The Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas also played for the ATP world number one in the final of the Australian Open 2023. It is known from the semifinals that the best will succeed the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the youngest leader in history with 19 years.
Twenty weeks after winning the US Open and climbing to first place, Carlos Alcaraz handed the baton to the ten-time champion at Melbourne Park, twenty-two Grand Slam titles like Rafa Nadal.
Novak Djokovic will add to his 373 weeks at the head of the world ranking this Monday, he will extend the record number. It has not been number 1 since June 12, 2022, when it was given to Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Djokovic, who started fifth at the start of the Australian Open, added 2,000 points to the winner. Totally because in 2022 he didn’t participate when he was exiled. Not being vaccinated against covid can also be decisive in the rise and fall of the ranking in the coming months.
‘Nole’ has 7,070 points, just 340 more than Alcaraz (6,730), who lost all 90 of his account in Australia due to an injury to his left leg. The Spaniard plans to reappear on clay in Buenos Aires (February 13-19), where he can earn a maximum of 250 points. He will then defend the 500 in Rio de Janeiro (February 20-26) and may collect a clean 500 in Acapulco (February 27-March 4).
Until April, the beginning of the land, Alcaraz exposed 1,860 points since he was a semifinalist in Indian Wells and champion in Miami, tournaments that Djokovic would not have stepped on had the United States maintained the ban on entering the country without vaccination guidelines , at least until April 10th. In favor of the Balkan, defending only 90 points in Dubai, where he will play again from February 27 to March 4.
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas missed out on becoming the 29th number one in ATP history, dating back to 1973, but he is keeping the fire alive. With 6,195 points, he is third, only 875 behind Djokovic, 545 behind Alcaraz. On the next hard court, indoors and outdoors, he subtracts 615 (300 in Rotterdam, 180 in Acapulco, 45 in Indian Wells and 90 in Miami).
Rafael Nadal, who holds just 45 of the 2,000 points in Australia, dropped from second to sixth place. He kept his place in the top-10, although a hip injury, for six or eight weeks, could herald his decline. He will drop 500 from his current 3,815 in Acapulco and 600 more if he doesn’t go to Indian Wells. Of course, he will only add to Montecarlo and Godón, where he will be absent due to a rib fracture in 2022.
This is the world ranking
After the Australian Open 2023
1. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 7,070
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Span) / 6,730
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 6,195
4. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 5,765
5. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 4,200
6. Rafael Nadal (Span) / 3,815
7. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) / 3,715
8. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 3,410
9. Holger Rune (Also) / 3,046
10. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 2,995
11. Cameron Norrie (GBR) / 2,760
12. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 2,750
13. Karen Khachanov (Russian) / 2,515
14. Alexander Zverev (German) / 2,425
15. Frances Tiafoe (USA) / 2,305
16. Pablo Carreño (Span) / 2,285
17. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 2,195
18. Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) / 1925
19. Tommy Paul (USA) / 1,835
20. Nick Kyrgios (Aus) / 1,825
Source: La Verdad
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