{"id":10958,"date":"2018-12-31T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=10958"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T19:18:00","slug":"2019-atp-predictions-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2018\/12\/31\/2019-atp-predictions-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 ATP Predictions: Who will end the year in the Top 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I will be revealing my predictions of the year-end Top 10 on the ATP Tour in 2019. Essentially I am predicting the eight players to qualify for the ATP Finals next year, as well as the two alternates should one of the top eight not be able to participate. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/2018\/12\/31\/2019-atp-predictions-who-will-win-the-grand-slams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I have also predicted who I think will win the Grand Slams on the ATP Tour in 2019<\/a>.\u00a0It is almost time for me to reveal my Top 10 predictions but first I must do some honourable mentions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honourable Mentions\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [2018 Rank: No.35, Grand Slams: 0, ATP Titles: 4]<\/li>\n<li>Borna \u0106ori\u0107 (CRO) [2018 Rank: No.12, Grand Slams: 0, ATP Titles: 2]<\/li>\n<li>Milos Raonic (CAN) \u00a0[2018 Rank: No.18, Grand Slams: 0, ATP Titles: 8]<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Edmund (GBR) [2018 Rank: No.14, Grand Slams: 0, ATP Titles: 1]<\/li>\n<li>Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) [2018 Rank: No.15, Grand Slams: 0, ATP Titles: 1]<\/li>\n<li>Daniil Medvedev (RUS) [2018 Rank: No.16, Grand Slams: 0, ATP Titles: 3]<\/li>\n<li>David Goffin (BEL) [2018 Rank: No.22, Grand Slams: 0, ATP Titles: 4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I expect these players to all have relatively successful seasons and end the year in Top 20, but believe that they will all just miss out on the Top 10 in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Now it is finally time for me to reveal my Top 10 predictions! I shall reveal them in reverse order&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Predictions<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 10. Marin \u010cili\u0107 (Croatia)\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"TvGBl7ykRLRdH-gxLR_wwQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1065224886\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'TvGBl7ykRLRdH-gxLR_wwQ',sig:'8UxQIFtWBsIOuQKVY_WeJg4E1Qr9yGYCgxUK-kULyPM=',w:'594px',h:'382px',items:'1065224886',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.7 [Career High: No.3]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 1 [<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Open<\/a> x1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 18 [Last title in June 2018 at Queen&#8217;s Club Championships]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 9. Kei Nishikori (Japan) \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"SddJP29mQzVWdjf_CmBDlQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1056542684\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'SddJP29mQzVWdjf_CmBDlQ',sig:'v813EGEX2t_H7p30cyhnKkdyGgI_coWHOPtA8OKd_yc=',w:'424px',h:'594px',items:'1056542684',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.9 [Career High: No.4]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 0 [Best Result F x1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 11 [Last title in February 2018 at Memphis Open]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 8. Dominic Thiem (Austria) \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"l4pyb_D8SsxZaTUm9NPD1A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1062018670\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'l4pyb_D8SsxZaTUm9NPD1A',sig:'vKoeETr1rYLU3uaFY-ojMBx0tqLsrt-CPJ2evsDrSYM=',w:'594px',h:'439px',items:'1062018670',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.8 [Career High: No.4]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 0 [Best Result F x1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 11 [Last title in September 2018 at St. Petersburg Open]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 7. Karen Khachanov (Russia) \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"mXq9fOJGSfldNbQcqTzRHA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1075386096\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'mXq9fOJGSfldNbQcqTzRHA',sig:'TzRMGdXPDsKcYZk-3gxexURXZMXcUakN5Nk_NVpoW_M=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1075386096',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.11 [Career High: No.11]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 0 [Best Result 4R x3]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 4 [Last title in November 2018 at Paris Masters]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 6. Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro (Argentina) \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"7_-4YCK6QkFCGs3uxhhq2Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1028761616\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'7_-4YCK6QkFCGs3uxhhq2Q',sig:'7hCH-rG2VrZfj4unaQsfU760VeDleX3TanrOQMctsNA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1028761616',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.5 [Career High: No.3]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 1 [US Open x1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 22 [Last title in March 2018 at Indian Wells Masters]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 5. Andy Murray (Great Britain) \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"eNLA_a1HS15DAXyH-ezmkg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1075825462\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'eNLA_a1HS15DAXyH-ezmkg',sig:'v5EKaHGOgJQTAR51p-bdBdh5iFpbE9GxFZKf1TN1Dos=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1075825462',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.256 [Career High: No.1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 3 [<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wimbledon<\/a> x2, US Open x1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 45 [Last title in March 2017 at Dubai Tennis Championships]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 4. Roger Federer (Switzerland) \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"m-C_tyUbQypJI5D-HC_J0w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1088132882\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'m-C_tyUbQypJI5D-HC_J0w',sig:'L_WV39EJFf8s51OZupn8x3-7TZ8dKh94BeNhLQC_JGM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1088132882',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.3 [Career High: No.1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 20 [<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/australian-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Open<\/a> x6, <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/french-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French Open<\/a> x1, Wimbledon x8, US Open x5]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 99 [Last title in October 2018 at Swiss Indoors]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 3. Alexander Zverev (Germany) \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"ehGV0oTtQjlonyQ9F1gBWw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1076000144\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ehGV0oTtQjlonyQ9F1gBWw',sig:'wlvSJoVXDbdYpEkzEWDFKznO96Rz_wir0KFnQTlQ7Yg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1076000144',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.4 [Career High: No.3]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 0 [Best Result QF x1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 10 [Last title in November 2018 at ATP Finals]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 2. Rafael Nadal (Spain) \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"W4KgfEvRTEh-gPq4x6DUtQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1076089644\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'W4KgfEvRTEh-gPq4x6DUtQ',sig:'wmY693Himxmu8AfgZ0FBGfRcwrgQSbSffwgx4bmdT74=',w:'594px',h:'417px',items:'1076089644',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.2 [Career High: No.1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 17 [Australian Open x1, French Open x11, Wimbledon x2, US Open x3]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 80 [Last title in August 2018 at Canadian Open]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: #99ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0 1. Novak Djokovi\u0107 (Serbia) \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2018 Rank: No.1 [Career High: No.1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Grand Slams: 14 [Australian Open x6, French Open x1, Wimbledon x4, US Open x3]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ATP Titles: 72 [Last title in October 2018 at Shanghai Masters]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To summarise, my predictions for the ATP&#8217;s Top 10 at the end of 2019 are as follows&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Novak Djokovi\u0107 (Serbia)<\/li>\n<li>Rafael Nadal (Spain)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alexander Zverev (Germany)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Roger Federer (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li>Andy Murray (Great Britain)<\/li>\n<li>Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro (Argentina)<\/li>\n<li>Karen Khachanov (Russia)<\/li>\n<li>Dominic Thiem (Austria)<\/li>\n<li>Kei Nishikori (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Marin \u010cili\u0107 (Croatia)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After seeing how many talented men there are from this article, I hope you are as excited for the 2019 Tennis season as I am! Let me know your thoughts on my predictions and feel free to put your own predictions in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I will be revealing my predictions of the year-end Top 10 on the ATP Tour in 2019. Essentially I am predicting the eight players to qualify for the ATP Finals next year, as well as the two alternates should one of the top eight not be able to participate. I have also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2065,"featured_media":10718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,69],"tags":[85,16,18,346,498,230,208,84,844,146,187,50,20,3237,22,135,114,304],"class_list":["post-10958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atp","category-predictions","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-andy-murray","tag-atp","tag-borna-coric","tag-daniil-medvedev","tag-david-goffin","tag-dominic-thiem","tag-juan-martin-del-potro","tag-karen-khachanov","tag-kei-nishikori","tag-kyle-edmund","tag-marin-cilic","tag-milos-raonic","tag-nick-krygios","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-rafael-nadal","tag-roger-federer","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2065"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}