Only in third to eighth place could the ATP finals in London result in shifts in the world rankings.
At least Stan Wawrinka is still in the top ten. which also speaks for the strong year that the Swiss player has played until the early end of his 2017 campaign – semi-finals in Melbourne, the final in Roland Garros – that’s not so easy to beat. But apart from that: a lot of news on the front ranks of the ATP world rankings, apart from the two top positions where Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer (in this order) will be wintering.
Alexander Zverev as third, Dominic Thiem as world number four, these maximum values have been known for a few days. New in the Bel Etage is Jack Sock, winner of Paris-Bércy. The US-American concludes the tennis year as the best player in his country, and has the chance to win a scorecard for next year in London. The same goes for Grigor Dimitrov (number six) and David Goffin (eighth place). Pablo Carreno Busta will only fill in as a replacement, no surprise after the weaker performances of the last weeks.
No longer in the top ten are Novak Djokovic as twelfth and Andy Murray (number 16).
From a German point of view, Philipp Kohlschreiber’s 29th place has created a solid basis for setting the Australian Open, Mischa Zverev would close the seed list at position 32 in Melbourne – after it is already clear that Kei Nishikori will be missing in Australia, nothing should go wrong in this respect. Even Filip Krajinovic, final loser of Paris, could expect a safe place in the tableau at first, the Serbian has improved by 44 places to 33rd place.
Maximilian Torterer and Gerald Melzer were also the winners of the weekend: With his success in Eckental, the German also improved to 90th place, Austria’s second-best player after his second Challenger victory in a row to 99th place.
Here is the current ATP world ranking list