After an impressive outing in Washington, Sebastian Korda moved into the top 20 in the ATP rankings. The official men’s tennis rankings were announced on Monday, with an update on how the players performed last week. It must be noted that the players' performances in the recently concluded Paris Olympics tennis event did not impact the updated rankings, as there were no
ranking points on offer.
America’s Korda gained four spots in the updated rankings and moved into the top 20 after an impressive outing in Washington. The 24-year-old
lifted the recently concluded Citi Open after beating Italy’s Flavio Cobolli
with a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 on Sunday. He is the fourth American player in
the top-20, along with Tommy Paul (12), Taylor Fritz (13), and Ben
Shelton (14).
His opponent in the final, Cobolli, also gained massively in the latest rankings, moving to the 33rd spot after gaining 15 spots. Another American player, Frances Tiafoe, moved two spots up to the 27th spot in the rankings after a good show in Washington. His journey ended after he lost in the semifinal to Korda in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4. Netherland’s Tallon Griekspoor, who did not take part in the
Citi Open, ended up losing 12 spots in the rankings and found himself in the 40th
spot.
That was largely because in 2023, he had a fabulous outing and lost in
the final to Britain’s Dan Evans. Because of that, he ended up losing 290 rating
points. Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis gained 10 spots after a decent
outing in Washington. He was forced to withdraw from the Citi Open in the round
of 16 to Korda when the score of 5-7, 7-5, 3-2. Italy’s Jannik Sinner, who had a few tough months, still remains the world number one with 9,570 rating points. He is closely followed by Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (8,460 points) and Spain’s
Carlos Alcaraz (8,130) points.
CH Player Age Ctry Pts +/- Current Previous Next Max
1 CH Jannik Sinner 22 ITA 8580 -990 Montreal R32 8670 9570
2 1 Novak Djoković 37 SRB 8460
3 1 Carlos Alcaraz 21 ESP 7950 -180
4 2 Alexander Zverev 27 GER 6805 -40 Montreal R32 6895 7795
5 1 Daniil Medvedev 28 RUS 6355 -170 Montreal R32 6445 7345
6 CH Hubert Hurkacz 27 POL 4025 -80 Montreal R32 4115 5015
7 5 Andrey Rublev 26 RUS 3975 +1 Montreal R32 4065 4965
8 2 Casper Ruud 25 NOR 3800 +1 -80 Montreal R32 3890 4790
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.@SebiKorda and Petr Korda are the first father/son duo who have ranked in the Top 20 in #ATP Rankings history (since Aug 23, 1973). Sebi is ranked a career-high No. 20 this week after his SF @QueensTennis. Petr reached No. 2 in 1998 after winning the @AustralianOpen.