Although he has been sidelined due to injury for the bulk of the 2023 season, tennis star Nick Kyrgios was thrust into the limelight when it was discovered that the Aussie boasts a positive head-to-head record against the players competing at this year's ATP Finals.

The former Wimbledon runner-up has played only one match on the ATP Tour this year, and is currently recovering from a wrist injury that kept him out of Wimbledon and the US Open. However, he came across an interesting story that showed how he fared against the top players currently battling at the ATP Finals.

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Kyrgios holds impressive lead over participants in Turin

Christos Kyrgios, brother of the Australian tennis star, documented the former World No.13's statistics against top-10 opposition. Based off that report, players that are in Turin this week for the ATP Finals have dropped 16 of their 24 collective matches against Kyrgios on the ATP tour.

The stat, cheekily titled "Kontending with Kyrgios", shows that he leads the following players in his head-to-head meetings with them on the ATP tour: Novak Djokovic (2-1), Daniil Medvedev (4-1), Stefanos Tsitsipas (4-1), Alexander Zverev (4-3), and Andrey Rublev (2-1).

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Kyrgios trails Jannik Sinner in their ATP rivalry (0-1), and has never faced Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune. The 28-year old chalked his loss to Sinner in their only tour-level match to game penalty which he found to be unjust, writing in the caption:

"Game penalty against Sinner for nothing also [laughing emoji]."