ATP RANKINGS. Medvedev snatches the world no.5 from Tsitsipas. Sonego, Paul at career-high

Daniil Medvedev is not having a fantastic period on court. In the last 4 tournaments, the Russian ace lost in the 1st round in Hamburg and at the French Open; he reached only the 2nd round in St. Petersburg and he go to the Vienna’s quarters. However, his recent run in Austria allowed him to go up 1 place in the rankings to be the new world no.5 with Stefanos Tsitsipas losing 1 position (he is now no.6).

Lorenzo Sonego and Tommy Paul managed to reach a career-high. The Italian (now no.32) impressed in Vienna after he reached the final as a lucky loser to even trash the great Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-1. The American reached the quarters in Nur-Sultan to gain 4 places in the rankings and read a career-high world no.55.

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Daniil Medvedev in 2020

Currently the world no.5, Medvedev played his last match on the 30^th of October when he surrendered to Kevin Anderson 6-4 7-6⁵ in the quarter in Vienna.

Daniil Medvedev’s most significant result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals at the U.S. Open.

Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2020

Ranked no.6, Stefanos played his last match on the 29^th of October when he was defeated by Grigor Dimitrov 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Vienna.

This season the Greek has a composed 26-11 match record. Stefanos clinched 1 title in Marseille. The Greek got to the final in Dubai and in Hamburg.

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, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 7-6⁵ 6-4 in the round robin in London (Nitto ATP Finals) in November 2019.

You can see them in action in the following highlights.

Lorenzo Sonego in 2020

Now the world no.32 (career-high), the Italian played his last encounter on the 1^st of November when he lost to Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-4 in the final in Vienna.

Lorenzo Sonego’s latest run in Vienna was the best achievement of his season.

Tommy Paul in 2020

Currently ranked no.55 (career-high), Tommy played his last match on the 30^th of October when he was defeated by John Millman 6-7⁵ 6-4 7-6⁵ in the quarter in Nur.

Tommy Paul’s best performance of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Adelaide.

Lorenzo Sonego and Tommy Paul have never played each other.