Christopher Eubanks, the new Wimbledon star, says Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka have been telling him for a while that he can compete at the greatest level. At Wimbledon on Monday, Eubanks defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas with scores of 3-6 7-6 (4), 3-6 6-4, and 6-4 to advance to his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. In early April, Eubanks, who is competing in his maiden Wimbledon main draw, broke in the top 100 for the first time in his career. Since then, Eubanks has made his first significant Grand Slam run, won his first ATP title in Mallorca, and will be close to the top 30 by next Monday’s rankings. According to the live rankings, if he reaches the Wimbledon semifinals, he will break into the top 20.
Eubanks is now appreciative of Osaka and Gauff for persuading him that he could achieve this kind of outcome.
Eubanks said: “I think the biggest thing, it’s a common theme amongst both of them, they’ve been saying for a long time that they feel like I belong at this level.”
Then he added: “For a long time I questioned, again, whether or not I was consistent enough to play at this level really consistently. I knew I could come out on any match and maybe light it up, could cause some guys some trouble. I don’t know if I really believed I could put it together match after match after match against quality opponents.
That’s something Coco has been telling me for a long time. Naomi even says the same thing. That’s kind of been the main thing of just reinforcing and instilling confidence. Hey, you can play at this level, you just got to believe it.
When I’m around them, to hear them talk about their belief, it’s a bit infectious. It does rub off on you. When they talk about their goals or what they feel when they go on court, I feel a little bit like the odd man out because I’m like, You guys are mentally different than I am.”
Eubanks in Wimbledon, ranking, and results in 2023
LLLLWLLLLW Currently ranked no.43 (career-high), Eubanks has a 34-16 match record in 2023. Christopher is competing in Wimbledon where he defeated the world no.95 Thiago Moura Monteiro 4-6 7-5 7-5 6-3, the world no.13 Cameron Norrie 6-3 3-6 6-2 7-63, the world no.73 Christopher O Connell 7-65 7-63 7-62 and the world no.5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6 7-64 3-6 6-4 6-4.
Christopher Eubanks will come up against the world no.3 Daniil Medvedev in the quarter on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev.
Christopher has won 1 title in 2023 in Mallorca.
He is also scheduled to play in Atlanta (Truist Atlanta Open) on the 24th of July and Washington (Citi Open) on the 31st of July.
Coco Gauff in 2023
LWWLWLWWLW Ranked no.7, the American played her last match on the 3rd of July when she was defeated by world no.128 Sofia Kenin 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Wimbledon (draw).
This season Coco has a composed 27-12 match record. Gauff clinched 1 title in Auckland.
Naomi Osaka in 2023
Ranked world no.436, the Japanese played her last match on the 20th of September 2022 when she had to retire when playing against world no.231 Daria Gavrilova in the 1st round and the scoreline was 1-0 .
Currently, during this season Naomi has a 14-9 match record.
