Taylor Fritz has entered the top 5 in the world for the first time in his career. It’s a first for an American since Andy Roddick in 2009.
The men’s world top 10 is changing. Taylor Fritz, who won the Delray Beach tournament on February 19, succeeded for the first time in his career to interfere in the world top 5. This is a first for a player from the United States since 2009. At the time, it was Andy Roddick. Certainly acquired, this 5th place will be difficult to defend for the Californian. The native of San Diego is for example the defending champion in Indian Wells and he will have to defend his points accumulated in 2022 from next week (March 6-19). In addition, Taylor Fritz only has 3660 points. Hubert Hurkacz, in 10th place, has 3065 on his side. The gaps are small and the current world number 5 could already very soon come down from his pedestal.
The biggest change in this world top 10 is the 8th place of Rafael Nadal which loses two places. The tennis legend is very close to leaving the top 10. He must also repeat his performance last year in Indian Wells, namely a final. His descent is likely imminent.
With his victory in the Rio final over the world number 2 Carlos Alcaraz, Cameron Norrie took only one place in the standings by climbing to 12th place in the world. Benjamin Bonzi, an unfortunate finalist in Marseille, moved up to 45th and is now only two places behind. Richard Gasquet, number 1 in France. Andy Murray, the valiant veteran is very close to returning to the top 50. He lost in the final against Danil Medvedev, but the Briton gained 18 places (52nd).
What is the ATP ranking?
Since Monday, January 30, 2023, the Serbian Novak Djokovic is the new world number 1 ahead of Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. The ATP ranking:
What is the classification of the ATP Race?
The Race ranking is dominated by Serbian Novak Djokovic, winner of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
What are the differences between the ATP ranking and the Race ranking?
Unlike the “classic” ATP ranking, which is updated every week taking into account the points earned over the previous 52 weeks, the ATP Race ranking only takes into account the points earned during the current season and gradually accumulates the ten -eight best results.
The ATP ranking consists of awarding points based on the performance of each player during major competitions. In total, 18 competitions are taken into account and the points accumulated are valid for 52 weeks. Thus, for example, the winner of a grand slam garners 2000 points, the runner-up 1200 points, the semi-finalist 720 points and so on. For each major tournament the points are not the same, because at the masters 1000 the victory awards 1000 points, the final 600 points, and the semi-final 360.
The leaderboard is updated weekly and the points are valid for one year, but instead of being added up, they are compared. In other words, the performance of the player on a competition of the current year is compared to that of the same competition the past year. The points obtained are added to his total to obtain a new total for the week, for a new ranking that comes out every Monday.