March 16, 2026

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ATP Rankings Report – As of Feb. 2, 2026

MELBOURNE, Australia – The first biggie is in the books.

And Novak Djokovic is back to No. 3, with no clear idea of when he’ll play next.

And there are a lot of new career bests as a lot of players did some unexpected things during their Australian experience.

For the complete, updated ATP rankings as of Monday, click here.

Novak Djokovic (SRB): No. 4 ========> No. 3 (Djokovic …… And despite having so few tournaments on his resumé, he’s the third best player in the world. At 38. That’s something).

Taylor Fritz (USA): No. 9 ========> No. 7 (A fourth round was enough for Fritz to move up two. But his body his still feeling the effects of last year and he’s far from at his best).

Learner Tien (USA): No. 29 ========> No. 24 (Another career high for Tien, just 20, a quarterfinalist in Australia).

Valentin Vacherot (MON): No. 31 ========> No. 27 (Also a career best for Vacherot, the Shanghai champion, who made the third round in his first effort as a Slam-seeded player).

Frances Tiafoe (USA): No. 34 ========> No. 30 (Tiafoe quietly exited in the third round, and got back into the top 30. But he’s as low-profile as it gets at the moment for a former top-10 player).

Marin Cilic (CRO): No. 70 ========> No. 61 (The 2014 US Open champ, now 37, beat Denis Shapovalov before losing in the third round. But this is his highest ranking since last summer, after missing the better part of two years with a knee issue and fighting like crazy to even get back into the top 100).

Eliot Spizzirri (USA): No. 85 ========> No. 71 (A career high for the 24-year-old American, who had the misfortune of having reigning champion Jannik Sinner in absolute cramping distress on the other side of the net in the third round – only for the heat stress scale to hit “5”, the roof close, and the course of history changed).

Stan Wawrinka (SUI): No. 139 ========> No. 109 (Wawrinka, in his final Australian Open, went out in impressive fashion in the third round, and helped his ranking quite a bit. If he keeps this up, he won’t need wild cards into the other majors during his farewell tour).

Rafael Jodar (ESP): No. 150 ========> No. 124 (The 19-year-old, who decided the NCAAs were done for him, qualified and won a round in Australia, losing to Jakub Mensik. That’s a career high).

Chris Rodesch (LUX): No. 209 ========> No. 143 (A career high for the 24-year-old Luxembourgian, who lost in the second round of qualifying in Australia but won a Challenger in Oeiras the second week).

Luciano Darderi (ITA) (No. 23)
Learner Tien (USA) (No. 24)
Valentin Vacherot (MON) (No. 27)
Kamil Majrchrzak (POL) (No. 55)
Eliot Spizzirri (USA) (No. 71)
Emilio Nava (USA) (No. 82)
Patrick Kypson (USA) (No. 105)
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) (No. 112)
Kyrian Jacquet (FRA) (No. 113)
Francesco Maestrelli (ITA) (No. 116)
Rafael Jodar (ESP) (No. 124)
Chris Rodesch (LUX) (No. 145)
Michael Zheng (USA) (No. 148)
Dane Sweeny (AUS) (No. 151)
Arthur Fery (GBR) (No. 152)
Martin Damm (USA) (No. 160)


Alexander Zverev (GER): No. 3 ========> No. 4 (Zverev makes the semis in Melbourne, losing a heartbreaker. But he was a finalist a year ago, and Djokovic squeezes past him).

Ben Shelton (USA): No. 7 ========> No. 9 (Shelton made the quarters. But he was a semifinalist in Australia a year ago so he drops two, although in no danger of dropping out of the top 10).

Jack Draper (GBR): No. 11 ========> No. 13 (When is the big British lefty coming back? He seems to be training. But it’s been a long road).

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Lorenzo Sonego (ITA): No. 40 ========> No. 60 (Tough drop for Sonego, who had the misfortune of running into his mate Lorenzo Musetti in the second round, after making the quarters last year with a pretty snappy draw).

Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA): No. 56 ========> No. 81 (The American with the one-handed Backhand lost in the first round in Melbourne, and in the second round of the Quimper Challenger. So with his run from the qualifying to the final in Montpellier last year coming off before the same tournament takes place in 2026, he drops a lot).

Gael Monfils (FRA): No. 110 ========> No. 163 (Monfils would have wanted a better run in his AO finale, but he ran up against an inspired, mulleted Aussie named Dane Sweeny. But he stuck around to support his better half on his run to the semifinals before he heads off to the South American clay-court swing). 

 

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