Carlos Alcaraz held onto No.1 within the ATP rankings by advantage of his victory over No.2 Novak Djokovic within the Wimbledon closing as Marketa Vondrousova’s first grand slam title pushed her all the way in which as much as a career-high No.10 on the WTA record.
Vondrousova jumped 32 locations from No.42 due to her 6-4 6-4 win towards Ons Jabeur in Saturday’s closing on the All England Club
The 24-year-old from the Czech Republic was the lowest-ranked and first unseeded ladies’s champion on the grass-court main.
Alcaraz’s 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 3-6 6-4 defeat of Djokovic on Sunday marked the third time prior to now 4 main tournaments that the boys’s title match decided who could be at No.1.
At final September’s US Open, Alcaraz grew to become the primary teenager to steer the ATP by beating Casper Ruud within the closing.
At January’s Australian Open, it was Djokovic – who has spent extra weeks atop the rankings than anybody in tennis historical past – who assured himself of being at No.1 by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Alcaraz, a Spaniard who turned 20 in May, and Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, have been buying and selling the best spot this season. Alcaraz now enters his twenty ninth week there.
“He’s proven that he’s the best player in the world, no doubt,” mentioned Djokovic, who had received 4 consecutive titles at Wimbledon and was in search of a twenty fourth grand slam trophy total.
Iga Swiatek might have relinquished her 15-month maintain on the WTA’s No.1 rating to No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon however remained there on Monday.
Swiatek misplaced within the quarter-finals; Sabalenka misplaced within the semi-finals.
The high seven slots within the ladies’s rankings stayed the identical, with 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina remaining at No. 3, adopted by Jessica Pegula, Caroline Garcia, Jabeur and Coco Gauff.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
