By Chris Oddo | Friday September 9, 2016
Stan Wawrinka will bid for his third Grand Slam final in three years on Friday. We go inside the numbers of today's U.S. Open men's semifinals here.
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A smattering of stats from New York we look ahead to a blockbuster day in New York…
12-0 Novak Djokovic’s career record against Gael Monfils. But hey, Gael won their first professional meeting at a futures event in Italy in 2004. Surely that counts for something, right?
10 Djokovic is appearing in his 10th straight U.S. Open semifinal and he has won six of nine.
28, 9, 6 Djokovic’s loss to Querrey at Wimbledon snapped the world No. 1’s streaks of 29 consecutive major quarterfinals, nine consecutive major semifinals and six consecutive finals at majors. Will he get back on the horse here in New York?
15 Monfils has won all fifteen sets he has played at the U.S. Open, and has advanced to his second Grand Slam semifinal.
18 As an 18-year-old Monfils made his Grand Slam debut against Novak Djokovic in the first round of the 2005 U.S. Open, Djokovic won the match 7--5, 4-6, 7-6(5), 0-6, 7-.5.
1 Of the ten players who have reached the U.S. Open semifinals on the men’s side without dropping a set in the last 25 years, only one (Rafael Nadal, 2010) has gone on to win the title. Seven of nine reached the final with only Nikolay Davydenko (2007) and Roger Federer (2010) falling in the semis.
1983 The last time a French player won a Grand Slam title. A Japanese player has never won a major title.
3 Stan Wawrinka, playing in his third U.S. Open semifinal in the last four years, is bidding for his third Grand Slam final appearance. He has never reached the U.S. Open final, but he has reached a major final (2014 Australia, 2015 Roland Garros) in each of the last two seasons.
5-0 Nishikori is 5-0 vs. Top 10 players at the U.S. Open, despite being 8-11 overall against the Top 10 at majors. The Japanese owns a 30-49 lifetime record against the Top 10.
$4.5 million As winner of the U.S. Open Series, Nishikori is two matches from earning the largest Grand Slam payout in history. He would win $4.5 million if he claims the title. In 2013, Rafael Nadal won both the U.S. Open Series and the U.S. Open claiming a then record fee of $3.6 million.
31 Djokovic ties Jimmy Connors for second on the all-time Grand Slam semifinal list today. He’s seven behind all-time leader Federer (38).