ATP Rankings Update: Alcaraz moves up to 6, Djokovic holds number one

Carlos Alcaraz keeps on climbing in the ATP Rankings with the latest one showing him at number six within theoretical striking distance of the top spots including Djokovic at number one.

Carlos Alcaraz has emerged as one of the best players in the world at the moment and it's something Alexander Zverev recognized as well. He called him the best player in the world right now which is not far from the truth. The Spaniard jumped up three spots on the rankings being number 6 at the moment. At the top, it's still Djokovic, Medvedev and Zverev with Nadal at 4 and Tsitsipas at 3.

Rublev moved up to 7, Auger-Aliassime moved up to 9 while Berrettini slid down to 8th and Ruud to 10th. Other notable movers include Goffin, Musetti, and Andy Murray. Several players have new career highs and they are Alcaraz at 6, Kecmanovic at 31, Baez at 37, Martinez at 40, Rune at 42, Musetti at 51, Lehecka at 79, Tabilo at 82, Etcheverry at 90 and Halys at 100. Check out the full rankings below.

ATP Rankings as of May 9th, 2022:

1 Novak Djoković 8260

2 Daniil Medvedev 7990

3 Alexander Zverev 7020

4 Rafael Nadal 6435

5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 5750

6 Carlos Alcaraz 4773

7 Andrey Rublev 4115

8 Matteo Berrettini 3895

9 Félix Auger-Aliassime 3760

10 Casper Ruud 3760

11 Cameron Norrie 3380

12 Hubert Hurkacz 3130

13 Jannik Sinner 3060

14 Taylor Fritz 2965

15 Diego Schwartzman 2760

16 Denis Shapovalov 2671

17 Reilly Opelka 2440

18 Pablo Carreño Busta 2135

19 Roberto Bautista Agut 1993

20 Grigor Dimitrov 1830

21 Gaël Monfils 1745

22 Alex de Minaur 1691

23 Marin Čilić 1650

24 Karen Khachanov 1620

25 Nikoloz Basilashvili 1618

26 Frances Tiafoe 1605

27 John Isner 1571

28 Lorenzo Sonego 1540

29 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 1470

30 Sebastian Korda 1336

31 Miomir Kecmanović 1326

32 Botic van de Zandschulp 1319

33 Daniel Evans 1242

34 Tommy Paul 1208

35 Aslan Karatsev 1173

36 Lloyd Harris 1163

37 Sebastian Baez 1163

38 Jenson Brooksby 1117

39 Federico Delbonis 1114

40 Pedro Martínez 1095

41 Alexander Bublik 1093

42 Holger Rune 1089

43 Albert Ramos Viñolas 1071

44 Ugo Humbert 1069

45 Cristian Garín 1033

46 Roger Federer 1030

47 Alex Molčan 1029

48 David Goffin 1023

49 Francisco Cerundolo 1016

50 Ilya Ivashka 1007

51 Lorenzo Musetti 995

52 Márton Fucsovics 994

53 Mackenzie McDonald 966

54 Filip Krajinović 960

55 Federico Coria 957

56 Fabio Fognini 951

57 Oscar Otte 935

58 Laslo Djere 931

59 Marcos Giron 914

60 Benjamin Bonzi 914

61 Emil Ruusuvuori 914

62 Maxime Cressy 908

63 Arthur Rinderknech 907

64 Dušan Lajović 906

65 Benoît Paire 889

66 Daniel Altmaier 882

67 Tallon Griekspoor 881

68 Hugo Gaston 867

69 Andy Murray 865

70 James Duckworth 848

71 Adrian Mannarino 848

72 Soonwoo Kwon 848

73 Jiří Veselý 847

74 Kei Nishikori 835

75 Dominik Koepfer 819

76 Brandon Nakashima 810

77 Richard Gasquet 808

78 Nick Kyrgios 803

79 Jiří Lehečka 801

80 Kamil Majchrzak 781

81 Hugo Dellien 775

82 Alejandro Tabilo 771

83 João Sousa 765

84 Denis Kudla 764

85 Jordan Thompson 748

86 Pablo Andújar 746

87 John Millman 733

88 Thanasi Kokkinakis 723

89 Carlos Taberner 720

90 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 715

91 Yoshihito Nishioka 707

92 Steve Johnson 704

93 Jan Lennard Struff 703

94 Jaume Munar 695

95 Facundo Bagnis 686

96 Roberto Carballés Baena 683

97 Henri Laaksonen 680

98 Mikael Ymer 679

99 Peter Gojowczyk 672

100 Quentin Halys 655