By Tony Fairbairn
- Jannik Sinner is the new world number two after winning his third title of the season in Miami.
- Danielle Collins climbs up 31 places after winning her maiden WTA 1000 title in Miami.
- There were also steady rises up the rankings for Jack Draper, Katie Boulter and Andy Murray.
MIAMI, USA – Jannik Sinner is the new world number two after winning his third title of the season at the Masters 1000 event in Miami.
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ATP Rankings and Brits Top 10
The rankings report this week starts with the most in-form player this season in the form of Jannik Sinner. The Italian bounced back from a semi-final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in Indian Wells by claiming the title in Miami. The Italian defeated an red-hot Grigor Dimitrov convincingly in the final which means Sinner is now the new world number two, overtaking Alcaraz in the rankings. Now Sinner focuses on the clay court season with three titles to his name as he looks to close down Novak Djokovic at the top of the ATP rankings.
As for Dimitrov, the Bulgarian achieved another landmark week as he defeated three top ten players on his way to a second Masters 1000 final in the space of four months. Another final means Dimitrov is back into the world’s top ten for the first time in six years as he is gradually getting back to his best tennis.
In other ranking moves there were big boosts for Miami quarter-finalist Fabian Maroszan and Tomas Machac. Maroszan is up to 19 places to 38 in the world in a run that saw him defeat Holger Rune on his way to the last eight. Meanwhile Machac climbed up 17 places to 43 in the world as he continued his incredible start to the season. Notable falls down the rankings saw Alex De Minaur exit the world’s top ten while Emil Ruusuvuori fell down 17 places to 65 in the world.
It was a positive week for Andy Murray who won back-to-back matches for the first time since last August as the Brit climbed up three places to 59 in the world but the former world number one is likely to be out for the majority of the clay court season. There was also steady rises for Jack Draper and Dan Evans while Liam Broady fell down the rankings by 17 places to 148 in the world.
ATP
- Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 9,725 points
- Jannik Sinner (ITA) – 8,710
- Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) – 8,645
- Daniil Medvedev (RUS) – 7,165
- Alexander Zverev (GER) – 5,415
- Andrey Rublev (RUS) – 4,890
- Holger Rune (DEN) – 3,795
- Casper Ruud (NOR) – 3,615
- Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) – 3,540
- Hubert Hurkacz (POL) – 3,425
ATP Brits
- Cameron Norrie (31 in the world) – 1,290 points
- Jack Draper (39) – 1,101
- Dan Evans (42) – 1,086
- Andy Murray (59) – 910
- Liam Broady (148) – 429
- Jan Choinski (188) – 325
- Oliver Crawford (203) – 299
- Billy Harris (209) – 289
- Ryan Peniston (215) – 283
- Arthur Fery (263) – 216
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WTA Rankings and Brits Top 10
It was a fairytale week for Danielle Collins who claimed her first career WTA 1000 title in Miami. In her final season as a tennis player, Collins stunned the field as a win over Elena Rybakina in the final ended in an incredible week in which she didn’t lose a set after the first round. As a result Collins has climbed up 31 places to 22 in the world as she will aim to enter the world’s top 20 over the clay court season.
As for Rybakina, the Kazakh is still world number four but continues to put pressure on the world’s top three after reaching a fourth WTA final this season. Speaking of in-form players from Kazakhstan, there was a big rise up the rankings for Yulia Putintseva after her run to the quarter-finals. Putintseva climbed up 16 places to 52 in the world as she enters her favourite time of the season.
In other ranking news Maria Sakkari’s reward for reaching back-to-back WTA 1000 quarter-finals is a two place rise up the rankings to seven in the world at the expense of Qinwen Zheng and Marketa Vondrousova. There was also a six place rise up the rankings for semi-finalist Victoria Azarenka as she is now just outside the top 25 in the world. Meanwhile Petra Kvitova’s absence from Miami due to pregnancy means the former Wimbledon champion has dropped down 37 places to 60 in the world having won the Miami title last year.
As for the Brits, Katie Boulter climbed up two places to 28 in the world after an encouraging performance in Miami. There was a nine place drop for Jodie Burrage as she clings onto a place inside the world’s top 100. Finally Francesca Jones edges nearer to a place inside the world’s top 200 as she climbed up 56 places to 214 in the world.
WTA
- Iga Swiatek (POL) – 10,835 points
- Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) – 8,045
- Coco Gauff (USA) – 7,205
- Elena Rybakina (KAZ) – 5,848
- Jessica Pegula (USA) – 4,860
- Ons Jabeur (TUN) – 4,118
- Maria Sakkari (GRE) – 4,030
- Qinwen Zheng (CHN) – 3,995
- Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) – 3,895
- Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) – 3,438
WTA Brits
- Katie Boulter (28 in the world) – 1,802
- Harriet Dart (88) – 809
- Jodie Burrage (94) – 746
- Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (138) – 539
- Heather Watson (144) – 523
- Francesca Jones (214) – 347
- Amarni Banks (252) – 298
- Sonay Kartal (257) – 288
- Emma Raducanu (300) – 236
- Katy Dunne (315) – 222
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