Big Movers
Despite Sinner being the champion this week, the biggest upward mover inside the top 100 is actually 19-year-old Jakub Mensik. After beating the likes of Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov, Mensik was able to reach his first Masters 1000 quarter-final in Shanghai. As a result, Mensik has risen 14 places upto a career-high ranking of World No.51, as he continues his impressive debut season on the main ATP Tour.Another Czech man in Tomas Machac has also achieved his best Masters 1000 result in Shanghai, beatingCarlos Alcaraz to reach the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Sinner.
This has enabled Machac to break inside the top 25 for the first time in his career after climbing eight places this week.While the Shanghai Masters have taken most of the headlines over the past fortnight, the ATP Challenger Tour has also had quite the impact in this latest rankings update.
One of those players to have found success on this circuit is former top 10 player Lucas Pouille, who claimed the title in the French commune of Mouilleron-Le-Captif after beating compatriot Quentin Halys in the final.
Pouille began the year ranked outside the top 300, but is now on the brink of a return to the top 100 (currently ranked No.101) after a three-year hiatus following his recent success.
ATP Rankings Top 20 (14/10/24)
Here is the latest update of the top 20 in the ATP rankings, with Jannik Sinner now a huge 4,800 points ahead of World No.2 Carlos Alcaraz:| Ranking | Player | Tournaments Played | Points |
| 1 | Jannik Sinner | 18 | 11,920 |
| 2 | Carlos Alcaraz | 17 | 7,120 |
| 3 | Alexander Zverev | 22 | 6,795 |
| 4 | Novak Djokovic | 20 | 6,210 |
| 5 | Daniil Medvedev | 18 | 5,530 |
| 6 | Taylor Fritz ↑1 | 23 | 4,415 |
| 7 | Andrey Rublev ↓1 | 25 | 4,110 |
| 8 | Casper Ruud ↑1 | 23 | 3,885 |
| 9 | Alex de Minaur ↑2 | 22 | 3,610 |
| 10 | Grigor Dimitrov | 19 | 3,580 |
| 11 | Stefanos Tsitsipas ↑1 | 23 | 3,445 |
| 12 | Hubert Hurkacz ↓4 | 23 | 3,060 |
| 13 | Tommy Paul | 21 | 3,055 |
| 14 | Holger Rune | 25 | 2,985 |
| 15 | Frances Tiafoe ↑2 | 25 | 2,600 |
| 16 | Ugo Humbert ↓1 | 27 | 2,515 |
| 17 | Ben Shelton ↓1 | 26 | 2,500 |
| 18 | Lorenzo Musetti | 30 | 2,425 |
| 19 | Jack Draper ↑1 | 23 | 2,320 |
| 20 | Arthur Fils ↑1 | 27 | 2,215 |
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Race to the ATP Finals in Turin (14/10/24)
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. Despite losing the Shanghai Masters final to Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic has now climbed back inside those all-important top eight spots in the race to Turin:1. Jannik Sinner – 10,330 points (Qualified)2. Carlos Alcaraz – 6,710 points (Qualified)3. Alexander Zverev – 6,215 points (Qualified)
4. Daniil Medvedev – 4,820 points 5. Taylor Fritz – 4,290 points 6. Novak Djokovic (↑3) – 3,910 points7. Casper Ruud (↓1) – 3,805 points8. Andrey Rublev (↓1) – 3,580 points
9. Alex de Minaur (↓1) – 3305 points 10. Grigor Dimitrov – 2,935 points
Next week
As the main ATP Tour now transitions away from the Asian swing and moves to the European hard courts, there are three 250 level events taking place this week in Antwerp, Stockholm and Almaty. Antwerp features the returning Alex de Minaur as the top seed, alongside Stefanos Tsitsipas, former champion Felix Auger-Aliassime and Sebastian Baez. While Stockholm hosts the likes of Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud, Grigor Dimitrov and Tommy Paul, and the relocated tournament in Almaty sees Frances Tiafoe, Alejandro Tabilo, Karen Khachanov, Francisco Cerundolo and Tomas Machac as some of the top seeds.READ MORE – Tennis on TV Next Week: How you can watch WTA Ningbo, ATP Antwerp and much more!
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
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