Cam Norrie reaches 50 wins on the 2021 season
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Cam Norrie became one only the third British player since 2000 to win 50 matches in a season, after defeating Reilly Opelka 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Rolex Paris Masters.
He joins Andy Murray and Tim Henman as the only Brits to achieve this feat in the last 21 years.
Norrie’s incredible 2021 season has seen him reach a tour leading six finals (joint with Novak Djokovic) and lift his first two ATP titles in Los Cabos and most recently, Indian Wells.
The British No.1 has risen 61 places in the rankings since the start of the year to a career high of No.13 and has defeated 14 players in the World’s top 25 – including Dominic Thiem, Andrey Rublev, Denis Shapovalov and Diego Schwartzman.
The LTA Pro-Scholarship Programme graduate is still in the hunt for a place at the ATP Finals in Turin in two weeks’ time but will need to beat Taylor Fritz in the third round before a potential match up with World No.1, Djokovic.
Later in November, Norrie will turn his attention to the Davis Cup Finals with Great Britain, where he joins a strong squad including Dan Evans, Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, led by Leon Smith.
Here’s a breakdown of Norrie’s 50 victories so far in the 2021 season:
| Event |
Player |
Rank |
Result |
| Paris | Reilly Opelka | 25 | 6-3, 6-4 |
| Paris | Federico Delbonis |
43 | 6-2, 6-1 |
| Vienna | Marton Fucsovics | 39 | 7-6, 6-1 |
| Indian Wells | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 36 | 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
| Indian Wells | Grigor Dimitrov | 28 | 6-2, 6-4 |
| Indian Wells | Diego Schwartzman | 15 | 6-0, 6-2 |
| Indian Wells | Tommy Paul | 60 | 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 |
| Indian Wells | Roberto Bautista Agut | 19 | 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 |
| Indian Wells | Tennys Sandgren | 101 | 6-4, 5-7, 6-0 |
| San Diego | Andrey Rublev | 5 | 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| San Diego | Denis Shapovalov | 13 | 6-3, 6-1 |
| San Diego | Dan Evans | 22 | 7-6, 6-1 |
| San Diego | Dominik Koepfer | 66 | 6-2, 7-5 |
| Washington | Marcos Giron | 64 | 6-4, 6-3 |
| Atlanta | Nick Kyrgios | 58 | 6-1, 6-4 |
| Los Cabos | Brandon Nakashima | 134 | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Los Cabos | Taylor Fritz | 37 | 6-3, 6-1 |
| Los Cabos | Ernesto Escobedo | 182 | 6-1, 6-1 |
| Los Cabos | Elias Ymer | 169 | 7-6, 6-3 |
| Wimbledon | Alex Bolt | 149 | 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 |
| Wimbledon | Lucas Pouille | 95 | 6-7, 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 |
| cinch Championships | Denis Shapovalov | 14 | 7-5, 6-3 |
| cinch Championships | Jack Draper | 309 | 6-3, 6-3 |
| cinch Championships | Aslan Karatsev | 24 | 7-5, 6-2 |
| cinch Championships | Albert Ramos | 38 | 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| Roland Garros | Lloyd Harris | 54 | 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 |
| Roland Garros | Bjorn Fratangelo | 198 | 7-5, 7-6, 6-2 |
| Lyon | Karan Khachanov | 26 | 6-1, 6-1 |
| Lyon | Arthur Rinderknech | 125 | 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 |
| Lyon | Dominic Thiem | 4 | 6-3, 6-2 |
| Lyon | Corentin Moutet | 70 | 7-5, 6-3 |
| Rome Masters | Roberto Carballes Baena | 96 | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Estoril | Marin Cilic | 42 | 7-6, 7-5 |
| Estoril | Christian Garin | 22 | 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 |
| Estoril | Pedro Martinez Portero | 100 | 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 |
| Estoril | Joao Sousa | 103 | 6-1, 6-3 |
| Barcelona | David Goffin | 12 | 6-0, 3-5 RET |
| Barcelona | Karen Khachanov | 23 | 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 |
| Barcelona | Salvatoe Caruso | 81 | 6-1, 6-2 |
| Miami | Grigor Dimitrov | 16 | 7-5, 7-5 |
| Miami | Yoshihito Nishioka | 66 | 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 |
| Acapulco | Fabio Fognini | 17 | 6-4, 6-3 |
| Acapulco | Stefan Kozolv | 389 | 6-3, 6-3 |
| Marseille | Constant Lestienne | 219 | 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 |
| Rotterdam | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 40 | 6-0, 6-3 |
| Australian Open | Roman Safiullin | 183 | 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 |
| Australian Open | Dan Evans | 26 | 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 |
| Delray Beach | Francis Tiafoe | 62 | 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 |
| Delray Beach | Adrian Mannarino | 34 | 6-2, 7-5 |
| Delray Beach | Jc Aragone | 299 | 6-2, 6-1 |
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