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Tennis | Rankings Report | Novak Djokovic makes world number one return, Sabalenka reaches career high ranking

Tony Fairbairn
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By Tony Fairbairn

  • Novak Djokovic is world number one again after winning his tenth Australian Open title
  • Aryna Sabalenka reaches a career high ranking of world number two after claiming Maiden Grand Slam title.
  • Elena Rybakina makes her top ten debut after reaching her second Grand Slam final.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Novak Djokovic returns to the world number one spot after winning his 22nd Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.

 

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ATP Rankings and Brits Top 10

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This week’s rankings update can only start in one place and that’s with Novak Djokovic with the Serb winning his tenth Australian Open title in Melbourne. Djokovic took on a hamstring injury and seven opponents including Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final to win his 22nd Grand Slam title. As a result Djokovic now replaces Carlos Alcaraz as the new world number one as he and Rafael Nadal head to Roland Garros for a collision course to see who can win Grand Slam number 23.

As for Tsitsipas, it was a good tournament for the Greek as he reached his second Grand Slam final with tough wins over Jannik Sinner and Karen Khachanov being the highlight. As a result Tsitsipas climbs up to world number three as he looks to build on his impressive start throughout the rest of the season. In other top ten changes, defending champion Nadal now drops four places to world number six while Daniil Medvedev leaves the world’s top ten and falls to number 12 in the rankings.

In other ranking rises and falls, Australian Open semi-finalist Khachanov climbed seven places to number 13 in the world while Tommy Paul climbs up 16 places to number 19 in the world after reaching the semis himself. Rising American star Ben Shelton also made a huge surge up the rankings as he climbed up 45 places to make his top 50 debut at number 44 in the world. However Matteo Berrettini will leave the world’s top 20 as he falls eight places down to 22 in the world.

In Brits news, Cameron Norrie is up one place to 11 in the world while Dan Evans remains at 30 in the world. Jack Draper fell down two places to 40 in the world while Andy Murray remains outside the world’s top 60 despite climbing up two places after marathon wins over Berrettini and Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Australian Open.

ATP

  1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 7,070
  2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) – 6,730
  3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) – 6,195
  4. Casper Ruud (NOR) – 5,765
  5. Andrey Rublev (RUS) – 4,200
  6. Rafael Nadal (ESP) – 3,815
  7. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) – 3,715
  8. Taylor Fritz (USA) – 3,410
  9. Holger Rune (DEN) – 3,046
  10. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) – 2,995

 

ATP Brits

  1. Cameron Norrie (11 in the world) – 2,760 points
  2. Dan Evans (30) – 1,380
  3. Jack Draper (40) – 1,024
  4. Andy Murray (64) – 815
  5. Ryan Peniston (154) – 376
  6. Liam Broady (178) – 338
  7. Paul Jubb (232) – 233
  8. Jan Choinski (259) – 214
  9. Alastair Gray (266) – 203
  10. Jay Clarke (298) – 173

 

 

WTA Rankings and Brits Top 10

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On the women’s side, it was all about Aryna Sabalenka as she powered her way to a first Grand Slam singles title. Although it was nervy and tense in the final against Elena Rybakina, the Belarusian held on to seal the biggest victory of her career. As a result Sabalenka has earned a career high ranking at world number two as she looks to keep contending for big titles on a consistent basis.

As for Rybakina, the Kazakh came up just short of a second Grand Slam title in six months as she narrowly lost the final. Despite the loss in the final, the Wimbledon champion managed to defeat fellow three Grand Slam champions en route to the final with Iga Swiatek, Jelena Ostapenko and Victoria Azarenka being unable to defeat the Kazakh. This run to the final means that Rybakina will make her top ten debut on Monday as she looks to continue to dominate the tour over the next year.

In other ranking moves, Magda Linette’s run to the semi-finals earned her a 23 place ranking rise to a new career high of world number 22. There was also a massive rise up the rankings for Donna Vekic after her run to the quarter-finals, the Croatian jumped up 30 places to number 34 in the world.

In terms of ranking falls, Madison Keys fell 11 places to 24 in the world while last year’s finalist Danielle Collins dropped 29 places to number 40 in the world. As for the Brits, Emma Raducanu’s second round exit to Coco Gauff means she stays at world number 77 while Harriet Dart dropped eight places to world number 104.

 

WTA

  1. Iga Swiatek (POL) – 10,485 points
  2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) – 6,100
  3. Ons Jabeur (TUN) – 5,210
  4. Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5,000
  5. Caroline Garcia (FRA) – 4,645
  6. Coco Gauff (USA) – 3,992
  7. Maria Sakkari (GRE) – 3,811
  8. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) – 3,380
  9. Belinda Bencic (SUI) – 2,905
  10. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) – 2,815

 

WTA Brits

  1. Emma Raducanu (77 in the world) – 784
  2. Harriet Dart (104) – 607
  3. Katie Boulter (121) – 541
  4. Jodie Burrage (126) – 526
  5. Katie Swan (137) – 462
  6. Heather Watson (160) – 389
  7. Yuriko Miyazaki (169) – 381
  8. Sonay Kartal (195) – 335
  9. Eden Silva (300) – 198
  10. Anna Brogan (354) – 153

 

 

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