ATP Rankings Update | Alex de Minuar rises after success in Rotterdam with Ben Shelton closing the gap after triumph in Dallas

Tournaments on the ATP Circuit have been coming thick and fast with the Netherlands, USA and Argentina all hosting eye-catching competitions where some of the best players in the world have made the efforts to travel there to reap the possible rewards granted with a deep run or succumb to the inevitable slide with points flying off all around the order.

Carlos Alcaraz was supposed to defend his title in the ABN AMRO Open but opted to not compete in the event. 500 points have come off but that makes little to no difference to his spot as world number one. He continues to look down on his rivals including Jannik Sinner who has seen the gap shrink but still a long way behind.

Novak Djokovic was set to compete in the Qatar Open but has withdrawn. He will stay third for the foreseeable future. The gap behind could close soon if Alexander Zverev can continue his fine form. He will go in the Acapulco Open but will not overtake the Serbian by this time next week. The two-time ATP Finals champion, similar to Alcaraz, pulled out of the tournament in Rotterdam. Lorenzo Musetti was set to compete in the Golden swing, but injury has wrecked that ambition as he stays in fifth.

The big title winners have been reaping the rewards. Just 200 points cover sixth to ninth in the rankings. Alex de Minaur finally won the ABN AMRO Open title and gains enough points to move back to sixth in the world. The runner-up, Felix Auger-Aliassime, gains 250 ranking points but drops a spot to seventh.

Taylor Fritz also dropped down a position after reaching a first final of 2026. He would lose the chance to move back up into the top six after being pegged back against Ben Shelton in an all-American showdown in the Dallas Open. He falls a pot to eighth while Shelton closes the gap to his rivals in front. Alexander Bublik extends the gap behind him with a semi-final in the Netherlands, cementing his spot in 10th.

Daniil Medvedev, Jack Draper and Casper Ruud all sit in 11th, 12th and 13th respectively with Andrey Rublev moving up a spot to 14th. Him and Draper will lose a significant number of points with the Qatar Open points from last year coming off. The Russian beat Draper in last year’s final. He gained a position due to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina losing one in turn. The next move sees Karen Khachanov become the latest player to sneak past the injury-stricken Holger Rune into 17th in the world.

A new career high is in store for Luciano Darderi who reached a fifth ATP final in the Argentina Open. However, it would be the first final he would lose in the country he was born in. The 115 points added moved him up one position to 21st. The champion, Francisco Cerundolo, remains in 19th. Also on home soil but in the Netherlands, Tallon Griekspoor enjoyed playing in front of a home crowd. He used to this benefit to reach the quarterfinals and move up two places to 25th, Frances Tiafoe and Sebastian Baez also shoot up two spots to 28th and 32nd respectively. It is bad news for Stefanos Tsitsipas who is now out of the top 32. He currently languishes in 33rd as his slide down the order continues.

The 2025 Dallas champion Denis Shapovalov reduced the damage after a hefty fall in positions. The 500 points lost was a blow, but 190 points from the semi-finals is a decent return and see him bump up five spots to 35th. The other way, Joao Fonseca was not able to defend his title in Buenos Aires and resultingly drops five places to 38th. The massive winner in the USA was the former US Open champion Marin Cilic who reached the semi-finals and from this gained 18 places to 43rd in the world.

Both Botic Van de Zandschulp and Raphael Collignon climbed 10 places. The Dutchman reached the last eight in Rotterdam while Collignon won a challenger title in Pau to reach a career high ranking of 59th as his rise continues.

The same cannot be said for the likes of Marton Fucsovics who fell 12 places to 61st. Marcos Giron and Lorenzo Sonego both fell to 64th and 65th after suffering five position drops. It gets even worse moving further down. Miomir Kecmanovic lost 102 points and now slots in 97th after tumbling 18 positions. Matteo Arnaldi lost 13 spots of his own and now can be found down in 85th.

There are some positives to end on Stan Wawrinka returns to the top 100 in 98th after moving up eight positions. Christopher O'Connell not only qualified for Rotterdam but made it all the way to the quarterfinals. He rises back into the top 100 as he gained a huge 24 positions to 95th. There is also a new career high for Ignacio Buse. The Peruvian jumped up five slots to 91st.