The South Tyrolean is ahead of everyone also for the computer, even Alcaraz overtakes Djokovic. Among women, Paolini rises to 7th place
After the Race to Turin, the ranking that takes into consideration only the seasonal results, Jannik Sinner officially rises to the top also ATP ranking, the ranking based on the results of the last 52 weeks. He is the first Italian to reach first position in the world rankings in the history of men’s tennis. The Italian is the 29th number 1 in the world since the computerized ranking existed, introduced in 1973. Sinner started 2024 as number 4. He triumphed at the Australian Open, the first Italian in the tournament’s roll of honor and the first blue to win a Slam in men’s singles since 1976, and at the Masters 1000 in Miami. In this category of tournaments he also boasts two semi-finals in Indian Wells and Monte-Carlo. In the women’s field, great leap forward Jasmine Paoliniwhich thanks to the Paris final rose to seventh place in the Wta rankings.
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ATP RANKING
If we look at the last 52 weeks, the period to which the valid rankings refer, the historic final at Nitto ATP Finals, the first for an Italian in the history of the tournament; his first Masters 1000 won last August in Toronto; the titles in the ATP 500 in Beijing, Vienna (2023) and Rotterdam (2024).
Sinner is the second player born in the 2000s to reach the top of the rankings afterwards Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Sinner in the semifinals at Roland Garros. In the final he defeated Alexander Zverev in five sets and became the youngest player with at least three Slams under his belt on three different surfaces. Novak Djokovic therefore slips to third place, having reached 429 weeks in his career as world number 1. There is a lot of Italy celebrating, in addition to Sinner, this week. Among the top 20 Italians in this week’s ATP rankings, five have obtained the new best ranking. In order of ranking, they are Matteo Arnaldi (34, +1) beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas in his second career Slam round of 16 final; Flavio Cobolli (50, +3) who enters the Top 50 for the first time; Stefano Napolitano (122, +3) despite being eliminated in the second round at the Roland Garros qualifiers; Matteo Gigante (131, +7) beaten in the third qualifying round at Roland Garros; and Enrico Della Valle, who entered the Top 250 for the first time (249, +5).
This is the top ten of the ATP ranking: 1 Jannik Sinner (Ita) 9.525; 2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) 8,580; 3. Novak Djokovic (Srn) 8,360; 4. Alexander Zverev (Ger) 6,885; 5. Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 6,485; 6. Andrey Rublev (Rus) 4,710; 7. Casper Ruud (Nor) 4,025; 8. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 3,995; 9. Alex de Minaur (Aus) 3,845; 10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 3,775.
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Iga Swiatek defeats Jasmine Paolini in the final and wins her 4th Roland Garros
WTA RANKINGS
This week too, there are still five Italians in the top hundred of the WTA rankings. Italian leader is confirmed by Jasmine Paolini who, thanks to her first Slam final reached on the clay of Roland Garros (stopped by Swiatek), gains eight positions and enters the world elite for the first time, taking a seat in seat number 7 for a ‘best stellar ranking. The 28 year old from Bagni di Lucca thus becomes the fifth Italian player ever to reach this high in the ranking after Schiavone (n.4), Errani (n.5), Pennetta (n.6) e Win (n.7). Behind him, thanks to the first round of 16 in a Major obtained on French soil, Elisabetta Cocciaretto also gains eight positions, now number 43, while Lucia Bronzetti, number 68, takes another two steps back. The second round in Paris, starting from the qualifiers, allows Sara Errani to move up seven steps: the Italian veteran, who has returned to the top hundred for the umpteenth time, is now number 88 and overtakes Martina Trevisan, number 90. A very Italian new entry and several variations after the second Slam of 2024 in the top ten in the ranking, always led by Iga Swiatek: the 23-year-old from Warsaw is in command for the 107th week overall (the 32nd in a row). The Pole, who triumphed in Paris for the fourth time, the third in a row, maintains a huge advantage, 3,707 points, over the American Coco Gauffsemi-finalist at Roland Garros, who achieved the ‘best ranking’ by overtaking the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who took the third step of the podium, now 200 points behind.
Also in fourth place is the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, ahead of the other American Jessica Pegula, forced to withdraw from the French Major. Czech Marketa Vondrousova came sixth. Behind Paolini, in eighth place, there is still the Chinese Qinwen Zheng – the second tennis player from her country to reach the world elite after Li Na – who precedes the Greek Maria Sakkari, immediately out in Paris, who takes two steps back and it’s ninth. Closing the world elite is the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, tenth, also with one position less than the previous ranking. The American Danielle Collins abandons the top ten, at least for the moment, and slips to eleventh position.
This is the top ten of the WTA ranking: 1. Iga Swiatek (Pol) 11,695 points; 2. Coco Gauff (USA) 7,988; 3. Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 7,788; 4. Elena Rybakina (Kaz) 5,973; 5. Jessica Pegula (USA) 4,625; 6. Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) 4,503; 7. Jasmine Paolini 4,068; 8. Qinwen Zheng (Chn) 4.005; 9. Maria Sakkari (Gre) 3,980; 10. Ons Jabeur (Tun) 3,748.
