Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Denis Shapovalov and Grigor Dimitrov have all agreed to compete in the ATP500 that will be staged in St. Petersburg.
The tournament will be played October 12 – 18 2020 and the defending champion is Daniil Medvedev that last year defeated Borna Coric in the final 6-3 6-1.
Entry list
This is the latest updated entry list
1. Medvedev, Daniil (RUS) – 5
2. Tsitsipas, Stefanos (GRE) – 6
3. Berrettini, Matteo (ITA) – 8
4. Goffin, David (BEL)-11
5. Rublev, Andrey (RUS) -12
6. Shapovalov, Denis (CAN) -14
7. Anderson, Kevin (RSA) 14
8. Khachanov, Karen (RUS) -16
9. Wawrinka, Stan (SUI) -17
10. Carreno Busta, Pablo (ESP) -18
11. Raonic, Milos (CAN) -19
12. Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL) – 22
13. Coric, Borna (CRO) – 26
14. Fritz, Taylor (USA) – 28
15. Evans, Daniel (GBR) – 33
16. Nishikori, Kei (JPN) – 35
17. Opelka, Reilly (USA) – 36
18. Mannarino, Adrian (FRA) – 38
19. Kecmanovic, Miomir (SRB) – 39
20. Humbert, Ugo (FRA) – 42
21. Querrey, Sam (USA) – 46
22. Gasquet, Richard (FRA) – 48
23.Sandgren, Tennys (USA) – 49
The tournament is played soon after the Roland Garros and therefore it is widely expected that the players that are part of the entry list will not compete in Russia if they go deep in the French slam.
Daniil Medvedev in 2020
Ranked no.5, Daniil played his last match on the 11th of September when he capitulated to Dominic Thiem 6-2 7-67 7-65 in the semifinal of the U.S. Open.
Daniil Medvedev’s most significant result of the present season was reaching the semi-finals at the U.S. Open.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2020
Ranked no.6, Stefanos played his last match on the 4th of September when he capitulated to Borna Coric 6-72 6-4 4-6 7-5 7-64 in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open.
This season Tsitsipas has a 16-7 win-loss record. Tsitsipas conquered 1 tournament in Marseille. The Greek was the runner-up in Dubai.
Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas played each other 6 times. The head to head is 5-1 for Medvedev. The last time that they played, Daniil Medvedev won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Basel (Swiss Indoors Basel) in October 2018.
Denis Shapovalov in 2020
Now ranked no.14, Shapovalov played his last match on the 8th of September when he was overcome by Pablo Carreno-Busta 3-6 7-65 7-64 0-6 6-3 in the quarter of the U.S. Open.
Dimitrov in Rome, ranking, and results in 2020
Now ranked no.22, Grigor has a 10-7 win-loss record in 2020. Grigor is now competing in Rome where he conquered Gianluca Mager 7-5 6-1.
Dimitrov won 8 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 3 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Denis Shapovalov and Grigor Dimitrov played each other twice. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov. The last time that they locked horns, Grigor Dimitrov won 6-3 7-63 in the 1st round in Rotterdam (ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament) on the 10th of February 2020.
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