Denis Shapovalov Set To Fall Out Of Top 100 For First Time In Six Years

| by Sebastian Dahlman

Denis Shapovalov hasn't played since Wimbledon, and the Canadian will fall out of the Top 100 on the ATP Tour for the first time in six years.

Denis Shapovalov was considered a great talent a few years ago. The Canadian was supposed to break out and become a Top 10 player. While he did visit the Top 10, he never consistently remained there due to the inability to deliver consistently.

He's had some superb wins and played some amazing tennis at times, but not this year or last year. He broke into the Top 10 in September of 2020, which was quite a while ago.

He hovered around there for about a year but then started to slowly dip. Injuries derailed him this year and certainly contributed to his downfall before that, which is a shame because he's a really good player when he can play regularly.

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This year has particularly been terrible for Shapovalov, whose last match came at Wimbledon. He's missed all events since then, pulling out of each leading up to them.

We don't know what his status is as he hasn't provided many updates, but it seems like he's taking a slow approach to recovery, trying to avoid rushing back too soon.

Life outside of the courts has been going well for him, so at least he's happy with that. Tennis, though, isn't going well, and he's staring at a very tough road back. The lack of play saw his ranking drop severely as he's about to drop out of the Top 100.

It would be the first time he's out of the Top 100 in six years. He's currently 93rd, which is his lowest rank since August of 2017. Next week's ranking will see him drop out of the Top 100 officially, which again will be the lowest rank since August of 2017.

He was number 143 back then.

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