Spain reigns supreme in the ATP rankings released on Monday with Carlos Alcaraz still world No. 1, while its glorious elder Rafael Nadal is taking advantage, without playing, of Norway’s Casper Ruud’s adventures in Seoul to climb to No. 2.
Canadian Denis Shapovalov climbed two places in the rankings after losing to Yoshihito Nishioka in the final of the Seoul tournament. He now sits 22nd in the standings, while Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassim is 15th.
Winner in Tel Aviv of his third tournament of the year after Rome (Masters 1000) and Wimbledon, Djokovic remains 7th but earns 250 valuable points in the race for the ATP Finals (formerly the Masters), his end-of-season goal.
The Serb can still earn points this week if he does so in Astana, another ATP 250 tournament in which he is participating.
The other star of the circuit, Rafael Nadal, is also one of the beneficiaries of this new ranking: even without playing, the 36-year-old Mallorcan returns to 2nd place (+1), thanks to Casper Rudd’s poor performance. , was eliminated in the quarterfinals in Seoul, where he was the No. 1 seed.
Besides, while there were no major tournaments last week, there was little change in the Top 20, with only Croatia’s Marin Cilic gaining two places (from 16th to 14th), thanks to his Tel Aviv final against ‘Djoko’.
ATP ranking as of October 3, 2022
1. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 6740 points
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 5810 (+1)
3. Casper Rudd (NOR) 5645 (-1)
4. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 5065
5. Alexander Zverev (GER) 5040
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 4810
7. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3820
8. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 3445
9. Andrey Rublev (Russia) 3345
10. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 3175 (+1)
11. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3055 (+1)
12. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3040 (-2)
13. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 2950
14. Marin Cilic (CRO) 2495 (+2)
15. Pablo Carreno (ESP) 2360 (-1)
16. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 2360 (-1)
17. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 2110
18. Karen Khachanov (RUS) 1990
19. Francis Tiafoe (USA) 1940
20. Nick Kyrgios (Austria) 1780
