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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 2d
24 - Including the final, there were 24 wins after conceding the first set at this year's Shanghai Masters (including retirements) - since 1990, only in Miami have there been more at a single ATP Masters 1000 event. Taxing.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 4d
2 - Since the format's introduction in 1990, Valentin Vacherot is just the second player to claim 4+ wins from a set down en route to an ATP Masters 1000 title (including retirements), after Tommy Haas - Stuttgart 2001. Gutsy.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 4d
5 - Since 1990, Valentin Vacherot is the fifth player to win a maiden ATP-level title at an ATP Masters 1000 event after Roberto Carretero, Chris Woodruff, Albert Portas and Jakub Mensik. Insane.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 4d
3 - Since the format’s introduction in 1990, Valentin Vacherot has become just the third qualifier to win an ATP Masters 1000 event after Roberto Carretero (Hamburg 1996) and Albert Portas (Hamburg 2001). Fairytale.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 4d
204 - Since the format’s introduction in 1990, Valentin Vacherot (#204) is now the lowest-ranked player to win an ATP Masters 1000 event, surpassing Borna Coric (#152) in Cincinnati in 2022. Wow!

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 4d
1 - List of ATP Masters 1000 finals since 1990 between opponents competing for their maiden ATP-level title:

Shanghai 2025 🆕

Uncharted.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
23 - Arthur Rinderknech's win over Daniil Medvedev was the 23rd after conceding the opening set (including retirements) at this year's Shanghai Masters - since 1990, only in Miami have there been more at a single ATP Masters 1000 event. Survival.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
1 - Jessica Pegula's win over Aryna Sabalenka was her first in 30 completed matches against WTA top 10 opponents after losing the opening set. Timely!
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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
3 - Since the format's introduction in 1990, this year's Shanghai Masters final will be just the third at an ATP Masters 1000 event between two unseeded players, after Hamburg 1996 and Paris 2003. Fairytale.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
30, 71 - Since the format’s introduction in 1990, Arthur Rinderknech (30 years 71 days) is now the oldest French player to reach a maiden ATP Masters 1000 final, surpassing Ugo Humbert (26 years 124 days) in Paris last year. Run!

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
3 - Since the format’s introduction in 2009, this will be the third all-American WTA-1000 final after Rome 2016 (Serena Williams-Madison Keys) and Toronto 2024 (Jessica Pegula-Amanda Anisimova). Vanguard.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
3 - Since 1990, Jessica Pegula is just the third player aged 30+ to reach multiple Tier 1/WTA-1000 finals in consecutive seasons after Martina Navratilova (1993-94) and Serena Williams (2013-16). Company!

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
4 - This is the fourth time a player has forced a third-set tie-break from a set down against Aryna Sabalenka in 2025 – the most such matches in a season against a WTA #1 since the WTA rankings were first published in 1975. Volatile.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
8 - Since the Tier format's introduction in 1990, only Alison Riske-Amritraj (10 in 2019) and Nathalie Tauziat (nine in 2001) have played more consecutive three-setters than Jessica Pegula (eight) - excluding RET. Tireless.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
1 - Coco Gauff (21 years 207 days) is the youngest player to have reached the final at both China Open and Wuhan Open. Star.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
1 - Novak Djokovic has lost consecutive matches at ATP level against players ranked outside the ATP’s top 200 for the first time in his career. Exhausted.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
1 - Valentin Vacherot has become the first Monegasque player to reach an ATP-level final in the Open Era. History.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
204 - Since the format’s introduction in 1990, Valentin Vacherot (#204) is now the lowest-ranked player to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final. Improbable!

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 5d
204 - Valentin Vacherot (#204) is now the lowest-ranked opponent Novak Djokovic has faced in an ATP-level semi-final, surpassing Joachim Johansson (#193) in Adelaide in 2007. Disparity.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 6d
50 - Daniil Medvedev has claimed his 50th career ATP top 10 win, becoming just the second player born since 1990 to achieve the feat after Alexander Zverev (56). Octopus.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 6d
3 - Excluding the WTA Finals, this year's Wuhan Open is just the third WTA-level event in the past decade with four WTA top 10 players in the semi-final, after Stuttgart 2021 and Indian Wells 2023. Popcorn.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 6d
3 - Jasmine Paolini is just the second player to concede three or fewer games en route to victory over Iga Swiatek in a WTA-1000 match, along with her next opponent, Coco Gauff (Madrid 2025). Zone.

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OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 6d
29, 276 - Since 1990, Jasmine Paolini (29 years 276 days) has become the third-oldest player to reach 4+ Tier 1/WTA-1000 SFs in a season, younger than only Serena Williams (2013-15) and Li Na (2012). Boss.

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