Zverev has now lost 18 matches at slams where he was up at least one set

[clout]

Zverev's woeful results as a front-runner has continued tonight like it has for his entire career. Dating back to 2016, he's now lost 18 matches at majors where he was up at least one set at some point in the match. Digging through the archives of Zverev, we have the following:

2016 RG - won the first set against Theim, lost in 4
2017 AO - up 2-1 against Rafa, lost in 5
2017 WI - up 2-1 against Raonic, lost in 5
2017 US - won first set against Coric, lost in 4
2018 AO - up 2-1 against Chung, lost in 5
2018 WI - won first set against Gulbis, lost in 4
2018 US - won first set against Kohlschrieber, lost in 4
2019 WI - won first set against Vesley, lost in 4
2019 US - won first set against Diego, lost in 4
2020 AO - won first set against Thiem, lost in 4
2020 US - up 2-0 against Thiem, lost in 5th set tiebreaker despite serving for the title (slam final)
2021 AO - won first set against Novak, lost in 4 (was up a break in sets 3 and 4)
2021 US - won first set against Novak, lost in 5
2023 AO - won first set against Mmoh, lost in 4
2024 AO - up 2-0 against Medvedev, lost in 5
2024 RG - up 2-1 against Alcaraz, lost in 5 (slam final)
2024 WI - up 2-0 against Fritz, lost in 5
2025 RG - won first set against Novak, lost in 4

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zverev#Career_statistics

 

[ND-13]

He has been improving. earlier he lost from 2-1. Now he is able to lose from 2-0 also.

 

[DjokoLand]

Nobody beats Zverev from 1 set down 19 times in a row

 

[clout]

He has been improving. earlier he lost from 2-1. Now he is able to lose from 2-0 also.

I think the craziest part of this stat when we break it down is that he's lost as a front-runner to players of all calibers lol he's done it against top players like Rafa, Novak, Carlos, Med, and Thiem but he's also done it against players who are ranked significantly lower than him

 

[Jonas78]

One thing is for sure, Zverev will never win a slam...

 

[Mustard]

He has been improving. earlier he lost from 2-1. Now he is able to lose from 2-0 also.

There was a time when Zverev seemed to have huge trouble with best of 5 sets, when compared to his best of 3 sets record. He's mostly gotten rid of that in recent years.

 

[The Blond Blur]

Zverev's woeful results as a front-runner has continued tonight like it has for his entire career. Dating back to 2016, he's now lost 18 matches at majors where he was up at least one set at some point in the match. Digging through the archives of Zverev, we have the following:

2016 RG - won the first set against Theim, lost in 4
2017 AO - up 2-1 against Rafa, lost in 5
2017 WI - up 2-1 against Raonic, lost in 5
2017 US - won first set against Coric, lost in 4
2018 AO - up 2-1 against Chung, lost in 5
2018 WI - won first set against Gulbis, lost in 4
2018 US - won first set against Kohlschrieber, lost in 4
2019 WI - won first set against Vesley, lost in 4
2019 US - won first set against Diego, lost in 4
2020 AO - won first set against Thiem, lost in 4
2020 US - up 2-0 against Thiem, lost in 5th set tiebreaker despite serving for the title (slam final)
2021 AO - won first set against Novak, lost in 4 (was up a break in sets 3 and 4)
2021 US - won first set against Novak, lost in 5
2023 AO - won first set against Mmoh, lost in 4
2024 AO - up 2-0 against Medvedev, lost in 5
2024 RG - up 2-1 against Alcaraz, lost in 5 (slam final)
2024 WI - up 2-0 against Fritz, lost in 5
2025 RG - won first set against Novak, lost in 4

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zverev#Career_statistics

 

[hoodjem]

Nobody beats Zverev from 1 set down 19 times in a row

Zverev sets a new world’s record!

 

[SonnyT]

What were the records of Big3? I expect Federer to lead by a country mile!

The total for Fed probable was equal to the sum of the other two!