2019 ROLAND GARROS DAY 3 MEN’S NOTES Tuesday 28 May 1st Round

Featured matches

No. 5 (GER) v (AUS) No. 8 Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) v Nicolas Jarry (CHI) No. 9 (ITA) v (ITA) No. 10 (RUS) v Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) No. 14 Gael Monfils (FRA) v (JPN) No. 18 (ESP) v (USA) No. 22 (FRA) v (Q) (ITA) (Q) (ITA) v (FRA)

On court today…

• ’s top 2 players begin their Roland Garros campaigns today, with Gael Monfils up against Taro Daniel on Court Philippe Chatrier and Lucas Pouille playing Simone Bolelli on Court . Both will aim to use home advantage to have a good run here this year – Monfils will look for a repeat of his 2008 performance when he reached the semifinals, while Pouille will hope to emulate the form he displayed in reaching the last 4 at the in January to impress the home fans in .

• champion Fabio Fognini takes on fellow Italian Andreas Seppi in the first match on Court today. It will be the 8th all-Italian meeting at Roland Garros in the Open Era and the 16th all-Italian clash at the Grand Slams in the Open Era. The pair are tied at 4 wins apiece in their previous Tour-level match-ups, but Seppi has not beaten his compatriot and teammate since 2010 and will have to put in an inspired performance if he is to defeat to the No. 9 seed here today.

• History will be made in the 2nd match on Court 6, when 40-year-old Ivo Karlovic faces 37-year-old Feliciano Lopez in the oldest men’s match-up at Roland Garros – in terms of combined age – in the Open Era. It will also become the 7th oldest men’s match-up in terms of combined age at a in the Open Era. Karlovic is the first 40- year-old to compete in the men’s singles at a Grand Slam since at the 1992 US Open. He will also become the oldest man to compete at Roland Garros since 41-year-old Istvan Gulyas in 1973.

Oldest Grand Slam men’s singles match-ups by combined age (Open Era) Grand Slam Round Players & Ages (years & days) Combined Age 1969 US Open 3rd round (41y 123d) d. Torben Ulrich (40y 340d) 82 years 98 days 1974 Australian Open 1st round Barry Phillips-Moore (35y 206d) d. (46y 64d) 81 years 270 days 1969 Wimbledon 1st round (36y 290d) d. Bob Howe (43y 336d) 80 years 261 days 1977 Jan Australian Open 2nd round (42y 68d) d. Ion Tiriac (37y 245d) 79 years 313 days 1973 Australian Open 1st round Barry Phillips-Moore (34y 206d) d. Frank Sedgman (45y 64d) 79 years 270 days 1971 Wimbledon 1st round (32y 328d) d. Bob Howe (45y 334d) 78 years 297 days 2019 Roland Garros 1st round Ivo Karlovic (40y 101d) v Feliciano Lopez (37y 262d) 77 years 363 days *NB Ages calculated at the end of the tournament

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NO. 5 ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) v JOHN MILLMAN (AUS)

Head-to-: first meeting

Zverev has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 55 Millman on 5 occasions but never at Roland Garros. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Zverev here is No. 37 , in the 1st round in 2017.

ZVEREV v MILLMAN

22 Age 29 5 ATP Ranking (27 May) 56 11 Titles 0 25-15 Career Grand Slam Record 14-16 6-3 Roland Garros Record 0-3 194-99 Career Record 59-76 67-30 Career Record - Clay 10-15 19-10 2019 Record 1-14 9-6 2019 Record - Clay 4-6 9-6 Career Five-Set Record 2-4 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 67-52 Career Tiebreak Record 28-35 4-6 2019Tiebreak Record 8-8

• ZVEREV is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd time. This is his 4th Roland Garros appearance and his 16th Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here, Zverev recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the quarterfinals (l. ). He defeated , Damir Dzumhur and Karen Khachanov in 5 sets en route to the last 8, becoming the 8th man in the Open Era to win 3 consecutive 5-set matches at Roland Garros. He has a 9-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Zverev warmed up for Roland Garros by winning his 11th Tour-level title at Geneva (d. Nicolas Jarry). He reached the quarterfinals at both Munich (l. Cristian Garin) and -1000 (d. ).

• Also on clay in 2019, he reached the 3rd round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Fabio Fognini) and the 2nd round at Marrakech (d. , l. ). He lost his first matches at (l. Nicolas Jarry) and - 1000 (l. Matteo Merrettini). This is the first year since 2016 that Zverev has not won multiple titles ahead of Roland Garros.

• Elsewhere in 2019, Zverev finished runner-up at Acapulco (l. ), reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open (l. ) and the 3rd round at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Jan-Lennard Struff). He fell in his opening match at Miami-1000 (l. ).

• At 22 years 50 days, Zverev is looking to become the youngest Grand Slam men’s singles champion since Juan Martin Del Potro won the US Open aged 20 years 355 days, and the youngest Roland Garros men’s singles champion since won the title here in 2008 aged 22 years 5 days. [NB Age calculated at the end of the tournament]. (see Preview page 6)

• Zverev has won 11 career titles, including 5 on clay. He is the 5th active player, after the ‘Big 4’ of Nadal, , and , to win 3 or more Masters-1000 titles, having won the titles at 2017 Rome-1000, 2017 Montreal-1000 and 2018 Madrid-1000.

• Zverev has been seeded at every Grand Slam he has contested since 2016 Wimbledon. He is seeded No. 5 here – his lowest seeding at a Grand Slam since 2017 Wimbledon, when he was seeded No. 10.

• 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. 5.

• 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 (d. ). As well as finishing runner-up in the boys’ singles at 2013 Roland Garros (l. Garin), he helped reach the 2013 Junior Davis Cup Final (l. ).

• Zverev is coached by and his father, Alexander Zverev Sr. 2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

• MILLMAN is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the first time. This is his 4th Roland Garros appearance and his 17th Grand Slam appearance overall.

• Millman has lost in the 1st round on his 3 previous appearances here – in 2016 (l. ), in 2017 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and last year (l. ).

• Millman’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2018 US Open. He recorded a career-best victory by defeating No. 2 Roger Federer in the round of 16 before falling to Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the last 8.

• On clay in 2019, Millman reached the 2nd round at Budapest (d. Miomir Kecmanovic, l. Attila Balazs), Estoril – where he defeated before retiring due to a left foot injury in the 2nd round against Joao Domingues – Madrid-1000 (d. Steve Johnson, l. Fabio Fognini) and Lyon (d. Pablo Andujar, l. Felix Auger-Aliassime). He fell in the 1st round at both Monte Carlo-100 (l. Bautista Agut) and Rome-1000 (l. ).

• Millman’s best results in 2019 are reaching the quarterfinals at both (l. ) and Acapulco (l. Isner). He reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. , l. Bautista Agut). He lost his opening matches at New York (l. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez), Delray Beach (l. Nick Kyrgios, Indian Wells-1000 (l. Jan-Lennard Struff) and Miami-1000 (l. Delbonis).

• Millman is bidding to record his 2nd victory against a Top 5 player. He has a 1-5 win-loss record against Top 5 opposition, with this his only victory against a Top 5 player coming against No. 2 Federer at the 2018 US Open.

• Millman is facing a Top 5 player on clay for the first time. The highest-ranked player he has faced on clay is No. 8 Dominic Thiem in the round of 16 at 2018 Hamburg when he lost in straight sets. The highest-ranked player he has defeated on clay is No. 14 Lucas Pouille in the 2nd round at 2018 Budapest.

• Millman reached a career-high ranking of No. 33 in October 2018. He plays here at No. 56.

• Millman has entered the men’s doubles here with compatriot . The pair play French wild cards / in the 1st round.

• Millman is coached by Jonas Luetjen.

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NO. 8 JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO (ARG) v NICOLAS JARRY (CHI)

Head-to-head: first meeting

This is the 12th meeting between an Argentinian and Chilean in the men’s singles at Roland Garros in the Open Era – but just the 2nd since 1986, after ’s defeated Chile’s in the 1st round here in 2009. Argentinian players lead Chilean players 9-2 in their previous meetings here.

This is also the 31st meeting between an Argentinian and Chilean in the men’s singles at a Grand Slam in the Open Era. Argentinian players lead Chilean players 19-11 in their previous Grand Slam meetings.

Del Potro is facing just his 2nd Chilean opponent. The only Chilean player he has faced at Tour-level is Fernando Gonzalez, against whom he had a 2-3 win-loss record.

Jarry is facing his 8th different Argentinian opponent at Tour-level. He has a 5-7 win-loss record against Argentinian players at Tour-level, but lost both of his matches against Argentinian players at the majors – to in the 1st round at the Australian Open in both 2018 and 2019.

Argentina and Chile have both been drawn in Group C, alongside Germany, at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

DEL POTRO v JARRY

30 Age 23 9 ATP Ranking (27 May) 58 22 Titles 0 94-35 Career Grand Slam Record 2-7 19-8 Roland Garros Record 0-2 435-172 Career Record 43-43 81-34 Career Record - Clay 31-22 4-3 2019 Record 11-11 2-2 2019 Record - Clay 9-6 7-10 Career Five-Set Record 0-3 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 159-110 Career Tiebreak Record 29-32 0-2 2019 Tiebreak Record 8-10

• DEL POTRO is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 7th time. This is his 9th Roland Garros and his 37th major overall.

• Del Potro has lost in the 1st round here on 2 occasions – on his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier in 2006 (l. ) and as a direct acceptance in 2007 (l. Rafael Nadal).

• Last year here, Del Potro equalled his best performance at Roland Garros by reaching the semifinals, where he fell to eventual champion Nadal. He also reached the semifinals here in 2009, where he lost to eventual champion Roger Federer in 5 sets. It was his first semifinal finish at a Grand Slam.

• Del Potro’s best Grand Slam performance is winning the 2009 US Open (d. Federer). He reached his 2nd Grand Slam final at the 2018 US Open (l. Novak Djokovic) and has reached at least the quarterfinals at all 4 Grand Slams. He is one of the 6 Grand Slam champions to start the men’s singles main draw here.

• Del Potro warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the quarterfinals at Rome-1000 (l. Djokovic). He lost his opening match at Madrid-1000 (l. Laslo Djere).

• Del Potro ended his 2018 season after -1000 after suffering a right knee fracture. He missed the Australian Open but returned to action briefly at Delray Beach in February, where he reached the quarterfinals (l. Mackenzie McDonald). He made his full comeback at Madrid-1000.

• Del Potro underwent left wrist surgery in March 2014 and made his comeback in January 2015. He contested 2 events in 2015 before having further surgery on his left wrist. He made his return from a 3rd wrist surgery at 2016 Delray Beach.

• Del Potro has lost both 5-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros. He has a 7-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall. 2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

• Del Potro has won 22 Tour-level singles titles, including 4 on clay. He won the titles at 2008 (d. ), 2008 Kitzbuhel (d. Jurgen Melzer) and twice at Estoril, in 2011 (d. Fernando Verdasco) and 2012 (d. Gasquet). His other 18 titles have come on hard courts.

• Del Potro reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in August last year. He plays here at No. 9.

• Del Potro helped Argentina to its first Davis Cup title in November 2016, when the team defeated 3-2 in the Final in Zagreb. Del Potro won both of his singles rubbers, including coming from 0-2 down for the first time in his career against Marin Cilic in the 4th rubber to win in 5 sets. He has a 16-6 win-loss record in the competition overall.

• Del Potro is a 2-time Olympic medallist in men’s singles. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Event in London, defeating Novak Djokovic in the bronze medal match after falling to Federer in the semifinals. He then won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Tennis Event in Rio, defeating Nadal in the semifinals before falling to Murray in the gold medal match.

• Del Potro reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles here in 2005, falling to Murray.

• Del Potro was a member of the ITF 14 and under South American team in Europe in 2001 and 2002, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund.

• Del Potro is coached by Sebastian Prieto.

• JARRY is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the first time. This his 3rd appearance at Roland Garros and his 8th Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here, Jarry fell to in 5 sets in the 1st round. He also fell in the 1st round on his Grand Slam debut here as a qualifier in 2017 (l. Karen Khachanov).

• Jarry’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 2nd round on 2 occasions – at 2018 Wimbledon, when he defeated Filip Krajinovic before falling to Mackenzie McDonald in 5 sets, and at the 2018 US Open, when he defeated before falling to John Isner in 5 sets. He has lost all 3 five-set matches he has contested.

• Jarry warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching his 2nd Tour-level final at Geneva, where he fell to Alexander Zverev in a final set tiebreak. He also reached the quarterfinals as a at Barcelona (l. ), but fell in the 1st round at Estoril (l. ) and failed to qualify at both Madrid-1000 and Rome-1000.

• Also on clay in 2019, Jarry won 2 rubbers in Chile’s victory over Austria in the Davis Cup Qualifiers, defeating and . He fell in the 1st round at Cordoba (l. ), (l. ) and (l. Roberto Carballes Baena).

• Elsewhere in 2019, Jarry reached the 2nd round at Doha (d. , l. ) and Indian Wells- 1000 (d. , l. ), but fell in the 1st round at the 3 other Tour-level hard court events he contested, including the Australian Open, where he fell to Leonardo Mayer in 4 sets. He also reached the quarterfinals at the Phoenix Challenger (USA) (l. ).

• Jarry has won 3 of his 5 matches against Top 10 players – he has defeated No. 8 Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals at 2018 Hamburg, No. 6 Marin Cilic in the 2nd round at 2018 Shanghai-1000 and No. 3 Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round at Barcelona this year.

• Clay is Jarry’s best surface. He has a 31-22 win-loss record on clay, compared to 11-18 on hard courts and 1-3 on grass.

• Jarry reached a career-high ranking of No. 39 in November last year. He plays here at No. 58.

• Jarry has won 2 Tour-level doubles titles – both of which have come on clay. He won alongside Hans Podlipnik- Castillo at 2018 Quito (d. /) and alongside Maximo Gonzalez at Rio de Janeiro this year (d. /Rogerio Dutra Silva).

• Jarry reached the Roland Garros boys’ doubles final alongside Cristian Garin in 2013, falling to Edmund and . He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 8 in November 2013.

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• Jarry is coached by his uncle, Martin Rodriguez, Walter Grinovero and .

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NO. 9 FABIO FOGNINI (ITA) v ANDREAS SEPPI

Tour-level head-to-head: Tied 4-4 2004 Turin Challenger (ITA) Clay (O) R16 Seppi 75 46 62 2007 Kitzbuhel Clay (O) R16 Seppi 76(3) 75 2008 New Haven Hard (O) R16 Seppi 64 62 2010 Rome-1000 Clay (O) R64 Seppi 60 63 2010 Hamburg Clay (O) R16 Seppi 64 64 2010 Genova Challenger (ITA) Clay (O) SF Fognini 62 46 64 2012 Bucharest Clay (O) QF Fognini 64 67(4) 64 2013 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) R64 Fognini 36 64 64 2013 Rome-1000 Clay (O) R64 Fognini 64 61 2017 Roland Garros Clay (O) R64 Fognini 64 75 63

A 9th meeting for the pair at Tour-level and an 11th overall. Seppi won their first 5 meetings – including their first at the Turin Challenger 15 years ago – but Fognini gained his first victory against Seppi at the Genova Challenger in 2010 and has won all 4 of their subsequent meetings.

Nine of the pair’s previous 10 matches have come on clay, including their only meeting at the Grand Slams, which came here in the 2nd round 2 years ago. Fognini won that match in straight sets.

Fognini and Seppi are 2 of the 9 Italian men to begin the main draw here – the highest number of Italians in the men’s singles here since 2007, when there were also 9.

Fognini and Seppi are both in the Top 5 on the list for most Grand Slam match-wins by an Italian man. Fognini is bidding to become the 5th Italian man in history to record 50 match-wins at the majors.

Most Grand Slam match-wins by an Italian man (all-time) Rank Player Grand Slam win-loss 1. 90-39 2. 62-30 3. Andreas Seppi 57-56 4. Martin Mulligan 52-32 5. Fabio Fognini 49-43

This is the 8th all-Italian meeting at Roland Garros in the Open Era – and the first since the pair faced each other in the 2nd round here in 2017. It is the 16th all-Italian meeting at a Grand Slam in the Open Era – and the first since Fognini defeated Simone Bolelli in the 2nd round at Wimbledon last year.

Fognini has won 2 of his 3 previous meetings with fellow Italians at the Grand Slams, defeating Seppi here in 2017 and Bolelli at 2018 Wimbledon, but falling to Stefano Travaglia in the 1st round at the 2017 US Open. He has a 16-10 win-loss record against Italian players at Tour-level overall.

Seppi has lost both of his previous meetings with fellow Italians at the Grand Slams – in addition to his defeat to Fognini here in 2017, he also fell to Davide Sanguinetti in the 1st round at 2005 Wimbledon. Like Fognini, he also has a 16-10 win-loss record against Italian players at Tour-level overall.

Fognini and Seppi are Davis Cup teammates. Fognini has played Davis Cup for since 2008 and has a 28-13 win-loss record in the competition. Seppi made his Davis Cup debut in 2004 and has a 24-21 win-loss record in the competition. Italy will compete in Group F against USA and at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

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FOGNINI v SEPPI

32 Age 35 12 ATP Ranking (27 May) 71 9 Titles 3 49-43 Career Grand Slam Record 57-56 18-10 Roland Garros Record 11-13 341-291 Career Record 362-387 203-140 Career Record - Clay 129-131 13-10 2019 Record 11-14 9-6 2019 Record - Clay 0-6 18-13 Career Five-Set Record 22-19 7 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 5 120-97 Career Tiebreak Record 141-175 7-2 2019 Tiebreak Record 5-3

• FOGNINI is bidding to record his 50th Grand Slam match-win today.

• Fognini is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 9th time. This is his 12th appearance at Roland Garros and his 45th Grand Slam overall.

• Fognini has lost in the 1st round here on 3 occasions – on his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier in 2007 (l. Juan Monaco), and as a qualifier in 2009 (l. ) and as No. 32 seed in 2016 (l. ).

• Last year here, Fognini reached the round of 16 for the first time since 2011. He defeated Kyle Edmund in 5 sets in the 3rd round before falling to Marin Cilic in the round of 16, also in 5 sets. He has a 6-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and an 18-13 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Fognini recorded his best Grand Slam result here in 2011 when he became the first Italian man to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Davide Sanguinetti reached the last 8 at 1998 Wimbledon. He gave a walkover to Novak Djokovic in his quarterfinal match with a thigh strain – the first time a player had given a walkover in the quarterfinals of the men’s singles at a Grand Slam since pulled out of his quarterfinal match with at the 1989 Australian Open.

• Fognini’s best result in 2019 is winning the title at Monte Carlo-1000, where he became the first Italian to win a Masters-1000 title, defeating Dusan Lajovic in the final. He defeated defending champion Rafael Nadal in the semifinals, ending Nadal’s 18-match winning streak at Monte Carlo. He also became the 4th player – after Djokovic, Gaston Gaudio and Dominic Thiem – to record 3 clay court match-wins against Nadal.

• Also on clay in 2019, Fognini reached the 3rd round at Madrid-1000 (l. Thiem) and Rome-1000 (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas) but lost his opening match at the 4 other clay court events he has contested – at Cordoba (l. Aljaz Bedene), Buenos Aires (l. Jaume Munar), Rio de Janeiro (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime) and Marrakech (l. Jiri Vesely).

• Elsewhere in 2019, Fognini reached the quarterfinals at Auckland (l. ) and the 3rd round at both the Australian Open (l. Pablo Carreno Busta) and Miami-1000 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut). He lost his opening match at Indian Wells-1000 (l. ).

• Clay is Fognini’s best surface. He has a 203-140 win-loss record on clay, compared to 121-133 on hard courts and 17-17 on grass.

• Fognini has won 9 Tour-level singles titles, 8 of which have on clay. In addition to his victory at Monte Carlo- 1000 this year, he also won the titles at 2013 Stuttgart, 2013 Hamburg, 2014 Vina Del Mar, 2016 Umag, 2017 Gstaad, 2018 Sao Paulo and 2018 Bastad. His one hard court title came at 2018 Los Cabos.

• Fognini reached a career-high ranking of No. 11 earlier this month. He plays here one place lower at No. 12.

• Fognini reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles here in 2004, falling to eventual champion Gael Monfils. He also reached the last 8 at the 2004 Junior Australian Open.

• Fognini is coached by Franco Davin and .

• SEPPI is contesting his 750th Tour-level match today.

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• Seppi is bidding the 2nd round here for the 8th time. He has fallen in the 1st round on 3 of his last 4 appearances here. This is his 14th Roland Garros appearance.

• Last year here, Seppi fell to Richard Gasquet 60 62 62 in the 1st round. It was his worst defeat at a Grand Slam in terms of games won.

• Seppi’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 on 6 occasions – including Roland Garros in 2012, where he fell to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in 5 sets despite leading 2-0. He also reached the round of 16 at 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 (l. Juan Martin del Potro).

• Seppi is appearing at his 56th consecutive Grand Slam event, putting him in equal-5th place on the list for most consecutive Grand Slam appearances. It is also the 3rd-longest active streak of appearances at the majors. He has not missed a Grand Slam since 2005 Roland Garros. (see Preview page 14)

• Seppi is bidding to end a 16-match losing streak against Top 20 players on clay. He has not defeated a Top 20 opponent on clay since defeating No. 15 in the 1st round at 2014 Monte Carlo-1000. He has a 13-48 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition on clay and a 35-133 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Seppi has won one of his last 10 matches against Top 20 players at the Grand Slams. His only victory against a Top 20 opponent at the majors in that time came against No. 13 Nick Kyrgios at the , when he recovered from 0-2 down to win in 5 sets. He has an 8-20 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at the majors.

• 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 the 3rd round at the . He has a 4-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and a 23-18 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Seppi has won 3 Tour-level singles titles – on grass at 2011 Eastbourne (d. Janko Tipsarevic), on clay at 2012 (d. Benoit Paire) and on hard courts at 2012 (d. Thomaz Bellucci).

• Seppi is a former Top 20 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in January 2013, but plays here at No. 71.

• Seppi has been coached by Massimo Sartori since 1995.

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NO. 10 KAREN KHACHANOV (RUS) v CEDRIK-MARCEL STEBE (GER)

Head-to-head: first meeting

KHACHANOV v STEBE

23 Age 28 11 ATP Ranking (27 May) - 4 Titles 0 18-10 Career Grand Slam Record 3-8 6-2 Roland Garros Record 1-1 98-79 Career Record 21-33 28-23 Career Record - Clay 14-13 10-12 2019 Record 0-1 3-5 2019 Record - Clay 0-1 3-2 Career Five-Set Record 0-0 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 51-59 Career Tiebreak Record 6-5 4-9 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-1

• KHACHANOV is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 3rd appearance at Roland Garros and his 11th Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here, Khachanov equalled his best Grand Slam result by reaching the round of 16 (l. Alexander Zverev). He also reached the round of 16 here on his Roland Garros debut in 2017 (l. Andy Murray) – when, at 21 years 21 days, he became the youngest man to reach the round of 16 here since Marin Cilic (20 years 252 days) in 2009 – and at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Novak Djokovic).

• Khachanov warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the 3rd round at Rome-1000 and the 2nd round at Madrid- 1000, losing to Fernando Verdasco at both events. He lost his opening match at the 3 other clay court events he has contested this year – at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Lorenzo Sonego), Barcelona (l. ) and Munich (l. Philipp Kohlschreiber).

• Khachanov’s best result in 2019 is reaching the quarterfinals at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Rafael Nadal). He also reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Roberto Bautista Agut), but lost his opening match at Doha (l. Stan Wawrinka), Sofia (l. ), (l. ), Dubai (l. ) and Miami-1000 (l. Jordan Thompson).

• Khachanov lost the only 5-set match he has contested at Roland Garros – to Zverev in the round of 16 here last year. He has a 3-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Khachanov is bidding to end a 4-match losing streak against lefthanded opposition. He has not defeated a lefthander since defeating Feliciano Lopez in the 2nd round at Indian Wells-1000 this year. He has a 16-13 win- loss record against lefthanded opposition at Tour-level and a 4-2 win-loss record against lefthanded opposition at the Grand Slams – with both of his defeats to lefthanders at the majors coming against Nadal.

• Khachanov won his first Masters-1000 title at Paris-1000 last year. He defeated 3 Top 10 players en route to the final before defeating 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 Moscow (d. Adrian Mannarino)

• Khachanov reached a career-high ranking of No. 11 after winning the title at Paris-1000 in November 2018. He plays here at the same ranking.

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

• 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 is coached by Vedran Martic.

2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

• Lefthander STEBE is making his 2nd appearance at Roland Garros, and his first since 2012. This is his 9th Grand Slam overall and his first appearance at a major since the 2018 Australian Open.

• Stebe is bidding to reach the 2nd round at a major for the 4th time and equal his best Grand Slam result. He reached the 2nd round on his only previous appearance here in 2012 (d. Joao Souza, l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), and also reached the 2nd round at the US Open in 2012 (d. , l. Grega Zemlja) and 2017 (d. Nicolas Kicker, l. Damir Dzumhur).

• Stebe is bidding to end a 4-match Tour-level losing streak and record his first Tour-level match-win since defeating Joao Sousa in the 1st rubber of Germany’s Davis Cup World Group play-off victory against Portugal in 2017.

• Prior to coming here, Stebe fell in the 1st round at Marrakech (l. Tsonga). He fell in the 1st round of qualifying at Munich (l. Denis Istomin) and fell in the 1st round at the Heilbronn Challenger (GER) (l. ). They are the only 3 events he has contested – at any level – since the 2018 Australian Open.

• Stebe underwent 2 right wrist surgeries in 2018 and played only 2 tournaments – at Doha and the Australian Open – that season. He returned to action at Marrakech this year. He did not play from October 2013 to February 2015 and March 2015 to March 2016 while recovering from hip and pelvic surgeries.

• Stebe’s best clay court results are reaching the quarterfinals at Stuttgart in 2011 (l. Pablo Andujar) and 2012 (l. Thomaz Bellucci), and at 2017 Geneva (l. Andrey Kuznetsov).

• Clay is Stebe’s best surface. Of his 21 Tour-level match-wins, 14 have come on clay – compared to 5 on hard courts and 2 on grass.

• Stebe is bidding to record his first match-win against a Top 20 opponent on his 10th attempt. His career-best victories are defeating No. 29 in the 1st round at both 2011 Stuttgart and 2011 Hamburg.

• Stebe is one of the 21 lefthanders to start the men’s singles here. Rafael Nadal is the only lefthander to win the title here since Thomas Muster in 1995.

• Stebe is currently unranked, having not recorded a Tour-level match-win since 2017. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 71 in February 2012. He used a protected ranking of No. 95 to enter here.

• Stebe made his Davis Cup debut in 2012 and has contested 3 ties for Germany. He has a 3-1 win-loss record in the competition. Germany will compete in Group D against Argentina and Chile at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Stebe is coached by Lars Uebel.

2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

NO. 14 GAEL MONFILS (FRA) v TARO DANIEL (JPN)

Head-to-head: first meeting

Monfils has lost Grand Slam matches to a player ranked as low as No. 103 Daniel on 3 occasions – to No. 105 in the 1st round at 2006 Wimbledon, to No. 105 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the 2nd round at the 2011 US Open and to No. 120 in the 1st round at the 2015 US Open, when he retired due to a lower back injury.

The lowest-ranked player to defeat Monfils at Roland Garros is No. 92 Fabio Fognini in the 2nd round in 2010.

MONFILS v DANIEL

32 Age 26 17 ATP Ranking (27 May) 103 8 Titles 1 100-48 Career Grand Slam Record 4-12 33-12 Roland Garros Record 2-3 458-261 Career Record 44-70 126-81 Career Record - Clay 26-32 18-6 2019 Record 9-13 3-3 2019 Record - Clay 6-8 16-14 Career Five-Set Record 2-4 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1 181-135 Career Tiebreak Record 27-19 4-6 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-6

• MONFILS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 12th time. This is his 13th appearance at Roland Garros and his 49th Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here, Monfils reached the 3rd round, falling to in 5 sets. Monfils has played 14 of the 30 five-set matches he has contested at Roland Garros. He has a 10-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and a 16-14 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Monfils has lost in the 1st round here on one previous occasion, falling to Guillermo Canas on his Roland Garros debut as a in 2005.

• Monfils’ best performance here – and at a Grand Slam – is a semifinal finish in 2008, where ranked No. 59 he lost to Roger Federer. He also reached the last 4 at the 2016 US Open (l. Novak Djokovic).

• On clay in 2019, Monfils reached the quarterfinals at Estoril (l. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina) and the 3rd round at Madrid-1000 (l. Federer). He fell to Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the 1st round at Rome-1000.

• Monfils’ best result in 2019 is winning his 8th Tour-level title at Rotterdam (d. Stan Wawrinka). He also reached the semifinals at Sofia (l. Daniil Medvedev) and Dubai (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas), and the quarterfinals at Indian Wells- 1000, where he gave a walkover to Dominic Thiem due to an achilles injury. He withdrew from Miami-1000 and Monte Carlo-1000 due to ankle injuries.

• Monfils reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in November 2016. He slipped down the rankings in 2017 while he struggled with knee injuries, an Achilles tendon injury and illness, finishing the season at No. 46. He re-entered the Top 20 in March this year and plays here at No. 17.

• Monfils has won 8 Tour-level titles. His first title, at 2005 Sopot, where he defeated in the final, is the only Tour-level title he has won on clay.

• Monfils narrowly missed out on achieving the Junior Grand Slam in 2004 after winning the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon. His preparation for the junior US Open that year was hampered by a knee injury and he lost in the 3rd round to Viktor Troicki. He was named 2004 ITF Junior Boys’ World Champion. Monfils is one of 5 former Roland Garros junior singles champions to start in the men’s main draw.

• Monfils is coached by Liam Smith.

2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

• DANIEL is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd time. This is his 4th appearance at Roland Garros and his 13th Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here, as No. 1 seed in qualifying, Daniel reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Victor Estrella Burgos, l. Dennis Novak).

• Daniel’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 2nd round on 4 occasions, including twice at Roland Garros – in 2016 (d. Martin Klizan, l. Stan Wawrinka) and as a qualifier in 2017 (d. , l. Pablo Carreno Busta). He also reached the 2nd round at the 2017 US Open (d. , l. Rafael Nadal) and the Australian Open this year (d. , l. Denis Shapovalov).

• Daniel warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the quarterfinals at both Marrakech (l. Gilles Simon) and Geneva (l. Nicolas Jarry) and the 2nd round at Munich (l. Guido Pella). He fell in the 1st round as a lucky loser at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Philipp Kohlschreiber) and as a direct acceptance at Barcelona (l. Mackenzie McDonald). He failed to qualify at both Madrid-1000 and Rome-1000.

• Also on clay in 2019, Daniel reached the 2nd round at Rio de Janeiro (d. , l. Laslo Djere), but fell in the 1st round at Buenos Aires (l. Roberto Carballes Baena) and Sao Paulo (l. ).

• Elsewhere in 2019, Daniel lost his opening match as a lucky loser at both (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) and Sydney (l. Jordan Thompson), and fell in the 1st round at both Indian Wells-1000 (l. Dusan Lajovic) and Miami- 1000 (l. Andrey Rublev). He reached the 3rd round at the Phoenix Challenger (USA) (l. Jarry).

• Daniel is bidding to record his 2nd match-win against a Top 20 opponent. He has a 1-10 win-loss record against Top 20 players, with his only victory against a Top 20 opponent coming against No. 13 Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round at 2018 Indian Wells-1000.

• Daniel is bidding to defeat a Top 20 opponent at the Grand Slams for the first time on his 5th attempt. His best victory at a Grand Slam came in the 1st round here in 2016, when No. 45 Martin Klizan retired due to neck pain.

• Clay is Daniel’s best surface. Of his 44 Tour-level match-wins, 26 have come on clay, compared to 17 on hard courts. He has never recorded a Tour-level match-win on grass.

• Daniel reached a career-high ranking of No. 64 in August 2018. He plays here at No. 103.

• Daniel has played Davis Cup for Japan since 2014 and has a 6-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. He defeated both and Li Zhe in Japan’s victory against China, P.R. in the Davis Cup Qualifiers in February. Japan will compete in Group A alongside France and in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.

• Daniel is coached by Mitsuru Takada and Gustavo Marcaccio.

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NO. 18 ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) v STEVE JOHNSON (USA)

Head-to-head: Bautista Agut leads 6-0 2014 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) R128 Bautista Agut 63 63 2014 Miami-1000 Hard (O) R128 Bautista Agut 46 63 61 2014 Wimbledon Grass (O) R128 Bautista Agut 63 67(3) 64 75 2015 Valencia Hard (I) SF Bautista Agut 46 63 76(8) 2018 Auckland Hard (O) R16 Bautista Agut 26 62 61 2018 Paris-1000 Hard (I) R64 Bautista Agut 64 76(2)

A 7th meeting for the pair, their 2nd at a Grand Slam and their first on clay. Bautista is bidding to continue his unbeaten record against Johnson.

BAUTISTA AGUT v JOHNSON

31 Age 29 21 ATP Ranking (27 May) 65 9 Titles 4 48-25 Career Grand Slam Record 23-27 12-6 Australian Open Record 7-6 264-159 Career Record 155-151 69-48 Career Record – Clay 29-28 19-9 2019 Record 6-11 5-5 2019 Record - Clay 2-4 11-5 Career Five-Set Record 5-8 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 90-83 Career Tiebreak Record 84-94 4-8 2019 Tiebreak Record 3-6

• BAUTISTA AGUT is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 7th appearance at Roland Garros and his 26th Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here, Bautista Agut reached the 3rd round (l. Novak Djokovic). His best result here is reaching the round of 16 in both 2016 (l. Djokovic) and 2017 (l. Rafael Nadal).

• Bautista Agut’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open this year. He won 3 five-set matches against Andy Murray, John Millman and Marin Cilic before to Stefanos Tsitsipas in 4 sets, in the quarterfinals.

• Bautista Agut warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the semifinals at Munich (l. Matteo Berrettini) and the quarterfinals at Lyon (l. ). He reached the 2nd round at both Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Nadal) and Rome- 1000 (l. Karen Khachanov). He fell in the 1st round at Madrid-1000 (l. David Ferrer).

• Also in 2019, Bautista Agut won his 9th Tour-level title at Doha defeating Tomas Berdych in the final. He also reached the quarterfinals at both Sofia (l. Marton Fucsovics) and Miami-1000 (l. John Isner). He reached the 2nd round at Dubai (d. , l. Nikoloz Basilashvili) and lost his opening match at Indian Wells- 1000 (l. ).

• 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.

• Bautista Agut reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 in October 2016. He plays here at No. 21.

• Bautista Agut won the only 5-set match he has contested here, against Denis Istomin in the 1st round last year. He has an 11-5 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Bautista Agut is coached by Tomas Carbonell and Pepe Vendrell.

2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

• JOHNSON is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 5th time. This is his 7th appearance at Roland Garros and his 28th Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here Johnson equalled his best Roland Garros performance by reaching the 3rd round (l. Marin Cilic). He also reached the 3rd round here in 2015, where he lost to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka, and in 2017 (l. Dominic Thiem).

• Johnson’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Roger Federer).

• Johnson warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the quarterfinals at Lyon (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime). He lost his opening matches at the other 3 clay court events he has played this year – at Houston (l. Daniel Elahi Galan), Madrid-1000 (l. John Millman) and Rome-1000 (l. ).

• Also in 2019, Johnson reached the quarterfinals at Delray Beach (l. Radu Albot) and the 2nd round at both Acapulco (d. Gerardo Lopez Villasenor, l. Wawrinka) and Indian Wells-1000 (d. Taylor Fritz, l. Denis Shapovalov). He lost his opening match at Auckland (l. Leonardo Mayer), New York (l. ) and Miami-1000 (l. Joao Sousa).

• Johnson is bidding to record his 3rd Grand Slam match victory over a Top 30 player. He has a 2-13 win-loss record against Top 30 opposition at the majors. Both his victories came in the 1st round here – in 2015 against No. 24 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and in 2018 against No. 26 Adrian Mannarino.

• Johnson is bidding to end a 6-match losing streak against Top 30 opposition at Tour-level. He has not defeated a Top 30 player since defeating No. 12 Pablo Carreno Busta in the semifinals at 2018 Winston-Salem. He has a 33-64 win-loss record against Top 30 opposition at Tour-level overall.

• Johnson has won 3 of his 4 five-set matches at Roland Garros, with his only defeat coming against Albert Montanes in the 1st round in 2013. He has a 5-7 win-loss record in 5-set matches in Grand Slams and a 5-8 win- loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Johnson has won 4 career singles titles – including 2 on clay at Houston in 2017 (d. Thomaz Belucci) and 2018 (d. ). He also won on grass at 2016 Nottingham (d. ) and 2018 Newport (d. Ramkumar Ramanathan). He has won one Tour-level doubles title, winning the title on clay at 2016 Geneva alongside (d. /).

• Johnson reached a career-high ranking of No. 21 in July 2016 after reaching the semifinals at Washington. He plays here at No. 65.

• Johnson won the men’s doubles bronze medal alongside at the Rio 2016 Olympic Tennis Event after the pair defeated / in the play-off for 3rd place.

• Johnson played college tennis. He was 2011 NCAA singles champion and led USC to 4 consecutive NCAA team titles.

• Johnson is coached by Craig Boynton.

2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

NO. 22 LUCAS POUILLE (FRA) v (Q) SIMONE BOLELLI

Tour-level ead-to-head: Tied 1-1 2014 Basel Qualifying Draw Hard (I) R16 Bolelli 75 46 62 2015 Dubai Hard (O) R32 Bolelli 63 63 2015 Queen’s Qualifying Draw Grass (O) R16 Bolelli 63 76(3) 2015 Moscow Hard (I) R32 Pouille 75 4-1 ret. (leg)

A 5th meeting for the pair but the 2nd at Tour-level, first and first in a Grand Slam. It is their first meeting since Bolelli retired in their 1st round match at Moscow in 2015.

Pouille has a 4-5 win-loss record against qualifiers at Grand Slams but has never previously faced a qualifier at Roland Garros. He has a 17-10 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall.

Pouille has lost to players ranked as low as No. 187 Bolelli on 2 occasions – to No. 207 in the 1st round at the 2017 Australian Open and to No. 225 Tommy Paul in the 1st round at 2017 Washington.

POUILLE v BOLELLI

25 Age 33 26 ATP Ranking (27 May) 187 5 Titles 0 26-20 Career Grand Slam Record 25-32 6-6 Roland Garros Record 9-12 117-96 Career Record 123-164 33-27 Career Record - Clay 56-59 6-9 2019 Record 1-2 1-4 2019 Record - Clay 0-0 9-3 Career Five-Set Record 0 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 66-53 Career Tiebreak Record 78-73 6-4 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-1

• POUILLE is aiming to reach the 2nd round here for the 5th time. This is his 7th consecutive appearance at Roland Garros and his 21st Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here, Pouille equalled his best Roland Garros performance by reaching the 3rd round (l. Karen Khachanov). He also reached the 3rd round here in 2017, falling to Albert Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets. He has a 1-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at Roland Garros and a 9-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

• Pouille recorded his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open this year. He became the 7th Frenchman in the Open Era to reach the Australian Open semifinals before falling to eventual champion Novak Djokovic.

• Pouille is bidding to record his 7th Tour-level match-win of 2019. Apart from his semifinal finish at the Australian Open, his only other Tour-level match-win this year came in a 2nd round at Madrid-1000 (d. Borna Coric, l. ). He lost his opening match at the 7 other Tour-level events he has contested this year. He won the title at the Bordeaux Challenger (FRA) (d. ) on his first appearance at Challenger-level since 2016.

• Pouille is one of 18 Frenchmen to start in the men’s main draw here, the highest representation of any nation. is the last French player to have won the men’s singles title here, lifting the trophy in 1983.

• Pouille reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 in March 2018. He plays here at No. 26.

• Pouille reached a career-high ranking of No. 23 on the junior circuit. He reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles event at the and the 2nd round as a wild card at 2010 junior Roland Garros. He was a member of the French team that finished runner-up to USA at the 2008 World Finals.

• Pouille is coached by Amelie Mauresmo.

2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

• Qualifier BOLELLI is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 8th time. This is his 13th consecutive Roland Garros appearance and his 34th Grand Slam overall.

• Bolelli defeated No. 5 seed (POL) 75 76(5), (GER) 61 36 63 and (JPN) 61 76(5) in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It is the 4th time he has successfully qualified for Roland Garros.

• Last year here, Bolelli entered the main draw as a lucky loser and fell to Rafael Nadal in the 1st round.

• Bolelli’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round on 5 occasions – including at Roland Garros in 2008 (l. Michael Llodra) and 2015 (l. David Ferrer). He also reached the 3rd round at Wimbledon in 2008 (l. ) and as a lucky loser in both 2011 (l. Richard Gasquet) and 2014 (l. ).

• Bolelli is contesting his first Grand Slam match since 2018 Wimbledon when he reached the 2nd round as a lucky loser (d. Pablo Cuevas, l. Fabio Fognini). He failed to qualify at the 2018 US Open and Australian Open this year.

• Bolelli is contesting his first Tour-level clay court match of 2019. Prior to coming here, he reached the quarterfinals at the Sophia Antipolis Challenger (FRA) (l. ) and the 3rd round at the Marbella Challenger (ESP) (l. ). He failed to qualify at Estoril.

• Bolelli is bidding to record his 2nd Tour-level match-win of 2019. His only Tour-level match-win this year came in a 2nd round finish as a qualifier at Pune (d. Denis Istomin, l. Jaume Munar). He also fell to Benoit Paire in the 1st round at Marseille – his only other Tour-level appearance this year.

• Bolelli’s best clay court result is finishing runner-up at 2008 Munich (l. Fernando Gonzalez). Three of his 5 career doubles titles have come on clay – at Munich and Umag in 2011 and at Buenos Aires in 2013. He also won the doubles title with Fognini (d. Pierre-Hugues Herbert/).

• Bolelli is facing a French player at Roland Garros for the 4th time. He defeated Nicolas Mahut in the 1st round here in 2017, but fell to Michael Llodra in the 3rd round in 2008 and in 5 sets to Jeremy Chardy in the 2nd round in 2009. He has a 2-3 overall win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slams, having won his only match against a Brit at Wimbledon and lost his only match against an Australian at the Australian Open. He has never faced an American at the US Open.

• Bolelli is a former Top 50 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 36 in February 2009. He plays here at No. 187.

• Bolelli is one of the 9 Italian men to begin the main draw here – the highest number of Italians in the men’s singles here since 2007, when there were also 9.

• Bolelli is coached by Eduardo Infantino.

2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

(Q) STEFANO TRAVAGLIA (ITA) v ADRIAN MANNARINO (FRA)

Head-to-head: first meeting

Mannarino has won 5 of his 7 matches against qualifiers at the Grand Slams. His only defeats came against Diego Junqueira in the 1st round here in 2008 and against in the 1st round at the 2016 US Open. He has a 29-20 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level and is contesting his 50th Tour-level match against a qualifier today.

TRAVAGLIA v MANNARINO

27 Age 30 119 ATP Ranking (27 May) 48 0 Titles 0 2-5 Career Grand Slam Record 28-36 0-0 Roland Garros Record 2-10 5-13 Career Record 167-205 1-3 Career Record - Clay 13-38 1-2 2019 Record 5-12 0-0 2019 Record - Clay 1-3 0-2 Career Five-Set Record 7-3 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 3-9 Career Tiebreak Record 69-92 0-1 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-6

• Qualifier TRAVAGLIA is making his Roland Garros debut today. This is his 6th Grand Slam overall.

• As No. 13 seed Travaglia defeated Jurij Rodionov (AUT) 16 63 76(4), Nino Serdarusic (CRO) 64 64 and (BEL) 76(3) 63 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here.

• Last year here, Travaglia reached the 2nd round of qualifying (d. Enrique Lopez Perez, l ). He also attempted to qualify here in 2017, falling to Peter Gojowczyk in the 1st round of qualifying.

• Travaglia’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 2nd round at as a qualifier at both the 2017 US Open (d. Fabio Fognini, l. Viktor Troicki) and the Australian Open this year (d. , l. Nikoloz Basilashvili). All 6 of Travaglia’s Grand Slam main draw appearances – including here this year – have come as a qualifier.

• Travaglia is bidding to record his 6th Tour-level match-win. In addition to his 2nd round finishes at the 2017 US Open and the , his other Tour-level match-wins have come in 2nd round finishes as a qualifier at 2018 Doha (d. Jabor Al-Mutawa, l. Guido Pella), as a direct acceptance at 2018 Quito (d. Pablo Andujar, l. Nicolas Jarry) and as a qualifier at 2018 Marseille (d. , l. Tomas Berdych).

• Travaglia is making his 3rd Tour-level appearance of 2019 here. In addition to his 2nd round finish at the Australian Open, he qualified at Sofia but fell to Jan-Lennard Struff in the 1st round.

• Travaglia has played mainly on the Challenger circuit in 2019. His best result is winning his 3rd Challenger title at Francaville (ITA) (d. ). He also reached the semifinals on hard court at Cherbourg (FRA) (l. Darcis) and on clay at Heilbronn (GER) (d. Filip Krajinovic), and the quarterfinals on clay at Ostrava (CZE) (l. ).

• Travaglia is bidding to record his 2nd match-win against a Top 50 opponent. He has a 1-3 win-loss record against Top 50 opposition, with his only victory coming against No. 26 Fognini at the 2017 US Open.

• Travaglia is contesting his first clay court match against a Top 50 player today. The highest-ranked player he has faced on clay – at any level – is No. 58 Albert Montanes, whom he defeated in the 1st round of qualifying at 2014 Rome-1000.

• Travaglia has lost both of the 5-set matches he has contested at Tour-level – to Andrey Rublev in the 1st round at 2017 Wimbledon and to Basilashvili in the 2nd round at the Australian Open this year. He won a 5-set match against in the final round of qualifying at 2017 Wimbledon.

• Travaglia is coached by and Umberto Ferrara.

2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes

• Lefthander MANNARINO is looking to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd time and equal his best Roland Garros performance. This is his 11th Roland Garros appearance and his 37th Grand Slam overall.

• Last year here, as No. 25 seed, Mannarino fell to Steve Johnson in the 1st round. He has lost in the 1st round on 8 of his previous 10 appearances here.

• Mannarino’s best Roland Garros performance is reaching the 2nd round here on 2 occasions – in 2014 (l. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez) and 2016 (l. Milos Raonic).

• Mannarino’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 2013 (l. Lukasz Kubot), 2017 (l. Novak Djokovic) and 2018 (l. Roger Federer).

• Mannarino is bidding to record his 2nd Tour-level clay court match-win of 2019. His only clay court match-win at Tour-level this year came in a 2nd round finish as a lucky loser at Madrid-1000 (d. Joao Sousa, l. Stefanos Tsitsipas). He lost in the 1st round at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Cameron Norrie) and Geneva (l. Albert Ramos-Vinolas). He reached the quarterfinals on clay at the Bordeaux Challenger (FRA) (l. Mikael Ymer) but lost his opening match as a wild card and No. 1 seed at the Lisbon Challenger (POR) (l. Steve Darcis).

• Mannarino’s best result in 2019 is reaching the quarterfinals at Delray Beach, where he ended a 6-match Tour- level losing streak by defeating Brayden Schnur and Denis Istomin, before falling to John Isner in the last 8. He also reached the 2nd round at both Indian Wells-1000 (d. Tennys Sandgren, l. Kei Nishikori) and Miami-1000 (d. Aljaz Bedene, l. Daniil Medvedev).

• Clay is Mannarino’s weakest surface. Of his 167 Tour-level match-wins, 13 have come on clay – compared to 111 on hard courts and 43 on grass.

• Mannarino is on a 4-match winning streak in 5-set matches. He has not lost a 5-set match since falling to Andy Murray in the 2nd round at the 2015 US Open despite holding a 2-0 lead. He has a 7-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall and lost the only 5-set match he has contested here – to Pablo Cuevas in the 1st round in 2013.

• Mannarino has never won a Tour-level title, but has reached 6 singles finals – at 2015 Auckland (l. Jiri Vesely), 2015 Bogota (l. Bernard Tomic), 2017 Antalya (l. Yuichi Sugita), 2017 (l. David Goffin), 2018 Antalya (l. Damir Dzumhur) and 2018 Moscow (l. Karen Khachanov).

• Mannarino reached a career-high ranking of No. 22 in March 2018. He plays here at No. 48.

• Mannarino is one of the 21 lefthanders to start the men’s singles here. Rafael Nadal is the only lefthander to win the title here since Thomas Muster in 1995.

• Mannarino is currently without a coach.

2019 Roland Garros day 3 men’s match notes