From 1989 onwards, Thiem and Medvedev only kept roughly in touch with women
With their US Open victories in 2020 and 2021, Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev have at least done something for the younger generation of men.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Sep 16, 2021, 10:26 am
It is an amusing statistic that US tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg spread on Twitter. A list of women born in 1989 or later who have already won one (or more) Grand Slam titles. And what men.
It's a crazy picture: 14 women have already succeeded in doing this - and only two men.
Dominic Thiem (born 1993, 2020 US Open winner)
Daniil Medvedev (born 1996, US Open winner 2021)
The 14 women meanwhile:
Petra Kvitova (born 1990, Wimbledon winner 2011 and 2014)
Victoria Azarenka (born 1989, Australian Open winner 2012 and 2013)
Garbine Muguruza (born 1993, French Open winner 2016, Wimbledon winner 2017)
Jelena Ostapenko (born 1997, 2017 French Open winner)
Sloane Stephens (born 1993, 2017 US Open winner)
Caroline Wozniacki (born 1990, 2018 Australian Open winner)
Simona Halep (born 1991, French Open winner 2018, Wimbledon winner 2019)
Naomi Osaka (born 1997, US Open winner 2018, 2020, Australian Open winner 2019, 2021)
Ashleigh Barty (born 1996, 2019 French Open winner, 2021 Wimbledon winner)
Bianca Andreescu (born 2000, 2019 US Open winner)
Sofia Kenin (born 1998, 2020 Australian Open winner)
Iga Swiatek (born 2001, 2020 French Open winner)
Barbora Krejcikova (born 1995, French Open winner 2021)
Emma Raducanu (born 2002, US Open winner 2021)
Federer, Nadal, Djokovic: The "Big Three" make the younger ones look old
Why the crooked number 1989 as a cut? Well, to bring in Victoria Azarenka. If one were to go from 1988, Marin Cilic (US Open winner 2016) and Juan Martin del Potro (US Open winner 2009) would still be among the men.
Otherwise we know the reason for the one-sided statistics of the "old men": He calls himself "Big Three" - since 2003 Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have won a total of 60 major tournaments. And the outliers of the younger modern times, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka (3 Grand Slam tournaments each), and for our sake also Juan Martin del Potro and Marin Cilic (1 major each), are of older caliber.
Until now for Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev.