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Meet World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and no. 4 Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final at 3:30 am ET Sunday on ESPN.
Djokovic, 33, is seeking his 18th Grand Slam title and ninth Australian Open crown, while Medvedev, 25, is looking to win his first major title in his second Slam final.
Here’s a look at the final round of numbers with a nod to ATP for much of the research:
4: Djokovic leads Medvedev 4-3, including the only time they met in a Grand Slam in the fourth round of the Australian Open 2019. Medvedev won the final meeting at the ATP 2020 finals in vertical sets.
$ 2.1 million: The winner takes home US $ 2.1 million, with the second prize winning around $ 1.2 million.
1: Djokovic will remain at No. 1 when the new ATP ratings are announced on Monday regardless of the outcome. He wants to own the record for most weeks as world No. 1 when he spends his 311th week as No. 1 on March 8 – surpassing Roger Federer’s 310-week record.
By reaching the finals, Medvedev has already made sure he rises to a new senior position at least No. 3 on Monday. If he wins, he will rise to No. 2 – coming as the first player in addition to Djokovic, Federer, Andy Murray or Rafael Nadal to be named in the top 2 since the week of July 18, 2005, when Lleyton Hewitt was defeated. recording. 2 behind Federer.
64: Europeans have won 64 of their last 65 Grand Slam titles, with Juan Martin del Potro’s Argentina victory over Federer in the 2009 U.S. Open final alone.
57: The “Big 3” of Federer (20), Nadal (20) and Djokovic (17) have come together to win 57 Grand Slam titles since Federer won the first group at the 2003 Wimbledon.
20: Federer and Nadal are tied at the top of the men’s list ever with 20 Grand Slam crowns. Djokovic would pull to inside two with a win. Nadal, who lost in five sets in the quarterfinals to Stefanos Tsitsipas, will be looking to get No. 21 at Roland Garros, who has won 13 times.
9: Between them, Djokovic and Nadal have won 9 of the last 10 Grand Slam titles (from 2018 Roland Garros), with Dominic Thiem the only other player to win a major title in that time. Thiem claimed his first Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open last year. Djokovic has won 5 major titles in that time, with Nadal claiming 4 major titles
3: Medvedev is vying to be the 3rd Russian to win a Grand Slam title. He would be the 56th men’s Grand Slam singles champion in the Open Era and the 151st in history.
15: If Djokovic wins and successfully defends his title, this is the 15th time in the Open Age that the Australian men ‘s singles title has been won. This is also the 5th time Djokovic has won the Australian Open title – he did so in 2011-13 (2 successful defenses), 2015-16 and 2019-20.
3: If Djokovic wins and wins his 3rd consecutive title this is the 2nd time in his career that he has won 3 consecutive Australian Open titles – he won 3 straight Down Under titles in 2011-13. He is one of 3 players to record a series of 3 consecutive titles in Australia – alongside Jack Crawford, who won 3 straight titles in 1931-33, and Roy Emerson, who won 5 straight titles in 1963-67.