Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev

Born on 11 February 1996, Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev is a professional tennis player from Russia who has bagged nine ATP singles titles, including the 2020 ATP Finals and three Masters 1000 titles. His current career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 4 as of January 2021, which he achieved on 9 September 2019. Medvedev achieved a career breakthrough in 2019, when he entered into six consecutive tournament finals, including the 2019 US Open. His biggest career achievement came at the 2020 ATP Finals, where he defeated world number 01, 02 and 03 as he first fought with Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in route to the final, and then he defeated Dominic Thiem for ATP Finals title.

Here are some of his career achievements:

• Bagged his first ATP singles title at Chennai Open in 2017
• Conquered his maiden ATP 500 title at Tokyo Open in 2018
• Clinched the title of 2018 Sydney International and finished the 2018 season with 38 wins on the ATP Tour
• Claimed the titles of Western and Southern Open in 2019 to bag his maiden ATP 1000 Masters title
• Daniil entered into the finals of 2019 US Open but defeated by Rafael Nadal in four sets. It was his best career Grand Slam result.
• Made into the top 10 ATP rankings after reaching the 3rd round of 2019  Wimbledon Championships
• Won three Masters 1000 titles in 2019; the Western and Southern Open, the Shanghai Masters, and the Paris-Bercy Masters
• Honoured with the Silver Doe award in 2019
• Entitled as the Russian Tennis Player of the Year in 2019