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Even by post-Masters 1000 standards, the movement in the top 10 after Paris-Bercy is significant.
Only Jannik Sinner, who is way ahead, and Taylor Fritz – who stays at No. 5 – didn’t budge with Monday’s updated rankings.
Another eight players in the 11-20 tranche of the rankings also moved.
The ATP erred in not finishing the road to Turin a week ahead of the actual event. So the tournaments in Mets and Belgrade run right up to it. And with Andrey Rublev and Alex de Minaur both battling for that eighth and final spot – assuming Novak Djokovic plays – it could come right down to the last minute.
That might end up being a David Ferrer situation from 2012, when he was busy battling to qualify for London by winning the Paris Masters the previous week – and shut out of all the official photos because he didn’t get there in time.
Alexander Zverev (GER): No. 3 =========> No. 2 (The Paris Masters champion squeezes past Carlos Alcaraz by a wide margin and back into the No. 2 spot by some 500 points – still 3,500 behind Jannik Sinner, who didn’t have much to defend in Bercy and ended up withdrawing).
Daniil Medvedev (RUS): No. 5 =========> No. 4 (Medvedev didn’t add anything in Paris, losing in the second round to Alexei Popyrin. But Novak Djokovic took a pass, despite being the defending champion. And so Medvedev moves back into the No. 4 spot for the first time since May).
Alex de Minaur (AUS): No. 10 =========> No. 8 (De Minaur, who isn’t 100 per cent, continues to play to try to make the field in Turin. And his quarterfinal effort in Paris, despite not earning him many extra points, moves him up two spots as both Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov drop … a lot of points).
Holger Rune (DEN): No. 13 =========> No. 11 (Rune had a good run in Paris, a place he does well in. But his loss to Zverev in the semifinals officially eliminated him from the ATP Finals race. And so, citing a back injury, he withdrew from Mets this week).
Ugo Humbert (FRA): No. 18 =========> No. 14 (An amazing run for Humbert in Paris went through Alcaraz, although he didn’t have much left for the final and Zverev was too good. But it’s a great boost to his ranking. And a nice cushion as he will attempt to defend his title in Metz running on fumes, in all likelihood).
Karen Khachanov (RUS): No. 21 =========> No. 19 (Khachanov’s solid season end gets him back into the top 20 for the first time since before Roland Garros. But he injured himself at the very end of his loss to Ugo Humbert. So his off-season might take a while to get going as he gets healthy).
Jordan Thompson (AUS): No. 28 =========> No. 26 (The 30-year-old, who has qualified for Turin in doubles with Max Purcell, gets to another carer high in singles after his quarterfinal effort in Paris).
Raphaël Collignon (BEL): No. 167 =========> No. 137 (The 22-year-old Belgian, as a qualifier, made the final of the Bratislava Challenger and moved to a career best. Coached by former Belgian player Steve Darcis, he beat Canadian Gabriel Dialloen route. Collignon was ranked as low as No. 583 when he won back-to-back $25K ITFs in April and started back on the comeup.
Nishesh Basavareddy (USA): No. 197 =========> No. 170 (The 19-year-old American, who is a Stanford Cardinal – a junior, from Rajeev Ram’s hometown of Carmel Indiana – made the final in Charlottesville after beating Canadian Alexis Galarneau in the semis. He moved into the top 200 for the first time just a few weeks ago, and is at another career high).
Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO): No. 311 =========> No. 214 (The former No. 16 has been toiling in the Challengers in near-anonymity for awhile now, slowly but surely moving up. He jumps nearly 100 spots in winning the Challenger in Seoul – his first title at the Challenger level since 2016).
Alexis Galarneau (CAN): No. 236 =========> No. 216 (He was probably good to do without it, but his semifinal effort in Charlottesville gets his ranking up to where he will have no worries about getting into the qualifying in Australia. He isn’t playing this week in Knoxville, but you’d expect him the week after that at the Drummondville Challenger).
Dino Prizmic (CRO): No. 380 =========> No. 319 (The former junior hotshot – he won junior Roland Garros in 2023 –opened some eyes in Australia this year, when he showed well (as did his bombastic quads) in a match against Novak Djokovic. But injuries hit him afer that. And from a high of No. 155 just over a year ago, the 19-year-old dropped to No. 380 last week. He moves up about 60 spots with a semifinal effort in Bratislava – and even in that loss, he had some cramping issues in one of those wondrous quads. But while he has a little time left to try to get back to Melbourne, it will be an uphill battle).
Jordan Thompson (AUS) (No. 25)
Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard (FRA) (No. 30)
Zizou Bergs (BEL) (No. 61)
Arthur Cazaux (FRA) (No. 67)
Jaime Faria (POR) (No. 116)
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (USA) (No. 119)
Learner Tien (USA) (No. 121)
Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) (No. 135)
Raphaël Collignon (BEL) (No. 138)
Joao Fonsca (BRA) (No. 150)
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP): No. 2 =========> No. 3 (Alcaraz was shocked by Ugo Humbert in the third round in Paris. But he still added a few points to his tally even if he drops down to No. 3).
Novak Djokovic (SRB): No. 4 =========> No. 5 (The Paris defending champ chose not to try to defend his title, as he enjoyed the beach in the Maldives. He drops to No. 5. But at this stage, that’s not something he worries about too much).
Andrey Rublev (RUS): No. 7 =========> No. 9 (Rublev made the semis in Paris a year ago, so his second-round loss to Francisco Cerundolo was a blow to his ranking. He took a late spot in Metz as the race to Turin is alive to the final week).
Hubert Hurkacz (POL): No. 14 =========> No. 16 (Hurkacz has had his struggles since knee surgery after Wimbledon. He certainly tried to come back quickly, in a key part of the season. But he loses in the first round of Paris to Alex Michelsen after making the quarters a year ago. And No. 16 is as low as he’s been in more than a year).
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED): No. 67 =========> No. 80 (Van de Zandschulp lost in the first round of qualifying in Paris to Lorenzo Sonego. And with the drop of his points from making the third round a year ago, his ranking takes a hit).
Aslan Karatsev (RUS): No. 255 =========> No. 289 (Karatsev, lost in the Bratislava Challenger quarterfinals to Roman Safiullin – a fellow Russian who had a similar “late-blooming” type of surge in his career. But as he gets close to falling out of the top 300, the 31-year-old is going to have to have a good plan for 2025 to get it back. It will, you can imagine, involve a lot of Challenger grinding).
Benoit Paire (FRA): No. 282 =========> No. 304 (Paire, now 35, just keeps putting it out there every week; he’s played a lot in 2024: 19 Challengers, all four Slam qualifying tournaments, and five ATP events. He’s just 2-3 at the ATP level – and his ranking has DROPPED nearly 200 spots. He drops out of the top 300 after losing in the first round of the Seoul Challenger to Taro Daniel.
Dominic Thiem (AUT): No. 317 =========> No. 452 (Thiem wrapped up his star-crossed career at home in Vienna a few weeks ago. But with the 70 points from his second round in Paris a year ago dropping off, he now must sit there (if he looks at all) and watch his ranking fall into the abyss. He’d be better off doing the official retirement thing and have his name taken off the rankings list).
