ATP Rankings (17/06/24): New British No.1 crowned, as another keeps falling
The first week of main tour grass court action is over, with a new name in the winner’s circle enabling a new British No.1 in the ATP rankings.
At the Stuttgart Open, Jack Draper claimed his first tour title after fighting back to beat Matteo Berrettini in the final.
A special Sunday for British tennis ✨????@jackdraper0 & @katiecboulter became the first British man & woman to win Tour titles on the same day since Roger Taylor & Ann Jones on April 18, 1971 ???????? pic.twitter.com/zCRlzUt703
— LTA (@the_LTA) June 17, 2024
It was third time lucky for Draper, who had lost his two previous main tour finals on the hard courts of Sofia and Adelaide.
As a result of his victory, Draper has risen nine places to a new career-high ranking of world No.31, overtaking Cameron Norrie to become British No.1 for the first time. The 22-year-old is the youngest man to become British No.1 since Andy Murray in 2009.
The new British No.1: @jackdraper0 ????#BackTheBrits ???????? pic.twitter.com/LnXhGmWrHp
— LTA (@the_LTA) June 17, 2024
The other main tour winner of the week was a more familiar face in Alex de Minaur, who claimed his ninth ATP title at the tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
De Minaur is also now at a career-high ranking of No.7, leapfrogging Casper Ruud and Hubert Hurkacz.
Big Movers
Although he was beaten in the Stuttgart Open final, the aforementioned Berrettini is the biggest upward mover of the week inside the top 100.
It was only the Italian’s fifth tournament of the year, having struggled with injuries and illness.
But when on the matchcourt, Berrettini has thrived having reached finals in Phoenix and Stuttgart, as well as winning the title on the clay of Marrakech.
Consequently, Berrettini has now climbed another 30 places upto world No.65, as he looks a real threat once again ahead of Wimbledon.
It was also a positive week for Brandon Nakashima, who reached his first main tour grass court semi-final in Stuttgart before being beaten by eventual champion Draper.
The American has now risen another seven spots up the rankings to No.63.
While the grass court season is now underway, there were also some ATP Challenger events taking place on clay, with both Luciano Darderi (+7 to No.34) and Hugo Gaston (+13 to No.69) taking advantage after winning the titles in Perugia and Lyon, respectively.
Another trophy lift ???? ????@Lucianodarderi_ becomes the third player to win a title on both the ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour this year!#ATPChallenger | @atptour pic.twitter.com/9Wgue2JIyz
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) June 16, 2024
Some of the other significant upward movers in the ATP rankings this week include Sumit Nagal (+6 to No.71), Aleksandar Vukic (+7 to No.80), Daniel Altmaier (+7 to No.82), James Duckworth (+13 to No.88), Denis Shapovalov (+6 to No.111), Hamad Medjedovic (+11 to No.120), Juan Manuel Cerundolo (+27 to No.154), Billy Harris (+21 to No.162) and Gijs Brouwer (+41 to No.191).
It was another poor week for Andy Murray, who exited the first round of the Stuttgart Open after a straight sets defeat to Marcos Giron.
Giron comes through ????@marcos_giron93 takes out Murray 6-3 6-4 in Sttutgart!@boss__open | #BOSSOPEN pic.twitter.com/YqfTxSKDoT
— ATP Tour (@atptour) June 11, 2024
As a result, the Brit has dropped his points from winning the Nottingham Challenger title last year and fallen a further 32 places to exit the top 100 for the first time since 2022 (No.129).
However, Murray was not the only big faller of the week, with Jan-Lennard Struff (-6 to No.41), Jordan Thompson (-6 to No.43), Marton Fucsovics (-13 to No.68), Christopher O’Connell (-7 to No.75), Emil Ruusuvuori (-15 to No.87), Arthur Cazaux (-15 to No.90), Rinky Hijikata (-18 to No.98), Richard Gasquet (-7 to No.123) and Felipe Meligeni Alves (-21 to No.149) also slipping down the rankings.
ATP Rankings Top 20 (17/06/24)
Here is the current top 20 in the ATP rankings after the first week of grass court action:
| Ranking | Player | Tournaments Played | Points |
| 1 | Jannik Sinner | 18 | 9,480 |
| 2 | Carlos Alcaraz | 17 | 8,580 |
| 3 | Novak Djokovic | 18 | 8,360 |
| 4 | Alexander Zverev | 25 | 6,885 |
| 5 | Daniil Medvedev | 18 | 6,485 |
| 6 | Andrey Rublev | 24 | 4,710 |
| 7 | Alex de Minaur ↑2 | 25 | 4,085 |
| 8 | Casper Ruud ↓1 | 24 | 4,025 |
| 9 | Hubert Hurkacz ↓1 | 23 | 3,950 |
| 10 | Grigor Dimitrov | 21 | 3,775 |
| 11 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 24 | 3,740 |
| 12 | Taylor Fritz | 24 | 3,090 |
| 13 | Tommy Paul | 24 | 2,750 |
| 14 | Ben Shelton | 25 | 2,590 |
| 15 | Holger Rune | 23 | 2,540 |
| 16 | Ugo Humbert | 28 | 2,300 |
| 17 | Alexander Bublik | 27 | 2,180 |
| 18 | Felix Auger-Aliassime | 23 | 2,075 |
| 19 | Sebastian Baez | 28 | 2,030 |
| 20 | Nicolas Jarry | 24 | 1,905 |
For a full list of the rankings, visit the official ATP website
Race to the ATP Finals in Turin (17/06/24)
The ATP Finals are a highly anticipated event that take place at the end of each year, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams from the tennis season.
After winning his second grass court title, Alex de Minaur has put himself in an even stronger position in the race to Turin:
1. Jannik Sinner – 5300 points
2. Alexander Zverev – 4385 points
3. Carlos Alcaraz – 3900 points
4. Casper Ruud – 3435 points
5. Daniil Medvedev – 3150 points
6. Alex de Minaur (↑1) – 2505 points
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas (↓1) – 2465 points
8. Andrey Rublev – 2220 points
9. Grigor Dimitrov – 2075 points
10. Novak Djokovic – 1860 points
Next week
The grass court season is getting even stronger this week, with two ATP 500 events taking place this week in Halle and at the iconic Queen’s Club.
Queen’s sees Carlos Alcaraz return after his Roland Garros triumph, looking to defend his title from the likes of De Minaur, Grigor Dimitrov and Taylor Fritz.
Our defending champion in back ????@carlosalcaraz | #cinchChampionships pic.twitter.com/BBflmr48dK
— cinch Championships (@QueensTennis) June 15, 2024
There are also plenty of Brits in action, with Draper looking to continue his momentum on from Stuttgart and Murray set to say farewell to the tournament where he is a record five-time singles champion.
In Halle, Jannik Sinner is the top seed in his first tournament since becoming world No.1.
World number 1 getting his grass season underway in Halle ????????????@janniksin @ATPHalle #TerraWortmannOpen pic.twitter.com/wvol65PTWw
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 15, 2024
However, the Italian will also face some tough competition from the likes of Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and defending champion Alexander Bublik.
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ATP Rankings rules
ATP rankings track and rank all the players on tour over a 52-week period. Points are awarded for performance, with the biggest tournaments giving out the most points over the course of the year.
Those rankings are then used to determine a number of things, such as seedings at tournaments and deciding who qualifies for the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin.
ATP rankings points awarded/tournament
The following points are awarded for the different tiers of tournaments on the ATP Tour, with some slight alterations made for the 2024 season:
| Tournament category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q |
| ATP Tour | |||||||||
| Grand Slam | 2000 | 1300 | 800 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 10 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATP Finals | +900 (1500 max) | +400 (1000 max) | 200 for each round robin match win (600 max) | ||||||
| ATP Masters 1000 | 1000 | 650 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 10 (30) | (10) | 30 (20) |
| ATP 500 | 500 | 330 | 200 | 100 | 50 | (25) | 25 (16) | ||
| ATP 250 | 250 | 165 | 100 | 50 | 25 | (13) | 13 (8) | ||
Admissible tournaments
To prevent players from manipulating the rankings by playing a large amount of smaller tournaments, only 19 tournaments are admissible over the course of the year to make up a ranking.
That number does not include the ATP Finals, with that treated as an extra earned opportunity to win rankings points. However, the bigger and most prestigious tournaments are considered ‘mandatory’ entries. For example, if a player lost in round one of a Grand Slam, they would not be permitted to omit it from their ranking in favour of an ATP 250 which earned them more points.
Therefore, players who compete at all the mandatory events in a season will have the following breakdown of admissible rankings points:
- 4 Grand Slams
- 8 Masters 1000
- 7 ‘Best Other’ performances
The rankings always cover the previous 52-week period, so any points won further back than that are deducted from a player’s total. That player will, though, have the chance to ‘defend’ their points by repeating or improving upon their previous performance.
An example would be a player who was a defeated finalist at the Australian Open in 2024 will have 1300 points deducted from their ranking following the 2025 final. Those points would then be replaced by those won at the 2025 tournament.
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