Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev (born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He is ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which is his career-high singles ranking first achieved on 15 March 2021. He has won thirteen ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2021 US Open and 2020 ATP Finals. In the former, Medvedev defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final to deny him the calendar-year Grand Slam. In the latter, Medvedev became the first and only player to defeat the top three ranked players in the world en route to the year-end championship title. Medvedev was also the runner-up at the 2019 US Open, the 2021 Australian Open and the 2022 Australian Open.

Medvedev made his ATP main draw debut at the doubles event of the 2015 Kremlin Cup. In 2016, Medvedev won his first singles match at the 2016 Ricoh Open. In the next year, he participated in a major for the first time at Wimbledon, where he defeated world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka. In 2018, Medvedev won his first ATP titles at Sydney and Winston-Salem, and his first ATP 500 title in Tokyo. He achieved a breakthrough in 2019, making his top 10 debut after Wimbledon and reaching six consecutive tournament finals, including the US Open final, joining the performances of Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi. Medvedev is one of only two active players outside of the Big Four with four Masters 1000 titles (the other being Alexander Zverev). Medvedev is known for his powerful serve and aggressive baseline play.