This was the ATP top 10 before Nadal’s interruption in April 2005

This March 20 The day Carlos Alcaraz reclaimed the world number 1 will be remembered, but It will also go down in history due to the absence of Rafa Nadal in the Top 10.

After 912 consecutive weeks in the top ten ATP rankingsthe Spaniard has long left the 789 of the American Jimmy Connors and the 734 of the Swiss Roger Federer.

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Nadal has played only thirteen matches in the last eight months, as he suffered a first abdominal tear that kept him out of the Wimbledon semifinals. There was a second during the US Open.

So far this year, three games, only 45 points for the world rankingunable to defend the more than 3,000 he faced before the clay, where he will start from scratch in Monte Carlo and Godó, where he fell in 2022 due to a cracked rib.

His points account dropped to 2,715 points, of which 2,000 came from his fourteenth victory at Roland Garros. This is the explanation for leaving the top-10 of the world ranking in the list on March 20, 2023the thirteenth appeared.

You have to go back to the week of April 18, 2005 to see the top 10 without EspanyolWell, the man from Manacor is not there, because he has a countryman, Carlos Moyà, who is his current coach.

Moyà is seventh on a list led by Roger Federerahead of Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin.

Here is the complete list of the ATP top 10 then:

Roger Federer (SUI)

6,465 points

2

Lleyton Hewitt (AU)

4,170 points

3

Marat Safin (RUS)

3,345 points

4

Andy Roddick (USA)

3,340 points

5

Guillermo Coria (ARG)

2,390 points

6

Tin Henman (GBR)

2,275 points

7

Carlos Moya (ESP)

2,185 points

8

Gaston Gaudio (ARG)

2,170 points

9

David Nalbandian (ARG)

2,030 points

10

André Agassi (USA)

2,005 points