ATP Rankings Report – As of Nov. 11, 2024

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The points from last year’s ATP Finals are off as of this Monday, which means that Jannik Sinner drops 1,000 points – and still is nearly 3,000 ahead of Alexander Zverev at No. 2.

Novak Djokovic, who opted not to play, drops 1,300 from his title a year ago after dropping 1,000 by not defending his title at the Paris Masters But he only drops one spot in the rankings – for now.

Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev and Alex de Minaur are all likely to surpass him with the Turin event is said and done.

WTA Rankings Report – As of Nov. 11, 2024

Taylor Fritz (USA): No. 6 =======> No. 5 (Fritz moves up to tie his career high, but only because Djokovic, ranked ahead of him, drops 1,300 points from last year’s ATP Finals).

Jiri Lehecka (CZE): No. 31 =======> No. 28 (The Czech returns to the top 30 with a run to the semifinals in Belgrade).

Alex Michelsen (USA): No. 44 =======> No. 41 (Michelsen wraps up his first full year on Tour just 10 points out of the top 40, at a career high, after making the Metz semifinals).

Cameron Norrie (GBR): No. 57 =======> No. 50 (It was a slow return for the former No. 8 after injury, with losses in Challengers and early exits at the ATP level. But he finishes nicely, and gets back into the top 50, with a final in Metz).

Denis Shapovalov (CAN): No. 78 =======> No. 56 (A tough year ends well for Shapovalov, who goes from the qualifying to the title in Belgrade and gets his ranking closer to where it should be. It’s only his second career title, and it comes five years and 20 days after his first. He’ll be in full confidence mode for the Davis Cup finals in 10 days).

Yunchaokete Bu (CHN): No. 72 =======> No. 67 (Bu has been playing a TON in this season’s end, and is moving up to another new career high after making the quarterfinals in Metz. He’s due to make a long trip to Kobe, Japan to play a Challenger there this week).

Benjamin Bonzi (FRA): No. 121 =======> No. 78 (Bonzi is back, as the former No. 42 gets himself back into the top 100 and into the main draw in Melbourne with an unexpected run from the qualies to the title in Metz).

Gabriel Diallo (CAN): No. 88 =======> No. 86 (Diallo passed on Helsinki ahead of the Davis Cup finals, and loses his points from making the semifinals of the Calgary Challenger a year ago. But he still moves up two, to another career high).

Otto Virtanen (FIN): No. 96 =======> No. 91 (After breaking into the top 100 three weeks ago, the 23-year-old moves up to another career high by making the quarters at the Helsinki Challenger. It’s notably that six years ago, when Coco Gauff and Zhang Qinwen were playing in the Orange Bowl final, Virtanen won the boys’ event. But it’s taking him a lot longer to break through at the top on the men’s side).

Kei Nishikori (JPN): No. 132 =======> No. 107 (Nishikori is another hustling at the Challenger level to get back into the top 100. For a former No. 4, it’s someting. But the 34-year-old wins in Helsinki final and gets closer – like, within 20 points. Hopefully he can squeeze one in before the end of the season and get over the threshold).

Hamad Medjedovic (SRB): No. 156 =======> No. 112 (The 21-year-old, a protégé of Novak Djokovic, made the final at Djokovic’s tournament in Belgrade last week on a wild card. He lost to Shapovalov. He’s still a bit away from the main draw at the AO, though).

Alex Michelsen (USA) (No. 41)
Arthur Cazaux (FRA) (No. 65)
Bu Yunchaokete (CHN) (No. 67)
Otto Virtanen (FIN) (No. 91)
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (USA) (No. 110)
Learner Tien (USA)(No. 114)
Joan Fonseca (BRA) (No. 149)

Novak Djokovic (SRB): No. 5 =======> No. 6 (Djokovic dropped one spot last week by not defending his Paris Masters title, and another this week by not playing the ATP Tour Finals. Instead, he was at his tournament in Belgrade handing out hardware. There are three behind him who could catch him by the end of that event).

Holger Rune (DEN): No. 11 =======> No. 13 (Rune was in the race to the finals until Paris. But with the 200 points he drops from last year he drops two spots and will finish the year at No. 13. Not what he was looking for, that’s for sure).

Adrian Mannarino (FRA): No. 54=======> No. 68 (The 36-year-old lost in the first round in Metz, thus dropping his points from winning the tournament in Sofia a year ago. He reached his career high of No. 17 afer the Australian Open, at age 35. But it was a tough slog after that as he’s 15-31 on the season).

Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ): No. 64 =======> No. 80 (The Russian-turned Kazakh had some good results in 2024 and reached his career high of No. 45 back in February.. And also a lot of poor ones. He lost in the first or second round 27 times in 2024. Shevchenko loses in the first round of Metz and drops points from making the final a year ago).

Liam Draxl (CAN): No. 236 =======> No. 323 (Draxl drops points from winning the Calgary Challenger a year ago, and drops outside the top 300. He won the $25K ITF in Quebec City on Sunday. But the points differential is huge. The $25K title is worth 25 points; the Calgary Challenger was worth 75 points. He is going to have to hope for a good result at next week’s Drummondville Challenger to try to make his first Grand Slam qualifying in January)

***Draxl won the Calgary Challenger a year ago, but didn’t defend his points. (Photo: ATP Challenger Tour)***

Dominic Thiem (AUT): No. 452 =======> No. 522 (One-way traffic for the now-retired Austrian’s ranking).

Andres Martin (USA): No. 439=======> No. 557 (Martin, a product of Georgia Tech who got main draw wild cards at the now-defunct ATP event in Atlanta the last three years, drops points from a semifinal in Calgary a year ago. He opted to go to Torino as a hitting partner – which won’t help his ranking but will give him great exposure to the life and tennis at that level).