Tommy Paul had been on a giant-killing run in Paris, taking out three Top 20 players—including No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal—en route to the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 event.
But that run came to an end on Friday, as No. 5-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated the American in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, fighting off all seven break points he faced in the match—and converting all three of his own break point opportunities.
And it was a milestone victory: Tsitsipas is the first man to record 60 wins this year, now 60-21 on the season.
MOST MATCH WINS FOR A MAN THIS YEAR (tour-level):
60: Stefanos Tsitsipas
57: Carlos Alcaraz
56: Felix Auger-Aliassime
49: Andrey Rublev
49: Cameron Norrie
48: Casper Ruud
47: Jannik Sinner
45: Daniil Medvedev
45: Alex de Minaur
Tsitsipas is also the sixth active men’s player to record 60 or more wins in a season in their career, and just the third man born in 1990 or later to do it, after Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev.
ACTIVE MEN’S PLAYERS WHO’VE HAD 60+ WINS IN A SEASON:
~ Djokovic [10 times]: 2007 (68), 2008 (64), 2009 (78), 2010 (61), 2011 (70), 2012 (75), 2013 (74), 2014 (61), 2015 (82), 2016 (65)
~ Nadal [9 times]: 2005 (79), 2007 (70), 2008 (82), 2009 (66), 2010 (71), 2011 (69), 2013 (75), 2015 (61), 2017 (68)
~ Murray [3 times]: 2009 (66), 2015 (71), 2016 (78)
~ Zverev [1 time]: 2018 (60)
~ Medvedev [1 time]: 2021 (63)
~ Tsitsipas [1 time]: 2022 (60)