Jannik Sinner further strengthened his position as number one in the world rankings of tennis after defeating American Frances Tiafoe in the final of the Cincinnati Masters 1,000 on Monday.
The Italian, who won his fifth title this year, He leads the table with 9,760 points, compared to Novak Djokovic’s 7,460 and Carlos Alcaraz’s 7,360while German Alexnader Zverev is fourth with 7,035.
The ‘top 10’ of the list does not suffer any change, so the positions, starting from fifth, of the Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and the Australian Alex de Minaur.
The first change was the promotion to thirteenth place of American Ben Shelton, overtaking his compatriot Tommy Paul, while Tiafoe moves up seven places to twentieth, just ahead of Argentine Sebastián Báez and Chilean Alejandro Tabilo.
Pedro Martínez, Roberto Carballés and Alejandro Davidovich They are in positions 43, 54 and 57.
ATP Rankings
08/20/2024
1. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 9760 pts
2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7460
3. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 7360
4. Alexander Zverev (GER) 7035
5. Daniel Medvedev (RUS) 6275
6. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4805
7. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 4055
8. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3855
9. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 3655
10. Alex De Minaur (AUS) 3435
11. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 3425
12. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3120
13. Ben Shelton (USA) 3110 (+1)
14. Tommy Paul (USA) 2985 (-1)
15. Holger Rune (DEN) 2780 (+1)
16. Sebastian Korda (USA) 2585 (-1)
17. Ugo Humbert (FRA) 2330
18. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 2255
19. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 2170
20. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 2120 (+7)
Source: La Verdad
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