The ATP Rankings have been updated following the results of the Cincinnati Open, as Novak Djokovic edges closer to Carlos Alcaraz's No. 1 position and Holger Rune moves further into the top 5.

Following Djokovic and Alcaraz's showdown in the Western & Southern Open final in which the former emerged victorious 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(4), the Serb finds himself within reach of the top spot. There was a chance for him to overtake Alcaraz completely at the ATP Masters 1000 event, but that was reliant on the Spaniard not reaching the final.

The 20-year-old now has 9,815 points, meaning he sits only twenty points above Djokovic's 9,795. Moreover, Alcaraz has 2,000 points to defend at the US Open as the reigning champion, whereas Djokovic has 0.

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Rune moves up to fourth

Meanwhile, Rune moves up to No. 4, ironically after having gone out in the first round at the Cincinnati Open. His rankings rise was helped by Stefanos Tsitsipas, who failed to defend his runner-up points from last year's Cincinnati Masters and thus dropped to seventh.

This also helped Casper Ruud, who moves back up to fifth. Outside the top 10, Alexander Zverev has moved up from No. 17 to No. 12 after reaching the Cincinnati semi-finals, where he sits 380 points behind world No. 10 Frances Tiafoe. Moreover, Western & Southern Open quarterfinalist Adrian Mannarino has achieved a career-best ranking of 23rd.

On the other hand, 2022 Cincinnati Open champion Borna Coric dropped 13 places from 16th to 29th after being defeated in the third round of this year's tournament. Pedro Cachin was the worst mover in the top 100, falling 17 places down to 66th.

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ATP Rankings as of 21-08-23

1 Carlos Alcaraz 20 ESP 9815

2 Novak Djoković 36 SRB 9795

3 Daniil Medvedev 27 RUS 6260

4 Holger Rune 20 DEN 4790 1

5 Casper Ruud 24 NOR 4715 2

6 Jannik Sinner 22 ITA 4645

7 Stefanos Tsitsipas 25 GRE 4580 -3

8 Andrey Rublev 25 RUS 4515

9 Taylor Fritz 25 USA 3605

10 Frances Tiafoe 25 USA 3050

11 Karen Khachanov 27 RUS 2845

12 Alexander Zverev 26 GER 2670 5

13 Alex de Minaur 24 AUS 2595 -1

14 Tommy Paul 26 USA 2570 -1

15 Félix Auger-Aliassime 23 CAN 2375 -1

16 Cameron Norrie 27 GBR 2075 -1

17 Hubert Hurkacz 26 POL 2035 3

18 Lorenzo Musetti 21 ITA 2005

19 Grigor Dimitrov 32 BUL 1690

20 Francisco Cerúndolo 25 ARG 1600 1

21 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 24 ESP 1525 2

22 Jan Lennard Struff 33 GER 1482 2

23 Adrian Mannarino 35 FRA 1445 9

24 Nicolás Jarry 27 CHI 1439 2

25 Tallon Griekspoor 27 NED 1436

26 Denis Shapovalov 24 CAN 1415 -4

27 Alexander Bublik 26 KAZ 1384

28 Daniel Evans 33 GBR 1381

29 Borna Ćorić 26 CRO 1360 -13

30 Christopher Eubanks 27 USA 1338 -1

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32 Tomás Martín Etcheverry 24 ARG 1250 -1

33 Sebastian Korda 23 USA 1240 -3

34 Laslo Djere 28 SRB 1215

35 Jiří Lehečka 21 CZE 1198

36 Matteo Berrettini 27 ITA 1147 2

37 Andy Murray 36 GBR 1120 -1

38 Lorenzo Sonego 28 ITA 1115 1

39 Mackenzie McDonald 28 USA 1085 4

40 Alexei Popyrin 24 AUS 1065 18

41 Roberto Bautista Agut 35 ESP 1060 -4

42 Sebastián Báez 22 ARG 1055

43 Yoshihito Nishioka 27 JPN 1025 2

44 J.J. Wolf 24 USA 1025

45 Miomir Kecmanović 23 SRB 1020 -4

46 Ben Shelton 20 USA 1015 -6

47 Max Purcell 25 AUS 1013 23

48 Arthur Fils 19 FRA 1007 -2

49 Stan Wawrinka 38 SUI 1004 2

50 Jordan Thompson 29 AUS 951 5

51 Aleksandar Vukic 27 AUS 949 -3

52 Dušan Lajović 33 SRB 938 14

53 Daniel Altmaier 24 GER 936 -1

54 Yannick Hanfmann 31 GER 929 -4

55 Botic van de Zandschulp 27 NED 915 -8

56 Emil Ruusuvuori 24 FIN 911 4

57 Richard Gasquet 37 FRA 910 -4

58 Márton Fucsovics 31 HUN 884 -2

59 Sebastian Ofner 27 AUT 868

60 Grégoire Barrère 29 FRA 864 -3

61 Roman Safiullin 26 RUS 857 2

62 Matteo Arnaldi 22 ITA 855 -1

63 Marcos Giron 30 USA 850 -9

64 Roberto Carballés Baena 30 ESP 840 1

65 Luca Van Assche 19 FRA 831 3

66 Pedro Cachín 28 ARG 822 -17

67 Zhizhen Zhang 26 CHN 815 -5

68 Christopher O'Connell 29 AUS 811 3

69 Quentin Halys 26 FRA 805 3

70 Daniel Elahi Galán 27 COL 804 -3

71 Corentin Moutet 24 FRA 801 6

72 Brandon Nakashima 22 USA 795 1

73 Arthur Rinderknech 28 FRA 781 -9

74 Juan Pablo Varillas 27 PER 779

75 Bernabé Zapata Miralles 26 ESP 776

76 Aslan Karatsev 29 RUS 773 -7

77 Thanasi Kokkinakis 27 AUS 766 1

78 Dominik Koepfer 29 GER 757 -2

79 Nuno Borges 26 POR 754

80 Mikael Ymer 24 SWE 731 1

81 Jaume Munar 26 ESP 726 -1

82 Dominic Thiem 29 AUT 726 1

83 Fábián Marozsán 23 HUN 708 -1

84 Alexander Shevchenko 22 RUS 699 4

85 Alexandre Müller 26 FRA 697 -1

86 Jason Kubler 30 AUS 693 -1

87 Marc-Andrea Hüsler 27 SUI 689 -1

88 Yosuke Watanuki 25 JPN 686 2

89 Yibing Wu 23 CHN 683 -2

90 Albert Ramos Viñolas 35 ESP 663 -1

91 Cristian Garín 27 CHI 641

92 Federico Coria 31 ARG 637

93 Facundo Díaz Acosta 22 ARG 626 1

94 Michael Mmoh 25 USA 624 5

95 Taro Daniel 30 JPN 618

96 David Goffin 32 BEL 609 -3

97 Pavel Kotov 24 RUS 603 1

98 Hugo Gaston 22 FRA 598 2

99 Ilya Ivashka 29 BLR 591 -3

100 Juan Manuel Cerúndolo 21 ARG 591 3