Here’s everything you need to know about the latest ATP Rankings published on August 21, 2023.
Novak Djokovic finished at number 1 in the world. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the latest ATP Rankings published on Monday.
world number 2 Djokovic saved a match point before beating Alcaraz 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(4) to win his third Cincinnati Open title and 39th Masters 1000 title overall, shortening the gap between the two players to only 20 points. Since the 20-year-old Spaniard will be the defending champion of the US Open starting on August 28, he will not be able to win any points.
On the other hand. Djokovic, who missed last year’s Major in New York due to the US ban on unvaccinated international travelers from COVID-19, needed only to win his first match to reclaim his number one spot.
Elsewhere in the top 10, Denmark’s Holger Rune has moved up a notch to a new career high of four even though he’s retired in the second round in Cincinnati since last year’s runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas lost in the 16th round. The Greek player slipped three places to seventh.
| Top 10 ATP |
| (ESP) Carlos Alcaraz – 9815 points |
| (SRB) Novak Djokovic – 9795 points |
| (Russia) Daniil Medvedev – 6260 points |
| (DEN) Holger Rune – 4790 points |
| (NO) Casper Ruud – 4715 points |
| (ITA) Jannik Sinner – 4645 points |
| (GRE) Stefanos Tsitsipas – 4580 points |
| (Russia) Andrey Rublev – 4515 points |
| (US) Taylor Fritz – 3605 points |
| (USA) Frances Tiafoe – 3050 points |
Tsitsipas’ slip coupled with a second-round loss by Italy’s Jannik Sinner gave Norway’s Casper Ruud promotion. Like Sinner, Ruud lost in the 2nd round at Cincinnati but failed to defend any points so he rose 2 places to become the world No 1. 5.
Germany’s Alexander Zverev, the 2021 title winner, lost to Djokovic in this year’s semi-finals. However, he rose five places to 12th. Another semi-final loser – Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz – also rose three places to 17th.
Croatia’s Borna Coric, the defending champion, was knocked out by Hurkacz in the second round and dropped 13 places to 29th as a result.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21st), Nicolas Jarry (24th), Mackenzie McDonald (39th), Alexei Popyrin (40th), Max Purcell (47th), Luca Van Assche (65th), Alexander Shevchenko (84th) , Yosuke Watanuki (88th) and Facundo Diaz Acosta (93rd) are the other Top 100 players who have reached new career highs this week.
America’s Tommy Paul beat world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz on his way to the semi-finals in Toronto and thus secured a spot to move up to 13th, a new career high. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the other player to lose the semi-final at the Canadian Open, also rose 14 places to become world No. 23, the best ranking of his career.
Elsewhere in the Top 100, Tallon Greek trail (25th), McDonald’s (43rd), Aleksandar Vukic (48th), Matteo Arnaldi (61st), Fabian Marozsan (82nd) and Yosuke Watanuki (90th) also achieve a new high in career .
INDIAN
doubles
Rohan Bopanna – 14 (down one step)
Yuki Bhambri – 64 (sliding two places)
Saketh Myneni – 77
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan – 90 (down two steps)
Anirudh Chandrasekar – 92 (7 ranks up)
N. Sriram Balaji – 94 (down one step)
N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth – 106 (up 2 ranks)
Arjun Kadhe – 116 (up 1 rank)
Purav Raja – 159 (1st slide)
Divij Sharan – 179 (up three ranks)
Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli – 186 (up 1 rank)
Ramkumar Ramanathan – 194 (up two ranks)
Single
Sumit Nagal – 190 (up 1 rank)
Mukund Sasikumar – 354 (down one step)
Prajnesh Gunneswaran – 520 (down three ranks)
Digvijaypratap Singh – 552 (up three places)
Ramkumar Ramanathan – 578 (sliding two steps)
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