2018 Juan Martín del Potro tennis season

2018 Juan Martín del Potro tennis season

Full name	Juan Martín del Potro
Country	Argentina
Calendar prize money	$5,917,766
Singles
Season record	47–13
Calendar titles	2
Current ranking	No. 4
Ranking change from previous year	7
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	3R
French Open	SF
Wimbledon	QF
US Open	F
Doubles
Season record	1–2
Current ranking	331

Main article: Juan Martín del Potro

The 2018 Juan Martín del Potro tennis season officially commenced on 10 January 2018 with the start of the Delray Beach Open. This season saw Del Potro slightly improve on his previous results as well as his playing style. Highlights from his season includes winning his 400th career match in Indian Wells, where he won the first Masters 1000 title of his career. After he was forced to retire due to a leg injury in the Italian Open, his participation in the French Open was apparently at risk. However, the Argentine managed to recover in time and entered the tournament as the fifth seed. There, he performed notably well considering the doubts surrounding his physical condition, and the fact that clay is not the best surface for his style of play. His run to the semi-finals ensured that, for the first time since February 2014, Delpo would return to his career-best ranking of world No. 4.

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Juan Martín del Potro in 2018, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins.

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 8–13 January 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	1 / 541	2R	Denis Shapovalov	50	Win	6–2, 6–4
	2 / 542	QF	Karen Khachanov	47	Win	7–6(7–4), 6–3
	3 / 543	SF	David Ferrer (7)	38	Win	6–4, 6–4
	4 / 544	F	Roberto Bautista Agut (5)	21	Loss (1)	1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 15–28 January 2018
	5 / 545	1R	Frances Tiafoe	81	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
	6 / 546	2R	Karen Khachanov	47	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(0–7), 6–4
	7 / 547	3R	Tomáš Berdych (19)	20	Loss	3–6, 3–6, 2–6
Delray Beach Open Delray Beach, United States ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 19–25 February 2018
	8 / 548	1R	Jérémy Chardy	96	Win	6–2, 6–4
	9 / 549	2R	Frances Tiafoe (WC)	91	Loss	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 5–7
Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 26 February – 3 March 2018
	10 / 550	1R	Mischa Zverev	54	Win	6–1, 6–2
	11 / 551	2R	David Ferrer	39	Win	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
	12 / 552	QF	Dominic Thiem (3)	6	Win	6–2, 7–6(9–7)
	13 / 553	SF	Alexander Zverev (2)	5	Win	6–4, 6–2
	14 / 554	W	Kevin Anderson (5)	8	Win (1)	6–4, 6–4
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 5–18 March 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	15 / 555	2R	Alex de Minaur (WC)	141	Win	6–2, 6–1
	16 / 556	3R	David Ferrer (29)	33	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	17 / 557	4R	Leonardo Mayer	47	Win	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
	18 / 558	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber (31)	37	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	19 / 559	SF	Milos Raonic (32)	38	Win	6–2, 6–3
	20 / 560	W	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win (2)	6–4, 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–2)
Miami Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 19 March – 1 April 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	21 / 561	2R	Robin Haase	44	Win	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
	22 / 562	3R	Kei Nishikori (26)	33	Win	6–2, 6–2
	23 / 563	4R	Filip Krajinović (22)	27	Win	6–4, 6–2
	24 / 564	QF	Milos Raonic (20)	25	Win	5–7, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–3)
	25 / 565	SF	John Isner (14)	17	Loss	1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 7–13 May 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	26 / 566	2R	Damir Džumhur	32	Win	6–3, 6–3
	27 / 567	3R	Dušan Lajović (Q)	95	Loss	6–3, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 14–20 May 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	28 / 568	2R	Stefanos Tsitsipas (Q)	43	Win	7–5, 6–3
	29 / 569	3R	David Goffin (9)	10	Loss	2–6, 5–4 ret.
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 28 May – 10 June 2018
	30 / 570	1R	Nicolas Mahut (WC)	116	Win	1–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
	31 / 571	2R	Julien Benneteau	62	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
	32 / 572	3R	Albert Ramos Viñolas (31)	36	Win	7–5, 6–4, 6–1
	33 / 573	4R	John Isner (9)	10	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
	34 / 574	QF	Marin Čilić (3)	4	Win	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
	35 / 575	SF	Rafael Nadal (1)	1	Loss	4–6, 1–6, 2–6
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 2–15 July 2018
	36 / 576	1R	Peter Gojowczyk	39	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
	37 / 577	2R	Feliciano López	70	Win	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
	38 / 578	3R	Benoît Paire	47	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
	39 / 579	4R	Gilles Simon	53	Win	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
	40 / 580	QF	Rafael Nadal (2)	1	Loss	5–7, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Los Cabos Open Los Cabos, Mexico ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 30 July – 5 August 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	41 / 581	2R	Marcos Giron (Q)	446	Win	7–5, 6–3
	42 / 582	QF	Egor Gerasimov (PR)	301	Win	6–1, 6–1
	43 / 583	SF	Damir Džumhur (3)	24	Win	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
	44 / 584	F	Fabio Fognini (2)	15	Loss (2)	4–6, 2–6
Canadian Open Toronto, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 6–12 August 2018
	Withdrew
Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 13–19 August 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	45 / 585	2R	Chung Hyeon	25	Win	6–2, 6–3
	46 / 586	3R	Nick Kyrgios (15)	18	Win	7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–2
	47 / 587	QF	David Goffin (11)	11	Loss	6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 27 August – 9 September 2018
	48 / 588	1R	Donald Young (Q)	246	Win	6–0, 6–3, 6–4
	49 / 589	2R	Denis Kudla	72	Win	6–3, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
	50 / 590	3R	Fernando Verdasco (31)	32	Win	7–5, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
	51 / 591	4R	Borna Ćorić (20)	20	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
	52 / 592	QF	John Isner (11)	11	Win	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
	53 / 593	SF	Rafael Nadal (1)	1	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–2 ret.
	54 / 594	F	Novak Djokovic (6)	6	Loss (3)	3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
China Open Beijing, China ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 1–7 October 2018
	55 / 595	1R	Albert Ramos Viñolas	50	Win	7–5, 6–2
	56 / 596	2R	Karen Khachanov	24	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
	57 / 597	QF	Filip Krajinović	36	Win	6–3, 6–0
	–	SF	Fabio Fognini (4)	13	Walkover	N/A
	58 / 598	F	Nikoloz Basilashvili	34	Loss (4)	4–6, 4–6
Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 7–14 October 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	59 / 599	2R	Richard Gasquet	25	Win	7–5, 7–6(9–7)
	60 / 600	3R	Borna Ćorić (13)	19	Loss	5–7 ret.

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (seed or key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 5–18 March 2018 Partner: Grigor Dimitrov
	1 / 78	1R	Feliciano López / Marc López	26 / 23	Loss	4–6, 2–6
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 7–13 May 2018 Partner: Dominic Thiem
	2 / 79	1R	Pablo Cuevas / Marcel Granollers	29 / 19	Loss	3–6, 6–7(8–10)
Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 14–20 May 2018 Partner: Leonardo Mayer
	3 / 80	1R	Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini	123 / 75	Win	6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
	4 / 81	2R	Feliciano López / Marc López	28 / 24	Withdrew	N/A

Schedule

Singles schedule

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Result
8 January 2018– 13 January 2018	Auckland Open	Auckland (NZL)	250 Series	Hard	A	N/A	150	Final (lost to Roberto Bautista Agut, 1–6, 6–4, 5–7)
15 January 2018– 28 January 2018	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam	Hard	A	N/A	90	Third round (lost to Tomáš Berdych, 3–6, 3–6, 2–6)
19 February 2018– 25 February 2018	Delray Beach Open	Delray Beach (USA)	250 Series	Hard	SF	90	20	Second round (lost to Frances Tiafoe, 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 5–7)
26 February 2018– 3 March 2018	Mexican Open	Acapulco (MEX)	500 Series	Hard	2R	45	500	Champion (defeated Kevin Anderson, 6–4, 6–4)
5 March 2018– 18 March 2018	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells (USA)	Masters 1000	Hard	3R	45	1000	Champion (defeated Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–2))
19 March 2018– 1 April 2018	Miami Open	Miami (USA)	Masters 1000	Hard	3R	45	360	Semifinals (lost to John Isner, 1–6 6–7(2–7))
7 May 2018– 13 May 2018	Madrid Open	Madrid (ESP)	Masters 1000	Clay	A	N/A	90	Third round (lost to Dušan Lajović, 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(6–8))
14 May 2018– 20 May 2018	Italian Open	Rome (ITA)	Masters 1000	Clay	QF	180	90	Third round (lost to David Goffin, 2–6, 5–4 ret.)
28 May 2018– 10 June 2018	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam	Clay	3R	90	720	Semifinals (lost to Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 1–6, 2–6)
2 July 2018– 15 July 2018	Wimbledon	London (GBR)	Grand Slam	Grass	2R	45	360	Quarter-finals (lost to Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 4–6, 4–6)
30 July 2018– 5 August 2018	Los Cabos Open	Los Cabos (MEX)	250 Series	Hard	A	N/A	150	Final (lost to Fabio Fognini, 4–6, 2–6)
6 August 2018– 12 August 2018	Canadian Open	Toronto (CAN)	Masters 1000	Hard	2R	45	0	Withdrew due to left wrist injury
13 August 2018– 19 August 2018	Cincinnati Masters	Cincinnati (USA)	Masters 1000	Hard	3R	90	180	Quarter-finals (lost to David Goffin, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7))
27 August 2018– 9 September 2018	US Open	New York (USA)	Grand Slam	Hard	SF	720	1200	Final (lost to Novak Djokovic, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6)
1 October 2018– 7 October 2018	China Open	Beijing (CHN)	500 Series	Hard	2R	45	300	Final (lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili, 6–4, 6–4)
8 October 2018– 14 October 2018	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai (CHN)	Masters 1000	Hard	SF	360	90	Third round (lost to Borna Ćorić, 5–7 ret.)
22 October 2018– 28 October 2018	Swiss Indoors	Basel (SUI)	500 Series	Hard (i)	F	300	0	Withdrew due to right knee injury
11 November 2018– 18 November 2018	ATP Finals	London (GBR)	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	A	N/A	0	Withdrew due to fractured patella
Race to London points as of Shanghai Open						2350	5300	3500 difference
Total year-end points						2615

Doubles schedule

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Outcome
5 March 2018– 18 March 2018	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells (USA)	Masters 1000	Hard	1R	0	0	First round (lost to López / López, 4–6, 2–6)
7 May 2018– 13 May 2018	Madrid Open	Madrid (ESP)	Masters 1000	Clay	A	N/A	0	First round (lost to Cuevas / Granollers, 3–6, 6–7(8–10))
14 May 2018– 20 May 2018	Italian Open	Rome (ITA)	Masters 1000	Clay	1R	0	90	Second round (withdrew to López / López)
Total year-end points						0	90	90 difference

Yearly records

ATP and Grand Slam sanctioned matches

Juan Martín del Potro has a 47–13 ATP match win–loss record in the 2018 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 7–4. Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

• David Ferrer 3–0
• Karen Khachanov 3–0
• John Isner 2–1
• Damir Džumhur 2–0
• Filip Krajinović 2–0
• Albert Ramos Viñolas 2–0
• Milos Raonic 2–0
• Borna Ćorić 1–1
• Frances Tiafoe 1–1
• Kevin Anderson 1–0
• Julien Benneteau 1–0
• Jérémy Chardy 1–0
• Marin Čilić 1–0
• Alex de Minaur 1–0
• Roger Federer 1–0
• Richard Gasquet 1–0
• Egor Gerasimov 1–0
• Marcos Giron 1–0
• Peter Gojowczyk 1–0
• Robin Haase 1–0
• Chung Hyeon 1–0
• Philipp Kohlschreiber 1–0
• Denis Kudla 1–0
• Nick Kyrgios 1–0
• Feliciano López 1–0
• Nicolas Mahut 1–0
• Leonardo Mayer 1–0
• Kei Nishikori 1–0
• Benoît Paire 1–0
• Denis Shapovalov 1–0
• Gilles Simon 1–0
• Dominic Thiem 1–0
• Stefanos Tsitsipas 1–0
• Fernando Verdasco 1–0
• Donald Young 1–0
• Alexander Zverev 1–0
• Mischa Zverev 1–0
• Nikoloz Basilashvili 0–1
• Roberto Bautista Agut 0–1
• Tomáš Berdych 0–1
• Novak Djokovic 0–1
• Fabio Fognini 0–1
• Dušan Lajović 0–1
• Rafael Nadal 1–2
• David Goffin 0–2

Finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-up)

Category Grand Slam (0–1) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0) ATP World Tour 500 (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 (0–2)

Titles by surface Hard (2–4) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (2–4) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2018	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Roberto Bautista Agut	1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	1–1	Mar 2018	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Hard	Kevin Anderson	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–1	Mar 2018	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Roger Federer	6–4, 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2–2	Aug 2018	Los Cabos Open, Mexico	250 Series	Hard	Fabio Fognini	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Aug 2018	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Novak Djokovic	3–6, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 2018	China Open, China	500 Series	Hard	Nikoloz Basilashvili	4–6, 4–6

Earnings

• Bold font denotes tournament win

Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
Auckland Open	$47,105	$47,105
Australian Open	A$142,500	$159,851
Delray Beach Open	$9,030	$168,881
Mexican Open	$354,130	$523,011
Indian Wells Masters	$1,340,860	$1,863,871
Miami Open	$327,965	$2,191,836
Madrid Open	€77,575	$2,296,214
Italian Open	€60,945	$2,357,370
French Open	€560,000	$3,009,770
Wimbledon	£281,000	$3,380,746
Los Cabos Open	$67,220	$3,447,966
Cincinnati Masters	$136,580	$3,619,601
US Open	$1,850,000	$5,469,601
China Open	$359,510	$5,829,111
Shanghai Open	$88,655	$5,917,766
		$5,917,766

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

See also

• 2018 ATP World Tour
• 2018 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2018 Rafael Nadal tennis season
• 2018 Novak Djokovic tennis season

External links

• ATP tour profile