Who is Benjamin Bonzi? Frenchman defeats Daniil Medvedev in first main upset of Wimbledon 2025

It was the most popular opening day ever recorded on the grass court docket main as Bonzi’s calmness and accuracy from the again court docket proved to be the game-changer. He additionally made it tough for Medvedev with sensational serving.

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Bonzi is the present world No. 64, and he additionally has a profession excessive doubles rating of world No. 121, which he bagged on September 19, 2022. He gained the 2014 French Open boys’ doubles title throughout his juniors profession. He made his Grand Slam debut as a wildcard entry for the 2017 French Open. He defeated Daniil Medvedev, who retired of their first spherical conflict, after which misplaced to Albert Ramos within the second.

He made his Wimbledon debut in 2018, qualifying for the championships. He defeated James Ward within the last qualifying spherical, however the misplaced to Lukas Lacko within the opening spherical of the principle draw.

He additionally superior to the 2019 French Open quarterfinals in combined doubles as a wildcard with Amandine Hesse. In the 2020 French Open, he misplaced to Jannik Sinner within the second spherical.

In 2021, he made his top-100 debut after clinching the Segovia Challenger. He additionally reached a brand new career-high of World No. 61 in the identical yr. Meanwhile in 2022, he reached his first-ever ATP semi-final and in addition made his Masters 1000 debut at Indian Wells, the place he reached the third spherical. In 2024, he gained his first ATP TOur title, reigning supreme on the Moselle Open as a qualifier.

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