ATP rankings: Draper, Mpetshi Perricard touch new heights, Sinner continues reign at No 1
News of the climbers and fallers in the latest ATP rankings
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The ATP released its latest rankings on Monday, October 28, bringing cheers for Britain’s Jack Draper and Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard as the duo touched new career-highs. Czech Jakub Mensik also reached his career-high ranking, breaching the top 50.
The top 10 remained unchanged as Italian Jannik Sinner stays well clear at No 1 despite losing 500 points after he decided not to defend his title in Vienna. Here’s how the top 10 stands as of October 28:
- Jannik Sinner — 11,420 pts
- Carlos Alcaraz — 7,120 pts
- Alexander Zverev — 6,805 pts
- Novak Djokovic — 6,210 pts
- Daniil Medvedev — 5,230 pts
- Taylor Fritz — 4,335 pts
- Andrey Rublev — 4,070 pts
- Casper Ruud — 3,855 pts
- Grigor Dimitrov — 3,740 pts
- Alex de Minaur — 3,725 pts
Draper is the new No 15, Mpetshi Perricard No 31
Jack Draper completed an inspired week in Vienna on Sunday by defeating Russian Karen Khachanov (6-4, 7-5) in a gripping final. The victory helped Draper reach 2,800 points (+490), lifting him to the 15th spot, a career-best, in the ATP standings. The Brit’s previous career-high rank was world No 18.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard jumped 19 places to become the new world No 31 on Monday on the back of a triumphant run at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. The Frenchman overcame American Ben Shelton (6-4, 7-6 (4)) in the title clash to take his points tally to 1,519 (+493).
Jakub Mensik also rose to 48th place in the Monday update on the back of commendable runs to the quarter-finals in Shanghai and Vienna, going down against Serbian Novak Djokovic and Australian Alex de Minaur, respectively.
Below listed are the other big improvers this Monday:
- David Goffin — improves four places to No 50
- Matteo Berrettini — improves five places to No 28
- Rinky Hijikata — improves seven places to No 76
- Taro Daniel — improves 11 places to No 78
- Denis Shapovalov — improves 15 places to No 80
- Adam Walton — improves 11 places to No 98
- Otto Virtanen — improves 18 places to No 96
Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka improved 20 spots to become the world No 149.
Auger-Aliassime drops out of Top 20
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime dropped out of the ATP top 20 on Monday, having failed to defend his trophy in Basel. Seeded eighth, Auger-Aliassime faltered against eventual champion Mpetshi Perricard (6-1, 7-6 (8)) in the Round of 16.
The 24-year-old saw 450 points removed from his account as he dropped eight places to 28th position in the singles rankings.
Below listed are the other big fallers this Monday:
- Tallon Griekspoor — slips four places to No 39
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry — slips four places to No 40
- Shang Juncheng — slips four places to No 51
- Alexander Shevchenko — slips four places to No 63
- James Duckworth — slips eight places to No 77
- Hugo Gaston — slips eight places to No 81
- Arthur Cazaux — slips five places to No 85
Notably, Rafael Nadal dropped two places to become the world No 153. Nadal is set to retire after next month’s Davis Cup Finals.
