After 2 weeks, the US Open 2024 has ended with the championship belonging to Jannik Sinner . The Italian tennis player won the championship in the US for the first time and also the second Grand Slam of his career.
With this victory, the 23-year-old tennis player firmly holds the world number 1 position on the men's tennis rankings. Sinner currently has 11,180 points.
Winning a Grand Slam is worth 2,000 ranking points, but he only received 1,820 points when he defended 180 points when reaching the fourth round of the US Open last year.
He is also the 6th player in history to have a ranking score surpassing the 11,000 mark.
This score is far ahead of Novak Djokovic's. The Serbian was eliminated in the third round of the final Grand Slam of the year and lost 1,900 points.
At this time, the 37-year-old tennis player only has 5,560 points and from 2nd place, he fell to 4th place in the ATP rankings. This is Nole's lowest position since January 16, 2023, when he fell to 5th place in 8 weeks (from November 28, 2022).
Carlos Alcaraz also had 670 points deducted after being eliminated in the second round of the 2024 US Open, but he still ranked 3rd in the rankings (6,690 points).
Djokovic's replacement is German Alexander Zverev, who jumped two places to 7,075 points. At the recent US Open, Zverev reached the quarterfinals.
Between now and the end of the year, Sinner will lose more than 2,180 points, Zverev 1,020 points, Alcaraz 680 points and Djokovic 2,300 points.
Daniil Medvedev reached the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadow but he only had 5,475 points so his 5th place remained unchanged.
Meanwhile, by reaching the final of the tournament in his homeland, American tennis player Taylor Fritz has made the strongest progress among the top names.
From 12th place, the 26-year-old tennis player jumped 5 places to 7th, behind Andrey Rublev. Fritz returned to the position he had in February 2023, but not the highest position of his career - 5th in late February, early March 2023.
Other players in the Top 10 who dropped in rank include Hubert Hurkacz, Casper Ruud, Grigor Dimitrov, Alex de Minaur (all 1 rank), in which the Australian player fell out of the Top 10 to 11th.
In the women's tennis rankings, although she did not make it past the quarter-finals of the 2024 US Open, Iga Swiatek still holds the No. 1 position with a difference of 10,885 points. Meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka - this year's US Open champion, ranked No. 2 with 8,716 points.
These are also the two players who officially have tickets to the WTA Finals 2024.
Jessica Pegula jumped three places to No. 3 after reaching the US Open final, while compatriot Coco Gauff dropped three places to No. 6.
The third American woman to enter the Top 10 is Emma Navarro (No. 8), who jumped four places by reaching the US Open semi-finals.
