Tennis
World rankings: Historical top for Alkarath, Tsitsipas sixth
Since Monday morning (September 12th) Carlos Alcarath has been the little athlete who is number 1 in the world rankings. Sixth is Tsitsipas.
From Monday (September 12th) Carlos Alcarath has a new record. The 19-year-old Spaniard now tops the world rankings, becoming the youngest person ever.
At the same time, Casper Rudd, also a US Open finalist, moved up to second place, with the two putting together the second-youngest 1-2 in Open Era history.
The absolute record, which will hardly be broken, has been held since 1975. Then the then 22-year-old Jimmy Connors was on top and second was 18-year-old Bjorn Borg. At the same time, Alkarath is 19 years old and Rudd is 23 years old.
From there, Stefanos Tsitsipas is sixth while Cameron Norrie won another to set a new career record.
The World Ranking
- Carlos Alcarath 6740
- 5850 Kasperstrasse
- Rafael Nadal 5810
- Danil Medvedev 5065
- Alexander Zverev 5040
- Stefanos Tsitsipas 4810
- Novak Djokovic 3570
- Cameron Norrie 3550
- Andrei Rublev 3390
- Hubert Hurkatz 3355
Source: sport 24
