By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday July 11, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz will bid to stretch his Wimbledon winning streak to 13 on Friday.
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By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday July 11, 2024
And then there were four. The stage is set for men’s semifinals action on Friday at Wimbledon. Before you watch the matches, dig in to our by the numbers preview of the final four at SW19.
7 – Despite having undergone knee surgery on June 5, 24-time Grand Slam champion is back in the mix at Wimbledon, where he is two matches from winning a record-tying 8th men’s singles title at SW19.
The seven-time champion faces Italy’s Lorenzo for the seventh time on Friday – he has defeated him in five of their previous six meetings.
12 – Defending champion is hoping to keep Djokovic from glory in London. The Spaniard, who defeated Djokovic in five sets in last year’s Wimbledon final, has now won 12 consecutive matches at Wimbledon to take his career record at the Championships to 16-2. He will face Russia’s Daniil Medvedev on Friday.
Alcaraz, who won his third major title at Roland-Garros in June, is on a 12-match winning streak at the majors.
37 – At 37 years of age, Djokovic is hoping to surpass Roger FEderer as the oldest Wimbledon men’s singles champion in history. The Serbian legend is also bidding to win a major beyond the age of 35 for the fifth time – he has won 12 of his 24 major titles since turning 30, an all-time record for men and women.
21 – Alcaraz is the youngest of the four semifinalists, and he is hoping to become the third player in Open Era history to win multiple Wimbledon men’s singles title before turning 22, along with Boris Becker (3) and Bjorn Borg (2).
The Spaniard is also bidding to become the fourth player in Open Era history to win four major titles before turning 22. If he wins the title he would join Becker, Borg and Mats Wilander, and would have two chances to become the only player to win more than four before turning 22 at this year’s US Open and next year’s Australian Open.
6-7 – Lorenzo Musetti’s career record on grass prior to 2024. The Italian has put his best foot forward on the grass this season and has notched a 12-2 record on the surface en route to his first career Grand Slam semifinal.
3 – Number of Grand Slam semifinals that Medvedev and Alcaraz have contested. Medvedev stunned Alcaraz in his title defense at the US Open last year to reach the final. Prior to that Alcaraz defeated Medvedev in straight sets in the Wimbledon semifinals.
Alcaraz holds the 4-2 lifetime edge over the fifth-ranked Russian.
4 – By reaching the last four at Wimbledon, Musetti has become one of four Italians to every reach that far at the Championships. Three of those four, have achieved the feat in the last four seasons. Musetti joins Nicolas Pietrangeli (1960), Matteo Berrettini (2021) and Jannik Sinnner (2023).
374 – Djokovic’s number of Grand Slam singles victories to date, which is a record. The Serbian owns 214 more major singles match wins than the other three semifinalists combined. Medvedev has 84, Alcaraz has 57 and Musetti has 19.
13 – By reaching his 13th Wimbledon semifinal, Djokovic moves into a tie with Roger Federer for the all-time record for men’s singles semifinal appearances at SW19.
The Grand Slam king is into his 49th major semifinal, an all-time record.
10:06 – of the four semifinalists, Djokovic has spent the least amount of time on the court to reach the semifinals. He had a walkover through the quarterfinals when Alex de Minaur was forced to retire with a hip injury and has spent just over ten hours on court. Musetti has spent 15:53, Alcaraz has spent 14:11 and Medvedev has spent 12:11.