Sinner Retains Substantial No. 1 Lead, Shelton And Tsitsipas Rise In Latest ATP Rankings
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Jannik Sinner has now been the ATP No. 1 for 35 consecutive weeks, and there are no signs of that changing anytime soon. The electric Ben Shelton also had positive news in the latest rankings.
Sinner became No. 1 for the first time after the 2024 French Open. He lost to Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set thriller at Roland Garros, but that did not stop him from reaching the rankings summit.
The Italian continued to go from strength to strength after that achievement. A few months later, Sinner became the fastest man to guarantee the year-end No. 1 ranking since Novak Djokovic in 2015.
His massive lead at No. 1 was never in any danger of being reduced because the 2025 Montpellier Open was the only tournament with ranking points available that occurred last week. World No. 10 Andrey Rublev was the highest-ranked man who played in Montpellier.
The rest of the ATP Top 10 is unchanged from last week: Alexander Zverev is No. 2, Carlos Alcaraz is No. 3, Taylor Fritz is No. 4, Casper Ruud is No. 5, Novak Djokovic is No. 6, Daniil Medvedev is No. 7, Alex de Minaur is No. 8, Tommy Paul is No. 9, and Andrey Rublev is No. 10.
Rublev, who recently opened up about his battle with depression, lost in the semifinal of the Montpellier Open to Aleksandar Kovacevic. Making it that far in the draw was not enough to alter his ranking.
Although Shelton did not play in Montpellier, he still moved up one spot to No. 13. The American reached the 2025 Australian Open semifinal before being soundly beaten by the eventual champion, Sinner.
Holger Rune lost in the semifinal of last year's Montpellier Open. However, he took the patriotic decision to represent Denmark in the Davis Cup qualifiers against Serbia instead of defending those points.
Unfortunately for Rune, this means he slipped from No. 12 to No. 14 in the rankings. Shelton, at No. 13, and Stefanos Tsitsipas, at No. 12, overtook the Dane because he decided to feature in the Davis Cup.
Tsitsipas began his season disastrously, losing in the first round of the Australian Open to Alex Michelsen after deciding not to play at any of the warmup tournaments beforehand, but he still remains near the Top 10.
Felix Auger-Aliassime won the Montpellier Open. The Canadian already won two titles in 2025 after triumphing in Adelaide before the Australian Open. Surprisingly, that triumph did not change his ranking from No. 23.
In contrast to Auger-Aliassime, Montpellier Open runner-up Kovacevic jumped 27 places from No. 102 to No. 75. It was the talented Kovacevic's first ATP title, something he achieved despite having to qualify for the main draw.
Alexander Bublik had the most significant drop of any player in the Top 100. The Kazakhstani won the 2024 Montpellier Open, but his title defense ended after a quarterfinal defeat to Kovacevic. He fell from No. 39 to 49.
Lorenzo Sonego rising to No. 34, Denis Shapovalov dropping to No. 54, and Kei Nishikori moving down to No. 71 were other changes in the ATP rankings.
