Medvedev on the brink of the top five: a title, a semifinal and season record

Daniil Medvedev won the tournament in Hangzhou and reached the semifinals of the China Open. We examine his ranking position through his results at recent tournaments and his season record.

Daniil Medvedev is close to the top five: according to rank.tennis, he is ranked 6th with 3860 points. His position in the live rankings is lower: 7th with 3460 points. These figures should be viewed separately: the current ranking and the live rankings offer different snapshots of Medvedev’s position.

Hangzhou: a title after a tough quarterfinal

According to api.tennis, Medvedev beat Valentin Royer 7-6 6-3 at the tournament in Hangzhou, then Coleman Wong 6-3 6-7 6-3. The quarterfinal stands out in this run because he dropped a set. The results were the same in the next two matches: Medvedev beat Roman Safiullin in the semifinals and Andrey Rublev in the final, both by a score of 7-5 6-4.

At the China Open, Medvedev beat Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4 6-2, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 6-3 and Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 6-3. He did not drop a set in those matches, but his run ended in the semifinals: api.tennis records a loss to Novak Djokovic by a score of 5-7 3-5. Unlike in Hangzhou, Medvedev did not reach the title match.

Season record and the limits of recent results

Medvedev has 43 wins and 17 losses in the 2026 season, with 1 title and 2 finals, according to api.tennis. His victory in Hangzhou is his title-winning result of the season. At the same time, reaching the final and the semifinals at recent tournaments represents different levels of progress through the draw: a successful stretch is about more than just winning a trophy.

At the US Open, Medvedev also progressed through his matches without dropping a set, beating Hugo Gaston 6-4 6-2 6-4, Sebastian Gorzny 6-1 6-3 7-5 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-4 6-4 6-4. However, he lost his next match to Frances Tiafoe 6-7 4-6 6-7. The round of 16 proved to be the limit of his run.

Medvedev’s position close to the top five comes alongside notable results, but his runs at recent tournaments have not all gone equally deep. His US Open ended in the round of 16, Hangzhou brought him a title, and at the China Open he reached the semifinals. This combination captures his recent form: he has put together winning runs, but their length has varied from tournament to tournament.