10 things you need to know about the 2020 ATP Finals

Champion of the ATP Finals for the first time: After the ATP Finals 2020, there will be a new league champion for this tournament. Since Novak Djokovic won his fifth championship title in 2015, the last four leagues have had new champions. These include Andy Murray in 2016, Grigor Dimitrov in 2017, Alexander Zverev in 2018, and Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2019.

Both players beat Nadal and Djokovic this week: Thiem beat Rafael Nadal in the group stage and Djokovic in the semi-finals, while Medvedev beat Djokovic in the group stage and Nadal in the semi-finals. This is the first time that two players have beaten Djokovic and Nadal in a tournament. Thiem and Medvedev are the 10th and 11th players to beat Nadal and Djokovic, but the two players have never done so in the same tournament.

Medvedev facing the chance to win the biggest title of his career: The Russian player’s best record so far has been his three Masters 1000 titles. Last year, he was crowned in Cincinnati and the Shanghai Masters, the closest to what he crowned Paris earlier this month.

Thiem facing the chance to win the second major title of his careerQ: The Austrian won his first major US Open 2020 title. Also, the Austrian won a Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells last year.

If Thiem wins, he will win two of the four biggest tournaments of 2020: With Wimbledon canceled, the three Grand Slam tournaments, including the Australian Open, the US Open, Roland Garros and the ATP Finals, are the four biggest events of 2020. In addition to winning at Flushing Meadows, Thiem came to the final of the Australian Open. but he lost to Djokovic after a match that lasted five sets.

Medvedev beat world Top 10 players 6-0 in last three weeks: Go to November, the Russian player has a series of 5 losses against players in the Top 10 ATP. But now he has beaten six people in the top 10 in six straight games, including two games in Paris a few weeks ago (No. 9 Diego Schwartzman and No. 7 Alexander Zverev) and four games so far in London (No. 7 Alexander Zverev , No. 1 Djokovic, No. 9 Schwartzman and No. 2 Nadal).

Medvedev has a chance to become the second person to win the ATP Finals one year after the first loss.: The three players who lost in the first ATP Finals but then won the championship, including Stefan Edberg, Michael Stich and Djokovic. However, only Djokovic won the championship in his second year attending this tournament. In 2007 the Serbian player lost 0-3 and won it in 2008. Medvedev lost 0-3 in 2019, in his first ATP Finals.

Thiem leads 3-1 against Medvedev: The first three matches, two players met in tournaments of up to three sets. Thiem won 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (2) against Medvedev in St. Petersburg. Saint Petersburg 2018. The Austrian player continues to win in the final of the Barcelona Open 2019 (6-4, 6-0). Medvedev won in the Montreal 2019 quarterfinals (6-3, 6-1). Most recently, Thiem won the 2020 US Open semifinals with the score 6-2, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5). The first match between the two, in St. Petersburg 2018, is also the only match to be played on a hard court at home like in the ATP Finals.

Thiem and Medvedev definitely rank third and fourth in the 2020 ATP rankings: Who wins does not affect the ATP ranking announced tomorrow. If Thiem wins the title, he would close the gap with number player Rafael Nadal to 225 points before the start of the 2021 season (Nadal’s 9,850 to Thiem’s ​​9,625). In the last 15 years, only four players, including Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray, have been in the top 2 ATPs.

Medvedev has the opportunity to become the first player after more than 13 years surpassing the Top 3 in the same tournament. After defeating first seed Djokovic and No. 2 Nadal, he faced No. 3 Thiem in the final. The player closest to this feat was David Nalbandian in Madrid in 2007 (No. 1 Federer, No. 2 Nadal, No. 3 Djokovic).

* The final match of the ATP Finals between Thiem and Medvedev is scheduled for 1:00 on 11/23/2020.

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