PARIS, June 7 – Factbox on Germany’s Alexander Zverev, who beat Italy’s Flavio Cobolli 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 in the French Open final on Sunday to win his maiden Grand Slam title: Nation: Germany ATP Ranking: 3 Grand Slam titles: 1 (French Open 2026) ROAD TO FINAL First round: beat Benjamin Bonzi (France) 6-3 6-4 6-2 Second round: beat Tomas Machac (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-2 6-2 Third round: beat Quentin Halys (France) 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-2 Fourth round: beat Jesper De Jong (Netherlands) 7-6(3)
6-4 6-1 Quarter-finals: beat 27-Rafael Jodar (Spain) 7-6(3) 6-1 6-3 Semi-finals: beat 26-Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) 7-5 6-2 3-6 6-3 * Born in Hamburg, Germany and began playing tennis at age five. CAREER TO DATE * A former world number one in juniors, he began his career on the International Tennis Federation junior circuit aged 13. * Made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the German Open in 2013 and won his first junior Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2014. *
Won his first Challenger tournament aged 17. * Qualified for his first Masters event in 2015 in Miami. * Won his first ATP title at the St Petersburg Open in 2016, after entering the top 30. * Won his first Masters title in Rome in 2017 and followed that up with victory in the Canadian Open Masters, finishing the year ranked fourth in the world. * Beat world number one Novak Djokovic to win the ATP Finals in 2018. * Made it to the Australian
Open semi-finals in 2020 and then reached his first Grand Slam final at the U.S. Open, losing to Dominic Thiem despite having led by two sets at one point. * Won gold in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and reached the semi-finals of the French Open and U.S. Open, before once again winning the ATP Finals. * Was forced to retire from a 2022 French Open semi-final against Rafa Nadal after tearing ankle ligaments in an injury which required surgery and sidelined him for an
extended spell. * Returned in 2023 and reached the French Open semi-finals for a third straight year. * Reached his second major final at the 2024 French Open but was beaten by Carlos Alcaraz in five sets. * Reached the final of the 2025 Australian Open, where he lost to defending champion Jannik Sinner in straight sets. * Made it to the semi-finals of the 2026 Australian Open before losing to Alcaraz in five sets. * Beat Cobolli 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 in the
French Open final to win his first Grand Slam title and become Germany’s first men’s champion since Boris Becker won the 1996 Australian Open. REUTERS
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