Marcos Baghdatis

Cypriot Born 1985 183 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Rafael Nadal (10)vs Mikhail Youzhny (9)vs Grigor Dimitrov (9)vs Viktor Troicki (8)vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (8)vs John Isner (8)

Match log

2019

WimbledonGrass, July
R64LMatteo Berrettini1-6 6-7(4) 3-6
R128WBrayden Schnur6-2 6-4 6-4
Busan CH, challengerHard, May
R16LYunseong Chung2-6 3-6
R32WDudi Sela4-6 6-2 6-2
Seoul CH, challengerHard, April
R32LZhe Li4-6 2-6
Taipei CH, challengerHard, April
R32LChien Hsun Lo7-6(1) 2-4 RET
Shenzhen CH, challengerWon the titleHard, March
FWStefano Napolitano6-2 3-6 6-4Won the title
SFWBaptiste Crepatte6-4 6-2
QFWSoon Woo Kwon6-4 3-6 6-3
R16WAleksandr Nedovyesov6-3 6-2
R32WSasi Kumar Mukund6-4 7-5
Zhuhai CH, challengerHard, March
QFLZe Zhang2-6 6-3 2-6
R16WYunseong Chung6-4 6-2
R32WAlex Molcan7-5 3-6 6-2
DubaiHard, February
R16LGael Monfils3-6 2-6
R32WMohamed Safwat4-6 6-3 6-4
MontpellierHard, February
QFLRadu Albot2-6 6-7(2)
R16WLucas Pouille7-6(2) 6-7(3) 6-4
R32WRuben Bemelmans6-2 6-4
Q2WQuentin Halys6-2 6-3
Q1WAntoine Cornut Chauvinc3-6 6-4 6-4
Rennes CH, challengerHard, January
QFLAntoine Hoang6-2 6-7(5) 4-6
R16WSergiy Stakhovsky6-4 7-6(2)
R32WNorbert Gombos4-6 6-0 6-1
Australian Open, qualifyingHard, January
Q1LDarian King4-6 6-4 3-6

2018

Doha, qualifyingHard, December
Q2LGuillermo Garcia Lopez6-4 2-6 4-6
Q1WLukas Rosol6-0 7-6(3)
Bratislava CH, challengerHard, November
R16LDennis Novak4-6 1-6
R32WFilip Horansky6-3 6-4
Eckental CH, challengerHard, October
R32LAlbano Olivetti6-7(5) 6-3 3-6
BeijingHard, October
R32LMarco Cecchinato6-1 4-6 5-7
ChengduHard, September
R32LMalek Jaziri6-7(7) 6-1 2-6
US OpenHard, August
R64LLucas Pouille7-6(4) 4-6 4-6 3-6
R128WMikhail Youzhny6-4 6-4 2-6 3-1 RET
Winston-SalemHard, August
R64LGuillermo Garcia Lopez6-7(2) 4-6
Cincinnati Masters, qualifyingHard, August
Q2LDusan Lajovic6-2 2-6 3-6
Q1WFeliciano Lopez7-6(5) 6-3
WashingtonHard, July
R32LHyeon Chung7-6(2) 4-6 3-6
R64WBenoit Paire6-3 3-6 6-2
AtlantaHard, July
QFLMatthew Ebden3-6 2-6
R16WFrances Tiafoe7-5 6-1
R32WAlex Bolt6-4 6-1
NewportGrass, July
R32LGilles Muller6-7(5) 3-6
WimbledonGrass, July
R64LKaren Khachanov3-6 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) 5-7
R128WDominic Thiem6-4 7-5 2-0 RET
AntalyaGrass, June
R32LBlaz Kavcic6-7(4) 3-6
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LSantiago Giraldo6-3 4-3 RET
GenevaClay, May
R32LNoah Rubin6-7(4) 4-6
MunichClay, April
R32LYannick Hanfmann2-6 4-6
Budapest, qualifyingClay, April
Q1LHubert Hurkacz2-6 4-6

Marcos Baghdatis

Marcos Baghdatis arrived at the 2006 Australian Open unseeded and left a star: the 20-year-old Cypriot beat three seeds, took the first set off Roger Federer in the final and pushed him to four before falling 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2. Cyprus emptied its flags into Rod Laver Arena that fortnight, a backdrop that followed him for the rest of his career. Five months later he reached the Wimbledon semifinals, and that August he peaked at No. 8, the highest any Cypriot has ranked. He added 4 career titles and stayed a crowd favourite long after the ranking slid.

The other lasting image came in 2012 at the same Australian Open, a break down against Stanislas Wawrinka, when he smashed four racquets in a row at the changeover and drew a fine for it. He kept playing until Wimbledon 2019, beating Brayden Schnur in the first round before Matteo Berrettini ended his career in the second, and he left Centre Court in tears, handing his racquets and shoes into the crowd that had always been loudest for him.