Stefanos Tsitsipas makes first ATP final in Barcelona - Stats behind Greek teen's dream run

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  • Unstoppable: Stefanos Tsitsipas.

    Stefanos Tsitipas‘ dream week in Barcelona continued as the 19-year-old Greek stormed into the final with a 7-5, 6-3 win over fifth-seeded home favourite Pablo Carreno-Busta on Saturday.

    The former junior world No. 1 awaits the winner of the semi-final showdown between 10-time champion Rafael Nadal and world No. 10 David Goffin.

    Tsitsipas is looking to become the first unseeded champion in Barcelona since Gaston Gaudio won the title in 2002.

    The Next Gen star has made incredible progress in 2018, making quarter-finals in Doha and Dubai and now the final in Barcelona.

    Here’s a closer look at the stats behind Tsitsipas’ breakthrough week in Catalunya.

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  • 1 – Tsitsipas is into the first ATP final of his career and is now 1-1 in ATP semi-finals.

    1 – Tsitsipas owned just 1 tour-level match win on clay prior to this week.

    2 – Tsitspas will rise to No. 2 in the ATP Race to Milan standings by virtue of making the Barcelona final.

    4 – consecutive seeds Tsitsipas has defeated en route to the Barcelona final – No. 7 seed Diego Schwartzman, No. 10 Ramos-Vinolas, No. 3 Dominic Thiem and No. 5 Carreno-Busta.

    10 – sets won and zero lost for Tsitsipas on his way to the final.

    18 – aces Tsitsipas has struck in 5 matches this week.

    19 – at 19 years of age, Tsitsipas is the youngest finalist in Barcelona since Nadal won the title there in 2005 as an 18-year-old.

    43 – Tsitsipas has held serve in 43 of 48 service games played in Barcelona this week.

    44 – Tsitsipas’ projected ranking for reaching the final in Barcelona – a career-high.

    45 – years since a Greek man had last reached an ATP tour level final. Tsitsipas is the first Greek man to do so since Nicholas Kalogeropoulos in Des Moines in 1973.

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