Danil Medvedev has definitely found a smile by chaining a 3rd title in a row and overcoming Novak Djokovic at the Dubai tournament. The Frenchman Luca Van Assche with his title at the challenger of Pau got closer to the top 100.
Unbeatable? Or almost… Danil Medvedev ended Novak Djokovic’s crazy run in the semi-finals of Dubai on Friday March 3 who had not lost since his 15 games played in 2023. He became one of the few people to having beaten the Serb at least five times in his career. The Russian then prevailed in the final against Rublev to lift his 3rd title in 3 weeks. In Indian Wells which starts on March 8, it will be difficult to beat the new 6th in the world who now holds 14 rank victories.
In the top 10, Holger Rune moved up to 8th at the expense of Rafael Nadal who will go down again (9th). Alexander Zverev is gradually regaining his level. Thanks to his convincing semi-final in Dubai, the German climbed to 14th place in the world. Alex de Minaur and Tommy Paul both cracked the top 20 by moving up 4 places each. The Chilean Nicolas Jarry is one of the best progressions in this ATP ranking with 35 places gained after his title in Santiago.
Among the French too there is something positive with Ugo Humbert who is now 77th after his defeat at the challenger of Pau (previously 89th). A failure that benefited Luca Van Assche who was stronger in this tournament and won ahead of his compatriot. The young player grabbed 39 places (110th) and positioned himself just ahead of his friend (111th) Arthur Fils.
Since Monday January 30, 2023, the Serbian Novak Djokovic is the new world number 1 ahead of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. The ATP ranking:
The Race ranking is dominated by Serbian Novak Djokovic, winner of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
Unlike the “classic” ATP ranking, which is updated weekly taking into account points earned over the previous 52 weeks, the ATP Race ranking only takes into account points earned during the current season and progressively accumulates the ten -eight best results.
The ATP ranking consists of awarding points based on the performance of each player during major competitions. In total, 18 competitions are taken into account and the points accumulated are valid for 52 weeks. So, for example, the winner of a grand slam gets 2000 points, the runner-up 1200 points, the semi-finalist 720 points and so on. For each major tournament the points are not the same, because in the masters 1000 the victory awards 1000 points, the final 600 points, and the semi-final 360.
The leaderboard is updated weekly and the points are valid for one year, but instead of being added up, they are compared. In other words, the performance of the player on a competition of the current year is compared to that of the same competition the past year. The points obtained are added to his total to obtain a new total for the week, for a new ranking that comes out every Monday.
