Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final of the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters. Monaco
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final of the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters. Monaco | (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Tennis | Rankings Report | Davidovich Fokina’s dream run earns rankings rise as Evans falls outside top 30

By Tony Fairbairn

  • Davidovich Fokina climbs up 19 places with maiden masters 1000 final
  • Tsitsipas keeps ranking points after winning Monte-Carlo for second consecutive year
  • Evans falls outside of the top 30 in the world.
MONTE-CARLO, MONACO – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina’s dream run to the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters final earns a ranking rise as Dan Evans falls outside of the top 30 in the world as the road to Roland Garros continues.

 

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ATP Rankings and Brits Top 10

Starting with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the Spaniard has climbed up 19 places in the world rankings after his dream run to a maiden Masters 1000 final in Monte-Carlo. After beating the likes of Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz and Grigor Dimitrov, the Spaniard is now aiming for a seeding place at Roland Garros and will look to build on that in the coming weeks.

However Davidovich Fokina couldn’t win the biggest title of his career as he lost to the defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek didn’t play his best tennis throughout the week but was able to play his best when it mattered most as he successfully defended all his ranking points and remains world number five. Tsitsipas will hope that his first title in 11 months is a springboard of what is to come over the course of the clay court season as he looks for a maiden grand slam title in Paris.

As for Brits, Dan Evans’ second round exit meant that his ranking takes a bit of a hit this week after a straight sets loss to David Goffin. Evans couldn’t defend his semi-final points won and therefore falls nine places to 36 in the world as he will look to try and be seeded for Roland Garros in the coming weeks.

Honourable mentions go to Lorenzo Musetti and Laslo Djere who made strong showings in Monte-Carlo. Musetti climbs 15 places to 68 in the world while Djere climbs 12 places to 50 in the world. While Fabio Fognini’s 2019 winners points came off this week and drops 30 places into 62 in the world.

 

ATP

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  1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 8,340 points
  2. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) – 8,230
  3. Alexander Zverev (GER) – 7,465
  4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) – 6,935
  5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) – 5,980
  6. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) – 4,945
  7. Casper Ruud (NOR) – 4,110
  8. Andrey Rublev (RUS) – 3,865
  9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) – 3,625
  10. Cameron Norrie (GBR) – 3,440

 

ATP Brits

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  1. Cameron Norrie (10 in the world) – 3,440 points
  2. Dan Evans (36) – 1,242
  3. Andy Murray (83) – 783
  4. Jack Draper (124) – 539
  5. Liam Broady (138) – 464
  6. Jay Clarke (192) – 303
  7. Ryan Peniston (224) – 244
  8. Paul Jubb (231) – 231
  9. Aidan McHugh (304) – 155
  10. Alastair Gray (306) – 154

 

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WTA Rankings and Brits Top 10

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Now time for a brief overview of the WTA rankings which saw no real headlines as there was no WTA events this week due to Billie Jean King Cup action. Garbine Muguruza did swap place with Ons Jabeur again as the Spaniard will look to capitalise on one of her best surfaces on the red clay. Other than that there were no other changes as one of the biggest events of the season in Stuttgart takes place this week.

In Brits news Heather Watson climbed up two places while Katie Boulter and Francesca Jones dropped down two places and seven places in the rankings respectively. Emma Raducanu won her first match on clay in Prague and stays at 12 in the world rankings as she looks to test herself in Germany this week.

WTA

  1. Iga Swiatek (POL) – 6,711 points
  2. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) – 4,975
  3. Paula Badosa (ESP) – 4,885
  4. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) – 4,711
  5. Maria Sakkari (GRE) – 4,705
  6. Anett Kontaveit (EST) – 4,511
  7. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) – 4,252
  8. Danielle Collins (USA) – 3,151
  9. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) – 3,070
  10. Ons Jabeur (TUN) – 3,015

 

WTA Brits

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  1. Emma Raducanu (12 in the world) – 2,698
  2. Harriet Dart (101) – 649
  3. Heather Watson (102) – 641
  4. Katie Boulter (132) – 497
  5. Francesca Jones (180) – 365
  6. Katie Swan (221) – 305
  7. Yuriko Miyazaki (225) – 302
  8. Jodie Burrage (263) – 267
  9. Sarah Beth Grey (305) – 206
  10. Samantha Murray Sharan (329) – 179

 

 

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