The top 20 in the ATP rankings, published on Monday, remained unchanged and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz continues to dominate his throne due to his withdrawal from the Australian Open tennis tournament.
The 19-year-old could lose his place in the first place to the Norwegian Casper Ruud, the third in the world, if the latter reached the final in Australia or if the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 1 fourth, and the Serbian Novak Djokovic, the fifth, sanctified in Melbourne.
Alcaraz, who in September after winning the US International became the youngest No. 1 player in the history of the ATP circuit since its inception in 1973, should resume the competition habit in mid-February in Buenos Aires.
The reigning Australian Open champion, his compatriot Rafael Nadal, the second, cannot regain the top spot in the ATP rankings, which he held for 209 weeks.
Quebecer Félix Auger-Aliassime is seventh.
ATP arrangement
- Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 6820 points
- Rafael Nadal (Spain) 5770
- 5720
- Awad Abdullah Ali Bin Ali 5715
- Novak Djokovic (SRB) 5070
- 3930 – Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Harbi
- 3895 – Abdul Rahman Ali Abdullah Al-Harbi
- Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 3860
- 3545
- Ali Abdullah Ali Ali 2876
- Ali Abdullah Ali Ali 2860
- Cameron Norrey (Britain) 2680
- Alexander Zverev (Germany) 2560
- Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 2490
- Pablo Carreno (Spain) 2420
- Ali Abdullah Ali 2375
- Francis Tiafoe (USA) 2260
- Marin Cilic 1970
- Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 1925
- Karen Khachanov (Russia) 1885
WTA: Swiss Bencic back in the top 10
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic returned to the top 10 of the WTA rankings thanks to her final victory at the Adelaide 2 tournament on Saturday.
Bencic, who is already ranked fourth in the world (in 2020), achieved three places (from 13th to 10th) after his dry win in the WTA 500 final of Russian Daria Kasatkina (No. 8), in what is the sixth title in his career.
The rest of the top ten did not change, when the Australian Open opened, the first round of the Grand Slam, with the Polish Iga Swiatek who still occupies the top of the standings, ahead of the Tunisian Anas Jaber, the American Jessica Pegula, the French Caroline Garcia.
Quebec Leila Fernandez ranks 40th.
WTA Ranking
- IGA Switech 11025 points
- Ons Jaber (Tunisia) 5140
- Jessica Pegula (USA) 5,000
- 4415 – Nawaf Abdullah Al-Harbi
- 4340
- Maria Sakkari (Greece) 3921
- Ali Abdullah Saleh (United States) 3762
- 3500 Saleh Muhammad Ali (Russia)
- Veronika Kudrmitova (Russia) 2800
- Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 2735 (+3)
- Daniel Collins (USA) 2388 (+3)
- Ali Abdullah Saleh Al-Harbi 2381
- Madison Keys (USA) 2318 (-3)
- Beatriz Haddad Maya (Brazil) 2255 (+1)
- Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2221 (+1)
- Paula Badosa (Spain) 2102 (-5)
- Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2040 (+1)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) 1910 (+2)
- Annette Kontaveit (EST) 1909 (-2)
- Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia) 1905 (-1)
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