Alejandro Davidovich Fokina has finally become a title winner on the ATP Tour.
Davidovich Fokina is currently the world number 25, but he has been ranked as high as world number 14, despite having never won a title before this week.
The Spaniard had endured many near misses, with Davidovich Fokina losing in five consecutive finals, in two of which he had championship points.
Davidovich Fokina had a dramatic split from his coach at Roland Garros, but he has now become an ATP champion just weeks later after winning the Mallorca Championships, meaning that there is now a new highest-ranked active player without a title.
Arthur Rinderknech is now the highest-ranked active player without an ATP title
Davidovich Fokina beat American Ethan Quinn 7-6(4), 6-3 to win his first ATP title at the Mallorca Championships.
This means that Arthur Rinderknech is now the highest-ranked active player without an ATP title.
Rinderknech is the current world number 28, but he is yet to win a title after losing his two previous finals.
This includes an ATP 1000 final, with Rinderknech being beaten by his cousin Valentin Vacherot in the Shanghai Masters final last year.
| Year | Tournament | Result |
| 2022 | Adelaide International 2 | Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Rinderknech, 6(6)-7 7-6(5) 6-3 |
| 2025 | Shanghai Masters | Valentin Vacherot beat Rinderknech, 4-6 6-3 6-3 |
Some of the other highest-ranked active players without an ATP title behind Rinderknech are Matteo Arnaldi (No.35), Corentin Moutet (No.36) and Alexander Blockx (No.37).
Who is the highest-ranked ATP player ever never to win an ATP title?
While Rinderknech is now the highest-ranked active player without an ATP title, there is a player who was even higher ranked never to have won a tournament.
That unwanted record is held by Steve Denton, who retired from tennis in 1987.
Denton reached a career-high ranking of world number 12 and even reached two Grand Slam finals, but he never lifted a title.
The American lost all six singles finals in his career, including Denton losing twice to Johan Kriek in the Australian Open final.
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On the WTA Tour, Anna Kournikova reached a career-high ranking of world number eight without ever winning a title.
The current highest-ranked active player on the WTA Tour without a main-tour title is world number 20 Anna Kalinskaya.
