right groin injury early in the match, severely hampering his performance in his 3–6, 3–6 loss to John Isner. It was Baghdatis's first appearance in an ATP World Tour final since 2011. Unfortunately, due to the groin injury suffered in Atlanta, Baghdatis was forced to pull out of the events following Atlanta, except for Winston-Salem (first round loss to Pierre-Hugues Herbert). At the US Open, Baghdatis was forced once again to pull out of the tournament in the middle of his opening-round match against Steve Darcis. He retired hurt again citing his right groin. Baghdatis was solid on the ATP World Tour over the coming months. He reached the round of 16 at St. Petersburg, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo. His final tournament of the season was in Stockholm for the Stockholm Open. In the round of 32, Baghdatis defeated American Sam Querrey 7–6, 6–1. In the round of 16, Baghdatis shocked in-form Australian Bernard Tomic 7–6, 6–3. He defeated for the second time in 2015 Gilles Muller in the quarterfinals 7–6, 4–6, 6–3. However, Baghdatis's right groin injury again forced him to retire from a match, where he retired in the second set of his semifinal against top seed Tomas Berdych. The Cypriot enjoyed 11th straight finish in top 100. Improved to 63–13 lifetime in Davis Cup thanks to doubles win over Greece in July w/Chrysochos (d. Stergiou/Theodorou)...Posted 26 tour-level wins in 2015, four more than 2013–14 combined. Baghdatis ended the year at No. 46 in the ATP rankings and will hope to continue his resurgence in 2016. 2016: Top 40 return, Dubai finalist Baghdatis, due to the birth of his second daughter, began his 2016 campaign only a couple of days before the Australian Open at the exhibition Kooyong Classic where he had competitive matches with Pablo Carreño and Paul-Henri Mathieu. At the Australian Open, where Baghdatis was unseeded, he drew ninth seed Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in a match between two former finalists. Despite playing some vintage tennis in the second set his lack of match play showed in his four-sets defeat. Baghdatis reflecting on the loss, said "I played a good match. It was my first match of the year and I lack a bit of rhythm, especially under pressure. I had some chances in the third set but the lack of matches before the tournament made me make wrong decisions at those moments." Baghdatis next participated at the