Rankings are often the ultimate measure of how strong a player/doubles duo is on the court and their current form. Below is the list of the top 10 ATP rankings on the 2023 men’s tennis tour.
Top 10 ATP rankings for male
Novak Djokovic now holds the top spot in the ATP Singles Rankings
With a total of 7,160 points, Novak Djokovic now holds the top spot in the ATP Singles Rankings, followed by Carlos Alcaraz (6,780) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (5,805).
Casper Ruud (4), Taylor Fritz (5), Daniil Medvedev (6), Andrey Rublev (7), Holger Rune (8), Rafael Nadal (9), and Felix Auger-Aliassime (10) are among the other top 10 ATP rankings.
The average age of male players in the top rankings is slightly over 27 years old. Indeed, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune (19) are the youngest and John Isner and Stan Wawrinka (37) are the oldest.
Tennis Rankings: A Look Back
Whilst contemporary tennis dates back to the mid-1800s, there was no official ranking system in existence for a long time.
Some prominent British newspapers began publishing their own rankings in the 1950s. Among these, the yearly ranking of the top ten tennis players with famed tennis journalist Lance Tingay appeared authoritative.
In 1972, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – the international governing body for men’s tennis – established formal computerised tennis rankings for the first time in order to streamline tournament entrance procedures.
Tennis Rankings: A Look Back
August 23, 1973 saw the release of the first-ever men’s singles rankings. Ilie Năstase of Romania was the first official ATP men’s singles world No. 1. The inaugural men’s doubles tennis rankings were announced over three years later, on March 1, 1976.
After the establishment of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) – the international governing body in women’s tennis – by Billie Jean King in 1973, the women’s game followed suit and adopted a similar structure.
Currently, ATP Rankings rate men’s singles and doubles players, whilst WTA Rankings evaluate women’s singles and doubles players. There are no official mixed doubles rankings.
The ranking system’s foundation in its early stages was an average of each player’s results. With effect from 1990, it was transformed to a “best of” system. And it serves as the foundation for the ranking system we use today.
Both the ATP and WTA use a same format, with slight differences.
Top 10 ATP rankings: How and Why Do Rankings Matter?
Top 10 ATP rankings: How and Why Do Rankings Matter?
- Automatic Tournament Enrollment
Keeping a better ranking is critical since it grants participants the right to compete in higher-level competitions. If you are outside of those positions, you must win three qualifying matches or be given a wildcard to enter.
- Increased Seeding
All tennis events employ a seeding method for the draw, so that players ranked first and second do not encounter in the first round. Seedings are inversely proportional to a player’s ranking: the higher your rating, the higher your seeding.
- Prestige
Being rated in the top eight on the ATP or WTA Tour qualifies players for the coveted year-end finals. The ATP and WTA Finals provide a maximum of 1500 ranking points. That is among the most valuable championships in tennis, second only to the Grand Slams.
- Earnings Prospects
The better a player’s rating, in addition to the possibility to earn more prize money, the more exposure they have to the general public, which converts into endorsement income.
