New York – Carlos Alcaraz Officially Returned to No. 1 in the ATP Rankings for the First Time in Two Years On Monday, Replacing Jannik Sinner After Beating Him in the US Open Men’s Final, and Amanda Anisimova Jumped Five Spots to a Career-Best No. 4 in the WTA after finishing as the runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka.
“When you reach the goals you set up [for] It feels great at the start of the year, “said Alcaraz after winning his second title at Flushing Meadows and his sixth Grand Slam trophy.
“For me,” he added, “[to] Reach that again … is a dream. “
Alcaraz went from No. 2 and exchanged place with sinner on the basis of a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over him at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday.
Sinner had held number 1 since he was there in June 2024, a stay of 65 weeks.
Alcaraz reached that place for the first time in September 2022 at the age of 19 – making him the youngest number 1 in ATP history – by claiming his first major championship at the US Open of that year. He gave that ranking in September 2023 distance.
Alexander Zverev stayed at number 3 on Monday, while Novak Djokovic, the 24-way champion who lost to Alcaraz in the semi-final of Friday, went up three places from No. 7 to No. 4.
Sabalenka was assured that he was number 1 by going to the quarterfinals in New York and then gathering her second US Open title in a row with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory on Saturday at Anisimova, a 24-year-old American.
Anisimova’s second consecutive second place in a major to Iga Swiatek in the final of Wimbledon in July to climb five places from no. 9, part of a remarkable wave from outside the top 350 when she returned last season of a break in mental health care.
Swiatek, eliminated in the US Open quarterfinals by Anisimova, remained at number 2, followed by Coco Gauff.
Jessica Pegula slid from No. 4 to no. 7. She left against Sabalenka in the semi -final last week, a year after she lost her in the US Open -Final.
Naomi Osaka’s first Grand Slam semi-final Since the Australian Open 2021-she lost to Anisimova on Thursday in that round her round no. 24 to no. 14. The four-time big champion and former no. 1 was no longer in the top 20 since January 2022.
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