Tsitsipas closed out the clay court season by winning his first career Grand Slam match at the French Open against Carlos Taberner before losing to Thiem, the eventual runner-up.[1] He played the next Grand Slam at Wimbledon seeded for first time at No. 31.[43] He took advantage of the seed and produced his best result at a major tournament at the time, a fourth round loss to No. 10 John Isner.[44][45] Tsitsipas had his second big breakthrough of the year in the lead up to the US Open.