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2021 ATP Finals – Singles
Alexander Zverev defeated the defending champion Daniil Medvedev in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2021 ATP Finals. It was his second ATP Finals title. With the win, Zverev ended a six-year streak of different winners at the tournament, dating to 2015 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles, 2015. Hubert Hurkacz, Casper Ruud, Jannik Sinner (as an alternate replacing Matteo Berrettini) and Cameron Norrie (as an alternate replacing Stefanos Tsitsipas) made their tournament debuts. Sinner became the youngest player to win a ATP Finals, Tour Finals match since Lleyton Hewitt in 2000 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles, 2000. He was the youngest to compete since Juan Martín del Potro in 2008 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles, 2008 and the first alternate to win a match since Janko Tipsarević in 2011 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles, 2011. Novak Djokovic was attempting to equal Roger Federer's record of six Tour Finals titles, but was defeated in the semifinals by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Zverev
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors. His career highlights include a gold medal at the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2020 Tokyo Olympics and titles at the 2018 ATP Finals – Singles, 2018 and the 2021 ATP Finals – Singles, 2021 ATP Finals. Zverev is a former junior world No. 1, and won a junior major singles title at the 2014 Australian Open – Boys' singles, 2014 Australian Open. He had an early breakthrough on the professional tour as well, becoming one of the youngest ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour title winners in history at the age of 17. As a teenager, Zverev won two ATP titles and upset then-world No. 3 Roger Federer on Grass court, grass. At 20 years old, he became the youngest player to debut in the top 20 since Novak Djokovic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Nikolay Davydenko in the final, 6–1, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup. It was his first Tour Finals title, and the first of an eventual record seven such titles. Roger Federer was the two-time defending champion, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage. This marked the only time in his career that he was eliminated before the semifinals. Future champion Andy Murray made his tournament debut; he was defeated by Davydenko in the semifinals. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Martín del Potro, Gilles Simon, and Radek Štěpánek (as an alternate who replaced Andy Roddick) also made their tournament debuts. Štěpánek, playing as the world No. 27, was the lowest-ranked player ever to compete in the Tour Finals. Rafael Nadal qualified as the world No. 1, but withdrew before the tournament with a knee injury, where he was replaced by Simon. Seeds Alternates Draw Finals Red group ''Standings are determined by: 1. numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslan Karatsev
Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (, ; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022. Karatsev had a career-best season in 2021. In February, he passed through qualifiers for the Australian Open. In his first main draw of a major, and ranked No. 114, he defeated 8th seed Diego Schwartzman, 20th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime and 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the semifinals: becoming the first man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals on his major debut. In March, he won his first ATP title at the Qatar Open in doubles, partnering Andrey Rublev. A week later, Karatsev won his first ATP singles title at the 2021 Dubai Open, entering the top 30 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time in his career. In April, Karatsev defeated the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on his home court at the Serbia Open to reach the final. At the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Rublev
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in September 2021. Rublev has won 17 ATP Tour singles titles, including two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Masters 1000 events at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles, 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles, 2024 Madrid Open. He has reached the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors. Rublev also has four ATP Tour-level doubles titles, including a Masters 1000 event at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles, 2023 Madrid Open partnering Karen Khachanov, and a gold medal in Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In his junior career, Rublev won the 2014 French Open – Boys' singles, 2014 French Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks (List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, second-most of all time), including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 five times. Federer won 103 singles titles on the ATP Tour, the second most since the start of the Open Era in 1968, including 20 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major men's singles titles (among which a record eight men's singles Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon titles, and an Open Era joint-record five men's singles US Open (tennis), US Open titles) and six ATP Finals, year-end championships. For nearly two decades, Federer was a leading figure in men's tennis alongside Rafael Nadal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a record 428 weeks across a record 13 different years, and finished as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 a record eight times. Djokovic has won a record 24 List of Grand Slam men's singles champions, major men's singles titles, including a record ten Australian Open titles. Overall, he has won 100 singles titles, including a record 72 List of ATP Tour top-level tournament singles champions#Statistics, Big Titles: 24 majors, a record 40 Tennis Masters Series records and statistics#Title leaders, Masters, a record seven ATP Finals, year-end championships, and an Tennis at the Summer Olympics, Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles
Defending champion Roger Federer defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals. It was a then-record sixth Tour Finals title and his 70th career title. Mardy Fish and Janko Tipsarević (as an alternate who replaced Andy Murray) made their debuts at the event. Seeds Alternates Draw Finals Group A ''Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.'' Group B ''Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.'' References ;General Main draw [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarević ( sr-Cyrl, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional player. He is also a politician, serving as a member of the City Assembly of Belgrade since 21 June 2024. He is also a member of the populist Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). In tennis, his career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one ATP doubles title, three Futures, and 15 Challenger titles. Tipsarević also won the 2001 Australian Open junior title. He holds notable victories over former world No. 1 players Carlos Moyá, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Andy Roddick, his compatriot Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray. His best results at a Grand Slam tournament were reaching the quarterfinals at the US Open in 2011 and 2012. Early life Tipsarević was born in Belgrade, Serbia (then SFR Yugoslavia). His father, Pavle, is a professor, and his mother, Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Martín Del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro (; born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in August 2018. Del Potro won 22 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major at the 2009 US Open – Men's singles, 2009 US Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal and the five-time defending champion Roger Federer en route. Del Potro's other career highlights include reaching the 2018 US Open – Men's singles, 2018 US Open final, winning an Olympic silver medal at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze medal at the Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2012 London Olympics, winning Indian Wells Masters, Indian Wells in 2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles, 2018, and leading Argentina Davis Cup team, Argentina to the 2016 Davis Cup title. Notably, his career was hampered by a succession o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
