How Did Daniil Medvedev Meet His Wife?

Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev is a highly accomplished professional tennis player from Russia who has been the world's top-ranked singles player for a total of 16 weeks. He has an impressive record, having won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2021 US Open and the 2020 ATP Finals.

Medvedev showcased his prowess and consistency at the highest level of the sport by winning six Masters titles, each of which he won at a different venue. He became the first player to defeat the top three ranked players in the world en route to the year-end championship title.

Medvedev joined a strong group of Russian players, including Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin, as the third Russian man to reach the top of the ATP rankings. He is ranked No. 4 by the ATP, as of November 2024. At the 2024 Australian Open, Medvedev was on the verge of winning his second Grand Slam title, before falling prey to Italy's Jannik Sinner in the final. With the loss in the final, he became the only man in the Open Era to lose two Grand Slam finals from a two-set lead.

Medvedev is considered one of the best hardcourt players in the world. He rose to prominence in 2017 after defeating Stan Wawrinka at Wimbledon. He won his first ATP Tour singles titles in 2018, and he continued to succeed in 2019 by finishing in the top 10.

Medvedev has an unusual style of play, and converts defense into attack. He uses the pace generated by his opponents, and has some of the best court coverage on the men's tour. At the 2024 Wimbledon Open, he defeated top seed Jannik Sinner in five sets to reach the semifinals. However, he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals. Medvedev advanced to the 2024 US Open quarterfinals, and also won the 2024 Laver Cup with Team Europe.

At the 2024 China Open, he advanced to the semifinals before losing to Carlos Alcaraz. In the third round of the 2024 Italian Open, he defeated Jack Draper to record his 100th Masters 1000 win. Recently, he qualified for the 2024 Nitto ATP Finals; Medvedev was placed in a group that included Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz, and Jannik Sinner.

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How Did Daniil Medvedev Meet His Wife?

Daniil Medvedev and Daria Medvedeva met while playing tennis. Medvedev's wife was only 12 years old when she met him while dining with her team at a cafe close to the tennis courts. In a rare interview with Tatler Russia, Daria Medvedeva explained that she had heard a racket being thrown there. "My mom asks what's going on." Medvedeva elaborated, adding that they had been told, "'It's Medvedev playing. You don't know him?' We went to watch him."

The following game lasted for three and a half hours. "He used to fight till the end; he was prepared to do anything on court, no matter how ugly his game may look, in order to win. In this sense, he hasn't changed at all," Daria Medvedeva said of her husband. When they met on that fateful occasion, they were both very young, but they didn't start dating until many years later, in 2014. They moved to Monte Carlo, Monaco, in 2017 and got married in September 2018.

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Is Daniil Medvedev’s Wife Russian?

Daria Medvedeva is of Russian nationality. She hails from Moscow, the capital of Russia.

On September 12, 2018, in Moscow, Medvedev married his then-girlfriend Daria Medvedeva, a graduate of Moscow State University and former junior tennis player. Daria Medvedeva's tennis career never took off due to injuries that prevented her from becoming a professional. “She played tennis until she was 17 or 18, but because of injuries, she couldn’t reach the desired level," Medvedev had previously stated. "Nevertheless, it’s great that she understands tennis.”

“She knows that we can’t go shopping before the game and understands that I can be busy from 8 AM until the evening. Perhaps it’s not easy to get used to it when you don’t understand anything in tennis. It helped me to become better as a person and a player."