Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Daniil Medvedev’s coach win 4 prestigious ATP Awards after a rather interesting season.
Federer was voted by the fans for the 17th consecutive year as the ATP Fans’ Favourite of the year. This award was highly anticipated as the Swiss is one of the most loved athletes (not only tennis players) in history. Testimony of Roger’s popularity was his recent record in Mexico when he attracted 42,517 adoring fans. Federer and Nadal will break this record this coming February when they are expected to have more than 57,000 fans at their exhibition match in Cape Town.
Rafael Nadal
A few weeks ago, Rafael Nadal, or whoever was managing his Twitter account, asked to win the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. Stefanos Tsitsipas made fun of him saying “I feel like it’s going to be @rogerfederer for the 68th time in a row.”
Eventually, Rafa made it for the 3rd time in his career after 2010 and 2018. That was a very well-deserved award given Rafa’s tremendous behavior on and off the court.
Andy Murray and his spectacular comeback
The Brit was voted by the other tennis players for the 2019 Comeback Player Of The Year. This didn’t come as a surprise. Many thought that the Brit called it a career in January after he got emotional during an interview in Australia. Everyone was a bit too keen in congratulating Andy for his great career. However, the former world no.1 had other plans. After his hip surgery, he went back to competitions in doubles before winning an incredible title in Antwerp in singles. Yes… everything happened in the same year.
Daniil Medvedev’s coach
Daniil’s coach Gilles Cervara was voted by his peers as the 2019 Coach Of The Year. The Frenchman has been instrumental in helping Medvedev to reach 6 consecutive finals and win 2 Masters ATP1000. Daniil and Gilles have a special relationship, and for obscure reasons, sometimes the Russian get mad rather openly against his coach when he succumbs to frustration during his matches. In these moments, Cervara is great to keep the composure, and Daniil is always ready to apologize soon after.
Among the other awards, Italian sensation Jannikl Sinner was named the Newcomer of the year after he won 3 Challengers and the Next Gen Finals. The Bryans won the Fans’ Favourite Award In 2019 (doubles) for the 14th time (together). Kevin Anderson won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award as he dedicated himself to various charitable activities in the US. Matteo Berrettini won the award as the Most Improved player after he surprised everyone after his US Open run (semifinal) and for qualifying for the ATP Finals.
Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2019
Now ranked no.3, Roger played his last match on the 16th of November when he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London.
Currently, this year the Swiss has a 51-10 win-loss record. The Swiss has won 4 titles in 2019 in Dubai, in Miami, in Halle and in Basel. The Swiss was the finalist in Indian Wells and in Wimbledon.
Rafael Nadal’s ranking and performance in 2019
Currently the world no.1, Nadal played his last match on the 15th of November when he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-74 6-4 7-5 in the round robin in London.
During this season Rafael has a 52-7 win-loss record. Rafael clinched 4 titles in 2019 in Rome, at the French Open, in Montreal and at the U.S. Open. The Spaniard was the finalist at the Australian Open.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played each other 42 times. The head to head is 26-16 for Nadal.
The last time that they fought against each other, Roger Federer won 7-63 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London (Wimbledon) on the 12th of July 2019.
Here the highlights.
Andy Murray’s ranking and performance in 2019
Currently ranked no.125, Murray played his last match on the 20th of October when he defeated Stan Wawrinka 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the final in Antwerp to win his 46th career title.
This year Andy has a 12-8 win-loss record. Andy has won 1 title in Antwerp.
Daniil Medvedev’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.5, the Russian played his last match on the 15th of November when he lost to Alexander Zverev 6-4 7-64 in the round robin in London.
In this year Daniil has a 58-21 win-loss record. Medvedev conquered 4 titles in 2019 in Sofia, in Cincinnati, in St. Petersburg and in Shanghai. Medvedev was the runner-up in Brisbane, in Barcelona, in Washington, in Montreal and at the U.S. Open.
