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ATP Rankings (28/10/24): Jack Draper - US Open 2024, Felix Auger-Aliassime - Cincinnati Open 2024
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ATP Rankings (28/10/24): Draper reaches new high, Felix falls


After the latest ongoings in Vienna and Basel, the ATP rankings have been shaken up with some new career-highs and significant lows.

Both main tournaments were at ATP 500 level, with Jack Draper and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard both claiming the biggest titles of their career in Vienna and Basel, respectively.

Draper beat the in-form Karen Khachanov in the final, and has consequently risen three places to reach a career-high ranking of World No.15 to continue his breakout season.

Big Movers

Mpetshi Perricard triumphed in Basel after hitting a total of 109 aces across five matches, climaxing in a straight sets final victory over Ben Shelton.

This is the biggest title of the 21-year-old Frenchman’s career, and as a result he is the biggest upward mover inside the top 100 this week, climbing 19 places upto No.31.

Mpetshi Perricard has no more points to defend for the rest of this year, meaning that he is almost guaranteed to be seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time at the Australian Open in January.

The only player to take a set off Mpetshi Perricard in Basel was Denis Shapovalov, who has continued his ascend up the rankings after an upturn in form.

Shapovalov is a former top 10 player, but was ranked as low as No.140 just three months ago.

However, the Canadian is now making his way back up the rankings at No.80 after rising another 15 places this week.

The ATP Challenger scene has also played an impact on the rankings this week, with Finn Otto Virtanen claiming his third title of the year in Brest, France.

Virtanen ended the 14-match winning streak of Benjamin Bonzi in the final, saving three championship points in the process.

As a result, Virtanen has jumped up 18 places to make his top 100 debut at World No.96.

Some of the other significant upward movers this week include Ben Shelton (+4 to No.19), Karen Khachanov (+3 to No.21), Matteo Berrettini (+5 to No.36), Rinky Hijikata (+7 to No.76), Taro Daniel (+11 to No.78), Adam Walton (+11 to No.92), Chun-Hsin Tseng (+10 to No.115), Jaime Faria (+24 to No.120), Stan Wawrinka (+20 to No.149), Felipe Meligeni Alves (+17 to No.150), Gustavo Heide (+11 to No.166), Alibek Kachmazov (+13 to No.186).

It was a less successful week for Felix Auger-Aliassime, who came into Basel as the two-time defending champion.

Auger-Aliassime was beaten in the second round by eventual champion Mpetshi Perricard, and has consequently lost 450 points to drop eight places down to World No.27.

And the Canadian cannot make those points up this week, after withdrawing from the Paris Masters due to a back injury.

Other players to have suffered sizeable drops this week include James Duckworth (-8 to No.77), Hugo Gaston (-8 to No.81), Hugo Dellien (-15 to No.122), Lukas Klein (-14 to No.146), Coleman Wong (-12 to No.157), Maks Kasnikowski (-13 to No.181) and Constant Lestienne (-15 to No.196)

ATP Rankings Top 20 (28/10/24)

Here is the latest update of the top 20 in the ATP rankings, with Jannik Sinner dropping 500 points after electing to skip defending the Vienna Open title:

RankingPlayerTournaments PlayedPoints
1Jannik SinnerĀ 1711,420
2Carlos AlcarazĀ 187,120
3Alexander ZverevĀ 216,805
4Novak DjokovicĀ 196,210
5Daniil MedvedevĀ 175,230
6Taylor FritzĀ 214,335
7Andrey RublevĀ 264,070
8 Casper RuudĀ 233,855
9Grigor Dimitrov203,740
10Alex de MinaurĀ 223,725
11Stefanos Tsitsipas233,325
12Tommy PaulĀ 213,180
13Holger Rune ā†‘1243,005
14Hubert Hurkacz ā†“1212,810
15Jack Draper ā†‘3232,800
16Lorenzo Musetti ā†‘1302,600
17Frances Tiafoe ā†“2262,585
18Ugo Humbert ā†“2272,385
19Ben Shelton ā†‘4252,330
20Arthur Fils262,265

For a full list of the rankings, visit theĀ official ATP website

Race to the ATP Finals in Turin (28/10/24)

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.

Half of the singles lineup for Turin is now complete, with Daniil Medvedev confirming his qualification for a sixth consecutive year:

1. Jannik Sinner – 10,330 points (Qualified)

2. Carlos Alcaraz – 6,710 points (Qualified)

3. Alexander Zverev – 6,315 points (Qualified)

4. Daniil Medvedev – 4,820 points (Qualified)

5. Taylor Fritz – 4,290 points

6. Novak Djokovic – 3,910 points

7. Casper Ruud – 3,845 points

8. Andrey RublevĀ – 3,710 points

9. Alex de MinaurĀ – 3545 points

10. Grigor Dimitrov (ā†‘1) – 3,140 points

Next week

Most of the attention this week will be on the final Masters 1000 event of the year in Paris, featuring Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz as the top two seeds.

Record seven-time champion Novak Djokovic has elected not to defend his title this year, but there are still three former Paris Masters winners in Daniil Medvedev, Holger Rune and Karen Khachanov hoping to repeat previous triumphs.

There are also six ATP Challenger events this week in Bratislava (Slovakia), Seoul (South Korea), Charlottesville (USA), Sydney (Australia), Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Brazzaville (Congo).

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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 categoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128Q
ATP TourĀ 
Grand Slam20001300800400200100501030
ATP Finals+900
(1500 max)		+400
(1000 max)		200 for each round robin match win
(600 max)
ATP Masters 100010006504002001005010 (30)(10)30 (20)
ATP 50050033020010050(25)25 (16)
ATP 2502501651005025(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 ā€˜mandatoryā€™ 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 ā€˜Best Otherā€™ performances

The rankings always cover the previous 52-week period, so any points won further back than that are deducted from a playerā€™s total. That player will, though, have the chance to ā€˜defendā€™ 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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Matthew Johns, Tennishead Writer, is a professional tennis journalist with a specialist degree in Sports Journalism. He's a keen tennis player having represented his local club and University plus he's also a qualified tennis coach. Matthew has a deep knowledge of tennis especially the ATP Tour and thrives on breaking big tennis news stories for Tennishead.