2019 Australian Open – Men’s Day 7 Match Notes and Preview

2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN
DAY 7 MEN’S NOTES
Sunday 20 January
Round of 16 Bottom Half

No. 2 Rafael Nadal (ESP) v Tomas Berdych (CZE)
No. 3 Roger Federer (SUI) v No. 14 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
No. 6 Marin Cilic (CRO) v No. 22 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
No. 20 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v Frances Tiafoe (USA)

On court today…
• Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych will contest their 24th match when they face off on Rod Laver Arena today – but having played at least one match every year from 2005 to 2015, this will be their first clash in nearly 4 years. Nadal is looking to record his 20th victory over the Czech, which would make Berdych the 4th opponent – after David Ferrer, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer – against whom Nadal has won at least 20 matches. But despite the disparity in their head-to-head, Berdych will draw on the memory of his straight sets victory against Nadal here in 2015 as he looks to reach an 8th Australian Open quarterfinal.

• The night match on Rod Laver Arena sees a meeting of oldest and youngest as 37-year-old Roger Federer takes on 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas – who, at the time of writing with 19-year-old Alexei Popyrin still to play his 3rd round match on Saturday, is the youngest man to reach the last 16 here. Federer could become the oldest man to reach the quarterfinals here since 43-year-old Ken Rosewall in December 1977, while Tsitsipas could become the youngest man into the last 8 at Melbourne Park since 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios 4 years ago.

• After recovering from 0-2 down for the 7th time in his career and saving 2 match points in the 3rd round against Fernando Verdasco, No. 6 seed Marin Cilic will aim to avoid such drama when he plays another Spanish player, No. 22 seed Roberto Bautista Agut, on Margaret Court Arena today. The 2018 runner-up could equal Goran Ivanisevic’s records for most Australian Open quarterfinal appearances and most Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances by a Croatian man if he wins today. But having come through 2 five-set clashes himself, Bautista Agut looked confident in a straight sets victory over No. 10 seed Karen Khachanov on Friday and will look to use that momentum to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time on his 25th appearance at a major.

• The singles match on Melbourne Arena today sees No. 20 seed Grigor Dimitrov against USA’s Frances Tiafoe. Dimitrov is aiming to reach a 3rd straight Australian Open quarterfinal and, in doing so, extend his record for most quarterfinal appearances here by a Bulgarian player. Tiafoe, meanwhile, will aim to continue his stellar form here and celebrate his 21st birthday in style – having reached the last 16 at a major for the first time, he is aiming to become just the 2nd American man to reach the quarterfinals here since Andy Roddick’s most-recent appearance in the last 8 in Melbourne in 2010.

NO. 2 RAFAEL NADAL (ESP) v TOMAS BERDYCH (CZE)
Head-to-head: Nadal leads 19-4
2005 Bastad Clay (O) FR Nadal 26 62 64
2005 AMS Cincinnati Hard (O) R64 Berdych 67(4) 62 76(3)
2006 AMS Toronto Hard (O) R16 Berdych 61 36 62
2006 AMS Madrid Hard (I) QF Berdych 63 76(6)
2007 AMS Monte Carlo Clay (O) SF Nadal 60 75
2007 Wimbledon Grass (O) QF Nadal 76(1) 64 62
2008 AMS Miami Hard (O) SF Nadal 76(6) 62
2009 Cincinnati-1000 Hard (O) QF Nadal 64 75
2009 Davis Cup (WG-FR) Clay (I) R1 Nadal 75 60 62
2010 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) QF Nadal 64 76(4)
2010 Wimbledon Grass (O) FR Nadal 63 75 64
2010 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) RR Nadal 76(3) 61
2011 Miami-1000 Hard (O) QF Nadal 62 36 63
2012 Australian Open Hard (O) QF Nadal 67(5) 76(6) 64 63
2012 Rome-1000 Clay (O) QF Nadal 64 75
2013 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) SF Nadal 64 75
2013 Rome-1000 Clay (O) SF Nadal 62 64
2013 Cincinnati-1000 Hard (O) SF Nadal 75 76(4)
2013 Beijing Hard (O) SF Nadal 4-2 ret. (back injury)
2013 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) RR Nadal 64 16 63
2014 Miami-1000 Hard (O) SF Nadal walkover (illness)
2014 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) QF Nadal 64 62
2015 Australian Open Hard (O) QF Berdych 62 60 76(5)
2015 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) SF Nadal 76(3) 61

A 24th meeting for the 2 players – but their first since 2015. It is their 5th meeting at the Grand Slams and their 3rd at the Australian Open. Nadal leads their head-to-head at the majors 3-1 – this is their first meeting at a major prior to the quarterfinals. Nadal also leads their head-to-head on hard courts 10-4.
On their last meeting here, in the quarterfinals in 2015, Berdych defeated Nadal in straight sets to end a 17-match losing streak against Nadal – he had not previously defeated Nadal since 2006 AMS Madrid. Nadal won the pair’s only subsequent meeting, in straight sets in the semifinals at 2015 Madrid-1000.
Nadal is bidding to defeat Berdych for the 20th time. He has recorded 20 match-wins against 3 players at Tour-level – David Ferrer (25), Novak Djokovic (24) and Roger Federer (23).
Nadal and Berdych are both attempting to climb the list for most Australian Open quarterfinal appearances in the Open Era. Nadal is bidding to reach his 11th quarterfinal here and claim sole ownership of 2nd place on the list, while Berdych is bidding to reach the last 8 here for the 8th time and equal Ivan Lendl and John Newcombe in 5th place on the list.

Most Australian Open round of 16 appearances (Open Era) Player Australian Open quarterfinal appearances
Roger Federer
15??
Rafael Nadal
11??
Novak Djokovic
Stefan Edberg
10??
10
Tomas Berdych
Ivan Lendl
John Newcombe
8??
8
8
Andre Agassi
Andy Murray
7
7

NADAL v BERDYCH
32 Age 33
2 ATP Ranking 57
80 Titles 13
250-36 Career Grand Slam Record 146-58
58-12 Australian Open Record 47-15
921-189 Career Record 634-333
438-128 Career Record – Hard 395-208
3-0 2019 Record 7-1
3-0 2019 Record – Hard 7-1
21-12 Career Five-Set Record 21-9
3 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2
226-145 Career Tiebreak Record 222-186
0-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-0
• 2009 Australian Open champion NADAL is bidding to reach his 37th Grand Slam quarterfinal and claim sole ownership of 4th place on the list for most Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances in the Open Era.

Most Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances (Open Era) Player Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances
Roger Federer
54??
Novak Djokovic
43??
Jimmy Connors
41
Rafael Nadal
37??
Andre Agassi
36
Ivan Lendl
34
• If Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreno Busta all reach the quarterfinals here, it will be the first time that Spain has had 3 representatives in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open since 1997, when Felix Mantilla, Carlos Moya and Albert Costa all reached the last 8 here. It would also be the first time that Spain has had 3 representatives in the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since the 2013 US Open, when Nadal, David Ferrer and Tommy Robredo all reached the last 8.
• Nadal progressed to the 3rd round after defeating wild card James Duckworth 64 63 75, Matthew Ebden 63 62 62 and No. 14 seed Alex de Minaur 61 62 64 in the opening 3 rounds here. This is his 14th appearance at the Australian Open and his 55th Grand Slam overall.
• By reaching the round of 16 at the Australian Open for the 12th time this year, Nadal moved into joint-2nd place on the list for most appearances in the round of 16 here in the Open Era along with Novak Djokovic, who also reached the round of 16 for the 12th time here this year. Only Federer, who has reached the round of 16 here on 17 occasions, has reached the last 16 here more often than Nadal.
• By reaching the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 43rd time, Nadal equalled Jimmy Connors in 3rd place on the list for most round of 16 appearances at the Grand Slams in the Open Era. Federer (63 round of 16 appearances at the Grand Slams) and Djokovic (46) have reached the round of 16 at the majors more often than Nadal.
• By defeating De Minaur in the 3rd round here this year, Nadal recorded his 250th Grand Slam match-win. He is the 3rd player in history to record 250 Grand Slams match-wins – after Federer (342 Grand Slam match-wins) and Djokovic (261).
• By defeating Ebden in the 2nd round here this year, Nadal recorded his 57th Australian Open match-win and claimed sole ownership of 3rd place on the list for most Australian Open match-wins in history, ahead of Stefan Edberg.
2019 Australian Open day 7 men’s match notes
• If he wins today Nadal will face either No. 20 seed Grigor Dimitrov or Frances Tiafoe in the quarterfinals. He leads Dimitrov 11-1 in their previous meetings but has never faced Tiafoe.
• Nadal is bidding to become the first man in the Open Era – and only the 3rd man in history – to win each of the 4 Grand Slam titles twice. Roy Emerson and Rod Laver are the only players to have won each Grand Slam on 2 or more occasions. (NB While Laver completed the feat in 1969, some of the titles were won before the start of the Open Era.) (see Preview page 3)
• Nadal’s best Australian Open performance is winning the title in 2009 (d. Roger Federer). He also reached the final in 2012, losing to Novak Djokovic in the longest men’s Grand Slam final on record at 5 hours 53 minutes, 2014 (l. Stan Wawrinka) and 2017 (l. Federer).
• Nadal is a 17-time Grand Slam champion. In addition to his title here in 2009, he has 11 titles at Roland Garros, 3 US Open titles and 2 Wimbledon titles.
• The Australian Open is Nadal’s joint-2nd most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won and his 2nd-most successful event in terms of quarterfinals reached, but his least successful event in terms of titles won. Roland Garros is his most successful major in terms of titles won, matches won and quarterfinals reached.

Grand Slam Titles won Win-loss record Quarterfinals reached
Australian Open
1
58-12
11??
Roland Garros
11
86-2
12
Wimbledon
2
48-11
6
US Open
3
58-11
8
• Last year here, Nadal reached the quarterfinals but retired due to a right leg injury during the 5th set against Marin Cilic.
• Elsewhere at Grand Slams in 2018, Nadal won his 17th major title at Roland Garros (d. Dominic Thiem) and reached the semifinals at Wimbledon (l. Djokovic) and the US Open, where he retired due to a right knee injury after the 2nd set of his match against Juan Martin del Potro. At Roland Garros he became the first man in history to win 11 titles at a major – and the 2nd player in history to achieve the feat after Margaret Court, who won 11 Australian women’s singles titles.
• Also in 2018, Nadal won the titles at Toronto-1000 (d. Stefanos Tsitsipas), Rome-1000 (d. Alexander Zverev), Barcelona (d. Tsitsipas) and Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Kei Nishikori). He has won a total of 80 Tour-level titles.
• Prior to coming here Nadal withdrew from Brisbane with a thigh strain. He is contesting his first event since retiring in the semifinals at the US Open last year, having undergone right ankle surgery in November.
• Nadal has played Davis Cup for Spain since 2004. He has a 24-1 win-loss record in Davis Cup singles rubbers and a 29-5 win-loss record in the competition overall. By reaching the semifinals in 2018, Spain has secured a place in the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid on 18-24 November.
• Nadal is coached by Carlos Moya and Francisco Roig. His fitness trainer is Rafael Maymo. He was previously coached by his uncle, Toni, from the age of 4 through to the end of the 2017 season.
• BERDYCH is bidding to reach the quarterfinals here for the 8th time and for the 18th time at a Grand Slam.
• Berdych is bidding to record his 48th Australian Open match-win today and equal Andre Agassi, Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray in 5th place on the list for most Australian Open match-wins in the Open Era. (see table overleaf)

Most Australian Open match-wins (Open Era) Player Australian Open win-loss
Roger Federer
97-13
Novak Djokovic
64-8
Rafael Nadal
58-12
Stefan Edberg
56-10
Andre Agassi
Ivan Lendl
Andy Murray
48-5
48-10
48-13
Tomas Berdych
47-15
• Berdych progressed to the round of 16 after defeating No. 13 seed Kyle Edmund 63 60 75, Robin Haase 61 63 63 and No. 18 seed Diego Schwartzman 57 63 75 64 in the opening 3 rounds here.
• By reaching the round of 16 here for the 11th time, Berdych equalled Stefan Edberg in 4th place on the Open Era list for most round of 16 appearances at the Australian Open in the Open Era. Only Roger Federer (17), Novak Djokovic (12) and today’s opponent (12) have reached the round of 16 here more often in the Open Era.
• If he wins today Berdych will face either No. 20 seed Grigor Dimitrov or Frances Tiafoe in the quarterfinals He is tied at 3-3 in his previous meetings with Dimitrov and lost the only match he has played against Tiafoe.
• Berdych’s best Australian Open performance is reaching the semifinals in 2014 (l. Stan Wawrinka) and 2015 (l. Andy Murray). By reaching the semifinals here in 2014, he became the 2nd Czech man in the Open Era after Ivan Lendl to complete a set of Grand Slam semifinal appearances.
• Berdych’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the final at 2010 Wimbledon. He defeated Roger Federer in the quarterfinals and Novak Djokovic in the semifinals before losing to today’s opponent in the final.
• The Australian Open is Berdych’s most successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won and quarterfinals reached.

Grand Slam Titles won Win-loss record Quarterfinals reached
Australian Open
0
48-15
8??
Roland Garros
0
25-15
3
Wimbledon
0
42-14
5
US Open
0
32-14
2
• Last year here Berdych reached the quarterfinals for the 7th time in the last 8 years. He fell to Federer, having also lost to Federer here in 2008-09 and 2016-17. This his 16th appearance at the Australian Open and his 59th Grand Slam overall.
• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2018 Berdych fell to Jeremy Chardy in 5 sets the 1st round at Roland Garros. He withdrew from both Wimbledon and the US Open due to a back injury.
• Berdych’s best results in 2018 were reaching the semifinals at Marseille (l. Karen Khachanov), and the quarterfinals at Rotterdam, where he gave a walkover to David Goffin due to illness, Stuttgart (l. Milos Raonic) and the Australian Open. He ended his season due to a back injury after losing to Julien Benneteau in the 1st round at Queen’s.
• Berdych warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the final as a wild card at Doha, where he fell to Roberto Bautista Agut in 3 sets. It was the first Tour-level event he had contested since 2018 Queen’s and his first Tour-level final since 2017 Lyon, when he fell to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
• Berdych has won just one of his last 22 matches against Top 5 oppostion. His only victory in that time came in the quarterfinals at 2017 Wimbledon, when No. 4 Djokovic retired in the 2nd set due to a right elbow injury. Prior to that, his last victory against a Top 5 player came against No. 3 today’s opponent in the quarterfinals here in 2015. He has a 7-19 win-loss record against Top 5 players at the Grand Slams and a 22-84 win-loss record against Top 5 opposition overall.
2019 Australian Open day 7 men’s match notes
• Berdych has won 5 of his last 6 five-set matches. His only defeat in a 5-set match in that time came in his most-recent 5-set match, against Chardy in the 1st round at Roland Garros last year. He has a 1-1 win-loss record in 5-set matches at the Australian Open and a 21-9 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Berdych is unseeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2005 Wimbledon. He had previously been seeded at every Grand Slam event he has contested since the 2005 US Open.
• Berdych is a former Top 5 player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 in May 2015. He dropped to No. 77 in October 2018 – his lowest ranking since he was No. 79 in August 2004 – but plays here ranked No. 57.
• Berdych is coached by Martin Stepanek.

NO. 3 ROGER FEDERER (SUI) v NO. 14 STEFANOS TSITSIPAS (GRE)
Tour-level head-to-head: first meeting
2019 Hopman Cup Hard (I) R1 Federer 76(5) 76(4)
A first Tour-level meeting for the 2 players, who met earlier this month at the Hopman Cup with Federer winning in straight sets.
At 37 years 172 days Federer is the oldest man to reach the round of 16 here, while at 20 years 168 days Tsitsipas is the youngest man through to the last 16. [NB written prior to Alexei Popyrin’s 3rd round match on Saturday; ages calculated at the end of the tournament]
Federer is bidding to become the oldest man to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open since Ken Rosewall (43 years 59 days) in December 1977 and the oldest man to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Jimmy Connors (39 years 6 days) at the 1991 US Open.
Tsitsipas is bidding to become the youngest man to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open since Nick Kyrgios (19 years 280 days) in 2015 and the youngest man to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Andrey Rublev (19 years 325 days) at the 2017 US Open.
[NB If Popyrin, aged 19 years 175 days, wins his 3rd round match on Saturday, he will bid to become the youngest man to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open since Goran Ivanisevic (17 years 138 days) in 1989 and the youngest man to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Kyrgios (19 years 70 days) at 2014 Wimbledon.]

FEDERER v TSITSIPAS
37 Age 20
3 ATP Ranking 15
99 Titles 1
342-54 Career Grand Slam Record 8-6
97-13 Australian Open Record 3-1
1183-260 Career Record 49-38
743-147 Career Record – Hard 32-26
3-0 2019 Record 4-1
3-0 2019 Record – Hard 4-1
30-21 Career Five-Set Record 1-0
10 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
437-236 Career Tiebreak Record 22-25
2-0 2019 Tiebreak Record 2-1
• Two-time defending champion FEDERER is bidding to reach the quarterfinals here for the 15th time and extend his record for the most quarterfinal appearances at the Australian Open in the Open Era.
• Federer is bidding to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam for the 54th time and extend his record for the most quarterfinal appearances at a Grand Slam in the Open Era.
• Federer progressed to the round of 16 after defeating Denis Istomin 63 64 64, qualifier Daniel Evans 76(5) 76(3) 63 and Taylor Fritz 62 75 62 in the opening 3 rounds here. He has reached the round of 16 at a Grand Slam without dropping a set for the 36th time.
• By reaching the round of 16 here for the 17th time, Federer extended his record for most round of 16 appearances at the Australian Open in the Open Era.
• By reaching the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 63rd time, Federer extended his record for most round of 16 appearances at a Grand Slam in the Open Era.
• If he wins today Federer will face either No. 6 seed Marin Cilic or No. 22 seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the quarterfinals. He leads Cilic 9-1 and Bautista Agut 8-0 in their previous meetings.
• The Australian Open is Federer’s most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won and his 2nd most successful event in terms of titles won and quarterfinals reached. (see table overleaf)
2019 Australian Open day 7 men’s match notes
Grand Slam Titles won Win-loss record Quarterfinals reached
Australian Open
6
97-13
15??
Roland Garros
1
65-16
11
Wimbledon
8
95-12
16
US Open
5
85-13
12
• Last year here, Federer won his 6th Australian Open title, defeating Cilic in 5 sets in the final. He also won the title here in 2004 (d. Marat Safin), 2006 (d. Marcos Baghdatis), 2007 (d. Fernando Gonzalez), 2010 (d. Andy Murray) and 2017 (d. Rafael Nadal).
• Federer 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 Novak Djokovic and Roy Emerson. (see Preview page 2)
• Federer is also bidding to win his 21st Grand Slam title and close the gap on Steffi Graf in 3rd place on the all-time list for Grand Slam singles titles. By winning his 20th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open last year, Federer took sole ownership of 4th place on the list, ahead of Helen Wills Moody. Margaret Court, Serena Williams and Graf are the only other players aside from Federer to have won 20 or more Grand Slams. (see Preview page 2)
• Federer is bidding to become the first man in history to win at least 7 titles at 2 different Grand Slam events. In addition to his 6 titles here, he has won 8 Wimbledon titles, 5 US Open titles and one Roland Garros title. (see Preview page 2)
• Federer is looking to become the first man to win 5 Grand Slam titles after turning 30. By winning his 4th major title since turning 30 here last year, Federer joined Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall at the top of the list for most Grand Slam titles won after turning 30. (see Preview page 4)
• Federer is also bidding to become the 2nd player in history to win 100 Tour-level titles, after Jimmy Connors. Federer won the 99th Tour-level title of his career at 2018 Basel.
• Federer is making his 20th Australian Open appearance, equalling Lleyton Hewitt’s record for most Australian Open appearances. He is contesting his 75th Grand Slam event, extending his record for most Grand Slams played.
• Elsewhere at Grand Slams in 2018, Federer reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, where he surrendered a 2-0 lead for the 5th time in his career against Kevin Anderson, and the round of 16 at the US Open (l. John Millman). He withdrew from Roland Garros for the 3rd consecutive year to focus on the grass court season.
• Also in 2018, Federer won the titles at Rotterdam (d. Grigor Dimitrov), Stuttgart (d. Milos Raonic) and Basel (d. Marius Copil). He also finished runner-up at Indian Wells-1000 (l. Juan Martin del Potro), Halle (l. Borna Coric) and Cincinnati-1000 (l. Djokovic).
• Federer warmed up for the Australian Open by winning the Hopman Cup for Switzerland alongside Belinda Bencic. He won all 4 of the singles matches he contested at the event, defeating Cameron Norrie, Frances Tiafoe, today’s opponent and Alexander Zverev.
• Federer has won 6 of his last 7 five-set matches at the Australian Open. His only defeat during that period came against Andy Murray in the semifinals in 2013. He has a 9-5 win-loss record in five-set matches here and a 30-21 win-loss record overall.
• Federer is coached by 2006 Australian Open quarterfinalist Ivan Ljubicic, and Severin Luthi.
• TSITSIPAS is bidding to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam for the first time and become the first Greek player – man or woman – to reach the quarterfinals at a major.
• Tsitsipas is bidding to record his 9th Grand Slam match-win and claim sole ownership of 2nd place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam match-wins by a Greek man, ahead of Augustos Zerlendis. (see table overleaf)
2019 Australian Open day 7 men’s match notes
Most Grand Slam match-wins by a Greek man Player Grand Slam win-loss
Nicky Kalogeropoulos
16-17
Stefanos Tsitsipas Augustos Zerlendis
8-6
8-8
Lazaros Stalios
3-3
• Tsitsipas progressed to the round of 16 after defeating Matteo Berrettini 67(3) 64 63 76(4), qualifier Viktor Troicki 63 26 62 75 and No. 19 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili 63 36 76(7) 64 in the opening 3 rounds here. This is his 2nd Australian Open appearance and his 7th Grand Slam overall.
• By reaching the round of 16 here, Tsitsipas has equalled his best Grand Slam result. He also reached the round of 16 at 2018 Wimbledon (l. John Isner), when he became the first Greek player – man or woman – to reach the round of 16 at a major since Eleni Daniilidou reached the last 16 in the women’s singles at the 2004 US Open.
• By reaching the round of here, Tsitsipas became the first Greek man in history to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam on multiple occasions. By reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon last year, he became just the 4th Greek man in history to reach the round of 16 at a major and the first since Nicky Kalogeropoulos at 1964 Wimbledon.
• If he wins today Tsitsipas will face either No. 6 seed Marin Cilic or No. 22 seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the quarterfinals. He lost the only match he has played against Cilic and has never faced Bautista Agut.
• Last year here, on his Australian Open debut, Tsitsipas fell to Denis Shapovalov in the 1st round.
• Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, Tsitsipas reached the 2nd round at both Roland Garros, where he recorded his first Grand Slam match-win by defeating Carlos Taberner before falling to Dominic Thiem, and the US Open (d. Tommy Robredo, l. Daniil Medvedev).
• Tsitsipas’ best result in 2018 was winning the title at Stockholm (d. Ernests Gulbis), where he became the first Greek player to win a Tour-level title. He also finished runner-up at Barcelona and Toronto-1000, losing to Rafael Nadal on both occasions, and reached the semifinals at Estoril (l. Joao Sousa) and Washington (l. Alexander Zverev). He also won the title at the 2018 NextGen ATP Finals in Milan (d. Alex de Minaur).
• Prior to coming here, Tsitsipas reached the quarterfinals as top seed at Sydney (l. Andreas Seppi). He also competed for Greece at the Hopman Cup, winning one of his 3 singles matches – he defeated Frances Tiafoe, but fell to Cameron Norrie and today’s opponent.
• Tsitsipas is bidding to defeat a Top 5 player for the 2nd time. He has a 1-5 win-loss record against Top 5 players at Tour-level, with his only victory against a Top 5 opponent coming against No. 3 Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals at 2018 Toronto-1000.
• Tsitsipas is facing a Top 5 player at a Grand Slam for the first time. The highest-ranked player he has faced at a major is No. 8 Thiem in the 2nd round at Roland Garros last year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at a major is No. 20 Basilashvili in the 3rd round here this year.
• Tsitsipas is seeded No. 14 here – his highest Grand Slam seeding. He was seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time at Wimbledon last year.
• Tsitsipas broke the Top 20, at No. 15, for the first time after reaching the final at Toronto-1000 in August last year. He plays here at the same ranking.
• Tsitsipas has won the only 5-set match he has contested at Tour level, defeating Donaldson in the 2nd round at Wimbledon last year. He also defeated Joris de Loore in a 5-set match at 2017 Wimbledon qualifying.
• Tsitsipas is a former junior world No. 1. He reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles here in 2015 (l. Jurabek Karimov) and 2016 (l. De Minaur). His best result at a junior Grand Slam was reaching the semifinals of the boys’ singles at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Shapovalov) and at the 2016 US Open (l. Felix Auger-Aliassime).
2019 Australian Open day 7 men’s match notes
• Tsitsipas is coached by his father, Apostolos Tsitsipas.

NO. 6 MARIN CILIC (CRO) v NO. 22 ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP)
Head-to-head: Cilic leads 4-1
2014 Moscow Hard (I) FR Cilic 64 64
2015 Moscow Hard (I) FR Cilic 64 64
2016 Australian Open Hard (O) R32 Bautista Agut 64 76(5) 75
2017 Wimbledon Grass (O) R16 Cilic 62 62 62
2017 Paris-1000 Hard R16 Cilic 76(4) 62
A 6th Tour-level meeting for the 2 players, their 3rd on a hard court and their 3rd at a Grand Slam. Cilic leads the head-to-head on a hard court 3-1 but they are tied at 1-1 in their Grand Slam meetings

CILIC v BAUTISTA AGUT
30 Age 30
7 ATP Ranking 24
18 Titles 9
114-42 Career Grand Slam Record 47-24
29-10 Australian Open Record 14-7
482-252 Career Record 253-150
295-150 Career Record – Hard 165-96
3-0 2019 Record 8-0
3-0 2019 Record – Hard 8-0
30-15 Career Five-Set Record 10-5
7 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 1
185-162 Career Tiebreak Record 87-78
2-1 2019 Tiebreak Record 1-3
• CILIC is bidding to reach the quarterfinals here for the 3rd time and equal Goran Ivanisevic’s record for the most Australian Open quarterfinal appearances by a Croatian man. Ivanisevic reached the last 8 here in 1989, 1994 and 1997.
• Cilic is also bidding to reach his 14th Grand Slam quarterfinal and equal Ivanisevic’s record for most Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances by a Croatian man.
• If Cilic and Borna Coric, who faces Lucas Pouille or wild card Alexei Popyrin in the round of 16 on Monday, both reach the quarterfinals here, it will be the first time in history that Croatia has had multiple representatives in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open.
• If Cilic and Coric both reach the quarterfinals, it will also be the first time that Croatia has had multiple representatives in the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic reached the last 8 at 2006 Roland Garros.
• Cilic progressed to the round of 16 after defeating Bernard Tomic 62 64 76(3), Mackenzie McDonald 75 67(9) 64 64 and No. 26 seed Fernando Verdasco 46 36 61 76(8) 63 in the opening 3 rounds here. His victory against Verdasco in the 3rd round is the 7th time he has successfully recovered from 0-2 down. He saved 2 match points in the 4th set tiebreak. The victory improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches at the Australian Open to 8-3 and to 30-15 overall.
• By reaching the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 22nd time, Cilic extended his record for most Grand Slam round of 16 appearances by a Croatian man. He took sole ownership of the record, ahead of Ivanisevic, by reaching the round of 16 at a major for the 20th time at Roland Garros last year.
• If he wins today, Cilic will face either defending champion and No. 3 seed Roger Federer or No. 14 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals. He trails Federer 1-9 and leads Tsitsipas 1-0 in their previous meetings.
• The Australian Open is Cilic’s 2nd-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won and his joint-3rd most successful event in terms of quarterfinals reached. (see table overleaf)
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Grand Slam Titles won Win-loss record Quarterfinals reached
Australian Open
0
29-10
3??
Roland Garros
0
24-12
2
Wimbledon
0
28-11
4
US Open
1
33-9
5
• Last year here Cilic reached his first Australian Open final. He defeated No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal in 5 sets in the quarterfinals but fell to No. 2 seed and defending champion Federer in the final, also in 5 sets.
• Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2018, Cilic reached the quarterfinals at both Roland Garros (l. Juan Martin del Potro) and the US Open (l. Kei Nishikori), but fell to Guido Pella in the 2nd round at Wimbledon.
• Cilic won his first major title at the 2014 US Open, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final. He was the first Croatian to win a Grand Slam title since Ivanisevic at 2001 Wimbledon. In addition to his appearance in the final here last year, he also reached the final at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Federer). He is one of the 4 Grand Slam champions to reach the round of 16 from the 6 who started this year’s men’s main draw.
• Cilic’s best result in 2018 was winning his 18th Tour-level title at Queen’s, where he saved a match point before defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. At 2 hours 57 minutes, it was the longest final in the tournament’s history. In addition to his runner-up finish here, he also reached the semifinals at Pune (l. Gilles Simon), Rome-1000 (l. Alexander Zverev) and Cincinnati-1000 (l. Djokovic).
• Cilic is bidding to win his 2nd Grand Slam title. If he wins the title here on his 16th Grand Slam appearance since winning his first Grand Slam, he will go top of the Open Era list for most attempts before winning a 2nd major crown.
• Cilic holds the record for most Grand Slam match-wins by a Croatian man. He has recorded 114 match-wins at the majors, having surpassed Ivanisevic’s total of 110 Grand Slam match-wins at the US Open last year. He also holds the record for the most Australian Open match-wins by a Croatian man, having recorded 29 match-wins here, ahead of Ivanisevic (19).
• Cilic reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in January last year following his runner-up finish here. He plays here at No. 7.
• Cilic reached the quarterfinals of the boys’ singles at the 2005 Australian Open (l. Donald Young). He finished the year at No. 2 in the ITF Junior Rankings behind Young after winning Junior Roland Garros (d. Antal van der Duim) and reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open.
• Cilic became a Davis Cup champion after leading Croatia to the title in 2018. He won 6 of the 7 rubbers he contested during the season and defeated Lucas Pouille in the 4th rubber of the Final to seal Croatia’s 2nd Davis Cup title. He holds the record for the most Davis Cup singles match-wins by a Croatian player. Croatia will compete in the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid on 18-24 November.
• Cilic is coached by Ivan Cinkus. His fitness trainer is Slaven Hrvoj and his physiotherapists are Stijepo Jaraj and Robert Prusac.
• BAUTISTA AGUT is bidding to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam for the first time.
• If Bautista Agut, Rafael Nadal and Pablo Carreno Busta all reach the quarterfinals here, it will be the first time that Spain has had 3 representatives in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open since 1997, when Felix Mantilla, Carlos Moya and Albert Costa all reached the last 8 here. It would also be the first time that Spain has had 3 representatives in the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since the 2013 US Open, when David Ferrer, Nadal and Tommy Robredo all reached the last 8.
• If Bautista Agut wins today and reaches the quarterfinals here for the first time on his 8th Australian Open appearance, he will go joint-7th on the list for most attempts before reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, alongside Tomas Berdych, Marc Rosset and Mikhail Youzhny. Only 6 men appeared here on more occasions before reaching the quarterfinals – Fabrice Santoro (14), Gael Monfils (11), Mark Woodforde (11), Nicolas Almagro (9), Lleyton Hewitt (9) and Patrick Rafter (9).
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• If Bautista Agut wins today and reaches the quarterfinals at a major for the first time on his 25th Grand Slam appearance, he will go joint-16th on the list for most attempts before reaching the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam, alongside Ivo Karlovic and Chris Lewis.
• Bautista Agut is bidding to record his 9th Tour-level match-win of the year today and join Alex de Minaur at the top of the list for most Tour-level match-wins in 2019.
• Bautista Agut advanced to the round of 16 after defeating Andy Murray 64 64 67(5) 67(4) 62, John Millman 63 61 36 67(6) 64 and No. 10 seed Karen Khachanov 64 75 64 in the opening 3 rounds here. His 5-set victories against Murray and Millman improved his win-loss record in 5-set matches at the Australian Open to 6-2 and to 10-5 overall.
• By reaching the round of 16 here this year, Bautista Agut has equalled his best Grand Slam performance. He has reached the round of 16 on 9 previous occasions, including 3 times at the Australian Open – in 2014 (l. Grigor Dimitrov), 2016 (l. Tomas Berdych) and 2017 (l. Milos Raonic).
• If he wins today, Bautista Agut will face either defending champion and No. 3 seed Roger Federer or No. 14 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals. He has lost all 8 of his previous meetings with Federer and has never previously faced Tsitsipas.
• Last year here, Bautista Agut fell to Fernando Verdasco in the 1st round. Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018, Bautista Agut reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros (l. Novak Djokovic) but fell in the 1st round at the US Open (l. Jason Kubler). He missed Wimbledon due to a groin injury.
• Bautista Agut’s best results in 2018 were winning the titles at Auckland (d. Juan Martin del Potro) and Dubai (d. Lucas Pouille). He also finished runner-up at Gstaad (l. Matteo Berrettini) and reached the semifinals at Halle, where he retired due to a hip injury against Borna Coric, and St Petersburg (l. Dominic Thiem).
• Bautista Agut warmed up for the Australian Open by winning his 9th career singles title at Doha (d. Tomas Berdych). It is the 4th consecutive season in which he has won a title prior to the Australian Open. 7 of his 9 titles have come on hard courts. His victory in the final at Auckland was his 250th Tour-level match-win in his 400th Tour-level match.
• Bautista Agut has won just one of his last 12 matches against Top 10 opponents. His only victory in that time came in his most-recent meeting with a Top 10 opponent – against No. 1 Djokovic in the semifinals at Doha earlier this month. He has a 2-12 win-loss record against Top 10 opponents at the Grand Slams and an 8-46 win-loss record against Top 10 opponents overall.
• The Australian Open is Bautista Agut’s most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won. He has a 14-7 win-loss record here, compared to a 12-6 win-loss record at Roland Garros, an 11-6 win-loss record at the US Open and a 10-5 win-loss record at Wimbledon.
• Bautista Agut reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 in October 2016. He plays here at No. 23.
• Bautista Agut has played Davis Cup for Spain since 2014 and has a 6-5 win-loss record in the competition. As a semifinalist in 2018, Spain has secured a place in the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid on 18-24 November.
• Bautista Agut is coached by Tomas Carbonell and Pepe Vendrell.
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NO. 20 GRIGOR DIMITROV (BUL) v FRANCES TIAFOE (USA)
Head-to-head: Dimitrov leads 1-0
2018 Toronto-1000 Hard (O) R16 Dimitrov 76(1) 36 76(4)
Dimitrov has lost an Australian Open match to a player ranked a low as No. 39 Tiafoe on one previous occasion – against No. 49 Kyle Edmund in the quarterfinals here last year.

DIMITROV v TIAFOE
27 Age 21*
21 ATP Ranking 39
8 Titles 1
53-33 Career Grand Slam Record 8-11
23-8 Australian Open Record 4-2
294-181 Career Record 39-54
189-115 Career Record – Hard 28-38
5-1 2019 Record 3-1
5-1 2019 Record – Hard 3-1
7-6 Career Five-Set Record 1-5
0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0
123-96 Career Tiebreak Record 23-32
1-1 2019 Tiebreak Record 1-2
*Turns 21 today
• DIMITROV is bidding to reach the quarterfinals here for the 3rd straight year. This is his 9th consecutive appearance at the Australian Open.
• Dimitrov is bidding to reach his 4th Australian Open quarterfinal and extend his record for most Australian Open quarterfinal appearances by a Bulgarian player – man or woman. Katerina Maleeva is the only other Bulgarian player to have reached multiple Australian Open quarterfinals.
• Dimitrov advanced to the round of 16 after defeating Janko Tipsarevic 46 63 61 64, Pablo Cuevas 63 67(5) 63 75 and Thomas Fabbiano 76(5) 64 64 in the opening 3 rounds here.
• By reaching the round of 16 here for the 5th time, Dimitrov has equalled Katerina Maleeva’s record for most Australian Open round of 16 appearances by a Bulgarian player.
• If he wins today, Dimitrov will face either No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal or Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. He trails Nadal 1-11 and is tied at 3-3 with Berdych in their previous meetings.
• This is Dimitrov’s 34th Grand Slam overall. Should he win his maiden Grand Slam title on his 34th attempt, he will be joint-3rd with Petr Korda on the Open Era list for most Grand Slam appearances before winning a first Grand Slam title. (see Preview page 5)
• Dimitrov’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals on 2 occasions, including at the Australian Open in 2017, when he lost to Rafael Nadal in 5 sets. He also reached the semifinals at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Novak Djokovic).
• Last year here Dimitrov reached the quarterfinals, falling to Kyle Edmund in 4 sets. Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2018 Dimitrov reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros (l. Fernando Verdasco), but fell to Stan Wawrinka in the 1st round at both Wimbledon and the US Open.
• Dimitrov’s best result in 2018 was reaching the final at 2018 Rotterdam (l. Roger Federer). He also reached the semifinals at Brisbane (l. Nick Kyrgios) and Monte Carlo-1000 (l. Rafael Nadal) and the quarterfinals at 3 further Tour-level events.
• Dimitrov warmed up for the Australian Open at Brisbane where he reached the quarterfinals (l. Kei Nishikori).
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• Dimitrov has won 3 of his last 4 five-set matches. His only defeat during that time came against Nadal in the semifinals here in 2017. Dimitrov has a 3-2 win-loss record in 5-set matches at the Australian Open and a 7-6 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• The Australian Open is Dimitrov’s most successful Grand Slam in terms of matches won. He has a 23-8 win-loss record here, compared to a 15-9 win-loss record at Wimbledon, 8-8 at the US Open and 7-8 at Roland Garros.
• Dimitrov reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in November 2017 after winning the ATP Finals. He plays here ranked No. 21.
• Dimitrov finished 2008 as No. 3 in the ITF Junior Rankings after winning the boys’ singles titles at Wimbledon (d. Henri Kontinen) and the US Open (d. Devin Britton).
• Dimitrov was part of the ITF 14 & Under European Team in Europe in 2004-05 and the ITF 16 & Under European A Team in Europe in 2006, funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund.
• Dimitrov started working with Dani Vallverdu, former coach to Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych, in July 2016. His fitness trainer is Sebastien Durand and his physio is Casey Cordial.
• TIAFOE is bidding to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam for the first time. This is his 3rd appearance at the Australian Open and his 12th Grand Slam overall.
• Tiafoe is bidding to become just the 2nd American man to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open since Andy Roddick in 2010. The only American man to reach the last 8 here since 2010 is Tennys Sandgren last year.
• Tiafoe advanced to the round of 16 after defeating qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran 76(7) 63 63, No. 5 seed Kevin Anderson 46 64 64 75 and Andreas Seppi 67(3) 63 46 64 63 in the opening 3 rounds here. His victory against Seppi in the 3rd round was his first win in a 5-set match.
• By reaching the round of 16 here, Tiafoe has recorded his best Grand Slam performance. His previous best Grand Slam performance was reaching the 3rd round at Wimbledon last year, where he beat Fernando Verdasco and Julien Benneteau before falling to Karen Khachanov in 5 sets.
• If he wins today, Tiafoe will face either No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal or Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. He defeated Berdych in their only previous meeting but has never previously faced Nadal.
• Last year here, Tiafoe fell to Juan Martin del Potro in the 1st round. Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2018, Tiafoe reached the 2nd round at the US Open (d. Adrian Mannarino, l. Alex de Minaur), but fell in the 1st round at Roland Garros (l. Sam Querrey).
• Tiafoe’s best result in 2018 was winning his first Tour-level title at Delray Beach (d. Peter Gojowczyk). He also reached the final at Estoril (l. Joao Sousa) and the quarterfinals New York (l. Anderson) and Queen’s (l. Jeremy Chardy).
• Prior to coming here Tiafoe competed at Sydney, where he fell to John Millman in the 1st round. He also represented USA at the Hopman Cup where he lost all 3 of his singles matches, falling to Stefanos Tsitsipas, Roger Federer and Cameron Norrie.
• Tiafoe has won just one of his last 6 matches against Top 30 opposition – his victory against No. 6 Anderson in the 2nd round here ended a 5-match losing streak against Top 30 players at Tour-level. He has a 2-8 win-loss record against Top 30 opponents at the Grand Slams and an 11-25 win-loss record against Top 30 opposition overall.
• Tiafoe reached career-high ranking of No. 38 in August 2018. He plays here one place lower at No. 39.
• Tiafoe had a successful junior career. Aged just 15, he won the 2013 Orange Bowl (d. Stefan Kozlov), becoming the youngest boys’ singles winner in the event’s history. He also reached the boys’ singles semifinals at the 2014 US Open (l. Quentin Halys) and achieved a career-high junior ranking of No. 2. He never competed in the junior event here.
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• Tiafoe’s travel coach and hitting partner is Zack Evenden