PARIS – Jannik Sinner debuted at No. 1 in the ATP Rankings on Monday, moving up one spot to replace the injured Novak Djokovic.
Sinner, 22, became the first Italian player to take first place since computer rankings began in 1973. He will be the top seed at Wimbledon when play begins on July 1.
Sinner is 33-3 this season, including winning her first Grand Slam trophy at the Australian Open in January as part of a 19-0 record to start 2024.
Two of his three losses were to Carlos Alcaraz. One of those came in five sets in Friday’s French Open semifinals, which Alcaraz went on to win by beating Alexander Zverev in Sunday’s final.
Alcaraz won his third major title and rose one place to second place, while Djokovic remained third and Zverev remained fourth.
Djokovic was the defending champion in Paris and needed to return to the final to retain first place due to his poor play this year and his failure to advance to the title match at any tournament so far. He underwent surgery after tearing the meniscus in his right knee during his fourth-round match against Francisco Serundolo at Roland Garros last week.
Iga Swiatek’s third consecutive win at Roland Garros (her fourth major title in five years and fifth overall) helped her already widen her lead at the top of the WTA rankings.
Swiatek was already so far ahead of everyone else going into the French Open that she would have maintained her top spot even if she lost in the first round.
Coco Gauff moved up from 3rd to 2nd. The 20-year-old American, last year’s US Open champion, reached the French Open singles semifinals before losing to Swiatek and winning her first Grand Slam doubles title with Katerina. Siniakova.
Two-time Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka swapped places with Gauff to move into third place on Monday, followed by 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina.
The 28-year-old Italian player Jasmine Paolini, who lost to Swiatech in her first major final on Saturday, jumped to a career-high ranking of No. 7 and entered the WTA top 10 for the first time. Paolini was ranked 15th before the competition. French Open.
