Taylor Harry Fritz and Tommy Paul are the only Americans part of the main draw in Monte Carlo. While Sebastian Korda is usually quite active on tour, he decided not to play in the Principality. Nevertheless, Sebastian will play in Barcelona in Munich, where he may start from the qualifications.
Both Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul are already in Europe since both decided to compete in a Cagliari. Taylor has reached the semi-finals in Sardinia, where he will face home favorite Lorenzo Sonego. Tommy crashed out in the 1st round at the hands of an inspired Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(8) 5-7 6-3.
The defending champion in Monte Carlo is Fabio Fognini that won to the title in 2019. The tournament was not staged in 2020 because of the global pandemic. This year, the obvious favorite is Rafael Nadal that conquered the event 11 times. The other favorites are Novak Djokovic that won the tournament in 2013 and 2015 and the Stefanos Tsitsipas.
This is the draw.
Fritz in Cagliari, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.30, Taylor Harry achieved an overall 11-5 record in 2021. Fritz is competing in Cagliari where he toppled Andrej Martin 6-2 7-64 and Aljaz Bedene 6-3 6-4.
Taylor Harry Fritz will come up against the world no.34 Lorenzo Sonego in the semifinal on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Their record is 3-1 for Fritz.
Tommy Paul in 2021
Now ranked no.53, Paul played his last match on the 5th of April when he capitulated to world no.105 Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(8) 5-7 6-3
in the 1st round in Cagliari (draw).This season the American has a compiled 5-7 win-loss record.
Taylor Harry Fritz and Tommy Paul played each other 3 times. Their record is 2-1 for Paul. Previously, the last time when they squared off, Taylor Harry Fritz won 6-1 3-0 ret. in the quarter in Champaign Challenger (Champaign Challenger) in November 2017.
Sebastian Korda in 2021
At the moment ranked no.65 (career-high), the American played his last match on the 1st of April when he capitulated to world no.8 Andrey Rublev 7-5 7-6(7) in the quarter in Miami (draw).
At present, during this year the American has a 15-5 match record. This year, Sebastian won 1 title in the Quimper Challenger. Sebastian was the runner-up in Delray Beach.