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ATP Race Rankings: 6th July, Wimbledon half way point

By Geoff Nichols

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With Wimbledon underway, significant changes have been made in the ATP Race standings. As always with the majors, the high tariff of points available have enabled players to make progress up the race. Many players nearer the top are still alive and have further chances to add to their totals.

Another significant story that often comes from the Grand Slams is the rise of those players who were lingering outside of the Top 100. Often surprise packages can rise rapidly up the race standings with a couple of wins in the main draw.

For a full run through of how the Race rankings are calculated and how they differ from the official ATP rankings, see here.

Race Rankings – 1 to 10

PlacePlayerNationPoints
1Novak DjokovicSRB7945
 2Andy MurrayGBR5340
 3Stan WawrinkaSUI4590
 4Roger FedererCZE3685
 5Tomas BerdychESP3480
 6Kei NishikoriSUI2975
 7David FerrerJPN2915
 8Rafael NadalESP2855
 9Milos RaonicCAN1720
 10Gilles SimonFRA1645

Simon is one of two Frenchman to have made significant gains. Whilst his Wimbledon adventure is likely to come to a close against Federer in the quarter finals, it is still a hugely successful event for him. For Federer, his stay in and around the top of the rankings is still solid, as his Race position shows.

In fact, out of the Top 10, only the Top 4 and Simon remain active at Wimbledon heading into the latter stages. This means that Djokovic, Murray, Wawrinka and Federer are set to extend their lead over the chasing pack. All four men are almost certainties for the World Tour Finals at the end of the year.

Nobody can overtake Djokovic this week, although there are a series of scenarios where the two Swiss men could leapfrog Murray. Their cause would be helped by a quarter final exit for the Brit, but that seems unlikely given his favourable draw.

Race Rankings – 11 to 20

PlacePlayerNationPoints
 11Kevin AndersonFRA1515
 12Richard GasquetFRA1410
 13Gael MonfilsUSA1345
 14John IsnerRSA1270
 15Viktor TroickiESP1242
 16G Garcia LopezFRA1125
 17Grigor DimitrovFRA1090
 18Jo Wilfried TsongaBUL1080
 19David GoffinAUS1020
 20Andreas SeppiURU970

Anderson continues to have his best year, pushing Djokovic all the way in a match that is still in the balance. He is on the cusp of a Top 10 place, although pushing into the Top 8 is a bigger ask as the gap is more sizeable. Gasquet is in a similar boat, producing some stunning tennis this last week.

Garcia Lopez was the earliest loser in the Top 20, although his impressive year to this point hides the early exit when it comes to the race standings. Dimitrov’s freefall in both the rankings and overall form is represented in a lowly 17th place in the race.

All in all, there are no names in this second list that you think could really make an assault on the Top 10 in the second half of the season. Tsonga and Dimitrov have done it before, but both are short of the form and confidence to do it in 2015.

Others Alive At Wimbledon

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Those that have made it to the quarter finals of Wimbledon have already been the recipient of a big chunk of race points. It has already elevated Cilic to 21st place, a big improvement from where he has been languishing for most of the year.

The Croatian’s ranking hadn’t taken a hit because of the 2,000 points he has stored away from his US Open win, but these Wimbledon points should take the pressure off a little when he returns to Flushing Meadows. He may even fancy his chances on grass against a possibly weary Djokovic.

38th placed Pospisil has also made enormous progress up the race standings already. He had been hovering just inside the Top 100 before the best week of his career has left him easily inside the Top 50. Whilst he may not go any further, it is a great example of the power of one strong Grand Slam.

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