Alexander Zverev is setting his sights on ATP World Tour history after his recent breakthrough title.
The 19-year-old #NextGen star is trying to become the first teenager to finish the year in the Top 20 of the Emirates ATP Rankings since 2006. Zverev, currently ranked No. 24, would join an exclusive list of players if he were to accomplish the feat. Since 1994, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, World No. 2 Andy Murray, former Top 10 player Richard Gasquet and former World No. 1s Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick are the only players who have finished a year in the Top 20 as teenagers.
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Zverev, who turned 19 in April, matched his career-best ranking of No. 24 with his first ATP World Tour title on Sunday. The Hamburg native beat top seed Stan Wawrinka at the St. Petersburg Open to become the first teenage titlist on the ATP World Tour since 19-year-old Marin Cilic won New Haven in 2008. Zverev had played in two previous finals, losing to Dominic Thiem at Nice and Florian Mayer at Halle.