Best young tennis players in 2022
Daniil Medvedev (25 years old, Russia)
Russian Daniil Medvedev has nine ATP singles titles under his belt. He won the first ATP tournament in Sydney, defeating Australia’s Alex de Minaura in the final in three sets. A lot of people remember the 2019 US Open final, but none more than world number 1 Medvedev. In the 5th set of the epic match, Daniel sadly lost to Rafael Nadal, but he made a lot of people happy with his performance. This player’s game received praise coming from both tennis experts and his opponent. According to the results of the Australian Open tournament, Daniil Medvedev reached the final (losing to the best tennis player in the world in terms of rating and the 8-time winner of this tournament, Novak Djokovic), and for the first time in his career, he climbed to 3rd place in the rating.
Stefanos Tsitsipas (22 years old, Greece)
Stefanos Tsitsipas began his professional tennis career in 2016, in the same season he made his debut at the core of the ATP competitions, entering the Top 200, being the highest rated junior in the world. Stefanos is 22 years old and has now won five ATP singles titles. He is the first Greek tennis player to ever be ranked top 10 in the world rankings. Many tennis fans were shocked when he unexpectedly defeated Roger Federer at the Australian Open earlier this year.
Alexander Zverev (23 years old, Germany)
The German tennis player, who has Russian roots, has already won 15 ATP singles trophies. The tennis-playing Zverev family proved to be a good influence on the budding champion. Alexander Zverev was a former professional tennis player from the USSR. Mom, Irina, tennis coach. Alexander Zverev’s pro career started in 2013. Although Alexander has been in the elite of world tennis since 2017, he has not competed well in Grand Slam tournaments. In 2020, Alexander Zverev reached the US Open final for the first time in his career. He however lost to Dominik Tim 3-6, 2-6. He maintains a good record against Hyeon Chung and Novak Djokovic.
Andrey Rublev (23 years old, Russia)
The Russian tennis player was born into a sports family. Andrey’s father was a former boxer and his mother is a tennis coach. Andrei’s childhood idol is the former tennis player, Marat Safin. Andrei Rublev became the youngest player to make noise on the ATP circuit in 2013 with an impressive 8 tournament wins before his 18th birthday. The 2020 season saw the Russian achieve his greatest success in sports. During the season, he won 5 titles and reached the quarterfinals in two grand slam tournaments. He also achieved a top 10 world ranking.
Matteo Berrettini (24 years old, Italy)
Matteo Berrettini started his professional career in tennis in 2015. After a disappointing year in 2018, Italy has improved its ranking and is now above the 135th spot. It seems like things are back on track. In 2019, Berrettini became the second Italian in history to qualify for the US Open semis. This follows a five-tournament winning streak from Matteo Berrettini.
Denis Shapovalov (21 years old, Canada)
Denis Shapovalov, born in Canada to Russian immigrant parents, represented his nation on the Davis Cup team. Denis was made a full-time tennis player in 2017 and is the winner of an ATP trophy in singles. He’s also a participant in the Davis Cup trophy as part of Canada. He has participated twice in the finals as a member of the Canadian team. In 2017, Shapovalov won the ATP Progress of the Year and Tomorrow Star awards.
Felix Auger-Allassim (20 years old, Canada)
The fact that Felix Auger-Allassim was born on the same day as Roger Federer might be interesting, but it does not mean that this coincidence will affect their careers. Until 2019, Felix was not in the top 100 of the ATP rankings in any case. Young players like Dominic Thiem are constantly breaking into the top 25 of ATP rankings after reaching the finals of big tournaments like Madrid, Barcelona, and Monte Carlo. Auger-Allassim is the first 2000-born player to have won a match at the Masters.
Karen Khachanov (24 years old, Russia)
Karen Khachanov began his professional career in 2013. This season he won the gold medal in the singles junior championship of the European Union and became at age 14 one of Russia’s youngest players to debut on the ATP tour. In 2019, Khachanov entered the top 10 singles ratings for the first time. He has won 4 ATP tournaments during his career.
Alex De Minaur (22 years old, Australia)
Alex Deminaura has won 112 times at the ITF Junior Tour. Alex had a great professional debut in July 2015 and followed it up with an excellent 2016 campaign. Starting with his first Challenger final and winning the first ITF tournament. Benito De Minaur has won five ATP tournaments.
Borna Coric (24 years old, Croatia)
Borna Coric began performing professionally in 2013. Mate won the US Junior this season and made his Davis Cup debut for Croatia. This year, he won the ATP award for best young tennis player and entered the Top 100 rankings.
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
The 18-year-old Spaniard who has been playing in pro tour for 3-years has won many crowns. Alcaraz is a good all rounder, but gets tricky on slippery ground. The technical and harsh Spaniard with an out-of-the-box game thinking has not avoided comparison with Rafael Nadal himself. Carlos is far from the heights of the eminent compatriot, but he really has talent: 54th place in the world rankings, eight titles, including four challengers and one tournament of the ATP-250 category, the third round at Roland Garros this season – excellent results for more quite young.
Hugo Gaston (France)
This French guy loudly declared himself at Garros last year, when in the third round he knocked out the titled Swiss Stan Wawrinka and in the ⅛ final only in a five-set fight he lost to the “dirt prince” – Dominic Thiem. Gaston had a great time in the juniors, winning prestigious tournaments like the Orange Bowl and Australian Open doubles. A left-hander with a set serve and tight forehand is dangerous in long rallies as he maintains his focus and makes few mistakes. In terms of design, Ugo has a steep slope towards the ground.
Tomas Machak (Czech Republic)
Machak has been playing quite steadily for several years now, but the Czech tennis player still lacks something for a qualitative leap from challengers to more prestigious competitions. Among the facets of his game is a strong first serve and solid defence on the baseline. The Czech is good at playing on hard surfaces and indoors but has less experience with grass. He can’t be called a universal player because of this.
Jiri Lehekka (Czech Republic)
Ever since its debut, Lehekka managed to rise through the rankings and take hold of titles. Now they’re inside the top 200 and proving themselves to be a force in climbing further. In his way of playing, he resembles the same Machak that was written about above. Cech is at his best both inside and outside, but he performs better against stronger teams. With his level being matched with the team’s quality, Jiri will often lose or at least be unable to meet their level yet.
Here is a list of 12 talents we have. Not only are these opinions not guaranteed, but they can also be inconsistent, just like tennis ratings. This list is in no particular order, but these guys are just so good that it’s hard to say who will come out on top. Whether it will work out – we will soon find out.