ATP RANKINGS. Thiem, Novak, Rodionov, Ofner the top Austrians

Dominic Thiem, Dennis Novak, Jurij Rodionov and Sebastian Ofner are the top Austrian in the ATP Rankings. Dominic, Novak, and Rodionov have all decided to play the home tournament in Vienna this week. While Thiem will commence his run on Tuesday against Kei Nishikori, Rodionov took full advantage of a wild card, and he upset Denis Shapovalov in the 1st round. Dennis had a heartbreaking loss against Kevin Anderson after he was unable to convert 3 consecutive match points in the tiebreak of the decisive set. Ofner decided to compete in the Challenger in Hamburg where he is now in the 2nd round.

Here the Austrian players in the ATP rankings:

Dominic Thiem in 2020

Ranked world no.3 (career-high), the Austrian played his last match on the 6^th of October when he surrendered to Diego Schwartzman 7-6¹ 5-7 6-7⁶ 7-6⁵ 6-2 in the quarter of the French Open.

This season Thiem has a compiled 20-6 match record. Thiem conquered 1 title at the U.S. Open. The Austrian was the runner-up at the Australian Open.

Dennis Novak in 2020

Ranked world no.92, Novak played his last match on the 26^th of October when he lost to Kevin Anderson 6-7² 6-4 7-6⁶ in the 1^st round in Vienna.

Dominic Thiem and Dennis Novak have never played each other.

Rodionov in Vienna, ranking, and results in 2020

Now the world no.153, Jurij has a composed 24-12 match record in 2020. The Austrian is currently having a run in Vienna where he bested Denis Shapovalov 6-4 7-5.

Rodionov clinched 2 titles in 2020 in the Dallas Challenger and in the Morelos Challenger.

Ofner in the Hamburg Challenger, ranking, and results in 2020

Ranked no.171, Ofner has 12-13 record in 2020. Sebastian is currently playing in the Hamburg Challenger where he bested Dustin Brown 7-6⁶ 6-2.

Sebastian Ofner will face Gaston in the 2^nd round. They have never played each other so far on the main tour.

Jurij Rodionov and Sebastian Ofner played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodionov. When they played, Jurij Rodionov won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Paris (French Open) on the 25^th of September 2020.