2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN
DAY 4 MEN’S NOTES
Thursday 17 January
2nd Round Top Half

Featured matches
No. 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) v (WC) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
No. 4 Alexander Zverev (GER) v Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
No. 7 Dominic Thiem (AUT) v (WC) Alexei Popyrin (AUS)
No. 8 Kei Nishikori (JPN) v Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
No. 11 Borna Coric (CRO) v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
No. 12 Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
No. 16 Milos Raonic (CAN) v Stan Wawrinka (SUI)
No. 24 Hyeon Chung (KOR) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)
No. 25 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Taro Daniel (JPN)
No. 29 Gilles Simon (FRA) v (WC) Alex Bolt (AUS)

On court today…
• 11 years on from their first meeting in the Australian Open final, Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga meet here once again on Rod Laver Arena this evening. Djokovic won his first Grand Slam title in that first meeting in 2008, but Tsonga won their quarterfinal clash here 2 years later and tonight has the chance to become the 7th player to record multiple Grand Slam victories against Djokovic. The pair have experienced contrasting fortunes in recent months, with Djokovic winning 2 major titles and returning to world No. 1 in 2018 while Tsonga slipped to No. 177 after missing 7 months of the season due to a knee injury. But Djokovic will not underestimate the Frenchman, who has defeated him a total of 6 times at Tour-level and will aim to add to that tally tonight.
• Croatian veteran Ivo Karlovic will look to set yet more age-related records when he takes on the comparatively youthful No. 8 seed, Kei Nishikori, who at 29-years-old is 10 years his junior, in the first match on Margaret Court Arena today. Karlovic could become the oldest man to reach the 3rd round here since Ken Rosewall reached that stage aged 44 years 62 days in 1978. Nishikori, meanwhile, recorded his 3rd comeback from 0-2 down to defeat Kamil Majchrzak and reach the 2nd round here, and will be keen to replicate his performance from the last time he played Karlovic – a straight sets win at the US Open in 2016.
• 2018 semifinalist Hyeon Chung is another player who flirted with defeat in the 1st round. Like Nishikori, he was forced to come back from 0-2 down, eventually defeating Bradley Klahn in 5 sets to progress. He faces Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Melbourne Arena, with the Frenchman looking to defeat a seeded player here for the first time. If Chung is hoping for a quick victory after his efforts on Tuesday, he may be disappointed – in their only previous Tour-level meeting, at 2015 Wimbledon, Herbert won a 5-set epic, prevailing 10-8 in the deciding set.

NO. 1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) v (WC) JO-WILFRIED TSONGA (FRA)
Head-to-head: Djokovic leads 16-6
2008 Australian Open Hard (O) FR Djokovic 46 64 63 76(2)
2008 Bangkok Hard (I) FR Tsonga 76(4) 64
2008 AMS Paris Hard (I) R16 Tsonga 64 16 63
2008 Tennis Masters Cup Hard (I) RR Tsonga 16 75 61
2009 Marseille Hard (I) SF Tsonga 64 76(1)
2009 Miami-1000 Hard (O) QF Djokovic 63 64
2010 Australian Open Hard (O) QF Tsonga 76(8) 67(5) 16 63 61
2011 Wimbledon Grass (O) SF Djokovic 76(4) 62 67(9) 63
2011 Montreal-1000 Hard (O) SF Djokovic 64 3-0 ret. (right arm injury)
2011 Paris-1000 Hard (I) QF Tsonga w/o
2012 Rome-1000 Clay (O) QF Djokovic 75 61
2012 Roland Garros Clay (O) QF Djokovic 61 57 57 76(6) 61
2012 London Olympic Tennis Event Grass (O) QF Djokovic 61 75
2012 Beijing Hard (O) FR Djokovic 76(4) 62
2012 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) RR Djokovic 76(4) 63
2013 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) QF Djokovic 63 61
2013 Shanghai-1000 Hard (O) SF Djokovic 62 75
2014 Roland Garros Clay (O) R16 Djokovic 61 64 61
2014 Wimbledon Grass (O) R16 Djokovic 63 64 76(5)
2014 Toronto-1000 Hard (O) R16 Tsonga 62 62
2015 Shanghai-1000 Hard (O) FR Djokovic 62 64
2016 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) QF Djokovic 76(2) 76(2)
2016 US Open Hard (O) QF Djokovic 63 62 ret. (left knee)

A 23rd meeting for the 2 players, their 17th on a hard court and their 8th at a Grand Slam. Djokovic leads the hard court head-to-head 10-6 and has won 6 of their 7 meetings at the majors.
Their first meeting in the final here in 2008 was the scene of Djokovic’s first Grand Slam title. It was also Tsonga’s first appearance in a Tour-level final.
Tsonga is bidding to become the 7th player to record multiple victories against Djokovic at the Grand Slams – after Rafael Nadal (9 victories over Djokovic), Roger Federer (6), Stan Wawrinka (3), Tomas Berdych (2), Andy Murray (2) and Marat Safin (2).
By meeting in the quarterfinals at the 2016 US Open, Djokovic and Tsonga completed a set of meetings at all 4 Grand Slam events. Tsonga is one of the 5 players that Djokovic has faced at all 4 Grand Slams – along with Federer, Nadal, Murray and Kei Nishikori. Djokovic is one of the 3 players that Tsonga has faced at all 4 Grand Slams – along with Federer and Juan Monaco.
Djokovic is bidding to extend a 26-match winning streak against French opposition at the Grand Slams. He has not lost to a French player at a major since falling to Tsonga in the quarterfinals here in 2010. He has 35-2 win-loss record against French players at the majors.
Djokovic has lost just one of his last 27 meetings against French players at Tour-level – his only defeat to a French player in that time came against Benoit Paire in the 2nd round at Miami-1000. He has a 105-17 win-loss record against French players at Tour-level overall.
Djokovic has lost to a player ranked as low as No. 177 Tsonga on 2 previous occasions – to No. 178 Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the 1st round at 2006 Barcelona and 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 in the 2nd round here in 2017.
Djokovic has won 8 of his 9 meetings with wild cards at the Grand Slams. The only wild card to have defeated Djokovic at a major is Istomin here in 2017.

DJOKOVIC v TSONGA
31 Age 33
1 ATP Ranking 177
72 Titles 16
259-41 Career Grand Slam Record 118-40
62-8 Australian Open Record 37-11
840-176 Career Record 435-203
543-102 Career Record – Hard 295-134
4-1 2019 Record 4-1
4-1 2019 Record – Hard 4-1
29-9 Career Five-Set Record 16-10
4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 4
233-134 Career Tiebreak Record 210-154
0-1 2019 Tiebreak Record 4-1

• Six-time Australian Open champion DJOKOVIC is bidding to reach the 2nd round here for the 12th time. This is his 15th appearance at the Australian Open and his 56th Grand Slam overall.
• Djokovic advanced to the 2nd round after defeating qualifier Mitchell Krueger 63 62 62 in the 1st round here on Tuesday in his 300th Grand Slam match. He is just the 2nd player in history, after Roger Federer, to contest 300 matches at the majors.
• Djokovic has lost in the 2nd round here on one previous occasion – in 2017, when he fell to No. 117 Denis Istomin in 5 sets. It was his earliest defeat at a Grand Slam since 2008 Wimbledon, when he fell to Marat Safin in the 2nd round, and his earliest defeat at the Australian Open since falling to Paul Goldstein in the 1st round in 2006.
• 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 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. today’s opponent), 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).
• 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.
2019 Australian Open day 4 men’s match notes
• 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
• 2008 Australian Open runner-up TSONGA is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 11th time. He has never lost a 2nd round match here.
• Tsonga advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Martin Klizan 64 64 76(5) in the 1st round on Tuesday. This is his 12th Australian Open appearance and his 41st Grand Slam appearance overall.
• Tsonga’s best Grand Slam result is a runner-up finish here in 2008 (l. today’s opponent). He defeated 3 Top 10 players (Andy Murray, Richard Gasquet and Rafael Nadal) en route to the final.
• Last year here Tsonga reached the 3rd round, falling to Nick Kyrgios in 4 sets.
• Tsonga missed 7 months of the 2018 season due to injury and underwent left knee surgery in April 2018. He did not play after retiring against Lucas Pouille in the semifinals at Montpellier due to a left hamstring injury in February – missing Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open – returning to the tour at Metz in September, where he fell to Peter Gojowczyk. He won just one match after his return in 2018 in a 2nd round finish at Antwerp (d. Guido Pella, l. Gael Monfils).
• Tsonga warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the semifinals at Brisbane (l. Daniil Medvedev).
• Tsonga is bidding to record his first victory against a world No. 1 at a Grand Slam. He has a 3-10 win-loss record against No. 1-ranked players at Tour-level, having defeated No. 1 Federer at 2009 Montreal-1000, No. 1 Nadal at 2010 Queen’s and No. 1 today’s opponent at 2014 Toronto-1000. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at a Grand Slam is No. 2 Nadal in the semifinals here in 2008.
• The Australian Open is Tsonga’s most successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 37-11 win-loss record here, compared with 30-10 at Wimbledon, 27-10 at Roland Garros and 24-9 at the US Open.
• Tsonga ended a 3-match losing streak in 5-set matches by defeating Denis Shapovalov in 5 sets in the 2nd round here last year. He has a 4-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches at the Australian Open and a 16-10 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Tsonga is unseeded here this year – it is the first time he has been unseeded at a Grand Slam he has contested since the 2008 Australian Open.
• Tsonga has won 16 Tour-level titles – most recently at 2017 Antwerp (d. Diego Schwartzman). 15 of his titles have come on hard court.
• Tsonga is a former Top 5 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 5 in February 2012. He dropped outside the Top 200 for the first time since April 2007 at the end of last year, but rose to No. 177 after his semifinal finish at Brisbane earlier this month. He plays here at the same ranking.
• Tsonga has played Davis Cup for France since 2008 and has a 27-10 overall win-loss in the competition. He was part of the French teams that won the title in 2017, defeating Belgium in the final, and finished runner-up
2019 Australian Open day 4 men’s match notes
in 2014 (l. Switzerland) and 2018 (l. Croatia). By reaching the final last year, France guaranteed a place in the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid on 18-24 November.
• Tsonga is coached by Thierry Ascione and Sergiy Bruguera.

NO. 4 ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) v JEREMY CHARDY (FRA)
Head-to-head: Zverev leads 2-1
2015 Kuala Lumpur Hard (I) R32 Chardy 36 63 62
2017 Montpellier Hard (I) QF Zverev 64 46 62
2017 Munich Clay (O) R16 Zverev 64 64
A 4th Tour-level meeting for the pair, but their first at a Grand Slam.

ZVEREV v CHARDY
21 Age 31
4 ATP Ranking 36
10 Titles 1
23-14 Career Grand Slam Record 50-43
5-3 Australian Open Record 11-10
176-89 Career Record 252-255
96-54 Career Record – Hard 133-145
1-0 2019 Record 4-2
1-0 2019 Record – Hard 4-2
8-6 Career Five-Set Record 12-4
0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1
63-46 Career Tiebreak Record 126-132
0-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 3-2

• ZVEREV is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 3rd straight year and equal his best Australian Open result. This is his 4th Australian Open appearance and his 15th Grand Slam overall.
• Zverev progressed to the 2nd round after defeating Aljaz Bedene 64 61 64 in the 150th hard court match of his career in the 1st round on Tuesday.
• Zverev is bidding to reach the 3rd round for the 5th consecutive Grand Slam. He has lost in the 2nd round at a Grand Slam on 3 occasions – most recently at the 2017 US Open (l. Borna Coric).
• 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. Philipp 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 ATP 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 Roger 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
2019 Australian Open day 4 men’s match notes
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 2 former junior Australian Open champions to reach the 2nd round from the 6 who started 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 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.
• CHARDY is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 3rd time and for the first time since 2014. He is also bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2016 Roland Garros (l. Stan Wawrinka).
• Chardy progressed to the 2nd round after defeating Ugo Humbert 36 76(6) 64 67(4) 76(6) in the 1st round on Tuesday. The victory extended his winning streak in 5-set matches at the Australian Open to 3 matches. He has a 3-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and a 12-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Chardy’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals here in 2013. He defeated Adrian Menendez-Maceiras, Marcel Granollers, Juan Martin del Potro and Andreas Seppi, before falling to Andy Murray in straight sets.
• Last year here, Chardy fell to Tennys Sandgren in the 1st round. This is his 11th appearance at the Australian Open and 44th Grand Slam overall.
• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play last year Chardy reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Tomas Berdych, l. Pierre-Hugues Herbert) and the US Open (d. Andrey Rublev, l. Kevin Anderson), but lost to Denis Shapovalov in the 1st round at Wimbledon.
• Chardy’s best result in 2018 was finishing runner-up at ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. Richard Gasquet). His defeat in the final ended a 9-match winning streak that also included winning the title at the Surbiton Challenger (GBR) (d. Alex de Minaur). He also reached the semifinals at Istanbul (l. Taro Daniel) and Queen’s (l. Novak Djokovic).
• Prior to coming here, Chardy reached the semifinals at Brisbane (l. Kei Nishikori) but fell to Andreas Seppi in the 1st round at Sydney.
• Chardy is bidding to record his first match-win against a Top 5 player at a Grand Slam. He has lost all 10 of his previous matches against Top 5 opposition at the majors. The highest-ranked players he has defeated at the Grand Slams are No. 7 David Nalbandian in the 2nd round at 2008 Roland Garros, No. 7 Juan Martin del Potro in the 3rd round here in 2013 and No. 7 David Ferrer in the 3rd round at the 2015 US Open.
• Chardy has won just one of his last 14 meetings with Top 5 opposition. His only win in that time was against No. 4 Grigor Dimitrov in the 3rd round at 2018 Miami-1000. He has a 3-31 win-loss record against Top 5 opposition overall.
• Chardy reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 in January 2013. He fell to No. 100 in the rankings in March 2018 – his lowest ranking since he was No. 103 in January 2012 – but re-entered the Top 50 in June 2018 and ended the year ranked No. 40. He plays here at No. 36.
• Chardy has played Davis Cup since 2009 and has a 5-2 win-loss record in singles rubbers in the competition. In 2018, he appeared in the quarterfinals and Final as France finished runner-up to Croatia. He lost both rubbers he contested last year – to Fabio Fognini in the 2nd rubber of the quarterfinals against Italy, and to Borna Coric in the first rubber of last year’s Final against Croatia.
• Chardy is coached by James Davidson.

NO. 7 DOMINIC THIEM (AUT) v (WC) ALEXEI POPYRIN (AUS)
Head-to-head: first meeting

Thiem is facing an Australian player here for the 2nd time, having defeated Jordan Thompson in the 2nd round here in 2017 on his only previous meeting with a home player here. He has won all 5 of his meetings against players at their home Grand Slams – in addition to his victory against Thompson here, he has defeated 3 Americans at the US Open and won his only match against a Frenchman at Roland Garros. He has never faced a Brit at Wimbledon.
Thiem has lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 149 Alexei Popyrin – when he fell to No. 236 Luke Saville in the 1st round at 2014 Wimbledon.
Thiem is facing a wild card at a Grand Slam for the 5th time. He has won 3 of his previous 4 meetings with wild cards at the majors, with his only defeat coming when he retired due a right knee injury while trailing Juan Martin del Potro in the round of 16 at the 2016 US Open. He has a 14-7 win-loss record against wild cards at Tour-level overall.

THIEM v POPYRIN
25 Age 19
8 ATP Ranking 149
11 Titles 0
48-20 Career Grand Slam Record 1-1
10-5 Australian Open Record 1-1
226-130 Career Record 2-6
99-79 Career Record – Hard 2-6
1-1 2019 Record 1-2
1-1 2019 Record – Hard 1-2
6-6 Career Five-Set Record 0-0
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
85-77 Career Tiebreak Record 3-3
0-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 1-2

• THIEM is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 4th consecutive year. This is his 6th straight Australian Open and his 21st consecutive Grand Slam.
• Thiem advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Benoit Paire 64 63 57 16 63 in the 1st round on Tuesday. The victory improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches at the Australian Open to 2-1. He has a 6-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• 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.
• 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.
2019 Australian Open day 4 men’s match notes
• 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.
• Wild card POPYRIN is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 2nd Grand Slam appearance.
• Popyrin advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Mischa Zverev 75 76(7) 64 for his first Grand Slam match-win in the 1st round on Tuesday.
• Last year here, as a wild card on his only previous Grand Slam appearance, Popyrin fell to Tim Smyczek in the 1st round. He did not attempt to qualify at any of the other 3 Grand Slams in 2018.
• Popyrin is bidding to record back-to-back Tour-level match-wins for the first time. His victory against Zverev in the 1st round here was the 2nd Tour-level match-win of his career – he defeated Matthew Ebden for his first Tour-level match-win as a qualifier at 2018 Basel before falling to Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round. He lost in the 1st round on his 5 other Tour-level appearances.
• Also in 2018, Popyrin won the title at the Jinan Challenger (CHN) (d. James Ward) and reached the semifinals at the Astana Challenger (KAZ) (l. Sebastian Ofner). He also reached the quarterfinals at 4 other Challenger events.
• Prior to coming here Popyrin competed as a wild card both Brisbane and Sydney. He lost in the 1st round at both events – to Alex de Minaur at Brisbane and to Martin Klizan at Sydney. He also contested a match at the Kooyong Classic exhibition event, losing to Marc Polmans in a match tiebreak.
• Popyrin is one of 6 Australian men to reach the 2nd round from the 12 who started this year’s Australian Open main draw – the most since 2016 when there were also 6. He is looking to become the first native champion to win the Australian Open men’s singles title since Mark Edmondson in 1976.
• Popyrin improved his ranking by more than 450 places during 2018. He began the season ranked at No. 622 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 147 by December. He plays here ranked 2 places lower at No. 149.
• Popyrin was a successful junior. He won the boys’ singles title at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Nicola Kuhn) and reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 2. His best result at the Junior Australian Open was a 2nd round finish in 2017 (d. Ajeet Rai, l. Alexey Zakharov).
• Popyrin is coached by Rohan Williams.

NO. 8 KEI NISHIKORI (JPN) v IVO KARLOVIC (CRO)
Head-to-head: Tied 2-2
2012 Davis Cup (WG-1R) Hard (I) R2 Karlovic 64 64 63
2013 Delray Beach Hard (O) R32 Karlovic 5-4 ret. (oblique strain)
2014 Memphis Hard (I) FR Nishikori 64 76
2016 US Open Hard (O) R16 Nishikori 63 64 76(4)
Nishikori has won the 2 most-recent meetings between the pair, including at the 2016 US Open – their only meeting at a Grand Slam. All 4 of their matches have been on a hard court.
Nishikori has not lost to a player ranked as low as No. 73 Karlovic at the Grand Slams since the 2013 US Open when he fell to No. 179 Daniel Evans in the 1st round. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Nishikori at the Australian Open is No. 32 Jurgen Melzer in the 1st round here in 2009.

NISHIKORI v KARLOVIC
29 Age 39
9 ATP Ranking 73
12 Titles 8
82-34 Career Grand Slam Record 51-56
24-8 Australian Open Record 15-15
379-176 Career Record 362-324
258-119 Career Record – Hard 228-220
5-0 2019 Record 5-1
5-0 2019 Record – Hard 5-1
19-6 Career Five-Set Record 9-18
3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 3
116-79 Career Tiebreak Record 384-381
0-1 2019 Tiebreak Record 7-3

• NISHIKORI is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 8th time. This is his 9th Australian Open appearance and his 36th Grand Slam overall.
• Nishikori advanced to the 2nd round here when qualifier Kamil Majchrzak retired due to muscle cramping with Nishikori leading 36 67(6) 60 62 3-0. It is the 3rd time in his career that Nishikori has successfully recovered from 0-2 down. He has a 5-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and a 19-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• 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 here 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.
• 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.
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• 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 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.
• KARLOVIC is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 3rd straight year and the 6th time overall. This is his 16th Australian Open appearance and his 57th Grand Slam overall.
• Karlovic advanced to the 2nd round here for the 3rd straight year after defeating Hubert Hurkacz 67(5) 76(5) 76(3) 76(5) on Tuesday, becoming the oldest man to win a match at the Australian Open since Ken Rosewall in 1978.
• Aged 39 years 333 days, Karlovic was the oldest man to start in the main draw here. He is bidding to become the oldest man to reach the 3rd round at the Australian Open since Rosewall, aged 44 years 62 days, in 1978. [NB Age calculated at the end of the tournament]
• By winning his 1st round match here, Karlovic also became the oldest man to record a Grand Slam match-win since Jimmy Connors reached the 2nd round at the 1992 US Open aged 40 years 11 days.
• Karlovic’s best Australian Open result is reaching the round of 16 in 2010, when he defeated Radek Stepanek, Julien Benneteau and Ivan Ljubicic, before falling to Rafael Nadal in 4 sets.
• Karlovic’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at 2009 Wimbledon, when he defeated Lukas Lacko, Steve Darcis, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Fernando Verdasco, before falling to eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets.
• Last year here, Karlovic reached the 3rd round, defeating Laslo Djere and Yuichi Sugita in 5 sets before falling to Andreas Seppi. Karlovic has lost 3 of his last 4 five-set matches at the Grand Slams. He has a 3-4 win-loss record in 5-set matches at the Australian Open and a 9-18 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2018, Karlovic reached the 2nd round at Wimbledon (d. Mikhail Youzhny, l. Jan-Lennard Struff), but fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l. Corentin Moutet). He also attempted to qualify for the US Open, but fell to Collin Altamirano in the 2nd round of qualifying.
• Karlovic’s best result in 2018 was reaching the semifinals at Houston (l. Tennys Sandgren). He also reached the quarterfinals at New York (l. Sam Querrey).
• Karlovic warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the final at Pune (l. Kevin Anderson). He became the oldest Tour-level finalist since 43-year-old Rosewall at 1977 Sydney.
• Karlovic is bidding to end an 8-match losing streak against Top 10 opposition at the Grand Slams. He has not defeated a Top 10 player at a major since defeating No. 8 Fernando Verdasco in the round of 16 at 2009 Wimbledon. He has a 4-12 win-loss record against Top 10 players at the Grand Slams and a 21-58 win-loss record against Top 10 players overall.
• Karlovic is bidding to record his 16th Grand Slam match-win at the Australian Open. The Australian Open is his 2nd-most successful Grand Slam in terms of match-wins. He has a 15-15 win-loss record here, compared to 16-14 at Wimbledon, 13-14 at the US Open and 7-13 at Roland Garros.
• Karlovic reached a career-high ranking of No. 14 in August 2008. He plays here at No. 73.
• In 2016, aged 37 years 271 days, Karlovic became the oldest man to play a Davis Cup Final since Frenchman Jacques Brugnon (38 years 80 days) in 1933 and the oldest man to play a singles rubber in the Davis Cup Final since Australian Norman Brookes (43 years 48 days) in 1920. He made his Davis Cup debut in 2000 and has a 13-14 overall win-loss record in the competition.
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• Karlovic is coached by Mirko Pehar.

NO. 11 BORNA CORIC (CRO) v MARTON FUCSOVICS (HUN)
Head-to-head: first meeting

CORIC v FUCSOVICS
22 Age 26
12 ATP Ranking 38
2 Titles 1
15-17 Career Grand Slam Record 5-7
1-4 Australian Open Record 4-1
117-105 Career Record 53-46
69-66 Career Record – Hard 27-25
1-0 2019 Record 3-2
1-0 2019 Record – Hard 3-2
4-3 Career Five-Set Record 4-1
0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
47-44 Career Tiebreak Record 14-25
0-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-1

• CORIC is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time. This is his 5th Australian Open and 18th Grand Slam overall.
• Coric advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Steve Darcis 61 64 64 in the 1st round on Tuesday to record his first Australian Open match-win.
• Coric lost in the 1st round on each of his 4 previous appearances here – in 2015 (l. Jeremy Chardy), 2016 (l. Albert Ramos-Vinolas), 2017 (l. Alexandr Dolgopolov) and 2018 (l. John Millman).
• Coric’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 at the 2018 US Open, where he lost to eventual finalist Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets. Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2018, Coric reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros (l. Diego Schwartzman), and fell in the 1st round at Wimbledon (l. Daniil Medvedev).
• 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.
• FUCSOVICS is contesting his 100th Tour-level match today.
• Fucsovics advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 63 64 67(5) 63 in the 1st round on Tuesday. This is his 2nd appearance at the Australian Open and 8th Grand Slam overall.
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• Fucsovics’ best Australian Open result is reaching the round of 16 here last year (l. Roger Federer). He became the first Hungarian man to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam since Balazs Taroczy at 1984 Roland Garros.
• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2018, Fucsovics reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros (d. Vasek Pospisil, l. Kyle Edmund) but fell in the 1st round at Wimbledon (l. Julien Benneteau) and the US Open (l. Novak Djokovic).
• Fucsovics’s best result in 2018 was winning his first Tour-level title at Geneva, defeating Peter Gojowczyk in the final. He also reached the quarterfinals at Munich (l. Maximilian Marterer), Beijing (l. Fabio Fognini) and Vienna (l. Mikhail Kukushkin).
• Prior to coming here, Fucsovics reached the 2nd round at both Doha (d. Marius Copil, l. Djokovic) and Sydney (d. James Duckworth, l. John MIllman).
• Fucsovics is bidding to record his 2nd match-win against a Top 20 player at a Grand Slam. His career-best victory at a major came against No. 13 Sam Querrey in the 2nd round here last year. He has a 1-3 win-loss record against Top 20 players at the majors and a 2-8 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition overall.
• Fucsovics lost the only 5-set match he has played at a Grand Slam, against Nicolas Mahut in the 1st round at the 2017 US Open. He has a 4-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall having won all 4 of the 5-set matches he has contested in the Davis Cup.
• Fucsovics has improved his year-end ranking every year since 2015, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 35 earlier this month. He plays here 3 places lower at No. 38.
• Fucsovics was a successful junior. He won the boys’ singles title at 2010 Wimbledon (d. Benjamin Mitchell) and also reached the semifinals at the Junior Australian Open (l. Sean Berman) and the Junior US Open (l. Jack Sock) in the same year.
• Fucsovics has played Davis Cup for Hungary since 2010 and has an 18-8 win-loss record in singles rubbers and a 25-14 win-loss record in the competition overall. Hungary will play Germany in the 2019 Davis Cup qualifiers in Frankfurt on 1-2 February.
• Fucsovics is coached by Attila Savolt.

NO. 12 FABIO FOGNINI (ITA) v LEONARDO MAYER (ARG)
Head-to-head: Fognini leads 3-2
2013 Stuttgart Clay (O) R16 Fognini 61 63
2014 Vina Del Mar Clay (O) FR Fognini 62 64
2014 Buenos Aires Clay (O) R16 Fognini 67(4) 63 62
2018 Buenos Aires Clay (O) R16 Mayer 63 63
2018 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) R64 Mayer 63 64
A 6th Tour-level meeting for the 2 players, but their first on hard court and their first at a Grand Slam. Fognini won their first 3 meetings in 2013-14, but after a 4 year gap between meetings, Mayer won when they met at Buenos Aires last year and then again at Madrid-1000 a few months later.

FOGNINI v MAYER
31 Age 31
13 ATP Ranking 53
8 Titles 2
48-42 Career Grand Slam Record 30-33
9-11 Australian Open Record 4-8
330-282 Career Record 166-172
119-130 Career Record – Hard 67-86
2-1 2019 Record 3-2
2-1 2019 Record – Hard 3-2
18-13 Career Five-Set Record 3-4
7 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
116-95 Career Tiebreak Record 98-88
3-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 3-1

• FOGNINI is contesting his 250th Tour-level match on a hard court today.
• Fognini advanced to the 2nd round after Jaume Munar retired due to cramping while trailing 76(3) 76(3) 3-1 in their 1st round match on Tuesday.
• Fognini has lost in the 2nd round here on 2 previous occasions – in 2009 (l. Nicolas Almagro) and 2017 (l. Benoit Paire). 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
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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.
• MAYER is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the first time. This is his 9th Australian Open appearance and his 34th Grand Slam overall.
• Mayer advanced to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Jarry 76(4) 76(3) 46 63 in the 1st round on Tuesday, ending a 4-match losing streak at the Grand Slams. He had not recorded a match-win at the majors since reaching the 2nd round here last year (d. Jarry, l. Rafael Nadal).
• By reaching the 2nd round here for the 4th time, Mayer has equalled his best Australian Open result. He also reached the 2nd round here in 2014 (d. Albert Montanes, l. Novak Djokovic), 2015 (d. John Millman, l. Viktor Troicki) and 2018.
• Mayer’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the round of 16 at 2014 Wimbledon, where he lost in straight sets to Grigor Dimitrov.
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, Mayer fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l. Julien Benneteau), Wimbledon (l. Jan-Lennard Struff) and the US Open, where he retired due to fatigue while trailing Laslo Djere 64 64 46 2-1.
• Mayer’s best result in 2018 was reaching the final as defending champion at Hamburg. He fell to Nikoloz Basilashvili in 3 sets. He also reached the quarterfinals at Buenos Aires (l. Gael Monfils) and Sao Paulo (l. Pablo Cuevas).
• Prior to coming here Mayer reached the quarterfinals at Auckland (l. Tennys Sandgren) but fell in the 1st round at Brisbane (l. Miomir Kecmanovic).
• Mayer is bidding to end a 21-match losing streak against Top 20 players at the majors. He recorded his only Grand Slam match-win against a Top 20 opponent on his first attempt – defeating No. 16 James Blake in the 1st round at 2009 Roland Garros – and has lost all of his meetings with Top 20 opposition at the Grand Slams since then.
• Mayer has won just one of his 31 matches against Top 20 players on hard court. He ended a 28-match losing streak to Top 20 players on hard courts by defeating No. 17 Lucas Pouille in the 2nd round at Cincinnati-1000 last year. He has an 8-56 win-loss record against Top 20 opposition overall.
• Mayer reached a career-high ranking of No. 21 in June 2015. He plays here at No. 53.
• Mayer has played Davis Cup for Argentina since 2009 and has a 14-6 overall win-loss record in the competition. He was part of the team that won Argentina’s first title in 2016, defeating Croatia in the Final in Zagreb. Argentina received a wild card for the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid on 18-24 November.
• Mayer is coached by Leo Alonso and Mariano Hood.
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NO. 16 MILOS RAONIC (CAN) v STAN WAWRINKA (SUI)
Head-to-head: Wawrinka leads 4-2
2012 Cincinnati-1000 Hard (O) QF Wawrinka 26 76(5) 64
2013 Shanghai-1000 Hard (O) R16 Wawrinka 76(2) 64
2014 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) QF Wawrinka 76(5) 62
2015 Rotterdam Hard (I) SF Wawrinka 76(3) 76(7)
2016 Australian Open Hard (O) R16 Raonic 64 63 57 46 63
2018 US Open Hard (O) R32 Raonic 76(6) 64 63
A 7th meeting for the pair, their 6th on a hard court and 3rd at a Grand Slam. Wawrinka leads the overall head-to-head 4-2 but Raonic has won the 2 most-recent matches between the pair, both of which were at Grand Slams.

RAONIC v WAWRINKA
28 Age 33
17 ATP Ranking 59
8 Titles 16
77-29 Career Grand Slam Record 135-51
24-8 Australian Open Record 38-12
323-148 Career Record 485-281
218-93 Career Record – Hard 274-157
3-1 2019 Record 3-1
3-1 2019 Record – Hard 3-1
9-7 Career Five-Set Record 26-21
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 6
200-123 Career Tiebreak Record 209-184
3-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-0

• RAONIC is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 8th time. He has only once failed to reach the 3rd round here, when he fell to Lukas Lacko in the 1st round last year.
• Raonic progressed to the 2nd round after defeating Nick Kyrgios 64 76(5) 64 in the 1st round on Tuesday.
• 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 joint-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won. He has a 24-8 win-loss record at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. He has a 15-7 win-loss record at the US Open and a 14-6 win-loss record at Roland Garros.
• Raonic has won 8 Tour-level titles – most recently at 2016 Brisbane (d. Federer). All 8 of his titles have come on hard courts.
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• 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.
• 2014 Australian Open champion WAWRINKA is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 11th time. This is his 14th Australian Open appearance and his 55th Grand Slam overall.
• Wawrinka advanced to the 2nd round when Ernests Gulbis retired with a back injury while leading 63 1-3 in their 1st round match on Tuesday. It was the 50th match Wawrinka has contested at the Australian Open.
• 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 was 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 today’s opponent. 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.
• Wawrinka is coached by Magnus Norman, who reached the semifinals here in 2000, and Yannick Fattebert.

NO. 24 HYEON CHUNG (KOR) v PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT (FRA)
Tour-level head-to-head: Herbert leads 1-0
2015 Australian Open Qualifying Hard (O) R128 Chung 64 62
2015 Wimbledon Grass (O) R128 Herbert 16 62 36 62 10-8
A 2nd Tour-level meeting for the pair, with Herbert having won their only previous Tour-level encounter in 5 sets in the 1st round at 2015 Wimbledon. The pair also met in qualifying here 4 years ago, with Chung winning in straight sets on that occasion.

CHUNG v HERBERT
22 Age 27
25 ATP Ranking 55
0 Titles 0
12-9 Career Grand Slam Record 12-16
7-3 Australian Open Record 3-3
76-63 Career Record 57-73
57-47 Career Record – Hard 42-53
1-2 2019 Record 3-1
1-2 2019 Record – Hard 3-1
4-2 Career Five-Set Record 2-1
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
21-33 Career Tiebreak Record 41-49
0-3 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-1

• CHUNG is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd straight year. This is his 4th Australian Open and his 10th Grand Slam overall.
• Chung progressed to the 2nd round after defeating Bradley Klahn 67(5) 67(5) 63 62 64 in the 1st round on Tuesday. It was the first time he had successfully comeback from 0-2 down and improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches to 4-2. He has won both 5-set matches he has contested here.
• Last year here, Chung recorded his best Grand Slam result by reaching the semifinals after recording victories against Alexander Zverev in the 3rd round and Novak Djokovic in the round of 16. He retired in the semifinal due to blisters while trailing Roger Federer 61 5-2. He was the first Korean player – man or woman – in history to reach the semifinals at a major. Aged 21 years 254 days he was also the youngest player to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam since Marin Cilic (21 years 125 days) reached the last 4 here in 2010.
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018 Chung reached the 2nd round at the US Open (d. Ricardas Berankis, l. Mikhail Kukushkin) but withdrew from both Roland Garros and Wimbledon due to a right ankle injury.
• Chung’s other highlights in 2018 were reaching the semifinals at Munich (l. Zverev) and the quarterfinals at 8 other Tour-level events – including his first Masters-1000 quarterfinals at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Federer) and Miami-1000 (l. Isner).
• Chung warmed up for the Australian Open at Pune and Auckland – but lost his opening match at both events, to Ernests Gulbis at Pune and to Rubin Statham at Auckland.
• Chung broke the Top 20 for the first time in April 2018. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 19 and plays here 6 places lower at No. 25.
• Chung is a former junior world No. 7. He finished as runner-up in the boys’ singles event at 2013 Wimbledon (l. Gianluigi Quinzi) and reached the boys’ singles quarterfinals at both the 2014 Australian Open (l. Zverev) and 2014 Wimbledon (l. Stefan Kozlov).
• Chung is coached by Neville Godwin.
• HERBERT is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 2nd time and equal his best Grand Slam performance.
2019 Australian Open day 4 men’s match notes
• Herbert progressed to the 2nd round after defeating Sam Querrey 57 76(6) 63 61 in the 1st round on Tuesday to record his first Australian Open match-win since 2016. This is his 4th appearance at the Australian Open and his 17th Grand Slam overall.
• Last year here, Herbert fell to Denis Istomin in the 1st round. Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, he reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros (l. John Isner) and the 2nd round at both Wimbledon (d. Mischa Zverev, l. Alex de Minaur) and the US Open (d. Yuki Bhambri, l. Nick Kyrgios).
• Herbert’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the 3rd round on 3 occasions – on his Australian Open debut as a qualifier in 2016 (l. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), and as a direct acceptance at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Nicolas Mahut) and at Roland Garros last year.
• Herbert’s best result in 2018 was reaching the final at Shenzhen (l. Yoshihito Nishioka). He also reached the quarterfinals at Pune (l. Marin Cilic) and Antalya (l. Damir Dzumhur).
• Prior to coming here Herbert reached the quarterfinals at Doha (l. Tomas Berdych). He defeated No. 8 Dominic Thiem in the 1st round to equal his career-best victory, having also defeated No. 8 Thiem in the quarterfinals at 2017 Rotterdam. He also won the doubles title at Doha with David Goffin, defeating Robin Haase/Matwe Middelkoop in the final.
• Herbert is bidding to defeat a seeded player at a Grand Slam for the 3rd time. He has a 2-8 win-loss record against seeded opposition at the majors, with his victories coming against No. 21 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in the 1st round at 2016 Wimbledon and against No. 20 seed Nick Kyrgios in the 1st round at 2017 Wimbledon. He has lost both of his previous meetings with seeded players here.
• Herbert broke the Top 50 for the first time in October 2018. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 50 and plays here 5 places lower at No. 55.
• Herbert is a multiple Grand Slam men’s doubles champion. With Nicolas Mahut, he won the title at the 2015 US Open, where they became the first all-French team to win the US Open men’s doubles title, 2016 Wimbledon and at Roland Garros last year. He has won a total of 14 Tour-level doubles titles with 3 different partners.
• Herbert has entered the men’s doubles here with Mahut. The pair defeated David Marrero/Mischa Zverev 76(4) 63 in the 1st round on Wednesday.
• Herbert has played Davis Cup for France since 2016. He has a 7-1 win-loss record in Davis Cup doubles but lost the only singles rubber he has contested in the competition. He was a member of the French teams which won the title in 2017 (d. Belgium) and finished runner-up in 2018 (l. Croatia), winning the doubles rubber in both Finals. By reaching the Final last year, France has secured a place in the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid on 18-24 November.
• Herbert is coached by Fabrice Santoro, who reached the quarterfinals here in 2006, Benjamin Balleret and his father Jean-Roch Herbert.
2019 Australian Open day 4 men’s match notes

NO. 25 DENIS SHAPOVALOV (CAN) v TARO DANIEL (JPN)

Head-to-head: first meeting
SHAPOVALOV v DANIEL
19 Age 25*
27 ATP Ranking 82
0 Titles 1
9-6 Career Grand Slam Record 4-11
2-1 Australian Open Record 1-2
49-42 Career Record 36-59
38-30 Career Record – Hard 16-31
1-1 2019 Record 1-2
1-1 2019 Record – Hard 1-2
3-2 Career Five-Set Record 2-4
1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1
25-27 Career Tiebreak Record 25-15
1-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-2
*Turns 26 on 27 January

• Lefthander SHAPOVALOV is bidding to record his 50th Tour-level match-win today.
• Shapovalov advanced to the 2nd round and equalled his best Australian Open result after defeating Pablo Andujar 62 63 76(3) in the 1st round on Tuesday. This is his 2nd appearance at the Australian Open and his 7th major overall.
• 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 at the US Open 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 where he fell 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 2018 Roland Garros (d. John Millman, l. Maximilian Marterer) and 2018 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.
• DANIEL is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 3rd Australian Open appearance and his 12th Grand Slam overall.
• Daniel advanced to the 2nd round after qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis retired with a shoulder injury when leading 75 2-4 in their 1st round match on Tuesday.
• By reaching the 2nd round here, Daniel has equalled his best Grand Slam result. He also reached the 2nd round at Roland Garros as a direct acceptance in 2016 (d. Martin Klizan, l. Stan Wawrinka) and as a qualifier in 2017 (d. Jerzy Janowicz, l. Pablo Carreno Busta) and as a direct acceptance at 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 is bidding to record his first match-win over a Top 30 player at a Grand Slam on his 6th attempt. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at a major is No. 45 Klizan in the 1st round at 2016 Roland Garros. He has a 2-16 win-loss record against Top 30 players overall.
• Daniel has won one of his three matches against lefthanders at the Grand Slams and has an 8-8 win loss record against lefthanders overall.
• 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.

NO. 29 GILLES SIMON (FRA) v (WC) ALEX BOLT (AUS)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Simon is facing an Australian player here for the 2nd time. He won his only previous encounter with a home player here – defeating Chris Guccione in the 2nd round in 2009. He has a 6-7 win-loss record against players at their home Grand Slam. In addition to his victory over Guccione here, he has a 3-2 win-loss record against fellow Frenchmen at Roland Garros, a 2-4 win-loss record against Americans at the US Open and lost his only match to a Brit at Wimbledon.
Simon has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 159 Bolt. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Simon at a major is No. 139 Olivier Patience in the 1st round at 2005 Roland Garros. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Simon at the Australian Open is No. 95 Amer Delic in the 1st round in 2007.
Simon is bidding to extend a 6-match winning streak against wild cards at the Grand Slams. He has not lost to a wild card at a major since falling to Juan Carlos Ferrero at 2009 Wimbledon. He has an 8-3 win-loss record against wild cards at the majors overall.

SIMON v BOLT
34 Age 26
31 ATP Ranking 159
14 Titles 0
83-50 Career Grand Slam Record 1-3
24-12 Australian Open Record 1-2
459-332 Career Record 2-11
273-187 Career Record – Hard 1-8
5-2 2019 Record 1-1
5-2 2019 Record – Hard 1-1
19-12 Career Five-Set Record 0-1
2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
160-163 Career Tiebreak Record 2-1
4-3 2019 Tiebreak Record 0-0

• SIMON is bidding to reach the 3rd round here for the 9th time. This is his 13th Australian Open appearance and his 52nd Grand Slam overall.
• Simon advanced to the 2nd round here for the 12th time after defeating qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo 76(2) 64 62 in the 1st round on Tuesday.
• Simon is bidding to record his 25th match-win at the Australian Open and equal Sebastien Grosjean in 3rd place on the list for most Australian Open match-wins by a Frenchman in the Open Era.

• Last year here Simon reached the 2nd round, where he retired due to a thigh injury while trailing Pablo Carreno Busta 63 2-0. He has fallen in the 2nd round here on 2 other occasions – in 2011 (l. Roger Federer) and 2012 (l. Julien Benneteau).
• Simon’s best Grand Slam performance is reaching the quarterfinals here as No. 6 seed in 2009 (l. Rafael Nadal) and as No. 12 seed at 2015 Wimbledon (l. Federer).
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, Simon reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon (l. Juan Martin del Potro), the 3rd round at Roland Garros (l. Kei Nishikori) and the 2nd round at the US Open (l. Milos Raonic).
2019 Australian Open day 4 men’s match notes
• Simon’s best results in 2018 were winning his first Tour-level titles since 2015 – at Pune (d. Kevin Anderson) and Metz (d. Matthias Bachinger). It was the first season in which he had won multiple Tour-level titles since 2011. He also reached the final at Lyon (d. Dominic Thiem) and the quarterfinals at Marrakech (l. Richard Gasquet), Antwerp (l. Diego Schwartzman) and Basel (l. Federer).
• Prior to coming here Simon reached the semifinals at both Pune (l. Anderson) and Sydney (l. Alex de Minaur), losing to the eventual champion at both events.
• The Australian Open is Simon’s most-successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won. He has a 24-12 win-loss record here – compared to 21-13 at Wimbledon, 20-13 at Roland Garros and 18-12 at the US Open.
• Simon is a former Top 10 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in January 2009. He ended 2017 at No. 89 – his lowest year-end ranking since 2005 – but improved his ranking during 2018 and ended the year at No. 30. He plays here at the same ranking.
• Simon is currently without a coach.
• Wild card BOLT is bidding to reach the 3rd round at a major for the first time. This is his 3rd appearance at the Australian Open and his 4th Grand Slam overall.
• Bolt advanced to the 2nd round after defeating wild card Jack Sock 46 63 62 62 for his first Grand Slam match-win in the 1st round on Tuesday.
• Last year here, as a wild card, Bolt fell to Viktor Troicki in 5 sets the 1st round despite holding a 2-0 lead. It is the only 5-set match he has contested to date. He also fell in the 1st round on his only other appearance in the main draw here as a qualifier in 2017 (l. Yoshihito Nishioka).
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, Bolt qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon but fell to Kyle Edmund in straight sets in the 1st round. He failed to qualify at both Roland Garros and the US Open.
• Bolt is bidding to record back-to-back Tour-level match-wins for the first time. His victory against Sock in the 1st round here was his 2nd Tour-level match-win. His only other Tour-level match-win came in a 2nd round finish as a qualifier at ’s-Hertogenbosch last year (d. Vasek Pospisil, l. Mackenzie McDonald). He fell in the 1st round at the other 10 Tour-level events he has contested.
• Bolt played mainly at Challenger-level in 2018. His best result was winning the title as a qualifier at the Zhuhai Challenger (CHN) (d. Hubert Hurkacz). He also reached the final the Fairfield Challenger (USA) (d. Bjorn Fratangelo) and the semifinals at the Quijing Challenger (CHN) (l. Blaz Rola) and the Traralgon Challenger (AUS) (l. Yoshihito Nishioka).
• Bolt is facing a Top 30 player for the 2nd time. The only Top 30 opponent he has previously faced is No. 17 Edmund at Wimbledon last year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated – at any level – is No. 84 Malek Jaziri in the quarterfinals at the Zhuhai Challenger last year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at Tour-level is No. 88 Pospisil in the 1st round at ’s-Hertogenbosch last year.
• Bolt is one of 6 Australian men to reach the 2nd round from the 12 who started this year’s Australian Open main draw – the most since 2016 when there were also 6. He is looking to become the first native champion to win the Australian Open men’s singles title since Mark Edmondson in 1976.
• Bolt is one of the 6 lefthanders through to the 2nd round from the 19 who begin the men’s main draw here. The last lefthander to win the men’s singles title here is Rafael Nadal in 2009.
• Bolt reached a career-high ranking of No. 139 in October last year. He plays here at No. 159.
• Bolt is coached by Craig Tyzzer.

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