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ATP Rankings (22/07/24): Rafael Nadal - Australian Open 2022 and Pedro Cachin - Wimbledon 2023
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ATP Rankings (22/07/24): Rafa rises, Cachin crashes


There were four different events taking place on the main tour this week, meaning that there have been some major shifts in the latest ATP rankings update. 

Sometimes the post-Wimbledon clay court swing can be a little bit lacklustre, but not this year with many top players using it in preparation for the upcoming Paris Olympics.

The biggest event that took place last week was in Hamburg, with Arthur Fils beating top seed and defending champion Alexander Zverev in a three set battle to claim the biggest title of his career.

As a result, the young Frenchman has climbed eight places to break inside the top 20 for the first time.

Big Movers

One of the other clay court events last week took place in Bastad, with Rafael Nadal reaching his first final since winning Roland Garros back in 2022.

However, it was Portuguese Nuno Borges who took home the title after winning in a straight sets victory, in what was only Nadal’s ninth clay court loss in 72 finals.

After claiming his maiden ATP title, Borges moved up to a career-high ranking of No.42.

Nadal has also fared well in the rankings this week, jumping a colossal 100 places to No.161 after playing only his sixth tournament of the year.

Last week, Matteo Berrettini suffered a significant rankings drop that saw him outside the top 80, but the Italian has bounced straight back with his ninth career title in Gstaad.

As a result, the 28-year-old is the biggest upward mover inside the top 100 this week after rising 32 places upto No.50.

Like the aforementioned Borges, Marcos Giron was another title debutant this week on the American grass of Newport, saving a championship point to beat compatriot Alex Michelsen in the final.

Giron is now also at a new career-high of No.38 after climbing eight spots in the ATP rankings.

Some of the other significant upward movers this week are Aleksandar Vukic (+5 to No.60), Fabio Fognini (+10 to No.60), Thiago Monteiro (+6 to No.79), Thiago Agustin Tirante (+20 to No.101), Christopher Eubanks (+23 to No.105), Duje Ajdukovic (+20 to No.110) and Quentin Halys (+67 to No.125).

It was a less successful week in the ATP rankings for both Adrian Mannarino and Pedro Cachin, who were defending their titles in Newport and Gstaad, respectively.

Mannarino has won only one of his last 13 matches, resulting in the Frenchman dropping seven places down to No.32.

It has also been a tough year for Cachin, whose Gstaad title defence came to an end in the first round against eventual champion Berrettini.

The Argentine has subsequently plummeted in the latest rankings update, falling a huge 78 places down to No.188.

Other players to suffer major drops this week include Sumit Nagal (-12 to No.80), Zizou Bergs (-14 to No.87), Hugo Gaston (-10 to No.91), Albert Ramos-Vinolas (-27 to No.124), Francesco Passaro (-16 to No.142) and Hamad Medjedovic (-22 to No.144).

ATP Rankings Top 20 (22/07/24)

Here is the current top 20 in the ATP rankings after last week’s action:

RankingPlayerTournaments PlayedPoints
1Jannik Sinner 189,570
2Novak Djokovic188,460
3Carlos Alcaraz178,130
4Alexander Zverev 257,295
5Daniil Medvedev 186,525
6Alex de Minaur 254,185
7Hubert Hurkacz 234,105
8Casper Ruud ↑1243,925
9Andrey Rublev ↓1243,830
10Grigor Dimitrov 213,770
11Taylor Fritz 243,705
12Stefanos Tsitsipas 243,705
13Tommy Paul 223,410
14Ben Shelton 252,750
15Ugo Humbert 292,450
16Holger Rune ↑1242,300
17Lorenzo Musetti ↓1302,265
18Sebastian Baez ↑1292,210
19Felix Auger-Aliassime ↓1252,115
20Arthur Fils ↑8271,925

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

Race to the ATP Finals in Turin (22/07/24)

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 last week’s action, the top 10 in the race to Turin remains completely unchanged with only Alexander Zverev, Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas competing.

1. Jannik Sinner – 6200 points

2.Carlos Alcaraz – 5950 points

3. Alexander Zverev – 5115 points

4. Daniil Medvedev – 4000 points

5. Casper Ruud – 3485 points

6. Novak Djokovic – 3160 points

7. Alex de Minaur – 2905 points

8. Stefanos Tsitsipas – 2665 points

9. Taylor Fritz – 2530 points

10. Tommy Paul – 2475 points

Next week

There is some final clay court action going on this week in Umag and Kitzbuhel, ahead of the Paris Olympics tennis events getting underway.

Umag has Andrey Rublev as the top seed, who is desperately searching for form after losing four consecutive matches, alongside Lorenzo Musetti and Francisco Cerundolo.

While Kitzbuhel sees defending champion Sebastian Baez as the top seed, Matteo Berrettini looking to go back-to-back and Dominic Thiem saying farewell to the tournament that he won back in 2019.

The American hardcourt swing also gets underway in Atlanta, featuring the likes of Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe.

READ MORE – Tennis on TV Next Week: How to watch ATP Atlanta, WTA Prague 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 categoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128Q
ATP Tour 
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 ‘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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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.