Karen Khachanov was 22 when he beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-4 to win the 2018 Paris Masters, still the biggest of his 7 career titles. Born in Moscow in 1996 to an Armenian father from Yerevan, he plays flat, heavy tennis off both wings, first-strike power built around a big serve. It carried him to a career-high No. 8 in July 2019 and later to Grand Slam semi-finals at the 2022 US Open and the 2023 Australian Open, though a major final still waits.
His closest brush with a defining prize came at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, where Alexander Zverev stopped him in the gold-medal match and left him with silver. The years since have rewarded his durability: a Wimbledon quarter-final and a Canadian Open final in 2025 lifted him back into the top 10 that summer. The 2026 season has been quieter, but when the flat forehand lands he is still a draw nobody wants.
Eight. That is Frances Tiafoe's new career-best ranking, reached without a match played this week, as he returns to the ATP rankings' top 10 in the same week Novak Djokovic drops out to No. 12. Every title decided anywhere on the tour this week was won at Challenger level, so the top 10 changed shape without a single tour-level trophy changing hands.
Ranking taleTwo. That is how many Grand Slam titles Alexander Zverev now owns, and both came in 2026. The top seed beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 in the US Open final, adding New York to Roland Garros and extending his head-to-head with Shelton to 6-0.
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