ATP Rankings Update: Sinner closes in on World No.1 spot after Miami success, Lehecka rises as Mensik plummets

The Sunshine double has come to a conclusion with lots of movement and change in tie rankings after a hectic few weeks. There has been a slight change at the top as big names fail to defend their prize pots at the Miami Open, resulting in some steep drops.

An early exit has done no damage to Carlos Alcaraz's spot at number one. The damage, however, has come from behind with Jannik Sinner’s impressive Sunshine swing form, catapulting the Italian to just over 1000 points. Still with nothing to defend until the Rome Open, he will start believing that the chance to take back his spot as world number one is closing in.

A fifth Masters 1000 semi-final from his last six appearances propels Alexander Zverev up into third. He took advantage of last year’s finalist, Novak Djokovic, pulling out of the tournament. The Serbian will also not feature in Monte-Carlo, leaving a huge opportunity for the players behind to close the gap to the 24-time Grand Slam champion.

If it were not for injuries, then Lorenzo Musetti may have achieved this feat. This could come back to bite him with a lot of points on the line in the clay swing. His chance at debuting in the top four might have come and gone. Alex de Minaur slots behind him in sixth after a disappointing Sunshine swing, Felix Auger-Aliassime rises a position above Taylor Fritz. Despite being one of only three top 10 players to make it to the last-16 stage at the Miami Open, the American falls a place. His grasp as American number one is not a firm one, with Ben Shelton just 10 points behind him. Daniil Medvedev rounds off the top 10.

Alexander Bublik and Casper Ruud lose points but stay put in 11th and 12th. There is room for celebration for Flavio Cobolli who moves to a new career high of 13th in the world, as well as delight for Jiri Lehecka.

Now the Czech number one, Lehecka bounced back from a hugely frustrating Indian Wells campaign to make it to the final in Miami, coming up short in his first Masters 1000 final. He boosts his career high from 16th to 14th as he climbs eight places in the order thanks to a great couple of weeks in Florida.

Quarterfinal runs for Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul push them up a couple of spots to 18th and 22nd, but it could have been a lot more for Paul if he was able to take one of those match points against Arthur Fils. Valentin Vacherot’s ascent in tennis prolongs with him now reaching new heights at 23rd. His cousin, Arthur Rinderknech, holds on to the French number one tag by 11 points from Fils who is charging up the order. Just ahead of this battle, Jack Draper rose a position to 25th but is still the British number two behind Cameron Norrie.

Then we come to the 2025 champion, Jakub Mensik. It was a huge ask for him to defend the title and 1000 points he earned last year, and that proved to be the case with defeat in the third round. A 13-place drop sees him having to settle for 26th as his new home for now.

Sebastian Korda defeated Alcaraz in Miami, but that does not prevent him from dropping six positions to 42nd. There are currently six French players in the top 50. The latest to achieve this is Terence Atmane, whose last-16 appearance enhanced a nine-place rise to 44th. It is bad news for Marin Cilic and Tomas Machac, who drop out of the top 50.

The biggest rise came away from the action in North America. Miomir Kecmanovic made a triumphant return to the top 100 after winning a Challenger event in Naples, rising 34 places to 81st. Roman Andres Burruchaga also capitalised on this, climbing up to 77th with his title success in Sao Paulo. Some other winners from the Miami Open include Zachary Svajda (+14 to 82nd), Pablo Carreno Busta (+29 to 88th), Roman Andres Burruchaga (+15 to 87th), Rafael Jodar (+ 20 to 89th) and Quentin Halys (+21 to 90th). Martin Landaluce’s phenomenal run earns him a career high of 106th, leaping up 45 positions.

Going the other way, Grigor Dimitorv has plummeted a whopping 49 positions to 93rd. 390 points came off from his semi-final last year, with a first-round exit not a positive return. Matteo Berrettini was also defending big, and despite making it to the third round, would not be able to swerve a sharp drop of 23 spots to 91st. Other notable drops include Vit Kopriva (-10 to 70th), James Duckworth (-15 to 95th) and Jacob Fearnley (-14 to 97th).

(as per livetennis.eu)