ATP Rankings: Alcaraz all but guaranteed to enter French Open as World No.1

Here is all it’s essential know in regards to the newest ATP Rankings launched on May 8, 2023.

Carlos Alcaraz is all however assured to enter this yr’s French Open because the World No.1

The 20-year-old Spaniard efficiently defended his Madrid Open title on Sunday and lowered top-ranked Novak Djokovic’s result in 5 factors. The Serbian, who misplaced to Alcaraz in final yr’s semifinal, didn’t play within the Spanish capital this time and dropped 360 factors.

Since Djokovic is the defending champion at Italian Open in Rome, the final occasion earlier than Roland Garros, he can not enhance his present rating factors whole. On the opposite hand, Alcaraz, who missed final yr’s ATP 1000 Masters occasion within the Italian capital, simply has to play a match on this version as that can award him a minimal of 10 factors.

In the highest 10, American Taylor Fritz moved as much as ninth whereas Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime slipped to tenth.

Jan-Lennard Stuff, the 33-year-old German who misplaced to Alcaraz within the Madrid Open last, moved up 37 spots to achieve a brand new career-high of twenty eighth. Struff had misplaced to Russia’s Aslan Karatsev within the last qualifying spherical however acquired into the primary draw as a fortunate loser after Frenchman Constant Lestienne pulled out and ended up beating Karatsev within the semifinals.

Karatsev made a large bounce of 68 spots to re-enter prime 100 (World No.53).

Alexander Zverev misplaced to Alcaraz within the spherical of 16 in a rematch of final yr’s last and slipped six spots to twenty second. The 26-year-old German is out of prime 20 for the primary time in six years.

Three-time Major winner and former World No.1 Andy Murray, along with his title-winning run on the ATP 175 Challenger occasion in Aix-en-Provence, moved up 10 spots to forty second, his highest rating in 5 years.

China’s Zhizhen Zhang, who grew to become the primary man from his nation to achieve the quarterfinals of a Masters occasion, moved up 30 spots to achieve a brand new career-high of 69.