Stat - The Generation of Players Born in the 2000s Outperforms Those Born in the Late 1990s
The ATP introduced the term "Next Gen" for players born in the late 1990s (Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Daniil Medvedev, among others). This Next Gen was expected to take over from the Big 3.
However, this generation did not achieve the anticipated success and ultimately failed to truly inherit the mantle from the Big 3, quickly being overtaken by the generations that followed.
This is evidenced by a statistic from the X account @AnnaK_4ever, showing that the next generation—players born in the 2000s—has surpassed this Next Gen.
There have been 11 matchups between players from these two generations in Masters 1000 and Grand Slam tournaments.
Only once has a Next Gen player managed to defeat a player from the 2000s generation: Casper Ruud against Jack Draper in Madrid in 2025.
