Even before the final of the Australian Open, it was clear that the recently injured Carlos Alcaraz would have to give up the lead in the ATP world rankings after 19 weeks – either to Novak Djokovic or Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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With 374 weeks at the top of the rankings, the 35-year-old Serb continues to extend his lone record. Roger Federer is at 310 weeks, the next active player, Rafael Nadal, follows in sixth place (209).
Nadal loses in the ranking
Daniil Medvedev, who led the ranking in September, is no longer in the top ten (from eight to twelve). Alexander Zverev also lost another place in the ranking – he is now only 14th after his seven and a half month injury break.
Meanwhile, Stefanos Tsitsipas (3rd), Andrey Rublev (5th), and Taylor Fritz (8th) set their career high with a place up.
Only Zverev, Otte and Altmaier in the top 100
Holger Rune is ninth for the first time (+1), Frances Tiafoe jumps up to 15 (+2), Lorenzo Musetti to 18 (+1) and semi-finalist Tommy Paul to 19 (+16) – all career bests.
Meanwhile, Ben Shelton (from 99 to 43/+46), Jiri Lehecka (from 71 to 38/+32) and JJ Wolf (from 67 to 48/+19) make the biggest leaps forward in the top 50.
Only Oscar Otte (79./-5) and Daniel Altmaier (91./+1) remain as Germans in the top 100.
Most Grand Slam titles:
| No. | Before | Name | Points |
| 1 | (5.) | Djokovic (SRB) | 7070 |
| 2 | (1.) | Alcaraz (ESP) | 6730 |
| 3 | (4.) | Tsitsipas (GRE) | 6195 |
| 4 | (3.) | Ruud (NOR) | 5765 |
| 5 | (6.) | Rublev (—) | 4200 |
| 6 | (2.) | Nadal (ESP) | 3815 |
| 7 | (7.) | Auger-Aliassime (CAN) | 3715 |
| 8 | (9.) | Fritz (USA) | 3410 |
| 9 | (10.) | Rune (DEN) | 3046 |
| 10 | (11.) | Hurkacz (POL) | 2995 |
| 14 | (13.) | Zverev (GER) | 2425 |
| 79 | (74.) | Eight (GER) | 666 |
| 91 | (92.) | Altmaier (GER) | 584 |
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