Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem will be the top 4 seeds of the coming tournament in Wimbledon. The big absent will be Rafael Nadal who has announced that he will not play during the grass stint to recover after a tough clay-court season.
There are still some doubts about the presence of Dominic Thiem that sustained a wrist injury while playing the ATP 250 in Mallorca. The Austrian had an MRI in Mallorca but the results were inconclusive. Therefore, the world number 5 will head to Barcelona, where he will see a specialist.
These are the 32 seeds.
1 DJOKOVIC. Novak (SRB)
2 MEDVEDEV. Danil (RUS)
3 TSITSIPAS. Stefanos (GRE)
4 THIEM. Dominic (AUT)
5 ZVEREV. Alexander (GER)
6 RUBLEV. Andrey (RUS)
7 FEDERER. Roger (SUI)
8 BERRETTINI. Matteo (ITA)
9 BAUTISTAAGUT. Roberto (ESP)
10 SCHWARTZMAN. Diego (ARG)
11 SHAPOVALOV. Denis (CAN)
12 CARRENO BUSTA. Pablo (ESP)
13 RUUD. Casper (NOR)
14 MONFILS. Gael (FRA)
15 HURKACZ. Hubert (POL)
16 DE MINAUR. Alex (AUS)
17 AUGER-ALIASSIME. Felix (CAN)
18 GARIN. Cristian (CHI)
19 DIMITROV. Grigor (BUL)
20 SINNER. Jannik (ITA)
21 KARATSEV. Aslan (RUS)
22 HUMBERT. Ugo (FRA)
23 EVANS. Daniel (GBR)
24 SONEGO. Lorenzo (ITA)
25 BASILASHVILI. Nikoloz (GEO)
26 KHACHANOV. Karen (RUS)
27 FOGNINI. Fabio (ITA)
28 OPELKA. Reilly (USA)
29 ISNER. John (USA)
30 NORRIE. Cameron (GBR)
31 DAVIDOVICH FOKINA. Alejandro (ESP)
32 FRITZ. Taylor (USA)
Novak Djokovic in 2021
Ranked world no.1, the Serbian played his last match on the 13th of June when he overcame world no.4 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the final of the French Open to win his 84th career title.
Presently, during this year Novak has managed to achieve a compiled 27-3 match record. The Serbian has won 3 titles in 2021 at the Australian Open, in Belgrade and at the French Open. Djokovic reached the final in Rome.
Medvedev in Mallorca, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked world no.2 (career-high), Daniil has managed to achieve a compiled 23-7 match record in 2021. The Russian is now having a run in Mallorca where he toppled Corentin Moutet 6-4 6-2
.Daniil Medvedev will fight against the world no.14 Casper Ruud in the quarter. Their current record is 1-0 for Medvedev.
Medvedev conquered 1 title in 2021 in Marseille. Medvedev was the finalist at the Australian Open.
Daniil won 10 titles in his career: 4 on hard courts and 6 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev clashed against each other 8 times. Their head to head is 5-3 for Djokovic. The last time they competed against each other, Novak Djokovic won 7-5 6-2 6-2 in the final in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 21st of February 2021.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2021
Ranked world no.4 (career-high), Stefanos played his last encounter on the 13th of June when he lost to world no.1 Novak Djokovic 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the final of the French Open (draw).
At the moment, during this season Stefanos has a 39-9 match record. The Greek conquered 2 titles in 2021 in Monte-Carlo and in Lyon. The Greek was the finalist in Acapulco, in Barcelona and at the French Open.
Dominic Thiem in 2021
At the moment ranked no.5, Dominic played his last match on the 22nd of June when he had to retire when playing against world no.42 Adrian Mannarino in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 2-5 .
This season Dominic has a 9-9 record. Dominic Thiem’s most significant accomplishment of the year was getting to the semifinal in Madrid.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem played each other 8 times. The head to head is 5-3 for Thiem. The last time they played, Dominic Thiem won 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 in the round robin in London (Nitto ATP Finals) in November 2020.
Here the video highlights.
Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas |
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