The new record of Italian tennis

Historical day for Italian tennis. For the first time, in fact, In the ATP ranking we find eleven blue players. And for the first time Italy is the nation with the most players among the top 100 in the world. Jannik Sinner continues to lead the tricolor group of Top 100, thanks to his third career Slam title, the Australian Open. The South Tyrolean has reached the eight titles in what ATP defines the great tournaments (Slam, Masters 1000, Nitto ATP Final, Olympic Games), seven of which were won since the beginning of 2024. Sinner, Italian more titled in the majors In the history of Italian male tennis, he maintains 11,830 points in the standings having managed to confirm the title in the tournament where a year ago a Slam was won for the first time in his career.

Behind him, in the ranking in a tricolor key, Lorenzo Musetti number 17 of the world, Matteo Berrettini 33, Flavio Cobolli 34, Lorenzo Sonego 35, Matteo Arnaldi 40, Luciano Darderi 47, Luca Nardi 83, Fabio Fognini 89, Francesco Passaro 90 e Mattia Bellucci 98.

A little data

Those who climb most of all is the Turin Sonego, who improves his ranking of twenty positions and returns to the top 35 thanks to the quarter -final reached in Melbourne Park, his first in a Slam. In this ranking, the rise of Perugino Francesco Passaro also stands out in this ranking who earns fourteen positions compared to the ranking published before the Australian Open and enters the top 100 for the first time, where only another Umbrian tennis player had arrived, Francesco clockotti, capable of reaching a best ranking of number 21 on April 15, 1985.

As for the Top 10, Sinner begins the post-Australian Open week, his 34th number 1 in the world, with 3,695 points ahead of number 2, German Alexander Zverevdefeated in the final at the Australian Open. And the certainty of remaining at the top at least until Miami. So next February 17th will climb Carlos Alcaraz in the ranking by number of weeks of number 1, when his 37th will begin. Also noteworthy is the debut in Top 10 of the American Tommy Paul, Beat right from Zverev to the Australian Open quarterfinals.

This is the top ten of the new ATP ranking:

• 1. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 11830 (-)
• 2. Alexander Zverev (Ger) 8135 (–)
• 3. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 7010 (-)
• 4. Taylor Fritz (Usa) 5050 (–)
• 5. Casper Ruud (Nor) 4160 (+1)
• 6. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3900 (+1)
• 7. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 3780 (-2)
• 8. Alex de Minaur (Aus) 3735 (-)
• 9. Tommy Paul (Usa) 3495 (+2)
• 10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 3200 (–)