2017 Wimbledon – Day 6 Men’s Preview

2017 WIMBLEDON

Day 6 Men;s Preview

Saturday 8 July

3rd Round Bottom Half

Featured matches

No. 2 Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Ernests Gulbis (LAT)

No. 3 Roger Federer (SUI) v No. 27 Mischa Zverev (GER)

No. 6 Milos Raonic (CAN) v No. 25 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)

No. 8 Dominic Thiem (AUT) v Jared Donaldson (USA)

No. 10 Alexander Zverev (GER) v (Q) Sebastian Ofner (AUT)

No. 11 Tomas Berdych (CZE) v David Ferrer (ESP)

No. 13 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v Dudi Sela (ISR)

No. 15 Gael Monfils (FRA) v Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

On court today…

Novak Djokovic continues his campaign for a 3rd Wimbledon title with a tricky test against Ernests Gulbis in the 2nd match on Centre Court. Gulbis, who upset No. 29 seed Juan Martin del Potro in the 2nd round here, is looking to take another scalp and record just his 2nd career victory over a Top 5 player at a major. If he wins and reaches the round of 16 at Wimbledon for the first time – and the 5th time at a Grand Slam – he will equal Larisa Savchenko’s record for the most Grand Slam round of 16 appearances by a Latvian player.

7-time Wimbledon champion Federer will follow Djokovic when he takes on Mischa Zverev in the 3rd match on Centre Court. Federer has only twice lost before the round of 16 in his last 49 Grand Slam appearances – at 2013 Wimbledon and at the 2015 Australian Open and will hope to avoid another slip up today. He has lost to just one of his 21 previous encounters with German opposition at the Grand Slams.

As well as brother Mischa, Alexander Zverev is also in action today against qualifier Sebastian Ofner in the 3rd match on No. 2 Court. The Zverevs are the first pair of brothers to reach the 3rd round at the same Wimbledon since Tim and Tom Gullikson in 1984 – and the 4th to achieve the feat at Wimbledon in the Open Era. Just 2 sets of brothers have reached the round of 16 at the same Grand Slam event in the Open Era – Gene and Sandy Mayer at 1979 Wimbledon, and Emilio and Javier Sanchez at the 1991 US Open.

There are 12 men aged 30 or over through to the 3rd round here from the 48 who started in the main draw – the joint-most to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon in the Open Era. There were also 12 men aged 30 or over in the 3rd round here in 1978. The record for the most men aged 30 or over through to the round of 16 here is 6 – in 1969, 1970 and 1975.

2 NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) v ERNESTS GULBIS (LAT)

Head-to-head: Djokovic leads 6-1

2008 Roland Garros Clay (O) QF Djokovic 75 76(3) 75

2008 AMS Cincinnati Hard (O) QF Djokovic 63 64

2009 Brisbane Hard (O) R32 Gulbis 64 64

2010 Basel Hard (I) R32 Djokovic 64 62

2011 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) R32 Djokovic 60 61

2014 Roland Garros Clay (O) SF Djokovic 63 63 36 63

2015 Montreal-1000 Hard (O) QF Djokovic 57 76(7) 61

An 8th meeting for the pair and their 3rd at a Grand Slam. Djokovic won their 2 previous Grand Slam meetings, both of which came at Roland Garros. This is their first meeting on grass.

Djokovic has lost to a player ranked outside the Top 100 at Tour-level on just 2 occasions since retiring against No. 319 Filip Krajinovic in the quarterfinals at 2010 Belgrade – falling to No. 145 Juan Martin del Potro in the 1st round at the Rio 2016 Olympic Tennis Event and No. 117 Denis Istomin in the 2nd round at the 2017 Australian Open. He has never lost to a player ranked as low as No. 589 Gulbis.

Djokovic’s loss to Istomin at this year’s Australian Open is his only loss to a player ranked outside the Top 100 at a Grand Slam.

DJOKOVIC v GULBIS

30 Age 28

4 ATP Ranking 589

68 Titles 6

235-38 Career Grand Slam Record 33-37

56-9 Wimbledon Record 8-9

781-162 Career Record 222-204

75-16 Career Record – Grass 12-19

30-7 2017 Record 2-1

6-0 2017 Record – Grass 2-0

28-9 Career Five-Set Record 4-9

4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 3

216-123 Career Tiebreak Record 90-98

8-5 2017 Tiebreak Record 1-0

3-time Wimbledon champion DJOKOVIC is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 10th time.

Djokovic advanced to the 3rd round after Martin Klizan retired with a left leg injury with Djokovic leading 63 2-0 in the 1st round on Tuesday, before defeating Adam Pavlasek 62 62 61 in the 2nd round on Thursday.

Last year here, as top seed and defending champion, Djokovic fell to Sam Querrey in the 3rd round – his earliest Wimbledon loss since he fell to Marat Safin in the 2nd round in 2008.

By defeating Klizan in the 1st round here, Djokovic took sole occupancy of 2nd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam match-wins ahead of Jimmy Connors (233). Djokovic has a 235-38 win-loss record at the majors – only Roger Federer (316) has recorded more Grand Slam match-wins in history. (See Preview page 11).

Djokovic is bidding to win his 4th Wimbledon title and move into joint-6th place on the list for most Wimbledon titles won in history (see Preview page 3). He defeated Rafael Nadal to win his first Wimbledon title in 2011, and won back-to-back titles in 2014-15, defeating Federer in the final on both occasions. He also reached the final here in 2013 (l. Andy Murray).

Djokovic is looking to win his 13th Grand Slam title and take sole ownership of 4th place on the all-time list of Grand Slam men’s singles title winners. He is currently tied with Roy Emerson on 12 major titles, behind Federer (18), Nadal (15) and Pete Sampras (14).

In Grand Slam play in 2017, Djokovic failed to retain his titles at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros. He reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros (l. Dominic Thiem), but lost to wild card Denis Istomin in the 2nd round at the Australian Open – it was his earliest Grand Slam defeat since falling to Safin here in 2008.

Djokovic warmed up for Wimbledon by winning the title at Eastbourne, defeating Gael Monfils in the final. It was the first time he has played a grass court event prior to Wimbledon since 2010 Queen’s, where he fell in the 3rd round. It was his 4th grass court title, to add to his 3 victories here.

Elsewhere in 2017, Djokovic won the title at Doha (d. Murray) and reached the final at Rome-1000 (l. Alexander Zverev). He also reached the semifinals at Madrid-1000 (l. Nadal) and the quarterfinals at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. David Goffin).

Djokovic slipped to No. 4 in the rankings after failing to retain his title at Roland Garros this year – his lowest ranking since 12 October 2009. He plays here at the same ranking. He is one of 3 players in contention for the post-Wimbledon No. 1 ranking – he will return to No. 1 for the first time since 31 October 2016 if he wins the title here and neither Murray nor Nadal reach the semifinals.

Djokovic is making his 13th consecutive appearance at Wimbledon and his 51st straight Grand Slam overall – the 3rd-longest active streak of Grand Slams played and the 7th-longest streak overall.

Djokovic is one of the 12 men aged 30 or over through to the 3rd round at Wimbledon this year from the 48 who started in the main draw – the joint-most 30-somethings to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon in the Open Era. There were also 12 men aged 30 or over in the 3rd round here in 1978. The record for the most men aged 30 or over through to the round of 16 here is 6 – in 1969, 1970 and 1975.

Djokovic has played Davis Cup since 2004. He won both of the singles rubbers he has played this year, as Serbia defeated Russia and Spain to reach the World Group semifinals. Serbia will play France in the last 4 in Lille on 15-17 September.

Djokovic is coached by 1992 Wimbledon champion Andre Agassi. He is also working with Mario Ancic, who reached the semifinals here in 2004, at Wimbledon this year.

GULBIS is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the first time and record his best Wimbledon result. This is his 10th appearance at Wimbledon and his 38th Grand Slam overall.

Gulbis defeated Victor Estrella Burgos 61 61 62 in the 1st round on Tuesday and No. 29 seed Juan Martin del Potro 64 64 76(3) in the 2nd round on Thursday for his first Tour-level match-wins since he reached the round of 16 at 2016 Roland Garros.

Gulbis is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 5th time and join Larisa Savchenko at the top of the list for most Grand Slam round of 16 appearances by a Latvian player. Gulbis is the only Latvian man to have played at the Grand Slams. [NB Savchenko’s first 3 appearances in the round of 16 at a major came while she was competing under the flag of USSR.]

Player

Grand Slam round of 16 appearances

Ernests Gulbis??

Larisa Savchenko

5?? (’07 US Open; ’08, ’14, ’16 Roland Garros; ’17 Wimbledon??)

5 (’88, ’94 Wimbledon; ’88-’89 US Open; ’92 Australian Open)

Jelena Ostapenko Anastasija Sevastova

2 (’17 Roland Garros; ’17 Wimbledon)

2 (’11 Australian Open; ’16 US Open)

Gulbis is bidding to join compatriot Jelena Ostapenko in the round of 16 here. If he wins today, it will be the first time in history that Latvia has had multiple representation in the round of 16 at a Grand Slam. On Friday, Ostapenko became the first Latvian player to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon since Savchenko reached the quarterfinals here in 1994.

By reaching the 3rd round here Gulbis became the 2nd Latvian player – man or woman – to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon on multiple occasions after Savchenko, who reached the quarterfinals here in 1994 and the 3rd round in 1996 and 1999. [NB Savchenko also reached the 3rd round here on multiple other occasions while competing under the flag of USSR.]

By reaching the 3rd round here, Gulbis has equalled his best Wimbledon performance. He also reached the 3rd round here in 2013 (l. Fernando Verdasco). Last year here he lost to Jack Sock in the 1st round.

Gulbis’ best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at 2014 Roland Garros, where he defeated Roger Federer in the round of 16 and Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals before losing to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. He reached a career high ranking of No. 10 after reaching the last 4 in Paris.

Gulbis has struggled with injuries over the last 2 seasons and dropped to No. 589 in the rankings on Monday – his lowest ranking since October 2005. He struggled with a shoulder injury in 2016 and has had further injury problems this year – withdrawing from Montpellier and Marseille (right wrist), and from Geneva with a left calf injury. He plays here using a protected ranking of No. 99.

Gulbis is looking to record his 5th match-win at any level in 2017. As well as his 2 wins here, his only other victories this year came in the qualifying draw at Rotterdam (d. Sergiy Stakhovsky, l. Evgeny Donskoy) and in a 2nd round finish as a wild card at the Prostejov Challenger (CZE), where he defeated Norbert Gombos before giving a walkover to Tommy Robredo. He lost his opening match in the qualifying draws at Indian Wells-1000, Miami-1000, Barcelona and Estoril.

Gulbis is aiming to record 3 consecutive match-wins on grass – at any level – for the first time in his career. By reaching the 3rd round here, he has won back-to-back matches on grass for just the 4th time. He previously achieved the feat in reaching the 3rd round at 2008 Queen’s (l. Andy Murray), the 3rd round here in 2013 and in the 2 rounds of qualifying for 2016 Halle, where he went on to lose to Benjamin Becker in the 1st round of the main draw.

Gulbis is bidding to record his 2nd victory against a Top 5 player at a major. His only previous victory against a Top 5 player at a Grand Slam came against No. 4 Federer at 2014 Roland Garros. He has a 1-5 win-loss record against Top 5 opposition at the Grand Slams and a 5-26 win-loss record against Top 5 opposition overall.

Gulbis is bidding to defeat a seeded player at Wimbledon for the 4th time in his career. By defeating No. 29 seed Del Potro in the 2nd round here, he improved his win-loss record against seeds at Wimbledon to 3-4. He also defeated No. 6 seed Tomas Berdych in the 1st round here in 2012 and No. 6 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 2nd round in 2013. He has a 12-15 win-loss record against seeds at the Grand Slams overall.

Gulbis has not won a 5-set match since he defeated Federer at 2014 Roland Garros. He lost the only 5-set match he has contested at Wimbledon to Jerzy Janowicz in the 2nd round here in 2012. He has a 4-9 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

Gulbis has won 6 career singles titles – most recently at 2014 Nice (d. Federico Delbonis). None of his career titles have come on grass. He has a perfect 6-0 record in Tour-level finals.

Gulbis’ 22-year-old sister Laura Gulbe has played in Pro Circuit events and has played Fed Cup 3 times for Latvia.

Gulbis is coached by Pjotrs Necajevs.

3 ROGER FEDERER (SUI) v NO. 27 MISCHA ZVEREV (GER)

Head-to-head: Federer leads 4-0

2009 Rome-1000 Clay (O) QF Federer 76(3) 62

2013 Halle Grass (O) QF Federer 60 60

2017 Australian Open Hard (O) QF Federer 61 75 62

2017 Halle Grass (O) R16 Federer 76(4) 64

A 5th Tour-level meeting for the 2 players, their 3rd this year, and their 3rd on grass. This is their 2nd Grand Slam meeting, having met in the quarterfinals at this year’s Australian Open. Zverev has never taken a set off Federer.

Zverev didn’t register a game in their first grass court meeting at 2013 Halle – one of only 2 Tour-level double bagels Federer has recorded in best-of-3 set matches during his career. The other came against Gaston Gaudio in the semifinals at the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup.

Zverev is looking to become the 2nd German player to defeat Federer at a Grand Slam after Tommy Haas, who defeated Federer in 5 sets at the Australian Open in 2002. Federer has a 20-1 win-loss record against German players at the majors overall.

FEDERER v ZVEREV

35 Age 29

5 ATP Ranking 30

92 Titles 0

316-51 Career Grand Slam Record 11-19

86-11 Wimbledon Record 5-4

1106-247 Career Record 99-143

159-24 Career Record – Grass 22-22

26-2 2017 Record 19-20

7-1 2017 Record – Grass 7-3

27-20 Career Five-Set Record 2-3

10 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1

408-220 Career Tiebreak Record 54-61

13-5 2017 Tiebreak Record 7-10

FEDERER is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 15th time. He has lost before the quarterfinals just once in his last 14 appearances here – when he fell to Sergiy Stakhovsky in the 2nd round in 2013.

Federer has only twice lost before the round of 16 in his last 49 Grand Slam appearances – at 2013 Wimbledon, when he fell to Stakhovsky in the 2nd round, and at the 2015 Australian Open, when he fell to Andreas Seppi in the 3rd round.

Federer recorded his 85th Wimbledon match-win in the 1st round here, taking sole ownership of the record for most match-wins at Wimbledon in the Open Era, ahead of Jimmy Connors (84). He was leading Alexandr Dolgopolov 63 3-0 in the 1st round on Tuesday when Dolgopolov retired with a right ankle injury and defeated Dusan Lajovic 76(0) 63 62 in the 2nd.

Federer hit the 10,000th ace of his career during his 1st round match here – becoming just the 3rd man to hit 10,000 aces since the ATP began tracking the statistic in 1991. Federer has now hit a total of 10,013 aces at Tour-level, behind Ivo Karlovic (12,062) and Goran Ivanisevic (10,131).

Federer is bidding to become the first man in history to win 8 Wimbledon titles. He would become just the 2nd man in history to win 8 titles at the same Grand Slam event. Rafael Nadal became the first man to achieve the feat by winning the 8th of his 10 Roland Garros titles in 2013. (See Preview page 2)

At 35 years 342 days, Federer is looking to become the oldest man in the Open Era to win the Wimbledon title. By winning the Australian Open this year aged 35 years 174 days (d. Nadal), he became the 2nd oldest man to win a Grand Slam title after Ken Rosewall won the 1972 Australian Open aged 37 years 62 days.

Last year here Federer reached his 11th Wimbledon semifinal – and his 40th Grand Slam semifinal overall – but fell to Milos Raonic in 5-sets.

Federer is contesting his 70th Grand Slam event at 2017 Wimbledon, tying Fabrice Santoro’s record for most Grand Slam appearances. (See Preview page 8)

Federer warmed up for Wimbledon by winning his 92nd Tour-level title and his 9th at Halle, defeating Alexander Zverev 61 63 in the final. He became just the 2nd man in the Open Era, after Nadal, to win a tournament on 9 or more occasions.

By winning his 18th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open this year, Federer extended his lead at the top of the all-time Grand Slam titles list in men’s tennis and tied Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova in 5th place on the overall list for most Grand Slam singles titles. He is bidding for his 19th major title here in London, which would see him join Helen Wills Moody in 4th place on the list. (See Preview page 2)

Also in 2017, Federer won the titles at Indian Wells-1000 (d. Stan Wawrinka) and Miami-1000 (d. Nadal). He lost in the 2nd round at Dubai (l. Evgeny Donskoy) and in his opening match at Stuttgart (l. Tommy Haas). With 4 Tour-level titles in 2017, he is in joint-first place with Nadal on the list for most Tour-level titles won this year. He withdrew from Roland Garros to prepare for the grass court season.

In 2012, Federer equalled William Renshaw and Pete Sampras’ record of 7 Wimbledon titles, defeating Andy Murray in the final. He also won the title at Wimbledon in 2003-07 and 2009.

This is Federer’s 19th consecutive appearance at Wimbledon, putting him in joint-1st place of the list with Connors for consecutive appearances here. Federer is 2nd to Connors (20) for most total appearances at Wimbledon, with 19.

Federer holds the Open Era record for the most career grass court titles with 16 titles on the surface. In addition to 7 titles at Wimbledon, his other 9 titles were won at Halle in 2003-06, 2008, 2013-15 and 2017.

Federer is the most successful active player on grass with a 159-24 career win-loss record.

Federer is one of the 12 men aged 30 or over through to the 3rd round at Wimbledon this year from the 48 who started in the main draw – the joint-most 30-somethings to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon in the Open Era. There were also 12 men aged 30 or over in the 3rd round here in 1978. The record for the most men aged 30 or over through to the round of 16 here is 6 – in 1969, 1970 and 1975.

Federer is coached by former world No. 3 Ivan Ljubicic, who reached the 3rd round here in 2006-07 and 2011, and Severin Luthi.

Lefthander ZVEREV is bidding to record his 100th Tour-level match-win and reach the round of 16 here for the first time.

By reaching the 3rd round here, Zverev has equalled his best Wimbledon result. He also reached the 3rd round here in 2008, when he retired with a right hamstring strain while trailing Stan Wawrinka 75 61.

Zverev advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Bernard Tomic 64 63 64 and Mikhail Kukushkin 61 62 26 36 64 in the opening 2 rounds here. His 5-set win over Kukushkin improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches to 1-1 at Wimbledon and to 2-3 at Tour-level. [NB He also won a 5-set match in qualifying for Wimbledon in 2007]

Zverev’s 1st round win over Tomic was his first match-win at Wimbledon since 2009, when Dmitry Tursunov retired with a foot injury with Zverev leading 64 62 3-0 in the 1st round. He fell to Philipp Petzschner in 5 sets in the 2nd round that year.

This is Zverev’s 5th Wimbledon appearance – and his first here since 2011, when he fell to Xavier Malisse in the 1st round. He failed to qualify here in 2012, 2013 and 2016, and didn’t attempt to qualify here in 2014 and 2015. This is only the 6th time he has advanced beyond the 1st round at a Grand Slam in 20 appearances at the majors.

Zverev failed to qualify for the Grand Slams on 11 occasions after his main draw appearance at 2012 Roland Garros before finally qualifying successfully at the 2016 US Open. He has successfully qualified for the majors on just 4 occasions in 21 attempts – including on his debut here in 2007. He failed in his only other attempt to qualify for Wimbledon in 2010.

Zverev warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching his first Tour-level grass court semifinal at Stuttgart (l. Feliciano Lopez) – the only time he has recorded 3 straight match-wins on grass at Tour-level. He also reached the 2nd round at both Halle (d. Lukas Lacko, l. today’s opponent) and Eastbourne (d. Ryan Harrison, l. Tomic).

Zverev’s brother, Alexander, is also bidding to reach the round of 16 here. Should they both win their 3rd round matches, the Zverevs will become just the 3rd pair of brothers to reach the round of 16 at the same Grand Slam event in the Open Era – after Gene and Sandy Mayer at 1979 Wimbledon, and Emilio and Javier Sanchez at the 1991 US Open.

By reaching the 3rd round here, the Zverevs became the first pair of brothers to reach the 3rd round at the same Wimbledon since Tim and Tom Gullikson in 1984. Just 3 other pairs of brothers have reached the 3rd round at the same Wimbledon in the Open Era – Jeff and Russell Simpson (1973), the Gulliksons (1978-79, 1984) and the Mayers (1979, 1982).

Along with brother Alexander, Zverev is looking to become the first German to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon since 2013, when Tommy Haas fell at that stage. The last time multiple German men reached the round of 16 here was in 2012, when Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer reached the quarterfinals.

With Mischa Zverev seeded No. 27 and brother Alexander seeded No. 10 here, the Zverevs are the first pair of brothers to be seeded in the men’s singles at Wimbledon since 1982, when No. 4 Sandy Mayer fell in the 3rd round and No. 6 Gene Mayer reached the quarterfinals.

In Grand Slam play in 2017, Zverev reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open (l. today’s opponent) where he became the first German man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Haas at 2013 Roland Garros. He was the first German to progress to the last 8 at the Australian Open since Haas in 2007. Ranked No. 50, he defeated world No. 1 Andy Murray in the round of 16 to become the lowest-ranked player to beat a top seed at a Grand Slam since No. 86 Marat Safin defeated Andy Roddick at the 2004 Australian Open. He fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l. Stefano Napolitano).

Elsewhere in 2017, Zverev reached his 2nd career Tour-level final as a qualifier at Geneva (l. Stan Wawrinka) – one of 3 occasions he has recorded 4 straight Tour-level match-wins. He also achieved the feat in finishing runner-up at 2010 Metz (l. Gilles Simon) and in reaching the quarterfinals at this year’s Australian Open.

Zverev dropped as low as No. 1067 in the rankings in March 2015 following injuries to his back, knee, ribs and wrist. He climbed to a career-high ranking of No. 29 last month after reaching the semifinals at Stuttgart and plays here one place lower at No. 30.

Zverev is bidding to defeat a Top 10 player on grass for the first time at the 5th attempt. His career-best win on grass came against No. 16 Jurgen Melzer in the 2nd round at 2010 Halle.

Zverev is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player at a Grand Slam for the 3rd time at the 8th attempt. His only wins over a Top 20 player at a major came at this year’s Australian Open, when he came back from 0-2 down to defeat No. 19 John Isner in 5 sets in the 2nd round and No. 1 Murray in the round of 16.

Zverev has won 3 career doubles titles – alongside Mikhail Youzhny at 2008 Halle and 2008 Tokyo and with brother Alexander at 2017 Montpellier. He entered the men’s doubles event here with Dustin Brown, falling to No. 8 seeds Rohan Bopanna/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 63 76(4) 64 in the 1st round.

Zverev is coached by his father, Alexander Zverev Sr.

6 MILOS RAONIC (CAN) v NO. 25 ALBERT RAMOS-VINOLAS (ESP)

Head-to-head: Tied 1-1

2013 Davis Cup (WG-1R) Hard (I) R1 Raonic 67(5) 64 64 64

2016 Roland Garros Clay (O) R16 Ramos-Vinolas 62 64 64

A 3rd meeting for the pair and their 2nd at a Grand Slam. Ramos-Vinolas upset Raonic in straight sets at 2016 Roland Garros en route to his only Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance to date. This is their first meeting on a grass court.

RAONIC v RAMOS-VINOLAS

26 Age 29

7 ATP Ranking 22

8 Titles 1

67-25 Career Grand Slam Record 16-23

18-6 Wimbledon Record 5-4

283-128 Career Record 149-165

30-16 Career Record – Grass 6-9

24-8 2017 Record 26-18

2-1 2017 Record – Grass 2-1

8-6 Career Five-Set Record 6-4

1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0

174-111 Career Tiebreak Record 49-78

12-10 2017 Tiebreak Record 8-12

RAONIC is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 3rd time in his career. This is his 7th consecutive appearance at Wimbledon and his 26th appearance at a Grand Slam overall.

Raonic advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Jan-Lennard Struff 76(5) 62 76(4) in the 1st round on Tuesday and Mikhail Youzhny 36 76(7) 64 75 in the 2nd round on Thursday.

Last year here as No. 6 seed Raonic became the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam final, losing to Andy Murray 64 76(3) 76(2).

Prior to coming here, Raonic fell in the 1st round at Queen’s (l. Thanasi Kokkinakis). It was the first time he had failed to win a match on grass prior to Wimbledon since 2014, when he fell to Peter Gojowczyk in his opening match at Halle before going on to reach the last 4 at Wimbledon.

At the Grand Slams in 2017, Raonic reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open (l. Rafael Nadal) but lost in the round of 16 at Roland Garros, falling to Pablo Carreno Busta in 5 sets. He has won both of the 5-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon – defeating David Goffin and Roger Federer in 5-sets in 2016 – and has an 8-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

Raonic’s 2017 highlights also include finishing runner-up at Delray Beach, where he gave a walkover to Jack Sock in the final due to a right leg injury, and at Istanbul (l. Marin Cilic). He also reached the semifinals at Brisbane (l. Grigor Dimitrov) and Lyon (l. Tomas Berdych) and the quarterfinals at Rome-1000 (l. Alexander Zverev).

Raonic has struggled with a right hamstring injury this year. As well as giving a walkover in the final at Delray Beach, he also withdrew from Acapulco and Indian Wells-1000 with the injury and gave a walkover in the 3rd round at Miami-1000 before withdrawing at Monte Carlo-1000.

Raonic plays here at No. 6 – his joint-highest seeding at Wimbledon. He was also seeded No. 6 here last year. His highest Grand Slam seeding came at the 2017 Australian Open, where he was seeded No. 3.

Raonic reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in November 2016. He plays here at No. 7.

Raonic has won 8 career titles, most recently at 2016 Brisbane. All of his Tour-level titles have come on a hard court, but he has reached 2 grass court finals – at both Queen’s (l. Murray) and Wimbledon in 2016.

Raonic was born in Montenegro but moved to Canada in 1994. He started playing tennis age 8.

Raonic added 3-time Grand Slam doubles champion Mark Knowles to his coaching team in June 2017. He is also coached by Riccardo Piatti. His fitness trainer is Dalibor Sirola and his physiotherapist is Claudio Zimaglia.
Lefthander RAMOS-VINOLAS is bidding to record his 150th Tour-level match-win today.

Ramos-Vinolas advanced to the 3rd round here after defeating Jordan Thompson 64 64 76(4) and qualifier Andrey Rublev 75 67(6) 46 63 64 in the opening 2 rounds here. His victory against Rublev improved his win-loss record in
5-set matches to 6-4. He has won both of the 5-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon.

Ramos-Vinolas is looking to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 3rd time in his career and the first time at Wimbledon. He also reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros in 2016, defeating today’s opponent before falling to Stan Wawrinka in the quarterfinals, and 2017 (l. Novak Djokovic).

Also in Grand Slam play in 2017, Ramos-Vinolas lost to Lukas Lacko in the 1st round at the Australian Open.

By reaching the 3rd round here, Ramos-Vinolas has equalled his best Wimbledon result. He also reached the 3rd round here last year, defeating Vasek Pospisil and Viktor Troicki before falling to Richard Gasquet. This is his 5th appearance at Wimbledon and his 24th Grand Slam overall.

Ramos-Vinolas is bidding to win 3 consecutive matches on grass – at any level – for the first time in his career. By reaching the 3rd round here he has recorded back-to-back match-wins on grass for the 2nd time in his career, having also achieved the feat here last year.

Ramos-Vinolas warmed up for Wimbledon at Halle where, as No. 8 seed, he fell to Rublev in 3 sets in the 1st round. He has won just one grass court match away from Wimbledon – at 2013 Eastbourne, where he reached the 2nd round (d. James Blake, l. Fernando Verdasco).

Ramos-Vinolas’ best result in 2017 is reaching his first Masters-1000 final at Monte Carlo, where he fell to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. He defeated Andy Murray in the 3rd round for his first victory over a world No. 1 at the 4th attempt. He also finished runner-up at Sao Paulo (l. Pablo Cuevas) and reached the semifinals at Quito (l. Paolo Lonenzi) and Rio de Janeiro (l. Dominic Thiem).

Ramos-Vinolas is bidding to record his 2nd win over a Top 10 player at a Grand Slam. His only victory against a Top 10 opponent at a major came against No. 9 today’s opponent at 2016 Roland Garros. He has a 1-8 win-loss record against Top 10 opposition at the Grand Slams and a 5-29 win-loss record against Top 10 opponents overall.

Ramos-Vinolas is bidding to defeat No. 7 today’s opponent and record his career-best victory on a grass court. The highest-ranked player he has defeated on grass is No. 27 Troicki in the 2nd round here last year. He has a 0-3 win-loss record against Top 10 players on grass.

Ramos-Vinolas is seeded No. 25 here – the first time he has been seeded at Wimbledon. His highest Grand Slam seeding came at Roland Garros this year when he was seeded No. 19.

Ramos-Vinolas won his only career Tour-level title at 2016 Bastad (d. Verdasco).

Ramos-Vinolas reached a career-high ranking of No. 17 in May this year. He plays here at No. 22.

Ramos-Vinolas is coached by Jose Maria Diaz. He also works with Noe Losmozos.

8 DOMINIC THIEM (AUT) v JARED DONALDSON (USA)

Head-to-head: Thiem leads 1-0

2017 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) R32 Thiem 63 64

THIEM v DONALDSON

23 Age 20

8 ATP Ranking 67

8 Titles 0

30-14 Career Grand Slam Record 4-5

4-3 Wimbledon Record 2-0

159-97 Career Record 20-30

12-10 Career Record – Grass 4-4

37-15 2017 Record 9-11

3-2 2017 Record – Grass 3-1

3-2 Career Five-Set Record 0-1

1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0

60-57 Career Tiebreak Record 9-15

9-8 2017 Tiebreak Record 5-3

THIEM is bidding to become just the 5th Austrian man in history to reach the round of 16 here. Artens Hermann (1931), Hans Redl (1947), Alex Antonitsch (1990) and Jurgen Melzer (2010, 2013) are the only Austrian men to reach the round of 16 in Wimbledon history.

By reaching the 3rd round here for the first time, Thiem has become the first Austrian – man or woman – to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon since Melzer in 2013.

Thiem progressed to the 3rd round after defeating Vasek Pospisil 64 64 63 and Gilles Simon 57 64 62 64 in the opening 2 rounds.

Thiem is bidding to record 3 straight Tour-level match-wins on grass for the 3rd time in his career. He has achieved the feat on 2 occasions – in winning the title at 2016 Stuttgart (d. Philipp Kohlschreiber) and in reaching the semifinals at 2016 Halle (l. Florian Mayer). As well as reaching the 3rd round here, they are the only other occasions in which he has recorded back-to-back Tour-level match-wins on grass.

Last year here Thiem reached the 2nd round (d. Mayer, l. Jiri Vesely). He also lost in the 2nd round here in 2015
(d. Dudi Sela, l. Fernando Verdasco) and fell in the 1st round on his debut here in 2014 (l. Luke Saville). This is his 4th Wimbledon appearance and his 15th Grand Slam overall.

Thiem’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Novak Djokovic), when he became the 3rd Austrian man in history to reach a Grand Slam semifinal after Thomas Muster and Melzer, and 2017 (l. Rafael Nadal).

Also in Grand Slam play in 2017 Thiem recorded his best finish at the Australian Open by reaching the round of 16 (l. David Goffin).

Thiem warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the 2nd round at Halle (d. Maximilian Marterer, l. Robin Haase), but lost to world No. 222 Ramkumar Ramanathan in his opening match at Antalya.

Thiem’s 2017 highlights are winning the title at Rio de Janeiro (d. Pablo Carreno Busta) and reaching the finals at both Barcelona and Madrid-1000, losing to Nadal on both occasions. He also reached the semifinals at Rome-1000 (l. Djokovic) and Roland Garros.

Thiem lost the only 5-set match he has played at Wimbledon – falling to Verdasco in the 2nd round here in 2015. He has a 3-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

Wimbledon is Thiem’s weakest Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 4-3 win-loss record here, compared to 12-4 at Roland Garros, 8-3 at the US Open and 6-4 at the Australian Open.

Thiem has won 8 Tour-level singles titles – including one on grass at 2016 Stuttgart.

Thiem reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 after reaching the semifinals at 2016 Roland Garros. He plays here one place lower at No. 8.

Thiem is a former junior world No. 2. He reached the boys’ singles final at Roland Garros as No. 14 seed in 2011, losing to Bjorn Fratangelo 36 63 86. As well as reaching the junior Roland Garros final, Thiem’s best junior result is winning the 2011 Orange Bowl. His best performance at Junior Wimbledon was reaching the 3rd round in 2011 (l. Julien Cagnina).

Thiem joined the Austrian military as part of the country’s mandatory national service for 6 months from November 2014-April 2015, but continued to play on Tour during that time.

Thiem has been coached by Gunter Bresnik in Vienna since 2004. His physical trainer is Alex Stober.

DONALDSON is bidding to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Wimbledon debut.

Donaldson was leading Janko Tipsarevic 5-0 when the Serb retired with a right thigh injury in the 1st round here. He defeated No. 32 seed Paolo Lorenzi 64 76(0) 67(0) 62 in the 2nd round.

By reaching the 3rd round here, Donaldson has equalled his best Grand Slam result. He also reached the 3rd round as a qualifier at the 2016 US Open (l. Ivo Karlovic). He fell in the 1st round in his 4 other appearances at a major – as a wild card at the US Open in both 2014 (l. Gael Monfils) and 2015 (l. Lukas Rosol), and as a direct acceptance at the 2017 Australian Open (l. Rogerio Dutra Silva) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Pierre-Hugues Herbert).

Donaldson did not attempt to qualify for Wimbledon last year, withdrawing from the qualifying event with a shoulder injury that also saw him miss 3 grass court Challenger tournaments prior to 2016 Wimbledon. He was unsuccessful in his only attempt to qualify here in 2015, falling to Ivan Dodig in the 1st round of qualifying.

Donaldson is bidding to record 3 consecutive match-wins on grass at any level for the first time. By reaching the 3rd round here, he recorded back-to-back match-wins on grass at any level – including Tour, Challenger, Futures and Juniors – for the 2nd time. The only other time he has achieved the feat was in defeating Tim Smyczek and Tobias Kamke as a wild card in qualifying for 2015 Queen’s.

Donaldson is bidding to defeat a Top 10 player for the first time at the 5th attempt. His career-best win came against No. 14 David Goffin in the 1st round at the 2016 US Open.

By defeating Lorenzi in the 1st round here, Donaldson recorded his 2nd career victory over a seeded player at a Grand Slam. His only other win against a seed at a major came against No. 12 seed Goffin at the 2016 US Open. He has a 2-2 win-loss record against seeded players at the majors overall.

Donaldson warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the 2nd round at Eastbourne (d. Diego Schwartzman, l. Donald Young), after falling in the 1st round of qualifying at Queen’s (l. Kamke).

Donaldson is contesting his 5th Tour-level event on grass. His only other Tour-level appearances on grass came in a 2nd round finish at both 2015 Newport (d. Austin Krajicek, l. John-Patrick Smith) and 2017 Eastbourne, and a 1st round defeat at 2015 Queen’s (l. John Isner) and 2016 Newport (l. Young).

Donaldson’s best result in 2017 is reaching the round of 16 as a qualifier at Miami-1000 (l. Jack Sock). He also reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at Brisbane (l. Kei Nishikori), as a direct acceptance at Delray Beach (l. Sam Querrey), Geneva (l. Kevin Anderson) and Eastbourne, and as a lucky loser at Madrid-1000 (l. today’s opponent).

Donaldson reached a career-high ranking of No. 65 in June this year. He plays here at No. 67.

Donaldson is coached by Mardy Fish and Jan-Michael Gambill. Both reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Fish in 2011 and Gambill in 2000. His fitness trainer is Tyler Slezak.

10 ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) v (Q) SEBASTIAN OFNER (AUT)

Head-to-head: first meeting

Zverev has never lost to a player ranked as low as No. 217 Ofner at Tour-level. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Zverev at Tour-level is No. 192 Florian Mayer in the final at 2016 Halle. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Zverev at a Grand Slam is No. 105 Denis Kudla on Zverev’s Grand Slam debut in the 2nd round at 2015 Wimbledon.

ZVEREV v OFNER

20 Age 21

12 ATP Ranking 217

4 Titles 0

10-8 Career Grand Slam Record 2-0

5-2 Wimbledon Record 2-0

97-60 Career Record 2-0

19-8 Career Record – Grass 2-0

35-12 2017 Record 2-0

8-2 2017 Record – Grass 2-0

3-3 Career Five-Set Record 1-0

0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0

39-35 Career Tiebreak Record 0-0

12-9 2017 Tiebreak Record 0-0

ZVEREV is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the first time and record his best Grand Slam result.

Zverev advanced to the 3rd round here after defeating Evgeny Donskoy 64 76(3) 63 and Frances Tiafoe 63 64 63 in the opening 2 rounds.

Zverev’s brother, Mischa, is also bidding to reach the round of 16 here. Should they both win their 3rd round matches, the Zverevs will become just the 3rd pair of brothers to reach the round of 16 at the same Grand Slam event in the Open Era – after Gene and Sandy Mayer at 1979 Wimbledon, and Emilio and Javier Sanchez at the 1991 US Open.

By reaching the 3rd round here, the Zverevs became the first pair of brothers to reach the 3rd round at the same Wimbledon since Tim and Tom Gullikson in 1984. Just 3 other pairs of brothers have reached the 3rd round at the same Wimbledon in the Open Era – Jeff and Russell Simpson (1973), the Gulliksons (1978-79, 1984) and the Mayers (1979, 1982).

Along with brother Mischa, Zverev is looking to become the first German to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon since 2013, when Tommy Haas fell at that stage. The last time multiple German men reached the round of 16 here was in 2012, when Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer reached the quarterfinals.

By reaching the 3rd round here, Zverev has equalled his best Grand Slam performance. He also reached the 3rd round at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Dominic Thiem), 2016 Wimbledon (l. Tomas Berdych) and the 2017 Australian Open (l. Rafael Nadal).

Also at the Grand Slams this year, Zverev fell to Fernando Verdasco in the 1st round at Roland Garros. This is his 3rd Wimbledon appearance and his 9th Grand Slam overall.

Zverev warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the final at Halle for the 2nd straight year, falling to Roger Federer in straight sets. He also reached the semifinals at ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. Gilles Muller). His performances at Halle are the only 2 times he has recorded 3 consecutive Tour-level match-wins on grass.

Zverev’s highlights in 2017 are winning the titles at Rome-1000 (d. Novak Djokovic), Montpellier (d. Richard Gasquet) and Munich (d. Guido Pella). At Rome, aged 20 years 1 month, he became the youngest winner of a Masters-1000 event (or equivalent) since Djokovic won 2007 AMS Miami aged 19. He is also the first player born in the 1990s to win a Masters-1000 title.

Zverev entered the Top 10, at No. 10, for the first time after his victory at Rome-1000. He plays here at No. 12.

Zverev has won both of his 5-set matches at Wimbledon. He has a 3-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

With Alexander Zverev seeded No. 10 and Mischa Zverev seeded No. 27 here, the Zverevs are the first pair of brothers to be seeded in the men’s singles at Wimbledon since 1982, when No. 4 Sandy Mayer fell in the 3rd round and No. 6 Gene Mayer reached the quarterfinals.

Zverev is a former junior world No. 1. He was named 2013 ITF Junior World Champion and went on to win the boys’ singles title at the 2014 Australian Open (d. Stefan Kozlov). He also finished runner-up in the boys’ singles at 2013 Roland Garros (l. Christian Garin) and helped Germany reach the 2013 Junior Davis Cup Final (l. Spain). He reached the 3rd round on his only appearance at Junior Wimbledon in 2013 (l. Kozlov).

Zverev made his Davis Cup debut for Germany in 2016. He won his first Davis Cup rubber in Germany’s 4-1 defeat to Belgium in the World Group first round in February this year, defeating Arthur de Greef in straight sets. He has a 1-4 win-loss record in the competition overall. Germany will play Portugal in a World Group play-off in Oeiras, Lisbon on 15-17 September.

Zverev is coached by his father, Alexander Zverev Sr. His physical trainer is Jez Green and his physiotherapist is Hugo Gravil.

Qualifier OFNER is bidding to become the first man to reach the round of 16 on his Grand Slam debut since David Goffin reached the last 16 as a lucky loser at 2012 Roland Garros. The last man to reach the round of 16 when making their Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon is Alex Radulescu in 1996.

Ofner is also bidding to become the first man to reach the round of 16 on his Wimbledon debut since Nick Kyrgios in 2014. Just 4 men in the last decade have reached the round of 16 on their first appearance here – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2007), Daniel Brands (2010), Brian Baker (2012) and Kyrgios.

Ofner is also aiming to become the first qualifier to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam since Baker achieved the feat here in 2012.

If he wins today, No. 217 Ofner will become the lowest-ranked man to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon since No. 1039 Richard Krajicek reached the last 16 here in 2002.

Ofner advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Thomaz Bellucci 62 63 62 on his Tour-level debut in the 1st round and No. 17 seed Jack Sock 63 64 36 26 62 in the 2nd round. His match against Sock was his first meeting with a Top 50 opponent at any level.

Prior to defeating No. 55 Bellucci and No. 18 Sock in the opening 2 rounds here, Ofner’s career-best victory came in the qualifying draw at 2016 Vienna, where he defeated No. 81 Inigo Cervantes in straight sets.

Ofner defeated Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 76(4) 36 10-8, Miljan Zekic (SRB) 64 63 and Jay Clarke (GBR) 26 67(9) 64 64 61 in his first 5-set match in the 3 rounds of qualifying for Wimbledon. It was his first attempt to qualify for a Grand Slam.

Ofner’s appearances at qualifying and in the main draw here this year are his first appearances on grass at any level. He has never played an event on grass at Challenger, Futures or juniors level.

Ofner has played mainly on the Challenger circuit in 2017. His best result at Challenger level this year is reaching his first Challenger final at Mestre (ITA) (l. Joao Domingues). He also reached the quarterfinals on clay at the Poprad-Tatry Challenger (SVK) the week prior to Wimbledon qualifying, losing to Adam Pavlasek in straight sets. He has played in the main draw at Challenger events on just 8 occasions in his career.

Elsewhere in 2017, Ofner won the title at the F5 Futures (TUR), defeating Michal Konecny in the final, and reached the quarterfinals at 3 Futures events in Greece. He has won 5 titles at Futures level in total.

Ofner rose to a career-high ranking of No. 215 in June after reaching the quarterfinals at the Poprad-Tatry Challenger. He plays here 2 places lower at No. 217.

Ofner is coached by Wolfgang Thiem, father of No. 8 seed Dominic.

11 TOMAS BERDYCH (CZE) v DAVID FERRER (ESP)

Head-to-head: Ferrer leads 8-7

2004 Gstaad Clay (O) R32 Ferrer 26 63 64

2004 Palermo Clay (O) SF Berdych 75 64

2005 Hamburg Clay (O) R64 Berdych 62 26 63

2006 Stuttgart Clay (O) SF Ferrer 63 75

2007 World Team Cup Clay (O) R1 Ferrer 61 63

2007 AMS Paris Hard (I) R16 Ferrer 64 62

2010 Kuala Lumpur Hard (I) QF Ferrer 46 75 64

2011 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) RR Berdych 36 75 61

2012 Davis Cup (WG-FR) Hard (I) R4 Ferrer 62 63 75

2013 Paris-1000 Hard (I) QF Ferrer 46 75 63

2013 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) RR Berdych 64 64

2014 Australian Open Hard (O) QF Berdych 61 64 26 64

2015 Doha Hard (O) FR Ferrer 64 75

2016 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) R16 Berdych 76(8) 75

2016 Roland Garros Clay (O) R16 Berdych 63 75 63

A 16th meeting between the pair and their 3rd at a Grand Slam – but their first on a grass court. While Ferrer leads the head-to-head 8-7, Berdych has won 4 of their last 5 encounters.

Berdych and Ferrer are 2 of the 12 men aged 30 or over through to the 3rd round at Wimbledon this year from the 48 who started in the main draw – the joint-most 30-somethings to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon in the Open Era. There were also 12 men aged 30 or over in the 3rd round here in 1978. The record for the most men aged 30 or over through to the round of 16 here is 6 – in 1969, 1970 and 1975.

BERDYCH v FERRER

31 Age 35

15 ATP Ranking 39

13 Titles 26

135-54 Career Grand Slam Record 145-57

39-13 Wimbledon Record 28-13

609-316 Career Record 703-346

63-27 Career Record – Grass 43-23

28-13 2017 Record 10-13

5-2 2017 Record – Grass 2-2

20-8 Career Five-Set Record 22-12

2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 4

214-172 Career Tiebreak Record 157-146

15-7 2017 Tiebreak Record 2-3

2010 finalist BERDYCH is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 9th time. He is contesting his 14th consecutive Wimbledon and his 55th Grand Slam overall.

Berdych reached the 3rd round by defeating Jeremy Chardy 63 36 76(4) 64 and Ryan Harrison 64 63 67(8) 63 in the opening 2 rounds here.

Last year here Berdych reached the semifinals for the 2nd time – and the first time since 2010 – falling to eventual champion Andy Murray in straight sets.

Berdych’s best result here – and at a Grand Slam – came when he finished runner-up as No. 12 seed in 2010. He defeated No. 1 Roger Federer in the quarterfinals and No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals before losing to Rafael Nadal 63 75 64 in the final.

In Grand Slam play this year, Berdych reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Federer) and the 2nd round at Roland Garros (l. Karen Khachanov). It was his earliest defeat at the Australian Open since 2010, when he lost in the 2nd round, and his earliest defeat at Roland Garros since 2013, when he fell in the 1st round.

Berdych warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the quarterfinals at both Stuttgart and Queen’s, losing to Feliciano Lopez on both occasions. Just one of Berdych’s 13 Tour-level singles titles has come on grass – at 2007 Halle (d. Marcos Baghdatis).

Also in 2017, Berdych reached the final at Lyon (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), the semifinals at Doha (l. Murray) and Rotterdam (l. Tsonga), and the quarterfinals at Miami-1000 (l. Federer).

Berdych is bidding to extend an 8-match winning streak against Spanish opposition at the Grand Slams. He has not lost to a Spanish player at a Grand Slam since he fell to Nadal in the quarterfinals at the 2012 Australian Open.

Berdych is seeded No. 11 here – his lowest Wimbledon seeding since 2010, when he was seeded No. 12.

Berdych is a former Top 5 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 in May 2015, but plays here ranked No. 15.

Berdych added Martin Stepanek to his coaching team ahead of 2017 Wimbledon. He is also coached by Luka Kutanjac. His fitness coach is Azuz Simcich and his physio is Per Bastholt.

FERRER is contesting his 1,050th Tour-level match today. He is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 6th time.

In the opening 2 rounds here, Ferrer defeated No. 22 seed Richard Gasquet 63 64 57 62 in the 1st round and was leading Steve Darcis 3-0 in the 2nd round when Darcis retired with a back injury.

Ferrer is bidding to record back-to-back match-wins over seeded opposition at Wimbledon for the 2nd time. The only other time he has recorded consecutive match-wins against seeded players here was in 2012, when he defeated No. 30 Andy Roddick in the 3rd round and No. 9 Juan Martin del Potro in the round of 16.

By defeating Gasquet in his opening match here, Ferrer took sole ownership of 3rd place on the list for most match-wins at Wimbledon by a Spanish player. He has a 28-13 win-loss at Wimbledon, ahead of Manuel Santana (26). Rafael Nadal (43) and Feliciano Lopez (32) are the only Spanish players to have won more matches here.

Last year here Ferrer reached the 2nd round (d. Dudi Sela, l. Nicolas Mahut). It was his earliest exit at a Grand Slam since 2014 Wimbledon when he also fell in the 2nd round.

Ferrer’s best Wimbledon result is reaching the quarterfinals as No. 7 seed in 2012 (l. Andy Murray) and as No. 4 seed in 2013 (l. Del Potro).

Ferrer’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 2013 Roland Garros final (l. Nadal). He set an Open Era record for most appearances at a major before reaching the final (42).

Ferrer is making his 58th Grand Slam appearance at Wimbledon this year, putting him in joint-8th place on the list for most Grand Slam appearances in the Open Era, alongside Jonas Bjorkman and Jimmy Connors. This is his 14th Wimbledon appearance.

Ferrer has won just one of his last 10 meetings with Top 20 players at Tour-level, with his only win in that time coming against No. 19 Pablo Cuevas in the 2nd round at 2016 Beijing. He has lost his last 4 matches against Top 20 opposition.

Ferrer is unseeded at Wimbledon this year – the first time he has not been seeded at a Grand Slam since the 2005 Australian Open. [NB He missed 2015 Wimbledon with an elbow injury.]

Wimbledon is Ferrer’s least successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 28-13 win-loss record here, compared to 44-15 at Roland Garros, 41-15 at the Australian Open and 32-14 at the US Open.

Prior to coming here Ferrer lost his opening match at both Halle (l. Robin Haase) and Antalya (l. Yuichi Sugita).

In Grand Slam play this year, Ferrer reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open (l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and the 2nd round at Roland Garros, where he fell to Lopez in 5 sets. It was his earliest exit at Roland Garros since 2004 when he also fell in the 2nd round.

Also in 2017, Ferrer reached the semifinals at Estoril (l. Pablo Carreno Busta) and the round of 16 at Madrid-1000 (l. Kei Nishikori).

Ferrer has won 2 grass court titles – at ’s-Hertogenbosch in 2008 (d. Marc Gicquel) and 2012 (d. Philipp Petzschner). He has won 26 Tour-level titles overall, most recently at 2015 Vienna.

Ferrer reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in July 2013. He plays here ranked No. 39.
Ferrer is coached by Francisco Fogues.

13 GRIGOR DIMITROV (BUL) v DUDI SELA (ISR)

Head-to-head: Dimitrov leads 4-0

2010 Ramat Hasharon Challenger (ISR) Hard (O) R32 Sela 64 76(4)

2012 Nice Clay (O) R32 Dimitrov 75 61

2013 Queen’s Grass (O) R64 Dimitrov 46 62 76(4)

2014 US Open Hard (O) R64 Dimitrov 61 62 62

2016 Delray Beach Hard (O) R32 Dimitrov 64 62

A 5th Tour-level meeting for the pair and their 2nd at a Grand Slam and on grass. Dimitrov won their only previous meeting on a grass court, at 2013 Queen’s, in deciding-set tiebreak.

Dimitrov has lost to a player ranked as low as No. 90 Sela at a Grand Slam on just one occasion – when he fell to No. 95 Joao Sousa in 5 sets in the 1st round at the 2013 US Open.

DIMITROV v SELA

26 Age 32

11 ATP Ranking 90

6 Titles 0

42-27 Career Grand Slam Record 22-36

14-7 Wimbledon Record 6-8

242-153 Career Record 130-176

33-21 Career Record – Grass 24-25

26-11 2017 Record 7-9

5-2 2017 Record – Grass 2-0

5-6 Career Five-Set Record 9-8

0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1

97-82 Career Tiebreak Record 54-56

7-6 2017 Tiebreak Record 2-2

DIMITROV is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 2nd time.

Dimitrov advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Diego Schwartzman 76(4) 62 62 and Marcos Baghdatis 63 62 61 in the opening 2 rounds here.

Dimitrov has lost in the 3rd round on each of his last 2 appearances here. Last year here, he fell to Steve Johnson at this stage in 4 sets. This is his 8th appearance at Wimbledon and his 28th Grand Slam overall.

Dimitrov is bidding to record his 15th Wimbledon match-win and equal Tsvetana Pironkova in 4th place on the list for most match-wins at Wimbledon by a Bulgarian player. He will equal Katerina and Manuela Maleeva in joint-3rd place on the list if he reaches the quarterfinals here. [NB Manuela Maleeva represented Switzerland for part of her career.]

Player	Wimbledon win-loss
Magdalena Maleeva	21-13
Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva	16-10 16-10
Tsvetana Pironkova	15-12
Grigor Dimitrov	14-7

Dimitrov is also bidding to record his 43rd Grand Slam match-win and equal Pironkova in 4th place on the list for most Grand Slam match-wins by a Bulgarian player. [NB Pironkova lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the 2nd round of the women’s singles here this year.]

Dimitrov’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals here in 2014, where he became just the 2nd Bulgarian player to reach the last 4 at a major after Pironkova at 2010 Wimbledon and broke into the Top 10 for the first time at No. 9 as a result. He defeated defending Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in straight sets in the quarterfinals before losing to Novak Djokovic in the last 4. He also reached the semifinals at the Australian Open this year, falling to Rafael Nadal in 5 sets.

Also in Grand Slam play this year, Dimitrov reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros, falling to Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets.
Dimitrov warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching the semifinals at Queen’s, where he lost to eventual champion Feliciano Lopez. He fell to Jerzy Janowicz in his opening match at Stuttgart.

Dimitrov’s 2017 highlights are winning the titles at Brisbane (d. Kei Nishikori) and Sofia (d. David Goffin), and reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open and Queen’s.

Wimbledon is Dimitrov’s 2nd-best Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 14-7 win-loss record here, compared to 16-7 at the Australian Open, 7-6 at the US Open and 5-7 at Roland Garros.

Dimitrov reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 in August 2014. He dropped as low as No. 40 on 18 July 2016 – his lowest ranking since February 2013 – but has since climbed back up the rankings and plays here at No. 11.

Dimitrov is a former Wimbledon boys’ singles champion. He won the junior titles here (d. Henri Kontinen) and at the US Open (d. Devin Britton) in 2008 and finished the year at No. 3 in the ITF Junior Rankings. He was one of 3 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions, alongside Roger Federer and Gael Monfils, to reach the 3rd round from the 9 to start in the men’s draw here this year.

Dimitrov was part of the ITF/Grand Slam Development Fund 14 & Under European Team in Europe in 2004-05 and the ITF/GSDF 16 & Under European A Team in Europe in 2006.

Dimitrov is coached by Dani Vallverdu.

SELA is contesting his 50th Tour-level match on grass today.

Sela defeated Marcel Granollers 46 63 16 62 61 and No. 23 seed John Isner 67(5) 76(5) 57 76(5) 63 in the opening 2 rounds here. It is the first time he has contested 2 five-set matches at the same Grand Slam and improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches to 9-8.

Sela is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam performance. He also reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 2009 (l. Novak Djokovic).

Sela is bidding to become the first Israeli player – man or woman – to make multiple appearances in the round of 16 at Wimbledon.

Sela is also looking to become only the 2nd Israeli man to make multiple appearances in the round of 16 at a Grand Slam. Amos Mansdorf is the only other Israeli man to reach the last 16 at a major on multiple occasions – at the Australian Open in 1989 and 1992, at 1989 Wimbledon and at the 1990 US Open.

Sela is bidding to record back-to-back match-wins against Top 30 opposition at Tour-level for the 3rd time. He achieved at 2008 Beijing, where he defeated No. 5 David Ferrer in the 2nd round and No. 16 Tommy Robredo in the quarterfinals, and at 2009 Wimbledon, where he defeated No. 29 Rainer Schuettler in the 2nd round and No. 15 Robredo in the 3rd round.

At the Grand Slams in 2017, Sela reached the 2nd round at the Australian Open (d. Granollers, l. Lukas Lacko). He did not attempt to qualify at Roland Garros.

Prior to coming here Sela won the title at the Nottingham Challenger (GBR) (d. Thomas Fabbiano). It was his 2nd title at the event, having also won in 2011 (d. Jeremy Chardy). He also reached the quarterfinals at the Surbiton Challenger (GBR) (l. Yuichi Sugita).

As well as reaching the round of 16 here in 2009, Sela’s Tour-level highlights on grass are reaching the quarterfinals at 2009 ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. Raemon Sluiter), 2010 Queen’s (l. Schuettler), at Newport in 2012
(l. Lleyton Hewitt), 2014 (l. Ivo Karlovic) and 2016 ( l. Marcos Baghdatis), and at 2016 Nottingham (l. Andreas Seppi).

Sela’s other highlights in 2017 are reaching the semifinals at Chennai (l. Daniil Medvedev), and winning the title at the Canberra Challenger (AUS) (d. Jan-Lennard Struff).

Sela is one of the 12 men aged 30 or over through to the 3rd round at Wimbledon this year from the 48 who started in the main draw – the joint-most 30-somethings to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon in the Open Era. There were also 12 men aged 30 or over in the 3rd round here in 1978. The record for the most men aged 30 or over through to the round of 16 here is 6 – in 1969, 1970 and 1975.

Sela reached a career-high ranking of No. 29 in July 2009. He plays here at No. 90.
Sela received a travel grant from the Grand Slam Development Fund in 2001.

Sela is coached by Yoav Ben Zvi.

15 GAEL MONFILS (FRA) v ADRIAN MANNARINO (FRA)

Head-to-head: Monfils leads 1-0

2015 Wimbledon Grass (O) R64 Monfils 76(5) 63 75

A 2nd career meeting for the 2 players, who met here in the 2nd round in 2015 when Monfils won in straight sets.

Monfils and Mannarino are 2 of the 4 French men to reach the 3rd round here from the 11 who started the draw.

MONFILS v MANNARINO

30 Age 29

14 ATP Ranking 51

6 Titles 0

90-41 Career Grand Slam Record 20-29

13-8 Wimbledon Record 9-6

407-230 Career Record 117-151

34-22 Career Record – Grass 33-24

16-9 2017 Record 14-15

5-2 2017 Record – Grass 7-3

15-12 Career Five-Set Record 4-3

2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0

164-113 Career Tiebreak Record 45-70

6-3 2017 Tiebreak Record 4-8

MONFILS is bidding to reach the round of 16 here for the first time.

If he reaches the round of 16 for the first time on his 9th appearance here, Monfils will move into joint-7th place on the list for the most attempts to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon behind Tommy Robredo (13), and Jeremy Bates, Michael Llodra, Nicolas Mahut, Richey Reneberg and Marc Rosset (11). 11 men have reached the round of 16 for the first time on their 9th appearance here.

By reaching the 3rd round here for the 6th time, Monfils has equalled his best performance at Wimbledon. He also reached the 3rd round on his debut here in 2005 (l. Mario Ancic), and in 2007 (l. Nikolay Davydenko), 2010 (l. Lleyton Hewitt), 2011 (l. Lukasz Kubot) and 2015 (l. Gilles Simon).

Monfils advanced to the 3rd round here after defeating qualifier Daniel Brands 63 75 64 and Kyle Edmund 76(1) 64 64 in the opening 2 rounds.

Last year here Monfils lost to Jeremy Chardy in 5 sets in the 1st round. This is his 9th appearance at Wimbledon and his 42nd Grand Slam overall.

Monfils’ best Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals on 2 occasions. He reached the last 4 at 2008 Roland Garros, where ranked No. 59 he lost to Roger Federer, and at the 2016 US Open (l. Novak Djokovic).

Monfils warmed up for Wimbledon by reaching his first grass court Tour-level final at Eastbourne (l. Djokovic) – one of 4 occasions in which he has recorded 3 straight match-wins on grass at Tour-level. He also achieved the feat by reaching the semifinals at 2008 Nottingham (l. Ivo Karlovic) and 2011 Halle (l. Philipp Kohlschreiber) and the quarterfinals at 2006 Queen’s (l. James Blake). He also competed at Halle where he lost to Richard Gasquet in the 1st round.

In Grand Slam play in 2017, Monfils reached the round of 16 at both the Australian Open (l. Rafael Nadal) and Roland Garros (l. Stan Wawrinka).

Also in 2017, Monfils reached the quarterfinals at Dubai (l. Fernando Verdasco) and the round of 16 at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Dominic Thiem). He withdrew from 3 Masters-1000 events this season due to injuries – Miami-1000 (achilles), and Monte Carlo-1000 and Rome-1000 (both left knee).

Monfils has lost all 3 five-set matches he has contested at Wimbledon. He has a 15-12 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.

Wimbledon is Monfils’ weakest Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 13-8 win-loss record here, compared to 31-11 at Roland Garros, 24-12 at the Australian Open and 22-10 at the US Open.
Monfils reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in November 2016. He plays here at No. 14.

Monfils is one of the 12 men aged 30 or over through to the 3rd round at Wimbledon this year from the 48 who started in the main draw – the joint-most 30-somethings to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon in the Open Era. There were also 12 men aged 30 or over in the 3rd round here in 1978. The record for the most men aged 30 or over through to the round of 16 here is 6 – in 1969, 1970 and 1975.

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 World Champion. Along with Federer and Grigor Dimitrov, Monfils is one of the 3 former Wimbledon boys’ singles champions to reach the 3rd round here from the 9 to start in the men’s draw here this year.

Monfils is coached by former world No. 39 Mikael Tillstrom, who reached the 3rd round here in 1996.

Lefthander MANNARINO is looking to reach the round of 16 here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam result.

Mannarino’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the round of 16 at 2013 Wimbledon (l. Lukasz Kubot). His 2nd round match against John Isner, which lasted 10 points and 15 minutes, was the second shortest match in terms of games at Wimbledon in the Open Era. Isner retired with a left knee injury with the score at 1-1.

Mannarino was leading No. 19 seed Feliciano Lopez 57 61 61 4-3 when the Spaniard retired with a left foot injury in the 1st round here, before defeating Yuichi Sugita 61 57 46 76(2) 62 in the 2nd. His 5-set victory over Sugita improved his 5-set win-loss record at Wimbledon to 2-1, and to 4-3 overall.

Mannarino is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player at a Grand Slam for the 2nd time. He has a 1-14 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at the majors – with his best win at a major coming against No. 17 Fabio Fognini in the 2nd round at the 2014 US Open.

Mannarino is also bidding to defeat a Top 20 player on grass for the 2nd time. He has a 1-8 win-loss record against Top 20 players on grass at Tour-level, with his only win coming at 2011 Queen’s when Gilles Simon retired with a back injury with Mannarino leading 67(4) 64 3-0.

Mannarino has won just one of his last 23 matches against Top 20 players at Tour-level. His only win in that time came against No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 2nd round at 2017 Monte Carlo-1000. He has an 8-45 win-loss record against Top 20 players at Tour-level overall.

Mannarino is bidding to defeat 2 seeded players at the same Grand Slam for the first time. He has a 4-17 win-loss record against seeded players at the majors. As well as defeating No. 19 Lopez in the 1st round here, he also defeated No. 18 John Isner at 2013 Wimbledon, No. 26 Sam Querrey at the 2013 US Open and No. 15 Fognini at the 2014 US Open.

Last year here, Mannarino reached the 2nd round (d. Kyle Edmund, l. Novak Djokovic). This is his 7th Wimbledon appearance and his 30th Grand Slam overall.

Prior to coming here, Mannarino reached his first Tour-level grass court final at Antalya, where he fell to Sugita. He also reached the 2nd round at ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Jordan Thompson, l. Alexander Zverev) but fell in the 1st round at Queen’s (l. Tsonga).

Mannarino is bidding to record 3 straight Tour-level match-wins on grass for the 4th time. He has achieved the feat on 3 previous occasions – in reaching the final at 2017 Antalya, the round of 16 at 2013 Wimbledon and the quarterfinals at 2011 Queen’s (l. James Ward).

Also in 2017, Mannarino reached the round of 16 at Miami-1000 (l. Tomas Berdych) and the 3rd round as a qualifier at Monte Carlo-1000, where he retired with a right hip injury while trailing Lucas Pouille 3-0 in the opening set. He also reached the 2nd round at Acapulco (l. Dominic Thiem) and Indian Wells-1000 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and won 2 Challenger titles – at Noumea (CAL) (d. Nikola Milojevic) and Quimper (FRA) (d. Peter Gojowczyk).

In Grand Slam play in 2017, Mannarino fell in the 1st round at the Australian Open (l. Karen Khachanov) and Roland Garros (l. Horacio Zeballos). By defeating Lopez in the 1st round here, he recorded his first Grand Slam match-win since 2016 Wimbledon and ended a 4-match losing streak at the majors.

Mannarino reached a career-high ranking of No. 27 in July 2015 after finishing runner-up at Bogota. He plays here at No. 51.

Mannarino is one of 6 lefthanded players to reach the 3rd round here from the 17 who started the men’s main draw. The last lefthander to win the Wimbledon title was Rafael Nadal in 2010.

Mannarino entered the men’s doubles event here with Paolo Lorenzi. They retired in their 1st round match against Scott Clayton/Jonny O’Mara while trailing 76(5) 3-4.

Mannarino is coached by Erwann Tortuyaux. His fitness trainer is Pascal Supiot.

*All stats courtesy of Grand Slam Media and the ITF>