Adrian Mannarino rode the Davis Cup rollercoaster this weekend in Albertville, France, overcoming a shock loss in his debut Friday to win the decisive match Sunday and send the French to a ninth consecutive quarterfinal.
Mannarino toppled Robin Haase of The Netherlands, 4-6, 7-6, 7-5, 6-7, 7-5, to give defending champion France a 3-1 victory and move them on to April’s quarterfinals against Italy.
Here’s more on the Davis Cup debutant.
The Adrian Mannarino File
Age: 29
Residence: Valletta, Malta
Current Rank: 25
Career-High Rank: 25 (January 2018)
Best US Open Finish: Third round (2013-14, 2017)
The Baseline
- The five-set thriller against world No. 42 Robin Haase was sweet redemption for Mannarino, who dropped a straight-sets decision to Thiemo de Bakker, ranked No. 369 in the world, in the opening match of the tie on Friday.
- Mannarino has contested four singles finals in his career. In 2015, he reached the championship match of hard-court tournaments in Bogota, Colombia, and Auckland, New Zealand. In 2017, he played a grass-court final in Antalya, Turkey, and an outdoor hard-court event in Tokyo, Japan.
- The Frenchman has recorded four wins over Top 10-ranked players in his career. He defeated Stan Wawrinka in Miami in 2015, as well as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Monte Carlo), Milos Raonic (Montreal) and Marin Cilic (Tokyo) in 2017.
- The 29-year-old first broke into the Top 100 in August 2009 and the Top 50 in July 2011. He fell outside the Top 200 13 months later but has finished each of the past five years inside the Top 100.
- Mannarino has been to the third round of the US Open three times, most recently in 2017, when he fell to eighth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem. His best Grand Slam results have come at Wimbledon, where he reached the fourth round in both 2013 and 2017.
They Said It!
“That does feel very good after Friday, which was a really tough one. The emotions in this match were so, so different to what we have on the tour. Having my teammates cheering so much for me meant I could fight point after point. No matter what the score was, I had to give it my all. I was maybe a little bit lucky to finish 7-5 in the fifth, but I’m so happy to have this moment.” – Mannarino to DavisCup.com after his victory over Haase.
