{"id":1977732,"date":"2026-06-07T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977732"},"modified":"2026-06-07T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:30:00","slug":"alexander-zverev-finally-gets-to-cross-his-name-off-a-list-no-one-wants-to-be-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977732","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev finally gets to cross his name off a list no one wants to be on"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While the French Open final <\/a>didn't exactly go as easily as Alexander Zverev might have hoped after he won the first set 6-1, he was still able to overcome Flavio Cobolli to win his first Grand Slam title. No longer is the German at the top of the list of best players<\/a> to never win a major. <\/p>\n

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While the French Open final <\/a>didn’t exactly go as easily as Alexander Zverev might have hoped after he won the first set 6-1, he was still able to overcome Flavio Cobolli to win his first Grand Slam title. No longer is the German at the top of the list of best players<\/a> to never win a major. <\/p>\n

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Instead, whenever his career ends, he will simply be remembered as a great player, not a player who was very good but could never claim one of the four trophies at tennis's most important events. He won't be recalled as the best player ever, but maybe the best of his short tennis generation. <\/p>\n

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Instead, whenever his career ends, he will simply be remembered as a great player, not a player who was very good but could never claim one of the four trophies at tennis’s most important events. He won’t be recalled as the best player ever, but maybe the best of his short tennis generation. <\/p>\n

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Daniil Medvedev, who, along with Stefanos Tsitsipas and Taylor Fritz, was at the top of their age of the sport for years, has a major. The others don't. Zverev and Medvedev are now equals, except that the Russian has reached No. 1 before.<\/p>\n

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Daniil Medvedev, who, along with Stefanos Tsitsipas and Taylor Fritz, was at the top of their age of the sport for years, has a major. The others don’t. Zverev and Medvedev are now equals, except that the Russian has reached No. 1 before.<\/p>\n

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Alexander Zverev erases his name as the best tennis player to never win a Grand Slam<\/h2>\n

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Alexander Zverev erases his name as the best tennis player to never win a Grand Slam<\/h2>\n

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Still, Zverev, after defeating Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1 at Roland Garros, no longer needs to worry about being mentioned as the best to never do something specifically elite. He's done it. <\/p>\n

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Still, Zverev, after defeating Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1 at Roland Garros, no longer needs to worry about being mentioned as the best to never do something specifically elite. He’s done it. <\/p>\n

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Who are the best ATP players never to have won a major after Zverev won Roland Garros, though? It's a tight list full of very good, but seemingly not great enough, players. That includes the following:<\/p>\n

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Who are the best ATP players never to have won a major after Zverev won Roland Garros, though? It’s a tight list full of very good, but seemingly not great enough, players. That includes the following:<\/p>\n

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