ATP Rankings (04/03/24): Humbert continues rise, Berrettini keeps falling
It has been a chaotic past week on the tour, with numerous players reaching their career-highs in the ATP rankings after ongoings in Dubai, Acapulco and Santiago.
Ugo Humbert continued his 100% record in ATP finals this week, after beating Alexander Bublik in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Top-15 debut for Ugo Humbert next week after his second ATP 500 title ????????#DDFTennis pic.twitter.com/2QrgudrOhW
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) March 2, 2024
As a result, both players are upto career-highs with Humbert at No.14 and Bublik entering the top 20 for the first time.
Dubai was not the only ATP 500 tournament taking place this week, with Alex de Minaur defending his title in Acapulco by beating Casper Ruud in the final.
Despite this, De Minaur has actually dropped a place in the rankings and has been leapfrogged by Ruud.
The final title winner of the week was Sebastian Baez, who is now on a nine-match winning streak after claiming titles in both Rio de Janeiro and Santiago.
Like Bublik, Baez is also making his top 20 debut this week, with the Argentine upto No.19 in the world.
2018 – With tournament victories in Rio de Janeiro and Santiago, Sebastian Baez is the first South American to claim ATP event titles in consecutive weeks since Juan Martin del Potro in 2018 (Acapulco, Indian Wells). Swing. #ChileOpen | @chile_open @sebaabaez7 @atptour pic.twitter.com/yz4gppynZk
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) March 4, 2024
Big Movers
Jack Draper is one of the biggest upward movers this week, after reaching his maiden ATP 500 semi-final in Acapulco.
Although the Brit retired from his semi-final due to feeling unwell, Draper has risen 13 places to a new career-high ranking of No.37.
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Jack is rewarded for his quality semi-final run in Acapulco!#BackTheBrits ???????? pic.twitter.com/k8IH11FD3d
— LTA (@the_LTA) March 4, 2024
Alejandro Tabilo also continued to impress after reaching his home final in Santiago, Chile, but could not go all the way after being beaten by the aforementioned Baez.
The Chilean has still climbed 12 places to break inside the top 40 for the first time in his career.
Other significant upward movers this week are Dominik Koepfer (+9 to No.49), Flavio Cobolli (+7 to No.62), Thiago Seyboth Wild (+8 to No.65), Yoshihito Nishioka (+10 to No.72), Luciano Darderi (+7 to No.73), Arthur Cazaux (+9 to No.77), Arthur Rinderknech (+7 to No.83), Pedro Martinez (+12 to No.89) and Corentin Moutet (+35 to No.105).
It was not a great week for everyone, with Matteo Berrettini continuing his tumble down the ATP rankings after more inactivity due to injury.
The Italian has fallen 29 places to No.154, but is set to return to the match court next week at a stacked Challenger event in Phoenix.
Italian gunners ????????
Berrettini ???? Sinner
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— We Are Tennis (@WeAreTennis) February 28, 2024
However, Berrettini is not on his own, with Lorenzo Sonego (-7 to No.55), Yannick Hanfmann (-8 to No.57), Mackenzie McDonald (-7 to No.68), Taro Daniel (-12 to No.76), Botic van de Zandschulp (-7 to No.82), Luca Van Assche (-14 to No.86), Alexandre Muller (-7 to No.88) and Denis Shapovalov (-11 to No.131) also doing so.
ATP Rankings Top 20 (04/03/24)
Here is the most recent update of the current top 20 ranked ATP players:
| Ranking | Player | Tournaments Played | Points |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | 18 | 9,675 |
| 2 | Carlos Alcaraz | 18 | 8,805 |
| 3 | Jannik Sinner | 20 | 8,270 |
| 4 | Daniil Medvedev | 19 | 7,715 |
| 5 | Andrey Rublev | 24 | 5,010 |
| 6 | Alexander Zverev | 26 | 4,950 |
| 7 | Holger Rune | 23 | 3,720 |
| 8 | Hubert Hurkacz | 24 | 3,405 |
| 9 | Casper Ruud | 24 | 3,405 |
| 10 | Alex de Minaur | 25 | 3,210 |
| 11 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 25 | 3,170 |
| 12 | Taylor Fritz | 25 | 3,015 |
| 13 | Grigor Dimitrov | 24 | 2,880 |
| 14 | Ugo Humbert | 29 | 2,415 |
| 15 | Karen Khachanov | 23 | 2,300 |
| 16 | Ben Shelton | 27 | 2,145 |
| 17 | Tommy Paul | 27 | 2,120 |
| 18 | Frances Tiafoe | 23 | 2,115 |
| 19 | Sebastian Baez | 30 | 1,985 |
| 20 | Alexander Bublik | 30 | 1,984 |
For a full list of the rankings, visit the official ATP website
Race to the ATP Finals in Turin (04/03/24)
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.
All three of the title winners this week are now in the top eight of the race to Turin, with Novak Djokovic on the brink of falling out:
1. Jannik Sinner – 2500 points
2. Daniil Medvedev – 1500 points
3. Alex de Minaur – 1295 points
4. Alexander Zverev – 1235 points
5. Andrey Rublev – 1000 points
6. Sebastian Baez – 1000 points
7. Ugo Humbert – 925 points
8. Novak Djokovic – 860 points
9. Hubert Hurkacz – 800 points
10. Alexander Bublik – 790 points
Next week
The next fortnight is all about Indian Wells, with both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both returning to action.
This is a dream flight to #TennisParadise ????
????: @DjokerNole | @RafaelNadal pic.twitter.com/jMQlnru2t1
— BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) February 23, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz is the defending champion in California, and will need to defend big points if he is to keep Jannik Sinner from overtaking him in the rankings.
Main draw action in the desert will begin on Wednesday 6th March, in the first part of the sunshine double.
READ MORE – Tennis on TV Next Week: How to watch Indian Wells!
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 US Open in 2023 will have 1200 points deducted from their ranking following the 2024 final. Those points would then be replaced by those won at the 2024 tournament.
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