By Tony Fairbairn
- Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest world number one in history after winning his maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open.
- Iga Swiatek extended her lead as world number one to over 5,000 points after claiming her third Grand Slam title.
- Emma Raducanu’s opening round exit means the Brit falls to outside the world’s top 80
NEW YORK, USA – Carlos Alcaraz becomes the ATP’s youngest ever world number one after winning his maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open while Emma Raducanu is out of the world’s top 80 after her opening round exit.
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ATP Rankings and Brits Top 10
There is only one place to start on the ATP side and that is with Carlos Alcaraz’s US Open triumph. The Spaniard held his nerve to beat Casper Ruud win his first Grand Slam title at the age of 19. Alcaraz produced a masterclass in mental and physical strength as five set wins over Marin Cilic, Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe laid the foundations for a fortnight that the Spaniard will never forget.
As a result Alcaraz has become the youngest world number one in ATP history and overtakes Daniil Medvedev as the world’s best player. The question remains how long can he remain there but one thing is for sure is that the race to become year-end world number one just got that much interesting.
As for Ruud, the Norwegian’s run to a second consecutive Grand Slam final means he is the new world number two. A five place jump for Ruud is proof of his consistent hard work as he looks to run Alcaraz hard over the rest of the season for the world number one ranking. In other big jumps up the rankings, semi-finalists Tiafoe and Karen Khachanov have earned a place in the world’s top 20 as they also proved that they belong near the top of the men’s game. Tiafoe climbs up seven places to 19 in the world while Khachanov jumps up 13 places to 18 in the world.
As for players who dropped down in the rankings, Felix Auger-Aliassime’s early exit means he is out of the world’s top ten and drops down five places to 13 in the world. While last year’s semi-finalist Botic Van De Zandschulp dropped down 13 places to 35 in the world with Reilly Opelka dropping down ten places to 38 in the world.
The Brits achieved good ranking rises as well with Cameron Norrie jumping up one place to eight in the world. While Andy Murray climbed up eight places to 43 in the world with Jack Draper moving inside the world’s top 50 at 46 in the world.
ATP
- Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) – 6,740 points
- Casper Ruud (NOR) – 5,850
- Rafael Nadal (ESP) – 5,810
- Daniil Medvedev (RUS) – 5,065
- Alexander Zverev (GER) – 5,040
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) – 4,810
- Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 3,570
- Cameron Norrie (GBR) – 3,550
- Andrey Rublev (RUS) – 3,390
- Hubert Hurkacz (POL) – 3,355
ATP Brits
- Cameron Norrie (8 in the world) – 3,550 points
- Dan Evans (25) – 1,420
- Andy Murray (43) – 1,000
- Jack Draper (46) – 961
- Ryan Peniston (135) – 405
- Liam Broady (138) – 399
- Paul Jubb (196) – 266
- Jay Clarke (197) – 265
- Alastair Gray (248) – 205
- Billy Harris (295) – 168
WTA Rankings and Brits Top 10
The women’s event at the US Open saw a familiar story of the season as the top two players of this season competed for the title. Again it was Iga Swiatek who claimed the title as she defeated Ons Jabeur in straight sets. Although the Pole didn’t play her best tennis throughout the fortnight, Swiatek won her seventh title of the season and third career Grand Slam to prove why she is the best in the world. Swiatek now has a 5,000 point gap at the top of the world rankings as her dominance in women’s tennis continues.
As for Jabeur it was another great run as she reached her second consecutive Grand Slam final. Despite not winning the title, the Tunisian’s run means she is the new world number two as she looks to continue to improve ahead of October’s WTA Finals. Deep US Open runs for Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff were also rewarded in this week’s rankings with Pegula entering the world’s top five for the first time while Gauff moves up four places to eight in the world.
There were also ranking rises for Caroline Garcia and Ajla Tomljanovic with Garcia climbing up seven places to world number ten while Tomljanovic rises up 12 places to 34 in the world. While there was a massive rankings drop for last year’s finalist Leylah Fernandez who has fallen down the rankings by 26 places to 40 in the world.
As for the Brits, defending champion Emma Raducanu exited the US Open at the first round stage losing to Alize Cornet. As a result Raducanu has fell down the rankings by 72 places to 83 in the world as she looks to start from fresh in her career. There was also a nine place ranking drop for Katie Boulter to 137 in the world while Heather Watson climbs up 11 places to 146 in the world.
WTA
- Iga Swiatek (POL) – 10,365 points
- Ons Jabeur (TUN) – 5,090
- Anett Kontaveit (EST) – 4,300
- Paula Badosa (ESP) – 3,980
- Jessica Pegula (USA) – 3,501
- Maria Sakkari (GRE) – 3,480
- Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) – 3,470
- Coco Gauff (USA) – 3,047
- Simona Halep (ROU) – 3,025
- Caroline Garcia (FRA) – 2,930
WTA Brits
- Emma Raducanu (83 in the world) – 726
- Harriet Dart (85) – 715
- Katie Boulter (137) – 468
- Heather Watson (146) – 427
- Jodie Burrage (151) – 411
- Katie Swan (174) – 366
- Sonay Kartal (210) – 310
- Yuriko Miyazaki (229) – 288
- Sarah Beth Grey (311) – 198
- Eden Silva (337) – 177
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