ATP Rankings (09/09/24): Taylor Fritz rewarded for first major final, while Ben Shelton slips up
The US Open has provided some big twists and turns, with the latest ATP rankings update reflecting the past fortnights action.
Jannik Sinner completed the hard court Grand Slam double last night, after becoming the first Italian men’s singles player to win the US Open title.
The World No.1 beat Taylor Fritz in the final, who also made history as first the American man to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Andy Roddick in 2009.
As a result, Fritz has climbed five places to World No.7, his highest ranking since February 2023.
Big Movers
Despite only reaching the third round of the US Open, Argentinian Francisco Comesana is the biggest upward mover inside the top 100.
Comesana beat 17th seed Ugo Humbert on his debut appearance at the New York major, and has consequently risen 17 places back inside the top 100 at No.91.
Frances Tiafoe continued his recent form after reaching the Cincinnati final, before going to match his best result at the US Open making the semi-finals.
The 26-year-old is now back up at World No.16, with only 110 points dropping from his ranking until the end of the year.
There was also some British success at the US Open this year, with Jack Draper reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final.
Draper has been rewarded for his success, climbing five places to break inside the top 20 for the first time in his career.
Couch *
— jack draper (@jackdraper0) September 9, 2024
Some of the other significant upward movers are Brandon Nakashima (+10 to No.40), David Goffin (+14 to No.64), Jaume Munar (+10 to No.74), Gabriel Diallo (+40 to No.103), Duje Ajdukovic (+29 to No.105), Quentin Halys (+12 to No.107), Otto Virtanen (+16 to No.109), Francesco Passaro (+19 to No.126), Richard Gasquet (+8 to No.128), Mitchell Krueger (+37 to No.142) and Jan Choinski (+100 to No.176).
There have also been some heavy drops as well, with Novak Djokovic losing 1900 points from his rankings after suffering a shock third round defeat at the US Open.
Djokovic has fallen down to World No.4 and is now 5,520 points off the top spot held by Jannik Sinner.
Ben Shelton is another one to have lost a lot of points from success at last year’s US Open, where he was a semi-finalist.
The American has slipped down to World No.17 after falling four places, and will need to have an impressive Asian swing with more big points to defend.
Other heavy fallers this week include Hugo Gaston (-12 to No.75), Rinky Hijikata (-15 to No.77), Fabio Fognini (-9 to No.80), Sumit Nagal (-9 to No.82), Thiago Seyboth Wild (-30 to No.98), Lloyd Harris (-11 to No.114), Aslan Karatsev (-17 to No.116), Chris Eubanks (-11 to No.117) and Laslo Djere (-10 to No.119).
ATP Rankings Top 20 (09/09/24)
Here is the current top 20 in the ATP rankings after last week’s action, with Jannik Sinner head and shoulders above the rest of the field after his second Grand Slam title win:
| Ranking | Player | Tournaments Played | Points |
| 1 | Jannik Sinner | 18 | 11,180 |
| 2 | Alexander Zverev ↑2 | 24 | 7,075 |
| 3 | Carlos Alcaraz | 17 | 6,690 |
| 4 | Novak Djokovic ↓2 | 18 | 5,560 |
| 5 | Daniil Medvedev | 18 | 5,475 |
| 6 | Andrey Rublev | 25 | 4,645 |
| 7 | Taylor Fritz ↑5 | 22 | 4,060 |
| 8 | Hubert Hurkacz ↓1 | 22 | 4,060 |
| 9 | Casper Ruud ↓1 | 23 | 4,010 |
| 10 | Grigor Dimitrov ↓1 | 21 | 3,965 |
| 11 | Alex de Minaur ↓1 | 23 | 3,655 |
| 12 | Stefanos Tsitsipas ↓1 | 23 | 3,390 |
| 13 | Tommy Paul ↑1 | 21 | 3,005 |
| 14 | Holger Rune ↑1 | 24 | 2,780 |
| 15 | Sebastian Korda ↑1 | 25 | 2,585 |
| 16 | Frances Tiafoe ↑4 | 25 | 2,560 |
| 17 | Ben Shelton ↓4 | 25 | 2,490 |
| 18 | Ugo Humbert ↓1 | 27 | 2,370 |
| 19 | Lorenzo Musetti ↓1 | 30 | 2,345 |
| 20 | Jack Draper ↑5 | 23 | 2,315 |
For a full list of the rankings, visit the official ATP website
Race to the ATP Finals in Turin (09/09/24)
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.
Jannik Sinner has now been joined by Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz as the first three qualifiers for the ATP Finals in Turin, with Novak Djokovic slipping outside the top eight:
1. Jannik Sinner – 9000 points (Qualified)
2. Alexander Zverev (↑1) – 6115 points (Qualified)
3. Carlos Alcaraz (↓1) – 6010 points (Qualified)
4. Daniil Medvedev – 4420 points
5. Taylor Fritz (↑5) – 3890 points
6. Casper Ruud (↓1) – 3795 points
7. Andrey Rublev (↓1) – 3480 points
8. Alex de Minaur – 3305 points
9. Novak Djokovic (↓2) – 3260 points
10. Grigor Dimitrov (↑5) – 2835 points
Next week
There are actually no main tour events on this week, with the Davis Cup Finals Group Stage taking priority.
Some of the stars set to be involved in Davis Cup action include Carlos Alcaraz, Jack Draper, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Matteo Berrettini.
The stages are set 🔒
Group A, Bologna 🇮🇹
Group B, Valencia 🇪🇸
Group C, Zhuhai 🇨🇳
Group D, Manchester 🇬🇧#DavisCup pic.twitter.com/zYm8brLYGb— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) September 9, 2024
Despite Serbia not qualifying for the Davis Cup Finals, this week will also see Novak Djokovic return to action for his nation as they play Stefanos Tsitsipas’ Greece in a bid to return to the World Group.
There are not any ranking points on offer at the Davis Cup, but there will be opportunities for players competing at Challenger events in Szczecin (Poland), Guangzhou (China), Rennes (Bulgaria), Las Vegas (USA) and Dobrich (Bulgaria).
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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