At Zverev, the title stands out at the ATP Finals. Especially the victory in the semi-finals against world number one Novak Djokovic was the perfect end to a successful tennis year for the German.
Zverev reached the finals at the Masters in Paris, among others, but lost to second in the world, Daniil Medvedev.
At the US Open, Zverev ended up in the semifinals, losing an epic fight against Djokovic 2: 3. And it is precisely these two players who were placed ahead of him in the world rankings at the end of the year.
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For the German, it goes from seventh place at the beginning of the year up to number three. Since May 2019, the Hamburger has once again been one of the three best tennis players in the world.
Kerber improves in ranking
Angelique Kerber, on the other hand, had a curious tennis year in 2021.
The end in the first round of the French Open was sobering, but the former world number one played more and more like in past glorious times. Kerber’s best performance of the season was achieved at the prestigious Wimbledon tournament in London. In the semifinals, however, she lost a tough fight against world number one Ashleigh Barty from Australia.
The German is currently still lacking the last conviction to play for the title in major tournaments, but in the WTA world rankings she made a jump to 16th place and is as high as last time in October 2019. At the beginning of the year, the Kiel woman was ranked 25th.
ATP world rankings (as of December 6, 2021)
- 1. (1.) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 11,540 Points
- 2. (2.) Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 8640
- 3. (3.) Alexander Zverev (Hamburg) 7840
- 4. (4.) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 6540
- 5. (5.) Andrei Rublev (Russland) 5150
- 6th (6th) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 4875
- 7. (7.) Matteo Berrettini (Italien) 4568
- 8. (8th) Casper Ruud (Norway) 4160
- 9. (9th) Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) 3706
- 10. (10.) Jannik Sinner (Italy) 3350
- 11. (11.) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) 3308
- 12. (12th) Cameron Norrie (Great Britain) 2945
- 13th (13th) Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 2625
- 14. (14.) Denis Shapovalov (Kanada) 2475
- 15. (15.) Dominic Thiem (Austria) 2425
- 16. (16.) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 2385
- 17. (17.) Cristian Garin (Chile) 2353
- 18. (18.) Aslan Karatsev (Russland) 2351
- 19. (19.) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) 2260
- 20. (20.) Pablo Carreno Busta (Spanien) 2230
- 51. (51.) Jan-Lennard Struff (Warstein) 1134
- 54. (54.) 1101
- 82. (82.) Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) 822
- 84. (84.) Daniel Altmaier (Kempen) 813
- 86. (86.) Peter Gojowczyk (Munich) 808
WTA world rankings (as of December 6, 2021)
- 1. (1.) Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 7582 points
- 2. (2.) Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) 6380
- 3. (3.) Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 5685
- 4. (4.) Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5135
- 5. (5.) Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) 5008
- 6. (6.) Maria Sakkari (Greece) 4385
- 7. (7.) Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) 4351
- 8. (8.) Paula Badosa (Spain) 3849
- 9. (9.) Each Swiatek (Poland) 3786
- 10. (10.) Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 3455
- 11. (11.) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 3076
- 12. (12.) Sofia Kenin (USA) 2971
- 13. (13.) Naomi Osaka (Japan) 2956
- 14. (14.) Elena Rybakina (Kasachstan) 2855
- 15. (15.) Jelena Svitolina (Ukraine) 2726
- 16. (16.) Angelique Kerber (Kiel) 2671
- 17. (17.) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 2660
- 18. (18.) Jessica Pegula (USA) 2650
- 19. (19.) Emma Raducanu (Großbritannien) 2622
- 20th (20th) Simona Halep (Romania) 2576
- 23. (23.) Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 2415
- 37. (37.) Jil Teichmann (Switzerland) 1620
- 43. (43.) Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) 1422
- 76. (76.) Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) 919
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