Sinner At No. 1 Ahead Of Return, Djokovic Drops, Draper & Ruud Climb In ATP Rankings

Despite not competing on the ATP Tour for over three months, Jannik Sinner is still at No. 1 ahead of his high-profile comeback at the 2025 Italian Open.

Sinner's last tournament was the 2025 Australian Open. He won a second title in Melbourne and his third Grand Slam overall to extend a then-massive lead at No. 1, a position he has held since the end of the 2024 French Open.

Triumphing in January at the Australian Open was particularly remarkable because his high-profile doping case was hanging over him. Eventually, the World Anti-Doping Agency banned him from February 9th until May 4th in a case settlement.

Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz could have overtaken Sinner during his absence, but neither man attained the necessary results. Zverev had the best chance but has suffered many tough losses since reaching the Australian Open final.

Sinner is on 9,730 points in the latest ATP rankings. That gives him a 1,645 lead to Zverev at No. 2, who has 8,085 points. The German, who was last year's champion in Rome, cannot overtake Sinner by the end of this year's Italian Open.

Novak Djokovic dropped one place to No. 6 after a terrible start to his clay-court season. The legendary 24-time Grand Slam champion failed to win a match at the Monte-Carlo Masters or the Madrid Open.

Djokovic responded to those defeats by withdrawing from the Italian Open without giving a specific reason. He seems to have re-evaluated his previous plan of playing more tournaments in 2025 compared to recent seasons.

Jack Draper is now at a career-high ranking of No. 5 after overtaking Djokovic. The Briton's outstanding start to the 2025 season continued by finishing as the runner-up to Casper Ruud at the Madrid Open.

Ruud's triumph in Madrid was the three-time Grand Slam runner-up's first Masters 1000 title. He has been rewarded for that phenomenal achievement by jumping eight positions to No. 7, regaining the Top 10 position he had recently lost.

Lorenzo Musetti is another man who reached a career-high ranking. The Italian fell in the semifinal of the Madrid Open to Draper, but that result and making the Monte-Carlo Masters final a few weeks ago have allowed him to rise two spots to No. 9.

Musetti's rise means Daniil Medvedev slipped outside of the Top 10 to No. 11. Carlos Alcaraz at No. 3, Taylor Fritz at No. 4, Alex de Minaur at No. 8, and Holger Rune at No. 10 make up the rest of the Top 10.

Andrey Rublev plummeted nine spots to No. 17 after being unable to defend the title he won last year in Madrid. The ten-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist suffered a surprising loss to Alexander Bublik in the round of 32.

Gabriel Diallo was the most significant mover in the latest ATP rankings. The Canadian's quarterfinal run, including wins against Grigor Dimitrov and Cameron Norrie, saw him catapult 24 positions to No. 54.

Some of the other ATP rankings changes were Stefanos Tsitsipas's fall to No. 19, Frances Tiafoe's move to No. 15, and Felix Auger-Aliassime's drop of eight positions to No. 27.