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The Tuesday and Wednesday night finals for the Asian swing events mean that the “Monday” rankings update only comes out on … Wednesday.
And the two best players in the world, playing different 500 events, both take the title.
It’s that kind of month. And with the Shanghai Masters 1000 being a two-week event, next Monday’s update will either be nonexistent or irrelevant.
Big moves from Americans Learner Tien and Jenson Brooksby, among others.
Taylor Fritz (USA): No. 5 ==========> No. 4 (Fritz squeezes past the idle Novak Djokovic and back into the No. 4 spot with his finals effort in Tokyo).
Jakub Mensik (CZE): No. 19 ==========> No. 16 (Mensik moves up three in a tight section of the draw, despie having to retire in his quarterfinal in Beijing. He ties his career high).
Denis Shapovalov (CAN): No. 26 ==========> No. 24 (Shapovalov moves up, despite having done nothing, because of drops by other players who didn’t defend their points).
Learner Tien (USA): No. 52 ==========> No. 36 (Tien, who had some good draw luck in making the Beijing final – he got retirements from both Daniil Medvedev and Lorenzo Musetti – has had some pretty key results this season that have vaulted him into a place where he can think about being seeded at these big 1000s and majors. It’s quite the feat at age 19).
Marton Fucsovics (HUN): No. 58 ==========> No. 53 (From a low of No. 124 just before Roland Garros, Fucsovics has rallied well. He qualified and won a round in Tokyo).
Jenson Brooksby (USA): No. 86 ==========> No. 57 (His original return from surgery, and a whereabouts suspension, was slow but Brooksby’s semifinal effort in Tokyo has him about 100 points out of the top 50. He’s been playing on a protected ranking, but that won’t be necessary any more, after a nice run to the semis in Tokyo).
Sebastian Korda (USA): No. 74 ==========> No. 63 (Korda’s intermittent season at least has his ranking back on the comeup after he won two rounds in Tokyo – the first, against Marcos Giron, in a third-set tiebreak. With that, he went over the $1 million mark in earnings this year despite being only 17-13 on the year. A little over a year ago he was at a career high No. 15).
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS): No. 94 ==========> No. 79 (The 29-year-old cements his top-100 status after going from the qualifying to the quarters in Tokyo.
Eliot Spizzirri (USA): No. 128 ==========> No. 105 (Spizziri, 23, is just 20 points outside the top 100 and a fairly guaranteed spot in the next Grand Slam after winning the Challenger in Jingshan. He began the season ranked No. 232, losing in the second of Australian Open qualifying).
Martin Landaluce (ESP): No. 136 ==========> No. 111 (Landaluce, a former No. 1 junior who won the US Open juniors in 2022, doesn’t get as much attention as players like Joao Fonseca. But he’s had a solid and steady rise to a new career high this week, after winning the Orléans Challenger. He’s done this mostly at the Challenger level; he’s 1-5 in ATP main draws (2-11 in his career).
Abedallah Shelbayh (JOR): No. 437 ==========> No. 302 (The 21-year-old from Jordan mentored by Fernando Verdasco, whose comeup has been slowed by injuries, puts a dent in his fallen ranking with a title at the Las Vegas Challenger. His career high of No. 181 came in early in 2024).
Luciano Darderi (ITA) (No. 29)
Ethan Quinn (USA) (No. 72)
Eliot Spizzirri (USA) (No. 105)
Martin Landaluce (ESP) (No. 111)
Rei Sakamoto (JPN) (No. 188)
Novak Djokovic (SRB): No. 4 ==========> No. 5 (The idle Djokovic drops a meaningless spot, at least for him as Fritz jumps up. But he is playing Shanghai this week, where he made the final a year ago, losing to Jannik Sinner. He has some good wiggle room ahead of those below him anyway).
Arthur Fils (FRA): No. 23 ==========> No. 30 (Fils, still just 21, has been out for months with a back issue. He won two rounds at his home Slam in Paris, but withdrew before the third round. He returned in Toronto and won a round before losing to Jiri Lehecka. And hasn’t played since. Fils won Tokyo last year beating Fritz, Berrettini, Shelton, Rune and Humbert).
Hubert Hurkacz (POL): No. 69 ==========> No. 78 (Hurkacz’s best moment of 2025 was his most heartbreaking, as he lost in a third-set tiebreak to Djokovic in Geneva. He was crushed by Fonseca in the first round of Paris – the turnaround was far too quick. He tried in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, but retired after winning his opener. And he hasn’t played since. He announced this week that he won’t be back until 2026. And why not; he has no more points to defend anyway).
Jacob Fearnley (GBR): No. 62 ==========> No. 80 (Fearnley came up with what is described as a rib injury that first cost him participation in Davis Cup and now, the entire Asian swing so far).
Kei Nishikori (JPN): No. 96 ==========> No. 112 (Nishikori’s career feature seems unclear these days. But after all that work getting back into the top 100, he falls out this week after dropping his points from a quarterfinal in Tokyo. He’s played just three matches since Madrid, and retired on one of them).
