The Rankings Thread (ATP)

[MargaretMcAleer]

New ATP Top Ten, Monday 12th August,

1. Sinner 8,770 points
2. Djokovic 8,460
3. Alcaraz 7,950
4. Zverev 6,995
5 Medvedev 6,355
6. Rublev (+2) 4,615
7. Hurkacz (-1) 4,215
8. Ruud (+1) 3,890
9. Dimitrov (+1) 3,700
10. De Minaur (-3) 3,490

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Race To Turin after Montreal,
1. Sinner (Q)
2. Alcaraz
3. Zverev
4. Medvedev
5. Ruud
6. Djokovic
7. Rublev
8. De Minaur

9. Tsitsipas
10. Fritz

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

New Career Highs On ATP Top 100 Monday 5th August,

6. Hurkacz
18. Korda
30. Thompson
32. Darderi
33. Cobolli
37. Giron
64. Mensik
78. Kovacevic
86. Walton
91. Carabelli

Career High Popyrin no 23.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ATP Top Ten ( after Cincinnati) Monday 19th August,
1. Sinner 9760 points
2. Djokovic 7460
3. Alcaraz 7360
4. Zverev 7035
5. Medvedev 6275
6. Rublev 4805
7. Hurkacz 4055
8. Ruud 3855
9. Dimitrov 3655
10. De Minaur 3445

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ATP Race after Cincinnati, Monday 19th August,
1 Sinner 7400 (Q)
2. Akcaraz 5960
3. Zverev 5715
4. Medvedv 4020
5. Ruud 3595
6. Rublev 3280 (+1)
7. Djokovic 3160 (-1)
8. De Minaur 2905

9. Tsitsipas 2715
10 Fritz 2590

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

New Career Highs on ATP Top 100, Monday August 19th
13. Shelton
25 Draper
35 Borges
52 Michelsen
75 Kovacevic

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

35 Borges

So great to see him follow up his win over Rafa with this, instead of being a one-hit wonder. Of course, I'd rather see Rafa ranked in this position, but Borges being ranked high will make Rafa's loss to him not look so bad.

 

[kskate2]

So great to see him follow up his win over Rafa with this, instead of being a one-hit wonder. Of course, I'd rather see Rafa ranked in this position, but Borges being ranked high will make Rafa's loss to him not look so bad.

Don't kid yourself. Nads loss still looks bad. He went out to a virtual nobody on his fave surface in a BO3 match.

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Don't kid yourself. Nads loss still looks bad. He went out to a virtual nobody on his fave surface in a BO3 match.

Yeah, I would have much rather wanted Nadal to win that match, and he would have any time between 2004-2022. However, I would like to see Borges carve out even a Hurkacz-type trajectory, in the Top 10, consistent at non-slams, and a dark horse contender at slams.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Monday 26th August,
No changes in the Top 20 of the ATP - none of whom played the last warm up tournament.

Some nice leaps from the following players,

Lorenzo Sonego was No 58 and went to No 48, ( whose career high is No 21), much better than the No 48 player, gets hurt by inconsistency, Sonego claimed his 4th ATP title in Winston Salem tournament.

Alex Michelsen was No 52 to and to No 49, despite his loss in the final at Winston Salem for which he should have been defaulted, except for that, it is a first trip to the Top 50

Ricky Hijikata was No 65 went to No 62, sneaking up the rankings, a QF at Winston Salem, puts him at a career high

Juncheng Shang was No 77 went to No72, made the 2nd round at Winston Salem and moves to a career high.Took him awhile to break the Top 100 barrier, but he keeps going up.

Learner Tien from No 230 to No 191, he qualified at Winston Salem, and made the QFs
The 18 yo has won 5 Challenger Tounraments and earned a USTA WC into the USO
Tien was ranked No 700 a year ago and began the 2024 season at No 453

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ATP Top Ten, Monday 9th September,

1. Sinner 11,180 points
2. Zverev 7,075 (+)
3. Alcaraz 6,690
4. Djokovic 5,560 (-2)
5. Medvedev 5,475
6. Rublev 4,645
7. Fritz 4,060 (+5)
8. Hurkacz 4,060 (-1)
9. Ruud 4,010 (-1)
10. Dimitrov 3,965 (-1)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

New Career Highs on ATP Top 100, Monday 9th September,

20. Draper
29. Thompson
30. Borges
40. Nakashima
47. Michelsen
66. Shang
70. Muller
72. Bergs
73. Kovacevic

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ATP Race after the USO, Monday 9th September,

1. Sinner 9,000 Q
2. Zverev 6,115 Q
3. Alcaraz 6,010 Q
4. Medvedev 4,420
5. Fritz 3,890
6. Ruud 3,785
7. Rublev 3,480
8. de Minaur 3,305

9. Djokovic 3,260
10. Dimitrov 2,835

 

[El Dude]

As I said in the US Open thread, Sinner has #1 all but locked up - almost 3000 points ahead, he could coast with moderate results and still win it.

Or to break it down further. For remaining tournaments, there are two Masters, the Tour Finals, four ATP 500s and seven ATP 250s - but the smaller tournaments run concurrently, so players cannot play in both, say, Tokyo and Beijing. So in terms of catching up, here are the remaining tournament "slots:"

Sept 16 (250): Two ATP 250s (Chengdu, Hangzhou)
Sept 23 (500): Two ATP 500s (Beijing, Tokyo)
Sept 30 (1000): Masters (Shanghai)
Oct 4 (250): Three ATP 250s (Almaty, Antwerp, Stockholm)
Oct 21 (500): Two ATP 500s (Basel, Vienna)
Oct 28 (1000): Masters (Paris)
Nov 4 (250): Two ATP 250s (Belgrade, Metz)
Nov 11 (1500): ATP Finals

That's 5250 possible points. Zverev is 2885 and Alcaraz 2990 points behind, so they have to surpass Sinner by about 3,000 points through the rest of the year to win the #1 ranking crown. A tall order.

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Sept 16 (250): Two ATP 250s (Chengdu, Hangzhou)
Sept 23 (500): Two ATP 500s (Beijing, Tokyo)
Sept 30 (1000): Masters (Shanghai)
Oct 4 (250): Three ATP 250s (Almaty, Antwerp, Stockholm)
Oct 21 (500): Two ATP 500s (Basel, Vienna)
Oct 28 (1000): Masters (Paris)
Nov 4 (250): Two ATP 250s (Belgrade, Metz)
Nov 11 (1500): ATP Finals

lol, this schedule is so backwards. If I were in charge, I'd do it in reverse:

Sept 16 (1500): ATP Finals
- season end break -
Nov 4 (250): Belgrade, Metz
Nov 11 (1000): Masters (Paris)
Nov 18 (500): Basel, Vienna
Nov 25 (250): Almaty, Antwerp, Stockholm
Dec 2 (1000): Masters (Shanghai)
Dec 9 (500): Beijing, Tokyo
Dec 16 (250): Chengdu, Hangzhou

Then after this, you can just seamlessly transition into the Australian leg of the season.

 

[don_fabio]

As I said in the US Open thread, Sinner has #1 all but locked up - almost 3000 points ahead, he could coast with moderate results and still win it.

Or to break it down further. For remaining tournaments, there are two Masters, the Tour Finals, four ATP 500s and seven ATP 250s - but the smaller tournaments run concurrently, so players cannot play in both, say, Tokyo and Beijing. So in terms of catching up, here are the remaining tournament "slots:"

Sept 16 (250): Two ATP 250s (Chengdu, Hangzhou)
Sept 23 (500): Two ATP 500s (Beijing, Tokyo)
Sept 30 (1000): Masters (Shanghai)
Oct 4 (250): Three ATP 250s (Almaty, Antwerp, Stockholm)
Oct 21 (500): Two ATP 500s (Basel, Vienna)
Oct 28 (1000): Masters (Paris)
Nov 4 (250): Two ATP 250s (Belgrade, Metz)
Nov 11 (1500): ATP Finals

That's 5250 possible points. Zverev is 2885 and Alcaraz 2990 points behind, so they have to surpass Sinner by about 3,000 points through the rest of the year to win the #1 ranking crown. A tall order.

Sinner's game is well suited for indoor HCs. If healthy and motivated, he should have no trouble in securing the no. 1 spot.

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

I don't know, it just doesn't make sense to me to do the Asian swing now, then go to Europe in October/November before doing the ATP Finals, especially considering the Asian cities have a warmer climate in the fall/winter than the European cities. It makes more sense to end the season climatically with the ATP Finals fresh off the US Open, then stay in Europe for November (after the month-long season end break), before doing the Asian swing in December, and finally moving to the Australian leg in late December/January. Makes a lot more sense and a lot less travelling for the players.

 

[rafanoy1992]

I don't know, it just doesn't make sense to me to do the Asian swing now, then go to Europe in October/November before doing the ATP Finals, especially considering the Asian cities have a warmer climate in the fall/winter than the European cities. It makes more sense to end the season climatically with the ATP Finals fresh off the US Open, then stay in Europe for November (after the month-long season end break), before doing the Asian swing in December, and finally moving to the Australian leg in late December/January. Makes a lot more sense and a lot less travelling for the players.

Because at the end of the day, it is about business. You are correct that practically it makes more sense for players to go straight to Europe ro prepare for the indoor HC season. However, tennis in Asia (especially in China) is huge, therefore, both ATP/WTA generate a lot of money when tournaments are played in Asia.

 

[kskate2]

Because at the end of the day, it is about business. You are correct that practically it makes more sense for players to go straight to Europe ro prepare for the indoor HC season. However, tennis in Asia (especially in China) is huge, therefore, both ATP/WTA generate a lot of money when tournaments are played in Asia.

Not only that, but players are gone most of the year and can't spend most holidays with their families. His schedule would take away their Thanksgiving and ending very close to Christmas. Who's going to fly home for Christmas if they have turn around and fly to Oz in a matter of 2 weeks?

 

[the AntiPusher]

Don't kid yourself. Nads loss still looks bad. He went out to a virtual nobody on his fave surface in a BO3 match.

Rafa still thinks he is 2022 Nadal. Choosing to play on the clay so he could appease Carlos and his country for another gold medal when he had two already. Why did he feel if he won a 3rd it would enhance his career? Yes it was a bad loss regardless if Nadal legs was a bit jaded. That's what he signed up for.