Key facts and figures to know as RG quarter-final action continues on Thursday.
1 –Alexander Zverev, facing the might of world No.1 Novak Djokovic on Court Philippe-Chatrier, is looking to reach his first major semi-final and become both the first German man to reach a Grand Slam semi-final since Tommy Haas at Wimbledon, and the first to reach the semi-finals at Roland-Garros since Michael Stich in 1996.
4 –Â Dominic Thiem, who tackles Karen Khachanov on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, will attempt to make it to a fourth consecutive semi-final at Roland-Garros, an achievement which would also put him joint-fourth on the men’s list for most consecutive last-four appearances in Paris in the Open Era.
10 –Â Khachanov, who will become a top-10 player for the first time next week, is on a 10-match winning streak in the city of Paris, having reeled off four victories at Roland-Garros following the six he won at the Rolex Paris Masters in Bercy last November.
12 – Simona Halep, who tackles the teenage US prodigy Amanda Anisimova on Court Philippe-Chatrier, is hoping to take a step closer towards becoming the first player to defend the women’s singles title at Roland-Garros since Justine Henin 12 years ago in 2007.
16 – Halep has, remarkably, broken serve in her last 16 consecutive return games at Roland-Garros, starting from her second round match against Magda Linette and continuing when Lesia Tsurenko and Iga Swiatek failed to hold their delivery against her.
17 –Â Teenager Anisimova is the youngest Roland-Garros women’s singles quarter-finalist since Nicole Vaidisova, who reached the semi-finals in 2006. The last 17-year-old to reach the last eight of any Grand Slam was Belinda Bencic in the 2014 US Open.
25 – The number of consecutive Grand Slam victories that Djokovic has recorded since losing at Roland-Garros to Marco Cecchinato in the quarter-finals here last year as he continues to home in on his second ‘Novak Slam’.
26 – The number of aces served by Ashleigh Barty at Roland-Garros en route to the quarter-finals, the most by any player left in the women’s tournament. Barty’s opponent, Madison Keys, has banged down 21 aces in what promises to be a big-serving battle on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.
44 – This will be Djokovic’s 44th Grand Slam quarter-final match, a figure only ever bettered in the Open era by Roger Federer’s 54.
45 – The number of minutes it took Halep to defeat Iga Swiatek in the fourth round, the shortest completed match of this year’s tournament.
118.7 – The fastest serve in miles per hour delivered by any woman at the tournament was fired down by Madison Keys in her second round match with Priscilla Hon.
2001 – Anisimova is the first player, man or woman, born after the turn of the century to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam.




