The new ATP ranking: Sinner returns to number 1, Musetti slips to ninth place

After the celebrations on the pitch, the certification of the Atp: thanks to the triumph on red in Monte Carlo, Jannik Sinner returns to the throne of the world rankings, overtaking his rival Carlos Alcarazbeaten in the final of the Principality’s Masters 1000. The South Tyrolean champion also surpasses Alcaraz’s weeks as leader of the ranking, starting number 67 against the Spaniard’s 66. Having reached the 50 points of the ATP 500 in Halle 2025, Sinner now has a margin of 110 points over Alcaraz, who will play in Barcelona next week while Jannik will remain out of action. Alcaraz, last year’s finalist, will return to number 1 by winning the title. Instead he slips out of the top 5, to ninth position, Lorenzo Musetti which did not confirm the final reached last year.

Monte Carlo revolutionizes the ranking: the Canadian Happy Auger-Also and the American Ben Shelton they climb two steps and reach fifth and sixth place respectively, while the Australian Alex De Minaur slips to seventh place ahead of the other American Taylor Fritz, eighth. As for the other five Italians in the top 100, Flavio Cobolli (16th), Luciano Darderi (21st) and Lorenzo Sonego (66th) are stable; Mattia Bellucci gains a place (78th), Matteo Berrettini loses one (91st).

Only one seat swap to report in the new top ten of the WTA world rankings. He’s always in command Aryna Sabalenkafor the 68th consecutive week (the 86th overall: it had already been from 11 September to 5 November 2023): the 27-year-old from Minsk, queen of the ‘Sunshine Double’, maintains 2,917 points ahead of the Kazakh Elena Rybakinaqueen of the Australian Open, second, confirming the ‘best ranking’.

The American is stable on the third step of the podium Coco Gauff. The 22 year old from Delray Beach leads by just 15 points Iga Swiatek. The 24-year-old from Warsaw, former queen of world tennis (she had lost her leadership in October 2024 after 125 weeks in total, the last 50 consecutive), is in fourth position ahead of two other Americans: Jessica Pegula, fifth, ed Amanda Anisimovasixth, both stable compared to the previous ranking. In seventh place is Ukraine Elina Svitolina which is ahead of by 58 points Jasmine Paoliniwhich remains eighth. Linz champion Mirra Andreeva climbs back to ninth position: the 18-year-old Russian, thanks to her fifth WTA title in her career, overtakes her Canadian friend Victoria Mboko, which slips to tenth place and closes the world elite.

In a blue key, he takes a step forward Elisabetta Cocciaretto, which dates back to number 41. Instead, it goes back one Lucrezia Stefanini, 148th hour. Stable Nuria Brancaccio152nd, still in the ‘best’ zone: the 25-year-old from Torre del Greco precedes the ‘climber’ of the week in Italy, Lisa Pigatowho thanks to her first WTA 125 title won in Madrid gains 35 positions, rising to 154th place and signing a personal best.