Big Movers
Tiafoe is one of a few players to have breakout weeks in Cincinnati, but it is actually Damir Dzumhur who is the biggest riser inside the top 100 this week. Dzumhur was not playing in Cincinnati this week, but after winning his fourth Challenger title of the year in Santo Domingo the 32-year-old Bosnian has been able to climb 19 places upto World No.81, his highest ranking since 2019.US Open after receiving a wildcard as a former champion.
Some of the other significant fallers this week include Alexei Popyrin (-5 to No.28), Dusan Lajovic (-12 to No.66), Emil Ruusuvuori (-10 to No.83), Constant Lestienne (-22 to No.110), Jesper De Jong (-27 to No.130), Leandro Riedi (-14 to No.131), Mackenzie McDonald (-21 to No.140), Emilio Nava (-28 to No.173), Dan Evans (-9 to No.187) and Benjamin Hassan (-29 to No.195).
ATP Rankings Top 20 (19/08/24)
Here is the current top 20 in the ATP rankings after last week’s action, with Jannik Sinner capitalising on dropped points for both Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz:| Ranking | Player | Tournaments Played | Points |
| 1 | Jannik Sinner | 18 | 9,410 |
| 2 | Novak Djokovic | 18 | 7,460 |
| 3 | Carlos Alcaraz | 17 | 7,360 |
| 4 | Alexander Zverev | 24 | 7.035 |
| 5 | Daniil Medvedev | 18 | 6,275 |
| 6 | Andrey Rublev | 25 | 4,805 |
| 7 | Hubert Hurkacz | 22 | 4,055 |
| 8 | Casper Ruud | 23 | 3,855 |
| 9 | Grigor Dimitrov | 21 | 3,655 |
| 10 | Alex de Minaur | 23 | 3,435 |
| 11 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 23 | 3,425 |
| 12 | Taylor Fritz | 22 | 3,120 |
| 13 | Ben Shelton ↑1 | 25 | 3,110 |
| 14 | Tommy Paul ↓1 | 21 | 2,985 |
| 15 | Holger Rune ↑1 | 24 | 2,780 |
| 16 | Sebastian Korda ↓1 | 26 | 2,585 |
| 17 | Ugo Humbert | 27 | 2,330 |
| 18 | Lorenzo Musetti | 30 | 2,255 |
| 19 | Felix Auger-Aliassime | 24 | 2,170 |
| 20 | Frances Tiafoe ↑7 | 25 | 2,120 |
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Race to the ATP Finals in Turin (19/08/24)
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 reaching his fifth final of the season, Jannik Sinner has become the first player to confirm their place in the ATP Finals in Turin later this year:1. Jannik Sinner – 7050 points (Qualified)2.Carlos Alcaraz – 5960 points 3. Alexander Zverev – 5715 points 4. Daniil Medvedev – 4020 points 5. Casper Ruud – 3595 points 6. Andrey Rublev (↑1) – 3280 points 7. Novak Djokovic (↓1) – 3160 points 8. Alex de Minaur – 2905 points
9. Stefanos Tsitsipas – 2725 points 10. Taylor Fritz – 2590 points
Next week
We are just one week away from the US Open main draw getting underway, which means that 128 players are competing to qualify for the New York major in the coming days. This includes former top 10 players Diego Schwartzman, Richard Gasquet and Lucas Pouille, as well as teenage sensation Joao Fonseca.READ MORE – Tennis on TV Next Week: How to watch US Open Qualifying, ATP Winston-Salem 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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