2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN’S SINGLES SEMIFINAL NOTES

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

MEN¡¯S SINGLES SEMIFINAL NOTES

Friday 28 January

No. 2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) v No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)

No. 6 Rafael Nadal (ESP) v No. 7 Matteo Berrettini (ITA)

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A look at the semifinalists¡­

Age

Ranking

Best Australian Open

performance

Best Grand Slam

performance

No. 2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS)

25

2

Final 2021

Won 2021 US Open

No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)

23

4

SF 2019, 2021, 2022

Final 2021 Roland Garros

No. 6 Rafael Nadal (ESP)

35

5

Won 2009

Won 20 titles

No. 7 Matteo Berrettini (ITA)

25

7

SF 2022

Final 2021 Wimbledon

Player

On court today¡­

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In the first of today¡¯s semifinals, Rafael Nadal will look to return to the Australian Open final for the first

time since 2019 when he plays Matteo Berrettini, with the Italian bidding to reach his 2nd Grand Slam

final and his first at the Australian Open. Nadal is now just 2 victories away from claiming sole ownership

of the all-time record for most Grand Slam men¡¯s singles titles ¨C but he was forced to dig deep to overcome

Denis Shapovalov in the quarterfinals, recording his first victory in a 5-set match here since defeating

Grigor Dimitrov in 5 sets in the 2017 semifinals. Very much the veteran among the 4 semifinalists here,

Nadal will become the 4th-oldest man in the Open Era to reach the final here if he wins today and will

become just the 5th man aged 35 or older to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era. Berrettini, who

also survived a 5-set quarterfinal match after resisting a fightback from Gael Monfils, will need to record

his first Grand Slam victory against a Top 10 player on his 7th attempt if he is to advance this afternoon.

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The 2nd semifinal is a repeat of a last 4 clash from last year, with Daniil Medvedev up against Stefanos

Tsitsipas ¨C and Medvedev will hope for a similar outcome this time round, having beaten Tsitsipas in

straight sets at this stage here in 2021. Medvedev came perilously close to exiting in the quarterfinals on

Wednesday, recovering from 0-2 down and saving a match point to defeat Felix Auger-Aliassime in 5

sets. He will become just the 5th active male player to reach multiple Australian Open finals if he wins

again today ¨C after Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Nadal and Andy Murray. Tsitsipas, meanwhile,

enjoyed a comfortable victory over Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals and will hope that triumph can propel

him to his first win in an Australian Open semifinal. He has lost in straight sets on both of his previous

appearances in the last 4 here.

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The Australian Open men¡¯s singles semifinals are being played on the same day for the first time since

1999. Between 2000 and 2021, the men¡¯s semifinals were split across 2 days, with the first semifinal

being played on Thursday evening and the 2nd semifinal taking place on Friday evening.

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NO. 2 DANIIL MEDVEDEV (RUS) v NO. 4 STEFANOS TSITSIPAS (GRE)

Head-to-head: Medvedev leads 6-2

2018

2018

2018

2019

2019

2019

2021

2021

Miami-1000

US Open

Basel

Monte Carlo-1000

Shanghai-1000

ATP Finals

Australian Open

Roland Garros

Hard (O)

Hard (O)

Hard (I)

Clay (O)

Hard (O)

Hard (I)

Hard (O)

Clay (O)

R128

R64

QF

R16

SF

RR

SF

QF

Medvedev

Medvedev

Medvedev

Medvedev

Medvedev

Tsitsipas

Medvedev

Tsitsipas

26 64 62

64 63 46 63

64 36 63

62 16 64

76(5) 75

76(5) 64

64 62 75

63 76(3) 75

A 9th meeting for Medvedev and Tsitsipas ¨C and their 2nd straight meeting in the semifinals at the Australian

Open. Medvedev won their first 5 meetings, but Tsitsipas has won 2 of the last 3 matches they have played.

Medvedev leads their head-to-head at the Grand Slams 2-1 and their head-to-head on hard courts 5-1.

Medvedev is bidding to defeat a Top 5 player at the Australian Open for the first time. He has lost both of his

previous matches against Top 5 players here ¨C to No. 1 Djokovic in the round of 16 in 2019 and in the final

last year. The highest-ranked player he has defeated here is No. 6 Tsitsipas in the semifinals last year. He

has a 2-5 win-loss record against Top 5 opposition at the Grand Slams and a 10-18 win-loss record against

Top 5 opposition at Tour-level overall.

Tsitsipas has won 2 of his 4 previous matches against Top 5 players here ¨C he defeated No. 3 Roger Federer

in the round of 16 before falling to No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals in 2019, and defeated No. 2 Nadal in

the quarterfinals before falling to No. 4 Medvedev in the semifinals last year. He has a 3-4 win-loss record

against Top 5 opposition at the Grand Slams and a 10-23 win-loss record against Top 5 opposition at Tourlevel overall ¨C with his only win in his last 7 matches against a Top 5 players at Tour-level coming against

No. 2 Medvedev in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros last year.

Possible final head-to-heads

Nadal

Berrettini

Medvedev

1-3

3-0

Tsitsipas

2-7

2-0

MEDVEDEV

d. Henri Laaksonen 61 64 76(3)

d. Nick Kyrigos 76(1) 64 46 62

d. Botic van de Zandschulp 64 64 62

d. Maxime Cressy 62 76(4) 67(4) 75

d. No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime 67(4) 36 76(2) 75 64

total time on court

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Road to the semifinals

Time

Time

1st round

1:54

2:10

2nd round

2:58

3:22

3rd round

1:55

2:42

Round of 16

3:30

3:23

4:42 Quarterfinals 2:06

14:59

(Infosys time)

13:43

TSITSIPAS

d. Mikael Ymer 62 64 63

d. Sebastian Baez 76(1) 67(5) 63 64

d. Benoit Paire 63 75 67(2) 64

d. No. 20 Taylor Fritz 46 64 46 63 64

d. No. 11 Jannik Sinner 63 64 62

total time on court

MEDVEDEV

v

TSITSIPAS

25

6'6"/1.98m

2

$22,126,356

14

50-18

Won 2021 US Open

18-5

Final 2021

227-100

187-65

8-1

8-1

3-7

2

68-51

5-4

Age

Height

ATP Ranking

Career Prize Money (USD)

Titles

Career Grand Slam Record

Best Grand Slam Result

Australian Open Record

Best Australian Open Result

Career Record

Career Record - Hard

2022 Record

2022 Record - Hard

Career Five-Set Record

Comebacks from 0-2 Down

Career Tiebreak Record

2022 Tiebreak Record

23

6'4"/1.93m

4

$16,345,212

8

38-17

Final 2021 Roland Garros

15-4

SF 2019, 2021-22

196-96

126-67

6-1

6-1

7-6

2

83-64

2-2

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2021 runner-up MEDVEDEV is bidding to reach the final here for the 2nd consecutive year. This is his 6th

Australian Open appearance and his 20th Grand Slam overall.

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Medvedev is bidding to reach his 2nd Australian Open final and become the 5th active player to reach the

men¡¯s singles final here on multiple occasions.

Active players to have reached multiple Australian Open men¡¯s singles finals

Player

No. of appearances

Novak Djokovic

9

Roger Federer

7

Rafael Nadal

6??

Andy Murray

5

Daniil Medvedev??

2??

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Medvedev is also bidding to reach his 4th Grand Slam final and equal Dominic Thiem and Stan Wawrinka in

5th place on the list for most Grand Slam final appearances among active male players.

Most Grand Slam men¡¯s singles final appearances (active players)

Player

No. of appearances

Novak Djokovic

31

Roger Federer

31

Rafael Nadal

29??

Andy Murray

11

Daniil Medvedev

4??

Dominic Thiem

4

Stan Wawrinka

4

Marin Cilic

3

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Medvedev is bidding to reach his 2nd Australian Open final and equal Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 2nd place on

the all-time list for most Australian Open final appearances by a Russian man. Medvedev is one of 3

Russian men to have reached the final here ¨C alongside Kafelnikov, who reached the final here in 1999-2000,

and Marat Safin, who reached the final here in 2002, 2004 and 2005.

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Medvedev is also bidding to reach his 4th Grand Slam final and equal Safin¡¯s all-time record for most Grand

Slam final appearances by a Russian man.

Player

Daniil Medvedev

Marat Safin

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Alexander Metreveli*

Russian men in Grand Slam finals (all-time)

Grand Slam finals reached

4?? (2019, 2021 US Open; 2021 Australian Open, 2022 Australian Open??)

4 (2000 US Open; 2002, 2004-05 Australian Open)

3 (1996 Roland Garros; 1999-2000 Australian Open)

1 (1973 Wimbledon)

*Metreveli represented USSR but was born in Georgia

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Medvedev is bidding to become the 2nd man in the Open Era to reach the final at the next Grand Slam

event after winning a first Grand Slam title ¨C after Andy Murray, who won his first Grand Slam title at the

2012 US Open and then finished runner-up at the 2013 Australian Open. He is bidding to become the first

man in the Open Era to win a 2nd Grand Slam men¡¯s singles title at the next Grand Slam event after winning

his first major title.

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Medvedev is contesting his 5th Grand Slam semifinal ¨C and his 2nd at the Australian Open. He won his only

previous semifinal match here, against Tsitsipas last year, and has a 3-1 win-loss record in Grand Slam

semifinals overall.

Grand Slam

2019 US Open

2020 US Open

2021 Australian Open

2021 US Open

2022 Australian Open

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Medvedev¡¯s Grand Slam semifinal appearances

Opponent

Result

Result in final

Grigor Dimitrov

Won 76(5) 64 63

l. Rafael Nadal 75 63 57 46 64

Dominic Thiem

Lost 62 76(7) 76(5)

n/a

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Won 64 62 75

l. Novak Djokovic 75 62 62

Felix Auger-Aliassime

Won 64 75 62

d. Novak Djokovic 64 64 64

Stefanos Tsitsipas

??

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The Australian Open is Medvedev¡¯s 2nd-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won and

finals reached, after the US Open.

Grand Slam

Australian Open

Roland Garros

Wimbledon

US Open

Titles won

0

0

0

1

Win-loss record

18-5

4-5

8-4

20-4

Finals reached

2??

0

0

2

?

By reaching his 2nd Australian Open semifinal, Medvedev has become the 3rd Russian man to reach the

semifinals here on multiple occasions ¨C after Kafelnikov (who reached the semifinals here in 1999-2000)

and Safin (2004-05).

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By reaching his 5th Grand Slam semifinal, Medvedev has claimed sole ownership of 3rd place on the Open

Era list for most Grand Slam semifinals reached by a Russian man, ahead of Nikolay Davydenko. Safin

(7 Grand Slam semifinal appearances) and Kafelnikov (6) are the only Russian men in the Open Era to have

reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam more often than Medvedev.

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Last year here, Medvedev reached his first Australian Open final, where he fell to Novak Djokovic in straight

sets. It was his 2nd appearance in a Grand Slam final, having also reached the final at the 2019 US Open

(l. Rafael Nadal). He became the first Russian man to contest the Australian Open final since Safin won the

title here in 2005.

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Medvedev won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open last year, defeating Djokovic in straight sets. He

became the 3rd Russian man in history to win a Grand Slam title ¨C after Kafelnikov (who won the titles at

1996 Roland Garros and 1999 Australian Open) and Safin (2000 US Open, 2005 Australian Open).

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Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2021, Medvedev reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros

(l. Tsitsipas) and the round of 16 at Wimbledon (l. Hubert Hurkacz) ¨C his best performance at both events.

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Medvedev¡¯s other 2021 highlights were winning the titles at Marseille (d. Pierre-Hugues Herbert), Mallorca

(d. Sam Querrey) and Toronto-1000 (d. Reilly Opelka). He also finished runner-up at Paris-1000 (l. Djokovic)

and the ATP Finals (l. Alexander Zverev), reached the semifinals at Cincinnati-1000 (l. Andrey Rublev) and

the quarterfinals at Miami-1000 (l. Roberto Bautista Agut) and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Tennis Event (l. Pablo

Carreno Busta).

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Medvedev topped the list for most Tour-level match-wins in 2021 with a 63-13 win-loss record for the

season ¨C ahead of Zverev (59-15) and Casper Ruud (57-17).

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Prior to the Australian Open, Medvedev represented Russia at the ATP Cup, winning 3 of the 4 singles

matches he contested as the team reached the semifinals before falling to Canada. He fell to France¡¯s Ugo

Humbert in his opening singles match of the event, before recording victories against Australia¡¯s Alex de

Minaur, Italy¡¯s Matteo Berrettini and Canada¡¯s Felix Auger-Aliassime.

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Medvedev¡¯s 5-set victory against Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals improved his win-loss record in 5-set

matches at the Australian Open to 2-1. It was also his 2nd successful comeback from 0-2 down, having

recovered from 0-2 down to defeat Marin Cilic in the 3rd round at Wimbledon last year. He has a 3-7 win-loss

record in 5-set matches at Tour-level overall.

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If he wins the title here after saving a match point in his quarterfinal victory against Auger-Aliassime,

Medvedev will become the first man to win the Australian Open after saving a match point since Safin in

2005. Safin saved a match point in his semifinal victory against Roger Federer before defeating Lleyton Hewitt

in the final.

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Medvedev reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 in March last year and plays here at the same ranking. He

is guaranteed to remain at No. 2 when the new rankings are published on Monday, regardless of the results

here this weekend.

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Medvedev reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 13 in January 2014. His best performance in the

boys¡¯ singles here was reaching the 2nd round in 2013 (d. Hong Seong Chan, l. Nikola Milojevic).

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Medvedev led the Russian Tennis Federation team to their 3rd Davis Cup title last year, winning all 5

matches he contested at the Finals. He has a 9-3 win-loss record in the competition overall. As defending

champions, the RTF team have secured their place at the 2022 Davis Cup Finals.

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Medvedev is coached by Gilles Cervara.

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TSITSIPAS is bidding to reach his first Australian Open final and equal his best Grand Slam result. This is

his 5th Australian Open and his 18th Grand Slam overall.

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Tsitsipas is also bidding to reach his 2nd Grand Slam final. He reached his first Grand Slam final at Roland

Garros last year, falling to Novak Djokovic in 5 sets in the final despite holding a 2-0 lead. He became the first

Greek player in history to reach a Grand Slam final and, at 22 years 305 days, also became the youngest

Grand Slam finalist since Andy Murray (22 years 261 days) at the 2010 Australian Open.

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At 23 years 171 days, Tsitsipas is bidding to become the youngest man to reach the Australian Open final

since Murray finished runner-up here in 2010. He would also become the youngest man to reach multiple

Grand Slam finals since Murray in 2010 ¨C with Murray having previously reached the 2008 US Open final

aged 21 years 115 days. (NB ages calculated at the end of the tournament)

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Tsitsipas is contesting his 5th Grand Slam semifinal ¨C and his 3rd at the Australian Open. He has a 1-3

win-loss record in Grand Slam semifinals and has lost both semifinal matches he has contested here.

Grand Slam

2019 Australian Open

2020 Roland Garros

2021 Australian Open

2021 Roland Garros

2022 Australian Open

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Tsitsipas¡¯ Grand Slam semifinal appearances

Opponent

Result

Result in final

Rafael Nadal

Lost 62 64 60

n/a

Novak Djokovic

Lost 63 62 57 46 61

n/a

Daniil Medvedev

Lost 64 62 75

n/a

Alexander Zverev

Won 63 63 46 46 63 l. Novak Djokovic 67(6) 26 63 62 64

Daniil Medvedev

??

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The Australian Open is Tsitsipas¡¯ joint-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won,

alongside Roland Garros.

Grand Slam

Australian Open

Roland Garros

Wimbledon

US Open

Titles won

0

0

0

0

Win-loss record

15-4

15-5

3-4

5-4

Finals reached

1??

1

0

0

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Tsitsipas is through to his 5th Grand Slam semifinal. He is one of 2 Greek players in history to have

reached the semifinals at a Grand Slam, alongside Maria Sakkari, who reached her first 2 Grand Slam

semifinals at Roland Garros and the US Open last year.

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By reaching the semifinals here, Tsitsipas has equalled his best Australian Open result. He also reached

the semifinals here in 2019 when he defeated Roger Federer in the round of 16 and Roberto Bautista Agut in

the quarterfinals before falling to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals, and last year, when he recovered from 0-2

down to defeat Nadal in 5 sets in the quarterfinals before falling to Medvedev in straight sets in the last 4.

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Tsitsipas is bidding to become the youngest Australian Open men¡¯s singles champion since Nadal won

the title here in 2009 aged 22 years 243 days. Tsitsipas would also become the youngest Grand Slam

champion since Juan Martin del Potro won the title at the 2009 US Open aged 20 years 355 days. (NB ages

calculated at the end of the tournament)

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Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2021, Tsitsipas reached the 3rd round at the US Open, where he fell

to Carlos Alcaraz in 5 sets, and fell to Frances Tiafoe in straight sets in the 1st round at Wimbledon.

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Tsitsipas¡¯ best result in 2021 was winning his first Masters-1000 title at Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Andrey Rublev).

He also won the title at Lyon (d. Cameron Norrie) and finished runner-up at Acapulco (l. Alexander Zverev),

Barcelona (l. Nadal) and Roland Garros. In addition to his semifinal finish here last year, he also reached

the semifinals at Rotterdam (l. Rublev), Toronto-1000 (l. Reilly Opelka) and Cincinnati-1000 (l. Zverev).

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