Big Movers
It has been an impressive year so far for Shang, who is just 19-years-old and began the season ranked at No.183. After beating the likes of Kei Nishikori, Alexander Bublik and top seed Lorenzo Musetti in the final, Shang claimed his maiden ATP title.Shang is only the second Chinese man to achieve this, after Yibing Wu won the tournament in Dallas last year, and he is also the first player born in 2005 or later to win a main tour ATP title. As a result, Shang has risen another 15 places upto a career-high ranking of World No.52.US Open champion had never been away, beating Chinese No.1 Zhizhen Zhang to claim the 21st title of his decorated career.
This completes a historic week for Cilic, who began the tournament ranked as World No.777 and has now become the lowest ranked title winner in ATP history.
Cilic has subsequently made a colossal jump in the ATP rankings this week, climbing 565 places upto No.212, as he looks set to continue his comeback in Tokyo this week.
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ATP Rankings Top 20 (23/09/24)
Despite some significant changes in the ATP rankings this week, the top 20 has seen little movements:| Ranking | Player | Tournaments Played | Points |
| 1 | Jannik Sinner | 18 | 11,180 |
| 2 | Alexander Zverev | 23 | 6,875 |
| 3 | Carlos Alcaraz | 17 | 6,690 |
| 4 | Novak Djokovic | 18 | 5,560 |
| 5 | Daniil Medvedev | 18 | 5,475 |
| 6 | Andrey Rublev | 25 | 4,645 |
| 7 | Taylor Fritz | 22 | 4,060 |
| 8 | Hubert Hurkacz | 22 | 4,060 |
| 9 | Casper Ruud | 23 | 4,010 |
| 10 | Grigor Dimitrov | 20 | 3,920 |
| 11 | Alex de Minaur | 23 | 3,655 |
| 12 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 23 | 3,390 |
| 13 | Tommy Paul | 21 | 3,005 |
| 14 | Holger Rune | 25 | 2,780 |
| 15 | Frances Tiafoe ↑1 | 25 | 2,560 |
| 16 | Sebastian Korda ↓1 | 25 | 2,520 |
| 17 | Ben Shelton | 24 | 2,490 |
| 18 | Lorenzo Musetti ↑1 | 30 | 2,420 |
| 19 | Ugo Humbert ↓1 | 27 | 2,370 |
| 20 | Jack Draper | 23 | 2,315 |
Race to the ATP Finals in Turin (23/09/24)
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. With the Laver Cup not offering any ranking points, the top 10 in the race to the ATP Finals in Turin remains completely unchanged once again:1. Jannik Sinner – 9000 points (Qualified)2. Alexander Zverev – 6115 points (Qualified)3. Carlos Alcaraz – 6010 points (Qualified)
4. Daniil Medvedev – 4420 points 5. Taylor Fritz – 3890 points 6. Casper Ruud – 3795 points 7. Andrey Rublev – 3480 points 8. Alex de Minaur – 3305 points
9. Novak Djokovic – 3260 points 10. Grigor Dimitrov – 2835 points
Next week
The Asian swing steps up a gear this week, with ATP 500 events taking place in Beijing and Tokyo. Beijing sees World No.1 and defending championJannik Sinner play his first tournament since winning the US Open, with a strong lineup including Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov.
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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 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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