(Paris) Jannik Sinner on Monday became the first Italian world No.1 in the history of the ATP rankings and is now ahead of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, crowned Sunday at Roland-Garros.
Dethroned by Sinner, the Serbian Djokovic, No.1 since last September, was also overtaken by Alcaraz and found himself relegated to 3rd place.
The 22-year-old Italian, crowned at the Australian Open in January, is 945 points ahead of the 21-year-old Spaniard and 1,165 points more than Djokovic.
The 37-year-old Serbian, who is experiencing a complicated 2024 season without any titles for the moment, holds the record for the number of weeks spent at the rank of world No.1 (428). He also has that of the oldest No.1 in history while Alcaraz, who reached this rank for the first time in September 2022 at the age of 19, is the youngest to have achieved it.
Beaten in the final in Paris by Alcaraz, the German Alexander Zverev retains fourth place ahead of the Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.
Australian Alex de Minaur returns to the best ranking of his career, at 9th in the world, after reaching the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.
The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, 11th, leaves the top 10 again.
Quebecer Félix Auger-Aliassime, up three places, returns to the top 20, in 18th place.
