Wawrinka, Monfils, Isner, Medvedev to compete at the inaugural Diriyah Tennis Cup in Riyadh

Stan Wawrinka, Daniil Medvedev, Gael Monfils, John Isner, Fabio Fognini are among the top players that will compete in the upcoming and inaugural Diriyah Tennis Cup in Riyadh.

The event will take place on 12-14 December. This is the draw:

Medvedev vs Struff
Pouille vs Goffin
Fognini vs Isner
Wawrinka vs Monfils

Order of play for tomorrow is out ✨ pic.twitter.com/RGvpEcl6j2

— Diriyah Tennis Cup (@DiriyahCup) December 11, 2019

About the Diriyah Arena

Prince Abdulaziz, the fourth son of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, opened the venue by performing the first serve. The Arena has 15,000 seats and according to reports it was build in just 2 months.

Prince Abdulaziz commented: “I am personally so excited to welcome an amazing line-up of some of the very best tennis players on the planet to Saudi Arabia. Tennis joins a spectacular season of world-class sport, entertainment, music and culture to Diriyah.

The Diriyah Tennis Cup can inspire new players and new fans in Saudi Arabia — male, female, old or young. Our goal is to have our people engaged in tennis, inspired by tennis, taking part in tennis and connected as a nation by the sport.”

The total prize money is a staggering $3 million. After Riyadh, Medvedev and Monfils will head to Abu Dhabi to play the Mubadala World Tennis Championship.

Stan Wawrinka’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.16, Wawrinka played his last match on the 31^st of October when he capitulated to Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Paris.

Stan Wawrinka’s best performance of this season was reaching the final in Rotterdam and Antwerp.

Gael Monfils’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.10, Monfils played his last match on the 1^st of November when he was overcome by Denis Shapovalov 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Paris.

This year Monfils has a 37-18 win-loss record. Gael conquered 1 title in Rotterdam.

Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils played each other 7 times. The head to head is 4-3 for Wawrinka.

The last time that they played, Gael Monfils won 6-3 1-6 6-2 in the final of the Rotterdam (ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament) the 17^th of February 2019.

John Isner’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.19, the American played his last match on the 30^th of October when he had to surrender to Christian Garin 7-6⁵ 7-6⁴ in the 2^nd round in Paris.

This year Isner has a 29-17 win-loss record. The American conquered 1 title in Newport. John was the finalist in Miami.

Fabio Fognini’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.12, Fabio played his last match on the 30^th of October when he had to surrender to Denis Shapovalov 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Paris.

This year the Italian has a 29-22 win-loss record. Fabio has won 1 title in Carlo.

John Isner and Fabio Fognini played each other 3 times. The head to head is 3-0 for Isner.

The last time that they competed against each other, Gael Monfils won 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in Cincinnati (Western Southern Open) in August 2016.