New Association of Tennis Professionals Rankings released
The ATP, or Association of Tennis Professionals, released its revised rankings after the 2011 Australian Open just hours after the Women’s Tennis Association [WTA] updated the list of female players.
For most of the Top Ten players, there has been very little change in the ranking spots. However, the number of points gained or lost has increased.
World Number 1 Rafael Nadal still leads the ATP at the top spot, with 12,390 ranking points. The Spanish player has played two tournaments in 2011, and was unable to win the title for either. He lost the Doha semi-final to Russian tennis pro Nikolay Davydenko,
and a busted hamstring in the Australian Open semi-finals kept him from performing at the level required for him to move ahead in the event.
World Number 2 Roger Federer has also retained his spot with 7965 ranking points, though the Swiss player may be in danger of losing out to World Number 3 Novak Djokovic. The Maestro entered the Australian Open after a victory at Doha, where he defeated
Davydenko in straight sets. He received 250 points for the victory, and 720 points for his Australian Open run.
However, Nole outdid him completely at Melbourne Park in a straight-sets elimination at the semi-finals of the event. Also, the Serbian is not far behind with 7880 ranking points, and he may be able to catch up to Federer in the next few months. If he continues
playing at the same level of tennis and Federer fails to deliver, Djokovic may return to his career-high ranking of World Number 1.
Swede, Robin Soderling, is still World Number 4, with 5955 ranking points. He won the Brisbane International earlier in January, and made it to the Last 16 at the Australian Open.
Andy Murray, Australian Open finalist, is sticking to his spot as World Number 5 with 5760 points. He has not competed in any tournaments except the Australian Open so far this year.
Nadal’s compatriot and ouster David Ferrer has moved up one spot on the rankings, becoming World Number 6 with 4570 points. He won the Auckland event to receive 250 points, and his Australian Open semi-final showing also gave him a total of 720 ranking points.
Ferrer has taken Tomas Berdych’s place on the rankings, as the Czech player falls to World Number 7. He currently has 4270 points, and has played two tournaments without a victory so far in 2010.
American World Number 8 Andy Roddick has stayed put at his position, with 3385 points. He received 150 points at the Australian Open, and 150 points at Brisbane where he lost to Soderling in the final.
World Number 9 Fernando Verdasco is the third Spaniard in the Top Ten, holding on to his spot in the list. He has 3240 ranking points, and has competed in two 2011 tournaments so far.
The last player in the Top Ten is Austrian, Jurgen Melzer, who has also retained last week’s ranking. His only 2011 tournament so far is the Australian Open, where he was ousted by eventual finalist Murray in the fourth round.
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