Bizarre world rankings update – Federer falls out of ATP ranking – Djokovic only number 7 – Sport

Roger Federer has not appeared in the ATP ranking for the first time since September 1997. Novak Djokovic falls out of the top 5 despite winning Wimbledon.

On September 22, 1997, a Swiss named Roger Federer, who had just turned 16, appeared as number 803 in the ATP world rankings for the first time. He later led that for 310 weeks, a record surpassed by Novak Djokovic just last year.

Federer is missing from the current ranking for the first time in almost 25 years. The last points left in the almost 41-year-old Basler’s account were those 600 from the 2019 Wimbledon final. That was more than the 360 ​​he received for last year’s quarter-finals and still brought him up last week 97th place. After the 2022 Wimbledon edition, these points also fell out of the system. After his knee surgeries, Federer is planning a comeback at the Laver Cup in September and a month later at the Swiss Indoors in Basel.

Djokovic falls behind – Medvedev remains top

The big winner of Wimbledon is also the big loser in the world rankings. Since no ATP and WTA points were awarded due to the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian players, Djokovic falls from 3rd to 7th place.

The beneficiary is, of all people, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who remains at the top. Djokovic’s final opponent Nick Kyrgios also loses 5 places (from 40 to 45). The only Swiss in the top 100 is Henri Laaksonen as number 96.

Golubic is passed

One of the biggest losers on the WTA tour is Viktorija Golubic. The Zurich native, who surprisingly made it to the quarter-finals in Wimbledon in 2021, slipped from 58th to 100th place. Belinda Bencic remains the best Swiss, moving up 3 positions to number 13. Jil Teichmann follows in 21st place.

Simona Waltert made a leap forward (from 186 to 154) thanks to her victory at the ITF tournament in Amersfoort (NED). As with the men, the players who are successful at Wimbledon do not benefit. The sensational winner Jelena Rybakina remains number 23, her final opponent Ons Jabeur dropped from place 2 to 5.