Who defends the most ATP Ranking points during 2024 Wimbledon from the champion to former contenders

Monday, 01 July 2024 at 03:00

carlos alcaraz and novak djokovic wimbledon match

The Wimbledon title is back up for grabs starting Monday, July 1st, as the top ATP players are gearing up for a good run at SW19 while defending the points they earned in 2023. The main targets are the defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and the runner-up Novak Djokovic, who risk a significant drop in their ranking points.

The defending champion defends 2,000 points and will drop considerably in the rankings if he does not defend his title, falling at least to world No. 4 (or even lower, depending on what his rivals achieve).

Alcaraz is not the only one with significant points to defend, as world No. 1 Jannik Sinner was a semifinalist in 2023, which equals 720 points that will expire once the tournament ends. However, the top ranking is not at risk for Sinner, as he only needs to step on the court in the first round to secure the No. 1 spot at the end of Wimbledon.

The current world No. 5, Daniil Medvedev, also reached the semifinals in 2023, achieving his best campaign at the All England Club last year. However, he was defeated in the semifinals by the eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz, losing 3-6, 3-6, 3-6.

Possible Ranking Drops

The four semifinalists from 2023 have maintained good results over the past year to varying degrees, and even an early elimination at Wimbledon will keep them in the top-5 once the grass swing is over. However, some contenders who reached the quarterfinals last year risk more if they cannot match their 2023 results, which earned them 360 points.

This is the case for Holger Rune, who entered the tournament as world No. 15 and risks dropping several positions if he does not achieve a good result. In 2023, he entered as the 6th seed and had his best run at a Grand Slam so far, but lost to Alcaraz in the quarterfinals in straight sets. The 7th seed Andrey Rublev couldn't get past Djokovic and also faces a tough challenge in defending his quarterfinals spot.

Alcaraz in 2023 Wimbledon

The player most dependent on his points from Wimbledon is Christopher Eubanks, who has 835 points currently and is defending 360 this week. The American world No. 62 is in a delicate position as a first-round loss will cause him to drop more than 50 positions, while he must at least reach the fourth round to stay in the top-100.

World No. 44 Roman Safiulin is the last player who reached the quarterfinals last year, his best performance in a major so far. Safiulin will fall out of the top-80 if he does not surpass the debut, and any result less than the quarterfinals will drop him out of the top-50 for the first time in nearly a year.

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Current Ranking	Player	Points before Wimbledon	Points after Wimbledon
1	Jannik Sinner	9890	9180
2	Novak Djoković	8360	7170
3	Carlos Alcaraz	8130	6140
4	Alexander Zverev	6905	6825
5	Daniil Medvedev	6445	5735
6	Andrey Rublev	4420	4070
7	Hubert Hurkacz	4235	4065
8	Casper Ruud	4025	3990
9	Alex de Minaur	3830	3795
10	Grigor Dimitrov	3750	3580
11	Stefanos Tsitsipas	3745	3575
12	Taylor Fritz	3350	3315
13	Tommy Paul	3100	3020
14	Ben Shelton	2595	2560
15	Holger Rune	2370	2020
16	Ugo Humbert	2300	2300
17	Félix Auger-Aliassime	2075	2075
18	Sebastián Báez	2020	2020
19	Alejandro Tabilo	1904	1828
20	Nicolás Jarry	1825	1745
21	Sebastian Korda	1795	1795
22	Karen Khachanov	1780	1790
23	Alexander Bublik	1730	1560
24	Adrian Mannarino	1625	1590
25	Lorenzo Musetti	1620	1540
26	Jiří Lehečka	1585	1405
27	Tallon Griekspoor	1470	1470
28	Jack Draper	1461	1471
29	Frances Tiafoe	1355	1275
30	Francisco Cerúndolo	1315	1280
31	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	1290	1255
32	Mariano Navone	1282	1242
33	Gaël Monfils	1260	1270
34	Arthur Fils	1250	1260
35	Matteo Arnaldi	1245	1220
36	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	1240	1150
37	Luciano Darderi	1236	1216
38	Zhizhen Zhang	1221	1221
39	Tomáš Macháč	1214	1189
40	Jordan Thompson	1206	1171
41	Jan Lennard Struff	1135	1145
42	Cameron Norrie	1070	1035
43	Fábián Marozsán	1047	1031
44	Roman Safiullin	1045	695
45	Sebastian Ofner	1038	933
46	Marcos Giron	1020	985
47	Alexei Popyrin	981	981
48	Flavio Cobolli	980	960
49	Pedro Martínez	975	974
50	Nuno Borges	936	936
51	Laslo Djere	936	856
52	Miomir Kecmanović	925	925
53	Pavel Kotov	893	821
54	Lorenzo Sonego	881	881
55	Alex Michelsen	881	816
56	Dušan Lajović	871	871
57	Alexander Shevchenko	860	860
58	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	853	842
59	Matteo Berrettini	845	675
60	Daniel Evans	844	844
61	Corentin Moutet	843	798
62	Christopher Eubanks	835	485
63	Jaume Munar	835	800
64	Roberto Carballés Baena	826	791
65	Brandon Nakashima	825	825
66	Dominik Koepfer	821	821
67	Facundo Díaz Acosta	808	743
68	Max Purcell	795	793
69	Aleksandar Vukic	789	754
70	Márton Fucsovics	785	705
71	Hugo Gaston	783	715
72	Federico Coria	776	776
73	Sumit Nagal	768	778
74	Thiago Seyboth Wild	767	715
75	Luca Nardi	760	744
76	Arthur Rinderknech	754	754
77	Rinky Hijikata	751	742
78	Jakub Menšík	738	728
79	Christopher O'Connell	733	653
80	Daniel Altmaier	731	726
81	James Duckworth	728	742
82	Zizou Bergs	722	754
83	David Goffin	694	620
84	Taro Daniel	692	676
85	Maximilian Marterer	692	587
86	Thiago Monteiro	690	665
87	Emil Ruusuvuori	683	680
88	Aleksandar Kovačević	681	668
89	Borna Ćorić	664	664
90	Yoshihito Nishioka	659	659
91	Juncheng Shang	658	638
92	Constant Lestienne	650	650
93	Thanasi Kokkinakis	639	640
94	Fabio Fognini	635	637
95	Stan Wawrinka	633	553
96	Mackenzie McDonald	626	626
97	Botic van de Zandschulp	618	583
98	Arthur Cazaux	616	626
99	Aslan Karatsev	615	580
100	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	608	608

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