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Alexander Zverev names his biggest rival on the ATP Tour over his tennis career, it is the player he has faced the most times

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Alexander Zverev has been on the ATP Tour for the last decade.

During his career he has played some of the greatest players of all time and played on the world’s biggest stages.

The German has developed a reputation for being one of the world’s most consistent players and is one of the toughest players to beat on the ATP Tour.

Alexander Zverev has had varying degrees of success against his rivals, and there is one in particular that he has played more than anyone else.

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Who has Alexander Zverev played the most on the ATP Tour?

Zverev has played against many different players throughout his tennis career.

He has faced the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic on multiple occasions, and now battles against Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

But there are many he has faced more times than Daniil Medvedev, and the World number three named the Russian as his biggest rival on tour.

“I played Medvedev the most. I don’t necessarily think we played the biggest matches [with] each other in our careers, not the most important matches,” Zverev told the ATP Tour website.

“I think the most important matches in my career [I] have played against Novak, Carlos, Jannik. But me and Medvedev, we played the most against each other.”

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What is Alexander Zverev’s head-to-head record against Daniil Medvedev?

Zverev and Medvedev have played one another 19 times on the ATP Tour.

Medvedev has won 12 of those encounters, including six of their last seven matchups.

He was able to turn the rivalry around after losing five of the first six matches in their compelling rivalry.

Arguably their greatest match came at the 2024 Australian Open, which was the last time they faced one another.

Medvedev came from two sets down to reach the final at Melbourne Park, where he suffered the same fate.

Jannik Sinner recovered a two-set deficit to win the first of his two Australian Open titles, and this started this level of success in his career.