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What is the best Grand Slam run by a wild card?

Arthur Fery continued his dream run at Wimbledon on Wednesday by defeating the No. 10 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, Flavio Cobolli, to reach the semi-finals. In doing so he added his name to the list of wild cards to make their mark on the Grand Slam stage.

What is the best Grand Slam run by a wild card?

Goran Ivanisevic holds the record for the best run at a major by a wild card, having triumphed at Wimbledon in 2001. With his quarter-final victory, the World No. 114 Fery became just the fourth player to reach a men’s singles semi-final at a Grand Slam as a wild card.

Wild cards to reach men’s singles SFs at a major

What is the best Wimbledon run by a wild card?

Ivanisevic’s memorable 2001 title run also tops this list, and no other wild card until Fery this year had reached the semi-finals.

Who is the lowest-ranked player to reach the Wimbledon men’s singles semi-finals?

The lowest-ranked player to reach the men’s singles semi-finals at Wimbledon (since 1985, from when full ranking data is available) is Vladimir Voltchkov, who was World No. 237 when he made a last-four run in 2000. Ivanisevic, who was No. 125 when he won the title in 2001, is second on the list, while No. 114-ranked Fery is third.

How many players outside the Top 100 have reached a Grand Slam semi-final?

Fery is just the ninth player ranked outside the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings to reach a men’s singles semi-final (since 1985). It did not happen for nearly 20 years between No. 125 Ivanisevic’s 2001 Wimbledon triumph and No. 114 Aslan Karatsev’s 2021 run to the Australian Open semi-finals. Now, it has happened at two majors in a row, following No. 104 Matteo Arnaldi’s Roland Garros semi-final run last month and now Fery’s march to the last four at Wimbledon.

Players ranked outside Top 100 to reach men’s singles SFs at a major