Daniil Medvedev

Medvedev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Kremlin Cup, partnering Aslan Karatsev in the doubles event.

Medvedev at the 2015 Nice Open

As a qualifier, Medvedev made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2016 Nice Open, losing to Guido Pella in three sets. Three weeks later he earned his first singles ATP World Tour win at the 2016 Ricoh Open, defeating Horacio Zeballos in straight sets.

Medvedev was disqualified from the second round of the Savannah Challenger event (in Georgia, U.S.) for comments he made after the umpire ruled in favor of his opponent.[11] Medvedev thought he had won a break point against his opponent Donald Young's serve, but chair umpire Sandy French ruled that his returning shot had gone out. Medvedev said Young and French, who are both African-Americans, were friends. He was disqualified mid-match for allegedly 'question[ing] the impartiality of the umpire based on her race'.[12]

In January 2017, Medvedev reached his first ATP singles final. In the final at the Chennai Open he lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in two sets. As a result, Medvedev jumped 34 positions from 99 to 65 in the ATP rankings, a new career-high. In February, he continued his good form when advancing to the quarterfinals of both the Open Sud de France and the Open 13, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Lucas Pouille respectively.

In June, he made it to the quarterfinals of the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, defeating the 6th seed, Robin Haase, and Thanasi Kokkinakis before losing to Ivo Karlović in straight sets. At the Aegon Championships, he advanced to his first ATP 500 quarterfinal by beating Nicolas Mahut and Thanasi Kokkinakis in the first two rounds, before losing to the No. 6 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals. One week later, he kept up his good form on grass by advancing to the semifinal of Eastbourne International, losing to Novak Djokovic.

Medvedev registered his maiden Grand Slam match win at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, defeating fifth seed and world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in the first round in four sets.[13] He lost in the next round to Ruben Bemelmans.[14] Medvedev was handed three fines totalling $14,500 (£11,200) for his conduct during the match with Bemelmans: $7,000 for insulting the umpire on two occasions and $7,500 for throwing coins under the umpire's chair.[15]

Medvedev started the 2018 season by qualifying for the Sydney International. He reached the final which he won against Alex de Minaur. The final was the youngest ATP Tour tournament final since 2007, when a 20-year-old Rafael Nadal defeated a 19-year-old Novak Djokovic in the final of Indian Wells. It also was the tournament's youngest final since 1989.[16]

Medvedev later reached the quarterfinals of the Rotterdam Open, losing to Andreas Seppi in three sets.

In August, Medvedev won his second ATP title at the 2018 Winston-Salem Open after defeating home favorite Steve Johnson in straight sets. Medvedev won his first ATP 500 and third career ATP title in Tokyo as a qualifier, overcoming Japanese star and No. 3 seeded Kei Nishikori in straight sets in the final. This triumph brought him to a new career high ranking of No. 22 and made him the No. 1 player in Russia.

In October, he continued his good form, reaching the 2018 Kremlin Cup semifinal, losing to his countryman and eventual champion Karen Khachanov. One week later, he made the semifinals at the ATP 500 Swiss Indoors event, which he lost to Roger Federer. After the tournament, he achieved a new career high ranking of world No. 16.

Medvedev finished 2018 with the most hard court match wins of any player on the ATP Tour (38 wins). He also had the most titles on hard court tournaments (3 titles), tying with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Karen Khachanov.[17]

Medvedev started the 2019 season strongly by reaching the final of the Brisbane International. He defeated three former top five players on the way to the final, Andy Murray, Milos Raonic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, where he lost to Kei Nishikori.[18] At the 2019 Australian Open, Medvedev was seeded 15th, the first time he was seeded in a Grand Slam event. He reached the round of 16 for the first time in his career where he was defeated by eventual champion Novak Djokovic in four sets.[19] In February, Medvedev won his fourth ATP title at the Sofia Open beating Márton Fucsovics in the final in straight sets.[20] The following week, Medvedev lost in the semifinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam against Gaël Monfils.

Medvedev entered the 2019 Monte Carlo Masters having only won two of his first 13 career matches on clay courts. Despite this, Medvedev reached his first ever Masters 1000 quarterfinal at the tournament after defeating world number 8 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round.[21] In the quarterfinals, Medvedev earned his first triumph over a world number 1 ranked player, when he defeated Djokovic in three sets.[22] His run ended in the semifinals against Dušan Lajović in straight sets.[23] The following week at the Barcelona Open, Medvedev earned his third successive top 10 victory (this time over Nishikori) to reach his first ATP Tour final on clay.[24] In the final, Medvedev was defeated by world number 5 Dominic Thiem in straight sets.[25]

Medvedev serving at the 2017 Queen's Club Championships

Following his victory over Nishikori, Medvedev experienced a five match losing streak, including an opening round defeat at the French Open. He returned to form on the grass courts of Queen's Club, reaching his sixth semifinal of the season where he lost to Gilles Simon. Medvedev made his top 10 debut after reaching the third round of Wimbledon.

The North American hard-court swing proved to be another turning point in Medevdev's career, as he reached four tournament finals (in Washington, Montreal, Cincinnati and New York City), becoming only the third man in tennis history to do so (after Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi).[26] Medvedev started the swing by reaching the final of the Citi Open, where he was defeated by Nick Kyrgios. He followed this up with a strong performance at the Rogers Cup, reaching his first Masters final after beating top 10 players Dominic Thiem and Karen Khachanov. In the final, he was defeated by defending champion and top seed Rafael Nadal. Medvedev would reach a second consecutive Masters final at the 2019 Western & Southern Open after beating defending champion Djokovic for the second time. In the final, he defeated David Goffin in straight sets for his first Masters title.[27]

Medvedev entered the US Open as the world number 5 and one of the leading contenders to end the dominant streak of Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer at Grand Slam tournaments.[28] In his second round match, Medvedev fought off cramping to defeat his opponent Hugo Dellien in four sets.[29] He then defeated Feliciano López in a contentious match for which Medvedev was fined $5,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and $4,000 for a visible obscenity.[30][31] He then recovered from a set and a break deficit to beat qualifier Dominik Köpfer and reach his first Major quarterfinal.[32] In the quarterfinals, he beat former champion Stan Wawrinka in four sets to become the first player representing Russia to reach the semifinals of a Major since Mikhail Youzhny at the 2010 US Open (Youzhny had also defeated Wawrinka in the quarterfinals).[33] Additionally, the victory earned Medvedev a place at the ATP Finals.[34] He became the first Russian man to qualify for the Finals as a non-alternate player since 2009, when Nikolay Davydenko won the title.[35] Medvedev reached his first Grand Slam final after beating former No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals in straight sets.[36] In the final, Medvedev was defeated by Rafael Nadal in five sets.[37]

Medvedev followed up his success in North America with his maiden title on Russian soil at the St. Petersburg Open by defeating Borna Ćorić in the final[38] to become the first Russian native to win this tournament in 15 years.[39] Medvedev then won a second consecutive title at the Shanghai Masters, defeating Alexander Zverev in final.[40] By reaching the final, Medvedev became the 7th male player since 2000 to reach nine or more ATP tournament finals in a season.[41][42][43] Medvedev's form cooled off after having a two-week break following his Shanghai victory, withdrawing from scheduled events in Moscow and Vienna. He ended the season losing his last four matches including all three round robin matches in his ATP Finals debut.

Medvedev started the season at the inaugural edition of the ATP Cup. As Russia's top ranked singles player, he led his nation to the semifinals where they were eliminated by the Serbian team. Medvedev finished the tournament with a 4–1 record in singles matches with his defeat coming in a three setter against World No. 2 Novak Djokovic.[44] At the Australian Open, Medvedev was eliminated in the fourth round by former champion Stan Wawrinka in five sets. Medvedev failed to find his form during the February indoor season, suffering early defeats in Rotterdam and Marseille.

When the season resumed in August after a six-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Medvedev was unable to defend his title at Cincinnati Masters, losing to Roberto Bautista Agut in the quarterfinals. As the 3rd seed in the US Open, Medvedev reached the semifinals without dropping a set[45] before losing to eventual champion Dominic Thiem.

Medvedev failed to win a single clay court match in 2020, including a first round exit at the French Open to Márton Fucsovics, bringing his overall record on the surface to 10–18 (2–16 outside of his two week stretch in Monte-Carlo and Barcelona in 2019). His struggles with form continued into the beginning of the October indoor season failing to reach the semifinals of ATP 500 tournaments in St. Petersburg Open and Vienna. In his second and final Masters event of the year at the Paris Masters, Medvedev ended his run of lackluster form by winning the title.[46][47] This marked both his first title and his first top ten victories (by beating Diego Schwartzman in the quarterfinals and Alexander Zverev in the final) since the 2019 Shanghai Masters.

Medvedev qualified for the ATP Finals for the second consecutive year, and went on to become an undefeated champion, after winning his first career match at the event by beating Alexander Zverev, Medvedev also beat Novak Djokovic and Diego Schwartzman in the round robin. He beat Rafael Nadal in three sets in the semifinals, before beating Dominic Thiem in the final, after coming from behind, in a three set match lasting 2 hours and 42 minutes.[48] With this victory, he became the first player to have defeated the world's top three players in any ATP Finals competition, and only the fourth player (after Djokovic, Boris Becker, and David Nalbandian) to have done so since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990.[49][50]

At the second edition of the ATP Cup in February, Medvedev led Team Russia to the title, going 4–0 in singles. This included 3 top ten victories (over Diego Schwartzman, Alexander Zverev, and Matteo Berrettini) extending his win streak over top 10 opponents to ten wins, and his overall win streak to fourteen.[51]

Current through the 2020 ATP Finals.