Jannik Sinner Extends World No. 1 Lead In Latest ATP Rankings Despite Not Playing
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Jannik Sinner doesn't even have to play these days to further increase his lead as the World No. 1 player on the ATP Tour.
The young Italian is one of only three players in the Top 60 who chose not to compete in any warm-up tournaments ahead of the 2025 Australian Open (for reasons other than an injury). The other two are Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev.
Because of that, Sinner knew that his points total wouldn't change ahead of the first Grand Slam of the season, and he also knew that he would keep his World No. 1 rank, as his lead is enormous.
In the latest edition of the ATP Rankings, published on January 6th, 2025, Sinner began his 31st week as the World No. 1 player, which is now only five less than his young rival Carlos Alcaraz.
On top of that, his lead to the second place became even bigger. The Italian still has 11,830 points, but second Alexander Zverev now has "only" 7,635 points, which is 280 less than he had before the season started.
The reason is simple. Last year, Zverev led Germany to the overall win at the United Cup. This year, on the other hand, he was forced to withdraw from the competition because of an injury, and Germany lost much sooner than last year.
Another player whose ranking points total remained unchanged is Alcaraz. The Spaniard still has 7,010 points and is third, which means his 4,820-point gap to Sinner didn't change, but he closed up on the World No. 2 rank by 280 points that Zverev lost.
From behind, however, Taylor Fritz made a big leap towards the Top 3. Fritz was part of Team USA at the 2025 United Cup, and he won the crucial match for the country, sealing their win over Poland in the final of the competition.
Also thanks to that win, Fritz's total increased by 250 points, and he now has 5,350 points in fourth place. Still, despite these minor changes, the Top 7 remainder unchanged, as Daniil Medvedev is still in fifth, Casper Ruud sixth, and Novak Djokovic, who lost in the Brisbane International quarter-final, seventh.
There is a new player occupying the eighth position, however. Alex de Minaur lost 210 points, but that's less than 240 points that Andrey Rublev lost this week, and since the gap between the two players was minimal, the Australian was able to move ahead of Rublev in the latest rankings.
De Minaur is now eighth with 3,535 points, while Rublev is right behind him with 3,520. Closing out the Top 10 is Grigor Dimitrov, who has 3,200 points to his name, even though he also lost 150 points, as he couldn't defend his Brisbane International title.
The biggest mover in the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings was Kei Nishikori. The Japanese player played in the Hong Kong Open final, which yielded him 165 points. Those moved him up by 32 places to the World No. 74 position.
His final opponent and the Hong Kong Open champion, Alexandre Muller, also made a significant move up. He improved his position by 11 places to the 56th place.
On the other hand, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Adrian Mannarino, Arthur Cazaux, James Duckworth, and Pavel Kotov all lost at least seven positions as they slid down the rankings.
Before the Australian Open starts on January 12th, players will have one more week of action to change their ranking before the season's first Grand Slam tournament.
