2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes
2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN
DAY 2 MEN’S NOTES
Tuesday 15 January
1st Round Top Half

Featured matches
No. 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) v (Q) Mitchell Krueger (USA)
No. 4 Alexander Zverev (GER) v Aljaz Bedene (SLO)
No. 7 Dominic Thiem (AUT) v Benoit Paire (FRA)
No. 8 Kei Nishikori (JPN) v (Q) Kamil Majchrzak (POL)
No. 11 Borna Coric (CRO) v Steve Darcis (BEL)
No. 12 Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Jaume Munar (ESP)
No. 16 Milos Raonic (CAN) v Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
No. 25 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Pablo Andujar (ESP)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) v Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Taro Daniel (JPN) v (Q) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)

On court today…

• Six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic opens his campaign today when he takes on American qualifier Mitchell Krueger in the night match on Rod Laver Arena. A 7th crown here would see Djokovic claim his 15th Grand Slam title and move ahead of Pete Sampras on the all-time list for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles. Djokovic will be confident of progressing this evening having won all 17 of his previous meetings with qualifiers at the Grand Slams.

• Also on Rod Laver Arena, No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev begins his quest for a maiden Grand Slam title when he faces with Aljaz Bedene. At 21 years 282 days, Zverev is looking to become the youngest Australian Open men’s singles champion since Djokovic won the title here in 2008 aged 20 years 250 days – but he must improve on his 3rd round finishes in 2017-18 if he is to do so. He will be hopeful of a positive start against Bedene today, the Slovenian having never won a match at the Australian Open in 6 previous attempts.

• When he surged into the Australian Open quarterfinals in 2015, Nick Kyrgios became the youngest man to reach the last 8 since Andrei Cherkasov in 1990. Kyrgios was only the 3rd Australian man to reach the quarterfinals here as a teenager, after Brad Drewett and Pat Cash, but he has been unable to repeat the feat in the 4 years since. He faces Milos Raonic on Melbourne Arena today, and must overcome poor recent form against Top 20 players at the majors – he has won just one of his last 8 meetings with Top 20 opposition at the Grand Slams.

• Between them, Borna Coric and Steve Darcis have lost 9 of their 10 first round matches here. Today, when they do battle on Melbourne Arena, something has to give. Davis Cup champion Coric, who won 5 of his 6 rubbers during Croatia’s title-winning season in 2018, has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 321 Darcis, who is contesting only his 2nd event since the 2017 Davis Cup Final after missing the entire 2018 season due to an elbow injury.

NO. 1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) v (Q) MITCHELL KRUEGER (USA)
Head-to-head: first meeting

Djokovic has has won all 17 of his meetings with qualifiers at the Grand Slams – including both of his previous matches against qualifiers at the Australian Open, defeating Andrea Stoppini in 2009 and Aljaz Bedene in 2015. He has a 71-6 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall, but fell to qualifiers twice in 2018 – against Taro Daniel at Indian Wells-1000 and Martin Klizan at Barcelona. He had previously won 53 consecutive matches against qualifiers.

Djokovic has lost to a player ranked as low as No. 230 Krueger on just one previous occasion – when he retired due to illness against No. 319 Filip Krajinovic at 2010 Belgrade. The lowest-ranked player to have defeated Djokovic at a Grand Slam is No. 117 Denis Istomin at 2017 Australian Open.

DJOKOVIC v KRUEGER
31 Age 25
1 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 230
72 Titles 0
258-41 Career Grand Slam Record 0-1
61-8 Australian Open Record 0-0
839-176 Career Record 2-7
542-102 Career Record – Hard 2-5
3-1 2019 Record 0-0
3-1 2019 Record – Hard 0-0
29-9 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
233-134 Career Tiebreak Record 1-2
0-1 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-0

• Six-time Australian Open champion DJOKOVIC is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 13th consecutive year. This is his 15th appearance at the Australian Open and his 56th Grand Slam overall.
• The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam event where Djokovic has lost in the 1st round. He fell in the 1st round on his Grand Slam debut as a qualifier here in 2005 (l. Marat Safin) and again in 2006 (l. Paul Goldstein).
• Djokovic is bidding to win a 7th Australian Open title and claim sole ownership of the all-time record for most Australian men’s singles titles, ahead of Roy Emerson (1961 and 1963-67) and Roger Federer (2004, 2006-07, 2010, 2017-18).
• Djokovic is also bidding to win his 15th Grand Slam title and claim sole ownership of 3rd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles, ahead of Pete Sampras. Federer (20 major titles) and Rafael Nadal (17) are the only men to have won more Grand Slam titles than Djokovic.
• Djokovic is bidding to become the 8th man in history to win at least 7 titles at any Grand Slam event. Nadal holds the record for most men’s singles titles at a Grand Slam event with 11 Roland Garros titles. (see Preview page 2)
• Djokovic is bidding to win a 3rd consecutive Grand Slam title and become the first man in history to record 3 streaks of 3 or more consecutive Grand Slam titles. Djokovic won 3 straight Grand Slam titles in 2011-12 and became the first man to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at once since Rod Laver in 1969 when he won 4 straight major titles in 2015-16. (see Preview page 3)
• In 2016 Djokovic equalled Emerson’s record of 6 Australian titles after defeating Andy Murray in the final. He also won the title here in 2008 (d. Jo-Wilfried Tonga), 2011 (d. Murray), 2012 (d. Nadal), 2013 (d. Murray) and 2015 (d. Murray).
• Djokovic is a 14-time Grand Slam champion. In addition to his 6 titles here, he has won 4 titles at Wimbledon (2011, 2014-15 and 2018), 3 titles at the US Open (2011, 2015 and 2018) and one title at Roland Garros (2016).
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• Last year here Djokovic reached the round of 16, falling to Hyeon Chung in straight sets.
• Elsewhere at Grand Slams in 2018, Djokovic won the titles at Wimbledon (d. Kevin Anderson) and the US Open (d. Juan Martin del Potro). At Roland Garros, he fell to Marco Cecchinato in the quarterfinals.
• Also in 2018, Djokovic won the titles at Cincinnati-1000 (d. Federer), becoming the first singles player to win the titles at all 9 Masters-1000 events, and Shanghai-1000 (d. Borna Coric). He also reached the final at Queen’s (l. Marin Cilic), Paris-1000 (l. Karen Khachanov) and the ATP Finals (l. Alexander Zverev). He has won a total of 72 Tour-level titles.
• Djokovic warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the semifinals at Doha (l. Roberto Bautista Agut).
• Djokovic and Nadal are the only two players in contention for the world No. 1 ranking when the new rankings are released on Monday 28 January. Djokovic can guarantee he remains at No. 1 following the Australian Open by reaching the round of 16.
• This is the 19th Grand Slam at which Djokovic has been seeded No. 1 – but the first since 2016 US Open.
• Djokovic has won 9 of his last 10 five-set matches. His only defeat in a 5-set match that time came against Denis Istomin in the 2nd round here in 2017. He has a 5-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and a 29-9 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Djokovic plays here ranked No. 1 after clinching the year-end No. 1 ranking for the 5th time in 2018. He returned to No. 1 in November 2018 for the first time since October 2016.
• Djokovic is coached by Marian Vajda
• Qualifier KRUEGER is bidding to reach the 2nd round at a Grand Slam for the first time on his Australian Open debut.
• Krueger defeated Federico Gaio (ITA) 76(2) 46 75, No. 20 seed Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 36 63 75 and No. 13 seed Marco Trungelliti (ARG) 63 57 64 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It is the first time he has successfully qualified here on his 4th attempt.
• Krueger is making his 2nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. He successfully qualified at a Grand Slam for the first time on his 13th attempt at the 2018 US Open, falling to Roberto Carballes Baena in the 1st round of the main draw.
• Last year here, Krueger fell to Bjorn Fratangelo in the 1st round of qualifying. Elsewhere at the Grand Slams last year, he fell to Reilly Opelka in the 1st round of qualifying at Wimbledon, but did not attempt to qualify at Roland Garros.
• Krueger is bidding to record his 3rd Tour-level match-win. His only Tour-level match-wins to date came in 2nd round finishes as a qualifier at 2017 Cincinnati-1000 (d. Benoit Paire, l. Juan Martin del Potro) and as a qualifier at 2018 Indian Wells-1000 (d. Paire, l. Filip Krajinovic). He has lost in the 1st round at the 5 other Tour-level events he has contested.
• Krueger played mainly at Challenger-level in 2018. He reached the semifinals at the Mestre Challenger (ITA) (l. Gian Marco Moroni) and the quarterfinals at the Winnetka Challenger (USA) (l. Colin Altamirano).
• Prior to coming here Krueger competed at the Orlando Challenger (USA) but lost his opening match to Stefan Kozlov.
• Krueger has never faced a player ranked as high as No. 1 today’s opponent. The highest-ranked player he has faced is No. 28 Krajinovic at 2018 Indian Wells-1000. His career-best victory came against No. 41 Paire at 2017 Cincinnati-1000.
• Krueger reached a career-high ranking of No. 169 in May 2017, but plays here at No. 230.
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• Krueger was a successful junior. He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 5 and reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Kimmer Coppejans) and 2012 Wimbledon (l. Filip Peliwo). His best result in the boys’ singles here was a quarterfinal finish in 2011 (l. Jiri Vesely).
• Krueger is coached by Dave Licker.

NO. 4 ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) v ALJAZ BEDENE (SLO)

Head-to-head: Zverev leads 2-0
2017 Montpellier Hard (I) R16 Zverev 75 36 64
2017 Shanghai-1000 Hard (O) R32 Zverev 4-0 ret. (right knee pain)

Zverev has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 67 Bedene on 2 occasions – on his Grand Slam debut at 2015 Wimbledon, when he fell to No. 105 Denis Kudla, and at 2018 Wimbledon, when he fell to No. 138 Ernests Gulbis in the 3rd round. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Zverev at the Australian Open is No. 58 Hyeon Chung in the 3rd round last year.

ZVEREV v BEDENE
21 Age 29
4 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 67
10 Titles 0
22-14 Career Grand Slam Record 8-22
4-3 Australian Open Record 0-6
175-89 Career Record 91-107
95-54 Career Record – Hard 39-49
0-0 2019 Record 0-1
0-0 2019 Record – Hard 0-1
8-6 Career Five-Set Record 3-2
0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
63-46 Career Tiebreak Record 45-42
0-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-0

• ZVEREV is bidding to reach the 2nd round for the 3rd straight year. This is his 4th Australian Open appearance and his 15th Grand Slam overall.
• Zverev has lost in the 1st round at a Grand Slam on 3 previous occasions – including on his Australian Open debut in 2016 (l. Andy Murray). He also fell in the 1st round as a qualifier at the 2015 US Open (l. Philipp Kohlschreiber) and as No. 9 seed at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Fernando Verdasco).
• Last year here Zverev equalled his best Australian Open result by reaching the 3rd round, where he fell to Hyeon Chung in 5 sets. He also reached the 3rd round here in 2017, falling to Rafael Nadal in 5 sets. He has a 1-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and an 8-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Zverev’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Dominic Thiem). He defeated Dusan Lajovic, 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.
• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play last year, Zverev reached the 3rd round at both Wimbledon (l. Ernests Gulbis) and the US Open (l. Kohlschreiber).
• Zverev’s best result in 2018 was winning the ATP Finals, defeating Roger Federer in the semifinals and Novak Djokovic in the final. At 21 years old, he became the youngest winner of the event since Djokovic in 2008 and the first German champion since Boris Becker in 1995. He also became the first player to defeat both Federer and Djokovic at the Tour Finals.
• Also in 2018, Zverev won the titles at Munich (d. Kohlschreiber), Madrid-1000 (d. Thiem) and Washington (d. Alex de Minaur). He finished runner-up at Miami-1000 (l. John Isner) and Rome-1000 (l. Nadal) and reached the semifinals at 4 other Tour-level events.
• Zverev warmed up for the Australian Open by representing Germany at the Hopman Cup, where he and Angelique Kerber finished runner-up to Switzerland. He won 3 of his 4 singles matches, defeating David Ferrer, Lucas Pouille and Matthew Ebden, but falling to Federer in the first rubber of the final.
• At 21 years 282 days, Zverev is looking to become the youngest Australian Open men’s singles champion since Djokovic won the title here in 2008 aged 20 years 250 days. He would also become the youngest Grand Slam champion since Del Potro won the title at the 2009 US Open aged 20 years 355 days. He is one of 17
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men aged 21 or younger to begin the main draw here this year. [NB Age calculated at the end of the tournament]
• 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 one place lower at No. 4.
• Zverev is one of 6 former junior Australian Open champions in this year’s men’s main draw. He defeated Stefan Kozlov to win the boys’ singles title here in 2014. He also finished runner-up at 2013 Junior Roland Garros (l. Christian Garin) and was named 2013 ITF Junior World Champion. Stefan Edberg is the only player to have won both the junior and senior title here in the Open Era.
• Zverev’s brother, Mischa, also entered the main draw here. He plays wild card Alexei Popyrin in the 1st round. The Zverevs could meet in the quarterfinals.
• Zverev is coached by his father, Alexander Zverev Sr. He added Ivan Lendl, who won the men’s singles title here in 1989 and 1990, prior to the 2018 US Open. His fitness trainer is Jez Green and his physiotherapist is Hugo Gravil.
• BEDENE is bidding to record his first Australian Open match-win today. This is his 7th Australian Open appearance and his 23rd Grand Slam overall.
• Bedene’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 3rd round at both 2016 Roland Garros (l. Novak Djokovic) and 2017 Wimbledon (l. Gilles Muller).
• Last year here Bedene fell to Roger Federer in straight sets in the 1st round. He has lost in the 1st round on all 6 of his previous appearances here.
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018 Bedene reached the 2nd round at Wimbledon (d. Cameron Norrie, l. Radu Albot), but fell in the 1st round at both Roland Garros (l. Pablo Cuevas) and the US Open (l. Nikoloz Basilashvili).
• Bedene’s 2018 highlight was reaching his 3rd Tour-level final at Buenos Aires, where he fell to Dominic Thiem. He also reached the semifinals at Budapest (l. John Millman) and the quarterfinals at Rio de Janeiro (l. Fabio Fognini) and won the title at the Orleans Challenger (FRA) (d. Antoine Hoang).
• Prior to coming here Bedene fell to Milos Raonic in the 1st round at Brisbane. He also attempted to qualify at Sydney, but fell in the 1st round of qualifying to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
• Bedene is looking to record his first victory over a Top 5 player on his 12th attempt. His career-best victory came when No. 7 Kevin Anderson retired after the first set of their match due to a leg injury in the 2nd round at 2018 Rome-1000. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 23 Ivo Karlovic in the 1st round at 2017 Wimbledon.
• Bedene reached a career-high ranking of No. 43 after reaching the final at Buenos Aires in February last year. He plays here at No. 67.
• Bedene was a member of the 18 & Under International Team in North America in 2007, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund.
• Bedene holds both Slovenian and British citizenship. He represented Great Britain from March 2015 to December 2017 and has represented Slovenia since January 2018.
• Bedene is coached by Nick Cavaday. His fitness trainer is Martin Skinner.

NO. 7 DOMINIC THIEM (AUT) v BENOIT PAIRE (FRA)

Head-to-head: Thiem leads 1-0

2017 Australian Open Hard (O) R32 Thiem 61 46 64 64
THIEM v PAIRE
25 Age 29
8 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 61
11 Titles 1
47-20 Career Grand Slam Record 33-32
9-5 Australian Open Record 5-7
225-130 Career Record 182-199
98-79 Career Record – Hard 98-112
0-1 2019 Record 2-2
0-1 2019 Record – Hard 2-2
5-6 Career Five-Set Record 9-6
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1
85-77 Career Tiebreak Record 91-84
0-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 1-1

• THIEM is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 4th consecutive year and the 5th time overall. This is his 6th straight Australian Open and his 21st consecutive Grand Slam.
• Thiem has lost in the 1st round at a Grand Slam on just 2 occasions – at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Luke Saville) and here in 2015 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut).
• Last year here, Thiem equalled his best Australian Open performance by reaching the round of 16. As No. 5 seed, he defeated Guido Pella, Denis Kudla and Adrian Mannarino before falling to Tennys Sandgren in 5 sets. He has a 1-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and a 5-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Thiem’s reached his first Grand Slam final at 2018 Roland Garros, falling to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. He became the 2nd Austrian man in history to reach the final of a major after 1995 Roland Garros champion Thomas Muster.
• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2018, Thiem reached the quarterfinals at the US Open (l. Nadal), but fell in the 1st round at Wimbledon, where he retired in the 3rd set against Marcos Baghdatis due to a back injury.
• Also in 2018, Thiem won the titles at Buenos Aires (d. Aljaz Bedene), Lyon (d. Gilles Simon) and St Petersburg (d. Martin Klizan). He also reached the final at Madrid-1000 (l. Nadal) and the semifinals at Doha, where he gave a walkover to Gael Monfils due to a viral infection and Paris-1000 (l. Karen Khachanov).
• Prior to coming here Thiem competed at Doha. As No. 2 seed he lost his opening match to Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
• Thiem is seeded No. 7 here. He has been seeded at every Grand Slam he has played since 2015 Wimbledon.
• Thiem is a former junior world No. 2. He reached the boys’ singles final at 2011 Junior Roland Garros as No. 14 seed, losing to Bjorn Fratangelo 36 63 86. He reached the 2nd round in his only appearance in the boys’ singles here in 2011 (d. Dennis Novikov, l. Saville).
• Thiem has played Davis Cup since 2014 and has an 8-3 win-loss record in singles rubbers and a 9-5 win-loss record in the competition overall. Austria will play Chile in the Davis Cup qualifiers in Salzburg on 1-2 February.
• 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 is coached by Gunter Bresnik.
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• PAIRE is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 4th time. This is his 8th Australian Open appearance and his 33rd Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Paire fell to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the 1st round. He has lost in the 1st round here on 3 other occasions – in 2012 (l. Stan Wawrinka), 2013 (l. Roger Federer) and 2016 (l. Noah Rubin).
• Paire’s best Australian Open result is reaching the 3rd round on 2 occasions – falling to Roberto Bautista Agut in 2014 and today’s opponent in 2017.
• Paire’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 on 2 occasions – at the 2015 US Open (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) and at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Andy Murray).
• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2018, Paire reached the 3rd round at Wimbledon (l. Juan Martin del Potro), and the 2nd round at both Roland Garros (d. Roberto Carballes Baena, l. Nishikori) and the US Open (d. Denis Novak, l. Roger Federer).
• Paire’s best results in 2018 were reaching the semifinals at Pune (l. Kevin Anderson) and Sydney (l. Alex de Minaur). He also reached the quarterfinals at Montpellier (l. Lucas Pouille).
• Paire warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the quarterfinals at Pune (l. Gilles Simon). He also competed at Auckland but lost his opening match to Cameron Norrie.
• Paire is bidding to defeat a Top 10 player at a Grand Slam for the 2nd time on his 11th attempt. His only previous victory against a Top 10 player at the majors came against No. 4 Kei Nishikori in 5 sets in the 1st round at the 2015 US Open.
• Paire reached a career-high ranking of No. 18 in January 2016, but plays here at No. 55.
• Paire has a has won both of the 5-set matches he has contested at the Australian Open – against Nick Kyrgios in the 2nd round in 2014 and against Fabio Fognini in the 2nd round in 2017. He has a 9-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Paire made his Davis Cup debut in France’s World Group semifinal against Spain in 2018, defeating Pablo Carreno Busta in the only rubber he has contested in the competition to date. France has secured a place in the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid on 18-24 November.
• Paire is coached by Jean-Charles Diame.

NO. 8 KEI NISHIKORI (JPN) v (Q) KAMIL MAJCHRZAK (POL)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Nishikori has lost just one of his 11 meetings with qualifiers at the Grand Slams – his only defeat to a qualifier at a major came against Daniel Evans in the 1st round at the 2013 US Open. He has a 38-8 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level.
Nishikori has lost to players ranked as low as No. 176 Majchrzak on 3 occasions – to No. 325 Rohan Bopanna in Japan’s defeat to India in the 2008 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I second round, when he retired due to a hip injury against No. 272 Andrey Kuznetsov in the 1st round at 2010 Eastbourne, and to No. 179 Evans at the 2013 US Open.

NISHIKORI v MAJCHRZAK
29 Age 23
9 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 176
12 Titles 0
81-34 Career Grand Slam Record 0-0
23-8 Australian Open Record 0-0
378-176 Career Record 5-8
257-119 Career Record – Hard 3-3
4-0 2019 Record 0-0
4-0 2019 Record – Hard 0-0
18-6 Career Five-Set Record 0-1
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
116-78 Career Tiebreak Record 1-1
0-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-0

• NISHIKORI is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 8th time. This is his 9th Australian Open appearance and his 36th Grand Slam overall.
• Nishikori has lost in the 1st round at the Australian Open once before – on his debut here in 2009 (l. Jurgen Melzer). He has not lost in the 1st round at a Grand Slam since the 2015 US Open when, as No. 4 seed, he fell to Benoit Paire in 5 sets.
• Nishikori’s best Australian Open result is reaching the quarterfinals in 2012 (l. Andy Murray), 2015 (l. Stan Wawrinka) and 2016 (l. Novak Djokovic). He is the only Japanese man to reach the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park in the Open Era.
• At the 2014 US Open, Nishikori became the first Asian male to contest a Grand Slam final after defeating three Top 10 players – Milos Raonic, Wawrinka and Djokovic – in consecutive matches before falling to Marin Cilic in the title match.
• Nishikori missed the Australian Open last year due to a wrist injury. On his last appearance here, in 2017, he reached the round of 16, falling to Roger Federer in 5 sets. He has a 4-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and an 18-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• In Grand Slam play last year Nishikori reached his 3rd semifinal at the US Open, falling to Djokovic. He also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon (l. Djokovic) and the round of 16 at Roland Garros (l. Dominic Thiem).
• Nishikori’s other highlights in 2018 were runner-up finishes at Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Rafael Nadal), Tokyo (l. Daniil Medvedev) and Vienna (l. Kevin Anderson). He also reached the semifinals at New York (l. Anderson), Metz (l. Matthias Bachinger) and reached the quarterfinals at 5 Tour-level events.
• Nishikori warmed up for the Australian Open by winning the title at Brisbane, defeating Medvedev in the final. It was his 12th career-title and his first since 2016 Memphis.
• Nishikori is the highest-ranked Japanese man in ATP World Tour Rankings history (since 1973). He had the nickname ‘Project 45’ as a major goal was to get him to No. 45 in the rankings, which would be one spot
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better than the highest by any Japanese man (Shuzo Matsuoka). He reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 in March 2015 and plays here at No. 9.
• Nishikori has played Davis Cup for Japan since 2008 and has a 20-3 overall win-loss record in the competition. Japan will play China, P.R. in the Davis Cup qualifiers in Guangzhou on 1-2 February.
• Nishikori is coached by Dante Bottini and Michael Chang. Chang finished as runner-up at the 1996 Australian Open, losing in the final to Boris Becker.
• Qualifer MAJCHRZAK is making his Grand Slam debut today.
• Majchrzak defeated Brayden Schnur (CAN) 64 63, No. 28 seed Noah Rubin (USA) 75 61 and Mats Moraing 63 62 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the first time he has successfully qualified for a Grand Slam on his 5th attempt.
• Last year here, Majchrzak fell to Ruben Bemelmans in the 1st round of qualifying. Elsewhere at the Grand Slams, he reached the 2nd round of qualifying at Wimbledon (d. Sumit Nagal, l. Thanasi Kokkinakis) and the US Open (d. Adam Pavlasek, l. Marcel Granollers), but fell in the 1st round of qualifying at Roland Garros (l. Nino Serdarusic).
• Majchrzak played mainly at Challenger-level in 2018, with his only Tour-level appearances coming in Davis Cup ties. His best results on the Challenger circuit was a runner-up finish at Tashkent (UZB) (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime). He also reached the semifinals at Anning (CHN) (l. Prajnesh Gunneswaran), Heilbronn (GER) (l. Jiri Vesely) and Houston (USA) (l. Roy Smith)
• Majchrzak warmed up for the Australian Open at the Playford Challenger (AUS), where he reached the 2nd round (d. Daniel Evans, l. Luca Vanni).
• Majchrzak is contesting his 14th match at Tour-level. 12 of his 13 previous Tour-level matches have come in Davis Cup ties, with his only other appearance at Tour-level coming at 2017 Antalya, where, as a qualifier, he fell to Andreas Seppi in the 1st round. He has a 5-8 Tour-level win-loss record.
• Majchrzak is contesting his first match against a Top 50 opponent. The highest-ranked player he has previously faced is No. 52 Aljaz Bedene, falling in straight sets in Poland’s victory against Slovenia in the 2018 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II first round. The highest-ranked player he has defeated – at any level – is No. 59 Florian Mayer in Poland’s defeat to Germany in the 2016 Davis Cup World Group play-offs.
• Majchrzak reached a career-high ranking of No. 176 earlier this month. He plays here at the same ranking.
• As a junior, Majchrzak won the boys’ singles gold medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event in Nanjing, defeating Orlando Luz in the final. He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 7 and his best result in the boys’ singles here was a quarterfinal finish in 2014 (l. Bradley Mousley).
• Majchrzak has played Davis Cup for Poland since 2015. He has a 5-7 win-loss record in the competition.
• Majchrzak is coached by Tomasz Iwanski.

NO. 11 BORNA CORIC (CRO) v STEVE DARCIS (BEL)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Coric has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 321 Darcis. The lowest-ranked to defeat Coric at a major is No. 122 John Millman in the 1st round here last year.
CORIC v DARCIS
22 Age 34
12 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 321
2 Titles 2
14-7 Career Grand Slam Record 14-29
0-4 Australian Open Record 2-6
116-105 Career Record 114-122
68-66 Career Record – Hard 62-66
0-0 2019 Record 3-1
0-0 2019 Record – Hard 3-1
4-3 Career Five-Set Record 4-8
0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2
47-44 Career Tiebreak Record 62-47
0-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 1-1

• CORIC is bidding to record his first Australian Open match-win. This is his 5th straight Australian Open and his 18th Grand Slam overall.
• Coric is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the first time and record his best Australian Open result. He has lost in the 1st round on each of his previous 4 appearances at the Australian Open – to Jeremy Chardy in 2015, Albert Ramos-Vinolas in 2016, Alexandr Dolgopolov in 2017 and John Millman last year.
• Coric’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 at the 2018 US Open, where he lost to eventual finalist Del Potro in straight sets. Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2018, Coric reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros (l. Diego Schwartzman) but fell to Daniil Medvedev in the 1st round at Wimbledon.
• Coric’s best result in 2018 was winning his 2nd Tour-level title at Halle, where he defeated 9-time champion and No. 1 seed Roger Federer in the final. He also reached his first Masters-1000 final at Shanghai-1000 (l. Novak Djokovic), the semifinals at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Federer) and 4 Tour-level quarterfinals.
• Coric warmed up for the Australian Open at the Adelaide World Tennis Challenge exhibition event. He played 2 singles matches against Fernando Verdasco, losing the first on a match tiebreak and the 2nd in straight sets.
• Coric reached a career-high ranking of No. 12 in November last year. He plays here at the same ranking.
• Coric is a Davis Cup champion. He won 5 of the 6 rubbers he contested in Croatia’s title-winning season in 2018, including defeating Jeremy Chardy in the first rubber of the Final. Coric has played Davis Cup since 2013 and has a 10-7 win-loss record in singles rubbers. By winning the competition last year, Croatia has secured a place in the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid on 18-24 November.
• Coric is a former junior world No. 1. He won the boys’ singles event at the 2013 US Open (d. Thanasi Kokkinakis), and reached the boys’ singles semifinals at the 2013 Australian Open (l. Kokkinakis) and 2013 Roland Garros, losing to eventual champion Christian Garin.
• Coric is coached by Riccardo Piatti and Kristijan Schneider. His physical trainer is Marino Basic.
• DARCIS is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 2nd time. This is his 7th appearance at the Australian Open and his 31st Grand Slam overall.
• Darcis is contesting just his 2nd event since the 2017 Davis Cup Final. He missed the entire 2018 season due to a right elbow injury, making his return in a semifinal finish at Pune earlier this month (l. Ivo Karlovic).
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes
• On his last appearance here, in 2017, Darcis equalled his best Grand Slam result by reaching the 3rd round (l. Andreas Seppi). He also reached the 3rd round at 2011 Roland Garros (l. Gael Monfils). He has lost in the 1st round on all of his other 5 appearances.
• Darcis is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player at a Grand Slam for the 2nd time on his 12th attempt. The only Top 20 player he has defeated at the majors is No. 5 Rafael Nadal in the 1st round at 2013 Wimbledon.
• Darcis has won just one of his last 17 matches against Top 20 opposition. The only Top 20 player he has defeated in that time is No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta in 1st round at 2017 Beijing. He has a 5-37 win-loss record against Top 20 players overall.
• Darcis has lost both of the 5-set matches he has contested at the Australian Open – against Sebastien de Chaunac in the 1st round in 2009 and Guido Pella in the 1st round in 2016. He has a 4-8 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Darcis reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 in May 2017. He plays here with a ranking of No. 315, having entered the tournament using a protected ranking of No. 90.
• Darcis has won 2 Tour-level titles – on clay at 2007 Amersfoort (d. Werner Eschauer) and on hard court at 2008 Memphis (d. Robin Soderling).
• Darcis has played Davis Cup since 2005 and has a 23-18 overall win-loss record in the competition. He was a member of the Belgium team that finished runner-up in 2017 after falling to France in the Davis Cup Final in Lille. Belgium will face Brazil in the Davis Cup qualifiers in Uberlandia on 1-2 February.
• Darcis is coached by Yannis Demeroutis.
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes

NO. 12 FABIO FOGNINI (ITA) v JAUME MUNAR (ESP)
Head-to-head: first meeting
FOGNINI v MUNAR
31 Age 21
13 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 79
8 Titles 0
47-42 Career Grand Slam Record 2-3
8-11 Australian Open Record 0-1
329-282 Career Record 12-15
118-130 Career Record – Hard 5-7
1-1 2019 Record 2-1
1-1 2019 Record – Hard 2-1
18-13 Career Five-Set Record 2-0
7 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1
114-95 Career Tiebreak Record 11-4
1-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 1-0

• FOGNINI is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd straight year and the 5th time overall. This is his 12th Australian Open and his 44th Grand Slam.
• Last year here, Fognini equalled his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the round of 16, defeating Horacio Zeballos, Evgeny Donskoy and Julien Benneteau before losing to Tomas Berdych in straight sets. He also reached the round of 16 here in 2014 (l. Novak Djokovic).
• Fognini’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals at 2011 Roland Garros when he became the first Italian man to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Davide Sanguinetti at 1998 Wimbledon. He gave a walkover to Novak Djokovic in his quarterfinal match due to 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 Stefan Edberg pulled out of his match with Thomas Muster at the 1989 Australian Open.
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, Fognini reached the round of 16 at Roland Garros (l. Marin Cilic), the 3rd round at Wimbledon (l. Vesely) and the 2nd round at the US Open (l. John MIllman).
• Fognini won a career-best 3 Tour-level titles in 2018 – at Sao Paulo (d. Nicolas Jarry), Bastad (d. Richard Gasguet) and Los Cabos (d. Juan Martin del Potro). He also reached the final at Chengdu (l. Bernard Tomic) and the semifinals at 5 other events.
• Fognini warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the quarterfinals at Auckland, where he fell to Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets.
• Fognini reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 in March 2014. He plays here with the same ranking.
• Fognini is an Australian Open doubles champion. He partnered Simone Bolelli to the title here in 2015, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut to become the first all-Italian pairing to win a Grand Slam men’s doubles title since Nicola Pietrangeli/Orlando Sirola at 1959 Roland Garros and the first all-Italian pairing in history to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title.
• Fognini has played Davis Cup for Italy since 2008 and has a 28-13 overall win-loss record in the competition. Italy will play India in the Davis Cup qualifiers in Kolkata on 1-2 February.
• Fognini is coached by Franco Davin.
• MUNAR is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the first time on his 2nd Australian Open appearance. This is his 4th Grand Slam overall.
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes
• Last year here, Munar qualified for the main draw to make his Grand Slam debut. He fell to Gael Monfils in straight sets in the 1st round of the main draw.
• Munar is bidding to reach the 2nd round at a major for the 3rd time and equal his best Grand Slam performance. He reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at 2018 Roland Garros (d. David Ferrer, l. Novak Djokovic) and as a direct acceptance at the 2018 US Open (d. Ruben Bemelmans, l. Diego Schwartzman) last year. He failed to qualify at 2018 Wimbledon, falling to Andrea Collarini in the 1st round of qualifying.
• Munar’s best Tour-level result in 2018 was reaching the semifinals at Kitzbuhel (l. Martin Klizan). He also won titles at the Prostejov Challenger (CZE) (d. Laslo Djere) and the Caltanissetta Challenger (ITA) (d. Matteo Donati),
• Munar warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the quarterfinals at Pune, where he defeated Radu Albot and Simone Bolelli before falling to Kevin Anderson. He also attempted to qualify at Sydney but fell to Alex Bolt in the 1st round of qualifying.
• Munar is bidding to defeat a Top 20 player for the first time on his 5th attempt. His career-best victory came at 2015 Hamburg when No. 28 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez retired due to a hamstring injury in the first set of their 1st round match. His career-best victory in a completed match came against No. 37 Andrey Rublev in the 2nd round at 2018 Winston-Salem.
• Munar has won both of the 5-set matches he has contested – against Ferrer in the 1st round at 2018 Roland Garros and Bemelmans in the 1st round at the 2018 US Open.
• Munar broke the Top 100 for the first time in June 2018, becoming the youngest Spaniard in the Top 100 since then-No. 2 and 21-year-old Rafael Nadal in July 2007. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 74 earlier this month but plays here 5 places lower at No. 79.
• Munar was a successful junior, reaching a career-high junior ranking of No. 3. He reached the final of 2014 Junior Roland Garros (l. Rublev) and was a member of the Spain team that won the 2013 Junior Davis Cup by beating Germany 2-0 in the final in San Luis Potosi. He reached the 2nd round on his only appearance in the Australian Open boys’ singles in 2014 (l. Harry Bourchier).
• Munar is coached by Tomeu Silva and Pedro Clar.
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes

NO. 16 MILOS RAONIC (CAN) v NICK KYRGIOS (AUS)
Head-to-head: Tied 3-3
2014 Roland Garros Clay (O) R128 Raonic 63 76(1) 63
2014 Wimbledon Grass (O) QF Raonic 67(4) 62 64 76(4)
2015 Wimbledon Grass (O) R32 Kyrgios 57 75 76(3) 63
2016 Miami-1000 Hard (O) QF Kyrgios 64 76(4)
2016 Rome-1000 Clay (O) R32 Kyrgios 76(5) 63
2016 Queen’s Grass (O) R32 Raonic 67(5) 64 64
A 7th Tour-level meeting for the 2 players, but their first since 2016. It is their 4th Grand Slam meeting, with Raonic leading the head-to-head at the majors 2-1. Kyrgios won their only previous encounter on a hard court, winning in straight sets in the quarterfinals at 2016 Miami-1000.
Raonic lost his only previous meeting with an Australian player at the Australian Open, falling to Lleyton Hewitt in the 3rd round here in 2012. Raonic has a 6-4 win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slams – he has a 3-0 win-loss record against Frenchmen at Roland Garros, a 1-1 win-loss record against Brits at Wimbledon and a 2-2 win-loss record against Americans at the US Open.

RAONIC v KYRGIOS
28 Age 23
17 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 52
8 Titles 4
76-29 Career Grand Slam Record 34-21
23-8 Australian Open Record 11-5
322-148 Career Record 132-76
217-93 Career Record – Hard 88-46
2-1 2019 Record 1-1
2-1 2019 Record – Hard 1-1
9-7 Career Five-Set Record 5-2
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2
199-123 Career Tiebreak Record 89-62
2-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 3-0

• RAONIC is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 8th time. He has lost in the 1st round here on just one occasion – falling to Lukas Lacko in 4 sets last year.
• Raonic’s best Australian Open result is reaching the semifinals in 2016 (l. Andy Murray). He was the first Canadian man – and only the 2nd Canadian player after Eugenie Bouchard – in history to reach the semifinals here.
• Raonic recorded his best Grand Slam result at 2016 Wimbledon when, as No. 6 seed, he became the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam final, falling to Murray in straight sets.
• This is Raonic’s 9th Australian Open and his 30th Grand Slam overall. Should he win his maiden Grand Slam title on his 30th attempt, he will be 5th on the Open Era list for most Grand Slam appearances before winning a first Grand Slam title. (see Preview page 5)
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams last year, Raonic reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the round of 16 at the US Open, losing to John Isner on both occasions. He missed Roland Garros with a knee injury.
• Raonic’s best result in 2018 was a runner-up finish at Stuttgart (l. Roger Federer). He also reached the semifinals at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Juan Martin del Potro) and the quarterfinals at Miami-1000 (l. Del Potro), Cincinnati-1000 (l. Novak Djokovic), Tokyo (l. Daniil Medvedev) and Wimbledon.
• Raonic warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the quarterfinals at Brisbane (l. Medvedev).
• The Australian Open is Raonic’s 2nd-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won. He has a 23-8 win-loss record here, compared to 24-8 at Wimbledon, 15-7 at the US Open and 14-6 at Roland Garros.
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes
• Raonic has won 8 Tour-level titles – most recently at 2016 Brisbane (d. Federer). All 8 of his titles have come on hard courts.
• Raonic reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in November 2016 after reaching the semifinals at the ATP World Tour Finals, where he fell to Murray in the longest 3-set match in the tournament’s history at 3 hours 38 minutes. He plays here at No. 17.
• Raonic has played Davis Cup for Canada since 2010 and has an 18-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. Canada will play Slovakia in the Davis Cup qualifiers in Bratislava on 1-2 February.
• Raonic was born in Montenegro but moved to Canada in 1994. He started playing tennis aged 8.
• Raonic is coached by Goran Ivanisevic, who reached the quarterfinals here in 1989, 1994 and 1997. His fitness trainers are Marino Basic and Avi Kowalsky.
• KYRGIOS is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 6th Australian Open appearance and his 22nd Grand Slam overall.
• Kyrgios has lost in the 1st round of a Grand Slam on 5 occasions – as a qualifier at the US Open in 2013 (l. David Ferrer) and as a direct acceptance in 2015 (l. Andy Murray) and 2017 (l. John Millman), as a wild card at 2014 Roland Garros (l. today’s opponent), and at 2017 Wimbledon, when he retired due to left hip injury against Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
• At the 2015 Australian Open aged 19 years 280 days, Kyrgios equalled his best Grand Slam result by reaching the quarterfinals (l. Murray). He became the youngest man to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals since Andrei Cherkasov in 1990. He was the first Australian to reach the last 8 at the Australian Open since Lleyton Hewitt in 2005 and only the 3rd Australian man to reach the quarterfinals here as a teenager after Brad Drewett and Pat Cash.
• Kyrgios also reached the quarterfinals at 2014 Wimbledon (l. today’s opponent). Ranked No. 144, he defeated world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the round of 16 to become the lowest-ranked player to defeat a world No. 1 at a Grand Slam since No. 193 Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Jim Courier in the 3rd round at 1992 Wimbledon.
• Last year here, as No. 17 seed, Kyrgios reached the round of 16 (l. Grigor Dimitrov). Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, he reached the 3rd round at both Wimbledon (l. Kei Nishikori) and the US Open (l. Roger Federer). He missed Roland Garros due to an elbow injury.
• Kyrgios’ best result in 2018 was winning his 4th career title at Brisbane (d. Ryan Harrison). He also reached the semifinals at Stuttgart (l. Federer) and Queen’s (l. Marin Cilic), and the quarterfinals at Houston (l. Ivo Karlovic) and Atlanta, where he retired due to a hip injury against Cameron Norrie. He suffered elbow and hip injuries during 2018, withdrawing from 11 tournaments during the season.
• Prior to coming here Kyrgios reached the 2nd round on his title defence at Brisbane (d. Harrison, l. Jeremy Chardy).
• Kyrgios has won just one of his last 8 meetings with Top 20 opposition at the Grand Slams. His only victory against a Top 20 opponent at the majors in that time came against No. 15 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 3rd round here last year. He has a 4-14 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition at the majors and a 28-41 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition overall.
• The Australian Open is Kyrgios’ 2nd-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won. He has an 11-5 win-loss record here, compared to 12-5 at Wimbledon, 5-5 at Roland Garros and 6-6 at the US Open.
• Kyrgios reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 in October 2016. He plays here at No. 52 – his lowest ranking since he was ranked No. 53 in January 2015.
• Kyrgios is one of 12 Australian men to start this year’s Australian Open main draw – the most since 2001 when there were also 12. He is looking to become the first native champion to win the Australian Open men’s singles title since Mark Edmondson in 1976.
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes
• Kyrgios is one of 6 former Australian Open junior singles champions to start in the men’s main draw. Kyrgios won the junior title in 2013, defeating compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis in the final. He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 1 in January 2013 after winning the boys’ singles title here. He also won the boys’ doubles title with Kokkinakis at 2013 Wimbledon.
• Kyrgios has played Davis Cup for Australia since 2013 and has a 9-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. Australia will play Bosnia/Herzegovina in the Davis Cup qualifiers in Adelaide on 1-2 February.
• Kyrgios is currently without a permanent coach. His fitness trainer is Ashcon Rezazadeh and his physiotherapist is Will Maher.
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes

NO. 25 DENIS SHAPOVALOV (CAN) v PABLO ANDUJAR (ESP)
Head-to-head: first meeting

SHAPOVALOV v ANDUJAR
19 Age 32*
27 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 85
0 Titles 4
8-6 Career Grand Slam Record 14-28
1-1 Australian Open Record 2-7
48-42 Career Record 124-179
37-30 Career Record – Hard 30-76
0-1 2019 Record 0-1
0-1 2019 Record – Hard 0-1
3-2 Career Five-Set Record 4-6
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
24-27 Career Tiebreak Record 36-56
0-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-1
*Turns 33 on 23 January

• Lefthander SHAPOVALOV is bidding to reach the 2nd round for the 2nd straight year. This is his 2nd appearance at the Australian Open and his 7th Grand Slam overall.
• Shapovalov has lost in the 1st round at a Grand Slam on one previous occasion – on his Grand Slam debut as a wild card at 2017 Wimbledon when he fell to Jerzy Janowicz in 4 sets.
• Shapovalov’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 as a qualifier at the 2017 US Open, where he fell to Pablo Carreno Busta. He became the youngest player to reach the round of 16 since Michael Chang in 1989 and at a Grand Slam since Marat Safin at 1998 Roland Garros.
• Last year here, on his Australian Open debut, Shapovalov reached the 2nd round, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas before falling to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 5 sets. He has a 3-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, Shapovalov reached the 3rd round at the US Open, where he defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime and Andreas Seppi before falling to Kevin Anderson in 5 sets, but fell in the 2nd round at both Roland Garros (d. John Millman, l. Maximilian Marterer) and Wimbledon (d. Jeremy Chardy, l. Benoit Paire).
• Shapovalov’s best results in 2018 were reaching the semifinals at Delray Beach (l. Frances Tiafoe), Madrid-1000 (l. Alexander Zverev) and Tokyo (l. Daniil Medvedev). He also reached the quarterfinals at Eastbourne (l. Mischa Zverev) and St Petersburg (l. Martin Klizan).
• Prior to coming here Shapovalov competed at Auckland, but fell to Joao Sousa in the 1st round. He also played a match at the Kooyong Classic exhibition event, defeating Jack Sock in a match tiebreak.
• Shapovalov reached a career-high ranking of No. 23 in June last year. He plays here 4 places lower at No. 27.
• Shapovalov was a successful junior. He won the boys’ singles title at 2016 Wimbledon (d. Alex de Minaur) and was a member of the Canadian team that defeated Germany to win the 2015 Junior Davis Cup title. He reached the 2nd round on his only appearance in the boys’ singles here in 2015 (d. Hubert Hurkacz, l. Marc Polmans).
• Shapovalov made his Davis Cup debut in 2016 and has a 5-3 overall win-loss record in the competition. Canada will play Slovakia in the Davis Cup qualifiers in Bratislava on 1-2 February.
• Shapovalov is coached by Rob Steckley and his mother, Tessa Shapovalova.
• ANDUJAR is bidding to record his first Australian Open match-win since 2014. This is his 8th appearance at the Australian Open and his 29th Grand Slam overall.

• Andujar is making his first appearance in the main draw here since 2016 – on that occasion, he fell to Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the 1st round. He missed the event in 2017 due to elbow surgery and fell in the 1st round of qualifying here last year (l. Ernesto Escobedo).
• Andujar is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd time and equal his best Australian Open performance – he reached the 2nd round here in 2012 (d. Igor Kunitsyn, l. Juan Ignacio Chela) and 2014 (d. Albert Ramos, l. Jerzy Janowicz), but fell in the 1st round on his 5 other appearances in the main draw here.
• Andujar’s best Grand Slam performances are reaching the 3rd round at both 2015 Roland Garros (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) and 2015 Wimbledon (l. Tomas Berdych).
• In Grand Slam play in 2018, Andujar fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l. Fabio Fognini) on his first appearance in the main draw at a major since the 2016 Australian Open. He withdrew from Wimbledon due to a hamstring injury and withdrew from qualifying at the US Open due to an elbow injury.
• Andujar’s best result in 2018 was winning his 4th Tour-level title at Marrakech, defeating Kyle Edmund in the final. At No. 355 he became the lowest-ranked Tour-level champion since No. 550 Lleyton Hewitt won the title at 1998 Adelaide.
• Andujar is bidding to end a 5-match Tour-level losing streak. He has not recorded a Tour-level match-win since reaching the 3rd round as a lucky loser at Barcelona (having received a bye in the 1st round) (d. Bjorn Fratangelo, l. Roberto Bautista Agut). His only other Tour-level match-wins in 2018 came in his title victory at Marrakech and in a 2nd round finish at Rio de Janeiro, where he defeated Gerald Melzer before retiring due to a right shoulder injury against Dominic Thiem.
• Also in 2018, Andujar won 3 Challenger titles – as a wild card at Alicante (ESP) (d. Alex de Minaur), and as a direct acceptance at both Florence (ITA) (d. Marco Trungelliti) and Buenos Aies (ARG) (d. Pedro Cachin).
• Andujar warmed up for the Australian Open at Pune, where he fell to Evgeny Donskoy in the 1st round. He also attempted to qualify at Sydney but fell to Reilly Opelka in the 1st round of qualifying.
• Andujar is bidding to defeat a Top 30 opponent at a Grand Slam for the 2nd time. He has a 1-13 win-loss record against Top 30 opposition at the majors, with his only victory coming against No. 28 Philipp Kohlschreiber in the 2nd round at 2015 Roland Garros.
• Andujar has won just one of his last 10 meetings with Top 30 opposition at Tour-level. His only victory against a Top 30 player in that time came against No. 26 Edmund in the final at Marrakech last year. He has not defeated a Top 30 player on a hard court since defeating No. 6 Tomas Berdych in the 1st round at 2014 Valencia. He has a 7-22 win-loss record against Top 30 opponents on hard courts and a 24-56 win-loss record against Top 30 opposition overall.
• Andujar is contesting his 10th Grand Slam match against a lefthander. He has 3-6 win-loss record against lefthanded opposition at the majors and a 25-26 win-loss record against lefthanders at Tour-level overall.
• Andujar is on a 3-match winning streak in 5-set matches. He has not lost a 5-set match since falling to Thomaz Bellucci in the 2nd rubber of Spain’s defeat to Brazil in the 2014 Davis Cup World Group play-offs. He has a 4-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall and has never contested a 5-set match at the Australian Open.
• Andujar reached a career-high ranking of No. 32 in July 2015. He dropped as low as No. 1824 in February last year, but improved his ranking over the season and reached No. 82, his highest ranking since April 2016, earlier this month. He plays here 3 places lower at No. 85.
• Andujar is coached by Carlos Calderon.

STAN WAWRINKA (SUI) v ERNESTS GULBIS (LAT)
Head-to-head: Wawrinka leads 1-0
2010 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) R32 Wawrinka 61 64
Wawrinka has lost an Australian Open match to a player ranked as low as No. 86 Gulbis on just one previous occasion – against No. 97 Tennys Sandgren in the 2nd round here last year.

WAWRINKA v GULBIS
33 Age 30
59 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 86
16 Titles 6
134-51 Career Grand Slam Record 38-41
37-12 Australian Open Record 2-8
484-281 Career Record 237-218
273-157 Career Record – Hard 135-129
2-1 2019 Record 2-1
2-1 2019 Record – Hard 2-1
26-21 Career Five-Set Record 7-9
6 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 3
209-184 Career Tiebreak Record 95-108
2-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 1-2

• 2014 Australian Open champion WAWRINKA is bidding to maintain his record of always reaching the 2nd round here. This is his 14th Australian Open appearance and his 55th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Wawrinka reached the 2nd round (d. Ricardas Berankis, l. Tennys Sandgren). It was his earliest exit at the Australian Open since 2008, when he also fell in the 2nd round.
• Wawrinka’s best Australian Open result is winning the title in his first Grand Slam final in 2014 (d. Rafael Nadal). He was the first player to defeat the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds en route to a Grand Slam title since Sergei Bruguera won 1993 Roland Garros.
• Wawrinka has won 3 Grand Slam titles at 3 different majors. He also won 2015 Roland Garros and the 2016 US Open, defeating Djokovic in both finals. He became the 2nd Swiss player – man or woman – in history to win Roland Garros. At 30 years 71 days, he was the oldest man to win in Paris since Andres Gomez in 1990. At the US Open, aged 31 years 167 days, he became the oldest US Open champion since Ken Rosewall in 1970 and just the 5th man to win multiple Grand Slam titles after turning 30. He is one of 6 Grand Slam champions to start in the men’s draw here.
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, Wawrinka reached the 3rd round as a wild card at the US Open, defeating Grigor Dimitrov and Ugo Humbert before falling to Milos Raonic. He reached the 2nd round at Wimbledon (d. Dimitrov, l. Thomas Fabbiano) but fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l.Guillermo Garcia-Lopez).
• Wawrinka’s best results in 2018 were reaching the semifinals at Sofia (l. Mirza Basic) and St Petersburg (l. Martin Klizan) and the quarterfinals at Geneva (l. Marton Fucsovics) and Cincinnati-1000 (l. Roger Federer).
• Wawrinka warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the quarterfinals at Doha (l. Roberto Bautista Agut).
• Wawrinka has won 2 of the 6 five-set matches he has contested at the Australian Open. He has a 26-21 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Wawrinka reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in January 2014. He dropped as low as No. 263 in June last year – his lowest ranking since August 2003 – but plays here at No. 59.
• Wawrinka was the 2003 Roland Garros junior champion (d. Brian Baker) – the only junior Grand Slam event he contested.
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes
• Wawrinka is coached by Magnus Norman, who reached the semifinals here in 2000, and Yannick Fattebert.
• GULBIS is bidding to record his first Australian Open match-win since 2014.
• Gulbis is contesting his first Australian Open since 2016. He did not compete struggled with various injuries during the first half of the 2017 season and did not compete at any level until Roland Garros. He was ranked too low to gain direct acceptance in 2018 and did not attempt to qualify. On his last appearance here, he fell to Jeremy Chardy in the 1st round.
• Gulbis’ best Australian Open result is reaching the 2nd round on 2 occasions – in 2009 (d. Albert Montanes, l. Igor Andreev) and 2014 (d. Juan Monaco, l. Sam Querrey). He has fallen in the 1st round on his other 6 appearances here.
• Gulbis’ best Grand Slam result 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 Djokovic in the semifinals. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 after reaching the last 4 at Roland Garros.
• Gulbis is the only man from Latvia to have competed at Grand Slam events. This is 9th appearance at the Australian Open and his 42nd Grand Slam overall.
• In Grand Slam play in 2018 Gulbis reached the round of 16 as a qualifier at Wimbledon, where he won 3 consecutive 5-set matches to become the 5th man to win his opening 3 matches at Wimbledon in 5 sets in the Open Era, before falling to Kei Nishikori. He reached the 2nd round as a qualifier at Roland Garros (d. Gilles Muller, l. Matteo Berrettini) but fell in the 1st round of qualifying at the US Open (l. Christian Harrison).
• Gulbis’ best result in 2018 was a runner-up finish as a qualifier at Stockholm (l. Stefanos Tsitsipas). The defeat ended his perfect record in Tour-level finals, having previously won all 6 Tour-level finals he had contested.
• Gulbis warmed up for the Australian Open at Pune, where he reached the quarterfinals (l. Ivo Karlovic).
• Gulbis is on a 3-match winning streak in 5-set matches, having not lost a 5-set match since falling to Chardy in the 1st round here in 2016. He has lost all 3 of the 5-set matches he has contested at the Australian Open and has a 7-9 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Gulbis has struggled with injuries over recent seasons and dropped as low as No. 589 in the rankings in July 2017 – his lowest ranking since October 2005. He reentered the Top 100 in October 2018 for the first time since August 2016, and plays here at No. 86.
• Gulbis’ sister Laura Gulbe has played at ITF Pro Circuit events and has contested 3 Fed Cup ties for Latvia.
• Gulbis is coached by Gunter Bresnik.
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes
TARO DANIEL (JPN) v (Q) THANASI KOKKINAKIS (AUS)
Tour-level head-to-head: first meeting
2018 Miami-1000 Qualifying Draw Hard (O) R32 Kokkinakis 75 75

DANIEL v KOKKINAKIS
25* Age 22
82 ATP Ranking (14 Jan) 144
1 Titles 0
3-11 Career Grand Slam Record 4-9
0-2 Australian Open Record 2-3
35-59 Career Record 24-41
15-31 Career Record – Hard 19-28
0-2 2019 Record 0-1
0-2 2019 Record – Hard 0-1
2-4 Career Five-Set Record 3-3
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2
25-15 Career Tiebreak Record 22-20
0-2 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-1
*Turns 26 on 27 January

• DANIEL is bidding to record his first Australian Open match-win. This is his 3rd Australian Open appearance and his 12th Grand Slam overall.
• Daniel is bidding to reach the 2nd round at a Grand Slam for the 4th time and equal his best Grand Slam performance. He reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros in 2016 (d. Martin Klizan, l. Stan Wawrinka) and as a qualifier in 2017 (d. Jerzy Janowicz, l. Pablo Carreno Busta) and at the 2017 US Open (d. Tommy Paul, l. Rafael Nadal).
• Last year here, Daniel fell to Julien Benneteau in the 1st round. He also fell in the 1st round on his only other appearance in the main draw here in 2016, losing to Lukas Rosol in the only 5-set match he has contested at the Australian Open. He has a 2-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, Daniel fell in the 1st round at both Wimbledon (l. Fabio Fognini) and the US Open (l. Alex de Minaur). He failed to qualify at Roland Garros, falling to Dennis Novak in the 2nd round of qualifying.
• Daniel’s best result in 2018 was winning his first Tour-level title at Istanbul (d. Malek Jaziri). He also reached the semifinals at Winstong-Salem (l. Daniil Medvedev) and the quarterfinals at Gstaad (l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and Kitzbuhel (l. Jaume Munar).
• Daniel has never lost to a qualifier at Tour-level. He has won all 7 of his meetings with qualifiers, most recently against Tatsuma Ito at 2018 Shenzhen. This is his first meeting with a qualifier at a Grand Slam.
• Daniel is facing an Australian player here for the first time. He has a 1-2 win-loss record against Australian opponents at Tour-level.
• Daniel reached a career-high ranking of No. 64 in August 2018 but plays here at No. 82.
• Daniel has played Davis Cup for Japan since 2014 and has 4-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. Japan will play China, P.R. in the Davis Cup qualifiers in Guangzhou on 1-2 February.
• Daniel is coached by Mitsuru Takada and Gustavo Marcaccio.
• KOKKINAKIS is bidding to record his first Grand Slam match-win since he reached the 3rd round at 2015 Roland Garros.
• As No. 32 seed, Kokkinakis defeated Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 62 76(4), Sebastian Ofner (AUT) 64 76(4) and No. 10 seed Peter Polansky (CAN) 64 64 in the 3 rounds of qualifying here. It was the first time he has successfully qualified for a Grand Slam on his 7th attempt.
2019 Australian Open day 2 men’s match notes
• Kokkinakis is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 3rd time and equal his best Australian Open performance. He reached the 2nd round here on 2 occasions – as a wild card on his debut here in 2014 (d. Igor Sijsling, l. Rafael Nadal) and as a wild card in 2015 (d. Ernests Gulbis, l. Sam Groth).
• Kokkinakis’ best Grand Slam performance is reaching the 3rd round as a wild card on his Roland Garros debut in 2015 (l. Novak Djokovic). He defeated qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 1st round and came back from 0-2 down to defeat compatriot Bernard Tomic in the 2nd.
• Last year here, as a wild card, Kokkinakis fell to Daniil Medvedev in the 1st round. This is his 4th Australian Open appearance and his 10th Grand Slam overall.
• Also in Grand Slam play in 2018, Kokkinakis fell in 3rd round of qualifying at Wimbledon (l. Alex Bolt) and the 2nd round of qualifying at both Roland Garros (l. Jurgen Zopp) and the US Open (l. Yannick Maden).
• Kokkinakis’s best Tour-level result in 2018 was reaching the 3rd round at Miami-1000 (l. Fernando Verdasco). As a qualifier he defeated Calvin Hemery in the 1st round before defeating world No. 1 Roger Federer in the 2nd round. Ranked No. 175, he became the lowest-ranked player to defeat a world No. 1 since No. 178 Francisco Clavet defeated No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt at 2003 AMS Miami.
• Kokkinakis is bidding to end a 5-match Tour-level losing streak. He has not recorded a Tour-level match-win since defeating Federer at Miami-1000 last year. He recorded just one other Tour-level match-win in 2018 – a 2nd round finish at Acapulco (d. Alexander Bublik, l. Feliciano Lopez) – and fell in the 1st round at the other 4 Tour-level events he contested last year.
• Also in 2018, Kokkinakis won the titles at the Aptos Challenger (USA) (d. Lloyd Harris) and the Las Vegas Challenger (USA) (d. Blaz Rola).
• Prior to coming here, Kokkinakis qualified for the main draw at Brisbane but fell to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 1st round.
• Kokkinakis reached a career-high ranking of No. 69 after reaching the 3rd round at 2015 Roland Garros. He is currently ranked No. 144 – his highest-ranking since May 2016. He struggled with shoulder and abdominal injuries during 2016-17 and was unranked between August 2016 and June 2017.
• Kokkinakis is a former Junior Australian Open singles finalist, falling to Nick Kyrgios in 2013. He also reached the boys’ singles final at the 2013 US Open (l. Borna Coric) and won the boys’ doubles title at 2013 Wimbledon with Kyrgios.
• Kokkinakis is coached by Todd Langman and Joel Kerley.

****All statistics courtesy of the International Tennis Federationa nd Grand Slam Media.