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Players in the Open Era to reach a Slam SF without being ranked inside the Atp Top-100

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Last Men's Slam with only 1 Top-10 in Semifinal

Roland Garros 2026 (Cobolli 14, Mensik 27, Arnaldi 104)
U.S. Open 2024 (Fritz 12, Tiafoe 20, Draper 25)
U.S. Open 2017 (Carreno 19, Del Potro 28, Anderson 32)
Roland Garros 2002 (Ferrero 11, Corretja 20, Costa 22)
Australian Open 2002 (Safin 11, Johansson 18, Novak 24)
Australian Open 2001 (Rafter 15, Clement 18, Grosjean 19)

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Last Men's Slam with at least 3 brand new Semifinalists

Roland Garros 2026 (Arnaldi, Cobolli, Mensik)
U.S. Open 2022 (Alcaraz, Khachanov, Tiafoe)
Roland Garros 2005 (Davydenko, Nadal , Puerta)
Australian Open 1999 (Enqvist, Haas, Lapentti)
Australian Open 1998 (Escude, Kucera, Rios)
Roland Garros 1997 (DeWulf, Kuerten, Rafter)

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Last Time at #RolandGarros there were at least 2 brand new Slam Semifinalists (Flavio Cobolli, Jakub Mensik in 2026) was in 2010 (Jurgen Melzer, Tomas Berdych)

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First Atp Challenger Tour Win

Tuncay Duran (Centurion)
Landon Ardila (Tyler)

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Jakub Mensik is the first male player born in 2005 to reach a Slam Semifinal

Class | Tournament | Year | First Player in SF
1980 | Roland Garros 2000 | 🇪🇸Juan Carlos Ferrero 1981 | U.S. Open 2000 | 🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt
1982 | Wimbledon 2002 | 🇦🇷David Nalbandian
1983 | Australian Open 2009 | 🇪🇸Fernando Verdasco
1984 | Wimbledon 2004 | 🇭🇷Mario Ancic
1985 | Australian Open 2006 | 🇨🇾Marcos Baghdatis
1986 | Roland Garros 2005 | 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal
1987 | Roland Garros 2007 | 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic
1988 | Roland Garros 2009 | 🇦🇷Juan Martin Del Potro
1989 | U.S. Open 2014 | 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori
1990 | Wimbledon 2013 | 🇵🇱Jerzy Janowicz
1991 | Wimbledon 2014 | 🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov
1992 | Roland Garros 2018 | 🇮🇹Marco Cecchinato
1993 | Roland Garros 2016 | 🇦🇹Dominic Thiem
1994 | Australian Open 2019 | 🇫🇷Lucas Pouille
1995 | Australian Open 2018 | 🇬🇧Kyle Edmund
1996 | Australian Open 2018 | 🇰🇷Hyeon Chung
1997 | Australian Open 2020 | 🇩🇪Alexander Zverev
1998 | Australian Open 2019 | 🇬🇷Stefanos Tsitsipas
1999 | Wimbledon 2021 | 🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov
2000 | U.S. Open 2021 | 🇨🇦Felix Auger-Aliassime
2001 | Wimbledon 2023 | 🇮🇹Jannik Sinner
2002 | U.S. Open 2023 | 🇺🇸Ben Shelton
2003 | U.S. Open 2022 | 🇪🇸Carlos Alcaraz
2004 |
2005 | Roland Garros 2026 | 🇨🇿Jakub Mensik

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Alexander Zverev has now reached his 5th Roland Garros SF (2021-2022-2023-2024-2026).

Most in Open Era

Rafael Nadal 15 (14 tournaments won)
Novak Djokovic 13 (3)
Roger Federer 8 (1)
Bjorn Borg 6 (6)
Mats Wilander 6 (3)
Ivan Lendl 5 (3)
Andre Agassi 5 (1)
Andy Murray 5 (0)
Alexander Zverev 5 (0)

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@Ma_Do_Sd Australian Open 1991, Patrick McEnroe (114) batte Cristiano Caratti (101), ultimo match di quarti tra due non nei 100

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Only 2 male players already played a Roland Garros QF

8th 🇩🇪Alexander Zverev
2nd 🇮🇹Matteo Berrettini
1st 🇪🇸Rafael Jodar, 🇧🇷Joao Fonseca, 🇮🇹Matteo Arnaldi, 🇨🇦Felix Auger-Aliassime, 🇨🇿Jakub Mensik, 🇮🇹Flavio Cobolli

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4 male players out of 8 are at their first Slam QF

17th 🇩🇪Alexander Zverev
7th 🇮🇹Matteo Berrettini
5th 🇨🇦Felix Auger-Aliassime
2nd 🇮🇹Flavio Cobolli
1st 🇪🇸Rafael Jodar, 🇨��Jakub Mensik, 🇮🇹Matteo Arnaldi, 🇧🇷Joao Fonseca

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For the first time since Australian Open 1991 there will be Men's Slam QF between 2 players ranked outside the Atp Top-100

AusOpen 1991: Patrick McEnroe (114) vs Cristiano Caratti (101)
Roland Garros 2026: Matteo Berrettini (105) vs Matteo Arnaldi (104)

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First player to reach a Slam QF per class

1980 | JC Ferrero🇪🇸, M Safin🇷🇺| RG 2000
1981 | L Hewitt🇦🇺 | US 2000
1982 | A Roddick🇺🇸 | US 2001
1983 | F Mayer🇩🇪 | WI 2004
1984 | M Ancic🇭🇷| WI 2004
1985 | M Baghdatis🇨🇾 | AO 2006
1986 | R Nadal🇪🇸 | RG 2005
1987 | N Djokovic 🇷🇸 | RG 2006
1988 | E Gulbis 🇱🇻 | RG 2008
1989 | K Nishikori 🇯🇵 | AO 2012
1990 | J Janowicz 🇵🇱 | WI 2013
1991 | G Dimitrov 🇧🇬 | AO 2014
1992 | B Tomic 🇦🇺 | WI 2011
1993 | D Thiem 🇦🇹 | RG 2016
1994 | L Pouille 🇫🇷 | WI 2016
1995 | N Kyrgios🇦🇺 | WI 2014
1996 | H Chung 🇰🇷| AO 2018
1997 | A Rublev 🇷🇺 | US 2017
1998 | F Tiafoe🇺🇸, S Tsitsipas🇬🇷 | AO 2019
1999 | A De Minaur🇦🇺, D Shapovalov🇨🇦 | US 2020
2000 | F Auger-Aliassime🇨🇦 | WI 2021
2001 | J Sinner🇮🇹 | RG 2020
2002 | B Shelton🇺🇸 | AO 2023
2003 | C Alcaraz 🇪🇸 | US 2021
2005 | L Tien🇺🇸 | AO 2026
2006 | R Jodar🇪🇸, J Fonseca🇧🇷 | RG 2026

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ATP Ranking Consecutive Weeks

Top-10
390 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic

Top-20
390 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic
170 🇦🇺Alex De Minaur

Top-30
270 🇮🇹Jannik Sinner
220 🇦🇺Alex De Minaur

Top-40
500 🇩🇪Alexander Zverev
330 🇷🇺Andrey Rublev
290 🇮🇹Jannik Sinner
240 🇪🇸Carlos Alcaraz

Top-100
1070 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic
330 🇺🇸Tommy Paul
140 🇬🇧Jack Draper
140 🇨🇿Tomas Machac

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ATP Ranking Total Weeks

Top-10
400 🇩🇪Alexander Zverev
160 🇺🇸Taylor Fritz
100 🇦🇺Alex De Minaur

Top-20
260 🇮🇹Jannik Sinner

Top-30
340 🇨🇦Felix Auger-Aliassime
270 🇮🇹Jannik Sinner

Top-40
500 🇩🇪Alexander Zverev
380 🇷🇺Andrey Rublev
380 🇦🇺Alex De Minaur
330 🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov
290 🇮🇹Jannik Sinner
230 🇫🇷Ugo Humbert

Top-50
780 🇭🇷Marin Cilic
360 🇫🇷Adrian Mannarino
240 🇪���Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina

Top-100
510 🇩🇪Jan-Lennard Struff
440 🇷🇺Andrey Rublev
390 🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov
330 🇺🇸Tommy Paul
200 🇬🇧Jack Draper
140 🇺🇸Jenson Brooksby

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ITF Men's Winners This Week (number of ITF titles in brackets)

M25
Carnac 🇫🇷Daniel Jade (1)
Kursumlijska Banja 🇧🇬Alexander Vasilev (1)
Troisdorf 🇩🇪Max Schoenhaus (3)
Grado 🇬🇧Oliver Crawford (14)
Bol 🇭🇷Noa Vukadin (1)

M15
Karuizawa 🇺🇸Evan Zhu (4)
Kutaisi 🇹🇷Yanki Erel (12)
Tsaghkadzor 🇵🇱Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski (2)
Luan 🇨🇳Tianhui Zhang (1)
Monastir 🇲🇦Yassine Dlimi (2)
Gimcheon 🇦🇺Matthew Dellavedova (6)
Lakewood 🇺🇸Kaylan Bigun (1)
Kayseri 🇨🇭Patrick Schoen (3)
Brcko 🇭🇷Josip Simundza (2)
Kranjska Gora 🇺🇿Khumoyun Sultanov (11)

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ITF Women's Winners This Week (number of ITF titles in brackets)

W75
Kursumlijska Banja 🇨🇿Laura Samson (8)
Zaragoza 🇮🇹Jennifer Ruggeri (4)

W35
Wichita 🇺🇸Reese Brantmeier (2)
Bol 🇮🇹Aurora Zantedeschi (3)
Wuning 🇷🇺Alexandra Shubladze (12)

W15
Fukui 🇯🇵Hiromi Abe (6)
Kayseri 🇹🇷Deniz Dilek (1)
Szentendre 🇩🇪Marie Vogt (2)
Monastir 🇱🇹Andre Lukosiute (3)
Oliva 🇫🇷Jenny Lim (4)
Tsaghkadzor 🇷🇺Kristina Kroitor (5)
Lakewood 🇺🇸Tatum Evans (1)

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Alexander ZVEREV has reached his 17th Grand Slam quarterfinal, drawing level with Tomas Berdych and David Ferrer for the most major quarterfinal appearances by any player without a Slam title.

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Since 1980, players at their 1st #RolandGarros who has reached at least QF.

Year | Round Reached | Player
1982 | F (as winner) |🇸🇪 Mats Wilander
1986 | F | 🇸🇪Mikael Pernfors
1994 | QF | 🇩🇪Hendrik Dreekman
1997 | QF | 🇲🇦Hicham Arazi
2000 | SF | 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero
2003 | R16 | 🇳🇱 Martin Verkerk
2005 | F (as winner)| 🇪🇸Rafael Nadal
2020 | QF | 🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner
2022 | QF | 🇩🇰 Holger Rune
2026 | QF | 🇪🇸Rafael Jodar

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@Jeme96 Correct!

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Joao Fonseca is qualified for the Slam Round of 16 at #RolandGarros winning 2 matches in a row recovering from 2 sets down. Here the list with all the players able to do the same at Roland Garros in the 2000's

2007 Jonas Bjorkman
2013 Tommy Robredo
2023 Juan Pablo Varillas
2024 Sebastian Ofner
2026 Joao Fonseca