ATP PARIS DRAW. Nadal, Tsitsipas the top seeds with Djokovic, Thiem out

Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas are the top seeds and favorites in the upcoming ATP1000 that will be played in Paris. Novak Djokovic already announced his intention not to defend his title in Bercy to instead play in Vienna. Dominic Thiem joined the Serbian sensation in not playing the event so as to increase the chances of winning the tournament for Nadal and Tsitsipas.

These are the seeds:

1. Nadal, Rafael
2. Tsitsipas, Stefanos
3. Medvedev, Daniil
4. Zverev, Alexander
5. Rublev, Andrey
6. Schwartzman, Diego
7. Berrettini, Matteo
8. Goffin. David
9. Carreno Busta, Pablo
10. Raonic, Milos
11. Khachanov, Karen
12. Wawrinka, Stan
13. Dimitrov, Grigor
14. Auger-Aliassime, Felix
15. Coric, Borna
16. De Minaur, Alex

Rafael Nadal in 2020

Now the world no.2, the Spaniard played his last match on the 11^th of October when he beat Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-2 7-5 in the final of the French Open to win his 86^th career title.

Currently, this season Rafael has a compiled 22-4 record. The Spaniard conquered 2 titles in 2020 in Acapulco and at the French Open.

Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2020

Now the world no.5 (career-high), Tsitsipas played his last match on the 29^th of October when he lost to Grigor Dimitrov 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Vienna.

This season Tsitsipas has an overall 26-11 match record. Stefanos clinched 1 title in Marseille. The Greek reached the final in Dubai and in Hamburg.

Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas played each other 6 times. The head to head is 5-1 for Nadal.

Novak Djokovic in 2020

Currently the world no.1, the Serbian played his last match on the 30^th of October when he lost to Lorenzo Sonego 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in Vienna.

Currently, this season Novak has a 39-3 match record. The Serbian clinched 4 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open, in Dubai, in New York and in Rome. Djokovic was the finalist at the French Open.

Dominic Thiem in 2020

Currently the world no.3 (career-high), the Austrian played his last match on the 30^th of October when he lost to Andrey Rublev 7-6⁵ 6-2 in the quarter in Vienna.

This season Thiem has a 22-7 record. This year, Thiem conquered 1 tournament at the U.S. Open. The Austrian was the finalist at the Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem played each other 11 times. The head to head is 7-4 for Djokovic. The last time that they played each other, Novak Djokovic won 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 2^nd of February 2020.