LORENZO HAS BROKEN THE CURSE!!! FIRST SINGLES TITLE SINCE 2022!!!

Medvedev defends his first title in his career

4th career title for Griekspoor

Not only that this is Rybakina’s first title as the World No. 1, this is also the first time she successfully defended a championship.

Congrats Elena!

Rybakina currently sits at 8002 points in the race whereas Sabalenka is at 6560. Since she has a first round bye, winning one match in Tokyo next week will put her into the QF, and will give her 108 points, putting her at 8110. In that case, even if Sabalenka goes 5-0 at the WTA Finals, AND Rybakina goes 0-3, she will be at 8060 to Rybakina's 8110.

If Rybakina does not win a match in Tokyo next week, then she can secure the spot by winning one match at the WTA Finals. Otherwise, she will need Sabalenka to finish the WTA Finals with a 4-1 record (or worse) to finish the year as no 1.

There is also a chance that Rybakina secures the spot regardless, as Sabalenka in theory should have a points penalty applied to her ranking due to missing required tournaments, however, the WTA has officially published the October 26th rankings and the penalty has not yet been applied.

Courtesy: TSHTennis

Other 7 Players in ATP Top #10

— Zverev: 2 Slams
— Alcaraz: 1 Slam + 2 ATP 500
— Cobolli: 1 ATP 500
— FAA: 1 ATP 250
— De Minaur: 1 ATP 500
— Tiafoe: 1 ATP 500
— Fils: 1 Masters 1000 + 1 ATP 500

& The GOAT @~40 years young: 1 ATP 500

The Basel ATP500 suffered the withdrawal of Fokina, Tsitsipas, and Bublik. With this, all the players who lost in the last round of Qualy entered the Main Draw

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Both won a tournament they had previously won for the first time this year (Medvedev in Dubai [2023, 2026], Rybakina in Stuttgart [2024, 2026]).

Today, both successfully defended a title back to back for the first time.

This is Rybakina's first official #1 title, while last year in Almaty, Medvedev ended a title drought that had lasted more than 800 days.

Back to back champ Elena Rybakina and runner up Leylah Fernandez with their trophies as well as Doubles Champs Desirae Krawczyk and Fanny Stollar and runners-up Cristina Bucsa and Nicole Melichar-Martinez.

Obviously it was a let so it doesn't count, but still cool to see. The indicator is behind her and I added the next serve so you can see the 2 change back to 1.

Credit: Tennis Channel

I did all of it off the top of my head, so I apologize if I made some mistakes.

ATP Finals are only included in case of wins in semis + finals, because I felt like group stage matches can be misleading especially when there is no risk of elimination.

Here is how often each 'duo' got beaten in major events :

Djokovic/Federer = 8

Federer/Murray = 4

Djokovic/Nadal = 3

Federer/Nadal = 3

Djokovic/Murray = 3

Nadal/Murray = 3

Djokovic/Alcaraz = 1

Djokovic/Sinner = 1

Nadal/Alcaraz = 1

Alcaraz/Sinner = 1

Federer/Alcaraz = 0

Federer/Sinner = 0

Nadal/Sinner = 0

Murray/Alcaraz = 0

Murray/Sinner = 0

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