-Set Record 19-12 3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 6 194-157 Career Tiebreak Record 134-136 7-1 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-5

• 2018 runner-up ANDERSON is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 6th time. This is his 11th Wimbledon appearance.

• Anderson advanced to the 2nd round here for the 7th time after defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 63 64 62 in the 1st round on Monday. He has lost in the 2nd round here on one previous occasion – to Novak Djokovic in 2011.

• Last year here, Anderson reached his 2nd Grand Slam final, falling to Djokovic 62 62 76(3). His victory in the semifinals against was the 2nd-longest singles match in history, winning 76(6) 67(5) 67(9) 64 26-24 in 6 hours 36 minutes. He also reached the final at the 2017 US Open (l. Rafael Nadal), where he became the first South African to reach a Grand Slam singles final since at the 1984 Australian Open and the oldest first-time finalist at a major since Niki Pilic at 1973 Roland Garros.

• Anderson is bidding to win his first Grand Slam title on his 40th appearance at a major. Should he win the title here, he would go 2nd on the list for most Grand Slam appearances before winning a title. (see Preview page 5)

• At the Grand Slams in 2019, Anderson reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. , l. ). He withdrew from Roland Garros with a right elbow injury. It was just the 2nd time since the that he had missed a Grand Slam event, having also missed the .

• Prior to coming here, Anderson competed at Queen’s, where he fell to in the 2nd round.

• Anderson’s best result in 2019 is winning the title at Pune (d. Ivo Karlovic). He has played just 3 other Tour-level events this year due to a right elbow injury – at the Australian Open, Miami-1000 where he reached the quarterfinals (l. Roger Federer), and Queen’s.

• Anderson is on a 4-match winning streak in 5-set matches. He has not lost a 5-set match since surrendering a 2-0 lead against Diego Schwartzman in the round of 16 at 2016 Roland Garros. He has a 4-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 14-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Anderson is seeded here at No. 4 – his highest Grand Slam seeding. His previous highest seeding at a major was No. 5 at the 2018 US Open and the Australian Open this year.

2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

• Anderson reached a career-high ranking of No. 5 after reaching the final here last year. He plays here at No. 8.

• Anderson has won 6 Tour-level singles titles, all of which have come on a hard court. In addition to his victory at Pune this year, he won at 2011 (d. ), 2012 Delray Beach (d. ), 2015 Winston-Salem (d. Herbert), 2018 New York (d. ) and 2018 (d. Kei Nishikori).

• Anderson received travel grants from the Grand Slam Development Fund to play junior events in 2004.

• Anderson is coached by Brad Stine.

• TIPSAREVIC is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 5th time – and for the first time since 2012. This is his 14th Wimbledon appearance and his 50th Grand Slam overall.

• Tipsarevic advanced to the 2nd round here for the 6th time after defeating 64 67(2) 62 57 62 in his 100th Grand Slam match in the 1st round on Monday. It was also his first Wimbledon match-win since 2012.

• Tipsarevic is making his first appearance here since 2017, having not featuring at any of the Grand Slams in 2018 due to injury. He underwent season-ending surgery on both hamstring tendons after the 2017 US Open, making his return to – at any level – at the Australian Open this year. On his last appearance here in 2017, he retired due to a right thigh injury while trailing 5-0 in the 1st round.

• Tipsarevic’s best Wimbledon performances are reaching the round of 16 in 2007, when he won 3 consecutive 5-set matches before falling to , and 2008 (l. Rainer Schuettler).

• Tipsarevic’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals at the US Open in 2011, when he retired due to a left leg injury while trailing 76(2) 67(3) 60 0-3 to Novak Djokovic, and 2012 (l. ). In 2012, he had his best year at the Grand Slams by reaching the 3rd round or better at all 4 majors.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Tipsarevic fell to Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st round at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros.

• Tipsarevic warmed up for Wimbledon at Antalya, where he fell to in straight sets in the 1st round.

• Tipsarevic is bidding to record back-to-back Tour-level match-wins for the 2nd time this year. The only time he has achieved the feat in 2019 came in a quarterfinal finish as a wild card at Houston, when he defeated and before falling to Sam Querrey. He recorded just 2 other Tour-level match-wins in 2019 prior to coming here – in 2nd round finishes at Miami-1000 (d. , l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and as a wild card at Geneva (d. , l. ).

• Tipsarevic is bidding to record his 5th victory against a Top 10 player at the Grand Slams. He has a 4-12 win-loss record against Top 10 opponents at the Grand Slams, with 2 of his victories coming at Wimbledon – against No. 6 Fernando Gonzalez in the 3rd round in 2007 and against No. 6 in the 2nd round in 2008. He has a 15-46 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Tipsarevic has won all 5 of the 5-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon. He has a 20-12 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Tipsarevic reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 in April 2012. He fell as low as No. 609 in August 2018 but plays here at No. 288. He used a protected ranking of No. 88 to enter here.

• Tipsarevic was part of the ITF/Grand Slam 14 & Under European Team in Europe in 1996 and the 18 & Under International Team in Europe in 2000, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund.

• Tipsarevic is coached by Dirk Hordorff and Rainer Schuettler, who reached the semifinals here in 2008.

2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

NO. 10 KAREN KHACHANOV (RUS) v (WC) FELICIANO LOPEZ (ESP)

Head-to-head: Khachanov leads 2-0 2016 Chengdu Hard (O) QF Khachanov 63 64 2019 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) R64 Khachanov 63 16 64

A 3rd meeting for the pair and their first at a Grand Slam or on grass.

Khachanov has won 6 of his 8 meetings with lefthanders at the Grand Slams. The only lefthander to defeat Khachanov at a major is Rafael Nadal – in the 3rd round here in 2017 and in the 3rd round at the 2018 US Open. He has a 18-13 win-loss record against lefthanders at Tour-level overall.

Khachanov has won both of his previous meetings with wild cards at the Grand Slams, defeating at 2016 Roland Garros and Gregoire Barrere at Roland Garros this year. He has a 10-3 win-loss record against wild cards at Tour-level overall.

KHACHANOV v LOPEZ

23 Age 37 9 ATP Ranking 54 4 Titles 7 23-11 Career Grand Slam Record 94-70 6-2 Wimbledon Record 34-17 105-82 Career Record 481-438 13-7 Career Record - Grass 81-42 17-15 2019 Record 8-8 3-2 2019 Record - Grass 5-1 3-2 Career Five-Set Record 24-11 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 4 54-60 Career Tiebreak Record 307-258 7-10 2019 Tiebreak Record 6-8

• KHACHANOV is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 3rd round here. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his 12th Grand Slam overall.

• Khachanov advanced to the 2nd round after defeating qualifier Soonwoo Kwon 76(6) 64 46 75 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here, Khachanov recorded his best Wimbledon result by reaching the round of 16. He became the youngest Russian man to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon since in 2002.

• Khachanov’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros this year, losing to Dominic Thiem in straight sets.

• Also in Grand Slam play this year, Khachanov reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Roberto Bautista Agut).

• Khachanov warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the quarterfinals at Halle (l. Matteo Berrettini). He also competed at Stuttgart, losing his opening match to Matteo Berrettini. His best grass court result is reaching the semifinals at Halle in 2017 (l. Roger Federer).

• Khachanov’s best results in 2019 are reaching the quarterfinals at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Rafael Nadal), Roland Garros and Halle. He also reached the 3rd round at Rome-1000 (l. Fernando Verdasco), but lost his opening match in 9 of the 15 Tour-level events he has contested this year, prior to coming here.

• Khachanov won his first Masters-1000 title at -1000 last year. He defeated 3 Top 10 players en route to the final before defeating Novak Djokovic in the title match, ending Djokovic’s 22-match winning-streak. He has won 3 other Tour-level singles titles – at 2016 Chengdu (d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas), 2018 Marseille (d. Lucas Pouille) and 2018 (d. Adrian Mannarino).

• Khachanov reached a career-high ranking of No. 9 in June after reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, and plays here at the same ranking.

2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

• Khachanov won the boys’ doubles silver medal alongside at the 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event in Nanjing, China. The pair fell to / in the gold medal match.

• Khachanov has played Davis Cup for since 2013 and defeated Marc-Andrea Huesler and in Russia’s 3-1 victory against Switzerland in the Davis Cup Qualifiers in February. Russia will compete in Group B against 2018 champion and hosts in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Khachanov is coached by Vedran Martic.

• Lefthander LOPEZ is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 12th time – and the first time since 2016.

• Lopez advanced to the 2nd round here for the 14th time after defeating qualifier 64 62 64 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Lopez’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals on 4 occasions. He reached the last 8 at Wimbledon 3 times – as No. 26 seed in 2005 (l. ), as No. 30 seed in 2008 (l. Marat Safin) and unseeded in 2011 (l. Andy Murray). He also reached the quarterfinals at the 2015 US Open (l. Novak Djokovic).

• By appearing in his 70th consecutive Grand Slam event, Lopez has extended his record for most consecutive Grand Slam singles appearances in the Open Era. Lopez has appeared at every Grand Slam event since 2002 Roland Garros. This is his 71st Grand Slam appearance in total, putting him in 2nd place on the Open Era list for most Grand Slam appearances behind Roger Federer (77 Grand Slam appearances). (see Preview page 11)

• Lopez is also making his 18th Wimbledon appearance. He has appeared in the men’s singles at every Wimbledon since making his debut here in 2002. He is in joint-3rd place on the Open Era list alongside Mikhail Youzhny for most Wimbledon appearances, behind Roger Federer (21 Wimbledon appearances) and Jimmy Connors (20). (see preview page 11)

• In Grand Slam play this year, Lopez fell in the 1st round at both the Australian Open (l. Jordan Thompson) and Roland Garros (l. Ivo Karlovic). His match-up with Karlovic at Roland Garros was the oldest men’s singles match-up, in terms of combined age, at Roland Garros in the Open Era, and the 7th-oldest men’s singles match-up in terms of combined age at a Grand Slam in the Open Era.

• Lopez warmed up for Wimbledon by winning his 7th Tour-level singles title as a wild card at Queen’s, defeating Gilles Simon in the final. He also won the doubles title alongside Murray, defeating / in the final, becoming the first man to win both singles and doubles titles at Queen’s since in 1997. Of his 7 singles titles, 4 have come on grass – at Eastbourne in 2013 (d. Gilles Simon and 2014 (d. ), and at Queen’s in 2017 (d. Grigor Dimitrov) and 2019.

• Elsewhere on grass in 2019, Lopez qualified for Stuttgart where he fell to Lucas Pouille in the 1st round. He also reached the 3rd round at the Surbiton Challenger (GBR) (l. Karlovic).

• Prior to the grass court season, Lopez had recorded just 3 Tour-level match-wins in 2019 – in 2nd round finishes at (d. , l. ), Indian Wells-1000 (d. Tomas Berdych, l. today’s opponent) and Miami- 1000 (d. Benoit Paire, l. Grigor Dimitrov). He fell in the 1st round at the 5 other Tour-level events he contested.

• Lopez has won just one of his last 13 meetings with Top 10 players at the Grand Slams. His only victory against a Top 10 player at a Grand Slam in that time came against No. 10 Milos Raonic in the 3rd round at the 2015 US Open. He has a 4-23 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at the Grand Slams and a 38-92 win-loss record against Top 10 opponents at Tour-level overall.

• Wimbledon is Lopez’s most successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 34-17 win-loss record here – compared to 26-17 at the US Open, 22-17 at the Australian Open and 12-19 at Roland Garros.

• Lopez is on a 5-match winning streak in five-set matches. He has not lost a 5-set match since losing to in the 2nd round here in 2015. He has an 8-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 24-11 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Lopez is a former Top 20 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 12 in March 2015. He dropped outside of the Top 100 for the first time since June 2002 in April this year and was ranked No. 113 – his lowest ranking since he was No. 114 in April – prior to winning the title at Queen’s in June. He plays here at No. 54.

• Lopez is coached by Jose Clavet.

2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

NO. 11 DANIIL MEDVEDEV (RUS) v (Q) ALEXEI POPYRIN (AUS)

Head-to-head: first meeting

Medvedev has lost Grand Slam matches to a player ranked as low as No. 101 Popyrin on 3 previous occasions – to No. 131 on his Grand Slam debut in the 1st round at the 2017 Australian Open, when he retired due to cramping against No. 266 while trailing 57 64 61 3-1 in the 1st round at 2017 Roland Garros, and to No. 124 in the 2nd round here in 2017.

Medvedev has won just one of his previous 4 matches against qualifiers at the Grand Slams, defeating in the 1st round at the Australian Open this year. He lost his only previous meeting with a qualifier at Wimbledon, against Bemelmans in the 2nd round here in 2017. He has a 7-8 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall.

MEDVEDEV v POPYRIN

23 Age 19 13 ATP Ranking 101 4 Titles 0 10-10 Career Grand Slam Record 4-3 4-2 Wimbledon Record 1-0 100-66 Career Record 7-14 17-11 Career Record - Grass 1-1 29-13 2019 Record 6-10 4-2 2019 Record - Grass 1-1 0-3 Career Five-Set Record 0-1 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 34-25 Career Tiebreak Record 9-7 11-5 2019 Tiebreak Record 7-6

• MEDVEDEV is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Wimbledon result. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and 11th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Medvedev advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating 63 76(2) 76(2) in the 1st round on Monday for his 100th Tour-level match-win.

• Last year here, Medvedev recorded his best Wimbledon result by reaching the 3rd round, where he fell to Adrian Mannarino in 5 sets. Medvedev has lost all 3 five-set matches he has contested – to Ruben Bemelmans in the 2nd round at 2017 Wimbledon, Adrian Mannarino in the 3rd round here last year and to Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the 1st round at Roland Garros this year.

• Medvedev’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 at the Australian Open this year. He defeated Lloyd Harris, and David Goffin before falling to Novak Djokovic in 4 sets. Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2019, he fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros to Herbert.

• Medvedev warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the semifinals at Queen’s (l. Gilles Simon). He lost his opening match at Stuttgart to Lucas Pouille.

• Medvedev’s best result in 2019 is winning his 4th Tour-level title at Sofia (d. Marton Fucsovics). He also finished runner- up at Brisbane (l. Kei Nishikori) and (l. Dominic Thiem), and reached the semifinals at Rotterdam (l. Gael Monfils), Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Dusan Lajovic) and Queen’s.

• Medvedev broke the Top 20 for the first time in October 2018. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 in June this year and plays here at the same ranking.

• Medvedev made his Davis Cup debut in February 2017 and has a 4-3 win-loss record in the competition. He defeated Henri Laaksonen in Russia’s 3-1 victory against Switzerland in the Davis Cup Qualifiers in February. Russia will compete in Group B against 2018 champion Croatia and host Spain in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Medvedev reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 13 in January 2014. His best performance in the boys’ singles here was reaching the 2nd round in 2013 (d. Hong Seong Chan, l. Nikola Milojevic).

• Medvedev is coached by Gilles Cervara. His fitness trainer is Eric Hernandez.

2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

• Qualifier POPYRIN is bidding to reach the 3rd round on his Wimbledon debut and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is his 4th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Popyrin advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Pablo Carreno Busta 76(2) 75 62 in the 1st round on Monday.

• As No. 4 seed, Popyrin defeated (ARG) 62 75, (GER) 61 36 61 and No. 17 seed (USA) 63 76(6) 67(4) 76(6) in the 3 rounds of qualifying for Wimbledon. It was the first time he had competed in qualifying at a Grand Slam.

• Popyrin’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round as a wild card at the Australian Open this year, where he defeated and Dominic Thiem before falling to Lucas Pouille in the only 5-set match he has contested to date. Elsewhere at the Grand Slams this year, he reached the 2nd round as a wild card at Roland Garros (d. , l. Laslo Djere).

• Prior to coming here, Popyrin fell in the 1st round as a qualifier at Stuttgart (l. Milos Raonic) and failed to qualify at Queen’s. His victory against in the 1st round of qualifying at Stuttgart was the first grass court match he has contested as a professional.

• Popyrin is bidding to record his 8th Tour-level match-win. Prior to coming here, his only Tour-level match-wins came in his 3rd round finish at the Australian Open this year, in 2nd round finishes as a qualifier at both 2018 Basel (d. Matthew Ebden, l. Alexander Zverev) and 2019 Indian Wells-1000 (d. Jaume Munar, l. John Isner), and as a wild card at Roland Garros this year and in the 4th rubber of ’s victory against Bosnia/Herzegovina in the Davis Cup Qualifiers this year, when he defeated Nerman Fatic.

• Popyrin is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the 2nd time. He has a 1-4 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition with his only victory coming when No. 8 Thiem retired due to illness in their 2nd round match at the Australian Open this year.

• Popyrin broke the Top 100 for the first time in June this year, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 99 last week. He plays here 2 places lower at No. 101.

• Popyrin made his Davis Cup debut for Australia in the Qualifiers tie against Bosnia/Herzegovina in February this year, winning the only rubber he contested. Australia will compete in Group D against and Colombia in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Popyrin was a successful junior. He won the boys’ singles title at 2017 Roland Garros (d. ) and reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 2. He fell to Wu Tung-Lin in the 1st round on his only appearance in the boys’ singles at Wimbledon in 2016.

• Popyrin is coached by Philipp Wagner. He is also working with 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash during the 2019 grass court season.

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NO. 15 MILOS RAONIC (CAN) v ROBIN HAASE (NED)

Head-to-head: Raonic leads 1-0 2013 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R32 Raonic 63 64

Raonic has lost Grand Slam matches to players ranked as low as No. 76 Haase on 6 occasions, but only once at Wimbledon – when he retired with a leg injury while leading 3-2 against No. 92 Gilles Muller in the 2nd round in 2011.

RAONIC v HAASE

28 Age 32 17 ATP Ranking 76 8 Titles 2 81-30 Career Grand Slam Record 20-41 25-8 Wimbledon Record 8-10 337-154 Career Record 225-260 47-20 Career Record - Grass 22-32 17-7 2019 Record 11-13 6-1 2019 Record - Grass 2-2 9-7 Career Five-Set Record 9-14 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 5 213-130 Career Tiebreak Record 89-130 16-7 2019 Tiebreak Record 5-7

• RAONIC is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 6th consecutive year. This is his 9th straight appearance at Wimbledon and his 31st appearance at a Grand Slam overall.

• Raonic advanced to the 2nd round here for the 9th time after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 76(1) 64 62 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here, Raonic reached the quarterfinals, falling to John Isner. He has lost in the 2nd round here on 3 previous occasions – on his Wimbledon debut in 2011 when he retired due to a right leg injury against Gilles Muller, in 2012 (l. Sam Querrey) and 2013 (l. ).

• Raonic recorded his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the final here in 2016, where he fell to Andy Murray 64 76(3) 76(2). He became the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam final.

• Raonic warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the semifinals at Stuttgart, where he gave a walkover to Felix Auger- Aliassime due to a back injury, and the quarterfinals at Queen’s (l. Feliciano Lopez).

• At the Grand Slams in 2019, Raonic reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open (l. Lucas Pouille). He missed Roland Garros due to a right knee injury.

• Also in 2019, Raonic reached the semifinals at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Dominic Thiem) and the quarterfinals at Brisbane (l. Daniil Medvedev). He reached the 2nd round at Rotterdam (d. Philipp Kohlschreiber, l. Stan Wawrinka) but lost his opening matches at Dubai (l. Jan-Lennard Struff) and Miami-1000 (l. Kyle Edmund). He did not compete at any events this year due to his right knee injury.

• Raonic has won 8 Tour-level singles titles, all of which have come on hard court. He has reached 2 Tour-level finals on grass – at both Queen’s and Wimbledon in 2016, falling to Murray on both occasions.

• Raonic has won all 3 of the 5-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon – defeating David Goffin and Roger Federer in 2016 and Alexander Zverev in 2017. He has a 9-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Raonic is seeded here at No. 15 – his lowest seeding at Wimbledon since he was seeded No. 17 in 2013. He has been seeded at every Grand Slam he has contested since 2011 Roland Garros.

• Raonic is a former Top 5 player. He reached a career high ranking of No. 3 in November 2016. He plays here at No. 17.

• Raonic is coached by .

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• HAASE is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam performance.

• Haase advanced to the 2nd round here for the 7th time after defeating Jozef Kovalik 61 63 61 in the 1st round on Monday. This is his 11th appearance at Wimbledon and his 42nd Grand Slam overall.

• Haase has lost in the 2nd round here on 5 previous occasions – in 2010 (l. Rafael Nadal), 2014 (l. Gilles Simon), 2015 (l. Andy Murray), 2016 (l. Jack Sock) and last year (l. ).

• Haase’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 3rd round on 2 occasions – at the (l. Andy Roddick) and here in 2011 (l. ).

• At the Grand Slams in 2019, Haase reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, l. Tomas Berdych) but fell to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the 1st round at Roland Garros.

• Haase warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the 2nd round at ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Ugo Humbert, l. Cristian Garin). He also competed at Halle, where he fell to Alexander Zverev in the 1st round.

• Haase is bidding to record back-to-back match-wins at Tour-level for the 3rd time in 2019. The only occasions he has achieved the feat this year came in a 3rd round finish at Miami-1000 (l. Nikoloz Basilashvili) and when he won 2 matches in ’ victory against before reaching the 2nd round in his next Tour-level appearance at Sofia (d. , l. Daniil Medvedev).

• Haase is bidding to end a 17-match losing streak against Top 20 players at the majors. He has not defeated a Top 20 player at a Grand Slam since defeating No. 19 Ivan Ljubicic in the 1st round at the . He has a 1-18 win-loss record against Top 20 players at the majors overall and a 20-63 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level.

• Wimbledon is Haase’s most successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has an 8-10 win-loss record here, compared to 5-11 at Roland Garros, 4-11 at the Australian Open and 3-9 at the US Open.

• Haase has lost 4 of his last 5 five-set matches. His only victory in a 5-set match in that time came against Mackenzie McDonald at the 2018 US Open when he recovered from 0-2 down to win for the 5th time in his career. Haase has a 1- 2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 9-14 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Haase reached a career-high ranking of No. 33 in July 2012. He plays here at No. 76.

• Haase has won 2 Tour-level singles titles – both of which have come on clay, at Kitzbuhel in 2011 and 2012. He has also won 5 Tour-level doubles titles, partnering Matwe Middelkoop to victory at Pune, Sofia and Umag in 2018, at 2014 Gstaad and at 2011 Marseille.

• Haase has played Davis Cup for Netherlands since 2006 and has a 37-22 overall win-loss record in the competition. Netherlands will compete in Group E against Great Britain and at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Haase is coached by Raymond Knapp.

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NO. 19 FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME (CAN) v (Q) CORENTIN MOUTET (FRA)

Head-to-head: Auger-Aliassime leads 1-0 2018 Lyon Challenger (FRA) Clay (O) R32 Auger-Aliassime 62 62

A 2nd meeting for the pair but their first at a Grand Slam and their first on grass. Auger-Aliassime has won their only previous meeting.

Auger-Aliassime has lost his only previous Tour-level match against a lefthander, when as a qualifier he retired due to heat exhaustion while trailing 75 57 4-1 in the 1st round at the US Open last year.

AUGER-ALIASSIME v MOUTET

18 Age 20 21 ATP Ranking 84 0 Titles 0 1-1 Career Grand Slam Record 4-4 1-0 Wimbledon Record 1-0 33-24 Career Record 7-14 7-2 Career Record - Grass 1-0 27-14 2019 Record 4-3 7-2 2019 Record - Grass 1-0 0-0 Career Five-Set Record 1-1 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 21-8 Career Tiebreak Record 7-2 16-6 2019 Tiebreak Record 3-0

• AUGER-ALIASSIME is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time.

• Auger-Aliassime advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating 57 62 64 63 for his first Grand Slam match-win in the 1st round on Monday. He became the first male player born in the 2000s to record a Grand Slam match-win.

• Auger-Aliassime is making his 2nd Grand Slam appearance. On his only previous appearance at the majors, as a qualifier at the US Open last year, he retired while trailing Shapovalov 75 57 4-1 in the 1st round.

• In Grand Slam play this year, Auger-Aliassime lost in qualifying at the Australian Open, defeating before falling to in the 2nd round. He withdrew from Roland Garros due to a left adductor injury.

• Prior to coming here, Auger-Aliassime reached the final at Stuttgart (l. Matteo Berrettini) and the semifinals at Queen’s (l. Feliciano Lopez). They were the first grass court events he has contested as a professional. He contested 2 grass court events as a junior, reaching the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles here in 2016 (l. Alex de Minaur) but falling in the 1st round at 2016 Roehampton (l. Ryan James Storrie).

• Auger-Aliassime’s best results in 2019 are reaching his first 3 Tour-level finals. In addition to his runner-up finish at Stuttgart, he also reached the final at Rio de Janeiro (l. Laslo Djere) and Lyon (l. Benoit Paire). He also reached the semifinals at Miami-1000 (l. John Isner) and Queen’s, and the quarterfinals at Sao Paolo (l. Djere).

• At 18 years 340 days, Auger-Aliassime was the youngest player to start the men’s singles here this year. Should he win the title here this year, he would become the youngest man to win the Wimbledon title since (18 years 226 days) in 1986.

• Auger-Aliassime is the first male player born in the 2000s to compete at Wimbledon. He became the first player born in the 2000s to earn an ATP ranking when he entered the professional rankings for the first time in March 2015.

• Auger-Aliassime broke the Top 100 for the first time after reaching the final at Rio de Janeiro this year and broke the Top 50 for the first time after reaching the semifinals at Miami-1000 five weeks later. He plays here at a career-high ranking of No. 21.

• Auger-Aliassime was a successful junior. He won the boys’ singles title at the 2016 US Open (d. Miomir Kecmanovic) and finished runner-up in the boys’ singles at 2016 Roland Garros (l. ). He reached the quarterfinals on his only appearances in the boys’ singles at Wimbledon. He was also part of Canadian teams that

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reached back-to-back Junior Davis Cup Finals in 2015-16, defeating to win the title in 2015 but finishing runner-up to Russia in 2016.

• Auger-Aliassime is coached by Guillaume Marx and Frederic Fontang.

• Qualifier MOUTET is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time and equal his best Grand Slam performance on his Wimbledon debut. This is his 5th Grand Slam overall.

• Moutet advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Grigor Dimitrov 26 36 76(4) 63 61 for his first victory in a 5-set match in the 1st round on Monday. He lost the only other 5-set match he has contested to in the 3rd round at Roland Garros this year.

• As No. 1 seed, Moutet defeated (AUT) 64 36 86, (USA) 61 63 and (AUS) 62 64 64 in the 3 rounds of qualifying for Wimbledon. It was the first time he has successfully qualified for a Grand Slam on his 4th attempt.

• Moutet recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the 3rd round at Roland Garros this year, where as a wild card he defeated and Guido Pella before falling to Londero.

• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2019, Moutet fell to Christopher Eubanks in the first round of qualifying at the Australian Open.

• Moutet is bidding to record his 5th Tour-level match-win of 2019. Prior to coming here, his only Tour-level match-wins this year came in a 2nd round finish as a wild card at Lyon (d. Reilly Opelka, l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and in his 3rd round finish at Roland Garros..

• Moutet has played mainly on the Challenger circuit in 2019. He won titles at (IND) (d. Andrew Harris) and Lyon (FRA) (d. ). He also reached the final at Samarkand (UZB) (l. Joao Menezes) and the semifinals at 3 other Challenger events – at Rennes (FRA) (l. ) and Saint Brieuc (FRA) (l. ), and Tallahassee (USA) (l. Emilio Gomez).

• Moutet is bidding to record his 2nd victory against a Top 30 player. His only previous victory against a Top 30 player came against No. 23 Pella in the 2nd round at Roland Garros this year. He has a 1-3 win-loss record against Top 30 opposition overall.

• Moutet is one of the 21 lefthanders who started the men’s main draw here. The last lefthander to win the title here was Nadal in 2010.

• Moutet broke the Top 100 for the first time after reaching the 3rd round at Roland Garros in June. He plays here at a career-high ranking of No. 84.

• Moutet was a successful junior, reaching a career-high junior ranking of No. 7. He reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles at both the 2017 Australian Open (l. ) and 2017 Junior Wimbledon (l. ). He competed in the boys’ singles here 3 times, with his best performance a 3rd round finish in 2016 (l. Geoffrey Blancaneaux).

• Moutet is coached by Emmanuel Planque.

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NO. 21 DAVID GOFFIN (BEL) v JEREMY CHARDY (FRA)

Head-to-head: Chardy leads 1-0 2015 Roland Garros Clay (O) R32 Chardy 63 64 62

Goffin has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 81 Chardy on just one previous occasion – when he fell to No. 122 Jared Donaldson in the 1st round at the 2016 US Open. He has lost grass court matches to players ranked as low as Chardy on 4 previous occasions – most recently to No. 97 in the final at 2015 ’s-Hertogenbosch.

GOFFIN v CHARDY

28 Age 32 23 ATP Ranking 81 4 Titles 1 46-27 Career Grand Slam Record 51-45 9-6 Wimbledon Record 11-11 249-159 Career Record 262-270 21-18 Career Record - Grass 28-29 19-15 2019 Record 14-17 7-2 2019 Record - Grass 2-2 11-4 Career Five-Set Record 12-6 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 72-78 Career Tiebreak Record 130-147 3-7 2019 Tiebreak Record 7-17

• GOFFIN is bidding to record his 250th Tour-level match-win today.

• Goffin is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 4th time – and for the first time since 2016. This is his 7th appearance at Wimbledon and his 28th Grand Slam overall

• Goffin advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Bradley Klahn 64 64 64 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here, as No. 10 seed, Goffin fell to Matthew Ebden in straight sets in the 1st round.

• Goffin’s best Wimbledon result is reaching the round of 16 on 2 occaisions – in 2015 (l. Stan Wawrinka) and 2016 (l. Milos Raonic).

• Goffin’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Dominic Thiem) and at the 2017 Australian Open (l. Grigor Dimitrov), where he became only the 2nd Belgian man to reach the quarterfinals at 2 different Grand Slam events after Jean Washer (1924 Wimbledon, 1925-26 Roland Garros).

• In Grand Slam play this year, Goffin reached the 3rd round at both the Australian Open (l. Daniil Medvedev) and Roland Garros (l. Rafael Nadal).

• Goffin warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching his 2nd Tour-level grass court final at Halle, where he fell to Roger Federer. He also competed at ’s-Hertogenbosch, reaching the quarterfinals (l. Adrian Mannarino).

• Goffin’s other highlights in 2019 are reaching the semifinals at Marseille and Estoril, losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas on both occasions, and the round of 16 at Miami-1000 (l. Frances Tiafoe).

• Wimbledon is Goffin’s weakest Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 9-6 win-loss record here, compared to 16-8 at Roland Garros, 11-6 at the Australian Open and 10-7 at the US Open.

• Goffin has won 9 of his last 10 five-set matches. His only defeat in a 5-set match in that time came here in 2016, when he lost to Raonic in the round of 16 – the only 5-set match he has contested here. He has an 11-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Goffin became the first Belgian man to break the Top 10 in February 2017 after reaching the final at Rotterdam. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in November 2017, but plays here at No. 23 .

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• Goffin has played Davis Cup for Belgium since 2012 and has a 23-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. He has led Belgium to 2 Davis Cup Finals – in 2015 (l. Great Britain) and 2017 (l. France). Belgium will compete against Australia and Colombia in Group D at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Goffin is coached by , who reached the semifinals here in 2005.

• CHARDY is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 4th time – and for the first time since 2014. This is his 12th consecutive appearance at Wimbledon and his 46th Grand Slam overall.

• Chardy advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Martin Klizan 36 60 63 64 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here, Chardy fell to Denis Shapovalov in 4 sets in the 1st round.

• Chardy’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals at the (l. Andy Murray). His best Wimbledon performance is reaching the round of 16 in 2014 (l. Marin Cilic).

• In Grand Slam play in 2019 Chardy reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Ugo Humbert in 5 sets before falling to Alexander Zverev, also in 5 sets. His victory against Humbert was the first men’s match in Australian Open history to feature a tiebreak at 6-6 in the final set. At Roland Garros, he fell to Kyle Edmund in 5 sets in the 1st round.

• Prior to coming here, Chardy reached the 2nd round at Queen’s (d. , l. Stefanos Tsitsipas), but fell to Cameron Norrie in the 1st round at Eastbourne.

• Chardy’s best results in 2019 are reaching the semifinals at Brisbane (l. Kei Nishikori), the quarterfinals at Montpellier (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) and the 3rd round at Miami-1000 (l. Borna Coric) and Madrid-1000 (l. Novak Djokovic).

• Chardy’s best Tour-level grass court result is reaching the final at 2018 ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. Richard Gasquet). He also won the title on grass at the 2018 Surbiton Challenger (GBR) (d. Alex de Minaur) and reached the final on grass at the 2011 Nottingham Challenger (GBR) (l. ).

• Chardy is bidding to record his 2nd victory against a Top 30 opponent at Wimbledon. His only victory against a Top 30 player here came against No. 16 Gael Monfils in the 1st round in 2016. He has a 9-32 win-loss record against Top 30 opposition at the Grand Slams overall.

• Chardy is bidding to end a 4-match losing streak against Top 30 players on grass. He has not defeated a Top 30 opponent on grass since defeating No. 25 Adrian Mannarino in the 2nd round at 2018 ’s-Hertogenbosch. He has a 2-17 win-loss record against Top 30 players on grass and a 52-140 win-loss record against Top 30 players at Tour-level overall.

• Chardy has won 4 of the 5 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon. His only defeat in a 5-set match here came against David Ferrer in the 3rd round in 2010. He has a 12-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Chardy reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 in January 2013. He plays here at No. 81.

• Chardy has played Davis Cup for France since 2009 and has a 5-2 win-loss record in the competition. He returned to the French team in its title-winning season in 2017 after a 6-year hiatus, but did not play in the 3-2 victory against Belgium in the Final. He played one rubber in last year’s Davis Cup Final defeat against Croatia, falling to Borna Coric in straight sets. France will compete in Group A alongside Serbia and Japan in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Chardy is one of 8 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions who started this year’s main draw. He finished 2005 ranked No. 4 in the ITF Junior Rankings after winning the boys’ singles title here (d. Robin Haase) and finishing runner- up in the boys’ singles at the US Open (l. ).

• Chardy is coached by James Davidson. He also added Cedric Pioline to his team in April this year.

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NO. 22 STAN WAWRINKA (SUI) v REILLY OPELKA (USA)

Head-to-head: first meeting

WAWRINKA v OPELKA

34 Age 21 19 ATP Ranking 63 16 Titles 1 140-53 Career Grand Slam Record 2-3 20-14 Wimbledon Record 1-0 503-293 Career Record 21-27 31-30 Career Record - Grass 1-2 21-13 2019 Record 13-12 2-1 2019 Record - Grass 1-1 27-21 Career Five-Set Record 0-2 6 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 221-195 Career Tiebreak Record 24-28 14-11 2019 Tiebreak Record 14-14

• WAWRINKA is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 6th time and for the first time since 2015. This is his 15th consecutive Wimbledon appearance and his 57th Grand Slam overall.

• Warwinka advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating qualifier Ruben Bemelmans 63 62 62 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here Wawrinka reached the 2nd round. Unseeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2007 US Open, he defeated No. 6 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st round before falling to qualifier . He has also lost in the 2nd round here on 2 previous occasions – in 2016 (d. Taylor Fritz, l. Juan Martin del Potro) and 2011 (d. , l. ).

• Wawrinka’s best Wimbledon performance is reaching the quarterfinals on 2 occasions – in 2014 (l. Roger Federer) and 2015 (l. Richard Gasquet).

• Wawrinka has won 3 Grand Slam titles at 3 different majors. He won his first Grand Slam title at the (d. Rafael Nadal) and also won 2015 Roland Garros and the 2016 US Open, defeating Novak Djokovic on both occasions. He defeated both the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds en route to his first 2 Grand Slam wins and is the only player to have achieved the feat en route to winning a Grand Slam since won 1993 Roland Garros. He is one of 5 Grand Slam champions to start the main draw here.

• Wawrinka is bidding to become the 9th man in history to complete the ‘career Grand Slam’. Djokovic was the last man to achieve the feat, when he won the title at 2016 Roland Garros. (See Preview page 5)

• Wawrinka is looking to become the 6th man in the Open Era to win 3 or more Grand Slam titles after turning 30. Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall are the only men to have won 3 or more Grand Slam titles after turning 30 (see Preview page 12).

• At the Grand Slams in 2019, Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros (l. Federer), but lost in the 2nd round at the Australian Open (l. Milos Raonic).

• Prior to coming here, Wawrinka competed at Queen’s where he reached the 2nd round (d. Daniel Evans, l. Nicolas Mahut). Wawrinkas’s career-best grass court performances are reaching the final at 2013 ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. Mahut) and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2014 and 2015.

• Wawrinka’s best result in 2019 is reaching the final at Rotterdam (l. Gael Monfils). It was his first Tour-level final since he finished runner-up at 2017 Roland Garros. He also reached the quarterfinals at Doha (l. Roberto Bautista Agut), Acapulco (l. Nick Kyrgios) and Madrid-1000 (l. Nadal) and the 3rd round at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Federer).

• Wawrinka has a 27-21 win-loss record in 5-set matches but has won just one of the 5 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon.

• Wimbledon is Wawrinka’s least successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 20-14 win-loss record here, compared with 42-14 at Roland Garros, 40-12 at the US Open and 38-13 at the Australian Open.

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• Wawrinka reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 after winning the 2014 Australian Open. He plays here at No. 19.

• Wawrinka was the 2003 Roland Garros junior champion (d. ) – the only junior Grand Slam event he contested.

• Wawrinka is coached by and Yannick Fattebert. He is also working with Dani Vallverdu for the 2019 grass court season.

• OPELKA is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Wimbledon debut. This is his 4th Grand Slam overall.

• Opelka advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 63 76(4) 61 in the 1st round on Monday for his first Tour-level grass court match-win.

• By reaching the 2nd round here, Opelka equalled his best Grand Slam result. He also reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open this year, defeating No. 9 seed John Isner in the 1st round before falling to Thomas Fabbiano in 5 sets in the 2nd round. Also in Grand Slam play this year, Opelka fell to Cristian Garin in the 1st round at Roland Garros.

• Last year here, Opelka reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. , l. ). He also failed to qualify here in 2017, falling to Rajeev Ram in the 1st round of qualifying.

• Opekla’s best result in 2019 is winning his first Tour-level singles title at New York, defeating qualifier in the final.

• Elsewhere in 2019, Opelka reached the 3rd round as a qualifier at Miami-1000 (l. Daniil Medvedev) and the 2nd round as a qualifier at Sydney (d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, l. Alex de Minaur) and Madrid-1000 (d. Pablo Carreno Busta, l. Dominic Thiem) and as a direct acceptance at Delray Beach (d. Tennys Sandgren, l. Juan Martin del Potro) and Estoril (d. , l. Gael Monfils). He lost his opening match at the 6 of the 13 Tour-level events he has contested this year.

• Prior to coming here, Opelka competed at Eastbourne, where he fell to in the 1st round. He is contesting just his 3rd Tour-level grass court event at 2019 Wimbledon. His only other appearance on grass at Tour- level came at 2017 Newport, when he fell to Lukas Lacko in the 1st round.

• Opelka is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player at the Grand Slams for the 2nd time. He won his only previous meeting with a Top 20 opponent against No. 10 Isner at the Australian Open this year. He has a 3-8 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Opelka has lost both 5-set matches he has contested, both of which have come at the Australian Open – on his Grand Slam debut against David Goffin in the 1st round in 2017 and against Fabbiano this year.

• Opelka reached a career-high ranking of No. 53 in May this year and plays here at No. 63.

• Opelka was a successful junior, reaching a career-high junior ranking of No. 4 in July 2015. He won the boys’ singles title here in 2015, defeating in the final, and finished runner-up in the boys’ doubles event with . He is one of 8 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions to start the main draw here.

• Opelka is coached by and Jean-Yves Aubone.

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NO. 26 GUIDO PELLA (ARG) v ANDREAS SEPPI (ITA)

Head-to-head: first meeting

PELLA v SEPPI

29 Age 35 26 ATP Ranking 73 1 Titles 3 12-19 Career Grand Slam Record 58-57 3-3 Wimbledon Record 17-14 92-100 Career Record 365-391 5-9 Career Record - Grass 60-45 24-15 2019 Record 14-18 1-2 2019 Record - Grass 5-3 4-6 Career Five-Set Record 22-19 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 5 49-56 Career Tiebreak Record 143-176 11-6 2019 Tiebreak Record 7-4

• Lefthander PELLA is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam performance. This is his 4th appearance at Wimbledon and his 20th Grand Slam overall.

• Pella advanced to the 2nd round here for the 2nd straight year after defeating 76(11) 57 63 64 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here, Pella recorded his best Wimbledon performance, defeating and Marin Cilic before falling to Mackenzie McDonald. He lost in the 1st round on his 2 other appearances here – in 2013, when he retired due to a right hamstring tear in the 5th set of his match against , and 2016 (l. Roger Federer).

• Pella’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 3rd round on 2 occasions. In addition to his 3rd round finish here last year, he also reached the 3rd round at the US Open last year, defeating and Paolo Lorenzi before falling to Nikoloz Basilashvili.

• In Grand Slam play in 2019, Pella reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. , l. Corentin Moutet) but fell to Joao Sousa in the 1st round at the Australian Open.

• Prior to coming here, Pella competed at Halle, where he lost to David Goffin in the 1st round, and Eastbourne, where as No. 1 seed he fell to Taylor Fritz in his opening match.

• Pella’s best result in 2019 is winning his first Tour-level title on clay at Sao Paulo (d. Cristian Garin). He also reached the final at Cordoba (l. Juan Ignacio Londero), the semifinals at (l. ), and the quarterfinals at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Rafael Nadal), Barcelona (l. Dominic Thiem) and Munich (l. Roberto Bautista Agut).

• Pella is bidding to record back-to-back Tour-level match-wins on grass for the 3rd time in his career. He achieved the feat for the first time in a quarterfinal finish at 2018 Stuttgart (l. Federer) and by reaching the 3rd round here last year.

• Pella has won one of the 2 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon. He recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Cilic in 5 sets in the 2nd round here last year. He has a 4-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Pella is seeded at a Grand Slam for the 2nd time – he was the No. 19 seed at Roland Garros this year, the first time he had been seeded at a major.

• Pella reached a career-high ranking of No. 21 in May this year. He plays here at No. 26.

• Pella has played Davis Cup for since 2016 and has a 5-5 overall win-loss record in the competition. He was the only player nominated for all 4 ties as Argentina won the title in 2016, but did not play in the Final. Argentina will compete in Group C alongside Germany and at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Pella was a member of the ITF/GSDF South American 16 and under team to Europe in 2006, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund.

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• Pella is coached by Jose Acasuso.

• SEPPI is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 5th time – and the first time since 2015. This is his 15th straight Wimbledon appearance.

• Seppi advanced to the 2nd round here for the 4th straight year after defeating Nicolas Jarry 63 67(8) 61 62 in the 1st round on Monday.

• Last year here Seppi reached the 2nd round (d. John-Patrick Smith, l. Kevin Anderson). He has lost in the 2nd round here on 7 occasions, including on his last 3 appearances here in 2016-18.

• Seppi’s best Wimbledon result is reaching the round of 16 in 2013 (l. Juan Martin del Potro). He was the first Italian man to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon since Gianluca Pozzi in 2000, while his 3rd round win over Kei Nishikori in 5 sets was his 7th successive 5-set match-win in 2013, making him the 3rd man in the Open Era to win 7 five-set matches in a row after Pete Sampras in 1996 and in 1988.

• Seppi’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 on 6 occasions – at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Novak Djokovic) and the Australian Open in 2013 (l. Jeremy Chardy), 2015 (l. Nick Kyrgios), 2017 (l. Stan Wawrinka) and 2018 (l. Kyle Edmund), and at 2013 Wimbledon.

• Seppi is appearing at his 57th consecutive Grand Slam event and has taken sole ownership of 4th place on the list for most consecutive Grand Slam appearances ahead of . It is also the 3rd-longest active streak of appearances at the majors, after Feliciano Lopez (70 consecutive Grand Slam appearances) and Fernando Verdasco (65). He has not missed a Grand Slam since 2005 Roland Garros. This is his 58th Grand Slam appearance in total. (see Preview page 11)

• In Grand Slam play in 2019, Seppi reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open, where he defeated Steve Johnson and Jordan Thompson before falling to Frances Tiafoe in 5 sets. He fell to in the 1st round at Roland Garros.

• Prior to coming here, Seppi reached the 2nd round at ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Thomas Fabbiano, l. Alex de Minaur) and as a qualifier at Halle (d. Mats Moraing, l. Matteo Berrettini). He fell in the 1st round at Antalya (l. ). He also won 2 matches on grass in ’s victory against in the Davis Cup Qualifiers in February, defeating both and Prajnesh Gunneswaran.

• Seppi’s best results in 2019 are reaching the final at Sydney (l. De Minaur) and the quarterfinals at Delray Beach (l. Daniel Evans).

• Seppi’s victory against Thomas Fabbiano in the 1st round at ’s-Hertogenbosch ended a 10-match Tour-level losing streak. He had not previously recorded a Tour-level match-win since reaching the quarterfinals at Delray Beach in February.

• Seppi has won 5 of his last 6 matches against lefthanded players. His only defeat to a lefthanded player in that time came against Adrian Mannarino in the semifinals at 2018 Moscow. He has a 56-52 win-loss record against lefthanded players at Tour-level and a 6-6 win-loss record against lefthanded players at the Grand Slams.

• Seppi is bidding to end a 6-match losing streak against Top 30 opposition. He has not defeated a Top 30 player since defeating No. 19 Diego Schwartzman in the semifinals at Sydney this year. He has a 53-184 win-loss record against Top 30 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Seppi has won just one of his last 13 matches against Top 30 opposition at the Grand Slams. His only victory against a Top 30 player at a major in that time came against No. 13 Nick Kyrgios in the 2nd round at the 2017 Australian Open. He has an 8-30 win-loss record against Top 30 players at the Grand Slams overall.

• Seppi is on a 4-match losing streak in 5-set matches. He has not won a 5-set match since defeating Ivo Karlovic in 5 sets in the 3rd round at the . He has a 5-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and has a 22-19 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.

• Seppi has won 3 Tour-level singles titles, one of which has come on grass. He won the title at 2011 Eastbourne (d. Janko Tipsarevic) – until Berrettini won the title at Stuttgart and won the title at Antalya this year, he had been the only Italian man to win a grass court title in the Open Era.

• Seppi is a former Top 20 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in January 2013, but plays here at No. 73. 2019 Wimbledon day 3 men’s match notes

• Seppi has played Davis Cup for Italy since 2004 and has a 24-21 overall win-loss record. Italy will compete in Group F against USA and Canada at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Seppi has been coached by Massimo Sartori since 1995.

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NO. 30 KYLE EDMUND (GBR) v FERNANDO VERDASCO (ESP)

Head-to-head: Verdasco leads 2-0 2018 Vienna Hard (I) R16 Verdasco 64 36 63 2019 Rome-1000 Clay (O) R64 Verdasco 46 64 62

A 3rd meeting for the pair and their first at a Grand Slam or on grass. Verdasco has won both of their previous meetings, most recently in the 1st round at Rome-1000 this year.

Verdasco is facing a British player at Wimbledon for the 3rd time and for the first time since he fell to Andy Murray in 5 sets in the quarterfinals here in 2013. He has a 1-1 win-loss record against British players at Wimbledon, a 7-3 win-loss record against British opposition at the Grand Slams and a 10-14 win-loss record against Brits at Tour-level overall. The only British player – apart from Murray – to have defeated Verdasco is in the 1st round at 2006 AMS Madrid.

Verdasco has a 10-4 win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slams. In addition to his 1-1 win-loss record against Brits at Wimbledon, he has a 7-1 win-loss record against French players at Roland Garros, a 1-1 win-loss record against Americans at the US Open and a 1-1 win-loss record against Australians at the Australian Open.

EDMUND v VERDASCO

24 Age 35 30 ATP Ranking 37 1 Titles 7 22-18 Career Grand Slam Record 108-64 3-6 Wimbledon Record 23-16 99-96 Career Record 538-404 11-18 Career Record - Grass 49-41 9-12 2019 Record 18-15 3-2 2019 Record - Grass 3-3 4-4 Career Five-Set Record 24-22 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 5 43-44 Career Tiebreak Record 207-218 1-6 2019 Tiebreak Record 4-7

• EDMUND is bidding to record his 100th Tour-level match-win today.

• Edmund is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Wimbledon result. He reached the 3rd round here for the first time last year, defeating and Bradley Klahn before falling to Novak Djokovic in 4 sets.

• Edmund advanced to the 2nd round here for the 3rd time after defeating Jaume Munar 64 64 64 in the 1st round on Monday. This is his 7th appearance at Wimbledon and his 20th Grand Slam overall.

• Edmund’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals at the 2018 Australian Open, where he became the first British man – other than Andy Murray – to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open since John Lloyd in December 1977 and the 6th British man to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam in the Open Era. He defeated No. 11 seed Kevin Anderson in the 1st round and No. 3 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals, before falling to Marin Cilic in the semifinals.

• At the Grand Slams in 2019, Edmund reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros where he defeated Jeremy Chardy before retiring due to a left knee injury while trailing Pablo Cuevas 76(3) 63 2-1. He lost in the 1st round at the Australian Open, falling to Tomas Berdych in straight sets.

• Prior to coming here Edmund reached his first Tour-level semifinal on grass at Eastbourne, defeating Cameron Norrie and Daniel Evans before falling to Taylor Fritz in the last 4. He lost in the 1st round at Queen’s, falling to No. 1 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.

• Edmund’s other highlights in 2019 are reaching the round of 16 at both Indian Wells-1000 (l. Roger Federer) and Miami-1000 (l. John Isner). He has lost his opening match at 7 of the 12 Tour-level events he has contested in 2019. He won the title at the Indian Wells Challenger (USA) (d. Andrey Rublev) on his first appearance at Challenger-level since 2016.

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• Edmund has won one Tour-level title – on hard court at 2018 Antwerp, defeating Gael Monfils in the final.

• Edmund reached a career-high ranking of No. 14 in October 2018. He overtook Murray to become British No. 1 in March 2018, ending Murray’s 12-year spell as the No. 1-ranked British player. He plays here at No. 30.

• Edmund is the top-ranked British man here. At No. 30, he is the lowest-ranked British No. 1 at Wimbledon since was ranked No. 40 ahead of 2006 Wimbledon. (see Preview page 6)

• Edmund was a successful junior player, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 8 in January 2012. He reached the semifinals at the 2011 Junior US Open and 2013 Junior Wimbledon. He had more success on the doubles court, winning the boys’ doubles titles with at the 2012 US Open and at 2013 Roland Garros.

• Edmund was also a member of the British Junior Davis Cup team, captained by Greg Rusedski, which won the title in San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 2011.

• In 2015 Edmund became the 7th player to make their Davis Cup debut in the Final. He fell to David Goffin in the first rubber, but Great Britain won the title for the first time since 1936. He has a 3-5 overall win-loss record in the competition. Great Britain will compete against Kazakhstan and Netherlands in Group E at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Edmund is coached by .

• VERDASCO is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 8th time. This is his 17th Wimbledon appearance.

• Verdasco advanced to the 2nd round here after defeating qualifier 64 64 64 in the 1st round on Monday.

• By defeating Majchrzak to record his 108th Grand Slam match-win, Verdasco claimed sole ownership of 3rd place on the list for most Grand Slam match-wins by a Spanish man. Rafael Nadal (261 Grand Slam match-wins) and David Ferrer (145) are the only Spanish men to have recorded more Grand Slam singles match-wins than Verdasco.

• By defeating Majchrzak in the 1st round, Verdasco recorded his first Wimbledon match-win since 2015. He has lost in the 1st round on his last 3 appearances here, including last year (l. Frances Tiafoe).

• Verdasco’s best Wimbledon performance came in 2013 when he reached the quarterfinals, losing to eventual champion Andy Murray in 5 sets despite holding a 2-0 lead. He has a 4-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Wimbledon and a 24-22 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Verdasco’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at the . He fell to Nadal in 5 sets in the 2nd-longest men’s singles match ever at the Australian Open.

• In Grand Slam play in 2019, Verdasco reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Marin Cilic), but fell to wild card Antoine Hoang in the 2nd round at Roland Garros.

• Verdasco has played at every Grand Slam event since making his debut at 2003 Wimbledon. This is his 65th consecutive major. He is in 6th place on the all-time list for most total Grand Slam men’s singles appearances, and in joint-2nd place on the list for most consecutive Grand Slam singles appearances, alongside Roger Federer, who contested every Grand Slam from the 2000 Australian Open through to the . (see Preview page 11)

• Prior to coming here, Verdasco reached the quarterfinals at Eastbourne (l. Sam Querrey) but lost his opening matches at both ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. Adrian Mannarino) and Queen’s (l. Daniil Medvedev).

• Verdasco’s best results in 2019 are reaching the quarterfinals at Sofia (l. Matteo Berrettini), Rome-1000 (l. Nadal) and Eastbourne, and the 3rd round at the Australian Open and Madrid-1000 (l. Stefano Tsitsipas).

• Verdasco has won 7 Tour-level singles titles, most recently at 2016 Bucharest. None of those titles have come on grass.

• Verdasco is a former Top 10 player, having reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in April 2009. He plays here at No. 37.

• Verdasco is coached by Nacho Truyol.

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