French Open: No American Men in Round of 16

Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey combined to win 55 games in the Round of 32 – and still there is no American in the French Open Round of 16. The slow pace of clay has frustrated many Americans over the years, but both showed incredible patience before falling 5-7, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 and 8-10 for Isner and 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-7 and 2-6 for Querrey for a combined 55-57 loss. The table below shows the eight match-ups and the percent of games each has won so far.

Men’s Player 1	Cou	Seed	%GW	Men’s Player 2	Cou	Seed	%GW
Kevin Anderson	RSA	23	59%	David Ferrer	ESP	4	66%
Tommy Robredo	ESP	32	54%	Nicolas Almagro	ESP	11	66%
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	FRA	6	70%	Viktor Troicki	SRB	U	57%
Gilles Simon	FRA	15	50%	Roger Federer	SUI	2	61%
Novak Djokovic	SRB	1	72%	Philipp Kohlschreiber	GER	16	73%
Tommy Haas	GER	12	52%	Mikhail Youzhny	RUS	29	62%
Rafael Nadal	ESP	3	58%	Kei Nishikori	JPN	13	62%
Stanislas Wawrinka	SUI	9	60%	Richard Gasquet	FRA	7	62%

The fourth game of the day in the men’s French Open could the most exciting, as 2-seed Roger Federer takes the court after winning in straight sets but being challenged in each. 

Novak Djokovic will not play again Sunday after cruising to a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 sweep to claim 72 percent of his games in a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 domination. Surprisingly, the only other men’s player in the Round of 16 with a better winning percentage will be his opponent in this round is German Philipp Kohlschreiber, who also lost seven games but came in at 73 percent with a 6-0, 7-6, 6-1 win.

Still, as the 16-seed, Kohlschreiber is considered a long-shot against the world’s best player.