Alcaraz’s Wimbledon win keeps him at No. 1. Marketa Vondrousova’s lifts her to No. 10

umarkamran June 2, 2024

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WIMBLEDON, England — Carlos Alcaraz held onto No. 1 within the ATP rankings on Monday by advantage of his victory over No. 2 Novak Djokovic within the Wimbledon ultimate, and Marketa Vondrousova’s first Grand Slam title pushed her all the best way as much as a career-high No. 10 on the WTA checklist.

Vondrousova jumped 32 locations from No. 42 because of her 6-4, 6-4 win in opposition to Ons Jabeur in Saturday’s ultimate on the All England Membership. Vondrousova, a 24-year-old from the Czech Republic, was the lowest-ranked and first unseeded girls’s champion on the grass-court main.

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Alcaraz’s 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 defeat of Djokovic on Sunday marked the third time previously 4 main tournaments that the boys’s title match decided who could be at No. 1.

Ultimately September’s U.S. Open, Alcaraz grew to become the primary teenager to guide the ATP by beating Casper Ruud within the ultimate. 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 Might, 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 confirmed that he’s the very best participant on the earth, little doubt,” mentioned Djokovic, who had received 4 consecutive titles at Wimbledon and was in search of a twenty fourth Grand Slam trophy total.

Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime remained the highest Canadian on the ATP Tour, holding at No. 12 regardless of shedding his opening match for the second straight Grand Slam.

Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., who superior to the fourth spherical of the boys’s draw, moved up six spots to No. 23.

Iga Swiatek may have relinquished her 15-month maintain on the WTA’s No. 1 rating to No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon however remained there Monday.

Swiatek misplaced within the quarterfinals; Sabalenka misplaced within the semifinals.

The highest seven slots within the girls’s rankings stayed the identical Monday, with 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina remaining at No. 3, adopted by Jessica Pegula, Caroline Garcia, Jabeur and Coco Gauff.

Elina Svitolina, who made all of it the best way to the semifinals simply three months after returning to the tour from maternity depart, rose 49 locations from No. 76 to No. 27.

Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., moved up six spots to No. 44 after advancing to the ladies’s third spherical at Wimbledon. Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., was additionally a giant mover, leaping 11 spots to No. 84 after profitable her opening match on the All England Membership earlier than an in depth loss to fifth-seed Caroline Garcia within the second spherical.

The large mover within the males’s rankings was Chris Eubanks, a 27-year-old from Atlanta who performed school tennis at Georgia Tech. His run on the All England Membership allowed Eubanks to go from a career-high No. 43 to a brand new private better of No. 31.

Making his Wimbledon debut, Eubanks eradicated No. 5 seed Tsitsipas and No. 12 seed Cam Norrie on the best way to his first main quarterfinal earlier than shedding to No. 3 Daniil Medvedev.

There have been no adjustments among the many first 13 ATP rating spots.