The 21st century
Russia · born Moscow, 1996 · right-handed · twice Wimbledon semi-finalist
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Best Wimbledon result, 2023 and 2024
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Grass title, Mallorca 2021
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Grass finals, 2021 to 2025
6-3
Fifth set against world No. 1 Sinner, 2024
Born in Moscow on 11 February 1996, Medvedev studied physics and maths at a specialist school and turned professional in 2014. He won the ATP Finals in 2020, led Russia to the ATP Cup and Davis Cup titles in 2021 and took his only major singles title at the 2021 US Open, beating Novak Djokovic in the final. He first reached No. 1 on 28 February 2022. He missed Wimbledon that year under the All England Club's ban on Russian and Belarusian players, then reached the semi-finals in 2023 and 2024. In 2026 he won Brisbane and Dubai and reached the Indian Wells final. His 2026 grass season brought a semi-final in 's-Hertogenbosch and a Halle quarter-final, then a third-round defeat at Wimbledon by Jan-Lennard Struff, 7-6, 7-6, 7-5, though he had been ahead in every set.
| Wimbledon singles | Semi-finals 2023 and 2024, both lost to Carlos Alcaraz; fourth round 2021, lost to Hubert Hurkacz; third round 2019 and 2026; first round 2025, lost to Benjamin Bonzi. Did not play in 2022 under the ban on Russian players |
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| Wimbledon 2024 | Seeded 5th. Beat the top seed, Jannik Sinner, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 in the quarter-final; won the first set of the semi-final before Alcaraz won 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 |
| Wimbledon 2023 | Seeded 3rd. Beat Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 for his first Wimbledon semi-final |
| Grass title | Mallorca 2021, the event's first edition, beat Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-2 |
| Grass finals lost | 's-Hertogenbosch 2022 to Tim van Rijthoven 6-4, 6-1; Halle 2022 to Hubert Hurkacz 6-1, 6-4; Halle 2025 to Alexander Bublik 6-3, 7-6 |
| Other grass semi-finals | Eastbourne 2017, lost to Djokovic; Queen's 2019, lost to Gilles Simon; 's-Hertogenbosch 2026, lost to Kamil Majchrzak |
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| 2021 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"It's grass. You have to serve well, and that's honestly the most important."
The person behind the player.
Wimbledon 2017
In his first Wimbledon he beat the fifth seed, Stan Wawrinka, then lost in five sets to Ruben Bemelmans. On his way off court he dropped coins under the chair of the umpire, Mariana Alves. The fines came to $14,500. "I don't know why I did it," he said. "I was just disappointed and made a stupid thing."
Source: Tennis.com's-Hertogenbosch 2022
As world No. 2 he met Tim van Rijthoven, a Dutch wildcard ranked 205th, in the final and lost 6-4, 6-1 in 65 minutes. In the trophy speech he joked with the winner: "[You] destroyed the No 2 in the world in straight sets in the final, so I think it must be a good feeling!"
Source: Tennis365Halle 2022
A week later he lost another grass final, 6-1, 6-4 to Hubert Hurkacz in 64 minutes. Early in the second set he shouted at his coach, Gilles Cervara, who left his seat and walked out of the stadium. Afterwards Medvedev apologised to the crowd for not making the match longer and admitted he had not been easy to be with on court that week.
Source: Arab NewsWimbledon 2023
Grass had annoyed him enough that he once changed his ATP profile to name hard courts as his preferred surface. "I never managed to get into the flow here to make it click," he said. The 2022 ban gave him a year to study the surface, and in 2023 he reached his first Wimbledon semi-final.
Source: Evening StandardWimbledon 2024 · Semi-final
Serving at 5-3 in the first set against Carlos Alcaraz, he chased a drop shot that the umpire, Eva Asderaki-Moore, ruled a double bounce. His reply earned a code violation. "I said something in Russian, not unpleasant, but not over the line," he said later, and asked why players could not challenge double bounces with Hawk-Eye.
Source: Tennis.comHalle 2025
He had beaten Alexander Bublik in all six of their meetings without dropping a set. In the Halle final Bublik won 6-3, 7-6 and addressed him on court: "Daniil, I've been cursed to play you forever and never won a set in my life, but today I'm happy to get through."
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