By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday January 30 2024
There weren’t many important modifications within the High 5 of the ATP rankings this week, however the hole between the names has considerably decreased because of some surprises on the Australian open.
Novak Djokovic nonetheless sits atop the desk, however the 24-time Grand Slam champion drops 1200 factors after failing to defend his Australian Open title in Melbourne. That, mixed with stellar level positive aspects of 2024 Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner, runner-up Daniil Medvedev and Carlos Alcaraz, make issues fairly tight on the high.
1545 factors now separate the 4 gamers, with Alcaraz inching inside 600 factors of Djokovic, Medvedev now 1090 factors again, and Sinner rising to inside 1545.
DID YOU KNOW❓
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic is spending his 410th profession week at #1 this week, now 100—sure, ONE HUNDRED—extra profession weeks at #1 than some other man in ATP rankings historical past. 👏
410 weeks: Djokovic 💥
310 weeks: Federer
286 weeks: Sampras
270 weeks: Lendl
268 weeks: Connors— TENNIS (@Tennis) January 29, 2024
Djokovic is spending his 410th week at No.1, 100 greater than some other man in historical past.
Elsewhere within the High 10, Hubert Hurkacz clicked to a career-high No.8 rating, whereas Taylor Fritz rose three spots to re-enter the High 10 at No.9. Holger Rune rose a spot to No.7, whereas Stefanos Tsitsipas dropped to No.10, his lowest rating since April of 2019.
Profession Excessive for Mannarino and Borges
After reaching the fourth spherical on the Aussie Open, France’s Adrian Mannarino clicks as much as No.17 within the rankings (+2 from 19). The seemingly ageless 35-year-old is the No.1-ranked Frenchman for the time being.
Portugal’s Nuno Borges additionally cracks an enormous milestone. The primary man from Portugal to ever attain the spherical of 16 at Melbourne jumps 22 spots to No.47, making his High 50 debut.
Nuno Borges arrives Lisbon after his historic #AusOpen run. pic.twitter.com/t0kjVS539S
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) January 24, 2024
China’s Zhang Zhizhen additionally made his High 50 debut, rising 4 spots to No.50.
Cazaux Greatest Mover
France’s Arthur Cazaux, who reached the spherical of 16 on the Australian Open is the largest mover within the High 100 this week. The Frenchman, who had by no means gained a major draw match at a serious earlier than this 12 months, rises 39 spots to make his High 100 debut at No.83.
Reaching new heights 🌇@pepperstoneFX | #ATPRankings | #Accomplice pic.twitter.com/H4YfIgk774
— ATP Tour (@atptour) January 29, 2024
Bopanna Makes Historical past!
India’s Rohan Bopanna grew to become the oldest Grand Slam males’s doubles champion in historical past (successful the title with Matthew Ebden) at this 12 months’s Australian Open, and on Monday he clicked an enormous rankings milestone, rising to the highest of the ATP doubles desk to develop into the oldest first-time No.1 in ATP historical past.
Inspiration and Perseverance: Rohan Bopanna is formally the oldest first-time World No. 1 within the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Rankings 🥇@PepperstoneFX | #ATPRankings | #companion
— ATP Tour (@atptour) January 29, 2024
Cobolli, Marozsan on the Transfer
Making waves exterior of the High 50 are Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan, who jumps ten spots to a career-high 57 and Italy’s Flavio Cobolli, who rises from 100 to 76.
24-year-old Marozsan reached the third spherical in Melbourne, falling to Taylor Fritz.
21-year-old Cobolli scored his first two Grand Slam major draw wins, reaching the third spherical at Melbourne earlier than falling to Alex de Minaur.