Roger Federer crashed out of the ATP rankings for the first time in his quarter-century on Monday, while Novak Djokovic dropped four places to seventh a day after winning Wimbledon for the seventh time. Federer has appeared in the singles rankings every week since making his debut in September 1997 at the age of 16, ranked number 803, and held the record for the most number of times at No. 1 until Djokovic broke it.
Federer was 97th before the start of the game in the All. England Club but now has zero points because the rankings are based on a player’s results over the past 52 weeks – and he hasn’t competed at all since reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals a year ago.
Shortly after that defeat, Federer had his third operation on his right knee in a span of nearly 18 months. Federer, who turns 41 on 8 August, intends to return to tournament play in his native Switzerland in October, and during an appearance at Center Court last weekend said he hopes to return to Wimbledon next year. can play in.
Djokovic’s decline and runner-up Nick Kyrgios’ move from No. 40 to No. 45 is the result of the WTA and ATP’s decision to award no ranking points to Wimbledon, despite reaching the first Grand Slam final of his career. All England Club bans athletes from Russia and Belarus during the war Ukraine, On Monday, Djokovic, Kyrgios and all other players lost whatever points they earned at Wimbledon in 2021, while not gaining from the way they performed during this fortnight.
So Elena Rybakina’s first Grand Slam title didn’t do her any good in the WTA rankings; She finished at number 23, becoming the second-lowest female champion in grass-court tournaments in the professional era that began in 1968. The woman she defeated in Saturday’s final was Ons Jabur, she moved up from No. .5, even though it was his best performance in a Major.
Finalist Karolina Pliskova, who lost last year, dropped eight places to number 15, and some women who have surpassed her, including Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins, on Monday reached a career-high number of US Open champion Emma Radukanu at number 7. Gave. No. 10, and French Open runner-up Coco Gauff at No. 11.
French Open champion Inga Swietec, whose 37-match winning streak ended in the third round of Wimbledon, remained at No. Daniil Medvedev, who is Russian, remained at the top of the men’s rankings after being denied permission to compete at Wimbledon. He won the US Open last year and was runner-up at this year’s Australian Open.