The outcome of the
Indian Wells Masters 1000
, with the victory of
Carlos Alcaraz
, reinforces the first four positions in the
ATP world ranking
, which are occupied by the Serbian
Novak Djokovic
, the Spanish prodigy, the Italian
Jannik Sinner
and the Russian
Daniil Medevev
separated by a margin less than 2,000 points.
Djokovic, who lost in the round of 32 against the lucky loser
Luca Nardi
but who had not played this tournament last year,
gains 50 points (9,725)
, while Alcaraz, who repeated his victory, does not see his income increased (8,805).
Sinner, a semi-finalist against the player from Murcia, improves by 40 points (8,310) and the Russian, who played in the final, increases by 50 (7,765).
The first change in this week's classification benefits the German
Alexander Zverev
, another of Alcaraz's victims -in the quarterfinals-, who rises from sixth to fifth position, to the detriment of the Russian
Andrey Rublev
.
The Danish
Holger Rune
maintains seventh place and the Norwegian
Casper Ruud
takes eighth place from the Polish
Hubert Hurkacz
.
The Australian Alex de Minaur
closes the first ten steps
.
Except for Djokovic, whose number one is not in danger because he is not defending points, the rest will play this week in the Miami tournament, another event in the Masters 1000 category. Medvedev defends the title won in 2023 in the final against Sinner;
Alcaraz and the Russian Karen Khachanov were the other semifinalists.
Nole, who will take a break to then face the clay tour that will culminate at Roland Garros, reached his 417th week at the top of the rankings.
He clearly surpasses his two great rivals from the
Big Three
: the Swiss Roger Federer (310 weeks as No. 1) and the Spanish Rafael Nadal (209).
And also to other great tennis players in history, such as the American Pete Sampras (286), the Czech Ivan Lendl (270) and the also American Jimmy Connors (268).
The Italian Nardi, responsible for Djokovic's surprise elimination - and also for his forced rest in Miami -, achieved the best ranking of his life and rises to 96th place, with a rise of 27 positions.
Among the Argentine legion,
Sebastián Báez
remains in 19th place, followed by
Francisco Cerúndolo
(21, +1).
They are also the two best South Americans, since they surpass the Chilean
Nicolás Jarry
(23, +1).
There are still eight Argentines in the top 100.
Báez and Cerúndolo are followed by
Tomás Martín Etcheverry
(30),
Facundo Díaz
(55, -3),
Mariano Navone
(59),
Pedro Cachin
(79),
Federico Coria
(87, + 3) and
Thiago Tirante
(99, -2).
The top 20
1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 9,725 points
2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 8,805
3. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 8,310
4. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 7,765
5. Alexander Zverev (GER) 5,060 (+1)
6. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4,970 (-1)
7. Holger Rune (DEN) 3,875
8. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3,560 (+1)
9. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 3,370 (-1)
10. Alex De Minaur (AUS) 3,300
11. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 3,255
12. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 2,935 (+1)
13. Taylor Fritz (USA) 2,935 (-1)
14. Tommy Paul (USA) 2,430 (+3)
15. Ugo Humbert (FRA) 2,420 (-1)
16. Karen Khachanov (RUS) 2,265 (-1)
17. Ben Shelton (USA) 2,220 (-1)
18. Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 2002 (+2)
19. Sebastián Baez (ARG) 1990
20. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 1995 (+1)
The other Argentines in the top 100
21. Francisco Cerúndolo (ARG) 1,845 (+1)
30. Tomás Etcheverry (ARG) 1,325
55. Facundo Díaz Acosta (ARG) 943 (-3)
59. Mariano Navone (ARG) 899
79. Pedro Cachin (ARG) 739
87. Federico Coria (ARG) 687 (+3)
99. Thiago Agustín Tirante (ARG) 615 (-2)