ATP Rankings Report – As of March 3, 2025

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With a pair of ATP 500s in the books – and many of the top players falling along the way side for various reasons – including a plague of food poisoning that made the rounds in Acapulco – there were opportunities.

And Stefanos Tsitsipas was one of the ones who took full advantage, moving back into the top 10 with his first career ATP 500-level title – on his 12th attempt.

WTA Rankings Report – As of March 3, 2025

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Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE): No. 11 ==========> No. 9 (Tsitsipas is back in the top 10 for the first time since just before last year’s Roland Garros. And whether his switch from Wilson to what’s reportedly a Carlos Alcaraz-adjacent Babolat is a big reason will be discovered in the next weeks. But his backhand has rarely looked better than it did last week in Dubai. And after going 0-11 in ATP 500 finals, he gets off the schneid).

Ben Shelton (USA): No. 14 ==========> No. 12 (Shelton dropped 50 points from a year ago. But Holger Rune and Jack Draper dropped more in a tight section of the rankings. So he moves up despite losing in the second round of Acapulco to David Goffin, and sits at a career high).

Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN): No. 21 ==========> No. 18 (The Canadian has won more matches than anyone on the ATP this year year – 16, with titles in Adelaide and Montpellier and a final this past week in Dubai. He won four straight three-setters and arrived in the final against a very in-form Tsitsipas with that baggage showing a little bit. Still, he’s back in the top for the first time since last October, and as high as he’s ben since last July).

Tomas Machac (CZE): No. 25 ==========> No. 20 (A new career high for the 24-year-old, who has become known for his very tight, very short shorts but whose game is now coming to the fore. He earns his first career title in Acapulco).

Denis Shapovalov (CAN): No. 32 ==========> No. 28 (It’s been 4 1/2 years since Shapovalov hit the top 10; hard to believe. But he’s 10-4 on the season after winning the ATP 500 in Dallas and making the semifinals this week in Acapulco. He has cut his ranking in half in less than two months. And it looks like he’ll be seeded at the ATP 1000 in Indian Wells – which gives him a first-round bye and lowers the odds of a tough opener. He’s worked hard to get back; a year ago, he stood at No. 131 – just about as low as he got after a knee issue compromised his 2023 season).

Brandon Nakashima (USA): No. 42 ==========> No. 33 (The overlooked American, 23, reaaches a career high after a great effort in Acapulco).

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP): No. 48 ==========> No. 39 (The former No. 21 could have gotten himself seeded at Indian Wells with a first-round bye if he won. But in his third career final – he had another last month in Delray Beach – he still can’t break the career title shutout. And his was a pretty tasty opportunity to do just that. Still, he’s back in the top 40).

David Goffin (BEL): No. 63 ==========> No. 56 (At 34, Goffin doesn’t have anything to prove to anyone. But he continues to grind. A year ago in Australia he had to qualify; he returned to the top 100 last June. He made the quarterfinals in Acapulco and is at a career high.

Quentin Halys (FRA): No. 77 ==========> No. 59 (Halys drew Auger-Aliassime two weeks in a row, and lost to him twice in close matches. But he still made the semis in Dubai after beating an exhausted Andrey Rublev in the first round, then Bautista Agut, and then Luca Nardi in a third-set tiebreak. He’s at a career high).

Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG): No. 69 ==========> No. 61 (Another career high for the 25-year-old after making the Santiago semis. He’s a clay guy for sure. Hopefully just a stepping stone to a more well-rounded year and the opportunity to not just be a factor on the South American circuit).

Luca Nardi (ITA): No. 79 ==========> No. 67 (Just 21, he’s rising to join the group of Italians at the top of the game with his quarterfinal effort in Dubai as a lucky loser).

Learner Tien (USA): No. 83 ==========> No. 68 (From the qualifying to the quarterfinals in Acapulco – and a wild card into the main draw of Indian Wells as the 19-year-old continues to build on the momentum created by his breakthrough at the Australian Open).

Laslo Djere (SRB): No. 103 ==========> No. 74 (It’s easy to forget that Djere once WON the 500 in Rio, and was as high as 27 in the rankings. But he’s making a slow comeback and wins the AP 250 in Santiago. Unfortunately for him, it meant he couldn’t get to Indian Wells in time for the qualifying, even if his ranking as of Monday would have gotten him straight into the main draw).

Brandon Holt (USA): No. 144 ==========> No. 111 (He’ll never not be known as Tracy Austin’s son. But the 26-year-old former college standout is making a move this year. He wins the final at the Bengaluru Challenger, and is onto another career high. A year ago he stood at No. 288 in the rankings).

***Brandon Holt and mother Tracy Austin at Indian Wells in 2023.***

Marin Cilic (CRO): No. 186 ==========> No. 142 (Cilic, now 35, only began his 2025 campaign a week ago in Doha, losing in the first round to Carlos Alcaraz. He improved that this week, making the quarters in Dubai and losing to Auger-Aliassime. He stil has some protected ranking opportunities to use, although he doesn’t appear to be using them during the “Sunshine Swing”).

Liam Draxl (CAN): No. 175 ==========> No. 171 (Another week, another career best for the 23-year-old Canadian, who made the quarters at the Lugano Challenger. He’s at another Challenger in France this week).

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (MEX): No. 355 ==========> No. 231 (The 19-year-old, the best prospect Mexican men’s tennis has had in years, gets the breaks at his home-country ATP event in Acapulco with Ruud’s withdrawal, finally bowing out to Davidovich Fokina in the quarterfinals. The kid had spent 2025 so far playing ITFs in Turkey – and not even getting to a final. Now, Now, he’s on track to get to his first Grand Slam qualifying effort at Roland Garros, not having too much to defend until then).

Ben Shelton (USA) (No. 12)
Tomas Machac (CZE) (No. 20)
Brandon Nakashima (USA) (No. 33)
Zizou Bergs (BEL) (No. 53)
Quentin Halys (FRA) (No. 59)
Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) (No. 61)
Luca Nardi (ITA) (No. 67)
Learner Tien (USA) (No. 68)
Raphael Collignon (BEL) (No. 92)
Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) (No. 101)
Brandon Holt (USA) (No. 111)
Valentin Royer (FRA) (No. 150)
Liam Draxl (CAN) (No. 171)
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (MEX) (No. 231)

Alex de Minaur (AUS): No. 8 ==========> No. 10 (De Minaur, who has won more matches on the ATP Tour this year than anyone not named Felix, drew Marin Cilic in the first round of Dubai and fell in three sets. De Minaur won Acapulco a year ago – and had he gone back there to defend his title might have ended up having an easier path – assuming he was able to steer clear of the food-poisoning bug).

Sebastian Korda (USA): No. 23 ==========> No. 25 (Korda began his season impressively, making the final in Adelaide. But since then he’s played little – just three matches. He lost 7-5 in the fifth in Australia to Aleksandar Vukic, and in three sets in Marseille to Otto Virtanen. He missed the Middle East swing entirely. Korda is again due back at Indian Wells in both singles and doubles, the latter with the also-returning Jordan Thompson).

Alejandro Tabilo (CHI): No. 28 ==========> No. 31 (After breaking into the top 20 last July, the Chilean-Canadian has really struggled to win matches. In fact, he’s now 0-6 in 2025 after losing his opener at home in Santiago, as the No. 2 seed. His winning opponents have been ranked No. 75, No. 133, No. 57, No. 112, No. 125 and No. 136. He has just second-round points to defend at both Indian Wells and Miami. But eventually, it’s going to start to show in his ranking if he doesn’t turn things around).

Arthur Rinderknech (FRA): No. 61 ==========> No. 73 (A first-round loss to Casper Ruud – who later withdrew from the tournament with food poisoning – means Rindernech drops the points from winning the Lille Challenger last year).

Corentin Moutet (FRA): No. 65 ==========> No. 78 (Moutet loses in the first round in Santiago, where he made the semifinals a year ago).

Alexander Bublik (KAZ): No. 51 ==========> No. 81 (The guy is SO much more talented than his ranking. And even more so now that he drops a ton of points from last year’s Dubai final, after losing a tight one to Auger-Aliassime in the first round. Last May, he was at a career high No. 17. The crazy thing is that he’s 154-157 in his career at the ATP level, which isn’t even .500).