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French Open Men’s Contender Profiles – Fast Facts with Jack Cunniff

May 21, 2011 By Tennis Panorama News

By Jack Cunniff

Profiles of the top men’s contenders for the 2011 French Open. Follow Jack Cunniff on twitter at @jrcunniff.

Note: Grand Slam records for main draw matches only.

 

1. Rafael Nadal  (ESP)
2011 Record: 36-6 Grand Slam Record: 124-18
French Open Record: 38-1 French Open Best Result: Won (2005-08, ‘10)
Fast Fact: Nadal’s dominance at Roland Garros includes an 8-0 record vs. Top Ten ranked opponents, only seven sets lost in 38 victories;  he’s never been extended to five sets .

 

2. Novak Djokovic  (SRB)
2011 Record: 37-0 Grand Slam Record: 92-23
French Open Record: 21-6 French Open Best Result: SF (2007-08)
Fast Fact: Djokovic has a only beaten a top ten player once at the French Open (Fernando Gonzalez, 2006).

 

3. Roger Federer  (SUI)
2011 Record: 28-7 Grand Slam Record: 213-31
French Open Record: 43-11 French Open Best Result: Won (2009)
Fast Fact: Eight of Federer’s losses at the French Open have been to players that are former champions or former finalists (Soderling, Nadal, Kuerten, and Corretja).

 

4. Andy Murray  (GBR)
2011 Record: 13-7 Grand Slam Record: 63-21
French Open Record: 9-4 French Open Best Result: QF (2009)
Fast Fact: Murray’s four match losing streak earlier this year was his longest of his pro career.

 

5. Robin Soderling  (SWE)
2010 Record: 28-7 Grand Slam Record: 45-29
French Open Record: 15-7 French Open Best Result: Finalist (2009, ’10)
Fast Fact: Over the last two years, Soderling has defeated seven Top Twenty players at the French Open.

 

6. Thomas Berdych  (CZE)
2011 Record: 26-11 Grand Slam Record: 60-30
French Open Record: 10-7 French Open Best Result: SF (2010)
Fast Fact: Despite ranking in the Top Ten for over a year, Berdych’s last title came over two years ago (Munich, 2009).

 

7. David Ferrer  (ESP)
2011 Record: 28-8 Grand Slam Record: 65-33
French Open Record: 18-8 French Open Best Result: QF (2005, ‘08)
Fast Fact: Ferrer has won 22 straight opening rounds at Grand Slam events; 2005 Wimbledon was the last 1R match he lost at a Slam.

 

8. Jurgen Melzer  (AUT)
2011 Record: 12-10 Grand Slam Record: 45-35
French Open Record: 13-8 French Open Best Result: SF (2010)
Fast Fact: Melzer is the only player with wins over the Top 3 players (Nadal, Djokovic, and Federer) within the last 12 months.
9. Gael Monfils (FRA)
2011 Record: 9-4 Grand Slam Record: 42-21
French Open Record: 15-6 French Open Best Result: SF (2008)
Fast Fact: Monfils is the only Frenchman who has reached the SF of the French Open since 2001 (Grosjean).

 

10. Mardy Fish  (USA)
2011 Record: 16-10 Grand Slam Record: 35-32
French Open Record: 2-5 French Open Best Result: 2R (2008, ‘10)
Fast Fact: Fish’s wins over Giraldo and Ljubicic in Rome were his first ever back-to-back clay court wins in Grand Slam and Masters Series play.

 

11. Nicolas Almagro  (ESP)
2011 Record: 31-9 Grand Slam Record: 33-26
French Open Record: 13-7 French Open Best Result: QF (2008, ‘10)
Fast Fact: Almagro has been in 13 ATP finals in his career, winning ten, and all have been on clay.

 

12. Mikhail Youzhny  (RUS)
2011 Record: 9-11 Grand Slam Record: 70-39
French Open Record: 15-10 French Open Best Result: QF (2010)
Fast Fact: Youzhny has never deafeated a player ranked No. 1

 

13. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
2011 Record: 20-11 Grand Slam Record: 35-26
French Open Record: 4-7 French Open Best Result: 3R (2005)
Fast Fact: Gasquet’s last win at Roland Garros was in 2007 (1R, d. Mahut).

 

14.  Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
2011 Record: 19-8 Grand Slam Record: 44-24
French Open Record: 10-6 French Open Best Result: 4R (2010)
Fast Fact: Wawrinka failed to reach the QF in his first 22 Grand Slam events, but has now reached back-to-back QF (2010 US, 2011 Australian).

 

15. Victor Troicki (SRB)
2011 Record: 22-12 Grand Slam Record: 14-13
French Open Record: 3-3 French Open Best Result: 3R (2010)
Fast Fact: Troicki is the only Top Twenty ATP player to never reach the QF of a Grand Slam event; he’s never made it past the 3R.

 

16. Fernando Verdasco  (ESP)
2011 Record: 13-11 Grand Slam Record: 62-31
French Open Record: 14-7 French Open Best Result: 4R (2007-10)
Fast Fact: Verdasco hasn’t beat a top ten opponent in over a year (d. Djokovic, Rome, April 2010).

 

17. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  (FRA)
2011 Record: 15-10 Grand Slam Record: 39-14
French Open Record: 6-3 French Open Best Result: 4R (2009-10)
Fast Fact: All but two of Tsonga’s Grand Slam losses have been to Top Twenty players (Karlovic, 2009 Wimbledon; Dolgopolov, 2011 Australian)
 

18. Gilles Simon (FRA)

2011 Record: 20-13 Grand Slam Record: 27-20
French Open Record: 3-5 French Open Best Result: 3R (2009)
Fast Fact: Of the Top Twenty players, Simon has the best winning percentage in finals (80%, 8 of ten finals won).

 

19. Marin Cilic  (CRO)
2011 Record: 21-11 Grand Slam Record: 33-1
French Open Record: 7-4 French Open Best Result: 4R (2009-10)
Fast Fact: Cilic has only one win vs. Top 50 players at Roland Garros (Stepanek, 2009).

 

26. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
2011 Record: 27-6 Grand Slam Record: 32-15
French Open Record: 6-4 French Open Best Result: SF (2009)
Fast Fact: Del Potro is 24-0 in 2011 when winning the first set.

 

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