ATP Rankings Report – As of Jan. 27, 2025

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MELBOURNE, Australia – The first major of the season is in the books.

And with it, some impressive rankings moves, including from a couple of Canadians who didn’t make the cut in qualifying Down Under, but who moved up to Portugal and made up for it indoors.

Some of the players who did well in Melbourne are back closer to where they should be. And then there are players like Adrian Mannarino and Arthur Cazaux, who drop out of the top 100.

WTA Rankings Report – As of Jan. 27, 2025

Casper Ruud (NOR): No. 6 =========>No. 5 (Ruud was the invisible man in Melbourne. Still, he moves back into the top five).

Tommy Paul (USA): No. 11 =========>No. 9 (Paul had an opportunity to move into the top 10 in Adelaide, but couldn’t take it. He finally does it, with his quarerfinal effort at theAustralian Open, at age 27).

Ben Shelton (USA): No. 20 =========>No. 14 (Shelton was great throughout the AO. Not so great against Jannik Sinner, who took care of him in the semifinals. Still a great tournament for him).

Gael Monfils (FRA): No. 41 =========>No. 32 (Monfils got himself back in the game Down Under, with his first title in awhile in Auckland, followed up by a five-set win over his French successor of sorts, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricaard as well as No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz).

Lorenzo Sonego (ITA): No. 55 =========>No. 35 (Sonego is a talent who just isn’t consistent enough week to week to keep his ranking where it should be. But he had a great Australian Open in making the quarterfinals (he also had a great draw, but you can’t pick your draw). He’s back in the top 40).

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP): No. 66 =========>No. 59 (The Spaniard got a retirement in the first round, came back from 0-2 in sets to Félix Auger-Aliassime in the second round in a completely bonkers match, came back from 0-2 in sets to rising young Czech star Jakub Mensik before COMPLETELY running out of gas against Tommy Paul).

Jacob Fearnley (GBR): No. 92 =========>No. 77 (Fearnley, a newcomer to the top 100, had himelf a great inaugural AO. He beat Nick Kyrgios in three sets, then beat Arthur Cazaux in four before finalist Alexander Zverev sent him packing).

Learner Tien (USA): No. 121 =========>No. 80 (Tien, who had to come through the qualifying, provided most of the drama in the first 10 days of the tournament. He defeated Camilo Ugo Carabelli in five sets. Then he defeated 2024 finalist Daniil Medvedev in a fifth-set match tiebreak after nearly blowing a 2-sets-to-love lead that went to the wee hours. Finally, Sonego took him out in the fourth round. But he’s make another leap in the rankings).

Joao Fonseca (BRA): No. 112 =========>No. 99 (Fonseca is the next “can’t miss” one, who got through the qualifying and upset the eminently upsettable Andrey Rublev in the first round. He then lost in five to Sonego. Regardless, he announced his arrival on the world stage and jumped into the top 100 for the first time).

Tristan Boyer (USA): No. 136 =========>No. 114 (A great story of the California kid who went down to South America to grind it out on the clay last fall, got his ranking high enough to get into the qualifying – and made it through to his first Grand Slam singles win after beating Federico Coria in five sets).

Reilly Opelka (USA): No. 170 =========>No. 145 (Opelka got a tough second-rounder in Tomas Machac at the Australian Open but he still makes another leap in the rankings).

Alexander Blockx (BEL): No. 203=========>No. 146 (Blockx, the former junior hotshot, wins the Challenger in Oeiras over Liam Draxl in the final and jumps into the top 150).

Hady Habib (LIB): No. 219 =========>No. 166 (Habib, a Texas-born player who represents Lebanon, was a great story early in the AO as well as he became the first from his country ever to make the main draw. He beat Bu Yunchaokete of China in the first round, and rose to a career best).

Alexis Galarneau (CAN): No. 198 =========>No. 176 (Galarneau lost a tough first round qualifying at the Australian Open, then hightailed it for Oeiras and the indoor Challengers. He made the semifinal last week, losing to Davis Cup teammate Liam Draxl and the semifinal he week before. So a good trip as he returns home for Davis Cup).

Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO): No. 206 =========>No. 178 (Basilashvili has been grinding it out on the comeback trail at the lower levels. But he made it to the main draw in Melbourne only to lose in four to young Czech Jakub Mensik. Still, he’s finally back in the top 200).

Liam Draxl (CAN): No. 208 =========>No. 183 (Draxl was down in Australia for Davis Cup. But he was just a little too far out of the qualifying at the time to take a chance on trying to squeeze in. In the end, he wouldn’t have to it was a good decision. Instead, he headed to Oeiras and played three weeks of Challengers there: he leaves with two finals and more than 60 spots shaved off his ranking to a new career best).

Daniil Medvedev (RUS): No. 5 =========>No. 7 (Medvedev went out in Melbourne in a shocker to American qualifier Learner Tien. And given he was a finalist last year, that drops him out of the top five and drops 1250 points – meaning he has two others close behind him now, too)

Cameron Norrie (GBR): No. 52 =========>No. 63 (Norrie’s carer, which peaked after the 2022 US Open at No. 8, seems somewhat in purgatory at the moment. He got a tough first round in Melbourne in Matteo Berrettini, and went down even as he was defending fourth-round points from a year ago – when he took this year’s finalist, Alexander Zverev, to a fifth-set match tiebreak before bowing out).

Arthur Cazaux (FRA): No. 78 =========>No. 101 (Cazaux, 22, went out in the second round in Melbourne to Brit Jacob Fearnley in a match that was notable more for the extreme … loudness of its fans – which forced neighbouring Félix Anger-Aliassime and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to relocate) than anything else. He had a much better start in 2024 when he won the Noumea Challenger, then beat Holger Rune on the way to the fourth round in Australia).

Borna Coric (CRO): No. 87 =========>No. 103 (The former No. 12 – back in 2018) is till barely 28. But he’s in purgatory again as he isn’t playing good enough tennis to make some noise at the moment. He lost to Cristian Garin in th first round of the Australian Open, then he flew to Quimper, France and lost in the first round of a Challenger there. And thus, he’s out of the top 100).

Adrian Mannarino (FRA): No. 75 =========>No. 108 (Definitely not going in the right direction for the 36-year-old Frenchman who exactly a year ago, was at a career high No. 17 in the rankings. So far, 2025 has been hideous: a first-round loss at the Noumea Challenger. A final-round qualifying loss in Auckland – but a break as he entered as a lucky loser, and a loss there as well. And then a first-round loss to Karen Khachanov in Melbourne, and a first-round loss to Mackenzie McDonald in the first round of the Quimper Challenger. He must be questioning his life choices at the moment – or perhaps asking Benoit Paire for some advice).