How dominant has Jannik Sinner been over the last year? After winning his first Wimbledon title over the weekend, Sinner has opened up a lead of more than 3,400 points atop the latest PIF ATP Rankings.
Some perspective: Sinner now has more than 12,000 ranking points. That almost matches the combined ranking points for Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. (And if Sinner hadn’t been ineligible for three months due to anti-doping rule violation, he almost certainly would have more points than Alcaraz and Djokovic combined!)
Sinner has been No. 1 for 58 total weeks entering the summer hard-court season. That’s tied for the 12th-most weeks at No. 1 all time.
Jannik Sinner's lead in ATP rankings continues to grow
Who moved up the ATP rankings during the grass-court season?
Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli achieved new career-best rankings after reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Shelton, who fell to Sinner in the round of eight, is into the top 10 for the first time at No. 9 after starting the grass-court season at No. 12. Cobolli, who started the grass-court season at No. 25, is now No. 19 after a Wimbledon run that ended against Djokovic.
Marin Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion who spent some of the spring playing Challenger and qualifying events, moved from outside the top 100 to No. 65 by reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
Who moved down?
Tommy Paul was up to a career-best No. 8 in the world after reaching the French Open quarterfinals. However, he won just one match during the grass-court season after winning 10 grass-court matches last summer. The resulting loss in ranking points caused Paul to drop back down to No. 16.
Who’s about to rise?
This article will undoubtedly get a lot of clicks on “Lob and Smash – Czech Republic,” because we think young Czech standouts Jakub Mensik and Jiri Lehecka have the best opportunities for a rapid rise in the rankings. Mensik, just 19, enters the hard-court season at No. 18 and isn’t defending many ranking points in the coming weeks.
Lehecka, 23, currently No. 25, missed most of the summer events in 2024 due to injury, so any success in the coming weeks will result in a rankings boost.
Who could fall?
The ranking for “Big ‘Foe” – current No. 11 Frances Tiafoe – could take a “big fall” without some quality summer results. Tiafoe is defending more than half of his ranking points through the U.S. Open. His summer of 2024 included a runner-up finish at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati and a semifinal result at the U.S. Open. He needs at least one similar result in the next two months, or he risks dropping out of the top 20.
13 years ago this happened
This week in 2012, Roger Federer began his 287th week at No. 1, setting a new record for most total weeks all-time in the top spot. Federer broke the record for most weeks at No. 1 that Pete Sampras had held since 1999. Federer owned the record until 2021, when he was surpassed by Novak Djokovic.