three tournaments - Budapest, Madrid and Rome. He lost in the third round of the French Open to Rafael Nadal 3–6, 2–6, 2–6, to fall to a 0–16 match record against Nadal. Gasquet won his 15th ATP career singles title and his third one on grass at the Libéma Open in the Netherlands with a 6–3, 7–6 win over Jérémy Chardy. He lost in the singles first round in Halle and at Wimbledon. In mid-July, Gasquet reached his third ATP singles final of the year at the Swedish Open where he lost to Fabio Fognini in three sets. At the German Open in the following week, Gasquet (seeded No. 7) defeated Benoît Paire in the first round before he was forced to withdraw from his second round match against Nicolás Jarry because of injury to his abductors. In Tokyo, No. 8 seed Gasquet defeated No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals before losing to No. 3 seed Kei Nishikori in the semifinals. At the tournament in Antwerp held in mid-October, Gasquet reached his sixth and final ATP World Tour singles semifinal of the year; he lost his semifinal match to Kyle Edmund in straight sets. Gasquet played his last tournament of 2018 at the Paris Masters where he lost in the second round to No. 16 seed Jack Sock 3–6, 3–6. On 12 November, he withdrew from the Davis Cup World Group final against Croatia that was to be held at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy on 23–25 November due to injury. 2019: Hernia surgery, Cincinnati semifinal Gasquet underwent groin hernia surgery on 18 January. The recovery process was expected to last for two months. Gasquet played his first tournament of the year on the international circuit at the Madrid Open, where he defeated the Spanish wild card Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his first match (in the main draw first round) before losing his second round match against the No. 4 seed Roger Federer. Entering using a Protected Ranking, Gasquet reached the semifinals of Cincinnati, defeating Andy Murray (who received a wildcard into the main draw), lucky loser Federico Delbonis, and Diego Schwartzman, all in straight sets, then defeating 11th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in 3 sets before losing to David Goffin 3–6, 4–6. Gasquet lost in the first round of the US Open to eventual semifinalist Matteo Berrettini in 4 sets. 2020: Inconsistencies Richard Gasquet began his season by playing