The 2024 season was a wonderful ride for Daniil Medvedev. For him, this year took a turn for the worse after a strong start, which included losing to Jannik Sinner in the ATP Finals after finishing second at the Australian Open.
This was the 29-year-old’s first season without a trophy since 2017. Even though the Italian has a slight advantage in their overall head-to-head record (8–7), Medvedev lost five of his six meetings with Sinner in 2024 alone.
Medvedev shared his remarks about his season in a recent interview: “Yes. This year has been tough. Because of the Olympics, there was less time for deep work in training, so it was difficult for Simon to make a big contribution to my preparation right away. He tried to do it little by little, mainly at the Grand Slam tournaments, but you can’t change anything globally there.”
He further talked about finding a way to beat Sinner and said: “This year, Simon and I got to know each other better; we got to know each other well. Now we will try to do a thorough pre-season preparation together and see what comes of it. I won’t go into details, but I have an idea of how to improve my game with the balls I’m using now. It’s not a fact that it will work. But I need to try to find a way to beat Jannik Sinner again, to whom I’ve lost so many times in recent months.”
Daniil Medvedev in 2024
Currently the world no.5, Daniil played his last match on the 14th of November when he was defeated by world no.1 Jannik Sinner 6-3 6-4 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw)
.Currently, during this season Medvedev has a 46-21 record. Daniil Medvedev’s best achievement of the current season was getting to the final at the Australian Open and Indian Wells.
Daniil Medvedev will play the world no.370 Diego Schwartzman in the Round Robin on Sunday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Their current record is 6-0 for Medvedev.
Daniil was the runner-up at the Australian Open and in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open).
The Russian won 21 titles in his career: 11 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 8 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Jannik Sinner in 2024
Now the world no.1, the Italian played his last match on the 21st of November when he defeated world no.27 Sebastian Baez 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
During this season Sinner achieved a composed 71-6 win-loss record. Sinner has won 8 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati, U.S. Open, Shanghai and the Nitto ATP Finals. Jannik got to the final in Beijing.
Jannik Sinner will square off with the world no.9 Alex De Minaur in the . Their current record is 8-0 for Sinner.
Jannik has won 8 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati, U.S. Open, Shanghai and the Nitto ATP Finals. The Italian was the finalist in Beijing (China Open).
Jannik won 19 titles in his career: 9 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 8 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner faced off 15 times. Their record is 8-7 for Sinner. Before, the last time they played each other, Jannik Sinner won 6-3 6-4 in the round robin in Turin (Nitto ATP Finals) on the 14th of November 2024.
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Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner |
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