Daniil Medvedev

Daniil's father, a computer engineer, developed his own business of building materials sales, from the mid-1980s to the early 2010s.

Medvedev has two older sisters named Julia and Elena, 12 and 8 years his senior, respectively.

When he was 6 years old, his mother noticed an advertisement for group tennis lessons at the pool where he was taking swimming lessons.

His father encouraged him to enroll.

Medvedev's first tennis teacher was Ekaterina Kryuchkova, a former coach of professional tennis player Vera Zvonareva among others.

Daniil's other childhood activities besides sport included harpsichord and guitar lessons.

Medvedev studied physics and maths at a specialized school before graduating early and enrolling in economics and commerce at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

He later dropped out to focus on tennis.

He then switched to the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth, and Tourism, where he received his diploma as coach.

With his family he moved to Antibes, France where he trained at the tennis academy.

His parents have been living in France since then, as retirees.

As a result of living mostly overseas after turning 18, Medvedev can speak French and English fluently, besides his native Russian.

Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev (Даниил Сергеевич Медведев; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player.

He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and is the current world No. 4. Medvedev has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2021 US Open and 2020 ATP Finals.

Medvedev defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final to deny him the Grand Slam.

In the latter, he became the only player to defeat the top three ranked players in the world en route to the year-end championship title.

He has also won six Masters titles and contested six major finals.

His six Masters titles all came in different venues, making him only the sixth player to win Masters titles at six different venues.

Medvedev played his first junior match in July 2009 at the age of 13 at a grade 4 tournament in Estonia.

In December 2010, he won his first junior title as a qualifier at just his third tournament.

2012–2013 would see Medvedev surge on the junior circuit as he won six titles between October 2012 and July 2013 which included four consecutive titles.

He made his junior Grand Slam debut at 2013 Junior Wimbledon where he won his first round match against Hong Seong-chan but lost in the second round to 2nd seed Nikola Milojević.

At the 2013 Junior US Open, he went into the tournament seeded 10th and made the third round where he lost to Johan Tatlot.

Medvedev reached his career-high junior ranking of world No. 13 at the beginning of 2014 and went into the 2014 Junior Australian Open seeded 8th.

He ended his junior career after a first round loss at 2014 Junior Wimbledon.

Medvedev ended his junior career with an overall win–loss record of 109–43 and wins over several future stars including Alexander Zverev and Reilly Opelka.

Junior Grand Slam results – singles:

Australian Open: 3R (2014)

French Open: 3R (2014)

Medvedev made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the doubles event of the 2015 Kremlin Cup.

In 2017, he participated in a singles major for the first time at Wimbledon, where he defeated world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka.

In 2018, Medvedev won his first ATP Tour singles titles, and achieved a breakthrough in 2019, making his top 10 debut after Wimbledon and reaching six consecutive tournament finals, including at the US Open.

Medvedev married his girlfriend Daria Chernyshkova, a Moscow State University graduate and former juniors tennis player, in Moscow on 12 September 2018.

On October 14, 2022, they announced the birth of their daughter.

In September 2019, he credited his marriage for the improvement of his tennis results: "Before I made a proposal, I had been on the 65th place in the ranking, and then in ten months I've won two major tournaments and entered the top 10. We have significantly rebuilt our life, we work for each other. I earn [money], and Daria helps me to earn more".

Medvedev is a supporter of FC Bayern Munich.

He went on to win the ATP Finals in 2020 and contest two major finals in 2021, winning at the US Open.

Shortly after reaching another Australian Open final in 2022, Medvedev became the first man outside of the Big Four to hold the world No. 1 ranking since Andy Roddick in 2004, the third Russian man following Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1999 and Marat Safin in 2000, and the 27th man overall.

He then struggled with form and eventually dropped out of the top 10 in rankings, but returned to form in early 2023 and has since reached two more major finals and returned to world No. 3.

Daniil Medvedev was born in Moscow to Sergey Medvedev and Olga Medvedeva.