Andreas Seppi – An Ironman on the tour and his records

The then 21-year-old was ranked number 1 in the qualification. After a 7:6, 7:6 against the Spaniard Ivan Navarro, he lost in the second round against Sasa Tuksar from Croatia with 2:3, 6:3. It was the last time in his career that the Kalterer had to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament. At Wimbledon 6 he was directly in the main draw for the first time, as he has been at each of the four major tournaments since then. On Sunday at the French Open he will be playing in the main draw at a major tournament for the 64th time, and for the 63rd time in a row. This means he is immortalized in the top ten in the record lists of Grand Slam tournaments. Leading the ranking is Feliciano Lopez with an impressive 76 consecutive participations. Fernando Verdasco (67) follows in second place ahead of Roger Federer (65). Most consecutive Grand Slam tournament appearances Pos Name consecutive participations 1. Feliciano Lopez 76 2. Fernando Verdasco 67 3. Roger Federer 65 4. Andreas Seppi 63 5. Wayne ferreira 56 6. Stefan Edberg 54 7. Tomas Berdych 52 8. Novak Djokovic 51 9. David Ferrer 50 10. Guillermo Garcia Lopez 50 The situation is different when it comes to the total number of individual tournament participations. The Swiss Roger Federer is in first place there. The 2021 Roland Garros tournament, which begins on Sunday, is his 80th major tournament overall, but the Swiss is playing only his second French Open since 2015, where he last reached the semi-finals in 2019. None other than Novak Djokovic, the world number one from Serbia, has 64 major tournaments like Seppi. The two are in 8th place in the all-time ranking. Most Grand Slam tournament participations Pos Name Participations 1. Roger Federer 80 2. Feliciano Lopez 77 3. Fabrice Santoro 70 4. Mikhail Yuzhny 69 5. Fernando Verdasco 68 6. Lleyton Hewitt 66 7. Philipp Kohlschreiber 65 8. Andreas Seppi 64 9. Novak Djokovic 64 10. David Ferrer 63 In another statistic, Seppi is currently number 2. This year's French Open is his 63rd Grand Slam tournament in a row. Only the Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who is about to play his 76th major tournament without interruption, is ahead of him. In the all-time list, Seppi is number 63 with 4 tournaments in a row. After Lopez, only Fernando Verdasco (67) and Roger Federer (65) have played more tournaments in a row. Also a veteran in Paris – but the last victory was a long time ago Andreas Seppi is playing in Roland Garros for the 16th time in a row since 2006. His record at the biggest clay court tournament is 11 wins and 15 defeats. His last victory at the Bois de Boulogne was 4 years ago. He won against the Colombian Santiago Giraldo and then lost in the second round against Fabio Fognini. He ended up in the first round a total of eight times, but it was here that he almost caused the biggest sensation nine years ago. On June 3, 2012, he was 2 sets ahead against Novak Djokovic, the then and current world number 1. In the end it was 6:4, 7:6 (7:5), 3:6, 5:7, 3:6 from the Kalterer's point of view after 4:18 hours of play. Djokovic applauded Seppi as he arrived from Center Court. The court was full with 14.820 fans at the time. “If I had reached the tiebreak in the fourth set, who knows,” said Seppi after the defeat. More statistics about Andreas Seppi 6 Round of XNUMX: In Paris 2012, Seppi played the first of six round of 2013 games at a Grand Slam tournament. He was in the round of the best 2015 players in the world four times at his favorite slam in Melbourne (2017, 2018, 2013, 16) and once at Wimbledon (XNUMX). 122 Matches: Seppi has played 122 matches at Grand Slam tournaments so far. This puts him in 56th place in the all-time rankings together with the Argentinian David Nalbandian. With his first round match in Paris against Felix Auger-Aliassime from Canada, he will catch up with Roscoe Tanner and Cedric Pioline and reach 123 Grand Slam matches. tournaments come. This is one of the many “Italian records” that Seppi holds. Behind him is Fabio Fognini with 109 Grand Slam matches, making him the only “Azzurro” to also be in the top 100 of the all-time rankings. 59 wins: With 59 GS victories, Seppi is in 100th place in the all-time ranking together with Jürgen Melzer, Raul Ramirez and Thomas Johansson. Of the “Azzurri”, only Adriano Panatta, the French Open winner in 1976, has more victories among the four with 62 major tournaments. 783 games total: Andreas Seppi currently has 783 games to his name on the tour. That is also an Italian record. He has the same number of matches as Olympic champion Marc Rosset from Switzerland. In this statistic, too, there is only one other “Azzurro” in the top 701 of all time, Fabio Fognini (100).

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Andreas Seppi – An Ironman on the tour and his records

It is the record that Andreas Seppi can be most proud of in his long professional career. Since Wimbledon 2005, the Kalterer native has not missed a Grand Slam tournament and is therefore one of the long-running favorites in world tennis in two categories. You can read what they are here.

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