Thursday, October 24

History for Bopanna, Breakthroughs for Borges, Cazaux, Mannarino

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday January 30 2024

There weren’t many vital modifications within the Top 5 of the ATP rankings this week, however the hole between the names has considerably decreased because of some surprises on the Australian open.

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Novak Djokovic nonetheless sits atop the desk, however the 24-time Grand Slam champion drops 1200 factors after failing to defend his Australian Open title in Melbourne. That, mixed with stellar level good points of 2024 Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner, runner-up Daniil Medvedev and Carlos Alcaraz, make issues fairly tight on the high.

1545 factors now separate the 4 gamers, with Alcaraz inching inside 600 factors of Djokovic, Medvedev now 1090 factors again, and Sinner rising to inside 1545.


Djokovic is spending his 410th week at No.1, 100 greater than another man in historical past.

Elsewhere within the Top 10, Hubert Hurkacz clicked to a career-high No.8 rating, whereas Taylor Fritz rose three spots to re-enter the Top 10 at No.9. Holger Rune rose a spot to No.7, whereas Stefanos Tsitsipas dropped to No.10, his lowest rating since April of 2019.

Career High for Mannarino and Borges

After reaching the fourth spherical on the Aussie Open, France’s Adrian Mannarino clicks as much as No.17 within the rankings (+2 from 19). The seemingly ageless 35-year-old is the No.1-ranked Frenchman in the mean time.

Portugal’s Nuno Borges additionally cracks an enormous milestone. The first man from Portugal to ever attain the spherical of 16 at Melbourne jumps 22 spots to No.47, making his Top 50 debut.


China’s Zhang Zhizhen additionally made his Top 50 debut, rising 4 spots to No.50.

Cazaux Biggest Mover

France’s Arthur Cazaux, who reached the spherical of 16 on the Australian Open is the largest mover within the Top 100 this week. The Frenchman, who had by no means received a primary draw match at a significant earlier than this 12 months, rises 39 spots to make his Top 100 debut at No.83.


Bopanna Makes History!

India’s Rohan Bopanna turned the oldest Grand Slam males’s doubles champion in historical past (profitable the title with Matthew Ebden) at this 12 months’s Australian Open, and on Monday he clicked an enormous rankings milestone, rising to the highest of the ATP doubles desk to turn out to be the oldest first-time No.1 in ATP historical past.


Cobolli, Marozsan on the Move

Making waves outdoors of the Top 50 are Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan, who jumps ten spots to a career-high 57 and Italy’s Flavio Cobolli, who rises from 100 to 76.

24-year-old Marozsan reached the third spherical in Melbourne, falling to Taylor Fritz.

21-year-old Cobolli scored his first two Grand Slam primary draw wins, reaching the third spherical at Melbourne earlier than falling to Alex de Minaur.


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