Tennis

Shifts in the ATP rankings: changes in the top ten and the rise of Musetti

The men’s Roland Garros is over and the old champion Novak Djokovic has been crowned. He remains the world number one. Unlike the women, however, the top 10 has changed and as of Monday the top 10 has a new member.

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4 years ago

15. 6. 2021

Petr Hais

Shifts

Although only by one place, Stefanos Tsitsipas has moved up to the top position. The French Open finalist is at No. 4 in Monday’s edition of the rankings, replacing Dominic Thiem. The Greek tennis player reached the Grand Slam final for the first time, where he nearly defeated Novak Djokovic. He definitely asked for even more media attention.

Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut also returned to the top ten after a break, replacing Diego Schwartzman in 10th position. Among the other ten, Casper Ruud of Norway and Hubert Hurkacz also made it to the front. Chilean Christian Garin jumped to 19th place.

The one who certainly moved up the most in the top 100 is the young Italian Lorenzo Musetti. The player who almost sent home the world number one improved 15 places to the current 61st position by participating in the eighth round.

But he has done better in the 100. Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish comet of the season, moved up 19 places. The 18-year-old advanced from qualifying and reached the third round.

Falls

In the men’s category, unlike the women’s category, there was only one significant drop. Jordan Thompson took care of that, falling 17 places after dropping out in the first round of the French Open and the eighth round of the Stuttgart tournament played in the second week of the Paris Grand Slam. He is now ranked 81st.

Italy’s Stefano Travaglia also experienced a failed Roland Garros, with a first-round exit costing him 10 places in the end. The new Italian top eight is ranked 88th. The other drops in the rankings are minor, so let’s move on to the Czech representatives.

Czechs

In contrast to our female tennis players, the men are holding back a lot. Only Jiri Vesely has been in the world top 100 for a long time, and he is only ranked 73rd. The Czech number two is ranked 145th, where the young and promising Tomas Machac is still. The third Czech in the standings, the veteran Lukáš Rosol, is 194th.

Let’s see if some of the younger tennis players can find their way towards Grand Slams and higher ranks than those in the third and fourth 100. But talents like Jiri Lehecka or Jonáš Forejtek should start making their mark as soon as possible.

Rankings:

1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 12,113 points

2. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – 10,143 points

3. Rafael Nadal (Spain) – 8630 points

4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – 7980 points

5. Dominic Thiem (Austria) – 7425 points

6. Alexander Zverev (Germany) – 7350 points

7. Andrey Rubljov (Russia) – 5910 points

8. Roger Federer (Switzerland) – 5065 points

9. Matteo Berrettini (Italy) – 4103 points

10. Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) – 3170 points

73. Jiri Vesely – 954 points