Big Movers
There were two other main ATP Tour events taking place last week in Atlanta and Umag, with Yoshihito Nishioka and Francisco Cerundolo the respective champions. As a consequence of Nishioka winning his first title since 2022 after beating Jordan Thompson, he is the biggest upward mover inside the top 100 this week after climbing 36 places upto No.50.Cerundolo was the other title winner this week after beating Lorenzo Musetti in the final, with the Argentine now moving back towards his previous career-high after jumping up 11 spots to No.26.
Despite his victory, there was no rest for Cerundolo who won his opening match at the Paris Olympic Games just a day later.The title victors are always the main talking point, but Kitzbuhel runner-up Hugo Gaston has also had an impressive week in the ATP rankings.
Gaston was visibly very emotional after losing the final to Berrettini, but the blow will surely be softened after seeing his ranking improve by 30 places to No.61.
ATP Rankings Top 20 (29/07/24)
Here is the current top 20 in the ATP rankings after last week’s action:| Ranking | Player | Tournaments Played | Points |
| 1 | Jannik Sinner | 18 | 9,570 |
| 2 | Novak Djokovic | 18 | 8,460 |
| 3 | Carlos Alcaraz | 17 | 8,130 |
| 4 | Alexander Zverev | 24 | 6,845 |
| 5 | Daniil Medvedev | 18 | 6,525 |
| 6 | Alex de Minaur | 24 | 4,185 |
| 7 | Hubert Hurkacz | 23 | 4,105 |
| 8 | Andrey Rublev ↑1 | 24 | 3,885 |
| 9 | Casper Ruud ↓1 | 23 | 3,880 |
| 10 | Grigor Dimitrov | 21 | 3,770 |
| 11 | Stefanos Tsitsipas ↑1 | 24 | 3,705 |
| 12 | Taylor Fritz ↓1 | 23 | 3,500 |
| 13 | Tommy Paul | 22 | 3,410 |
| 14 | Ben Shelton | 25 | 2,750 |
| 15 | Ugo Humbert | 28 | 2,405 |
| 16 | Lorenzo Musetti ↑1 | 30 | 2,340 |
| 17 | Holger Rune ↓1 | 24 | 2,300 |
| 18 | Sebastian Baez | 29 | 2,250 |
| 19 | Felix Auger-Aliassime | 25 | 2,115 |
| 20 | Alejandro Tabilo ↑1 | 26 ma | 1,918 |
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Race to the ATP Finals in Turin (29/07/24)
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. None of the top 10 in the race to the ATP Finals in Turin competed last week, so it remains completely unchanged heading into the US hard court swing: 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 points9. Taylor Fritz – 2530 points 10. Tommy Paul – 2475 points
Next week
Most of the focus over the coming week will be on the tennis at the Paris Olympics, where there are no ranking points on offer, but there is also an ATP 500 level event in Washington D.C. The tournament in the US capital features Andrey Rublev, Ben Shelton, Karen Khachanov, Sebastian Korda and Frances Tiafoe as some of the top seeds, as they look to get a headstart on the hard court swing ahead of the fourth major of 2024.READ MORE – Tennis on TV Next Week: How to watch the Paris Olympics & Washington Open!
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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