Only Daniil Medvedev has managed to break the Big-4 monopoly on the top spot in the world rankings, which they have held for decades.
Outside of the Big Three and Andy Murray, the Russian is the only active player with four ATP-1000 Masters championships. On February 28, 2022, Medvedev was officially crowned the number-one player in the world.
Medvedev Net Worth
The Russian tennis pro-Daniil Medvedev is worth an estimated $40 million. Multiple ATP Tour singles wins, including the US Open in 2021, went to Daniil Medvedev.
He has also reached a number of Grand Slam finals and won a few Masters 1000 titles. In February of 2022, Medvedev became the first player not in the “Big Four” to reach No. 1 in the ATP rankings in 18 years.
Daniil Medvedev’s Breakout Year
Medvedev participated in his debut junior tennis match in Estonia that summer of 2009. The next year, in only his third competition, he won his first junior championship. In 2012–13, he had his breakout year, winning six championships.
After competing at Junior Wimbledon for the first time, Medvedev headed to the Junior US Open. He was ranked as highly as No. 13 as a junior in early 2014. Medvedev’s junior career came to an end following a first-round exit in the 2014 Wimbledon Junior Championships.
Daniil Medvedev’s Rise to the Top of Men’s Tennis
In 2015, Medvedev made his ATP debut at the Kremlin Cup, where he and Aslan Karatsev competed in the doubles competition. At the Nice Open, he made his ATP singles debut the next year.
After waiting three weeks, Medvedev finally won his first ATP World Tour singles tournament at the 2016 Ricoh Open. A loss to Roberto Bautista Agut in his maiden ATP singles final came early in 2017. Later that year, he won his first Grand Slam match by defeating Stan Wawrinka at the Wimbledon Championships.
In 2018, Medvedev got off to a great start by beating Alex de Minaur in the final of the Sydney International. He then won the Winston-Salem Open, his second ATP championship, and the Tokyo Open, his first ATP 500 title.
At the end of the 2018 ATP Tour season, Medvedev has won 38 hard-court matches, the most of any player. The next year, he again got off to a great start but ultimately failed to capitalize, losing in the final of the Brisbane International and the round of 16 at the Australian Open.
After that, in the Sofia Open, Medvedev won his fourth ATP championship. Then, he made somewhat of a breakthrough on the hard courts of North America, where he won his first Masters title after reaching the finals of four tournaments.
After that, Medvedev became the first Russian player in 15 years to win the St. Petersburg Open on home soil. After that, in Shanghai, he won his second consecutive Masters.
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Support from Daniil Medvedev
Lacoste provides Medvedev’s clothing, and his racquets are made possible by Tecnifibre. In addition, he represents BMW in the Russian market. His notoriety as a gamer helped him land an endorsement from gaming peripheral maker HyperX.
Bovet and Tinkoff are also on his side. Forbes claims that he made $8 million from endorsements in 2021 and that figure increased to $15 million the following year.
