2021 ROLAND GARROSBOYS’ SINGLES SEMIFINAL NOTESFriday 11 June

NO. 5 GIOVANNI MPETSHI PERRICARD (FRA) V NO. 14 ARTHUR FILS (FRA) Head-to-head: Mpetshi Perricard leads 1-0 2021 J1 Villena (ESP) Clay (O) SF Mpetshi Perricard 60 75 A 2nd junior meeting for Mpetshi Perricard and Fils. Mpetshi Perricard won in straight sets when the pair met at J1 Villena earlier this year. The pair have also contested one match at professional-level – in qualifying at M25 La Nucia (ESP) earlier this year. Fils won on that occasion after Mpetshi Perricard retired while trailing 5-2 in the opening set. With 4 French players contesting the boys’ singles semifinals here this year, it is the first time in history that 4 French players have reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles at a Grand Slam. The previous record for most French boys in the semifinals at Roland Garros was 3 – in 1949, when Robert Haillet, Alain Lemyse and Jean-Claude Molinari. The final here will be the first all-French boys’ singles final at Roland Garros since 2002, when Richard Gasquet defeated Laurent Recouderc. It will be the first all-French boys’ singles final at a Grand Slam since the Australian Open last year, when Harold Mayot defeated Arthur Cazaux. The champion here will be the 13 French boys’ singles champion at Roland Garros and the first since Geoffrey Blancaneaux in 2016. Mpetshi Perricard and Fils share a coach – they are both coached by Jerome Potier, who has previously coached by Thierry Ascione and Marc Gicquel.