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Hamburg Media Notes Preview Day 1
Hamburg Media Notes Preview Day 1
• No. 1 seed Ruud is making his 4th main draw appearance at the event. Ruud made his main draw debut at
Hamburg European Open in 2018 while ranked No. 141 and he lost in the first round. In 2019 he came in
ranked No. 69 and reached the second round. In his last appearance in 2020 he defeated three Top 50 players
reaching semi-finals (I. to No. 14 Rublev). Ruud seeks his 2nd title of the year (d. Kecmanovic in Estoril Final).
• No. 2 seed and 2020 champion Rublev is coming fresh with a title win in Bastad. Besides the 2020 title, he
has a successful history in Hamburg, reaching another final in 2019. This is his 5th appearance at the event.
• No. 3 seed Musetti and No. 4 seed Zverev are both still seeking their first title in 2023. They both reached
ATP Tour semifinals on clay this season.
• Hamburg will see 5 home players in the field with Daniel Altmaier, Yannick Hanfmann and Alexander
Zverev being the direct entrances, Maximilian Marterer and Rudolf Molleker receiving the main draw
wildcards.
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CENTER COURT
Luca Van Assche (FRA) vs Alexandre Muller (FRA) First Tour-Level Meeting
Other Meetings
21 Brest CH (France) Hard QF Alexandre Muller 6-3 6-4
22 Blois CH (France) Clay SF Alexandre Muller 7-6(4) 6-3
22 Lisbon CH (Portugal) Clay QF Luca Van Assche 6-4 7-5
23 Sanremo CH (Italy) Clay QF Luca Van Assche 6-2 6-1
Luca Van Assche | Age: 19 | World No. 77 | Career-High: No. 69 | 2023: 5-10 (5 times in R2) | Hamburg: 0-0 (Debut)
> Former junior World No. 1 entered Top 100 and achieved career-high No. 69 in June 2023 soon after earning 1st
Grand Slam win at 2023 Roland Garros over 2018 semi-finalist Cecchinato in 1R.
> Made ATP Tour debut at 2022 Antwerp as Q before earning first win at 2023 Estoril (d. P. Sousa).
> Owns 50-27 Challenger record (16-5 in 2023), with titles at 2022 Maia, 2023 Pau and 2023 San Remo.
> Saved 2 championship points to defeat Humbert at 2023 Pau in the longest Challenger final in history (3 hours 56
minutes).
> Posted 29-19 Challenger record in 2022 (1-3 in finals), going on a 19-6 run from late September to December,
reaching finals of Lisbon, Brest and Valencia before winning first ATP Challenger title in Maia.
> Defeated fellow countryman Fils to win the 2021 Roland Garros boys’ singles title and ended junior career with a 79-
27 record.
NOTE: Van Assche is 4-5 on tour-level on clay this season, aiming to reach R2 for the 6th time.
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Alexandre Muller | Age: 26 | World No. 81 | Career-High: No. 76 | 2023: 8-7 (Marrakech Final) | Hamburg: 0-0 (Debut)
> Broke into Top 500 in 2016, Top 250 in 2019 and Top 100 in April 2023, earning career-high No. 76 in July 2023
soon after capturing 2nd Challenger title at Montechiarugolo.
> Defeated No. 34 van de Zandschulp to reach 1st ATP Tour QF at 2023 Doha and No. 21 Musetti en route to 1st
ATP Tour final at 2023 Marrakech to make his Top 100 debut (l. to Carballes Baena).
> Made tour-level debut at 2017 Roland Garros as a WC (l. to Monteiro) and won first tour-level match at 2021
Australian Open as a LL beating Londero in 1R.
> Owns a 122-111 Challenger record, winning 1st title at 2022 Blois, saving a MP in his 1R match.
> Had a tennis court at his childhood home and began playing with his dad at age 6 and says he was better at football
than tennis before choosing the latter.
NOTE: Muller is facing a lower-ranked opponent on tour-level only for the third time in his career (d. No. 473 Edmund
at 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Rome 1R and I. No. 94 Thiem at 2023 Gstaad 1R).
[6] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) vs Laslo Djere (SRB) First Meeting
Tomas Martin Etcheverry | Age: 24 | World No. 34 | Career-High: No. 30 | 2023: 20-16 (Santiago, Houston Finals) | Hamburg: 0-0 (Debut)
> Former World No. 12 junior broke into Top 200 in June 2021 and Top 100 in April 2022 before achieving career-high
No. 30 in June 2023 after reaching 1st Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros.
> Also at Roland Garros, earned 1st two Top 20 wins of career over No. 19 de Minaur in 2R and No. 16 Coric in 3R
and reached the quarter-finals without losing a set.
> Defeated clay-court champions Fognini, F. Cerundolo, Lajovic and Baez en route to 1st ATP Tour final at Santiago a
month before reaching 2nd ATP Tour final at 2023 Houston.
> Qualified at 2022 Australian Open and earned 1st Grand Slam main draw win at 2023 Australian Open (d. Barrere).
> Posted Challenger records of 49-19 in 2021 and 41-16 in 2022, highlighted by clay-court titles at 2021 Perugia,
2021 Trieste and 2022 Concepcion-2.
NOTE: Etcheverry will make his debut in this tournament, 17 of his 20 tour-level wins this year came on clay.
Laslo Djere | Age: 28 | World No. 57 | Career-High: No. 27 | 2023: 19-17 (3 times in QF) | Hamburg: 3-3 (2021 SF)
> Former World No. 3 junior broke into Top 30 after winning 1st ATP Tour title at 2019 Rio de Janeiro without
dropping a set.
> Dedicated Rio title to his parents, Caba and Hajnalka, who both passed away from cancer.
> Defeated countryman Lajovic en route to 2nd title at 2020 Sardinia.
> Earned 5 victories and won 5 TBs en route to 2022 Winston-Salem final despite entering event with 15-44 career
record on hard courts and 1-18 TB record in 2022.
> Also on hard courts, upset World No. 3 Ruud at 2023 Auckland for biggest win of career.
NOTE: Djere is 6-10 on tour-level against Top 50 players in 2023 (2-4 on clay). He seeks a Top 50 win on the surface
since 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (d. No. 30 Botic van de Zandschulp in 2R).
Daniel Altmaier | Age: 24 | World No. 61 | Career-High: No. 53 | 2023: 8-14 (Madrid QF) | Hamburg: 0-4 (’17, ’19, ’21-’22 1R)
> Finished at No. 100 in 2021 year-end rankings, then achieved career-high No. 53 in May 2022 after winning 4th of 7
Challenger titles at Heilbronn.
> Ended 2022 season with 13 wins in his last 14 Challenger matches, including back-to-back titles at Lima-2 and
Guayaquil before earning 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at 2023 Madrid as a LL.
> Advanced to 1st ATP Tour SFs of career in back-to-back weeks at Umag and Kitzbuhel in July 2021.
> Made Grand Slam qualifying debut at 2020 Roland Garros and earned 6th win of tournament over No. 8 Berrettini to
reach 4R and beat another Italian No. 9 Sinner en route to 2023 Roland Garros 3R.
> Hits a one-handed backhand and says that his idols growing up were fellow one-handers Federer and Wawrinka.
NOTE: The German seeks his first career win in this tournament. Altmaier makes his 5th main draw appearance at
the event.
Richard Gasquet | Age: 37 | World No. 48 | Career-High: No. 7 | ‘23: 12-17 (Auckland Title) | Hamburg: 8-5 (2005 F)
> Former World No. 1 junior achieved career-high No. 7 in 2007 and finished 4 seasons in Top 10 overall (2007,
2012-13, 2015).
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> Defeated Top-5 players in 5 sets to reach SFs at 2007 Wimbledon (d. Roddick in QF), 2013 US Open (d. Ferrer in
QF) and 2015 Wimbledon (d. Wawrinka in QF).
> Owns 16 titles, qualified at Nitto ATP Finals in 2007 and 2013, and reached ATP Masters 1000 finals at 2005
Hamburg, 2006 Toronto and 2012 Toronto.
> Won ATP Tour debut as 15-year-old at 2002 Monte Carlo (d. Squillari), earned biggest career win at 2005 Monte
Carlo (d. No. 1 Federer) and posted 500th career win at 2018 Monte Carlo (d. M. Zverev).
> Remains youngest match winner since start of ATP Tour in 1990 and owns 600 wins overall – most among
Frenchmen in Open Era (since 1968) and one of 4 active players on the ATP Tour with 600+ wins.
NOTE: Gasquet owns a 2-7 tour-level record this season on clay. His first appearance at Hamburg European Open
was back in 2005 where he reached the final (I. to Federer 6-3 7-5 7-6(4)).
M1
[LL] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) vs [PR] Guido Pella (ARG) Series Tied 1-1
20 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R32 Thiago Monteiro 5-7 6-4 7-6(3)
23 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Guido Pella 3-6 7-5 6-2
Other Meetings
13 Sao Paulo 4 CH Brazil) Clay QF Guido Pella 6-1 6-1
13 Sao Jose Do Rio Preto CH (Brazil) Clay QF Guido Pella 6-1 6-3
15 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay Q1 Thiago Monteiro 7-6(1) 3-6 6-2
15 Guayaquil CH (Ecuador) Clay QF Guido Pella 7-6(6) 4-0 RET.
Thiago Monteiro | Age: 29 | World No. 121 | Career-High: No. 61| 2023: 8-16 (Santiago QF) | Hamburg: 3-3 (2018 QF)
> Former World No. 2 junior achieved career-high No. 61 after going 18-6 at Challengers in 2022, highlighted by titles
at Salzburg and Genoa.
> Defeated No. 9 Tsonga in ATP Tour debut at 2016 Rio de Janeiro as 338th-ranked WC, which remains biggest win
of career.
> Also beat a Frenchman to advance to 1st ATP Tour SF of career at 2018 Quito (d. Monfils).
> Ended 7-match losing streak at Grand Slams and reached 1st Grand Slam 3R at 2020 Roland Garros.
> Posted 86-33 record on ITF Junior Circuit, including 6-2 6-1 win over Kyrgios en route to 2011 Offenbach Grade 1
title and 6-1 6-1 win over Pouille en route to 2011 Charleroi Grade 1 title.
NOTE: Monteiro is 7-9 on tour-level on clay this season, aiming to reach R2 in Hamburg for the 3rd time in his career.
Guido Pella | Age: 33 | World No. 228 | Career-High: No. 20 | 2023: 8-10 (Wimbledon R3) | Hamburg: 0-0 (Debut)
> Achieved career-high No. 20 and earned personal-best 36 wins in 2019, but was limited to only 1 Challenger match
in 2022 due to knee injury.
> Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP Tour title in 5th career final at 2019 Sao Paulo.
> Upset 2018 finalist Anderson and 2016 finalist Raonic to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at 2019 Wimbledon.
> Advanced to 2018 Wimbledon 3R with biggest win of career over 2017 finalist and World No. 5 Cilic.
> Helped Argentina win 1st Davis Cup title in 2016, earning victories in 1R (d. Przysiezny), QF w/Del Potro (d.
Fognini/Lorenzi) and SF (d. Edmund).
NOTE: Pella is making his debut in the tournament. He will play for the first time in Germany since 2021 Halle (I. to
Lacko in R1).
Arthur Fils (FRA) vs [LL] Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) First Meeting
Arthur Fils | Age: 19 | World No. 71 | Career-High: No. 58 | 2023: 10-7 (Lyon Title) | Hamburg: 0-0 (Debut)
> Earned 1st ranking point at age 16 in January 2021, then achieved career-high No. 58 in June 2023 soon after
winning Lyon title as No. 112-ranked WC to become youngest Frenchman at 18y, 11m to win an ATP Tour title since
Gael Monfils at 2005 Sopot.
> In February 2023, became the youngest Frenchman to reach an ATP Tour SF since Gasquet in 2004 at 2023
Montpellier (l. to Sinner) and advanced to 2nd ATP Tour SF at 2023 Marseille (l. to Bonzi).
> Made ATP Tour main draw debut at 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Paris after beating Top-60 players Munar and Fognini
in qualifying before losing to [LL] Fognini in 1R.
> Owns 26-26 Challenger record (11-4 in 2023), winning first title at 2023 Oeiras-2 before making the final of 2023
Quimper two weeks later.
> Defeated former Top-20 player Tomic in Grand Slam qualifying debut at 2021 Roland Garros as 16-year-old ranked
1,035th.
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> Also at 2021 Roland Garros, advanced to boys’ singles final (l. to countryman Van Assche) and won the boys’
doubles title w/Mpetshi Perricard, achieving career-high No. 3 in junior rankings during 2021 season.
NOTE: Fils, the youngest player in the Top 100, reached the semi-final stage at 3 of 8 tour-level events played this
season, highlighted by capturing 1st ATP Tour title at Lyon (d. F. Cerundolo in the final).
Daniel Elahi Galan | Age: 27 | World No. 67 | Career-High: No. 56 | 2023: 5-14 (Wimbledon R4) | Hamburg: 1-1 (‘22 R2)
> Achieved career-high No. 56 in July 2023 after reaching 1st Grand Slam 4R at Wimbledon (I. to Sinner).
> Improved year-end ranking in 8 straight seasons (2015-22), finishing 2022 ranked No. 67 and as No. 1 Colombian.
> Upset World No. 5 Tsitsipas for biggest win of career en route to 2022 US Open 3R as Q.
> Defeated 2-time defending champion Johnson en route to 1st ATP Tour QF and SF at 2019 Houston as Q-WC.
> Won in ATP Tour main draw debut on home soil at 2015 Bogota as 19-year-old WC (d. Riba).
> Owns 118-101 Challenger record (4-4 in finals), including clay-court titles in 2022 at Concepcion and Sarasota.
NOTE: Galan is 2-8 on tour-level on the surface this season, he seeks his 2nd career Hamburg R2.
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